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THE BIXBY GENEALOGY
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WILLARD G. BIXBY (13538.551)
A GENEALOGY
OF THE DESCENDANTS OF
JOSEPH BIXBY
1621-1701 _
OF IPSWICH AND BOXFORD
MASSACHUSETTS
who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbee, Bixbee,
Bigsbee, or Byxbe
AND OF THE
BIXBY FAMILY IN ENGLAND
DESCENDANTS OF
WALTER BEKESBY
1427
OF THORPE MORIEUX, SUFFOLK
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Compiled by
WILLARD GOLDTHWAITE BIXBY, S. B. (13538.551)
Assisted by Eben Putnam
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PREFACE 1
When at first I took my pen in hand,
Thus for to write, I did not understand
That I at all should make a little book
In such a mode: nay, I had undertook
To make another: which, when almost done,
Before I was aware I this begun.
— Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress.
The above lines have again and again recurred to me ever since
the genealogy began to outgrow the comparatively modest dimen-
sions in which it was at the time I received it, and to approach its
present size, and they seem quite appropriate.
This genealogy was started, about 1885, by Rev. Moses H.
Bixby, D. D. (13538.27), pastor of the Cranston Street Baptist
Church of Providence, R. I., a very large and active church. In
addition to the care of this large church he was a trustee of the
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society and of Brown University, and
it is astonishing to learn that in the midst of his multitudinous
duties he found time to gather the materials which formed the
nucleus of this genealogy.
In a letter to a cousin, Dr. Bixby relates how, during a summer
vacation, out of curiosity, he examined the town and church records
at Topsfield, Essex County, Mass. He had heard a tradition that
his ancestors had come from Topsfield, but he was amazed at the
wealth of material concerning the family which he found there,
and what he found fired his ambition to learn more about his an-
cestry. He devoted to the work all the spare time he could get in
summer vacations, and during the remainder of the year carried on,
with his own hand, an extensive correspondence with Bixbys of
whom he learned. The work rapidly broadened and it was fortunate
that Dr. Bixby 's son-in-law, Rev. Truman Johnson, M. D., was able
to assist. Dr. Johnson continued the correspondence and searches
1 A preface is usually written after the rest of the book is printed, and is the last part to go
to press. Inasmuch as the Bixby Genealogy is to be issued in parts, and as a preface and table
of explanations of matters that may be unfamiliar to some readers are urgently needed now,
this has been prepared, but with the expectation of substituting therefor a final or amended
preface before the sheets of the completed book are sent to the binder.
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begun by Dr. Bixby and arranged in genealogical sequence the ma-
terial already in hand.
The failing health of Dr. Bixby culminated in his death in 1889,
and the call of Dr. Johnson to mission work in Burma arrested for
a time the rapid progress on the genealogy which had been made
during four or five years. Dr. Johnson, however, took the materials
with him and during the six weeks' voyage was able to make a type-
written copy embodying the facts in his possession. This he put into
the hands of Mary (Bixby) Burbank (Mrs. Delancey G. — 13476.7-3),
of North Adams, Mass., who kept the manuscript and received and
answered the correspondence relating to the genealogy.
In 1907 Dr. Johnson returned from Burma on a furlough, oc-
casioned by the serious illness of his only son, stricken with tuber-
culosis. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and their son went to La Canada,
Cal., hoping that the change of climate would prove beneficial.
Having then the time, as he thought, to bring the genealogy up to
date and arrange it for publication, he interested Mr. Jotham Bixby
(13436.37) and Mr. Llewelyn Bixby (13436.343) of Long Beach,
and, during 1907, they contributed what then was considered ade-
quate funds for conducting correspondence and completing the work,
which it was estimated would not take longer than one year. It was
during this time that Dr. Johnson corresponded with me in the regu-
lar course of the work. I felt a desire to assist, and offered to help
in the way in which it seemed to me I could be of most service.
I remembered hearing Dr. Bixby speak of the difficulty he had in
completing the genealogy of the later generations. He said that the
earlier ones were not very difficult, because they had all lived in com-
paratively restricted locations, but, after they began to spread out,
a search of records over a wide territory ought to have been made.
To avoid this expense he had to rely, to a large extent, upon corre-
spondence to get the facts he needed, and in many cases his efforts
failed because he could not get replies to his letters. I thought that
Dr. Johnson would have still greater difficulty from this cause as he
did not bear the family name "Bixby." On the other hand, the
business house with which I am connected, S. M. Bixby & Co.,
manufacturers of shoe polishes, was well known all over the country,
and I thought that requests for information written on the letter
heads of the house might bring replies where Dr. Johnson had failed
to get them. Dr. Johnson sent me the addresses of a number of
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individuals, town clerks, and many other officials to whom he had
written for information without getting replies. The success I met
with in securing responses astonished him. In order to get in touch
with all the Bixbys in the country, I caused more than a thousand
directories in the office of the Trow Directory Co., New York City,
to be searched, and the names and addresses of Bixbys obtained were
sent to Dr. Johnson. I sent blanks to all he could not identify, and
this work and what has grown out of it has been largely responsible
for the great increase in the information obtained after I took hold
of the work.
The death of his son, in the fall of 1907, necessitated Dr. Johnson's
return to Burma. The work he had accomplished during the several
months spent at La Canada, instead of completing the genealogy,
as he had hoped, only served to show how much more there was to
be done than he had realized. At Dr. Johnson's earnest request I
took charge of the work about the 1st of January, 1908. I was then,
as now, actively engaged in business and really had no time to de-
vote to the genealogy except outside of business hours, which I
plainly saw was entirely inadequate for the purpose. Through the
kindness of Mr. W. K. Bixby (1343L.42) of St. Louis, Mo., and Mr.
Henry M. Bixby (13538.55) of Salem, Mass., funds were supplied
so that I might hire whatever clerical help could be used to advan-
tage. I was fortunate in getting excellent assistance and the work
progressed steadily. I assumed active directions, and to me were
necessarily referred the more difficult problems. I also supplied
the necessary enthusiasm.
The public records that have been examined are very numerous.
The entire vital statistics on record in the state of New Hampshire
were placed at my service ; practically every town clerk in the state
of Vermont has supplied such data as appeared in his records of
vital statistics. The vital records of many Massachusetts towns
have been published in some form or another. All these were exam-
ined. In addition, wherever it seemed probable that further infor-
mation could be had, the original records of those towns whose
records had not been printed were examined. The records of all
the towns of western Connecticut have been examined, and those of
eastern Connecticut wherever it was thought advisable. Bixby
records in Maine and in Rhode Island are comparatively few.
Search was made wherever thought necessary. An extensive exami-
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nation of records has been made in certain sections of New York
state whither Bixbys removed from New England. The migrations
to other states have generally been of so late a date that informa-
tion desired could be obtained from descendants.
It is interesting to note that the work of compiling the genealogy
has proved that all the Bixbys in America were descended from a
common ancestor, Joseph Bixby of Ipswich, Mass., with the excep-
tion of a few small groups of families, whom we feel positive were so
descended, and of four families, three of whom settled in Canada
and one in Detroit, Mich., who are known to have emigrated from
England during the last century, and a few instances of assumption
of the name by negroes and Hebrews.
At first it was not intended to attempt to discover the English
ancestry of Joseph Bixby. Although he probably came to New
England in 1638, the first actual mention of him in our records
is found in the bond signed by him and his wife, before their mar-
riage in 1647. It was not thought that the chances of a successful
outcome of such a search were such as to warrant the expense, for
the only facts by which we could identify him in England were:
1st, his testimony, in 1674, preserved in the court records of Essex
County, Mass., at Salem, giving his age as 54 years; 2nd, the proba-
bility that he named at least some of his children for his father,
mother, brothers, or sisters. At the suggestion of Mr. W. K. Bixby,
however, who felt that it would add materially to the interest and
completeness of the book, the English research was undertaken
shortly after I took charge. Mr. Bixby had some work done on
this line in 1901 and 1902. The investigation was practically con-
fined to London. Although the Joseph sought was not found, it was
shown that the name Bixby in earlier records was confined almost
exclusively to Suffolk and that any further work undertaken should
be done there. I had a search made of the wills at Bury St. Edmunds,
where those of western Suffolk are recorded; and at Ipswich, where
those of eastern Suffolk are recorded; and at Norwich, in Norfolk
Co., where are some of the wills from northern Suffolk. I also had
a search made of the parish registers of places where Bixbys seemed
numerous. The Joseph Bixby sought was not found, although another
Joseph Bixby, baptized October 21, 162 1, at Ringshall, was found,
who seemed a possibility. The names of his father and mother and
brothers and sisters, however, were so unlike those of the children
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of Joseph Bixby of Ipswich, Mass., that it seemed improbable that
he was the man we were seeking. A further search showed that
this Joseph Bixby did not leave England, but died there and left
a will. One fact of importance brought out by the searches was
that Joseph at that time was a very uncommon Christian name
among the English Bixbys.
We had now followed, without satisfactory result, the usual pro-
ceeding in seeking to locate an emigrant by an examination of wills,
and we were for sometime at a loss to know what to do next. It
was evident that the baptism of Joseph Bixby must be sought on
some parish register, but the facts were that the number of possible
parishes ran into the hundreds and the cost of examination of the
registers would have entailed an expense of several dollars per parish.
This made a wholesale examination of possible parishes out of the
question. All printed English records throwing light on Suffolk
at the time of the migration to New England were examined, with
the idea of locating those parishes in which Bixbys were living.
The next step was to examine various county records to obtain
a clew to a probable locality in which the search could be concen-
trated. These included various forms of tax enrollments, muster
rolls, and similar records. The Bishop's parish register transcripts
at Bury St. Edmunds, for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, were ex-
amined for the whole period of their existence to 1621. These are
returns made from each parish to the Bishop giving the baptisms,
marriages, and burials occurring during the year. The returns for
all of the parishes throughout the entire archdeaconry for one year
are together in a bundle. Unfortunately these returns do not exist
for all years nor for all parishes. Incomplete as they were, they
seemed almost the last resource. The baptism of Joseph Bixby was
not found in the examination of these records, for the reason, prob-
ably, that the return for the year 162 1 for Waldingfield is missing,
but the names of a number of parishes in which Bixby children were
being baptized just previous to 1621 were ascertained and a search
was instituted at those parishes. At Little Waldingfield, Suffolk,
the record of the baptism of Joseph Bixby, the son of George and
Anna Bixby, on October 28, 162 1, was found, and also records of
the baptisms of his brothers and sisters. A careful study of all
the facts leaves no question as to this being the baptism of the
Joseph Bixby who came to America.
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The examination of the various original records had revealed
many people by the name of Bixby. It was desired to group them
together as well as might be, but especially to ascertain the direct
line of ancestry of Joseph Bixby. This required a good deal of per-
sistent effort, but it is not doubted that the Bixbys in England,
like the Bixbys in America, are descended from one man, Walter
Bekesby, wh f is first heard of purchasing land in Thorpe Morieux
in 1427. One fact, quite different from what was expected, has
been learned, and that is that Joseph Bixby who came to America
was not descended from the landless peasantry as was at first sup-
posed, but th : his father, grandfather, and ancestors for many
generations w re land owners, which in England has always meant
more than has been the case in America.
I wish here to acknowledge the help given me in the preparation
of this work, in addition to the financial help already mentioned:
first, and foremost, to Mr. Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms, Mass.,
whose familiarity with early New England history and with genea-
logical work in America and England has made it particularly
fortunate that his services could be obtained. He has successfully
followed many clues as to identity and passed on conflicting infor-
mation, has edited and prepared the copy sent to the printer, and
directed the search in England which has resulted so happily, and
I feel that without his assistance the book would have been very
much inferior to what it is.
To Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett, I feel under obligations not only
because he carried out the chief part of the work spoken of in the
third paragraph above and in the local parishes, and discovered the
actual entry of the baptism of Joseph Bixby, but because of the
intelligent interest he has shown in this work.
My thanks are especially due to that well-known antiquary, Mr.
Vincent B. Redstone, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, for valuable
suggestions and for extensive researches among the more difficult
classes of records, especially of the fourteenth and fifteenth centu-
ries. Such records, often faded and nearly illegible, written in the
abbreviated Latin of the scribners, abounding in special terms and
peculiar meanings, require the attention of a scholar having the un-
usual attainments Mr. Redstone possesses in addition to an unusual
patience and perseverance. In the English section of this work will
be found a reproduction of the earliest roll known of the manor
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court of Thorpe Morieux. This fourteenth century record will
show, more eloquently than I can describe, the difficulties encoun-
tered in work of this character.
I also wish to mention Mr. Lothrop Withington, London, England,
who examined probate records at Ipswich, Norwich, and Bury St.
Edmunds, as well as the parish registers of Thorpe Morieux, and
whose reports first showed the section of Suffolk in v ich the early
Bixbys were located, and who has sent many Bixby items from his
extensive examinations of English records.
Regarding the search in America, I wish to mention the efficient
aid of Mr. D. H. Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn., ' hose efforts in
seeking lost families and tracing migration in the u stern parts of
Connecticut and the adjoining parts of New York, resulted in im-
portant acquisitions to the family history.
In addition to the above I have been constantly in receipt of
help from members of the family, who have gone to a good deal of
trouble to get information in their own particular line or in their
own locality, the names of whom I cannot for lack of space mention
here. In the family records, however, where information is re-
corded, will be noted the names of the persons giving it. It has
been impossible to do this in many instances for the reason that it
was not Dr. Bixby's practice to keep a record of the source of his
information, hence I am unable to give credit in the body of the
book to the large number of persons who furnished him with infor-
mation. I can, however, name two whom I remember hearing him
speak of as being particularly active, viz: the late Dr. Armentus
B. Bixby (12695.63) of Poultney, Vt., and the late Major A. H.
Bixby (12364.91) of Francestown, N. H., who worked out their
own lines complete and helped him solve many problems regarding
the ancestry of Bixbys in their neighborhood. To them he felt
deeply indebted.
That the genealogy will contain mistakes is only too evident to
me. There is scarcely any form of writing where the compiler
has to depend so nearly exclusively on information received from
others. I have been able to examine personally only very few
town, church, and family records; and transcripts from a large
number of such records have been sent to me by people without
much training in this kind of transcribing. Beside the errors which
we know occasionally exist in public records, there is a chance of
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error in the copy sent me, and, furthermore, in preparation of the
manuscript. There has been an attempt, however, to reduce errors
from this source to a minimum, for the printer's copy before type-
writing was carefully checked by the original correspondence and
the two copies carefully compared. In many instances conflicting
information for the same fact has been received. In such cases, the
one that seems more likely to be correct has been used, but where
it was impossible to determine which one was more likely to be cor-
rect both have been inserted. Some readers will doubtless notice
errors in their family record, and the writer asks indulgence for
such, and also requests that they inform him of them so that they
may be noted in a list of corrections.
While the carrying on of this work has at times been a rather
burdensome addition to my business and to my other duties, its
completion gives me satisfaction, which I trust is pardonable. It
is a most unusual thing to prove practically all the widely distrib-
uted people of one name in this country to be descended from one
emigrant. It is much more rare to find the people of one name in
England seemingly descended from a common ancestor. In this
respect the book is almost unique. In Dr. Bixby's manuscript
there were a large number of important Bixby families whom he
could not prove descendants of Joseph Bixby of Ipswich, Mass.
All these have been proved to be descended from this same Joseph
Bixby. In the course of my work over fifty new groups of Bixby
families were found and connected.
Ascertaining the proper place of unplaced Bixbys 1 among the
descendants of Joseph Bixby has frequently proved a very difficult
task. It is true that there are a few small groups where the con-
nection is not known, but it is not doubted for a moment that it
exists. These families have been placed in the appendix. Two or
three groups were placed among the descendants of Joseph Bixby,
even where the exact position was a little uncertain. In such cases
the fact has been noted.
As to the cost of compiling the book, I cannot speak definitely
of it before I had charge. Since then, however, the expenditures
have been as follows:
•That is those whose relationship to known descendants of Joseph Bixby is unknown.
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Year American Work English Work
1908 $ 1,146.71
1909 1,329.06 $300.00
1910 i,i5 2 7i 20.37
1911 3.61918 5II-9I
1912 2,553.60 383-04
1913 3,662.41 142.98
Total $13,463.67 $1,358.30
The above expenditures are for clerical assistance, record search-
ing, reviewing and editing. My own services have been freely
given.
The estimated cost of printing is $5,000. At the present time I
have subscriptions for 662 copies at $7 each, which is not quite
enough to pay for printing, but I hope enough additional subscrip-
tions to do so will be forthcoming.
There is one fact that has impressed me while engaged in this
work and has also impressed Mr. Putnam in his review of the manu-
script, and that is the substantial and honorable character of the
family. The early American Bixbys are nearly always found con-
nected with the church, frequently as officers. They were good
citizens, taking a lively interest in civil and military affairs, and
frequently holding positions of honor and trust both in public and
private life. They kept out of the courts so completely that it has
been a disappointment (in one sense) to the compiler, for frequently
most valuable information regarding family history is found in
certain court records.
If, in addition to preserving the history of the family, any of the
readers of this genealogy should be impressed with the worthy,
honest and God-fearing character of our ancestors, and with the
fact that it will take the best efforts of the present generation to
keep up the standard already set, and so be spurred on in this
regard, I shall feel that my labors in compiling this book, and the
money expended on it, have not been in vain.
WlLLARD G. BlXBY.
Brooklyn, New York City, March 1, 1914.
EXPLANATIONS
EXPLANATIONS
of the system used in the bixby genealogy and of references
that may not be familiar to all readers
System of Numbering
The plan of numbering adopted in this work (American Family)
is somewhat unusual. Instead of numbering, as commonly done,
each descendant in order, commencing with the progenitor of the
family (who would be I, his first child 2, his third child 4, etc.), the
following system has been adopted. Each individual is given a
number, or more properly a series of numbers, which shows his
place in the family. Thus Joseph Bixby, the founder of the family,
is 1 . His eldest child is 1 1 (not eleven; but one, one) . The next child
is 12 (i.e., one, two; not twelve). Thus the eldest child of the eldest
child is 1 1 1 (one, one, one; not one hundred eleven) . The sixth child
of the third child of the second child of the eldest son of the emi-
grant, would thus have the figures 11236 before his name. The
number of digits in the whole number shows, at a glance, the genera-
tion from the founder. Thus, if there are four digits in the number,
the person belongs to the fourth generation in America or the third
generation removed from the founder, or, in other words, he or she
is the great grandchild of the progenitor.
Brothers and sisters have all digits in their numbers the same
except the last. Thus 18261, 18262, and 18269 would be brothers,
or sisters, or brothers and sisters. Own cousins have all digits in
their numbers the same except the last two.
The order of record is in the order of seniority in birth. In each
generation the descendants of the eldest child are first given, then
of the next eldest, and so on.
The wife takes the number of her husband, and the husband of
his wife, as the case may be.
The lists of children will be seen to be numbered from 1 onwards.
To get the number of any child, add to the figure preceding his
name in the list of his father's children the whole series of figures
which appear at the head of his father's or mother's record.
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xiv EXPLANATIONS
Where additional information in the following generation is to
be found concerning a person, as in the case of a child named Bixby
who marries and has children, a double figure precedes the name of
the child, thus I— I, but this repetition of the figure does not appear
in the individual number given that person. Thus if John, the
first child of Andrew (12345), has a family, before his name will be
found I— I. His family record is found in the next generation,
under 1 23451.
As the repetition of double figures 10, 11, 12, 13, etc., is impossible
without destroying the possibility of having the number of digits in
the family designation tell the generation, the simple expedient of
substituting the letters, J, K, L, M, N, O, etc., has been followed.
Thus the tenth child of 123 appears as 123J.
Whenever the letter O appears in a number it should be read as o,
not as cypher. Thus 12345O is the fifteenth child of 12345. Long
numbers, for the purpose of clearness, are divided by a period put
between the fifth and sixth figures: thus 12345. not 12345O.
For the purpose of more definitely designating members of the
family who have not family records of their own, the number they
would bear following out the above mentioned plan is used, but the
family record upon which they will be found is shown by that part
preceding the dash in the number. Thus 1 172-4 is the fourth child
of 1 1 72 but is found on family record 1172. 1172-49 is the ninth
child of the fourth child of 1172 and is on family record 1172.
Arrangement
The arrangement adopted has been to give a family record for
each person named Bixby who married and had descendants. The
descendants of Bixby women who married and of course bore other
names than Bixby are found arranged under the Bixby ancestor.
In a very few instances, where strict adherence to the above rules
would have been at the expense of clear arrangement, an exception
has been made.
The Bixby Manuscript
Certain references will be found in the following pages to the
"Bixby Manuscript." This is the typewritten manuscript embody-
ing all information he then had, which Dr. Johnson made on the
voyage to Burma about 1899. These references are to statements
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which have not been verified by discovery of the sources of infor-
mation to which Dr. Bixby and Dr. Johnson had access in compiling
their account of the family.
Dr. Bixby commenced gathering information many years ago,
and in many instances appears to have had access to family and
public records which today do not exist. In the cases of some dates
evidently taken from town or parish records, the explanation is
simple, for today the originals of those records show that much
has been worn or lost or otherwise made illegible. As Dr. Bixby and
Dr. Johnson, who revised and added much to Dr. Bixby 's work,
were extremely accurate and conscientious, and as their copies
of records, so far as they have been compared with the original
sources, have been found nearly always correct, little hesitancy
has been experienced in accepting their statements of facts.
American Colonial Money
The standards of money values in the American colonies were
fixed by the local legislatures, but the actual value of the current
money was fixed by the amount of silver which the local currency
could purchase.
Thus as early as 1652, when Massachusetts established a mint,
the Massachusetts pound was actually worth but two thirds of the
pound sterling. Very little English money circulated in the colonies.
Hard money of any kind was scarce, being either hoarded or ex-
ported to pay foreign merchants. Such as was used was chiefly
of Spanish or Portuguese mintage. Massachusetts early passed a
law forbidding the exportation of metallic money, in a vain attempt
to keep silver, which was the chief standard of value, in the colony.
The pound mentioned in deeds and other transactions was, there-
fore, not the pound sterling, but the colonial pound. The pound
sterling was divided into twenty shillings, and so was the colonial
pound. A piece of eight, a Spanish coin, known also as the dollar,
and which was in value about equal to our present dollar, was worth
4 shillings, 6 pence in England, 6 shillings in Massachusetts and
Virginia, and 8 shillings in New York. The York shilling of 12^
cents and the New England shilling of i6| cents are familiar to
many persons of the present day, just as the use of the term "bit"
is now so common in the Far West. The bit is one eighth of a piece
of eight, and its present valuation is that of a York shilling.
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The depreciation of the bills of credit issued by the Colonial
governments led eventually to the designation of old and new tenor,
hence the letters O. T. and N. T. which sometimes occur in valua-
tions. In 1737 the colony of Massachusetts fixed the rate of exchange
between Old Tenor and New Tenor as one to three, and later as one
to four. When the United States constitution was adopted and it
became necessary to retire all of the outstanding colonial bills, the
various states fixed a rate at which they would redeem their issues.
Massachusetts redeemed her money at $3.33 to the pound, and
New York at $2.50 to the pound.
Early American Public Records
That it is possible for Americans to establish their descent from
remote ancestors, and to identify those ancestors in so many ways,
is due to the remarkable system of records so long maintained; to
the close association of persons in town and church affairs and in
parish organizations; to the generous treatment by state or nation
of those who have served their country; as well as the inborn desire
common to our people to perpetuate in some measure an orderly
record of their own family. The almost universal distribution of
pensions, awarded by reason of military service, has placed upon
record proofs of identity of those claiming them under Acts of Con-
gress, and the long series of Treasury accounts enables a pensioner
to be traced throughout his or her life. The privilege of home-
steading, either general or under bounty land warrants, has pro-
vided another means of tracing the residence of many persons.
The local records, those of towns, of births, marriages, deaths,
and of intentions of marriages ; records of tax assessors for town or
district; parish records, as distinct from town and church records,
often supplying details nowhere else obtainable; church records of
baptism, of burial, marriage, admission to and dismissal from the
church, acknowledgment of church relations so universal through-
out New England and those parts influenced by New England;
county and district records, covering the law courts, the transfers of
lands (in some states a matter of town record), the settlement of
estates of deceased persons, all supply material for the life history
of many individuals, who lived so quietly and unobtrusively that
no one would be more surprised than they to learn how much could
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be discovered concerning their affairs after the lapse of many dec-
ades and even centuries.
One of the first needs of the community was to preserve the
records of the grants of lands to individuals and subsequent trans-
fers. This led to the registration of titles in public offices, an im-
provement over the English practice. Courts of probate were also
established. Laws were passed requiring the registration of births,
marriages and deaths. The churches kept records of their member-
ship and of the baptisms performed by the pastors, and in some cases
of burials.
All males between the ages of sixteen and sixty were liable to
military duty, and were regularly enrolled and received military
instruction, and the enrollments have been preserved to a greater
or less extent.
Military Service in the American Colonies
During the wars with the Indians military forces were raised by
calling for volunteers from the militia companies and by drafting
men from those organizations, which were always in readiness to
respond to orders for active service.
Train bands, smaller bodies than the whole militia, corresponded
in a great measure to our present volunteer militia or national
guard. When called into active service the term of engagement was
short, usually for a campaign which had been planned to last from
a few days to a few months. In later times, during the French wars,
the provincial troops formed part of the English army operating
in America, and the enlistments were in regular provincial regi-
ments raised for the campaign. The men were dismissed in the
late fall, except such as re-enlisted for special service, as for garrison
duty in Nova Scotia. A guard was permanently maintained at the
Castle in Boston Harbor, and provincial forces were maintained in
various garrisons along the frontier, but in all cases these enlist-
ments were for short periods, though the men frequently re-engaged.
The youth of the country very generally responded upon any call
for troops, and the number of boys under eighteen years who were
in active service in times when a knowledge of woodcraft and the
ways of Indian warfare was required, is astonishing. It is estimated
that, after the close of the French wars prior to the Revolution,
every third man, at least, had seen active service against an
xviii EXPLANATIONS
enemy. Under Thomas Bixby (123), page 52, will be found con-
siderable information regarding the military system in vogue at
that time.
United States Pensions and Land Grants
The first national pension act provided for small payments to
soldiers who had served in the Continental army, and who were in
indigent circumstances, and had neither property or kin to support
them. The number of pensions granted under the Act of 18 19 was
comparatively small, and of these a great many were withdrawn
after a brief period of payment, and withheld until the pensioner
filed schedules of property.
A more liberal policy was soon adopted, and any veteran of the
War, who had served the required length of time, in a force called
into being and acting under Continental Congress, was granted a
pension, regardless of his financial condition. The highways and
byways were searched by pension agents to find persons who were
eligible, and many applications, made at the suggestion of these
agents, were rejected for lack of proof or because the service per-
formed was in militia organizations called out for home defence,
or for some purpose authorized solely by some particular colony.
Service against the Indians following the Treaty of Peace, important
and arduous as it was, also was rejected, as not being of the Revo-
lution. Some States, especially Virginia, pensioned their own citi-
zens, but these pensions had to be given up if the recipient was
later placed upon the national roll.
With the pension applications are usually to be found extensive
declarations of service, affidavits of persons who knew the appli-
cant while in the army, discharges, commissions, passes, family
records, copies of marriage records, and frequently leaves torn from
bibles, on which were written the family records.
Service in the War of 18 12, in the Indian Wars, and the Mexican
War, also resulted in increase of the pension roll, but from various
causes the evidence filed in such cases is much less in amount
and value.
After the Mexican War military land bounties of 160 acres were
granted to those who had participated. In 1850 forty acres were
granted to those who had served in the Revolution. In 1855 this
bounty was increased to 160 acres, and those who had taken their
EXPLANATIONS xix
40-acre warrants were enabled to take out warrants for 120 acres
more. These warrants were transferable. The majority of the
Revolutionary soldiers had passed away, and the issue of bounty
land warrants is chiefly to men who had served in the War of 1812
and later wars. As the rolls of military organizations called into
service temporarily are very incomplete, the land bounty warrants
are especially valuable.
Early New England Settlements
A most interesting and instructive chapter might have been
written on the early settlement of New England, but as the reader
of the genealogy is concerned with so much of it only as affects the
Bixby family, such a chapter has not been inserted. In the chapter
on the Migrations of the Bixby Family, the part played by the
Bixbys in the development of New England and the rest of the
United States has been shown. This gives the reader a good idea
of the history of the settlement of the northern United States.
For better understanding the locations of the homes of the early
Bixbys, a map of the southern part of the New England States has
been inserted, which shows only those towns in which lived the
first four generations of the Bixby family in America, and against
the name of each town is the figure 1, 2, 3 or 4. These figures show
the number of the generation of the first Bixby who lived there,
that is, whether he belonged to the first, second, third or fourth
generation. Joseph Bixby (1), the only member of the first genera-
tion, lived first at Ipswich, Mass., on the coast and later moved
up the Ipswich River (which is too small to be shown on the map) to
Boxford. The second generation, his children, did not go far, and
spent their lives in Boxford and in the adjoining towns of Topsfield
and Andover. The third generation, however, his grandchildren,
went a considerable distance from their birthplaces to find homes,
in some instances over 200 miles. The fourth generation generally
did not go far away from the territory peopled by the third. The
map shown opposite page xx shows the extent of the distribution
of the Bixby family in America, up to the close of the Revolu-
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THE BIXBY GENEALOGY
INTRODUCTION
The origin of the name "Bixby" is unknown, although much
time, money and labor have been expended in attempting to ascer-
tain it. To the superficial student of nomenclature the origin of the
name would appear both simple and evident.
It was thought at one time to have been of Danish origin, from
"Bix" meaning "Box" and "by" meaning "town," and to have
been a place-name * meaning the "town by the box tree or near the
box trees." The above statement appeared plausible and the fact
that the name probably originated in Suffolk or Norfolk, England,
where the Danes settled in large numbers, seemed to strengthen
the supposition.
Our careful study of the early Bixby records in England, how-
ever, not only has failed to corroborate this theory, but has actually
disproved it. About 1500 Bekelsby appears to have been used in-
terchangeably with Bixby. The earliest form of the name so far
discovered is Bekesby. It was so spelled in 1427, and probably
pronounced much as pronounced today. This study, however, of
which the results are given more fully in the English section, while
showing quite clearly the derivation of the similar names Bigby, Bix-
ley, and Bixton, has not revealed how and why the name was assumed
by Walter Bekesby, the first man to bear the name, so far as known,
although a very plausible theory is presented.
The name is first met with in Thorpe Morieux, a small parish
and township in Western Suffolk, where, in 1427, we find Walter
1 That is, a family name originally taken from the name of a place. At one time people had but
one name. Thus in the Bible we have Adam, Eve, Abraham, Moses, Elijah, John, James, etc.,
who seem to have had no surnames whatever. After a time the number of people of the same name
caused confusion, and additional names, surnames, were gradually taken to better distinguish people
of the same name; the surname being taken from a man's trade, his residence, some personal char-
acteristic, etc., as John the Smith, John of Button, John the Short, etc. At first these surnames
were infrequently used and were not hereditary, that is a son would not necessarily have the same
surname as his father, but with their increasing use, they became hereditary or family names, and
moreover became contracted for the sake of brevity. Thus John the Smith became John Smith,
John of Bixton became John Bixton, John the Short became John Short, etc. Bixton the second
name mentioned above is a place-name, the name of a small hamlet in Norfolk, England, and the
first man to adopt the surname of Bixton doubtless lived there.
I
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Bekesby buying land. The next mention of the name is in 1459
in the will at Bury St. Edmunds of Walter Bekysby l of Thorpe
Morieux, whom we do not doubt is the same man who was found
32 years before buying land there. His will mentions two sons,
Robert and Nicholas, names perpetuated in later generations of
Bixbys. The early records are too fragmentary to prove that all
persons bearing the name are descendants of Walter, or possibly
his father, who yet remains undiscovered, yet the increase in the
territory in which they are found, as we reach more modern times,
is such as would apparently have been the case had all the people
bearing the name Bixby been descended from one man living in
1427, and it is not doubted that such is the case.
The Bixbys in Thorpe Morieux were evidently among the more
important residents there and were well-to-do yeomen farmers,
owning land as freehold as well as copyhold estates. The scanty
and fragmentary records of the period make it difficult to prove
such an uninterrupted line of ancestry for the family in England,
as can be done for the family in America. There seems to be no
question, however, but that the parents and grandparents of Joseph
Bixby, the emigrant to New England, were land owners and per-
sons of worth in their village communities. A full discussion of
this will be found in the English section.
Joseph Bixby is not the only Bixby who has been mentioned
among the first settlers of America. Savage in his Genealogical
Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. I, p. 188,
mentions Joseph Bixby, the emigrant, a number of Bixbys whom
I can identify as his descendants, and the following:
"Nathaniel Bixby, Ipswich 1637, of wh. Mr. Felt can tell me no
more,
Thomas Bixby, Salem 1636; and equal, short is the tale for
him. Very freq. is the name in our early rec. Bigsbee, as it was
pronounc. and not rarely is heard in our day.
A wid. Mary B. was receiv. into Boston Ch. 20 June, 1640; but
of wh. she had been w. is not found."
A very careful search has been made for information about
these three Bixbys, and it is believed that the first two never existed
and that Mary was not a near relative to Joseph and that she left
» Y and E are interchangeable. Therefore Bekesby = Bekysby.
INTRODUCTION 3
no male descendants. Among the unplaced Bixbys will be found
all that has been ascertained about them.
As to the reasons which caused Joseph Bixby to come to America
we can only surmise. He would seem to have been the eldest son.
His name is not, however, found on the muster roll of Babergh Hun-
dred in 1638, which should have contained the names of all able-
bodied men in that district between the ages of 16 and 60 years.
His father's name appears, but his does not. The supposition is
that he was not in England at that time. We do know, however,
that in 1647 he was in Ipswich, Mass., for on Oct. 15th of that year
he signed a bond with Mrs. Sarah Heard, his intended wife, for the
support and education of two children by her former husband.
After this first mention l of him, references to him and his descend-
ants in New England are numerous and ample. This does not
mean that we are not in many instances lacking information which
it would be desirable to have. The local records of Massachusetts
have been better preserved and are more complete from early times
than those of any other of the colonies established in America, and
in many respects exceed in detail the records of any other English
speaking or European country (with the possible exception of those
in Holland), especially for the seventeenth century, and it is due
to the excellent character of these records that it has been possible
by careful, painstaking work to construct the very complete history
of the earlier descendants of Joseph Bixby of Ipswich, Mass., which
follows.
1 This document is on file at Salem, Mass., which is the county seat of Esses County, in which
Ipswich is located. A facsimile is shown opposite page 8.
FIRST GENERATION
JOSEPH BIXBY AND HIS DESCENDANTS
FIRST GENERATION
I. Joseph Bixby (George), of Ipswich and later of Boxford, Essex
Co., Mass., was born in 1620 or 1621, probably at Little Walding-
field, Suffolk, England. In 1674, in a deposition, he stated his age
as fifty four years. 1 He was baptized 28 Oct., 1621, at Little Wal-
dingfield, son of George and Ann (Cole) Bixby, or as the name ap-
pears on the parish register Bixbee. He died 19 April, 1701, at
Boxford. The entry in the town record states, "Sargent Joseph
Bixbee of Boxford desecad the 19 Aprill 17 — ." The year is illegi-
ble, but by the inventory of his estate it appears that the year of
his death was 1701. 2 He was thus approximately aged eighty years
at his death. The date of his coming to New England is not known.
As his name does not appear on the muster roll of Babergh Hundred,
Suffolk, in 1638, which should have embraced all able bodied males
between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and on which his father's
name appears, it is likely he had already gone to New England.
The earliest mention of Joseph Bixby so far discovered in New
England occurs at the time of his marriage. He was then of Ips-
wich, 3 and, with his intended wife, the widow Sarah Heard, 4 also
1 Essex County Court files, 21: 140.
• The year in the original document is not clearly written, but appears to be 1701. The day of
month there given would be read as 17th rather than 19th, but here we have the town record to
guide us. ' Two views of Ipswich at the present time are shown opposite page 14.
* There is no record of marriages at Ipswich of so early a date as 1647. Sarah, wife of Joseph
Bixby, was daughter of John Wyatt, who was of Ipswich in 1639. In 1647, Wyatt's wife seems to
have been living In England, and to have had a right to lands in Assington, Suffolk. Sarah married
Luke Heard, a linen weaver, who lived in Newbury, in Salisbury, and finally in Ipswich where he
died in 1647. His nuncupative will was allowed 28 Sept., 1647. Luke Heard was probably son
of Edmund Herd of Claxton, England, linen weaver, whose will was dated 20 Nov., 1626, and was
proved the 4th December following. It was deposited at Norwich and is printed in Waters' Glean-
ings, p. I3S7- Luke and Sarah Heard had three children: John Heard, born and died in 1643.
John Heard, born 6 March, 1644-5; died in 1696, at Andover, unmarried. Edmund Heard, who
remained in Ipswich, married Elizabeth Warner in 1672, and had six children. Edmund's son gave
to his son, Nathaniel, a bible, printed in 1599, which in 1880 was in possession of a descendant, John
T. Heard of Boston. (Ipswich Antiquarian Papers, No. 11.) On the 23 Feb.. 1654, Sarah Bigsbie,
late wife of Luke Heard, confirms the sale by him in 1645 of a dwelling house in Salisbury. {Nor-
folk County Court records.) Mary Wyatt, another daughter of John Wyatt, became wife of Henry
7
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of Ipswich, executed a marriage contract. 1 This document fol-
lows:
Marriage Contract
Bee it hereby knowne unto all y* wee Joseph Bigsby of Ipsw ch ,
husbandman, & Sarah Herde widow doe acknowledge c^selves
bound to y e Co r t of Ipsw ch in thirty pounds to be paid to the said
Co r t, and hereunto we bind ourselves our heires, and exequeters
by these present.
Sealed with our seales and delivered the 15 day of the 10 th
moneth A. D. 1647
Margret Rogers Joseph bexbye seal
John Rogers The marke of
Sarah 3 Heard seal
The condition of this obligation is such, yt if the above bounden
Joseph Bigsby, Sarah Hearde, (in case they proceed together in
marriage intended) if they or either of them shall doe, or cause to
bee done these things following:
1. That the two children of the said widow, w ch were left unto
her by her late husband Luke Hearde, of Ispsw° h , [Linnen] weaver,
be well brought up, and due meanes be used to teach them to read,
and write well as soone as they are cappable.
2. That at the age of thirteen yeares at the furthest they be put
forth to be apprentises in such trades as M r Nathaniel Rogers
their Grandfather Wyat, and Ensigne Howlet in writing under
their hand, or any two of them in like manner, shall advise unto
and the children like of.
3. That unto the said children be paid at the age of one, and
twenty yeares fifteen pound given them by will of their father, viz,
ten pound to the elder at his time of one and twenty yeares and
five pounds to the younger when he shall bee at the like age, also
that the bookes bequeathed them by their father be given them
by aequall division according to his will.
Kimball. The will of John Wyatt of Ipswich dated 23 Nov., 1665, was proved is Jan., 1665-6.
To his wife he gave "the use of the room we now lye in," the cellar under it and the rooms above
It. He also named his three daughters, Mary, Sarah and Dorcas, and his grandson, John Kimball.
The last named lived with his grandfather, and to him was devised the dwelling house, cattle, etc.
From the inventory we learn that the widow, Mary, was evidently a second wife.
1 This document is found in Essex County Court files at Salem, Mass., 1:95. A facsimile is
shown opposite.
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Shown two-thirds the size of the original
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 9
4. That five pounds more bee paid to the children of the said
Sarah (if living) or either of them, at her will, and discretion as shee
shall see cause to divide it in even, or unaequall portions to them,
or to give the whole to the younger, in case the elder be better pro-
vided for.
5. That the said Joseph and Sarah shall doe, or admit to bee
done any such further acts, as the Court of Ipswich shall see meet
to require upon the motion of the said advisers for the securing of
the forementioned dues to the children, as well as for the freing of
the said Joseph and Sarah from any entanglements on the childrens
part by reason of her exequetrixship, or otherwise from hence aris-
ing, besides the direct, and true meaning and intent of these condi-
tions.
6. That whereas, there is a portion of land in Asington in Suf-
folke in England, w° h shall bee the right of the said Sarah after
the decease of her mother (the teno r whereof is not certainly known
to us) if the said land bee not entailed, then the said Joseph
shall not claime any title thereunto by virtue of marriage w th the
said Sarah, but the said Sarah shall have the whole, and sole power
to dispose [of it,] both the use, and the gift of it when, and to whom
she shall thinke meet.
That then this obligation shall bee void and of none effect, other-
wise to stand and bee of force.
Margaret Rogers Joseph Bexby l
John Rogers The marke of
Sarah 3 Heard
This projected marriage took place, probably either the same
day the bond was executed or within a few days thereafter.
The same month Nathaniel Rogers and John Wyatt represented
to the Court that Joseph Bixby "is departed this Jurisdiction and
his estate is so weakened" that they feared the Heard children
might be disappointed in their legacies. They further declared
that Bixby had given no notice of when he might return, and that
Sarah Heard alias Bixby had lands in Assington, Suffolk County,
[Facsimile of signature.!
io BIXBY GENEALOGY
England, which she was to receive after her mother's death if they
were not entailed. The Court ordered that Joseph Bixby's estate
be attached to the amount of the legacies.
Whither Joseph Bixby had departed after his marriage does not
appear, and no subsequent proceedings were taken. It may be
that he revisited England to secure his wife's estate, but be that as
it may, he was back in Ipswich in December, 1648, and became one
of the subscribers to the agreement made on the 19th of that month
by which "the Inhabitants of this Towne have engaged themselves
to pay yearly on the 10th day of December, unto Major Denison,
soe long as he shall be their leader, the sum of twenty four pounds,
seven shillings, in way of Gratuity to encourage him in his military
helpfulness unto them." One hundred and sixty one male inhabi-
tants signed the agreement, few subscribing more than "Joseph
Bigsby," who promised four shillings.
Although an inhabitant, he does not appear to have been a town-
ship proprietor or commoner.
In May, 1658, he signs a petition to the General Court, with
other inhabitants of Ipswich, asking for an explanation of the law
relating to non-freemen, stating that the signers, although having
taken the oath of allegiance, were not freemen. This petition fol-
lows:
"To the Honored Generall Court at Boston, The humble petition
of severall the inhabitants of Ipswich — Respectively Declareing
Wheras not long since there hath bene some diflerances in Appre-
hention amongst our Townesmen and neighbours in a Towne meet-
ing about three months agoe, wher the power of such the inhabitants
as had taken the oath of fidelity was questioned: in Reference to
their voating in Towne afaires, ourselves being such that have taken
the oath of fidelity. There was a law that is in the old booke page
51 aleaged in our Towne meeting, where it is said that it may be
lawfull for the freemen of each Towneshipp to make choice of such
Inhabitants as have taken the oath: to be Jurymen & to have their
voate in the choice of selectmen, Assessment of rates, & other pru-
dentials : wherupon the yearely busines of the meeting was deferred
untill the Generall Court might have opertunity to explain this
verited Law. (the which we humbly conceive if wee should take it
in such a Sense as to prohibbit those men from Acting : that are else-
whare authorized by law to act in Towne afaires : we should misse
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY n
the true meaneing of it.) for Looking upon the preface to the said
Law fore going & ye previso following; we understand it to be so
far from contradicting any other as that we aprehend the true mean-
ing is to improve such as are of usefull parts (though non freemen
into offices in Towne busines) else we humbly Crave under the
favour of the honored Court, how are they said to [be] improved to
publike use or how are the afaires of the Commonwealth the easier
Caried on. as also of the proviso following, that the major parts of
such Companies shalbe freemen, If the honored Court had not
therby truly intended that the minor part might be of others: we
therefore humbly Conceive that according to the law in the same
booke & page above written that we have power & liberty to act
in Towne afaires, Also we find in divers places of the ould booke of
lawes; that the freemen and others Authorized by law of each
Towneshipp shall have power to act, (not the freemen & others
only Aproved of by them) Besides the alowed practice throughout
this Jurisdiction doth declare to all men, that the laws in reference
to the matter in question, are understood in th same sence as we
have held forth as we Conceive, upon these & the like grounds to-
gether with the Conscience of our oath by which we are bound truely
to endeavor to maintaine & preserse all the liberties & priviledges
of this government, (amongst others we lookeing upon this to be
one.) we humbly conceive that we can doe no less (the question
being risen amongst us,) than present our requests in way of peti-
tion as followeth. that yourselves will be pleased serviceably to
Consider whether such as have caken the oath of fidelity have powre
to according to the laws established, or whether
the freemen of each Townshipp have powre to prohibbit all or any
others as they shall see Cause unto which we most humbly request
that you will be pleased to give your Cordiall Answere, we not ques-
tioning your faithfullnes & prudence by Gods Asistance to discerne
betweene Truth & Error & to doe accordingly, for our owne parte
we sollemnely professe it is not victory but truth that we desire,
nor any blemish to such as differ in aprehention from us, nor Strife
& Contention with our neighbours, but love & that the God
of (peace?) may be with us & dwell amongst us. So humbly de-
sireing your ernest supplications to God for the peace of Ipswich &
the returne of Gods favour & presence to us, we shall desire to sub-
mitt ourselves with our pore petition to the honored Court &
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BIXBY GENEALOGY
Remaine in all Lyalty as abedient subjects to this Gouvernment
& ever desire to pray for your happines and welfare.
May the 17th, 1658.
Abraham Fitt
Roburt Kinsman
Thomas Averell
(crease clouds this name :
possibly it should read
J Colbe)
Job Bishop
Nathaniel Emerson
Samuel Ingalls
John Chote
John Andrewes
William Cogswell
Henry Kingsbury
William Guttferson
William Norton
Will. Buckly
Richard Wattles
Thomas Rowel
Robert Collins
Samuel Varnam
Tho. Louell
Francis Jurden
Samuel Pod
Daniell Epps
William White
John Browne
James Chute
Thomas Newman
Josaph Bexby 1
Ralfe Dix
Henry 2
Samuel Eyers
William Averell
Esaiah Wood
Richard Nicholls
Endorsed at bottom:
(first line gone)
would be pleased to give answer to this petition in the first place.
22:3d, 1658. William Torrey, Cleric.
In answer to this petition the Court declares yt ye freemen within
Theire severall Townes have herewith ye power according to the
last lawe or order title Towneships to make choice of such Inhabi-
tants yt have taken the oath of fidellitye to be Jurymen & to have
theire votes in the choice of selectmen & where no Selectmen are to
have theire votes in ordering of schooles, hearding of catle laying
out highwayes & distributing of lands yt wh necessarily imply the
said Freemen have power by virtue of the said lawe to restraine
some upon just Cawse. The magistrates have past this with ref-
ference to the Consent of theire brethren the deputies heereto.
9 June 1658 Edward Rawson, Secretary.
The deputies Concurr with our Honored magistrates herein yet
conceive the pet. is not fully answered.
William Torrey, Cleric.
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[Facsimile of signature.]
'The second, third, and fourth letters of this name are ant.
an r; the first letter may be L or C
The final letter appears to be
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 13
Fore explanation & emendacon of two Lawes in the printed book
tytle Towneshipp relating to the liberty of such as have taken the
oath of Fidelity to vote in Towne affairees wich seeme not well to
consist togeather the latter also repealing the former, & finding
also inconveneince in the — of that have therefore ordered & be it
hereby ordered & inacted that for Tyne to come all English men
that are setled inhabitants & Howse holders in any Towne of the
age of 24 yeares & of honest & good conversation being rated at
20 H estate in a single Country rate that hath taken the oath of
Fidelity to this Government & [noe other?] (except Frends) may
be chosen Jurymen or Constables & have their vote in the choise of
the Selectmen for the Towne affaires assessment of rates & Other
prudentialls proper to the selectmen of the severall Townes pro-
vided still the major part of all Companyes of selectmen be Free-
men from tyme to tyme that shall make a valid act As also where
noe selectmen are to have their vote in ordering of schooles, heard-
ing of cattle laying out of highways & distributing of Lands any
Lawe use or custome to the Contrary not with standing & the for-
mer lawes soe farr as they relate to the liberty of such as are non
freemen are hereby repealed.
Voted by the Magistrates with reference to the consent of our
brethren the deputies.
Jo. Endecott, Goif.
Consented to by the deputyes
William Torre y, Cleric.
Taken from Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 112, folios 101-104.
The fact that Joseph Bixby was not a freeman at the date of
the petition given above, in spite of the fact that he was nearly
forty years of age and of good reputation among his neighbors,
would lead to the inference that he had not become a member of
the church at Ipswich, the early records of which are lost, and as
he was an inhabitant of Ipswich then, and later, he probably would
not have been a member of any other church in New England.
A conscientious man would approach the subject of church
membership as entirely distinct from the civic privileges to which
it was a prerequisite, even though a regular and earnest attendant
at meetings. After the removal to Rowley Village, which later
became Boxford, when steps were taken to form a church at Tops-
field, in which the Villagers within Rowley bounds were invited
14 BIXBY GENEALOGY
and expected to take part, it is evident that Joseph Bixby felt
called upon to enter into church fellowship. There is no record of
the early membership of Topsfield church. The church was formed
in 1663, and on the 4 Nov., 1663, Rev. Thomas Gilbert 1 was
installed as pastor. He was but recently come from England,
where he had been ejected from his living by the Act of Uniformity,
and one of the conditions under which he accepted settlement at
Topsfield was that the Villagers should help support the Topsfield
church. One of the first steps taken after Mr. Gilbert's installation
at Topsfield, was his admission as a freeman of the Colony. This
took place at Ipswich, at a County Court held there 5 May, 1664.
The clerk entered the following minute, "Mr. Thomas Gilbert and
Joseph Bigsbye of Topsfield were made free. " Although customary
for the clerks of courts to make return of such admissions to the
colonial secretary at Boston, and for him to make a record of such
admissions, there is no mention in the Colony archives of the
admission of either Gilbert or Bixby. There are many such in-
stances. Not only does this record show that Joseph Bixby was
a member of Topsfield church, but that fact, as well as of his wife's
membership, is substantiated by the list of members made by
Rev. Joseph Capen in 1684.
On the 22d 12 mo., 1649-50, in company with three others, Joseph
Bixby had a grant from the town of meadow, not to exceed 16
acres, by Edward Lomas' meadow already granted near Mr. Rog-
ers' farm. 2
He possessed a "farm" in Ipswich. On 20 Feb., 1 650-1, George
Palmer of Ipswich, cooper, and Samuel Heford contracted to deliver
to William Bartholomew thirty thousand hogshead staves; and
Palmer assigned to Bartholomew, as security, all his part of the
lumber and staves, whether made or in the making, felled or stand-
ing, on farms of Mr. Hubbard, Joseph Bigsbey and John Andrews.
In 1654 seven cattle belonging to the estate of Thomas Scott of
Ipswich were in possession of Joseph Bixby. 3
•Prior to his settlement at Topsfield, Mr. Gilbert had "found employment at Rowley." He
was a man of strong views, and free in his expression of opinion. He was censured by the
General Court for references made to the King, and later got into trouble with his parishioners
and was forced to leave Topsfield. He removed to Charlestown, and died there, respected for
his ability and independence, in spite of certain personal failings, arising, it is probable, from
his intemperate habits.
5 Ipswich town records.
• Essex Deeds, Ipswich series, i: 82; 1: 190; 2: 37, 38.
IPSWICH, MASS.
Coming up the river from the bay looking towards the town
IPSWICH, MASS.
The centre of the town
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 15
The town lands of Rowley extended along the entire northern
and western borders of Ipswich. The inhabitants of Rowley on
the 2d, iimo., 1653 (Jan., 1654), voted that the lands appointed
for a village within the bounds of Rowley should be viewed by a
committee and proportioned among the Rowley proprietors "ac-
cording to purchase," that term alluding to the relative ownership
of the Rowley inhabitants in the common lands of the town. Those
entitled to share in the Village lands very largely disposed of their
rights to persons intending to settle there. Joseph Jewett of Row-
ley agreed to sell a large tract of the Village lands to Francis Pea-
body, Joseph Bixby, Abraham Redington and William Foster, but
died before executing a deed. 1 His executors gave to each man a
deed for his share of the purchase. To "Joseph Bigsbe of Rowley"
they confirmed a thirty-sixth part of the Village lands, 2 in consid-
eration of £23-6-8, the deed being dated 1 July, 1661. 3 On the
same day, Bixby, in consideration of £25, granted one half of his
purchase to Robert and Nicholas Wallis of Ipswich. 4 It would
seem that Bixby 's original purchase was probably estimated at 500
acres, of which he retained half.
As early as 1652, roads from Andover to Newbury and Ipswich
had been laid out across the Village lands, and it is probable that
an occasional settler could be found in the territory. Zacheus
Gould and Governor Endicott had actual title to an extensive tract
of land in the southwestern part near the Ipswich River. It was
not until 16 Apr., 1668, that the lands in the Village were actually
laid out to the possessors of rights to lands there. On that day,
the town appears to have confirmed the doings of their committee,
John Pickard and Ezekiel Northend. The total number of acres
in the lots confirmed to the Village owners sums up 15,098, includ-
ing 3200 acres of Gould and Endicott, and the 3000 acres reserved
to the town in that part now Groveland.
To "the Topsfield men, Goodman Dorman, Goodman Peabody,
and the rest, six in all," 1200 acres were granted. This tract was
bounded south by the Fishing Brook.
1 He died 26 Feb., 1660-1.
* Perley, in History of Boxford, states that the area of the Village lands was about 17,000 acres,
and that of this Jewett had granted about 3,000 acres to Abraham Redington, Robert Stiles, Joseph
Bixby, John Cummings, William Foster and John Peabody.
3 Essex Deeds, Ipswich series, 1:82; 1:190; 2:37, 38.
* The following January, the Wallises sold their one seventy-second part to William Goodhue of
Ipswich for £60.
4
16 BIXBY GENEALOGY
To Thomas Dorman, John Cummins, and Robert Stiles were
granted 400 acres. This tract was bounded west by Andover line,
and south with a line drawn from Andover line to a clump of trees
on the north side of Humphrey's Pond.
To Francis Peabody, Joseph Bixbie, Abraham Redington, and
William Foster 800 acres. This tract was bounded west on Ando-
ver line, south by Wade's brook, north by land of Dorman, Cum-
mings and Stiles. 1
The reference to Dorman and his five associates, as the "Tops-
field men," would seem to indicate that Bixby may have had some
connection with that village prior to his settlement in Rowley Vil-
lage. But the later separation of the two grants to Dorman, Cum-
mins and Stiles, and to Peabody, Redington, Bixby and Foster,
may also be taken to show that they were two companies and not
one. These six men did not originally purchase equal shares in the
Village lands; Foster for instance, having purchased only half as
much as Bixby.
Bixby and his partners had taken possession of the land sold them
at once. In 1662 "Jos. Bigsby" was taxed by Rowley nine shil-
lings and five pence, his rate being above the average in an assess-
ment laid upon the whole township of Rowley, in which the highest
rate was £1-5-7 and in which few paid more than sixteen shillings.
In 1673 several Village residents 2 petition the General Court
regarding their obligations to Rowley, stating that "whereas your
petitioners formerly purchased a tract of land of Joseph Jewett of
Rowley, now deceased, on which we now dwell, which land was sold
us as Village land, free from any engagement to the town of Rowley,
else we had not purchased it." Rowley, in 1667, in town meeting,
had voted that the Village residents might pay half their minister's
rate to Topsfield and half to Rowley minister, "till they have a
minister of their owne." 3
Two years later they were ordered to pay all taxes as the people
in town do, the money paid them to be applied to defraying the
necessary charges of Rowley Village, and the residue to the im-
provement of the minister's farm there, the income of which should
belong to the minister in Rowley until the Village settled an ortho-
dox minister.
1 Rowley Town records.
! At that time there were sixteen families living on the Village lands.
* Gage: History of Rowley.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 17
Until the separation from Rowley that town appointed tax col-
lectors, persons to see that the Sabbath was kept, and a constable
for the Village. In 1680 "Joseph Bigsbee" and William Foster
were appointed to inspect the families in the Village 1 which then
had twenty-five families within its boundaries, an increase of nine
families in seven years.
Almost from the beginning of the settlement at the Village there
was friction between the people of Rowleytown and the Village.
The Village residents were from several of the older towns, their
homes were remote from Rowley meeting house, and they were,
with one or two exceptions, not connected with Rowley in any other
than a political way. As in the case with Rowley Village on the
Merrimack, now Bradford, the intent of the Village grants was to
permit a separate town organization as soon as the settlement was
strong enough. On the 7 May, 1673, Rowley Village residents to
the number of six petitioned the General Court as mentioned above,
setting forth the terms of their purchase from Jewett, that they
were from seven to nine miles from Rowley but near Topsfield, and
that "about ten or twelve years since" Topsfield called Mr. Gilbert
to be their minister and he was unwilling to accept "unless we of
the village would engage to pay our shares in and to publique charges
at Topsfield. Upon this Abraham Reddington, Joseph Biggsby,
John Cummins, and the rest of us, being free as we apprehended,
agreed to pay our proportions as our honest neighbors of Topsfield
did, only provided they would remove or sett the meeting-house 2
so as it might stand convenient for us." The meeting house was
placed within two or three miles of the Village and a church con-
nection formed between the Topsfield and Village people which
lasted until the establishment of a church in Boxford several years
later. The petition further recited that as to military matters,
they had been for many years "not regarded by Rowley and had
trained in Topsfield, and some of the Village people had been elected
to office in the Topsfield company." For some reason Redington
had become dissatisfied and had attempted to obtain a closer asso-
1 Gage: History of Rowley.
2 Some idea of the preparations made by the residents in frontier towns, such as Topsfield and
Boxford were in those days, against foes from without, is obtained from the description of the meet-
ing house at Topsfield in 1673. The meeting house was surrounded by a stone wall five or six feet
high, three feet broad at the bottom, inside of which, probably at one of the corners, was built a
stone "watch-house," ten feet square. This was long known as the "old meeting-house fort."
See Perley's History of Boxford.
18 BIXBY GENEALOGY
ciation with Rowley, but these petitioners sought to have their
Village declared free of Rowley, and united with Topsfield, "there
being but sixteen families in the Village." Although the General
Court refused to take the matter up at that time, at the session of
Oct., 1674, it was ordered that the train soldiers of the Village could
perform duty at ordinary trainings either at Topsfield or Rowley,
until their village was supplied with a minister and have a sufficient
number of inhabitants to train among themselves. This condition
continued until October, 1684, when the foot soldiers of the Village
were ordered to train with the Topsfield company; ! but this order
of the Court proved unsatisfactory to many of the inhabitants of
the Village and gave rise to a petition signed by Abraham Reding-
ton, Joseph Bexby, Samuel Buswell, Sr., and William Foster, "in
the name of the rest," setting forth that the order of 1684 was made
"without any knowledge of ours," and that experience had shown
that in obeying it many ills and much confusion had arisen. The
petitioners considered that they and their fellows would be capable
of doing better service to the country and themselves if allowed to
train at home, as many live at a distance from Topsfield, some of
them seven or eight miles or more. The General Court granted
this petition by repealing the order of 1684, and ordered that the
Villagers organize by such officers as the Major-general shall ap-
point. 2
In the meantime further concessions had been granted by Row-
ley to the Villagers regarding their minister's rates, and the time
had come for the Village to seek incorporation as a separate
town. This was done in May, 1685, when Abraham Reddington,
Sr., Joseph Bixbee, Sr., Samuel Buswell, Sr., William Foster and
John Peabody, representing the others, petition the General Court
to be made a township so that they may settle a minister, setting
forth that they are now about forty families, that the village, con-
taining about 18,000 acres of land, was originally laid out with that
design, that they have a minister's farm, and until they have a set-
tled minister they will contribute toward the maintenance of min-
isters in such places as they attend worship. This petition was
granted on the 5 June, provided Rowley consented, and this consent
was arranged for on the 7 July, 1685, when a committee from both
the town and Village met, Joseph Bixbee being one of the six from
» Colony records. 5= 16, 455- 2 Archives, 70: 135-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 19
the Village, and agreed upon the bounds and terms of separation,
one of the conditions being that twenty shillings in silver should
be paid yearly to Rowley by Joseph Bixbee, Sr., John Peabody,
William Foster, Samuel Symonds and Moses Tyler, until they have
a minister settled in the Village. This payment was a town charge
and was three years in arrears in July, 1699. 1
The original papers in the proceedings are on file in Massachu-
setts Archives, vols. 10 and 112, and in vol. 112, folio 410, is found
the consent of Rowley to the incorporation of the Village, under
date of 12 Aug., 1685.
By June, 1686, the town was known as Boxford, but there appears
no record incorporating the town as Boxford, nor is it known how
the name came to be chosen. After the advent of the Royal Gov-
ernors it became one of their prerogatives to name a new town, but
prior to that the wishes of the inhabitants regarding the name of
their town seem to have been regarded. The village of Boxford in
Suffolk, England, is about two miles northeast of Assington, where
the wife of Joseph Bixby had formerly owned land, and is about
four miles from Little Waldingfield. It is also about the same dis-
tance from Hadleigh, the home of the widow Mary Bigsby (D) who
died in Boston in 1654, and little more than a mile south of Groton,
whence came Gov. Winthrop. The prominence of Joseph Bixby
in the early settlement at Boxford, and his evident popularity among
his neighbors, leads to the suspicion that he may have had a hand in
the selection of a name for the new town.
The record of Joseph Bixby's public services is not complete.
He was chosen sergeant of the "soldiery of Topsfield and the Vil-
lages adjoining thereto," 21-4 mo., 1666. 2 In June, 1671, Sergeant
Bigsby, Abraham Reddington and others of the train band were
fined for neglecting common training at Topsfield. 3
At some unknown period, but later than 1674, when Nelson was
commissioned lieutenant of the Rowley train band, Joseph Bixby
was sergeant of the Rowley company. An undated petition con-
taining the signatures of 77 foot soldiers and 10 troopers of the train
band of Rowley, prays that Philip Nelson be commissioned "com-
mander in chief of our train band" and John Johnson lieutenant.
Among the names appended, which are not autographs, is the
name of "Joseph Biggsby seargeant."
1 Gage: History of Rowley. 2 Essex Court records. s Suffolk files 26.633.
20 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Joseph Bixby was commonly styled Sergeant, even after his train-
ing days had passed. In 1686, John Gould exercised his company
at Topsfield, according to an order received from the officers of his
regiment, in defiance of a proclamation by the new government
ordering a fast be kept on the 14 July, the day set aside for the train-
ing. He was also accused of uttering seditious words on the occa-
sion of the reading of the proclamation by the pastor, Rev. Joseph
Capen, at the Sunday service preceding that day. He was arrested
and held in £200 to appear before the President and Council. The
evidence showed that Gould had resented the new order in govern-
ment, and was accused by some of having made speeches which
indicated a willingness to join in a movement to maintain the old
government. Gould denied having used the words ascribed to
him, but acknowledged he had exercised his company as originally
ordered before the arrival of the frigate Rose and publication of his
majesty's commission. John How testified "on the Sabeth day
after the order for the fast to be kept on the 14th instant was read
to the people by their minister he heard Abraham Reddington and
segt Bigsby object it was but short warning and Lieut John Gold
objected and said he had taken an oath to another government.
. . . and for Randolph he new him not." Randolph and his
friends were satisfied to make an example of Gould, who was kept
in prison for some time and released only upon payment of a fine,
and giving for those days heavy bonds. 1
Rev. Joseph Capen was ordained at Topsfield in 1684, and upon
taking charge made a list of the members of the church. In this
list appear the names of Joseph Bixby, Sr., and his "wife."
Immediately upon becoming a town Boxford sent Abraham Red-
dington to the General Court as its deputy. It is noteworthy that
after his name in the Court record the name of town represented
does not appear. In 1690 the town voted to send a deputy, and
Joseph Bixby, Sr., was one of the committee to decide and advise «
regarding his attendance. 2 In March, 1687, Sergeant Bixby was
chosen moderator of the third town meeting held in Boxford. The
other references to Joseph Bixby on the town records from this
time on would seem to apply to Joseph Bixby, junior.
On the 24 June, 1689, the soldiers of Boxford "having reseved
orders for the nominayson of officers where there is wanting and
> Suffolk files 2423. s Town records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 21
our former offiser Sargent Bigsbee by name being altogether dis-
inabled by reson of age and infirmytyes of Body that we are wholy
destitute," elected a lieutenant and ensign. These nominations
were forwarded by "Sargent Josaph Byxbe" 1 to the General Court
for approval. The overthrow of Andros had taken place two
months earlier.
The site of the dwelling house of Joseph Bixby is not definitely
known. 2 He was a carpenter, and would undoubtedly have built
well and strongly. As he had a large family, it is probable he built
the customary dwelling house of that time, 3 two large rooms on
either side of the central and only chimney. On the first floor of
such houses was the hall or living room, and the parlor, which was
also a sleeping apartment. An entry filled in the space between the
two rooms, into which the outside "front door" opened, and from
which a flight of steps ran to the second story, these steps being
against the chimney and probably making two or three turns. The
second story was planned like the first, with the possible exception
of one of the large chambers which might be divided by a wains-
scotted partition, making two smaller chambers. The attic was
large and roomy, for in those days the roof was steep, forming an
angle of about 45 °. To the back side of the house a lean-to may
' Sfc^W gfe«f& $&*tfy
Facsimile of signature. Massachusetts Archives, 107: 142.
' The lands laid out to Bixby, Cummings, and the others extended eastward from Andover line-
so to completely enclose the plain on which is situated the east village of Boxford. Six house lots
of thirty acres each had been laid out on the plain, and on these the proprietors dwelt. A road was
laid out east and west as near Fish Brook as possible. See History of Boxford by Sydney Perley,
who some year3 later contributed an account of the Dwellings of Boxford to the Essex Institute
Historical Collections, in which he traces the history of the house which Mr. Israel Herrick occu-
pied in 1890 back to Joseph Bixby, and hazards the opinion that this house may have formed part
of the house built by him when he settled in Boxford. From the somewhat confusing record
obtained from deeds this opinion would seem to be erroneous, as Jonathan, not George Bixby was
bequeathed the homestead.
Mr. Perley says that George Bixby succeeded his father in the ownership of the homestead, and
in turn at his death in 1729, the last year he was taxed, was succeeded by his only surviving son,
Gideon Bixby. The latter's son, Gideon, sold the place in April, 1774, to John Herrick. The farm
then consisted of 108 acres. It was Israel, son of this John Herrick, who remodelled the house
in 1800.
s In 1667, John Pickard let his farm of 250 acres to Edmund James and agreed to build and fur-
nish a cellar twenty four feet long, with a chimney in it, a house twenty four feet long and sixteen
feet wide, and to cover and finish the cellar and house, also a barn forty six feet long and eleven
feet stud, with great doors, so a loaded cart could enter, and little doors, so an unloaded cart could
go out. The ends, side and roof of the house were to be boarded and clapboarded, and the barn
was to be shingled and underpinned. (History of Boxford, p. 55.)
22 BIXBY GENEALOGY
have been attached at the time of building but was more likely
added later. This lean-to would have extended nearly the whole
length of the house, and here would be a long kitchen with, perhaps,
a chamber or large pantry occupying one end of the lean-to. Over
the kitchen were one or two chambers.
The first highway authorized by the new town of Boxford in 1686
was from Andover bounds to Topsfield "along by Joseph Bixbes
hows." 1
On the 24 May, 1728, George Bixby, Richard Kimball, and Jona-
than Bixby, all of Boxford, grant to Joseph Bixby of Boxford, hus-
bandman, all their rights in certain parcels of land in Boxford, in
all 100 acres, including "the first lot, whereon old Sergeant Bixby
lived." The grantors were George, son of Joseph Bixby, St., Jona-
than, son of Jonathan, who had inherited the homestead, and Kim-
ball, who had probably a right through purchase only. The grantee
was Joseph, son of Joseph Bixby, Jr., who at this time was dispos-
ing of his estate in Boxford, preparatory to removal. If this lot
could be traced, the exact location of Sergeant Bixby 's house might
be determined. There are some indications that it was near the
mill erected on Fish Creek by Richard Kimball and others in 17 10.
Rowley Village was one of the localities where in early days iron
was obtained from the bog ore found in so many places in Massa-
chusetts. Great hopes had been maintained by the first settlers
that iron could be had in commercial quantities. As early as 1644
a company of London merchants and others was formed through
the energetic work of John Winthrop, Jr., for the purpose of estab-
lishing iron works at some point in the vicinity of the English set-
tlements, and Braintree was selected. The ore deposits there being
found inferior to those at Saugus, the chief efforts of the company
were directed to establishing works at what was called Hammer-
smith, in Saugus. Here for about forty years mining and smelting
of ore was carried on, first by the original company of under-
takers, and after their failure, by persons who had succeeded to their
rights and property.
Smaller works were commenced in several places. Less than ten
years after Joseph Bixby 's settlement at Boxford, a company of
Essex men was formed to mine and smelt ore at Boxford. On the
25th Dec, 1670, John Gould, one of the company, quitclaimed to
i Town records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 23
the company 80 acres "on part whereof the said iron workes now
standeth." The works were first managed by Henry Leonard, who
had been employed at Hammersmith, and who probably employed
his sons, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Thomas, and one Daniel Black,
as workmen in the forge, purchasing the ore from such as would
mine it and bring it to the works, paying therefore four shillings
six pence per ox-cart load. Joseph Bixby was one of the owners
in the works, but sold his one sixteenth interest, 29 Oct., 1673, to
Jonathan Wade of Ipswich. He brought an action against Thomas
Baker, as clerk of the owners, in June, 1673, to recover £50-6, but
withdrew his suit. Leonard, failing to meet his obligations on ac-
count of his lease, and being sued by his workman, Black, for his
services, fled the country late in 1673 to evade a judgment of £5
or thereabouts which Black had obtained.
In March, 1674, l the proprietors voted to place the management
of affairs in the hands of a committee, of whom John Gould was
one, and to employ Samuel and Nathaniel Leonard to smelt the
ore. The forge was in poor repair. Operations there, apparently
with the consent of Gould, after his fellow committee members had
objected, resulted in the works taking fire, and being destroyed.
Whereupon the rest of the owners sued Gould to recover the value
of the plant, claiming £210 damages. The case was carried to the
upper court. The value of the buildings and property destroyed
by fire was assessed by Joseph Bexby and Abraham Reddington,
the former making oath 26 March, 1675, that he "doth not look at
himself to be owner of any part of ye workes." 2
There is no record of the sale by Joseph Bixby of what lands he
1 There was an evident desire on the part of the owners of the iron works, and probably other
residents of the town, to be rid of the Leonards. In the family of Mrs. Leonard was a maid, one
Hannah Downing, daughter of Malcolm Downing, who was of a lively disposition, and whose con-
duct had been at times encouraged and commended by her master and mistress, and at times re-
proved. The family were evidently given to rough ways and eventually Hannah was induced to
complain of the treatment accorded her by the Leonard boys. The papers in the case are on file
with the Essex County Court papers, and while throwing much light upon the Leonards and their
friends, and some slight light upon the iron works, are not of sufficient credibility to be accepted
at their face value. As Mrs. Leonard herself claimed, the purpose of the complaint may have been
to drive her out of the town. It is in this case that we find the deposition of Sergeant Joseph Bixby
given 2, 5th mo., 1674, in which he gives his age as 54 years. Concerning the Leonards, he testi-
fied to their rough way of life, and disregard of conventionalities, and of their use of "very bad
words, as Divell and Damn yee, and many other words which I have been ashamed to heare, which
wicked expressions have been very frequent with them." The good man was much shocked. Dan-
iel Bixby also testified in the case, and from testimony of another, it appears that Benjamin Bixby
had been friendly with the family. (Essex files, 21: 140.)
* Suffolk Files, 1307.
24 BIXBY GENEALOGY
may have possessed in Ipswich. Nor until his purchase of the
interest in the Village lands does he appear of record as acquiring
real estate. On the 3 Feb., 1669, he joined with John Ruck of Salem,
vintner, in the purchase of two parcels of land in Topsfield, each of
twenty acres, for which they paid £4-5, and which are described as
the 25th lot in the first division near Wheelwright Brook, between
the lots of Francis Peabody and John How, and the other the ninth
lot in the second division, between the lots of Ensign Howlett and
John How, and a part of which was sticky meadow. On the 8 Sept.,
1672, he purchased two acres adjoining his own land at Rowley
Village, and on the 29 Jan., 1676, he made further purchases of
upland and meadow in Topsfield, adjoining land he already owned
there, which is probably the land he had bought of John Gould
9 May, 1674. It was probably this Topsfield land which Benjamin
Bixby settled upon and eventually inherited.
In 1687, in a tax list which has fortunately come down to us,
Joseph Bixby is described as "an old, decrepit man," and it is pos-
sible that at that time his son George was in charge of the home
place. 1
There was no distribution of the estate of Joseph Bixby until
after the death of his widow, who survived him three years. Her
death is noted on Boxford records, "Sarah Bixbe a wedow of 84
Years of aege desesad in Juen the third," but the year is missing.
Her husband's will was proved 6 March, 1703-4, and an inventory
filed the following month, when it is evident the widow was not
living. We may assume that she had died in 1703, as on the 17
Jan., 1702-3, she had been dismissed with other women members of
the Topsfield church to the church in Boxford, which had been
organized the preceding month. In the church record she was
styled the "Widow Bixby."
The will of Joseph Bixby is on file at Salem, together with an in-
ventory of his estate, both of which follow. 2
Will
The last will and testiment of Josaph Bixby Sener liveing in Box-
ford being aged and not expacting to contenew long in this world
yet perfact in his understanding and in A Resinal disposing miend:
I doe bequeath my Souel to Almity God who gave it mee and my
1 See under Sergeant Joseph Bixby, Jr. (n). 2 Facsimile of will is shown opposite page 26
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 25
body to bee desantly buriad in the Earth after my deseas: and as
for my outward Estat I despos of it as heerit foloweth : and to my
son Josaph I will and bequeath forty and fouer Acors and a quarter
of land: pearte of it is the land I gave him a pon mariag: which
land he now liveeth uppon : also I doe give to my son gorg the Eaigh-
teen acors of land hee now liveath a pon and Elaven acors moer
behind durty medow and and two acors and three quarters of medow
in durty medow and three acors of medow in the slip and an acor
of upland lying Round it for convenantsy of fencing of it :
also I doe give to my son Jonathen twenty and Eaight acors of
land he now liveath a pon which is the homested I live uppon and
fouer acors of medow in long medow which I bout of Captin
Chandler: and the Reast of my land shal be Eaqually parted A
mongst my 3 sons ; and forder my will is that my thre sons Josaph
gorg and Jonathen shal keep my wief on cow winter and sommer:
and also one hog and a low hir twenty bushel of Endian corn and
three bushel of wheat and two of malt one baril of sider and twelve
pound of flax tear and six pound of sheeps woll and nien cord of
wood all thes a bove s d perticalers aer to be providad yearly during
hir wedowhood : also the weast Eand of the hous with the utenses
in it : also thes three sons a bove named shal allow thair mother a
peec of Eaigh a peec yearly.
my son daniel hath had his porsion alredy and I doe give to my
son benjemien three pound to be payed in corn by my sons Josaph
gorg and Jonathen Eaqally a mongst them.
my daftar Mary Ston hath had seven pound and three shillings
wicth is hir porsion.
and my will is that my dafter Abegal shal have ten pound of that
Estat that my wief shal leave behind hir at hir deseas: also my will
is that my three sons Josaph goarg and Jonathen doe pay all my
honest deats and maintain mee and my wief with meat drink and
clothing and wood and tendanc and what wee stand in need of dur-
ing my natural lief and after my death beury me desantly which
charges and disbursments my will is that my three sons Josaph
goarg and Jonathen doe bear it eaqually one as much as a nother.
it is to be understod that I give to my 3 sons Josaph gorg and
Jonathen all the undevidad land not hear named Eaqually a mongst
them
also my three sons Joseph goarg and Jonathen aer to begin to
26 BIXBY GENEALOGY
doe thair shaers in all that is Exprased in this Enstrument att the
deat of this Enstrument : I doe desiar that John Pebody and Thomas
Redington shall bee my over sears of this my will that it may bee
parfermed in all Respact according to what is Exprased in this my
last will and testiment
and in testimoney that this is my las will and testimont I the said
Josaph Bixbe sener have seat tow my hand and seall this Elaventh
day of november in the year of our Lord one thowsend six hundred
nienty and nien
Witneses Josaph Bixbee
John Pebody Sener his J mark
William Foster and seall
Abraham Redington Sarah Bixbee hir
Thomas Redington marck 3 B widdow
to the desesad hath set hir hand hear
to in testimony of hir consent to this
will of hir leat husband.
Ess.ss. Before y e Hon bl John Appleton Esq r Judge of y e probates
&c in Ipsw ch March 6, 1703-4 — William Foster & Abraham Red-
ington of Boxford in y e County of Essex appear d & made Oath
y* they were prsent & saw Joseph Bigsbee Senj r of s d Boxford
signe seale & heard him publish & declare y e within written In-
strmt to bee his last Will and Testamt & w n he so Did he was of a
disposeing mind To y 6 best of their Discerning and y* They sett
to Their hands as Witness in his p r sence — & at y e same Time They
Saw John Pebody & Thomas Redington Sett to Their hand as Witt-
ness In his p r sence
Upon which This Will was proved approved & allowed
Attest Dan 1 Rogers
On back of Will:
Joseph Bixbees Sen r
Will proved approved
& allowed
Record Exam dd
1704
Boxford
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DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 27
Inventory.
Aprell 29: 1704 than we whos names are undar writen being de-
sired by Joseph Byxbe to prize the Estat of his father who desased
Aprell the 17: 1701 1 and we have vewed and prized the a bove s d
estat as fouloeth all as mony
First the land that he gave by his will to his Son Joseph 44 acrs 2
we have prized at thirty too pounds
and the land he gave to his son gorg by his will we priz : at twanty
on pounds 35. 3/4
and the land he gave to his son Jonathan we doe priz at sixty
pounds housing and orchard and madoe included 32
and his undavided land spoken of in the will we doe priz at twanty
five pounds. 9L.
and the hous hould stuf we priz as mony
on fethar bad 2 boulstars 3 pelowes 2 shets:
2 coverlads 3 bad blankts 3-14-0
3 napkens on tablcloth five pelow bers 0-08-0
brace 3 2 ketels on mortar and pastel
worming pane: scelet scemor OI-06-6
putor 7 platers 2 pots and som ould putor 00-17-0
five small books 00-04-0
on chast five smal Boxis 4 ould toubs 00-1 1-0
2 iron pots and pothuks spet and sword tramells
tongs shore and coultar grediron 02-02-0
1 chain 3 wadgis chafing dish dish ironfoot
2 Irones 2 axis 4 agars and other ould iron 1-09-0
3 Chairs and three sheers 00-16-0
trundel badstord and othar ould things we priz at 00-1 1-0
We have prized what is mentioned ase mony as witness our hands
Boxford Aprell: 29: 1704.
Joseph Pabody
John Stills
1 The date waa first written 1700, and later changed to 1701. It must be remembered that at
that time the year ended late in March, and the writing of 1700 was a natural lapse.
1 44 acres inserted in another hand as also the figures 35 3/4. 32 and 9 L in the following para-
graphs.
• Brass; just as the following paragraph enumerates the value of the pewter utensils.
28 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children : x
1- i Joseph, born probably in 1648 or 1649, "eldest son"; 2 married Sarah
Gould.
2- 2 Daniel, born probably 1651; married Hannah Chandler.
3- 3 Benjamin, born probably in 1653; married Mary.
4 Sarah, died 18 Jan., 1657.
5 Nathaniel, died 11 July, 1658.
6 Mary, born 18 Feb., 1659; married Stone. She was living in 1699.
7- 7 George, born probably about 1660-5; married Rebecca Porter.
8- 8 Jonathan, born probably about 1666-70; married Mary Smith.
9 Abigail. The date of her birth is unknown, nor has record of her
baptism been found. She was admitted to the church at Boxford, 25
July, 1703, and on the preceding 25 Feb., Tryphena, daughter of Abigail
Bixby, was baptised in that church. Abigail Bigsby of Chebacco
parish, Ipswich, was published to William Bennet, 20 April, 1720.*
It seems probable that William Bennet was son of Henry, and, if so,
born in 1657. Nothing more is told of him in the "Bennet Family of
Ipswich," printed in N. E. Hist. Geneal. Register, 29: 165, except that
he was living in 1685. There was a William Bennet, Sr., of Chebacco
in 1733, and a younger William who had wife Sarah. There were
other William Bennets in that section of Essex County, but sufficient
seems to be known of them to indicate that none of them could have
been the William who intended marriage with Abigail Bigsby.
There is no settlement of the estate of William Bennet of Ipswich
on record, nor has any definite information been obtained concerning
him or of Abigail. Topsfield church records, however, note the death
of Abigail Bixby, "an aged woman," 7 Nov., 1758.
Tryphena Bigsby was published at Ipswich to Thomas Vickery, 15
Sept., 1722, but died unmarried at Ipswich, 7 Oct., 1722. 3
1 There is record of birth of but one child of Joseph Bixby, and the death of two others, all found
on the County Clerk's records. Rowley and Topsfield records yield no information. It is supposed
that the six children first named were born in Ipswich, and the last three probably after the removal
to Rowley Village. Ipswich church records prior to 1720 are lost, and the Topsfield church record
of baptisms commences 1684. The order of birth of the children as here given depends upon a care-
ful study of probabilities.
* Essex Probate records, estate Joseph Bixby, Sr.
•Ipswich Records.
SECOND GENERATION
SECOND GENERATION
ii
II. Joseph Bixby {Joseph), of Boxford, Mass., born presumably
at Ipswich, Mass., in 1648; died probably at Boxford in 1725. Ad-
ministration was granted 5 Oct., 1725, on his estate, which inven-
toried £350-12-11, to Joseph "eldest son." He married 29 March,
1682, at Boxford, Sarah Gould, 1 born 18 Dec. 1664, died 4 Dec,
1723, daughter of Capt. John and Sarah (Baker) Gould of Topsfield, 2
Mass.
Children, all born at Boxford: 3
1- 1 Joseph, born 29 March, 1683; married Lydia Peabody.
2- 2 Sarah, born 3 Aug., 1685; married James Higgins.
3 Priscilla, born 28 Feb. (1687-8); living in April, 1728; 4 married 27
Oct., 1720, at Boxford, Joshua Higgins of Orleans, Mass. 5
4- 4 Phebe, born 19 April, 1690, baptized 8 June, 1690, at Topsfield; married
Samuel Pickard.
5- 5 John, born 26 July (1692), baptized 28 Aug., 1692, at Topsfield; married
Esther Andrews.
6 Mary, born 10 or 19 April, baptized 3 June, 1694, at Topsfield; married
12 Jan., 1743-4, Eliezer Lake. Possibly as his second wife. Eliezer
Lake, "an aged man," died 29 April, 1771. Mary Lake, "an aged
woman," died in 1775. (See Sarah Bixby, 1354.)
7- 7 Thomas, born 2 April, 16 (96), baptized 9 Aug., 1696, at Topsfield; mar-
ried Alice Cummings.
8- 8 Hannah, born 1 Dec, 1699; married Richard Towne.
9- 9 Moses, born 20 July, 1704; married Phebe Hopkins.
Joseph Bixby, junior, was a husbandman. He lived at Boxford,
and was prominent in town affairs, taking his father's place in the
public's service. In 1675 he was a member of the Rowley com-
\ Essex County Court records; where also are obtained the births of the two eldest childrei, in
which record the name is spelled Biggisby.
* Sarah and Joseph Bixby join with other Gould heirs in deed, acknowledged 5 July, 1723. (Essex
Deeds, 40: 271.) See also Gould Genealogy (1895), pp. 50-54.
' The dates here given are from Boxford town records and Topsfield church records. The latter
are printed in Essex Institute Hist. Coll. and Coll. Topsfield Hist. Soc. Baptismal records do not
commence until 1688. Topsfield town record of births begins practically with about 1700, evi-
dently a family series begun some years later. Boxford town records of births commence earlier
but are badly worn. All of the children are named in divisions of father's estate, and receipts given
to Joseph the administrator are on file from all but Phebe, Priscilla (her husband receipting how-
ever), and John. Jonathan Bixby receipted for Moses. See Essex Probate records and files.
* Suffoli files, 21407.
6 Intention of marriage at Orleans, 13 Aug., 1720.
5 31
32 BIXBY GENEALOGY
pany, commanded by Capt. Samuel Brocklebank, and was one of
the twelve men impressed out of that company 29 Nov., 1675, 1 and
assigned to the company commanded by Maj. Samuel Appleton
which took part in the Narragansett campaign. Jeremiah Swain
of Reading was lieutenant of this company. Bixby's name appears
among those of the sixty one new men "that are now listed, " 2 the
muster roll being made up on Dedham Plain, as of 9 Dec, 1675,
when it was found that the Massachusetts contingent numbered
540 men, who were under Appleton's command. The day before
the fight the army was joined by 325 Connecticut troops, and the
whole force, which also included Plymouth Colony troops, was
commanded by Gov. Josiah Winslow. Appleton's own company
took part in the assault upon the Indian fort at Narragansett 19
December and lost four killed and eighteen wounded.
In 1728, the General Court granted to the survivors of this cam-
paign, or their representatives, seven townships, known as the Nar-
ragansett townships, of which Souhegan West, afterward Amherst,
N. H., was number three. Joseph Bixby's right was claimed by
his son John Bixby of Boxford. 3
Joseph Bixby does not appear to have performed any other serv-
ice in this war.
Although not a member of the Topsfield church, he was appointed
with Thomas Perkins, Jr., at a town meeting in Topsfield, 29 July,
1681, "to go to Cambrig to pilot Mr. Capen to Topsfield to Lieut.
Peabody's house." Rev. Joseph Capen proved acceptable to Tops-
field church, and was ordained and served there forty one years.
He was born in Dorchester, and was the first Topsfield minister
born in America.
Joseph Bixby, Jr., was one of the selectmen of Boxford in 1688,
and was reelected 24 June, 1689, when he was styled corporal. He
was elected eleven times to that office, his last service being in 1723.
He was moderator of town meeting in 1694-5 and in 1699; was
constable, an office of great responsibility in early times, in 1691 ;
on committee to build the meeting house in 1699; and to seat the
people in the meeting house in January, 1 700-1, a post requiring
tact and good judgment, as the congregation was seated according
1 Mass. Archives, 68 : 68.
3 Bodge: History of King Philip's War, page 157.
• Ibid., page 434.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY
33
to the dignity of their position in society. In 1701 he was on the
committee to build the minister's house. He was again moderator
in 1702, helped seat the meeting house in 1703, and was grand-
juryman that same year. In 1702 he also served as tythingman.
He is first mentioned in town records as sergeant in 1700. From
the incorporation of Boxford until 1705 he was a member of the
committee appointed from time to time to meet committees of other
towns to agree upon the bounds of Boxford. 1
On the 22 March, 1689-90, several Boxford men were admitted
freemen of the Colony, among them "Joseph Byxbe." 2
There is in existence a country rate for Boxford, dated 3 Oct.,
1687. On this return 3 appear many details not commonly given
in the tax lists. Joseph Bixby, Sr., his sons, Joseph and George,
were taxed as follows:
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As George Bixby is taxed for his "head," that is, a poll tax, and
for some stock, but not for a house, it is possible that the elder Bixby
had relinquished the care of the home farm to him, and that he at
that time lived with his father.
Sarah (Gould) Bixby, wife of Joseph Bixby, Jr., was a grand-
daughter of Zacheus Gould who settled first at Lynn, Mass., and
later at Topsfield, where he acquired a large landed estate.
Zacheus Gould was 72 years old in 1661. His wife was Phoebe
Deacon, daughter of Thomas and Martha Deacon of Corner Hall,
Bovington, Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, and a near rela-
tive to Lt. Col. Thomas Deacon, the parliamentarian soldier. The
Deacons were an armorial family, and like the Goulds, had long
1 Boxford town records, printed in Topsfield Historical Collections.
2 Mass. Archives, 35: 353.
8 N. E. Hist. Geneal. Reg., 33: 162.
34 BIXBY GENEALOGY
been settled in the locality whence the Goulds emigrated to New-
England. A sister of Phoebe (Deacon) Gould married John
Putnam of Dan vers. 1
The inventory of the estate of Joseph Bixby valued his house,
lands and right in undivided land lying on the east of Mr. Pickard's
farm, at £237, land in Rocke woods in Partnership, 19 acres, £28,
two parcels of meadow in Andover 2 £28. Personalty, £57-2-11.
All members of his family signing receipts for their portion used
the spelling Byxbe. 3
From Suffolk court files, we learn that Joshua Higgins and his
wife, Priscilla, were not satisfied with the share allotted to them,
in their father's estate, and in consequence brought suit against
Joseph Bixby, the administrator, and recovered £40. Joseph ap-
pealed from this judgment and won his case. The real estate was
valued at £293, and was divided equally between Joseph and John,
the two eldest sons, who gave bonds to pay their brothers and sisters
their portions. The estate was divided into ten shares, the eldest
son receiving a double portion. 4
12
II. Daniel Bixby {Joseph), born at Ipswich, Mass., about 1651;
died at Andover, Mass., 7 May, 171 7, 6 leaving a will dated 12 April,
1715, proved 5 July, 1717.
Daniel Bigsbie and Hannah Chandler were married 2 Dec,
1674, by William French. 6 Hannah Chandler was daughter of
Lieut. Thomas 7 and Hannah (Brewer) Chandler, and died 20 Nov.,
1730. 8
Children, born at Andover:
1 Daniel, born 18 Sept., 1675; probably died in the lifetime of his father.
2- 2 Hannah, born 13 Dec, 1679; married Stephen Barnard, Jr.
3- 3 Thomas, born 18 Dec, 1681; married Deborah Elkins.
4 Sarah, born 19 Jan., 1683; died 17 July, 1712.
5- 5 Jonathan, born probably in 1685, at Andover; married Rachel Hobart.
1 Putnam: Putnam Lineage, pp. 2, 3.
2 In 1699 he bought Deer meadow in Andover of Joseph Parker, and in 1719 granted the same
to Joseph Bixby, Jr., of Boxford, weaver. {Essex Deeds, 36: 176, 177.)
» Essex Probate, 2509.
* Suffolk files, 18745. 19800, 21407.
6 Family record of C M. Bixby (13436. 4K2), who also gives the death of Hannah as 22 Nov.
•Andover records in N. E. Hist. Geneal. Reg., 3: 66, and Andover Vital Records.
7 Essex Deeds, 32: 234-
8 Manual South Church, Andover.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 35
6- 6 David, born 15 Feb., 1687-8; married Abigail Butterfield.
7- 7 Mephibosheth, born 3 April, 1690; married Mary Emmons.
8- 8 Mary, born 12 l April, 1693; married 7 June, 1716, George Holt.
9- 9 Joseph, born 5 March, 1695-6; married Experience Frost.
Daniel Bixby removed to Andover prior to his marriage. He
was a husbandman and carpenter. In 1690, he lived between John
Russand Christopher Osgood. 2 In those days Boxford and Andover,
Mass., were adjoining towns. His father-in-law 3 was one of the
influential men of Andover, had been one of the early settlers there,
and represented the town in the General Court in 1678 and 1679.
Thomas Chandler conveyed to his son-in-law, Daniel Bixby, sixty
acres near the Shawshin river, 12 April, 1688, the consideration
being £40. It is said that a Robert Bigsby was witness to this deed. 4
Chandler died in 1703 aged about 73 years leaving a will in which
mention is made of his daughter Bixby. His widow, Hannah, died
25 Oct., 1717.
The will of Daniel "Bixbe" names all of his sons except Daniel
and Jonathan. If his daughter-in-law Rachel should have a living
child by his son, the child is given 20 shillings. All his lands and
buildings were to be enjoyed jointly by his wife and son Joseph,
who were made executors. The daughter Hannah had had her
portion.
Rachel was the widow of Jonathan, but of her nothing more is
known except she became the mother of a child. Joseph sold his
father's "right" to common land in Andover, in 1722. 8
13
II. Benjamin Bixby (Joseph), born probably at Ipswich, Mass.,
and in 1650; died during the first half of 1727, probably at Tops-
field, Mass. He was an unmarried man in July, 1674, 6 but was
soon after married, as his eldest child was born in 1676. It is
thought he was twice married, both wives being named Mary.
1 Or 10 April, see Chandler Genealogy, also Andover Vital Records.
2 Essex Court files, so: 62, case of Elizabeth Sessions vs. Joseph Chandler. Elizabeth had lived
as a maid in Bixby 's family.
'See Chandler Genealogy (1883), page 37.
4 Faith in the accuracy of the recording cleri is lessened on finding that the date of acknowledg-
ment of the deed is given 11 Feb., 1678, ten years prior to its date. The deed was not recorded
until 12 Dec, 1717. In 1688 there was a Robert Buzwell living at Andover who was born in 1667-8,
and may have been the witness.
6 Essex Deeds, 40: 172.
'Essex Court files, 21: 140.
36 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Certainly he left a widow Mary, who was living as late as Jan.,
1732- 3- 1
Children, probably all born at Topsfield: 2
1 Caleb, born probably in 1676; died 14 July, 1754, "aged 78 years," 3 at
Killingly, Conn.; married 17 July, 1723, at Killingly, 4 Sarah Blanchard,
daughter of George and Sarah Blanchard. She was admitted to the
church at Killingly 9 Jan., 1754, and died there 17 Dec, 1766, "aged 76
years." 4 Caleb Bixby was in the military service of the colony of Mas-
sachusetts Bay in 1704. 5 It is probable that he accompanied his brother
Samuel to Sutton in 17 16, and became a landowner there. He sold
land in Sutton in 1721, 1724, 1729, and 1738. The last sale was by deed
dated 30 March, 1738, by which he conveyed 45 acres to John Towne, Jr.,
1 Neither the death of Benjamin Bixby nor of his wife is of record. Benjamin sold, 5 March.
1726-7, three lots of land which had formerly been a part of Topsfield commons. His wife, Mary,
joined in the deed. On the 1 1 July, 1727, the witnesses acknowledge their signatures, and testify that
they saw Benjamin Byxbe "late of Topsfield, deceased" sign. The widow Mary was admitted to
the church at Killingly 25 June, 1738, by letter from Topsfield church. She was living at Topsfield
Jan., 1732-3, as on the 17th of that month she released dower in the estate sold by her son Nathan to
Rev. John Emerson {Essex Deeds, 49: 184; 63: 250). The name Caleb is unusual in families asso-
ciated with Topsfield at that early date, with the exception of the Kimball family. Henry Kim-
ball of Ipswich (whose son Richard was for a time of Topsfield, and whose grand-nephew was that
Richard Kimball who joins with the Bixbys in several deeds of land and was a large landowner in
Boxford), died in 1676, leaving twelve children, all of whose names are known. Caleb, another
child of Henry, was killed at the fight at Bloody Brook, where fell "the flower of Essex." Caleb's
elder sister, Mary, born 29 Nov., 1641, at Watertown, was living in 1677 when Caleb's estate waa
divided, but is not otherwise mentioned in Essex County records. Unfortunately, although the
order of the court for the distribution of both the estate of Caleb and of his father are of record,
the children are not individually named. (See Kimball Genealogy by Morrison and Sharpies.)
Was Mary Kimball the wife of Benjamin Bixby? Did she name her eldest son, born very soon
after the tragic death of her brother Caleb, after him? If so, and Benjamin Bixby was not twice
married, she was a /ery aged woman when dismissed to the church at Killingly, and had borne chil-
dren very late in life. As there is a period of nearly ten years between the birth of Benjamin in
1678 and that of Samuel baptized in 1689, it is probable that during that period Benjamin Bixby's
wife had died and he had again married. The Henry Kimball mentioned above, married about
1640 Mary, daughter of John Wyatt, and thus his children were own cousins to the children of
Joseph Bixby, Sr. See N. E. Hist. Geneal. Reg., 28. The Kimballs were from Rattlesden, Suf-
folk, England, not far from the home of the parents and ancestors of Joseph Bixby.
2 Birth and baptismal dates are from town and church records of Topsfield, as printed. At the
time the two youngest children were baptized, Benjamin, junior, had a family. The record seems
to clearly differentiate between the two Benjamins. The printed copy varies from the original by
inserting a "Jr." after Benjamin's name. The church baptisms are cited in the "Vital Records,"
and for the early years have also been printed in the Essex Institute Hist. Coll. It is known that
portions of the record have become illegible since their first examination for genealogical purposes.
a half century or more ago. The birth of George Bixby is found in the Bixby Ms., obtained from
a family record written about i860 by Henry M. Bixby (13538. 55) from dictation of Joseph Bixby
(13538.4). The birth of Nathan on the 16th and his baptism twelve days earlier suggests that in
some way I Nov., was read 16th, as the baptism appears to be correctly entered.
* Killingly church records, which to 1775 were copied by Miss Ellen D. Lamed and printed in
the Putnam Patriot in 1894, and also to 1750 in Putnam's Historical Magazine. The Patriot
copy gives Caleb's death as occurring 4 July.
* Ibid.
* "Paid Jonathan Kimball and Caleb Bigsby, soldiers that served Her Majesty under command
of Lt. (Pelatiah) Whittemore, 17 June (1704). to 12 Jan., 1704-5, £3-10-0." {Colony Treasurer's
accounts, p. 270.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 37
of Topsfield, in consideration of £370. He probably removed that year
to Thompson, Conn., as he was admitted to the church there in 1738. 1
The Bable Bixby mentioned in the printed Sutton records in the His-
tory of Sutton as a resident in 1726 is undoubtedly a misreading of Caleb's
name. In 1731 he was seated in the third pew of the Sutton meeting-
house. His home in Killingly was in the locality later known as Put-
nam Heights. He purchased of Benjamin Bixby land in Thompson
parish, Killingly, 20 March, 1738, paying therefor £300. He is not
known to have had issue, and certainly left none at his death. By will
of 11 Jan., 1750-1, he left his entire estate to his wife's brother, William
Blanchard, who was charged with the care of the testator and his wife
during their lives. This will was proved 6 Aug., 1754, when adminis-
tration was granted to the relict, Sarah, and Mr. Samuel Buck, 2 the ex-
ecutor named in the will being deceased. The estate comprised a house
and land, worth £50, and other property to the value of £35.
2- 2 Benjamin, born 26 Nov., 1678; married Martha Lamsom.
3 Joshua, died "an ancient man," 9 June, 1754; married 2 April, 17 14,
Mary Davis. He was late of Topsfield, 7 Oct., 1754, when his widow
had administration on his estate. George Bixby of Topsfield, gentle-
man, was her surety. Rev. John Emerson, minister at Topsfield, noted
in his diary that he attended the funeral of Joshua Bixby, 10 June, 1754. 3
Probably by second wife:
4- 4 Samuel, baptized 2 June, 1689; married Martha Underwood.
5- 5 George, born 31 Jan., 1692; baptized 7 Feb., 1691-2; married Mary
(Baily) Porter; (2) Sarah (Goodhue) Cummings.
6- 6 Nathan, born 16 Nov., 1694; baptized 4 (sic) Nov., 1694; married Abigail
Rogers.
7- 7 Elizabeth, born 10 Nov., 1697; married Richard Towne.
8- 8 Jacob, born 29 April, 1700; married Elizabeth Jewett; (2) Sarah Young-
love.
9- 9 Jemima, born 26 Jan., 1702-3; baptized 4 March, 1702-3; married Joseph
Towne.
10 Mary, named in deed of father to son Nathan. Perhaps that "Mary,
child of Benjamin," baptized May, 1707.
11 ?Kezia, "child of Benjamin," baptized 4 Nov., 171 1.
Benjamin Bixby took the oath of allegiance at Topsfield in 1677
and 1678. He was the only person by the name of Bixby in either
Topsfield or Boxford who took the oath. 4 In 1681 he was listed
in the minister's rate at five shillings. His brother Joseph paid
the same, and their father paid one pound. Benjamin was the
only one of the family taxed in Topsfield, 3 Oct., 1687. He paid
three shillings six pence in the "country" rate, taxed on one head
(poll), one house, three acres of land, four cows, three sheep, and
fourteen hogs. The following year he paid three shillings one penny
on one head and seventeen pounds estate 5 . By deed "sealed 2
1 Thompson church records. 3 Interleaved almanac.
2 Pomfret Probate records, I: 149; II: 47. * Essex Deeds, Ipswich series, IV.
s N. E. Hist. Geneal. Reg., 35: 34.
38 BIXBY GENEALOGY
March, 1689," acknowledged 8 July, 1696, Joseph Bixby, Sr., of
Boxford, in consideration of forty pounds paid by Benjamin Bixby
"my son, now living in Topsfield," conveyed to him 32 acres in
Topsfield. 1 Benjamin held various town offices in Topsfield be-
tween 1692 and 1 7 12, inclusive. He was the only one of the name
taxed in Topsfield in 1723 and 1 725.2 He did not leave a will, hav-
ing disposed of his estate during his lifetime. There is recorded
with Essex Deeds, 43: 241, a deed, in which his wife joins, dated 2
Nov., 1722, whereby he granted to his son Nathan one half his
lands, the house Nathan dwelt in, half his barn, etc., in all about
fifty acres of land ; and also the other half on condition that Nathan
maintained his parents and paid their burial expenses, and should
also pay to his sisters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Jemima, £5, as re-
quired, but not later than their marriage, and to his brothers, Caleb
and Samuel, £1. Power to dispose of the lands for his own ad-
vantage was reserved by the grantor provided Nathan failed to meet
his obligations. Nathan also inherited his father's right as a pro-
prietor in the common lands of Topsfield. 3 In 1733 Nathan dis-
posed of his property in Topsfield for £652 and removed to
Killingly, accompanied probably by his mother. The deed from
Benjamin to Nathan was witnessed by Mary and Jacob Bixby.
17
II. George Bixby {Joseph), probably born at Boxford, Mass.,
about 1660-65; died according to the Bixby Ms. in 1739, but as
he was last taxed in 1729 4 it is likely he died that or the following
year. He married Rebecca.
Children, recorded at Boxford:
1 Nathaniel, born 1 March, 16 — ; baptized at Topsfield, Mass., 16 July,
1693; died 9 March, 1702-3, 6 at Boxford.
2- 2 Gideon, born 1 Sept., 1699; married Rebecca Foster.
George Bixby is said to have been a merchant. His house in 1692,
may have stood near his field, which was considered a central point
for the erection of the meeting-house. The committee appointed
by the town to find a site for the meeting-house reported that George
1 Essex Deeds, 35= 61. ' Essex Deeds, 36: 34-
» Coll. Topsfield Hist. Soc, III. * Perley: Dwellings of Boxford.
* This date is given in the Bixby Ms. The year is illegible on the record. The editor of the
"Vital Records" suggests 1701-2. Nor can the year of birth be read, it was probably 1693.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 39
Bixby's field was seven miles from Wills Hill (Middleton), eight
miles from the farthest point of our land near Merrimack, two and
a quarter miles from the eight mile tree (in Andover line) , and two
and one half miles the nearest way from Rowley line. Two years
later it was voted to set the meeting-house between the houses of
George Bixby and William Peabody, the building to be 34 feet by
30 feet.
In spite of this vote the meeting-house was not erected until 1701,
and then not on the above described site, but on a small hill at the
northern corner of the cemetery in the East village, near the present
church. While these preparations for a meeting house at Boxford
were being made, there had arisen some friction between members
of the Topsfield church resident in Topsfield and their Boxford
brethren and neighbors. It was naturally distasteful to the ma-
jority of the old church to have the support of the Boxford people
withdrawn. The Boxford members of the congregation felt that
they were not granted the consideration due them. When finally
Boxford procured a minister and were in a position to organize their
church, the Topsfield church dismissed for that purpose eleven
male members, of whom Jonathan Bixby was one. This was
4 Oct., 1702. After the ordination, in December of that year of Rev.
Thomas Symms, the Topsfield church dismissed, in January, 1702-3,
ten women members to the church at Boxford, among them widow
Bixby (widow of sergeant Joseph), and Sarah, wife of Jonathan
Bixby. 1 Joseph Bixby was dismissed on the 21 Feb., 1703, and
Abigail Bixby 25 April, 1705. It is thought the Boxford church
then numbered fifty members. 2
In 1706 George Bixby had charge of the meeting-house. 1 He and
his wife had been admitted to the church in 1704.
He was surveyor of highways in 1690. 3 His homestead descended
to his son Gideon as will be seen under Gideon (172). Descendants
of George Bixby are found in Boxford, bearing the family name.
18
II. Jonathan Bixby {Joseph), born at Boxford, Mass., probably
about 1666-7; died 1717; married 2 Feb., 1691-2, 4 Sarah Smith 5
1 Gage: History of Rowley, p. 113. 2 Perley: History of Boxford. 3 Town records.
* Topsfield records. Perley gives the marriage of Jonathan as 1692-3, presumably from the Box-
ford town records, but the year is lost in the original.
' Sarah, daughter of William Smith, was born at Topsfield, 10 July, 1674- Possibly she was the
wife of Jonathan Bixby.
40 BIXBY GENEALOGY
"of Topsfield," who was probably deceased i July, 1727, when
Thomas Page was appointed guardian of her daughter Susanna.
Children, born at Boxford: i
1- 1 Lydia, born 3 Feb. (1694); baptized 6 May, 1694, at Topsfield, Mass.;
married Thomas Page.
2- 2 Jonathan, born 5 March, 1695-6; baptized 31 May, 1696, at Topsfield;
married Ruth Fuller.
3- 3 Ruth, born 10 April, 1699; married Thomas Andrews.
4- 4 Mary, born 7 Feb., 1701-2; baptized 28 June, 1702, at Topsfield; mar-
ried Nathaniel Sanders.
5 Nathaniel, born 23 July, 1704; died 18 x (28) 2 April, 1724. He is un-
doubtedly that Nathaniel Bigsbey "of York" whose name appears on
a muster roll of the company commanded byCapt. Jeremiah Moulton,
covering the period 28 Jan., 1724-5 to 11 May, 1725. The three last
names on the roll are without dates of service and are stated to have
been omitted from the last roll. This last roll covered the period 21
Nov., 1724, to 28 Jan., 1724-5. The period of service for which pay
was due Nathaniel Bigsbey was 9 weeks and 6 days only. In the column
where the place of residence should appear are ditto marks, evidently a
careless error, and because of this his residence has been given as York.
Several of the men under Moulton were from Ipswich and Topsfield.
Westbrook wrote to the Governor of the numerous cases of illness among
the troops, which appeared to be brief but fatal, and in a list of those
deceased returned the name of Nathaniel Bigsbey as dying 28 April,
1724. He was probably one of those men who were stationed at Rich-
mond. His death is also found on Boxford records, without further
explanation, nor is other notice of his military experience found.
6- 6 Elias, born 23 Nov., 1706; baptized Aug. (sic), 1706; married Elinor
Andrews.
7 William, born 6 March, 1708-9; died probably prior to 1717.
8 Jane, born 5 Oct., 171 1; died probably prior to 1717.
9- 9 Susanna, baptized 29 June, 1713, at Boxford; married Daniel Johnson.
10 Rebecca, born 26 Sept., 1716; married 26 Aug., 1737, at Haverhill, Na-
than Smith of Boxford. 5
Jonathan Bixby was a farmer. He was active in town and
parish. He was one of the selectmen of Boxford in 1695. In 1701
he was fence-viewer, and in 1703 tythingman. He with other Box-
ford members were dismissed from the Topsfield church to form a
church in Boxford in 1702. He was again selectman in 1706 and
in 1716. In 1710, with Timothy Foster, he was called "heir" to
Francis Peabody's share of Maple and Land meadows. In another
deed they are called the "rightful owners" of Peabody's share. 4
They had become "heirs" by purchase.
Jonathan Bixby's will, dated 21 Jan., 1716-7, was proved 20 May,
1717- He named his wife, children Jonathan, Lydia Page, Nathan-
iel, Ruth, Mary, Susanna, Rebecca, Elias, the last six under age.
1 Boxford records.
•Mass. Archives. List of soldiers died, etc., under command of Col. Thomas Westbrook. See
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 45: 218. « Haverhill Vital Records. « Essex Deeds. 24: 209; 35: 12.
THIRD GENERATION
THIRD GENERATION.
in
III. Joseph Bixby {Joseph, Joseph), born 29 March, 1683, at
Boxford, Mass.; died probably at Hopkinton, Mass., or Framing-
ham, Mass. There is no record of his death or settlement of his
estate. He married 4 Jan., 17 — , at Boxford, Lydia Peabody. 1
Lydia, "widow of Joseph Bixby", died 9 March, 1765, at Framing-
ham. 2
Children, 3 all born at Boxford:
1- 1 Lydia, born 26 Dec, 17—; baptized July, 1708, at Topsfield, Mass.;
married David Foster.*
2- 2 Joseph, born 10 Sept., 1710; married Mehitable Rugg.
3- 3 Abner, born 30 Aug., 1712 (recorded at Hopkinton); baptized 28 Sept.,
1712; married Thomasine Nurse.
4 Bethia, baptized 10 Jan., 1714-5, at Boxford.
Joseph Bixby is styled "junior" in 1710, and is variously de-
scribed as "weaver" and "husbandman." Like many, if not most,
of the farmers of that day he had learned a trade, and doubtless
worked at it during the long winter months, as time could be spared
from the duties of the farm.
On the 10 June, 1727, he sold to John Andrews, Jr., of Boxford,
twelve acres of land in Boxford "with dwelling house thereon, it
being the house and part of the land that was my father's, Joseph
Byxbe, deceased." The same day he sold to John Bixby, for £112,
twenty six acres, part of the land which had belonged to his father.
The following March he sold five other parcels of land in Boxford.
On the 24 May, 1728, he took title from Nathan Peabody to a sixth
part of the undivided land adjoining his farm and land near Andover
line, and on the same day sold to Peabody eighteen acres in Boxford,
and to Richard Kimball thirty five acres with dwelling house and
1 Boxford records. The printed "Vital Records" suggest the date 1705-6. The Boxford records
are much worn, and many dates lost. Mr. J. W. Searles (11127J8) states she was the daughter
of Jonathan Peabody. It would appear more probable that she was the daughter of Joseph and
Bethia (Bridges) Peabody, born 4 Feb., 1683, at Boxford.
1 Framingham records, Vol. II.
1 Boxford records, but the baptism of Lydia is found on Topsfield church records.
4 Church records, Hopkinton.
43
44 BIXBY GENEALOGY
half a saw mill, 1 also meadow in Andover next to George Bixby's
meadow and two other parcels of land. The same day, he took title
from George Bixby, Richard Kimball and Jonathan Bixby to ioo
acres in Boxford, including the lot on which "old sergeant Bixby"
had lived. Doubtless the conveyances to him were to perfect his
title to some of the land he was selling. 2 Following these transac-
tions he removed to Hopkinton, where perhaps his brother Thomas
had preceded him. He, his wife, and his children, Joseph, Lydia
and Abner, and his brother Thomas, were admitted to the church
at Hopkinton, I Dec, 1728. 3
Joseph Bixby was evidently regarded as an acquisition to the
settlement. He was chosen selectman and served from 1728 to
1732. He was chosen deacon of the church 18 Aug., 1730, ruling
elder 20 June, 1731, and was ordained as elder 4 June the following
year. 4
In 1749 he appears to have been a resident of Framingham as his
son, Joseph, is styled "Jr." in a town vote of that year. 5
112
III. Sarah Bixby {Joseph, Joseph), born 3 Aug., 1685, at Boxford'
Mass.; died in the lifetime of her husband. She married, 12 Dec,
1726, at Eastham, Mass., James Higgins, born 22 July, 1688, 6 at
Eastham, died 1777, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) 7
Higgins. James Higgins left a will from which it is learned that his
wife was not living, that he had a daughter Dorcas Taylor, daughter
Rebecca, deceased, wife of Thomas Rogers, daughter Hannah, de-
ceased, wife of Benjamin Higgins, and grandchildren, Hezekiah
Higgins and Hannah Freeman.
1 In 1710, the proprietors of the common lands voted to permit Richard Kimball, Ephraim Dor-
man and Samuel Fisk to set up a saw mill on Fishing Brook on the "soels" near Joseph Bixby's
house. Perley is authority for statement that this privilege was in use in 1878.
2 Essex Deeds, 46:123, 145; 50:202, 204; 51:07; 99:121.
3 Another correspondent who examined these records reports this date as 1727.
* Church records, Hopkinton. The church was organized 2 Sept., 1724. Hopkinton was named
for Edward Hopkington who bequeathed to trustees a fund, the income of which was to be used for
a grammar and theological school at Cambridge and for books for meritorious students at Harvard
College. The trustees purchased the Indian lands in what is now Hopkington in 1711, and in 1723
were empowered to grant leases. Certain common lands and a plantation called Moguncoy were
established as Hopkington 13 Dec, 1715.
1 Temple: History of Framingham, p. 404.
• Eastham town records.
' See will of Lt. Joseph Rogers, Jan., 1677-8, printed in Mayflower Descendant, 111:67.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 45
Sarah Higgins testified, in the law suit between Joshua and Pris-
cilla Higgins and their brother, Joseph Bixby, that when she lived
with her father he kept a book of accounts. She was incapable of
appearing in court at Barnstable, because of bodily infirmity, so
gave this evidence at Eastham, 13 Jan., 1727-8. 1
Children: 2
1 Dorcas Higgins, born (1728?); married 3 Oct., 1751, at Eastham, Isaac
Taylor. 3 "Widow Dorcas Taylor" died 1805, at Orleans. 4
2 Rebecca Higgins, not living in 1777; married Thomas Rogers.
3 Hannah Higgins, born 6 June, 1744; not living in 1777; married Benjamin
Higgins. 5
4 Hezekiah Higgins, born 26 Feb., 1750.
114
III. Phebe Bixby {Joseph, Joseph), born 19 April, 1690, at
Boxford, Mass.; married there 18 March, 1713, Samuel Pickard, 6
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hale) Pickard, 7 who was born at
Rowley, Mass., Dec, 1689, 8 and who had a second wife, Lydia
(Clark), in 1747, in which year he sold his farm of 120 acres in Box-
ford to Deacon Aaron Kimball. 8
Children, born at Boxford:*
1 Samuel Pickard, baptized 14 May, 1714.
2 Phebe Pickard, baptized 28 July, 1723.
3 Jonathan Pickard, baptized Oct., 1726.
115
III. John Bixby {Joseph, Joseph), born 26 July, 1692, at Box-
ford, Mass. Administration was granted on his estate to Andrew
Bixby of Souhegan West, N. H., a son, 26 Feb., 1745-6. 9
1 Suffolk Files, 21,407.
• The births of the two youngest children are found on Orleans records.
1 Orleans records. « Mayflower Descendant, VIII:i84.
s "Wife of Benjamin Higgins" died 1773 at South Parish, Eastham, now Orleans. (.Mayflower
Descendant, VII:i84.) "Wife of Hezekiah Higgins" died 1777- Benjamin Higgins, aged 60, died
1777- "Wife of James Higgins" died 1774. (Ibid., 185.) Orleans was set off in 1797. Isaac
Freeman and Thankful Higgins were married 25 Nov., 1756.
8 Boxford Vital Records.
• Ms. in possession of John W. Searles (11127.J8). The birth of Samuel Pickard, son of Samuel
and Elizabeth, is found on Rowley records. The elder Samuel was "captain." He married
Elizabeth Hale, who lived long into the following century. There is also the record of marriage of
Samuel Pickard with Hepzibeth Hale, 31 May, 1687, but children are not found on those records
attributed to this couple. See Rowley records in Essex Institute Hist. Col.
• Perley: Dwellings of Boxford. »N. H. Probate Records, 15:574.
46 BIXBY GENEALOGY
He married 8 May, 1722, at Boxford, Esther Andrews, 1 born 16
Feb., 1692-3, J daughter of Sergeant Thomas and Rebecca Andrews.
She was living in 1740.
Child: 1
1- 1 Andrew, born 14 Nov., 1723; l married Susanna Cole.
John Bixby was probably in the military service of the colony
in 1718 or 1719. There is a Council record of 10 Dec, 1719, order-
ing payment of £5-15 to reimburse him for his ransom from the
Indians, and the Colonial Treasurer's accounts note the payment
of that sum to Thomas Pearley for the use of John Bigsby.
The real estate of Joseph Bixby was settled upon his sons John
and Joseph. The former had also eight acres of land in Andover,
which he bought of Richard Barker, Sr., in 1722. In 1730 he sold
25 acres in Middleton, and in 1740 two parcels of land in Boxford,
of which the larger contained 40 acres and had buildings on it, to
Thomas Hale. His wife, Esther, joined in this deed. 3
Either this or the following year, John Bixby removed to Amherst,
N. H., then known as Souhegan West, in order to settle upon the
grant made to the survivors of the Narraganset campaign or to their
heirs, he having been assigned his father's right. 4 The first meeting
of the Souhegan proprietors was held at Salem, Mass., 17 July,
1735, and a committee appointed to lay out home lots of 60 acres
each. At a subsequent meeting John Bixby was added to this com-
mittee, which reported 1 May, 1735, that 120 home lots had been laid
out, probably the preceding winter, and it is likely that Bixby 's
first visit to Amherst was at that time. 5
In deeds he is variously described as husbandman and cordwainer.
117
III. Thomas Bixby {Joseph, Joseph), born 2 April, 1696, at
Boxford, Mass.; died probably early in 1776, at Hopkinton, Mass.;
married (published 22 April, 1722) Alice Cummings, born 10 Dec,
1695, died 30 April, 1734, at Hopkinton, daughter of Isaac and
1 Boxford Vital Records.
2 The Bixby Ms. names a son Jonathan, who is said to have lived at Amherst. No trace has been
found of such a person.
3 Essex Deeds, 44:160; 80:69; 82:53.
4 Bodge: King Philip's War.
s For these early proceedings see Secomb's History of Amherst, N. H.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 47
Alice (Howlett) Cummings. 1 She was admitted to the church at
Hopkinton 14 Oct., 1733. 2 Thomas Bixby married, second,
Hannah , who was admitted to the church at Hopkinton,
18 March, 1739, by letter from the church in Framingham. 2 She
was living in 1761. 3
Thomas Bixby settled in Hopkinton, in that part now Ashland,
probably in 1727. He was admitted to the church there 1 Dec,
1728, at the same time his brother and his family were admitted.
He was one of the petitioners for a grant of a township in New
Hampshire, now Hopkinton, and in 1761 joined with Thomas Hay-
ward and his wife, Hannah, in selling a fifty acre lot there. 4 Ad-
ministration on his estate was granted 27 March, 1776, to John Jones.
His homestead of 67 acres was mortgaged. He had also another
tract of 28 acres. There was due Harvard College a small quit rent.
The total of the inventory came to £174-4-5. I n the settlement of
the estate Thomas and Pelatiah Bixby and Phineas How are de-
scribed as heirs, the latter probably as guardian of the children of
Isaac Bixby deceased. The homestead is now covered by Basin C
of the Metropolitan Water Works.
Children, except the eldest, born at Hopkinton: 5
1 Alice, born 25 Feb., 1725-6, at Boxford. She probably died 7 Nov.,
(1735) 1736. The Bixby Ms. records the birth of a youngest child of
this name, in April, 1734. No record of birth or baptism can be found
on town or church records to substantiate this statement. The name
Alice often appears as Allis and Ellis.
2- 2 Sarah, born 28 June, I728, s married William Richards.
3- 3 Thomas, born 28 Jan., 1729-30; baptized same month; married Lois
Walker.
4- 4 Pelatiah, born 9 Aug.; baptized 15 Aug., 1731 ; married Ann Stone.
5- 5 Isaac, born 9 Aug., 1733; baptized (5) 1 April, 1741 ; married Mary Crooks.
1 Essex Deeds, 49:64, also 132:146. Pelatiah Bixby of Hopkinton in his own right, Anne his wife,
and in right of Thomas Bixby, Jr., and Lois his wife, and Sarah, wife of William Richards of South-
boro, convey to Joseph Cummings, Jr., one-sixth part of the real estate of grandfather Isaac Cum-
mings of Ipswich, deceased, being 83 acres, with buildings etc., 19 June, 1770. A brief genealogy
of the Cummings family may be found in Collections Topsfield Hist. Soc, 5:10. Alice Howlett
was daughter of Thomas Howlett.
5 Church records, Hopkinton.
» N. H. Deeds, 85:416.
* N. H. Town Charters, Vol. 28, and N. H. Deeds, 85:416.
'Hopkinton town records. Hopkinton births to 1757 are to be found in N. E. Hist. Geneal.
Register, Vol. 14. The church and town records were examined for the purpose of this genealogy
by a member of the family. Differences from the printed Vital Records are noted by insertion of
questionable dates in brackets.
6 Sarah was probably baptized 7 July, 1723. Church records are said to give this date as 1726.
Probably a misreading.
6
48 BIXBY GENEALOGY
118
III. Hannah Bixby 1 {Joseph, Joseph), born i Dec, 1699, at
Boxford, Mass.; married 28 Feb., 1736-7, Richard Towne, son
of Thomas and Sarah (French) Towne of Topsfield, Mass., as his
second wife. He was born 16 July, 1700, died "an aged man,"
21 Feb., 1765. His first wife was Elizabeth Bixby (137), by whom
he had two children surviving at the time of his second marriage.
Richard Towne was town clerk of Topsfield for sixteen years,
1 749-1 765. See Elizabeth Bixby (137).
Children, born at Topsfield:
1 Richard Towne, born 1 Jan., 1737-8; died 1739.
2 Hannah Towne, born 8 Dec, 1739; died "26 or 28 Feb., 1802, aged sixty
two years;" 2 married Daniel Esty, born 4 May, 1739, died 22 July, 1830,
son of Aaron and Esther (Richards) Esty. He was of Topsfield and re-
sponded, 19 April, 1775, to the Lexington Alarm, being in a company com-
manded by Capt. Joseph Gould. His will is dated 10 Jan., 1827.' Daniel
Esty was a grandson of Isaac Esty, whose mother, Mary (Towne), wife of
Isaac Esty, Sr., was twice tried for witchcraft in 1692 and being convicted
in the second trial was hung, 23 Sept., 1692. She has been called "the
self-forgetful" because of the character she showed during this trying time.
Her sister, Rebecca Nurse, also suffered death for the same imaginary crime.
Esther (Richards) Esty, the mother of Daniel Esty, died 23 July, 1805,
at the age of one hundred years and sixteen days. She is said to have been
born in Southboro.
Children:
1. Mary Esty, born 28 May, 1766; died 17 April, 1846.
2. Daniel Esty, born 29 May, 1768; died 7 May, 1790.
3. Richard Esty, born 14 Feb., 1771 ; died 5 Jan., 1853.
4. Enos Esty, born 10 Dec, 1773; died 26 Feb., 1848.
5. Sarah Esty, born 12 Oct., 1775; married Oliver Peabody.
6. Hannah Esty, born 24 April, 1778; married Elijah Gould.
7. Abigail Esty, born 7 Nov., 1780; married William Homan.
8. John Esty, born 28 March, 1785.
IIQ
III. Moses Byxbee {Joseph, Joseph), born 20 July, 1704, at
Boxford, Mass.; died probably late in 1776. 4 He married 18 March,
1 "Widow Hannah Towne" died 28 Sept., 1760. Another "widow Hannah Towne," died IS
April, 1778. {Topsfield church records.)
• See Topsfield Hist. Soc. Col., 5: 115, Esty Genealogy; where, however, Daniel's wife's name does
not appear.
' Essex Probate, 407: 473. His will names children, Richard Esty, Enos Esty, Abigail Homan,
and John Esty; also grandchildren bearing the names Peabody, Homan, and Esty.
4 His will, dated 20 Nov., 1760, was probated 16 Jan., 1777. He named his wife, two sons, John
and Moses, to whom he gave equal shares in his estate, and two daughters, Elizabeth Warrin and
Phoebe Bouton. (Fairfield Probate Records.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 49
1724, at Eastham, Mass., Phebe Hopkins, 1 born there 11 March,
1702, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Cole) Hopkins. 8
Children, all but the last recorded at Orleans, Mass.:
1 Joseph, born 1 Jan., 1725-6; died in infancy.
2 Joseph, born 23 March, 1729-30; died 1750-1, probably unmarried.
"Joseph Byxbe" of Barnstable, Mass., purchased of Thomas Hayes, II
June, 1750, two acres of land at Elies Neck in Norwalk, Conn.' Ad-
ministration on his estate was granted 12 March, 1750-1, to Moses
Byxbee of Norwalk. He is said by Selleck, apparently without authority,
to have married a sister of Joseph Warrin, whose ancestry does not
appear in Selleck's Norwalk nor in the "Short History of the Warings"
(1898) by R. N. Waring. The marriages of the daughters of Edmund
Warring of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and Norwalk, are known.
3- 3 Elizabeth, born 3 Dec, 1731; married Joseph Waring.
4- 4 Phoebe, born 21 Dec, 1734; married Esaias Bouton.
5- 5 John, born 2 March, 1736-7; married Elizabeth Waring.
6- 6 Moses, married Elizabeth Hayt.
Moses Byxbee and his descendants have generally adhered to
the spelling Byxbee. Moses and his brothers spelled their names
so when receipting for the shares in their father's estate, but Moses
was the only one to continue that style. His father's name is found
on Boxford records as Biggisby and Bixbe, the latter being the style
used in entering Moses' birth. In Eastham, the name appears as
Bixbee, and in Orleans as Bigsbee and Bixbe. The spelling Byxbe
was much in use by various members of the family in the second
quarter of the 18th century. Like Bigsby, a more common form,
the use of the "y" in the first syllable of the name often appears in
a more or less erratic fashion in many branches of the family.
Moses Byxbee purchased of John Raymond, both being described
as of Norwalk, 1 Nov., 1749, about seven acres land near Rheoton
Brook, including a house and orchard, etc. The consideration was
£600 Old Tenor. 4
n*&**5
$jf#0*'
'Town records.
2 Selleck: History of Norwalk, Conn.; where it is stated that Joshua Hopkins was seventh of nine
children of Giles and Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins who were married in 1639- Giles was one of
the two sons of Stephen Hopkins by his first wife, a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620. Mary Cole
was daughter of Daniel and Mary Cole of Eastham, born 10 March, 1658; died 1 March, 1734- She
is buried at Orleans. (2V. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 21.) Joshua and Mary (Cole) Hopkins had the
following children: John, Abigail, Elisha, Lydia, Mary, Joshua, Hannah and Phebe, the last named
born n March, 1702. * Norwalk Deeds, 10:285.
•Norwalk Land Records, 10:236. John Byxbee, son of Moses Byxbee, purchased of Simeon
Raymond, 24 Sept., 1760, 48 acres at Rheoton, bounded on land of the said John Byxbee, near
Messenger's swamp. (.Ibid., p. 409.)
•Signature of Moses Byxbee from his will. (Fairfield Probate Records.)
50 BIXBY GENEALOGY
122
III. Hannah Bixby 1 {Daniel, Joseph), born 13 Dec, 1679, at
Andover, Mass.; died 4 May, 1724; married 2 4 Nov., 1714, at An-
dover, Stephen Barnard, who died 31 July, 1758, son of Stephen
and Rebecca (Howe) Barnard of Andover. Stephen Barnard, Jr.,
was a husbandman. He and his wife joined with Mephibosheth
Bixby and Mary, his wife, and George Holt and Mary, his wife, in
quitclaiming to their brother, Joseph Bixby, their share in their
father's estate, 3 June, 1717. 3
Children, born at Andover:
1 Hannah Barnard, born 27 Jan., 1715; died 24 May, 1752, at Andover;
married 21 Nov., 1736, Hezekiah Stiles of Andover, baptized May, 171 1,
son of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Dalton) Stiles of Middleton.
Children: 4
1. Hannah Stiles, born 10 Jan., 1739; died 18 May, 1752.
2. Stephen Stiles, born 11 March, 1741; married Huldah (Chandler) Ward-
well and removed to Hillsboro, N. H.
3. Barnard Stiles, born 28 June, 1744; married Sarah , and removed
to Canterbury, N. H.
4. Dorothy Stiles, born 29 Jan., 1752; died 12 July, 1753.
2 Stephen Barnard, born 17 Dec, 1718; died 26 Dec, 1718.
3 Rebecca Barnard, twin with Stephen; married Moses Scales and removed to
Concord.
123
III. Thomas Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), born 18 Dec, 1681, at
Andover, Mass.; died 5 Dec, 1754, at Chelmsford, Mass.; married
8 Dec, 1703, at Andover, Deborah Elkins, daughter of Eliazer
Elkins. 5
Tewksbury church records note the death of "widow Bixby, of
old age, at Joseph Blanchard's," 29 June, 1761.
Children: 6
1- 1 Deborah, undoubtedly the "child" born 9 Oct., 1704, at Andover;
married Henry Stevens.
1 Information concerning this family was obtained from Andover records, and Essex Antiquarian
6:136, except where other authority is quoted.
1 As Hannah Baxby. » Essex Probate, 312:81.
♦Guild: Stiles Genealogy, p. 76. Hezekiah Stiles died later than 20 Nov., 1782, when he con-
veyed all of his estate in Andover to his son Hezekiah. {Essex Deeds, 140:131.) There is no settle-
ment of his estate on record. He married (2) 27 Dec, 1732, Harriet Lovejoy, by whom he had:
Hannah Stiles, Dorothy Stiles, Mehitable Stiles, Hezekiah Stiles.
6 Thomas Bigsby of Andover in right of his wife Deborah, daughter of Eliazer Elkins, and Jasper
and Abiah Elkins, son and daughter of said Eliazer, to their brother Samuel Elkins, 1708. (N. H.
Deeds.)
* The second, fifth and seventh children are presumptive, no record of their birth or baptism
or direct evidence of connection with Thomas (123) having been found. The facts we have about
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 51
2- 2 PMoriah, married James Barker; (2) Joseph Morse; (3) John Stevens.
3- 3 Mary, born March, 1710, at Andover; married Joseph Frost, Jr.; (2)
Joseph Blanchard.
4 Sary, died 10 Aug., 1714, at Chelmsford. 1
5- 5 ?Sarah, 2 married Samuel Haseltine, Jr.
6- 6 Thomas, born 17 May, 1722; * married Phebe Spaulding.
7- 7 ? Daniel, born about 1723; 3 married Catherine .
Thomas Bixby lived for a time in Middleton, Mass., whence he
removed to Chelmsford as early as 171 7. On the 19 Oct., 1722,
he enlisted in the company commanded by Col. Eleazer Tyng,
who lived at Dunstable, Mass., and served as "centinel" until dis-
charged 29 Nov., 1722. He was on detached service under sergeant
Joseph Varnum. He again enlisted 10 June, and served until 6
July, 1725. He also served from 2 Sept., to 3 Nov., 1725, in the
same company. The campaigns of 1722 to 1725 were to protect
the northern and eastern frontiers against the Indians, who were
active in raiding the settlements. Brunswick, Me., was attacked
in 1722 and the settlers' homes destroyed. The Indians were directed
and encouraged by Father Rasle, a notorious Jesuit priest, with
headquarters at Norridgewock, Me. His death, when the colo-
nists captured that place in 1724, brought much relief to the frontier
settlements. According to the military system of that period each
regimental officer was also commander of a company. Centinel
was the designation of a private soldier. The muster rolls of Tyng's
company do not exist for the whole period of his service, which was
continuous during all seasons from 1722 to 1725 inclusive. In
1725 his company was raised from the towns of Dunstable, Chelms-
ford, Woburn, Reading, Dracut, Groton, Leicester, Billerica, Lon-
donderry, Concord, Hadley, Andover, Lexington, and Watertown.
It consisted of 77 men enlisted as privates, including three Mohawk
Indians. Twenty two of the men were from Chelmsford, to which
Moriah (123-2) and Sarah (123-5) however come from a section which leaves little question, but
that they were children of Thomas (123). Daniel of Guysboro, N. S., is not heard of in the United
States, except for a very persistent tradition among his descendants that he came from Connecticut.
There are, however, no Connecticut families to which it would seem he could belong and, in fact,
our records about the Bixby families in the United States in 1723 are so well worked out there
seems to be no other family to which he could belong. See Daniel Bixby (1237).
1 Chelmsford Vital Records.
2 There is a note to effect that Sarah was born 15 Sept., 1712, but efforts to find the original
records have been made in vain. The date may refer to date of Samuel Haseltine's birth, who died
21 Feb., 1788, in his 77th year.
3 Records of Christ Church, Guysboro, N. S., which have the following: "Feb. 19. 1788, Daniel
Bigsby frozen to death on Birch Island age sixty five years."
52 BIXBY GENEALOGY
place belonged Lt. Jonathan Butterfield. One of the three sergeants,
two of the four corporals, and twelve others came from Dunstable.
At this time it would seem that a centinel was of rank higher than
private, or else a private armed more heavily than the rest, as in
this company there were four "centinels" and fifty eight "privates."
The earliest enlistments were on May 20, the majority on June 10,
but many were later. On June 15 there were sixty two privates
and centinels in the ranks, but after the discharges of July, when
the term of several men expired, there were but forty seven men in
the ranks, several of whose terms expired prior to November 1,
when the number of enlisted men were the same. Lt. Blanchard
served but one day, Lt. Butterfield from June 10 to July 12, when his
place was taken by Lt. John Tyng of Woburn, who served from July
9 until November. Most of the Chelmsford men served from June
10 until November 10. The frontiers were protected by soldiers
impressed for short terms from the militia train bands. Col. Tyng
was the officer ordered to march to the scene of Lovewell's defeat,
19 May, 1725, when news reached Boston of the failure of his ex-
pedition. 1 Tyng was a very efficient and active officer. Two of the
Mohawks 2 assigned to his command died in the colony service.
It is quite probable that Thomas Bixby was in active service each
year during the continuance of hostilities, scouting and ranging
over the country from Groton, Mass., to Concord, N. H., and per-
haps even further east and north.
The charter granted by William and Mary in 1691 placed the
supreme command of the militia in the hands of the governor, and
in his absence the lieutenant-governor, or, if neither of these officials
were qualified to act, in the hands of the major part of the Council.
The governor or his successor had the power of appointing another
to act in his place as commander-in-chief, to commission military
officers, to assemble and arm the inhabitants for war, to conduct
expeditions by land or sea, to erect, equip, and demolish fortifica-
tions; but he was prohibited from using the militia beyond the limits
of the province without their consent or that of the General Court.
The first act passed by the General Court after the promulgation
of the new charter continued the laws already in force. At the
session of 1693-4 an act regulating the militia was adopted.
1 There is no muster roll of his company on this service.
1 Isaac and Christian. Their families were living at Chelmsford. (Council records.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 53
All males between sixteen and sixty years of age, except councillors
and representatives, justices of the peace, officers, students and
servants of Harvard College, Masters of Arts, ministers, elders,
deacons, sheriffs, physicians, school-masters, former officers of rank
of or higher than ensign, certain colony, county and court officials,
constables, ferrymen, one miller to each grist mill, herdsmen, reve-
nue officers, masters of vessels of above 30 tons burthen, and physi-
cally disabled persons, were obliged to attend musters and military
exercises. Regimental musters could be held only once in three
years, except in Boston, but each company or troop was obliged to
be exercised by its commander four days in each year. Company
clerks were to make quarterly returns of persons liable to militia
duty. Each person so listed, and every householder, was ordered
to be provided with suitable firearms, equipment, and ammunition,
also a good sword or cutlass. If he belonged to the troop he must
be provided with a good horse of at least £5 value, with equipment,
carbine, pistols, sword, etc., as well as ammunition. Boys of sixteen
and servants just freed from masters were allowed three months in
which to procure their equipment. Persons not providing the equip-
ment required by law could have their property levied upon, or if
single, could be put out to service until their earnings were sufficient
to purchase it. In some cases equipments were provided at the
cost of the town, which was required to maintain a sufficient stock of
ammunition.
Sergeants and corporals were appointed by the chief company
commander, during the latter's pleasure. The commissioned officers
of a company appointed the clerk, who was severely penalized if he
refused to serve.
The chief military officers in any town could set a military watch,
and the persons detailed for that service were required to serve or
find satisfactory substitutes.
Drums, trumpets and colors were provided at the charge of the
companies or troops. A drummer received 20 shillings if he found
his own drum, or half that if the captain found the drum. A
trumpeter had double the compensation of a drummer.
Each regiment was permitted two troops of horse ; each troop not
to exceed sixty men, including the officers.
Punishment for neglecting the duties laid on the militiaman by
this act embraced fines, being laid neck and heels, and riding the
wooden horse.
54 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Upon an alarm, three guns discharged in succession, or firing of a
beacon, or by drum, every trained soldier and other person capable
of bearing arms resident in the town were required to attend the
rendezvous, under penalty of £5 or three months' imprisonment.
Persons exempted from training had to furnish themselves with
i>rms.
Soldiers and sailors could not be billeted upon any inhabitant,
except with the latter 's consent, except at public houses.
Any person liable and fit for service could be detached upon service
by order of his commanding officer, and had either to serve or pro-
vide a satisfactory substitute. Impressed men were paid until
discharged, being allowed reasonable time to repair to their usual
place of abode. Severe penalties were provided in case any person
impressed should attempt to evade service, or should desert the
service, the penalty in the latter case being death. Persons maimed
in the service were to be relieved at the country's expense. If
equipments were lost through no neglect of the soldier he was to be
reimbursed; but if he lost the country's arms, without good cause,
he was forced to make good their loss.
With some few changes these rules were in force through the whole
period of the Indian and French wars.
Indians and negroes were exempt from trainings, but in 1707 it
was enacted that free negroes and mulattoes could be set at public
works to an extent equal to what their exemption might be worth.
They were, however, forced to attend upon any alarm.
In 1702, on the plea that when warrants were issued for impressing
soldiers the ablest and fittest for service were found to have ab-
sconded, it was enacted that each company commander should list
a fourth part of the men in his company, they being the most fit
for service, each man to be always in readiness.
In 1704, a special provision was enacted that frontier companies,
to the extent of one-half their number, should be provided with snow-
shoes and moccasins, each man so provided to receive three shillings.
That same year it was also enacted that soldiers should attend
daily prayers and sermon, or forfeit 12 pence, and for the second
offence to be also put in irons for not longer than 12 hours. Any
officer or soldier blaspheming the holy and undivided trinity, or
persons of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, was
to have his tongue bored with a red hot iron.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 55
Unlawful oaths or execrations were punished with lying in the
bilboes or running the gauntlet. Drunkenness, first offence, was
punished with a fine, a second offence with riding the wooden horse
one hour. Other laws provided for punishment of soldiers guilty
of crime. A soldier who procured intoxicants on credit could not
be forced to pay for them, and both he and the vendor were liable
for a fine as well.
To offset these careful provisions for the welfare of the soldier and
his proper punishment for moral delinquencies, the General Court
in 1694 granted a bounty of ten pounds per head for every Indian
killed or brought in by an enlisted soldier, a scalp being evidence of a
dead Indian, and also granted them the proceeds of any plunder
obtained. Volunteers going forth on their own account were granted
fifty pounds for every Indian slain or brought in prisoner, no dis-
tinction being made of sex or age. For every Indian slain by de-
fenders of a house or garrison a bounty of £5 was offered. This
bounty was afterward increased to £100 x but Indians less than ten
years were excluded, these being reserved for sale for the benefit of
their captors. Enlisted soldiers received a bounty of but a tenth of
what the "volunteers" were offered. The premiums on scalps fluc-
tuated. In 1695 the bounty on Indian women slain or captured, if four-
teen years or less, was reduced to £25 ; and the bounty on children
under ten was reduced to £10. It was to secure the scalp money that
Lovewell's expedition was organized. His headhunting expedition
can be considered today with little but disgust, even after taking
into consideration the fear and hatred of the Indians felt by the
settlers. The regularly enlisted men served for the protection of
their homes and the frontiers, but free companies like Lovewell's,
and to the credit of the country there were very few such expedi-
tions during the twenty or more years that bounties were offered,
were of little use in the defence of the country. Friendly Indians
were notified to remain within certain bounds fixed by law. These
bounty laws were passed only for limited periods, and were in
effect only during the periods of actual hostilities, and were retalia-
tory measures adopted after the Indians' raids had commenced.
Indian warfare has always been savage and to the death. It must
not be forgotten that in Europe warfare at that time was responsible
for many atrocities and that it is not long since that captured towns
1 The New England pound was two thirds the pound sterling.
56 BIXBY GENEALOGY
were given over to looting and massacre. "No quarter" has been
a too common order on many a battlefield then and since.
125
III. Jonathan Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), probably born at Ando-
ver, Mass., about 1685; died 2 Nov., 1714. 1 He married 16 April,
1709, at Watertown, 2 Mass., Rachel Hobart.
Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Rachel
6 Dec, 1714. 3 An inventory of his estate, taken 9 Nov., 1714, dis-
closed only personal property, amounting to £73, and a lease, hav-
ing fourteen years to run, of 12 acres of land in Newton belonging
to Henry Seager. Newton town records contain the following vote,
under date of 3 July, 1702: "The way from the meeting house to
Lower Falls shall be turned from Henry Seager's hill along by the
country road by the house of John Staples."
Jonathan Bixby is said to have lived at Newton Upper Falls.
His widow, Rachel, and her expected child are named in his father's
will.
The following entries appear on the town treasurer's accounts:
27 Feb., 17 17-18. Paid thomas Marshall for ye widdow bigsby,
iosh. 17 April, 17 19. Paid to widow Bigsbye, 5sh.
Children:
1 (?) Rachel.*
2 (?) Hannah, born 30 April, 1715. 5
126
III. David Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), born 16 Feb., 1687-8, at
Andover, Mass.; died 1767. His will dated 30 April, 1764, was
proved 3 Sept., 1767. He married 4 Aug., 1712, at Concord, Mass., 6
Abigail Butterfield, 7 born 4 June, 1693, living in 1764, daughter
1 Newton town records.
1 Watertown records. They were both "of Newton." According to the Hyde Diary in possession
of the N. E. Hist. Geneal. Soc, they were married 6 May at Watertown.
• Middlesex Probate, 14: 198.
* This record is given as found in the Bixby Ms., probably taken from Jackson's History of
Newton. If there was a child Rachel she probably died very soon after birth.
' Newton Vital Records. Nothing further is known of her unless she was that Hannah Bigsby who
married 10 Aug., 1736, at East Enfield, Mass. (now Somers, Conn.), Joseph Felt. They were
published 3 July, 1736, "both of Somers." Joseph Felt, son of Joseph and Hannah Felt, was born
19 July, 1738, at Somers.
1 Concord Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
' Abigail Butterfield was one of a pair of twins: a characteristic of that line of the Butterfield
family. David and Abigail Bixby are mentioned in the settlement of Joseph Butterfield's estate.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 57
of Joseph and Lydia (Ballard) Butterfield, and granddaughter of
William Ballard. 1
Children, except the eldest, recorded at Westford, Mass.:
1 Jonathan, born 17 Nov., 1714, at Chelmsford, Mass.; not mentioned in
father's will.
2- 2 Abigail, born 13 April, 17 16; married Zachariah Sartle.
3- 3 Lydia, born 22 Oct., 1717; married Obadiah Jenkins.
4 Hannah, born 12 Sept., 1719; married 7 Dec, 1738, at Westford, 2 David
Brown.
5~ 5 Joseph, born 2 May, 1721; not named in father's will; married Sarah
Rhodes.
6- 6 Thankful, born 15 Jan., 1724-5; married Jonathan Searles.
7- 7 Jacob, born 12 Aug., 1728; married Eunice Heald.
8 David, born 17 July, 1729; not mentioned in father's will.
9- 9 Asa, born 24 Feb., 1734-5; married Susannah Howard; (2) Elizabeth
Wilkinson.
j-io William, born 19 July, 1737; married Mary ; (2) Lydia Farrington.
David Bixby was of Chelmsford in May, 171 7, when he joined
with his brother Thomas in quitclaiming to their brother Joseph,
of Andover, their share in their father's estate. He is styled weaver,
in deeds. He lived in that part of Chelmsford 3 which was estab-
lished as Westford in 1729 and was one of those who petitioned in
1719 to be set off to Littleton. His will devises all his "housel
stufe" to his wife for her life, and at her death to his four daughters
or their heirs. Sons Asa and William are mentioned, the latter
to have half the estate and to be executor. To son Jacob's chil-
dren, five shillings, which, with what their father had had, to be
their share. No mention is made of the children of son Joseph,
who was presumably deceased, nor of David or Jonathan, who
had probably also died in the lifetime of their father.
Bixby Hill was long a landmark in Westford.
127
III. Mephibosheth Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), born 3 April, 1690,
at Andover, Mass.; died 20 March, 1767, at Winchendon, 4 Mass.;
married 28 May, 1713, Mary Emmons, born 26 Nov., 1683, 5 daugh-
1 William Ballard of Andover, by wife Grace, had Lidda, born at Andover, 30 April, 1657.
Lydia Ballard and Joseph Butterfield were married at Chelmsford, 12 Feb.. 1674. There was a
William Ballard of Lynn, member of the Artillery Company, 1638, whose widow, Elizabeth, married
William Knight, prior to 1653.
2 Information of Town Clerk of Westford. Hodgman in History of Westford gives the year
as 1737-
' The West precinct was organized in 1724. His farm in late years was owned by Waldo Cum-
mings (later by George O. Wright) and John M. Day.
4 Town records, Winchendon. ■ Paige: History of Cambridge.
58 Y GENEALOGY
ter of Thomas and Mary (Hancock) 1 Emmons of Cambridge,
Mass. She was living in 1750. 2 A Mary Emmands was baptized
at Cambridge, 28 Feb., 1696-7. 3 Administration on the estate of
Mephibosheth Bixby of Winchendon, cordwainer, was granted to
Daniel Bixby of Winchendon, 11 May, 1768.
Children, all born at Andover:
1- 1 Daniel, born 31 Dec, 17 13; married Tabitha .
2- 2 Mary, born Feb., 1715; married Joseph French.
3- 3 Samuel, born 31 Aug., 1716; married Mary Buck; (2) Sarah Beaman.
4 Jonathan, born 31 March; 4 died 17 April, 1718.
5 David, twin with Jonathan, died 23 April, 17 18.
6- 6 Nathaniel, born 24 March, 1719; 5 married Jerusha Houghton.
7- 7 Martha, born 2 March, 1722; married Phineas Ball.
Mephibosheth Bixby removed from Andover toWoburn, Mass., 6
in April, 1724, thence to Shrewsbury, Mass., where he bought 30
acres of land of Richard Davenport, 28 April, 1732. In the deed
he is described as of Woburn, cordwainer. The purchase was part
of the " Capt. Davenport farm." He bought 8 acres in 1741, bound-
ing on Lancaster line. He conveyed the land he bought of Daven-
port to Nathaniel Bixby, 23 March, 1 741-2. He sold land to Joseph
French, 1746, and with wife, Mary, sold land in 1750. 2 He proba-
bly accompanied his son, Daniel, to Winchendon in 1761, 7 or possi-
bly earlier. The birth of a child in 1 713 to Mephibosheth is
supposed to be the birth of Daniel, who had administration on his
father's estate.
Miss Charlotte Abbott of Andover writes, "it is amusing to see
how the town clerks of Andover struggled with the name Mephib-
osheth. In 1716 it was called Phebe, 1717 Phib, 1720 Mephib,
Mephebesh and Febesheth. In 1722 an educated man took charge
and cut the poor fellow down to Mepheb, and in 1723 to Meb. In
1724 the name does not appear on the records." His death record
at Winchendon is under the name Mesebuth.
In 17 1 7 Mephibosheth sold 20 acres which his father had given
him. 8
1 She is named in will dated s Jan., 1717-8, proved 30 April, 1719, of her grandfather Na-
thaniel Hancock of Cambridge as Mary Bigsbe.
2 Worcester Deeds, 30: 283. 3 Cambridge Church Records.
'Andover Vital Records give the year 1718-9, undoubtedly an error for 1717-8.
6 1718-0 in Andover Vital Records. The year should be 1719.
6 Middlesex Sessions, 9 March, 1724-5.
7 Mejihiboseth Bixby last from Lancaster" was cautioned against by Shrewsbury, 10 May,
1763. (Worcester Sessions.) 8 Essex Deeds, 42: 153.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 59
128
III. Mary Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), born 10 April, 1693, at An-
dover, Mass.; died probably in Windham Co., Conn.; married 7
June, 1716, George Holt, born 17 March, 1676-7, died 1748 in
Windham Co., son of Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover.
George Holt had been twice married, first to Elizabeth Farnum,
who died in 17 14, second, to Priscilla Preston, who died in 17 16.
His will was proved 29 June, 1748. He purchased land in Canada
Parish, Windham Co., of Ebenezer Abbee, 22 Feb., 1726, in which
year he probably removed from Andover. 1 In all George Holt had
fourteen children.
Children:
1 Mary Holt, baptized 4 March, 1 716-7, at Andover. She is not mentioned
in her father's will.
2 Jonathan Holt, baptized 28 Dec., 1718, at Andover; died 10 Dec, 1810,
s. p.; married 12 April, 1738, Mary Parker.
3 Josiah Holt, baptized 2 July, 1721; died in youth.
4 Nehemiah Holt, 2 born 3 April, baptized 7 April, 1723; died 17 April, 1799,
at Chaplin, Conn. He married 25 Nov., 1745, Anna Farnham, who died
1 April, 1810, aged 84 years. They had eleven children, five of whom died
in 1754, while their father was serving in the army. The remaining six
children, born after his return, were:
6. Nehemiah Holt, born 28 Nov., 1756; died 5 June, 1724, at Chaplin. 5
7. Sarah Holt, born 12 Oct., 1758; married 1 Jan., 1783, Stephen Sparks.
8. Martha Holt; born 20 Sept., 1760; died 24 April, 1849; married Joseph
Clark, (2) Nathan Martin.
9. Roxilena Holt, born 6 April, 1762; married Ebenezer M. Hitchcock and
removed to Leicester, Vt.
10. Anna Holt, born 6 July, 1765; died 10 Oct., 1806; married Amos Ford, Jr.
11. Sabra Holt, born 12 Jan., 1768; married 1796, Justus Snow.
5 Priscilla Holt, born 4 Sept., 1725; married 10 Nov., 1743, Ichabod Rogers.
6 Hannah Holt, born 11 March, 1730, at Hampton, Conn.; married 8 Oct.,
1747, Jethro Rogers.
Children:
1. Oliver Rogers, born 14 April, 1748, at Hampton.
2. Bixbee Rogers, born 18 Dec, died 27 Dec, 1749.
7 Sarah Holt, born 7 March, 1732, at Hampton; died 26 Oct., 1761.
8 Nathaniel Holt, born 18 March, 1734; married 16 Dec, 1756, Phebe Canada
(Kennedy).
Children:
1. Cynthia Holt, born 27 Sept., 1759, at Hampton.
2. Lucy Holt.
l Holt: Genealogical Record of the Holt Family; also N. E. Hist. Geneal. Register, 15:315.
In Hist. Geneal. Register, 55: 48, is mention of a marriage of Mary Bixby and Elias Holt, and the
birth of a daughter, Hannah Holt, in 1730, who married Jethro Rogers. The name Elias is error
for George.
1 Nehemiah is not entered by name in Andover Vital Records, in which publication are recorded
the baptisms of children of George and Mary Holt born at Andover.
•He was with Washington during his retreat across New Jersey. He married ir June, 1782,
Mary Lamphear, who died n Dec., 1799; (2) 1 Jan., 1801, Sarah Dunlap of Plainfield, Conn.,
who died 7 Nov., 1808; (3) 10 Mar., 1809, Eunice Fuller, who died 31 Dec, 1846.
60 BIXBY GENEALOGY
129
III. Joseph Bixby (Daniel, Joseph), born 5 March, 1695-6, at
Andover, Mass.; died 26 or 28 Aug., 1761; married 12 June, 1723,
Experience Frost, born 26 March, 1698, died 9 Sept., 1757, in her
60th year, 1 daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Farley) Frost of
Billerica.'
Children, born at Andover:
1- 1 Experience, born 12 March, 1723-4; married William Abbott.
2- 2 Hannah, born 19 Aug., 1726; married David Osgood.
Joseph Bixby was a farmer. He occupied his father's home-
stead, which was quitclaimed to him by his brothers and sisters in
May and June, 1717, those participating being Thomas and David
Bixby, of Chelmsford, Mephibosheth Bixby and Mary, his wife, of
Andover, Stephen Barnard, Jr., and Hannah, his wife, and George
Holt and Mary, his wife. That same year he sold land which was
laid out to the right of Daniel Bixby, and in 1722 an acre right which
had formerly been his father's. 3 In 1728 and 1732 he joined with
other heirs, in right of his wife, in selling land in Billerica to John
Shed, Jr. 4
Joseph Bixby was admitted to the church in Andover South Par-
ish, 25 March, 1744.
132
III. Benjamin Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born 26 Nov., 1678,
at Boxford, Mass.; died 1 Dec, 1744, 5 at Killingly North Parish,
now Thompson, Conn.; married, prior to 1704, Martha Lamson, 6
born 21 March, 1677, at Ipswich, 7 Mass., daughter of John and
Martha (Perkins) Lamson. She was living in 1724, but probably
died prior to 1738. 8
1 Andover Vital Records. * Hazen: History of Billerica.
'Essex Deeds, 40:172; 41:165; and Essex Probate, 312:81.
4 Middlesex Deeds, 35:490,491.
5 Cabot's Diary, quoted by Miss Ellen D. Lamed.
6 John Lamson of Ipswich married 17 Dec, 1669, Martha Perkins, by whom he had six children,
the youngest being Martha who married Benjamin Bixby, who receipted for his wife's portion 1
Dec, 1713. (Essex Probate, 312:67.)
' County Court records at Salem, Mass.
8 Martha Bixby, wife of Benjamin, joins in conveying land to Israel Richards of Salem, 25 Jan.,
1724 (Killingly Deeds, 2: 83), but does not appear in the deed of Benjamin to Caleb Bixby of 20
March, 1738, nor that of Benjamin to Jacob Bixby 14 Sept., 1742. (Ibid., 4: 126, 5:2.) These are
the last transactions of Benjamin Bixby on record. Under Connecticut practice it was not necessary
for the wife to join in conveying land except in certain instances, but in both of these transactions
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 61
Children, baptized at Topsfidd, Mass., except the youngest:
i Benjamin, born 18, baptized the 21 May, 1704; probably died in early life.
2 Martha, born 29 June, baptized 1 July, 1705.
3- 3 Mary, "of Benjamin," 1 baptized 4 May, 1707; married Stephen Comins.
4- 4 John, baptized 17 July, 1709; married Jemima Green.
5 Kbziah, baptized "of Benjamin," 4 July, 171 1. 1
6- 6 Richard, born probably at Lynnfield (Lynn End), baptized at Reading
(now Wakefield), 6 May, 1716; 2 married Esther (Giles) Taylor.
Benjamin Bixby is usually styled "junior" on Topsfield records"
He removed to Lynn in or prior to 1708 and was that year, and in
1710, elected hayward. On the 12 Jan., 1712-3, he bought four
acres of meadow in Reading of Adam Hart, which he sold three
years later, his wife, Martha, joining in the deed. 5 On the 29 April,
1716, he and wife, Martha, were admitted to the church in Read-
ing, to which many of the residents of Lynnfield, then a part of Lynn,
belonged. They were dismissed at their own request to the church
in Killingly, Conn., 20 Oct., 1717. 4 The Killingly church records
show that both were admitted to the church 26 Jan., 17 17-8, "from
Reading." They settled in that part of Killingly known as Brandy
Hill, now a part of Thompson, and it is said erected a house there
in 17 19, 5 on the east side of the Boston road. This house was the
"last out-post of civilization on the road from Connecticut, and
was much frequented by travellers, Indians and lawless borderers."
His homestead was occupied by Marcus Davis 6 when Miss Ellen
D. Larned wrote her sketch of Killingly pioneers, published in the
Thompson Record. "On one occasion, Mrs. Bixby, when alone,
it would seem, had she been living, Martha would have appeared. There is no deed on record
from Benjamin to any one of his children. John, his eldest son, was a landowner prior to his
father's death, and probably had such part of his father's real estate as was not deeded by Benjamin
Bixby to others. There is no settlement of the estate on record.
1 See under Benjamin (13). The order of baptism of these children seems to indicate that they
were children of Benjamin and Martha, in spite of the fact that Benjamin was usually styled junior.
His father had a daughter Mary, who may have been Mary (1323), as otherwise her baptism is not
of record. Nothing further is known of Keziah, and it is possible she too was a daughter of Benjamin
(13).
1 Church records printed in Wakefield Vital Records. As he appears as grantee in 1734, he was
probably born in 1712.
'Middlesex Deeds, 17:580; 18:401. « Reading church records, at Wakefield.
« The earliest deed on record at Danielson, where the records of the town of Killingly are kept,
of which either party was a Bixby, is one dated 19 May, 1719, from Samson Howe to Benjamin
Bixby conveying a parcel of land in consideration of £35. The record is much faded. (Deeds,
1: I39-) Two years later, in December, Benjamin Bixby bought other land in Killingly of John
Russell, paying therefore £7 (Ibid., 2-54), and of William Moffit, for £5 (Ibid., 2-55.) After this
date he appears both as grantee and grantor.
' Mr. Davis was brother of Gen. George Davis, first acting governor of Porto Rico after annexa-
tion by the United States.
62 BIXBY GENEALOGY
refused to give liquor to a drunken savage, whereupon he shot her
in the thigh, wounding her severely. This outrage greatly alarmed
the few inhabitants of this remote Border-land, especially as it was
a time of much Indian alarm and violence." On the 3 Oct., 1720,
in consequence of the assault and damage inflicted, the Governor
and council ordered that Benjamin Bushnell deliver to Benja-
min Bigsby, what estate he had in his* hands belonging to Mrs.
Bixby's Indian assailant. Scarcely had she recovered from the
wound when she was "visited by the awful providence of Heaven,"
being struck by lightning, and seriously injured and disabled. Be-
cause of these misfortunes, Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall took occasion
to express his sympathy with the stricken family, and Benjamin
Bixby wrote 1 to the Governor to express "his grateful acknowl-
edgement of his Honor's undeserved kindness," informing him
that his wife continued in very difficult circumstances and was
unlikely to recover the usual soundness of her limbs under another
year, if ever. Material aid was extended to Benjamin Bixby. The
Indians seated near New London paid seventeen pounds, doubt-
less as some atonement for the wounding of Mrs. Bixby by one of
their race, who it was known had received shelter at Mohegan, and
which had caused restrictions being placed upon the carrying of
arms by them. 2 Miss Ellen D. Larned found a reference in the
local records showing that Martha Bixby recovered from her in-
juries, for at a later date she is reported, while on her way to meet-
ing, as seeing a bear.
The isolated position of the Bixbys did not long continue. Set-
tlers were fast coming in all about them. Benjamin Bixby was
deputy to the General Assembly from Killingly, May to July, 1728. 3
The North Parish of Killingly was established in 1728. The
first parish meeting was held 25 Nov., 1728, and Benjamin Bixby,
one of the five leading men of the district, was elected one of the
four townsmen. He was appointed one of the committee to erect
1 His letter dated 8 May, 1721, is in Connecticut State Papers, Ecclesiastical Series, i:i55-
The question of relief was referred to the General Assembly which refused the grant. Bixby refers
to the £17 obtained by Deacon Aspinwall from the Indians.
'Larned: History of Windham County, 1:178.
3 In May, 1728, Connecticut granted to Peter Aspinwall, Benjamin Bigsby and the rest of the
present proprietors being inhabitants of Killingly, all that land between the old and new boundary
line of Massachusetts, north of Killingly, except what had been previously granted. (Public
Records of Connecticut.) The same year the bounds of the "North Society of Killingly" were
fixed; north by Massachusetts, east by Rhode Island, west by Woodstock, south by Killingly and
Pomfret. (Ibid.)
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DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 63
a meeting-house and settle a minister. 1 He was one of the twenty-
eight signers of the covenant under which a church was formed,
and at its organization, 25 March, 1730, was chosen deacon.
Thompson was selected as a name for the new district in honor of
a non-resident proprietor, Sir Robert Thompson, first president of
the English "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts."
It is said that the well-known Bixby apple, which for a century
and a half furnished the neighborhood with a very pleasant early
and juicy fruit, was introduced by Benjamin Bixby. He was not
the only Bixby to appreciate a good apple. In 1793, Jonathan
Bixby of Newton paid £6-6 to obtain a clear title to two pearmain
apple trees which stood partly on his own and partly on adjoining
land. 2 In 1741, upon the death of his brother, Samuel Bixby, of
Sutton, Benjamin undertook the settlement of his estate, and was
appointed guardian of Samson Bixby.
134
III. Samuel Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born at Topsfield, Mass.;
baptized there 2 June, 1689; died probably early in 1741; married
14 May, 1718, at Killingly, Conn., Martha Underwood, born 30
June, 1689, died during the lifetime of her husband, 3 daughter of
Thomas and Mary (Palmer) Underwood of VVatertown.
Children, born at Sutton, Mass.: 4
1 Martha, born 24 March, 1719; died prior to 1741, unmarried.
2 Elizabeth, born 30 June, 1720; died prior to 1741, unmarried.
3- 3 Samuel, born 9 Sept., 1721; married Lydia Bond; (2) Rebecca Bartlett;
(3) Huldah (Pratt) Towne.
4 Jacob, born 22 Jan., 1723; living in 1738, but deceased prior to 1743. A
Bible published by Robert Freebairn, His Majesty's Printer, Edinburgh,
1 7 13, contains on the blank page between the old and new testaments
the following writing:
"Jacob Bixby/ His Book/ God give him/ grace, therein to look/ To
Look and Read and/ take Delight/ and understand with/ all his
might/ Anno Domini/ 1738."'
1 See Connecticut State Papers, Ecclesiastical Series, 3: 242, 24s, 246.
J Middlesex Deeds, 113: 336.
5 The Bixby family, in Converse and Allied Families, by C A. Converse, 2: 810, where may be
found a pedigree of the Underwood family.
4 Benedict: History of Sutton, from Sutton Records. Also Probate records of Worcester Co.
The only children who participated in division of their father's estate were Samuel, Jonathan,
Sampson and Solomon. There were none but minor children living in 1741.
6 Letter of Mrs. Addie Bixby Weston (13436. K4), Madison, Me. Through the courtesy of
Mrs. Weston a facsimile of this page is shown opposite.
7
64 BIXBY GENEALOGY
On the back of the new testament title page is the following:
" I Jacob Bixby/ was Born/ In Jenewary/ The o 22 Day/ In the year
1723/ Anno Domony/ 1738."
On the page between the new testament and the metrical psalms is
the following:
"Jacob Bixby his/ Book God Give/ him therein Look/ lord hailp me
to/run that blessed /race that heaven/ may be my/ Dwelling place."
5 Benjamin, born 17 April, 1726; died prior to 1743.
6- 6 Jonathan, born 29 Sept., 1728; married Eliza ; (2) Kezia (Ammi-
down) Allen.
7- 7 Sampson, born 3 March, 1731; married Mary Bullard.
8- 8 Solomon, twin with Sampson; married Esther Clark.
Samuel Bixby was one of the early settlers in Sutton. The
proprietors of that township, although authorized in 1704 to settle
the territory which they had purchased from Wampus, a civilized
Indian, were unable to procure settlers for their lands until the
close of Queen Anne's War in 1713. In 1714 they granted 4000
acres to the first thirty approved families who should settle in the
township and laid out thirty "forty acre lots" for homesteads. In
17 1 7 the required thirty families were in town, among them Samuel
Bixby. These thirty proprietors of the 4000 acres divided and
disposed of their common rights in the 2800 acres not assigned as
homesteads. Samuel Bixby sold his one thirtieth of the settlers'
lands, except what had been laid out as forty-acres lots, 20 Feb.,
1718-9, to John Stockwell. 1 His homestead was No. 4 of the "eight
lots." 2 His brother, Caleb Bixby, seems to have accompanied him
to Sutton, and to have remained there some time. The location
of Samuel Bixby was in that part of Sutton which is now the town
of Millbury. An inventory of his estate, disclosing £635, was pre-
sented on the 30 April, 1741, by his brother, Benjamin Bixby, of
Killingly, who doubtless was in Sutton to attend his brother's fu-
neral, and who was appointed administrator on the estate 13 May
following. He was the same day appointed guardian of the child,
Sampson. He gave his son, John, power of attorney to settle with
the probate court 7 Jan., 1742-3, at which time Samuel had come
of age. John Stockwell was Jonathan's guardian. Samuel, on 11
May, 1743, mortgaged his father's homestead of 40 acres to John
Stockwell and Nathaniel Waters, they having become sureties for
him in the payment of £19 each to his brothers, Jonathan, Solomon
and Sampson. This mortgage was released 29 April, 1745. 3
'Benedict: History of Sutton. 2 Suffolk Deeds, 34:189.
3 Worcester Deeds, 17:316.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 65
135
III. George Bixby {Benjamin, Joseph), born 31 Jan., 1692, at
Topsfield, Mass.; 1 died there 3 May, 1783; married 6 Aug., 17 18,
Mary (Baily) Porter, 2 widow of Joseph Porter of Salem, Mass.
She died 8 Feb., 1767. He married, second, 25 May, 1769, Sarah
(Goodhue) Cummings, 3 widow of David Cummings of Topsfield,
baptized 15 March, 1713, at Ipswich, Mass., died 30 June, 1776,
aged 63 years, 4 daughter of John and Sarah (Sherwin) Goodhue.
Children, born at Salem Village, now Danvers:*
1- 1 Daniel, born 17 Feb., 1718, baptized 24 May, 1719; married Ruth Gould.
2- 2 Elizabeth, born 16 Aug., 1722, baptized 9 Sept., 1722; married John
Perkins.
3- 3 Benjamin, born 13 Nov., 1724, baptized 11 April, 1725; married Ann
Bradstreet.
4- 4 Sarah, born 2 Feb., 1726, baptized 19 March, 1726; married 30 Nov., 1749,
Daniel Lake.
5 Enos, born 26 March, 1732, baptized 28 May, 1732; died 30 May, 1738.
George Bixby lived in that part of Salem now Danvers, from
the time of his marriage until about 1731. In June, 1731, he is
styled "of Topsfield." He possessed lands in Topsfield and Box-
ford, and the record of land transactions contain many convey-
ances to and from him. He was prosperous and respected. After
returning to Topsfield he became a member of the church there,
having previously been a member of the Salem Village church, and
was chosen deacon.
» This date does not appear in either the Boxford or Topsfield Vital Records, but was obtained
from a family record written about i860 by Henry M. Bixby (13538.55) at the dictation of Joseph
Bixby (13538.4)-
2 Joseph Porter and Mary Baily, both of Salem, were published 19 April, 1709. (Salem Marriage
Intentions, printed in Salem Press Hist. Geneal. Record.) Joseph Porter died in 1713, leaving
minor children by Mary, viz.: Mary, Priscilla, and Joseph. His brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel
Porter, were administrators of the estate of their father, who was also named Joseph Porter. In
1719. at the request of Mary, now wife of George Bigsby, upon proof that the interests of her
children were not being protected, the Council ordered the former administrators removed and
George and Mary Bigsby appointed in their place. (Council Records, vol. 7.) See also a law suit
between George Bixby and Nathaniel Porter. (Suffolk files, 39,449 and 39,459.)
3 David Cummings and Sarah Goodhue of Ipswich were published 30 Oct., 1741. Cummings
died at Topsfield 2 April, 1765. By Sarah, who was his second wife, he had Jonathan born 14 Oct.,
1743, of Andover, a soldier in the Revolution; Stephen born 27 Jan., 1744-5, died 27 May, 1765;
Elizabeth, died in infancy; Daniel, born 30 Aug., 1749, a soldier in the Revolution, and Archelaus
born 1 June, 1752. (Cummings Genealogy.) In 1783 Sarah Bixby's heirs by David Cummings were
Jonathan and Archelaus. (Essex Probate.)
4 Perley: Essex Antiquarian.
5 The children were all baptized at the Salem Village church, to which George and Mary were
admitted 10 May, 1719- (Church Records.)
66 BIXBY GENEALOGY
On the 4 May, 1751, he deeded to his son Daniel 37 acres of
land and one-half his dwelling house, and other buildings, on the
road from the River bridge to Middleton. On the same day he
granted to son Benjamin, as his share of his estate, one half of 57
acres, conveyed to him by Jacob Reddington, with the buildings
thereon, except the schoolhouse. 1
In 1738 he was one of the trustees appointed by the town to take
title to land deeded to the town by Jacob Reddington for a site for
the new schoolhouse. 2
He made his will 8 May, 1780, at which time his wife was de-
ceased. He names her heirs, also his own children, Elizabeth,
Benjamin, Sarah, his grandchildren, Daniel, George and Mary Bix-
by, George Lake, and Ruth Towne. Grandson Daniel Bixby was
named as executor. This will was allowed 3 June, 1783. The
estate was appraised at £588-19-00.'
136
III. Nathan Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born 16 Nov., 1694, a t
Topsfield, Mass.; died probably in the early spring of 1776; 4 mar-
ried 25 Nov., 1718, Abigail Rogers of Salem, Mass. 5
Children, born at Topsfield: 6
1 Nathan, born 23 Oct., 1719; died in infancy.
2- 2 Amos, born 13 Nov., 1722; baptized at Topsfield, Nov., 1722; married
Elizabeth Sabin.
3- 3 Abijah, born 8 Sept., 1725; married Anna Corbin.
4 Abigail, born 19 March, 1727-8; baptized 24 March, 1727-8, at Box-
ford, Mass.; married 22 Oct., 1751, at Thompson, Joseph Newell of
Lebanon, Conn. 7
5- 5 Nathan, born 18 Aug., 1730; married Mary Burrell.
6- 6 Solomon, born 26 Oct., 1732; married Abigail Newell.
7 Joshua, baptized 15 June, 1735; 7 not living in March, 1758. 4
» Essex deeds, 95: 263. The original deed to Benjamin is now in possession of Henry M. Bixby
(i3S38,55). 2 Essex Deeds, 70: 87.
« Essex Probate. * Pomfret Probate, 3 : 484.
1 Abigail Rogers may have been a daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail Rogers of Salem, and there-
fore a sister of Rev. John Rogers of Boxford. Jeremiah Rogers was a wheelwright. In New Eng.
Hist. Gen. Reg. 5:316, suggestion is made that Abigail Rogers, born 5 July, 1681, daughter of
Samuel and Sarah (Wade) Rogers, married 25 Nov., 1718, "James Bixby of Lynn." James is
doubtless an error for Nathan, and there appears no reason for supposing that Nathan Bixby mar-
ried a daughter of Samuel Rogers.
• The births of the children, except Abigail and Joshua, are on Topsfield records. The baptisms
are obtained from the respective church records.
7 Thompson, Conn., church records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 67
Nathan Bixby removed to what is now Thompson, Conn., in
I 733- On th e 17 Jan., 1732-3, he sold to Rev. John Emerson, Pas-
tor of the Church at Topsfield, several parcels of land, and in the
deed his wife, Abigail, and mother, Mary, released their dower
rights. 1 The deed was acknowledged in April. On the 3 June, he
obtained letters of dismission from the Topsfield church, to which he
had been admitted in 1729, to the Second church in Killingly, Conn.
It is said that he was so noted for his piety that he was styled "Saint
Nathan." In deeds he is styled yeoman. He purchased land in
Thompson Parish, Conn., in 1737. 2 The will of Nathan Bixby was
dated 30 March, 1758, and proved 6 May, 1776. The inventory
of his estate, dated 17 April, 1776, disclosed £196-6-6. Nathan
(1365) inherited his father's farm of 30 acres, the other sons having
had their portions by deed during their father's lifetime. Amos,
Abijah, and Solomon in 1777 receipted to Nathan for their shares
of their father's library and wearing apparel. Abigail had had her
portion at the time of her marriage. 3
137
III. Elizabeth Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born 10 Nov., 1697,
at Topsfield, Mass.; died probably in 1735; married 5 Dec, 1722,
Richard Towne of Topsfield, born 16 July, 1700, died 21 Feb.,
1765, having been town clerk since 1749, son of Thomas and Sarah
(French) Towne. He married (2) Hannah Bixby (118).
Children, born at Topsfield:
1 Thomas Towne, born 28 Dec, 1727; died 18 Jan., 1731.
2 Mary Towne, born 21 Feb., 1729; died 21 May, 1816; married, 1748, Samuel
Towne, born 8 Aug., 1727, 4 died 29 April, 1790, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Allen) Towne. 6
Children:
1. Elizabeth Towne, born 21 Oct., 1749; died 22 May, 1753.
2. Thomas Towne, born 14 Nov., 1752; died 14 April, 1832, at Lyndeboro,
N. H.; married Sarah Cole.
3. Richard Towne, born 8 March, 1755; died 10 May, 1837; married Jane
Corey.
4. Enos Towne, born 4 Aug., 1759; died 16 June, 1813, at Barre, Vt.;
married Elizabeth Moore.
5. Mary Towne, born 1 June, 1763; died 1 April, 1832.
6. Elizabeth Towne, born 12 May, 1766; died 29 June, 1818.
7. Allen Towne, born 26 April, 1769; died 1 March, 1783.
1 Essex Deeds, 63: 25. sPomfret Probate, 3: 484.
Killingly Deeds, 4: 103. * Topsfield Vital Records.
6 Towne: Descendants of William Towne, 1901.
68 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 Elizabeth Towne, born 30 Jan., 1732; died 20 Feb., 1825; 1 married 27 (or 9th
as in Gould Genealogy) Oct., 1751, Jacob Gould, born 6 Feb., 1728-9, died
2 Sept., 1799, son of John and Phebe (Towne) Gould. He commanded a
company in the regiment of Col. Samuel Johnson, which marched from
Boxford, Mass., to Lexington, Mass., 19 April, 1775.
Children: 1
1. Jacob Gould, born 28 April, 1752; died 25 July, 1753.
2. Richard Gould, born 1753; died 1754.
3. Ruth Gould, born 22 Jan., 1755; died 1822; married 1787, Nathan Perley.
4. Elizabeth Gould, born 12 Dec, 1756; died 1814; married 1787, Nathaniel
Herrick.
5. Edna Gould, born 17 March, 1759; died 1818; married 1781, Samuel
Stiles; (2) Jacob Flynn.
6. Susanna Gould, born 13 Feb., 1761; died 24 Jan., 1825; married 13
March, 1783, Jacob Gould.
7. Jacob Gould, born 9 Sept., 1764; died 1849; married 1790, Ruth Peabody.
8. Lois Gould, born 1 Nov., 1766; died 1824; married, 1791, Benjamin
Perley.
9. Sarah Gould, baptized 18 Dec, 1768; died young.
10. Kezra Gould, born 24 Oct., 1770; died 1842; married 1805, Joseph Smith
of Boxford.
11. Huldah Gould, born 21 Dec, 1774; died 1846; married 1801, Moses Dor-
man.
12. John Gould, born 11 July, 1778; died 1864; married 1799, Polly Prince.
4 Sarah Towne, born 1 Dec, 1734; died 1735.
138
III. Jacob Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born 29 April, 1700, at
Topsfield, Mass.; died 26 March, 1776; married 4 Feb., 1731, at
Thompson, Conn., Elizabeth Jewett, 2 born 1709, died 6 Aug.,
1746, aged 37 years, daughter of Isaac and Dorcas (Hovey) Jewett 3
of Killingly, Conn. He married, second, 2 Jan., 1758, at Thomp-
son, Sarah YouNGLOVe, 2 born 25 Dec, 1732, died 29 Sept., 1823,
daughter of John and Jemima Younglove of Killingly.
Children, born at Thompson: 4
1 Aaron, baptized 25 Feb., 1732; died Dec, 1740.
2 Child, died in infancy.
3 Child, died in infancy.
4 Miriam, born 1738; baptized 18 Feb., 1739; died 20 Oct., 1741.
5 Jacob, born 11 April, baptized 18 April, 1742; died 8 Aug., 1745.
6 Child, died in 1743.
1 Gould: Gould Genealogy. 2 Thompson, Conn., church records.
3 Isaac Jewett of Killingly conveys to his well beloved son-in-law, Jacob Bixby, of Killingly, two
acres on east side of the Killingly river, 20 Sept., 1735- (.Deeds, 4: 44.)
4 This list of children follows the Bixby Ms. The baptisms are found on Thompson church
record, which is also said to contain this comment, "Epidemics were very frequent and malignant,
a remarkable case being that of Jacob Bixby, who lost his wife and children at one fell swoop, eight
children." It is remarkable that the record of deaths above given do not substantiate this state-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 69
7 Elizabeth, born 16 May, baptized 20 May, 1744; died 23 Aug., 1745.
8 Child, born 1744; died in infancy.
9 Ichabod, baptized 17 Aug., 1746; died 1768 » (Qy. 1758).
By second marriage:
j-10 Jacob, born 29 Nov., 1758; baptized 13 Jan., 1759; married Eunice Leavens-
11 Phebe, born 10 Aug., baptized, 17 Aug., 1760; died 2 Dec, 1761.
L-12 Daniel, born 25 Sept., baptized 28 Dec, 1762; married Sarah Towne.
M-13 Moses, born 18 April, baptized 21 April, 1765; married Mary Greene.
N-14 Samuel, born 5 May, baptized 19 July, 1767; married Esther Elithorpe.
0-15 Younglove, born 5 Sept., baptized 2 Oct., 1768; married Rebecca Boyden.
p-16 Jemima, born 30 April, 1772; baptized 9 June, 1771 (so in copy); died 12
Jan., 1813; married Jasper Partridge.
Q-17 Hannah, born 26 May, baptized 29 May, 1774; died 13 Jan., 1822; married
William Barber.
Jacob Bixby of Salem, Mass., purchased land in Killingly 26
Dec, I72i,and is said to have gone that year to Killingly. However,
as in a deed of 1 Feb., 1728, conveying a more extensive purchase,
he is again described as of Salem, it is probable that he did not re-
move until 1729. 2 He lived, and all his children were born, one
mile east of Brandy Hill, in Thompson Parish. He united with the
church there in 1732. He was appointed ty thing-man in 1760.
He fell from a load of rye in Aug., 1775, receiving spinal injuries
from which he failed to recover. His will, dated 14 Nov., 1775,
was proved 25 April, 1776. 3 To his wife, Elizabeth, as long as she
remained a widow, he gave one third of his estate, and the house-
hold goods she brought him on her marriage. All the rest of his
estate he gave to his five sons: Jacob, Daniel, Moses, Samuel, and
Younglove, who were to pay to their sisters, Jemima and Hannah
Bixby, £6-8-0 each. The court 6 July, 1779, allowed the widow
3 s. 6 d. per week for 52 weeks for bringing up the youngest child
until it was four years old. The estate was valued at £473-7-2,
including the home farm of 80 acres, valued at £300.
ment. Also it is to be noted that there is no record of baptism of the unnamed children, which,
considering the promptness with which parents in those days procured baptism for their children,
indicates that if there were such births, the children were either stillborn or very weak at birth and
soon died, which would contradict the quoted statement. Mrs. E. E. Bates of Webster is responsi-
ble for the statement that Jacob Bixby "buried his wife and seven children with putrid sore throat.
He chiselled out the markers from ordinary wall stone." It was a common custom in those days,
because of the difficulty of procuring suitable gravestones, duly inscribed, to use field stone for
markers to the graves. In 1876 the grandchildren of Jacob Bixby erected a monument to his
memory.
1 Miss Ellen D. Larned of Thompson, Conn., states that Ichabod died at the age of ten years.
2 Killingly Deeds, 2: 55; 3:3s. He is styled of Killingly in Jan., 1733- (Ibid., 4: 12.)
s Pomfret Probate, 4:501; 3:491.
70 BIXBY GENEALOGY
139
III. Jemima Bixby (Benjamin, Joseph), born 26 Jan., 1702-3, at
Boxford, Mass.; died 1790; married 19 June, 1727, at Salem, Mass.,
Joseph Towne, born 26 Dec., 1701, at Topsfield, Mass., died
March, 1786, son of Joseph and Margaret (Case) Towne, and a
descendant of William Towne of Salem. 1 She was dismissed from
Topsfield to Killingly church 22 Oct., 1738.
Joseph Towne removed to Thompson parish, Killingly, Conn., in
1732, and there purchased, 6 April, 1733, 230 acres land from John
Hallowell, for which he paid £400. He added to his holdings in
i743- ?
Children: 1
1 Jemima Towne, born and died in 1729, at Topsfield.
2 Archelaus Towne, born 26 Feb., 1730, at Topsfield; died 1783, at Thompson,
Conn.; married 26 Feb., 1753, Sarah Brown.
Children:
1. Archelaus Towne, born 8 Oct., 1755; died 18 Aug., 1792; married 25 Dec,
1778, Martha Johnson, daughter of Diah and Susanna (Converse)
Johnson; she married (2) Israel Tourtelotte." Archelaus Towne, Jr.,
had five children, of whom Ithiel, born 3 Oct., 1784, was the first of the
family to achieve public recognition for other than military service.
He began as a house carpenter, and soon manifested great ability in
designing buildings. He became the architect of many public build-
ings both in Connecticut and elsewhere, and was the first to plan a
satisfactory manner of bettering the State House at Boston. 8 He died
1844 unmarried. 8
2. Abitel Towne.
3. William Towne, born 3 Sept., 1758; married Lucy Prince; served in the
Revolution.
4. Isaac Towne, born 9 Dec, 1759; served in the militia at Saratoga.
5. Sarah Towne, born n Feb., 1762; baptized 1761; 1 married Daniel Bixby
(138L).
6. Margaret Towne, born 1763.
3 Jemima Towne, born 6 Feb., 1732, at Topsfield; married 18 May, 1757, James
White of Pomfret, Conn.*
Child:
I. Abigail White, married Smith Barrett. 8
4 Eunice Towne.
5 Joseph Towne, born 8 Oct., 1735, at Killingly; died there 28 Dec, 1809;
married Abigail Thompson, born 27 May, 1741, daughter of Ichabod and
Rachel Thompson. The five sons of Joseph Towne owned adjoining farms
in Thompson and held a remarkable record of health and longevity. The
first death in the group was that of the eldest son at eighty-one years of age.
1 Descendants of William Towne, p. 50. l Converse and Allied Families, p. 227.
8 Miss Ellen D. Lamed, Thompson, Conn. The Towne Genealogy gives only the birth and death
of Ithiel. * Church records.
5 Information of Harold L. Barrett, Jamaica Plain, Mass., a great grandson of Smith Barrett.
•DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 71
Children:
1. Joseph Towne, born 30 Oct., 1763.
2. David Towne, born 29 March, 1765.
3. Benjamin Towne, born 12 Feb., 1767.
4. Mary Towne, born 28 June, 1769; died 2 Feb., 1826; married Luke
Upham.
5. Archelaus Towne, born 28 June, 1771; married Susanna Foster.
6. Betsy Towne, born 19 Aug., 1773; married Joseph Elliot.
7. Ichabod Towne, born 26 Oct., 1775.
8. Rachel Towne, born 10 Jan., 1779.
9. Abigail Towne, born 22 April, 1782; died 6 March, 1864; married 27
Feb., 1805, Hezekiah Converse, born 9 Sept., 1784, died 30 Sept.,
1830, at Thompson, son of Chester and Esther (Green) Converse. 1
6 Elizabeth Towne, born 27 March, 1738, at Killingly ; married Thomas Towne.
7 Margaret Towne, born 17 May, 1739, at Killingly; married Aaron Foster.
8 Sarah Towne.
9 Mary Towne.
172
III. Gideon Bixby {George, Joseph), born 1 Sept., 1699, at Box-
ford, Mass.; died probably in Jan., 1755 ; 2 married 20 June, 1751,
Rebecca Foster, 3 born 21 June, 1720; died 19 Jan., 1795, daugh-
ter of Timothy and Ruth (Andrews) Foster of Boxford. 4 She
married, second, 12 May, 1756, Solomon Gould, son of John Gould.
After her second husband's death, Mrs. Rebecca (Foster-Bixby)
Gould resided with her son, Gideon. She had a life interest in the
homestead, which she assigned to John Herrick upon his purchase
from Gideon Bixby, and took a similar right in the former Herrick
place.
Child, born at Boxford:
1- 1 Gideon, born 15 June, 1752; baptized 16 Feb., 1755; married Sally Wood.
Gideon Bixby has been supposed to have dwelt on the original
Sergeant Bixby place, but from the wording of the deed from
George Bixby, Richard Kimball and Jonathan Bixby to Joseph
Bixby, recorded with Essex Deeds 50:202, in which the "lot where-
on old Sergeant Byxby lived" was conveyed to Joseph in 1728, this
'Converse and Allied Families, p. 227.
2 Rebecca Bixby had administration on her husband's estate 3 March, 175s. (Essex Probate.)
Church records show that when her son was baptized she was called "widow." Perley finds that
Gideon was alive 15 Dec, 1754.
3 Variously called Rebecca Foster and Rebecca Wood ; the marriage record is Foster. In the
Gould Genealogy in Essex Institute Hist. Col. XI, she is said to have been the daughter of Nathan
Wood. By Solomon Gould, who was son of John and Phebe (French) Gould, and who died IS
Dec, 1762, she had Dav'd, Ruth and Amos. Solomon Gould was born 19 March, 1704.
'Gould: Gould Genealogy; confirmed by Boxford record. Pierce, in Foster Genealogy, is in
error.
72 BIXBY GENEALOGY
would appear to be a mistake. Gideon inherited his father's
homestead. In 1725 he bought land near his father's house, and
in 1743 bought 30 acres adjoining his own land. 1 His estate at his
death amounted to £333.
181
III. Lydia Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph), born 3 Feb., 1694, at Box-
ford, Mass.; died 1781 at Haverhill, Mass.; 2 married 2 Nov., 1715,
at Boxford, Thomas Page of Haverhill, 2 born 24 March, 1693-4,
died 4 Oct., 1771, at Haverhill, 2 son of Cornelius and Mary (Marsh)
Page. 3
Children, born at Haverhill: 2
1 Ruth Page, born 21 March, 1717-8. A Ruth Page married April, 1743,
at Haverhill, Jonathan Haynes. 2
2 Thomas Page, born 1 July 1720. 2
3 Jonathan Page, born 5 Feb., 1722-3.
4 Abigail Page, born 6 Nov., 1724; died 20 Nov., 1748.
5 Amos Page, born 24 Feb., 1726-7. Probably the Amos Page who married
Abiah Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., 4 and had
Children:
1. Richard Page, born 25 Sept., 1750; died 13 July, 1780.
2. Amos Page, born 12 Nov., 1752.
3. Abigail Page, born 6 June, 1755.
4. Abiah Page, born 14 Dec, 1757; married 6 May, 1779, at Haverhill,
John Emery, born 28 June, 1753, died 28 Jan., 1823, son of John and
Abigail (Webster) Emery. 5
5. Parker Page, born 14 Aug., 1760.
6. Sarah Page, baptized 24 Oct., 1763. 6
7. Thomas Page, born 30 May, 1766.
8. David Page, born 1 May, 1770.
9. John Page, born 10 Aug., 1772.
6 Lydia Page, born 1 March, 1728-9; died 16 Nov., 1774, unmarried.
7 Abel Page, born 8 June, 1731. Probably the Abel Page who died 1 Jan.,
1797, having married 16 Oct., 1759, Dorcas Fillmore of Norwich, and had
Children:
1. Daniel Page, born 21 Jan., 1761.
2. Vashti Page, born 27 Feb., 1762.
3. Sophia Page, born 22 March, 1769.
4. Justus Page, born 10 June, 1770; probably, as of "Timneth, Vt.", married
25 Jan., 1798, at Methuen, Eunice Cross, formerly of Methuen. 7
1 Essex Deeds, 84: 242; 85: 221.
2 Haverhill Vital Records, where the age of Thomas Page at death is given as 77 years. A
Thomas Page, Jr., probably 181-2, married 14 March, 1744-5, Mary Cortes and had a daughter,
Sarah, born 14 March, 1745-6.
3 Chase: History of Haverhill.
4 Salisbury, Mass., Second Church records note the baptism of Abiah Flanders 25 Feb., 1728.
6 For their descendants, see Emery Genealogy.
6 Haverhill Vital Records, which also gives Susanna, daughter of Amos Page, born 20 Oct., 1763-
7 Methuen Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 73
5. Zadock Page, born 9 May, 1772; died 20 Sept., 1778; married 31 Aug.,
1797, Susanna Webster. Child: Abel Page, born 25 May, 1798.
6. Lucinda Page, born 16 Oct., 1775.
8 Gideon Page, born 12 Sept., 1733; died 26 Nov., 1736.
9 William Page, born 17 Nov., 1738; married Martha Parker.
Children:
1. Unity Page, born 11 May, 1765.
2. Joseph Parker Page, born 1 May, 1767.
3. Jonathan Bixby Page, born 19 Nov., 1769.
Perhaps others.
182
III. Jonathan Bixby (Jonathan, Joseph), born 5 March,
1695-6, at Boxford, Mass.; died during the winter of 1780-1, at
Middleton, Mass.; married 4 Nov., 1735, Ruth Fuller, 1 born 10
Oct., 17 18, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Goodell) Fuller of
Middleton. She married, second, 28 Feb., 1792, at Pepperrell,
Mass., Capt. Jeremiah Shattuck, aged 90 years. 2 The Massachu-
setts Centinel of 10 March, 1792, printed the following notice: "At
Pepperel, Capt. Jeremiah Shattuck aged 90 to Mrs. Ruth Bixby
aged 75. His descendants are ten children, sixty grandchildren,
about 70 great grandchildren, and one of the fifth generation. Her
descendants are thirteen children, thirty-nine grandchildren."
Children, born at Boxford: 3
1- 1 Nathaniel, baptized Oct., 1736; married Mary Stowers.
2- 2 Elizabeth, baptized April, 1738, married Elias Johnson.
3 Sarah, baptized 1 April, 1739; living in 1780. Possibly she was that
Sarah Bixby, an unmarried woman, who died at Boxford, 25 May, 1800,
"aged 65." The entry is not in Boxford records, but appears in the
printed "Vital Record" as obtained from a "private record."
4- 4 Huldah, baptized Oct., 1740; married Asa Stiles.
5 Eunice, baptized Oct., 1742; died 3 Jan., 1759.
6 Lucy, baptized 29 July, 1744; died Dec, 1746.
7 Nancy (Annah), born 24 Sept., 1746; living in 1780.*
8 Lucy, born 25 June, 1748; living in 1780.
9- 9 Aphia (Affee),s born 16 March, 1750-1; married John Powers.
1 This marriage is found on both Middleton and Boxford records.
s Pepperrell records. Ruth's son, David, was then living in Pepperrell, whence he removed,
1794, to Piermont.
3 Births and baptisms from Boxford Vital Records.
4 Anna Bixby and Isaac Berry of Middleton were married 26 Nov., 1766, at Boxford. She had
the prefix of respect, "Mrs.," whether a widow or not is not known. This title was generally given
to respectable unmarried females at that period. Anna Bixby was cautioned against by Middleton,
July, 1765. (Sessions records.)
5 The name is recorded as Apphia in July, 1770. (Sessions record.)
74 BIXBY GENEALOGY
10 Mary, born 30 July, 1753; probably married 16 Jan., 1786, Aaron Smith, 1
as his second wife.
k-ii Ruth, born 15 Aug., 1754; married 15 March, 1780, Nehemiah Fuller.
L-12 David, born 6 Sept., 1757, baptized 17 May, 1758, at Topsfield, Mass.;
married Nancy Pecker.
13 Jonathan, born 23 April, 1760; of Middleton in 1784, removed two years
later to Haverhill, Mass.
14 Assa, born 16 March, 1761. This child is called "daughter" in the record.
Jonathan Bixby and wife, Ruth, 1 June, 1747, sold to William
Fuller for £360 all their right and title to lands and buildings in
Middleton, which had formerly belonged to their father, William
Fuller. 2 Jonathan was a well-to-do farmer, and in 1735 was one of
the few Essex County subscribers to Rev. Thomas Prince's Chrono-
logical History of New England, published that year, and of which
he took two copies. He lived in Boxford until 1771, when he sold
his homestead of 69 acres to Asa Peabody 3 and removed to Middle-
ton. His name occurs frequently in the record of land transactions
at Salem. In Suffolk Court files is a deposition made by him that
in June, 1723, he had occasion several times to go to Bradford with
a team, and the way was so bad he was forced to go round by the
house of Stephen Peabody. At the mill pond of said Peabody's
house, there was a bridge, but it was usually flowed with water,
and he could not pass over it half the time. He had often to go
through the mill pond, and up a steep hill, and to borrow more oxen. 4
He made his will 16 Oct., 1780, which was proved 3 April following.
He names wife, Ruth, sons, David, Jonathan, and Nathaniel, daugh-
ters, Elizabeth, Huldah, Annah, Lucy, Affee, Mary, Sarah, and
Ruth, "wife of Nehemiah Fuller." 5 The inventory of his estate
disclosed £243-9-6.
183
III. Ruth Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph), born 10 April, 1699, at
Boxford, Mass.; married 1 March, 172 1-2, Thomas Andrews of
Boxford, 6 who was born there 18 Dec, 1694, son of Thomas and
Rebecca Andrews. From Perley's History of Boxford we learn
1 Middleton Vital Records. Perley, in Dwellings of Boxford, states she married Daniel Perkins,
confounding her with Mary Ann Bixby (13513). A Mary Bixby of Topsfield gave birth 13 April,
1777. to a male child. (Sessions record.) Aaron Smith died 29 Jan., 1827, aged 92 years. He
married first, 7 Nov., 1765, Mary Thomas, and had eight children. There is no record of death of
either wife.
* Essex Deeds, 91: 63. 3 Ibid., 129: 65. * Files, 16945.
5 Ruth is the only one of the daughters whose married name appears in the will.
e Boxford Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 75
that Thomas Andrews was a farmer, was living in Dec., 1746, that
administration was granted on his estate 1 June, 1747, and that
his widow died between 1769 and 1789. 1
In 1725 Thomas Andrews was appointed guardian of Elias Bixby,
brother to his wife.
Children, born at Boxford: 2
1 Nathaniel Andrews, born 3 Nov., 1723; married 9 Dec, 1753, Sarah Lindel,
by whom he had seven children.
2 Rebecca Andrews, born 28 Sept., 3 1725.
3 Levi Andrews, born 27 Aug., 1727; 4 married 5 Nov., 1749, at Topsfield, Mass.,
Sarah Towne of Topsfield; (2) 10 Nov., 1757, Bridget Holt.
Children, 5 born at Boxford:
1. Lydia Andrews, born 14 Jan., 1758; baptized 15 Nov., 1761.
2. Mary Andrews, baptized 15 Nov., 1761.
4 Sarah Andrews, born 8 Oct., 1729; living in Boxford, unmarried, in 1786.
5 Selborn Andrews, born 25 Oct., 1730; baptized 10 Oct., 1736. He died
unmarried, it is thought, in one of the military expeditions of the old French
War. He was living 26 March, 1750, when he was described as a minor.
He is described as deceased on 14 March, 1757.
6 Lydia Andrews, born 22 July, 1732; probably the Lydia published 24 Dec,
175- to Samuel Flint of Middleton, Mass.
7 Jerusha Andrews, born Sept., , baptized 15 Sept., 1734. Jonathan
Bixby was appointed her guardian in 1750. She married prior to 1769
Joseph Simmons of Boxford, cordwainer, but had probably been published
2 Feb., 1755, to Joseph Fisk.
8 Susanna Andrews, born 30 Oct., 173-; baptized 1738.
9 Abigail Andrews, born 9 April, 174-; baptized 18 April, 1742; married 22
Feb., 1770, Nathaniel Tyler, Jr., of Methuen. She and her husband were
living in 1782.
184
III. Mary Bixby (Jonathan, Joseph), born 7 Feb., 1701-2, at
Boxford, Mass. ; died 24 April, 1747, at Haverhill, 6 Mass. ; married 18
Dec, 1723, 6 at Haverhill, Nathaniel Sanders of Haverhill, born
27 Dec, 1700, 6 died 26 Oct., 1754, aged 54, 7 son of James and Han-
nah (Tewkesbury) Sanders. 8 Nathaniel Sanders had the title of
lieutenant. He married, second, Anne Kelly, by whom he had
Anne, born 2 March, 1759. 6
1 Perley History of Boxford. See also Essex Antiquarian, 3: 116.
2 Ibid. The marriages of the children are also from History of Boxford. The children are all
mentioned in the settlement of their father's estate.
1 Boxford Vital Records has this date, the Bixby Ms. 23 Sept.
•"Baptized 14 Aug., 1747." 'Boxford Vital Records.
s Haverhill Vital Records.
7 Inscription on gravestone. The death record of Mary (Bixby) Sanders is also from her grave-
stone, where her age at death is given as 46 years.
• Chase: History of Haverhill.
76 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, bom at Haverhill: 1
1 Judith Sanders, born i July, 1726; probably married 1 Sept., 1748, at Haver-
hill, Joseph Clark of Methuen.
2 Mary Sanders, born 3 July, 1728.
3 Phebe Sanders, born 9 Oct., 1730; probably married 23 Feb., 1758, Simeon
Dow of Amesbury.
4 Nathaniel Sanders, born 9 April, 1733.
5 Avery Sanders, born 17 Dec, 1735.
6 Hannah Sanders, born 4 Nov., 1738.
186
III. Elias Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph), born 23 Nov., 1706, at
Boxford, Mass.; died probably in 1793, at Great Barrington, Mass.;
married probably in 1729, at Fairfield, Conn., Elinor Andrews,
born 9 Oct., 171 1, died probably in 1753 or 1754, 2 daughter of John
and Elinor (Burr) Andrews. "Eleanor daughter of John Andrews"
was baptized 14 Nov., 171 1, at Fairfield. John Andrews was born
in Fairfield in 1697, son of John and grandson of Francis Andrews,
who was one of the original proprietors of Hartford and an early
resident of Fairfield. Eleanor Burr was daughter of Daniel Burr.
Elias Bixby and Eleanor his wife of Fairfield, in consideration of
£100, granted to "our brother John Andrews of Fairfield" all right
in the estate of "our father John Andris late of Fairfield," 26 April,
1734-
Elias Bixby married, second, in 1786, probably at Great Barring-
ton, Margaret (Hall) Prindle, who survived him.
Children : 3
1- 1 Jonathan, born about 1730; married Martha Hull.
2- 2 Daniel, born 1732; married, probably, Deziar Herrick.
3- 3 Molly, born probably about 1734; married Thomas Roorback.
1 Haverhill Vital Records.
2 Under Connecticut practice it is not necessary for the wife to join with her husband, or release
dower rights, in sale of land purchased by him. Eleanor appears with Elias in several transactions,
the last being that of 21 Oct., 1751. On 27 Aug., 1751, Elias and Eleanor join in selling land lately
distributed to the heirs of John Andrews; and 21 Oct., 1751, they join with John and Daniel Andrews
in conveying land. (Fairfield Land Records, 7:75; 5:290, 386; 11:30, 144.) She does not appear
in the sale of the homestead in 1754, nor does her name again appear in any record.
1 There is no record in which appear the names of the children of Elias Bixby. Family tradition,
confirmed through correspondence with representatives of Jonathan, Ebenezer, David, and Elias,
Jr., together with the baptismal records at Green's Farms church, and the association of various
members of the family, provide sufficient assurance as to the parentage of all the children given.
The probable date of Jonathan's birth is found by assuming he was at least twenty one years of age
at his marriage in 1752, and that his mother was not less than seventeen years of age when married.
He was undoubtedly the eldest child. Daniel's age in 1760, when he enlisted in the Provincial
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 77
4(?)Sarah. The will of Thomas Fairchild of Redding, Conn., proved between
1741 and 1748 was witnessed by Sarah Bixby. No other mention of
her has been found. While we have no direct evidence to show that
she was a child of Elias, there seems no other explanation.
5(?)Martha, married George Hull 1 of Greenfield Hill, Fairfield and Redding,
Conn., baptized 24 Sept. 1727, son of George and Martha (Gregory)
Hull. Child; Martha Bixby Hull.
6- 6 Elinor, born probably about 1740; married Seth Meeker. 2
7 Abigail, baptized 11 April, 1742, at Green's Farms. 3
8- 8 Ebenezer, born 1744; married Mary Morehouse.
9- 9 David, baptized 18 May, 1746, at Green's Farms; 3 married Mary M. Mil-
lard,
j- 10 Elias, baptized 27 March, 1748, at Redding, Conn.; 2 married Grace
Sterling.
k-ii Mehitable, probably born about 1750; married Nathan Coley. 4
Elias Bixby at the death of his father was placed, in 1725, under
the guardianship of his brother-in-law, Thomas Andrews, of Box-
army, shows him to have been bom in 1732. Molly and Elinor were undoubtedly older than the
children whose baptisms are of record, and the dates of their birth are surmised from their marriage
dates. It is thought all of the children prior to 1748 were baptized at Green's Farms church, but
the baptismal records between 1723 and 1742 are missing. Ebenezer's birth is calculated from his
age at death, and also from his enlistment record.
There are two traditions which at the present time it is not possible to explain satisfactorily or
to reconcile with what seems most probable: (1) The husband of Deziar Herrick (1862) is said to
have been Elias Bixby, a sea captain, who was lost at sea. Daniel Bixby, who is put down as her
husband, was a tailor, and served in the militia. The probable date of death of each seems to be the
same. Daniel is mentioned as serving in the militia in 1760, and is not heard of after. Deziar
Herrick, said to have been the wife of Elias, the sea captain, married Nathan Carey as early as
1762. It does not seem probable that Elias (186) would have named his son, born in 1748, Elias, if
he already had a son Elias living. The husband of Deziah Herrick evidently was living in 1758, and
one of her children was born in 1757. There is noquestion but that the Elias mentioned in the Red-
ding church records of 1748 was No. 186 for we have evidence of his selling land in Redding Parish
in 1748 and 1750. (2) William C. Bixby (18616.434) said, 27 July, 1909, that his descent was as
follows: William C, Jonathan, Aaron, Nathaniel, Elias, and that his grandfather, Aaron Bixby
(18616.4), and John M. Bixby (186J1.2), were cousins. He believed then that their fathers were
half-brothers. The belief expressed in the last clause is evidently contrary to fact, for John Bixby,
father of John M., was the son of Elias (186J), who married Grace Sterling, 28 April, I77 T . at
Wilton, Conn. She survived him. Elias, the grandfather of John M., and Nathaniel, father of
Aaron, may have been half-brothers. This would show that Elias had married again, after the
death of his wife, Elinor, in 1754 or thereabouts, and had a son, Nathaniel, This supposititious
second wife must have died before 1786, when he evidently married Margaret Prindle. We have
no other suggestion of his having had wives other than Elinor Andrews and Margaret Prindle.
His daughters Elinor and Mehitable were living in Redding in 1770, and were married there when
their father was living in Massachusetts. His son Elias resided at Redding at that time, and in
1775 he enlisted from there into the Continental Army.
1 Weygant: Descendants of George Hull, pp. 32, 34. He may have been a brother of Martha
(Hull) Bixby (1861).
2 Redding church records. These records also contain the following: "Abigail Biggsby died 16
Dec, 1760, aged." Whether this can apply to Abigail (1867), or to some older person is not clear,
as the age may have been intended to be filled in later when more exact information could be had.
3 Green's Farms Church records.
* The record of the marriage of Mehitable to Nathan Coley appears on town and church record.
As printed, the record gives her name as Mabel. See, however, Redding Vital Statistics, 2:33.
There is nothing but association to indicate her parentage.
78 BIXBY GENEALOGY
ford. 1 Shortly after that he left home. He was the first of the
name to settle west of the Connecticut River. He became a resi-
dent of Fairfield, and very soon thereafter married Eleanor Andrews,
a descendant of Francis Andrews, one of the original proprietors of
Hartford and an early resident of Fairfield, but of no known rela-
tionship to the Andrews family of Boxford.
Through his marriage with Eleanor Andrews, Elias Bixby be-
came possessed of property, 2 to which he added by purchase. The
town records of Fairfield and the county court records at Bridge-
port show not only his numerous transactions in lands, but that he
was not fortunate in his business transactions. It is very probable
that this failure to retain the considerable estate he at one time pos-
sessed, led to his changes of residence in Fairfield, and finally his
removal to Massachusetts and to Pennsylvania.
His residence in Fairfield was apparently in the western part.
On the 1st and 2nd of August, 1729, he purchased two lots of land,
comprising more than seven acres of land, near the Saugatuck River,
of John and Samuel Fountain. 3 The following month he conveyed
to John Cooley eight acres near the Saugatuck River, and on the
same day received of Cooley four acres at Turkey Hill, which the
next month he conveyed to Samuel Couch, Jr. 4 Unfortunately
there is a hiatus in the Green's Farm church records, which begin
in 1715, from 1723 to 1742. Elias Bixby was clerk of the train band
in the West parish of Fairfield in 1735, 5 and in October of that year
reported to the General Assembly the election of officers by that
company. On the 8 March, 1738-9, he purchased of Jonathan
Stidevant of Worcestershire, N. Y., a house and twenty acres near
Flat Rock in Ridgefield, paying therefore £200. 3 On the 24 May,
1739, he registered with the Ridgefield town clerk his cattle mark:
" Elias Bixby 's Ear mark is a hole in ye near ear and a half penny
on ye under side of ye off ear." He sold his Ridgefield farm 31
March, I74I- 3 The following year he is again found at Green's
Farms, where he purchased of Nathaniel Hubbard one half of the
latter's home-lot, 19 June, 1742, 6 which, however, he sold the fol-
lowing December. He had children baptized there in 1742 and
1746.
1 Essex Probate. 3 Ridgefield Land records.
8 Fairfield Land and Probate records. 'Fairfield Land records, 4:403-406.
6 Connecticut Archives, Military Series, 1, Vol. 11, 232.
1 Fairfield Land records, 7:447.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 79
On the 27 March, 1748, his wife was admitted to the Redding
church. He was taxed in Redding Parish in 1749, being rated at
£97-14 besides £20 "trade," showing he was engaged at that time
as a merchant. 1 On the 18 Feb., 1754, the homestead, consisting
of thirty three acres, 2 was sold to Henry Dibble, and Elias removed
to Sheffield in the southwestern corner of Massachusetts. He was
living there at the time he visited Albany in 1756 and took his
nephew Nathaniel (1821) from the army hospital there to his own
home, afterward accompanying him to Boxford. 3
On 27 June, 1757, described as "living on Province land west of
Sheffield" he purchased of Samuel Messenger of Sheffield one-half
of the sixty-fourth part of Nobletown, being a half right. Noble-
town for many years was disputed territory between Massachu-
setts and New York. Although at the time of the Revolution prac-
tically a part of Massachusetts, in the final settlement the township
was assigned to New York and is now embraced in the town of Hills-
dale. Mr. Bixby sold this half right on the 17 Oct., 1757, and was
then described as of Nobletown. 4 The purchaser, Hezekiah De-
forest of Norwalk, settled an account due the Sterling store at Wil-
ton from Bixby in January following his purchase, probably as part
of the consideration. 5 Elias Bixby was one of the wardens of the
Episcopal church in Nobletown, which was served by the rector of
St. James, Great Barrington, 12 April, 1773. Apparently he re-
mained in Nobletown until he removed to the Susquehannah Pur-
chase in that part of Pennsylvania under the jurisdiction of Con-
necticut. This removal was probably early in 1773. Elias Bixby,
James Bagley and Zacher H. Squire, all of Nobletown, on 24 April,
1773, bought of John Crane and Hannah, his wife, of the same place,
their rights in one third of one right in the Susquehannah Purchase, 9
paying therefor £3. Elias Bixby was accompanied by his son,
David, in this removal to the Susquehannah Purchase. An old
account book, formerly belonging to Mathias Hollenback, of the
1 Connecticut Archives: Ecclesiastical Series, VIII, 2516.
* In the deed this land is described as partly of Applegates and partly of Lockwood's Long Lots,
and "where I now dwell." {Fairfield Land Records, 11: 224.) As Elias Bixby dealt frequenUy In
lands, buying for investment or speculation, it is difficult to follow his own removals.
'Perley: Dwellings of Boxford, reprinted from Essex Institute Hist. Col., vol. 28.
* For information concerning Nobletown see Converse and Allied families, p. 814, and Docu-
mentary History of New York, vol. 3. The Province lands west of Sheffield were offered at sale by
Massachusetts in 1754.
' Sterling store accounts in possession of D. H. Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn. Elias Bixby and
several members of his family had open accounts with the proprietor of this store.
8 Westmoreland Land Records, at State Library, Hartford, Conn.
8
80 BIXBY GENEALOGY
firm of M. and J. Hollenback, in the possession of the Wyoming
Historical and Geological Society, Wilkes Barre, Pa., contains
entries, between 13 Dec, 1774, and 21 Oct., 1776, eighteen
charges in all, against "Elias Bigsby, Sr." On the 18 Oct., 1774,
sugar, shoes, a deck of cards, and mittens are charged to "Elias
Bigsby, Jr."
A promissory note, dated 20 Oct., 1775, signed by Elias Bigsby,
is found on the cover of one of the books of account of the Hol-
lenbacks. It is not only signed by but made payable on, 1 May, to
Elias Bigsby, and was witnessed by William Cook and Mathy
Hollenbeak. The signature is the same as on a note given by the
younger Elias, now on file among the papers relating to his estate.
Immediately below is the following:
"Elias Bigsby his and pen
He will be good but ."
A facsimile is shown opposite page 158.
The peculiarities of these entries are such that they may be but
the careless scribbling and fooling of the younger Elias, known to
have been a clerk in the store. 1
Elias Bixby was rated at £26 in the list of taxables in Wilkes-
Barre district in Aug., 1776. David Bixby was rated at Kingston.
The rate lists of Nov., 1778, and later omit the name of Elias,
and there can be little doubt that he had returned to Massachusetts
before the time of the Wyoming massacre, when his son, David,
and nephew, Elias, lost their lives. The list of losses sustained at
that time by the inhabitants of the valley does not contain the name
of Elias Bixby, nor is there any mention of him by his grandson,
who remembered the flight from the settlement.
Elias Bixby next appears at Great Barrington in 1785. He was
then in his seventy ninth year. Reuben Walton of Watertown,
Conn., had been appointed administrator on the estate of Jonathan
Prindle of Great Barrington, and to comply with the law gave as
sureties in £200, I March, 1785, David Arnold and Elias Bixby.
Sometime between the 6 Dec, 1785, and 28 Jan., 1787, undoubt-
edly in the year 1786, Elias Bixby married Margaret Prindle, the
widow of the Jonathan mentioned above, for on 28 Jan., 1787, Wal-
ton sold to Margaret Bigsbe, now wife of Elias Bigsbe, 10^ acres out
of the estate. 2
1 For an account of Elias Bixby, Jr., see (1862-1). ! Berkshire Deeds, 20: 438.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 81
Jonathan Prindle was a loyalist and had died within the British
lines at New York. He had left his family in a dependent state
when he fled from his home. 1
Elias Bixby is enumerated in the census of 1790, as of Great Bar-
rington, the head of a family consisting of himself, another male
over sixteen years of age, and four females.
It may be that the male over sixteen years of age living with him
was his grandson, John Bixby, who married at Great Barrington.
On the 28 Jan., 1793, Elias and Margaret Bixby conveyed prop-
erty in Great Barrington to Ela and Michael Prindle, and on
the 9 Sept., 1794, Margaret Bixby, Ella and Michael Prindle, all
of Great Barrington, convey fifty three acres to Moses Church. 1
It is evident, as his name is not found in the deed of Sept., 1794,
that Elias Bixby had deceased. The disposal by deed, to his step-
children, of what interest had come to him by his marriage with
their mother, and apparently of some estate he had himself pur-
chased, was evidently in expectation of his death, and probably
accounts for there being no administration granted on his estate.
189
III. Susanna Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph), born at Boxford, Mass.;
baptized there 29 June, 1713; died 16 Jan., 1779, at Haverhill,
Mass., aged sixty four years ; 3 married 3 April, 1734, at Haverhill, 4
1 Jonathan Prindle was born 21 June, 1748, and was the son of Lieut. Jonathan Prindle, who
died at Watertown, Conn., 10 April, 1782. He married, 13 Oct., 1765, Margaret Hall and had three
children; Ela, born in 1770, Michael, born in 1771, and Bethel, baptized 14 Jan., 1776, at St. James,
Great Barrington. Lieut. Jonathan Prindle bequeathed lands in Great Barrington to the heira
of his son Jonathan. When administration was granted to Reuben Welton on the estate of the
younger Jonathan Prindle, an allowance of £13 was made to the widow, and seven acres of land
with the dwelling house were set off to her as dower. Before the 6 Dec, 1785, the house, barn, and
twenty acres of land had been sold to her, and on the 25 Jan., 1787, the administrator conveyed to
her 10J acres in Lot 12 in the West Division of lands at Great Barrington, bounded north on land
that day sold to Elias Bixby, reserving the use and improvements of the seven acres and dwelling
already set off as dower. There were many staunch loyalists in western Massachusetts, and in
1777 events emboldened them to take an outspoken course. Their Whig neighbors placed them
in a very uncomfortable position, some were jailed. In Massachusetts Archives, 187: 218, there is
a petition, dated at Great Barrington, 12 Sept., 1781, from the widow, Margaret Prindle. She
stated that her husband, Jonathan Prindle, "absconded" in 1777, going to New York, leaving her
with three small children whom she supported with difficulty, having only twenty two acres of land
and a very poor house and barn. Her husband's estate was also indebted (the administrator found
it insolvent) to nearly half its value. She further declared that her husband was one of the loyalists
who had been banished from Massachusetts by the act of 16 Oct., 1778, and that he had died in
1781. She asked that his estate be not confiscated, and that she be allowed to retain it, for she has
a father and brother loyal to the country. Her prayer was granted, as no further steps were taken
to confiscate the estate. Ella Prindle removed to Brookfield, Chenango Co., N. Y. Ella and
Olive Prindle of that place deed to Elias Bixby (undoubtedly Elias (1S6J)) thirty five acres there,
23 Oct., 1799. ! Berkshire Deeds, 31: 474:32:383.
8 Inscription on gravestone. * Boxford Vital Records, also recorded on Haverhill records.
82 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Capt. Daniel Johnson of Haverhill, born 12 Feb., 171 1-2, died
8 March, 1794, aged eighty two years, at Haverhill. 1 He married,
second, 21 Sept., 1779, Susanna Russell, widow, 2 who died 21 Jan.,
1802, aged seventy six years. 2
Capt. Johnson was son of Thomas and Rachel (Ordway) Johnson,
grandson of Lieut. John and Mary (Mousal) Johnson, great-grand-
son of John and Elizabeth (Maverick) Johnson, who removed from
Charlestown to Haverhill in 1657. The name of Elizabeth Mav-
erick's father, Elias Maverick, was continued in the Johnson family
for over a century, either by naming sons Maverick or Elias. The
progenitor of this family was William Johnson who was born about
1603 and died 9 Dec, 1677, at Charlestown. He was admitted a
freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Company, 4 March, 1634-5.
His wife was Elizabeth, who died 6 Oct., 1684. He is not known
to have been a relative of Capt. Edward Johnson, as frequently as-
serted. See New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol. 33.
Children, born at Haverhill: 2
1 Elias Johnson, born 28 Feb., 1734-5; married Elizabeth Bixby (1822).
2 Timothy Johnson, born 17 April, 1737; married 23 March, 1762, Mary
Greely, 2 born 1 Jan., 1739-40, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Whittier)
Greely of Haverhill. 3 He was an officer in the army, during the Revolu-
tion, and had the rank of captain.
Children, born at Haverhill: 2
1. Sarah Johnson, born 27 March, 1763.
2. Hannah Johnson, born 19 March, 1765.
3. Timothy Johnson, born 22 May, 1768.
4. Daniel Johnson, born 22 Dec, 1770.
5. James Johnson, born 27 July, 1775; died 8 Feb., 1776.
6. Polly Johnson, born 15 Feb., 1778.
3 Lydia Johnson, born 18 May, 1739; died 1826; married 29 Dec, 1763, Moses
Davis, of Andover, 2 son of Moses Davis (Elisha, James, James).
Children: 4
1. Rebecca Davis, married Robert Taylor of Ashby.
2. Susanna Davis, married Moses Hale of Chelmsford, Mass.
3. Johnson Davis, of Chelmsford, married Betsey Fletcher.
4. Elisha Davis, died young.
5. Lydia Davis, married Webster.
6. Sarah Davis, married Isaac Stevens of Boston.
7. Polly Davis, married Jonathan Richardson of Townsend.
4 Susanna Johnson, born 17 Aug., 1743.
5 Mary Johnson, born 19 May, 1749.
6 Rachel Johnson, born 16 June, 1753.
Perhaps other children.
1 Inscription on gravestone. 2 Haverhill Vital Records. » Greeley Genealogy.
* Information of Mrs. Kate Hale Smith of Boston, a descendant of Susanna (Davis) Hale. Among
the descendants of Lydia (Johnson) Davis are Hon. George von L. Meyer, Robert Treat Paine.
Hon. Moses T. Stevens, and Mrs. Alice Pew. In 1900 there were over one hundred living descend-
ants of Lydia (Johnson) Davis.
FOURTH GENERATION
FOURTH GENERATION
mi
IV. Lydia Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 26 Dec, prob-
ably 1707; baptized July, 1708, at Topsfield, Mass.; married 9
May, 1732, at Hopkinton, Mass., 1 David Foster, who died there
n July, 1758. 1 Administration on his estate, which was not large,
and proved insolvent, was granted to the widow 12 March, 1759. 2
Abner and Thomas Bixby were the chief creditors.
Children, born at Hopkinton: 1
1 Lydia Foster, born 8 Feb., 1734-5; died 25 Oct., 1735.
2 Lydia Foster, born 22 Jan., 1736-7; died 14 Jan., 1741-2.
3 David Foster, born 9 Aug., 1738; died 15 Feb., 1741-2.
4 Bethia Foster, born 5 Oct., 1741.
5 Abigail Foster, born 20 July, 1744.
III2
IV. Joseph Bixby (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 10 Sept.,
1710, at Boxford, Mass.; died, perhaps at Framingham, Mass., in
1776, but later than 4 March, 1776, as his son Joseph was
styled "Jr." in the minutes of a town meeting held that day, but
thereafter loses that style; married 30 March, 1732, at Framingham,
Mehitable Rugg, 3 daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Singletary)
Rugg of Framingham, born there 15 Sept., 171 1. 4 She was admitted
to the church at Hopkinton, 18 July, 1736, from Framingham. 5
Children, all but the youngest, born at Hopkinton: 6
1- 1 Mehitable, born 31 Jan., 1732-3; married James Haven. Hopkinton
church records note the baptism of "Hepzibah," daughter of Joseph
Bixby, 4 Feb., 1732-3-
1 Hopkinton Vital Records. « Middlesex Probate, 8173.
3 Framingham records, Vol. 2. The original should be used, as the copy by Barry omits many
names. "Vital Records" have been published since.
4 Temple: History of Framingham. The Bixby Ms. queries if the mother of the youngest child
could have been a Fairbanks. There is no indication from any record examined that Joseph
was married more than once.
6 Hopkinton church records; where also are found the baptisms of the five eldest children.
• Hopkinton records. Dates between 1 Jan. and 24 March, inclusive, prior to 1752, were gen-
erally ascribed to a year earlier than our present reckoning, but, although it was generally the cus-
tom to double date all entries in the records during that period, many clerks anticipated the change
to "New Style" by many years. The dates here given, relating to the Hopkinton families, were
obtained by a member of the family, and differ slightly in some instances from the printed "Vital
Records. "
85
86 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2- 2 Joseph, born i March, 1735; baptized the following day; married Sarah
Haven.
3 Hannah, born 31 Oct., 1737; baptized 6 Nov., 1737; married 18 March,
1754, at Framingham, Squire Haven, born 24 June, 1734, died 29 March,
1789, at Bellingham, Mass., 1 son of James and Sarah Haven of Fram-
ingham.
4- 4 Lydia, born 10 Feb., 1740; baptized 16 Feb., 1739-40; married David
Cutler.
5- 5 Jonathan, born 22 July, 1742; baptized 7 Aug., 1747; married Eunice
Parker; (2) Elizabeth Hammond.
6 Betty, born 22 Aug., 1744. (Betsy Bixby and Thomas Tolman, both
of Newton, were married there 19 Nov., 1795.)
7- 7 Nathan, born 14 Oct., 1746; 2 married Martha Twitchel.
8- 8 John, born 8 Oct., 1750, at Framingham; married Ann Johnson.
Joseph Bixby purchased two parcels of land with buildings,
at Park's corner, Framingham, of David Mellen, 24 Dec, 1748;
120 acres on the west side of a river, and five acres meadow land.
The consideration was £2900 old tenor, a much depreciated cur-
rency. 3
It is possible that his father accompanied him to Framingham.
On 22 Aug., 1749, the town of Framingham voted that the bounds
of the centre school district be from the Centre to Moses Learned,
Joseph Byxbe, 4 and others, and that the outskirts not included
in the above bounds be divided into eight school districts.
In 1763, a Baptist society was organized in Framingham. A
few persons were baptized the preceding year. Preaching occurred
probably as early as 1757. Among those whose minister's rate
was abated in 1764, for the preceding year, because of affiliation
with the Baptist society, was Joseph Byxbe. 5 Most of the others
belonged to the Haven family. Bixby's request that his minis-
ter's rate for 1762 be abated was refused. There is some doubt
1 This death record appears in the printed "Vital Records," as " Haven, Esquire." The
item was taken from the Wright Diary.
2 The Bixby Ms. gives Nathan's birth as 20 Nov., 1748. Dr. A. B. Ferguson (11128. J3-7)
of Salem and Mr. J. W. Searles (11128. J8) give his birth as of 25 Nov., 174s. A son Mathew,
born 24 Oct., 1746, is given in the Bixby Ms. The Hopkinton record plainly gives Nathan's birth
as 14 Oct., 1746. The difference of ten days is the difference between new and old style dating.
Mr. E. A. Milliken (11128.6-4) was told by Julia (Bixby) Milliken (11128.6), when she was ninety
years old, that her grandfather Nathan's mother was Mehitable Rugg.
3 Middlesex Deeds, 48: 97.
* In the town record the letters "Jo" follow the name of Joseph Bixby, and an attempt was
made to erase them. Evidently the clerk started to write the name of John Drury, but after
beginning the name John wrote the name Nathaniel Pratt, and then followed with Drury. Imme-
diately below occurs the name Thomas Winch "Jun.," which was the customary manner of the
clerk in writing Junior. Temple misread the record "Joseph Bixby, Jr."
6 Temple: History of Framingham, pp. 345, 404, 477, corrected by reference to original record.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 87
if a church was organized at that time. The society was not numer-
ically a strong one until 1814. Further abatements are not noted
in the town records until 1776. A town vote, however, was not
necessary. ' UL
Temple says that Joseph Bixby, -Jr.," was one of the earliest
Baptist preachers in Framingham. He was mistaken in this as
he confounded father and son. '
the T HstT eS ° f J T Ph BiXby and J ° Seph Bkby ' J r - a PP ear on
th list of men m the company of Capt. Henry Emms, 22 April
1757, the former on the alarm list, the latter on the train band
list, but was later crossed off .1 The Joseph Bixby who was a mem-
ber of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in Framingham
elected in I77 8, was probably Joseph (,„„), who was frequency'
elected to town office. 4 '
1113
Jn f TL BY (J ° Seph ' J ° Seph > Jose M> bom 30 Aug., 1712
at Boxford, Mass, died 29 April, 1801, at Peru, Mass,* married
5 beb. 1733-4, Thamazine Nurse,' born 7 June, 1718, daughter
of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Haven) Nurse of Framingham, Mass <
She was hving m 1787. Her grandfather, Benjamin Nu se was
trade Jo™ 1 , 8 ^ ? 6be T NUrSC ° f SaIem Villa ^ Mass., whose
ragic story drawn from the records, is so well told by Charles W
Upham in his History of Witchcraft in Salem Village. Rebecca
Nurse, in spite of the strong endorsement given her by life-lone
acquaintances was sentenced to die for the imaginary crime of
witchcraft, and was hung 19 July, 1692.
Children, except the youngest, born at Hopkinton, Mass.:*
1 Abner, born 20 April, baptized 30 May, 1736; died 17 Sept., i 73 6«
3 B E r M 7 N H V b ° rn I6 ° Ct - bapdzed " °«-> '737; died' icVarch 1760 '
3 Benjamin, born 23 Feb, 1740; died 24 Oct., (1746)1748
4 Abner, born 22 Feb., baptized 7 March, I74 2; died 1 bee., 1748
I A S ^° rn 27 March ' l7 ^ married Han ^h Babcock
6 Alice (Ellis), born 1 April, 1746.
7 Mary, born 1 Jan., 1748^.
8- 8 Benjamin, born 10 Oct., 1751; married Mary Guest.
'Massachusetts Archives, os: 702 j t> ,,.•_, „
1 Temple: History of Framingham e u 7 • .
uuignam. 6 Hopkinton town and church records.
88 BIXBY GENEALOGY
9 Aaron, born 19 Jan., 1754; died 3 July, 1816, at Hinsdale, Mass.; 1 married
Abigail, 2 who died 8 Nov., 1823, 3 aged 80 years. 1 There is no record
of children born to Aaron either at Peru or Hinsdale, nor any settle-
ment of his estate. In 1798 he owned and occupied a farm of 76 acres
in Partridgefield, Mass. 4 He received the homestead from his father
in consideration of caring for his parents. This farm he sold to Samuel
Matthews, 18 Feb., 1802, for $1600, and the same day took a life lease
of the property from Matthews to himself and wife Abigail, or the sur-
vivor, paying therefor $soo. 5
During the Revolution he served from 22 Aug. to 29 Aug., 1777,
"on an expedition to Bennington" 8 in Capt. William Fletcher's Co.,
Col. Benjamin Simond's Regt., and from 12 Oct. to 25 Oct., 1781,
"on the alarm at Saratoga" 7 in Capt. Joel Stevens' Co., chiefly raised
in Pittsfield, Col. David Rossiter's Regt. His name also appears on a
pay roll of six months' men, raised by the town of Washington, for
service in the Continental army. He is reported as marched 3 July,
1780; discharged 6 Jan., 1781 ; and, described as Aaron Bigsbay, as having
passed muster, the latter roll being dated at Camp Totoway, 25 Oct.,
1780. 6
It is probable that he responded to calls for the militia in 1778, as
his brother Benjamin in his pension declaration mentions that he served
with him in two tours of service in 1778.
j-10 Moses, born 4 May, 1756; married Dorothy Witter.
11 Abner, born 16 June, 1758; died 17 June, 1759.
12 Peletiah, 7 born 8 June, (1759) 1760; baptized 7 June, 1761. He was
probably the Pelatiah Bixby killed in the service 19 Oct., 1780, as re-
ported in return of company commanded by Capt. Spoor, Col. John
J. Brown's Berkshire regiment raised, to reenforce the Continental
army, for a term of three months, 18 July, 1780. He had previously
enlisted for three months in company commanded by Capt. Asa Barnes,
3d Regt., Col. Israel Chapin, 16 Oct., 1779. He was discharged 21
Nov. 1779. 8 This also was Continental service. Hopkinton church
records record the death of "wife of Pelitiah Bixby, Nov., 1795."
M-13 Bethia, born 20 Sept., baptized 26 Sept., 1762, 9 at Framingham; married
Col. William Richards.
Thamazine Bixby, wife of Abner Bixby, was admitted to the
church in Hopkinton 16 Feb., 1739-40. On 1 June, 1762, her
father deeded to her husband and herself all his real estate in Fram-
ingham, reserving possession until his own death. 10 On 3 May,
1 Hinsdale Vital Records.
•Mr. D. H. Van Hoosear found a record at Pittsfield, Mass., of the marriage in Sept., 1779,
of "Mr. Bixby and Mrs. Foster, Partridgefield." (Pittsfield Vital Statistics, I: 70.) In a Ms.
collection entitled "Pittsfield Families," in the library of the N. E. Hist. Geneal. Soc, this
record appears, "Bixby , and Mrs. Foster Partridge in Sept., I779-" Possibly this is the
marriage of Aaron Bixby. Levi Bixby of Winchendon married 13 May, 1779, Mrs. Tabitha
(Foster) Boynton. There is, however, no trace of Levi Bixby in Berkshire.
3 Her death is entered in the Bixby Ms. as 18 Nov., 1823. Her death is also found recorded at
Middlefield, n Nov., 1823. The town record gives her age as 80 years, and the church record
as 79 years. Middlefield was established from parts of Becket, Partridgefield and adjoining towns.
* U. S. Direct Tax. « History of Pittsfield, i : 483.
6 Berkshire Deeds, 40: 63s, 46: 377. • Bixby Ms. Temple gives birth as 2 Sept.
•Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. 10 Middlesex Deeds, 63: 582.
7 The name is spelled Peletiah, Pelatiah, and Pelitiah.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 8 1
1762, Framingham was permitted to caution Abner Byxbe, Thom-
asine, his wife, and their children, Ebenezer, Ellis, Mary, Benja-
min, Aaron, Moses, and Pelatiah, who came from Hopkinton
25 March last. 1 On the 25 June, 1764, Abner Bixby purchased
of Aaron Nurse, of Westborough, 73 acres in Framingham, paying
therefor £73. Other purchases of land followed. 2 On the 8 Dec,
1773, calling himself of Framingham, he sold 90 acres there to
Richard Fisk for £465. His wife did not join in the deed. This
is the year he is supposed to have removed to Partridgefield, which
later became Peru.
He was chosen tything-man in Framingham 5 March, 1764,
warden in 1765, surveyor of highways 3 and collector of highway
rates with Joseph Byxbe, Jr., 7 March, 1768, tything-man again
in 1770, and one of the overseers of the poor the following year. 4
The name of Abner Byxbe appears on the alarm list of the company
commanded by Capt. John Jones, 26 April, 1756, being the second
company in Hopkinton. 5
Abner Bixby settled in that part of Partridgefield which later
was set off as Hinsdale. On the 20 March, 1776, he purchased
two hundred acres in Partridgefield from Oliver Partridge of Hat-
field. This became his homestead. In 1787, he gave to his son
Aaron the lot he, Abner, then lived upon, with the buildings thereon,
reserving the west end of the dwelling house for his own use. The
consideration named was £200, but from a bond dated the same day
it appears that the actual consideration was the care and support
of his parents during their life. The land conveyed consisted of
seventy five acres. Another seventy five acres had been conveyed
in 1 78 1 to Joseph Witter, Jr., of Washington, and the bounds of
this tract were, in part, lands of Benjamin Bixby. 6
In the census of 1790, Abner Bigsbee of Partridgefield is enumer-
ated as head of a family consisting of three males over sixteen
years and two females.
IV. Andrew Bixby {John, Joseph, Joseph), born 14 Nov., 1723,
at Boxford, Mass.; died, it is said, at Windsor, N. H.; 7 married
1 Middlesex Sessions. Cornelius Claflin and family also settled in Framingham that year,
having previously lived in Hopkinton.
2 Middlesex Deeds. s Mass. Archives, 95: 317-
3 Temple: History of Framingham. « Berkshire Deeds, 21: 251, 258; 25: 303, 305.
• Framingham town proceedings. ' Cole Genealogy, p. 118.
88 d BIXBY GENEALOGY
4 Nov., 1746, at Boxford, Susanna Cole, 1 daughter of Samuel
and Sarah Cole, 2 of Boxford.
Children, probably born at Amherst, N. H.:
1- 1 Mary, married David Hildreth.
2- 2 Daniel, married Sarah Blanchard.
3 Olive, born 1761; died 4 Jan., 1855, 3 at Antrim, N. H.; married 12 Feb.,
1 784/ at Hillsborough, N. H., Stephen Wyman, baptized 30 Oct.,
1757, died 31 Oct., 1828, at Windsor, son of Timothy and Sarah (Lock)
Wyman. 4 Administration on her estate was granted 6 Feb., 1855.
No issue.
4- 4 Hannah, married Joshua Jones.
5- 5 John, born about 1761; married Rebecca Goodell; (2) Sally Goodell.
6 Andrew, died of fever and ague at "Sundown," Genesee Valley, N. Y.,
whither he had removed with the family of Joshua Jones, his brother-
in-law.
Andrew Bixby probably lived in Amherst until 1770. Amherst
was so named in 1760, the year it was incorporated by New Hamp-
shire, in compliment to General Jeffrey Amherst. It was one of
the Narragansett townships granted by Massachusetts in 1733,
at a time when Massachusetts claimed that part of New Hampshire,
and was called Souhegan West. The settlement took its name
from the Souhegan River, which flows through the town. Andrew
Bixby was one of the petitioners in 1753 for enlargement of bounds
and for a town charter. 5 He appears as a purchaser of land in
1753, and sold land there in 1760. In 1764 he sold to Solomon
Hutchinson a first and second division lot, but conveyed only one
half of the mill thereon, with the privileges appurtenant thereto.
The tract conveyed comprised 126 acres. On the 25 July, 1766,
he mortgaged 69 acres, comprising his homestead, and also 40
acres, to Samson Stoddar, and in 1770 sold to Hezekiah Lovejoy
his lands and buildings in Amherst, including a saw-mill. 6 The
homestead was described as a plot of 62 acres, together with another
of 22 acres, and buildings thereon, with a saw-mill on a brook
running through the larger tract. His wife Susanna joined in the
deed and one of the witnesses was Mary Bixby.
1 Boxford Vital Records; he is styled of Souhegan West.
1 Cole Genealogy, p. 118.
3 Pension papers. Olive Wyman, of Antrim, N. H., aged 82 years, widow of Stephen, applied
for a pension, 17 May, 1843. From her application, which was approved, it appears that Stephen
Wyman lived in or near Woburn, Mass., at the time of his enlistment, 28 April, 1775, in Capt.
John Fuller's Co., Col. Whitcomb's Regt. He served until Oct., 1775. He enlisted 1 Jan., 1776,
and served one year and six weeks in Capt. John Wood's Co., Col. Baldwin's Regt.
'Wyman Genealogy (in Ms.) N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
«N. H. State Papers, Vol. n. 6 N. H. Deeds: 53:386; 86:32; 89: n; 101: 115.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 91
The supposition has been advanced by Mr. Walter Gibson,
of Concord, N. H., that Andrew Bixby was one of a small band
of settlers who in 1741 began the settlement at Hillsborough,
but no proof of his being there at that early date has been found.
Hillsborough was abandoned by its inhabitants in 1746, and the
town was not re-occupied until 1762, after the close of the French
and Indian War. On the 26 Feb., 1745, Andrew Bixby, of Sou-
hegan West, yeoman, was admitted to administer upon the estate
of his father. In 1747 he was one of the petitioners representing
the weak and exposed state of the settlement, then consisting of
35 families, there being 58 men of the age of sixteen years and
upwards. A guard of 16 soldiers was voted the settlement. 1
Andrew Bixby is named in the quitclaim deed of the Masonian
Proprietors, 1 Dec, 1759, 2 and as a proprietor of Amherst in
I765-
It was probable that he removed to Hillsborough about the
time he sold his homestead in Amherst, although it is said his name
appears first on the records of the former town in 1774. He was
moderator of the town meeting in 1777. 3 His farm was in the west
part of the town, and remained in the family for three generations.
The name of Andrew Bixbe appears on the list of alarm men
in Hillsborough, June, 1776, and that of Andrew Bixbe, junior,
"newly added", among the train band. 4 In 1784, he was one of
the petitioners from Hillsborough who state they had deeds from
John Hill late of Boston, and in 1790, with John Bixbe and other
residents of a part of Hillsborough, joined with the inhabitants of
Campbell's Gore, among whom was Daniel Bixbe, asking to be
set up as a separate town. In a list of voters in Campbell's Gore
in 1791, the name of Daniel Bixbe is not found. Campbell's Gore
was incorporated in 1798 as Windsor. Andrew Bixby had pre-
viously, in Feb., 1775, joined with Camden petitioners for a bridge.
Part of Hillsborough and Society land was known as Camden.
Camden is now Washington.
A sketch of this branch of the family was published in the Hills-
borough Messenger of 1 Oct., 1908, by Dr. John Goodell.
1 Secomb: History of Amherst. N. H. Massachusetts had previously protected the settlement.
2 N. H. State Papers. Thomas Bigsbey was also a grantee.
■ Information of Miss Carrie Bixby (12334.76-2), Hillsborough, N. H.
4 N. H. State Papers, vol. 12, p. 205.
92 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1172
IV. Sarah Bixby {Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 28 June,
1728, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died "about 1803," l married 16 Feb.,
I 757. at Southborough, Mass., William Richards, 2 born 25 Feb.,
I 7 2 9 - 3°> 3 died "about 1794," son of Joseph and Mary (Bowden)
Richards. 1 The intention of marriage was published 9 Oct., 1756.
William Richards married, first, 21 Nov., 1753, Elizabeth Knapp,*
who died 25 Jan., 1756. Their son, Col. William Richards of
Partridgefield, Mass., born 17 Jan., 1756, at Southborough, mar-
ried Bethia Bixby, daughter of Abner Bixby (n 13). William
Richards removed to Framingham, Mass., and was admitted to
the church there in 1788, from Southborough. 3 He later settled
at Richmond, Mass.
Children, born at Southborough: 2
1 Sarah Richards, born 12 Aug., 1757; died young.
2 Elizabeth Richards, born 4 Feb., 1760; married, 1784, Nathan Kendall
of Framingham.
3 Joseph Richards, born 16 March, 1762; married Rhoda Howe, an aunt of
Brigham Young of the Mormon church. They removed to Hopkinton
in 1789, thence to Richmond. 3
Children:
1. Joseph Richards, born 29 Sept., 1782; married Nancy Coda.
2. Rhoda Richards, born 8 Aug., 1784.
3. Susanna Richards, born 13 Aug., 1786.
4. Phineas Richards, born 15 Nov., 1788.
5. Levi Richards, born 7 Dec, 1790; died 18 June, 1795.
6. Nancy Richards, born 22 Nov., 1792.
7. Hepzibah Richards, born 28 July, 1795.
8. Betsy Richards, born 17 May, 1797.
9. Levi Richards, born 4 April, 1799; a man of talents and of high official
position in the Mormon church.
10. Willard Richards, born 24 June, 1804; died II March, 1856; a physician,
and at one time second in office in the Mormon church.
4 Thomas Richards, born 16 April, 1764; died 9 Dec, 1844; removed to Stur-
bridge, Mass., in 1804; he married, May, 1781, Betsey Nurse, who died
the same year; (2) Polly Chamberlain, who died 18 Feb., 1805, at Brook-
field, Conn.; (3) Lucy Wood.
Children, by second marriage:
1. Sullivan Richards, born 20 June, 1794.
2. Betsy Richards, born 29 May, 1795.
3. Curtis Richards, born 10 June, 1796.
4. Hollis Richards, born 9 March, 1798.
5. William Richards, born 7 May, 1799.
6. Maria Richards, born 28 Aug., 1800.
7. Emery Richards, born 2 April, 1802.
1 Morse: Genealogical Register, Richards, p. 165.
J Southborough Vital Records. s Temple: History of Framingham.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 93
8. Willard Richards, born 6 Aug., 1803.
9. Mary C. Richards, born 16 Feb., 1805. 1
5 Hepzibah Richards, born 9 July, 1766; died 1856; married William Lead-
better of Richmond, Va.
1 173
IV. Thomas Bixby (Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 28 Jan.,
1729-30, at Hopkinton, Mass.; married 29 March, 1759, Lois
Walker, of Hopkinton, who was admitted to the church there
24 July, 1763.
Thomas Bixby was styled Junior in 1770. There was a Thomas
Byxbe in the train band at Hopkinton, being the second company,
under the command of Capt. John Jones, 26 April, 1756. Because
of his father's age at this time, this was undoubtedly Thomas
Bixby, Jr. 2 He purchased 50 acres of James Greenwood, 17 Jan.,
1752, in the township of Bogniog. 3
Children, from the records of Christ Church, Hopkinton:
1 Alice, baptized 17 Aug., 1760; died Aug., 1831, at Hopkinton, 4 "aged
70 years." 6
2- 2 Lois, baptized 11 (Dec.) Oct., 1761; married Jacob Parker.
3 Susannah, baptized 16 Oct., 1763.
4 Sarah, baptized 1 Dec, 1765. 6
5 Hannah, baptized 3 July, 1768; probably died in infancy.
6- 6 Joel, baptized 5 July, 1772; married Polly (or Sophia) Johnson.
7 Hannah, baptized 13 Jan., 1776. 7
8 Thomas, baptized 7 June, 1778.
1 174
IV. Peletiah Bixby (Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 9 Aug.,
1731, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there 17 Oct., 1822, aged 91 years; 8
married 1 Dec, 1763, Ann Stone 4 of Hopkinton, born 11 Feb.,
1 Temple: History of Framingham. i Mass. Archives, 95: 317.
'Worcester Deeds, 37:445. The name of the place is doubtful.
* Hopkinton records.
6 Perhaps Ellis Bigsbee, the cost of whose board and clothing to 21 Sept., 1804, was reimbursed
by the State to the town of Scituate, was No. 1173-1. Ellis is an old form of Alice.
6 Sally Bixby and William Wesson intend marriage, is April, 1788. (Hopkinton records.) In a
record kept by Col. John Jones and his son of the same name, her marriage is noted as 9 Feb.,
1789. She is given the prefix "Mrs."
'Nothing further is known of her. Equally unknown is the parentage of Hannah Bixby who
married 25 Jan., 1787, at Westboro, Mass., Joseph Frost, and of Hannah Bigsby who married 28
Aug., 1795. at Grafton, Mass., John Davenport. The intention of marriage between Patty Bixby
and Thomas Davenport, 18 Jan., 1794, is also found at Grafton. Westboro and Hopkinton are
adjoining towns.
8 Church Records; 18 Oct. in town record.
94 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1739, died Nov., 1820, daughter of Dr. John Stone. They owned
the covenant 22 Jan., 1769, and their four eldest children were
baptized 18 Nov., 1770. 1
Children, born at Hopkinton: 2
1- 1 Abijah, born 14 June, 1764; married Lydia Chamberlain.
2- 2 Peletiah, born 28 Dec, 1765; married Jane Surriage.
3 John, born 14 Aug., 1767; died July, 1794, aged about 25 years, Unmarried.
4 Elijah, born 13 June, 1769; died at Hopkinton, in old age, 3 unmarried.
5- 5 Luther, born 4 April, baptized 21 June, 1772; married Susannah Went-
worth.
6- 6 Simpson, born 10 March, baptized 28 Sept., 1774; married Elizabeth
Tucker.
7 Thomas, born 7 March, baptized 3 April, 1776. 4
8 Anna Cummins, born 22 July, baptized 28 Sept., 1777.
9 Polly Stone, born 23 (Dec.) Nov., 1781; baptized 28 June, 1782; died
1852, aged 71 years, insane. 3
Peletiah Bixby served with the Colonial troops in the French
and Indian War.
When Barber published his Historical Collections, in 1839, he
was informed that Peletiah Bixby had served in the old French
War from 1754 to 1763, but the record of so extensive a service
cannot now be found. His name is found on the roll of the com-
pany commanded by Capt. John Worthington, as centinel, enlisted
2 July, 1755, and serving until 18 November. This roll is endorsed
"company westward from 20 June to 22 Nov., 1755." On the
26 April, 1756, he was a member of the train band commanded
by Capt. John Jones, and was one of the eleven men from Hop-
kinton under Captain Jones who marched to Worcester agreeably
to the order of 23 August. He enlisted there to the credit of
Worcester, 2 Sept., and served until the 1 Dec, 1756, in the company
commanded by Capt. Philip Richardson in the Crown Point Expe-
dition of that year. From a roll dated 11 Oct., we find he was
then stationed at Fort William Henry, and was a member of Col.
Ruggles' regiment. He had been in the militia regiment com-
manded by Col. Buckminster prior to this enlistment. He also
enlisted, with rank of sergeant, 11 June, 1760, and served until
1 Church Records; 18 Oct. in town Records. The death of ' wife of Pelitiah BLxby " in Nov.,
I79S. is noted in these records. There is no record of death of Ann (Stone) Bixby printed in the
" Vital Records." See under Peletiah, son of Abner (1113).
2 Town Records. » Letter of S. V. Aldrich, 1898, who knew them.
* Possibly Thomas died 1827. See letter of Mrs. Theodore B. Nellis (11731.212).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 95
3 Dec, in a company commanded by Capt. John Dunlap, which
company, when discharged, were 120 miles from home. 1
On the 7 Nov., 1761, he sold land in New Hopkinton, N. H.,
being 72 acres laid out to the right of his father Thomas Bixby.
For this he received £72. 2
On 19 June, 1770, Pelatiah Bixbee and Ann his wife, of Hopkin-
ton, in his own right, and in right of Thomas Bixbee, Jr., and Lois
his wife, and William Richards of Southborough and Sarah his
wife, conveyed to Joseph Cummings of Topsfield all right and
interest in one sixth part of the estate of their grandfather, Isaac
Cummings of Ipswich. 3
1175
IV. Isaac Bixby (Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 9 Aug., 1733,
at Hopkinton, Mass.; died in the army, 13 March, 1778; married
10 Dec, 1761, at Hopkinton, Mary Crooks 4 of Hopkinton. 5
Children, born at Hopkinton:*
1 Hannah, baptized 4 Dec, 1763, on which day her parents owned the covenant. 6
2 Thomas, baptized 9 Nov., 1766; probably died in the lifetime of his father.
3 Mary, baptized 1 Aug., 1773.
Isaac Bixby enlisted in the Continental service from the town
of Hopkinton, for the term of three years, and was assigned to
Col. Ward's regiment prior to 15 Aug., 1777, on which date he was
a member of a company commanded by Capt. Nahum Ward,
in Col. James Wesson's regiment. From a pay account of Capt.
Watson's company, in Wesson's regiment, it appears he died 13
March, 1778. 7
In April, 1756, he was a member of the train band in Hopkinton,
commanded by Capt. John Jones. 8
Phineas How was appointed guardian of Hannah and Mary,
daughters of Isaac Bixby, 20 Oct., 1778. 9 In the settlement of
Thomas Bixby 's (117) estate, the heirs are stated to be Thomas and
'Mass. Archives, 94:24, 125, 206, 491, 519; 95:317; 98:311.
1 N. H. Deeds, 91: 254. » Essex Deeds, 132: 147.
4 Church records. Mary (Crooks) Bixby may have been daughter of John and Mary (Osborn)
Crooks, born 15 June, 1742, at Hopkinton.
6 Town records. Westboro records give the marriage of Solomon Maynard and Mary Bixby,
16 May, 1784; possibly this was the widow of Isaac Bixby.
'Hannah Bixby died in Boston, 13 Aug., 1846, aet. 83 years. She was one of the City poor.
(Boston Deaths.) Possibly Hannah (1175-1).
7 Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
8 Mass. Archives, 95: 317. • Middlesex Probate, 59:4.
9
96 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
Peletiah Bixby, and Phineas How. It is probable that How ap-
peared in that capacity as guardian of the minor children of Isaac
(1175) deceased. From these probate records it appears probable
that Thomas (1 175-2) died in his father's lifetime, as he did not
participate in his grandfather's estate.
1 193
IV. Elizabeth Byxbee (Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 3 Dec,
1731, at Orleans, Mass.; married 12 Nov., 1754, at Darien, 1 Conn.,
Joseph Waring, son of Edmond Waring, 2 of Norwalk, Conn.
Children, born at Norwalk: 2
1 Joseph Waring, born 15 June, 1755; 3 married 17 Oct., 1776, Anna Bates. 4
2 James Waring, born 2 Aug., 1757.
3 Jesse Waring, born 12 May, 1759.
IIQ4
IV. Phoebe Byxbee (Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 21 Dec,
1734, at Orleans, Mass.; died at Norwalk, Conn.; married 30 May,
1753, Esaias Bouton, 8 born at Norwalk, 28 Nov., 1730, died there
27 May, 1 82 1, 6 son of Jachin Bouton. Mr. and Mrs. Bouton
were devoted members of the Episcopal church at Norwalk, of
which Mr. Bouton was a vestryman, and a constant contributor
to its support. The church was burned by the British in 1779, but
was rebuilt the following year. The family lived at Belden's Neck. 7
Children, born at Norwalk:
1 Phoebe Bouton, born 5 March, 1754; died 17 Jan., 1835; 8 married 17 Jan.,
1771, at Norwalk, Eliakim Warren, 9 born 9 Feb., 1747, died 4 Sept.,
1824, at Troy, N. Y., son of Eliakim and Ann (Reed) Warren.
1 Darien church records. Both parties were "of Norwalk."
5 Norwalk, Conn., Births, Marriages and Deaths, in Land Records, 12: 22.
'Hall: Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk. See foot-note 1 under Moses Byxbee (119).
* Selleck: History of Norwalk, Conn. ' Hall; History of Norwalk.
•Selleck: History of Norwalk. Mr. Selleck says of this family: "the children of Esaias and
Phoebe Bouton lived at the waterside and formed a numerous household. The father was a man
of force and a large land owner. Acre joined acre, and his domain embraced from the head of
the Wilson Cove of 1896, quite a distance toward the old road from 'Old Weel' to 'Middlesex'
(South Norwalk and Darien). He was a mariner, known as Capt. Bouton, and amassed some-
thing of a property."
' Selleck: Historical Address at Centennial of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norwalk, 1886.
8 Selleck: History of Norwalk. The Bouton Genealogy states she died 5 Oct., 1827.
• Phoebe Bouton and Eliakim Warren, or as the name is often written Waring, were second
cousins. Phoebe's aunt, Elizabeth Bouton, married Eliakim's grandfather Warren. Eliakim
removed to Troy in 1798, and was senior warden of St. Paul's there from 1804 to his death, which
is given in the Bouton Genealogy as occurring 24 May, 1838.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 97
Children:
1. Esaias Warren, born 16 Oct., 1771; married 11 Jan., 1797, at Middlesex,
Lydia Scofield.
2. Hannah Warren, born 19 July, 1773; died Jan., 1775.
3. Hannah Warren, born 30 Aug., 1775; died the following year.
4. Nathan Warren, born 1 May, 1777; died 13 Aug., 1834, at Troy, N. Y.;
married 24 April, 1808, Mary Bouton (1194-21) 1 . Child: George Henry
Warren, born 18 Nov., 1823; married 29 April, 1851, Mary Caroline
Phoenix, (2) Alice Whitten.
5. Stephen Warren, born 9 March, 1783; married 17 Aug., 1808, Martha
Cornell. 2 Children: Mary Mabbett Warren, born 3 Oct., 1810; mar-
ried John T. G. Knox. Joseph Mabbett Warren, born 28 Jan., 1813.
William Henry Warren, born 14 Sept., 1815. Phoebe Elizabeth Warren,
born 5 July, 1819. Anna Chester Warren, born 5 Sept., 1826; married
Edward Ingersoll. John Hobart Warren, born 3 Sept., 1829.
6. Hannah Warren, born 9 July, 1793.
2 Nathan Bouton, born 30 Sept., 1756; died 24 May, 1838, at Troy, N. Y.;
married Abigail Burlock, who died 5 Oct., 1827, at Troy, N. Y.
Child, born at Norwalk:
1. Mary Bouton, born 21 April, 1789; died 8 Feb., 1859, at Troy, N. Y.;
married Nathan Warren (1 194-14). '
3 Lydia Bouton, born 21 Jan., 1759; married 24 Nov., 1778, Stephen Kellogg,
son of Epenetus and Jemima (Noyers?) Kellogg. 3
Children:
1. Josiah Kellogg, born 20 May, 1 78-.
2. Lydia Kellogg, born 19 Nov., 1782.
3. Andrew Kellogg, born 29 Sept., 1784.
4. Eseck Kellogg, born 21 Nov., 1786; married 24 March, 1811, a daughter
of Jacob and Betsy (Jarvis) Osborn. Children: Betsy Ann Kellogg,
born 16 Dec, 1821; died 20 Jan., 1822. Margaret Emily Kellogg,
born 7 Nov., 1813; married William Barlow. Harriet Kellogg, born
21 June, 181 7; married Horace Fitch. Mary Frances Kellogg, born
29 May, 1819; married William H. Wheeler. Caroline Kellogg, born
3 Aug., 1821; married Charles F. Osborn. Adelia Mariah Kellogg,
born 28 Feb., 1824; married Calvin S. Wheeler. Andrew Kellogg,
born 1 May, died 4 Sept., 1826. Josiah Kellogg, born 28 March,
1829; married Amanda Morey.
5. Mariah Kellogg, born 21 Oct., 1788.
6. Nathan Kellogg, born 26 Dec, 1790.
7. Jemima Kellogg, born 21 March, 1793.
8. Elizabeth Kellogg, born 19 Feb., 1795.
9. Stephen Kellogg, born 27 April, 1797.
4 Stephen Bouton, born 4 July, 1760; married 26 May, 1792, at Norwalk,
Hannah Camp, born 24 April, 1766, at Norwalk, daughter of Jonathan
and Mary (Burwell) Camp.
Children:
1. Hannah C. Bouton, born 8 March, 1793; married Frederick Bradley.
2. Stephen Bouton, born 18 March, 1797; married Harriette Bradley.
Children: Charles F. Bouton, born 4 Aug., 1825; died in infancy.
George B. Bouton, M.D., born 27 April, 1828. Grace B. Bouton,
1 Nathan Warren was a vestryman of St. Paul's Church, Troy. His widow in 1844 built and
endowed the beautiful church of the Holy Cross in Troy, as a "house of prayer for all people with-
out money and without price. " She supported a free school for girls, which has been continued by
her sons, and is now known as the Mary Warren Free Institute. {Whitney Genealogy.)
■ Martha Cornell was born 5 July, 1791, daughter of Joseph S. and Mary (Thorne-Mabbett)
Cornell. *Selleck: History of Norwalk.
98 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
born 14 July, 1835; married William C. Peck. Harriette J. Bouton,
died young.
3. Josiah Bouton, born 17 March, 1802.
5 Samuel Bouton, born 14 July, 1762; married 1 May, 1787, Eunice Smith,
daughter of Noah and Eunice (Hoyt) Smith.
Children:
1. Phebe Bouton, born 14 March, 1788; married Ira Ford.
2. Abbe Bouton, born 24 July, 1790; married Walter Hoyt.
3. Hannah Smith Bouton, born 4 Dec, 1792; married Aaron Gregory.
4. Esaias Bouton, born 18 July, 1796.
5. Mary Ann Bouton, died unmarried.
6 Hannah Bouton, born 16 May, 1767; * died 2 Dec, 1842, at Norwalk;
married 19 May, 1792, at Norwalk, Jonathan Camp, born 20 Feb., 1768,
died 31 July, 1852, son of Jonathan and Mary (Burwell) Camp.
Children:
1. Sarah Camp, born 4 May, 1794; married William J. Street.
2. Mary Camp, born 31 July, 1797.
3. William Camp, born 27 June, 1799; died 15 Oct., 1802.
4. Jonathan Camp, born 15 Sept., 1801; died 14 April, 1880; married 11
Jan., 1826, Mary Cannon Newkirk. 2 Children: Stephen William
Camp, born 17 Nov., 1826; died 20 Nov., 1831. Rebecca Gould Camp,
born 21 Aug., 1828. Mary Esther Camp, born 2 March, 1833. Han-
nah Louisa Camp, born 2 Jan., 1835. Jonathan Camp, born 22 Jan.,
1838. Albert Nash Camp, born 8 Nov., 1839.
5. Stephen W. Camp, born 8 Feb., 1807.
6. Mary Esther Camp, born 14 April, 1808; died 5 April, 1831.
7 Josiah Bouton, born 26 June, 1768.
1 195
IV. John Byxbee (Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 2 March,
1736-7, at Orleans, Mass. ; died probably in i8io, 3 at Norwalk, Conn.;
married 17 Feb., 1758, at Norwalk, Elizabeth Waring, 4 who died
1 June, 1768, at Norwalk. 5
Children, born at Norwalk: 6
1- 1 Joseph, born 13 Aug., 1758; married Nancy Slawson.
2- 2 John, born 26 April, 1761; married Rhoda Selleck.
3 Elizabeth, born 7 May, 1763; died 15 Sept., 1782.
4- 4 Hopkins, born 1 Feb., 1766; married Anna Raymond.
1 Selleck: History of Norwalk, with which the orignal record agrees. The Bouton Genealogy,
whence the rest of the record is taken, gives date of birth of Hannah as 1765.
2 Mary C. Newkirk was born 15 Feb., 1808, and died 4 Dec, 1896. She was daughter of Garrit
Harsin and Amelia (Cannon) Newkirk.
1 John Byxbee to daughter-in-law Anna Byxbee for services she has rendered me nursing in
sickness and health, land at Flax Hill, 8 May, 1810. {Norwalk Land Records, 21: 338.)
♦Hall: History of Norwalk, Conn. The name is otherwise given Warren. See History of
Norwalk by Selleck. 6 Norwalk records, 18: 33.
•An order to distribute the estate of John Byxbee was granted 24 Dec, 1810, the heirs being
John and Hopkins Byxbee and the heirs of Joseph Byxbee, deceased. (Norwalk Probate Records,
2: 187.) In 1793 (9 April), John Byxbee sold Tavern Island to Noah Smith. {Norwalk Land
Records, 17:319.) Tavern Island was afterward owned by Moses Byxbee, who sold it in 1853
to James H. Byxbee.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 99
There was a John Bigsby, a private, in company commanded
by Capt. Yates, Col. Enos Rich's regiment, in camp on the Hudson
in the summer of 1778. The roll shows he arrived in camp 29
May, 1778, and was discharged 27 Aug., 1778. 1 This may be
either John Byxbee (1195) or his son John. The latter is known
to have served a short tour of duty at a later date. In May, 1778,
John Byxbee was elected ensign to succeed Nathan Hoyt, in the
company commanded by Capt. Eliakim Raymond, being the
4th "alarum" light company in the 9th regiment of militia. 2 John
Byxbee bought Tavern Island in 1762 of James Lockwood, and
he made many purchases of land at Flax Hill, Rhotan Brook and
Elys Neck.
John Byxbe, elected surveyor of Highways, Norwalk, 6 Dec,
1790, may be No. 1195. The same month he was one of a com-
mittee to "view circumstances with respect to building a Grist Mill
at five mile river." 3
1 196
IV. Moses Byxbee (Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born probably
about 1740; died at Norwalk, Conn., prior to 1809. His birth
date is unknown. He married 26 Jan., 1764, at Norwalk, Eliza-
beth Hayt, 4 daughter of Joseph Hayt.
Capt. Roberts leased part of Tavern Island from Moses Byxbee.
An inventory of the estate of Moses Byxbee was filed 3 July,
1809. The estate included land at Old Swamp, salt meadow,
an old house and barn, six acres of land at North Roton Hill, etc. 5
It was voted at a town meeting in Norwalk, 6 Dec, 1779, that
"small pox by inoculation may be carried on for two months at
the houses of Moses Bixbe and Capt. Solomon Morehouse, under
such regulations as the law prescribes." 6
Child:
1 Phebe, born 26 Aug., 1774, at Norwalk. Phebe "Bigsby" and Adam Knapp
were married at Norwalk, 8 Aug., 1793. (Stamford Vital Statistics, 2:63.)
1 Conn. Men in the Revolution.
5 Conn. State Papers, Militia, 2d series, 2540 b.
s Norwalk Town Proceedings, II, 180, 186.
4 Norwalk records, Vol. 18, p. 14. (The name may be Hoyt.) Also Hall: Ancient Historical
Records of Norwalk, p. 250. Elizabeth wife of Moses Byxbee conveys to David Price an interest
in estate of her father, Joseph " Hoyt," deceased, 18 March, 1707. (Norwalk Deeds, 20: 439.)
6 Norwalk Probate, 2: 98. 6 Town Proceedings, II, 163-
ioo BIXBY GENEALOGY
1231
IV. Deborah Bixby {Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 9 Oct.,
1704, at Andover, Mass.; 1 died aged 75 years, buried 6 May, 1779,
at Chelmsford, Mass.; 2 married, 1724, 3 Henry Stevens. "Ser-
geant Henry Stevens" died 22 Oct., 1764, aged 64 years, at Chelms-
ford. 2
Children, born at Chelmsford: 4
1 Henry Stevens, born 10 Sept., 1724.
2 Ephraim Stevens, born 20 April, 1728; died 27 Sept., 1755, at Chelmsford. 2
3 Deborah Stevens, born 21 Jan., 1728-9.
4 Eleazer Stevens, born 29 April, 1731 ; died 25 Feb., 1756, at Chelmsford. 4
5 Sarah Stevens, born 13 Sept., 1733.
6 Daniel Stevens, born 7 May, 1737.
7 John Stevens, born 5 Sept., 1739.
8 Esther Stevens, born 14 Jan., 1743-4; died 12 Feb., 1808, at Chelmsford. 2
9 Jonathan Stevens, born 5 Oct., 1745.
1232
IV. Moriah Bixby (? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born probably
at Andover, Mass. Her name appears on the records as
Moriah, the most common form, Meriah and Mariah. As Mariah
Bixbie she was married 11 Sept., 1727, at North Andover, to James
Barker, 5 born 24 Aug., 1700, died 9 Aug., 1740, son of Lt. Stephen
and Mary (Abbott) Barker of Andover. 6 She married, second,
6 Nov., 1753, at Methuen, Joseph Morss. Joseph Morss, "hus-
band of Moriah," died 21 Dec, 1755. 6 She married, third, prior
to 1757, John Stevens.
Moriah Barker, alias Morse, alias Stevens, presents an account
25 April, 1757, of the settlement of James Barker's estate. 7
Moriah Bigsby and James Barker were received into South
church, Andover, on profession of faith, 2 April, 1727, and dis-
missed 26 Oct., 1729, to form a church at Methuen. 8
James Barker was a voter in Methuen in 1726, and one of the
'Andover records note the birth of "a child" to Thomas and Deborah Bixby, 9 Oct., 1704.
This child is presumed to be Deborah, whose age at death would correspond.
2 Chelmsford church records, quoted in Vital Records.
» Deborah Bidgby and Henry Stevens, intention of marriage at Chelmsford, 15 June, 1724.
4 Chelmsford Vital Records. B Records Unitarian church, No. Andover.
• Methuen Vital Records. 7 Essex Probate, 334: 316.
» Manual South Church, Andover.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 101
original members of the church formed there in 1729. Methuen
records note the death of James Barker "husband of Moriah"
on 9 Aug., 1740, in his fortieth year.
Administration on the estate of James Barker of Methuen was
granted to his widow, Mariah Barker, who gave bond with Stephen
and Ebenezer Barker, 19 Oct., 1741. 1 An inventory of the estate
was taken 4 May, 1741. In 1757 the real estate, consisting of
a dwelling house, barn, and 27 acres in Methuen, was set off to
the eldest son of William Barker of Concord, cordwainer, who
gave bonds to pay the other children, viz: Hannah Stevens, Phineas
Barker, Mary Barker, and heirs of deceased brother James Barker.
He also gave bonds to John Stevens of Andover and Moriah,
his wife, formerly wife of James Barker, in consideration of their
right in the real estate of James Barker deceased. 1 From an
account on file it appears that Lydia Barker, living in 1754, was a
sister of the said James Barker deceased.
Children: 2
1 James Barker, born 10 July, 1728; died 27 Dec, 1729.
2 James Barker, born 25 March, 1730; died 26 Sept., 175°-
3 Hannah Barker, born 22 Feb., 1731-2; married 25 Sept., 1750, Daniel
Stevens of Andover. 2
4 William Barker, born 10 April, 1734; of Concord, cordwainer, 1757.
5 Phineas Barker, baptized 1 Aug., 1736.
6 Phineas Barker, born 2 Aug., 1737; 3 married 7 May, 1761, Sarah How.
Children, born at Andover:
1. Sarah Barker, born 26 March, 1762; died 25 Oct., 1764-
2. James Barker, born 10 Sept., 1763; died 27 Oct., 1764. 4
7 Mary Barker, born 25 Feb., 1739; unmarried in 1761.
1233
IV. Mary Bixby (Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born March, 17 10,
at Andover, Mass.; probably died at Dunstable, Mass., or in some
neighboring town; married 21 Feb., 1733-4, at Billerica, Mass., 5
1 Essex Probate. 2 Methuen Vital Records.
3 Methuen Vital Records give us both Phineases, but the suspicion arises that the date in
either the baptismal or birth record has been misread or miscopied.
4 Abbott Genealogy (1906), p. 22.
5 Billerica Vital Records. Joseph Frost was of Tewksbury. He left a will dated 10 Aug., 1757;
proved 29 Aug., 1757. To his wife Mary he gave one half his lands, buildings, and personal es-
tate, the other half of his estate was set aside to provide for his mother, Deborah Frost, who
was to have the right to reside in the eastern end of his dwelling house. There is no mention
of children. Obadiah Johnson of Andover was made executor. The mention of Deborah
Frost as his mother identifies him as half brother of Experience Frost who married Joseph
102 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Joseph Frost, Jr., born 26 Nov., 1709, at Billerica, died 12 Aug.,
I 757> of fever, at Tewksbury, Mass., 1 son of Thomas and Deborah
Frost. She married, second, 8 June, 1758, at Tewksbury, Joseph
Blanchard. 1
Children: 2
1 James Frost, born 6 Aug., 1735; died 16 Nov., 1738, at Tewksbury. 2 He
is probably that James Frost, son of Thomas, whose birth appears on An-
dover records as of 10 Aug., 1735.
2 Joseph Frost, born 25 March, 1737; died 6 Feb., 1738-9, at Tewksbury. 2
3 Mary Frost, born 3 April, 1740; died 26 Oct., 1746, at Tewksbury. 2
4 Joseph Frost, born 19 Aug., 1744; died 23 Aug., 1749, at Tewksbury. 2
5 Joseph Frost, born 27 Sept., 1750; died young, probably 19 or 26 Oct., 1756. 2
6 Mary Frost, born 10 June, 1753; died 3 Aug., 1757, at Tewksbury. 2
1235
IV. Sarah Bixby 3 {Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born probably at
Chelmsford, Mass.; died 2 March, 1759, at Tewksbury, Mass.; 4
married 8 May, 1738, at Tewksbury, 2 Samuel Haseltine, Jr.,
who died 21 Feb., 1788, in his 77th year. 1 He was a prosperous
farmer, but no settlement of his estate has been found. 8 His wife
Sarah released rights of dower in land sold by her husband, Aug.,
1758. 6
Children,'' born at Tewksbury:
1 John Haseltine, born 10 Feb., 1738-9; died 3 Nov., 1749, at Tewksbury. 7
2 Sarah Haseltine, born 1 Nov., 1740.
3 James Haseltine, born 21 Nov., 1743; died 7 Nov., 1749, at Tewksbury. 7
4 Samuel Haseltine, born 24 March, 1745. 8
5 Elijah Haseltine, born 1 May, 1747, probably married Elizabeth Danforth. 9
Bixby (129). In spite of his being styled junior on the record, he was senior to Joseph Frost of
Tewksbury (son of Joseph Frost of Billerica), who married 25 Oct., 1731, Abigail Kittridge and
died 29 or 30 Jan., 1750-1, at Tewksbury. On the record he is styled Jr. His widow Abigail
married Ebenezer Fisk in 1755. See Hazen's History of Billerica and Tewksbury Vital Records.
1 Tewksbury church records, quoted in Vital Records. * Tewksbury Vital Records.
8 She is assumed to have been a daughter of Thomas (123), although no record of her birth has
been discovered. She was probably born about 1716-20.
* Styled wife of Samuel Haseltine, Jr., on church records.
'Tewksbury Vital Records give death of Samuel Haseltine, of old age, 27 May, 1760, and the
''wife of Samuel Haseltine, Sr.," 7 Sept., 1738. Samuel, Jr., was probably son of Samuel and
Emma (Kent) Haseltine. See Haselton Genealogy by Lapham (1892), where Samuel Haseltine, Jr.,
is mentioned, without family, and not identified.
* Middlesex Deeds, 56: 230. 7 Tewksbury Vital Records.
8 Samuel Hazeltine and Mary Jefts, of Billerica, intend marriage, 6 April, 1771. (Tewksbury
Vital Records.)
* The marriage of Elijah Hazeltine and Elizabeth Danforth appears in Tewksbury Vital Records
as 2 May, 1776. Andover Vital Records give, "Lucy daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth Hazeltine
born 13 April, 1775."
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 103
6 Emmy Haseltine, born 4 March, 1749, perhaps married Ephraim Cory. 1
7 John Haseltine, born 12 Jan., 1752.
8 Olive Haseltine, born 30 June, 1754.
9 A child, still-born, 19 April, 1756.
10 James Haseltine, born 4 Oct., 1757, perhaps married Hannah Griffin,
10 April, 1783, at Tewksbury. 2
1236
IV. Thomas Bixby {Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 17 May,
1722, at Chelmsford, Mass.; died in 1760, at Litchfield, N. H.;
married (Int. at Chelmsford, 7 May, 1743) 3 Phebe Spaulding, 3
born 30 Aug., 1721, at Chelmsford, died 1766 at Litchfield, daughter
of Edward and Lydia (Fletcher) Spaulding. 4 She appears as admin-
istratrix of her husband's estate, from 17 Oct., 1761, to 27 May, 1763.
On 10 Dec, 1762, she sold land in Amherst to James Underwood,
which Thomas had purchased in 1753 of Peletiah Russel. 5 Un-
derwood reconveyed the same land, 12 Sept., 1763, to Daniel and
Edward Bixby, minors, both of Litchfield.
The "widow" Phebe Bixby was taxed from 1764 to 1766 inclu-
sive for property owned by the late "Capt. " Thomas Bixby. In
1767, the same estate is taxed to Daniel Bixby, and the name of
Phebe Bixby disappears from the records. 6
Children, the two eldest born at Chelmsford, the others at Litchfield:
1- 1 Edward, born 8 Sept., 1744; married Lucy Barnes.
2- 2 Daniel, born 31 Aug., 1746; married Lydia Parker.
1 Emmy Ha2eltine and Ephraim Cory of Andover, married 22 Oct., 1772. (.Tewksbury Vital
Records.) Ephraim Cory and Anna Hazeltine of Tewksbury were published at Andover, Mass.,
28 Aug., 1772. (Andover Vital Records.) Hannah daughter of Ephraim Cory baptized 20 May,
1787- (Ibid.) 2 Tewksbury Vital Records. » Chelmsford Vital Records.
* Middlesex Deeds, 55:422. Thomas Bixby and wife Phebe, of Litchfield, join with Josiah
Fletcher, yeoman, Mary Fletcher, widow, Esther Pierce, widow, Rebecca Parker, widow, Joseph
Moors, yeoman, and wife Esther, Isaiah Spaulding, yeoman, Gideon Spaulding, yeoman, Henry
Richardson, and wife Priscilla, Robert Bates and wife Lydia, William Foster, Stephen Fletcher,
William Fletcher, William Proctor and wife Lucy, and Thankful Fletcher, spinster, all of Chelms-
ford, Joseph Hildreth, 3d, of Westford, Cotton Proctor and wife Tabitha of Acton, in selling the
homestead of Ezekiel Fletcher, comprising eighty acres in Dunstable. In this deed Thomas
Bixby is styled "of Litchfield, housewright." Ezekiel Fletcher was son of William and Sarah
(Richardson) Fletcher, and uncle of Phebe Bixby, Gideon and Isaiah Spaulding, Lydia Bates,
and Priscilla Richardson, all of whom, children of Lydia Spaulding, join in the deed with brothers
and other heirs of Ezekiel Fletcher, proving the relationship. In the Fletcher Genealogy,
Ezekiel's sister Lydia is wrongly given as identical with that Lydia Fletcher who married in
1711 at Charlestown, Mass., Peletiah Adams, who died in 1746, and whose widow appears to have
died Nov., 1766, aged 78 years, at Chelmsford. Lydia, wife of Edward Spaulding, died 27 May, 1736.
6 New Hampshire Deeds.
'Letter of Isaac N. McQuesten (12364.24-4) who also states that a monument in the cemetery
was erected to "Thomas Bixby, son of Capt. Thomas and Phebe Bixby, died 4 Jan., 1775, aged
16 years, 10 months, 10 days." If this is a correct transcription of the inscription on the stone
there was a child born 24 Feb., 1758, bearing the same name as his elder brother.
104 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3- 3 Asa, born 29 Jan., 1748-9; married Elizabeth Dane.
4- 4 Thomas, born 5 July, 1752; married Rebecca Holmes.
5 Sarah, born 8 Oct., 1754; married Benjamin Butterfield.
6- 6 William, born 19 April, 1757; married Sarah Thompson; (2) Elizabeth
(Chase) Nahor.
Thomas Bixby moved from Chelmsford to Litchfield, N. H.,
probably in 1748. On the 15 November of that year he joins
with Benjamin Baxter in selling for £218 a double dwelling house,
with land adjoining, in Chelmsford, to Zechariah Richardson.
In this deed he is styled of Chelmsford, housewright. 1 The birth
of his child Asa is recorded at Litchfield in the following January.
As of Litchfield, he appears selling land in Souhegan West to
Nathan Kendall of Litchfield, 5 Feb., 1750. In 1753 he bought
lands in Souhegan West. Three of his sons settled in what is now
Francestown, N. H.
1237
IV. Daniel Bigsby (?Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born about
1723, undoubtedly in New England, it is said in Connecticut, 2 but
probably in Andover or Chelmsford, Mass.; died 19 Feb., 1788, at
Birch Island, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, aged 65 years; 3 married
Catherine, who survived him.
Children:
1- 1 John, born probably about 1764, certainly prior to 1768; married Rachel
Critchard or Critchett.
2- 2 Catherine, born 1778, baptized 7 May, 1791, 3 "aged 13 years"; married
Benjamin Godfrey.
3- 3 Sarah, born 1781; baptized 7 May, 1791, 3 "aged ten years"; married
Daniel Gerry.
Daniel Bigsby settled at or near Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Fam-
ily tradition asserts that he came from Connecticut, and that he
1 Middlesex Deeds, 74: 612.
2 The tradition that Daniel Bigsby came from Connecticut is persistent, but the statement
that he was born in Connecticut would appear to have originated in late years. It is quite possible
that he may have lived in that colony prior to his settlement in Nova Scotia. His granddaughter,
Mrs. Martha (Bixby) Gould (12371.7), born in 1817, told her son Daniel, who is now living at
Guysborough, that Daniel Bigsby ''came from Connecticut." None of the Bixby emigrants from
Massachusetts to Connecticut could have been an ancestor of Daniel (1237). If he was born in
1723. he was probably of the fourth generation, and may well have been a child of Thomas (123),
concerning whose family there is not a complete record. The story of Connecticut origin may
have arisen from the fact that there were many Connecticut people among the first English settlers
of the parts of Nova Scotia adjacent to Guysborough. Possibly his wife was a Connecticut woman.
3 Christ Church, Guysborough. records. The church register begins with July, 1787. There
are no town records of births, marriages, or deaths until the establishment of a registry within a
few years.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 105
was born there. The Rev. A. W. H. Eaton, a careful student of
Nova Scotia local history and genealogy, made an exhaustive exam-
ination of available records at Halifax and Guysborough to deter-
mine when and how Daniel Bigsby came to Nova Scotia, whence
he came, and who composed his family. The following abstracts
from Dr. Eaton's report give the essential facts discovered by him.
"Daniel Bigsby is believed to have lived first at Intervale,
near Guysborough town, then in the town. In the harbour of
Guysborough, a short distance from the town, is a small island,
which was formerly called Birch Island, and on this island Daniel
Bixby lost his life. He had gone to the island to shoot ducks
and his boat drifting away, he was frozen to death. On the first
page of the burial register of Christ Church is the record, no date
of burial however being given, February 19, 1788, Daniel Bigsby
frozen to death on Birch Island, age 65 years. The name of his
wife is not remembered by descendants in Guysborough. She
survived her husband and lived and died with her son John. Both
she and her husband are probably buried in the Anglican Church-
yard, but if they ever had tombstones these are covered up. She
is said to have been a small woman, and to have been pretty old
when she died. 'Look out of the window and see if the angels
are not coming for me' she is remembered as saying to one of
her grandchildren, sometimes, when the child would visit her room.
The date of her death is not known. The register of deeds and the
probate register, the latter for a long period unindexed, have been
carefully searched for mention of Daniel Bigsby's name, but with-
out avail. It is probable therefore that he owned little if any prop-
erty. In Guysboroughtown live two of his great-grandchildren,
Mrs. Luther Stearns and Mr. Daniel Gould. The latter is a man
of intelligence and clear memory. That his great-grandfather came
from Connecticut he is quite certain, his grandparents having
handed this fact down to his mother and so to himself. From
Mr. Gould, who has lived chiefly in Guysborough, the minute
details given above concerning Daniel Bigsby and his wife have
been directly obtained. By Mr. Gould, also, the fact has been
substantiated that Daniel Bigsby had at least one son, John, and
two daughters, Catherine and Sarah, Catherine being married to
Benjamin Godfrey, Sarah being married to Daniel Gerry.
"On the register of Christ Church parish we find that 'Richard'
106 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Bigsby and his wife Catherine had daughters baptized as follows:
May 7, 1791, Catherine, aged 13, Sarah aged 10 years. We are
constrained to believe that the name Richard on the parish register
should have been Daniel. As Daniel Bigsby had been three years
and a little more dead it is not very strange for the clergyman
recording the baptism to have made a mistake in his name. 'No
other Bigsby but Daniel, 'says Mr. Daniel Gould, 'ever came to
Guysborough.'"
The earliest deed of record at Guysborough, to or from a Bigsby,
dated 19 Nov., 1788, was registered 2 Oct., 1789, and is from Mans-
field Munson * to Catherine Bigsby "of Boylston" 2 and conveys
two acres of land at Manchester, part of lot 5, the consideration
being £3.
Guysborough was granted to Nathan Hubbel and 278 others,
and at the evacuation of New York, these grantees settled at Har-
bour Mouton in Queens County under the superintendence of Col.
Molleson. Because of the sufferings endured the first winter,
two hundred of the settlers removed to Chedabucto Bay, in the
spring of 1784, where they found part of the Duke of Cumberland's
regiment. A farm and town lot was assigned to each settler. 3
Dr. Eaton made a careful search in the Crown Land Office at
Halifax, but failed to find the name of Daniel Bigsby. The greater
number of grants in Guysborough were given in 1785, or at least
bear that date. There was a grant to Benjamin Critchett and
many associates, 7 Aug., 1790, of land further up the strait than
Guysborough town or the Intervale.
The strait of Canso was a favorite resort of New England fisher-
men, and it is not improbable that Daniel Bigsby was a fisherman
or sailor and on a visit to Canso determined to remain there.
1262
IV. Abigail Bixby (David, Daniel, Joseph), born 13 April,
1715, at Westford, Mass.; married 11 Sept., 1733, Zachariah
Sartle of Groton, Mass., who died 5 March, 1752, probably the son
of Zachariah and Mary Sartle (Sawtell) of Groton, born 24 April,
171 2. Widow Abigail Sawtell and Joshua Nevers were married
at Groton, 22 Jan., 1756.
1 Munson is a Connecticut name.
2 Probably about five miles from Guysborough, toward Intervale.
» Haliburton: History of Nova Scotia, Vol. 2, pp. 83-88.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 107
Children, probably born at Groton: l
1 Zachariah Sartle, born 25 Nov., 1734; died 22 Feb., 1752.
2 Joseph Sartle, born 28 July, 1738; died 1822; 1 married Lydia Jenkins
(1263-2).
3 Asa Sartle, born n July, 1740.
4 Joel Sartle, born 17 May, 1742; died 15 Dec, 1752.
5 Lot Sartle, born 22 April, 1744; died 22 Oct., 1752.
6 Abigail Sartle, born 2 Feb., 1745; died 12 Oct., 1752.
7 Lydia Sartle, born 17 May, 1749; died 8 Dec, 1752.
8 Marcy Sartle, born 18 Oct., 1750.
9 Lucy Sartle, born 1 Jan., 1753.
1263
IV. Lydia Bixby {David, Daniel, Joseph), born 22 Oct., 1717,
at Westford, Mass.; married 21 Dec, 1738, - Obadiah Jenkins
of Wilmington, Mass., son of Joel and Mary (Chadwick) Jenkins
and grandson of Obadiah Jenkins (son of Joel Jenkins, one of the
early settlers of Maiden 3 ). They lived in Wilmington until about
1754, when they removed to Groton, Mass., where Obadiah Jen-
kins was living in 1773.
Children, born at Wilmington, except the three youngest, born at
Groton: *
1 Obadiah Jenkins, born 19 May, 1739; died young.
2 Lydia Jenkins, born 6 Sept., 1741; died 5 July, 1829; 5 married 29 May,
1760, at Groton, Joseph Sawtell, 6 probably born 28 July, 1738, died March,
1822, aged eighty four years, son of Hezekiah and Abigail (Bixby) Sawtell
(12622).
Children:
1. Zachariah Sawtell, born 26 Feb., 1761.
2. Joseph Sawtell, born 8 May, 1764.
3. Jesse Sawtell, born 29 Feb., 1767.
4. Lydia Sawtell, born 18 May, 1773.
5. Lot Sawtell, born 12 May, 1776.
6. Lucy Sawtell, born 24 Oct., 1777.
3 Elizabeth Jenkins, born 28 March, 1744.
1 Butler: History of Groton, where the death of Zachariah is given as of 6 June, 1757.
1 Information of Town Clerk of Westford.
'Obadiah Jenkins of Maiden left a will dated 3 Feb., 1762, probated 8 Feb., 1762. His estate
was left to his wife, Mary, during her life, and after her death to sister Sarah Taylor, Lydia Upham,
"kinsman Obediah Jenkins of Groton," Mr. Nathaniel Jenkins, Jr., school-teacher in Maiden,
and Obediah his son. (Middlesex Probate, 12553.) Probably Obediah, the testator, was uncle
to Obediah of Groton. He died at Maiden, 4 Feb., 1762, aged seventy-two years. Obadiah
Jenkins, husband of Lydia Bixby, was thus uncle of Joshua Jones who married Hannah Bixby
(11514). For further information regarding the Jenkins family see Andover Townsman of 12
Oct., 1900, article by Miss Charlotte Abbott, Corey's History of Maiden, and Maiden Births,
Marriages and Deaths. The family was early found in Lynn and Reading.
• Wilmington and Groton records. 'Butler: History of Groton. ■ Groton Church records.
108 BIXBY GENEALOGY
4 Susanna Jenkins, born 20 Aug., 1746; probably married James Adams of
Groton, 6 Jan., 1767. 1
5 Mary Jenkins, born 15 July, 1749.
6 Obadiah Jenkins, 2 born 14 May, 1751; married 28 Jan., 1773, at Groton,
Lucy Parker; probably of Stoddard, N. H., in 1784. He was living in 1800,
as was also Obadiah Jenkins, Jr.
7 Jonathan Jenkins, born 5 July, 1753; probably of Stoddard, N. H.; he was
living in 1800.
8 Joel Jenkins, 2 born 12 Sept., 1756.
9 David Jenkins, 2 born 4 March, 1758; probably of Stoddard, in 1784; living
1800.
10 Lemuel Jenkins, born 1 Aug., 1763; taxed 1784 (but did not pay) in Stod-
dard.
1265
IV. Joseph Bixby {David, Daniel, Joseph), born 2 May, 1721'
at Westford, Mass.; probably died in 1763; married 12 May, 1748'
at Marblehead, Mass., Sarah Roads, 3 who died 24 March, i8i8>
aged 90 years, 4 at the poor house. They lived in Marblehead.
Administration on the estate of Joseph Bixby was granted to his
widow, 24 Nov., 1763. 5
Children, born at Marblehead: 3
1 Mary, baptized 15 Sept., 1751; married 17 Sept., 1772, Richard Necks of
Marblehead. 3
2 Ruth, baptized 1 June, 1755; married 16 May, 1773, Samuel Legrow of
Marblehead. 3
3 Lydia, baptized 2 July, 1758. 6
4 Abigail, baptized 28 Sept., 1760.
1266
IV. Thankful Bixby (David, Daniel, Joseph), born 15 Jan.,
1724-5, at Westford, Mass. ; married there 12 Oct., 1748, 7 Jonathan
1 Groton records.
2 Obadiah, Jonathan and David Jenkins were members of Capt. Farwell's Groton company, 19
April, 1775. Gould in History of Stoddard, prints many Jenkins marriages.
3 Marblehead Vital Records.
* Death reported as Bixby, but there is of record an intention of marriage of Sarah Bixby with
George Mehoney at Marblehead, 19 Oct., 1773- 6 Essex Probate.
6 The will of Deacon Benjamin Church of Boston, made in 1781, was witnessed by Lydia Bixby.
John Towle published his intention of marriage with Lydia Bixby, 29 March, 1782. (Boston
Marriages.) Lydia Bixby of Boston was published at Manchester, 23 Dec, 1785, to William
Kimball, and they were married in Boston, 9 Feb., 1786. It is probable that these items relate
to one person, and that Lydia (1265-3) is intended. William Kimball may be that William born
3 Feb., 1764, son of Capt. Benjamin and Joanna (Lee) Kimball of Manchester, who served in his
father's company, 5 May, 1775, to 31 Dec, 1776, and afterward reenlisted and served two years
longer. When discharged he enlisted, in 1779, on the frigate Boston, Capt. Samuel Tucker, and
was captured by the enemy, 12 May, 1780. He is known to have reached home. See Kimball
Genealogy, p. 212. 'Westford records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 109
Searls, born 5 Sept., 1720, at Westford, died 1786 at Hudson, N. H.,
son of Samuel and Sarah (Perham) Searls of Westford.
Children: 1
1 Thankful Searls, born 23 May, 1750.
2 Jonathan Searls, born 11 April, 1752.
3 Thomas Searls, born 28 Aug., 1754.
4 Jacob Searls, born 15 April, 1757.
5 Elihu Searls, born 28 Sept., 1759.
6 Elnathan Searls, born 26 March, 1763.
7 Lydia Searls, born 1 July, 1765.
1267
IV. Jacob Bixby {David, Daniel, Joseph), born 12 Aug., 1728,
at Westford, Mass.; died prior to 1764; 2 married 6 April, 1749,
at Westford, 3 Eunice Heald, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
(Butterfield) 4 Heald, who was appointed guardian of her son Eph-
raim, 24 April, 1770. She died prior to 1780, unless she was the
Eunice Bixby, described as spinster, in deeds of that date. 5
Children, born at Westford:
1- 1 David, born 11 Aug., 1749; married Alice Hayward.
2- 2 Levi, born 15 Nov., 1750; married Nancy.
3- 3 Ephraim, born 4 Jan., 1753; married Martha Barker.
4- 4 Jacob, born 23 July, 1754; married Martha Hardy.
5 Eunice, unmarried in 1781, when, described as spinster, she conveys land
to Ephraim, Levi and Jacob. 6
1 Stearns: Thirty Dunstable Families.
5 David Bixby by will dated 1764 bequeathed to children of deceased son Jacob Bixby five shil-
lings, probably intending a shilling to each child. Jacob had had his portion of his father's estate.
{Middlesex Probate.)
* Hodgman: History of Westford, where, however, David Bixby (1268) instead of David Bixby
(12671) is given as the husband of Alice Hayward and as removing to Ludlow, Vt. On Dunstable
records she is described as Howard. The two eldest sons removed to Ludlow, the two youngest
to Reading, Vt.
4 Hodgman: History of Westford. Among the children of Thomas and Sarah Heald was Eph-
raim, born 1729. He is undoubtedly the Ephraim "Hale" of Westford, mentioned in the Revo-
lutionary Rolls. Polly (Bixby) Jones, a granddaughter of Jacob Bixby (1267), declared that while
her father was in the war, his family lived with her grandfather " Hale," and names her mother,
"Martha Hardy." The "grandfather Hale" was, therefore, her great grandfather, Thomas
Heald.
'Eunice Bixby of Westford. spinster, in 1781, for 800 pounds sold fifty five acres land with
buildings thereon to Ephraim Bixby of Westford, blacksmith. The next year she sold five acres
near the above described land to Levi and Jacob Bixby, the grantees being described as of Wilton.
(Middlesex Deeds, 82: 297; 88: 477-) The style spinster was not at that time confined to unmar-
ried women. The grantor is, however, thought to have been a daughter of Jacob, not his
widow.
no BIXBY GENEALOGY
1269
IV. Asa Bixby (David, Daniel, Joseph), born 24 Feb., 1734-5,
at Westford, Mass.; died 24 Feb., 1809; married (intention of
marriage 17 April, 1756) Susanna Howard. He married, second,
26 Oct., 1780, Elizabeth Wilkinson, widow, 1 who was born
1742 and died 26 June, 1818. 2 After the death of his sister-in-law,
Lydia, widow of William Bixby, Asa became administrator on the
latter's estate and was appointed guardian of his nephew Theophilus.
Either Asa (1269) or his son Asa (12692) was a soldier in the
Revolution. 3
Children, born at Westford: x
1- 1 Susanna, born 27 April, 1757; married Ephraim Dutton.
2- 2 Asa, born 15 March, 1761; married Elizabeth Wilkinson; (2) Lucy Gilson.
3- 3 Thomas, born 21 Oct., 1762; married Lydia Searles; (2) Mrs. Sargent.
4- 4 Abigail Bethia, born 2 July, 1764; married Daniel Peck.
5~ 5 Joseph, born 19 May, 1766; married Polly Boyden.
I26J
IV. William Bixby (David, Daniel, Joseph), born 19 July, 1737,
at Westford, Mass.; died 1781, probably at Westford; married,
probably in 1761, Mary . He married, second, 2 Sept., 4
1776, Lydia Farrington, who died 26 March, 1785. 5 She mar-
ried, second, in 1783, Nathaniel Bowen of Westford. An inven-
tory of her estate was presented to the probate court pursuant to
a warrant dated 3 May, 1785. Asa Bixby (1269) was administrator.
The inventory filed by him showed that she possessed personalty
amounting to only £16-12-5, an d real estate of the value of £67. 6
Children:
I Farwell. 7 His existence is known only from a statement in a letter of
Luther Bixby's (126J6.22). Probably died in the lifetime of his parents.
> Westford records. 3 Hodgman: History of Westford.
' Asa Bixby, a private in company commanded by Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. Robinson's regi-
ment, served five months in Rhode Island, having enlisted i Aug., 1777. He was credited with
service until 1 Jan., 1778, the date of making up the roll. Also, Asa Bixby, a private in the company
commanded by Capt. Isaac Wood, Col. Jonathan Reed's regiment of guards at Cambridge, enlisted
1 April, 1778, for three months. It is not unlikely that both father and son are represented by
this record, the older man in the Rhode Island campaign; the younger man in the tour of duty
as a guard at Cambridge.
* According to Hodgman: History of Westford, the intention of marriage was filed 5 Sept., 1776.
6 Westford records and Middlesex Probate. • Middlesex Probate, 68: 3.
7 His name suggests that his mother may have been a Farwell, perhaps of the Groton family
of that name.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY in
2 William, born 15 Dec, 1762, at Westford; 1 died prior to Sept., 1787-
Probably that William who enlisted to reenforce the Continental Army,
under the resolve of 30 June, 1781, for three months, and served in Capt-
Daniel Bowker's company in Colonel Webb's regiment. 2 William
Bigsby, a member of the Shaker community at Watervliet, N. Y.,
died 25 Jan., 1784, aged 22 years. (Gravestone.)
3 John, born 4 June, 1767, at Westford; 1 died probably at Reading, Vt.,
later than 1796. His uncle Asa Bixby was appointed his guardian,
19 Sept., I78i, 3 and in Sept., 1787, represented that he had deceased.
In 1790 he appears to have been of Reading, and married. A John
Bixby bought land there in 1791, 1792, 1796, 1803, 1804, 1808. 4
4- 4 Lydia, born about 1780; married Calvin Farnsworth.
5 A child, called "youngest child"; died in summer of 1785. 3
6- 6 Theophilus, born 1 July, 1781, at Westford; 1 married Anna Fisk.
William Bixby was a tailor. This much, and the fact that he
left a small estate, involved in debt, is learned from the settle-
ment of his estate by his brother Asa Bixby. The widow was
granted administration, 7 May, 1781, and administration de bonis
non was granted to Asa Bixby, 19 May, 1785. 3
A William Bixby was cautioned by Littleton, 13 May, 1780,
probably William (i26j). 5
On the 20 Sept., 1787, Asa Bixby, acting as administrator of
William's estate, petitioned the Supreme Court for leave to sell
the real estate of the deceased, which consisted of about eight
acres of land, mostly covered with scrub oak, and a very small
old house and barn, the whole worth not more than £60. According
to the petition of the administrator there were then living two
children only, both under eight years of age, who were living with
him, their "nearest relative." 6 This very nearly agrees with
the information secured in 1885 by Luther Bixby, a grandson of
Theophilus Bixby, whose statements, of date a few months apart,
are worthy of preservation in this place.
The first is in a letter dated 3 June, 1885, addressed to Mr. N.
W. Bixby: "my grandfather and father are both dead. I know
nothing beyond my grandfather. He came with his mother from
England when four years of age. She died soon after, leaving him
alone; all he knew was he was told he had three half-brothers in
this country, but he knew not their names. He was brought
1 Westford town records.
1 Mass. Soldiers in the Revolution. » Middlesex Probate.
4 Reading, Vt., land records, 3: 302; 4: 238; 7: 145, 348,231; 8: 23.
s Middlesex Sessions. • Suffolk files, 149,811.
10
U2 BIXBY GENEALOGY
up in Massachusetts." The later statements are of date of
September, 1885, and August, 1886. He writes: " I have been look-
ing up the genealogy of my folks and can only find this much.
Theophilus Bixby was my grandfather. He had a half-brother by
the name of John Bixby who lived in Reading, Vt. Lydia Bixby,
an own sister of Theophilus, married John Farnsworth who moved
to Virginia and had ten sons. William Bixby, father of Theophi-
lus, died at Westford about 1785. He fell from a horse and was
killed. Theophilus Bixby died in 1862, at eighty years of age, in
Waterbury, Vt."
"My grandfather's half-brother, John Bixby, was fifteen years
older than my grandfather and died without children; he lived at
Reading, Vt. Grandfather had another half-brother, by the name
of Farwell. Jonathan and Joel Bixby, uncle and nephew, who
went to Vermont in 1826, were no connection of ours that we know
of." 1 In another letter he states that William Bixby was lame,
and was buried in Westford.
The probate records, above referred to, state that the "youngest
child" died ten weeks after the death of the widow, whose funeral
charges were settled in September, 1785. There is no mention in
these accounts of the widow having remarried, although Westford
records give the intention of marriage between "widow Lydia
Bixby" and Nathaniel Bowen, 24 Jan., 1783.
As Theophilus was a posthumous child, being born two or three
months after the death of his father, he would also be the youngest
child; hence the record in the probate court must refer to another
child who was not the youngest, and whose name we do not know.
Possibly it was a twin with Theophilus.
In spite of the statement by Asa Bixby that the only children
living were the two under eight years of age, it seems almost certain
that John was then living. His uncle had been appointed his
guardian, 19 Sept., 1781, 2 and should have known if he had de-
ceased. Yet there was a John Bixby in Reading, Vt., in 1790,
when the census was taken, whose family consisted of himself
and one white woman, undoubtedly his wife. There was organized
at Reading, Vt., 12 Dec, 1796, the Reformed Catholic Society,
with thirty six members, of whom, according to Davis's History
of that town, were John and Jacob Bixby. Mr. Luther Bixby is
] Letters on file. z Middlesex Probate.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 113
explicit in his statements that John Bixby died without issue,
and that he had lived in Reading, and there remains only, in expla-
nation of the conflicting accounts given above, the probability
that John Bixby had left Westford prior to September, 1787,
before he was of age, and that his uncle had been misinformed
regarding his death. As there was no estate to be divided, it is
likely the Court did not look very closely into the possibility of
there being other children than those in Asa Bixby's charge.
1271
IV. Daniel Bixby {Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born 31 Dec,
1713, at Andover, Mass.; died at Winchendon, Mass.; married,
prior to 1743, Tabitha.
Children:
1 Eunice, born 30 April, 1743, at Shrewsbury, Mass. 1 She was of Boylston,
which town was set off from Shrewsbury in 1786. 1
2- 2 Jonathan, born 15 Dec, 1744, at Shrewsbury; 1 married Esther Gale.
3 Hannah, born 7 Feb., 1747, at Shrewsbury. 1
4 Aaron, born 20 March, 1748-9, or 24 May, 1749, at Shrewsbury. 1
5 Daniel, born 2 Feb., 1751, at Shrewsbury. 1
6 Sarah, born 8 Feb., 1753, at Shrewsbury. 1
7 Levinah, baptized 19 April, 1761, at Chocksett church. 5
8- 8 Daniel, born May, 1763 ; 4 married Dorithy.
9- 9 Aaron, born 30 April, 1765; married Sarah Carlton.
j-10 Joel, born 31 Aug., 1767; married Hannah Wood worth.
Daniel Bixby lived in Shrewsbury as early as 1736, on land
forming part of the tract known as the Davenport Farm. He
sold land in Shrewsbury in 1739, apparently then not married.
His name appears on the muster roll of the second company of
militia in Shrewsbury, dated 7 April, 1757, as a member of the train-
band commanded by Capt. Jabez Beaman. 5
He apparently removed to Ipswich-Canada (Winchendon) in
1761, as on the 5 May that year he purchased the southern half
of lot 3 in the north division, and was described as of Ipswich-
Canada. In 1767, however, he and his wife Tabitha are described
'Shrewsbury records. The record of Aaron's birth was repeated.
'Eunice Bigsbee and Aaron Hodgskins, both of Ipswich-Canada, intend marriage, 18 Dec.
1763; married at Worcester, 24 Jan., 1764. (Winchendon Records.) She is styled "Mrs." in the
marriage record, but not in the intention of marriage recorded at Lunenburg, 18 Dec, 1768.
' Lancaster records.
* The dates of birth of the three youngest children are said to have been taken from Winchendon
records, but that of Joel cannot now be found. « Massachusetts Archives, 95: 155.
ii4 BIXBY GENEALOGY
as of Shrewsbury, upon the occasion of their selling 67 acres of
land there. Two days later, 19 March, he sold 60 acres of land in
Winchendon. 1 The births of the three youngest children are
recorded at Winchendon, and not at Shrewsbury.
Mephibosheth Bixby seems to have accompanied Daniel to
Winchendon, and at his death Daniel was appointed administrator
on his estate.
There is no record of the death of either Daniel Bixby, or of his
wife, at Winchendon, and it is possible that they removed prior
to 1770.
At a meeting of the proprietors of Ipswich-Canada, 22 June,
1763, he was appointed, with Benjamin Goodridge, Esq., to draft
a petition for incorporation as a town, and at the first town meeting,
5 Nov., 1764, he was chosen deer reeve. At the next town meeting,
11 March, 1765, he was elected tythingman and sealer of leather. 2
1272
IV. Mary Bixby {Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born probably
in 1714, baptized 13 Feb., 1715, at Andover, Mass.; married 2
Jan., 1745-6, at Shrewsbury, 3 Mass., Joseph French of Shrews-
bury. In Feb., 1746, Mephibosheth Bixby deeded two tracts of
land to Joseph French. 4 Soon after this date the family removed
to Holden, Mass. Administration was granted in 1762 on the
estate of Joseph French of Holden.
Children, the eldest born at Shrewsbury? the others at Holden: 6
1 Desire French, a son, born 31 Aug., 1746. "Mr. Desire French " died 1 1
Sept., 1772, aged 25 years. 6 He had married Abigail, and the marriage
intention of Desire French and Abigail Whitcomb "both of Lancester"
is found recor led at Lancaster, 2 Feb., 1769. Administration on the estate
of Desire French of Templeton was granted at Worcester in 1772.
Child:
I. Becca, of "desire and Abigail," born 19 April, 1770. 7 Becca French
and Asa Whitcomb, Jr., married 9 Nov., 1788. 8
2 Mary French, born 6 Aug., 1748.
3 Joseph French, born 24 Aug., 1750.
4 Elizabeth French, born 5 Jan., 1753.
'Worcester Deeds, 47: 535; 57: 296; 58: 317- For his purchases, see Deeds, 8: 160; 35: 249;
45: 500.
* Hyde: History of Winchendon, 1849. See also Marvin.
' Shrewsbury Vital Records. * Worcester Deeds, 24: 264.
6 Vital Records, also Ward: History of Shrewsbury.
5 Holden Vital Records, children of "Joseph and Mary."
7 Templeton Vital Records. 8 Princeton Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 115
1273
IV. Samuel Bixby (Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born 31
Aug., 1716, at Andover, Mass.; died 12 March, 1800, aged 84
years, at Boylston, 1 Mass.; married Mary, unquestionably Mary
Buck of Woburn, whose marriage to Samuel Bigsbee is recorded
at Woburn, Nov., 1737. She was probably daughter of John and
Priscilla Buck of Woburn, and born there 2 Oct., 1712. 2 Chelms-
ford, Mass., was allowed to caution, 11 Dec, 1739, against Samuel
Bixby, Mary his wife, and Samuel their son, who had lately come
from Shrewsbury, Mass. 3 In Feb., 1740, he is styled of Westford,
cordwainer, and was sued for debt by Charles Dorough of Not-
tingham, and Samuel Tuttle of Littleton, millwright. Failing to
satisfy the judgment he was thrown into jail at Worcester, June,
1741. 4 He returned to Shrewsbury, and was living there in 1745,
but in 1758 was of Lancaster, Mass. 5 His intention of marriage
was recorded in Lancaster, 8 Oct., 1773, to Sarah Beamen of
Lancaster, widow. 6
Sarah wife of Samuel Bixby died at Boylston, 21 Jan., 1800, 1
aged 88 years.
Samuel Bixby was a member of the train band of Capt. Jabez
Beamen of Shrewsbury, 7 April, 1757. 7
Children:
1- 1 Samuel, born prior to Dec, 1739; married Hannah Powers.
2- 2 Joseph, born 1741; 8 married Miriam Bryan; (2) Elizabeth Hadley.
3- 3 Manasseh, born probably about 1743; married Elizabeth Dunsmore.
4- 4 John, born 5 March, 1747; 9 married Mary Floyd.
5- 5 Ephraim, born 11 April, 1754, at Lancaster; married Phebe Wilder; (2)
Susanna Wood.
6- 6 Martha, twin with Ephraim; probably married Nathaniel Bidwell. 10
7 Mary, married 21 Jan., 1765, Jedidiah Woods of Warwick. 10
1 Boylston records. » Middlesex Sessions.
2 Woburn records. 'Suffolk files, 53,816, 63,701.
6 Ezra Beman of Shrewsbury to Samuel Bigsby of Lancaster, yeoman, 12$ acres In Lancaster,
"the land where said Bigsby now liveth," 13 May, 1759. (Worcester Deeds, 42: 302.) The pre-
ceding year, in April, he had bought 4 acres in Lancaster. (Ibid., 40: 246.) He was a cordwainer.
Samuel Bixby of Boylston sold 5 acres in Sterling to Jacob Glazier of Sterling, 25 Nov., 1789,
and 19 acres in Boylston to Ezra Beman, 20 March, 1792. His wife, Sarah, appears in both deeds.
(Worcester Deeds, ill: 211; 115: 118.)
6 Information received from Ezra S. Stearns, Fitchburg, Mass., who also found the marriage in-
tention recorded at Shrewsbury, 26 Oct., 1773.
' Massachusetts Archives, 95: 255. ' Ibid., 97: 373.
8 Information received from Mrs. Ella M. Frentz (12735. 13-1) of Melrose, Mass.
10 Lancaster records. The intention of marriage of Martha Bixby and Josiah Hedley of Lan-
caster, 1 June, 1770, appears on Lancaster records; but their marriage is not recorded. The His-
n6 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1276
IV. Nathaniel Bixby (Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born 24
March, 1719, at Andover, Mass.; died 2 Oct., 1777; married Sept.,
1742, 1 at Lancaster, Mass., Jerusha Houghton, born Feb., 1721, 2
died 17 May, 1812, at Weathersfield, Vt., 3 daughter of Joshua and
Elizabeth Houghton of Lancaster.
Children, 4 born at Shrewsbury: 5
1- 1 Levi, born 7 Aug., 1743; married Ruth Darling; (2) Mrs. Tabitha Foster
Boynton.
2 Elizabeth, born 14 Aug., 1746; married 26 March, 1767, at Winchendon,
Isaac Stimson. 6
3 Jerusha, 7 twin with Elizabeth; married 10 July, 1770, John Joyner.
The intention of marriage appears 2 April, 1770, as Delpha Bixby and
John Joyner.
4- 4 Keziah, born 25 May, 1749; married Richard Pearson; 8 (2) Deacon
Amos Hay ward.
5 Lois, born 5 May, 1751; married 28 Sept., 1772, at Winchendon, Abijah
Stimson. 6
tory of Littleton. N. H., states that Nathaniel Bidwell, born 1750 at Hartford, Conn.; died 1813
at Littleton; married, 1772, Martha Bixby, who died 26 Oct., 1785, and that she was daughter of
Samuel Bixby. Josiah Hedley was son of John and Deborah Hedley of Lancaster, born 7 March,
1747. In 1790, the Census enumerates three Josiah Hedleys or Hadleys as heads of a family,
in Athol, Orange, and Sterling respectively.
1 The intention of marriage 27 Aug., 1742, at Lancaster, and 11 Sept., 1742, at Shrewsbury.
J 6 June, 1720, according to a record received from George A. Bixby (12766.53), Hardy, Neb.
3 Weathersfield, Vt.. records.
* Abigail Bixby, spinster, Levi Bixby, Nathaniel Bixby, Isaac Stimson and Elizabeth his wife,
Keziah Pearson, widow, Abijah Stimson and Lois his wife, all of Winchendon, John Joyner and
Jerusha his wife of Charlestown, N. H., heirs of Nathaniel Bixby, late of Winchendon, quit claim
to Adonijah Bixby of Winchendon 62 acres land there, 15 Dec, 1778. (Worcester Deeds, 124:
565.) 5 Shrewsbury Vital Records. • Winchendon records.
7 The name of this child was Jerusha, as shown by the deed quoted above, and she married John
Joyner as stated. They removed from Winchendon, and at the time of the Revolution were prob-
ably residents of Charlestown, N. H. The U. S. Census of 1790 reveals a John Joyner at Halifax,
Vt., the head of a family consisting of self, three males under 16 years, and four females. No
other John Joyner is found enumerated in that Census in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or
Vermont, nor is a Jerusha Joyner given as head of any family. There was a William Joiner in Deer-
field, Mass., in Bolton, Vt., and in Randolph, Vt., each the head of a family. One of these Williams
was probably that William of Waitsfield, Vt., who had residence there at least from 1795-1800,
and who also had wife Jerusha. John Joyner, also Francis Joyner, were members of the company
of which Jonathan Bigsby was sergeant and Jason Wait commander, in Col. Bedel's regiment,
Feb., 1776. Both Joyners were named, in the return made by Col. Benjamin Bellows, as part
of the quota raised from his regiment of militia for service in the Continental "battalion"; John
being described as of Charlestown, and Francis of Walpole. The enlistment of John Joyner dated
from the 14 March, 1777. He is described as sergeant, from Charlestown, aged 30 years, and was
a member of the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Farwell in Col. John Stark's regiment,
the 1st New Hampshire Continental Regt., and his name appears on the Depreciation Roll made
up 1 Jan., 1780. There is no evidence at Washington to show that he applied for a pension. Wil-
liam Joiner was also the name of a corporal in Capt. Spafford's company of Vermont Militia in
1778 and 1780, and also saw service in 1781.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 117
6- 6 Adonijah, born 23 May, 1753; married Mary- Brown.
7- 7 Abigail, born 5 Sept., 1755; married David Hayward.
8- 8 Nathaniel, born 30 July, 1758; married Abigail Hayward; (2) Mrs-
Katherine (Felch) Hayward.
9 Eunice, born 30 May, 1762; probably died early. She is not mentioned
in settlement of her father's estate in 1778.
Nathaniel Bixby appears frequently on Worcester deeds as
grantor of lands in Shrewsbury and Winchendon. He was styled
of Winchendon as early as 1766. l His first purchase was 16 acres,
part of the Davenport farm at Shrewsbury, which he bought of
his brother Daniel Bixby for £32, 7 May, 1739. He purchased
100 acres in Winchendon, 26 Oct., 1762, and 80 acres in 1767;
also other land in 1766.
His name appears on a roll of the train band in Shrewsbury,
commanded by Capt. Jabez Beaman, 7 April, 1757. 2 Adminis-
tration on his estate was granted 3 Nov., 1778, to Levi Bixby. 3
The inventory of his estate included land and "frame for a house."
At the first town meeting held after the incorporation of the town,
5 Nov., 1764, Nathaniel Bixby was chosen town treasurer and
sealer of leather. The following year, 1 1 March, 1765, he was chosen
one of the three selectmen. 4
1277
IV. Martha Bixby (Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born 2
March, 172 1-2, at Andover, Mass. She may be the Martha Ball
who died at Boylston, 23 July, 1781. 5 Her intention of marriage
with Phineas Ball of Lancaster was recorded 27 May, 1741. 6
Phineas Ball was taxed in Holden in 1743, but does not appear
in the census of the families of 1760. 7
Children, born at Holden: 8
1 Daniel Ball, born 9 Jan., 1742.
2 Jemima Ball, born 6 Feb., 1744. A Jemima Ball was married at Lunenburg,
17 Nov., 1762, to Henry Hodgskin of Ipswich-Canada. 9
1 Worcester Deeds, 63: 42.
2 Massachusetts Archives, French War files. • Worcester Probate.
4 Hyde: History of Winchendon, 1849. See also Marvin.
5 Boylston Vital Records. • Lancaster records.
' Estes: History of Holden, p. 359. Guardianship of Phineas Ball of Watertown was granted
at Worcester, 1734; ditto of Rutland, 1772. The will of Phineas Ball of Winchendon was
proved 1854. Guardianship of Martha Ball of Southboro was granted 1757- {Worcester Probate
Index.) A Phineas Ball of Holden was married 8 Feb., 1786, to Eunice Kimball, and in Dec,
1805, to Eunice Goodale, who died the same month.
8 Holden Vital Records. ' Princeton Vital Records.
n8 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 Abner Ball, born 8 April, 1746.
4 Elijah Ball, born 2 March, 1748. Removed to Boylston, where he died
10 Nov., 1834, aged 86. He married Rebecca, who died 13 Oct., 1829,
aged 75 years. 1
Children:
1. Elijah Ball, born 29 Aug., 1771.
2. Abigail Ball, born 25 July, 1773; died 1 March, 1776.
3. Amaziah Ball, born 30 Jan., 1776.
4. Levi Ball, born 6 Jan., 1778.
5. Reuben Ball, born 9 May, 1780.
6. Rebecca Ball, born 1 June, 1782.
7. Micah Ross Ball, born 29 July, 1784.
8. Nabba Ball, died 17 April, 1790, aged 3 years, 2 months, 17 days.
9. Patty Ball, born 20 March, 1789.
10. Jonah Ball, born 13 May, 1791.
11. Phineas Ball, born 20 Aug., 1794.
12. Cinda Ball, born 12 Feb., 1797.
13. Manna^sah Sawyer Ball, born 28 Dec, 1800.
5 Benjamin Ball, born 31 March, 1750.
1291
IV. Experience Bixby (Joseph, Daniel, Joseph), born 12 March,
1723-4, at Andover, Mass.; died 3 Sept., 1815; married 4 June,
1747, William Abbott of Andover, born 9 Oct., 1724, at Lexing-
ton, Mass., died 2 Jan., 1798, at Andover, 2 son of Nehemiah
Abbott.
William Abbott was a member of the Committee of Safety of
Andover in 1774, and a volunteer member of Capt. Holt's company
which responded to the alarm of the 19 April, 1775. He was one
of the selectmen of Andover.
Children: 3
1 Jeduthan Abbott, 4 born 1 Aug., 1749; died 26 Dec, 1821, at Andover;
married there in 1772, Hannah Poor, born 1754, died 3 Sept., 1823, daughter
of Peter and Sarah H. (Wood) Poor. He received from his parents a deed
to one half of all the lands possessed in 1747 by his grandfather Joseph
Bixby, deceased, prior to conveyance of any part of Joseph Bixby's estate
to William Abbott. The consideration named in the deed was £200. 5
Jeduthan Abbott served in the Revolution as a private and as sergeant.
In after years he obtained the rank of captain in militia.
1 Boylston Vital Records. J Will dated 28 March, 1793, proved 5 Feb., 1798.
3 Abbott: Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, etc., pp. 215, 413-415, where the date of
death of Experience (Bixby) Abbott is given 4 Sept., 1815. Descendants of Jeduthan and Bixby
Abbott are to be found in that work.
< Experience Abbott of Andover, widow, in consideration of certain annual payments for her
support, conveys to Jeduthun Abbot, Fanny Johnson, widow, Sally Abbot, Amos Abbot, Abigail
Abbot, all of Andover, and Lydia Richardson, wife of John L. Richardson of Corinth, Vt., children
of Jeduthun Abbot late of Andover, gentleman, deceased, all her right in an undivided one half
interest in land and buildings in Andover, improved by said Jeduthun Abbot, deceased, being the
estate she was entitled to under the will of Joseph Bixby, of Andover, husbandman, deceased,
26 Oct., 1810. (Essex Deeds, 191: 165.) • Essex Deeds, 159: 238.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 119
Children, born at Andover:
1. Hannah Abbott, born 10 July, 1773.
2. Lucy Abbott, born 9 Oct., 1775; died 16 Aug., 1798.
3. Jeduthan Abbott, born 18 June, 1777.
4. Fanny Abbott, born 30 March, 1779; died 19 July, 1 829 ; married Osgood
Johnson.
5. Lydia Abbott, born 24 March, 1781; died Feb., 1843; married John L.
Richardson; (2) Folsom.
6. Sarah Peabody Abbott, born 4 July, 1783; died 17 Feb., 1820.
7. Amos Abbott, born 7 Sept., 1786.
8. Abigail Abbott, born 23 May, 1790; died 24 Oct., 1844; married Capt.
Thomas Chandler Foster.
9. Pamelia Abbott, born 11 Oct., 1792; died 31 Aug., 1798.
10. Rebecca Abbott, born 10 March, 1795; died 8 Sept., 1798.
2 Bixby (Bacby) Abbott, born 24 Nov., 1750; died, 1813, at Greenfield, N. H.;
married 9 Jan., 1772, at Andover, Hepzibah Ames, who died 20 May,
1796, aged forty years, daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Hepzibah (Chand-
ler) Ames. He married (2) Mary Johnson, who died 27 March, 1805,
aged forty eight years. He served in the army during the siege of Boston
with rank of corporal, and was one of the Andover men who responded
to the alarm of the 19 April, 1775.
Children, born at Andover:
1. Hepzibah Abbott, born 17 Aug., 1772; married Joshua Bailey.
2. William Abbott, born 14 July, 1774.
3. Benjamin Abbott, born 8 March, 1776.
4. Betsey Abbott, born 18 Sept., 1780; died Oct., 1817; married Nathan
Bailey.
5. Joseph Abbott, born 1 Feb., 1783; died at sea; married Rachel Corcoran.
6. Henry Abbott, born 5 March, 1785.
7. Asa Abbott, born 7 March, 1787.
8. Samuel Abbott, born 28 Jan., 1789.
9. Nehemiah Abbott, born 18 Oct., 1790.
10. Timothy Abbott, born 4 July, 1796; died Aug., 1825; married Myra
Greenough.
3 Hannah Abbott, born 15 July, 1753; died 7 July, 1792. 1
4 Lucy Abbott, born 3 Sept., 1758; married 11 March, 1775, John Brown of
Hopkinton. N. H.
5 Sarah Abbott, born 16 June, 1763; died 22 April, 1786; married 9 Feb.,
1786, Isaac Mooars, born 16 Feb., 1758-9, died 12 Jan., 1831, aged 72
years, son of Abraham and Lydia (Abbott) Mooars of Andover. No issue.
1292
IV. Hannah Bixby (Joseph, Daniel, Joseph), born 19 Aug.,
1726, at Andover, Mass.; died 15 Feb., 1747-8, at Billerica, Mass. ; 2
married 25 Feb., 1746-7, David Osgood of Billerica, 3 born 3 June,
1724, died 2 Feb., 1768, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Dan-
1 Her daughter Phebe married Nathan Bailey.
2 Hazen: History of Billerica.
'Andover Vital Records. The Osgood Genealogy, following Hazen's Billerica, p. 102, states
that David Osgood's first wife was Hannah Davis, but gives no date of marriage. David's eon
Phineas married a Hannah Davis of Concord. By a second wife, Sarah Danforth, whom he mar-
ried is Nov., 1748, David Osgood had several children.
120 BIXBY GENEALOGY
forth) Osgood. David Osgood was captain in the militia. He
was an inn-keeper.
Child:
i David Osgood, born 6, died 7 Feb., 1747-8.
1323
IV. Mary Bixby (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph), baptized 4
May, 1707, atTopsfield, Mass.; married 13 Feb., 1728, at Killingly, 1
Conn., Stephen Comins, born 12 Jan., 1702, at Woburn, Mass., 2
died probably at Hampton, Conn., son of John and Mary Comins
of Killingly, 3 formerly of Woburn and Oxford, Mass.
In 1736 Stephen Comins, who had been associated with his
father in milling and building, purchased land adjoining to that
owned by Benjamin Bixby. His wife was the second woman
received into the church at Thompson in 1730. John Comins,
father of Stephen, was employed in 1728 as master workman in
the erection of the meeting house in Thompson parish. Thus it
happened that the son of the builder of the meeting house married
the daughter of the first deacon elected by the church. Stephen
and Mary Comins removed from Killingly, soon after the events
narrated above, to Hampton.
Children: 1
1 Sarah Comins, born 27 Aug., 1729.
2 Keziah Comins, born 7 Feb., 1731.
3 Mary Comins, born 27 April, 1733.
4 Martha Comins, born 1 April, 1735.
5 Stephen Comins, born 20 June, 1737; died 26 March, 1825; married Patty,
who died 14 Sept., 1818, aged seventy six years. They lived in Killingly
and Hampton.
Children, born at Hampton:
1. Patty Comins, born 1772; died, 1792, unmarried.
2. Stephen Comins, born 1776; died 1846 at Hampton; married 31 Dec,
1797, Polly Mumford.
3. Anna Comins, born 2 May, 1778.
4. Betsey Comins, born 22 Oct., 1781.
5. Guy Comins, died 18 Nov., 1809.
1324
IV. John Bixby (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph), baptized 17
July, 1709, at Topsfield, Mass.; died probably in Connecticut,
1 Church records, Killingly, Conn. s Woburn records.
' Cummings Genealogy (1904), p. 567.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 121
but settlement of his estate, or other record of his death, has not
been found. He married 4 Dec, 1735, at Killingly, Conn., 1 Jemima
Green, born 24 April, 1718, 2 daughter of Jacob and Dorothy
(Lynde) Green.
John Bixby was admitted to the church in Killingly in 1737.
Two years later he was living in Dudley, Mass., 3 but within a year
or two had returned to Killingly, living in that part set off as
Thompson. 4 John Bixby and wife Jemima, of Ellington, were ad-
mitted to the church at Stafford, Conn., 5 2 Sept., 1770.
Children, except the second, born or baptized at Thompson: l
1 Jemima, born 21 Oct., 1736, baptized 26 June, 1737; died 4 Oct., 1741.
2 John, born 28 Jan., 1738-9; died 26 Sept., 1741.
3 Dorothy, baptized 3 May, 1741. On the baptismal register recorded
as daughter of Jonathan Bixby.
4 Josiah, baptized 21 Nov., 1742.
5 Jemima, born 16 June, 1743, baptized 19 June.
6- 6 George, born 18 Feb., 1746, baptized 23 Feb.
7 Martha, born 28 July, 1748, baptized 31 July.
8 Tamer, born 18 March, 1750, baptized 24 March, 1751. She is probably
the "Mrs." Tamar Bixby who was admitted to Stafford church,
7 Dec, 1783.
9 Esther, baptized 14 April, 1754.
j-io Benjamin, born 2 May, 1759; married Margaret Walker.
11 Elizabeth, baptized 5 Sept., 1762.
1326
IV. Richard Bixby (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph), baptized
6 May, 1716, at Reading, Mass.; died 1743-1746; married 4 Jan.,
1 Thompson parish and church records, except the birth of Benjamin.
2 Information of Miss Ellen D. Larned. Jemima Green descended from Thomas Green of
Maiden, Mass., whose son, Lt. Henry Green, married Esther Hasey. Jacob, bom 1689, died 1723,
son of Lt. Henry, left a widow who married John Barritt and removed to Thompson parish. John
Bixby and Jemima his wife, of Dudley, 2 Nov., 1739, sold to James Barrett of Sherburn for £135
a messuage with 6J acres, in Maiden, bounded by lands of Jonathan Barrett, Thomas Green, and
Meriam, daughter of Jacob Green, deceased. (Middlesex Deeds, 43: 381.) John Bixby and Jemima
his wife, of Killingly, Jacob Green of Sutton, clerk, Uriah Richardson and Meriam his wife, of
Dudley, Ephraim Brown and Dorothy his wife, of Stoneham, Benjamin Green, tanner, and Joseph
Hascall and Katherine his wife, all of Killingly, sold 29 March, 174s, for £240, to Isaac Green
of Stoneham, two parcels of land in Stoneham. The same grantees also sold their interest in an
estate in Maiden. (Middlesex Deeds, 44: 223; 58: 183.)
* Middlesex Deeds, 43: 381.
4 John Bixby bought land in Killingly in 1734; exchanged land there in 1735; and 19 April,
1739, sold to Richard Bixby two parcels of land there, probably his entire holdings. (Deeds, 4: 13,
28, 142.) On 28 Feb., 1743, he purchased, for £200, of Estes Peabody, a farm in Killingly. (Ibid.,
S=2.)
5 Mrs. Abigail Bixby died 8 Sept., 1817, aged 99 years. (North Stafford, Conn., records.) Her
connection with the family is not known.
122 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1742, at Dudley, Mass., Esther (Giles) Taylor, 1 widow of James
Taylor, Jr., daughter of John and Esther (Swinnerton) Giles 2 of
Salem, baptized 8 July, 1718, died 20 Dec., 1788, at Topsfield,
Mass., "widow of Deacon John Gould, aged seventy one years. " 3
She married, third, 5 Jan., 1748-1749, John Gould, 4 son of Zacheus
and Elizabeth (Curtis) Gould. 2 Deacon John Gould was born
at Topsfield, 29 Jan., 1709-1710, died 28 June, 1778, at Water-
town, of the small-pox. He was attending the General Court
as deputy from Topsfield. 3
Richard Bixby purchased land in Killingly of John Bixby,
Jan., 1733-4, an d 19 April, 1739. 5 The latter year he was one of
those who built pews in the meeting-house gallery. There is no
record of his death or settlement of his estate.
Child:
I Benjamin, born 5 Nov., 1743, baptized 15 Jan., 1744, at Thompson parish 6
in Killingly; died 10 Dec, 1747, at Topsfield, 3 "son of widow Esther Bixby."
1343
IV. Samuel Bixby (Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 9 Sept.,
1721, at Sutton, Mass.; died 3 March, 1809; married 13 March,
1751, at Sutton, 7 Lydia Bond, born 28 June, 1730, at Weston,
Mass., 8 died 12 March, 1776, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth
(Fuller) Bond and a descendant of Jonas and Rose Bond of Bury
St. Edmunds, England, whose sons Jonas and William were early
settlers of Water town.
Samuel Bixby married, second, 25 Feb., 1781, Mrs. Rebecca
(Chase) Bartlett, 7 who died probably in October, 1788. 9 He
married, third, 28 June, 1789, Mrs. Huldah Towne, 1 who died
4 Feb., 1843, aged 104 years, 10 at Bethel, widow of Isaac Towne,
daughter of Jonathan Pratt. When ninety two years of age she
travelled from Oxford, Mass., to Bethel, Me. 10
1 Dudley records. a Church record quoted in Topsfield Vital Records.
2 Gould: Gould Genealogy. 4 Topsfield Vital Records.
• Killingly Deeds, 4: 12, 152. The later purchase consisted of four acres of meadow bottom
and six acres on Whiting's Plain.
6 Thompson church records. T Sutton Vital Records.
8 Family records of C M. Bixby (13436- 4K2) Seattle, Wash.
» The will of Rebekah BLxby of Sutton dated o Sept., 1788, was allowed 4 Nov., 1788. Jonathan
Chase her brother was executor. She left her estate to minor children, Josiah Bartlett, Betty
Bartlett, Anna Bartlett, David Bixby. (Worcester Probate.)
"•Daniels: History of Oxford.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 123
Children, born at Sutton: 1
1 Betsey, born 16 Jan., 1752; died 8 May, 1776, 2 unmarried.
2- 2 Lydia Bond, born 17 Oct., 1753; married Moses Park.
3- 3 Samuel, born 24 Sept., 1755; married Mary Greenwood.
4- 4 Sarah, born 9 July, 1757; married Jonathan Stone.
5- 5 Sampson, born 22 May, 1759; 3 married Sarah Richardson.
6- 6 Solomon, born 30 Sept., 1761; married Lucy Taylor.
7- 7 Esther, born 27 Jan., 1764; married John Woodbury.
8- 8 Anna, born 27 Jan., 1766; married Israel Jacobs.
9 Molly, born 9 Feb., 1768; died 11 June, 1799.
j-10 John, born 20 Oct., 1770; married Betsy Willard.
n Simon, born 16 May, 1774; died 30 Dec, 1780.
By second [marriage:
L-12 David, born 19 Feb., 1783; married Laura Foster.
Samuel Bixby was a carpenter. Dr. Bond devoted several
pages in his history of Watertown to a genealogy of this branch
of the family. His collections were made in 1847, at which time
several of the children of Samuel Bixby were living. He does not
mention the second marriage. He states that Samuel Bixby was
the first white male child born in Sutton. 4
1346
IV. Jonathan Bixby (Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 29
Sept., 1728, at Sutton, Mass.; died later than 1802, perhaps at
Oxford, Mass.; married Elizabeth, who was probably living in
1775. He married, second, 3 June, 1784, at Oxford, Kezia (Ammi-
down) Allen of the South Gore, born 4 April, 1739, 8 died 5 Aug.,
1804, 6 widow of John Allen, whom she married 16 June, I77 1 !
1 Sutton Vital Records. 2 Bond: History of Watertown.
* Or 23 May, according to George W. Marble (13433. n-ai).
1 Family records sent by C M. Bixby (13436.4K2) do not mention the marriage to Rebecca Bart-
lett, but give the name of Samuel's second wife as Miss Chase, born 1739, died 4 Feb., 1843. John
Bartlett married Rebecca Chase, 23 April, 1772. {History of Sutton, p. 586.) They had Elizabeth.
Josiah, and Ann, the last born in 1779. Col. C. A. Converse in his Converse and Allied Families,
in which eighteen pages are devoted largely to this branch of the family, states that Samuel married,
second, Rebecca Bartlett, and third, 28 June, 1789, Mrs. Hulda Towne, and that she died 4 Feb..
1843, aged 104 years. The service in the Revolution there ascribed to Samuel was performed
by his son Samuel, who gives a record of his service in his pension application. According to the
Bixby Ms. Samuel's third wife was Huldah, widow of Isaac Pratt and daughter of Jonathan Pratt,
She is there said to have died 4 Feb.. 1843, at Bethel, aged 104 years. Samuel Bixby in his will,
dated 30 Sept., 1796, proved 2 May, 1809, mentions his "wife." He also names his daughters,
Lydia Park, Sarah Bixby, Esther Bixby, Anna Jacobs, Molly Bixby, and sons Sampson, Solomon,
to whom he gives 300 acres in a township on the Androscoggin River, John, David, under 21 years
of age, and Samuel, with whom David is to live. His real estate he left to his son Samuel. (Wor-
cester Probate.) « Daniels: History of Oxford. 5 Woodstock, Conn., records.
124 BIXBY GENEALOGY
and daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Dean) Ammidown of
Oxford. Ephraim Ammidown bequeathed by will, which was
not allowed, to his daughter Kezia one half as much as the
other children.
Children: 1
I- i Samuel, born 30 May, 1754; baptized 21 Dec, 1755; married Elizabeth
Strong; (2) Sarah Nelson; (3) Martha Ketchum.
2 Jacob, born 11 July, 1756; died 17 Dec, 1821, at Lyme, N. H., unmarried.
While in a charcoal camp, the cabin in which he slept took fire, and
he perished in the flames. He was a member of a company com-
manded by Capt. John Green, Col. Ebenezer William's (nth) regi-
ment of Connecticut militia at New York in 1776. 2 He again enlisted
for three years, 3 May, 1777, and served until 31 May, 1780, in Capt.
Child's company from Woodstock, Conn. He was also in service
with the militia under Col. Canfield in Sept., 1781, at West Point.
In 1 81 8 his name appears among the Connecticut pensioners living
in New Hampshire.
3 Martha, born 5 June, 1758; baptized 16 June, 1758; living 1767.
4- 4 Jonathan, born 4 May, 1760; baptized 27 April, 1760; married Esther
Newton.
5~ 5 Elizabeth, born 2 Sept., 1762; married Joel Converse.
6- 6 Salmon, born 1763; 3 married Abigail Chamberlain.
7 Amasa, baptized 10 March, 1765. His will was probated at North Adams,
Mass., 15 Oct., 1845. He married, being then described as of New
Grantham, N. H., 7 April, 1793, at Sturbridge, Mass., Mary Blan-
chard of Sturbridge. They had no children, but adopted a daughter,
Maria.
8- 8 Willard, baptized 12 July, 1767, at Charlton, Mass.; 4 married Anna
Chapman.
9 Walter, born 1770; of Lyme, N. H., 1790; 5 died 26 April, 1812, at Clare-
mont, N. H., probably unmarried.
J-10 Chloe, born 1771; married Josiah Sheldon.
Jonathan Bixby was a tanner. In 1759 he appears as the owner
of tan vats in Killingly, whither it is supposed he had removed
in 1751. 6 On the 7 April, 1760, he purchased of Michael Adams
a house, barn and shop, east of the country road, with land adjoin-
ing, paying therefor £122-13. 7 He bought land in Charlton Dis-
1 The births of the four eldest children are from Killingly, Conn., records, and the baptismal
dates prior to 1767 from church records, Thompson, Conn.
2 Certificate of Adj. -Gen. of Conn, in Converse and Allied Families, p. 821, also Conn. Men In
the Revolution.
* Rice: Worcester Co. Warnings. Salmon is not mentioned among the children of Jonathan
warned in 1767. His birth record has not been found. It is quite probable that he was not born
until after leaving Killingly, but his service in the Revolution would seem to indicate that he was
born earlier than 1767. * Charlton church records. 'U. S. Census, 1790.
* Converse: Converse and Allied Families, p. 816. When Col. Converse published his work in
1905, it was thought Capt. Jonathan Bixby (1861), of Nobletown, was identical with Jonathan
(1346). » Killingly Deeds, 7: 30.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 125
trict, Mass., in 1765, then calling himself of Killingly, tanner. 1
On the 6 Jan., 1767, Charlton was allowed to caution against
Jonathan Bixby, his wife Elizabeth, and their children, Samuel,
Jacob, Martha, Jonathan, Eliza, and Amasa, all late of Killingly; 2
and that same year, on 12 May, Jonathan Bixby of Charlton
purchased of Benjamin Cady, Jr., of Killingly, 100 acres in Chester-
field, it being lot 54 of the old Hingham property. 3 In 1776 and
in 1778 the town of Charlton, in town meeting, refused to abate
the tax of Jonathan Bixby. 4 It appears that he had served in
the army in 1776, probably with the guards about Boston, for under
date of 28 Nov., 1776, a pay abstract of Capt. Benjamin Rich-
ardson's company, in Col. Dyke's regiment, contains a credit to
Jonathan Bixby of Charlton for three days travel to Dorchester
Heights. 5 This record undoubtedly refers to Jonathan (1346)
as his son Jonathan, who had a long service record, does not mention
this service as performed by him. In Nov., 1780, Jonathan, as of
Dudley, bought land with a dwelling house upon it, situated in
the middle of that town, of Benjamin Edmunds. 1 He was of
Oxford in 1786 and also in 1802, and in these later deeds styles
himself both cordwainer and yeoman.
There is a tradition among descendants of Jonathan Bixby
that he had eleven sons in the Revolutionary army, of whom nine
survived the war and married. He is known to have had ten
children, and this myth of the eleven sons probably points to the
fact that there was an eleventh child. It is impossible that he
could have had eleven or even nine sons in the army. Samuel,
Jacob, Jonathan, and Solomon, the four eldest sons, were in the
army, and it is quite probable that Amasa may have served in
the militia upon the occasion of some alarm, and this may be true
of the two younger sons. Although the Revolutionary rolls are
in some measure defective, it is not likely that all three of the
younger sons could have performed service, and failed to get their
names on the rolls of some organization, unless they responded to
some passing alarm, all in the same command, the service of which
1 Worcester Deeds.
2 Rice: Worcester Co. Warnings. Salmon is not mentioned among the children of Jonathan
warned in 1767. His birth record has not been found. It is quite probable that he was not born
until after leaving Killingly, but his service in the Revolution would seem to indicate that he was
born earlier than 1767. * Hampden Co., Mass., Deeds, 9: 641.
4 Charlton town records. t Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
126 BIXBY GENEALOGY
was of such a trifling character that no return was made to the
State. Family tradition, although often accurate, and always of
importance, is frequently vague and prone to exaggeration. 1
Concerning the family of Jonathan Bixby, the Rev. Amasa
Converse said, "My mother Elizabeth Bixby (13465) was a native
of Woodstock, Conn., born in 1760, and died in 1850, aged 90
years. Of her family little is known to me, except that she had
brothers, Samuel, Jacob and Jonathan, who were Revolutionary
soldiers, and Amasa, Walter and Willard. She had two sisters,
Martha and Chloe. The latter was living in 1871, at the age of
100 years, in the state of Vermont."
1347
IV. Sampson Bixby {Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 3 March,
1731, at Sutton, Mass.; died in 1789 or earlier, perhaps 1785, at
Barre, Mass. His widow had administration on his estate, 7
March, 1789. 2 He married 1 Dec, 1761, at Barre, Mary Bullard,
daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Bullard, and a descendant of
Benjamin Bullard of Watertown. She may have died 2 April, 1793.
Children, born at Barre:
1- 1 Sarah, married David Smith; (2) Jonathan Walker.
2- 2 Samuel, born 1764; married Sarah Smith.
3- 3 Rufus, born 11 July, 1768; baptized 14 Aug., 1768; 3 married Lois Wood-
ward.
4 Mary, baptized 11 Aug., 1771; unmarried in April, 1799. 4
5- 5 Salmon, born 9, baptized 21 May, 1775; married Betsy Richards.
6- 6 Jonathan, born n July, 1779; married Abigail Nurse; (2) Submit Kings-
ley.
7- 7 Patty, born 28 June, 1782; married Timothy Nurse.
Sampson Bixby on the death of his father became a ward of
Benjamin Bixby (132) of Killingly. 2 He is not known to have ever
lived in Killingly. The Bixby Ms. records his death 2 April, 1793,
and that of his wife in 1785. As his estate was administered
upon by his wife in 1789, it is probable that the dates of their
respective deaths became transposed in copying some record.
1 Converse: Converse and Allied Families, p. 816. When Col. Converse published his work in
1905, it was thought Capt. Jonathan Bixby (1861), of Nobletown, was identical with Jonathan
(1346). 2 Worcester Probate. 3 Barre Vital Records.
« Mary Bixby, widow, David Smith, Polly Bixby, spinster, all of Barre; Samuel Bixby of Hub-
bardston, Rufus Bixby and Salmon Bixby, sell 3/7 of 17 acres in Barre, part of estate of Samson
Bixby, deceased, 18 April, 1799- {Worcester Deeds, 166: 436.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 127
The family record of C. M. Bixby (13436.4K2), of Tacoma, Wash.,
gives Sampson's death as occurring "about 1790." In October,
1793, the heirs of Sampson join in receipting for their portions
to Rufus (13473), and on 1 April, 1793, Jonathan chose Samuel
Bullard of Barre his guardian. Bullard was also the guardian of
Patty. These facts indicate that the mother died that year.
The heirs receipting were David and Sarah Smith, Samuel Bixby,
Polly Bixby, and Samuel Bixby as guardian for three heirs (viz.:
Salmon, Jonathan and Patty). CM. Bixby gives a Polly among
the children, and it would appear that Mary was so known, which
would preclude her having married Abraham Sterns of Warwick,
28 May, 1788.
The records of the regiment commanded by Col. Chandler,
raised to reenforce the army at Lake George, show that "Samson
Bigsby" of Worcester enlisted 24 Sept., and served until 14 Oct.,
1756, in company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Flagg, as centi-
nel. 1 He also served in the Revolution, family tradition states,
as a musician. His official record given in the Massachusetts
compilation of the Revolutionary Rolls is as follows: "Bixbe,
Samson, Barre, Capt. Benjamin Nye's company, Col. Nathan
Sparhawk's regiment, enlisted 21 Aug., 1777; discharged 25 Aug.,
1777; service 10 days: marched to reenforce the army at Benning-
ton under command of Gen. Stark." Other service credited to
Sampson of Barre, evidently pertains to Sampson Bixby of Sutton.
1348
IV. Solomon Bixby (Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 3 March,
1731, at Sutton, Mass.; died probably at Worcester between 1800
and 1807; married 3 April, 1755, at Worcester, 2 Esther Clark,
who died probably in 1778 or 1779. 3 He married, second, prior to
1792, Mary, who survived him.
Children, except the two youngest, born at Barre: 4
1 Esther, born 21 May, 1756. She is said to have been the first white
child born in the town of Barre. Probably died unmarried in the
lifetime of her father.
2 Sarah, born 21 Sept., 1757; died 4 Dec, 1758. 4
■Mass. Archives, 95: 11. ! Worcester marriages.
* She was living in 1773. as that year she joins in a deed with her husband.
4 Barre Vital Records.
11
128 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 Solomon, born 7 Jan., 1760. A Solomon Bixby, residence not given,
enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Abijah Burbank, in Col.
Jacob Davis' regiment, and marched 30 July, 1780. In this company
of militia was also a Samuel Bixby, probably No. 13472. They
were discharged 8 Aug., 1780, and Solomon received credit for 12 j
days' service. 1 Solomon Bixby (13483) probably died unmarried in
the lifetime of his father.
4 Lydia, born 10 Feb., 1762. There is no evidence of her marriage, and
she was not living in 1807.
5 Asa, born 17 April, 1764. His will, dated 28 June, 1786, was allowed
2 Oct., 1787. 2 Timothy Hastings was executor. The testator men-
tions his wife Mary, to whom he left land in Orange which his father
Solomon Bixby gave him. Also brother Joel Bixby. He married
24 Feb., 1787, at Barre, Mary Hasten.
6 Betty, born 29 July, 1766; married 21 Feb., 1786, at Ward, Mass., Isaac
Pratt of Ward (now Auburn). 3 They were living at Vernon, Vt., in 1807.
7- 7 Joel, born 15 Nov., 1768; married Sally Moore.
8- 8 Kate, born 14 Oct., 1771 ; married Nathaniel Stowell.
9 Molly, baptized 1 Oct., 1775, at Worcester; died prior to 1807, unmarried.
j-10 Hadassah, baptized 2 Aug., 1778, at Worcester; married Jonas Rice.
She was known as Esther. 4
Solomon Bixby settled in Rutland District, which later was
incorporated as Barre. In 1773 he sold 61 acres there for £300,
and his wife Esther joined in the deed. On 29 April, 1779, he sold
land in Worcester, describing himself as of Worcester, but no wife
appears. As his two youngest children had been baptized in
Worcester, the youngest in Aug., 1778, it is probable that his wife
Esther died in 1778 or 1779. In April, 1791, he appears as selling
land in Brookfield, and in this deed his wife Mary joins. That
same year he deeded half a farm in Worcester to Joel Bixby. There
are later deeds, the last being of date of 1 Jan., 1803, and in all
but the last his wife Mary appears.
Worcester town records show that he was somewhat active in
town affairs. He was one of the highway surveyors; frequently
on committees concerning the schools; and in 1786 appears to have
sympathized with the movement which culminated in Shays'
Rebellion.
There has been some doubt whether Solomon (1348) or his son
of the same name was the husband of Mary, who in 1794 relin-
o,uished her right of dower in the Hutchinson homestead. 5 This
1 Mass. Rev. Rolls. 2 Worcester Probate. s Auburn Vital Records, also Worcester.
4 Worcester Deeds, 202: 623. In this deed the wife of Jonas Rice is described as Hadassah
or Esther Rice.
6 In 1789, Solomon Bixby sued Lot Hutchinson for trespass, said Hutchinson having mortgaged
his land and buildings to Bixby for £69, but failed to meet the note when due. (Suffolk files
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 129
doubt could probably be dispelled by a careful study of the deeds
granted by various members of this family. There is no settle-
ment of the estate of either Solomon in the probate records; but
in 1807 Mary Bixby, widow, Joel Bixby, Nathaniel and Katy
Stowell, all of Worcester, Jonas and Esther Rice of Worcester,
Isaac and Betsy Pratt of Vernon, Vt., heirs at law and only heirs
at law of Solomon Bixby late of Worcester, deceased, quitclaim
all right in his estate in Worcester or elsewhere. The following
month the same parties, except Mary, join in a deed to Daniel
Haywood, 2d, and his wife Sally, of 200 acres in Stratton, Vt.,
which had been conveyed to Solomon Bixby by Sampson Bixby. 1
Isaac Pratt, the husband of Betsy Bixby, was a Revolutionary
soldier, and after the Revolution removed to Guilford, Vt. 2
1351
IV. Daniel Bixby (George, Benjamin, Joseph), born 17 Feb.,
1719, at Salem Village (Danvers), Mass.; died 22 Sept., 1775, 3 at
Topsfield, Mass.; married 17 Nov., 1741, at Topsfield, Ruth Gould,
born 8 March, 1718-9, died 14 Sept., 1808, 3 at Topsfield, daughter
of Joseph Gould.
Children, born at Topsfield:
1 Elizabeth, born 18 Jan., 1743-4; died 18 Sept., 1776, unmarried.
2- 2 Ruth, born 30 Sept., 1745; married Ephraim Towne, Jr.
3 Mary Ann, born 10 April, 1747; died 4 Sept., 1834, at Topsfield; 3 married
there 9 Nov., 1797, Daniel Perkins, "son of John and Elizabeth Perkins,"
who died of old age, 18 Oct., 1824, aged 75 years, 11 months.
4 Daniel, born 20 April, 1751; died s.p. 5 Jan., 1825; married 2 May,i776,
Ruth Prince, 4 born 28 July, 1751, died 3 June, 1834, daughter of Dr.
Jonathan and Mary (Porter) Prince of Danvers. His will of I Nov.,
181 1, names wife Ruth, sisters Ruth Towne and Mary Perkins, niece
Ruth Wells, daughter of sister Ruth, and heirs at law of nephew Daniel
Towne.
Daniel Bixby, Sr., and Daniel Bixby, Jr., father and son,
were members of the militia company commanded by Capt. Joseph
Gould, Col. John Baker's regiment, which marched on the alarm
of the 19 April, 1775, and joined the patriot forces assailing the
15S.694.) As Mary Bixby releases her right in this estate in 1794. it is clear she was the wife of
the elder Solomon; nor does this act indicates that she had any other interest in the Hutchinson
property than as wife of Solomon Bixby.
■Worcester Deeds, 203:623, In this deed the wife of Jonas Rice is described as Hadassah or
Esther Rice.
2 Information of Mrs. L. C Heely, N. Y. City. » Topsfield Vital Records.
4 For a brief genealogy of the Prince family see Essex Institute Hist. Col., 27: 171.
130 BIXBY GENEALOGY
British retreating from Concord. The elder Daniel received credit
for three days' service, and the younger for five days' service. 1
Daniel Bixby, Jr., was executor of his grandfather George Bixby's
(135) will allowed in 1780. On the 26 March, 1777, he made a
settlement with his mother and sisters by which he kept his father's
homestead, his mother retaining rights of residence in the eastern
end of the house. 2 He bought land in Topsfield in 1788, and at
the time of his death was in possession of a comfortable estate
out of which he gave his farm to the church. The farm, although
long since sold, and the proceeds, about $5,500, invested as a church
fund, is still known as the "Donation Farm."
Daniel Bixby, Jr., was prominent in church affairs and became
a deacon.
1352
IV. Elizabeth Bixby {George, Benjamin, Joseph), born 16
Aug., 1722, at Salem Village (Danvers), Mass.; died probably
14 Dec, 1807; 3 married 27 Oct., 1743, at Topsfield, 4 John Perkins,
probably son of John and Mary (Esty) Perkins of Topsfield, and,
if so, born 19 Feb., 1719-20. 5 He died at Topsfield, 17 Dec, 1795,
aged seventy four years, 4 leaving a will dated 1 Dec, 1794, pro-
bated 5 Jan., 1796, in which he names wife Elizabeth, daughter
Mary, wife of William Conant, and her son John Conant, unmarried
daughter Elizabeth Perkins, and son Daniel Perkins. He gave
his entire estate to the last named, subject to the provisions of
the will. 6 He is called John Perkins, third, on Topsfield records
until the death of his father in 1750.
Children, born at Topsfield: 4
1 Elizabeth Perkins, baptized 26 Aug., 1744.
2 John Perkins, baptized 8 Feb., 1746-7; died 15 Dec, 1747.
3 Daniel Perkins, baptized 13 Nov., 1748; married Mary Bixby (13513).
4 Mary Perkins, 7 baptized 3 Feb., 1751; died 28 Nov., 1834, "aged eighty
1 Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls.
* Essex Deeds, 135: 18. In May, 1751. George Bixby (135) granted to his son Daniel (1351)
one half his house, barn, cider-mill, etc., 17 acres pasture in Boxford bought of Eleazer Lake,
also 20 acres on the northwest side of the road from the river bridge to Middleton, being the same
he had purchased of Israel Towne in 1740. (Essex Deeds, 95: 262.)
* Topsfield Vital Records. Elizabeth Perkins, widow, died 14 Dec, 1807, aged eighty six
years. * Topsfield Vital Records.
6 Perkins Genealogy, II, 15, where nothing further is found concerning him.
8 Essex Probate, 364: 268.
7 After the death of John Perkins, 22 June, 1750, his son was probably styled "junior;" hitherto he
had been called "third." During the period John Perkins, third, is so styled, John Perkins who
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 131
five years," at Ipswich; 1 married (intention 13 March, 1768) William
Conant, Jr., born 3 Sept., 1747, at Ipswich, died 8 May, 1826.
Children:
1. John Conant, born 1770; died young.
2. William Conant, born n July, 1772.
3. Daniel Conant, born 11 Jan., 1774.
4. John Conant, born Aug., 1776.
5. Joseph Conant, born 4 June, 1782 (or 1790?). 2
5 John Perkins, baptized 28 Nov., 1756; died 17 April, 1788.
1353
IV. Benjamin Bixby {George, Benjamin, Joseph), born 13 Nov.,
1724, at Salem Village (Danvers), Mass.; died 13 Feb., 1790, at
Salem, N. H.; married 20 March, 1745-6, at Topsfield, Anne
Bradstreet, 3 born there 23 Nov., 1724, died 10 Nov., 1808, at
Warren, N. H., daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Clark) Bradstreet.
Children, born at Topsfield: 3
1- 1 Benjamin, born 2 Jan., 1747-8; baptized 4 Jan., 1747-8, "son of Benja-
min"; married Peggy Peabody.
2 An Infant, died 6 March, 1748 (1 748-9).*
3 Anne, born 9 July, 1751.
4 Sarah, born 20 May, 1753.
5- 5 Dudley, born 25 Feb., 1756; married Elizabeth Pingry.
6 Enos, born 4 June, 1758; died 4 Sept., 1758.
7 Asa born 22 Nov., 1759; "died in the army." His military record is
as follows: enlisted 5 Dec, 1776, and served three months, eleven days
in company commanded by Capt. Samuel McConnell, and his name
also appears in a list of men raised by Col. Daniel Moor out of his
regiment on requisition of 19 Dec, 1776. Col. Daniel Gilman com-
manded the regiment in which he served. Enlisted out of Col. Bart-
lett's regiment of militia in 1777, probably the same enlistment entered
as April, 1777, for three years. As of Salem, he was mustered 6 May,
1777, m Capt. Robertson's company, Col. Nathan Hale's regiment.
His name appears in the roll of the third company in Col. George Reid's
regiment, in list of men who served in 1777, 1778, 1779. 6
had wife Jemima was called John Perkins, Jr. This latter John died 7 Feb., 1780. There are re-
corded the baptisms of the following children to John Perkins, Jr., after 1750 (of whom there is
little doubt Mary was that Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth, as her age at death agrees ap-
proximately with her baptismal record), viz.: Mary, baptized 3 Feb., 1751, and John, baptized 28
Nov., 1756 (perhaps the John Perkins, Jr., who died 17 April, 1788, aged thirty one years).
John Perkins, the father of John Perkins, third, was son of Elisha (Thomas, John). John Perkins,
Jr., was son of Timothy (Thomas, John). As there were two distinct families of this name in
Topsfield, and many bearing the name John, there is difficulty in identification. John Perkins
of Ipswich was born at Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England, and there married Judith, daughter of
Michael Gater. and emigrated in 163 1 to New England. See Notes on Perkins Families In
England (1894).
1 Ipswich Vital Records. 2 Conant Genealogy, p. 234- • Topsfield Vital Records.
4 The death of this child is found on the church records, as "the youngest child" of Benjamin
Md A 00 - 6 N. H. Rev. Rolls.
132 BIXBY GENEALOGY
8- 8 George, born 7 May, 1762, "on Friday, about nine in the morning";
married Sarah Annis.
9- 9 Rachel, born 18 Oct., 1764; married William Huse Stevens; (2)
Murray.
Benjamin Bixby lived at Topsfield, Mass., and Salem, N. H.
There is extant a book, described on the title page as a "small
Book of Accounts." On the cover is written, "Benjamin Bixby,
His Book, bought in the year 1736-7." A portion of the book is
used for a family record. In it he wrote, "June 9, 1772 I removed
from Topsfield to Salem in Hamshier with my wife and five chil-
dren Anne, Sarah, Asa, George and Rachel. Leaving two sons
behind Benja and Dudley."
On the 4 May, 1751, George Bixby granted land to his son Daniel;
and also to his son Benjamin, as his share of his estate, one half
of fifty seven acres he had purchased of Jacob Redington in 1750,
with buildings upon it, except the schoolhouse. 1 And 14 May,
1772, George and Benjamin Bixby, both of Topsfield, sell to Samuel
Cummings of Topsfield, for £469, an estate in Topsfield. Sarah
and Anne Bixby, wives of George and Benjamin, join in the deed,
which is witnessed by Daniel Bixby, Sr., and Daniel Bixby, Jr. 2
In 1768 Benjamin purchased land in Monadnock No. 1 (now Rindge,
N. H.), but sold out the following year. 3 He may have entertained
the thought of removing there.
Mrs. Anne (Bradstreet) Bixby is buried at Warren, N. H. Her
grave and those of her son George, with his wife Sarah, and their
children, who died in youth, are marked by a tall marble stone
erected by Joseph Bixby, son of George Bixby. She was a descend-
ant of Gov. Thomas Dudley and of Gov. Simon Bradstreet. Gov-
ernor Dudley, who was born in England in 1576, and who died
31 July, 1653, was deputy-governor of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony thirteen years, and governor four years. He was one of
Winthrop's company, sailing with him on the Arbella in 1630,
accompanied by his wife, Dorothy Yorke, 4 and their chil-
1 Essex Deeds, 95: 263. 2 Ibid., 132: 153. 3 New Hampshire Deeds.
4 The parentage and ancestry of Gov. Thomas Dudley has long been a subject of investigation and
speculation. Cotton Mather described the governor as the "only son of captain Roger Dudley,"
who had been slain in the wars. Although at one time it was supposed that this statement of
Mather was inaccurate, it has since been fully confirmed, through the investigations of Miss Mary
K. Talcott. The late Henry F. Waters discovered the parentage of Dorothy Yorke, and the clues
obtained by him have been followed by Miss Talcott with much success.
Gov. Dudley was the son of Roger Dudley by his wife Susanna, the daughter of Thomas Thorne
or Dome and Mary Purefoy. The connection of Roger Dudley with the important family of
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 133
dren. 1 His daughter Anne, born about 1612, became wife of Simon
Bradstreet, who was one of the wisest of the Massachusetts Bay
governors. She died 16 Sept., 1672, leaving a reputation as a woman
of unusual literary powers. She was the first poetess of New Eng-
land, and the publication of her poems earned for her the title of the
"tenth Muse lately sprung up in America. " John, the fourth son of
Gov. Simon and Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, married, 22 July, 1652,
at Andover, Sarah, daughter of Rev. William Perkins, and their
son Samuel Bradstreet, born 4 Aug., 1699, at Andover, married
Sarah Clark, by whom he had: Anne, born 23 Oct., 1724, married
Benjamin Bixby; Sarah born 4 Feb., 1726-7; Samuel, born 8 May,
1729 (whose death is recorded by Benjamin Bixby as follows:
"Brother Samuel Bradstreet, died July 7, 1777 in the 49th year
of his age"); Elijah, born 8 Aug., 1731; Eunice, born 15 April,
1733; Asa, born 20 April, 1736.
1354
IV. Sarah Bixby {George, Benjamin, Joseph), born 2 Feb.,
1726-7, at Salem Village, (Danvers) Mass.; died 19 Feb., 1815,
at Rockingham, Vt.; married 30 Nov., 1749, at Topsfield, Mass., 2
Daniel Lake, born 22 June, 1726, at Topsfield, baptized 6 July,
1729, died 26 Sept., 1810, at Rockingham, son of Eliezer and Lydia
(Ford) Lake. 3
Children: 4
1 George Lake, born 7 Nov., 1750. Named in his grandfather George Bixby 's
will.
Dudley, to which belonged John, Duke of Northumberland, and Robert, Earl of Leicester, is
still somewhat of a mystery. That the connection existed is hardly to be doubted, taking into
consideration the many circumstances attending Gov. Thomas Dudley's education and employ-
ment prior to his migration to New England. He was baptized 12 Oct., 1576, at Yardley Hastings,
Northamptonshire, and died 31 July, 1653. His wife Dorothy died 27 Dec, 1643, at Roxbury.
Her father, Edmond Yorke of Cotton End, Northamptonshire, in his will, dated 18 Nov., 1614,
names his three grandchildren, Samuel Dudley, Abigail Greene, and Anne Dudley. This latter
was the poetess, who in one of her poems claims kinship with Sir Philip Sidney. The Yorkes
were apparently of excellent lineage. See Waters' Gleanings, 1 : 665 ; N. E. Historical Genealogical
Register, Oct., 1912; Browning: Americans of Royal Descent (latest editions).
1 Colonial Papers, British State Papers, p. 112. * Topsfield Vital Records.
* Eliezer Lake was son of Henry and Priscilla (Wiles) Lake, and was born 9 July, 1686, at Tops-
field. Eliezer Lake married (2) 12 Jan., 1743-4, Mary Bixby (ri-6). Children of Eliezer and
Lydia (Ford) Lake: Abigail, born 14 Aug., 1719. Daniel, born 22 June, 1726, baptized 6 July.
1729; married Sarah Bixby (1354). Eliezer, born 12 Sept., 1724; married 2 April, 174s, Sarah
Perkins. Lydia, born 4 Nov., 1709, baptized Aug., 1717. Priscilla, born 11 Oct., 1715, baptized
Aug., 1717; married 3 Sept., 1733, Amos Robinson of Lunenburg.
* The record of this family was received from Mrs. Mary E. Guthrie of Byfield, Mass. The
first seven children appear in the Topsfield Vital Records.
134 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2 Daniel Lake, born 24 Jan., 1754; married Hepsibeth Cutter.
3 Enos Lake, born 26 Oct., 1756, at Topsfield; died 5 Aug., 1841, at Rindgei
N. H.; married there 14 Dec, 1777, Prudence Page, born 9 March, 1760*
at Groton, Mass., died 16 Sept., 1794, at Rindge, daughter of Joseph and
Abigail (Shedd) Page. He married (2) Abigail Hudson.
Children, all by first marriage:
1. Prudence Lake, born 24 Oct., 1778: died 19 July, 1853, at Newburyport,
Mass.; married Hezekiah Crane.
2. Enos Lake, born 29 Oct., 1779; died 27 Sept., 1844, at Boxford, Mass.
3. David Lake, born 30 Sept., 1781. 1
4. Mehitable Lake, born 9 Nov., 1783; died 27 April, 1800.
5. Abigail Lake, born 23 Feb., 1787; died 28 March, 1835, at Topsfield;
married 25 May, 1809, Daniel Towne.
6. Sewall Lake, born 26 Dec, 1788; died 27 Aug., 1862, at Bucksport,
Me.; married 19 June, 181 1, Hannah Peabody.
7. Cynthia Lake, born 21 Aug., 1790; married Elijah S. Hill.
8. Rebekah Lake, born 14 Aug., 1792; died 14 March, 1894, at Newport
Centre, Vt.; married 24 Oct., 1813, at Springfield, Vt., Stephen Blan-
chard. Children: Sarah Lake Blanchard, born 14 Aug., 18 14; married
Edmund Hardy. Jonathan Enos Blanchard, born 26 Dec, 1816;
died 3 Dec, 1827. Silas Robinson Blanchard, born 29 May, 1819;
married Olive Collins. Mary Abigail Blanchard, born 28 June,
1824; married 25 Nov., 1846, John Colburn. 2 Cynthia Elizabeth
Blanchard, born 4 May, 1826; married George L. Brown; (2) John
Farnham. Jonathan Enos Blanchard, born 20 Sept., 1827; died 7
Aug., 1830. Eleanor Lovette Blanchard, born 18 July, 1830; married
Welby Hammond; (2) Hubbard Grey.
9. Silas Lake, born 30 Aug., 1794; died 15 Sept., 1873; married Phebe
Batchelder.
10. Sally Lake, twin with Silas, died March, 1853; married Ezra Rob-
inson; (2) Jonathan Wood; (3) Amos Stearns; (4) 19 May, 1842,
Josiah Hartwell.
4 Henry Lake, born 19 Sept., 1759; married Prudence.
5 Jonathan Lake, born 18 March, 1761, at Topsfield; died 20 May, 1846,
at Springfield, Vt.; 3 married 8 March, 1786, Hannah Hale, born 10 June,
1769, at Jaffrey, N. H., died 17 Oct., 1834, at Springfield, Vt., daughter
of Col. Enoch and Abigail (Stanley) Hale of Rindge and Walpole, N. H.;
married (2) Lucy (Hale) Wetherbee, born 29 April, 1766, died 24 Dec,
1857, a sister of his first wife and widow of Hezekiah Wetherbee of Grafton,
Vt.
Jonathan Lake enlisted in the Revolutionary army at the age of 17 years,
and served until 1781. He was a farmer; a resident of Rindge, N. H.,
and of Chester and Springfield, Vt.
Children:
1. Daniel Lake, born 19 Aug., 1786; died 28 May, 1849; married Sarah
Beard.
2. Nathan Lake, born 20 July, 1788; died 26 March, 1857; married Sarah
Fletcher.
3. Jonathan Lake, born 24 Aug., 1790; died 5 Aug., 1863; married Charlotte
Litchfield.
4. Sherburne Lake, born 31 May, 1792; died 7 July, 1795.
5. William Lake, born 28 Aug., 1794; died 21 June, 1804.
1 Said to have died 16 Sept., 1794. and to have married Anna Gould.
1 Child: Mary E. Colburn, married 28 Dec, 1881, Thomas Guthrie.
« Howell: Descendants of Thomas Hale of Watton, Eng., and Newbury, Mass., p. 315-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 135
6. Sherburne Lake, born 7 July, 1797; died 30 Nov., 1868; married Abigail
Beard.
7. Enoch Lake, born 7 Aug., 1799; married Charlotte Brackett.
8. Hannah Lake, born 21 March, 1802; married Leonard Walker.
9. William Lake, born 30 June, 1806; died I Sept., 1831.
10. Elizabeth Lake, born 3 Aug., 1808; married Jacob Garland; (2) Daniel
Latham Holbrook; (3) Daniel Magoon.
6 Nathan Lake, born 17 Aug., 1764; drowned in Bay of Biscay, 18 July, 1792.
7 Sarah Lake, born 17 March, 1767, baptized 22 March, 1767.
8 Mary B. Lake, born 20 Feb., 1770; died 8 Aug., 1784.
The Revolutionary record of this family is interesting. Daniel
Lake, his sons, Daniel, Henry, Jonathan, and Enos, were all Rev-
olutionary soldiers. Enos was a survivor of the Battle of Bunker
Hill and as such participated in the dedication of Bunker Hill
monument in 1825. He was a pensioner.
1362
IV. Amos Bixby {Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 13 Nov.,
1722, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 4 Aug., 181 1, at Thompson, Conn.;
married 18 Jan., 1750, * at Thompson, Elizabeth Sabin who died
11 July, 1806.
Children, born at Thompson: l
I Mary, born 17 Oct., 1750; married 18 Jan., 1776, Levi Thompson, and
had descendants living in 1798, at which time she was deceased.
2- 2 David, baptized 18 Feb., 1753; married Sally or Katherine Aldrich.
3- 3 Asa, baptizedji3 April, 1755; married Ruth.
4- 4 Elizabeth, baptized 15 April, 1759; married 21 April, 1785, 1 David Grow.
5- 5 Darius, born 4 Sept., 1761 ; baptized 1 Nov., 1761 ; married Rachel Smith.
6 Richard, baptized 17 April, 1765; died s.p., prior to 1798.
Amos Bixby made his will 22 Sept., 1798. It was allowed
3 Sept., 181 1. He named his wife Elizabeth, heirs of deceased
daughter Mary Thompson, and of son Asa Bixby, other children,
Elizabeth Grow, David Bixby, Darius Bixby. 2 Moses Bixby
(138M), executor of the estate, sold certain real estate to Noadiah
Bixby (13653.1). There is no distribution of the estate on file.
In 1737 six men, one of whom was Amos Bixby, asked for a
new road to go to meeting. 3 Amos (1362) was then in his sixteenth
year, but as eldest son may have signed the petition. 3 At a town
meeting held 22 Nov. 1764, Amos Bixby, Capt. Converse, and
Richard Blosse were chosen tythingmen. 4
1 Thompson church records. 8 Larned: History of Windham County.
• Pomfret Probate. * Killingly town records
136 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1363
IV. Abijah Bixby {Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 8 Sept.,
1725, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 24 May, 1785, at Stafford, Conn., 1
and his widow Anna had administration on his estate 4 July,
1785. 2 He married 23 Jan., 1752, 3 at Thompson, Conn., Anna 4
Corbin, who died 3 Nov., 1786, 1 at Stafford. Appraisal of her
estate was made 12 Feb., 1787, 2 when an order was made for
distribution of their father's estate to eldest son of Rogers Bixby,
and to daughters: Abigail wife of Samuel Blodgett, Martha late
wife of John Gardner, deceased, Esther wife of James Moore,
Alice wife of Joseph Moore, Desire Bixby, and Anna wife of Nathan
Wood.
Children:
1- 1 Abigail, born 25 Sept., 1752, baptized 22 Nov., 1752; 3 married Samuel
Blodgett.
2- 2 Anna, born 20 Aug., 1756, "in Stafford"; 5 married Nathan Wood. She
is probably the Anna Bixby, Jr., who was admitted to communion
with the Stafford Church, 23 March, 1777. 6
3 Martha, baptized 1 Oct., 1758; 3 married 4 Jan., 1781, 1 John Gardner
of Monson, Mass., who died prior to 4 May, 1789. 2
4 Keziah, born 1760; died 24 Dec, 1776, aged sixteen years, one and one
half months. 6
5- 5 Esther, baptized 23 Jan., 1763; 3 married James Moore.
6 An infant, died 22 Aug., 1769, aged a few hours. 8
7 An infant, died 9 July, 1770, aged a few hours. 6
8- 8 Rogers, born 5 Nov., 1772; x baptized 7 Nov., 1772; 6 married Lucy Fitz-
gerald.
9 A daughter, died Feb., 1788, "aged about thirteen years." 6
10 Desire, born 27 Jan., 1777; x baptized 3 March, 1777. 6
K-i 1 Alice, 2 married Joseph Moore.
Abijah Bixby sold part of the farm on which he lived in Killingly,
Conn., 2 Aug., 1755, to Samuel Watson. He had sold in the pre-
ceding year sixty acres of meadow to Archelaus Towne, and in
1756 sold four acres more to Towne. Ann Bixby, probably his
1 Stafford town records.
2 Stafford Probate, 3: 81, 148, 334. The inventory of Abijah's estate disclosed £104.
3 Thompson church records.
4 It is said that the Stafford church records record her death as ' 'Martha, relict of Mr. Abijah
Bixby." If so, it was a clerical error, as the probate records describe his widow as Anna. Anna,
wife of Abijah Bixby, was admitted to the church at Thompson, Conn., 1760. North Stafford
church records note the death of Mrs. Abigail Bixby, 8 Sept., 1817, "aged ninety nine years." She
is yet to be identified.
5 Bixby Ms. 8 Stafford church records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 137
wife, witnesses the last mentioned deed, as well as a deed to Solo-
mon Bixby of three acres, 13 April, I76i. x
He removed to Tolland, Conn., but 8 April, 1769, as of that
place, purchased for £72, forty nine and one half acres in Stafford,
on which was a house and barn, bounding on land of Samuel Green. 2
In 1785, only ten days before his death, he purchased seventeen
and three quarters acres in Stafford.
He was admitted a freeman of Stafford, 16 Sept., 1777, and that
day took the oath of fidelity appointed by the state. 3
1365
IV. Nathan Bixby {Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 18 Aug.,
1730, at Topsfield, Mass.; died probably early in 1807; married
21 April, 1755, at Thompson, Conn., Mary Burrell, 4 at which
time he was styled "junior." He married, second, 16 Jan., 1784,
widow Hannah Marsh. 4
Children, born at Thompson:
I- 1 Jemima, born 2 May, 1756; married Robert Prince.
2 Mary, born 27 Dec, 1758; married Hiram Cady, and removed to South
Corinth, N. Y.
3- 3 Jesse, born 27 Dec, 1758; baptized 21 Jan., 1759; 4 married Sybil Johnson.
4 Aaron, baptized 1 June, 1760; 4 died young.
5- 5 Aaron, born 23 or 24 Dec, 1761; baptized 31 Jan., 1762; married Mary
Prince.
6 Molly, (Sally), born 4 Aug., baptized 12 Aug., 1764, 4 married 2 Sept.*
1784, James Tourtellott. 4 They moved to Greenfield, N. Y., between
1795 and 1799, conveying their effects in an ox-team. Children, ten
in number.
7- 7 Joshua, born 6 April, baptized 12 April, 1767; 4 married Sally Tourtelott
Nathan Bixby served sixteen days in the company commanded
by Capt. Carpenter, in 1757, being credited to Woodstock. 5 Admin-
istration was granted on his estate to his son Jesse Bixby, 7 April,
1807, 6 and an inventory was filed the same day.
1 Killingly Deeds, 6: 16, 68; 131, 8: 22. 2 Stafford Deeds, 4: 66; 7: 6, 156.
3 Stafford town records.
! Thompson church records. The birth of Aaron, baptized 1760, is not found on town records,
where also the years of birth of Jesse and Joshua are given one year later than the church record,
and Molly is recorded as Sally. Mary Burrel, wife of Nathan Bixby, may have been daughter of
John and Hannah Burrill who removed to Killingly from Gloucester, Mass. The second wife of
Nathan, according to a record sent by Mr. Coley, was Hannah Martin, but the church record has
been followed in the text.
5 French War Rolls, printed in Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll. 8: 242. Carpenter's company was not exclu-
sively of Woodstock, and it is not probable that Nathan Bixby at that time was of Woodstock.
• Pomfret Probate.
138 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1366
IV. Solomon Bixby (Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 26 Oct.,
1732, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 29 Jan., 1813, at Stafford, Conn.;
married 7 April, 1754, x at Thompson, Conn., Abigail Newell,
who died 22 Dec., 1816, aged 86 years, at Stafford.
Children, three youngest born at Sturbridge, Mass.: 2
1- 1 Anna, born 14 Nov., 1754, at Killingly, Conn.; married Isaac Clark.
2- 2 Ichabod, born 9 Jan., 1757, at Killingly; married Lydia Orcutt.
3 Abigail, baptized 12 Oct., 1760,^ Thompson; died in infancy.
4- 4 Abigail, baptized 1 Nov., 1761, 1 at Thompson; married William Patten-
5- 5 Solomon, baptized 6 May, 1764, 1 at Thompson; married Lucy Clarke.
6 Sarah, born 27 June, 1766.
7 Abijah, born 26 Jan., 1768; died without issue, prior to 1832, leaving a
widow Sarah. He was admitted a freeman of Stafford in 1797. 3 He
was an inn holder in Shutesbury, Mass., 1803-1808 {Records of Court of
General Sessions at Northfield), and lived in South Brimfield when he
bought a farm of 95 acres in Shutesbury in 1802, which he sold Feb.,
1810. In that year his wife was Sarah. In these deeds he is described
as a wheelwright. {Deeds, 16: 595; 27: 514.) He removed to Herkimer
Co., N. Y., as early as 1814, and resided in Warren in 1825. 4
8 Nathan, born 22 April, 1770.
Solomon Bixby of Sturbridge, 5 purchased of John Pike lot 16
first division in Sturbridge, in 1767. This lot was owned by Isaac
Newell of Lebanon, Conn., who lived in Thompson Parish, Killingly,
when he purchased the lot (1742). When it passed from Newell
to Pike is not of record, but in 1760 it was still owned by Newell,
who also held lot 11 adjoining, and on which his sister Sarah,
wife of Aaron Martin, settled. In 1773 Solomon Bixby exchanged
this property with another Isaac Newell, son of Isaac Newell,
the first town clerk of Sturbridge. The deed mentions buildings
on the land, and it is probable that Bixby had erected a dwelling.
This house remained in the Newell family during four generations.
The farm taken by Solomon Bixby in exchange was situated near
the outlet of Walker Pond, and the old cellar hole was lately to
be seen showing where the house had stood.
In 1776 Solomon Bixby and wife Abigail sold land in Sturbridge,
1 Thompson church records.
a Sturbridge, Mass., Vital Records. According to the town clerk, Abijah was born 26 June,
and Nathan 27 April.
8 Stafford records. * Letter of clerk of Herkimer Co., N. V.
'Solomon Bixby of Worcester purchased land in Rutland, of Enos Heffron, in 1755, and addi-
tional land there of Joseph Clarke in 1758.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY i 39
and four years later, 10 April, 1780, were admitted to the church
at Stafford. Solomon Bixby was made freeman of Stafford in
1780. x
4 June, 1 78 1, Solomon Bixby and Benjamin Ellis protest against
the election of the captain of the train band or company; it appears
that they were the sole objectors. 2 In 1784 Silas Blodgett sold
to Ichabod Bixby 12 acres between the meeting-house green and
land of Solomon Bixby on the north.
In 1793 Solomon sold to Abijah his farm in West Stafford where
Solomon lived near the meeting-house. In 1797 he sells 15 acres to
Abijah, this time describing him as his son and of Stafford. 3 He
was an original member of the church formerly the Second Church
of Christ at Stafford.
The inscription on his tombstone there reads, "In memory of
Mr. Solomon Bixby, who died Jan. 29, 1813. He was a firm sup-
porter of the Christian religion and a friend of his country and of
mankind."
His son Ichabod was admitted a freeman, 17 April, 1782 l He
bought of Silas Blagget a farm of 75 acres in the Second or West
Parish, north of the meeting-house, 26 Nov., 1774, he being de-
scribed as of Sturbridge, Mass. 3
I38J
IV. Jacob Bixby (Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 29 Nov.,
1758, at Thompson, Conn.; died there 1 Feb., 1806; married 11
May, 1779, Eunice Leavens, born 3 Aug., 1759, at Thompson,
died there 25 Aug., 1842; « daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Johnson) Leavens. 5 She was a descendant of John Leavens of
Roxbury in 1632. Administration on the estate of Jacob Bixby
was granted to his son Samuel; and the widow's dower was set off
3 Feb., 1807. After payment of debts, there remained practically
nothing for the children.^ Jacob Bixby was drafted into Capt.
Green's company soon after his marriage, but his place was taken
by his brother Moses Bixby (q. v.).
! f^t T Z C0T ? S - ' Conn - State Papers - Militia - 2nd ^es, 2812: 13.
'Stafford Deeds, 6: 158; 7: 208, 704; 5: 186.
* Information of Albert J. Bixby (138J8-5), North Dana, Mass.
« Miss Ellen D. Lamed of Thompson, Conn., to whom for much help in the collection of sta-
tistics regarding the Windham County families, thanks is due.
8 Pomfret Probate.
140 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, born at Thompson:
I- i Samuel, born n June, 1780; married Almira Bates.
2 Uzziel, born 22 June, 1786; died 2 June 1795.
3 Erastus, born 8 June, 1789; died 7 June, 1795.
4- 4 Johnson, born 25 April, 1793; married Orinda Graves.
5- 5 Alice, born 25 Sept., 1796 or 21 Sept., 1797; married Ariel Converse.
6 A Son, twin with Alice, died unnamed.
7- 7 Uzziel, born 5 May, 1801; married Naomi Howland.
8- 8 Erastus, twin with Uzziel; married Susan Durfey.
I38L
IV. Daniel Bixby (Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 25 Sept.,
1762, at Thompson, Conn.; died 6 Nov., 1829, at Townshend, Vt.,
killed by a fall in a barn; 1 married 30 Oct., 1783, at Thompson, 2
Sarah Towne, baptized 1761, 3 daughter of Archelaus and Sarah
(Brown) Towne (1392).
Daniel Bixby removed to Guilford, Vt., in 1788, and later to
Townshend, where he was deacon in the church.
Children:
1- 1 Archelaus, born 21 Dec, 1784, 1 at Thompson; married Parmelia Blandin;
(2) Susan Dunton.
2 Sally, baptized 29 April, 1787, at Thompson; 2 married Isaac Wellman 4
Removed to Wyoming Co., N. Y. Descendants are living.
3- 3 John, born 5 Feb., 1788, at Townshend, 6 baptized 7 May, 1789, at Thomp-
son; 2 married Rebecca Wellman.
4 Nancy, married Eliphalet Skinner. They settled at Wyoming Co., N. Y.
5 Lydia, married Samuel Frost of Boston. They settled in Wyoming Co.,
N. Y.
6 Daniel.
7 Hannah, married 18 Jan., 1825, Silas M. Flagg of Heath. 1
138M
IV. Moses Bixby (Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 18 April,
1765, at Thompson, Conn.; died there 22 June, 1835; married 3
Jan., 1788, at Thompson, Mary Greene, born 23 Jan., 1768,
at Quaddick in Thompson, died 24 June, 1852, daughter of Capt.
John and Abilene (Guile) Greene.
1 Information of Judson Bixby Derry (138LI.2-2), Putney, Vt.
5 Thompson church records.
8 Information of Miss Ellen D. Larned of Thompson, Conn.
♦For origin of the Wellman family, see Joshua Hewes, A New England Pioneer, etc., by Eben
Putnam, Appendix. 5 Bixby Ms., but it is probable that he was born at Thompson.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 141
Children, born at Thompson:
1- 1 Lemuel, born 17 Aug., 1794; ' married Lois Rhodes.
2- 2 Halsey, born 14 Feb., 1801; married Esther Tyler; (2) Phebe Green.
Moses Bixby was for many years a deacon in the Congregational
church at Thompson. Aaron Bixby (13654) was also deacon.
The latter was chosen in 1805, and served for twenty five years.
"The contemporary services of these kinsmen, deacons Aaron
and Moses Bixby, with their appropriate names, made a deep
impression upon the youth of the period. Their venerable appear-
ance was enhanced by the elongation of what was known as the
'Bixby nose,' which suggested the familiar couplet.
'Says Aaron to Moses, let's cut off our noses,
Says Moses to Aaron, 'tis the custom to wear 'em.'
The rhyme certainly originated in Thompson, Conn." 2
Moses and Aaron Bixby, although of different generations were
nearly of the same age. Jacob Bixby married the second time
twelve years after the loss of his first wife and children by her and
reared a family in his old age who were contemporaries with his
nephews and nieces.
Moses Bixby suffered financial reverse in 1829 and removed to
Webster, Mass., where he lived as late as 1832, when he applied
for a pension on account of his Revolutionary war services. From
his declaration we learn that he was born in Thompson in 1765,
as recorded in his mother's bible, then in his possession, and always
lived in Thompson until removal to Webster in 1830.
His first service in the army was as substitute for his brother
Jacob, who had been drafted to serve in the company commanded
by Capt. John Green, in June, 1779, "before the hard winter."
He enlisted for eight months, and was mustered at Windham by
Major or Col. Ripley, and was marched to the North River oppo-
site West Point, to a place called "Robinson Patten," and there
joined the company commanded by Capt. John Buell in Durkee's
or Bradley's regiment.
Thence the command proceeded to Bearskin Ridge, five miles
beyond Morristown, and helped build barracks. While at Bearskin
Ridge the army was short of provisions. Bixby was in the 4th
1 Samuel Bixby reported baptized 28 Sept., 1794, is evidently a misreading for Lemuel.
2 Larned: History of Windham Co., Conn.
I4 2 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Connecticut regiment. He was discharged 15 Jan., 1780, and
reached home on the 28th. Crossing at Kingsbridge Ferry he
froze his feet, which caused him much suffering, and made him
lame.
In Sept., 1 78 1, the British captured Fort Griswold at Groton
and that week Bixby was drafted into Capt. Benjamin Cargill's
company in Col. McClellan's regiment. He served one month
as a private at Groton, working in and about the fort, helping
repair it. He saw the blood on the ground shed at the massacre
of the defenders. He also served one month at Tower Hill, and
at Greenwich, R. I., in a company of militia commanded by Capt.
Peter Keith, of which Elihu Lawrence was lieutenant, in Major
Cady's command, and was dismissed at Tower Hill.
In his second declaration made in 1833, still a resident of Web-
ster, he states he had resided in Connecticut until within eight
years past, and was 68 years of age, and that when he was in camp
at Morristown he saw Gen. Washington and his guard. When as
a recruit he marched from Windham to North River, there were
two deserters from the army taken along.
His discharge from the army, dated 16 Jan., 1780, is filed with
the papers in the case at the Pension office.
The Comptroller of Connecticut certified that Moses Bixby
served in the 4th Conn. Regt., commanded by Col. Durkee, from
16 Aug. to 15 Jan., 1780, and that he was one of the eight months'
men and was from Killingly. His service is also credited as 4
months (129 days) in Bradley's regiment, and under Cargill and
Keith as claimed.
Zebedeck Buck of Thompson, aged 74 in 1833, deposed that
he was a soldier in the Revolution and was at Groton one month
after it was taken by the British, saw the blood there, and helped
repair the fort. He was shown the spot where Col. Ledyard was
killed. "Moses Bixby, now of Webster, was a soldier with me."
In a scuffle with Buck, Bixby "tore my rifle frock." He also saw
Bixby at Tower Hill. Daniel Whitmore was "our drummer, and
the boys traded a pistol and he fired it off and it knocked him
down, and it left him with a scar on his face as long as he lived."
He was allowed a pension. After his death, his widow Molly
applied for a pension, stating that her husband died 22 Jan., 1835,
and she had not remarried. Daniel Daw, the settled minister at
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 143
Thompson, supplied a certificate, to the effect that Moses Bixby
and Molly Green were married 3 Jan., 1788. Halsey Bixby, a
son, deposed in 1838 that he was 37 years old, that his father died
at his house 22 Jan., 1835, and that his mother had lived part of
the time since with him. Aaron Bixby of Thompson deposed in
1838 that he was 76 years of age, that Moses Bixby was his cousin,
a few years younger than himself, that he had always lived near
him, and, although never out with him as a soldier in the Revolu-
tion, he knew that Moses had served in the army.
The widow was allowed a pension, 1 and was living in Thompson
in 1848, aged 80 years. She signed her name Molly or Mary.
138N
IV. Samuel Bixby {Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5 May,
1767, at Thompson, Conn.; died 11 Oct., 1849; married 28 Feb.,
1788, at Thompson, Esther Elithorpe, born 21 Sept., 1765,
died 25 Sept., 1831, daughter of Nathaniel 2 and Jemima (Young-
love) Elithorpe. 3 Both the father and grandfather, Henry Eli-
thorpe, of Esther (Elithorpe) Bixby served in the French and
Indian Wars. 3 The family removed to Bridport, Vt., in 1794.
Children:
1 Phebe, born 23 May, 1789, at Thompson; died 6 Sept., 1872, at Bridport,
unmarried.
2- 2 Jacob, born 15 June, 1792, at Thompson; married Sophia Cooley.
3 Electa, born 20 March, 1796, at Bridport; died there 28 July, 1867,
unmarried.
4 Sally, born 8 Jan., 1801, at Bridport; died there, 18 Nov., 1 886 ; 4 married
1 Jan., 1845, at Bridport, Jason Converse, 4 born 28 June, 1807, died
21 May, 1880, son of Gardner and Polly (Sibley) Converse, and grandson
of Capt. Paine Converse, a Revolutionary soldier.
5- 5 Polly, born 24 May, 1802, at Bridport ; 4 married Chester Derby.
6- 6 Samuel, born 26 Dec, 1806, at Bridport ; 4 married Evilene Howe.
1380
IV. Younglove Bixby {Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5 Sept.,
1768, at Thompson, Conn.; died 6 April, 1836, at Reading, Vt.;
married 26 Dec, 1793, Rebecca Boyden, born 11 June, 1768,
died 2 Feb., 1837, at Reading.
1 In 1840, the Census of Pensioners records that she was living with Halsey Bixby, and was 7*
years of age. » Information of Miss Ellen D. Larned of Thompson, Conn.
1 Thompson church records. * Bridport, Vt., records.
12
144 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Younglove Bixby removed to Vermont, first settling at Guil-
ford. He purchased from James Perry in 1793 land in Reading,
being then called "of Guilford." 1
Children, born at Reading: 2
1- 1 Daniel, born 17 Dec, 1794; married Mary Pierce.
2- 2 Rebecca, born 28 Nov., 1796; married Jesse Briggs.
3 Jemima, born 28 Sept., 1798; died s.p.; married 12 March, 1838, Deacon
Andrew Pettigrew of Plymouth, Vt. She was his third wife.
4- 4 Asa, born 5 May, 1801; married Mary Tolles.
5 James, born 4 Dec, 1802; died 4 Oct., 1805.
6 Lucy, born 17 Oct., 1804; died 12 Aug., 1861, at Reading, unmarried.
7 Polly, born 20 March, 1807; died 13 Nov., 1825.
8- 8 James Arnold, born 17 March, 1809; married Betsy Martin; (2) Eliza*
beth (Weston) Ornice; (3) Susan T. (Dodge) Kenney.
9- 9 Younglove, born 2 March, 1812; married Melinda Hatch. He added
John to his name in 1851.
I38P
IV. Jemima Bixby (Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 30 April,
1772, at Thompson, Conn.; died 12 Jan., 1813, in Yates Co., N. Y.;
married 10 June, 1793, 3 at Thompson, Jasper Partridge, born
18 Oct., 1763, at Guilford, Vt., died 27 Oct., 1836, at Belfast,
Alleghany Co., N. Y., 4 son of Jasper and Mary (Rice) Partridge. 6
Jasper Partridge lived in Vermont and was a soldier in the Rev-
olution. He enlisted 9 April, 1781, and served nine months. He
removed to Fabius, N. Y., in 1806, and was one of the board of
trustees for the Baptist church organized there 21 Nov., 1806.
Thence he removed to Yates Co. About 1833 he moved to Bel-
fast, and settled on a farm a little out of the village. He was
short in stature, but very strong, especially in the arms.
He married, second, at Milo, N. Y., 1814 or 1815, Mrs. Martha
(Buchanan) Kipp. Children: Henry K. Partridge, born 13
Jan., 1817, and others who died in infancy.
1 Land records at Reading. Vt.
1 Reading town records. The Bixby Ms. gives the birth of Asa as I May. Reading records
were examined by Moses H. Bixby (12672.243) of Oleander, Calif.
* Thompson Church Records. A member of the family gives 17 Jan., 1793, as date of marriage.
4 Rice Genealogy. Mary Rice was a descendant of Edmund Rice, born 1594, who emigrated to
New England.
5 Information concerning this family was received from Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6),
Jasper R. Partridge (138P8-1), and Mary J. Van Doren (138P8-4). Dr. Partridge found the record
of his grandfather's family in his father's bible and also obtained information from papers filed in the
Revolutionary pension case of Jasper Partridge.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 145
Children, 1 born at Guilford, except the two youngest, who were born
at Fabius:
1 Betsy Partridge, born 7 Dec, 1793; died 12 July, 1807.
2- 2 Jonas Partridge, born 25 Nov., 1795; married Amelia E. Wilson.
3 Erastus Partridge, born 18 Sept., 1797; joined regular army and died
in the service.
4- 4 Lemuel Partridge, born 14 July, 1799; married Euphamia McQuin.
5- 5 Hannah Partridge, born 3 Nov., 1801; married William Gibbs.
6- 6 Mary Partridge, born 21 Aug., 1803; married Rev. Thomas Davis.
7- 7 David Partridge, born 22 Aug., 1805; married Laura Colton.
8- 8 Lewis Joy Partridge; married Jane Ross.
9- 9 Lucinda Partridge, born 4 March, 181 1; married John J. Crawford.
I38Q
IV. Hannah Bixby {Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 26 May,
1774, at Thompson; Conn.; died 13 Jan., 1822 ; 2 married 25 Dec,
1800, at Bridport, Vt., William Barber. 3
Child:
I Asa Barber, who married and had a son, William Barber, who in turn married
and has a daughter.
1721
IV. Gideon Bixby {Gideon, George, Joseph), born 15 June, 1752,
at Boxford, Mass.; died there 15 Feb., 1830; married there 18
July, 1780, 4 Sally Wood, born 27 Aug., 1757, at Boxford, 5 died
there 9 Oct., 1837, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Spofford) 6
Wood.
Children, born at Boxford: 4
1- 1 Rebecca (Becca), born 12 May, 1781; married Ancil Kimball.
2- 2 Sally, born 6 Dec, 1783; married Abraham T. Tilton.
information concerning this family was received from Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6),
Jasper R. Partridge (138P8-1), and Mary J. Van Doren (138P8-4). Dr. Partridge found the record
of his grandfather's family in his father's bible and also obtained information from papers filed
in the Revolutionary pension case of Jasper Partridge.
2 Or 1813, according to Jasper R. Partridge (138P8-1).
3 Jasper Ross Partridge (138P8-1) wrote in 1909: "I have heard father say that his mother and
sister Betsy and his aunt Hannah Barber all died within a week and were buried in an old cemetery
in Yates County, but we have no dates. William Barber succeeded his father as sexton and
undertaker in Geneva, for many years, and is probably dead. He had one child, a daughter,
but I have forgotten her husband's name, and I presume the family are all dead."
4 Boxford Vital Records.
6 Information of Mrs. H. G. Tilton (17212-2), Skowhegan, Me.
• Mrs. Tilton writes that the maiden name of Sarah, wife of Jonathan Wood, was Redlngton.
The Boxford record gives the marriage of Jonathan Wood and Mrs. Sarah Spofford, 24 Nov.,
1778, at Rowley; and the birth of Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Wood, 27 Aug., 1757-
146 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 David, born 20 April, 1786; died 19 Jan., 1849, at Boxford, unmarried.
He was an invalid most of his life. He purchased land in Rowley in
1826 and lived there. In 1839 he is styled of Georgetown, and was
living there in 1845. 1
4- 4 George, born 27 Dec, 1788; married Rachel White.
5- 5 Charles, born 19 Oct., 1793; married Hannah French.
6- 6 Samuel, born 13 April, 1799; married Eleanor E. Johnson.
Gideon Bixby was a farmer in Boxford. He inherited hi s
father's homestead. On the 21 April, 1774, he conveyed 108
acres with the buildings thereon to John Herrick. In this deed
his mother Rebecca Gould joined; 2 and the same day he bought
of Herrick a farm of 100 acres, with the stipulation that his mother
should have the same right of dower in this farm as she had had
in the farm sold to Herrick. The transaction was virtually an
exchange of the two homesteads. The house on the Bixby farm
which passed to Herrick, somewhat altered, was still standing
when Perley wrote his "Dwellings of Boxford."
The family tradition that Gideon Bixby was a soldier in the
Revolution is not sustained by official records. Jonathan Wood,
his father-in-law, was, however, a Revolutionary soldier.
1821
IV. Nathaniel Bixby {Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), baptized
Oct., 1736, at Boxford, Mass.; married Mary Stowers, "Jr.,"
their intention of marriage being recorded at Leicester, Mass.,
27 March, 1762. He was styled "of Sutton."
Children:
1 Samuel Stowers, born 2 July, 1763, at Oxford; 3 married 17 March,
1790, at Middleton, Polly Sessions. 4 He is enumerated in the Census
of 1790, his family consisting of self and wife, both living at Middleton;
and in the direct tax of 1798 he was described as still a resident and
land owner there.
2- 2 Elias, born 13 Aug., 1765, at Oxford. 3
3 Elizabeth Goodale, born 26 Sept., 1767, at Oxford. 3
4 Mary Newhall, born 2 Feb., 1770, at Worcester. 5
Nathaniel Bixby served for several campaigns in the last war
with France. His name appears on a pay abstract dated 30 May,
1 The name of David Bixley, probably an error for Bixby, appears as a private in company
commanded by Lt. Pritchard in Lt. Col. Page's regiment, which was stationed at Fort Warren,
in Boston Harbor, 13 Sept., to 7 Nov., 1814. (Mass. Militia in War of 1812.)
2 Essex Deeds, 148: 257; 132: 248. 4 Middleton Vital Records.
' Oxford Vital Records. 6 Worcester Births.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 147
1754, for billeting the company commanded by Capt. Humphrey
Hobbs from "their several homes to Charlestown Ferry." He
received credit for thirty miles travel from Boxford. 1 A further
record shows that he had enlisted, as centinel, in the above com-
pany, 31 May, and was discharged 22 Sept., 1754, and that he
served in Col. Winslow's regiment on the Eastern frontiers.
He again enlisted for the Crown Point Expedition in 1756, the
date of his "entering" being given 18 March, that of his enlistment
15 April. In the former case he is said to be a member of Capt.
Israel Davis' company, the roll being dated 17 Feb., 1757, and
the comment added "Came off without leave." But his enlist-
ment record shows that he was a volunteer from Capt. Perley's
militia company, in Col. Saltonstall's regiment, and was at Brad-
ford 24 July, 1756, being returned as in service by "1st captain"
Benjamin Millicken. He was probably assigned to Davis' com-
pany as he appears on the roll of that company as corporal, in a
return dated camp Fort William Henry 9 Aug., 1756, and noted
as having volunteered out of Col. Richard Saltonstall's regiment
from Boxford. Davis commanded a company in the regiment
commanded by Col. Bagley. In a roll dated 12 October, he is
noted as "sick at Albany." This corroborates the family tradition,
told by Perley in History of Boxford, that he was taken sick at
Ft. Edward and sent to hospital at Albany, where he was found
by his uncle Elias Bixby (186), then living at Sheffield. Although
he was almost beyond recovery, his uncle cared for him, took him
to his home at Sheffield, where, after a stay of five weeks, careful
nursing restored his health so that he was able to return to Box-
ford in October. His uncle accompanied him on the 160 mile
journey.
His name appears on the roll of a company of militia, probably
the train band, commanded by Capt. Francis Peabody, in Lt.
Col. John Osgood's regiment, 20 April, 1757, but he is not known
to have seen active service that year. He enlisted 12 April, 1760,
and served until 8 December in the company commanded by Capt.
Henry Young Brown, and was allowed 120 miles travel home.
Brown commanded a company in Col. Ruggles' regiment.
Probably he is also the Nathaniel Bixbee, aged 23 years, called
"of Haverhill," who enlisted for the invasion of Canada, 6 April,
1 Mass. Archives, French War Rolls, Vols. 93. 94. 97, 98.
I4 8 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1759, in Lt. Col. John Osgood's regiment. He is also thought to
be that Nathaniel Bixby called of Leicester, housewright, who
sued John Symonds of Holden to recover £12 due on a note dated
14 April, 1760. He obtained judgment. 1
?l822
IV. Elizabeth Bixby (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), baptized
April, 1738, at Boxford, Mass.; died 19 Feb., 1832, aged 94 years; 2
married 17 June, 1760, at Boxford, 3 Elias Johnson, son of Daniel
and Susanna (Bixby) Johnson (1891), born 28 Feb., I734~5» died
25 Oct., 181 1, aged 77 years. 2 He was a deacon in the Haverhill
church. 4
Children, born at Haverhill, 3 Mass:
1 Rachel Johnson, born 23 May, 1761.
2 Elizabeth Johnson, born 18 Aug., 1764.
3 Olive Johnson, born 29 Sept., 1767.
4 Daniel Johnson, baptized 3 Sept., 1769.
5 Ruth Johnson, born 2 Sept., 1770.
6 Daniel Johnson, born 4 July, 1774-
1824
IV. Huldah Bixby (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), baptized
Oct., 1740, at Boxford, Mass.; died 13 Jan., 1823, at Temple,
N. H.; married 28 Dec, 1764, Asa Stiles, of Middleton, born
3 Nov.', 1741, died 19 April, 1808, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Sarah
(How) Stiles. Mrs. Huldah (Bixby) Stiles was dismissed from
the church in Boxford to the church in Middleton, 29 Aug., 1773.
About 1779 the family removed to that part of Wilton, N. H.,
now in Temple. 5
Children, except the eldest, born at Middleton: 5
1 Asa Stiles, born 17 Nov., 1765, at Boxford; died 10 Feb., 1832 at
Wilton He was a farmer, merchant and blacksmith. He married 22 May,
I7Q2, his cousin Betsey Stiles, who died 27 Aug., 1800, daughter of Abner
Stiles He married (2) Mrs. Abigail (Harwood) Carson, who died 4 May,
i82i;'(3) 18 Nov., 1822, Polly (Dascomb) Stiles, who died 26 Feb., 1849.
1. Asa e Stiles, born 27 April, I794I died 2 Oct., 1874; married 2 Dec, 1819,
Polly Tapley; (2) Mrs. Lucinda B. Holt; (3) Mrs. Betsey Farwell.
1 Court of Common Pleas for Worcester Co., 1760. ' Haverhill Vital Records.
• Inscription on gravestone. Haverhill. * Chase: History of Haverhill.
5 Stiles Genealogy, p. 83, 106, etc.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 149
2. Betsey Stiles, born 17 April, 1798; died 13 April, 1883; married David
Blood of Mason, N. H.
3. Polly Stiles, born 7 June, 1800; married Royal Blood of Mason.
By second marriage:
4. Nancy Stiles, born 25 Nov., 1803; married Gilbert Tapley of Milford,
N. H.
5. Abigail Stiles, born 1805; married Ebenezer Davidson. They removed
to Connecticut.
6. Sarah Stiles, born 1806; married Reuben Daniels of Woodstock, Vt.
2 Ebenezer Stiles, born 28 Aug., 1769; died at Temple, 1835; married Pru-
dence Child, born 30 Aug., 1769, died 5 Sept., 1805, daughter of Moses
and Sarah (Stiles) Child of Temple. He married (2) Sarah Putnam.
Children:
1. Timothy Stiles, born 1797; married Nancy Parkman.
2. Susannah Stiles, married Ira Hadley.
By second marriage:
3. Willard Stiles, born 1806; married Eliza Gould.
4. Sarah Stiles, born 10 June, 1809; married Abbott of Milford.
3 Huldah Stiles, born 28 Dec, 1772; married 5 March, 1795, Joseph Kidder
of Temple.
Children, besides two who died in infancy:
1. Fanny Kidder, born 7 Oct., 1799; died 22 Jan., 1881, unmarried.
2. Edna Kidder, born 25 Oct., 1801; died 17 June, 1877, unmarried.
3. Asa Kidder, born 27 Sept., 1803; died 26 Sept., 1880; married 25 Aug.,
1833, at Gaines, N. Y., Maria Burbank.
4. Washington Kidder, born 14 July, 1806; died 21 Sept., 1806.
5. Jefferson Kidder, born 14 July, 1806; married 13 Dec, 1840, Maria
Knight of Westminster.
6. Nelson Kidder, born 14 May, 1809; married, 1838, Lucy B. Barnes.
7. Olive Kidder, born 16 Feb., 1814; married 19 April, 1832, Dr. David
Wiley, who died 30 Jan., 1871.
4 Olive Stiles, born 6 Aug., 1776; died 1851, unmarried.
5 Fanny Stiles, born 30 March, 1778; died 24 May, 1866, at Wilton; married
17 June, 1800, Oliver Whiting, born 5 Jan., 1778, at Temple, died 2 Aug.,
1849. He was seventh in descent from Rev. Samuel Whiting, first minister
of Lynn, Mass.
Children:
1. Oliver Whiting, born 21 Feb., 1801; died 29 June, 1803.
2. Fanny Whiting, born 17 March, 1807; died 17 July, 1830; married 5
June, 1828, Ephraim Whiting Blood of Temple.
3. David Whiting, born 26 Aug., 1810; died 1882; married Emma Spaulding.
4. Martha Whiting, born 7 Aug., 1812; died 1 May, 1813.
5. Hannah Whiting, born 12 June, 1814; married John Bragg of Wilton.
6. Sarah Whiting, born 3 April, 1816; married 2 Aug., 1841, Jonathan
Parkhurst.
6 David Stiles, born 22 Dec, 1779; died at Wilton, June, 1870; married Eliza-
beth Mack of Londonderry, N. H., who died Feb., 1872, aged about 95
years. He was much engaged in land surveying, settling estates, and
business of a justice of the peace. He also taught school.
Children:
1. Eliza Jane Stiles, born 1808, at Temple; died Oct., 1868; married James
S. Mace of Amherst, N. H.
2. David Stiles, born 11 Feb., 181 1; killed by a railroad train at Lyndeboro,
N. H., 1 Jan., 1881; married, 1839, Maria Goodrich, who died 31
Dec, 1884. They settled at Mount Vernon, N. H.
3. Frances Stiles, born July, 1813, resided at Wilton; unmarried.
150 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1829
IV. Aphia 1 (also Affee and Affa) 2 Bixby {Jonathan, Jonathan,
Joseph), born 16 March, 1750-1, at Boxford, Mass. ; l died 16 March,
1829, "aged 83 years," 2 at Bernardston, Mass.; married 3 26 Feb.,
1771, John Powers of Salem, Mass., 1 a baker, born at Charles-
town, Mass., died 12 Jan., 1826, at the age of 82, son of John and
Sarah (Eveleth) Powers. They lived in Boston, Quincy, Milton,
Braintree, Middleton, Greenfield and Bernardston, Mass.
Children: i
1 John Powers, living in Weston, Mass., 1863.
2 Abigail Powers, married William Reed.
3 Daniel Eveleth Powers, married 26 Feb., 1797, in Boston, Mary Bull;
(2) Deborah Crocker. They lived in Boston.
4- 4 Sarah Powers, born 26 Aug., 1779; married John Williams.
5 Joseph Powers, died unmarried.
6- 6 Joanna Powers, born 3 Feb., 1785, at Quincy, Mass.; married Samuel
Gray; (2) William Evans.
7 Edward Epps Powers, born 24 Nov., 1793, at Lancaster, Mass.; died
12 June, 1855, in Chicago, 111., unmarried. He was apprenticed to
learn the trade of saddler and harness maker. In early life he removed
to Georgia and started in mercantile life, in which at Clinton and Co-
lumbus, he achieved financial success. During his life he not only gave
generously, but at his death left $10,000, to endow an educational
institution at Bernardston, now called the Powers Institute, and a
like memorial to the Female Orphan Asylum at Columbus. He had
a summer residence in Bernardston, and is buried there.
Affa (Bixby) Powers is the only member of the first four
generations of the Bixby family whose likeness it has been possible
to obtain for the purpose of inserting in this genealogy. Opposite
is shown the reproduction 5 of a silhouette. On the back of the
original is written "Affa Bixbee Powers, aged 80, Nov. 8, 1827."
182K
IV. Ruth Bixby (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born 15 Aug.,
1754, at Boxford, Mass.; died 15 July, 1783, at Middleton, Mass.,
aged twenty eight years; 6 married 14 March, 1780, at Middleton,
1 Boxford, Mass., Vital Records.
2 Information of Theodore Gray (18296-54), who spells the name Affa Bixbee.
8 She was unmarried in July, 1769. Session Record, July, 1770, at Salem, Mass., where the
name is spelled Apphia.
4 Information of Alfred W. Lucas (18294-62) and Theodore Gray (18296-54), with additions
from Kellogg's History of Bernardston, Mass.
6 Through the courtesy of Theodore Gray (18296-54).
8 Gravestone at Middleton; see Middleton Vital Records.
AFFA (BIXBYj POWERS (1829)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 151
Nehemiah Fuller, born 25 Oct., 1750, 1 died 24 March, 1785,
aged 34 years, son of Ephraim and Mary (Putnam) Fuller of
Middleton. 2
Child :
1 Nehemiah Fuller, born 22 Sept., 1780, 1 at Middleton; died there 30 March,
1806, aged twenty five years.
182L
IV. David Bixby (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born 6 Sept.,
1757, at Boxford, Mass.; died 18 Dec, 1838, at Piermont, N. H.; 3
married 26 April, 1790, at Pepperrill, 3 Mass., Nancy Pecker, 4
born 1770, 3 living, 1848, aged 78 years. 3
Children, born at Piermont: 5
1- 1 Jeremiah, born 13 Aug., 1791; married Eliza Sinclair.
2- 2 David, born 9 Aug., 1793; married Lydia Barber.
3- 3 Nancy, born 1 May, 1795; married Roswell Farnham.
4- 4 Ruth, born 20 Aug., 1797; married Roswell Farnham.
5- 5 Harriet, born 17 April, 1802; married Nathaniel Kimball.
6- 6 John M., 6 born 22 Feb., 1803; married Elizabeth Fifield.
7 Mary Ann, born 22 Sept., 1807; died 2 May, 1883; married David Clark,
who was born June, 1808, and died 21 Aug., 1861, aged 53 years, two
months.
David Bixby was a resident of Middleton, Mass., at the com-
mencement of the Revolution. He enlisted in Jan., 1775, in a
company of Minute Men, and was in the battle of Lexington,
19 April, 1775. He enlisted 4 May, 1775, in a company commanded
by Capt. Asa Prince, Col. Mansfield's regiment, for eight months
and served until the expiration of his term of enlistment. 7 He
received a bounty coat order, 21 Dec, 1775. 8 In 1776 he enlisted
for a tour of duty in Rhode Island, and marched to Bristol, R. I.
1 Middleton Vital Records.
2 Fuller Genealogy, by J. F. Fuller, where his birth appears as 5 Oct.
' Papers in pension case, U. S. Pension Bureau. The death of David Bixby is not of record at
Piermont.
'"Parker" in Pepperrell records, but in the pension papers, while the name is Parker in one
or more instances, she styles herself as Nancy Pecker. Family tradition asserts her to have been
the daughter of John Pecker of Haverhill, a prominent citizen and physician there, for whom
Pecker street, Haverhill, is named. Dr. Pecker was twice married and had twenty children. A
daughter Anna was baptized 16 June, 1765.
6 The births of the four eldest children are found on Piermont records.
• He is variously styled John Minard and John Minott. His marriage record and his signature
in 1848, as a witness in papers in pension case of mother, reads John M.
7 Papers in pension case, U. S. Pension Bureau.
8 Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
152 BIXBY GENEALOGY
His service under this enlistment was for two months, 1 but is not
of record on the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls. He again
enlisted, 25 Aug., 1777, and was discharged, 30 Nov., 1777, 2 near
Kingsbridge, N. Y. He was a corporal in company commanded
by Capt. Samuel Flint, Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment. 2 In his
declaration when applying for a pension, 16 Aug., 1832, he stated
that he served three months in Flint's company, marched to Still-
water, and was at the taking of Burgoyne, and that his captain,
lieutenant, and a large number of the company were killed at
Bemis Heights, 17 October. His command marched from Sara-
toga down the North (Hudson) river to Kingsbridge. The Massa-
chusetts rolls show he was allowed mileage from Scarsdale, N. Y.,
home. He again enlisted, I Sept., 1778, for two months, in a com-
pany commanded by Capt. Woodbury in Col. Thorndike's regi-
ment, and marched to Rhode Island, where he participated in the
campaign under Gen. Sullivan, and was "with Gen. Sullivan in
battle and during the retreat from the island. " He was discharged
at Patuckett. 1 He next shipped as ordinary seaman on the ship
Franklin, 3 Capt. John Turner, his name appearing on a descriptive
list of the crew dated 2 Dec, 1780, 2 where he is described as aged
21 years, light complexion, a resident of Salem. The cruise of
this vessel began 8 Aug., 1780. His own declaration of service
states he entered the service in April, 1781, undoubtedly a lapse
of memory as to the year; was captured with a prize of the Franklin,
and was held a prisoner for 17 months, 11 months of which were
spent in Mill Prison in England. He was finally exchanged "for
Lord Cornwallis' men," and returned to Boston in 1782. 1 Accord-
ing to his own statement he was in fourteen battles on
the ocean and in the battle of Bunker Hill. 1 Family tradition
avers that he was quite successful in his first privateering cruise,
his share of the prize money being considerable, but on a second
1 Papers in pension case, U. S. Pension Bureau.
2 Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
3 The ship Franklin was owned by Nathan Goodale of Salem, merchant. His bond applying
for a letter of marque was on file with the Secretary of State for Massachusetts in 1849, as certified
to by William Tufts, deputy, in the pension case cited. The Franklin was to be commanded by
John Turner, Jr., and was a private ship of war. The name of David Bixby appeared on a roll
of the ship's company dated 6 Aug., 1780. In June and in Dec, 1781, Congress granted letters
of marque to the ship Franklin of Salem, owned by George and Andrew Cabot and Bartholomew
Putnam. The Franklin was then described as mounting 18 guns and carrying a crew of 100 men.
(Naval Records of the Revolution, published by Library of Congress.) The Franklin was captured
1 May, 1781 (N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 19: 211).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 153
cruise was taken prisoner and suffered great privations in Mill
Prison near Dartmouth. At the time of his capture his ship was
near a home port, but was overhauled by a British frigate.
David Bixby dated his pension application at Piermont, N. H.,
16 Aug., 1832. He gave his age as 75 years, stating he had a
record of his birth made by his father, and that he had lived in
Piermont for thirty-seven years. He received a pension of $50
per annum, dating from 4 March, 1831. An affidavit filed with
his application, given by Jonathan Sheldon of Danville, Vt., who
was aged 77 years in 1832, states that Sheldon enlisted 1 Sept.,
1777, in Capt. Flint's company, for three months, and served in
the same company as Bixby, who was a resident of Middleton.
Sheldon lived in Danvers. "Bixby and nearly all the company
marched, as nearly as I can recollect, three or four days before
I did. I joined the company at Stillwater. Bixby was in the
engagement which took place shortly before Burgoyne's surrender.
He was a good and faithful soldier." After the surrender the
company marched to White Plains, thence Bixby returned home.
Upon his return from England, Bixby appears to have lived
two or three years in Middleton. In 1784 he joined with his brother
Jonathan in conveying lands in Middleton, and in 1786 he and
Jonathan, both of Haverhill, sell to John Upton, 44 acres, on which
their house and barn stood, and other land, in all about 100 acres
in Middleton. 1 He may have lived a brief period at Pepperrell,
but in 1794 bought land in Piermont, N. H., 2 whither, it would
seem, from the entries of birth of his elder children, he had gone
immediately after his marriage.
His widow, Nancy, applied for a pension, 8 May, 1839, declaring
that she was 69 years of age, that she had married David Bixby
19 April, 1790, and had not remarried since his death, 18 Dec,
1838. 3 When she was 78 years old she applied for an increase of
pension. John M. Bixby and his son John witnessed her
signature.
Piermont was settled prior to the Revolution, and is in the north-
western part of Grafton county, on the Connecticut river, just
south of Haverhill.
1 Essex Deeds, 142: 271; 134: 147. s Grafton Deeds, 19: 35-
3 Papers in pension case, U. S. Pension Bureau. The death of David Bixby is not of record at
Piermont.
i 5 4 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1861
IV. Jonathan Bixby l (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born probably
about 1730 at Fairfield, Conn.; died at Nobletown, Columbia
Co., N. Y., 20 Jan., 1812; 2 married 4 July, 1752, at Fairfield,
Martha Hull, 3 daughter of George Hull; He married, second,
May, 1798, at Nobletown, Elizabeth, 2 born 1762, living in Nov.,
1852, aged ninety years, at Addison, N. Y. 2
Children, four eldest born at Fairfield: 4
1- 1 Lydia, born 19 Feb., 1753; married Abel Whalen.
2- 2 Sarah, born 19 Feb., 1755; married Caleb Clark.
3 Daniel, born 15 May, 1757.
4 John, twin with Daniel.
5- 5 Aaron Hull, born probably in 1758; married Mercy Bagley.
6- 6 Nathaniel, born about 1760; married — — — ; (2) .
7~ 7 Andrews (Andreas), born about 1762; married Priscilla Cleveland.
8 Jonathan, born I764- 5
9- 9 Moses, born 1766; married Eva Schauermann.
Jonathan Bixbe was in Fairfield as late as 1766, when his name
appears on the account book of the Sterling Store at Wilton. Soon
after that date he probably joined his father in Nobletown, as he
was a member of the Claverack, N. Y., company, commanded by
Capt. Hogeboom, 1 May, 1767. 6 He served in the Revolution.
On the 20 Aug., 1852, Elizabeth Bixbe, his widow, then living in
Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y., made application for a pension.
She asserted she was married to Jonathan Bixby at Nobletown in
the county of Columbia, N. Y., and that the marriage ceremony
was performed by Eugene Birdsall on 1 May, 1798. She claimed
that Jonathan had been a captain in the Revolutionary war.
1 His name is variously spelled in different records. The spelling used in the text is that used
in the records from which the facts recorded were taken.
2 Widow's application for pension.
3 Fairfield records. She may have been sister of George Hull (186-5).
* Fairfield records. The children younger than Aaron Hull are presumptive. No direct record
or family evidence can be found to substantiate this arrangement, but such is the cumulative,
although circumstantial, evidence from many sources, that it seems certain they were children of
Jonathan (1861). No other group of families in this history has demanded the research this has
required.
6 In an undated roster of New York State troops, from internal evidences of later date than
May, 1778, it appears that there was a Jonathan Bixby, a private, in the company of Capt. Whitney,
being the sixth company in Van Ness' regiment, who undoubtedly is Jonathan (1861-8). Joshua
Whitney was in command of the sixth company in October and November, 1781, and was then
present at Saratoga with a detachment of his company. At the same time Lieut. Whalen was
detached with men from his company on the same service. (New York in the Revolution, 1 : 268: 9.)
6 Second Report of the State Historian.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 155
She filed with her application the commission issued to him by
"The Provincial Congress for the Colony of New York," dated
15 May, 1776. This commission is still on file at the Pension
Bureau, and shows that Jonathan Bigsby was made a captain of
the fifth company of foot in the ninth regiment of the county of
Albany, commanded by Col. Peter Van Ness. She further stated
that Jonathan died at Nobletown in New York, 20 Jan., 1812, and
that at the time of making her application she was ninety years
of age. 1
Joseph Orr of Addison testified he was sixty five years of age
and had known Jonathan Bixby who was a Revolutionary soldier,
and was acquainted with his wife, now his widow, and that they
were married at Nobletown in 1798, and had ever after lived as
man and wife. He had often heard Jonathan Bixby relate the
"acts and circumstances which took place while he was acting as
captain in the Revolutionary war and that he was called captain;
.... said Bixby was a man from five feet eight inches to five feet
ten inches in height, light complexioned, rather strong build; that
he attempted to get the record of their marriage, but has been
unable; that he has seen the entry thereof in the family bible
kept by the said Bixby, while in the possession of his son Aaron
Bixby, but has been unable to learn where said Aaron now resides. " l
The application was rejected for lack of evidence of Jonathan
Bixby 's marriage and death, and because the statements were
not according to the form prescribed by law. The case was still
pending 6 May, 1853. From New York State records it appears
that Jonathan Bixby was in command of the company mentioned
above on the 28 May, 1778, and that Abel Wheland was second
lieutenant of that company. This company was apparently at-
tached to the Second Claverack Battalion. Joseph Heath, who
had been first lieutenant, was promoted captain in place of Jonathan
Bixby, resigned, 6 Feb., 1779, and Wheland became first lieutenant.
There is a return endorsed "Nobletown, Nov ye 18 day 1776.
Return of Cap Bixby Company in the Continental Searvis," filed
with the Connecticut Revolutionary Rolls, 2 in which Capt. Jonathan
Bixby is credited with thirty one days' service, and Lieut. Abel
Wheatland with thirty days' service. Caleb Clark was also a
member of this company.
1 Papers, Pension Bureau. * Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 619-
i 5 6 BIXBY GENEALOGY
William C. Bixby (18616.434) of New York wrote in 1909, "my
father, Jonathan Bixby, had a relative, whom he thinks was his
uncle, who was an officer in the Revolution, and that his own uncle
Andrew was named after another uncle of his father, who was
called Andrus or Andrew."
Jonathan Bigsby of Hillsdale is the only one of that name, i. e.,
Jonathan, in the United States census of 1790. He was the head
of a family consisting of three males over sixteen years and two
females. The only other Bigsby or Bixby in Hillsdale was Moses
Bigsby.
1862
IV. Daniel Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born 1732, prob-
ably at Fairfield, Conn.; died prior to 1762; married, probably,
Deziah Herrick. Rev. Thomas P. Ege, compiler of the Dodson
Genealogy, has supplied the following information concerning
Deziah Herrick: "Deziah Herrick, wife of Elias Bixby, was born
1728 and died 18 Sept., 1804. She married, second, Nathan Beach,
and again, in her old age, Joseph Rhodes. Her small tombstone
in Beach Grove Cemetery, near Beach Haven, Penn., bears the
inscription 'Deziah Rhodes, mother of Nathan Beach, Jr., died
18 April, 1804.' Nathan Beach, Jr., her son, died in 1847, eighty
four years of age. He had been a most useful and prosperous
citizen, and had represented his county in the state legislature.
Nathan Beach, Sr., came to Luzerne Co. in 1769, from near
Hudson, N. Y. His wife, the widow Bixby, was the first white
woman to cross the Blue Mountains into Pennsylvania. I find
further that she had but one child by Nathan Beach, viz., Nathan
Beach, Jr., born July, 1763. Thomas Dodson married Mehitable
Bixby, April, 1778, and Jonas Dodson married Susannah Bixby,
also in 1778. Nathan Beach, Jr., had the following children:
Thomas, Josiah, Nathan, Hannah, Ann, Mary, Deziah. The last
named married Dr. Mason Crary, of Albany, N. Y., who settled
in Luzerne and was the father of Nathan Beach Crary, who is
now quite an old man." Mr. Crary died in February, 191 1. He was
of Shicksinny, Penn., and from him "and others" Mr. Ege obtained
what information he had concerning Deziah (Herrick-Bixby) Beach.
It is apparently through this same source that the tradition was
perpetuated, that Elias Bixby, the supposed husband of Deziah,
was a New England sea captain who was lost at sea.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 157
Children, born probably in Connecticut, or Columbia Co., N. Y., of
Deziah (Herrick) Bixby:
I Elias, killed 3 July, 1778, in the Wyoming massacre. The account books
of M. & J. Hollenback, merchants, at Wilkesbarre, show a charge against
Elias Bigsby, Jr., under date of 18 Oct., 1774, of sugar, deck of cards, and
mittens. Elias Bigsby, Sr., also had an account with the firm. Following
the entry against the younger Elias, is a charge against the notorious Queen
Esther, the Indian, whose ferocity at the time of the massacre led to her
killing, with her own hand, several of the Americans taken prisoner at
the battle. The knowledge that Elias Bixby was not married is based
on a statement made by Mary Ann Hollenback to her niece, Mrs. Welles,
the mother of Mr. Edward Welles of Wilkesbarre, to the effect that Elias
Bixby was a clerk in the store of the Hollenbacks and was engaged to marry
Mary Ann Hollenback, and that he was killed in the battle, his body being
identified by articles found on it, which were sent to her. This precludes
the idea that Bether Bixby, whose name appears on the list of losses, could
have been the widow of Elias. The following statement appears in a
record in possession of Mr. Welles. This statement was made by Nathan
Beach, Esq., 5 Sept., 1834, and was written down at that time by George
M. Hollenback, 1 son of Matthias Hollenback. "Matthias Hollenback
was ensign in Capt. Robert Durkee's company, 2d Regiment Penn. line;
was in the Jerseys at Elizabethtown, Monmouth, and afterward in the
Wyoming battle in 1778. Wyoming was at that time called Westmore-
land, attached to Litchfield Co., Conn. Elias Bixby was orderly sergeant
in the same company, and served at the battle of Long Island, and after-
ward taken prisoner at Fort Washington, was placed aboard the prison
ship Jersey, and was killed July 3, 1778, in the Wyoming Massacre. He
left one sister, married to Thomas Dodson, both since deceased, leaving
the following children: Elias, Nathan, Richard, Stephen, John Dodson.
It is said that all the names are registered in the War Office, and calcula-
tions made of the amounts due each officer or soldier. " Examination of the
rolls of soldiers in the American Revolution, preserved by the states of
Pennsylvania and Connecticut, fails to reveal the name of the above de-
scribed Elias Bixby. It is acknowledged that the rolls of the Wyoming
companies are incomplete. The name of Elias Bixby appears on the Wyo-
ming Monument. Administration on the estate of Elias Bixby was first
granted to Dodson, who filed an inventory taken in 1782 by Hugh
Fordsman and Abel Yarrington. The estate was represented worth £52,
including several small notes of hand. There is no record of Dodson's
appointment either at Wilkesbarre or at Sunbury. Nathan Cary was
appointed administrator, 10 Dec, 1788, and it is through the inventory
filed by him, dated 6 July, 1789, that the earlier administration is known.
Among the debts of the estate was a note to the administrator for $100,
dated 1 May, 1778, which remains on file, the signature to which proves
to be the same as that appended to the note 2 on the cover of the Hollenback
ledger, described under Elias (186). Cary, unable to realize on the person-
alty, obtained permission to sell lot No. 10 in Plymouth, which belonged
1 "John Hollenbach was my grand-father. His son, George M. Hollenbach, died without issue.
It was George M. Hollenbach who made the deposition regarding the Revolutionary service
quoted by Mr. Charles W. Bixby (13435.322) of Wilkes-Barre.
"Ellen Hollenbach, a sister of George M., married Charles Fisher Welles, the father of Ed-
ward Welles. She told Mr. Edward Welles of the battle and the finding of the relics on the
body of Elias Bixby. She was a niece of Mary Ann Hollenbach, who is said to have been en-
gaged to the said Elias BLxby. Mary Ann had been sent down the river with others upon the
first alarm. She married William Cherry of Virginia, and was remembered by her niece Ellen
(Hollenbach) Welles." {.Statement of Mr. Edward Welles, March, ion.)
'A facsimile is shown opposite page 158.
158 BIXBY GENEALOGY
to the deceased. This lot was sold 25 Dec, 1789, to John Nathan Wolley>
who resided upon it, but the conveyance was not made until 24 March,
1 79 1. In the papers of administration Elias Bixby is described as of Ply-
mouth. 1
2- 2 Mehitable, born 12 May, 1760; married Thomas Dodson.
3- 3 Susannah; married James Dodson.
Daniel Bixby was one of the witnesses to an indenture dated
21 April, 1 751, between the heirs of John Osburne of Fairfield. 2
There is no further mention of him on Fairfield records. He
probably accompanied his father to Noble town. He is undoubtedly
that Daniel Bixby who appears as sergeant in Capt. Phillip J.
Schuyler's company, in the regiment of N. Y. Provincial troops
commanded by Col. James De Lancey, serving from 14 June to
2 Dec, 1755. He also served as a private in a company commanded
by Capt. Peter Baine in 1760. He is reported enlisted 1 May,
1760, aged 28 years, born in Connecticut, tailor, five feet ten inches
in height, fair complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes; and as
having volunteered out of Hogeboom's company of militia. 3 Capt.
Johannis Hogeboom was captain of the militia company comprising
the men of Claverack, including the disputed territory of Nobletown.
In 1767 David and Jonathan Bixby, sons of Elias (186), were
members of that company. Ezekiel Herrick of Coventry, Conn.,
born at Preston in 1699, lived for a time in western Massachusetts,
and the seventh of his eight children, whose dates of birth are
not given in the Herrick Genealogy, was named Deziah. It is
thought probable that Daniel Bixby married this Deziah about
I 755> an d died in the army, or from disease contracted during his
service.
1863
IV. Molly Bixby {Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born about 1734,
probably at or near Fairfield, Conn.; married Thomas Roor-
back or Roorbagh of Linlithgo, N. Y.
Children* born at Claverack, N. Y., or Linlithgo:
1 Jurger Roorback, born 25 April, 1756, at Claverack.
2 Catalyntje Roorback, born 22 April, 1759, baptized at Linlithgo.
1 Records Orphans' Court, Wilkesbarre, Perm. The Hollenback ledgers are now in possession
of the Wyoming Hist, and Geol. Society. 2 Fairfield Land Records, X: 486.
3 Report of N. Y. State Historian, Vol. 2, p. 584, also Volume i.and Collections N. Y. Historical
Society, Vol. 24, p. 47.
4 The record of the eldest child was found at Claverack, in the Dutch Church records; the
others at Linlithgo. On the last named records, the name of the mother appears twice as Molly,
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3 Lena Roorback, born 7 Jan., 1761, baptized at Linlithgo.
4 Sara Roorback, born 20 Sept., 1768, baptized at Linlithgo.
1866
IV. Elinor Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born probably
about 1740; married 27 March, 1770, at Redding, Conn., Seth
Meeker, (both of Redding 1 ), born 1749, died 5 Feb., 1829, and is
buried at Umpawaug. 2 Seth Meeker probably married, second, 15
March, 1775, Millicent Davis. 3
Children, born at Redding: :
1 Benjamin Meeker, born 1 Feb., 1771.
2 Molly Meeker, born 19 Nov., 1773.
1868
IV. Ebenezer Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born at or near
Fairfield, Conn., probably in 1 744 ; 4 died 10 March, 1822, in his 78th
year, 5 at Hillsdale, N. Y.; married 1 Jan., 1767, at Norfield Parish,
Fairfield, 6 Mary Morehouse, who died 22 Dec, 1816, in her seven-
tieth year, at Hillsdale. 5
Children, born at Norfield Parish, now Weston, Conn.: 6
1- 1 Eleanor, baptized 17 Nov., 1768; married Joseph Morehouse.
2- 2 Alba, baptized 14 July, 1771 ; married Mary Sturgess.
Perhaps others. 7
Ebenezer Bixby probably accompanied his father to Noble-
town. He enlisted, 12 April, 1760, out of Staat's company of
once as Maria. At Claverack the father's name appears as Roorbagh. There are no gravestones
erected to any of this family in the cemetery, nor has any settlement of Thomas Roorback's
estate been found in the records of Albany or Columbia counties.
The Linlithgo records show the marriage of Mary Bixby to Coenralt Pickle, both of Livingston
Manor, 18 April, 1780. Also there is found the record of baptism of Elias, son of David and Mary
M. (Millard) Bigsby, 1777. The query arises, did the widow of David Bixby retire to Linlithgo
after the Wyoming Massacre?
1 Redding records.
1 Grumman: Revolutionary Soldiers of Redding, p. 148, where the date of marriage with Millicent
Davis is given 14 March.
» Children of Seth and Millicent Meeker: John Meeker, born 30 March, 1776. Esther Meeker,
born 26 Feb., 1778. Eleanor Meeker, born 21 March, 1780. Badonia Meeker, born 23 April,
1782. Aaron Meeker, born 12 June, 1784; died 5 Nov., 1784- Charlotte Meeker, born 10 Dec,
1785. Parmela Meeker, born 18 June, 1788. Catherine Meeker, born 22 Oct., 1700. Betsey
Meeker, born 19 March, 1793. Moses Meeker, born 13 March, 1796.
4 Coll. N. Y. Hist. Soc, Vol. 24, pp. 250, 527.
• Gravestones at Hillsdale. e Norfield Parish Records.
7 The Census of 1790 accords Ebenezer Bixby a family consisting of two males over 16 years, one
male under 16 years, and two females.
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160 BIXBY GENEALOGY
New York militia in Capt. Van Veghten's company of New York
Provincial troops. 1 The muster roll describes him as aged sixteen
years, five feet, six inches in height, fair complexion, with light
brown hair and gray eyes. In 1761 he was a member of the same
company, his name appearing as Eleazer Bixby. He returned to
Fairfield, and in 1764 was witness of a deed from Samuel Sherwood
to Daniel Andrews. On the 25 March, 1767, he bought of Daniel
Andrews six acres in Norfield Parish, part of Applegate's Long
Lot, near the house of Michael Dunning and bounded east by the
highway. 2 On the 16 Jan., 1771, he purchased jointly with John
Stillman Andrews from Seth Hall, 45 acres in Wilton Parish, being
the eastern part of Harres' ridge. Probably his half of this pur-
chase was what he sold, 28 Jan., 1793, to Job Lockwood, the same
being described as 22j acres in Wilton. 2 The same day he sold
14^ acres, house and barn to Jared Duncan.
The Sterling Store (Wilton) accounts show that 16 June, 1769, he
received credit for boards delivered and for sledding wood, which he
offset by purchases, one of the items being a pair of boys' shoes at
three shillings. The small credit due him was not discharged
until Sept., 1776, when settlement was made by credit "with his
school," the entry perhaps referring to the discharge for him of
his school tax. In these accounts the name is generally written
Bigsbee. He also had an account from 1771 to 1789 with Eliphalet
Lockwood of Norwalk, who conducted an extensive trade through-
out the neighboring towns. One of these items, in 1771, shows
the payment of an account against Elias Bigsby by a like charge
to Ebenezer. Another item due from Elias was settled by Mathew
Marvin of Wilton.
In 1785 and 1790 Ebenezer Bixby was one of the Collectors of
the church rate for Norfield Parish. In 1787 he was active in the
movement to obtain the setting off of Weston as a town. He may
have removed to Hillsdale about 1797, 3 as that year he and wife
Mary, as of Hillsdale, sell to Benjamin Lynes, of Ridgefield, land
in Weston belonging to the estate of Nathan Morehouse, late of
Weston, deceased, except the dower rights of Mercy his relict. 4
1 Coll. N. Y. Hist. Soc, Vol. 24, pp. 250, 527. * Fairfield and Norwalk Land Records.
3 The last time his name appears on Fairfield or Norwalk land records is 1798. From 1771-74
he is styled of Fairfield, in 1793 of Weston.
4 Weston Land Records, 5: 329. The deed also conveyed right in five acres formerly belonging
to Ann Coley, deceased, late wife of Daniel Coley, of Ridgefield, deceased, and some salt meadow
in Fairfield. The date of conveyance was 23 March, 1797.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 161
He purchased 39 acres there, of Henry I. Van Rensselair of Hills-
dale, 11 June, 1804. 1 On 21 Feb., 1810, he and wife Mary sell to
Joseph Morehouse of Hillsdale, six acres adjoining his residence. 1
1869
IV. David Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), baptized 18 May,
1746, at Green's Farms, Conn.; killed at the Wyoming Massacre,
3 July, 1778; married Mary M. Millard, 2 who died at Claverack,
N. Y., probably about 1781. 3
Children: 3
1- 1 Jonathan (Johnathan), born May, 1773; married Christina Turner.
2- 2 Elias, born 17 Feb., 1777; baptized 17 March, 1777, at Linlithgo, N. Y.;
married Dorothy Bussie.
3 PHannah, probably posthumous.
David Bixby evidently accompanied his father Elias when the
latter removed to the debatable land, then called Nobletown.
He and Jonathan Bixby, his brother, were members of the militia
company at Claverack commanded by Capt. Johannis Hogeboom,
13 May, 1767. 4 He next appears in the Wyoming Valley, being
taxed at Kingston in Aug., 1777. His name is also found on the
tax list dated 1 Nov., 1778, but not on that of Aug., 1780. 5 His
name with that of his nephew, Elias Bixby, appears upon the
Wyoming monument, among the names of those slain 3 July, 1778.
From a list made up after that event, printed in the Collections of
the Massachusetts Historical Society, second series, 3: 345, it
appears that he left a family and two children.
The eldest child, Jonathan, was over five years of age at the time
of the massacre. His granddaughter, Mrs. Emma Corson of
Chicago, in March, 1908, stated that she had often heard her
grandfather tell the story of their escape after his father had been
murdered by the Indians. She stated that her great grandmother
saw her husband scalped at their home; saw the Indians break up
their furniture; rip open the feather beds and dance in them. She
1 Columbia Co. Deeds, K: 443; E: 29.
2 Linlithgo Dutch Church Records. These show the marriage of Mary Bixby to Coenralt Pickle
both of Livingston Manor 18 April, 1780. The query arises, did the widow of David Bixby return
to Linlithgo after the Wyoming Massacre and is this a record of a second marriage?
'Statement of Mrs. Corson (18691.2-9). The dates of birth are obtained from her and from
other sources. 4 Second Report of the State Historian.
' Taxables of Westmoreland, in Coll. Wyoming Hist, and Geol. Soc, 5.
1 62 BIXBY GENEALOGY
saw the dwellinghouse burned. She fled to the woods with her
children, which Mrs. Corson thought were three in number, not
two, Jonathan, Elias, and a baby, Hannah. Mrs. Corson said
that not only does she remember the old lady, called Aunt Hannah,
but believed her to be a sister of her grandfather, and the baby
rescued. She related how her grandfather told of his mother
scratching leaves together to make a bed to lay the baby in; and
when, footsore and weary (being barefooted), the boys would lie
down, their mother would say, to spur them on, "Oh, well, if you
lay there the Indians will take you." She asked her grandfather,
"Why didn't your mother take you up, and carry you?" "Oh,
she couldn't, for there was the baby." Soon after they started on
their hundred mile journey through the wilderness, they reached
the river where a "good Indian" ferried them across, and told them
which way to go to avoid the hostile Indians. They suffered often
for food and drink, and once, after they had been a long time
without water, they reached a small stream, the mother dipped
water up in her hand and gave them drink. Jonathan remembered
one house at which they stopped, and were stowed away in the
garret, as far as possible from unfriendly Indians. The next day
they were given food, and started again on their way. So for days
they travelled, until they came to Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y M
where, soon after their arrival, the mother sickened and died from
the exposure of the journey.
It is further related by members of the family that the boys
were bound out until they were twenty one years of age, and neither
knew he had a brother, although they were both brought up in
that locality, until the elder came of age, when they met. 1
The Wyoming Valley, although now within the limits of the
state of Pennsylvania, was long claimed by Connecticut. Under
her charter, Connecticut claimed the territory extending westward
from the western boundary of New York. Five million acres there
1 That there were but two children, as given in the official report, in David Bixby's family, and
not three as thought by Mrs. Corson, is borne out by the ages of the two sons. The elder, aged
five years and two months at the time of the massacre, would have been able to travel, but the
younger, aged only one year and six months, would have been unable to travel, and was of course
the "baby" of Jonathan's narrative. It is quite within possibilities that after the escape another
child was born. The date of death of the mother is only approximate. There is but one Millard
named in the Census of 1790 as living in Columbia County, though several lived in Albany
County, viz., Ozias Millard of Hillsdale. Rutger Bigsby (18601.31). born 1824, stated that there
were but two children, "Johnathan and Elias," aged three and four years, and that the mother
brought them with great difficulty and many hardships to Hudson.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 163
were sold to the Susquehanna Company, composed of Connecticut
men, which issued 1240 shares. These shares had a market value
of from $50 to $100. Each share called for 2000 acres in the
Purchase. Rights in Forty-town, and in Six-Mile, later Capouse,
were valued at $60. The first company of settlers entered the
Valley in 1762, but the following year suffered greatly from the
Indians. Another company arrived in 1769, and during the
succeeding years had not only to protect themselves against the
Indians but from white claimants under Pennsylvania titles. Civil
war actually existed in the Valley. Jurisdiction over the Pur-
chase was formally assumed by Connecticut in Jan., 1774. The
entire settlement was erected into a township called Westmoreland,
and attached to Litchfield County. Settlers had been going into
the Valley, although it is said that in May, 1772, there were but
five women in Wilkesbarre. Forty-town, also called Kingston,
was one of the earlier settlements. The townships were generally
laid out five miles square.
Although forming the most exposed portion of the frontier, hav-
ing for neighbors on the north the Tory settlements along the
Mohawk and the territory of the Six Nations, and within easy strik-
ing distance of the hostile Indian towns, the Wyoming settlers on
1 Aug., 1775, voted, "to join our brethren in America in the common
cause of defending our liberty." Two companies were raised in
the valley and joined Washington's army, although needed for
the defence of the Valley. Late in 1776 Connecticut erected
Westmoreland into a county, and a regiment of militia was author-
ized and organized. The nearest Pennsylvania settlements were
sixty miles distant, and unfriendly. Such was the condition during
the residence of Elias and David Bixby in the Valley.
In the State Library at Hartford is a volume of "Susquehanna
Papers," of which page 147a contains a "Bill of Loses sustained
by the Inhabitants of the Town of Westmoreland, from the third
day of July, 1778, to May, 1780, taken and carefully examined
by the Selectmen of the said Town Pursuant to a Resolve of the
Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford the
Second Thursday of May, 1780, And is as followeth." The
names are arranged alphabetically. From the list of those
under B, and in the order as written, is taken the following
transcript :
1 64 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Elizabeth Benedict
Bether Bixby 36-13
James Bagley 95~i5
Mary Bixby 74~o8
Capt. Caleb Bates 285-04
The Mary Bixby of the list is unquestionably Mary, widow
of David Bixby. The identity of Bether Bixby has proved a
puzzle. No such person is known. There is a possibility that
Bixby was written for some other name.
The total of the losses listed was £38,308-13-0.
Rutgers Bixby (1 8691.31) of Los Angeles, Cal., long possessed
the original of the conveyance to his ancestor of the land in Wyo-
ming on which he settled. This valuable document, which is no-
where of record, was lost during the removal to California. Another
member of the family remembers having seen it.
When the final settlement of the claim of Connecticut to the
Valley was effected, it was provided that the Connecticut settlers
who had remained in the Valley should retain their holdings, taking
from Pennsylvania a new grant of their land and surrendering
their former titles. The territory was organized as Luzerne County
and divided into seventeen townships. There is no record of any
confirmation of a land grant to any person named Bixby, nor of
the surrender of a title by such a one. 1
In the Trumbull Ms., preserved by the Massachusetts Historical
Society, is a volume of Susquehanna Papers, of which No. 82 is a
paper signed by John Jenkins, in behalf of a Committee, evidently
addressed to the Board of Commissioners appointed by Connecti-
cut, of which Joseph Montgomery was chairman. A partial
transcript follows:
"Gentlemen: It is with pleasure we observe in yours of the
19th your readiness to attend to every necessary piece of informa-
tion we shall be able to give in respect to our settlements in this
place 2 . . . until the fatal third of July, 1778, when great
numbers of our friends & most valuable inhabitants were slaine
by the Savages and those of a more savage nature and the whole
1 Letter of the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs for Pennsylvania.
1 The omitted portion is a history of the settlement to 1778. The statement is made that there
were 119 proprietors present in the Valley in 1762, as shown by a list which was enclosed, and 400
proprietors in 1763, as shown by another list which was enclosed, but no longer with these papers.
Their numbers increased, until, in 1776, there were about 6,000 souls in the Valley.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 165
country laid waist, our houses and buildings consumed by fire,
our household goods and large stocks of cattle, horses, sheep &
hoggs with our farming and other utensils destroyed and carried
off by the enemy, and we, in a most savage and inhuman manner
drove out into the country in a state ( ) and distress. A
scene which must astonish all human nature to describe and we
are not able to point out, our old men, women, widows and children
were dispersed into all parts of the country destitute of bread,
clothing or anything to subsist on, but a large number of the yet
remaining and living inhabitants being fired with a fervent zeal
for the cause of their country were determined instead of throwing
themselves on the clemency of their friends and fellow citizens
of the world to surmount all dangers, collected themselves to-
gether and on or about the fourth day of August then next, Resolved
with the assistance of the Company of brave Continental troops
raised here and commanded by Capt. Spalding, coming into this
place, retook the country, drove off the savages, regained some
triffling part of our effects and the possession of our lands . . .
the people who improve here paying rent for the lands that belong
to the widow and fatherless that are dispersed into the wide world,
they are greatly relieved and comforted . . .
In behalf of the Committee
John Jenkins.
N. B. We herewith transmit a list of the widdows and Orphans." 1
186J
IV. Elias Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born at Reading,
Conn.; baptized there 27 March, 1748; died 18 Jan., 1827, 2 at
Bridgewater, N. Y.; married 28 April, 1771, at Wilton, Conn., 3
Grace Sterling, born 9 Oct., 1751, 3 at Bridgeport, Conn.,
baptized 22 Dec, 1751, at Wilton, died there 6 Sept., 1837, daughter
of Samuel 3 and Eleanor (Wescott) Sterling. 4
Child:
1- 1 John, born about 1772; married Polly Munson.
1 This list of widows and orphans is lost. There is a list, printed as stated above, made up on
the a6 Aug., 1778, in which David Bixby's name appears among the killed, and as leaving two
children. The letter quoted above seems to have been written about April, 1783.
2 Records United States Treasury. 3 Documents filed in pension case.
4 Sterling Genealogy (1909). She was one of seven children, of whom the youngest, Abigail,
married Stephen Moorhouse.
1 66 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Elias Bixby lived in Redding, Conn., at the outbreak of the
Revolution, and enlisted from that place in the army. Eben. 1
Couch was appointed by the town to see to his family. In 1820
he was living in Bridgewater, N. Y., and applied for a pension.
He then filed a schedule of his property, which exhibited a total
estate of $384, of which $300 was the value at cost price of 9f
acres of land. In 1823 the court valued his estate at $181, and it
was then stated that he was aged seventy four years, was quite
infirm, and that his wife was aged seventy three years and was very
infirm. He had no children. He had been pensioned 30 June,
18 1 8, but the pension had been discontinued,. He himself stated
that he would be seventy four years old on the 11 March, 1823, 2
which would bring his birth 11 March, 1749. The difference of
one year probably arises from some confusion attending the change
from old to new style dating. In 1823 his residence consisted of
a one room cottage.
He declared that he enlisted in the spring of 1775 for nine months
in a company commanded by Capt. Salmon Reed in Col. Water-
bury's regiment of the Connecticut line, and that he re-enlisted
in Dec, 1776, for during the war, in a company commanded by
Capt. Ezekiel Sanford in Col. Philip Burr Bradley's regiment in
the Connecticut line. (State records show that he enlisted 20
Dec, 1776, appointed sergeant 3 March, 1779 and was discharged
20 Dec, 1779.)
He was transferred in 1778 to St. John's company, Col. Meig's
regiment, and served one year as a sergeant. He was discharged
at Second River, N. J., 29 Dec, 1779. He filed with his application
a certificate signed by Capt. John St. John in which he is described
as a sergeant, and calling for a gun, bayonet, cartridge-box and
belt. He also filed an order: "Permit Sergeant Bigsbie to pass
to the state of Connecticut and return December 23, 1779 Phil
B. Bradley Colonel Comd." Also his appointment as second
sergeant in Capt. St. John's company, 3d Connecticut regiment
at Redding, 1 Feb., 1779.
His widow was also pensioned, receiving $120 per annum. She
made application 29 Sept., 1836. She then lived at Bridgeport,
1 Documents filed in pension case.
J In declaration of 10 April, 1818, he gave his age as sixty nine, which agrees with the baptismal
record.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 167
Conn. She remembered that her husband told her of being ap-
pointed orderly sergeant, and his having at first refused to take
the position, as it involved so much writing. He was a sergeant
at the storming of Stony Point, and was obliged to carry a number
of canteens, so as to supply the soldiers with liquor. He at first
drew a pension of $96, which was discontinued, as he had more
property then than the law allowed a pensioner to possess, but
was afterward restored. She gave the date of his death, stated
that he was born in 1750 and that she was born October, 1751, she
further stated she was married at Wilton, and enclosed a certificate
from the register showing the marriage. At time of her husband's
enlistment they were living at Redding, but after the war removed
to Bridgewater, N. Y. Since his death she had lived at various
places, Bridgewater, 1 Wilton and Bridgeport.
Thaddeus Sterling testified he was a brother to Grace, wife of
Elias Bixby, and related the circumstances of the latter's enlist-
ment, and that Elias and Grace were married at his father's house
in Wilton. Sarah Fox of Wilton, a daughter of a sister of Grace,
also testified in 1836, as did also Ellen Hull, another niece by the
mother's side. John M. Bixby is named as a grandson of Elias, who
in 1828 had no children living.
A weekly return for St. John's company is filed in this pension
case.
From 1787 to 1789 "Grace Bigsbee" had a running account
with the Sterling store in Wilton. In the census of 1790 Gracy
Bigsby, erroneously styled a widow, is enumerated as living in
the Stamford-Norwalk district, without other members in her
family.
Elias Bixby made a will 17 June, 1816, by which all his estate
was bequeathed to his wife Grace. This will was presented for
probate 30 March, 1830, at which time it appeared that the heir
at law of the deceased was John M. Bixby (186JI.2). 2 His widow
in her pension declaration stated Elias Bixby died of "dropsy, con-
sumption and had a schrofulus in his head."
« There is recorded with Chenango Co. (N. Y.) deeds, a deed of Ella and Olive Prindle of
Brookfield in that county, to Elias Bixby of the same place, conveying 35 acres in Brookfield,
23 Oct., 1799. On the 12 March, 1804, Elias Bixby, yeoman, of Brookfield, conveyed 35 acres
there to Joel Ives of Brookfield {Deeds, F. 188: F. 354)- Brookfield is now a part of Madison
County, which was set up in 1808. Bridgewater, in Oneida Co., is immediately north of Brookfield.
» Records of the Surrogate's Court, Oneida Co., N. Y. His estate was small.
1 68 BIXBY GENEALOGY
186K
IV. Mehitable Bixby (Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born probably
about 1750, and at Fairfield, Conn.; married 15 Nov., 1770, at
Redding, Conn., 1 Nathan Coley, who died 18 April, 1781. 2 He
was a private in Col. Waterbury's regiment, from which organiza-
tion he was discharged 15 Oct., 1775. He enlisted 19 April, 1777,
in the company commanded by Capt. Sanford, 5th Regiment,
Conn, line, and was promoted corporal 1 Nov., 1778. He was
sergeant 1 April, 1780, until 17 April, 1781. Between those enlist-
ments he had served from 2 1 June, 1776, to 11 Jan., 1777, as corporal,
in Bradley's battalion. 2
Mehitable (Bixby) Coley married, second, 10 Aug., 1782, Abijah
Parsons. Her name at the time of the second marriage is given
as Mabel.
Children: z
1 Abigail Coley, baptized 12 April 1772; married 22 Oct., 1794, Zachariah
Stevens.
Children:
1. Laura Stevens.
2. Maria Stevens.
2 Zalmon Coley, baptized 9 April, 1775.
3 Nathan Coley, baptized 26 April, 1778; died 14 Oct., 1831, at New Haven,
Conn.; married 30 March, 1800, Prudence Canfield.
By second marriage:
4 Polly Parsons, born 9 Oct., 1783.
1 Redding records, where her name appears as Mabel.
2 Connecticut Men in the Revolution.
s Information of James E. Coley, Hampden, Conn.
THE
Bixby Genealogy
CONTAINING
THE HISTORY OF THE
BIXBY, B.IGSBY, BYXBEE, BIXBEE
BIGSBEE AND BYXBE FAMILIES
Part
u
The compiler requests that readers inform him of any errors or
omissions, in order that all such may be noted in the list of cor-
rections which will appear in Part VII.
FIFTH GENERATION
14
FIFTH GENERATION
III2I
V. Mehitable Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 31
Jan., 1732-3, at Hopkinton, Mass. ; married 16 Nov., 1752, at Fram-
ingham, Mass., James Haven, born 18 Sept., 1731, at Framingham,
son of James and Sarah Haven. The Havens were early identified
with Framingham, and long an important and numerous family
there.
Children: l
1 James Haven, born 27 July, 1753.
2 Mehitable Haven, born 23 Oct., 1756; died 1831 ; married Nathaniel Wheeler
of Royalston, N. Y. They removed to Croydon, N. H.
Children:
1. Hannah Wheeler, born Dec, 1775; living in 1849 in Delaware Co., O., a
widow; married Nathan Nettleton.
2. Mehitable Wheeler, born 28 June, 1777; living in 1849 at Irasburg, Vt.;
married Israel Peck.
3. John Wheeler, born 11 May, 1779; died young.
4. Nathaniel Wheeler, born 8 May, 1781; married Huldah Whipple.
5. Simeon Wheeler, born 24 Sept., 1783; married Lucy Putnam; (2) Hannah
Haven.
6. Abigail Wheeler, born 18 Sept., 1785; died young.
7. James Wheeler, born 5 Dec, 1788; married Ruth Putnam; (2) Susan Wil-
cox; (3) Mary P. Hale, who died 7 Oct., 1844.
8. Sarah Wheeler, born 29 May, 1791; married, 1818, Peter Barton of Croy-
don, and removed to Ridgeville, O.
3 William Haven, born 4 May, 1759; died 5 Feb., 1846; married Rebecca Jacobs,
who died 5 March, 1840, daughter of Rev. Whitman Jacobs of Royalston.
Children:
1. Polly Haven, born 7 Nov., 1782 ; married, 1808, Jacob Perkins of Vermont.
2. William Haven, born 20 May, 1784; died 20 April, 1785.
3. Rebecca Haven, born 23 Nov., 1786; died 12 Feb., 1879, at North Hudson,
N. Y.; married 8 Feb., 1813, Jonathan Wakefield, born 8 July, 1787,
at Newport, N. H., died 27 Oct., 1868, at North Hudson, son of
Jonathan and Sarah (Thatcher) Wakefield. 2
4. Mary Haven, born 9 Feb., 1790.
5. Martha Haven, born 5 May, 1793; married 25 Dec, 1816, Harvey Whip-
ple.
6. Jacob Haven, born 5 May, 1795; married Catherine Streeter, and went
West.
7. William Haven, born 21 Jan., 1797; married Sarah M. Dustin of Clare-
mont, N. H.
8. Mehetable Haven, born 6 Jan., 1799; married Ancil Metcalf of Croydon.
9. Thomas Haven, born 2 Aug., 1801; married Jane Sibley.
10. Phebe Haven, born 29 July, 1803; married 26 Sept., 1824, Horatio Met-
calf of Croydon.
1 Temple: History of Framingham, also Continuation of the Genealogy of the Descendants of
Richard Haven, p. 33- The births of the four eldest children only are recorded at Framingham.
s See Wakefield Memorial, 1897.
171
172 BIXBY GENEALOGY
4 Samuel Haven, born 4 June, 1762; married Aug., 1784, Desire Cloyes, born 13
April, 1763, daughter of John and Desire (Perry) Cloyes. They removed
to the state of New York.
5 Joel Haven, born 13 June, 1764; married Goodell.
Children:
1. Joel Haven, removed to Vermont.
2. Lucy Haven, married Warner, and removed to Wallingford, Vt.
6 Hannah Haven, born 9 Nov., 1766; died 1 1 March, 1849; married Peter Wake-
field, born 28 Feb., 1767, at Sutton, Mass., died 30 Dec, 1852, at Northville,
N. H., son of Jonathan and Anne (Wheeler) Wakefield. They removed to
Newport, N. H., prior to 1793, of which place Mr. Wakefield was a prominent
citizen, and known as "Father Wakefield" from his intense support of
Methodism.
Children:
1. Nancy Wakefield, born 17 May, 1788.
2. Lavina Wakefield, born 8 March, 1791 ; died 27 March, 1882, at Newport;
married 16 Nov., 18 10, Stephen D. Read of Newport.
3. Hannah Wakefield, born 31 March, 1793; married Cyrus B. McGregor
(his second marriage), born 27 Sept., 1791, son of Joel McGregor.
4. Lucy Wakefield, born 17 Aug., 1795; died 4 Feb., 1867, at Milford; mar-
ried, 1819, Jeremiah Adams, born 8 Sept., 1797, at Alstead, N. H.,
died about 1875.
5. Simeon Wakefield, born 20 April, 1798; died 1867 at Newport; married
Amy Freeto, died 1876, daughter of William and Amy (Meigs) Freeto.
6. Ruth Wakefield, born 8 Sept., 1801 ; died 20 Nov., 1870; married 22 Sept.,
1822, Lorenzo Meigs Freeto, of Newport, born 23 Oct., i8oi,sonof
William and Amy (Meigs) Freeto.
7. Orpha Wakefield, born 24 Oct., 1804; died 1869 at Newport.
8. Mahala Wakefield, born 26 April, 1809.
9. Peter Wakefield, born 21 June, 1810; died 18 June, 1825.
10. Philena Wakefield, born 31 July, 1812; died 14 Dec, 1888, at Newport.
11. Nancy Wakefield, died young.
7 Jonathan Haven, born 17 May, 1769; married Sarah Wakefield, born 15 Dec,
1765, at Sutton, died prior to 1827, daughter of Jonathan and Anne (Wheeler)
Wakefield. They removed from Royalston, about 1775, to Newport.
Children:
1. Simeon Haven, born 2 Jan., 1792; died 1 Jan., 1795.
2. Chloe Haven, born 5 Feb., 1794; died 4 June, 1878, at Lempster, N. H.;
married 5 Feb., 1822, John Jones, born 9 Jan., 1796, son of Jacob and
Hannah (Gould) Jones.
3. James Haven, born 27 Feb., 1796; died 5 April, 1854; married Calisto A.
Freeto, born 23 Nov., 1796, died 21 April, 1859, daughter of William
and Amy (Meigs) Freeto.
4. Reuben Haven, born 20 June, 1798; died 1881; married 25 Sept., 1821,
Abigail Cheney.
5. Simeon Haven, born 22 April, 1801; died 1879; married Susan Rice.
8 Elisha Haven, born 27 Jan., 1772; married Mrs. Molly (Goodell) 1 Streeter.
In 1849 he was living in Shalersville, O.
Children:
1. Elisha Haven, died 1819.
2. John Haven.
3. Sally Haven.
4. Nancy Haven.
5. Lydia Haven.
6. Roby Haven.
7. David Haven.
8.
9- -
>Mrs. Molly (Goodell-Streeter) Haven (11121-8) was widow of Jonathan Streeter, who died in
1701. By him she had two children, Charles Streeter and Polly Streeter. (Streeter Genealogy, 112. )
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 173
11122
V. Joseph Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 1 March,
I735> at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 20 April, 1786, at Framingham,
Mass.; married Sarah Haven, born in 1742, died 18 April, 1814, 1
in her 70th year, 2 at Sharon, Mass., daughter of Joseph and Mehit-
able (Haven) Haven of Framingham. Joseph Haven, Esq., was
selectman, deputy to General Court, and in many ways prominent
in Framingham.
Children, born at Framingham: 3
1- 1 Sally, born 14 Feb., 1767; married William Clark.
2 Joseph, baptized 27 Nov., 1768; died 1804, 4 in Charleston, S. C, unmar-
ried. Graduated from Harvard College, 1791, the first of the name con-
nected with Harvard. After graduation he practised law, and followed
mercantile life as well. 5 His death was the result of a broken leg and
other injuries, received while walking in the street. He was struck down
by a bale of cotton which fell from a loft. 1
3 Josiah, born June, 1770; baptized 29 July, 1770; died at Corunna, Spain,
of a fever, unmarried; merchant, partner of his brother-in-law, William
Clark. 1
4- 4 Patty (Martha), born 18 Aug., 1772; married Joseph W. Page.
5- 5 Hitty (Mehitable), born 25 April, 1775; married Dr. Daniel Stone.
6- 6 Luke, born 25 Oct., 1777; married Abigail (Nabby) Adams.
7 Nancy, born 22 July, 1780; died 3 March, 1812, in her 33d year, at Sharon,
unmarried, died of lockjaw following "bleeding" by a physician, 1 and
buried at Sharon as Nancy Stone Bixby. 2
Joseph Bixby lived on his father's homestead and kept tavern-
He also owned the old John Haven place, which his heirs sold in
1788. His widow sold the home place of 90 acres in 1800 to Capt.
Solomon Hopkins. 5
On the 15 Aug., 1777, Joseph Bixby, gentleman, and Sarah, his
wife, Ebenezer Marshall in behalf of his children, Mehitable and
Gilbert, William Bullard, tailor, and Anne, his wife, Josiah Stone,
gentleman, and Anna, his wife, all of Framingham, Jonathan Locke
of Ashby, and Mary, his wife, John Haven, and Martha Dearborn,
both of Wakefield, N. H., convey all their right in the real estate of
1 Statement of Rev. Moses Adams, 1808, with later notes in possession of Mrs. Geo. F. Flagg
(11122.62-4). The deaths of the children are said by Mr. Adams to have occurred in the following
order: Sarah, Josiah, Joseph, Martha, Luke, Mehitable, Nancy. Mrs. Sarah (Haven) Bixby
(11 122) outlived her children, and during the last years of her life lived in Sharon with Dr. Daniel
Stone (11122.5).
2 Gravestone at Sharon.
' Framingham town records for births; the baptism is found in the Bixby Ms.
4 Catalogue of Harvard University.
'Temple: History of Framingham.
174 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Joseph Haven, Esq., in consideration of £100, to Samuel Haven of
Portsmouth, N. H. 1
From the 3d March, 1766, when Joseph Byxbe, Jr., was chosen
hogreeve, to 1779, with the exception of 1767, he was employed on
the town business; from 1768 to 1776 as surveyor of highways and
collector of highway tax, and as town collector and constable. In
1777 the junior is first dropped from his name. He was that year
fence viewer. On the 9 March, 1778, he was chosen a member of the
Committee of Safety and Correspondence. It is worth noting that
on Framingham records the spelling Byxbe is faithfully adhered to.
On the 1 Dec, 1784, he leased his negro boy Primus Titus, aged 14
years, to Gilbert Denit of Hopkinton until the boy was 21 years of
age. Three years later Titus gave a receipt to Denit for £10 in full
for his services, and Denit sued the widow of Joseph Bixby to cover
a debt contracted by Bixby on 1 Dec, 1784. 2
In a list of the soldiers in the train band in Framingham com-
manded by Capt. H. Emms, 22 April, 1757, was at one time written
the name of Joseph Bixbe, Jr. This name was crossed off for some
reason, perhaps for some physical infirmity. At any rate there is
no evidence of his ever having been called into active service. 3
Joseph Bixby made a will 7 April, 1786, which was proved 10 May,
following. 4 To his wife, Sarah, he gave one third of his estate, and
mentions having already placed £40 in her hands toward bringing
up his children; residue to his three sons, Joseph, Josiah and Luke,
who were to have double what their sisters were to receive, and four
daughters, Sally, Patty, Hitty, and Nancy.
11124
V. Lydia Bixby 5 {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 10 Feb.,
1739-40, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 17 Sept., 1815, at Hopkinton; 6
married 24 March, 1768, 7 at Charlestown, Mass., David Cutler of
1 Middlesex Deeds, vol. 80.
i Suffolk files, 150,153. No slaves were returned by the United States Census of 1790, in Massa-
chusetts. In 1783 a slave owner was fined for beating a slave, notwithstanding his rights as owner.
The state constitution containing the clause that all men were born free and equal was adopted in
1780, but this probably was without thought of the question of slavery. Unfortunately the papers
in the case of Denit vs. Bixby are purely formal in character and shed no real light on the transaction
mentioned.
3 Massachusetts Archives, 95:302. 4 Middlesex Probate, 69:72.
6 By careless reading of the record, Temple, in History of Framingham, became responsible for the
statement that Lydia, daughter of Joseph Bixby, died 9 Feb., 1765. The record plainly reads "wife
of Joseph"; the date, 9 March. 8 Hopkinton Vital Records.
7 The intention of marriage was recorded at Hopkinton 22 Feb., 1768.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 175
Holliston, Mass., born 17 July, 1742, died intestate 1 29 July, 1818,
at Hopkinton, 2 son of David Cutler. They settled in Hopkinton,
where Mr. Cutler possessed a grist mill and other property.
Children:
1 Polly Cutler, born 3 June, 1771; married 15 Sept., 1805, at Hopkinton,*
Benjamin Pond of Hopkinton, who died 4 March, 1845, aged 87 yrs., 5 mos.,
3 days, at Hopkinton, son of Benjamin and Mary Pond. 2 He was a farmer.
Children, born at Hopkinton: 2
1. Joseph Cutler Pond, born 22 Oct., 1806.
2. Caroline Pond, born 22 July, 181 1; died 22 Aug., 1817.
2 Luther Cutler, born 28 Aug., 1773; died 4 June, 1810, at Hopkinton; 2 mar-
ried 2 April, 1801, 2 Nancy Mellen, who married prior to Aug., 1818, Ariel
Bragg of Milford, Mass.
Children:
1. Louisa Cutler, aged over fourteen years in Nov., 1818. 1
2. Emerline Cutler, aged under fourteen years in Nov., 18 18. 1
3. Child, died 22 Jan., 1802, aged 14 days. 2
3 Joseph Cutler, born Dec, 1775; died 10 July, 1793, at Hopkinton. 2
4 Lydia Cutler, born 23 Oct., 1779; married Jonathan Bixby (n 125.3). l
5 Sally Cutler, unmarried in 1819.
III25
V. Jonathan Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 22
July, 1742, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 23 Jan., 1819, at Newton,
Mass. ; married 25 Oct., 1770, at Needham, 3 Mass., Eunice Parker,
born 17 March, 1748, 4 at Newton, died there 28 April, 1777, 5 daugh-
ter of Thomas and Eunice (Hammond) Parker of Newton. 4 He
married, second, 19 Oct., 1777, at Newton, Elizabeth Hammond, 5
born 1749, 4 died 10 April, 1830, 4 daughter of Ephraim and Martha
(Steel) Hammond. 4
Children:
1 Hannah, born 1 May, 1771, at Needham; died 6 May, 1771. 3
2- 2 Anna, born 22 July, 1772, at Needham; 3 married Robert Fuller, Jr.; (2)
Micah Allen.
3- 3 Jonathan, born 24 Sept., 1774, at Newton; 5 married Lydia Cutler(i 1 124-4).
4 Samuel, born 24 Feb., 1777, at Newton; 5 died 25 Sept., 1792. 5
Jonathan Bixby was a blacksmith. In 1768, then of Framing-
ham, he purchased for £76, of Eliakim and Samuel Cook, twelve
1 Middlesex Probate, 5509, 5538, 5539. Elihu Cutler of Holliston, Esq., was appointed adminis-
trator on the estate of David Cutler by request of the heirs, the wife not living. Among the papers
is a bond filed by Jonathan Bexby of Newton, whose wife inherited part of the real estate in Hop-
kinton. Polly Pond is called eldest and Lydia Bixby second daughter of the deceased.
2 Hopkinton Vital Records. * Information of Miss Mehitable BLxby (11125.3-8).
3 Needham records. * Newton Vital Records.
176 BIXBY GENEALOGY
acres in Needham, bordering on the Charles river, near Thomas
Parker's upper dam, and on both sides of the town road.
He removed to Needham at this time, and soon after married the
daughter of Thomas Parker, of whose will he was joint executor
with Joseph Parker in 1790. He removed to the Newton side of the
river, but continued to own and purchase land in Needham on the
road from Upper Falls to the East Meeting House. In 1796 he and
other residents of Newton, Needham and Dedham were incorporated
to drain off stagnant waters from and to improve the meadows, and
the same year he and others were incorporated as "Proprietors of
the Mills on Charles river below the Upper Falls." 1 His will dated
20 Jan., 1819, was proved 22 June, 1819. To his son Jonathan
Bixby and daughter Anna Allen, he gave all the household furniture
his first wife, Eunice Parker, had brought him, and at the death of
his wife Elizabeth they were to inherit all his real estate and per-
sonal property. To grandson Robert Fuller, he gave $500. The
inventory showed that the homestead and one acre adjoining was
valued at $1500; he also had two acres in Newton on which was a
small dwelling-house, a saw-mill, water privileges and land in New-
ton, valued at $1100, several parcels of land in Newton and Need-
ham, and a pew in Rev. Joseph Grafton's meeting house. His real
estate was valued at $5172, and his personal estate at $8565. He
held a note of his son Jonathan for $7323.2
Jonathan Bixby was a member of the company commanded by
Capt. Amariah Fuller of Newton, which responded to the Lexington
Alarm of 19 April, 1775, and served four days. 3 He was selectman
1783 and 1784.
11127
V. Nathan Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 14 Oct.,
I746, 4 at Framingham, Mass.; died 15 Sept., i8i8, 5 at Keene, N. H.;
married 3 Oct., 1771, at Sherborn, 4 Mass., Martha Twitchell,
born 16 Dec, 1747, died 14 March, 1822, at Keene, 5 daughter of
Joseph and Deborah (Fairbanks) Twitchell of Sherborn.
1 Acts and Resolves, Mass. See also Jackson: History of Newton, where it is stated the rolling
mill was built by the corporation in 1799.
2 Middlesex Probate, 133: 209.
3 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
4 Framingham records.
' Keene, N. H., records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 177
Children: 1
1 Jule (Julia), born 8 July, 1772; died 28 Jan., 1776, at Framingham. 2
2 Nathan, born 26 Feb., 1774; died 6 March, 1818, 3 at St. Mary's, Ga. He
was a merchant in Charleston, S. C.
3- 3 Martha, born 24 Oct., 1775; 3 married Abel Monroe.
4 Mary, born 23 Nov., 1777; died 7 or 27 Nov., 1833, at Livermore, Me.;
married Andrew Thorndike.
5 Joseph, born 19 July, 1780; died 21 June, 1821, at Charleston. He is
variously described as a shipmaster and shipbuilder. He certainly was
a shipowner. He lived in Charleston.
6- 6 Julia, born 28 (30) May, 1782; married Alexander Milliken.
7 Samuel, born 7 (27) May, 1784; died 26 Jan., 1796, at Dublin, N. H. 4
8- 8 Deborah, born 2 July, 1786; married John Elliot.
9 James, born 4 July, 1788; died 10 March, 1819. 3 He was a shipmaster.
J-10 John, born 17 June, 1790; married Jeannette Chapman.
11 Keziah, born 18 June, 1793 ; 5 died 4 June, 1870, at Keene; married 10 May,
1 842/ at Keene, Aaron Appleton, born 6 Aug., 1768, at Dublin, died
1852, at Keene, son of Isaac and Sarah (Twitchell) Appleton, and brother
of Samuel and Nathan Appleton of Boston, Mass., and uncle of Frances
Elizabeth Appleton, wife of the poet Longfellow. Mrs. Keziah (Bixby)
Appleton was a very benevolent woman and left a large bequest to chari-
table purposes. A hospital in Keene commemorates her life. It was
said of her, "Another Gospel life has been realized, an ever ready help
and comforter has passed away, but the memory of a noble and self
sacrificing spirit is left to the bereaved, to cheer and strengthen their
faith in the possibilities of the Christian character."
Nathan Bixby served from 18 Sept., to 19 Nov., 1776, in a com-
pany commanded by Capt. Aaron Gardiner of Sherborn, in Col.
Brook's regiment raised for the purpose of reenforcing the army
under Washington. This company was engaged at White Plains
and had several casualties. 7 In 1777 he purchased of Simon Bul-
lard, land in Dublin and that year or the next removed thither. 8 It
is said by a descendant that he was exempt from military service by
reason of defective eyesight.
On the 27 Sept., 1792, Nathan Bixby and Martha his wife, Samuel
Twitchell, Joseph Twitchell, Abel Twitchell, Joel Wight and Eliza-
beth his wife, Mose Rider and Molle his wife all of Dublin, Eliazer
Twitchell, Eli Twitchell, and Ezra Twitchell all of Sudbury-Canada
1 Records of Framingham, where the three eldest were born, and Dublin records at Concord, N. H.
2 Framingham records.
3 Information of J. Bixby (11127J7-6). Nathan is elsewhere said to have died in 1816, and
Martha on 17 Nov.
* Dublin records. 5 Leonard, in History of Dublin, gives her birth as in 1792.
6 Information of Mrs. E. B. Searles (11127.J8), and of William H. Elliot (11127.8-11).
7 Temple: History of Framingham, p. 301, where will be found a roll of the company, also Massa-
chusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution where the length of service is not given.
8 Leonard: History of Dublin.
178 BIXBY GENEALOGY
(Bethel, Me.), Joseph Maynard and Deborah his wife of Goshen,
William Tucker, Jr., and Julia his wife of Sherborn, sell to Peter
Twitchell of Sherborn, for £1000, all rights in the estate of their
father Capt. Joseph Twitchell of Sherborn, deceased. 1
The day preceding this conveyance Peter Twitchell deeded to
Nathan Bixby of Dublin, N. H., a saw mill with 100 acres in the
town of Sudbury-Canada. 2 Capt. Joseph Twitchell was one of the
grantees and largest owners in Sudbury-Canada, and several of his
children settled there.
At Dublin Nathan Bixby was prominent and for many years the
largest taxpayer 3 in town. He was captain of the militia company,
representative to the General Assembly, justice of the peace, town
clerk and town treasurer. 4 In 1814 he removed to Keene.
He bequeathed his entire estate, by will proved 22 Oct., 1818, to
his wife Martha and, after her death, to his children Nathan, Patty,
Mary, Joseph, Julia, James, Deborah and Keziah. Julia's share
was to be paid to her children. The inventory disclosed an estate
of $3448- 5
11128
V. John Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 8 Oct.,
1750, at Framingham, Mass.; died later than June, 1807, probably
at Falmouth (now Westbrook), Me.; married (intention 10 June,
1782, at Cape Elizabeth, Me.) 6 Mrs. Christian Cobb, widow of
Joseph Cobb, 3 d , and daughter of William and Christiana (Simon-
ton) White of Cape Elizabeth. 7
Children* born at Cape Elizabeth, or at Falmouth:
1- 1 John, born 17 Sept., 1782, at Falmouth; married Ann Johnson; (2) Mar-
garet V. Wise.
2- 2 Joseph, married Anna Lamb.
1 Middlesex Deeds, no: 163. 'Leonard: History of Dublin.
2 Cumberland Deeds, 21: 457.
4 Information of Arthur B. Ferguson, M. D. (11127.J3-7).
6 Cheshire Probate. e Cape Elizabeth records.
7 John Bixby of Falmouth, blacksmith, and Christian his wife, and Anna Cobb of Cape Elizabeth,
to Bela Vining fifty acres of land in Durham, formerly called Royalsborough, 7 Feb., 1795. Hannah
Cobb acknowledges the deed. Anna or Hannah Cobb was a daughter of Mrs. Christian Bixby,
whose intention of marriage with Joseph Cobb, 3d, was entered at Cape Elizabeth, 1 July, 1774-
(Cumberland Deeds, 32: 238.) She married 12 Nov., 1797, at Cape Elizabeth, James Strout.
(Church Records, Second Parish of Falmouth.)
3 James Strout of Cape Elizabeth and Ann his wife, in her right, John Bixby of Falmouth, black-
smith, Mary Bixby of Falmouth, spinster, Joseph Bixby of Cape Elizabeth, boatbuilder, and Sarah
Bixby of Cape Elizabeth, spinster, convey to Jesse Willard land in Cape Elizabeth, including the
whole of our respective portions of the home lot which William White, our grandfather, died seized
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 179
3 William, died 29 Jan., 1869, 1 unmarried. He was a private in the com-
pany of militia commanded by Capt. J. Valentine, in Lt. Col. J. Hobb's
Regt., raised in Westbrook, which served from 8 to 20 Sept., 1814, at
Portland. 2 His brother John was ensign of this company. A military
land bounty warrant was issued 17 May, 1870, on account of the above
service. 3 His will, of 12 Nov., 1868, proved 16 March, 1869, wasdestroyed
at the time of the destruction of the Cumberland County probate records,
but a copy is on file at the U. S. Land Office. He made John W. Bixby
of Westbrook sole executor, and gave his real estate, being his homestead
in Westbrook on the west side of the old road from Saccarappa Village to
Gorham Corner, and all his furniture and personal property, to his
"nephew" Benjamin Franklin Bixby.
4 Mary, of Falmouth, unmarried, in 1807 .*
5 Sarah, of Cape Elizabeth, unmarried, in 1807. 4
John Bixby of Newton, Mass., was a member of the company-
commanded by Capt. Amariah Fuller, in Col. Thatcher's regiment
of militia, which served five days from 4 March, 1776. 5 He had
previously, on 28 March, 1775, bought of Joseph Nicholls of Fram-
ingham, one right in the township known as Sudbury-Canada (now
Bethel, Newry, and Hanover, Oxford Co.), Cumberland County. 6
He was a blacksmith, and in 1779 a resident of Cape Elizabeth, for
that year he sued James Miller for a debt of £57 due on a note. 7
He removed, probably not long after his marriage, to Falmouth, that
part now Westbrook. As of Falmouth, he bought of Zebulon
Trickey of Cape Elizabeth, for £60, one eighth part of two saw-mills
at Saccarappa, 30 Aug., 1788. 8 The Census of 1790 enumerates
of. This deed, in which the name is written Bixbey, was dated 5 Jan., 1807, and bears the signa-
tures only of James and Ann Strout. (Cumberland Deeds. 216: 395.)
Mary Bixby, Margaret Bixby, William W. BLxby, Nancy A. Higgins, and Sarah B. Willard of
Cape Elizabeth, for $5 sell to Eben R. Willard all right and interest in a certain piece of land in Cape
Elizabeth, meaning thereby to convey all their right and title in the said land, known as the Wil-
liam White estate, bounding on Ann Drake, Frederick R. Jordan, and Samuel Willard. This deed
was dated 29 Nov., 1853- (Ibid., 283: 398.)
Israel Woodbridge of Cape Elizabeth, innholder, and John Bixby of Falmouth, blacksmith, with
consent of our wives, Ann Woodbury (sic) and Christian Bixby, the daughters of William White late
of Cape Elizabeth, sell to William Ray land in Cape Elizabeth, 16 June, 1807. (Ibid., 51: 532.)
1 The year of his death was undoubtedly 1869, although the certificate of the Judge of Probate
filed with the U. S. Land Office is said to read 1868. The copy of the will filed at the same time is
dated 12 Nov., 1868.
2 Massachusetts Militia in the War of 18 12.
S U. S. Land Office, 109, 848-160-55. The warrant was assigned by John W. Bixby, executor,
whose signature was witnessed by Mattie E. Bixby.
* See footnote No. 8 on opposite page. • Cumberland Co. Deeds, 8: 458.
5 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. 7 Suffolk files, 139.755-
8 Cumberland Deeds, 20: 447. There is a deed recorded with Cumberland Deeds, 22: 198, from
the Proprietors of East and West Butterfield (i. e., Hartford and Sumner, Me.) to John BLxby of
West Butterfield, conveying one hundred acres in that township, 4 Oct., 1791. In 1798, John Bisbe
was taxed for land (but no house) in Sumner, and also in Hebron. Undoubtedly the same man is
here intended, but which reading should be followed is doubtful. John Bisbe and Sarah Philbrook
were married at Turner, Me., 1 April, 1792, and Solomon Bisbe and Ruth Barrett, 10 March, 1795-
180 BIXBY GENEALOGY
John Bigsby at Falmouth and as head of a family consisting of one
male over sixteen years of age, three males under sixteen years, and
four females. The Direct Tax of 1798 discloses the fact that he was
assessed at Cape Elizabeth on fifteen acres of land, of which he is
given as both occupier and owner, but a dwelling is not mentioned. 1
III35
V. Ebenezer Bixby (Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 27
March, 1744, at Hopkinton, Mass., is probably identical with
Ebenezer Byxbe, who lived near Lancaster, Pa., on the banks of
the Susquehanna river, and who died there 2 Oct., 1813, 2 and who
married May, 1791, at Washington, Mass., Hannah Babcock.
The United States Census of 1790 enumerates the family of
Ebenezer Bixby at Corinth, Vt., consisting of himself and one
woman over 16 years of age, undoubtedly his wife. She must have
died soon after August, 1790, the date of the Census, for 15 May,
1791, the intention of marriage between Ebenezer Bigsby of Corinth,
Vt., and Hannah Babcock was entered at Middlefield, Mass.
Hannah Bixby, aged 84 years, widow of Ebenezer, applied for
a pension in Sept., 1847. She was living in Burlington township,
Delaware Co., O. In her declaration she stated that her husband
died 2 Oct., 1813, that he was a native of Roxbury, and that she
was married 1 March, 1791. 2 Septimus Witter made affidavit
that he went with Ebenezer Byxbe in the spring or summer
of 1791 to Mr. Babcock's house in Middlefield, and brought his
daughter, Hannah, to the house of Col. Moses Byxbe, a brother of
Ebenezer, in Washington, whence they went to the house of Rev.
Mr. Ballentine (but the affiant did not go with them) and upon
their return they were reputed married. 2
Children, bom probably in eastern Pennsylvania: 3
1- 1 Ebenezer, born about 1792; married Malinda Welch.
2- 2 Nathaniel, born about 1797.
3- 3 Hiram Hale, born 4 July, 1801; married Mary A. Brown; (2) Emily
(Renshaw) Jayne.
1 U. S. Direct Tax, 1798, original returns in the library of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc.
2 U. S. Pension Bureau, case of Hannah Byxbe.
3 There may have been other children. It is asserted by Mrs. Mary (Byxbe) Aldrich (11135.16),
that the said Ebenezer was son of an Ebenezer Byxbe who was killed in the war of the Revolution,
and that his widow, Rachel Kazire Byxbe, accompanied Col. Moses Byxbe to Delaware Co., O.,
and that Col. Byxbe gave her land there. Also that the said Rachel was mother of Reuben, Joseph,
Mary and Ebenezer Byxbe, and died in Ohio in 1853. Also that she received a pension. There is
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 181
4 Reuben, twin with Hiram. He is probably the Reuben Byxbe who was
reported living at Byron, 111., in the early years of the Civil War. But
a letter addressed to him at Byron by his brother Hiram, who had lost
all knowledge of him since leaving Pennsylvania, was not delivered.
About 1890, Jacob R. Byxbe heard of a Reuben Byxbe, formerly of
Byron, who was an itinerant Baptist preacher and of about the age
Hiram H. Byxbe would have been. He was childless.
5- 5 Joseph, born about 1808; married Elizabeth Jordan.
6- 6 Mary, born about 18 10; married Babcock; (2) Samuel Filkey.
7 Elizabeth, married Babcock.
Ebenezer Bixby enlisted in a company commanded by Capt.
Barnes, Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, and on a roll dated 1
Aug., 1775, is credited with 12 weeks, 2 days service. Another
roll, probably of date of Oct., 1775, also bears his name, at which
time he was reported on command at Quebec. He was then a
resident of Partridgefield, 1 Mass.
His widow declared that Ebenezer Bixby enlisted from Par-
tridgefield, 7 May, 1775, in the company of Capt. Daniel Barnes,
Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, and was engaged in battle at
Fort Ticonderoga, White Plains, Bennington, and Saratoga. She
also stated that he was a native of Roxbury (which was an error),
that he married her 1 March, 1791, and died 2 Oct., 1813. 2
Mr. Jacob R. Byxbe of Hillrose, Colo., 3 writes, "My knowledge
as to paternal ancestors is limited. I have heard my father
speak of his boyhood days near the Susquehanna River in Penn-
sylvania, and that he had two uncles in the Colonial Army during
the War for American Independence. One of them was with the
troops that went to attack Quebec, and returned in severe cold
weather through the wilderness with nothing to eat, and had the
smallpox."
The statement that Ebenezer was in the battle of Saratoga
indicates his service in the army as late as Oct., 1777. There is
a return dated 8 April, 1779, of men who had enlisted into the
Continental Army, and in this list is found the name of Ebenezer
Bixby, enlisted from Partridgefield to the credit of Northampton, 1
no record of a Rachel, widow of Ebenezer Byxbe, or of any unidentified Bixby, having received a
pension. Pelatiah, brother of Ebenezer, was killed in the Revolution, but no record of his mar-
riage has been found.
Jacob R. Byxbe (1 1135.36), who left home at an early age and who after he was 16 years of age
saw little of his father, asserts that his grandmother did not receive a pension. She lived with her
son, Hiram H. Byxbe, in Ohio after his marriage, and she certainly was pensioned and died later
than but not long after 1847. Mrs. Aldrich did not know the name of her grandfather.
1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
1 U. S. Pension Bureau, case of Hannah Byxbe.
3 21 May, 1909. Similar information has been received from Alexander Holcomb (11135.32-1).
l82 BIXBY GENEALOGY
assigned to company commanded by Capt. Cleveland in Col.
Michael Jackson's regiment. In the Continental Pay Accounts
preserved by the State of Massachusetts there is an account opened
with "Ebenezr Bigsbee, Private, of Partridgefield in Capt. Eph-
raim Cleveland's company, Col. Michael Jackson's regiment."
Soldiers were credited with 40 shillings per month. 1 There are
no debits or credits entered against Ebenezer Bixby, but the words
"Died in 1777" are written under the credit column. Under the
heading of "Balance December 31 (1779)." the s P ace Is left
blank. c ,
There is a roll of Cleveland's company which was part ot the
8th battalion or regiment, made up later than July, 1778, probably
in April, 1779, but the name of Ebenezer Bixby does not appear.
The only way of reconciling these conflicting statements is to assume
that Ebenezer Bixby was reported dead, and for some reason,
perhaps because he was allowed to return home, or was among the
missing and never reported after some engagement, or was sup-
posed to have died of sickness or wounds, was entirely lost account
of by his company commander. There is another entry on the
Revolutionary Rolls which may refer to him, but this is without
date viz., in a list of men in Maj. Cady's company who came for-
ward with Col. Patterson, but did not enlist, is found the name of
Ebenezer Bixby.
In an affidavit executed in Delaware Co., O., 23 Sept., 1847,
Moses Byxbe states that he is sixty three years old, and is the son
of Col Moses Byxbe, a brother of Ebenezer, and that he had also
an uncle Benjamin, all of whom were Revolutionary War soldiers
He also states that Hannah has been the reputed and acknowledged
wife of the said Ebenezer for more than fifty-five years. 2
11138
V Benjamin Bixby (Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 10
Oct 1 751, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died perhaps at Pittsford, Hills-
daleCo., Mich., where he was living in Dec, 1841 ; 3 married early
in 1777, Mary Guest, 4 who died in the lifetime of her husband.
» The balance found due to the soldier was multiplied by 3*J to make good the depreciation.
Byxbe's account appears on folio 97.
2 Letter of Commissioner of Pensions, 13 Dec, 1910.
» Papers U. S. Pension Bureau. He was apparently living in 1848.
* Intention of marriage at Sturbridge 30 Dec, 1776.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 183
Children, born at Peru, 1 Mass.:
1 William, born 7 Nov., 1777.
2 Elizabeth, born 19 Jan., 1779.
3 Abner, born 9 June, 1780; living in 1836 at Ridgeway, N. Y Perha™ h»
removed to Pittsford, Mich., that or the following year P he
Benjamin Bixby was a Revolutionary soldier. His services
are related in his declarations made in his old age to obtain a pen-
sion. These declarations were made in 1835 and 1836, the second
being drawn up by Henry Angevine, who investigated the circum-
stances under which the first application was made, which had
led to suspension of the pension. From this it is learned that the
first application was made at the instance of one Bedford, a stranger
to Bixby, who first saw Bedford at Lockport, N. Y., in April, 1835.
Bixby had stopped at Lockport on his way from Pendleton, N. Y
"where he had been visiting his daughter-in-law," "to get some cake
to eat," when Bedford stepped up to him and asked him if he was not
a Revolutionary soldier, and finding that to be the case he offered
to draw up a pension application for him, for which he was to receive
half the back pay if the application was successful, otherwise
nothing. He entered at once on the task, and completed the papers
at Medina, N. Y., near Bixby 's residence. Bedford was responsi-
ble for claiming three months' service in New York in 1776, which
had been performed by one Sweetman or Sweetly 2 as a substitute
for Bixby. Angevine explains the discrepancies in the two decla-
rations as arising from the fact that Bixby could not read writing,
and placed implicit confidence in Bedford, who had left the country
prior to Jan., 1836. He goes on to state that Bixby was a "very
old, infirm man, honest and meritorious." From the two declara-
tions, and a petition by Bixby dated 3 Dec, 1841, the following
account of his services in the war are obtained, also his after
history.
Benjamin Bixby lived in Partridgefield during the whole period
of the Revolution. He apparently employed a substitute by the
name of Sweetly or Sweetman who enlisted 5 May, 1776, and
served until the 6 August about New York. This is evidently the
three months' service afterward disclaimed by Bixby. He himself
1 Peru Vital Records. Peru was formerly Partridgefield, from which town Middlefield and
Hinsdale also were set off.
* Ebenezer Sweetland of Partridgefield served from May to Nov.. 1775, in a company commanded
oy capt. Nathan Watkins, Col. John Patterson's regiment. (Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls.)
l84 BIXBY GENEALOGY
enlisted about the middle of Sept., 1776, and served three months
in a company commanded by Capt. Smedley of Williamstown,
in the regiment commanded by Col. Clark of Gatesborough.
Smedley 's command marched from Partridge field, through Gates-
borough, Adams, Williamstown, Bennington, Vt., Skeansbor-
ough (now Whitehall), N. Y., thence by water to Lake Cham-
plain to a place called Mount Independence in Vermont, where
they encamped. During this campaign a float-bridge was built
from Mount Independence across Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga.
He again enlisted 1 Sept., 1777, at Partridgefield, in a company
commanded by Capt. William Watkins, 1 and again marched to a
point near Ticonderoga, but was compelled to retreat toward
Fort Edward on the Hudson. He was at Stillwater and Saratoga,
and returned home two or three days before Burgoyne's surrender. 1
He was not in the battle of Saratoga. He then became a member
of a company of militia, commanded by Capt. Fletcher, and was
in more or less active service during a period of six months, the
first half of that period against "the indians and tories infesting
that section of the country," the remainder of the time ready to
take arms upon any alarm. He also claimed to have marched
against the enemy to Lanesborough and Stephenstown, N. Y., in
August or the following two months, "but the light horse brought
word that the enemy had left that quarter and this applicant was
marched back again." It is evident that this last service was
part of his six months' service when he was an active member
of a militia company, which was constantly called out to restore
confidence, or for scouting duty, but of which duty no returns
were made to the state government. The expedition to Stephens-
town was under command of Capt. Watkins, whose company was
a part of Clark's regiment of Berkshire militia. That he served
under Capt. Fletcher is proved by the state archives, which show
that Benjamin Bixby, a private in company commanded by Capt.
1 According to the declaration drawn up by Bedford, Bixby claimed to have enlisted 2 June
1777 and served three months under Capt. Nathan Watkins in Clark's regiment, during which
sendee he marched to Fort Independence, thence to Fort Edward; that he re-enlisted under Capt.
Watkins is Sept., and served until 16 Dec, 1777. and marched to Saratoga. William Watkins
of Peru was a lieutenant in the company of Capt. Nathan Watkins which responded to the Lexing-
ton alarm, and served at the siege of Boston. He was commissioned captain of the Partndgeneld
company in Col. Benjamin Simonds' regiment of Berkshire county militia in May, 1776, and was
at Ticonderoga in Dec, 1776, and until March, 1777. William Fletcher was lieutenant in his
company in May, 1776, and was captain 28 April, 1778, and commanded the company on the
march to Pawlet in Oct., 1780.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 185
William Fletcher in Col. Simonds' regiment, marched to Pawlet
on the alarm of 13 Oct., 1780, and was credited with six days'
service. 1 Also that he served from the 14th to the 24th Oct., 1781,
on an alarm, which caused his company, commanded by Capt.
Jonathan Thayer, in Col. Barnes regiment, 1 to march to Stillwater. 2
This first declaration is made under the name of Bixbe, his second
as Byxbe. Benjamin Bixby told Angevine that the name of Byxbe
was as often called Bigsby as Byxbe, and more frequently spelled
Bigsby than any other way. He also declared that he was born
in Hopkinton 21 Oct., 1751, and that there was a record of his age
in the bible of his son Abner, with whom he was living in Ridge-
way, N. Y. ; that he had lived in Partridgefield until about "35
years ago" and continued to live in Berkshire county, until he
moved to Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y., thence to Monroe Co.,
where he resided about ten years, thence to Orleans Co., thence
to Pendleton in Niagara Co., and thence to Ridgeway, where he was
living in 1835 and 1836. In Dec, 1841, in a petition that he may
have a pension granted him, he makes further statement that he
served as a minute man for six months under Capt. Edward Kibby,
and that he had resided in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich., the past
five years, prior to which he had lived in New York. In his first
declaration he mentions that his brother Aaron Bixby and William
Thayer served with him during the period he was acting as guard
to the home towns in Berkshire, and that during the Revolution
he lost $500 "continental money" by its vast depreciation. He was
apparently living as late as 1848 and attempting to obtain a pension. 3
There are no deeds of record at Pittsfield to or from Benjamin
Bixby.
1113J
V. Moses Bixby (Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 4
May, 1756, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 9 Sept., 1826, at Delaware,
1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
J There is a further claim of service by Benjamin Bigsby from i July, 1778, for six months and
one day in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Boynton, in Col. Wade's regiment, and when
this was read by Angevine to Bixby, he declared he had served under Capt. Boynton. The
records show the certificate furnished by the Massachusetts authorities to be in error, for the
name is clearly Levi Bigsby on all four of the rolls preserved. (Mass. Archives, 55 M, 36).
Capt. Joseph Boynton's company was evidently raised from the towns in that part of Middlesex
Co. bordering the Merrimack, and nearby localities. Col. Nathaniel Wade was of Ipswich. In
1836 there was not known to be any muster rolls of the companies commanded either by Smedley
or Watkins. 3 Letters in pension case.
15
1 86 BIXBY GENEALOGY
O.; 1 married 28 Dec, 1780, at Washington, Mass., Dorothy
Witter, 2 probably daughter of Joseph Witter. 3 She was living
in 1820.
Children, born at Washington: 2
I Dolly, born 15 Sept., 1781; married Rev. Joseph S. Hughes of Delaware,
who came from Pennsylvania in 1810 and died at Delaware in 1823.
He left a widow whose maiden name was Amy Reynolds.
2- 2 Moses, born 30 Jan., 1784; married Betsy Egleston.
3- 3 Appleton, born 28 April, 1786.
4- 4 Lucy (Nancy), born 4 Dec, 1788; married Leonard H. Cowles.
5 Pelatiah (Pelitah), born 14 April, 1791; died 7 July, 1791.
6 Aney, twin with Pelatiah, died 22 June, 1794.
Moses Bixby was in his eighteenth year at the time of his father's
removal to Partridgefield. The opening of the Revolution found
him enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Nathan Watkins
which marched 22 April, 1775, in response to the Alarm of the 19
April. He is credited with fourteen days' service at that time,
and reported as enlisted 5 May, 1775, in Watkins' company in
Col. John Patterson's regiment. He served in the army besieging
Boston until November. He signed a receipt for a bounty coat
13 Nov., 1775. He also served from the 11 to 27 July, 1777, in
Capt. Zebulon Norton's company, Col. Caleb Hyde's regiment, and
from 27 July, 1777, until the 14 Aug., in Col. John Ashley's regiment,
also from Berkshire county, under the same captain. This service
was performed at the "Northward." He again enlisted, as cor-
poral, 22 Aug., and served until the 29 Aug., 1777, in a company
commanded by Capt. William Fletcher in Col. Benjamin Simonds'
regiment on an expedition to Bennington. Also, under the same
commanders, from the 5 Sept. to the 1 Oct., 1778, at the "North-
ward, having marched by orders of Gen. Lincoln on an alarm." 4
He received a deed of 144 acres of land in Washington, 29 March,
1783, from Joseph Witter of that place, being described as of Par-
tridgefield. The consideration was £300, and the land was de-
scribed as bounded north by Partridgefield south line and pur-
chased by Witter from Lt. Alpheus Spencer. 5 He and wife Dority
sold this land 9 Dec. following, they being described as of Wash-
ington. 5
1 Letter of Robert C Rockwell of Pittsfield, Mass. 2 Washington vital records.
* The Witters were from Preston, Conn., descended from an early settler at Lynn, Mass.
4 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
• Berkshire Deeds at Pittsfield, 16:273, 20:397.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 187
He had previously purchased 100 acres in Washington, in 1780,
of Nathan Ingraham and Irene his wife, also bounding north on
Partridgefield, and in 1783 purchased 160 acres in Sheffield. From
this time until his death he was a frequent purchaser of lands in
Washington, Partridgefield and vicinity, which he sold from time to
time. From 1792 until 1800, with the exception of 1798, he was
licensed as an innkeeper at Washington, and in 1802 and 1803 at
Lenox, where he was associated with Joseph Tucker in business. The
firm was dissolved 25 June, 1804. Besides his business as an inn-
keeper (in those days of stage coaches the inn was the centre of the
town life, second only to the church), he conducted a general
mercantile business. He is said to have visited Delaware Co.,
then Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1801, with his son Moses, and located
a large amount of land under Revolutionary soldiers' land warrants
which he had bought up. In all, in different parts of the county,
he located several thousand acres of land. When he returned to
Lenox, in the fall of 1801, his son Moses remained among friends
they had known in Massachusetts who had settled at what is now
Delaware City, then a large Indian village in which the whites
were doing business. In 1802 Moses Bixby again returned to
Ohio and pitched upon a site on the Little Walnut, a stream about
nine miles east of Indian Delaware, where he determined to found
a village. He made two visits to Lenox after this, and finally
succeeded in bringing out a number of settlers, most of whom were
relatives or connections by marriage. One of these, Azariah Roof,
was a surveyor. The village, which he named Berkshire, was
founded in Oct., 1804. He had brought his family, and remained
at Berkshire until 1806 when, having sold his interests there to
the brothers David and Joseph Prince, he removed to Delaware.
Delaware county was organized 10 Feb., 1808, being set off from
Franklin, and in March, 1809, Bixby and David Baldwin of Pitts-
burgh, Penn., began laying out the town of Delaware. Moses
Bixby, Sr., was one of the first associate judges of the new county,
and Moses Bixby, Jr., the first clerk of the court of common pleas.
It is said that after the failure of his attempt to have Delaware
selected as the capital of Ohio, Moses Bixby was never the same
man. 1
He died at the home of his son-in-law, Leonard H. Cowles.
1 Letter of D. U. C. Luegenbeel, Delaware, Ohio.
1 88 BIXBY GENEALOGY
During the latter part of his life he had the title of colonel, and is
so described in a deed dated Aug., 1816, and in another dated
Sept., 1817. In 1811 he was styled esquire. 1
He was one of the incorporators of the Becket turnpike running
through Becket from Pittsfield 2 to Westfield, Mass.
1113M
V. Bethia Bixby (Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born 20
Sept., 1762, at Framingham, Mass.; died 1794 at PartHdgefield,
Mass.; married, probably in 1780, Col. William Richards, born
17 Jan., 1765, died 28 Aug., 181 1, at Hinsdale, Mass., 3 aged 57
years, son of William and Sarah (Knap or Knopp) Richards, and
step-son of Sarah Bixby (1 172). He is said to have been a descend-
ant of Edward Richards of Lynn, Mass., who died 26 Jan., 1689-90,
aged 69 years, who may have been a son of Richard Richards of
Lynn in 1639, who died in 1678.
Children:
1 Betsy Richards, born 28 March, 1781; married Salmon Bixby (13475).
2 Sally Richards, born 1783; married Dr. Hinckley of Pittsfield.
3 William Richards, born 1785; married Clara Eames. They moved to
Riga, N. Y., thence to Ohio, and subsequently to Noble, Mich., where he
died. 4
Children:
1. Walter Oscar Richards, born 21 Nov., 1820, at Riga; living in Iowa in
l8 97- . . , .
2. Sarah Richards, married Wesley W. Wright; living in Sturgis, Mich., in
1897.
4 Achsa Richards, 6 born 20 June, 1787, at Hinsdale; died there 1 Aug., i875; s
married 6 Nov., 1810, at Hinsdale, Lemuel Parsons, born 5 June, 1786,
at Enfield, Conn., died 24 April, 1867, at Hinsdale, son of Lemuel and
Abigail (Warner) Parsons.
Children:
1. Christopher Parsons, born 8 April, 1813; died 20 July, 1814.
2. Cynthia Parsons, born 24 Aug., 181 1; died 22 May, 1872, at Rosemond,
111.; married 16 April, 1850, at Albany, N. Y., Harlow Spring; (2)
1 Deeds at Pittsfield. 2 Acts and Resolves. Massachusetts General Court.
' Hinsdale Vital Records. His gravestone gives date of death as 1812.
« Information of Mrs. Effie R. (Edward M.) Johnson of Minneapolis, a daughter of Walter Oscar
Richards (1113M-31).
6 Information concerning descendants of Achsa (Richards) Parsons has been received from
Mrs. F. E. Weise (1113M-451), Lemuel Parsons (1113M-48), A. N. Warner (1113M-441) and
C. B. Warner (1113M-442), Mrs. L. G. Sherman (1113M-462), John P. Mack (1113M-461).
Mrs. Etta W. Spring (1113M-421). Mrs. Fannie E. Lewis (13475.4-2), and John H. H. Lewis
(i3475-4 _ 2). Several slight inconsistencies in the various statements have been adjusted by fol-
lowing the statements of the nearest relatives.
•Information of C B. Warner (1113M-442).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 189
18 Jan., 1866, at Hinsdale, Benjamin Eleazer Warner. Child, by first
marriage: Willis Parsons Spring, born 14 Aug., 1853, at Hinsdale;
died 22 March, 1905, in Minneapolis; married 14 Aug., 1879, Etta
Webster. She lives in Minneapolis. 1 Willis P. Spring graduated at
Oberlin College, 1875, Harvard Medical School, 1879.
3. John Parsons, born 11 Sept., 1814; died 8 Nov., 1814.
4. Rebecca Parsons, born 28 July, 1816; died 7 Sept., 1865 ; 2 married
26 Sept., 1837, at Hinsdale, Benjamin E. Warner, born 25 June,
1810, at Brookfield, Conn., died 10 Dec, 1903. He was a cabinet
maker. In 1855 he removed to Illinois, and was one of the founders
of Rosemond. He married (3) 9 March, 1873, Eliza P. Weeks. Chil-
dren, among others: Almon N. Warner, of Rosemond, 111. C. B. Warner
of Burlington, Vt.
5. Zilpah Parsons, born 18 Oct., 1818; died 20 Aug., 1868, at Pittsfield, 111.;
married 16 July, 1846, Thomas Green Atwood, born 17 July, 1823.
He married (2) a daughter of Walter Richards. He lived in Chicago.
Children: Sarah Kate Atwood, married Fred E. Weise of Chicago.
Others, deceased.
6. Maria Parsons, born 24 Feb., 1821; died 5 Oct., 1894, at Hinsdale;
married there 30 June, 1847, Lyman Mack, born 10 April, 1823, died
10 July, 1898. Children: John Parsons Mack, born 17 Nov., 1848;
lives at Dalton, Mass. Mary Ellen Mack, born 18 Sept., 1857, at
Hinsdale; married there Louie G. Sherman of Hinsdale.
7. Jane Parsons, born 30 June, 1823; died 9 Oct., 1908, at Hinsdale; married
there 10 Oct., 1850, Warren (Philemon) Knight. No issue.
8. Lemuel Parsons, born 5 Dec, 1825; married 1 Sept., 1857, at Groton,
Conn., Mary Ellen Moxley; 3 lives at Rosemond. Children: A daugh-
ter, married John Glotfelter of Emporia, Kans. A daughter, married
William P. Murley of Kansas City, Mo.
9. Peter Parsons, born 16 Feb., 1828; died 11 Nov., 1900, at Hinsdale;
married there 25 Nov., 1858, Ann Eliza Prentiss. Children: Clarence
Parsons. Lemuel N. Parsons. William R. Parsons. Eunice A. Par-
sons. Lucy M. Parsons. Jennie Parsons, married Frank Phillips of
Hinsdale.
5 Ira Richards, born 1789; married Ruth Turner; (2) 16 May, 181 1, at Hins-
dale, Rebecca Watson. They lived at Riga.
William Richards served in the Revolution. The following
service records probably pertain to him. William Richards of
Framingham enlisted 20 Dec, 1776, and served until 1 March,
1777, in company commanded by Capt. Moses Harrington, Col.
Dike's regiment. Also as sergeant in company commanded by
Capt. Nathaniel Belcher, marched 8 Sept., 1779, and served one
month, twelve days, under Gen. Hancock at Castle Island, at whose
request, upon William Richards' application, he was permitted
to be discharged that he might enlist to serve with troops then being
dispatched to reinforce the Continental army under Washington.
He appears, as of Hopkinton, serving as corporal in company
1 Children: Elbert Webster Spring, born 11 Oct., 1882. Willis W. Spring, born 20 June, 1884.
Arthur Dickerman Spring, born 24 Sept., 1887.
'Information of A. N. Warner (1113M-441). Another informant reports the death as I Sept.,
1867. 'Another account says Ellen Mac Ginder.
igo BIXBY GENEALOGY
commanded by Capt. Amasa Cranston, Col. Samuel Denny's
regiment, enlisted 28 Oct., discharged 23 Nov., 1779, at Claverack,
N. Y. He may also have served a short time in the summer of
1779 in Rhode Island. 1
His title of colonel was obtained after the Revolution. He
settled in Partridgefield, which in 1806 became Peru, a portion of
the older town having two years previously been set off to Hinsdale.
He married, second, (intention published 4 April, 1796, at Peru)
Monica Frissell, who died 29 Dec, 1831, aged 64 years, and had
other children as follows: Harriet Richards, born 1797, Bethia
Richards, Hiram Richards, Walter Richards, John Richards, Nelson
Richards.
11511
V. Mary Bixby (Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born probably
at Amherst, N. H., about 1750; died later than Aug., 1797; married,
about 1770, David Hildreth, born 27 Feb., 1746, 2 at Litchfield,
N. H., died at Amherst, youngest son of Jacob and Abigail Hildreth 3
of Litchfield.
Children, born at Amherst:*
1 Hannah Hildreth, born 17 Aug., 1774; married Ephraim Pike of Amherst.
2 David Hildreth, died young.
3 Edith Bixby Hildreth, born 6 Dec, 1779.
4 Esther Hildreth, married Samuel Hildreth. 4
5 Polly Hildreth, died, aged seventeen years, at Windsor, N. H.
6 Susan Hildreth, married John Hildreth, a cousin. They removed to Phelps,
N. Y.
7 Clifton Bixby Hildreth, born 12 Aug., 1797; died 6 Feb., 1881, at Aliens-
town, N. H.; 5 married in Boston, Eliza S. Fuller, born there, Dec, 1797, died
1 Aug., 1876, at Concord, N. H. In 1849 they moved to Bow, N. H.,
from Boston whither Mr. Hildreth had removed from Amherst in 1822.
He was a carpenter and builder.
Children, all born in Boston, including two who died in infancy:
1. Joseph Wyman Hildreth, born 30 June, 1826; died 2 Dec, 1900, 5 at
Manchester, N. H.
2. Charles F. Hildreth, of Suncook, N. H., in 1878; died 16 Aug., 1903,
without issue; surgeon of the 40th Mass. Vols.
1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
1 Records at Concord. N. H., but Charles F. Barnard gives the birth as 17 July, 1748.
* Authority of Charles F. Barnard, of Boston, who, in June, 1878, while at Suncook, "a mutual
friend, and friend of the family," prepared a brief sketch of the family of Clifton B. Hildreth, his
parentage, and an account of Jacob Hildreth who settled at Natacook (Litchfield) about 1720,
erroneously described as an emigrant from England.
4 Samuel Hildreth was a cousin of his wife, being a son of John Hildreth of Phelps, N. Y., a brother
of David Hildreth, and grandson of Jacob Hildreth.
5 N. H. Deaths. J. W. Hildreth was an assistant superintendent of the Manchester and Law-
rence Railroad Company. He left one daughter, Mary E. Hildreth, wife of George E. French,
of Manchester, N. H.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 191
3. Cornelia M. Hildreth, married M. Taylor Ladd. No issue.
4. Lydia A. H. Hildreth, married Oliver Fuller. Children: A son and a
daughter.
5. Clifton Bixby Hildreth, married Abbie W. Cilley, of Epsom, N. H. He
was police inspector at Manchester. Children: Will Clifton Hildreth,
born 1 Jan., 1868; married Jennie Hook of Pembroke, N. H. 1 He
was postmaster at York, Me., and police court justice.
H5I2
V. Daniel Bixby (Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born probably
at Amherst, N. H., about 1752; died at Salisbury, N. H.; married at
Hillsborough, N. H., Sarah Blanchard of that place. 2 They lived
in Hillsborough. Late in life Daniel Bixby removed to Salisbury.
He is said to have been an "eccentric person." 3
Children: 4
1 Olive, living at the time of her father's death; married William Page
Sanborn, born 1820, son of Levi and Polly (Carter) Sanborn. 5 No issue.
They lived in Enfield, N. H. Mr. Sanborn married (2) Elizabeth
Whitman.
2- 2 Elvira W., born 1 Sept., 1815, 6 at Hillsborough; married Thomas W.
Currier; (2) Hobbs.
3- 3 Daniel William (Daniel H.), born 31 May, 1819, at Hopkinton, N. H.;
married Lois Ann Copps.
II5H
V. Hannah Bixby (Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born about
1760, probably at Amherst, N. H.; married 10 July, 1784, Joshua
Jones, born about 1757, died 1799 at Windsor, N. H., son of William
and Rebecca (Jenkins) Jones. 7 He left a will dated 23 June, 1799,
probated 15 Oct., 1799. He lived in Amherst, Hillsborough and
Windsor, N. H. His children are said to have settled in the Genesee
Valley, N. Y.
Children: 7
1 Elitheusa Jones.
2 Walter Jones.
3 Foster Jones.
4 Gilman Jones.
1 Children: Florence Louise Hildreth, Hazel Helen Hildreth, and Clifton French Hildreth, aged
respectively, sixteen, thirteen and four years in (1910?).
s The marriage record at Concord, N. H, is said to give the date as 2 Feb., 1823. There is a
manifest error in the year. Probably the date should be 1813, or possibly 1803.
3 Goodell: Sketch of Andrew Bixby 's descendants.
4 Information of J. G. Currier (11512.2-2). 'Sanborn Genealogy, p. 223.
• From age at death, given on Wilmot, N. H., records, 74 yrs., 1 mo., and 20 days, 21 Oct.. 1889.
7 Descendants of Hugh Jones, by J. G. Bartlett in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 61: 253. The will of
Joshua Jones is recorded in Hillsborough Co. Rebecca Jenkins was daughter of Joel and Mary
(Chadwick) Jenkins of Wilmington. See Lydia Bixby (1263).
192 BIXBY GENEALOGY
"515
V. John Bixby (Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born probably
at Amherst, N. H., about 1761 ; died 31 Dec, 1830; x married, 1789,
Rebecca Goodell, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Hutchinson)
Goodell. He married, second, 9 Nov., 1807, Sally Goodell, a
sister of his first wife. She died 6 Dec, 1833, leaving a will of which
Reuben Hatch was executor, and naming only Mandana H. (Bixby)
Hatch.
Children, 2 born at Hillsborough, N. H.:
1- 1 Dolphus (Adolphus 3 ), born 7 Jan., 1790; married Achsa Carr; (2) Lydia
Jones.
2- 2 Ransom, born 4 June, 1791; married Sarah Andrews.
3- 3 Nancy, born 17 March, 1793; married Moody M. Barker.
4 Sally, born 3 Oct., 1795; died in Illinois; 1 married 4 March, 1824, at Hen-
niker, N. H., Miles Cole of New Chester, N. H. 4 They removed to
Illinois in 1838.
5- 5 Avis, born 10 May, 1797; married Elijah Monroe.
By second marriage:
6- 6 Mandana Hutchinson, born Jan., 1813; married Seth Challis Hatch.
John Bixby of Hillsborough enlisted to the credit of Dearing,
28 July, 1779, for one year in the Continental service for the defense
of Rhode Island. He was a member of the 9th regiment of militia
commanded by Col. Moses Kelly, but the regiment in which he
served is not stated. He received a state bounty of £60. He is
also probably the same as John Bixby who enlisted 5 July, 1777,
and was discharged 12 July following, having served eight days in
Col. Thomas Stickney's regiment which marched to the relief of
Fort Ticonderoga, but which met the news of the evacuation of
the fort when they had marched seventy miles, and consequently
were dismissed. Stickney's regiment was raised from Concord
and towns nearby. Also a John Bixby enlisted 20 July, 1779,
for one year, and served in company commanded by Capt. James
Norris in the 3 d N. H. regiment. He seems to have served his full
term of enlistment. 5 John Bixby succeeded to his father's home-
stead.
1 Goodell: Sketch of Bixby Family published in Hillsborough Messenger, 1908.
' Records of Hillsborough, "children of John and Rebecca." See also Gage: History of Wash-
ington, N. H. See also will of John Bixby proved 1831, dated 14 Dec, 1827.
* Called Adolphus in father's will, in which, according to a certified copy, the children are named
as follows: Adolphus Bixbe, eldest son. Ransom Bixbe, Nancy Barker, Salley Gaul, Avis Monroe,
Mandana Hutchinson Bixbe, single woman.
* Records of Henniker, N. H. * New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 193
1 1732
V. Lois Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born at
Hopkinton, Mass.; baptized 11 Oct. (Dec), 1761 j 1 died 5 Jan., 1832, 1
at Hopkinton; married there 9 Dec, 1779, Jacob Parker, who
may have died March, 1795, aged 45, 1 probably son of Jacob and
Lydia (Parks) Parker of Hopkinton.
Children, born at Hopkinton: 2
1 Lucy Parker, born 6 Oct., 1780; married 30 Nov., 1799, 2 at Westborough,
Mass., William Collins, Jr., of Southborough, Mass.
2 Elijah Parker, born 3 Dec, 1782; married 30 March, 1806, at Hopkinton, 2
Abigail Waer.
Children, born at Hopkinton:
1. Carlton Parker, born 30 Nov., 1806.
2. Samuel Parker, born 17 April, 1809.
3 Aaron Parker, born 7 Jan., 1785.
4 Nathan Parker, born 2 July, 1788.
11736
V. Joel Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born at
Hopkinton, Mass.; baptized 5 July, 1772; died 6 Aug., 1820, 3
"aged 50 years," drowned in Whitehall pond, Hopkinton. His
intention of marriage to Polly Johnson appears at Hopkinton
6 June, 1795. Mary, "widow of Joel Bixby," died 3 Dec, 1830,
in her fifty-fifth year. 4
Children, bom at Hopkinton: 3
1 Lovett, born 22 April, 1796; died prior to 1878; married 17 April, 1818,
at Westborough, Mass., Sally Nelson Claflin. 5
2- 2 Joel, born 23 Oct., 1797; married Elizabeth Mellen.
3- 3 Montgomery, born 5 July, 1800; married Mary B. Morse.
4- 4 Mary (Mary Ann C), born 25 July, 1801; 6 married Peter Newton.
1 Hopkinton church records.
! Hopkinton town records. Jacob Parker and wife Sarah were parents of children between
1773 and 1777.
* Hopkinton records.
4 Gravestone at Wrentham, Mass. According to the History of Milford her name was Sophia
Johnson, and her name so appears in the record of death of her son Albert.
6 Westborough Vital Records. In Hopkinton Vital Records her name appears as Sally Wilson
Claflin.
• A list of the next of kin of Albert Bixby was filed with the papers in the settlement of hi9
estate. The persons named were: Delia*, wife of Moses Walker of Milford, Oscar E. and Frank,
children of Frank H. Bixby, Eliza Bixby*. Montgomery Bixby*, Montcalm Bixby*, Mariah A.
Phillips*, daughter of Charles W. Phipps (sic), Warren Bixby*. Bernadotte Bixby* of New York,
Sarah and Henry* Bixby of New York, Carrie E.* and Henry Thompson* of Wrentham, Susan
i 9 4 BIXBY GENEALOGY
5- 5 Cromwell, born 13 May, 1803; married Lydia Parker.
6 Sophia, born 3 Sept., 1805; married 18 April, 1847, at Wrentham, Mass.,
as Sophia J., aged 39 years, John A. Craig, aged 42 years, son of Elijah
and Mehitable Craig; 1 died without issue prior to 1878.
7- 7 Hannah, born 25 March, 1808; probably married Eliab Thompson, Jr.
8 Albert, born 11 Feb., 1810; died 24 Aug., 1878, at Milford, Mass., un-
married. Albert Bixby was a bootmaker, and eccentric in character.
By frugal living he laid aside $1100. He became insane, imagined him-
self in danger, and committed suicide. The papers in the settlement
of his estate name his nephews and nieces as next of kin. 2
9 Hariot, born 28 Feb., 1812; died without issue prior to 1878; perhaps
the Harriet Bixby who died 26 Feb., 1843, in her 29th year, at Wren-
tham, of consumption. 3 Her gravestone gives her age as 31 years,
and her date of death, 27 Feb. 1
10 Horatio N., born 3 May, 1814.
11741
V. Abijah Bixby (Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 14
June, 1764, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there in 1855; 4 married 8
April, 1795, 5 at Southboro, Mass., Lydia Chamberlain of South-
boro, born there 1765, died 1848 at Hopkinton. 4
Children, born at Hopkinton: 6
1 Nancy (Anna), born 3 Nov., 1797; died at Hopkinton, unmarried. 4
2- 2 John Chamberlain, born 12 Nov., 1800; married Ruth E. Haven.
3- 3 William, born 24 June, 1805; married Hannah Learned; (2) Jane (Gar-
field) Loomis.
4- 4 Luther, born 24 Aug., 1808; married Joanna E. Bowman.
5- 5 Eliza Ann, born 4 Sept., 1810; married Joseph Dudley.
1 1742
V. Pelatiah Bixby (Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born
28 Dec, 1765, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there 3 Sept., 1825;
married (intention 7 April, 1795) Jane Surriage, born 27 Jan.,
1773, baptized Jan., 1774, at Marblehead, Mass., died 23 Jan.,
L. Bacon* of Providence, Caroline (Bixby) Jones of New York, Georgianna (Bixby) St. Clair of
Boston, Edward Bixby of Boston, Andrew P. Bixby* of Boston, George Bixby of Cuba, two
daughters of Mary Newton of Ashland. Those starred participated in the distribution of the
estate, each receiving an equal portion, their relationship being that of nephew or niece. The
distribution gives the additional names of Sarah Briggs, Arthur E. BLxby, and Miranda Sherman.
Seventeen heirs participated. Sarah Briggs was identical with Sarah Bixby above, and Arthur
E. Bixby with Edward. Georgianna St. Clair, who did not share, but is called a niece, is prob-
ably Anna L. Bixby (11736.5-9). John Bixby, a nephew, son of Cromwell, appears to have
been entirely omitted.
1 Wrentham Vital Records. • Massachusetts Deaths.
'See Footnote No. 6 on Page 193. 4 Information of Luther W. BLxby (11745.6-1).
• Southboro Vital Records. Intention of marriage was recorded at Hopkinton, 10 May, 1794-
• Hopkinton records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 195
1839, daughter of Isaac and Ruhannah (Pedrick) Surriage. 1 She
became blind several years prior to her death. Two sons and,
it is said, three daughters, settled in Virginia.
Children, born at Hopkinton: 2
1- 1 John Adams, born probably 1795 or 1796, at Hopkinton; married
Smith.
2- 2 Edward Surriage, born 8 March, 1797; married Harriet Newton; (2)
Mary Ann Putnam.
3 Mary Swain, born 17 Aug., 1798; died in Norfolk, a widow, at the home
of her brother John; married 2 Oct., 1836, 3 Aaron Read of Hopkinton.*
No issue. 4
4 Hannah Webster, born 29 Nov., 1801; died, unmarried, at Hopkinton,
where she was admitted to the church 6 Oct., 1839.
5- 5 Simpson, born 7 July, 1805; married Sally P. Barber.
6 Susanna (Susan Ann), born 12 April, 1807; married 6 24 Oct., 1844,
Dr. Darius W. Todd of Norfolk, a widower. Intention of marriage at
Hopkinton, Sept., 1844.
7 Isaac Surriage, born 11 Jan., 1810; died at Norfolk.
8 Caroline Agnes Frankland, born 29 June, 1812; died 4 July, 1814. 5
9- 9 Charles Pelatiah, born 12 Dec, 1814; married Flora L. Mayhew.
1 1745
V. Luther Bixby {Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born
4 April, 1772, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 28 April, 1847, 6 in Boston,
Mass., "aged 75 years"; married there 9 Nov., 1802, 7 Susannah
Wentworth, born there 31 Jan., 1781, died there 15 Oct., 1847,
"aged 64 years," daughter of Philip and Susannah (Bradley)
Wentworth. 7
1 The romantic story of Agnes Surriage (Lady Frankland) is told in "Boston in the Early Colonial
Times," under Sir Charles Henry Frankland, p. 67. Frankland was collector of customs and ren-
dered tardy justice to a woman who had devoted her life to him. Agnes Surriage was born 17
April, 1726, daughter of Edward and Mary Surriage and therefore an aunt of Mrs. Jane (Surriage)
Bixby whose father, Isaac Surriage of Hopkinton, became possessed of his sister's former estate
in Boston under the will of Daniel McClester, nephew to both Isaac Surriage and Lady Frankland.
Part of the estate was at one time rented to the firm of Bixby, Capen and Stoddard. It is said
that Mrs. Bixby much resembled her aunt Agnes, and that Mr. Bixby was a short, thickset man,
pitted with smallpox. They lived in Hopkinton on the hill above Indian Brook, but later purchased
the Rider-Tidd place.
» Hopkinton town records. 3 6 Nov., 1836. Hopkinton Vital Records.
4 Aaron Read of Hopkinton had children by his first wife, Betsy (Corbett), who died 13 Feb.,
1836. He died 20 Dec, 1848, aged 52 years, 10 months, 27 days. He was son of Ephraim and
Honora Read. {Hopkinton Vital Records.)
5 Hopkinton Vital Records, where Susanna's name appears as Susan Ann. There is a record at
Hopkinton of intention of marriage between Cleophas Green and Susanna Bixby, 3 June, 1823
(or 4 Dec, 1822). Cleophas Green and Miriam Watkins were married 19 Dec, 1777- Mrs.
Susannah Green and Calvin Graves were married 30 Nov., 1843, all at Hopkinton.
8 Boston Records.
' Information of Luther W. Bixby (11745.6-1). Philip Wentworth and Susannah Bradley
were married 5 March, 1780, in Boston. The former died 3 Sept., 1843. aged 87 years; his wife
died 5 March, 1784, aged 37 years. The marriage of Luther Bixby is recorded in Boston.
196 BIX BY GENEALOGY
Children, born in Boston: x
1- I Philip Wentworth, born 23 March, 1804; married Fanny Valentine.
2- 2 Elizabeth Morrison Wentworth, born 9 Oct., 1805; married Robert
Hale, Jr.
3 Luther, born 28 July, 1807; 2 died 6 March, 1808. 1
4 Luther William, born 15 March, baptized 3 April, 3 1810; died 4 (6)*
May, 1811.
5 Alzendorf Clark, born 6 Feb., 1813; died 25 July, 1813. 5
6- 6 Luther, born 5, baptized 25 Dec, 18 14; married Arietta H. Rowell.
7- 7 Simpson Clark, born 10 Sept., 1816; married Lucy M. Ferriter; (2) Fanny
C. (Jennison) Harris; (3) Emily Read.
8- 8 Susannah Bradley Wentworth, born 17 Dec, 1817; married Benjamin
F. Underhill.
9- 9 Julia Alexena Wentworth, born 30 April, 1819; married Laban Burt.
J-10 Oswald Fitz Aubyn, born 30 June, 1820; married Levina A. Sears;
(2) Mary L. Sears.
11 Ann Jane Glorvina Cummings, born 16 Dec, 1823; died 5 March, 1824.
Luther Bixby was a member of the firm of Bixby and Valentine,
later Bixby, Clark and Valentine. In 1798 they occupied a build-
ing in Fish street, Boston, owned by Caleb Gardner. 6 The firm was
well known and was long established as shipping merchants. Dur-
ing the war of 1812 two vessels belonging to the firm were sunk
in Baltimore harbor as part of the defences of the city. From
1803 to 1807, perhaps longer, Luther Bixby lived at 9^ Prince
street.
1 1 746
V. Simpson Bixby {Peletiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 10
March, 1774, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there March, 1854; T
married 20 Dec, 1820, at Spencer, Mass., 8 Elizabeth Tucker,
of Spencer, who died 25 June, 1841, at Hopkinton, aged 43 years,
of hepatitis. 9
Children, born at Hopkinton: 10
t- 1 William Phelps, born 17 Oct., 1821; married Georgianna E. Phipps.
2 George Warren, born 15 July, 1824; died 9 March, 1837. u
3- 3 Maria Elizabeth, born 29 Jan., 1826; married Lewis Fairbanks.
4 Susannah, born 24 Jan., 1828; died 5 Dec, 1865, 9 at Hopkinton, un-
married.
5 Simpson, born 28 April, 1830; died 29 Sept., 1831. 11
1 See Footnote No. 7 on Page 195.
1 According to Jesse C Bixby (11745-67) this child was born in 1808.
» Second Church Records. e Church records give his baptism as Alendorf Clark, 21 Feb., 1813.
* Boston Records. 6 U. S. Direct Tax, 1798.
' Information of Mrs. Lizzie Bixby (11742.229), who also gives death of Elizabeth (Tucker)
Bixby as occurring in July. 8 Spencer Vital Records.
•Massachusetts Deaths. je Hopkinton records. u Gravesto ne at Hopkinton.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 197
II95I
V. Joseph Byxbee {John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 13
Aug., 1758, at Norwalk, Conn.; died in lifetime of his father, prior
to 1810; married 11 Jan., 1787, at Middlesex, Conn., Nancy
Slawson 1 (Slason) of Norwalk. They lived at South Norwalk.
In 1802, he was living at Ely's Neck, 2 previous to which he may
have been living at Rhoton Hill, as in 1796 he sold land and build-
ings there to James Waring.
Joseph Byxbee enlisted in Capt. Seymour's company, 9th
Conn. Regt., Col. John Mead, and was discharged 24 Jan., 1777.'
Children, born at South Norwalk:
1- 1 John, born 10 Aug., 1787; married Sarah Dingee.
2- 2 Betty, born 15 April, 1790; married Joseph Bouton.
II952
V. John Byxbee (John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 26
April, 1 761, at Norwalk, Conn.; died probably in or soon after
1813; 4 married 2 Aug., 1782, at Norwalk, Rhoda Selleck, 5 daughter
of Nathaniel and Sarah (Selleck) Selleck, who was perhaps living
in April, 1826, but had deceased prior to May of that year. 6
Children, born at Norwalk: 1
1- 1 Andrew, born 26 May, 1783; married Catherine Smith.
2 James, born 13 June, 1785.
3- 3 Elizabeth, born 26 July, 1787; married Wray Selleck.
4 Henry, born 27 Dec, 1790; died July, 1792. 7
5 Fannie, died in youth. 8
6- 6 Harry (Henry), 9 born 24 Feb., 1796; married Eliza Hoyt.
John Byxbee served in Capt. Lockwood's company of coast
guards, 16 March, 1780, to 1 Jan., 1781. He is described as John
Bigxby,2d. 10 John "Bixbe" was appointed ensign in the 4th com-
pany of the alarm list of the 19th Connecticut militia in May, 1778. 11
1 Church records at Middlesex, now Darien.
2 Norwalk Deeds, 20:272. ' Connecticut Men in the Revolution.
* He is styled junior as late as 1801. As his many transactions in land cease in 1813, it is probable
he had deceased.
s Norwalk records. ! Norwalk Deeds, 26:80, 499- 7 Norwalk records.
8 The local historian says of Fannie, that she "died young"; but probably infancy was not intended.
9 This name appears as Harvey in Hall's register of Norwalk families p. 260, and is so given by
Miss Elizabeth Byxbee (11952.12-6).
10 Connecticut Men in the Revolution. " Connecticut Public Records, 2:30.
198 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
He sold land at Ely's Neck, n May, 1813, lately owned by his
grandfather, John Byxbee deceased. 1
"Mrs. Rhoda Selleck Byxbee occupied the fine dwelling for that
day, now standing on Harbor Avenue and known in late years as
the Capt. Merritt place. Mrs. Byxbee survived her husband and
finally removed to Flax Hill, near the present only store on the
crest of that height.
"She had two daughters, one of whom married the recalled
Ray Selleck of the same hill, and the other Fanny, of lovely face
and features, which are picture-preserved at the residence of the
late Capt. William H. Wilcox on Flax Hill, died young." 2
II954
V. Hopkins Byxbee {John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born 1 Feb.,
1766, at Norwalk, Conn.; died prior to May, 1817; 3 married 19
Jan., 1786, at Norwalk, Anna Raymond, 4 who died 5 June, 183-,
aged 65 years, 5 daughter of William Raymond. Administration
was granted on her estate and an order for distribution granted
12 Sept., 1835. 6
Children, born at Norwalk or South Norwalk: 6
1- 1 Moses, born 9 Nov., 1786; married Hetty Hoyt; (2) Mary A. Hoyt.
2- 2 Anna, born 8 Feb., 1789; married Hinman Selleck.
3- 3 Raymond, born 7 Nov., 1790; married Jane Sheffield.
4 Henry, born 4 Oct., 1792; died unmarried.
5- 5 Ruth, born 15 Dec, 1794; married William Hallock.
6- 6 William, born 17 Jan., 1797; married Elizabeth Pettit.
7- 7 James, born 26 May, 1801; 7 married Halmina Raymond; (2) Susannah
M. Wilmot.
8- 8 Sarah, born about 1803; married Robert Sedgwick.
9- 9 Betsy, born 20 April, 1804, at South Norwalk; married Joseph Raymond!
(2) Alvah Fuller.
j -10 Pamelia, born 2 July, 1806, at South Norwalk; married Rufus Richards.
k-ii Susan, born 20 March, 1811; 8 married Ira Richards.
12 George, died prior to 1844, 9 unmarried.
Anna, wife of Hopkins Byxbee, had a deed of land at Flax
Hill with a house on it from John Byxbee, her father-in-law, 8
1 Norwalk Deeds, 21: 567. 2 Selleck: History of Norwalk.
•Norwalk Deeds, 23:218. * Norwalk records. 6 Tombstone, Pine Island Cemetery.
6 Norwalk Probate. The births of six eldest children are from Norwalk records. James was
born in South Norwalk.
7 1800, according to John F. Byxbee (11954.76). 8 Richards Genealogy.
• His share in his mother's estate was distributed to his heirs. His brothers William and Moses
sold their interest in 1844. (Norwalk Deeds, 32:609.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 199
May, 1810, in consideration of services rendered him in nursing
in sickness and health. This estate, which comprised 2i| acres
land, Hopkins and Anna Byxbee sold to William Hallock, 14 April,
1813. On the 10 July, 1809, Hopkins Byxbee sold to Moses Byxbee
land which had descended to his father John Byxbee, being several
undivided tracts. On the 10 Nov., 1845, William Hallock and
Ruth his wife, Rufus Richards and Parmelia his wife, Ira Richards
and Susan his wife, Alva Fuller and Betsy his wife, and James
Byxbee, all of Norwalk, and Hinman Selleck and Anna his wife of
New York, sold to Arza Raymond land in Ely's Neck, being their
right in estate of mother Anna Byxbee deceased. 1
12361
V. Edward Bixby (Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 8
Sept., 1744, at Chelmsford, Mass.; died 22 Oct., 1816, 2 at Frances-
town, N. H., aged 72 years, 1 month, 14 days; 2 married Lucy
Barnes, born 21 April, 1749, died 16 Sept., 1843, at Francestown. 3
Children, born at Francestown: 4
I- 1 Molly, born 9 Sept., 1777; married Ezra Fisher.
2 William, born 4 Nov., 1779; 3 died 30 Oct., 1862, at Francestown; 2 married
8 Dec, 1810, in Boston, Mass., 6 Mary Cummings, born 22 Oct., 1770,
died 6 April, 1856, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Cummings. 6
She had been a school teacher at Francestown.
William Bixby served in the State Senate in 1829-30. His portrait
appears in the History of Francestown, N. H. He was both a farmer
and a merchant; accumulated property, and was a liberal donor to the
Academy at Francestown. 7
Child, (adopted):
1. Nancy Pierce, born 18 Oct., 1812, at Hillsboro, N. H.; married 14
Sept., 1834, Edward P. Emerson, 8 of Nashua, N. H.
3 Lucy, born 23 Dec, 1782; died 21 Dec, 1863.
4- 4 Barnes, born 27 Nov., 1785; married Hannah Barnes.
5 Betsey, born Nov., 1788; died 24 April, 1854, at Concord, N. H.
Edward Bixby was a farmer. In 1768, as of Litchfield, he
purchased land in Plymouth. In or about 1776, he settled on the
hill west of the village of Francestown. 7 He was probably that
1 Norwalk Deeds, 21:338, 558, 34s; 34=458. » Francestown records at Concord.
•Information of O. G. Smith (12673.5-34).
* All but Betsey are recorded at Francestown. The name of Barnes had the word "Doctor"
preceding it. Lucy was born 27 Dec, according to Mr. Smith.
6 Records First Presbyterian Church.
» Cummings Genealogy. ' Cochrane: History of Francestown.
8 Information of W. A. Bixby (1236 1.44-3).
200 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Edward Bicksbey who is credited with an enlistment 24 April, 1775,
in company commanded by Capt. John Moore in Col. John Stark's
regiment, and served until 1 Aug., 1775. His name appears on a
roll of a company commanded by Col. McLaughlin in the same
regiment, 10 Oct., 1775, when he received $4 in lieu of a bounty
coat promised by the Colony. He is also probably that Edward
Bixby who enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. James
Ford in Col. Moses Nichols' regiment, raised 20 July, and discharged
19 Sept., 1777, and in which record he is credited with service of
2 months and 9 days, having marched to reenforce the Continental
army at Saratoga. 1
12362
V. Daniel Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 31
Aug., 1746, at Chelmsford, Mass.; died 29 June, 1803; 2 married
Lydia 3 Parker, born 17 Feb., 1749, died 22 Sept., 181 1, 2 daughter
of Thomas and Deborah Parker 4 of Litchfield, N. H.
Children : 5
1 Daniel, born 19 Oct., 1771.
2 Lydia, born 6 Aug., 1773; died 5 April, 1803. 2
3- 3 Thomas, born 11 Aug., 1775, at Litchfield; married Mary Currier; (2)
Mrs. Elizabeth Hadley.
4- 4 Dorothy, born 16 Oct., 1777; married Francis Chase.
5- 5 Nathaniel Parker, born 7 March, 1780, at Litchfield; married Margaret
Sinclair.
6- 6 Simeon, born 19 June, 1782, at Litchfield; married Mary Chase.
7- 7 Robert Parker, born 30 June, 1785; married Eunice Tryon; (2) Maria
R. C. Beare.
8 Mary, born 5 April, 1787; died 10 May, 1788. 2
9 Polly, born 25 March, 1788; died 3 May, 1 788.2
10 Sally, born 29 May, 1789; died 30 May, 1789. 2
11 Betty, twin with Sally, died 30 May, 1789. 2
12 Jonathan Parker, born 15 Oct., 1791; died 4 Aug., 1795. 2
Daniel Bixby was of New Boston, N. H., 22 July, 1771, when
he signed the petition for incorporation of a town to be taken
partly from New Boston and partly from Society Land. This was
the origin of Francestown, incorporated the following year. He,
however, settled in Litchfield. In 1780 his was one of the forty
1 N. H. Revolutionary Rolls. 2 Gravestones at Litchfield, N. H.
' Leonard H. Swett (12362.34-31). reports her name as Dorothy.
* Information of James Wilson Bixby (12362.71) and Mrs. Center (12362.4-43).
J Probably all born at Litchfield.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 201
families there. 1 The next year he was chosen surveyor and culler
of timber.
He enlisted 26 March and served until 18 Nov., 1762, in a com-
pany commanded by Capt. Leonard Whiting. He was described
as of Tewkesbury. In the column in which appear the names of
father or master of enlisted minors are the words "his mother."
His father had died in 1760. 2
He also served from the 6 July until the 20 Oct., 1780, in the
company of militia commanded by Capt. Peter Page which marched
under Col. Moses Nichols to join the Continental army defending
West Point. 3
In 1794 he was one of the Litchfield petitioners, claiming to own
the tract known as Brenton's farm, on both sides of the Merrimack,
who protested against a ferry. 4
On the 23 July, 1794, he, as of Litchfield, gentleman, sold to
William Lovejoy of Andover, Mass., 45 acres in Andover and half
a dwelling house, exclusive of what was set off as a dower to Patience
Phelps, being part of the estate of Thomas Phelps, deceased. He
had loaned money on mortgage in Andover to Hincher Parker in
1784. In 1769, as of Litchfield, he purchased land in Royal Society
Land, the territory now known as Dearing, Antrim, etc. He was
a delegate to the Convention called to ratify the Federal Consti-
tution, and with his brother, Thomas Bixby, a delegate from
Francestown, he voted Nay. The Constitution was adopted by
a vote of 57 to 47. 5 He was town dark 1784-5, and town treasurer
in T 795- He was commonly known as captain.
Thomas Parker, the father of Lydia (Parker) Bixby, was sheriff
of Rockingham Co. in 1775. His son, Matthew Parker, was
father of the Hon. Nathan Parker, a banker in Manchester,
N. H. 6
12363
V. Asa Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 29 Jan.,
1748-9, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 6 June, 1825, at Francestown,
N. H.; 7 married Elizabeth Dane, born 30 April, 1763, atTewkes-
1 N. H. State Papers, Vol. 12. s Massachusetts Archives, 99: 239.
» N. H. Revolutionary Rolls. « N. H. State Papers, Vol. 12. 5 Ibid., Vol. 10.
• Information of James Wilson Bixby (12362.34-71) and Mrs. Center (12362.4-43).
7 Francestown records.
16
202 BIXBY GENEALOGY
bury, Mass., died 29 April, 1849, at Francestown, 1 daughter of
Daniel and Prudence (Phelps) Dane. 2
Asa Bixby served two months under Capt. Lovejoy, in the com-
pany of guards stationed at Portsmouth. He enlisted in Sept.,
1779. 3 He engaged in lumbering in Francestown, and later settled
there, on what was long known as the Hopkins place. 2
Children, born at Francestown: 1
1 An infant, born and died in 1784; 4 buried in November.
2- 2 Betsey, born 11 May, 1786; married Benjamin Woodward.
3- 3 Sally, born 29 Jan., 1789; married Jabez Fairbanks.
4- 4 Daniel, born 19 May, 1791; married Mary Todd; (2) Betsy (Whipple)
Guild; (3) Lucinda (Dunklee) Combs.
5- 5 Polly, born 27 Aug., 1793; married Jabez Fairbanks. See Sally Bixby
(12363.3).
6- 6 Asenath, born about 1800; married William Quigley.
7- 7 Dean, born 16 July, 1804; married Lucy Manning; (2) Sarah E. Whiting.
8 Fanny, died 13 June, 1837, at Francestown; 5 married 27 Feb., 1821,
Samuel Fesson, or Ferson, Jr., of Francestown. 2
12364
V. Thomas Bixby (Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 5
July, 1752, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 3 Jan., 1827, at Francestown, 6
N. H.; married there 13 July, 1784, Rebecca Holmes, 6 born 12
Feb., 1766, died 29 June, 1804, daughter of Oliver and Bethia
(Morse) Holmes. 7 He married, second, 13 Jan., 1808, at Frances-
town, Rhoda (Billings) Downes, 6 born 19 March, 1763, at Can-
ton, Mass., died 12 Sept., 1851, 8 at Francestown, daughter of Roger
and Susanna Billings 9 and widow of Asa Downes of Francestown,
who by a former wife, Miriam Jordan, was father of Commodore
John Downes, U. S. N. By her first marriage she was mother of
Asa Downes, Amasa Downes, Cynthia Downes, Harriet Downes,
and Edward Downes, all born at Canton. 10
1 Francestown records.
'Cochrane: History of Francestown, N. H. Elizabeth (Dane) Bixby is said to have been sur-
vived by six children.
• N. H. Revolutionary Rolls. ' Information of Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77).
4 Information of O. G. Smith (12673.5-34). e Francestown records at Concord.
' Major Holmes, born 22 June, 1740; died 26 Sept., 1806; served in the Revolution; married in
1763, Bethia, born 12 March, 1744. died 11 May, 1818, daughter of Ezra and Bethia (Lewis) Morse
of Dedham.
» Her death is given as Sept. 13. by O. G. Smith (12673.5-34)-
» Holmes Genealogy (1908), p. 76.
'•Cochrane: History of Francestown.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 203
Children, born at Francestown: l
1 Paul, born 5 Aug., 1785; died 11 Sept., 1785.
2 Thomas, born 21 Oct., 1786; died April, 1808; married 29 Oct., 1807, at
Francestown, Polly Johnson, born 21 Sept., 1787, at Dedham, Mass.,
daughter of John and Rebecca (Pattee) Johnson 2 of Francestown.
She married (second) 5 (13) 2 Sept., 181 1, at Francestown, William
Patch of Reading, Mass., and had several children.
3 Rebecca, born 30 Sept., 1788; died 8 Jan., 1793. 1
4- 4 Hannah, born 25 Nov., 1790; married John Bradford.
5- 5 Levi, born 10 June, 1792; married Marie A. Lobato.
6 An Infant, born March, 1795. 3
7- 7 Oliver, born 27 April, 1796; 3 married Abigail W. Farrington; (2) Huldah
D. Farrington.
8 Rebecca, born 29 May, 1798; died 29 Jan., 1808. 1
9- 9 Paul Holmes, born 27 April, 1801; married Eliza J. Aiken.
10 Roxana, born 27 Jan., 1804; died 30 Nov., 1804. 1
Thomas Bixby was in the battle of Bunker Hill, having enlisted
in Capt. Joseph Moor's company in Col. William Prescott's regi-
ment, in which command he was a sergeant as late as Oct., 1775.
He was one of the veterans present as guests of the State of Massa-
chusetts at the laying of the foundation of Bunker Hill monument.
Although a lieutenant 4 in the militia company commanded by
Capt. John Carson, he enlisted as a private 7 July, 1777, on an
alarm, and marched to Ticonderoga under command of Sergeant
William Campbell. 5
Thomas Bixby was prominent in town affairs. He was town
1 Francestown records at Concord.
'History of Francestown, N. H., pp. 781, 870. The intention of the second marriage was
recorded at Reading, Mass., 12 Aug., 1811.
* This birth is not found on Francestown records at Concord, N. H., but is given by O. G. Smith
(12673.5-34), who also gives the birth of Oliver as 28 April. Oliver's birth does not appear on the
records at Concord. His death record does not give the middle name Holmes.
1 N. H. Revolutionary Rolls.
B Bixby Ms., where also the statement occurs that he served at Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga and
Valley Forge. Frothingham in Siege of Boston, p. 344, thus describes the laying of the corner
stone of Bunker Hill monument, 17 June, 1825: "This celebration was unequalled in magnificence
by anything of that kind that had been seen in New England. . . . Delighted thousands
flocked into Boston to bear a part in the proceedings, or witness the spectacle. At about ten
o'clock a procession moved from the State House towards Bunker Hill. The military, in their
fine uniforms, formed the van; about two hundred veterans of the Revolution, of whom forty
were survivors of the battle, rode in barouches next to the escort. These venerable men, the
relics of a past generation, with emaciated frame, tottering limbs, and trembling voices, constituted
a touching spectacle. Some wore as honorable decorations, their old fighting equipments, and some
bore the scars of still more honorable wounds. ... To this patriot band succeeded the Bunker
Hill Monument Association. Then the masonic fraternity, in their splendid regalia, thousands
in number. Then Lafayette . . . then a long array of societies. ... It was a splendid
procession and of such length that the front nearly reached Charlestown Bridge ere the rear had
left Boston Common." Gen. Lafayette participated in the laying of the corner stone, and
Daniel Webster delivered the address.
204 BIXBY GENEALOGY
clerk twelve years. In 1788 he was a delegate from Francestown
to the convention which adopted the Federal Constitution, and
voted against adoption. 1
He was appointed ensign, 23 June, 1779, 2 in the regiment com-
manded by Col. Hercules Mooney raised for the expedition against
Rhode Island.
12366
V. William Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 19
April, 1757, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 20 Nov., 1828; married 10
Nov., 1783, Sarah Thompson, born 20 Sept., 1758, died 4 June,
181 1. 3 He married, second, 10 Feb., 1814, Mrs. Elizabeth
(Chase) Nahor, born 20 Aug., 1778, died 16 June, 1856. 3 Ad-
ministration on her estate was granted 6 April, 1856. Her heirs
were her children, Edward Bixby, Mary Lund, Jane Bartlett, and
James Nahor. 4
William Bixby served three months in a company commanded
by Capt. Daniel Bowker in Col. Well's regiment, raised agreeable
to a resolve of 30 June, 1781. He was known as "Captain Bixby,"
a title probably won in the militia. William Bixby who was taxed
in Nottingham West (now Hudson, N. H.), in 1799, was probably
William Bixby (12366). 5
Children, 3 probably all born at Litchfield:
1- 1 James Thompson, born 10 Sept., 1784; 6 married Elizabeth A. Porter.
2- 2 Sarah, born 6 Nov., 1786; married Simeon Chase.
3 William, born 6 Feb., 1788; died 13 Jan., 1870, unmarried.
4 John, born 18 Sept., 1789; died 1 Oct., 1822; married Mary Hills. Re-
moved to St. Stephen, N. B.
5 Thomas B., born 12 May, 1791; died 30 Nov., 1793.
6- 6 Phebe S., born 30 April, 1793; married Samuel Dodge.
7 An Infant, born and died 4 Oct., 1794.
8 Polly, born 11 Jan., 1796; died 4 July, 1812.
9 Thomas, born 15 Oct., 1797; died 8 Oct., 1822. Removed to St. Stephen.
j-10 Jane, born 1 Feb., 1799; married James Upton.
» N. H. State Papers, vol. 10. - N. H. Provincial Papers. 12:839.
* The record of this family is from the Bible of William Bixby, now in possession of Miss S. E.
Bixby (12366. K-i). According to the state records, William Bickby and Sarah Thompson of
Litchfield, were married at Pembroke, 11 Dec, 1783-
^Hillsborough Co. Probate.
■See Webster: History of Hudson, N. H. Nottingham, Mass., originally a part of Dunstable,
became Nottingham West under the New Hampshire grant. It is now called Hudson.
Information of Annie W. Bixby (12366. 16-4).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 205
k-i i Parker, born 9 April, 1801 ; married Mary Porter.
L-12 Lydia, born 12 Aug., 1803, at Litchfield; married Joseph Tufts.
By second marriage:
13 Elizabeth, born 21 June, 1814; died 20 Jan., 1844.
14 Julia Ann, twin with Elizabeth; died 25 March, 1842.
15 Lucretia, born 1 Nov., 1816; died 6 Sept., 1825.
p-16 Edward, born 10 Dec, 1818; married Lucinda Caldwell.
12371
V. John Bigsby (Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born prob-
ably about 1764, perhaps as late as 1768, place unknown; died at
or near Guysboro, N. S., between Aug., 1826, and 10 Nov., 1827,
the dates of making and probating his will; married Feb., 1806,
at Christ Church, Guysboro, 1 Rachel Critcherd, whose parents
lived at Pirate Cove, near the present town of Mulgrave on the
Strait of Canso. 2 She died in 1876. 3
Children, born at Guysboro:*
1- 1 John William, born 17 Nov., 1807, baptized 1 May, 1808; married
Sarah A. Horton.
2- 2 Daniel "second son"; married Ruth Horton.
3 Elizabeth Jane, "eldest daughter," born 24 July, 1810, baptized 30
Sept., 1 8 10; married Parks. 2
4- 4 Benjamin Horton, born 2 May, 1812, baptized 30 Dec, 1813; married
Mary (Colby) Gawn.
5- 5 Harriet, "second daughter," born 22 Aug., 1814, baptized 21 July,
1816; married James Kennison.
6 George, born 11 May, baptized 21 July, 18 16; died, unmarried, on voyage
from Liverpool, Eng. 2 Administration on his estate was granted
12 Dec, 1843, to William Merrill who gave surety with Benjamin
Bigsby of Newburyport, mariner. He was of Newburyport, mariner,
and his small estate was divided between his mother and his ten
brothers and sisters. 5
7- 7 Martha, born 17 Feb., 181 7; married Robert Gould.
8- 8 Charles William, born 15 June, 1822; married Maria J. Cook.
9 Thomas. He followed the sea, and is supposed to have been killed by
savages, on the island of Otaheiti, in the Pacific Ocean. Unmarried. 2
He was living in March, 1844. 5
j-io Abraham, born 1826; married Elizabeth Horton.
1 Christ Church records. The name Critcherd was formerly spelled Critchett. Joshua Horton
and Benjamin Critchett had Crown grants of land.
2 Report of Dr. Eaton. See Daniel Bigsby (1237).
8 Should not this date be 1866? She is said to have survived her husband forty years, and his
death probably took place late in 1826.
4 The baptisms are from Christ Church records, and apparently the birth records of the baptized
children are also found on the baptismal register. Other dates of birth were received from Mrs.
Jerusha Stearns (12371.J3), Daniel Gould (12371.7-N), and Charles E. Bigsby (12371.J-4).
6 Essex Co., Mass., probate records.
206 BIGSBY GENEALOGY
11 Edward. He was living in March, 1844, 1 and is said to have suffered
the same fate as his brother Thomas. 2
12 Rachel; married Richard Carter, and lived at Steep Creek. 3 She was
not living in March, 1844.
John Bigsby was a mariner and a farmer. An assessment of
the inhabitants of Guysboro and Manchester, for the support of
the Church, was made 14 Sept., 1788. John Bigsby paid three
shillings. Another assessment was made 12 Dec, 1804, and at
that time he paid two shillings, six pence. A minister was first
settled over the parish in July, 1786. If other assessments were
levied between the years of 1788 and 1804, the lists are lost.
It is said that John Bigsby when a young man happened into the
Critcherd home, and saw Rachel, a child in the cradle. He laugh-
ingly said he would marry her when she grew up, and this he did.
She was seventeen years his junior, and survived him forty years. 2
A Crown grant of 1051^ acres was made to Isaac Andrews,
Elias Cook, John Bigsby, Ambrose Cook, and Daniel Gerry, said
land lying in the County of Sidney. Bigsby's portion was "that
certain tract marked No. 3 in the annexed plan, containing 300
acres." This grant was dated 19 Aug., 1822, and was signed by
Lt.-Gov. Sir James Kempt. 2
John Bigsby had previously purchased land in 1803, 140 acres
on the south side of the Lower Salmon River, from Richard Burke;
also, in 1805, 70 acres on the same river, with William Whitman,
from Hib N. Binney. This latter tract was conveyed to Daniel
Bigsby in 1835. The latter, as administrator of the estate of
John Bigsby, sold 130 acres on the Lower Salmon River in 1840. 4
John Bigsby made his will 5 Aug., 1826. 5 To his wife Rachel
he gave the use of one third of a farm at Bigsby's Head, Cook's
Cove, where he lived (about three miles from Guysborotown) ,
and also the use of one third of 100 acres at Salmon River "formerly
granted to Richard Burke." He named his eldest son John, his
second son Daniel, his eldest daughter Eliza, his second daughter
Harriet, and his other six beloved sons, Benjamin, George, Charles,
Thomas, Abraham, and Edward. Charles Horton and Elias
1 Essex Co., Mass., probate records.
2 Report of Dr. Eaton. See Daniel Bigsby (1237).
•Information of Mrs. S. L. Stearns (12371J3). The daughters Martha and Rachel are not
named in the abstract of John Bigsby's will furnished the editor. According to Mrs. Stearns, Abra-
ham was the youngest child. * Guysboro Deeds.
6 The will was recorded 10 Nov., 1827, being proved by the oath of William Horton and Alexander
Horton.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 207
Cook were made executors, and the witnesses were Alexander
Horton and William Horton.
Rachel Bigsby was buried in the Methodist Burying Ground
at Guysborotown. No tombstone marks her grave, or that of
her husband, who is said to be buried in a small cemetery at Cook's
Cove. 1
12372
V. Catherine Bigsby {Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born
1778, baptized at Guysboro, N. S., 7 May, 1791 ; died ; married
31 Dec, 1801, Benjamin Godfrey, who died of consumption, aged
about 67 years, 26 May, 1806. 2
Children, baptized at Guysboro:
1 John William Nixon Godfrey, born 5 Oct., baptized 22 Dec, 1805.
2 Alivia (Olivia) Eliza Godfrey, born 16 March, 1810, baptized 5 Aug., 1810.
12373
V. Sarah Bigsby (Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born 1781,
baptized 7 May, 1791, at Christ Church, Guysboro, N. S. ; died ;
married 22 April, 1805, Daniel Gerry, "bachelor." "This mar-
riage was not successful, and Sarah's brother John Bigsby was
called upon to support his sister both before and after her husband's
death. " The Gerrys lived at what is now Rochevale, not far from
Guysboro. Daniel Gerry had an original grant of land on Salmon
River, about nine miles from Guysborotown, and in 1804 paid
a church rate of one shilling and six pence.
Children: 3
1 Benjamin Gerry, born 12 April, baptized 5 Oct., 1806.
2 Catherine Gerry, born 7 Oct., 1808, baptized 7 May, 1809.
3 Sarah Gerry, born 2 Nov., 1812, baptized 10 April, 1814.
4 Lydia "Geary," born 15 Nov., 1814; baptized 27 March, 1814 (sic).
12671
V. David Bixby (Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 11 Aug.,
1749, at Westford, Mass.; died probably at Ludlow or Cavendish,
1 Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton. See Daniel Bigsby (1237).
1 Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton, who obtained the above information from the register of
Christ Church at Guysboro. Benjamin Godfrey paid a church rate of two shillings in 1808 (sic).
Benjamin Godfrey and Catherine Bigsby were designated on the church register at time of
marriage as bachelor and spinster, respectively. Probably Benjamin Godfrey's death was 1816
or 1826.
• Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton. The births, baptisms and marriage are from Christ Church
records.
208 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Vt.; married 10 Feb., 1773, at Dunstable, Mass., Alice Hayward
of Dunstable. 1
Child:
I- 1 Samuel, born 26 Nov., 1787, at Cavendish; 2 married Mary Carriel.
In the United States census of 1790, David Bixby is described
as of Ludlow, his family consisting of self, one male under sixteen
and one female. David Bixby responded to the alarm of 19 April,
1775, and served three days in the company commanded by Capt.
Oliver Bates, in Col. James Prescott's regiment. He reenlisted
1 May, 1775, in Capt. Parker's company, Col. William Prescott's
regiment, and served during the siege of Boston, being on rolls
dated 27 Sept. and 1 Nov., 1775. His name appears on a roll of
Capt. Zacheus Wright's company, in Col. Brooks' regiment, at
White Plains, N. Y., 31 Oct., 1776, as wounded and in hospital.
He was probably that David Bigsby who responded to the Ben-
nington alarm of 27 July, 1777, in Capt. Aaron Jewett's company
in Col. Job Cushing's Middlesex regiment. He was discharged
29 Aug., at Bennington, and immediately reenlisted under the
same captain, in Col. Samuel Bullard's regiment, and marched to
Saratoga where he served until 29 Nov., 1777. He again enlisted
2 July, 1780, for a term of six months in the Continental army,
and served until 7 Dec, 1780, his name being on a roll made up at
Camp Totoway. He was then described as 30 years of age, of
Westford, of ruddy complexion, five feet, seven inches tall. 3
Tradition asserts that he removed to Ludlow 4 from Westford.
He purchased land there, 12 Oct., 1786, of Josiah Fletcher. He
sold land to Thadeus Bent of Barre, Mass., 29 March, 1793, des-
cribing it as then occupied by him. Probably he and his wife
died prior to the pension acts of 1818 and 1820, certainly before
the more liberal acts of the next decade.
1 Dunstable records. Her name appears as Howard. In the death record of her son, her name,
otherwise illegible, appears to begin with an E, probably the first letter of Ellis, an old spelling
for Alice. Hodgman in his History of Westford prints the intention of marriage under date of
27 Nov., 1772, as of Ellis Howard and David Bixeby.
2 Kirby, Vt., records, which give his death as 31 Jan., 1864, aged 76 years, 2 months, 5 days,
born at Cavendish. From this, the date of his birth is calculated.
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
* Cavendish, Ludlow, Mount Holly and Wallingford extend from east to west, being adjoining
townships. Their records were searched for further information of David Bixby. Wallingford
records and cemetery inscriptions were also searched in vain.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 209
12672
V. Levi Bixby {Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 15 Nov.,
1750, at Westford, Mass.; died 12 April, 1799, at Ludlow, Vt. 1
It is supposed that he was twice married. Certainly the mother
of his daughter Eunice was named Nancy, and she survived her
husband and married, 21 May, 1801, at Ludlow, 1 Jacob Hastings.
It is possible that her maiden name was Boyden, and that she was
married to Levi Bixby about 1 791-2.
Children:
1- 1 (?) Levi, born probably in 1781; of Rotterdam, N. Y.
2- 2 (?) Joseph, born probably about 1789; married Nancy Kirk.
Perhaps others who died in the lifetime of their father, and prior to 1790.
3 Eunice, by wife Nancy, 1 born 28 July, 1796, at Ludlow.
Levi Bixby removed from Westford to Wilton, N. H., and in
1783, as of Wilton, united with Jacob Bixby in selling land at
Westford. 2 While of Westford he enlisted in a company commanded
by Capt. Oliver Bates, of Col. Prescott's regiment, and marched
with his company on the alarm of the 19th April, 1775, and served
13 days. His brother Jacob was a member of the same company.
His name also appears as a member of a company commanded
by Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, Col. Dykes' regiment, on a pay ab-
stract for gun and blanket money, paid by resolve of Nov., 27, 1776.
The length of time of this service is not specified, nor when it took
place, but, from a like entry concerning Jacob Bixby, it is probable
that Dykes' regiment was stationed at Dorchester Heights near
Boston. He again enlisted 1 July, 1778, for six months, in Capt.
Joseph Boynton's company, Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment, and
served at least until 1 Jan., 1779, the date of a roll on which his
name appears among the enlistments to expire on that date. This
service was in Rhode Island, presumably at East Greenwich. 3
He also served for four months at Cahors (Cohoes, N. Y.?), but
during what year is uncertain. His name appears on a list of
Revolutionary soldiers residing in Wilton, N. H., filed with the
Secretary of State for New Hampshire, 4 as Lewis Bixby, credited
with six months service at Rhode Island and four months at Cahors.
Levi Bixby and his cousin Thomas Bixby were among the grantees
of Ludlow, Vt., 5 and it is probable that he removed there about
1 Ludlow records. * Middlesex Deeds, 88: 475-
» Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. See also N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.. 50:17.
«N. H. Revolutionary Rolls. « Hodgeman: History of Westford, Mass.
210 BIXBY GENEALOGY
the time the settlement was begun, in 1784-5- Jacob Fletcher of
Cavendish sold land in Ludlow to Levi and Asa Bixby of West-
ford, Mass., 13 Oct., 1784. The U. S. Census of August, 1790,
enumerates his family, consisting of himself, two other males, one
over and one under sixteen years of age, and a female. If both
the other males in his family were his sons, it would indicate that
he had been married as early as 1774, which is thought improba-
ble. There is a possibility of error in the age of one of the males.
It is probable that he married after returning from the war, per-
haps in 1780, and that his wife died about 1791. At the organiza-
tion of the town of Ludlow (1792), Levi Bixby was chosen hog-
reeve. 1 It is supposed he had married a second time, about 1791
or 1792, and that this was the wife who survived him, and by whom
he had but one child.
He also bought land in Ludlow, 2 July, 1790, of Miles Johnson
of Wallingford, and, 3 Feb., 1795, sold land to Asa Bixby, Jr., of
Westford, Mass. He also sold land, 22 June, 1795, to Henry
Lockwood of Springfield.
Levi Bixby made a will, 3 Nov., 1798, which was proved at Lud-
low. This will mentions his wife Nancy and his daughter Eunice,
but does not mention any other child. To Nancy, his wife, he
left the improvement of his household effects and one half of the
real estate, and to his daughter Eunice the other half of his real
estate and what other property he had and, what might remain
of the bequest to his wife after her death. Peter Read and the
testator's wife, Nancy Bixby, were nominated executors. 2
An inventory of his estate showed that he died possessed of
about 130 acres, valued at $433.34, and personal property to the
value of $95, including certain household effects, clothes, two
heifers, a sow, notes of hand, etc., but there is no mention of a
horse, oxen, or farming tools of consequence, nor of a dwelling-
house or barn.
The omission of such items, usually found in the detailed inven-
tory of a farmer's estate, leads to the suspicion that Levi Bixby
was not living upon his own farm, or farming his own land. His
estate was represented insolvent, and on the 23 Sept., I799> com-
missioners appointed to approve of claims against his estate found
that all claims aggregated $99.30. This sum included $8 due
Nancy Bixby for a debt paid to Martin Cavenaugh, and small
amounts were due Thomas and Jacob Bixby. In 1802, Thomas
'Hodgeman: History of Westford, Mass.
« Windsor Probate at Ludlow.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 211
Bixby of Ludlow and Peter Read, executors of the will of Levi
Bixby, late of Ludlow, sell fifty acres of land in Mount Holly to
Simon Proctor. 1 A part of Ludlow was set off to Mount Holly.
Thomas Bixby had probably succeeded the widow Nancy as execu-
tor of her husband's estate. No further trace has been found of
this family, unless Levi Bixby of Rotterdam, N. Y., and Joseph
Bixby of Springfield, Vt., were his sons. Although they were not
mentioned in the will of Levi, and no proof of their being his sons
has been found, it is thought that such was the case. Not only
does there appear no other of the Vermont families, from which it
is evident they sprang, where these two men could find a place,
but age and many other circumstances would point unhesitatingly
to Levi (12672) as their father, were it not for the omission of
their names from his will.
Belinda Bixby (12672. 2-1), elder daughter of Joseph of Spring-
field, asserted that feeling over property had estranged mem-
bers of the family. It is supposed that when the younger son
came of age, he failed to appreciate the provision made for his
father's widow and infant daughter by permitting them to retain
the small estate left by his father, and, the property doubtless hav-
ing become of greater value, he may have felt that he had been
unfairly deprived of what should have been his inheritance.
Doubtless both boys were brought up in the family of his father's
relatives, most likely with his cousins in Ludlow and Reading.
The elder son soon sought his fortune in New York State and,
being of age to fully realize the small value of his father's estate,
never after mentioned the matter to his own descendants, and
also drifted away from association with his relatives in Vermont.
The placing of Joseph to be brought up among kindred, cousins
of his father, would account for the claims of nearer kinship
which his descendants supposed to exist between the two
branches of the family than actually was the case.
Until evidence of a precise nature has been discovered this
theory seems to be the only one having merit of probability which
would account for the discrepancies existing in the family tradition,
what knowledge has been obtained from records, and which explains
the apparent neglect of the elder Levi to mention his sons in his
will. It is also possible that before his death, perhaps soon after his
second marriage, his eldest son, and perhaps both sons, had been
placed in some other family to be brought up.
1 Mount Holly Deeds.
212 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12673
V. Ephraim Bixby {Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 4 Jan.,
I 753» at Westford, Mass.; married, 1775 (published 25 Aug. 1 ),
Martha Barker of Acton, Mass.
Children: 2
1 Polly, born 18 Sept., 1776; died "in youth"; prior to 1790.
2 Patty, born 28 June, 1779; died 8 (4 3 ) Oct., i860, at Westford, aged 84
years, 3 unmarried (at Reading, Vt. 4 ).
3 Abisha, born 30 July, 1781; died in youth; 4 living in 1790.
4 Tryphena, born 20 May, 1783; died at Reading; 5 married Joel Barns,
and went West. 4
5- 5 Rebecca, born about 1785, at Marlow, N. H.; married Henry Smith.
6- 6 Anna, born 12 June, 1789; married Jesse Smith.
7 Lucinda (Sinde), born 31 Dec, 1791; died 22 June, 1795. 6
8- 8 Nathaniel, born 2 June, 1794; married Mary Walker; (2) Sally Bixby
(12674.12).
9- 9 Lucinda (Sinde), born 20 Feb., 1798, at Ludlow, Vt.; married Asa
Reed.
Ephraim Bixby was a member of the company commanded
by Capt. Oliver Bates in Prescott's regiment, which marched on
the alarm of the 19 April, 1775. 7 Upon leaving Westford he settled
at Lyndeborough, thence moved to Reading, Vt., where he bought
land 22 May, 1787, being described as of Lyndeborough. 8 In 1785
as of Westford he sold fifty acres and a dwelling-house two miles
north of the meeting-house in Westford. 9 In early life he was a
blacksmith. He is also reported to have lived at Ludlow, Vt.
The census of 1790 enumerated him at Reading, Vt., the head of
a family consisting of one male over sixteen, one male under sixteen
years, and five females.
1 Westford records.
2 The four eldest children are found on Westford records, the youngest at Ludlow, and Anna,
Lucinda and Nathaniel at Reading. Probably Rebecca's birth occurred about the time of the
removal from Westford.
3 Death record.
* Information of Mrs. Emily Bixby (12673.8-8).
6 Information of Mrs. Lucy Felch (12673.5-41).
6 Reading, Vt., records; where, also, may be found the caution against Ephraim Bixby. Patty
Bixby, Nathaniel, Lucinda and Patty Bixby, Jr., and Sally Adams, 17 Aug., 1807, evidently
indicating a resettlement in Reading after a residence at Ludlow. Rockingham, Vt., records
mention the birth of Sally Adams, 1 Sept., 1800, child of Patty Bixby.
7 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
* Reading Land Records, 3: 64. • Middlesex Deeds, 88: 474.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 213
12674
V. Jacob Bixby {Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 23 July,
1754, at Westford, Mass.; died 26 Aug., 1831, at Reading, Vt.; 1
married 14 Oct., 1773, at Westford, Martha Hardy, 2 of Westford,
who died 5 Aug., 1837. 1
Children:
1- 1 Jacob, born Aug., 1775; 3 married Polly Beaverstock.
2 Martha, born about 1774; died aged 18 months. 4
3 Jonathan', born about 1774; died prior to Dec, 1849 j 1 married Betsy
Davis "of Maine." No issue. 5
4- 4 Polly, born about 1779, perhaps near Wilton, N. H.; married James
Robinson.
5 Sally, married Jonathan Ackley of Guilford, Vt.
6 Patty, born 1780; 6 married Samuel Jones.
7 Matilda.
8- 8 Loren, born about 1786, at Reading, Vt.; married Sally Carlton.
Jacob Bixby was in Westford during the Revolution, but in
1783 was living in Wilton, N. H. 7 Thence he removed to Reading,
Vt., probably in 1785. He bought land there, 23 Dec, 1795, of
Ephraim Bixby, and the next day other land of Elkanah Day.
Patty, wife of Samuel Jones, applied, 28 Dec, 1849, for arrears
of pensions due her parents under the Act of 1836. She was then
69 years old, and had three brothers and four sisters, of whom
there were then living Polly, widow of James Robinson of Read-
ing, Vt., and Sally, wife of Jonathan Ackley of Guilford, Vt. A
deceased sister Martha, who died at age of 18 months, would have
been 75 years of age if then living, and the oldest of her brothers,
if then living, would have been 73 years of age. Her brothers
were Jacob, Jonathan and Lorin; her sisters, Martha, aforesaid,
Polly, Sally and Matilda, "supposed to be dead, nothing having
been heard from her these many years." Her mother, who was
"Martha Hardy before marriage," died in Reading, 5 Aug., 1837,
and her father died there 26 Aug., 1831. At the time of the
Revolution her father lived in Westford. He had three children
1 Pension papers. 2 Westford records, also statement of Patty Jones (12674-6).
3 Information of Mrs. Jane M. Cilley (12674.132). His sister, Patty Jones, gave his age as 73
years in 1849 "if living."
4 Age in 1849 would have been 75 years, if living.
8 Information of Orville Hudson (12674-13-4)-
8 Age in 1849, 69 years, which does not agree with statement that she was born while her father
was in the service at time of Burgoyne's surrender.
7 Middlesex Deeds, 88:475.
214 BIXBY GENEALOGY
when he went into the war. His wife, while he was gone in the
service, lived with her grandfather Hale, as "her parents have
always told her." She further stated that her father was a minute
man, was at Bunker Hill, and at the time of the capture of
Burgoyne was gone nine months, and it was while he was absent
on this service that she was born. Her father had told her that
in all he had served two years. Her uncle Ephraim Hale was in
the service with her father.
A certificate of the town clerk of Westford is filed with the other
papers in the case, purporting to show what payments had been
made to Jacob Bixby up to the first of the year 1780, and this shows
that the town had paid him for services at Ticonderoga, 4 months
and two weeks, £3-15; for services at Rhode Island, 2 months
one week and a day, £10, and for services at Stillwater £10.
Stephen Conant of Windsor, Vt., who served in Daniel's company,
in Jackson's regiment, deposed that he was aged 87 years, and that
while in the service had stood guard with a Jacob Bixby who served
in a regiment which "lay on our right." Oliver Hudson, whose
wife "was a distant relative of Jacob Bixby," had heard him say
that he entered the war at the beginning, and had served a number
of short tours, being at Bunker Hill, Dorchester, Rhode Island
and afterward nine months at Saratoga, and was at Stillwater,
and at the taking of Burgoyne. Jacob Bixby was a man of integ-
rity and respectability, and maintained his mental faculties very
well to the end of his life. Moses Bixby, a grandson, deposed in
1850 that he was 49 years of age and for a time when quite a small
boy had lived with his grandfather until his death, or in his imme-
diate neighborhood, and was at the funerals of his grandparents.
The certificates of the Secretary of State for Massachusetts are
on file showing Jacob Bixby's service as follows: marched on the
alarm of the 19 April from Westford, in company commanded
by Capt. Oliver Bates in Col. James Prescott's regiment, and per-
formed nine days' service: on a roll of the company commanded
by Capt. John Minott, Col. Dike's regiment, credited with travel to
and from Dorchester Heights to Westford, dated 30 Nov., 1776:
on a roll of volunteers in a company commanded by Capt. Asa
Lawrence which marched from Westford, 26 Sept., 1777, and served
one month, fifteen days. The name of Ephraim Hale appears on
this roll.
The published rolls also show that he was at Dorchester Heights
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 215
in Nov., 1776, and enlisted in Lawrence's company, Col. Jonathan
Reed's regiment, 26 Sept., and was discharged 9 Nov. This enlist-
ment would seem to show that he was in the service at the time of
Burgoyne's surrender, 17 Oct., 1777, but does not prove the claim
that he was in the army for nine months at that time, unless he
re-enlisted.
Arrears of pension were paid to Patty Jones, Polly Robinson and
Sally Ackley, amounting to $32.86 a year from the 4 March, 1831.
In the Wilton list of Revolutionary soldiers, the statement is
made of Jacob Bixby that he did three months' service at Boston
and forty days at Stillwater in person, and contributed money for
hiring men for further service.
12691
V. Susanna Bixby (Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 27 April,
l 757> at Westford, Mass.; died prior to 1801; married 28 June,
1779, 1 Ephraim Dutton of Westford, who having married again 2
removed to Cavendish, Vt., and died there.
Children, probably all born at Westford:
1 Asa Dutton, born 30 Dec, 1780.
2 Joel Dutton, born 19 Sept., 1783; died 29 April, 1861; married 24 Oct.,
1811, Deborah Perry, born 21 June, 1791, died 24 Sept., 1859, "a cousin
of Commodore Perry." They resided at Cato, N. Y.
Children:
1. Edmund Shermon Dutton, born 21 March, 1813; died 22 Feb., 1883,
at Cato; married 24 Sept., 1834, Jane C. Quereau, born 18 April, 1815,
died 10 Dec, 1855; (2) 15 Jan., 1857, Charlotte Curtis, born 18 Oct.,
1820, died 7 Feb., 1859; (3) 19 March, i860, Naomi R. Rhodes, born
9 Nov., 1825, at Cato. Child, by first marriage: _ Elias Quereau
Dutton, born 17 Feb., 1836; married 2 Jan., 1869, Julia E. Mills, born
16 April, 1839. They live at Cato. 3 Elias Q. Dutton is of the firm
of E. Q. Dutton & Co., of Cato, iron founders and manufacturers of
Dutton's carbon and chilled plows. For several years he was presi-
dent of the Board of Education. He has been a member of the Assem-
bly for the first Cayuga District, two years supervisor of the town of
Ira, N. Y., and a justice of the peace.
2. Salmon Bixby Dutton, born 18 June, 1818; died 30 July, 1896; married
14 June, 1843, Mary L. Clark, born 15 Nov., 1821, died 10 Feb., 1851,
1 Family record.
5 Children of Ephraim Dutton, by second marriage: Lucinda Dutton. Zelotus Dutton, born
about 1803. Ephraim Dutton, born about 1805. Joseph Smith Dutton. born 1800; died 1869;
married, 1830, Hannah Livingstone of Ludlow, Vt. They were parents of Col. Henry Forrest
Dutton, a prominent business man of Gainesville, Fla., who was a gallant soldier in the 8th Vt. Vols.
In the Civil War.
• Children: Allen Shermon Dutton. Louisa Mills Dutton. Minnie J. Dutton. John A. Dutton.
Bessie S. Dutton.
216 BIXBY GENEALOGY
of Sterling, N. Y.; (2) 9 March, 1853, Eliza Dexter, born 2 July,
1832, daughter of Rodman and Elizabeth Dexter, of Dexterville, N. Y.
They live at Granby, N. Y. Child, by first marriage: Edwin C.
Dutton, born 20 Oct., 1845; died 10 July, 1865, at Syracuse, N. Y.;
enlisted 22 Aug., 1864, in Co. A, 184th N. Y. Vols., discharged for
disability and died on his way home.
3. Joel Perry Dutton, born 12 April, 1828; died 22 May, 1857; married
25 Dec, 1851, Catherine Hellebrant, born 10 May, 1833. Child:
Charles Perry Dutton, born 12 April, 1857; married 30 Dec, 1880,
Ida May Brotherton, born 2 May, 1863. They live at Jordan, N. Y. 1
4. James Milton Dutton, born 8 Dec, 1830; died 27 July, 1886; married
5 Nov., 1854, Margaret L. Wood, born 6 Sept., 1835. They lived
at Cato. Children: Lillie E. Dutton, born 23 Sept., 1856; died 4 May,
1886; married 15 Feb., 1876, Milton E. Bodley, born 14 May, 1855.
They live at Stockton, Cal. 2 Jennie C. Dutton, born 17 April, 1861;
died 23 April, 1871. Henry J. Dutton, born 12 May, 1864; died
1 June, 1864. Cora A. Dutton, born 12 Dec, 1870.
3 Lvdia Dutton, born 30 March, 1785; died 29 March, 1869; married 10 June,
1804, Asa White of Ludlow, Vt., who died 28 March, 1853.
Children:
1. Lucy White, born 30 April, 1805; married 22 Sept., 1825, Amasa Adams
of Ludlow.
2. Maria White, born 6 March, 1807; died 24 Nov., 1878, unmarried.
3. Lydia White, born 7 July, 1809; married William Warner; (2) John
Pierce; (3) Asa Webster.
4. Alvin White, born 4 Sept., 1811; died 3 May, 1856; married 8 Jan., 1835,
Fanny Wright.
5. William H. White, born 18 March, 1814; died 14 March, 1817.
6. Asa White, born 31 Aug., 1816; died 16 March, 1817.
7. Louisa A. White, born 11 April, 1818; died 2~j Aug., 1855; married
Sept., 1839, Judson A. Chellis.
8. Salina White, born 12 March, 1821; married 22 Aug., 1854, Rodney L.
Piper of Ludlow. Children: Gratia Louise Piper, born 5 Oct., 1859;
died 24 Sept., 1863. Ida E. Piper, born 5 June, 1861 ; died unmarried.
Clarence R. Piper, born 11 Oct., 1863; lives at Concordia, Kans.
Rodney L. Piper, died 11 June, 1870.
9. Olive L. White, born 9 Nov., 1823; married 19 Nov., 1850, William Earl
of Ludlow.
10. Harriet Ellen White, born 6 June, 1827; married 2 Sept., 1849, James
B. Reed of Ludlow; (2) Joseph Sanders of Ludlow.
4 Susan Dutton, born 15 May, 1787.
5 Nancy Dutton, born 25 May, 1789.
6 James Dutton, born 19 Oct., 1791; married at Pekin, N. Y., •
Children:
1. Leander Dutton.
2. Ezra Dutton.
3. Polly Dutton, married Dickson, and moved to Wisconsin.
4. Caroline Dutton.
5. James Dutton.
6. David Dutton.
7. William Dutton, married, and has children. They live at Sanborn, N. Y.
1 Children: Eva Isabel Dutton. Anna Laura Dutton. Carrie May Dutton. Ernest Edward
Dutton. William Henry Dutton. Clara Amelia Dutton. Alice Olive Dutton. Martin Perry
Dutton.
1 Children: Herbert Bodley. Harry W. Bodley.
LUCY (GILSON) BIXBY (12692)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 217
7 Abigail Dutton, born 28 May, 1794; married John White of Ludlow. She
was married a second and a third time.
Children:
1. Roxy White, born 1818; married Smith. Children: Anna Smith
of Grand Rapids. Smith, a daughter.
2. Ransom White, born 16 April, 1820; died 21 Nov., 1897; married 20 June,
i860, Emma Wing, born 21 Sept., 1836, in England. She lives at
Fair Haven, N. Y. No issue.
3. John White, born 1822; married; lived at Grand Rapids, where he
left children.
By second husband, surname unknown:
4. Abbie , said to have married a Woodward.
12692
V. Asa Bixby (Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 15 March,
1761, at Westford, Mass.; died there 21 Sept., 1819; married 21
April, 1785, 1 Elizabeth Wilkinson of Westford, who died soon. 2
He married, second, 26 March, 1793, at Westford, Lucy Gilson, 3
born 1 Jan., 1775, at Groton, Mass., died 24 Sept., 1850, at Pitts-
ford, Vt., daughter of Solomon and Mary Gilson. She married,
second, 31 Jan., 1822, at Pittsford, 4 Rev. Nathan Dana of Pitts-
ford, a Baptist clergyman, who died 7 July, 1833. Lydia and Mary
accompanied their mother to Pittsford. She married, third, 29
Feb., 1834, Thomas Stewart of Clarendon, Vt., who died 14 Sept.,
1840. Mrs. Stewart then returned to Pittsford, and lived with
her daughter Lydia.
Asa Bixby enlisted 1 April, 1778, in company commanded by
Capt. Isaac Wood, Col. Jonathan Reed's 1st regiment of guards,
and served three months at Cambridge. 8 In 1788, Asa Bixby
was living in the northerly part of Westford. 6 He and his father
owned land in Ludlow, Vt.
Children, born at Westford:
1- 1 Asa, born 9 March, 1794; married Mary Gilson.
2- 2 Lucy, born 29 Nov., 1795; married Artemas Rogers.
3- 3 Betsy, born 22 Feb., 1798; married Horatio Clark; (2) Henry Proctor.
4- 4 Susan, born 29 Nov., 1799; married Henry W. Cooledge.
5- 5 Lydia Maria, born 10 Jan., 1802; married Oliver Brown.
6 Mary, born 30 March, 1803; died 12 Feb., 1808.
7 Levi, born 18 April, 1805; died 11 Oct., 1805.
8 Maryan, born 31 July, 1810; died 14 March, 1833; married Rufus Horton
Green of Pittsford. No issue.
1 Westford records. i In deed executed by Asa Bixby in April, 1788, no wife is mentioned.
1 See illustration opposite.
4 Marriage notice in Rutland Herald, 6 Feb., 1822.
'See note under Asa Bixby (1269). 'Middlesex Deeds, 98: 73.
17
218 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12693
V. Thomas Bixby (Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 21 Oct.,
1762, at Westford, Mass.; died 16 Sept., 1839, aged 77 years, at
Ludlow, Vt.; 1 married 28 Feb., 1788, at Pelham, N. H., Lydia
Smith, 2 of Nottingham, born 1765 at Nottingham West, 3 died 17
Sept., 1825, at Ludlow. He married, second, Mrs. Sarah (Bowker)
Sargent, born 14 April, 1760, died 24 Aug., 1830, x daughter of Dan-
iel Bowker 4 and widow of Amos Sargent 4 of Chester, Vt. He mar-
ried, third, Azubah, who married 16 Nov., 1840, at Ludlow,
Abraham Hawkins. His will, dated 9 Sept., 1839, proved 19 Nov.,
1839, at Ludlow, names his wife Azubah, his daughter Rhoda
Reed, and her children by her first husband, Martin Bryant.
Children, born at Ludlow: 5
1 Jonathan, born 3 Dec, 1788; died 14 Jan., 1789, at Ludlow. 5
2 Thankful, born 16 June, 1790; died 6 Nov., 1825, at Ludlow, 6 unmarried.
3 Thomas, born 11 April, 1792; died 18 Nov., 1792. 5
4 Thomas, born 18 Aug., 1793; died in infancy. 6
5 William, born 10 July, 1795; died 1 Feb., 1823, 5 at Clarendon, Vt.; married
15 March, 1820, at Mount Holly, Vt., 6 Rachel Ames, born May, 1799,
died May, 1881, of Mount Holly. No issue.
6 Lydia, born 7 or 17 July, 1797; died 12 Nov., 1825, 6 at Ludlow, unmarried.
7- 7 Rhoda, born 21 Sept., 1799; married Martin Bryant; (2) George Reed.
8 Polly, born 21 June, 1801; died 9 Aug., 1825; married 2 Dec, 1824, Cor-
nelius Sawyer of Reading, Vt., born 27 March, 1796, died 20 Feb., 1835.
No issue. He married (2) Charlotte Peck (12694.7), by whom he had
issue.
9- 9 Calvin, born 16 Oct., 1803; married Betsey Proctor.
10 Elnathan, 7 born 22 Aug., 1805; died 6 Sept., 1825, at Ludlow. 5
11 Betsey, born 1808; 8 died 25 Oct., 1825, at Ludlow, 6 aged 17 years.
12 Elihu, born 4 July, 181 1; died 4 Nov., 1825, at Ludlow. 6
Thomas Bixby settled in Ludlow in 1784, locating two miles
west of the present village. He and his brothers David and Levi
1 Record of Deaths in Ludlow.
2 Thomas Bixby according to the Bixby Ms. married Lydia Searles. The source of the state*
ment cannot be traced. The marriage as given in the text is found with New Hampshire Mar-
riages at Concord. According to family tradition Thomas Bixby married in Massachusetts in 1786.
The Pelham record styles him of Nottingham West.
3 Nottingham, one of the Massachusetts townships, became Nottingham West under the New
Hampshire jurisdiction. The bounds were nearly the same. Nottingham West is now Hudson.
4 Sargent Genealogy, p. 46, where it is stated that she died 12 Sept., 1804, and was first married
29 Dec, 1783. The date of death is of course an error.
• Ludlow records, also Mount Holly records.
• Information of Sarah J. (Bixby) Pettigrew (12693.96). In the Bixby Ms. the same date is
given for his death as that of his father.
7 Perhaps he was named Elihu Elnathan, but if so the first name was soon dropped. In the
record of birth that shows his middle name was Elnathan, his first is not legible.
• Information of Sarah J. (Bixby) Pettigrew (12693, 96).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 219
Bixby were of the grantees of Ludlow. The log house built when
he made his clearing was his home until 1792, when a frame house
took its place. In 1794, he was one of a committee to divide the
town of Ludlow into school districts. In 1825, during an epidemic
of typhoid fever, Mrs. Bixby and five of the children succumbed
to that disease within a period of eight weeks. The homestead is
still in possession of the family, and was the residence of Charles
Calvin Bixby and John Reed Bixby. According to the family
history Thomas Bixby served in the army from July to Sept.,
1777, before he had attained his fifteenth birthday; but the Massa-
chusetts records do not give the service of Thomas Bixby in that
year. A Thomas Bixby did serve in 1778, in Rhode Island, enlist-
ing 3° July, discharged 12 Sept., in a company commanded by Capt.
John Nutting in Col. William Mcintosh's regiment, Lovel's brigade. 1
12694
V. Abigail Bethia Bixby (Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
2 July, 1764, at Westford, Mass.; died 11 May, 1822, at Cavendish,
Vt. ; married, 1787, Daniel Peck of Ashford, Conn., born 19 Sept.,
1764, died 7 Jan., 1852, at Cavendish, son of John Peck. 2 Daniel
Peck removed to Cavendish at the age of nineteen years, and was
one of the first settlers of that place. The house and barn built
by him are still standing and in good condition. 3
Children, bom at Cavendish: 3
1 Jared Peck, born 22 April, 1789; died 27 Oct., 1790.
2 Lucinda Peck, born 16 May, 1790; died 19 March, 1794.
3 Alva Peck, born 27 Feb., 1793; died 27 March, 1837, at Cavendish; married
there 6 Dec, 1821, Cherry Davis, born 8 Nov., 1800, at Cavendish, died
there 7 March, 1888, daughter of Joel and Cherry (Stone) Davis of Caven-
dish.
Children, 3 born at Cavendish:
1. Otis William Peck, born 27 Nov., 1822; died 3 Aug., 1825.
2. Christopher Peck, born 23 Dec, 1824; died 25 April, 1893, at Middle-
bury, Vt.; married 2 Dec, 1852, at Cavendish, Mary Esty. Child:
Alva C. Peck, born 3 Dec, 1857. He lives at East Boston.
3. Minerva Peck, born 14 June, 1826; died 23 May, 1897, at Cavendish;
married there 4 Dec, 1846, John Gilson. Child: Clara Gilson, mar-
ried Charles Parker. They live at Proctorsville, Vt.
4. Annis Peck, born 31 July, 1828; died 7 Sept., 1864, at Cavendish; married
there 10 June, 1847, Ebenezer Dinsmore. Children: Alva Dinsmore,
1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
1 Information of Lucretia M. Sawyer (12694-72).
• Information of Mrs. Charles Esty (12694-36), who supplied most of the data concerning de-
scendants of Alva Peck.
220 BIXBY GENEALOGY
of Hartland, Vt. John Dinsmore, of Felchville, Vt. Ella Dinsmore,
married Johnson of Rutland. Mary Dinsmore, deceased.
5. Ira Peck, born 25 June, 1830; died 6 Feb., 191 1, at Cavendish; married
15 Dec, 1852, at Cavendish, Janette Adams, who died 11 Dec, 1912,
at Cavendish. They lived on the "old Peck farm" at Cavendish. 1
6. Sylvia (Sylva) Peck, born 7 Aug., 1832; died 1 April, 1910, at Ludlow;
married 30 March, 1852, at Cavendish, Charles Esty who died 5
Sept., 1910, at Ludlow. They lived at Cavendish. Children: Oramel
Esty, of Cavendish. Aurora Esty, deceased. Elmina Esty, married
Barton; of Filley, Neb. Emma Esty, married Burl-
ingame; of New York. Henry P. Esty, of Waterloo, la. Ira P. Esty,
of Chester, Vt. Amanda Esty, married Butterfield; of Ches-
ter. Ada B. Esty, married Ransom; of Springfield, Vt.
Aretus C. Esty, of Ludlow, Vt.
7. Isabel Peck, born 16 June, 1834; died 1 Sept., 1898, at Windham, Vt.;
married 28 March, i860, at Bridgewater, Vt., George Dimick, who
died 1 Sept., 1 898.2
8. Alvina Peck, born 6 Feb., 1837; married 28 June, 1857, at Cavendish,
Hannibal Bartlett, and now lives in Dedham, Mass.
4 Lucinda Peck, born 25 Sept., 1795; died 13 April, 1858, at Cavendish, un-
married.
5 Bethia Peck, born 20 March, 1797; died June, 1873, 3 at Reading; married
29 Oct., 1821, William Felch 4 of Reading, born 3 Feb., 1797, 5 at Royalton,
Vt., died 9 Nov., 1877, at Felchville, Vt., son of Caleb and Mary (Chase)
Felch. 4 William Felch at the time of his marriage was in the grocery
business in New York City. He later engaged in street grading there.
In 1827 he bought a place in Reading, Vt., and removed thither, at which
time there were but four dwellings there. He established a saw-mill, black-
smith shop, country store and a hotel, and, with three associates, a manu-
factory for woolen for men's clothing. He also drove a stage from Charles-
ton, N. H., to Woodstock, Vt., passing through Reading. When the
postoffice was established it was named Felchville. He also erected nearly
twenty dwellings. He held many public offices and was much honored
and esteemed by his fellow townsmen.
Children:
1. Harriet Jane Felch, born 31 July, 1822, in New York City; died 15 Jan.,
1896, at Windsor, Vt.; 5 married 9 Sept., 1841, at Felchville, Alzaman
Decatur Amsden, born 10 March, 1820, at Felchville, died 7 Jan.,
1865, at Windham, Vt. They lived at Windham. Children: Le Roy
Decatur Amsden, born 18 July, 1842; drowned 21 Aug., 1865, in Vir-
ginia. William Elmer Amsden, born 24 Aug., 1843, at Felchville;
probably died in a Confederate prison, as he was wounded, 5 May,
1864, in the battle of the Wilderness, and never after heard from.
He enlisted 18 March, 1862, in the 6th Vt. Vols. Elmeroy J. Amsden,
born 21 Aug., 1846; died 19 Aug., 1876; married 12 Dec, 1867, Chris-
topher Twombly of Wethersfield, Vt., who married again and now
lives at Spring Park, Fla. 6 Clara Lorette Amsden, born 15 Nov.,
1848; married I Jan., 1873, Henri Wilkins of Felchville; lives at
Lebanon, N. H. 7 Emma Amsden, born 19 Feb., 1851. Ella Amsden,
1 He has an adopted son, Ira N. (Laux) Peck.
* Mr. and Mrs. Dimick lost their lives in the burning of their house, 1 Sept., 1898.
* The Bixby Ms., without quoting source of information, gives her death as 4 Aug., 1875.
* Information of Lucretia W. Sawyer (12694-72).
6 Information of Mrs. Mary M. Kendall (12694-53).
* Child: Elmer J. Twombly, lives in Boston, Mass.
J Children: Lena Wilkins. Charles Wilkins. Guy Wilkins. Ula Wilkins.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 221
twin with Emma, married 2 Oct., 1873, at Claremont, Marshall
Worcester; lives at Lebanon. Harrie A. Amsden, born 25 Feb., 1855;
married 25 Feb., 1886, Frances Cutler of Poultney, Vt.; lives at Rut-
land, Vt. Minnie Maria Amsden, 1 born 30 July, 1861 ; married 3 Oct.,
1883, Dana N. Coy of Bellows Falls, Vt. They live at Windsor. 2
2. Calista Adams Felch, born 12 Sept., 1826, at Felchville; died 21 or 25
May, 1902, at Panama, Neb.; married 7 Sept., 1857, at Felchville,
Charles Payson Smith of Enterprise, Miss.; lived at Maple River, la.
Children: A. Medora Smith, born 16 May, 1862. L. Medella Smith,
twin with Medora.
3. Mary Melvina Felch, born 2 Dec, 1830, at Felchville; died 17 May, 1912;
married 7 April, 1851, at Felchville, Luther Reed Kendall, who died
13 April, 1908, at Springfield. She lived at Springfield. Children,
born at Felchville: Elwin Duane Kendall, born 4 April, 1852; married
Linda Peck. 3 They live at Springfield, Mass. Charles Rush Kendall,
born 3 July, 1859; married Lottie M. Alvey. 4 They live at Spring-
field. Wilbur Lucius Kendall, born 14 Jan., 1857; died 1 July, 1881.
Carrie Anna Kendall, born 25 Nov., 1863; died 8 Feb., 1902; married
Ernest L. Fullam of Ludlow. 6
4. Emily Aurelia Felch, born 18 March, 1833; died 30 May, 1895, at Hebron,
Neb.; married 7 Sept., 1859, at Felchville, Rush Chilson of Wethers-
field, Vt. Children: Mary M. Chilson. Bertha C. C. Chilson, born 15
Dec, 1865. Hattie C. Chilson, born 1873.
Abigail Peck, born 13 Nov., 1799 (?); died 22 Aug., 1871, at Cavendish; 6
married 28 Feb., 1826, 7 at Cavendish, Rufus Parkhurst of Cavendish, who
died nine weeks after his marriage.
Child:
1. Rosalind Parkhurst, born 5 Dec, 1826, at Cavendish; married Abram
Dunsmore. She now lives at Cavendish, a widow.
Charlotte Peck, born 21 Sept., 1800; died 30 Dec, 1883, at Felchville;
married 10 Dec, 1826, at Cavendish, Cornelius Sawyer, born 27 March,
1796, at Reading, died 20 Feb., 1835, at Felchville, son of Cornelius and
Ellis (Fobes) Sawyer of Reading. 7 His first wife, Polly Bixby (12693.8), did
not have children.
Children:
1. Daniel Peck Sawyer, born 18 Oct., 1827, at Reading; died 14 March,
1902; 7 married 29 June, 1851, at Windsor, Arabella Ruggles, who
died 19 Sept., 1890. Children: George W. Sawyer, born 22 Feb.,
1852; died 24 July, 1861. Flora A. Sawyer, born 20 Oct., 1853; died
6 Aug., 1854. Otis Cornelius Sawyer, born 21 Nov., 1855; married
2 Feb., 1887, Mary Stimpson Barrett. 8 John Ervin Sawyer, born
1859; died 27 Dec, 1861. Mary Eliza Sawyer, born 25 May, 1861;
married 17 Sept., 1887, Edwin L. Fisher, born 3 Sept., 1851. Ned
Edwin Sawyer, born 27 Feb., 1864; died 4 Oct., 1909; married Mollie
I. Cory, born 30 May, 1869. 9
2. Lucretia Maria Sawyer, born 4 Jan., 1832, at Felchville, where she lives,
unmarried.
1 Information of Minnie (Amsden) Coy (12694-518).
'Children: Lee Felch Coy. Hazel Anna Coy. Priscilla Harriet Coy.
•Children: Harley F. Kendall. Clarence W. Kendall.
« Child: Marion F. Kendall. 6 Child: Fern Fullam.
• Information of Mrs. Charles Esty (12694-36).
' Information of Lucretia M. Sawyer (12694-72).
8 Children: Maude Bell Sawyer. Harrol Stimpson Sawyer.
•Children: Ida Pearl Sawyer. Twins, unnamed. Hazel Maud Sawyer. George Washington
Sawyer.
222 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12695
V. Joseph Bixby (Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 19 May,
1766, at Westford, Mass.; died 26 May, 1839, at Mount Holly, 1
Vt.; married 17 July, 1 791, at Ludlow, Vt., Molly (Polly) Boyden, 2
born 12 March, 1772, at Groton, Mass., died 2 Oct., 1846, at
Mount Holly, 1 daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Boyden.
Children, all except the eldest born at Mount Holly: 3
1- 1 Joseph, born 26 Nov., 1791, at Cavendish, Vt.; married Phebe Dutton;
(2) Ruth Boles; (3) Malinda Wakefield.
2- 2 Jesse, born 4 May, 1794; married Nancy M. Stimson.
3 Mary, born 25 May, 1796; died 18 Jan., 1800. 2
4- 4 Thomas Howard, born 2 Sept., 1799; married Sally Dudley.
5- 5 Salome, born 23 Feb., 1802; married Adams Dutton.
6- 6 Armentus William, born 19 June, 1804; married Hannah M. Stoddard.
7- 7 Beman Boynton, born 24 Feb., 1807; married Rowena Flanders.
8 Asa, born 16 March, 1809; died 2 Nov., 1825, at Mount Holly. 1
9 Jonathan Boynton, born 27 April, 181 1; died 7 March, 1816. 1
J -10 Daniel Peck, born 10 Aug., 1815; married Esther W. Hooper.
Joseph Bixby accompanied his brother Thomas to Ludlow about
1784, but after his marriage lived at Cavendish. He took up
land about six miles west of the present village of Ludlow, in what
was then known as Jackson's Gore, and which in 1792 became a
part of the new town of Mount Holly. Their first residence was
a log house. The farm, which is the second east of the Summit
station of the R. and B. R. R., has passed out of the possession of
the family. Joseph Bixby was a member of the Baptist church
at Chester, Vt. He was an earnest Christian, and was accustomed
to walk twenty miles to Chester to attend the covenant meeting
on Saturdays, and service on Sunday, walking home the next
morning. In 1798 he is mentioned as "surveyor."
126J4
V. Lydia Bixby (William, David, Daniel, Joseph), born probably
at Westford, Mass., in 1780; married 28 Dec, 1799, at Westford, 4
Calvin Farnsworth of Washington, N. H., born 15 Oct., 1776,
1 Information of Mrs. Nancy L. Taylor (12695.2-2).
2 Ludlow records, also Mount Holly records, and information of Asa S. A. Bixby (12695.24).
s Information of Mrs. Taylor (12695.2-2) and of Asa S. A. Bixby (12695.24), checked by Mt.
Holly records. The latter have been followed in dates of birth of Armentus and Beman, whose
births are given otherwise as 17 June and 27 Feb., respectively. Mr. Bixby also gives the death
of Mary as of the 18 June. * Westford records*
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 223
son of Simeon (Jr.) and Ellen or Esther (Ellenwood) Farnsworth
of Washington. 1
They lived for a while in Washington, N. H., and afterward
removed to Pennsylvania. 2 According to Luther Bixby (126J6.22),
they removed to Virginia and had ten sons.
Children, born at Washington:
1 Sylvia Farnsworth, born 9 Jan., 1802.
2 Silas Farnsworth, born 20 May, 1804.
3 Siba Farnsworth, born 31 Aug., 1806.
? Others.
I26J6
V. Theophilus Bixby 3 (William, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
I July, 1 781, at Westford, Mass.; died 20 July, 1861, at Waterbury,
Vt. ; 4 married 3 March, 1805, at Westford, Anna Fiske, born 3 June,
1778, at Groton, Mass., died 22 Oct., 1865, at Berlin, Vt., 5 daughter
of John and Anna (Blood) Fiske. 6
Children: 7
1- 1 Harriet, born 16 July, 1805, at Roxbury, Vt.; married Hosea Newcomb.
2- 2 William, born 20 Nov., 1806, at Groton; married Louisa Smith.
3 George, born 31 May, 1808, at Moretown, Vt.; died 27 June, 1830,
"aged twenty-two years." George Bixby became interested in religion.
He bequeathed his entire estate, $100, for the support of the gospel.
His father increased the gift by as much more, and the Methodist Epis-
copal church of Waitsfield and Fayston, Vt., have yearly received the
interest on this fund. "Who being dead, yet speaketh."
4- 4 Mary, born 9 Jan., 1810, at Roxbury; married Carlton Richardson;
(2) Luke Colburn.
5- 5 Lydia, born 23 Feb., 1812, at Roxbury; married John C. Griggs; (2) Earl
Ward.
6 Nathaniel
7 James \ triplets, born and died 23 March, 18 14, at Moretown.
8 Emma
9- 9 John, born 28 Jan., 1815, at Moretown; married Malinda P. Schagel.
J -10 Luther, born 20 Sept., 1816, at Moretown; married Lydia Stowe; (2)
Mrs. Cynthia (Webster) Wright; (3) Phoebe Stoddard; (4) Mrs. Relucia
Dewing.
k-ii Anna, born 1 June, 1818, at Moretown; married Daniel C. Brown.
12 Sarah, born and died 29 Aug., 1820, at Moretown.
1 Farnsworth Memorial, p. 346. ' See illustration opposite page 232.
2 History of Washington, N. H. * Gravestone at Waterbury, Vt., "aged eighty years."
' Gravestone at Waterbury, Vt., "aged eighty-seven years."
8 Anna (Blood) Fiske is buried at Fayston, Vt. Her father was a "minute-man" and responded
to the Lexington Alarm, 19 April, 1775. (Fayston Centennial Celebration, p. 9.) It is said by
Mrs. Bragg (126J6.5-2), that he left his oxen at the plow in the field, knowing that his sister
would unyoke and care for them.
7 The births of the children, omitting the triplets and the youngest child, are recorded on More-
town records.
224 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Theophilus Bixby was brought up in the family of his uncle
Asa Bixby. After marriage he lived for a brief period in Roxbury,
Vt., but soon removed to Moretown Common, whence he again
removed in 1820 to what is now Waitsfield, where he obtained the
Gen. Benjamin Wait farm in consideration of caring for Gen. Wait
for the remaining years of his life. He later traded this farm with
Lynde Wait for the intervale farm upon which he spent the remain-
der of his life.
Mr. Bixby was a man of sterling character, and deeply interested
in church and school work. The itinerant preacher of that day
always found his house a home indeed. Both he and his son William
attended the Methodist Episcopal church at Waitsfield. He was
one of the founders of the "Fayston Union Society" organized in
1821.
"Early one morning the great depth of snow which had ac-
cumulated on the roof of the house slid off. Royal Spaulding,
who taught the winter school and lived in part of the Bixby house,
was returning from building the schoolhouse fire. As he passed
through the shed to his rooms he heard a faint groan from beneath
the snow bank. A hasty glance at his own little flock assured him
that they were all safe, and he quickly threw open Mr. Bixby's
door, saying, 'Are your children all here?' Mr. Bixby had just
kneeled at the family altar for prayers. Alas! Luther was not there.
With beating hearts and blanched faces, with fire shovel, barn
shovel, and with trembling hands, men and boys worked to throw
off the snow, and came first to a little shoe. Then with greatest
care his head was first raised, and his breath came in gasps, and
the child was saved. No bones were broken but he was very feeble
a long time. The bank was measured and snow found to be four
feet deep, and the doctor said he would not have risked his horse
there." 1
He was elected town clerk of Moretown in 1816, probably to
fill a vacancy, and held the position until his successor was chosen
early in 1817.
The family Bible of Theophilus Bixby in 1907 was in possession
of Mrs. Ella Strong (126J6.K-6) of Northfield, Vt., whose mother
Mrs. Anna (Bixby) Brown (126J6.K) cared for her parents in their
last years.
'Fayston, Vt., Centennial Celebration, pp. 10-14, with notes by Mrs. Anna (Bixby) Bragg
(ia6J6.5-2)-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 225
A bounty land warrant was issued to Theophilus Bixby, for 160
acres, under the Act of 1855, for service in the Vermont militia
during the war of 1812. 1 He immediately assigned it to his grand-
son, Luther Bixby, who located the land near Winona, Minn.
12712
V. Jonathan Bixby {Daniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 15 Dec, 1744, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died in the winter of
1815-1816, at Essex, Vt.; 2 married 1 June (?Jan.), 1768, at Win-
chendon, Ma,ss., Esther Gale, called of Winchendon in intention
of marriage, 1 Nov., 1767, 3 but said to have been of Weston. 4
She was living in 1821, at Essex.
Children:
1 A Child, died 1772 at Orford, N. H. 5
2- 2 Reuben, of Rockingham, Vt. It seems probable that Reuben Bixby was
a son of Jonathan.
3 Jonathan, 7 born 14 July, 1773, at Walpole, N. H. 6
4- 4 Samuel, born 17 July, baptized 30 May (sic), 1775, at Walpole; 6 married
Polly Littlefield.
5 David, born 25 April, baptized 10 May, 1778, at Walpole; 6 married 4 Jan.,
1804, at Essex, Anna Curtis of Jericho. 8 He was a farmer, and his
name appears as both grantor and grantee of lands in Essex from 1804
to 1836. 15 April, 1839, describing himself as of Hartland, N. Y., no
wife mentioned, he sells land in Essex to Ira Bixby. 9
6- 6 Ephraim, baptized 2 July, 1780, at Walpole; 6 married Polly Lyons.
7 Elijah, 10 born 7 July, baptized 21 July, 1782, at Walpole. 5
8 A Daughter, enumerated in the census of 1790.
9- 9 Ira, born 14 Jan., 1798; married Betsy Reynolds.
Jonathan Bixby sold land in Winchendon in 1770 and 1772,
being described as of Winchendon, but on 14 Jan., 1773, when he sold
twenty-five acres in Winchendon to Matthew Knight, 11 he was
described as of Walpole. This would seem to indicate the date of
his removal to Walpole, but he had evidently been at Orford in
1772. Although there are no records of the birth of any children
1 U. S. Land Office, 3742-160-55. 2 Chittenden Co.. Vt.. Probate. » Winchendon records.
• Abraham Gale of Weston married Esther Cunningham, several of whose sons removed to
Shrewsbury. Another son, Henry, who married Abigail Smith, had a daughter Esther, born
14 Feb., 1746. Another son was named Elisha. (Bond: Genealogies and History of Watertown.)
6 Report of W. R. Haines, town clerk of Orford. who says this is the only mention of the name
on the town records.
• Walpole, N. H., town and church records. » A Jonathan Bixby was married at Mount Vernon,
N. H., 20 March, 1804, to Judith Austin of that place, and was a resident taxpayer there 1 April,
1804. No further trace of him has been found. 8 Essex, Vt.. records.
• Land records, Essex, Vt., VII: 257. >° An Elisha Bixby received a deed of land at Essex,
6 April, 1812. Land records, III: 26. " Worcester Deeds, 68: 513.
226 BIXBY GENEALOGY
at Winchendon, it is probable that between 1768 and 1772 he had
at least two children.
Jonathan Bixby enlisted 13 July, 1775, and served nineteen days
in the company of Capt. John Marcy of Walpole, N. H., in Col.
James Reid's (3 d ) Regiment. Reid's Regiment had taken part in
the battle of Bunker Hill, and remained near Boston. His name
also appears on a "Blanket roll," dated 25 Feb., 1776, as sergeant
in the company commanded by Capt. Jason Wait in Col. Ridell's
regiment which formed part of the Northern army. This regiment
had been raised in January, 1776, for defense of the frontier along
the Connecticut river. Upon news of the reverses to the American
arms in Canada, the regiment was ordered to join the Northern
Continental army. The regiment was posted at a fort called
the Cedars. During the absence of its colonel the officer in com-
mand disgracefully surrendered. Jonathan Bixby also served
from 21 Sept. to 21 Oct., 1777, in Capt. Benjamin Flood's company,
Col. Benjamin Bellow's regiment, with Gates' army at Saratoga,
thus participating in the capture of Burgoyne. 1 He also served in
1781, for six days from 20 March, in a company commanded by
Capt. Charles Nelson, 2 in defence of the frontier.
He was a resident of Walpole during the Vermont Controversy
in 1 78 1, when the river counties of New Hampshire declared for
union with Vermont, and was one of thirty inhabitants of Walpole,
Westmoreland and Swanzey who signed a protest, objecting to
being "cut off from the United States by a union with Vermont
as the convention plans," and stating that the majority of "our
selectmen are for the Vermont union." 3
Some time after the baptism of his son Elijah, in July, 1782, at
Walpole, he removed to Orford, and on 26 Sept., 1788, then living
there, he purchased of Joel Woodworth of Essex, Vt., one-half of
Lot Four in Piatt Body of Lots, in Essex, being fifty acres, at the
eastern end of said lot. 4 Joel Bixby was a witness to the deed.
In 1794, he bought one hundred acres of Gen. Ira Allen and the next
year thirteen acres of Joye Bradley.
The first settlement in Essex was in 1783, by Samuel Smith.
1 N. H. Revolutionary Rolls. J Hemingway: Vermont Historical Gazetteer, also
Vt. Rev. Rolls, p. 343.
• N. H. State Papers. The inhabitants of Vermont declared themselves a free and independent
state is Jan., 1777, but were not admitted to the Union until 4 March, 1701- The rival claims of
New Hampshire and New York to the territory prevented an earlier union.
1 Essex land records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 227
The first settler on the intervale lands on Brown's river in the
eastern part of Essex was Joel Woodworth, and the land purchased
by Jonathan Bixby was in his neighborhood. Other purchases
were made by Jonathan Bixby in 1795 and 1796, one being of the
well known Ira Allen of Burlington. The land records of Essex
show many transactions, both of purchase and sale, by Jonathan
Bixby. In 18 10, he received a deed from Samuel Bixby of West-
ford. In 181 1 he mortgaged property, but discharged the debt
in 1 8 14, which year and the following witnessed his last sales,
the date of the last transaction being 15 Feb., 181 5.
In 1790 the United States Census enumerates Jonathan Bixby
and his family of five males under sixteen years, and two females,
but describes him as of Jericho, the next town east of Essex.
Jonathan Bixby left a will dated 19 Nov., 1815, which was proved
6 Feb., 1816, by which he gave one-third of his estate to his wife
Esther and the residue to his son Ira, who was to support his mother
and discharge the debts of the estate, and who was made sole
executor. 1 The inventory of the estate which was represented
insolvent, 2 disclosed thirty-five acres of land, and a barn and per-
sonal property, the whole amounting to but four hundred and
sixty dollars.
On the 6 Feb., 18 16, the estate of Jonathan Bixby conveyed land
to Esther and Ira Bixby. 3 Two years later Ira deeded to Samuel
Bixby, 3 and the same year Esther and Samuel received a quit
claim deed from Ebenezer T. Englesby to whom Jonathan had
mortgaged land in 18 10, and they, two days later, sold to Lyman
Cutler and Ebenezer Hamilton. The widow Esther is last men-
tioned in the land records in 1821.
Esther Bixby, Samuel Bixby and Ira Bixby on 11 Sept., 1821,
sold to Billy B. Butler of Essex their right to a pew in the Congre-
gational Meeting House, being number four, the corner or post
pew in the body next to the broad alley on the left hand side from
the front door.
12718
V. Daniel Bixby {Daniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
May, 1763, at Winchendon, Mass.; died later than 1840, probably
at Chazy, N. Y.; married Dorothy ("Dolly") ("Dorithy") who
J Chittenden Co. Probate, also Essex Deeds, 3: 183, the two records not agreeing exactly.
2 Northern Sentinel, 5 April, 1816. 'Essex Land Records, 3: 183, 184, 196, 197-
228 BIXBY GENEALOGY
was the mother of his children, but who is not named in her
husband's application for a pension, in 1832.
Children, born at Rockingham, Vt.: l
1 David, born 6 July, baptized 11 July, 1784.
2- 2 Joel, born 29 Jan., baptized 14 May, 1786; married Sally Barrett; (2)
Sylvia Morse.
3- 3 Luther, born 7 Nov., 1787, baptized 6 July, 1788.
4- 4 Dolly, born 7 May, 1791, baptized 24 Aug., 1794; married William Aus-
ment, or Osmont.
5 Tabitha, born 7 Dec, 1793, baptized 24 Aug., 1794.
6- 6 Jonathan, born 9 July, 1796; married Sally Hood.
7- 7 King Hiram, born 16 July, 1800; married Sophia Nash.
8 Sophia, born 15 Dec, 1804.
9 Patty, born 9 April, 1807; married Monroe, and in 1866 was living
at West Plattsburg, N. Y. She wrote that she was the youngest child,
and was a child when her father moved from Rockingham to Plattsburg.
Her brother Luther and a sister were living at Rockingham the last she
knew.
10 Chester. There is no record of the birth of this child. Hiram Bixby,
of Washington, D. C, said that his father had a brother by this name
who died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., having served in some Indian
campaign.
The name of Daniel Bixby appears on the list of voters in Rock-
ingham in 1781. In 1792 when the town was divided into school
districts " Bixbys" was one of the limits. His family is enumerated
in the United States Census of 1790 as consisting of himself, one
female and three males under sixteen years of age. In 1797 he
filed a certificate with the town clerk that he was a member of the
Universalist church, and in 1807 he was a purchaser of a pew.
He was chosen constable in 1804. In 1797 he was the only voter
of the name of Bixby in Rockingham.
Daniel Bixby was a Revolutionary soldier. He made application
for a pension 29 Aug., 1832, being then a resident of Isle La Motte
and sixty nine years of age. He stated that he was born in Win-
chendon, Mass., in May, 1763, but had no record of his birth, and
that since the war he had lived in Walpole, N. H., Rockingham,
and Chelsea, Vt., and for the past six years in Isle La Motte, and
that he was old and poor. His service he recites as follows: enlisted
for six months at Walpole, N. H., in Col. Nichol's regiment, Major
Webber's battalion, Capt. Peter Page's company, of which the
sergeants were Bellows, Blake and Puffer, "I think in May, 1780
> The births are from the town record, the baptisms from the church records. The seventh child
was named King Hiram according to the records, but dropped the first of his two names.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 229
and left the service by dismissal in November following." He
went to Springfield, Mass., where he was mustered and
forwarded to Claverack, N. Y., thence to West Point and was
there "at the time of Arnold's disgraceful evacuation and Gen.
Washington's return from Connecticut." At the time of his enlist-
ment he resided at Walpole. He again enlisted as a volunteer
under Gen. Bellows, and was sent from Walpole "to put a stop
to the Indians and Tories who burnt Royalton in Vermont, in Octo-
ber or November, 1780, immediately on my return from West
Point; drilled on snow shoes through the winter and was dismissed
sometime in May, 1781, after a period of six months' service."
He again enlisted from Walpole, in July, 1781, under Lieut. Smith
of Surrey, N. H., Lieut. Parker's company, Col. Walbridge's regi-
ment, to go to Skenesboro, now Whitehall, N. Y., and served three
months as a corporal and frontier guard. The last payment to
him on the Vermont roll was of date of 4 March, 1840, and on the
15 June following, he makes application to have his pension paid
to him in New York. Joel Hickok deposed that the applicant is
the same man who had formerly received the pension. 1
From the Census of Pensioners taken 1 June, 1840, it appears
that Daniel Bixby was then living at Chazy, N. Y., with Joel
Hickok, and that he was then aged 78 years.
There are about thirty deeds to and from Daniel Bixby on record
at Rockingham, Vt.; the latest, dated 10 Feb., 1816, gives his resi-
dence as Chelsea, Vt., apparently indicating his removal thither
about that time. 2
Note: A record is found of the marriage of Daniel Bixby and Nancy Alexander,
both of Rockingham, 24 July, 1814. (Rockingham marriages.) Daniel Bixby was
a voter of Athens, Vt., 1810-1812. There is also a record of marriage of Harriet
Bixby of Rockingham to Erastus Courser of Guildhall, N. Y., 29 Aug., 1833,
at Rockingham. (Ibid.) Erastus Courser (or Corser) was probably son of
Thomas and Mercy (Bennett) Corser, who moved from Thetford, Vt., to New
York, but of whom the author of the "Corser Family in America" has no further
information.
I27I9
V. Aaron Bixby (Daniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
30 April, 1765, at Winchendon, Mass.; died probably 18 April,
1842, "aged 77," 3 at Westminster, Vt., where he was living, "aged
1 Records U. S. Pension Bureau. 2 Letters of A. I. Bolles, Asst. Town Clerk, 1898.
3 Census of Pensioners, 1840; also Westminster, Vt., records.
230 BIXBY GENEALOGY
76 years," in 1840; 1 married 24 Nov., 1785, at Walpole, N. H.,
Sarah Carlton, 2 who was aged 58 years in 1820. 3
Children: 4
1 Sarah.
2 Betsey, perhaps the Betsy Bixby who died 2 Sept., 1866, at Westminster,
aged 70 years. 5
3 Lucy.
4 Moses.
5 David, aged 16 years in 1820.
Aaron Bixby made application for a pension 14 April, 1818,
at which time he was a resident of Rockingham, Vt. He stated
that he enlisted 1 Sept., 1782, in the New Hampshire line, for
three years, in a company commanded by Capt. Daniel Livermore
in Col. Dearborn's regiment. In "January, 1783, I made an
exchange of service with one John Eastman of the same company
and regiment whose period of enlistment was for during the war."
He served in the same regiment until close of the war, when Col.
Reed was in command. At the time discharges were made out
he was confined by sickness and Lieut. Scilly failed to deliver his
discharge to him.
Benjamin Cressy, who served in the same company with Bixby,
and was of Hopkinton in 181 8, deposed to the truth of the state-
ment above given, and so also did William Brown of Fishersfield.
On the 20 June, 1820, Bixby made another application, stating he
was a pensioner under the Act of 181 8, that his circumstances were
poor, that it was only with great difficulty that he could labor,
and that he owed about $60. His wife was aged 58 years, and at that
time had a broken leg, and was feeble. He was a farmer. One
child, namely David Bixby, then aged sixteen, resided with him,
who was dependent upon the pensioner, and had a broken arm. 6
The United States Census of 1790 enumerates under Thomlinson
(now Grafton), Vt., the family of Aaron Bixby, consisting of one
male over sixteen, one male under sixteen, and three females.
On the 30 May, 1813, the town of Rockingham cautioned against
1 Census of Pensioners, 1840; also Westminister, Vt., records.
s Walpole records. * Pension Application of Aaron Bixby.
4 It is probable that there were other children, perhaps two daughters older than Sarah. Solo-
mon, John, Daniel and Arhitus Bixby are reported as listed as voters at Athens, Vt., nearly oppo-
site Walpole, N. H., in 1810 and 1812. See note under Daniel Bixby (12718).
* Westminster, Vt., records. 6 Records United States Pension Bureau.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 231
Aaron Bixby and Sarah Bixby, his wife, and Sarah Bixby, 2d.,
Betsy Bixby, Lucy Bixby and Moses Bixby their children. 1
1271J
V. Joel Bixby (Daniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
31 Oct., 1767, at Winchendon, Mass.; died 10 May, 2 1854, at Roy-
alton, N. Y.; married 25 Aug., 1788, Hannah Woodworth, 3
born 12 Nov., 1768, in Nova Scotia, 2 died 2 May, 1854, at Royal-
ton. 4
Children: 3
1 Ira, born 1789.
2- 2 Levi, born 18 Aug., 1790; married Lucinda Burch.
3 Lucy, born 1792; died young.
4- 4 Patty (Martha), born 26 March, 1793; married Porter Johnson.
5- 5 Pearl, born 15 July, 1795; married Relief Hoisington.
6- 6 Philena, born 1 May, 1798; married John D. Ely.
7- 7 Simon, born 10 June, 1802, at La Chute, Argenteuile, Quebec; married Han-
nah J. Stone.
8- 8 Susanna, born 23 Feb., 1806, at La Chute; married Levi Fisk.
Joel Bixby was a witness to the deed given by Joel Woodworth
in 1788 to Jonathan Bixby, then of Orford, N. H., but very soon
after a resident of Essex, Vt. As Joel was married that year, it
is probable that he had preceded his elder brother, Jonathan, to
Essex. Doubtless Hannah (Woodworth) Bixby was a near relative
to Joel Woodworth, near whom they settled.
On the 17 Sept., 1792, Joel Woodworth sold to Joel Bixby 27
acres, part of lot 4 in Piatt's survey of Essex; 5 and in Feb., 1799,
Joel Bixby sold land in Essex, styling himself of that place, but
acknowledging the deed in Fairfax, Vt., the following October.
On the 28 April, 1801, he sold 60 acres in Essex to James Gates,
and in the deed he is described as of Argenteuile, District of Mon-
treal, Canada. 5 According to family tradition he had removed to
Argenteuile in 1799.
1 Rockingham records.
J M. E. Church record; but a member of the family reported this date as 10 April, 1854, and
that of his wife as 2 April, 1854.
» Miss Mary E. Bixby (1271J.52-2) copied the family record in her grandfather's bible, which
also supplies information regarding his marriage and the birthplace of his wife. The family gen-
erally believe that the six eldest children were born in Bennington, Vt., and that Joel removed
from that place to Canada. Bennington records do not mention the name Bixby. The two
youngest were born at La Chute.
4 Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Royalton, N. Y.
6 Essex Deeds, 1: 80, 156, 434.
232 BIXBY GENEALOGY
A certificate, filed with the town clerk of Essex, dated 28 Sept.,
1798, signed by Reuben Garlick, rector of the United Episcopal
Church of Jericho and Essex, declares that Joel Bixby was a mem-
ber of the Protestant Episcopal Church and a regular attendant
upon the services of that church. 1 The purpose of filing this cer-
tificate was to escape taxation for the support of the Congregational
minister in the town.
The United States Census enumerates Joel Bixby in Essex, the
family consisting of one male over sixteen, one male under sixteen,
and one female. As the Census was of date of 1 Aug., 1790, the
record confirms the statement that the eldest son was Ira and not
Levi.
Joel Bixby remained in Canada until the close of the War of
1812, when he removed to Royalton, purchasing lands in what was
known as the Holland Purchase. Family tradition states that he
visited Royalton alone in 1816, built a log cabin, and returned
home in the fall, but the following spring moved his family to
Royalton. Chauncey E. Bixby (12 71 J. 5 7) has a document dated
22 Feb., 1817, "(which is the day they started to go to Royal-
ton.)" Ira Bixby (1271 J.29) wrote that he remembered his grand-
father well, and that Levi, a son, had a farm adjoining his father's.
Pearl, another son, lived with the father, and cared for his parents
during their old age.
Ira Bixby was born in 1830 and lived in Royalton until 1844.
He revisited his old home the year of his grandfather's death. He
made the positive statement that Jonathan and Riley Bixby of
Royalton were sons of Samuel Bixby, "brother of my grandfather
Joel," also, that on the way West in 1844 his father and himself,
while in Buffalo, "went to see a cousin of his (i. e. of Levi) by the
name of Daniel Bixby; his father's name was Daniel, 2 my grand-
father's brother." This letter was written in 1898. In 1886 he
wrote he had never heard his father say much about his grand-
father's brother, referring to some former communication.
Joel Bixby was born eight years earlier than Samuel, son of Jona-
than, who was the father of Jonathan and Riley. Daniel, an
older brother of Joel, in 1840 was living in Chazy, N. Y., but his
1 Essex records, i: 105.
2 This name was first written David. Daniel was written over David, and finally the name
crossed out and Daniel written after. Joel Bixby was accompanied by his sons, Levi, Pearl and
Simon, when he settled in Royalton.
THEOPHILUS BIXBV, (126J6)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 233
son David, born 1784, may have been the Daniel mentioned by Ira.
It is probable that lapse of time, and the near equality in ages
between Joel Bixby and his nephew Samuel, led to the natural
mistake of Ira in calling Samuel and Joel brothers. The reference
to the two Daniels is most puzzling, the more so as the other state-
ments of Ira Bixby have been found to be accurate in most particu-
lars, even more so than other accounts of the family.
12731
V. Samuel Bixby (Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
probably at Shrewsbury, Mass., prior to Dec, 1739, perhaps in
the preceding year, although family tradition asserts that he was
born in 1740; died 1820, at Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y. ;
married 4 March, 1762, at Lancaster, Mass., l Hannah Powers,
born there 10 Jan., 1739, died 1819, at Bainbridge, daughter of
Jonathan and Hannah (Sawyer) Powers, 2 of Lancaster. Jonathan
Powers was a Revolutionary soldier. 3 The gravestone of Samuel
Bixby does not state the date of his birth or death. 3
Children: 1
1- 1 Hannah, born 13 Dec, 1762, at Princeton, Mass.; married Asa Stowell.
2- 2 Sibyl, born 1 Oct., 1765, at Princeton; married Edward Davison; (2)
Henry Evans.
3- 3 Priscilla, born 29 Dec, 1767, at Princeton; married Henry Ward.
4- 4 Asahel, born 23 Oct., 1770, at Guilford, Vt.; married Clarina Smith.
5- 5 Samuel, born 25 Jan., 1774, at Guilford; married Lois Moss.
6- 6 Elizabeth, born 8 April, 1778, at Guilford; married Russell Redfield.
Samuel Bixby may have removed to Guilford, Vt., as early as
1768, but the record of land transactions at Guilford is imperfect
and there is no record of his first purchase there. He was for many
years one of the most prominent men in Guilford, holding town
office and associated with the party favoring New York.
Guilford was chartered by Gov. Wentworth of New Hampshire
in 1758, the grantees being chiefly Massachusetts men. The first
land in town was cleared four years later and the first settlement
made in 1761, although it was not for three or four years after
this that many settlers were on the grant. Bixby was probably
attracted to the territory at the time strenuous efforts were being
1 Town records. 2 Family records, confirmed by Lancaster records.
'Letter of Seymour Lowman (j 2731.514-2).
IS
234 BIXBY GENEALOGY
made to obtain residents. On the 19 May, 1772, the inhabitants
voted that their town was in Cumberland Co., N. Y., (this is
now part of Vermont) and proceeded to elect town officers in
accordance with the laws of that province and limited the right
to participate in town meetings to such as were proprietors under
the charter or held of them. 1 At this time Samuel Bixby was
chosen highway surveyor; yet his name does not appear in the list
of inhabitants that year.
For several years the affairs of the town were conducted peace-
fully and successfully, in fact, because of the town's unique position,
almost as an independent community. This state of affairs lasted
until 1777, when, Vermont having declared her independence, a
party favoring the new state found themselves temporarily in the
ascendancy. At a town meeting held 17 May, 1774, Samuel
Bixby was chosen constable, and in 1777, assessor. The following
year he was chosen on committee to lay out roads, and on the 16
March, 1781, was chosen town clerk, which office he held until
the annual meeting in 1784 when the Vermont party again secured
control. On the 5 June, 1782, he had been appointed a justice
of the peace for Cumberland County in New York jurisdiction,
and that year was also a petit juryman. He thus was a conspicuous
adherent to the New York claim.
Cumberland County was set up by New York in 1766, and both
civil and military officers were appointed.
When Vermont asserted her independence in 1777, a draft was
ordered to provide militia for the defence of the state. The select-
men of Guilford belonged to the Vermont party, and instead of
selecting those who claimed to be citizens of that state, drafted
men of the opposition, who refused to serve or to supply substi-
tutes, thus precipitating an open rupture. The selectmen ordered
that the estates of Samuel Bixby and four others be distrained
upon for the sum of £15 to meet the expense the town had been
to find substitutes for the five delinquents. The sheriff's deputy
proceeded to the house of Joel Bigelow, one of the five, where he
found many persons collected, and proceeded to take a cow. He
was then set upon by about sixty "Yorkers," who rescued the
animal. Court proceedings were immediately instituted against
those taking part in the "riot," and among those indicted was
1 Hall: History of Eastern Vermont.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 235
Samuel Bixby. The following year the York party obtained control
of the town. The climax of the trouble was reached in 1783 and
1784. Ethan Allen with a company of militia and volunteers
from neighboring parts occupied the town and took several of the
York party prisoners. Shots were exchanged and some blood shed,
both at this time and later. In July, 1784, Samuel Bixby and
others were indicted in the Vermont courts for the part they had
taken in the assault on Sergeant Fisk. Perceiving that further
resistance was hopeless, on the 25th of Oct., they petitioned the
General Assembly of Vermont for pardon and to be permitted to
become citizens of that state. This petition, together with that
of twenty-five others, was granted, and it was enacted that upon
their taking the oath of allegiance their estates, so far as the same
had not been disposed of, should be restored to them.
In 1782 Bixby had been clerk of the convention of committees,
a convention of delegates from the York towns of Guilford, Brattle-
boro, Halifax, and Marlboro, and in his official capacity reported
to Gov. Clinton the doings of the Vermont supporters, and espe-
cially the illegal act of arrest and banishment under pain of death
of certain of the York leaders. In 1785, at the time Vermont was
making a strenuous effort to be admitted to the Union, he wrote
to Gov. Clinton, being one of a committee, in behalf of the loyal
subjects of New York, protesting against the action of Vermont
and affirming that no York man had taken the oath of allegiance
to Vermont except those confined in gaol and "fed with the bread
and water of affliction."
Guilford was long the centre of York opposition to Vermont.
When New York and Vermont agreed upon a settlement of their
differences, upon petition of the agents of 107 residents of Cumber-
land County who had suffered in their persons and estates by up-
holding the sovereignty of New York, that state as compensation
voted a township eight miles square to be apportioned by com-
missioners. On the 11 July, 1786, 380 acres in lot 81 in Clinton
township No. 2 was granted to Samuel Bixby.
His son Asahel proceeded to the location on foot, having been
joined at Cherry Valley by Israel Stowell, also from Vermont,
and is said to have been the first of the "Vermont sufferers" to
settle in town. He arrived in Oct., 1787, and found that William
Guthrie had already settled upon and improved the tract granted
236 BIXBY GENEALOGY
to his father. Friendly relations, however, existed between the
rival claimants, both of whom were formerly residents of Vermont.
20 March, 1788, the New York commissioners assigned Samuel
Bixby his three hundred and eighty acres in lot 75, and there Asahel
made his settlement. His sister, wife of Asa Stowell, had preceded
him into the country and lived in Bettsburgh. 1 The patent to the
land is recorded at Albany under date of 12 Jan., 1789. 2
The popular account of the resistance to Vermont authority,
which centred at Guilford, ascribed association and union between
the York party and the Tories during the Revolution. This certainly
was not so. The men of the York party did their turn in defence
of the border, and acted under and received pay from the Vermont
authorities. Both Samuel and Manasseh Bixby, his brother, who
was also a York adherent and somewhat prominent in town, served
in the patriot forces during the war. Samuel enlisted 29 Aug.,
and served until the 23 Sept., 1777, as sergeant in the company
commanded by Capt. Josiah Boyden in Col. William Williams'
regiment which marched to Bennington, and his brother Manasseh
served during the following month. Also they both served for
six days in the company of Capt. Charles Nelson, raised by order
of the Convention to defend the frontiers, 3 from 20 to 26 March,
1 78 1. Their names also appear on the muster rolls of the New
York state troops as sergeants in Williams' regiment, the year not
given, Samuel in Shepard's company and Manasseh in Stowell's
company. 4
This was not the only military service of Samuel Bixby. As a
youth he had taken part in the old French War. He enlisted 31
March and served until 15 Oct., 1758, in a company commanded
by Capt. Asa Whitcomb in Col. Jonathan Bagley's regiment raised
for the reduction of Canada. 5 He was styled of Shrewsbury.
Samuel Bixby is said to have settled in what is now Bainbridge,
N. Y., in June, 1788. 1 Bainbridge received its present name in
1814, being formerly known as Jericho. Until 1791 it was in
Montgomery County, then in Tioga until 1795. The land granted
to Samuel Bixby was on both sides of the river. Asahel built his
cabin on the eastern side. It is said to have been a log shanty
covered with brush. 1
1 History of Chenango and Madison Counties, N. Y., p. i6r.
* State Patents, Secretary of State's Office, 21: so. l Fernow: New York in the Revolution.
• Vermont Revolutionary Rolls. ' Massachusetts Archives, 96:478, 102.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 237
Both Samuel Bixby and his wife were members of the Church in
Princeton, Mass., and on the 7 Feb., 1804, they obtained letters
of dismission from that church to the church in Jericho. 1 Samuel
Bixby was elected assessor of Bainbridge, 19 April, 1791. He was
one of the original members of and a trustee of the Presbyterian
church there, called the church of Silesia.
12732
V. Joseph Bixby (Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
probably in 1741, in either Chelmsford or Shrewsbury, Mass.;
probably died at Rindge, N. H., soon after 1810; 2 married 13 July,
1769, at Shrewsbury, Miriam Bryant of Lancaster, Mass., who
died 14 April, 1782, 2 at Boylston, Mass. He married, second, 16
March, 1784, at Sterling, Mass., 3 Elizabeth Hadley, daughter of
John Hadley of Sterling. 2
Children:
1 Rachel, born 25 Oct., 1769, at Lancaster. 4
2 Priscilla, born 9 April, 1772, 4 at Lancaster.
3- 3 Aaron, born 16 Oct., 1774, 3 at Shrewsbury; married Susanna Blake.
4 Miriam, born 24 Jan., 1776, at Shrewsbury; 3 died 23 Aug., 1778. 2
By second marriage:
5- 5 Ezra, born 13 Feb., 1787, at Grafton, Vt.; 5 married Theodosia Brook.
6 Son, living in 1790.
Joseph Bixby served in the old French war, in 1758, 1759, 1760,
and 1762. He also served in the Revolution. He enlisted 5 April,
and served until 5 Nov., 1758, in the company commanded by Capt.
Asa Whitcomb, Col. Bagley's regiment, raised for the reduction
of Canada, and on the roll is styled of Lancaster, apprentice to
Josiah Wilder. He reenlisted, 26 March, 1759, and on a roll dated
4 April, it is noted that he was a resident of Lancaster, aged 18
years, son of Samuel Bixby, supplied his own arms, and served
in Col. Oliver Wilder's regiment. He was in the company com-
manded by Capt. James Reed in the expedition against the French
fort at Lake George, and served until 29 Nov., 1759. He reenlisted,
5 April, 1760, and served until 2 Dec, in company commanded by
1 Princeton church record. s Information of Hon. Ezra S. Stearns, of Fitchburg. Mass.
8 Shrewsbury Vital Records.
* Lancaster records. Joseph Bigsby from Shrewsbury was warned by Lancaster, 11 June, 1771.
8 Grafton records.
238 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Capt. Thomas Beman. His residence is given as Lancaster, and
it is said on the roll that he was son of Daniel Bigsby, evidently a
clerical error. He again enlisted, 5 April, 1762, as a drummer in
the company of Capt. William Jones, and served until 14 Nov.,
1762. 1
He served in the Revolution from the alarm of the 19th April,
1775, until the close of the war, but not continuously. He was a
member of the company commanded by Capt. Robert Andrews
which marched from the second Parish of Shrewsbury upon the
receipt of the alarm, and at Cambridge, nine days later, enlisted
into Capt. Job Cushing's company, Col. Jonathan Ward's regi-
ment, and appears on the rolls of that command as sergeant until
13 Nov., 1775. In company with his brother John, he signed an
enlistment agreement 26 Dec, 1775, engaging to serve until 31
December. He first joined Steam's company in Doolittle's regi-
ment. He enlisted for the town of Shrewsbury for three years
or during the war, and joined Col. Thomas Nixon's regiment,
being mustered 24 April, 1777, and assigned to a company com-
manded by Capt. Adam Wheeler. He was discharged 30 April,
1778. He reenlisted 1 April, 1781, for three years. At this time
he is described as of Shrewsbury, farmer, aged 40 years, stature
5 feet 7 inches, of light complexion. There is also on file an order
for wages due him for service in Wheeler's company, Nixon's
regiment (the sixth), dated Shrewsbury, 22 Aug., 1 785.2
Probably about this time (1785) he removed to Vermont, and
from the birth of his son Ezra at Grafton in 1787, and a deed of
himself and wife in which they are said to be described as of " Pom-
bleston," Vt., dated March, 1789, it would appear that he lived
there until that year last named. In 1790 he is enumerated as an
inhabitant of Rindge, N. H., having in his family three males under
16 years and one female. Grafton, Vt., was at that time called
Thomlinson, and the records are not perfect, hence not only are
we left in ignorance of the possible death of his two eldest daughters,
but of the name of the son who had been born to him there in addi-
tion to Ezra. In the deed above referred to, he and his wife deed
to their brother, John Hadley, Jr., of Sterling, Mass., all their inter-
est in the farm of John Hadley, late of Sterling, father of Elizabeth
Bixby, and in a deed of 1794 between the same parties, in which the
> Massachusetts Archives, 96: 102, 478; 97: 310,373; 98: 328; 99: 220.
3 Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 239
Bixbys are styled of Rindge, additional property in Sterling is
conveyed. 1
He is probably the Joseph Bixby named among the grantees of
Newfane, Vt., in 1761. That place was settled about 1766 by
settlers chiefly from Worcester Co., Mass. Among the grantees
of the earlier charter of 1753 was Nathaniel Bixby probably
Joseph's uncle (1276).
12733
V. Manassah Bixby {Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 1745, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died 19 Dec, 1828, at Guil-
ford, 2 Vt.; 4 married 12 Nov., 1765, at Lancaster, Mass., Elizabeth
Dunsmore, 3 died 11 March, 1791, aged 45 years. 4 He married,
second, 31 May, 1792, at VVinchendon, Mass., Hannah Heywood, 5
born 1749, died 22 Nov., 1827, - aged 70 years. 4
Children: 6
1- 1 Manassah, born 22 Jan., 1765; married Betsey; (2) Abigail Cobb.
2 Joseph, 7 born 4 Jan., 1766, at Lancaster.
3 Betsy, 7 born 22 April, 1767, baptized 31 July, 1768, at Templeton, Mass.,
died 14 Nov., 1808, "aged 44 years." 4
4- 4 Olive, born 2 April (Aug.), 1769, at Guilford; married William Marsh, Jr.
5 Molly, born 30 Aug., 1772.
6 Lucy, born 6 May, 1775; died 16 July, 1799;* married 9 July, 1796, at
Guilford, Hosea Marsh. 8
7 Oliver, born 15 April, 1778; died 1802. Administration on his estate>
he being called of Guilford, was granted 20 July, 1802, to Manassah
Bixby. 9
8- 8 Thaddeus, born 15 Nov., 1780; married Hannah Warrick.
9- 9 Persis, born 9 June (July), 1783; married David Howard, Jr.; (2) Noah
Briggs.
10 Amelia, born 1 Nov., 1785.
k-ii Annis, born 19 May, 1788; married Daniel Lynde, Jr. 8
12 Amasa, died unmarried.
1 Worcester Deeds, 176: 36. » Information of Mrs. N. M. P. Akeley, Brattleboro, Vt.
'Lancaster records. * Tombstone record at Guilford. 5 Winchendon records.
•Of the children, the first three were born probably at Lancaster, Mass., the following five
appear on Guilford, Vt., records. Numbers r, 3, 4, 8, 9, II, 12, were remembered by name by
Samuel Bixby (1273389), living in 1898 at Guilford. The census of 1790 found Manassah
Bixby, Sr., and Jr., living at Guilford, the former having but one male under sixteen years and
three females in his family, thus it is evident his family were not all residents of Guilford. It
is thought probable that the mother of the family died that year, and that the youngest children
were probably living with relatives. The months in parenthesis are those given by Mrs. Susan
A. Bixby (12733.162).
7 A census of inhabitants at Guilford taken in 1772 showed a population of 586 persons.
(See Documentary History of New York; 4:784.) Moses Bixby, no wife, six children; Menassa
Bigsby, wife, two children, are listed. Who "Moses Bixby" was intended for is uncertain. The
name as printed is supposed to be an error. Probably Joseph and Betsy, the second and third
children of Manassah, had died soon after birth.
8 Guilford records. • Brattleboro probate records.
240 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Manassah Bixby enlisted 5 April, 1762, and served until 19
Nov., 1762, in the army raised to reduce Canada. 1 On the roll
he is described as of Shrewsbury and an apprentice of Ezra Beaman.
On 14 April, 1766, as of Shrewsbury he purchased of Thomas
Sawyer of Templeton, 40 acres in Templeton. 2 He probably
accompanied his brother Samuel to Vermont, and joined with him
in the effort to maintain the sovereignty of New York over Guil-
ford and adjoining parts, but neither signed the petition of the
inhabitants of Cumberland County (N. Y. jurisdiction) for right
to elect two representations to the New York assembly. He
enlisted 29 Sept., 1777, and served until the 21 Oct., in Capt. David
Stowell's company in Col. William Williams' regiment 3 as ser-
geant. He was chosen surveyor of highways for Guilford in April,
1777, in spite of the fact that the town government that year was
in the hands of the Vermont party, and was again chosen in 1782,
which year he was also a petit juror. He was surveyor again in
1789, and fence viewer in 1790. 4
In 1898, Charles Bixby (12731.46) stated that his grandfather,
Samuel Bixby, when he went to New York left a brother Manassah
in Guilford. Titus M. Bixby (12731.55) and Henry W. Bixby
(12731.5-7) made the same statement. Samuel Bixby (12733.89)
in 1898 said that Manassah came to Guilford from Rehoboth,
Mass., and this same statement is found in Child's "Windham
County Gazetteer," with the additional information that he settled
in Guilford about 1770 on the farm recently owned by Paul Morris.
12734
V. John Bixby {Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born 5
March, 1747, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died later than 1819, when he
was a resident of West Boylston, Mass.; married, 1769 (intention
4 Feb., 1769, at Princeton, Mass.), Mary Flood, or Floyd, of
Princeton.
Children, except the eldest, born at Shrewsbury:
I- 1 William, born 5 Feb., 1770, at Lancaster, 5 Mass.; married Esther Draper.
2 Tryphena, born 7 Jan., 1772; married 18 Oct., 1790, Alpheus Cutting. 6
3 Mary, born 4 Aug., 1774.
1 Massachusetts Archives, French War Rolls. * Guilford records.
• Worcester Deeds, 54: 623. 6 Lancaster records; his birth is also recorded at Shrewsbury.
• Vermont Revolutionary Rolls. * Boylston Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 241
4- 4 John, born 3 Feb., 1777; married Polly Davis.
5 Child, died 6 Nov., 1779, at Boylston. 1
John Bixby made application for a pension 10 Sept., 1818,
declaring that he was a resident of West Boylston, aged seventy-
one years, and was infirm; that he enlisted in Jan., 1781, and served
until Dec, 1783. He served two years in the 5th Massachusetts
Line, in Capt. Trotter's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment,
but in the last year of his service he was transferred to the 1st
regiment, Col. Vose, to Capt. Remick's company. He was hon-
orably discharged, but had lost his papers. He was pensioned
from the 7 Sept., 1818. 2
Although he makes no mention of his service prior to 1780, it
appears from Massachusetts Revolutionary rolls that he enlisted 11
July, 1775, to serve until 31 Dec, 1775, that he joined Capt. Steam's
company, Col. Doolittle's regiment, and in August was a member of
Capt. Job Cushing's company, Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, and
was in the service 13th November. He reenlisted 10 Feb., 1779, for
three years, to the credit of the town of Shrewsbury, and joined
Capt. Adam Wheeler's company in Col. Thomas Nixon's regiment.
On the 30 Nov., 1779, he was reported invalided. On an earlier
roll, of May, 1779, he was reported as sick at Shrewsbury. He
was transferred to Col. Lewis Nicola's regiment of invalids 22
Feb., 1779, and appears on the rolls of that regiment in Lieut.
Osgood Carleton's company until Oct., 1779, as stationed at Boston.
John Bixby of Shrewsbury is also credited with an enlistment for
six months from 3 July to 13 Dec, 1780, and also for a three years'
enlistment from 20 Jan., 1781. He was described in July, 1780,
as 33 years of age, five feet nine inches tall, light complexion, a
farmer and resident of Shrewsbury.
On the 4 Aug., 18 14, John Bixby of Great Barrington made
deposition that he was born 5 March, 1747, and that his parents
formerly lived in Lancaster, that he was married when he was
twenty-three years of age, removed to Shrewsbury and served as a
soldier from that town, and that he was son of Samuel and Mary
Bixby. 3 His family is not enumerated in the Census of 1790.
1 Boylston Vital Records.
' Records U. S. Pension Bureau. William Floyd and Andrew Biglow depose that they were in
the army with Bixby in 1781.
•Worcester Deeds, 192:17.
242 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12735
V. Ephraim Bixby (Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
11 April, 1754, at Lancaster, Mass.; 1 died 1817; 2 married Phebe
Wilder, born 10 Dec., 1762, 2 died 1783, at Guilford, Vt., daughter
of Jotham Wilder. 2 He married, second, 1783, Susannah Wood.
Children, except the last five, born at Guilford, Vt.: z
1- 1 Ephraim, born 8 Jan., 1778; married Phebe Adams.
2- 2 Jotham Wilder, born 13 Dec, 1780; married Mrs. Tirzah (Esen) Bixby.
3 Phebe, born 14 Feb., 1783; died 1824, 4 unmarried.
By second marriage, the last four probably born at Bainbridge, N. Y. i
4- 4 William, born 30 May, 1784, at Guilford; 3 married Tirzah Esen.
5- 5 Oliver, born 1785 or later; married Cynthia Sherman.
6- 6 Sylvanus, 5 born about 1788 or 1790; married Amanda Spofford.
7 Abel, born probably at Bainbridge, N. Y., about 1796; died at St. Clain
Mich. 6 Very little is known about him. He removed to Canada
where for years, after afflicted with blindness, he kept a hotel. 6 Later
he resided in St. Clair Co., Mich. He married and had children.
8- 8 Samuel, born 5 Aug., 1797; married Amelia Ross; (2) Eliza J. Stoddard;
(3) Betsy Miner.
9- 9 Betsy, married Caleb Cass.
Ephraim Bixby was a member of the company of the second
parish, Shrewsbury, which marched under Capt. Robert Andrews
on the alarm of 19 April, 1775. He served nine days at Cambridge,
and then enlisted, 28 April, in company commanded by Capt.
Job Cushing in Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, and was in that
company, acting as corporal, 7 Oct., 1775. His name also appears
on the bounty coat roll of 13 Nov., 1775. 7
According to family tradition he also served in the Vermont
militia as an officer in the campaign about Bennington, but there
is no official record of such service.
He probably married and settled at Guilford about 1777, and
remained there until the close of the Revolution. He is not men-
tioned in the United States Census of Aug., 1790, suggesting
1 Lancaster records, also family record in possession of Samuel M. Bixby (1273583).
1 Information of Mrs. N. M. P. Akeley, Brattleboro, Vt.
1 Guilford, Vt., records.
'Information of Mrs. L. Scott (127352-5) and Miss Phebe Bixby (127352-6).
6 Mrs. Scott names Sylvanus, and mentions that he had been dead some years, but does not
write of him in a way to indicate he had a family. Abel is said by some of the family to have been
the youngest son.
8 Information of Roy Bixby (12735.83-4).
' Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 243
that he had by that time left Guilford, which agrees with family
tradition that he settled in what is now Bainbridge that year.
That country was so sparsely peopled in that year that the census
does not enumerate any dwellers there. Probably Oliver and
Sylvanus, and perhaps Betsy, were born in the years immediately
following his settlement at Bainbridge. Mrs. Ella M. Frenz
(12735. 13-14) possesses a pedigree made 3 Oct., 1858, under the
direction of Mrs. Eliza Doolittle, a daughter of Ephraim (12735. 1),
in which it is stated that Ephraim Bixby was born at Boylston,
Mass., married in 1775, Phebe Wilder of Leominster, and died in
Bainbridge, aged 63 years, and that Phebe (Wilder) Bixby died in
Dec, 1781. Unfortunately the pedigree is limited to descendants
of the eldest son.
12736
V. Martha Bixby (Samuel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
II April, 1754, at Lancaster, Mass.; probably married 30 Jan.,
1772, Nathaniel Bidwell, born 1750, at Hartford, Conn., died
April, 1812, at Littleton, N. H., son of Samuel and Mary (Pitkin)
Bidwell. 1
Nathaniel Bidwell settled in Littleton, N. H., in 1805. His
wife was Martha, daughter of Samuel Bixby. 2 She died 26 Oct.,
1 785.2 Nathaniel Bidwell married again and had three children,
Jemima, Philena and Bela.
Martha Bixby and Josiah Hedley were published at Lancaster,
Mass., 1 June, 1770, but the record of their marriage has not been
found.
Children: 3
1 Infant, born 18 Oct., 1773, at Hartford, Conn.; died young.
2 Thankful Bidwell, born 21 April, 1775, probably at Lebanon, N. H.; died
24 Feb., 1845.
3 Miama (Mima) Bidwell, born 25 Sept., 1776, probably at Lebanon; died
3 April, 1815.
4 Mabel Loomis Bidwell, born 1 May, 1778, probably at Lebanon.
5 Jasper Bidwell, born 6 Dec, 1779, at Lebanon; died 26 April, 1823; married
17 Nov., 1803, Patience Peck, daughter of Matthew Peck.
6 Jason Bidwell, born 3 March, 1782, at Lebanon; died 26 April, 1859, at
Manchester, N. H.; married 15 Oct., 1807, Sally Peck, born at Grafton,
26 Oct., 1782, died Sept., i860, at Franconia, N. H., daughter of Matthew
Peck.
' Bidwell Genealogy, p. 116. J Stearns: History of Littleton, N. H.
* Stearns: History of Littleton, also the Bidwell Genealogy for deaths of several of the children.
244 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, born at Lebanon:
1. Alpha Bidwell, born 12 May, 1808; died 20 May, 1808.
2. Eloisa Bidwell, born 10 May, 1809; married Wm, Berkley.
3. Simon S. Bidwell, born 6 Feb., 1811; 1 died 28 April, 1866, at Wilton,
Conn.; married 28 July, 1839, Elizabeth McBuswell, who died 16
March, i860; (2) 5 May, 1861, Sarah E. Marsh (who married (2)
Robert Eaton) . 2
4. Olive Bidwell, born 23 May, 1813; died Dec, 1880, at Canterbury,
N. H.; married 25 Dec, 1843, Robert Sheperd.
5. Ashahel Bidwell, born 26 July, 1815; died June, 1868, at Neenah, Wis.;
married 12 Oct., 1840, Harriet Garnsey.
6. George Bidwell, born 13 March, 1818; lives in New Boston.
7. John Nelson Bidwell, born 21 Dec, 1820; married 19 May, 1845, Maria
N. Hibbard, who died 4 April, 1865; (2) 15 July, 1869, Mary J. Mason.
He lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
8. Sophronia Bidwell, born 6 Aug., 1823, at Landaff, N. H.; married 11
Sept., 1848, Eri Richardson. She lives at Sterling, Mass.
9. Jasper Bidwell, born 3 Dec, 1826, at Landaff; died there 13 Feb., 1827.
10. Martha Ann Bidwell, born 12 June, 1828, at Landaff; married 7 March,
1854, George H. Foster. She lives at Worcester.
11. Janson A. Bidwell, born 17 Dec, 1830; married 18 Nov., 1858, Harriet
N. Simmons. They live in Cleveland, O. 2
7 Martha Bidwell, born 1 June, 1785, at Lebanon; died 4 May, 1846, at
Lisbon, N. H.; married 4 March, 1813, Isaac Stearns of Littleton, born
13 Oct., 1780, died 3 Dec, 1856. They lived at Littleton.
Children:
1. Mary Johnson Stearns, born 27 Nov., 1813; married Nathaniel H.
Everett.
2. Leonora Stearns, born 22 Aug., 1815; married Calvin J. Wallace.
3. Franklin Stearns, born 7 Feb., 1820; died 16 Feb., 1823.
4. Isaac Bidwell Stearns, born 15 June, 1826; married Nancy Maria Abbott;
(2) Isabel M. Flynn.
12761
V. Levi Bixby {Nathaniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph), born
7 Aug., 1743, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died 5 Oct., 1803, at Win-
chendon, Mass., 3 "aged 60 years" (g.s.); married there 2 Oct.,
1766, 3 Ruth Darling, who died 1778. 4 He married, second, 13
May, 1779, Mrs. Tabitha (Foster) Boynton, widow of Stephen
Boynton, 3 whom she married 29 Jan., 1772, and by whom she
had three children born at Winchendon, viz: Sally, born 3 June,
1772, Lucy, born 7 Jan., 1774, and Sukey, born 22 Nov., 1776.
She married, third, 13 Nov., 18 10, at Winchendon, Benjamin Eddy
of Boylston. She died 10 Feb., 1845, aged ninety six years. 4
Children, born at Winchendon:
1- 1 Lois, born 5 April, 1768; married Obil Fasset.
2- 2 Eunice, twin with Lois; married Barnabas Miller.
• Bidwell Genealogy, p. 116. 2 Stearns: History of Littleton, N. H.
» Winchendon records, from which and the parish records are also obtained the records of birth
and marriage of children, given on this page. The parish record gives death of Levi as 6 Oct., 1802.
'Marvin: History of Winchendon, Mass.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 245
3- 3 Zibiah (Ziba), 1 born 17 Oct., 1770; married Ephraim Murdoch.
4- 4 Lucinda, born 8 May, 1773; married Gardiner Wilder.
5- 5 Levi, born 28 Feb., 1776; married Nancy Pierce.
By second marriage:
6 Stephen, born 8 Dec, 1780; died 8 Sept., 1800, killed by Daniel Robbins,
an insane person.
7- 7 Ruth, born 21 Dec, 1782; married Richard Stuart.
8 Tabitha, born 26 Sept., 1784; married 7 June, 1801, at Winchendon,
John Green. Moved to Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y. 2
9 Persis, born 15 Oct., 1786; married 17 Sept., 1805, at Winchendon,
Andrew Fowler. Moved to Rupert, N. Y. 2
Levi Bixby of Winchendon joined with other children of Nathan-
iel Bixby, 15 Dec, 1778, in deeding to Adonijah Bixby of Winchen-
don, sixty two acres there. 3
He was sergeant in Capt. Moses Hale's company, Col. Nathan
Sparhawk's regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19 April,
1775. He served ten days. He may also have been that Levi
Bixby whose name is found on the roll of Capt. Ezekial Knowlton's
company in Col. Dyke's regiment, for service prior to Nov., 1776. 4
He is probably the Levi Bigsby mentioned in Boston Selectmen's
Minutes, 27 Nov., 1771, as a former master of Samuel Prichard
who had lived at Winchendon.
Marvin, the historian of Winchendon, states that Levi Bixby
settled in Winchendon in 1766.
12764
V. Keziah Bixby {Nathaniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 25 May, 1749, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died 12 May, 1808; *
married 6 July, 1767, at Winchendon, Mass., Richard Pearson. 5
She married, second, 6 Oct., 1785, 1 Deacon Amos Hayward of
Winchendon, who died 20 Sept., 1832, aged 84 years. He married,
20 June, 1809, at Concord, Mass., Elizabeth Cogswell of Concord. 6
Children:
1 Relief Pearson, born 6 April, 1769.
2 Nabbe Pearson, born 22 April, 1771 ; died 26 Sept., 1838, at Winchendon;
married Lemuel Haywood (intention at Winchendon, 2 May, 1801),
1 Winchendon Vital Records. All data concerning this family, except where otherwise stated,
was obtained from Winchendon Vital Records.
1 Marvin: History of Winchendon, Mass.
•Worcester Deeds, 124: 565.
1 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.
•Winchendon, Mass., Vital Records, where the name is recorded Person.
• Concord, Mass., records.
246 BIXBY GENEALOGY
who died i Feb., 1841, at Winchendon, at which time he had the title
of captain.
Children, born at Winchendon:
1. Richard Pearson Haywood, born 1 Dec, 1801; died 26 Sept.,
1805.
2. Nabbe Bixby Haywood, born 28 Feb., 1803; married 7 Dec, 1826,
William Pollard, 1 of Winchendon. Children, born at Winchendon:
Charles William Pollard, born 20 Dec, 1827. Henry Orille Pollard,
born 7 March, 1829. George Slade Pollard, born 26 Oct., 1830.
Andrew Jackson Pollard, born 31 March, 1833.
3. Bushrod Vernon Haywood, born 29 July, 1804; died 28 Sept., 1805.
4. Sally Rowland Haywood, born 19 Jan., 1806.
5. Caroline Carter Haywood, born 6 Nov., 1807; married (intention
11 Feb., 1827) Levi Parks. Children, born at Winchendon: Levi
Nelson Parks, born 10 Feb., 1828. Sarah Emily Parks, born 16
Sept., 1829. Lucy Jane Parks, born 24 Feb., 1831. Martin
Harrison Parks, born 30 Oct., 1836. William Marcus Parks,
born 2 Oct., 1840.
6. Horatio Nelson Haywood, born 2 April, 1809.
7. Adeline Beaufort Haywood, born 5 May, 1812; married 15 May,
1849, at Winchendon, Arthur Bouche of Fitchburg, Mass.
8. Lemuel Alfred Haywood, born 3 April, 1814.
3 Oliver Pearson, born 15 May, 1773; married (intention 15 Aug., 1800)
Lois Priest of Groton.
Children, born at Winchendon: 2
1. Louisa D. Pearson, born 7 April, 1802.
2. Mary B. Pearson, born 30 June, 1803.
3. Oliver O. Pearson, born 11 April, 1805.
4. Mary B. Pearson, born 22 Nov., 1806.
4- 4, Hitta Pearson, born 5 June, 1775, at Winchendon; ' married John Wilder.
5 Sarah Pearson, born 14 May, 1777.
By second marriage:
6 Sukey Hayward, born 27 March, 1786; perhaps married 15 Jan., 1807,
Thomas Knowlton, who died 1 Sept., 1835, at Winchendon, aged 53
years.
Children, born at Winchendon:
1. Mary Hayward Knowlton, born 31 Aug., 1807.
2. Betsey Steele Knowlton, born 8 July, 1809.
3. Lucy Caroline Knowlton, born 20 April, 1811.
4. Thomas Sullivan Knowlton, born 27 May, 1813.
5. Amos Knowlton, born 27 May, 1815.
6. Susannah Abigail Knowlton, born 22 June, 1821; married 10 Nov.,
1844, Francis O. Gerrould, of Auburn, N. Y.
7. Charles Jerome Knowlton, born 20 Dec, 1824; died 19 Oct., 1826.
8. Charles Henry Knowlton, born 4 Jan., 1830.
7 Sally Hayward, born 4 July, 1789, at Winchendon, perhaps married
there 27 Feb., 1806, Jonah Carter.
Child:
1. Maria How Carter, born 13 Feb., 1807; died 16 May, 1807.*
1 William Pollard, probably born 3 Not., 1801. He died later than 1830.
2 Marvin: History of Winchendon.
•Winchendon Vital Records. All data concerning this family, except where otherwise stated,
was obtained from Winchendon Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 247
12766
V. Adonijah Bixby (Nathaniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 23 May, 1753, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died 3 March, 1839 1
(?i846); a married (intention, 2 Dec., 1780, at Winchendon,
Mass.) Mary Brown, born 1759, died Sept., 1829, 2 daughter of
David Brown.
Children: 3
1- 1 Abel, born 8 March, 1782; married Charlotte C. Taylor.
2- 2 Polly, born 25 Feb., 1784; married Stephen Blanchard.
3 Lucy, born 20 Nov., 1786; married, prior to 1826, James Newton. 2 She
was living in 1826. 1
4 Dolly, born 21 July, 1788; married 12 May, 1822, at Springfield, Vt.,
Ebenezer Cook. 4 She was living in 1826. 1
5- 5 Adonijah, born 5 Aug., 1790; married Leorna Cook.
6 Sarah, born 14 Nov., 1792; married 1 Jan., 181 7, at Springfield, John
Taylor of Windsor, Vt.
7 Nathaniel, born 30 Jan., 1795, at Springfield; died young.
8 Abigail, born 4 Jan., 1797, at Springfield; married there, 11 Feb., 1823,
Artemas Tyrrell.
9 Elizabeth, born 26 Aug., (?26 July) 1798, at Springfield; married 1 Feb.,
1825, James Works. 3 She was living in 1826.
10 David, born 8 Oct., 1800, at Springfield; married there, 14 Feb., 1828,
Olive Taylor of Windsor.
k-ii Moses, born 26 Oct., 1802, at Springfield; married Abigail Cook.
L-12 Charlotte, born 14 Aug., 1804, at Springfield; married Reuben Taylor.
13 Levi, born 7 May, 1809, at Springfield; married there, 9 Oct., 1833, Elu-
thera Goodenow. He served in the war with Mexico. 4
Adonijah Bixby of Winchendon, Mass., served in the army
during the Revolutionary War at different times from 18 April,
1775, to 7 March, 1780. His service record appears in the pub-
lished record of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of
the Revolution as follows: Drummer, Capt. Moses Hale's Co.,
Col. Nathan Sparhawk's Regt., which marched on the alarm of
19 April, 1775, service of six days, reported enlisted into the army;
also, Capt. Jonathan Holman's Co., Col. Doolittle's Regt., order
for advance pay dated Cambridge, Mass., 16 June, 1775; also,
company return dated Winter Hill, 6 Oct., 1775; also, return of
men enlisted into Continental army from Capt. John Boynton's
1 Records U. S. Pension Bureau.
» Record of Mary Tinkham obtained by George A. Bixby (12766.53). in which the dates of birth
of younger children are manifestly erroneous.
' Springfield, Vt., records. The six eldest children were born fa Winchendon, where their birth
records are found. • Information of George A. Bixby (12766.53).
248 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Co., Worcester County Regt., dated 21 Feb., 1778, residence
Winchendon, enlisted for town of Winchendon, joined Capt.
William Warner's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt., enlistment
for three years to expire 1 Jan., 1780; also, Sergeant 3d Co., Col.
Marshall's 10th Regt., Continental Army pay accounts for service
from 7 March, 1777, to 31 Dec, 1779, reported as serving four
months and nine days as Corporal, twenty nine months and fifteen
days as Sergeant; promoted 16 July, 1777; also, Capt. William
Warner's 6th Co., Col. Marshall's Regt.; muster rolls for January
and April, 1779, dated West Point; enlisted 7 March, 1777; also,
Capt. Park's Co., Col. Marshall's Regt., Continental Army pay
accounts for service from 1 Jan., 1780, to 7 March, 1780; reported
discharged 7 March, 1780.
Adonijah Bixby was pensioned 5 May, 1819; but the following
year his name was stricken from the rolls, as it appeared he had
more property than the law allowed. He was restored to the
rolls in 1835, under the more liberal provisions of the later pension
acts. His first application for pension was dated 5 May, 1819.
He tried to be reinstated in 1820, 1823, 1826, and 1834. From the
papers on file much about him and his family is learned.
His service record as given by himself shows he served two periods,
one of five and one of seven months, that he enlisted for three
years, 7 March, 1777, and served until discharged, 7 March, 1778,
(sic) under Capt. William Warner, in Col. Marshall's Regt., as
corporal, until promoted to third sergeant, 1 Jan., 1778, at Fort
Edward. He took part in the battle immediately preceding Bur-
goyne's surrender. The warrant as sergeant is to be seen at the
Pension Bureau, as also was the roll of his company until transferred
from this file to the War Department Archives. His discharge
paper, dated West Point, March, 1780, showing service of three
years in 10th Massachusetts regiment, 3d company, is also on file.
In 1820 he testified he was sixty seven years old and was of
Springfield, Vt., a farmer, and had property valued at $1343.95,
including 1 15 acres valued at $1100, but had debts of $1711. He
was infirm, as was also his wife Polly, who was aged sixty one
years, and who suffered from palsy and needed a female attendant.
Other members of his family were David, aged twenty, Moses,
aged sixteen, Charlotte, aged fifteen, Levi, aged eleven, and a
grandchild, Abel Blanchard, aged six years.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 249
Later he filed a statement showing how he contracted his debts,
and how his son Adonijah came to be possessed of his property.
It appears that Adonijah Bixby, Jr., reached the age of 21 years,
5 Aug., 181 1, and as his father was unable to carry on the farm of
one hundred and thirty acres the son was hired to do so. On
2 Feb., 1822, his father was indebted to him $996, which was settled
by deed of land in Ludlow valued at $350, the price paid for it,
and personal property to the value of $316; as follows: Horse $60,
yoke oxen $75, five two year old steers $50, a two year old colt
$20, twenty hogs $21, six yearlings $36, and equipments for troop,
old and worn, $25. The son continued to work for his father,
his labor being paid by sale of farm produce, but, as the proceeds
after supplying family and paying for labor would not meet the
interest on his debts, the older Adonijah was obliged to mortgage
his farm to William Jarvis, Esq.
Thus it happened that in 1823, when he again filed a schedule
of his property, his estate was worth but $40. At that time his
son Moses was unable to perform any labor. His grandson Abel
Blanchard still lived with him. On 2 Feb., 1822, he deeded to his
son Adonijah two tracts of land in Springfield, the first one being
the same that he bought of John Cass, 4 Nov., 1794, except two
small parcels he had conveyed to Abel Bixby, 30 June, 1822, and
the other bought of David Stimson, 4 Nov., 1794.
Depositions of Hon. Henry Hubbard and of other inhabitants
of Springfield are on file declaring that Adonijah Bixby was a man
of good morals, industrious habits, and responsibility, but poor.
Prior to reinstatement he made affidavit, 8 Sept., 1834, that he
was born in Boylston, Mass., 23 May, 1753.
Adonijah Bixby removed to Springfield, Vt., perhaps in 1792,
as that year he sells land in Winchendon; certainly he was in
Springfield in 1794. The census of 1790 found him at Winchendon
with a family of two males under sixteen and five females.
He is styled lieutenant in the town record of births in 1792.
12767
V. Abigail Bixby {Nathaniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 5 Sept., 1755, at Shrewsbury, Mass. She is stated to have
died 23 Feb., 1813, but no mention is made of her marriage. 1 Abi-
1 Johnson copy of Bixby Ms.
19
250 BIXBY GENEALOGY
gail Bixby and David Hayward were married n May, 1780, 1
at Winchendon, Mass., whither Nathaniel Bixby had removed.
Children, born at Winchendon: 1
1 David Hayward, born 18 Feb., 1781.
2 Eunice Hayward, born 24 Jan., 1783.
3 Cyrus Hayward, born 30 May, 1785.
4 Luther Hayward, born 25 April, 1787.
5 Ira Hayward, born 6 June, 1789-
12768
V. Nathaniel Bixby (Nathaniel, Mephibosheth, Daniel, Joseph),
born 30 July, 1758, at Shrewsbury, Mass.; died 24 (21) Jan., 1841, 2
at Dummerston, Vt.; married 15 March, 1782, Abigail Haywood, 3
born 9 Feb., 1764, died 14 Feb., 18 10, said to have been a sister
of Samuel Brown. Nathaniel Bixby married, second, 25 Dec,
1831, 2 at Weathersfield, Vt., 4 Mrs. Katherine (Felch) 5 Hayward, 2
born 14 Aug., 1764, died 25 Aug., 1861, "aged ninety six years,
eleven months and twelve days." 5 She was granted a pension
21 Oct., 1853.
Children, all but two youngest born at Winchendon, Mass.:
1 Amos, born 24 May, 1783; died 10 Dec, 1826.
2 Hannah, born 20 July, 1784; died 21 Oct., 1826.
3- 3 Lincoln, born 15 Jan., 1787; married Lucinda Herrick.
4 Betsey, born 10 March, 1790; died 13 Jan., 1827.
5 Nancy, born 25 Nov., 1791; died 26 April, 1820.
6 Relief, born 16 Sept., 1794; died 30 July, 1816.
7 Nathaniel, born 22 Jan., 1796, at Brattleboro, Vt.; died 21 July, 1861.
8 Sally, born 11 Dec, 1798, at Brattleboro; died 23 June, 1812.
Nathaniel Bixby, of Winchendon, joined with other children
of Nathaniel Bixby, deceased, in deeding land in 1778; 6 also in
1794 he sold fourteen acres in Winchendon to Ebenezer Richardson,
1 Winchendon Vital Records.
1 Records U. S. Pension Bureau; deposition of widow Catherine, who in deposition of Pathena
N. Haywood, 1853, is said to have been Catherine Hayward at time of marriage to Nathaniel
Bixby. From a certificate on file it appears that Mr. Nathaniel Bixby of Dummerston and Mrs.
Catherine Hayward of Weathersfield were married at Weathersfield by Rev. James Converse,
28 Dec, 1831. Catherine Bixby of Weathersfield, Vt., aged 90 years, widow of Nathaniel, a Rev-
olutionary soldier and pensioner, applied for land bounty 17 March, 1855. In her application she
states that her husband died 21 Jan., 1841, at Dummerston. Her identity was sworn to by Charles
and Pathena N. Hayward of Weathersfield. A warrant for 160 acres was issued to her 6 June,
185s.
» Winchendon records. ■ Springfield records.
'Weathersfield records. 'Worcester Deeds, 124; 565; Ml; 186.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 251
both parties being of that place. 1 The census of 1790 enumerates
him of Winchendon, showing in his family two males under six-
teen, and three females. In 1795 he removed to Brattleboro,
where he lived five years. He then settled in Dummerston, 2
where he was living in 1840, aged eighty one years. 3 His service
in the war of the Revolution is described in his application of 31
July, 1832, as follows: Nathaniel Bixby enlisted first in Decem-
ber, 1776, at Winchendon, Mass., for three months in Capt. Ezekiel
Knowlton's company, Col. Nicholas Dyke's regiment of Massa-
chusetts militia; ordered to Dorchester and there dismissed in
March, 1777. He enlisted, second, Aug., 1777, in a company com-
manded by Capt. John Boynton, Col. Cushing's regiment, and
arrived at Bennington before the battle, thence marched to Half
Moon, whence "we were ordered back to Bennington and arrived
there the day of the battle, but after the battle discharged at end
of five weeks."
He enlisted the third time in the summer of 1780, enlisting for
six months in the colonel's company, commanded by Capt. Kellam,
fifth Massachusetts Line, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment, discharged
at West Point, Dec, 1780. He was born in Boylston, Mass.,
1758, but enlisted from Winchendon.
He was drafted in 1777, but other times volunteered. His
discharge is on file, "Nathaniel Bixby, a Leavy in the fifth Massa-
chusetts Regiment, agreeable to general orders, is hereby dis-
charged the army of the United States of America. Given under
my hand West Point This 17th Day of Dec d . 1780. Rufus Put-
nam, Colonel."
Adonijah Bixby of Springfield, Vt., also filed an affidavit, dated
2 7 July, 1832, aged seventy nine years, to the effect that the said
Adonijah was in the army in 1776 in June for five months and when
he returned home the next winter to Winchendon his brother
Nathaniel was gone into the army near Boston, and returned home
March, 1777. Also the said Adonijah Bixby was a soldier in 1777
in the three years' service, and saw Nathaniel Bixby at Half Moon
(now Waterford) in August, 1777, on the North or Hudson River
between Albany and Stillwater, as a militia soldier in Capt. John
Boynton's company. Also in 1780 was at home in Winchendon,
'Worcester Deeds, 124; 56s; mi; 186. • Pension application.
' Census of U. S. Pensioners.
252 BIXBY GENEALOGY
and Nathaniel Bixby again enlisted for six months. The said
Adonijah recollects that he returned from the second enlistment
in the next winter and now (27 July, 1832) lives in Dummerston.
His pension was paid to his death, 24 Jan., 1841.
The rolls on file in the office of the Secretary of State for Massa-
chusetts show that Nathaniel Bixby of Winchendon enlisted
16 Dec, 1776, in Knowl ton's company, and that he served to March,
1777. Also that he enlisted 27 July, 1777, in a company commanded
by Capt. John Boynton, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regiment, and
was discharged 25 Aug., 1777, having served in an expedition to
Bennington under Col. Job Cushing. Also that he enlisted in
the Continental Army for six months in July, 1780, and proceeded
to camp 10 July, under Capt. Daniel Shays. He was discharged
17 Dec, 1780. He was described as twenty years of age, five feet,
six inches in stature, light complexion.
In 1840 he was living at Dummerston, Vt., with Nathaniel
Bixby. 1
1324 6
V. George Bixby {John, Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph), born
18 Feb., 1746, baptized 23 Feb., 1746, at Thompson, Conn. No
further trace has been found of this man, but as there is no doubt
that the brothers, John Green Bixby and George Bixby, were
grandsons of John Bixby (1324), it is supposed that they were
sons of George Bixby.
Children:
Anna, born 1770; married Epaphroditus Foote. 2
2 John Green, born 26 July, 1771, at Colchester, Conn.; married Lydia
Scovell; (2) Sally Converse.
George, born in Connecticut, probably during the Revolution; married
Phebe.
4 Olive. 3
Probably others. 4
1 Census of Pensioners, 1840.
'Foote Family, p. no, where Anna is styled daughter of George Bixby of Colchester, Conn.
3 Mrs. Julia Montgomery (13246. 1L-1) writes, "I do not know the sisters' names, but think one
was named Olive." Mrs. Montgomery (and, indeed, most of his descendants with whom corres-
pondence has been had, who had any knowledge of the matter) was aware that John Green
Bixby had a brother George.
* In 1 80s there appear, among the grantees from the Holland Company, Jason Bixby and Jon-
athan Bixby, both of whom purchased land in Township n, Range 1, Genessee Co., N. Y. Their
purchases were apparently in Bethany, which township adjoins Stafford and Le Roy townships.
Nothing further has been learned of either of these men.
I- I
2-
3- 3
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 253
1324J
V. Benjamin Bixby {John, Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph), born
2 May, 1759, l at Thompson, Conn.; * died Feb., 1829, at Akron, O.;
married 2 8 Feb., 1788, at Granville, Mass., 3 Margaret Walker,
of Granville, born 25 Sept., 1764, l at Hartford, Conn., died 5
Jan., 1 82 1, at Talmage, O.
Children, the three eldest probably born at Granville, Mass.:
I- 1 Noridon, baptized 9 Aug., 1797, aged 8 years; 4 married .
2 Jervis, baptized 9 Aug., 1797, aged 5 years. 4
3 Wyllys, baptized 9 Aug., 1797, aged 4 years. 4
4 Peggy Amanda, born 21 Aug., 1 795, 4 probably at Blanford, Mass., bap-
tized 30 July, 1797.
5- 5 Jemima, born 27 Dec, 1800, at Lisbon, O.; married Philo Scovill.
6 Marion, died 1865, in Cleveland, O., unmarried. She lived with her
sister Jemima.
7 Julia Ann, born 1805; living 1819.
8 Rosanna, born 1808; living 1819.
Benjamin Bixby applied for and received a pension, in 1818.
He was a miller, but was then unable to labor because of injuries
received by a fall in a wheel of a grist mill. In 1819, his wife,
Margaret, was aged fifty seven years, his daughter Julia Ann,
aged fifteen years, and his daughter Rosanna, aged twelve years.
He possessed no land. He was then a resident of Ellsworth, Trum-
bull Co., 5 O., aged sixty years, and was born in Windham Co.,
Conn. The following year he was living in Talmadge, Portage
Co., O.
His first enlistment was at Reading, Conn., in the latter part of
Dec, 1778, or early in 1779, in a company commanded by Capt.
Shipman in Col. Sherman's regiment of the Connecticut line.
After remaining in camp about six weeks he was detached to Hav-
erneck, and remained there until the last of April, when he rejoined
the company at headquarters. In May his company marched to
Peekskill. There he was attached to a company commanded by
Capt. Ten Eyck in Col. Meig's regiment of Wayne's brigade, and
1 The dates and place of birth and death of Benjamin Bixby and his wife are from a record in
possession of E. T. Scovill (1324J.2-11), obtained from Mrs. Caroline A. St. John Bemis (1324J.2-2),
before her death.
1 Intention 8 Jan., 1788, at Granville.
* Records of Church at West Granville, Mass.
4 Steward's book, Methodist Circuit including Granville, now in possession of the New England
Conference Historical Society.
* Ellsworth is now in Mahoning Co.
254 BIXBY GENEALOGY
marched to Sandy Beach. There the brigade was mobilized and
marched on 15 July, 1779, to Stony Point, and on the night of the
same day went into action. Bixby was in the second volunteer
company, commanded by Capt. Selden. He remained at Stony
Point four days, then returned to headquarters at Sandy Beach
and remained there until the latter part of August, whence he
marched to Haverstraw and was stationed there watching the
enemy until the latter part of October. From there he marched
to Second River in New Jersey and remained there until the 2 Jan.,
1780, when he marched to Bearskin Ridge and was discharged
8 Jan., 1780, by order of Gen. Washington. He re-enlisted 10
June, 1782, at Boston, for three years, was inspected by Col. Popkin,
muster master, and sent to West Point, where he was assigned to
the company commanded by Capt. Abbot, Col. Benjamin Tupper's
regiment (10th) of the Massachusetts Line, and remained with
that regiment until those who had enlisted for the war were dis-
charged. He was attached to Capt. Bayley's company, Col.
Sprout's regiment, and marched to Philadelphia in June, 1783.
He returned to West Point in October, 1783, and after Col. Hull
took command of the regiment he was transferred to the company
commanded by Capt. Simon Jackson. That regiment was then
known as "the last American regiment." He was discharged in
June or July, 1784, but lost his warrant and discharge papers in
moving into the western country in 1799, while crossing Turtle
Creek near Pittsburg.
According to the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls, Benjamin
Bixby enlisted to the credit of Fitchburg, receiving a bounty
therefor, 1 July, 1782, and was a member of company commanded
by Capt. Benjamin Haywood, Lt. Col. Smith's (6th) regiment
Massachusetts line, June to December, 1782. On the muster
rolls of that company he is credited with having enlisted 1 June.
He was reported transferred from 10th Regt, 17th Dec, 1782, and
appears on the muster rolls of Haywood's company, 6th Regt.,
Col. Benjamin Tupper, from January to April, 1783. He is de-
scribed as born in Thompson, Conn., a resident of Greenwich,
twenty three years old, 5 feet, 6f inches tall, dark complexion and
hair, and yeoman.
According to his original pension grant he was pensioned for
three years' service in Col. Butler's regiment of the Connecticut
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 255
line. Benjamin Bixby enlisted in the 2nd Connecticut regiment
of the line, 25 Jan., 1777, and served until 25 Jan., 1780. * This
regiment was raised and commanded by Col. Charles Webb, who
was succeeded by Col. Zebulon Butler at some date subsequent
to 15 Nov., 1778. Benoni Shipman held commission as captain
in this regiment in Sept., 1779.
The testimony of Benjamin Bixby in 18 19 that he had lost his
discharge papers in 1799 fixes the date of his probable removal
from Massachusetts. In 1790 he was a resident of Granville,
Mass., 2 and then had a family consisting of himself, wife, and one
male under sixteen years of age, probably his son. He seems to
have moved to Blanford, the town adjoining Granville on the north,
and to have purchased land there in 1795. 3 In 1799 he was de-
fendant in a suit by David Robinson, who sought to recover on a
note for $30.* It is quite possible that the occasion for Robinson's
bringing the suit was the removal of the defendant from Massa-
chusetts.
13432
V. Lydia Bond Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 17 Oct., 1753, at Sutton, Mass.; died 20 Dec, 1837; 5 married
19 May, 1779, Moses Park of Millbury, Mass., a farmer, born
there 19 May, 1750, died 13 Jan., 1842 (1841) 5 , at Millbury, aged
92 years, 5 son of Jonathan and Lucy (Sibley) Park.
Children:
1 Lydia Park, born 20 Dec, 1779; died 1 Sept., 1819; 6 married 28 Sept., 1808, 7
at Sutton, John Barber of Wrentham, Mass., who died 6 July, 1821. They
lived at Thompson, Conn.
Children:
1. John Barber, never married.
2. George Barber, never married.
3. Lydia Barber, married Warren Norton. They lived, in 1847, at Geneva,
N. Y. Children: John Henry Norton. Louisa Norton.
2 Aaron Park, born 28 Oct., 1781; died 3 July, 1837; 8 married 3 Oct., 1810, 9
at Auburn, Mass., Maria Cheney of Auburn. He was a farmer at Millbury.
Children, born at Millbury: 5
1. Aaron Austin Park, born 24 July, 181 1; died 5 Nov., 1817. 10
1 Connecticut Revolutionary Rolls. 3 Hampden Co. Deeds, at Springfield.
1 United States Census, Aug., 1790. * Records Court Common Pleas, Northampton.
6 Millbury Vital Records. Information concerning this family was received from Charles S.
Park (13432-426).
e Bond: History of Watertown, Mass. 8 Information of Charles S. Park (13432-426).
T Sutton Vital Records. » Auburn Vital Records.
10 Gravestone record in Sutton Vital Records.
256 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2. Maria Park, born 9 Oct., 1814; married (intention 16 April, 1836, at
Millbury) 1 James G. Holman. 2
3 Hannah Park, born 7 Nov., 1783, died young.
4 John Park, born 31 Dec, 1784; died 1 Sept., 1854; 3 married 9 July, 1812, 3
Nancy Chamberlain, born 15 Oct., 1786, died 25 Nov., 1855, at Millbury,
daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Buck) Chamberlain. 4 John Park was a
farmer. He was a lieutenant in the Mass. militia, from 1820 to 1825.
Children, born at Millbury:*
1. Tyler Augustus Park, born 1 May, 1813; died 21 Jan., 1833, at Millbury,
unmarried.
2. George Park, born 19 Sept., 1815; died 4 Jan., 1908, at Worcester, Mass.;
married 29 Nov., 1843, at West Boylston, Mass., Marcia Ann Pierce
of that place, born 20 March, 1823, died 16 May, 1905. George Park
lived at Millbury. He was an active man all his life and retained his
faculties up to the time of his death, from pneumonia. He worked
at his trade as machinist until eighty years of age. When he was
ninety two years old he planted his garden on his farm. Children:
Henry Lyman Park, born 18 Sept., 1844; died 24 May, 1864, killed
at the battle of North Anna River; sergeant of Co. H, 57th Mass.
Vols. William Chauncey Park, born 14 July, 1846; died in Danville
prisonduring the Civil War. Frances Adelaide Park, born 10 March,
1848; died 13 March, 1882; married Loren L. Hicks. 5 Emma Jane
Park, born 23 March, 1850; died 7 April, 1858. George Arthur Park,
born 11 Dec, 1855; married Hattie Flint Woodward. 6 Charles
Sumner Park, born 28 Nov., 1857; married Katie Arvilla Grover; 7
(2) 19 June, 1906, Alma Kingston. They live at Worcester. Man-
dana Park, born 3 Jan., 1861. Cora Anna Park, born 10 March, 1867;
married Frank L. Gray. 8
3. Calista Park, born 5 Oct., 181 8; died 15 May, 1900, at Whitinsville,
Mass.; married there, Marvel Prentice.
4. Emily Park, born 10 June, 1820; died 8 Aug., 1820, at Millbury.
5. Adelaide Park, born 17 July, 1823; died 30 June, 1897, at Millbury,
unmarried.
6. Nancy Park, born 21 July, 1825; died 29 April, 1851, at Millbury, un-
married.
7. Alanson Park, born 6 Sept., 1827; died 13 Oct., 1870, at East Douglass,
Mass.; married 29 Dec, 1859, at Whitinsville, Prudence Aldredge,
who died about 1900. Child: Agnes Sophia Park, born 23 April,
1869; died 1895.
5 Hervey Park, born 26 June, 1790; died 13 Sept., 1875; married 13 March,
1825, Johanna Robbins of Upton, 9 who died 1865. He was a farmer;
for ten years chairman of assessors; one of the organizers of the First Baptist
Church, and a Freemason.
Children, born at Millbury:
1. Lydia Park, born 11 March, 1827; died 15 Oct., 1844.
2. Hervey Park, born 12 Oct., 1831.
13433
V. Samuel Bixby {Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 24
Sept., 1755, at Sutton, Mass.; 3 died 15 March, 1848, at Millbury,
'Millbury Vital Records. 'Four children, all deceased. He was a farmer at Millbury.
•Sutton Vital Records. information of Charles S. Park (13432-426).
• Children: Alice May Hicks. Agnes Childs Hicks. Helen Frances Hicks. Grace Anna Hicks.
• Child: Halford Woodward Park. ' Child: Everett Lyman Park.
•Children: Marcia Park Gray. Ethel Arline Gray.
• In the Upton and Millbury Vital Records her name is preceded by title "Mrs." in the record
of Intention of marriage.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 257
Mass., aged ninety two years, five months and twenty two days; 1
married 13 June, 1781, at Sutton, Mary Greenwood, 2 born 13
April, 1757, 3 died 19 Jan., 1851, 4 at Millbury, daughter of Daniel
and Jerusha (Eaton) Greenwood.
Children, born at Sutton:
1- 1 Simon, born 14 Oct., 1781; married Hannah Barton.
2- 2 Betsey, born 3 June, 1783; married Kendall Bancroft.
3- 3 Sally, born 24 April, 1786; married John Hinds.
"Mary Greenwood Bixby, widow of the late 'Seargeant' Sam-
uel Bixby, Millbury, died 3 Jan., 1851. Her husband joined Capt.
Isaac Bolster's company of Sutton, who opened in that town on
27 April, 1775, his recruiting rendezvous and on the 6th of May
following in the evening, the company was encamped at Head-
quarters in Roxbury, where it was stationed eight months during
the siege of Boston. He served in other campaigns. Both became
pensioners and both during their long lives were patriotic and
devotedly pious." 5
Samuel Bixby lived in Millbury after 18 15. He applied for a
pension, 14 Aug., 1832. In his declaration he states that he was
aged seventy six years, and that he first entered the service 19
April, 1775, and marched to Waltham. There he enlisted for
eight months into a company commanded by Isaac Bolster, Lieut.
Hazeltine, Ensign Howling, in the regiment of Col. Learned, of
which Keyes was Lieut. -Col. and Holman, Major. The regiment
marched to Roxbury where they were stationed during the whole
term of his service until discharged the 2 or 3 Jan., 1776. During
this period they were on guard duty and much occupied in erecting
fortifications. He next enlisted Sept., 1776, for three months in
a company of militia commanded by Capt. John Putnam, of which
the lieutenants were Chase and Lovell, belonging to the regiment
commanded by Col. Whitney in Gen. Warner's brigade.
The regiment marched to Danbury, Conn., thence to Bound
Brook, N. J., where they remained until the term of enlistment
I Millbury Vital Records.
* Sutton Vital Records. A peculiar error made by the Town Clerk in reporting her death to
the Secretary of State is responsible for her name being given as Mary Spaulding in the death record
of her son Simon Bixby. ! Sutton Vital Records.
4 Probate records at Worcester. Her death is elsewhere given as 3 Jan., 1850.
» N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 5. P- 267.
258 BIXBY GENEALOGY
expired. He next enlisted in Sept., 1777, for thirty days, in a com-
pany commanded by Capt. Elliot, Lieuts. Lovell and Kidder, in
the regiment commanded by Col. Holman. The regiment marched
to Bennington, Vt., thence to Saratoga, thence to Fort Edward,
where they continued some time after the surrender of Burgoyne.
His active service on this enlistment was forty days. He next
entered the service in Aug., 1778, on an "alarm," and marched
in a company commanded by Capt. Abijah Burbank, of which the
lieutenant was Holman, to Tiverton, R. I., where the company
remained fourteen or fifteen days, when it was re-enlisted for two
months. "I kept a journal of all the service except the last, which
I am ready to exhibit." He states that he was born in Sutton,
24 Sept., 1755, and enlisted each time from Sutton, and that five
years prior to applying for the pension he had moved to Ward,
where he then lived.
With his application are filed the affidavits of Amariah Brigham
of Millbury, who was aged seventy six years in 1832, and of Jona-
than Gould and Joseph Bancroft. Brigham says, "that the news
of the Lexington fight reached Sutton before night and the militia
was called out. I turned out and marched with a company of
minute men commanded by Capt. Andrew Elliot and marched to
the vicinity of Boston. And the said Samuel Bixby came into
the vicinity of Boston soon after in a company commanded by
Capt. James Greenwood."
Gould and Bancroft were in Putnam's company with Samuel
Bixby at Bound Brook. Bancroft was in Elliot's company with
Bixby in 1777 on the march to Bennington and Saratoga. Elijah
Torrey, aged seventy seven years, and Joseph Bancroft, aged sev-
enty six years, were in Burbank's company with Bixby in the
Rhode Island campaign in 1778.
Samuel Bixby's diary, kept during the siege of Boston, was printed
in volume 14 of the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings.
In 1779 there was printed a pamphlet with the following title:
A Word of Counsel and Warning to all those who are Rejectors
of the Word of God Preached. Written by , a Pro-
fessor of Christianity. The Second Edition. Worcester, Mass.
Printed for Samuel Bixby, Jun., of Sutton. MDCCLXXIX.
Samuel Bixby died 15 March, 1848, according to his pension
record, and on the 23 Sept., following, his widow, Mary, then aged
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 259
ninety two years, applied for a pension. She gave the date of
her marriage as the 13 June, 1781, and furnished copies of the
Sutton records to prove her claim. The last payment to Samuel
Bixby on account of pension was to the 4 March, 1848, at the rate
of $42.61 per annum. 1
13434
V. Sarah Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 9
July, 1757, at Sutton, Mass.; died 24 Nov., 1824, at Millbury,
Mass.; married 20 Aug., 1797, at Sutton, Jonathan Stone of
Somerset, Vt., who died there.
Child:
1 Sarah Stone, married Cornelius Bancroft. They lived at Rome, Mich.
13435
V. Sampson Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
23 2 May, 1759, at Sutton, Mass.; died 11 Feb., 1847, 3 probably at
Campbell, N. Y.; married 27 April, 1786, 4 Sarah Richardson,
born 16 Nov., 1762, at Sutton, 4 died 15 Sept., 1819, daughter of
Ralph and Sarah (Bartlett) Richardson. 4
Children: 5
1 Rufus, born 2 April, 1787; died 16 Aug., 1866, unmarried. 6 He was a
farmer in Hornby, N. Y.
2- 2 Amasa, born 6 Nov., 1788; married Sophia Blashfield.
3- 3 Salmon, born 29 March, 1792; married Lucy French.
4- 4 Lyman, born 3 March, 1794; married Anna Woodworth.
5- 5 Sally, born 24 Dec, 1795; married Chester Knowlton.
6- 6 Samuel, born 7 Sept., 1801; married Lucretia Sanders.
7 Polly, born 26 Oct., 1804.
8 Simon, born 27 Nov., 1807; died 10 Oct., 1808.
Sampson Bixby was a farmer. He removed to Stratton, Vt.,
in 1785. In 1812 he moved to Campbell, Steuben Co., N. Y.,
1 Records U. S. Pension Bureau.
1 Sutton Records, but 3 May according to his own pension application, quoting a ''record kept
by his father."
•Information of E. F. Dunklee (13435.21-1), also U. S. Pension Records. He was living at
Campbell aged 81 years in June, 1840, when the Census of Pensioners was taken.
* Sutton Records.
■ The births of the children were recorded at Stratton, Vt. Rufus is there said to have been bom
in Sutton, the others in Stratton.
■ Information of E. F. Dunklee (i343S-2i-i) and Mrs. Angus Murray (13435.28-5).
260 BIXBY GENEALOGY
where he and his sons began several new settlements. In 1816
he settled in Painted Post, N. Y. 1 He was one of the founders of
the Congregational church of Stratton and one of its deacons,
and was also deacon in the church at Campbell, N. Y.
Family tradition asserts that Sampson Bixby reached the rank
of lieutenant in the Revolutionary army. Following is the record
of service found in the "Soldiers and Sailors of Massachusetts in
the Revolutionary War." "Bixby, Sampson, Sutton. Return of
men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. Elliot's company,
Col. Holman's Regt. (year not given); residence Sutton; enlisted
for town of Sutton; mustered July 9 (year not given)." The
following is undoubtedly a reference to the same person although
credited to Sampson Bixby of Barre. "Bixby, Samson, Barre,
Private; Capt. Andrew Elliot's Co., Col. Jonathan Holman's
Regt.; marched to Providence, R. I., on alarm of 10 Dec, 1776;
service 43 days; also Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury's Co., Col.
John Cushing's (Worcester Co.) Regt.; enlisted Aug. 13, 1777;
discharged 29 Nov., 1777 ; service 3 mos. 27 days in northern depart-
ment." 2 He made application for a pension 16 Oct., 1832, and was
placed on the rolls. In his declaration he states that he was then
a resident of Campbell, and was aged seventy three years. That
he was born in Sutton 3 May, 1759, according to a family record
kept by his father, and that he lived in Sutton when he first entered
the service and until 1785. Then he removed to Stratton, Vt.,
where he lived about thirty years, when he removed to Painted
Post, now Campbell, N. Y.
He enlisted the latter part of Aug., 1776, having been drafted
into the militia for two months, and served in the company com-
manded by Capt. Sibley in the regiment commanded by Col.
Converse of which the major was Rand. This command marched
to Horse-Neck, thence after a short time to Tarrytown where
they remained most of the time until November. The following
Dec. (1776), he volunteered in a company commanded by Capt.
Andrew Elliot, but did not recall that the company was attached
to any regiment. This company marched to the town of Providence
and remained there about six weeks until discharged.
He was again drafted in the militia in Aug., 1777, for four and
1 Information of Mrs. M. E. Barnes (13435-6-4).
5 Sampson Bixby of Barre was serving under Gen. Stark, 21 Aug. to 25 Aug., 1777.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 261
one-half months, and was attached to a company commanded by
Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury in Col. Cushing's regiment. The
company marched to Bennington, Vt., arriving a few days after
the battle. Thence to Skeensboro, thence to Stillwater, thence to
Saratoga, and was at Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered, the
17 October. The regiment then went to White Plains and re-
mained until the expiration of their service.
He again volunteered, this time for six months, in July, 1778,
in a company commanded by Capt. Hammond, Col. Waid's regi-
ment, and had served two months when he was transferred to a
company in the same regiment commanded by Capt. Lamb, in
which he served until the expiration of his term of service. Waid's
regiment marched first to Providence, thence accompanied
Sullivan in his campaign on Rhode Island. The regiment was
then ordered to Greenwich, and Lamb's company marched from
Greenwich to "Worrick" ("Warwick") Neck, where they remained
until the end of their term of enlistment.
On file with his application are affidavits of Harris Corbin, Jonas
Woodward and Seth Hammond, to the effect that they have known
him for some years and are his neighbors. David B. Correyell,
a clergyman, resident in Urbana, and John Robbins of Hornby
also testified that they are well acquainted with the said Sampson
Bixby, whom they believed to be seventy three years of age and
who is reported and believed to have served in the Revolutionary
War. Frost Rockwood of Worcester, Mass., made affidavit that
he was seventy seven years of age in 1832 and that in 1778 he
served in Hammond's and Lamb's company with Bixby. Amariah
Brigham of Millbury aged seventy six in 1832 also testified that
he was in Woodbury's company with Bixby and marched to Still-
water. Reuben Barton of Millbury, aged eighty four, and Joshua
Carter of Millbury, aged seventy three, also made affidavits.
Samuel Bixby of Ward, Mass., aged seventy six years, made an
affidavit, 21 Aug., 1832, that at the time of the Revolution he lived
in the same family with Sampson Bixby in Sutton, and that Sampson
now lives in Campbell, N. Y., and that he did enlist in 1776 and
marched to Rhode Island. 1
In 1840, he was living in Campbell with Samuel Bixby. 2
1 Records, U. S. Pension Bureau.
2 Census ot Pensioners, 1840.
262 BIXBY GENEALOGY
13436
V. Solomon Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
30 Sept., 1761, at Sutton, Mass.; died 2 Sept., 1835, "of old age,"
at Norridgewock, Me.; 1 married 13 June, 1789, at Vassalborough, 2
Me., Lucy Taylor, 2 born 1767 at Vassalborough, 2 died 16 Sept.,
1826, aged fifty nine years, at Norridgewock, 1 daughter of John
and Lucy (Hutchins) Taylor of Vassalborough. He married,
second, 25 Sept., 1827, Mrs. Achsa (Gilmore) Wyman, born 6
March, 1772, died 16 July, 1851, at Madison, Me. 1
Children: 3
1- 1 Nancy, born 2 March, 1790; married Reuben Dinsmore.
2- 2 Lucy, born 4 Sept., 1791; married David Gilman.
3- 3 Amasa, born 2 March, 1794; married Fanny Weston.
4- 4 Rufus, born 5 Nov., 1795; married Betsey Weston.
5 Amos, born 3 May, 1797; died 3 Nov., 1839, at Mortonville, 111., a mer-
chant, unmarried.
6- 6 Diadama (Deidamia), born 26 Feb., 1799; married Artemas Heald.
7- 7 Sarah, born 9 Sept., 1800; married James Wood.
8- 8 Simon, born 11 Sept., 1803; married Deborah N. Flint.
9- 9 Sumner, born 25 June, 1805; married Lucy Heald; (2) Sarah H. Carlisle.
10 Elizabeth (Betsey), born 29 May, 1807; died 19 Oct., 1883, at Madison;
married 29 Oct., 1856, at Bloomfield (now Skowhegan), Me., Pickard
Jewett, born 24 Aug., 1772, at Fitchburg, Mass., died 5 May, i860,
at Bloomfield, son of Maximillian and Rebecca (Burpre) Jewett. She
married (2) 28 May, 1861, at North Anson, Me., Isaac Hopkins, born
9 Oct., 1784, at Truro, Mass., died 9 May, 1875, at Madison, son of
Theophilus and Thankful (Freeman) 2 Hopkins. Theophilus Hopkins,
born 1757, died 1837, was the first physician in Farmington, Me.,
removing there previous to 1800 from Cape Cod. He was a descendant
of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.
k-ii Jotham Sewall, born 2 April, 1810; married Mary Wood.
12 Selden, born 2 Sept., 1813, died 10 April, 1827, at Norridgewock.
Solomon Bixby was called into service during the American
Revolution being a member of the militia company commanded
by Capt. Abijah Burbank, Col. Jacob Davis' regiment, which
marched 30 July, 1780, and was discharged 8 Aug., 1780. 4 Hon.
A. R. Bixby (13436.48) has the powder horn used by him in the war.
He removed from Sutton to Fairfax (now Albion), Me., in 1784.
In the Census of 1790, Solomon Bixby of Hancock, Mass.
1 Information of Mrs. Benjamin M. Titcomb (13436. 4N).
2 Information of Mrs. O. S. Turner (13436.84).
• Born at Norridgewock, Me., except the two eldest who were born at Fairfax, Me.
* Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 263
(Maine), was returned as having in his family one white male over
sixteen years old and two females.
In July, 1792, he removed to Norridgewock, and settled on the
intervale farm 1 where his sons afterwards lived. He was an indus-
trious man and an efficient member of society; of good habits and
strict integrity. He served fourteen years as one of the selectmen
of the town. He was for many years a deacon of the Congrega-
tional church. He was one of twenty-four who organized the
church in 1797, and a pillar of the church for thirty eight years.
He was an ardent admirer of the "doctrines of Grace," a faithful
observer of the ordinances of religion. His wife Lucy was ad-
mitted to the church in 1797, and Mrs. Achsah Bixby in 1829.
He had the best and most productive farm in town, and enjoyed
the fruits of his labor with all the comforts and conveniences of
life and left a good estate. 2
In the list of church members of the Congregational church at
Norridgewock, appear the names of the following children of
Deacon Bixby: Sumner (1826), Mrs. Lucy (Bixby) Gilman (1830),
Amasa (1830), Rufus (1830), Mrs. Betsey (Weston) Bixby (1830),
Jotham S. (1830), Betsey (1830), Mrs. Lucy (Heald) Bixby (1835),
Solomon (1843), Amos (1843), Amasa Jr. (1843), Mrs. Mary
(Wood) Bixby (1845), and Louise Payson Bixby (1849). In 1833
there were sixteen children baptized, all bearing the surname
Bixby. 2
"Mrs. Theodore Weston, daughter of Jotham Bixby of Madison,
wrote a partial history of the Bixby neighborhood some years ago.
Deacon Solomon Bixby owned a large tract of land bordering on
the Kennebec for one and one-half miles and running back a mile.
This he divided between four sons and two daughters, all but one
of whom (Sumner?) lived and died on these farms. George Weston
of Madison, has the life of Solomon Bixby. Two sons, Rufus and
Amasa, married sisters, Betsey and Fanny Weston. They had a
double wedding and planned to have a double golden wedding, but
a few months before the projected event, Amasa's wife died.
Rufus celebrated a golden and a diamond wedding. They were a
strong, staunch set, all members of the Congregational church.
They were republicans and worked all the time except Sundays." 3
1 Solomon Bixby bought the Lovel Fairbrother farm, where in Oct., 1775. Gen. Arnold made
his quarters for a night, on his way to attack Quebec.
» Allen: History of Norridgewock, Me. » Letter of Dr. W. B. Hopkins (13436.41-3). 1909.
264 BIXBY GENEALOGY
13437
V. Esther Bixby {Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
27 Jan., 1764, at Sutton, Mass.; died 23 Aug., 1851; married 19
March, 1800, Capt. John Woodbury of Sutton, a farmer, born
26 Sept., 1749, died 12 Dec., 1831, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Fuller) Woodbury of Sutton. He had previously married, 17
Oct., 1770, Mary Chase, who died 1 April, 1779, daughter of Caleb
and Sarah Chase. By her he had Aaron Woodbury of Leicester,
Mass., and other places, Caleb Woodbury of Adrian, Mich., John
Woodbury of Sutton, Daniel Woodbury of Groton, N. Y., Mary
Woodbury, Andrew Woodbury, Amos Woodbury and Benjamin
Woodbury. Capt. Woodbury served in the army during the War
of 1812.
Children: 1
1 Lydia Woodbury, born 19 April, 1801 ; married 9 May, 1822, Ambrose Chase
of Fletcher, Vt.
2 Silence Woodbury, born 25 May, 1802; married Nathaniel West of Tem-
pleton, Mass. They removed to Philadelphia, where Mr. West died.
3 Brooksy Woodbury, born 6 Aug., 1803.
4 Simon Jefferson Woodbury, born 13 Feb., 1805; married 11 Sept., 1827,
Sabrina Dodge, born 12 Feb., 1804. He was a shoe manufacturer, until
after 1865 of Worcester, whence he removed to Chicago. Representative
to the General Court.
Children:
1. Prescott Jefferson Woodbury, born 9 March, 1832; deceased; married 19
Sept., 1865, Johanna C. Woodbury. They lived in Chicago.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Woodbury, born 20 Nov., 1837; married 11 Dec, 1856,
William A. Reid of Sutton.
5 Andrew Woodbury, born March, 1807; died 14 Jan., 1831.
6 Leonard Woodbury, born 15 Oct., 1808; married 2 Oct., 1833, Emeline
Pratt, born 14 Dec, 1812, died 8 Dec, 1837; (2) 6 Oct., 1840, Louisa Liver-
more, at Ware, born 11 June, 1810. He was a shuttle manufacturer. He
removed to Anoka, Minn.
Children:
1. Andrew Pratt Woodbury, born 26 Sept., died 15 Oct., 1834.
2. Susan Louisa Woodbury, born 16 July, died 20 Sept., 1836.
3. Emeline Amanda Woodbury, born 8 Oct., 1837; married 6 Jan., 1859,
at Anoka, Minn., Daniel Isaac King.
4. Charles Leonard Woodbury, born 7 Aug., 1841; died Sept., 1907; a
druggist in Louisville, Ky.; married there 12 Sept., 1867, Elizabeth
H. Brown.
5. Joanna Cummings Woodbury, born 22 Nov., 1843; married 19 Sept.,
1865, at Anoka, Prescott J. Woodbury.
6. Edward King Woodbury, born 9 April, 1845; of Anoka, Minn.
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13438
V. Anna Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 27
Jan., 1766, at Sutton, Mass.; died 27 Jan., 1848; married 1 7 Nov.,
1793, Deacon Israel Jacobs of Auburn, Mass.
Children:
1 Simon Jacobs, died 8 Nov., 1824; married Lucy Tomlinson, daughter of
Rev. Samuel Tomlinson of Oakham, Mass. No issue. He was a physician.
2 Israel Jacobs, a farmer.
3 Sumner Jacobs, a farmer.
4 John Jacobs, married Martha Hart of Auburn.
Children:
1. Simon Jacobs.
2. Nelson Jacobs.
5 Loring Jacobs.
1343 J
V. John Bixby (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 20
Oct., 1770, at Sutton, Mass.; died 14 July, 1853; 2 married 29 March,
1797, 3 in Worcester, Mass., Betsey Willard, born 7 Oct., 1771. 4
She is described as of Worcester in the record of intention of
marriage at Holliston, 6 Jan., 1797, and the marriage record in
Worcester describes him as of Holliston. He married, second,
July, 1827, in Worcester, Esther Flagg. 3
John Bixby was a merchant in Worcester. He lived in Paxton
in 1800 5 and 1801. He was a deacon in the First Church, Wor-
cester.
Children: 6
1 Eliza, born 11 Oct., 1797.
2- 2 Laura, born 15 Jan., 1801, at Paxton; 7 married Rufus Shumway.
3 Sophia, born 7 Dec, 1802, in Worcester; died 6 Oct., 1859, aged 56 years,
in Worcester; 7 married Simeon Gleason, of Worcester, a merchant.
4 Almira, born 15 Jan., 1805, 8 in Worcester.
5 John Willard, born 1 Oct., 1807, in Worcester.
6- 6 Mary, born 4 June, 181 1, in Worcester; married Charles J. B. Waters.
7- 7 Austin Willard, born 18 July, 1813, in Worcester; married Sophia Foster
Paige.
1 Intention of marriage at Auburn, 13 July, 1793.
* Massachusetts Deaths, where he is described as a widower, aged 82 years, and born in Mill-
bury; cause of death, "old age." 3 Worcester Marriages.
* Major Simon Willard, who died 24 April, 1676, one of the Assistants and a man of great value
to the colony, was the common ancestor of the Willards of Worcester County.
6 Worcester Deeds, 29: 497.
•Information of Miss Hattie S. Bixby (1343J.7-5), who does not mention the marriage of
Almira.
7 Massachusetts Deaths.
* Could she have married Benjamin Austin Perkins, born 12 June, 1824?
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266 BIXBY GENEALOGY
I343L
V. David Bixby 1 (Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
19 Feb., 1783, at Sutton, Mass.; died 4 Jan., 1865, at Adrian, Mich.;
married 9 April, 181 1, at Charlton, 2 Mass., Laura Foster, 1 born
1795, died 12 April, 1882, at Adrian, daughter of Abel and Nancy
(Tucker) 3 Foster, and granddaughter of Timothy and Rachel (Rob-
inson) Foster. 4
Children:
1- 1 Caroline Amelia, born 2 Jan., 1812, at Charlton; married Joseph C.
Warner.
2- 2 Emeline Eliza, born 15 Nov., 18 14, at Charlton; married Sumner F.
Spofford.
3 Laura Jane, born 7 May, 1817; died young, at Adrian.
4- 4 Alonzo Foster, born 6 July, 1819, at Batavia, N. Y.; married Emma L.
Keeney.
5- 5 Ellen Maria, born 16 April, 1825, at Albion, N. Y.; married William A.
Whitney.
6 Laura Jane, born 27 July, 1834, at Adrian; died young.
David Bixby was a resident of Leicester prior to his removal to
Batavia, N. Y. He sold an acre of land in Leicester to Joshua
Lamb, 22 Feb., 1816. He joined with Thomas Merriam of Leices-
ter, in granting to Jeremiah Pratt two tracts of land there, one of
six, the other of three acres, 13 Jan., 1818. He also quitclaimed,
in consideration of four hundred dollars, to Thomas Merriam a
dwelling house and piece of land there 27 March, 181 8, and on 20
April that same year he joined with Merriam in granting land to
Levens Sibley. In each of these deeds he is described as of Leices-
ter, and his wife, Laura, joins in the first two. 5 There is no record
of his family on Leicester records. From New York the family
removed to Adrian.
13461
V. Samuel Bixby (Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
30 May, 1754, at Killingly, Conn.; died 4 July, 1843, "aged 89
1 See illustration opposite page 264.
« Charlton Vital Records.
•Information of Fred F. Bixby (i343L-4~S). Information concerning this family was also re-
ceived from Mrs. Hoyt Sherman (1343L.1-4).
« Information of Mrs. M. E. Samson (I343L--43).
•Worcester Deeds, 210: 122; 203: 416.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 267
years" 1 at Lyme, N. H.; married 7 Dec, 1783, at Lyme, Eliza-
beth Strong, 1 who died probably in 1792 or 1793. He married,
second, Sarah Nelson. He married, third, 15 Oct., 1801, at
Hanover, N. H., 2 Martha Ketchum, who died 13 May, 1849, aged
80 years. 1
The early records of Lyme were destroyed. The Gazetteer of
Grafton Co., N. H., says of Samuel Bixby, "His first wife was
Elizabeth Strong, who bore him four children. His second wife
was Sarah Nelson who bore him five children. His third wife was
Martha Ketcham, and she bore him six children."
Children, born at Lyme:
1- 1 Willard, baptized 24 July, 1785; l married Sally Seavy.
2- 2 Salmon, baptized 15 Oct., 1786; * married Ruth Pelton.
3- 3 Alfred, baptized 26 July, 1789; 1 married Lucy F. Page; (2) Thyra
(Thyrza) Olmstead.
4- 4 Elizabeth, born 1792; 3 married David Conant.'
By second marriage:
5- 5 Lewis, born 1795; married Fanny Betts.
6 Samuel, said to have studied medicine, and practiced in Illinois.
By third marriage:
7- 7 Zophar.
8 Alpheus, died 10 May, 1849, in New York City, "aged 45," * probably
unmarried; said to have been a teacher in New York. 5 His name does
not occur in the New York City Directory.
9- 9 William, born 1806; 6 married Mary G. Breck.
10 Elmira.
k- 11 Persis, born 29 April, 1809; married Thomas R. Ames.
L- 12 Polly (Mary), born 1796; married Dudley Cutting.
13 Mary Ann, became insane.
Samuel Bixby is enumerated in the United States Census of
1790 and was then of Lyme. He had three males under sixteen
and one female in his family beside himself.
He was in the Revolutionary War and was placed on the pension
1 Records of the Congregational Church at Lyme. The gravestones of Samuel and Jonathan
Bixby, and of the latter's wife, are still standing in the old cemetery at Lyme. The Horlean
Bixby in some lists of children of Samuel Bixby is apparently a misreading of Harlem Riley who
was admitted to the church at Lyme in 1822.
» Records of Hanover, N. H. 4 New York Deaths.
8 Death record at Lyme, N. H. • Gazetteer of Grafton Co., N. H.
•John L. Bixby (13461.92) thought his father, William, was born in 1805. (His age at death
would indicate 1807 as year of birth.)
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list in 1833. His declaration of 27 Aug., 1832, is on file with his
application. He then stated that he was seventy eight years of
age and that he enlisted the 1 Feb., 17 — , for two months, in a
company of militia commanded by Capt. Cassat, in Col. Holman's
regiment. He enlisted at Charlton, and marched through Leices-
ter, Worcester, Sutton, Sudbury, Waterton and Roxbury to Dor-
chester, where they were stationed for the two months of his enlist-
ment. He there assisted in building a fort, and was fired upon by
the British. He returned to his home in Charlton the 1 April, and
again enlisted the 1 July, 1776, in a company commanded by Capt.
John Nichols in the same regiment as before. He enlisted this
time for five months and marched through Dudley, Woodstock,
Ashford to Hartford and thence to New Haven, whence they were
conveyed by water to New York. He was stationed in New York
City four or five weeks until the American troops retreated to
Harlem Heights. About the last of October they marched to White
Plains and were stationed there two or three weeks. During this
time there was a battle, but as he had been sent on a scout he was
not present. He was discharged about the 1 December.
In the forepart of Aug., 1777, he was drafted at Charlton into
the army to join Gates at Stillwater and marched immediately to
Bennington, thence to Stillwater, in the company commanded by
Capt. Abijah Lamb, and remained at Stillwater until the surrender
of Burgoyne, at which he was present at Saratoga. From Saratoga,
the command marched down the North River to Albany, thence to
Sopas, and from a place (the name of which cannot be deciphered)
took shipping to a point near White Plains, where they were stationed
until dismissed, about the 1 December. He removed to Lyme
in June, 1779, having hitherto lived in Charlton, but was born
at Thompson, Conn. In Oct., 1780, he joined the company com-
manded by Capt. John Sloan to guard against the Indians who
were expected to invade the towns in the vicinity of Lyme.
Capt. Sloan's company marched to Dartmouth College, thence
to Haverhill, N. H., thence to Newbury, Vt., where he was stationed
awhile. He returned to Lyme after an absence of from two to three
months.
Although he had served his country the full term of one year,
he knows no one who can testify to his service except Jonathan
Bixby and Jonathan Mason, whose affidavits are appended. Jona-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 269
than Mason of Lyme made affidavit in Aug., 1832, that Samuel
Bixby, himself, and others volunteered and joined a company
commanded by Capt. John Sloan. Jonathan Bixby of Lyme made
affidavit, at the same time, that his brother Samuel Bixby and
himself had lived in Charlton previous to 1775, and that both
enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Carrol in Holman's
regiment of the Massachusetts state troops and served in the
month of March, 1776, being stationed at Dorchester. Also that
his brother Samuel again enlisted, this time for five months, and
served in a company commanded by Capt. John Nichols; that
Samuel was at Saratoga in 1777, when Jonathan was in the Conti-
nental army, and "I saw him at Saratoga, he then being in the
militia."
It appears from a sketch of the first settlers of Lyme in the His-
torical Gazetteer of Grafton Co., N. H., that Samuel Bixby took
up land in the north part of the town, and that William Davison
was associated with him. Both at that time were unmarried men.
Among the settlers in Lyme was Capt. John Nelson "from Norton,
Mass.," l whose wife Rachel was sister of Squire Jonathan Franklin.
13464
V. Jonathan Bixby (Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 4 May, 1760, 2 at Killingly, Conn.; died 12 Feb., 1834, 3 "aged
73 years," 4 at Lyme, N. H.; 5 married there 24 Nov., 1785, Esther
Newton, 2 born 18 Feb., 1759, 2 at Hadley, Mass., died 29 June,
1840, 3 "aged 81 years," 4 daughter of and (Fairfield)
Newton.
Children, 2 born at Lyme, N. H.:
1- 1 Walter, born 18 Aug., 1786, baptized 3 June, 1787, 4 at Lyme; married
Betsey Alden.
1 He is not mentioned in Norton Vital Records. Capt. Nelson had five daughters and two sons.
1 From a family record in possession of David E. Bixby (13464.133), in which children I, 2, 3,
4, and 6 are given. William J. Bixbee (13464.421) has a record written down from the state-
ments of Mary Ann Abbott niece of Mehitable (Burgoyne) Bixby (13464.4) in which children 1, 2,
3, 4 and s are given. There are no early town records of Lyme, and William and Betsey are not
mentioned in the church records or in their mother's will, and no further trace of them has been
found.
' Record in Bible of his daughter Lucinda (Bixby) Davison (13464.2) in possession of Mrs.
George P. Amsden (13464.2-42).
4 Church records. ''Cinthea and Cinda," daughters of Jonathan Bixby, were baptized 8 Feb.,
1789. The marriage of Jonathan Bixby and Esther Newton is also found in these records. They
were admitted to the church 3 June, 1787.
* Town clerk's certificate on file U. S. Pension Bureau. Lyme records have since been destroyed
by fire.
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2- 2 Lucinda (Cinda), born I Oct., 1788; married William Davison.
3- 3 Cynthia (Cinthea) (Samantha), born 2 Oct., 1788 1 ; married Josiah L.
Smith.
4- 4 Seral (Cyril), born 29 Jan., 1791, baptized as Cyril, 12 June, 1791;
married Mehitable Burgoyne.
5 ? William, married Lydia Johnson.
6 ? Betsey, born 26 July, 1800.
Jonathan Bixby, and his brothers Samuel and Jacob, settled in
Lyme, N. H., about five miles from the Connecticut River, choosing
land on one of the highest hills in the vicinity, it being thought
at that time that the hills produced better wheat than the lowlands.
Every Saturday they walked from their clearings to a mill on the
river, five miles or more, and Monday returned with food for the
week. They cleared and sowed with wheat one acre the first
season. It is said, that at the time they settled in Lyme they came
from Connecticut, 2 and Jonathan is remembered by a grand-
daughter to have said that when he and his brothers left Connec-
ticut they had good shoes, but before the summer was gone they
had none, and the bottoms of their feet were like bone.
Jonathan Bixby served in the army during the Revolution, and
late in life received a pension. From the papers on file in his
own case and that of his widow Esther, who also received a pension,
considerable information has been gleaned. His declaration was
made in May, 1823, when he was aged 63 years. According to
his own statement he served as a private from May, 1777 to Jan.,
1 78 1, in Col. Shepard's regiment of the Massachusetts line, in
Capt. Isaac Pope's company, and took part in the battle of Mon-
mouth in June, 1778. He was discharged at West Point, 16 Jan.,
1781. He first made application for a pension, 11 Sept., 1819,
"and since then has not in any way disposed of his property with
intent to bring himself within the provisions of the act of 1818."
He had broken his shoulder about a year previous to making appli-
cation for pension and was unable to support himself by manual
labor. His wife was 63 years of age, unable to work, sickly with
the "tisick," and they had no children at home with them. He
had no personal property, and his sole income was from 16 acres
of poor land in Lyme, leased by Walter Bixby, and yielding not
more than $16 annually.
He was granted a pension for service as corporal in Pope's com-
pany.
J See footnote No. 4 on page 260.
J Charlton is a few miles from the northern boundary of Connecticut.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 271
Among the papers on file is the original discharge from the army,
which reads as follows:
"It appearing from the within deposition and the certificate of
Mr. Muster Master Newhall, that the within named Jonathan
Bixby was inlisted to serve during the term of three years only,
which time he has faithfully served, I do hereby discharge him
from the Army. Given under my Hand at West Point this 16th
Day of January 1781.
W. Heath
"To Whom it may Concern. M. General"
The deposition alluded to above is as follows:
"We Jedediah Davidson (sic) and Mary his wife and Eunice
Clemans all of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Common-
wealth of Massachusetts in New England being of Lawful age
do testify and say that in the Month of May in the year of our
Lord A. D. 1777 Sergt Nathan Taylor was at the Dwelling Hous
in sd Charlton where your Deponants then lived and was all of us
present when said Taylor Inlisted Jonathan Bixby of sd Charlton
as a soldier to serve in the Continental Army for the term of three
years only, and that at the time when the sd Jonathan signed
the Inlistment the sd Sergt Taylor promised him the sd Jonathan
that he would not Return him for a longer term than Three years
on his honour and your deponants further say that they often
saw the sd Sergt Taylor & Jonathan Bixby after the sd Jonathan
Inlisted before they marched and heard both of them say that he
the sd Jonathan was Inlisted for Three years only and further
your deponants say not. Charlton 3 Janr 1781
" Jedidiah Davison
Mary Davison
Eunice Clemans
'Acknowledged before Jacob Davis, J. P.
"This deposition was taken at the request of the Friends of the
above named Jonathan Bixby in order to be sent to His Excelency
Georg Washington Commander in Chief of the army of the United
States."
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Further endorsed:
"Sir I am well knowing to the truth of the above deposition and
1 Declare the same to be true on the Honour of an Officer.
"His Excelency Jacob Davis Coll of the 5th Regt
"George Washington of Militia in the County Worcester."
The deposition was further addressed as follows:
"For His Excelency George Washington Commander in Cheaf
of the Contenantals Army," also "Major General Heath."
The following endorsements appear:
"General Heath will be pleased to have this representation
properly inquired into and Justice done to the soldier and to the
public Alex Hamilton Aide de Camp" "Hd Qrs Jany 18, 1780."
The preceding day James Mellen, "Lt Col Comdr 4th Massachu-
setts Regt" endorsed the same paper, "West Point January ye 17,
1 78 1 The Issueing Commissarys are Directed to Issue Provisions
to the Bearer Jonathan Byxby to carry him to his Respective Home
Agreeable to General Orders." "Hartford Jany 20 th 1781 Isued
2 days Rations Daniel Pitkin." "Providence Feb 1 1781 Issued
three days Rations Inbehalf James Wallace A.C.I. Jonathan Almy."
Evidently Bixby had enlisted for the term of three years, but his
muster-in papers must have represented him enlisted for the war.
The papers in Esther Bixby's pension case contain the following
statements: On 21 Aug., 1838, when she applied for a pension,
she was aged 78 years; she was married 24 Nov., 1785, proved by
the certificate of the town clerk of Lyme appended, in which her
name appears as Esther Newton; her husband died 12 Feb., 1834.
Josiah L. Smith of Lyme, aged 53, testified that Jonathan Bixby
and his wife lived in his family for some years before the former's
death, and Jonathan died in his house. John Hall, aged 60 years,
testified that he was present at the death of Bixby at Smith's
house, and that he had been acquainted with the widow Esther
Bixby since his childhood.
Esther Byxby received a pension of $88 a year with five years'
arrears of pension.
Mrs. Louisa S. Gilbert (13464.3-5) writes: "When I was two
years old my father removed to a farm joining Samuel Bixby's
and within hailing distance. The last fifteen years of Jonathan
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 273
Bixby's life were spent with my father, he having married one of
Jonathan's twin daughters. . . . William Davidson's farm
joined Samuel Bixby's so they all lived near each other from my
earliest remembrance . . . and Samuel and Jonathan were
brothers without any doubt . . . as we were always taught
to call Samuel uncle. . . . We used to love to hear them tell
their experiences in early life. . . . Samuel and Jonathan also
had two sisters that I remember, one married Joel Converse and
his farm joined Samuel Bixby's. . . . The other, Chloe,
married a Sheldon and lived in Underhill, Vt. I remember her
visiting at our house with her son Parry Clete Sheldon." In
another letter she says she recalls hearing Grandfather Bixby say
of Grandfather Smith, "he was so strict that he would whip his
beer barrel if it worked on Sunday."
Esther (Newton) Bixby by will dated 10 Aug., 1835, bequeathed
to her son Walter "her great bible," and various legacies to other
children.
13465
V. Elizabeth Bixby {Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 2 Sept., 1762, at Killingly, Conn.; died 12 Nov., 1850, at
Lyme, N. H.; married 20 Jan., 1785, at Thompson, Conn., Joel
Converse, 1 born 12 Sept., 1750, at Killingly (Thompson Parish),
died 29 June, 1822, at Lyme, son of Thomas and Abigail (Fay)
Converse.
Elizabeth (Bixby) Converse 2 was a woman of great energy and
large stature. It is related that as a young woman she went
from Connecticut to Lyme, to visit her brothers who had settled
there. She rode a spirited horse, and at every village she passed
through she put spurs to her steed and surprised the inhabitants
by her daring riding. She was a woman of deep piety and always
put Christian duties foremost. Her Bible was the daily companion
of her declining days, and she found great comfort in repeating
Christian hymns, with which her memory was richly stored. The
farm of her brother, Samuel Bixby, adjoined that of Joel Converse on
Davidson's Hill. Joel Converse's first wife was Damaris Wilson,
born 2 May, 1746, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Wilson, whom
1 The record of this family is from "Converse and Allied Families," compiled by Charles Allen
Converse (13465-76). 'A likeness is shown opposite page 280.
274 BIXBY GENEALOGY
he married 10 Sept., 1778, and had children: Lyman Converse.
Otis Converse. Damaris Converse. He was one of the first
settlers of Lyme, removing there about 1789.
Children, except the two eldest, born at Lyme: 1
1 Joel Converse, born 5 Nov., 1785, at Thompson; died 22 May, 1874, at
Lyme; married Hope Tinkham, born 1788 at Lyme, died there 27 Oct.,
1813, without issue. He married (2) 4 April, 1814, Abigail Coult, born
6 March, 1791, at Lyme, died there 11 Oct., 1869, daughter of Dr. Amherst
and Miriam (Giddings) Coult.
Children:
1. Francis Wilson Converse, born 17 Jan., 1815; died 26 Sept., 1880, at
Lyme; married 9 Nov., 1852, at Lunenburg, Vt., Clara H. Chandler.
2. Julius Miner Converse, born 3 Jan., 1816; died 16 May, 1841, in Phila-
delphia, Pa., unmarried. He was a physician.
3. Abigail Matson Converse, born 6 May, 1817; died 4 Dec, 1851, at
Richmond, Va., unmarried. She was a teacher in Hanover Co., Va.
4. William Converse, born 10 Nov., 1818; died 27 March, 1819, at Lyme.
5. Laura Adelia Converse, born 13 Feb., 1820; died 15 Oct., 1848, at Lyme,
unmarried.
6. Lydia Converse, born 7 July, 1821 ; died 23 June, 1885, at Franklin, Mass.;
married William Washburn Morey.
7. Samuel Bixby Converse, born 7 May, 1823; died 12 Jan., 1844, at Orford,
N. H., unmarried.
8. Harriet Newell Converse, born 1 1 Dec, 1824; died 16 March, 1854,
at Lyme, unmarried.
9. Marilla Theresa Converse, born 7 Sept., 1826, at Lyme; died 5 Jan.,
1892, at Oakdale, Mass.; married 18 May, 1848, at Auburn, N. H.,
Harrison Willard Babbitt; (2) 4 Jan., 1888, at Hartford, Conn., Har-
rison Wyman.
10. Caroline Wilson Converse, born 8 July, 1828, at Lyme; died 12 Feb.,
1904, at East Watertown, Mass.; married 23 Nov., 1848, at Lyme,
Zephania Jerome Stark, who died 4 April, 1854; (2) 2 Oct., 1855, at
North Bridgewater, Mass., Appollos Everett Howard.
11. William Amherst Coult Converse, born 30 April, 1830; married 11
July, 1858, Mary Tibbetts, who died 6 July, 1883; (2) 30 May, 1887,
Mrs. Sarah Dimick Waite Smith. He was a Congregational clergy-
man. After retiring from the pulpit he resided at Lyme.
12. Mary Converse, born and died 4 March, 1835.
2 Theron Converse, born 19 May, 1787, at Thompson; died 7 April, 1861,
at Lyme; married there 25 Oct., 18 10, Mary Porter, born there 1 Sept.,
1791, died there 23 Feb., 1821, daughter of Deacon William and Phoebe
(Kingsbury) Porter; (2) 20 Nov., 1821, at Lyme, Miriam Carpenter, born
there 8 May, 1793, died there 13 Aug., i860.
Theron Converse and wife were members of the Congregational church
at Lyme. One of the elders of the present generation, who visited Lyme
in his boyhood, recalls Theron Converse as a "grand old man."
Children:
1. Alpheus Converse, born 27 July, 1811; died 8 Sept., 1851; married 27
Feb., 1837, at Lyme, Salome Snow, who died 25 Dec, 1842; (2) 14
June, 1843, at Landaff, N. H., Jane Clark.
2. Mary Porter Converse, born 8 March, 1814, at Lyme; died there 9 Oct.,
1839; married 14 May, 1835, Moses Wood, Jr.
1 The record of this family is "Converse and Allied Families," compiled by Charles Allen
Converse (13465-76).
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3. Louisa Converse, born 29 June, 1816; died 29 Nov., 1845.
4. Benjamin Porter Converse, born 25 June, 1818; died 2 March, 1886;
married 21 Dec, 1843, at Charlestown, N. H., Miranda Hannah
Walker; (2) 14 Feb., 1871, at Thetford, Vt., Abby Carpenter Hosford.
5. Josiah Chauncy Converse, born 28 May, 1820; died 11 Jan., 1823.
By second marriage:
6. Theron Bradley Converse, born 7 April, 1824; died 22 June, 1842.
7. Eleazer Carpenter Converse, born 2 June, 1827; died 21 Sept., 1900,
at Newport, N. H.; married 14 Sept., 1848, at Orford, Amanda
Malvina Tibbetts. Children: Alzira Amanda Converse, born 7 Nov.,
1849, at Lyme; died 6 Oct., 1863. Annie Miriam Converse, born
14 May, 1852, at Newport, N. H.; married Dr. David M. Currier;
they live at Newport. Sadie Helen Converse, born 25 Oct., 1856, at
Newport; married David Leach; they live at Newport. Hattie Car-
penter Converse, born 4 Feb., 1865, at Newport; died there 29 Oct.,
1892; married Edwin B. Temple. Eleazer Carpenter Converse, Jr.,
born 17 Oct., 1868, at Ypsilanti, Mich.; married Mabel Bennett
Garrish; (2) Mary Elizabeth Cameron; they live in Boston.
8. Miriam Elizabeth Converse, born 13 Feb., 1835; married 17 May, 1858,
at Lyme, John Frank Smith of Hanover, N. H.
Marquis Converse, born 12 July, 1789; died 21 Nov., 1840, at Lyme; mar-
ried 1 Dec, 1814, Electa White of Vershire, Vt., born there 5 Jan., 1793, died
28 July, 1875, at Lyme, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cross) White.
Although most of Marquis Converse's time was required to prepare lands
for crops, he utilized every facility, and improved every spare moment for
acquiring knowledge, and when settled in life was regarded by his towns-
people as a "learned man."
Children, born at Lyme:
1. Elvira Converse, born 29 Nov., 181 5; died 2 Jan., 1880, at Lyme; married
there 1 March, 1837, Capt. Charles Kent.
2. Maria Louisa Converse, born 28 April, 1817; died 26 Aug., 1888, at
White Plains, N. Y.; married in Richmond, Va., Dr. Jesse Hopkins
Tyler.
3. Electa White Converse, born 18 Oct., 1818; died 16 Dec, 1895, at Lyme;
married there 8 Nov., 1837, Thaxter Foster of Brockton, Mass.
4. Peter Mills Converse, born 28 Dec, 1820; died 1 April, 1900, at Lyme;
married 10 June, 1846, Ruth Kimball Eastman, who died 18 April,
1857; (2) 19 Nov., 1857, at Lyme, Sarah Speare Clement.
5. Elizabeth Converse, born 8 March, 1823; died 25 Dec, 1890, at Lyme;
married there 14 April, 1846, George Webster.
6. Marquis Dexter Converse, born 17 Nov., 1824; died 1855 in Boston,
Mass.; married 17 Jan., 1848, at East Bridgewater, Mass., Martha
A. Smith.
7. Mary Cross Converse, born 8 July, 1826; married 27 Oct., 1846, at
Lyme, Samuel Storms Houghton.
8. Amasa Marquis Converse, born 28 Nov., 1828; died 9 April, 1889,
at San Jose, Cal.; married Emily Clark; (2) at San Jose, Blanche
Bizenay.
9. John Kendrick Converse, born 29 Sept., 1831; united with the Congre-
gational church at Lyme in 1843; went to the Sandwich Islands in
1853, and died in Hawaii in i860 or previously.
10. Alonzo Thornton Converse, born 8 April, 1835; died 6 May, 1891, at
Lyme; married 13 Jan., 1881, at Corinth, Vt., Julia Annette Clement.
Elizabeth Converse, born 20 May, 1791; died 16 April, 1863, at Orford-
ville, N. H.; married Asa Taintor, born September, 1778, at Orford; died
there 9 Nov., 181 8, son of Deacon Michael and Lydia (Loomis) Taintor;
(2) 27 Oct., 1 83 1, Ira Morey, born 5 Feb., 1783, at Orfordville, died 18
276 BIXBY GENEALOGY
March, 1869, at North Bridgewater, son of Benoni and Huldah (Brown)
Morey.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Converse Taintor, born 12 March, 1812, at Orford; died 22
Oct., 1877, at Lisbon, N. H.; married January, 1832, at Lyman, N. H.,
John Barber, who died 4 May, 1862; (2) 7 Dec, 1865, at Lyman,
Erastus Fisk.
2. John Wells Taintor, born 16 July, 1815, at Orford; died 1 July, 1871,
at Chester, Pa.; married 5 April, 1854, in Philadelphia, Mrs. Mary
Caroline (Palmer) Reed.
3. Harriet Taintor, born 21 July, 1818, at Orford; died 28 Sept., 1887,
at North Pitcher, N. Y.; married 9 Nov., 1851, at Georgetown, N. Y.,
Thomas Champlain Bates.
5 Sarah Converse, born 2 July, 1793; died 11 Feb., 1864, at Lyme; married
May, 1830, at Lyman, Joshua Thornton, born 1 Nov., 1764, at Uxbridge,
Mass., died 2"] July, 1843, at Lyman. No issue.
6 Amasa Converse, D.D., born 21 Aug., 1795; died 9 Dec, 1872, in Louis-
ville, Ky.; married 16 Dec, 1828, at Brunswick, Va., Flavia Booth, born
23 Dec, 1804, at Longmeadow, Mass., died 26 June, 1885, in Louisville,
daughter of David and (Colton) Booth.
Amasa Converse when a boy did not have much time for schooling, most
of his time being spent with his father and brothers in the fields. At the
age of ten years he attended a commencement at Dartmouth and he then
determined to obtain an education. Beginning school later than is usual,
he became a great student. His vacations were given up to teaching and
working. He received his diploma from Dartmouth College when twenty
seven years of age, and entered the ministry, being ordained by the Hanover,
Va., Presbytery in April, 1826. Obliged to give up his calling because of
a weak voice and physical inability, he became editor of the Visitor and
Telegraph and also of the Evangelical and Literary Magazine. Later his
paper, known as the Southern Religious Telegraph, united with the Philadel-
phia Observer, to be published thereafter as the Christian Observer. This
paper is an important factor in the Presbyterian church in the southern
states.
Children:
1. John Thornton Converse, born 1831; died in infancy.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Converse, born 23 Sept., 1832; unmarried.
3. William Atkinson Converse, born 1835; died in infancy.
4. Francis Bartlett Converse, D. D., born 23 June, 1836, at Richmond;
died 29 Sept., 1907, in Louisville; married 3 May, 1866, Ellen Eliza-
beth Pollard who died 17 April, 19 12, in Louisville.
5. Henry Augustus Converse, born 8 May, 1839, in Philadelphia; died 5
Dec, 1880, at Harrisonburg, Va.; married Eliza Lentz; (2) Maggie
E. Baer.
6. Thomas Edwards Converse, D.D., born 25 Oct., 1841, in Philadelphia;
died 18 Dec, 1913, at Atlanta, Ga.; married Eliza J. Leyburn; (2)
Rose Baylies Dickey.
7. James Booth Converse (Rev.), born 8 April, 1844; married Pamelia
Hopkins Campbell; (2) Eva Almeda Dulaney.
8. Charles Sidney Converse (Rev.), born I Jan., 1847, in Philadelphia;
died 28 June, 1903, at Clifton Springs, N. Y.; married Charity Ann
Burd.
7 John Kendrick Converse, born 15 June, 1801; died 3 Oct., 1880, at Bur-
lington, Vt.; married there 21 May, 1834, Sarah Allen, born 13 Aug., 1810,
at Milton, Vt., died 14 April, 1873, at Burlington, daughter of Hon. Heman
and Sarah (Prentis) Allen.
Rev. John K. Converse entered Dartmouth College with the class of
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 277
1827. He developed fine scholarship and literary ability. He became
principal of a large school at Keene, N. H., and later he conducted a classical
school in Nottaway Co., Va. He studied theology and became pastor
of the White Street Congregational church in Burlington, and was principal
of the Burlington Female Seminary for twenty five years.
Children, born at Burlington:
1. Lizzie S. Converse, born 26 Feb., 1835; died 15 May, 1891, at Rosemont,
Pa., unmarried.
2. Julia Allen Converse, born 30 Sept., 1837; died 27 Jan., 1914, at Bur-
lington.
3. Helen Christine Converse, born 7 July, 1839.
4. John Heman Converse, LL.D., born 2 Dec, 1840; died 3 May, 1910,
at Rosemont; married 9 July, 1873, at Bay Ridge, Long Island (now
part of Brooklyn), N. Y., Elizabeth Perkins Thompson, born 16
Dec, 1838, at Utica, N. Y., died 19 Jan., 1906, in Philadelphia,
daughter of James and Mary Johnson (Bishop) Thompson. He was one
of Philadelphia's best known and most philanthropic citizens. A grad-
uate of the University of Vermont, he was a generous donor to that
institution. His business life was a series of upward steps from his
first position with the Burlington Daily and Weekly Times; subse-
quently with the superintendent of the Galena division of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway and with the General Superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and finally president
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He early became interested in
religious matters, in art and civic developments and contributed freely
from his wealth to further any good work along those lines which came
to his notice. He held many positions of trust and honor, maintain-
ing his activities to the end of his life. At his death he was president
of the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church and Chairman of the World's Evangelistic Committee. {For
sketch of career see Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society,
September, 1910, Vol. V, No. 7, and " Converse and Allied Families,"
Vol. 1, p. 394.) Children: Mary Eleanor Converse, a graduate of
Bryn Mawr College and much engaged in philanthropic work. John
Williams Converse, married 6 Jan., 1909, in Wiesbaden, Germany,
Hiltrud Schierenberg, daughter of Carl and Louise Schierenberg. He
was formerly a director of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, now (1914)
partner of Cassatt & Co., bankers in Philadelphia. Helen Prentis
Converse, married 8 June, 1905, Warren Parsons Thorpe.
5. William Kendrick Converse, born 3 Jan., 1842; died 27 April, 1844, at
Burlington.
6. Charles Allen Converse, born 17 May, 1847. He lives in Philadelphia.
He began business with the Rutland Railroad Company and was later
teller of the First National Bank of Burlington, which position he
resigned in 1865 to enter the University of Vermont, from which he
was graduated in 1869, receiving the degree of A.B., and admission
to the Phi Beta Kappa, having largely worked his way through college
by vacation work as telegrapher, stenographer and newspaper reporter.
From 1870 until 1886 he was in the service of the Central Vermont
R. R. Co., and its predecessor the Vermont Central Railroad, first
as secretary to the General Freight Agent, and filling various positions
until he became Assistant Superintendent of Local Freight Traffic
and Secretary to General Manager. In 1886 he went to Philadelphia
as junior partner of the firm of Nichols and Converse, in a lumber
operation in Pennsylvania. On completion of that work in 1888, he
became secretary of the de Kosenko and Hetherington Manufacturing
Company of Philadelphia. In 1897 he became connected with the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, with whom he remained many years.
278 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Col. Converse has been much interested in military matters. He
was a member of the Ransom Guard at St. Albans, Vt., and later aide-
de-camp to the Governor of Vermont, on his military staff, with rank
of Colonel. He has been an officer or member of several historical,
literary and hereditary societies, and of the principal social clubs of
Philadelphia. He is compiler of "Converse and Allied Families."
{For a fuller account of his life, see " Converse and Allied Families,"
p. 412.)
7. Frank Kendrick Converse, born 4 Nov., 1849; died 31 March, 1908, at
Charlotte, Vt.; married 17 July, 1871, at Brooklyn, Abbie Adelia
Conner. Children: Sadie Allen Converse, born 10 Sept., 1874, at
Burlington; married 8 Oct., 1902, at Charlotte, Edgar Lane Leaven-
worth. Bessie Helena Converse, born 7 June, 1877, at Burlington;
married 14 Aug., 1907, at Charlotte, Duane Frank Mattison.
8. Ida Flavia Frederica Converse, born 24 Aug., 1851; married 30 Sept.,
1874, at Burlington, George Foster Simpson, M.D., who died 10
April, 1910, at North Adams, Mass.
13466
V. Salmon Bixby (Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
1772, 1 probably at Charlton, Mass.; died 4 Oct., 1829, l aged fifty-
seven years, 2 drowned at Parishville, N. Y.; 3 married 26 Sept.,
1798, at Dudley, Mass., 4 Abigail Chamberlain, born 1778, 1 died
23 June, 1826, 1 aged forty eight years. 2
Salmon Bixby was a tanner. He removed from Dudley, 5 Mass.,
to Underhill, Vt., thence to Madrid, N. Y., in Jan., 181 1, thence
to Norfolk, N. Y., in 1823. In their last years, he and his wife
lived with their son, Parry Clete Bixby, who had purchased a home
for them.
Children: 6
1- 1 Nathaniel Healy, born 17 Dec, 1798, at Dudley; 4 married Marcia
Haskell.
2- 2 Phebe, born 22 Jan., 1801, at Underhill; married Thomas Fenton.
3- 3 Parry Clete, born 9 Nov., 1802, at Underhill; married Eliza A. Beals.
4- 4 Philena, born 29 Aug., 1808, at Underhill; married Thomas Fenton.
5- 5 Samuel, born 20 Nov., 1812, at Madrid, N. Y.; married Julia M. Kellogg.
6- 6 Elotia, born about 1814, at Norfolk, N. Y.; married Daniel McKenzie.
7 Chloe, died young.
8- 8 Hannah, born 20 March, 1820, at Madrid, N. Y.; married Hiram Dwinell.
1 Gravestone at Raymondsville, N. Y.
* Information of Parry C Bixby (13466.3).
•Information of Mrs. Florence G. Bixby (13466. 3K).
4 Dudley, Mass., records.
s 28 Aug., 1800, Salmon Bixby of Underhill bought of Stephen Noble 5 acres of land in Essex.
(.Essex Deeds, I: 452.)
• Unsigned family record, in which are found the copies of gravestone inscriptions of Salmon
Bixby and wife. Descendants frequently give his name as Solomon.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 279
13468
V. Willard Bixby {Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
baptized 12 July, 1767, at Charlton, Mass.; married 10 July, 1791,
at Woodstock, Conn., Anna Chapman of Woodstock.
Children, born at Woodstock: 1
1 Walter, born 9 Dec, 1795; "disappeared in early life."
2- 2 Willard, born 13 May, 1798; married Abigail Ferguson.
I346J
V. Chloe Bixby {Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
1771, probably at Charlton, Mass.; died "aged 101 years" ; 2 married
Dec, 1805, Josiah Sheldon, 3 of Underhill, Vt., born 1754, at
East Hartford, Conn., 3 died 11 or 13 Feb., 1843. 4
She married a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and after his
death was pensioned, 1850, at which time she was a resident of
Alburgh, Vt., and aged eighty one years. She was living in Jan.,
1869. 3 From Underhill, Vt., the family removed to Parishville,
N. Y. She lived with her nephews, Parry C. Bixby (13466.3) and
Nathaniel H. Bixby (13466. 1), until her son put her in the "Old
Ladies Home" in Syracuse, N. Y. where she died. 2
Josiah Sheldon made application for a pension 17 Aug., 1832,
declaring that he was born at East Hartford, Conn., in 1754, and
resided at Northampton and Manchester when he served in the
Massachusetts troops as follows: Enlisted in Nov., 1775, in Capt.
Josiah Lyman's Co., for four months; enlisted Sept., 1776, and
served until Nov., 1776, under Capt. Walls, Col. Moseley's Co.,
for two months. He was called out on an alarm to Bennington,
but did not reach there in time for the battle, and served two weeks.
He enlisted in Sept., 1777, under Lieut. Seth Hunt and served one
month. He was at the battle of Stillwater when Burgoyne re-
treated; enlisted in the fall of 1781, under Capt. Thomas Barney,
for two weeks. He also stated that he married in Dec, 1805,
Chloe Bixby. 3
Children:
I Sheldon, a son, died in California prior to 1898, being killed in a gold
mine.
1 Woodstock, Conn., records. 'Information of Mrs. Helen L. Grant (13466.39).
■ Papers U. S. Pension Bureau.
4 The records of this family were obtained from grandnieces of Chloe (Bixby) Sheldon.
280 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2 Parry Clete Sheldon; twice married. He was a teacher in Vermont,
and later at Ottawa, Can., and is said to have been president of a collegiate
institution, and in 1900 was said to have been deceased several years. His
first wife died at Ottawa. He married ''about five years later" (1856?).
His children Franklin and Edna visited relatives in Norfolk, N. Y., prior to
1856. 1
Children, by first marriage:
1. Franklin Sheldon.
2. Marcus Sheldon.
3. Edna Sheldon.
By second marriage:
4. A daughter, aged about six months in (1856?). 1
I347I
V. Sarah Bixby (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born,
about 1763, at Barre, Mass.; married 2 there 4 Oct., 1781, David
Smith of Barre. 3 In April, 1799, he joined with Mary Bixby,
widow, Polly Bixby, spinster, both of Barre, Samuel Bixby of
Hubbardston, Rufus and Salmon Bixby, in selling land in Barre,
part of the estate of Sampson Bixby of Barre, deceased. 4
Children: 3
1 William Smith, born 31 May, 178s. 5
2 Nathaniel Smith, born 6 May, 1788, at Barre.
3 Mary Smith, born 13 May, 1792, at Barre; married there 6 Oct., 1842, Marvin
Ashley, of Leverett, Mass.
4 Samuel Smith, born 14 March, 1796, at Barre. 8
5 Sarah Smith, born 14 Feb., 1800.
13472
V. Samuel Bixby (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
1764 at Barre, Mass.; died 8 Dec, 1855; married 5 Oct., 1786, in
Worcester, Mass., 7 Sarah Smith, who died 9 April, 1849, aged
eighty three years, 8 of typhoid fever, daughter of Robert and Sarah
Smith of Worcester.
Samuel Bixby lived at Barre, although not all of his childrens'
births are recorded there. He also lived in Hubbardston, and
1 Letters of Parry C. Sheldon (1346J.2) quoted by Mrs. Helen L. Grant.
1 She married, second, it is said, Jonathan Walker, of Petersham, but the marriage is not recorded.
Mrs. Ruth Smith of Barre and Jonathan Smith were married in 1831. She was Ruth Weeks,
widow of that David Smith who died in 1829, act. 70 years.
» Barre Vital Records. 4 Worcester Deeds, 166: 436.
1 William Smith and Elizabeth Allen married at Barre, 10 Jan., 1808, was perhaps this William.
• Samuel Smith, 2nd., and Betsy Burt married at Barre. 26 Sept., 1821, was perhaps this Samuel.
' Worcester marriages. 8 Barre Vital Records.
ELIZABETH (BIXBV) CONVERSE (13465)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 281
removed to Clarendon, Vt., in 1807. He is probably that Samuel
Bixby who served as a private from 30 April to 4 Aug., 1780, in a
company commanded by Capt. Abijah Burbank, Col. Jacob Davis'
regiment, for whom no residence appears on the rolls. Solomon
Bixby was in the same company.
Children: l
1- 1 Robert, born about 1788, at Barre; married Philanda Grover.
2- 2 Ruth, born 13 March, 1790; married Joseph Osgood.
3 Sally, died aged about eighteen years.
4- 4 Emerson, born 28 Aug., 1797, at Barre; married Laura Doane.
5 Dulcina, died before she reached her eighteenth year.
6- 6 Wesson, born 1807, at Barre; married Mary P. Hartwell.
13473
V. Rufus Bixby (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born n
July, 1768, at Barre, Mass.; died 19 June, 1857; married, probably
in 1795, Lois Woodard of Amherst, Mass., who died 5 March,
1855-
Children:
1- 1 Maria, born 27 April, 1796, at Barre, Mass.; married Chester Kellogg.
2- 2 Dorothy Whiting, born 11 May, 1806, at Amherst; married Stillman
Taylor.
Rufus Bixby was a cabinet maker, and lived most of his married
life in Amherst, Mass. He had the homestead in Barre, and settled
his father's estate after his mother's death. He probably removed
to Orange in 1794, as on the 13 Feb., 1794, as of Barre he bought
land in Orange. He sold land in Orange that year and also 25
March, 1795, an d on neither occasion does a wife appear in the
deed, indicating that he did not marry until after the last men-
tioned date. In 1799 he was in Partridgefield, Mass., 2 but in 1802
his name appears on a list of the legal voters of Amherst.
13475
V. Salmon Bixby 3 (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born
9 May, 1775, at Barre, Mass.; 4 died 4 Dec, 1864, at Vergennes,
1 Family records collected by Mrs. M. F. Burbank (13476.7-3).
1 U. S. Direct Tax. He owned and occupied a farm of 180 acres.
• Mrs. H. S. R. Lewis (13475.4-3) names him as Salmon P. Bixby, but says the P. was an initial
only. « Information received from Ira D. Bixby (13475.5).
21
282 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Vt.; married (intention recorded 13 Aug., 1798, at Peru, Mass.)
Betsey Richards (1113M-1), born 28 March, 1781,- at Hins-
dale, Mass., died 21 April, 1885, at Vergennes, daughter of Col.
William and Bethia (Bixby) Richards.
Salmon Bixby was a cabinet maker. He removed from Hins-
dale, Mass., to Vergennes, Vt., about 1832. The old residence in
Hinsdale was standing, in good repair, in 1909, a story and a half
house. The work shop was also standing.
Children, except the eldest, born at Hinsdale:
1- 1 William Richards, born 29 1 (30) 2 March, 1799, at Amherst, Mass.,
baptized 2 July, 1809; 3 married Lucy E. Gove.
2- 2 Achsa Richards, born 5 Dec, 1803, 1 baptized 2 July, 1809; 3 married
Stephen Holland.
3 Lorenzo, born 12 May, 1813, 4 baptized 4 July, 1813; died 15 Nov., 1889,
at Kalamazoo, Mich.; married 12 Oct., 1852, at Brandon, Vt., Ellen
Elizabeth Briggs of Brandon, born 10 April, 1831, at Salisbury, Vt.,
died 25 April, 1906, at Kalamazoo, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer Newell
and Abigail (Miles) Briggs. No issue. Lorenzo Bixby was for many
years cashier of the Brandon National Bank of Brandon; removed to
Kalamazoo about 1865.
4- 4 Elizabeth Richards, born 10 Aug., 1815, baptized 5 Nov., 1815; 3 married
John Edward Roberts.
5- 5 Ira Dwight, born 8 Feb., 1821, 2 baptized 3 June, 1821; 3 married Mary
A. Flagg.
13476
V. Jonathan Bixby (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 1 1 July , 1 779, at Barre, Mass. ; died 30 Aug. , 1 856, at Williams-
town, Mass., the result of being thrown from his horse; married
1 Oct., 1805, at Barre, Abigail Nurse, 5 born 15 Feb., 1785, 6
died 16 Sept., 1825, at Wallingford, Vt., having been insane for
seven years. She was daughter of Timothy and Abigail Nurse. 7
He married, second, 16 Feb., 1828, at Rutland, Vt., 8 Submit
Kingsley, born there 22 July, 1790, 6 died 25 July, 1870, at North
Adams, Mass., 6 daughter of Phineas and Abigail (Wood) Kingsley
1 Hinsdale Vital Records. 'Information received from Ira D. Bixby (13475.5).
* Baptismal records at Hinsdale, printed in N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., 57: p. 291.
'Hinsdale Vital Records give his birth as 12 May, 1822.
« Barre Vital Records. 6 Records of Mrs. Mary F. Burbank (13476.7-3).
7 Timothy Nurse was the son of Timothy Nurse of Barre, whose will was allowed 6 Aug., 1781.
The real estate of the younger Timothy was administered upon by David Wadsworth, who was
appointed administrator 2 April, 1822. His real estate was divided 27 March, 1823, about 14
acres being set off in four parcels to William M. Bixby, Lucia A. Hewitt, Clark S. Bixby and Roxanna
Bixby, children and heirs of his deceased daughter Abigail Bixby. (Worcester Probate.)
» Rutland records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 283
of Rutland. Submit Kingsley was descended from John Kingsley
who came from Hampshire, England, to Dorchester, Mass., in
1635, and was one of the "seven pillars" of the church. Her father
served in the war of the Revolution under Ensign Isaac Cushman
and Capt. Samuel Williams. He lived at Rutland and was often
employed in scouting, going north from Bennington to watch the
movements of the British, Indians, and Tories; and also took his
turn in garrisoning the rude fortifications at Rutland. After her
husband's death in 1856, Mrs. Bixby lived with her son Warren
and removed with him to North Adams, where she died.
Jonathan Bixby was bound out 25 Sept., 1793 to Samuel Bul-
lard of Barre to learn the "art and mystery of good Husdandry." 1
He lived at Shrewsbury, Vt., and later at Wallingford. He was
a tailor but later a farmer. 2 In March, 1836, the family moved
to Williamstown 3 to secure educational advantages for the child-
ren at Williams College.
Children, born at Wallingford:
1 William Mason, born 10 Dec, 1809; died, unmarried, 8 Feb., 1831, at
Wallingford. He was a minister. 4
2- 2 Clark Smith, born 12 Nov., 1812; 5 married Elizabeth Clark.
3- 3 Lucia Angeline, born 23 Jan. (or June), 2 1816; married Cyrus Hewitt.
4- 4 Roxanna, born 2 Nov., 1818; married Rev. Nathaniel E. Pierson.
By second marriage:
5- 5 Theron Kingsley, born 12 April, 1829, at Rutland 6 ; married Sabrina
Duncan.
6- 6 Margaret Dewing, born 5 Jan., 1831; married Rev. Joseph D. Strong.
7- 7 Warren Hibbard, born 24 Aug., 1832; married Mary H. Gould.
13477
V. Patty (Polly?) Bixby (Sampson, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 28 June, 1782, at Barre, Mass.; died 25 Dec, 1821; married
3 Feb., 1805, Timothy Nurse, born 19 July, 1781, at Barre, 7
died 7 Jan., 1864, 8 son of Timothy and Experience Nourse. 7
1 Original paper in possession of Warren H. Bixby (13476.7).
'Records of Mrs. Mary F. Burbank (13476.7-3).
• Jonathan Bixby and wife Submit, of Wallingford. sell 76 acres land in Part rid gefield, Mass.
(Berkshire Deeds, 90: 433.) * Information of Ira D. Bixby (13475.5).
5 He is said to have been born at Washington, Vt. Neither Wallingford nor Washington records
mention the births of children of Jonathan, who, however, was a member of the Congregational
Church there. 6 Bible of Theron K. Bixby in possession of Margaret Bixby Demond (13476.52).
7 Barre Vital Records. ' Timothy Nourse and Ann Wallis married 9 Feb., 1826 (Barre Vital
Records), possibly a second marriage.
284 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
1 Adeline Nourse, born 4 Aug., 1808; married 9 Oct., 1835, 2 Caleb Nourse of
Barre.
Children, born at Barre:
1. Henry C. Nourse, born 9 Oct., 1837.
2. Anson Haskell Nourse, born 11 Dec, 1838.
2 Mary Ann Nourse, born 28 July, 1810; married 8 Jan., 1843, at Barre,
Aaron Nye Cushing. 3
Children:
1. Nelson Cushing, (perhaps the "son" born 29 Dec, 1846). 3
2. Martha Cushing.
3. John Cushing, born 28 Nov., 1847, at Barre.
4. Charles Cushing.
3 Newell Nourse, born 22 Nov., 1814; died 8 June, 1816.
4 Louise Nourse, born 28 Dec, 181 7; died 25 Feb., 1825.
5 George W. Nourse, born 16 Oct., 1820; died 22 April, 1847, by blowing up
of a powder mill, aet. 26 years.
13487
V. Joel Bixby (Solomon, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 15
Nov., 1768, at Barre, Mass.; died 13 May, 1820, in Worcester, Mass.;
married there 27 Nov., 1793, Sally Moore, 4 born there 7 Dec, 1772,
died 1 May, 1848, at Chazy, N. Y., daughter of John and Persis
Moore.
Joel Bixby possessed land in Worcester and Ward, now Auburn.
In 1807, he joined with his sisters, heirs of Solomon Bixby, in selling
200 acres of land in Stratton, Vt. 5 He left a small estate, adminis-
tration on which was declined by his widow Sally Bixby, 29 May,
1820. He was a member of the school committee, highway sur-
veyor, and collector of taxes in 18 10.
Children,* born in Worcester:
1- 1 Persis, born 1 Dec, 1794; married Andrew Slater.
2- 2 Asa, born 29 July, 1796; married Lydia Bullis.
3- 3 Rufus, born 3 April, 1798; married Lucy Smith; (2) Mary B. Stone.
4- 4 Joel, born 4 Feb., 1800; married Eunice E. Churchill.
5- 5 Sarah, born 12 Sept., 1802; married Nicholas H. Mooers. 6
6 Louisa, born 8 Dec, 1805; died 24 July, 1822. 6
7- 7 Solomon, born 5 March, 1808; married Martha R. Whittemore.
8- 8 Horace, born 29 July, 1810; married Rebecca Moore.
1 Not found on Barre records.
» Barre Vital Records. The record of the intention of marriage is found at Barre, 12 Sept.,
183s, when the bride was called of Clarendon, Vt.
•Barre Vital Records. 'Worcester Deeds, 202: 623.
• Worcester records. 8 Family record on file.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 285
13488
V. Kate Bixby (Solomon, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph), born 14
Oct., 1771, at Barre, Mass.; died 12 May, 1815; married 17 April,
1792, in Worcester, Mass., Nathaniel Stowell, born 19 April,
1770, in Worcester, son of Lt. Benjamin 1 and Abigail Stowell.
Nathaniel Stowell married, second, 26 Jan., 1816, Lucretia Wil-
lard.
Children, 2 born in Worcester:
1 Sophia Stowell, born 21 March, 1793; probably married 9 Sept., 1812, Lewis
Bigelow.
2 Leonard Worcester Stowell, born 28 May, 1796; died 10 July, 1846, in
Worcester; married Lavenia Goddard, who died 17 Aug., 1846, aged 48,
in Worcester, daughter of Luther Goddard.
3 Maria Stowell, born 20 April, 1800.
4 Elmira Stowell, born 27 Sept., 1801; probably married 13 April, 1824,
Zenas Studley.
5 Eliza Stowell, born 15 Sept., 1808; died 4 July, 1809.
6 Amelia Stowell, born 17 Aug., 1810, probably married 2 Oct., 1832, James
S. Woodworth.
I348J
V. Esther (Hadassah) Bixby (Solomon, Samuel, Benjamin,
Joseph), baptized 2 Aug., 1778, in Worcester, Mass., as Hadassah,
but in adult age known as Esther; married (intention at Leicester,
Mass., as Esther, 17 March, 1798) Jonas Rice, born 4 Nov., 1775,
in Worcester, 3 son of Jonathan 4 and Eunice (Whipple) Rice.
Children, 5 except the eldest, born in Worcester:
1 Sewell Rice, born 3 Nov., 1798, at Leicester; married Hannah D. Wash-
burn. 5 He removed to Springfield, Mass., in 1852.
Children:
1. Nancy A. Rice, born 23 Oct., 1828.
2. Amelia W. Rice, born 14 April, 1830; died 13 May, 1852.
3. Judith A. Rice, born 15 Feb., 1834.
2 Jonathan Rice, born 28 Feb., 1801 ; married 25 June, 1825, Miriam Rockwell, 5
who was born at Stafford, Conn.
Children:
1. William H. Rice, born in 1827.
2. Mary E. Rice, born in 1829.
3. George Rice, born in 1832.
1 Lieutenant under General Amherst, 1759.
'Worcester Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The name of the wife of Nathanel Stowell in
marriage and birth records appears as Catey or Katey.
> Worcester births, where the children are recorded as of Jonas and Esther Rice.
* Jonathan Rice was a prominent citizen of Worcester. He was deputy sheriff of the county,
and during the Revolutionary War was an active patriot.
s Letter of Seth Z. Rice, Detroit, Mich., who apparently obtained his information from the Rice
Genealogy (1858).
286 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 Eunice Whipple Rice, born 25 Dec, 1802; married 16 Sept., 1830, 1 C. Foster
Briscoe, of Spencer, Mass., where he was born. No issue.
4 Nancy Rice, born 20 Nov., 1804; died in 1825. 2
5 Sally Rice, born 15 Sept., 1808; married 8 April, 1829, in Worcester, Henry
Goulding, 1 who was born there.
Children:
1. Sarah Goulding, born in 1830.
2. William H. Goulding, born in 1833.
3. Sewall F. Goulding, born in 1836; died in 1848.
6 Esther Clark Ricf, born 4 Dec, 1810; died July, 1854, at Leicester; married
11 May, 1831, 2 in Worcester, Loring Young, who was born at Leicester.
Children:
1. Caroline Young, born in (1836?); died in 1850.
2. George Young, born in (1838?).
3. Sewall F. Young, born in (1840?).
4. Frederick R. Young, born in (1847?).
7 Catherine Rice, born 24 Sept., 1813; died in 1840, at Brookfield, Mass.;
married there James C. Rice 2 of Brookfield, born there 16 April, 181 5.
Child:
1. Eunice Rice, born in 1839; died 1841.
8 Emily Rice, born 24 April, 1818; married 25 Oct., 1843, in Worcester, Parley
Holman. 1
Children:
1. Catherine F. Holman, born about 1844.
2. Henry G. Holman, born about 1849.
3. Amelia C. Holman, born about 1853.
I35I2
V. Ruth Bixby (Daniel, George, Benjamin, Joseph), born 30
Sept., 1745, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 24 June, 1824, aged seventy
eight years and eight months; 3 married (intention published 23
June, 1776) Ephraim Towne, born 5 Jan., 1753, at Topsfield, 4
died 15 July, 1804, aged fifty two years, 3 son of Ephraim and Sarah
(Bragg) Towne of Topsfield.
They lived at Topsfield. They receipted in 1785 for the legacy
given them in the will of their grandfather, George Bixby. 5
Children:
1 Child, died in infancy.
2 Ephraim Towne, born 8 Aug., 1778; died 27 Oct., 1799, 6 aged twenty one
years.
3 Daniel Towne, born 27 April, 1781, at Topsfield; died 23 June, 1845; mar-
ried 21 April, 1806, Abigail Lake; (2) 22 March, 1828, 4 Nancy Wyatt.
Children,* by first marriage:
1. Daniel Towne, born 11 March, 1810, at Topsfield.
2. Ephraim Towne, born 3 April, 1814; died June, 1814.
3. Sewall Lake Towne, born 27 Sept., 1817, at Topsfield.
1 Worcester marriages.
•Letter of Seth Z. Rice, Detroit, Mich., who apparently obtained his information from the Rice
Genealogy (1858).
•Topsfield Vital Records. ■ Essex Probate, 360: 181.
« Towne Genealogy. • Church records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 287
4 Ruth Towne, born 17 July, 1783; married Nathaniel B. Wells.
I353I
V. Benjamin Bixby (Benjamin, George, Benjamin, Joseph), born
2 Jan., 1747-8, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 3 Feb., 1830; 1 married
9 Oct., 1770, at Topsfield, Peggy Peabody, 2 born there 13 April,
1748, died there 23 Jan., 1805, 3 daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Bradstreet) Peabody. 4 He married, second (intention 3 Nov.,
1805), Mrs. Olive (Gage) Brown, who died 20 Sept., 1840, at
Boxford, Mass., aged 85 years. 5
Children: 6
1 Sarah, born 19 Aug., 1771, at Topsfield; married (intention 24 March*)
14 April, 1 81 1, at Ipswich, 7 Abraham Howe. 8
2 Joseph, born 28 April, 1773; died 4 April, 1849, aged 76 years, 1 unmarried.
3 Benjamin, born 11 Oct., 1777; died 2 June, 1795, aged 17 years. 1
4- 4 Elizabeth, born 18 Aug., 1779; married Daniel Pingry.
5- 5 Daniel, born 19 Jan., 1781; married Sally Towne.
6- 6 Margaret, born 30 May, 1783; married Abel Howe.
7- 7 Asa, born 24 July, 1786, at Topsfield; 2 married Eleanor Howe.
Benjamin Bixby removed to Georgetown, Mass. He was
deacon in the Baptist church. He also lived at Salem, N. H.,
but at his death was a resident of Boxford. He deeded his farm
in Topsfield to his son Daniel, half in 1805, the remainder in 1820.
He was described as a cordwainer. In 1798, he and Daniel,
probably his son, were the only persons of the name appearing
as land-owners in Topsfield. 9
> Boxford Vital Records. ■ Topsfield Vital Records. ■ Ibid., as Margaret.
4 Joseph Peabody was born 14 June, 1704. His wife, Elizabeth Bradstreet, a great-granddaugh-
ter of Gov. Simon Bradstreet, was born 20 Nov., 1729.
* Private record quoted in Boxford Vital Records. Olivia Bixby, aged 85 years, living with
Solomon Perley at Boxford, Mass., is enumerated in the Census of Pensioners, 1840.
* All except Asa found on Salem, N. H., records. The birth of Benjamin and marriage of
George are incorrectly printed in the History of Salem.
' Ipswich Church records printed in Ipswich Vital Records, where the bride's name is printed Bisbey.
* Abraham Howe was a brother of the husband of Margaret Bixby (13531.6), and of the wife of
Asa Bixby (i353i-7). He was apparently living in Ipswich in 1816. Sarah Howe, widow, of Box-
ford, and Joseph Bixby of Topsfield, yeoman, conveyed to Clarissa Perly, wife of Solomon Perly, all
their right in the estate of their father, Benjamin Bixby, 19 April, 1842. (Essex Deeds, 331:
20.) One of the witnesses was Abraham P. Howe.
•U. S. Direct Tax. In 1775 or 1776 Benjamin Bixby was one of a committee at Salem,
N. H., to consult with out of town military companies, and in 1777 one of a committee to enlist
men. In 1780 he was Selectman, and 23 Nov., 1781, "Captain" Benjamin Bixby was sum-
moned to give evidence. Benjamin Bixby, private in Capt. Wm. Fletcher's Co., Col. Simond'i
Regt., marched to Pawlet on alarm of 13 Oct., 1780, and served six days. These references may
refer to Benjamin (13531) or to his father.
288 BIXBY GENEALOGY
13535
V. Dudley Bixby (Benjamin, George, Benjamin, Joseph), born
25 Feb., 1756, at Topsfield, Mass.; died 15 Nov., 1813, aged fifty
seven years; 1 married 17 Oct., 1780, Elizabeth Pingree (Pingry),
born 3 Feb., 1757, 2 at Methuen, Mass., baptized there, died 2
Jan., 1816, aged fifty eight years, 1 daughter of Moses and Anne
(Carlton) 3 Pingree of Methuen. 4
Children:
1 Anne (or Nancy), born 21 Aug., 1781, at Methuen; 2 married 12 March,
1 80 1, Nathaniel Merrill.
2 Elizabeth, born 3 Sept., 1783; 2 at Methuen; died 1 April, 1841, at Me-
thuen, unmarried.
3 Dudley, born 29 March, 1787; 2 died unmarried in early manhood.
4- 4 John Pingree, born 1 April, 1790, at Methuen; married Rebecca Carlton.
5- 5 Moses, born Dec, 1791, at Salem, N. H.; married Hannah Parker.
6 James, born 12 Dec, 1796, 2 at Methuen; died 2 April, 1826, 2 at
Methuen. He was a cordwainer.
Dudley Bixby at the time of his marriage lived at Windham,
N. H. He was a tanner and currier, also a husbandman. He lived
at Windham until 1781, when he settled in Methuen, Mass., where
he carried on his business as a tanner. In 1781, he and John Pin-
gree bought a farm in Methuen 5 of James Silver, paying £750 for
it. The next year he bought adjoining land of John Pingree.
He also bought land there, 1787, of Moses Pingree. 5 Dudley Bixby
had the following record of service in the Revolution: Dudley
Bigsbe of Topsfield, private, Capt. Joseph Gould's company,
Col. John Baker's regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19
April, 1775; service five days. Dudley Bigsby of Topsfield, private,
Capt. John Baker's company, Col. Doolittle's regiment, muster
roll dated 1 Aug., 1775; enlisted 17 May (also given 2 May), 1775;
service two months, nineteen days. Also on company return
(probably Oct., 1775) as aged twenty years. Dudley Bixby of
Topsfield, private, Capt. John Baker's company, Col. Moses Little's
regiment, received an order for a bounty coat, dated 11 Dec, 1775.
1 Gravestone at Methuen. * Methuen Vital Records.
* On a sunny knoll in the pasture of the old Pingree farm in Methuen is a lonely grave. A little
headstone, with letters almost illegible reads: "In memory of Ann ye wife of Moses Pingree who
died of ye small pox, Feb. ye 20, 1763, ae. 29 years." Tradition says the disease was brought to
them by a way-farer whom they befriended. She left three or four little children one of whom was
Elizabeth, the wife of Dudley Bixby. (Letter of C. H. T. Mann.)
'Church records. 'Essex Deeds, 140: 152; 143: 103.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 289
13538
V. George Bixby (Benjamin, George, Benjamin, Joseph), born
7 May, 1762, 1 at Topsfield, Mass.; died 6 Jan., 1828, at Warren,
N. H.; 1 married (26) 2 28 June, 1788, 1 at Salem, N. H., Sarah
Annis, born 12 July, 1769, 3 died 13 Sept., 1844, aged seventy five
years, 1 daughter of Jesse and Sarah Annis 4 of Londonderry, N. H. 1
Children: 5
1- 1 George, born 14 Oct., 1788, at Salem, N. H.; 2 married Sabina Merrill;
(2) Lucinda Eastman.
2- 2 Benjamin, born 6 April, 1790, at Salem; 2 married Mary B. Cleasby.
3- 3 Anna, born 8 Feb., 1792, at Salem; married Solomon Cotton.
4 Joseph, born 2 March, 1794, at Fairlee, Vt.; died 31 Dec, 1879, at Warren,
where he had held prominent positions in town and church for many
years.
5- 5 Samuel Bradstreet, 6 born 13 May, 1796, at Fairlee; married Nancy C.
Martin; (2) Elizabeth W. Jackson; (3) Eleanor K. True.
6 Sally (Sarah), born 28 May, 1798, at Fairlee; died 3 Nov., 1815, at
Warren.
7 Mary, born 29 June, 1800, 7 at Fairlee; died 3 Nov., 1815. 7
8- 8 Betsey, born 9 Dec, 1802, at Fairlee; married Nathaniel Merrill.
9 Dudley, born 6 Dec, 1804, at Warren; died there 24 Aug., 1808.
10 Asa, born 10 Feb., 1807, at Warren; 1 died there 13 Nov., 1808. 1
11 Hannah Bartlett, born 12 Feb., 1809, at Warren; died there 4 Nov., 1815. 1
12 Dudley, born 13 Oct., 181 1, 1 at Warren; died 13 Oct., 1815.
1 From a record in bible of George Bixby (13538), in which is found the births of children as
here given. It is now in possession of Benj. F. Bixby (13538.264).
s Salem, N. H., records.
8 This birth date appears in a family record begun by Benjamin BLxby in a book bought by him
in 1736-7, and in which is found a record of all of his immediate descendants, including the four
eldest children of George and Sarah.
4 Jesse Annis died 20 Oct., 1820, and his wife, Sarah, died 14 Oct., 1794- Their children, as
taken from a record of the last century, torn from a "little book, " by Mrs. Elsie A. M. Merrill
(13338.52) were as follows: "The age of Jesse Annis children: Joseph Annis, born May the 13.
1766. Sarah Annis, Born July the 12, 1769. Phebe Annis Born September the 18, 1771- David
Annis, Born May the 19, 1773. Jesse Annis, Born January the 21, 1775- Abigeel Annis, Born
January the 28,1777. Molle Annis, Born Janur 13, 1779. Baby Annis, Born October 6, 1780.
Bets Annis, Born July 1, 1782: thomas Annis Born May 17. 1784."
There was also a younger child, William Annis. The eldest was born in Methuen. Jesse Annis
was probably a descendant of Carmac alias Charles Annis, born in Enniskillen, Ireland, 1636,
who settled in Newbury, Mass., and married 15 May, 1666, Sarah Chase. The Annis family were
a hardy, long lived race. The family name is of great antiquity, and of Scottish origin, supposed
to be from the land of Innis; the Gaelic word Inah, an island, being presumably its root. Part of
the territory in Scotland where the family bearing the names Innis, Innes, Ennis and Annis
lived was an island formed by two branches of a stream.
5 The dates of birth except of the youngest child are from Warren, N. H., town records and from
bible of George Bixby (13538).
• In his father's bible no middle name appears.
' In her father's bible her birth is recorded as "Dolly," and her death as "Polly".
2 9 o BIXBY GENEALOGY
George Bixby, Peter Carlton, of Haverhill, Mass., and Timothy
Dustin of Salem purchased of Alexander Wilson, guardian of George
Wilson, 1 a tract of land in Salem, N. H., 24 April, 1788. Imme-
diately following his marriage, George Bixby settled at Salem.
The United States Census of 1790 found him there, his family
consisting of himself, two males under sixteen years and four
females. He engaged in teaming from Northern Vermont and
Canada to Boston, and his familiarity with the country through
which he passed led him to select a farm in the beautiful valley of
Fairlee, Vt., which he purchased, and to which he removed his
family in 1793. During the ten years' residence at Fairlee, Mr.
Bixby became prominent in town affairs. About 1803 the family
removed to Warren, N.H. In 1815 "spotted fever" became epi-
demic at Warren, and among the families who suffered was that
of George Bixby, who lost four children within ten days.
13539
V. Rachel Bixby (Benjamin, George, Benjamin, Joseph), born
18 Oct., 1764, at Topsfield, Mass.; married 4 April, 1786, at Salem,
N. H., William Huse Stevens; 2 married, second, Murray.
Children:
1 Asa Stevens, 2 born 6 Dec, 1786, at Salem, N. H.
By second marriage:
2 Murray, a son, a clergyman in the Universalist church.
13622
V. David Bixby (Amos, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), baptized
18 Feb., 1753, at Thompson, Conn.; married Sally or Katherine
Aldrich 3 of Pomfret, Conn. She is said to have been well edu-
cated for her time, and much beloved by those who had the good
fortune to be numbered among her friends. It is also said that the
complexion of her descendants is darker than the usual "light
or sandy complexion" supposed to be characteristic of this branch
of the family.
1 Deeds at Exeter, N. H.
1 Salem, N. H., records.
'Her name is said to be Maria Catherine Aldrich by Thompson A. Bixby (13622. 121).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 291
Children, probably all born at Guilford, Vt.:
1- 1 Stephen, 1 born 8 Oct., 1778; married Desire Gore; (2) Betsy Gore.
2- 2 David, born 16 April, 1785; married Eunice Carpenter.
3 Betsey, died 14 Sept., 1857, unmarried, aged sixty years.*
4- 4 Cynthia (Polly), married Noah Shepardson, Jr.
David Bixby removed to Guilford, Vt., about 1776.
In the United States Census of 1790, he is enumerated in Guil-
ford, and stated to have had in his family, himself, two males
under sixteen years, and two females. Possibly he lived also
at Newfane. His father "was a very severe and stern man and
one whom his family feared whether they loved or reverenced him
or not. I do not know how many children he had, but one son,
David, came to Guilford about the year 1776 or 1777. He was
our great grandfather. He had at the time one child (Stephen,
our grandfather), who was then about one year old. He had two
sons and two daughters, Stephen, David, Betsy, Cynthia. David
removed in early life to Pennsylvania. Cynthia married Noah
Shepardson. . . . Aunt Betsy, you doubtless remember on
account of her money digging hallucinations and other eccentric-
ities. She died a maiden lady. When our great grandfather came
to Guilford there were a numerous family in that town and in
Brattleboro (i. e. by name of Bixby). They lived in the south
part of Brattleboro and north part of Guilford. They were dis-
tant relatives of David. I think many of them were cousins to
David, and I think one or two uncles ... I remember many
of that branch. . . . They were all characteristic frontier
men, as rough as the roughest." 3
13623
V. Asa Bixby (Amos, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), baptized 13
April, 1755, at Thompson, Conn.; died prior to Oct., 1795; 4 married
Ruth , who did not long survive her husband. She was
a resident of Randolph, Vt., at the time of her death. Adminis-
tration on the estate of Ruth Bixby of that place was granted to
Theophilus S. Hanks of Randolph, 25 March, 1799. 5
1 Mrs. Cordelia P. Day (13622. 16-1) suggests that Stephen may have been born in Halifax, Vt.
•Guilford records. 'Letter of N. H. Bixby (13622.133) to a cousin, dated 1886.
4 Levi Thompson of Pownal, Vt., sells to Ruth Bixby, widow of Asa BLxby, late of Windsor, land
there, 12 Oct., 1795. (Berkshire Deeds, Adams Registry, 4: 238.) See also will of his father Amos
Bixby (1362).
6 Probate records of Randolph District. The following children are named, — Chester, Ruth,
Richard, Asa, Zeruah (Zerviah).
292 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, 1 born probably at Windsor, Mass.:
I- I Chester, born prior to Aug., 1790; married.
2 Ruth, born perhaps prior to 1790; married Reuben Hall, and lived in
Lisle, 2 Broome Co., N. Y., as late as 1845.
3- 3 Richard, born 15 Aug., 1788; 3 married Deliverance Reynolds.
4- 4 Asa, born 8 March, 1792; 4 married Sally (Taylor) Chaffee.
5 Zeruah (Zerviah).
Asa Bixby settled in Windsor, Mass., and was enumerated there
in the census of 1790, having a family consisting of himself, two
males under sixteen years of age, and two females. He must have
died soon after, as he was deceased in 1798, and his wife had probably
died that winter. The children were bound out, and it fell to the
lot of Richard to live with an uncle, from whom he ran away. Amos
Bixby (1362) by will dated Sept., 1798, left his real estate to son
David and heirs of son Asa, deceased. The estate was not settled
until 1 8 12, and there is nothing to show that Asa's children received
any portion of what was probably a small estate.
Windsor was formerly known as Gagetown. In 1783, when the
town was divided into school districts, Asa Bixby lived in the
North District, 5 that part of the town toward Chester and Savoy.
A part of Chester was formerly in Windsor.
An Asa Bixby of Reading, Vt., served from 1 Aug., 1777, until
1 Jan., 1778, in Capt. John Parker's company, Col. Robinson's
regiment.
13624
V. Elizabeth Bixby {Amos, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph) , baptized
15 April, 1759, at Thompson, Conn.; died 25 March, 1807, at
Tunbridge, Vt. ; 6 married 21 April, 1785, at Thompson, 7 David
Grow, born 30 Sept., 1761, at Oxford, Mass., died 10 Jan., 1851,
son of John and Mary (Farrington) Grow (or Groo). He mar-
ried, second, 1807, Martha Hatch, and had children. 6
1 The four eldest are named by G. S. Bixby (13623.316), Herbert Bixby (13623.464) and Perley
H. Bixby (13623. 31-7), as well as other members of the family. An unsigned genealogical return
from a descendant of Lucius E. Bixby (13623.31) adds Zeruah and Schuyler. No further trace
has been found of Schuyler. Most of the family assert that the children of Asa were born in Ver-
mont.
J Charles R. Bixby (13623.362) stated that the Halls settled in Triangle, Broome Co., N. Y.
s Information of G. S. Bixby (13623.316), who thought Richard was born in Greenwich, N. Y.
* Information of Herbert Bixby (13623.464). 6 Letter of town clerk of Windsor.
•John Grow of Ipswich: John Groo of Oxford, by Davis-1013. The compiler mistakenly gave
the parentage of Elizabeth (Bixby) Grow as Jonathan and Elizabeth Bixby, and the marriage
as 1778. 1 Thompson church records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 293
They removed to Tunbridge, about 1782. David Grow enlisted
at Thompson, Sept., 1779, in Durkee's regiment and served five
months. He re-enlisted in Capt. Hart's Co., Swift's Regt. (Ver-
mont troops), in June, 1780, and served eight months. He again
enlisted in June, 1781, and served eight months in a Vermont or-
ganization commanded by Capt. Moulton. He was pensioned in
1832, and was then of Randolph, Vt., a Methodist minister. 1
Children: 2
1 Ira Grow, born I Dec, 1789, at Tunbridge; died May, 1857, at Lowell,
Vt.; married, about 1820, Elizabeth Kidder, who died at Calmar, la.,
whither they had removed from Cabot, Vt., about 1862.
Children, born at Lowell, or Cabot:
1. Solon Grow, born 1825; died 1854, at Lowell, no issue.
2. Carlos Grow, born 6 April, i827;]died 21 Aug., 1892, at Verdon, S. D.;
married 26 Nov., 1856, Ann M. Livingston, who died 16 Jan., 1892,
at Verdon. Children.
3. Oscar Grow, born 10 June, 1828; died 4 April, 1896, at Mitchell, la.,
where his widow now lives; married Ann Russell; (2) 18 Nov., 1 881,
Nettie Rapp. Children by second marriage.
4. Jeannette Grow, born March, 1830, at Cabot; died 1869 at Mitchell; mar-
ried, i860, at Calmar, Thomas Pool. Three children died in infancy.
2 Elizabeth Grow, born 19 March, 1793; died Oct., 1857; married
Brown.
3 Abigail Grow, born Sept., 1797; died 1859.
13625
V. Darius Bixby (Amos, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 4
Sept., 1761, baptized 1 Nov., 1761, at Thompson, Conn.; 2 died
18 Sept., 1834, in Pennsylvania; married 6 Jan., 1788, Rachel
Smith, who died 31 May, 1845, in Pennsylvania.
Children:
1- 1 Neomi, born 18 Sept., 1788, at Killingly, Conn.; married Zyrah Bryan;
(2) Horace Birchard.
2- 2 Darius, born 25 Feb., 1792; married Lodema Mott.
3 Betsey, born 1794; died 1 Nov. 1846, aged 52 years; unmarried. 3
4- 4 Asa, born 1796 "in Vt."; married Almenia West.
5- 5 Richard, born 14 March, 1800; married Mary Birge.
6- 6 Amos, born 28 July, 1803 (perhaps at Wardsboro, Vt.); married Fanny
Birchard; (2) Lydia G. Sheffield.
7 Smith, born 1808; died 12 Feb., 1837, aged 29 yearr; 4 married, but had
no issue. Smith Bixby was a Baptist minister. He was pleading with
'Davis: John Grow of Ipswich: John Groo of Oxford, 1913.
1 Church records. 'Unsigned family record.
* Information of Miss Fannie E. Bixby (13625.5-3).
294 BIXBY GENEALOGY
young men of his vicinity to enter church relations, when he was taken sick,
and died within two weeks. His death was followed by a great revival
in religion. It is thought that the scene of his labors was Laceyville,
Pa. 1
Darius Bixby settled first in western Vermont but soon after
removed to Rush, 2 Susquehanna Co., Pa., when the country was
yet a wilderness. Unbroken forests stretched to Friendsville, eight
miles distant, in which the presence of bears and wolves made it
dangerous to go unarmed. 1
Asa D. Bixby wrote that his grandfather, Darius (13625), went
into the Revolutionary army when 14 years of age and that his
son Darius was born in the Green Mountains, "twenty miles
from Bennington." As other equally reliable information places
his residence in Windham Co., it would appear probable that he
lived in one of the following towns, Wardsboro, Newfane, Marl-
boro, or Halifax, with preference for Wardsboro, which place is
named by one descendant.
13631
V. Abigail Bixby (Abijah, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
25 Sept., 1752, at Thompson, Conn. ; died 12 Jan., 1844, aged "ninety
one years and nine months"; 3 married 29 Jan., 1784, Samuel
Blodgett of Stafford, Conn., born 1748, died 28 Aug., 1832, "aged
eighty four years." 3
She is named in distribution of estate of both her parents as
wife of Samuel Blodgett.
Children? born at Stafford:
1 Deborah Blodgett, born 21 Nov., 1785.
2 Abigail Blodgett, born 1 Feb., 1787.
3 Martha Blodgett, born 4 April, 1789; died 24 Jan., 1825. 3
4 Betsey Blodgett, died 18 June, 1826. 3
5 Samuel Blodgett, born 23 Jan., 1791; died 12 Oct., 1825 or 1828.
6 A Child (-N-), born 27 Oct., 1792. 4
7 Quarters 6 Blodgett, born 14 Jan., 1795.
8 Abijah Blodgett, born 29 April, 1797.
> Information of Miss Fanny E. Bixby (13623.5-3).
2 Formerly in Luzerne County. The date of removal to Rush is given as 1809.
•Stafford, Conn., town records.
4 The record is partially destroyed. The letter "n' ' can be made out.
6 So in record. Very likely the name is Curtius.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 295
13632
V. Anna Bixby (Abijah, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 20
Aug., 1756, probably at Thompson, Conn.; married 30 Nov., 1780,
at Stafford, Conn., Nathan Wood, who died 28 Aug., 1806, leaving
a will naming wife, four sons, Lyman Wood, Nathan Marble Wood,
John Wood, Abijah Corbin Wood, and daughters Betsey Chapman,
Anna Wood, Candan (or Canda) Wood, the youngest a minor.
Anna Bixby 1 is named in distribution of her parents' estates
as wife of Nathan Wood.
Children:
1 Daughter, born 12 April, 1781.
2 Lyman Wood, born 14 April, 1784.
3 Anna Wood, born 12 March.
4 Candan ("Canda") Wood, married (probably 30 April, 1818, at Stafford,
Pardon Davis).
5 Celenda Wood, born 7 March, 17 — ; died 3 May, 1793.
6 Nathan Marble Wood, born 17 Dec, 17 — .
7 Abijah Wood, born 30 Nov., 17 — ; died 7 May, 1797.
8 John Wood, born 2 April, 17 — .
9 Abijah Corbin Wood, born 25 Nov., 1794.
10 2 Betsey Wood, married Chapman.
13635
V. Esther Bixby (Abijah, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
probably at Thompson, Conn., baptized there 23 Jan., 1763;
married 18 Aug., 1785, James Moore of Union, Conn., baptized
18 Sept., 1768, son of Thomas and Mehitable (Bliss) Moore. The
family removed from Union to Vernon, N. Y.
Children:*
1 Orinda Moore, born 1 May, 1790.
2 Horace Moore.
3 Lucinda Moore.
4 Esther Moore.
5 Jarvis Moore.
6 Patty Moore.
7 James Moore.
1 The facts concerning this family were obtained from town and probate records at Stafford,
Conn.
1 Perhaps the daughter born 12 April, 1781.
•Lawson: History of Union, Conn.
296 BIXBY GENEALOGY
13638
V. Roger (Rogers) * Bixby (Abijah, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 5 Nov., 1772, at Stafford, Conn.; died probably prior to 1838;
married Lucy Fitzgerald. 2
Children:
1 Oscar, born prior to 1807, as 2 April, 1827, Roger and Oscar Bixby,
the latter called of Barre, receive, jointly, a deed to land in Barre.
As further trace of Oscar is lost, it is probable that he died without issue
in the lifetime of Roger Bixby, who is presumed to have been his father.
2- 2 Parnel, born 2 March, 1807, at Barnet, Vt.; married Lorenzo Boutwell. 3
3- 3 Casper Alexander (Boardman?), born 22 June, 1810, at Washington,
Vt.; 4 married Mary M. Newton.
4 ALViN, 6 orAlvan,born40ct., 1816, at Barre, Vt.; 8 died 11 Feb., 1884, "aged
67 years. 4 months and 7 days," at Lebanon, N. H.; married 1 Feb., 1853,
at Lebanon, Susan A. Cook, born 23 April, 1818, at Lebanon, died there
27 Nov., 1900, daughter of Giles and Parthenia (Allen) Cook. At the
time of his marriage, Alvin Bixby lived at Hartford, Vt., but after that
he lived at Lebanon. He was a moulder, and a member of the Masonic
and Odd Fellow Lodges at Lebanon. His widow, by her will, provided
for the establishment of a cottage hospital at Lebanon. She left a sis-
ter, Mary A. Rose, and a nephew, Ziba Alden Cook, of Victoria, 111.
The city clerk of Barre was unable to find more about this
family, than given in his letter of 21 Nov., 1908, quoted herewith.
"The first conveyance of property to Roger Bixby 7 was made
30 March, 1798, and he was set up in the deed then as being resi-
dent of Barre. Another conveyance was made to him 17 May,
1798, another on 3 April, 1798, another on 29 March, 1802, another
on 9 April, 1805, another on 23 April, 1807, another on 11 Jan.,
181 1. Another conveyance was made to Roger and Oscar Bixby
jointly 2 April, 1827, Oscar Bixby being set up in the deed as being
a resident of Barre. Two pieces of land were conveyed to Casper
Bixby on 5 May, 1832. Alvin Bixby received two pieces of prop-
erty, one on 18 March, 1838, and the other on 8 Oct., 1844, and in
disposing of this property, which they did 7 Oct., 1858, their resi-
dence was given as Ogdensburg, N. Y., to which place they had
1 His baptismal record is Rogers, but every other record we have of him is Roger, and it is
probable that he used the name Roger.
a Information of Mrs. E. E. Dean, Lebanon, N. H.
• Moretown, Vt., records. 4 Information of Mrs. Clementine L. Bixby (13638.32).
» His name appears as Alvin on the land records of Barre, and Alvan on the death records of
Lebanon, N. H.
« Records of Lebanon, N. H. Giles Cook was born in Mansfield, Conn., and Parthenia Allen
in Lebanon, N. H.
» A "Bbcbee Rogers" is said to be one of the petitioners, 13 Sept., 1796, from Luzerne Co., Pa.
See Susquehanna papers (No. 185) in Conn. State Library.
JOHN BIXBY, (138L3) REBECCA (WELLMAN) BIXBY
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 297
apparently moved. I have found by a perusal of the Town Records
that Roger Bixby was admitted to the citizenship in the State of
Vermont, and took oath at Barre, 3 Sept., 1800. Roger Bixby 's
property was conveyed to Casper and Alvin Bixby. Casper
conveyed his interest to Alvin and Alvin finally disposed of his
as stated above 7 Oct., 1858. Referring to the records of births,
deaths and marriages, I do not find any reference whatever to those
earlier settlers." From the death record of Alvin Bixby, we learn
that Roger Bixby was a blacksmith, and Lucy Fitzgerald, his
wife, was "born in France."
1363K
V. Alice Bixby (Abijah, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
probably at Thompson, Conn.; married Joseph Moore of Union,
Conn., born 5 March, 1763, son of William and Sarah (Rosebrooks)
Moore. 1
Children: l
1 Laura Moore, born 16 June, 1789.
2 Orrin Moore, born 22 March, 1791.
3 Sydney Moore, born 22 March, 1793; married Sophia Cone.
4 Marlin Moore, born 18 Aug., 1795; married Catherine Tyler.
5 Marcia Moore, born 1797.
6 Walter Moore, born 1799.
7 Lothrop Moore, born 31 Aug., 1805; drowned at Mashapaug, Conn., 14
Aug., 1840.
8 Dexter Moore, born 11 Sept., 1809; married Laura Griggs.
I365I
V. Jemima Bixby (Nathan, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
2 May, 1756; died 18 Sept., 1821; 2 married 14 March, 1776, at
Thompson, Conn., Robert Prince, 3 born there 20 Jan., 1754, died
3 Jan., 1829, 2 son of Robert and Mary Prince 4 of Salem Village
(Danvers), Mass.
1 Lawson: History of Union, Conn.
J Prince: Prince Genealogy; where may be found further genealogical records of the descendants
of Jemima Bixby. s Information of Miss Ellen D. Larned, Thompson, Conn.
* Robert Prince in 1747 bought land east of the French River and west of North Grosvenordale.
He brought with him from Salem a large family, many members of which became prominent in
town affairs, and is still represented by descendants of Robert Prince, Jr. Robert Prince was
twice married; (1) Phebe Symonds; (2) Mary . He was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Robinson) Prince of Salem Village. The connection of the Killingly family with Danvers is proven
by will of Solomon Prince, in 1767. who was a brother of Robert Prince, Sr. (Pomfret records.)
22
298 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
1 Nathan Prince, born 25 Jan., 1777; died 19 April, 1859, 2 aged eighty two
years; married Jerusha Jacobs, who died 16 Dec, 1819, aged thirty seven
years, buried in Jacobs' burying ground. He married (2) 5 Aug., 1820,
Mary Carroll, born 28 April, 1790, died 7 June, 1868, aged seventy eight
years, one month, ten days. 2
Children:
1. SALLy Prince, born 5 Feb., 1804; died 1 Jan., 1887; married 12 Dec,
1825, at Thompson, Theodore Elliott, who died 6 Aug., 1850, 2 aged
forty six years. Children: Mary Elliott. Oscaforia J. Elliott.
2. Julia Prince, born 10 March, 1810; died 22 Aug., 1842; married 1 Jan.,
1835, Hamilton Ballard, of North Providence, R. I., who died 3 Feb.,
1895, aged eighty eight years. Children: Julia Prince Ballard.
Leonidas Ballard.
3. Mercy Prince, born 12 Sept., 1816; died 25 May, 1872; married 21 May,
1837, at Thompson, Jesse Franklin Converse, born 20 April, 1815,
at Pomfret, Conn. Children: George Franklin Converse. Joseph T.
Converse. George Converse. Joel T. Converse. Mary E. Converse.
By second marriage:
4. Jane Prince, born 4 Sept., 1821 ; died 7 Oct., 1878. 2
5. Albert Prince, born 19 Sept., 1822, at Thompson; married there 12 May,
1844, Ophelia Elliott, born there 18 Oct., 1825, daughter of Dyer N.
and Eliza (Green) Elliott. Children: Mary Ophelia Prince. Francis
Albert Prince. Jerusha Jacobs Prince. Louis Elliott Prince.
2 Infant, born and died 22 Jan., 1778.
3 John Prince, born 29 April, 1779; drowned 12 June, 1782.
4 John Prince, born 19 Sept., 1782; probably died young.
5 Polly Prince, born 22 Oct., 1784, at Thompson; died 31 Aug., 1846; married
3 Nov., 1806, John Jacobs, born 22 Sept., 1787, at Thompson, died there 29
May, 1865, aged seventy eight years, eight months and seven days, son of
Esquire John and Dinah (Tourtelotte) Jacobs.
Children:
1. Jerusha Jacobs.
2. Abigail Jacobs.
3. Delia Jacobs.
4. David Jacobs.
5. Lorain Jacobs.
6. Hannah Jacobs.
7. Mary Jacobs.
6 Asa Prince, born 21 Aug., 1786; died 21 Feb., 1861; married 24 Nov., 1812,
Polly Perrin, born 19 July, 1786, died 24 Jan., 1872, daughter of "Lieuten-
ant" Daniel and Mary (Dresser) Perrin.
Children:
1. Mary Prince.
2. David Prince.
3. Daniel Prince.
4. John W. Prince.
5. William Prince.
6. Louisa Prince.
7. Elmira Prince.
8. Sally Maria Prince.
9. George Francis Prince.
1 Prince: Prince Genealogy; where may be found further genealogical records of the descendants
of Jemima Bixby. i Buried in West Thompson cemetery.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 299
7 Lyman Prince, born 7 Sept., 1790; died 8 Dec, 1877, aged 87 years, 4 months
and 1 day. 1
8 Joshua Prince, born 30 Dec, 1792; probably died young.
9 Robert Prince, born 5 Oct., 1795; died 16 Oct., 1866; married at Thompson,
Hannah Phipps, born 28 Dec, 1796, died 20 Oct., 1853, daughter of Jason
Phipps.
Children:
1. James Monroe Prince.
2. Hannah Plimpton Prince.
3. Mary Healy Prince.
4. John Adams Prince.
5. Annie Maria Prince.
10 Jemima Prince, born 2 April, 1797; died 25 Sept., 1856; married 27 March,
1820, Thomas Benson, Jr., of Thompson, who died there 1 Nov., 1869.
Children:
1. Robert Prince Benson.
2. Sarah Key Benson.
3. Alphonso Benson.
4. Mary Ann Benson.
5. Jane Davis Benson.
6. Cornelia Benson.
7. Thomas Benson.
8. Albert Benson.
13653
V. Jesse Bixby {Nathan, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 27
Dec, 1758, at Thompson, Conn. ; died 27 July, 1826; married 7 Dec,
1780, at Thompson, Sybil Johnson, 2 born 19 Aug., 1757, at Kill-
ingly or Thompson, Conn., died 6 Feb., 1845, daughter of Diah and
Martha (Converse) 3 Johnson.
Children, 2 born at Thompson:
1- 1 Noadiah, 4 born 6 March, 1782; married Sally Robinson.
2- 2 George, born 13 April, 1786; married Zilpha K. Manchester.
3- 3 Nathan, born 30 Sept., 1789; married Polly (Mary) Bates.
4- 4 Augustus, born 23 July, 1794; married Betsy Elliot.
Jesse Bixby was a member of the nth Regt. Conn, militia,
commanded by Col. Ebenezer Williams of Pomfret, called into
the service to help protect New York City in Sept., 1776. The
service was not more than two months. His name appears on the
roll of the company commanded by Capt. John Green. 5 Jacob
Bixby was a member of the same company. Jesse Bixby is enu-
1 Buried in West Thompson cemetery.
1 Baptisms are found on Thompson church records.
8 Converse and Allied Families, p. 39.
4 He seems to have been known sometimes as "Dyer," an erroneous spelling of "Diah.'*
6 Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 462.
3 oo BIXBY GENEALOGY
merated in the census of 1790 as of Thompson. He then had wife
and three male children. His son, George Bixby, had administra-
tion on his estate 1 May, 1827. 1
13655
V. Aaron Bixby {Nathan, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 23
Dec.,1761, 2 at Thompson, Conn.; died there 24 Dec, 1841; 3 mar-
ried there 30 Nov., 1784, 3 Mary Prince, born Sept., 1763, 4
(baptized 1 April, 1763), 5 died 22 Feb., 1843, 3 daughter of Joseph
Prince. 4
Children, born at Thompson:
I Nancy, born 5 March, 1785, baptized 17 Jan., 1790; 5 died 1865; married
Andrew Willard.
2- 2 Sally, born 20 Oct., 1786 (1788), 5 baptized 17 Jan., 1790; 5 married
Willard Whittemore.
3- 3 Joseph Prince, born 30 April, 1791, baptized 12 June, 6 1791; married
Lucy Perry; (2) Mary Mason.
4 Aaron, born 20 Sept., 1800; died 1845; married, 1833, Rebecca Ashley.
No issue. Removed early to Ohio, thence to Fort Wayne, Ind.
5 Mary, born 5 Nov., 1804; died 24 Oct., 1862, at Thompson, unmarried. 4
She is said to have been a "very pious woman," and by her will left
bequests to the American Bible Society and for foreign missions.
Aaron Bixby was chosen deacon of the Congregational church
at Thompson in 1805 and served as deacon for twenty five years. 4
His daughter Mary was much interested in religious work and
encouraged and assisted her nephew Joseph R. Bixby in his prepa-
ration for the ministry. She was self supporting, obtaining employ-
ment in the cotton mill, where she became a very skillful weaver,
her height and strength giving her unusual ability. 4
Aaron Bixby was pensioned under the Act of 1832. In his
•declaration dated 18 July, 1832, he calls himself of Thompson,
and aged 70 years. He enlisted in the militia and was called out
in 1778 in Capt. Cutt's company from Killingly and served two
months at West Haven, Conn., and in Rhode Island as part of
Sullivan's expedition. He enlisted for six months in 1779, and
served during "the hard winter of 1779-80," in a company com-
manded by Capt. Allen of Ashford, of which the lieutenant was
1 Pomfret probate.
1 Pension declaration quoting bible record of family.
* Records U. S. Pension Bureau.
* Letters of Miss Ellen D. Larned. Thompson, Conn.
* Thompson church records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 301
named Knowlton. He was furloughed for ten days and on his
return joined his company at East Haven, "the snow was amazing
deep and travelling bad which kept me a few days over my fur-
lough." He thought he was discharged in Feb., 1780. Prior to
the above terms of service he had served as a substitute for his
brother Jesse two months "in a militia tour to Providence" in
1777, in a company commanded by Capt. Williams of Pomfret,
and was stationed at the work-house there. He was dismissed
at the end of his term of service. His birth date, 23 Dec, 1761,
he copied from a bible record. 1
In support of the declaration of Aaron Bixby, John Mills testi-
fied that he lived with his father in 1780 in the same house as Aaron
Bixby and remembers his being home on a furlough in the winter.
Deacon Moses Bixby of Webster, aged 68 years, deposed that he
was born in Thompson near the place where Aaron was born and
had always known him.
Other papers are on file, submitted probably at the time the
widow died, while her claim for a pension was being considered.
From these were obtained the dates of death of both Aaron and
his wife, and the record of their marriage and births of their chil-
dren. On the 2 Sept., 1843, Sally Whittemore, aged 54, Joseph P.
Bixby, aged 52, and Mary Bixby, aged 39 years, all of Thompson,
appeared before the Probate Court and testified that they with
Aaron Bixby, who when last heard from was of Eel River, Ind.,
and Nancy Willard, living in Pennsylvania are children of Aaron
and Mary Bixby, both deceased, and that the widow had not
remarried.
Sally B. Whittemore deposed that at the death of her husband,
there being two widows living near her by the name of Sally Whit-
temore, she had taken the initial B.
Zebediah Burt of Killingly deposed that he was a soldier with
Aaron Bixby in William's company at Providence, of which company
his father was lieutenant in 1777. Other evidence on file shows
that Payne Converse of Killingly was appointed captain vice Ellis
Robinson in the militia regiment formed by a preemptory order
of the council to complete the Connecticut quota in the Continental
army, which regiment was to consist of 600 men to serve until 15
1 Aaron Bixby's declaration in application for pension. He is enumerated in the Census of
Pensioners, 1840, as of Thompson.
302 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Jan. following the date of the order, 16 July, 1779, and as Converse
could not serve, Daniel Allen of Ashford was commissioned captain
in his stead.
13657
V. Joshua Bixby {Nathan, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
6 April, 1767 1 (1768) 2 , at Thompson, Conn.; 3 died 3 March, i860; 2
married Sally Tourtellote, born 19 Sept., 1775, 2 died 23 Aug.,
1 856, 2 daughter of Israel and (Jacobs) Tourtellote.
The Tourtellotes were of Huguenot descent, Israel Tourtellote
being the son of Abraham, who removed from Rhode Island to
Connecticut about 1770. 4
Children? born probably at Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y.:
1- 1 Mary, born 13 Oct., 1795; married Isaac Thornton.
2- 2 David, born 28 Aug., 1797; married.
3 Lavina, born 12 Feb., 1800; died 13 May, 1881, 2 at South Corinth, N. Y.,
unmarried.
4 Electa, born 14 Sept., 1802; died 13 Nov., 1887, 2 at South Corinth,
unmarried. Administration on her estate was granted 6 June, 1888.
5- 5 Barney, born 22 Aug., 1804, at Greenfield; married Sylvinia Smith.
6 Hiram, born 23 April, 1807; died 6 Jan., 1896; 2 married 22 Oct., 1835,
Dorothy Klock, who died aged more than ninety years, 6 daughter of
Joseph I. and Mary (Rouse) Klock. They lived at St. Johnsville, N. Y.,
where Hiram settled in 1830. He was a mason and stave maker, in
politics a Democrat. They had no children of their own, but brought
up two of his brother Nathan's children, Sally A. and Alphonso, both
deceased.
7- 7 Nathan, born 30 June, 1808, at Greenfield; married Mary Klock.
8- 8 Julia Ann, born 27 March, 181 1; married Jesse Klock.
9 George B., born 19 Dec, 1812; died 12 Aug., 1887, 6 unmarried. He was
a farmer and lived on the old homestead at Greenfield, N. Y., and was
a large dealer in lands and mortgages, judging from the frequent occur-
rence of transactions on the land records of the county. He made his
will 16 July, 1887, naming his nephew John H. Bixby as executor. The
homestead was bequeathed to Fanny Brennan, alias Angell, and the
Anson Minor farm to Eliza Wetherwas, alias Boyce. Other bequests
of personal and real estate property were made to nephews, John Bixby
of Savannah, N. Y., Joshua Bixby, and Jerome Bixby. The Big Tree
house at Corinth was given to Harry Brennan, son of James and Fanny
1 Thompson church records.
* Family record in bible of Joshua Bixby, in possession of Hiram B. Cady (13657J-1) in 1899.
See also History of Montgomery Co., N. Y., by Frothingham.
* Information of John H. Bixby (13657-77)-
1 Statement of Miss Ellen D. Lamed, Thompson, Conn.
5 Information of John F. Klock, a nephew, who lived with Hiram Bixby for over fourteen years,
also of James Brennan of Greenfield who was brought up by George B. Bixby and lived with him
for thirty years.
* Probate records at Balston, N. Y.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 303
Brennan. His heirs at law were: Hiram Bixby, Julia A. Klock, Eliza
Cady, Electa Bixby, John H. Bixby, Jerome Bixby, Augustus Bixby,
John Thornton, Andrew J.Thornton, Ann E. Cady, Sarah J. Herman-
brett, and DeWitt C. Bixby, deceased. Electa died before the proof
of the will. 1
j-10 Ann Eliza, born 13 Feb., 1816, at Greenfield; married Benjamin Cady.
Joshua Bixby removed to Greenfield, N. Y., about 1 784-1 785.
In 1829 he purchased additional land there of the Beekmans, which
many years later he sold to his son, George B. Bixby. 2 Adminis-
tration on her father's estate was granted to Lavinia Bixby, 28
April, 1862, the executor named in the will, Barney Bixby, having
deceased. Joshua Bixby made his will, 12 Nov., 1856, 3 naming
children, David, Barney, Mary, wife of Isaac Thornton, Lavinia,
and grandson, George, son of David. In the final settlement of
the estate the following additional heirs are named: Hiram, Nathan
and Electa Bixby, Julia Ann Klock, and Eliza, wife of Benjamin
Cady.
13661
V. Anna Bixby (Solomon, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born 14
Nov., 1754, at Killingly, Conn.; f married 17 Oct., 1774, at Stur-
bridge, Mass., Isaac Clark, 4 born 4 Nov., 1748, son of Hinsdale
and Anna Clark. 5
Children: 5
1 Solomon Clark, born 16 Oct., 1775.
2 Chloe Clark, born 14 Sept., 1777.
3 Abigail Clark, born 5 July, 1779.
4 Sarah Clark, born 22 Oct., 1781.
5 Isaac Clark, born 17 Sept., 1783.
6 Anne Clark, born 8 Aug., 1785.
7 Matilda Clark, born 22 Aug., 1787.
8 Myra Clark, born 25 Oct., 1789.
9 Nathan Bixby Clark, born 25 April, 1793.
13662
V. Ichabod Bixby (Solomon, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), born
9 Jan., 1757, at Killingly, Conn. ; died 12 Jan., 1824, at Chelsea, Vt. ; 8
Probate records at Balston, N. Y. « Deeds recorded at Balston, N. Y., 76:48.
* Aged eighty years, seven months, and six days, according to the abstract of the will but per-
haps intended for eighty eight years. • Sturbridge records.
1 Information of Levi B. Chase, Sturbridge, Mass.
• Information of Mrs. Lucina Carleton (13662. 2-K).
304 BIXBY GENEALOGY
married 8 March, 1781, 1 at Stafford, Conn., Lydia Orcutt, born
15 April, 1756, died 14 June, 1820, 2 at Chelsea, daughter of Daniel
and Lydia (Cushman) 3 Orcutt. Lydia Orcutt was of East Parish,
Stafford, and Ichabod Bixby of the West Parish. 4
Children, born at Chelsea, except where noted:
1 Newell, born 3 May, 1781, 1 probably in Conn.; died 20 June, 1806,
unmarried.
2- 2 Ebenezer, born 16 June, 1782, near Stafford; married Hannah T. Flint.
3- 3 Ichabod, born 17 (19) 2 March, 1784, at Stafford; married Susannah
Lewis.
4 Nabby, born 23 Dec, 1785; died 29 March, 1803, unmarried.
5- 5 Solomon, born 26 Oct., 1787; married Persis May.
6- 6 Lydia, born 14 Sept., 1789; married Roger Hibbard.
7- 7 Sally, born 1 Sept., 1792; married Joel Densmore.
8- 8 Polly, born 27 May, 1794; married Charles Hunter.
9- 9 Nathan, born 6 March, 1796; married Lydia Lothrop.
j-10 Daniel, born 31 March, 1799; married Thirza W. Spiller.
Ichabod Bixby removed to Chelsea, Vt. (then called Turners-
burg), about 1787. He was made freeman of Stafford, Conn.,
in 1782. 5 "My grandfather Ichabod Bixby went to the battle
of Plattsburg during the war of 18 12, but did not get into the fight.
One of the best shots I ever made was with the flint lock musket
he then carried, 6 now owned by Hira L. Bixby (13662.3-J)." 7
13664
V. Abigail Bixby (Solomon, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), bap-
tized 1 Nov., 1761, at Thompson, Conn.; died 2 July, 1847; married
22 Feb., 1788, at Stafford, Conn., William Patten, 8 of Stafford,
who died 12 Sept., 1851. Abigail Patten was living in Connecticut
in 1832. 9
Child:
I Sarah Patten, born 1788; died 26 Feb., 1792, aged two years and nine months.
•Information of Mrs. Lucina Carleton (13662. 2-K).
1 Manual of the Congregational Church at Chelsea, to which Ichabod and Lydia Bixby were
admitted between 1789-1797.
1 Information of Mrs. Lillie F. Van de Mark (13662.20-6).
4 Information of Dr. H. B. Hemenway (13662. 38-1).
• Town records.
•Letter of Henry B. Hemenway (13662. 38-1), 1898.
'See under his son Ichabod (13662.3).
• Stafford town and church records.
• Surrogate's records, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 305
13665
V. Solomon Bixby (Solomon, Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph), bap-
tized 9 May, 1764, 1 at Thompson; died 19 Aug., 1787, at Stafford; 2
married 13 July, 1786, at Sturbridge, Mass., Lucy Clarke,
born 11 Jan., 1767, died 1859, 3 daughter of Moses and Lucy Clarke.
On the 24 July, 1848, Lucy Bixby, of Brookfield, Mass., widow
of Solomon, applied for an increase of pension, making declaration
that she was then aged eighty years, and was in receipt of a pension
of eighty dollars. In her former application, of 10 Nov., 1843,
she stated her age as seventy five years, and that her husband had
died 19 Aug., 1797, and in a still earlier declaration made 20 Oct.,
1838, she stated her age as seventy two years, and the date of the
death of her husband, Solomon Bixby, late of Stafford, as 19 Aug.,
1780. She was of Sturbridge at this time, and was under the
impression that her husband had enlisted in a Hartford county
regiment. With the papers in the pension case is a copy of the
marriage record of Solomon Bigsby and Lucy Clark "both of
Sturbridge," also an affidavit of Buckminster Wood of Brookfield,
aged sixty two years, that he had known Lucy for thirty or more
years. His affidavit was dated 11 Nov., 1838. The same month
William Patten, aged eighty six years, stated he was a pensioner,
and had known Solomon Bixby, who was a "three years man,"
and that Solomon died of "consumption" and was a brother of
Patten's wife. Lucy Bixby at this time lived in South Brookfield.
The Comptroller of Connecticut certified that Solomon Bixbee
settled with the 4th Connecticut regiment, commanded by Col.
Zebulon Butler, for the year 1781, he having enlisted as a private,
and served from 1 May to 31 Dec, 1781. 2
He enlisted from Stafford for three years. 4 On roll made up
20 June, 1781, he is called "junior." On roll made up Jan., 1783,
it appears he had served fifteen months, fifteen days, and was in a
1 Thompson Church records. It is said his wife's name appears as Ravel.
1 Pension records. He was buried at Brookfield, Mass. His gravestone states he died 18 Aug.,
1787, aged 23 years. There is also a stone erected to the memory of "Nabby Bixby, daughter of
Solomon and Lucy Bixby, died 5 March, 1788, aged 1 year, 6 months."
» She left a will dated 14 April, 1858, which was allowed n Oct., 1859. She left bequests to the
children (named) of her brothers and sisters, Reuben Clark, Merriam Glover, Lemuel Clark. A
certificate on file declares she was a pensioner and for forty years past had lived in Brookfield,
and previous to that in Southbridge. Lucy BLxby had administration 24 Sept., 1802, on the estate
of her deceased husband, Solomon Bixby 2d of Sturbridge. (Worcester Probate.) She applied
for land bounty, 26 Feb., I8S7, then being 90 years of age. ( U. S. Land Office 56, 972-160-55.)
'Rev. Rolls, Conn. Hist. Soc. Proc, 8: 114.
306 BIXBY GENEALOGY
company commanded by Capt. Ten Eyck, in regiment of Col.
Webb, having the 4th company in 3rd regiment Connecticut line. 1
Child:
I Nabby, died 5 March, 1788, aged 1 year, 6 months.
I38JI
V. Samuel Bixby (Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 11
June, 1780, at Thompson, Conn.; died 4 Dec, 1864, at Davenport,
N. Y.; 2 married 26 Jan., 1806, at Thompson, Almira Bates,
born 27 June, 1788, 3 at Davenport, 4 died there 25 Feb., 1863,
daughter of and Eunice 5 ( ) Bates.
Children, except the eldest, born at Milford, N. Y.: 3
1- 1 Eliza, born 6 May, 1806, at Thompson, Conn.; married Calvin Bates.
2- 2 Jacob, born 18 March, 1809; married Susan Darling; (2) Artemisa Darling.
3- 3 George Erastus, born 5 Sept., 1812; married Azuba Haight; (2) Cather-
ine Bates.
4- 4 William, born 14 Dec, 18 14; married Adelia McCollum.
5- 5 Julia H. (Ann), 6 born 19 Oct., 1817; married Alonzo Davis; (2) John
Dennison; (3) William Grange, or Grannis.
6- 6 Eunice Ann, born 5 Oct., 1823; married Willis Gifford.
7 Mary A., born 27 Oct., 1831; died June, 1832, at Milford.
Samuel Bixby moved from Connecticut to New York soon after
marriage.
Samuel "Bigsbe" was commissioned Ensign, Lt.-Col. Matthew
Cully's Otsego County regiment, 1809. Aaron Lane commissioned
Ensign vice S. Bigsbee, promoted, Lt.-Col. John Moore's Otsego
Co. regiment, 181 1. Samuel Bixby commissioned Captain, Otsego
Co., 60th regiment, 1816. 7
The will of Samuel Bixby was dated 8 Dec, 1862, and admitted
to probate 7 March, 1865. 8 He names children, Elizabeth W.
Bates, Julia Dennison, Eunice Ann Gifford, Jacob Bixby and
George E. Bixby. Jacob Bixby was granted letters testamentary.
1 Conn. Hist. Soc. Cols.
5 This date does not agree with the supposed date of probate of his will.
J Mrs. Mary McGinnis (138J1.6-2) has an old bible with genealogical record, giving dates, but
not place of birth. * Information of Mrs. Alice Lanckton (138J1.6-1).
6 Information of George W, Bixby (138J1.23).
•The will of her father names her as Julia Ann Dennison.
7 Records Council of Appointment for New York State, 1783-1821.
* Report of Surrogate of Delaware County. Another reference, apparently to will book G,
fo. 40, substitutes Hannah for the name of the testator, and gives the names of the children Julia
a3 Julia Ann, and Eunice as Eunice Anna.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 307
138J4
V. Johnson Bixby {Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 25
April, 1793, at Thompson, Conn.; died 28 Jan., 1872, l at East
Brimfield, Mass.; married 4 Nov., 1821, Orinda Graves, born
19 Sept., 1798, died 3 June, 1875, x at Brimfield, daughter of Daniel
Graves. 2
Johnson Bixby moved from Thompson, Conn., to Brimfield,
Mass., in 1819. 1 He was a blacksmith, 2 a Royal Arch Mason, a
good singer, and for many years played the double bass viol in the
Congregational church in Brimfield.
Children, 1 born at Brimfield:
I- 1 Mary Jane, born 20 Nov., 1823; married Loring Fletcher.
2 Emery Sandford, born 27 July, 1827; died 19 April, 1872, at Brimfield.
He was a blacksmith. 2
3- 3 Harriet Ellen, born 4 Feb., 1831; married William S. Janes.
I38J5
V. Alice Bixby {Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 25
Sept., 1796, 3 at Thompson, Conn.; died 29 March, 1853; married
17 May, 1815, Ariel 4 Converse, born 24 Feb., 1782, died 26
Oct., 1874, son of Elijah and Experience (Hibbard) Converse.
Children: 5
1 Ariel Converse, born 13 Dec, 1815; died 1874 at West Putnam, Conn.;
married 17 Nov., 1842, Matilda Sly of Dudley, Mass. Ariel Converse was
a distinguished lawyer. After retiring from practice he lived on a farm
in Thompson, but later removed to West Putnam.
Children:
1. Mary Ellen Converse, who died 1884.
2. Martha Anna Converse, married Major A. Charles McConnell, U. S. A.
2 Albert Converse, born 15 Feb., 1818; died 3 July, 1906; married Rebecca
Kelley, daughter of Hezekiah Kelley.
Children:
1. Noel Converse.
2. Helen Converse.
3. Alice Converse.
4. Anna Converse.
5. Etta Converse, born 15 Jan., 1856, at Wilsonville, Conn.; married
Israel G. Bixby (13653.422).
3 Ada Converse.
'Hyde: History of Brimfield, Mass. 'Massachusetts Deaths.
3 Her birth is also given as 21 Sept., 1797.
* ''Riel" Converse married, first, Ada, daughter of MoSes Barnes of Dudley, Mass., and, third,
Sarah Pierce. 5 Information of Miss Ellen D. Lamed, Thompson, Conn.
308 BIXBY GENEALOGY
138J7
V. Uzziel Bixby {Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5 May,
1801, at Thompson, Conn.; died 3 Oct., 1885 (1886), l at East
Thompson; married 20 March, 1823, at Douglas, Mass., Naomi
Howland, born 24 Jan., 1791, at Burrilville, R. I., died 29 Nov.,
1880, at East Thompson, daughter of James and Renew (Eddy)
Howland. 2
His name appears in the Providence, R. I., directory from 1858
to 1867 inclusive. He was overseer and foreman of the Eagle
Screw Co., and later of the American Screw Co.
Children:
1 Rebecca (adopted), born 1815; 2 died 1865; married Perry Bates; (2)
Judson Bates, a brother of Hattie N. Bates of Thompson, Conn.
Child:
1. Charles U. Bates, born 1851; died 1856. 3
2- 2 James Howland, born 6 Aug., 1824, at Quadic, Conn.; married Lydia
Goddard.
3- 3 Renew Howland, born 7 Aug., 1824 (twin with James H.) ; married George
T. Bates. 4
4- 4 Jacob Washburn, born 22 April, 1827, at Millbury, Mass.; married
Caroline Day.
5 Crawford A., born 23 Oct., 1836; died 9 Nov., 1837.
I38J8
V. Erastus Bixby (Jacob, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5
May, 1801, at Thompson, Conn.; died 22 March, 1868, 5 at Brim-
field, Mass.; married 31 March, 1825, 6 at Grafton, Mass., Susan
Durfey, born 7 June, 1804, at Chapachet, R. I., died 2 April,
1862, at Brimfield, daughter of Robert and Anna (Place) Durfey.
They were living at Rupert, Vt., as late as 1847.
Children: 7
1- 1 Lucius Erastus, born 24 Sept., 1826, at Grafton, Mass.; married Susan
B. Rogers; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Scarborough) Thayer.
2- 2 Maria Susan, born 4 Aug., 1828, at Millbury, Mass.; married Jeremiah
C. Sholes; (2) Orson Bragg.
3 Harriet Hill, born 28 March, 1831, at Rupert, Vt.; died 3 July, 1857,
at Stafford, Conn.; married i4JDec, 1854, at Fiskdale, Mass., Isaac
Brown, born at Stafford; 8 died 1893, 1 at Oak Park, Wis.
1 Information of Mrs. Martha A. Ramsey (138J8.4).
1 Information of Mrs. Ellen J. Frink (138J7.22). ' Massachusetts Deaths.
* Information of James O. Bates (138J7.32). • Intention recorded 18 Dec, 1824.
• Providence, R. I., marriages. ' Family records.
» Information of Albert J. Bixby (138J8-5).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 309
4- 4 Martha Ann, born 30 Aug., 1833, at Rupert; married David M. Ramsey.
5 Albert Johnson, born 16 April, 1837, at Rupert; married 14 May, 1865,
at Greenfield, Mass., Fannie V. Thayer, born 22 Feb., 1846, at Prescott,
Mass., died 14 Jan., 1905, x at North Dana, Mass., daughter of Rufus
and Fannie (Moulton) Thayer. 1 Albert J. Bixby enlisted Aug., 1862,
in Co. G, 46th Regt., Mass. Vols.; discharged July, 1863. He partici-
pated in the battles of Kingston, Whitehall and Goldsborough, also
the second battle of Newburn and Sandy Ridge; he was in the campaign
against Lee when he was driven back beyond the Potomac after his
incursion into Pennsylvania. He lives at North Dana, Mass.
6 Laura L., born 16 Sept., 1839, at Rupert; died 2 April, 1843.
7- 7 Julia Delight, born 26 June, 1846, at Rupert; married Alfred H. Hub-
bard.
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V. Archelaus Bixby (Daniel, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born
21 Dec, 1784, at Thompson, Conn., baptized there 9 Jan., 1785;
died 7 Nov., 1869, 2 at Townshend, Vt.; married 21 Sept., 1807,
at Brookline, Vt., Parmelia Blandin, 3 born there 19 Feb.,
1789, 4 died 2 Feb., 1841, aged 52 years, 2 at Townshend. Archelaus
Bixby married, second, 4 April, 1841, at Townshend, 2 Susan Dun-
ton, who died 27 July, 1856, 4 aged 62 years, at Townshend.
Children* born at Brookline:
1 John Blandin, born 1 Jan., 1809; died 28 Jan., 1810.
2- 2 Sarah Towne, born 6 Feb., 1813; married James D. Derry.
3- 3 Parmelia Adeline, born 25 July, 1816; married Solomon Whitney.
138L3
V. John Bixby 5 (Daniel, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5 Feb.,
1788, at Townshend, Vt.; died 8 Dec, 1856; 6 married 1 Jan., 1809,
Rebecca Wellman, 7 born 30 March, 6 died 22 Nov., 1871. 6
They removed from Brookline, Vt., to Hornby, Steuben Co., N. Y.
1 Information of Albert J. Bixby (138J8-5).
1 Town records of Townshend, Vt.
'Family record in possession of Mrs. S. C Bixby (138L3-6).
4 Family record of Judson B. Derry (138L1.2-2).
6 See illustration opposite page 296.
•Family record in possession of Mrs. S. C Bixby (I38L3-6), in which it is stated that John
and Archelaus were sons of Deacon Daniel Bixby of Townshend, Vt. Mrs. Mary Eastman, who
obtained information from Mrs. Closser (138L3.13), stated that the eldest son, Daniel, was born
at Rutland.
' Rev. Alanson Bixby (138L3.S), in a letter of July 1, 1898, wrote: "My mother's maiden name
was Rebecca Wellman. She had two sisters, Betsy and Charity, and two brothers, Darius and
Lemuel." He speaks of Dyke, N. Y., as "the home of his childhood." He also wrote, "My
father's name was John. He had one brother, Archelaus, in Vermont, and three sisters, Sally,
Lydia, and Nancy. Sally married Isaac Wellman; Nancy, Eliplet Skinner; Lydia, Samuel Frost.
All came to this state (New York), La Grange, Wyoming Co. My father learned tanning and
310 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
1- I Daniel, born 2 Nov., 1809, at Brookline; married Lydia Clark.
2 Rufus Galusha, born 17 Oct., 1811, at Brookline; died 19 Dec, 1831.
3- 3 Betsy Arvilla, born 2 Aug., 1813, at Brookline; married Eldad Stevens.
4- 4 John Milton, born 27 Jan., 1816, at Brookline; married Esther A. Lilley.
5- 5 Alanson, born 2 April, 1818, probably at Brookline; married Cordelia
Rowe.
6 Henry W., born 8 April, 1821, at Hornby, N. Y.; died 22 May, 1895; *
married 13 July, 1844, Catherine S. Bradzee, 2 who died 10 June, 1908. 3
Their adopted daughter, Amelia R. Bixby, 4 married Jesse Dyke Bixby
(138L3.1-4). Rev. Henry W. Bixby had been a successful Sunday School
worker for many years before he was ordained to the ministry in the
Wesleyan Methodist Church, 28 Oct., 1861. He was settled at Hornby
for six years, then five and a half years at Haskinville, and for the re-
maining 22 years of his life preached at Hornby.
7- 7 Archelaus, born 28 May, 1824, at Hornby; married Mary Roda.
8- 8 George Washington, born 21 Jan., 6 1827, at Hornby; married Sophronia
A. Hammond.
9- 9 Rebecca Matilda, born 12 July, 1829; married Tracy Burnap.
j- 10 Keron Hobbuk, born 7 March, 1832, at Hornby; married Luman Hayes.
11 Lemuel, born 16 June, 1835, at Hornby; died 16 June, 1895.
I38M1
V. Lemuel Bixby 6 {Moses, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 17
Aug., 1794, at Thompson, Conn.; died there 21 Jan., 1871 ; 7 married
there 25 April, 1819, 7 Lois Rhodes, born 10 Sept., 1797, at Thomp-
son, died there 30 Jan., 1878, 8 daughter of Ezekiel and Chloe
(Bates) Rhodes. 9
Children, 7 born at Thompson:
1 Harriet, born 19 Oct., 1820; died 7 Nov., 1820, at Thompson.
2- 2 Horace Ellis, born 24 Sept., 1821; married Mary E. Mills.
shoemaking in Brattleboro, Vt., and worked at his trade there until he came here. Grandfather's
name was Daniel. He fell in the barn, and was killed when only 46. So far as I know the children
of Uncle Archelaus, all girls, are still in Vermont." Brookline is a small town adjoining Towns-
hend on the east, and about fifteen miles north of Brattleboro.
'See footnote No. 6 on page 309. 2 Mrs. Mary Eastman wrote this name ''Burgee."
•Information of Jesse D. Bixby (138L3.1-4).
4 Amelia Rebecca Bixby was born 12 May, 1849, and was daughter of Mrs. Deborah (Chambers)
Lake. * Information of Alanson L. Bixby (138L3.82).
•See illustration opposite page 312.
7 Information of Mrs. Caroline E. Bradway (138M1.21-1) and Charles L. Knight (138M1.5-2).
Mrs. Bradway copied the record in the family bible, where the mother entered only the four children
whose names are given. Mrs. Bradway, however, has always heard that her grandmother had
five children.
> Information of Miss Ellen D. Lamed, Thompson, Conn.
• Ezekiel Rhodes died 1 Feb., 1829, ael. 55 years, 4 mos. His widow, Chloe, died 6 March,
1854, aet. 79 years. [Information of Mrs. Hattie E. Bales (138M1.5-1).] Miss Larned is authority
for the statement that Ezekiel Rhodes was a descendant of Zachariah Rhodes and of Roger Williams.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 311
3 A Son, born 1824; died aged eight months.
4 Nelson Guile, born 5 July, 1827; died 9 March, 1828, at Thompson.
5- 5 Mary Green, born 8 July, 1829; married Joshua P. Knight.
I38M2
V. Halsey Bixby (Moses, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 14
Feb., 1801, at Thompson, Conn.; died there 26 Sept., 1880 j 1
married there 22 April, 1824, Esther Tyler, born 29 May, 1801,
at Royalston, Mass., died 12 Oct., 1848, at Thompson, daughter of
Rufus and Dorothy (Allen) Tyler. He married, second, 1 July, 1849,
at Thompson, Phebe Green, born there 10 Oct., 1804, died there
8 March, 1894, daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Jewett) Green.
Halsey Bixby was a deacon of the Congregational church of
Woodstock, Conn. He gathered many records concerning this
branch of the Bixby family.
Children, 1 except the fourth, born at Thompson:
1- 1 Allen Tyler, born 27 March, 1825; married Georgiana Rhodes.
2- 2 Moses Nelson, born 7 Jan., 1827; married Justina A. Carson.
3 Albert Read, born 14 Sept., 1828; died 8 June, 1832, at Thompson.
4 Loring, born 20 Aug., 1831, at Webster, Mass.; died there 18 April, 1832.
5- 5 Henry Hudson, born 18 April, 1834; married Juliette H. Rhodes.
6- 6 George Towne, born 7 March, 1837; married Harriet A. Green.
7 Franklin Guile, born 6 March, 1840; died 4 July, 191 1, 2 from injuries
received from being knocked down by a trolley car, unmarried. He
enlisted 9 Aug., 1862, and was mustered in sergeant of Co. D, 1 8th
Conn. Vols.; promoted 9 Dec, 1863, 2nd Lieut.; wounded at Snicker's
Ford, Va., 18 July, 1864; mustered out 27 June, 1865. He participated
in twenty two engagements. For several years he was in the United
States Customs service in Boston.
8 Esther Relief, born 18 April, 1842; died 10 June, 1848, at Thompson.
I38N2
V. Jacob Bixby (Samuel, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 15
June, 1792, (baptized 19 Aug., 1792) at Thompson, Conn.; died
I3 3 (18) 4 June, 1866, at Bridport, Vt.; 4 married there 8 Sept.,
1819, Sophia Cooley, 3 born there 13 June, 1796, died 18 Sept.,
1884, at North Bridgewater, Mass., 4 daughter of Alfred Cooley. 5
1 Information of Herbert A. Bixby (138M2.13).
1 Information of Mrs. Herbert A. Bixby (138M2.13). According to Roster of Members,
Edw. K. Kinsley Post 113 G. A. R., he had been adjutant of that post. He is described as Cap-
tain 18th Conn. Vol. Inf. and, after the war, as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 1st Regt. M. V. M.
• Bridport, Vt., records.
* Information of Mrs. Herman Dunbar (138N2.22). 6 Massachusetts Deaths.
3 i2 BIXBY GENEALOGY
The year following the birth of Jacob Bixby, his father settled
at Bridport. Jacob Bixby was a farmer.
Children, born at Bridport: l
1- i Esther Fidelia, born 23 July, 1820; married Eli Farnsworth.
2- 2 Charles Chauncey, 2 born 28 Jan., 1822; married Alice Crocker.
138N5
V. Polly Bixby (Samuel, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 24
(25 y May, 1802, at Bridport, Vt.; died 1 Feb., i860; married 23
Oct., 1 82 1, at Bridport, 1 Chester Derby, born 15 June, 1800, died
14 Aug., 1880. 3
Children:
1 Malinda Derby, born 1821; died in infancy. 4
2 Sally Melinda Derby, born 15 March, 1823; married 23 Jan., 1844, Lyman
Allen.
Children:
1. Esther S. Allen, born 2 June, 1845; died 24 Nov., 1876, unmarried.
2. Mary J. Allen, born 9 May, 1847; died 2 June, 1872.
3. Lyman H. Allen, born 12 June, 1849.
3 Maryette Derby, born 21 April, 1825; died 11 Sept., 1825.
4 Ruben C. Derby, born 28 April, 1827; married 18 Aug., 1858, Ellen Grant.
Children:
1. Thomas H. Derby, born 23 April, 1863; died 25 Aug., 1865.
2. Perry M. Derby, born 19 June, 1866; died 18 June, 1872.
3. George G. Derby, born 18 March, 1869.
5 Artimas S. Derby, born 6 Sept., 1833; died 24 Aug., 1834.
6 Lois E. Derby, born 9 May, 1837; died 5 Dec, 1837.
138N6
V. Samuel Bixby (Samuel, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 26
Dec, 1806, at Bridport, Vt.^died there 13 Sept., 1886, 1 aged 79
years, 8 months, 19 days; married there 4 Jan., 1831, 1 Eveline Howe,
born 13 Oct., 1810, died 15 April, 1893, 1 at Bridport, daughter of
Oliver 5 and Jane (Blair) Howe. 1 Samuel Bixby was a farmer at
Bridport.
Children, born at Bridport: *
1 Orville Chancy, born 26 Jan., 1834; died 11 Dec, 1856, at Bridport,
unmarried. He was a blacksmith.
2- 2 Hannah Elizabeth, born 14 June, 1835; married Hiram Hamblin.
3- 3 Elmer Howe, born 19 April, 1839; married Ellen C. Dana.
1 Bridport, Vt., records.
1 Charles C Bixby (138N2.2) furnished a list of descendants of his grandfather Samuel Bixby.
•Derby Family, p. 115.
♦ Information of Charles C. Bixby (138N2.2), who also named the other children.
* Called "Charles" Howe of Bridport, by Charles C. Bixby (138N2.2).
LEMUEL BIXBV. O38M1)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 313
138O1
V. Daniel Bixby (Younglove, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born
17 Dec, 1794, at Reading, Vt.; died 1 Sept., 1872, in Kansas City,
Mo.; married 26 Jan., 1826, at Springfield, Vt., Mary Pierce, born
there 30 Nov., 1796, died 22 Oct., 1863, "aged 67 years, 11 months,
24 days," daughter of Nathan Pierce. 1
Daniel Bixby after marriage settled in the West. He was called
of Weathersfield, Vt., at the time of his marriage.
Children:
1 Adeline (Mary Adaline), married 13 Sept., 1857, 2 at Springfield, 111.,
John Field, 3 born 10 May, 1831, son of John and Marcia Chandler
Field. 2 They lived at Pleasant Plains, Sagamore Co., 111., where Mr.
Field was a farmer. Four children.
2 Harriet, married Charles Bellows, 3 now living at Lyndon, Kan.
3- 3 Lorenzo Pierce, born 18 May, 1832, at Troy, Vt.; married Martha J.
Starr.
I38O2
V. Rebecca Bixby (Younglove, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born
28 Nov., 1796, at Reading, Vt.; married 7 Aug., 1831, Jesse Briggs. 4
Children:*
1 James Briggs.
2 Judson Briggs.
138O4
V. Asa Bixby (Younglove, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph), born 5
May, 1801, at Reading, Vt.; married 1 Jan., 1826, at Weathersfield,
Vt., Mary Tolles of Weathersfield. 5 Asa Bixby in his marriage
record is said to be of Troy, Vt.
Children:
1- 1 Henry Younglove, born 2 July, 1830; 6 married Mary E. Shields.
2 Olive.
3 Ellen.
1 Springfield and Reading, Vt., records searched by Moses H. Bixby (12572.243), but the Pierce
Genealogy calls her daughter of Matthew and Sally (Tainter) Pierce. An erroneous date of
death is given.
•Chandler Genealogy (1883), p. 632, where Adeline is named as Mary Adeline.
'Information of Joseph G. Bixby (13801.33).
4 Information of E. D. Barbour, compiler of the Barbour Genealogy.
5 Weathersfield, Vt., records. In the Bixby Ms. he is stated to have married at Rushford, N. Y. ,
but the name of his wife was not given.
6 Information of Jas. H. BLxby (13804.11).
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314 BIXBY GENEALOGY
138O8
V. James Arnold Bixby (Younglove, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 17 March, 1809, at Reading, Vt.; died there 15 June, 1893;
married 14 March, 1841, at Weathersfield, Vt., 1 Betsey Martin,
born there 7 July, 1815, died 11 July, 1857, at Reading, aged 43
years, 2 daughter of Joshua and (Chaplin) Martin. 1 He
married, second, 15 Sept., 1859, at Rockingham, Vt., Mrs. Eli-
zabeth (Weston) Ornice, born 4 July, 1822, 3 died 5 April, 1874.
He married, third, 27 Nov., 1877, Mrs. Susan T. (Dodge) Kenney,
widow of Lorenzo D. Kenney born 5 Oct., 1836, 4 died 29 Aug.,
1888.
Children: 1
1- 1 Martin Joshua, born 7 Jan., 1842, at Reading, Vt.; married Frances E.
Weston.
By second marriage:
2- 2 Albert James, born 19 May, 1862; married Mary A. Rand; (2) Jennie
B. Hall.
138O9
V. John Younglove Bixby (Younglove, Jacob, Benjamin,
Joseph), born 2 March, 1812, at Reading, Vt. ; died 6 Aug., 1876, at
North Sunderland, Mass.; married 15 May, 1837, at (Reading,
Vt.?), Melinda Hatch, 5 born 8 Dec, 1802, at Springfield, Vt.,
died 23 Oct., 1889, aged 76 years, 10 months, 15 days, 6 at North
Sunderland, daughter of Nathaniel and Melinda (Mack) Hatch.
Children:
1 El vina, born 9 March, 1838, in Vermont; B died 1849?, at Montague, Mass.
2 Lucius B., born 6 Oct., 1842; died in infancy (1843?), at Montague. 6
3- 3 Albertus Boyden, born 19 April, 1844, at North Leverett, Mass.; 7
married Lydia A. Pierce.
4- 4 Eugene Younglove, born 29 Sept., 1847, 8 at North Leverett; married
Thenais B. Davis.
5 Malvina T., born 20 March, 1853, at Cumington, Mass.; died (3) 5 13
Sept., 1853, at North Sunderland. 8
> Information of Martin J. Bixby (13808. i). 8 Information of Albert J. Bixby (13808.2).
2 Reading, Vt., records. 4 Dodge Family.
• Information received from Albertus B. Bixby (13809.3), and Herbert H. Bixby (13809.3-2).
• Massachusetts Deaths.
'Smith: History of Sunderland. Leverett and Montague were formerly part of Sunderland.
8 Mrs. Thenais B. Bixby (13809.4) gives the year of his birth 1845.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 315
Younglove Bixby's name was changed to John Y. Bixby in
1 8 51, by act of the legislature of Massachusetts. But his name
occurs on the marriage records of his children, Albertus and Eugene,
as John F. Bixby. He was a farmer. Deeds from 1840 to 1848
describe him of both Leverett and Montague. He purchased in
March and April, 1840, of Nancy, widow of John Rockwell, and of
the latter's children, all their interest in the Rockwell farm of 286
acres in Montague, and also land near Chestnut Hill Brook. In
1 849 as of Leverett, he sold the farm of 55 acres which he had pur-
chased of Leonard Glazier, and was of Leverett the following year. 1
He is said to have removed from Rowe to Sunderland in 1863,
and to have lived in North Sunderland until his death. 2
138P2
V. Jonas Partridge {Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 25 Nov., 1795, at Guilford, Vt.; died 16 April, 1853; married
Amelia E. Wilson, born 18 June, 1799, died 29 June, 1877.
Children: 3
1 Moore Wilson Partridge, born 5 May, 1818; died 16 Aug., 1902; married
7 Jan., 1851, Zilpha Olds, born 5 Jan., 1832, died 3 Nov., 1901.
Children:
1. Laura M. Partridge, born 4 Feb., 1853; died 14 Dec., 1854.
2. Jonas B. Partridge, married 1 Jan., 1873, Cynthia Brownson. Children:
Clark B. Partridge, born 26 Aug., 1876. Murray W. Partridge, born
17 Feb., 1878; died 12 Sept., 1899. Bessie M. Partridge, born 10 Feb.,
1880; married 24 July, 1900, Elmer Baldwin.
3. Julia M. Partridge, born 14 Nov., 1856; died 14 March, 1882; married
4 March, 1880, James G. Bennett. Child: Nina J. Bennett, born
29 Jan., 1882; married 30 Dec, 1902, Clarence D. Dillenbeck.
4. Dora A. Partridge.
5. Bettie S. Partridge, died 26 Aug., 1884.
2 Jasper A. Partridge, born 23 April, 1820; died 7 April, 1896; married 3 Nov.,
1842, Elizabeth Jane Stewart, born 17 Jan., 1822.
Children:
1. Fayette Jonas Partridge, born 16 May, 1843, at Prattsburgh, N. Y.;
married 5 July, 1866, Caroline Miles, born 5 Jan., 1845, at Sunderland,
Va. Children: Ernest H. Partridge, born 26 March, 1869. Alsa
Partridge, born 21 Nov., 1873.
2. Helen Ann Partridge, born 9 Oct., 1845; married 4 Feb., 1865, Darwin
M. Marsh, born 8 Sept., 1843. Children: Stephen J. Marsh, born
2 Nov., 1866; married 12 Jan., 1895, Sophia Hoffman, born 16 May,
1875. Lenn A. Marsh, born 11 March, 1881; married 18 March,
1908, Stewart J. Becker.
3. Julia Isadore Partridge, born 21 March, 1846; died 13 April, 1894.
1 Franklin County Deeds.
2 Smith: History of Sunderland. Leverett and Montague were formerly part of Sunderland.
8 Information of Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6).
316 BIXBY GENEALOGY
4. Pearliette Jane Partridge, born 13 April, 1848; died 3 May, 1907; mar-
ried 11 June, 1868, Stillman P. Marsh.
5. Demont Jasper Partridge, born 5 Aug., 1850; died 16 Dec, 1862.
6. John A. Partridge, born 17 Aug., 1853; died 21 Dec, 1891.
7. Luther Roy Partridge, born 4 Dec, 1856; married 23 Dec, 1880, Minnie
R. Kimball, born 28 Aug., 1859. Children: Rena E. Partridge, born
5 Nov., 1881; married 19 Nov., 1903, William J. Hemmer, born 19
Nov., 1883. Jasper C. Partridge, born 14 Aug., 1883. Pearl F.
Partridge, born 14 Sept., 1886. Fleda W. Partridge, born 30 Oct.,
1893. Llewellyn R. Partridge, born 27 April, 1896; died 19 Aug., 1899.
Florence C. Partridge, born 13 April, 1901; died 20 Feb., 1902.
8. Edward Burk Partridge, born 22 Aug., 1861; died 29 April, 1863.
9. Emma Amelia Partridge, born 27 July (?), 1865; married 1 Jan., 1887,
Melvin W. Polmanteer. Children: Jesse E. Polmanteer, born 30
May, 1896. Fred M. Polmanteer, born 2 Dec, 1898. Edward A.
Polmanteer, born 3 Dec, 1900. Helen L. Polmanteer, born 20 April,
1904. Elsie I. Polmanteer, born 12 Feb., 1907.
10. Fred A. Partridge, born 11 April, 1867; married 22 June, 1892, Jessie
G. Hargrave.
3 Erastus Partridge, born 17 Jan., 1823; died 9 March, 1854; married 1 Jan.,
1844, Julia A. Rinders, born 18 March, 1819.
Children :
1. James N. Partridge, born 30 March, 1845; died 6 July, 1902; married 31
Oct., 1866, Sarah R. Lown, born 11 May, 1849, died 16 Dec, 1893.
Children: Minnie Annette Partridge, born 3 June, 1869; married 28
Nov., 1894, Elmer E. McDowell, born 8 July, 1865, died 20 Feb., 1905.
Alida Partridge, died aged 4 months. Willie Partridge, born 1873;
died 15 Oct., 1876. James Jacob Partridge, born 18 Feb., 1877;
married 8 Sept., 1898, Elsie Rice. Susan Jennette Partridge, born 4
March, 1885; married 7 March, 1906, William Eugene Ballon.
2. Jonas Partridge, born 7 March, 1847; married Patience Moore, and had
five children.
3. Jacob R. Partridge, born 23 Feb., 1849; married 23 Feb., 1871, Laura
E. Wheaton, born 22 Sept., 1855. Children: Maynard G. Partridge,
born 19 Dec, 1874; married 6 March, 1896, Bertie L. McClory.
Frank H. Partridge, born 25 Oct., 1877; married 6 April, 1898, Cora
E. Butts. Hiram R. Partridge, born 15 Nov., 1881; married 26 Sept.,
1901, Alida M. Potter. Spencer M. Partridge, born 12 March, 1886;
married 9 Nov., 1905, Grace Sprague. Leon N. Partridge, born 19
Aug., 1890.
4. Frances F. Partridge, born 9 March, 1852; died 4 Nov., 1876.
5. Charles E. Partridge, born 31 March, 1854; died 9 Nov., 1904; married
10 June, 1883, Victoria Esther Terry, born 19 Sept., 1866. Child:
Lillian Esther Partridge, born 14 June, 1890.
4 David Scott Partridge, born 24 May, 1827; died 22 July, 1851;
married 29 Sept., 1850, Fanny Weld, born 5 Dec, 1829; died 3 Sept., 1906.
Child:
I. D. Scott Partridge, born 6 Oct., i85i,at Prattsburgh; married 28 June,
1876, Mary E. Parkhill, born 18 Nov., 1856, died 3 May, 1885; (2)
20 Sept., 1887, Kittie M. Rogers; (3) 12 Jan., 1900, Minnie Adelle
Courtier, born 29 April, 1859. Children, by first marriage: Fannie
E. Partridge, born 11 Sept., 1877; died 28 Aug., 191 1; married 17
Oct., 1905, Charles A. Price. Robert Scott Partridge, born 22 April,
1885; married 26 Dec, 1906, Golda Girsberger. By second marriage:
Jo Pauline Partridge, born 22 Nov., 1888; married March, 191 1,
George W. Lawrie. 1 Zona Partridge, born 21 March, 1892; married
14 March, 1910, John W. Dutton. 2
1 Child: Robert Scott Lawrie, born 26 Feb., 1912.
2 Child: Richard Karl Dutton, born 12 July, 1912.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 317
138P4
V. Lemuel Partridge (Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 14 July, 1799, at Guilford, Vt. ; married Euphamia McQuin.
Children: l
1 Erastus Partridge.
2 Mary Partridge.
3 Rebecca Partridge.
4 Andrew Partridge.
5 Charles Partridge.
I38P5
V. Hannah Partridge (Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin,
Joseph), born 3 Nov., 1801, at Guilford, Vt.; died 8 May, 1875, at
Berlinville, O.; married, 1820, in New York State, William Gibbs,
born December, 1796, died 1867.
Children: 2
1 Erastus P. Gibbs, born 22 Dec, 1822, in New York State; deceased; married,
1846, Rebecca Colton.
Children:
1. Christa Ann Gibbs.
2. Ellen Gibbs.
3. Mary Gibbs.
4. Charles Gibbs.
5. George Gibbs.
2 Cynthia A. Gibbs, born 28 Oct., 1824, at Cameron, N. Y.; died 15 Jan.,
1894; married 19 Nov., 1841, Murray H. Graves, born 11 Nov., 1 81 8, at
Hatfield, Mass., died 10 March, 1895.
Children:
1. William E. Graves, born 20 May, 1843, at Amherst, O.; died 7 Sept.,
1907, at Caldwell, Kan.; married 31 Dec, 1865, Lucy Ward. Chil-
dren: Georgia Graves, died in infancy. Louie Graves, died in infancy.
Charles Graves, died in infancy. Minnie Graves, died in infancy.
Emma C. Graves, born 1871, died 1885, aged 14 years.
2. Charles A. Graves, born 14 March, 1845, at Amherst; died 1 Nov.,
1862, at Berlinville.
3. Emily M. Graves, born 30 Oct., 1846, at Amherst; died 8 Aug., 1911,
at Milan, O.; married 29 Oct., 1873, Albert M. Fish. Children:
Fred A. Fish, born 21 Feb., 1875, at Milan; married 14 Aug., 1901,
at Troy, N. Y., Anna Caulkins. 3 Carl W. Fish, born 14 May, 1878,
at Milan; married 10 April, 191 1, Olivia Brandrup. Roy M. Fish,
born 11 Dec, 1881, at Milan; married 3 June, 1908, at Norwalk, O.,
Ada M. Hart.
4. Henry E. Graves, born 28 Dec, 1848, at Brownhelm, O.; died 1 July,
1905, at Cleveland, O.; married 17 Oct., 1874, Mary Skinner. Child:
1 Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6) states that this family is now extinct and that the children
never married.
J Information of Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6).
• Child: Frances Louise Fish, born 11 June, 1906, at Ames, O.
318 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Clara Graves, born 28 Dec, 1876, at Berlinville; married 21 Nov.,
1898, Lewis Foote.
3 Martha J. Gibbs, born 25 Aug., 1834, in New York State; married 25 Oct.,
1866, at Milan, Erwin Huntley, born 19 Jan., 1837; deceased. No issue.
She lives at Collins, O.
I38P6
V. Mary Partridge {Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 21 Aug., 1803, at Guilford, Vt.; died 9 June, 1882; married
22 Feb., 1833, at Starkey, N. Y., Rev. Thomas Davis, born 22
March, 1800, died 4 March, 1875.
Children: l
1 Mary Davis, born 30 Dec, 1833, at Barrington, Yates Co., N. Y.; died 24
Dec, 1914; married 22 Aug., 1854, Rev. Leroy Royce, born 3 Sept., 1831,
died 10 Oct., 1908.
Children:
1. Harriett D. Royce, born 3 Oct., 1855, at Washington, O.; married 31
Oct., 1877, Charles F. Shuey, born 22 Aug., 1855. Children: Mary
Cossette Shuey, born 7 Feb., 1879; married 25 May, 1902, Henry Al-
bert Reynolds, born 24 Dec, 1879. 2 Charles Royce Shuey, born
20 Nov., 1881; married 28 July, 1904, Edith E. Wright, born 1882.
No issue.
2. Francis Howard Davis, born 22 Aug., 1857, at Washington; died 20
July, 1858, at Middleport, O.
3. William Thomas Davis, M. D., born 12 May, i86o,at Mt. Vernon, O.;
married 18 April, 1884, Ada Norris, born 5 Jan., 1865, at Yates City,
111. Child: Breta Davis, born 8 Oct., 1888; married William Jacob
Luxford, born 27 July, 1881. 3
4. Lester Fremont Davis, born 19 Feb., 1863; died 22 Aug., 1863, at Patas-
kala, O.
5. Luman Herbert Davis (Rev.), born 6 June, 1868, at Croton, O.; married
3 Sept., 1891, Mary Gardner, born 18 April, 1870. Children: Robert
Gardner Davis, born 24 June, 1892. Mary Davis, born 3 June, 1894.
Paul Daniel Davis, born 18 Dec, 1897. Donald Andrew Davis,
born 7 Feb., 1900.
2 Edwin Davis, born 22 June, 1835, at Barrington; married 6 Sept., 1864,
Melissa A. Palmer, born 27 Jan., 1842.
Children: 1
1. Zella Davis, born 19 Nov., 1865, at Pataskala; married 2 Aug., 1888,
Granger Douglass Chase, born 20 June, 1864, at Brainbridge, O.
Children: Charles Dudley Chase, born 18 April, 1893, at Traverse
City, Mich.; died 20 March, 1900, at Lansing, Mich. Henry Wayne
Chase, born 27 April, 1894, at Mason, Mich. Jenecifer Lois Chase,
born 15 Aug., 1895, at Mason. Staley Davis Chase, born 2 March,
1900, at Lansing. Louise Annette Chase, born 25 March, 1907, at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
2. Edwin Davis, died 7 Nov., 1876, aged 5 years.
3. Daisy Deane Davis, born 8 Sept., 1873, at Pataskala; married 26 June,
1894, Haven Hubble Keys, born 30 Oct., 1872, at Rock Camp, O.
» Information Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6).
'Children: Carl Heber Reynolds, born 12 April, 1903. Marvin Gordon Royce Reynolds,
born 30 April, 1908.
» Children: William Royce Luxford, born 18 March, 1910. John Wilson Luxford, born n Sept.,
191 1. James Morley Luxford, born 17 Sept., 1913-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 319
Children: Dorothy Deane Keys, born 15 June, 1895, at Delaware, O.
Eudora Ruth Keys, born 2 1 Aug., 1896, at Peach Orchard, Ky. Willard
DeWitt Keys, born 17 Jan., 1898; died 5 Oct., 1903. Mary Margaret
Keys, born 4 Aug., 1899, at Ashland, Ky. Daisy Elizabeth Keys, born
21 Sept., 1900, at Delaware.
4. Staley Franklin Davis (Rev.), born 8 April, 1877, at Pataskala; married
4 Nov., 1907, Helen Larter Fredericks, born 17 May, 1885, at Newark,
N. J. Child: Helen Marjorie Davis, born 8 Oct., 1908, at Elizabeth,
N.J.
5. Eudora R. Davis, born 12 Dec, 1880; married 18 June, 1909, John Arvin
Smith, born 14 Sept., 1884. Child: Edwin Milton Smith, born 18
July, 1910.
3 Lewis Davis, born 20 Aug., 1837, at Bronson, Huron Co., O.; died at the age
of six weeks.
4 Jane Davis, born 11 Jan., 1841, at Bronson; died 11 Sept., 1882; married
Henry Mott, born July, 1840, died 3 Aug., 1883.
Child:
1. Wellington Rice Mott, born 5 Feb., 1867.
5 Lue Davis, born 19 Feb., 1844, at Greenfield, Huron Co., O.; married 16
Aug., 1863, Andrew J. Van Doren, born 13 July, 1835, at Hudson, Mich.
Children:
1. Mary S. Van Doren, born 22 June, 1864, at Hudson; married 26 Feb.,
1887, William E. Hawley, born 19 Feb., 1862, at Adrian, Mich.
2. Davis A. Van Doren (Rev.), born 18 April, 1872, at Petersburg, Mich.;
married 14 April, 1903, Edith May Ashley, born 5 July, 1885, at
Lansing, Mich. Child: Faith Berdene Van Doren, born 9 Nov., 1907;
died 20 Feb., 1908.
3. Mott LeRoy Van Doren, born 19 July, 1880, died aged 2 months.
4. Lucia J. Van Doren, born 16 Oct., 1881, at Petersburg; died 13 Sept., 1902.
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V. David Partridge {Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph),
born 22 Aug., 1805, at Guilford, Vt.; died 2 June, 1883; married 17
Jan., 1832, Laura Colton.
Children: l
1 Mary Elizabeth Partridge, born 19 Aug., 1833; died 30 Nov., 1910;
married 31 Dec, 1856, John Chapin Jewell, born 2 July, 1829, died 29
March, 1875.
Children:
1. Jasper Scott Jewell, born 6 Nov., 1857; married 20 Dec, 1893, Mary
Orr, born 4 Jan., 1861.
2. Fred H. Jewell, born 2 Dec, 1859; died 9 Dec, 1866.
3. Ida Annie Jewell, born 19 June, 1862; married 30 Oct., 1884, Willis L.
Van Doren (138P8-41).
4. Garrett Welton Jewell, born 6 Oct., 1865; died 14 Nov., 1891.
5. John Monroe Jewell, born 5 Sept., 1868; married 16 March, 1892, Ger-
trude Rowland, born 15 Dec, 1865.
6. Charles David Jewell, born 20 May, 1871; married 26 June, 1901, Mary
Emma House, born 2 Dec, 1870. Children: Dorothea Alice Jewell,
born 7 Aug., 1902. Howard House Jewell, born 19 April, 1908. Homer
Darling Jewell, born 28 Aug., 1910.
7. Lewis Jewell, born 20 Aug., 1872; died 10 Oct., 1872.
1 Information Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8H5).
320 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2 Lewis Coe Partridge, born 8 May, 1836; died 7 May, 1898; married 24
Dec, 1863, Calista Shepardson, born 7 Nov., 1845, now deceased.
Children:
1. George Partridge, born 31 Dec, 1868; died 12 April, 1871.
2. Frank Partridge, born 5 Jan., 1872; married I April, 1893, Elsie C.
Havens, born 3 May, 1872. Children: Elsie Marie Partridge, born
14 Feb., 1894. James Lewis Partridge, born 19 July, 1898.
3 William Harrison Partridge, born 24 April, 1840; married 5 April, 1865,
Elmina Paine.
Children:
1. Jennie Elmina Partridge, born 4 May, 1868; died 10 Feb., 1870.
2. Fred Harrison Partridge, born 31 March, 1872; married 17 June, 1896,
Belle Freer.
3. Laura Elmina Partridge, born 15 April, 1876; married 22 Sept., 1897,
Erwin E. Wemett, born July, 1875. Children: Harrison Wemett,
born 25 Dec, 1899. Elizabeth Elmina Wemett, born 27 April, 1901.
George Wemett, born 22 July, 1903.
4. Willard Paine Partridge, born 16 Aug., 1879; married 19 Dec, 1906,
Lucia Parslow, born 11 Oct., 1887. Children: William Jerome
Partridge, born 22 June, 1909. Julia Elmina Partridge, born 18 June,
I9I3-
5. Edith Helen Partridge, born 10 Feb., 1883.
6. Harriet Lois Partridge, born 25 Oct., 1888; married 2 Nov., 1909, Francis
Brisbane, born 29 April, 1888. Children: Frances Lois Brisbane, born
7 July, 1911; died 26 July, 1913. Arthur Partridge Brisbane, born 11
Dec, 1913.
4 Vesta Ann Partridge, born 10 March, 1843; died 10 March, 1887; mar-
ried 23 March, 1863, George Monroe Sharp, born 24 Nov., 1840, died
10 March, 1887.
5 Martha Helen Partridge, born 25 July, 1845; married 23 Dec, 1868,
Leander Marshall Coe, born 1 Sept., 1835, died 14 Nov., 1906.
6 Laura Jane Partridge, born 25 Sept., 1849; died 23 April, 1868.
138P8
V. Lewis Joy Partridge {Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin,
Joseph), born 24 July, 1808, at Fabius, N. Y.; died 24 Jan., 1890,
at Canadice, N. Y.; married 1 Feb., 1831, at Barrington, N. Y.,
Jane Ross, born 8 Feb., 1809, at Wantage, N. J., died 10 March,
1901, at East Bloomfield, N. Y., daughter of Jasper, Jr., and Martha
(Rose) Ross.
Children: 1
1 Jasper Ross Partridge, born 27 Dec, 1831, at Starkey, N. Y.; married 18
Dec, 1871, Louise E. Drake, born 12 Dec, 1837, died 21 Nov., 1881;
(2) 30 March, 1887, Permelia Tripp, born 8 July, 1832, died 28 Jan., 1913.
No issue. He lives at East Rochester, N. Y.
2 Martha Partridge, born 9 Oct., 1833, at Belfast, N. Y.; died 11 Sept.,
1882, at Canadice; married 30 Dec, 1856, Caleb B. Hyde, born 30 Nov.,
1829, died 15 Sept., 1907.
» Information Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 321
Children, born at Canadice:
1. Evvie Lenore Hyde, born 17 May, 1858; died 5 March, 1914; married
29 Oct., 1878, Frank M. Salter, born 10 June, 1857. Child: Leola
H. Salter, born 7 March, 1889, at Canadice.
2. Lewis James Hyde, born 26 May, 1863; married 22 March, 1883, Libbie
Pursell, born 14 Jan., 1865, at Springwater, N. Y. They live at
Springwater. Children: Arthur Barton Hyde, born 4 June, 1887,
at Canadice; married 27 Feb., 1907, Elizabeth May, born 22 Feb.,
1890. 1 Ethel Mae Hyde, born 23 June, 1903, at Canadice.
3. Arthur Milton Hyde, born 11 Dec, 1867; died 27 March, 1900, at Cana-
dice; married 17 July, 1890, Vinnie C. Probert, born 17 July, 1868.
Child: Arthur Le Verne Hyde, born 17 Jan., 1892.
Stephen Joy Partridge, born 8 Jan., 1836, at Belfast; died 5 Nov., 1863, in
the army.
Mary Jane Partridge, born 7 April, 1838, at Belfast; married 27 Nov.,
1858, at Prattsburgh, N. Y., James S. Van Doren, born 3 April, 1841, at
Milo, son of Abraham and Barbara (Russel) Van Doren.
Children:
1. Willis Llewellyn Van Doren, born 3 Oct., 1859, at Prattsburgh; married
30 Oct., 1884, Ida Anna Jewell (138P7-13).
2. Lucien Ellis Van Doren, born 11 May, 1869, at Springwater; married
30 Nov., 1892, Dimmis A. Gray, born 14 April, 1857.
Lewis Theodore Partridge, born 16 Oct., 1842, at Canadice; married 6
April, 1882, Ella Pursell, born 29 April, 1862, at Springwater. They live
at East Rochester.
Children:
1. Dr. Raymond Blaine Partridge, born 16 May, 1883, at Canadice. He
lives at East Rochester.
2. Laura Alice Partridge, born 30 Nov., 1884, at Canadice; married 5
Sept., 1907, Charles W. Marsh, B.S., born 18 Sept., 1880. Children:
Mary Ella Marsh, born 16 Nov., 1908, at Caledonia, N. Y. William
Bradford Marsh, born 2 June, 1910, at Lockport, N. Y. Alice Jane
Marsh, born 2 Feb., 1913, in Cleveland, O.
3. Erwin Harrison Partridge, born 11 Dec, 1888, at Canadice; married
31 Dec, 1912, Ethel Odell, born 13 Feb., 1895.
4. Libbie Grace Partridge, born 22 April, 1899, at East Bloomfield, N. Y.
5. Leland S. Partridge, born 25 Feb., 1901, at East Bloomfield.
Barton Scott Partridge, born 22 March, 1851, at Canadice; married 13
July, 1878, at Odessa, Schuyler Co., N. Y., Ella C. Harris, born 4 March,
1858, at Short Tract, N. Y., daughter of Rev. Howard C. and Clara (Clark)
Harris.
Dr. Partridge graduated from the Genesee State Normal School in 1876
and taught for four years and then entered upon the study of medicine,
graduating from the Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, O., in 1883. He
practised medicine for 26 years at East Bloomfield, and has been a frequent
contributor to the transactions of the Western New York Homeopathic
Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy of which he
is a member. In September, 1913, he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., where
he resides.
Children:
I. Clara Virginia Partridge, A.B., born 24 April, 1879, at Norfolk, Va.;
married 13 July, 1905, Claude Adelbert Burrett, Ph. B., M. D., born
13 July, 1878. Children, born at Ann Arbor: Adelbert Partridge
Burrett, born 17 May, 1907. Helen Louise Burrett, born 9 June, 1909.
John Barton Burrett, born 3 Aug., 191 1. Virginia Burrett, born 24
Oct., 1913.
1 Children: Glenn Francis Hyde, born 23 June, 1909. Martha May Hyde, born 16 Sept., 1913.
322 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2. Lloyd Joy Partridge, born 24 April, 1885, at East Bloomfield; married
18 Nov., 1908, Bessie Du Bois. Children: Howard Scott Partridge,
born 27 July, 1910, at East Rochester. Frederick Lloyd Partridge,
born 25 Feb., 19 14, at East Rochester.
3. Evelyn Louise Partridge, born 15 Oct., 1894, at East Bloomfield.
7 Alice Lucinda Partridge, born 26 Oct., 1853, at Prattsburgh; married 8
July, 1888, Lewis J. Bean, born 10 April, 1831, died 25 Feb., 1914. She
lives at Canadice, near Honeoye, N. Y. No issue.
I38P9
V. Lucinda Partridge {Jemima Bixby, Jacob, Benjamin,
Joseph), born 4 March, 181 1, at Fabius, N. Y.; died 19 March,
1887, at Belfast, N. Y.; married 22 May, 1830, John J. Crawford,
born 11 Aug., 1795, died 30 April, 1858, at Belfast.
Children, born at Belfast: 1
1 Lewis J. Crawford, born 11 Feb., 1831; died 25 Jan., 1892, at Belfast,
unmarried.
2 Henry Crawford, born 22 July, 1832; died 1 March, 1833, at Belfast.
3 Joseph B. Crawford, born 20 July, 1833; died 13 July, 1892, at Pontiac,
Mich.; married 24 Oct., 1865, at South Alabama, N. Y., Anna Ingalsby,
born 17 Feb., 1843. She lives at Pontiac.
Children:
1. Mary Roseltha Crawford, born 5 Nov., 1866, at South Alabama; died
4 March, 1899, at Pasadena, Cal.; married 5 July, 1887, at Pontiac,
Walter J. Fisher. Children, born at Pontiac: Walter Joseph Fisher,
born 9 Feb., 1888. Mark Royal Fisher, born 19 June, 1889. Charles
Henry Fisher, born 18 Nov., 1890. Alva Francis Hardie Fisher,
born 21 Jan., 1894. James Kenneth Fisher, born 12 May, 1895. All
living at Pontiac.
2. Kate Louise Crawford, born 16 Aug., 1874, at Pontiac; married there 26
Dec, 1900, Charles M. Van Buskirk. No issue. They live at Pontiac.
4 Jemima Crawford, born 6 Feb., 1835; married 19 Sept., 1858, Edgar D.
Eastwood, born 16 May, 1836, at Newhudson, N. Y., died 6 Dec, 1899,
at Blackcreek, N. Y. No issue. Mrs. Eastwood lives at Blackcreek.
5 Rachel Crawford, born 21 Dec, 1836; died 26 March, 1866, at Newhudson;
married 12 Nov., 1857, Norman Holden, born 17 April, 1836, at Newhudson,
died 24 March, 1899, at Belfast.
Children:
1. Helen M. Holden, born 6 June, 1862; died 6 Jan., 1865, at Newhudson.
2. Addie M. Holden, born 15 Oct., 1866; died 15 April, 1872, at Belfast.
6 McColaster Crawford, born 18 Nov., 1838; married 11 Nov., 1869, Mary
Helen Leitheit, born 27 March, 1844, in Glasgow, Scotland. They live
at Romeo, Mich.
Children:
1. Francis Eugene Crawford, born 21 Aug., 1870; married 28 Oct., 1895,
Cora Ann Tetzel, born 22 Nov., 1871. They live at Pontiac. Child:
Milton E. Crawford, born 28 April, 1898, at Pontiac.
2. Eva Lucinda Crawford, born 10 Aug., 1873; married 13 June, 1894,
Alfred Mills Newbury, born 1 Sept., 1872, at Romeo. No issue.
They live at Romeo.
1 Information of Mrs. Lucinda A. Holden (138P9-K) and Dr. Barton S. Partridge (138P8-6).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 323
3. Nellie Mary Crawford, born 15 March, 1875; married 15 Sept., 1895,
Edwin G. Shaw. No issue. She lives at Romeo.
4. Leon Berton Crawford, born 3 Feb., 1877. He lives at Romeo, unmar-
ried.
5. George Currie Crawford, born 15 Sept., 1879; married Myrtle Adams,
born 4 Aug., 1889, at Marlborough, O. They live at Birmingham,
Mich. Child: Helen Harriet Crawford, born 29 Oct., 1910. One other
child.
7 Mary Crawford, born 10 Aug., 1840; died 26 Jan., 1866, at Belfast, unmar-
ried.
8 Martha Crawford, born 13 Sept., 1842; died 8 June, 1875; married 1 June,
1866, Newel C. McElhenney, born 5 Jan., 1843, at Blackcreek.
Children:
1. Eunice May McElhenney, born 29 July, 1869, at Blackcreek; married
12 July, 1890, James Loftus, born 8 June, 1861. They live at Cuba,
N. Y. Child: Casser James Loftus, born 8 Feb., 1900, at Blackcreek.
2. Willie McElhenney, born 10 July, 1874; died 8 June, 1875.
9 Malinda Crawford, born 30 Jan., 1845; died 12 Oct., 1874, at Belfast;
married 21 Nov., 1871, at Belfast, Norman Holden, born 17 April, 1836, at
Newhudson, died 24 March, 1899, at Belfast. No issue.
10 Eunice A. Crawford, born 15 March, 1847; died 9 Nov., 191 1, at Oxford,
Mich.; married 30 Dec, 1869, at Pontiac, Elisha R. Clark, born 3 March,
1847, died 9 Dec, 1907, at Oxford. No issue.
11 Lucinda A. Crawford, born 18 March, 1849; married 19 Dec, 1882, at
Belfast, Norman Holden, born 17 April, 1836, at Newhudson, died 24
March, 1899, at Belfast. No issue. She lives at Belfast.
12 Francis M. Crawford, born 28 Oct., 1851; died 13 June, 1899, at Belfast;
married 14 Nov., 1889, Mettie Robinson, born 30 April, 1870. She married
again and lives at Rockville, N. Y.
Children, born at Belfast:
1. Claud M. Crawford, born 11 Aug., 1891, lives at Belfast.
2. Irene L. Crawford, born 7 May, 1896, lives at Belfast.
3. Eunice J. Crawford, born 14 Sept., 1898, lives at Belfast.
13 Bettie Crawford, born 24 Feb., 1856; died 20 Sept., 1857, at Belfast.
17211
V. Rebecca Wood Bixby (Gideon, Gideon, George, Joseph), born
12 May, 1781, at Boxford, Mass.; married there 5 Jan., 1805, Ancil
Kimball, born there 12 June, 1778, died 12 Jan., 1862, at Dover,
Me., son of David and Rebecca (Flint) Kimball. 1 Ancil Kimball
was a merchant and resided at Mt. Vernon, Me., 1805 to 1814,
and at Augusta, Me., 1815 to 1834, afterwards at Dover, until his
death.
Children, 2 except the four youngest, born at Mt. Vernon:
1 William Henry Kimball, born 20 Oct., 1805; died 25 Dec, 1831. 2
2 Harriet Wood Kimball, born 23 Nov., 1806; died 27 April, 1846, 2 unmarried.
'Sharpies: Kimball Genealogy.
2 Information concerning this family was received from Allen Partridge (17211-42) and Miss
Lizzie M. Kimball (17211-34).
324 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 George Augustus Kimball, born 20 April, 1808; died 15 March, 1890, at
Athens, Me.; married there 1 Jan., 1832, Syrena Williams, born 12 April,
1811, at Anson, Me., died 2 Aug., 1906, at Athens, daughter of (Colonel)
Lemuel and Dolly (Dinsmore) Williams. George A. Kimball was active
in political affairs. He was a member of the legislature for several terms
and for many years postmaster at Athens. Mrs. Kimball and her four
daughters were school teachers.
Children, born at Athens: 1
1. Sarah Frances Kimball, born 13 Nov., 1832; died 3 March, 1875, at
North Monmouth, Me.; married 3 Jan., 1858, at Athens, Thomas
Leigh Stanton.
2. Emma Louise Kimball, born 8 Feb., 1835; died 5 Nov., 1897, at Athens,
unmarried.
3. Julia Maria Kimball, born 13 May, 1838; died 22 Feb., 1900, at Athens;
married there 13 Sept., 1864, Charles Franklin Henry Greene.
4. Mary Elizabeth Kimball, born 29 June, 1840; died 2 Aug., 1913, at
Athens, unmarried.
4 Charlotte Flint Kimball, born 6 Aug., 1809; died 2 Jan., 1872, at Augusta;
married 1 Nov., 1835, Ruben Partridge, born 24 July, 1801, at Sidney, Me.,
died 6 Sept., 1850, at Augusta, son of Amos and Hannah (Rockwood)
Partridge. Ruben Partridge was a merchant in Augusta.
Children, 2 born at Augusta:
1. Charles Kimball Partridge, born 9 Dec, 1836; died 26 Aug., 1902, at
Augusta; married 26 Jan., 1865, at Vasselboro, Me., Mary Roberts
Larrabee, daughter of Eben and Mahala (Roberts) Larrabee. Child:
Winifred Partridge, born 8 April, 1870, at Augusta.
2. Allen Partridge, born 29 Jan., 1842; married 15 Dec, 1869, at Augusta,
Margaret Teague.
3. Frank Ruben Partridge, born 23 Oct., 1843; married 3 Jan., 1877,
Carolyn Kempton, at Augusta, where they live.
4. Anna Louise Partridge, born 7 Oct., 1846; died 26 Oct., 1904, at Augusta,
unmarried.
5. Reuben Henry Partridge, born 25 Dec, 1848; died 30 April, 1850, at
Augusta.
5 Charles Edwin Kimball, born 23 Dec, 1810; died 3 Nov., 1878; married
31 Dec, 1838, Julia Palmer, 3 born 16 July, 1818, died 7 May, 1871. He
was a merchant and lived at Dover.
Children:
1. Charles Augustus Kimball, born 1 Dec, 1839; died 6 Dec, 1862.
2. Annie Estelle Kimball, born 14 May, 1842.
3. Frederic Lewellen Kimball, born 25 Dec, 1845, at Dover; married 26
Nov., 1879, Augusta Cary, born 16 April, 1847, daughter of Alison
Lothrop and Eliza Jane (Cilley) Cary. Frederic L. Kimball is a
merchant and lives at Dover. Children: Mary Wentworth Kimball,
born 12 Jan., 1884. Charles Edwin Kimball, born 25 Jan., 1886.
6 Caroline Emily Kimball, born 22 Dec, 1812; died 27 Sept., 1886; married
Stephen Chase. He was architect and builder and lived in Haverhill,
Mass.
Children:
1. Frank Kimball Chase. He is a Free Will Baptist minister, formerly at
Dover, now of Buffalo, N. Y.
2. Emma Rebecca Chase; married Herbert Eaton of Haverhill. Children:
Earnest Eaton. Edith Kimball Eaton.
1 Information of Miss Lizzie M. (Mary Elizabeth) Kimball (17211-34).
2 Information of Allen Partridge (17211-42) and Miss Winifred Partridge (17211-411).
'Sharpies: Kimball Genealogy.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 325
7 Benjamin Franklin Kimball, born 11 April, 1814; died 2 March, 1873, at
North New Portland, Me., where he was a merchant; married there Salome
Bartlett, born there 7 or 9 Aug., 1828, died there 13 April, 1903, daughter
of William and Abbie (Burbank) Bartlett. 1
Children:
1. Charles Benjamin Kimball, born 14 May, 1872, at North New Portland;
married 30 May, 1907, at Cambridge, Mass., Ethel Elizabeth Farr.
They live at Wollaston, Mass. Children: Mary Farr Kimball, born
26 Oct., 1908. Charlotte Kimball, born 31 July, 1911.
2. Helen Maria Kimball, died 7 Feb., 1883, aged 32 years, unmarried.
3. Frank Kimball, died 11 Dec, 1880, aet. 28 years, unmarried.
4. William Kimball, died 11 Nov., 1859, aet. 2 years, 3 months.
5. Lettie Bartlett Kimball, died 30 Dec, 1877, aet. 18 years, 5 months.
8 Ancil Kimball, born 2 Jan., 1816; died March, 1840, unmarried.
9 Samuel Artemas Kimball, born 16 April, 1817, at Athens; died 11 June,
1874; married Sarah L. Lovejoy of Fayette, Me. He lived at Monmouth.
Children, born there:
1. Perley Lovejoy Kimball, born 1856.
2. John Kimball, lives at Larned, Kans.
10 Maria Wood Kimball, born 16 April, 1819, at Athens; died 21 May, 1896,
unmarried.
11 Rebecca Bixby Kimball, born 22 Jan., 1822, at Athens; died 29 Oct.,
1909; 2 married George W. Allen, 2 who died 24 Dec, 1853. 3
Child:
1. George Jacob Allen, born 22 Oct., 1853, at Augusta.
12 Louisa Kimball, born 22 Aug., 1824, at Athens; died 22 Feb., 1829.
17212
V. Sally Bixby (Gideon, Gideon, George, Joseph), born 6 Dec,
1783, at Boxford, Mass.; died 1835 at Norridgewock, Me.; married
16 Feb., 181 5, at Boxford, 4 Abraham True Tilton, of Cornville,
Me., born 1790 at Deerfield, N. H., died March, 1867, at Skow-
hegan, Me., son of Josiah and Abigail (Rudd) Tilton.
Children: 5
1 Sarah A. Tilton, born 29 April, 1816; died 28 Sept., 1904, unmarried.
2 Horatio Gates Tilton, born 3 Jan., 1819, at Cornville, Me.; died 12 May,
1888, at Norridgewock; married 29 Feb., 1852, Ann Maria Stackpole, born
13 April, 1833, at Seabrook, N. H., daughter of John and Henrietta (Chase)
Stackpole. Mrs. Ann M. Tilton lives at Skowhegan.
Children:
1. Charles Edward Tilton, born 15 Oct., 1858; died 19 Dec, 1912; married
3 Sept., 1891, Caroline E. Hodgdon. No issue. Charles E. Tilton
was supervising principal of Grammar Schools at Bangor, Me., having
previously been principal of the Fairfield High School. He graduated
from Colby University, 1883 (A.M. 1887).
2. Fred Thomas Tilton, born 28 Sept., 1861; married 16 June, 1897, Addie
N. Schrowder. They live at Salt Lake City, Utah. Fred T. Tilton is
1 Information of Charles B. Kimball (17211-71).
'Information concerning this family was received from Allen Partridge (17211-42) and Miss
Lizzie M. Kimball (172 1 1-34). 'Sharpies: Kimball Genealogy.
♦Boxford records. ■ Information of Mrs. Horatio G. Tilton (17212-2).
326 BIXBY GENEALOGY
engaged in mining and stock raising. Children: Edward Glen Tilton,
born 1902. Charles Paul Tilton, born 1905.
3. George Augustus Tilton, born 21 Sept., 1866; married, 1907, Lavina
Butler. No issue. He was a farmer at Norridgewock, now lives at
Skowhegan.
3 George True Tilton, born 6 May, 1821; died 6 Jan., 1908, at Norridgewock;
married, 1862, Lydia Stackpole, sister of Mrs. Horatio G. Tilton, 1 born 1837,
at Seabrook, died March, 1864, at Oldtown, Me., daughter of John and
Henrietta (Chase) Stackpole; (2) Dec, 1864, Lois Spearing, widow of
Walter Lovejoy. She died at Monson, Me. 1 Three children, all of whom
died the same week, of diphtheria.
4 Abigail F. Tilton, born 23 Sept., 1823; died 8 Oct., 1908, unmarried.
5 William Henry Tilton, born 9 June, 1826, at Skowhegan; died 17 Nov.,
1907, at La Crosse, Wis.; married 28 Sept., 1869, in St. Paul, Minn., Flor-
ence Dell Snow, born 5 May, 1854, in New York City, daughter of Samuel
and Margaret Eliza (Birge) Snow. Mrs. Florence D. Tilton lives at La-
Crosse. William H. Tilton raised Co. K, of the 31st Regt., Maine Vols.,
also raised a cavalry troop of which he was commissary sergeant. He was
honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was the oldest pioneer
resident of LaCrosse at the time of his death. He was interested in the
lumber business in Wisconsin.
Children, 2 born at LaCrosse:
1. Jessie Laura Tilton, born 18 Sept., 1870; married 31 March, 1887, at
Salem, Wis., Charles Rinton Vollner. Charles R. Vollner is in the
grain business in Duluth, Minn., where they live. Children: Hazelle
Antoinette Vollner, born 22 July, 1888. Milton Clyde Vollner, born
22 July, 1890. Madella Florence Vollner, born 31 Jan., 1892.
2. Clyde Willis Tilton, born 12 March, 1875; married 9 June, 1902,
Mayme Connoly, in St. Paul, where they live. Clyde W. Tilton is in
the auditing department of the Great Northern Ry. Co. Children:
Neal W. Tilton, born 23 Feb., 1906. William Tilton, born 8 June, 1908.
3. Harold Fred Tilton, born 30 March, 1890, lives in Duluth.
1 72 14
V. George Bixby {Gideon, Gideon, George, Joseph), born 27
Dec, 1788, at Boxford, Mass.; died 4 Nov., 1869; 3 married Oct.,
1821, Rachel White, of Bloomfield, Me., born there 4 1794, died 23
July, 1871, at Athens, Me. They settled in Athens, now Skowhegan,
Me.
Children:
1 George Frederic, born 26 July, 1822; died 24 Sept., 1850, on the Touo-
lumme River, Cal.
2 Maria Louisa, born 3 June, 1824; died 4 Sept., 1879, at Hibernia, Fla.;
married Sept., 1856, William Showell, who died March, 1864; (2) Feb.,
1868, John G. Bigges. No issue.
3- 3 Rachel Ann, born 28 Feb., 1826; married Elias J. Hale.
1 Information of Mrs. Horatio G. Tilton (17212-2).
2 Information of Mrs. William H. Tilton (17212-5).
• Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Maria L. Hayden (17214.72).
•Born at Skowhegan, Me. {Maine Deaths.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 327
4- 4 Sarah Wood, born 29 Nov., 1827; married Thomas E. Martin.
5 Charles Edwin, born 17 June, 1829; died unmarried, 19 July, 1863, in
the Union Army, after his term of service had expired, at Port Hudson.
6- 6 Henry Clay, born 15 Sept., 1831, at Athens; married Ann Wing.
7- 7 James White, born 3 April, 1834, at Athens; married Lovey J. Taylor.
8 Edward Payson, twin with James W., died 28 July, 1865, at Portland,
Me., on his way home from the Army.
9 Ancill Kimball, born 23 June, 1836; died 9 May, 1843.
17215
V. Charles Bixby {Gideon, Gideon, George, Joseph), born 19
Oct., 1793, at Boxford, Mass.; died there 17 May, i860; married
at Boxford, Hannah French, who died there 29 May, 1841.
She was the daughter of Joshua French of Topsfield, formerly of
Salem. 1
Children, 2 born at Boxford:
1- 1 Charles Henry, born 3 April, 18 19; married Mary E. Toomey.
2- 2 Sarah French, born 6 June, 1821; married Daniel F. Harriman.
3 William Joshua, born 2 Feb., 1828; died 18 July, 1846, at Boxford,
unmarried.
17216
V. Samuel Bixby {Gideon, Gideon, George, Joseph), born 13
April, 1799, at Boxford, Mass.; died there 20 April, 1881; married
there 4 Feb., 1830, 3 Eleanor Edmunds Johnson, born 4 Dec,
1806, at North Andover, Mass., died 23 March, 1880, aged 73
years, 4 at Boxford, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Foster) 5
Johnson.
Samuel Bixby was a deacon in the Congregational Church at
Boxford for many years. He built the house in which he died,
removing thither in 1828 from the Holyoke place, where he had
lived with his father. The homestead descended to Stephen A.
Bixby. 6 Mrs. Bixby was active in good works. She was one of
the earliest members of the Ladies Benevolent Society and for
1 Essex Institute Hist. Col. 28. Dwellings of Boxford, by Sidney Perley.
2 Boxford records. 3 Boxford Vital Records. 4 Massachusetts Deaths.
5 Information of Stephen A. Bixby (17216.4). Mrs. Peabody of Middleton, Mass., appears
to have given this name as Wood. There is an indenture between Sarah Johnson, widow, of
Boxford, and Samuel Bixby, yeoman, and Eleanor E., his wife in her own right, and John G. John-
son, cordwainer, all of Boxford, and Joseph Peabody, 2d, and Mary W., his wife, in her own right,
both of Middleton, concerning the rights the parties to the indenture have in certain property for-
merly the estate of Stephen Johnson, of Andover, deceased, during the widow Sarah Johnson's
lifetime. This indenture was dated 8 Feb., 1845. (Essex Deeds, 351: 116.)
1 Information of Mrs. Rebecca K. Sargent (17216.6), also Perley: Dwellings of Boxford.
328 BIXBY GENEALOGY
thirteen years its treasurer. She was a member of the Congrega-
tional Church.
Children, 1 born at Boxford:
i- i Sarah Ellen, born 30 March, 1831; married Charles S. Foster.
2- 2 Samuel Johnson, born 5 (4) 2 Feb., 1833; married Susan T. Herriot.
3 George Loring, born 25 Jan., 1835; died 15 Jan., 1838.
4- 4 Stephen Augustus, born 3 Dec, 1836; married Rosalia B. Wyman.
5- 5 George Loring, born 11 July, 1839; married Minerva Purrington; (2)
Mrs. Eliza M. (Smith) Clarke.
6- 6 Rebecca Kimball, born 17 March, 1841; married Charles N. Sargent.
7 Mary Peabody, born 23 May, 1843; died 10 Feb., 1890; * married 31
Dec, 1881, at Bradford, Mass,, Andrew J. Shattuck of Lawrence, Mass.,
aged 46 years, born at Townsend, Mass., son of Luther and Eliza A.
Shattuck. This was his third marriage. 3
8- 8 Harriet Emily, born 17 Nov., 1844; married Gardner G. Kimball.
9 Abbie Maria, born 12 Dec, 1845. Now lives in Boxford.
X82I2
V. Elias Bixby (Nathaniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph).
It is thought that Elias Bixby, who probably lived in north-
western Pennsylvania, is identical with Elias Bixby, son of Na-
thaniel, born 13 Aug., 1765, at Oxford, Mass., and of whom all
trace is lost unless this identification is correct. That the name of
the father of John, Cornelius, and Freeman Bixby was Elias rather
than Elisha is probable, because although Mr. James E. Bixby
thought the name might be Elisha, he knew that his brother was
given the name Elias for some ancestor. The names Cornelius
and Freeman are suggestive of the vicinity of Sutton, Mass., a
place near Oxford. The information that we have concerning
this family has been received from James E. Bixby (18212.112)
and Mrs. Jane Conrad (18212.2-1).
Children:
1- 1 John, born probably about 1820; married Freelove A. Tanner.
2- 2 Cornelius, born probably about 1822; married Mary J. Tanner.
3 Freeman.
18294
V. Sarah Powers 4 (Affa Bixbee, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph) »
born 26 Aug., 1779; died 18 Oct., 1827; married 9 July, 1797, John
Williams, who died 13 Jan., 1856, at Hartford, Conn.
1 Information of Mrs. Rebecca K. Sargent (17216.6), also Perley: Dwellings of Boxford.
2 Boxford Vital Records. ' Massachusetts Marriages.
4 Information concerning this family was received from Alfred W. Lucas (18294-62).
JOANNA POWERS GRAY, (18296)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 329
Children:
1 Adeline Ann Williams, born 16 July, 1798; died 10 July, 1890; married 25
Sept., 1855, in Chicago, 111., John Bois Turner.
2 Jefferson Warren Williams, born 23 Dec, 1799; died 6 April, 1883;
married 17 June, 1827, Adeline Cooley, born 2 July, 1804. Lived near
Ravenna, O.
Children:
1. Sarah Maria Williams, born II Jan., 1828; married 21 Oct., 1847, Josiah
Goodrich Hutchins, who died early in life. After the Civil War, she
with her grown son settled in the vicinity of Mission Ridge, Tenn.
2. John Williams, born 1 May, 1829; died 28 May, 1869.
3. Edward Powers Williams, born 11 Feb., 1834; died 28 Sept., 1831.
4. Charles Williams, born 17 Dec, 1835; married 23 Jan., 1873, Rosa
Sherman. They live at Freedom, O. Children: Ralph Warren
Williams, born 11 Nov., 1874. Harold Morton Williams, born 28
Jan., 1877; died 3 Dec, 1878. Florence Alice Williams, born 13 Oct.,
1879. Emma Evangeline Williams, born 21 July, 1 881.
5. Ann Eliza Williams, born 30 Nov., 1837; married 30 Dec, 1858, Darwin
E. Phelps, who died 2 Dec, 1874. She married (2) 23 Aug., 1876,
David R. King.
6. Julia Alice Williams, born 15 Aug., 1841; married 5 Nov., 1867, Melvin
J. Hans.
3 Edgar Montgomery Williams, born 25 Feb., 1804; lost at sea, aged nineteen.
4 Emeline Augusta Williams, born 22 Jan., 1806; died 25 Nov., 1825.
5 Sarah Maria Williams, born 4 Jan., 1808; died 8 Oct., 1823.
6 Jane Grey Williams, born 9 March, 181 1; died 14 Nov., 1872, at Amherst
C. H., Va., married 24 March, 1834, at Hartford, Eli Bristol Lucas, born
18 Jan., 1807, at Clinton, N. Y., died 6 April, 1880, at Hagerstown, Md.
They lived at Clinton.
Children:
1. Sarah Elizabeth Lucas, born 19 Feb., 1835; married E. Murrah. No
issue.
2. Alfred Williams Lucas, born 8 Feb., 1839; married 1 Sept., 1869, Mary
Randolph Brown, born 24 Aug., 1839, died 23 May, 1883, daughter
of Benjamin Brown of Amherst; married (2) 8 Sept., 1886, Mrs. Mary
Frances Porter, born 23 Oct., 1840, died 18 May, 1900. He lives at
Hagerstown. Children, by first marriage: Caroline Thompson Lucas,
born 10 June, 1871; married 1 Jan., 1896, F. M. Thomas, who died
10 June, 1906; married (2) 6 June, 1908, William H. H. Bixler. Jane
Williams Lucas, born 5 Aug., 1873; unmarried. Edward Bristol Lucas,
born 2 Oct., 1877; married 2 June, 1909, Anna R. Buck. They live
at Scranton, Pa.
7 Harriet Frances Williams, born 18 Aug., 1812; died 13 June, 1885, near
Columbus, Ga.; married 16 Aug., 1832, Charles Augustus Peabody, born
in Connecticut.
Children:
1. Charles Williams Peabody, lives at Fort Worth, Tex. Had several chil-
dren.
2. George Augustus Peabody, lived and died in Columbus. He had a son
who is thought to be deceased.
3. Emma Frances Peabody, married, and died in Florida. She left children.
4. Elbert Wells Peabody, married, and died in Florida. He left children.
5. Charlotte Jane Peabody, married Burnham, who was born in
Vermont; now deceased. She lives at Atlanta.
6. Lucy Adeline Peabody, died in Columbus, Ga.; married Shep-
24
330 BIXBY GENEALOGY
person. Child: Mildred Shepperson, married Willard L. Boileau.
They live at Chattanooga, Tenn.
7. Douglas Cairns Peabody, died at Glastonbury. Mrs. Peabody lives at
Glastonbury. Children: A daughter. A son, married, and lives at
Atlanta.
8. Francis Downing Peabody, lived and died at Columbus. No issue.
His widow is living there.
8 Charlotte Tryon Williams, born 31 March, 1814; died 27 Aug., 1841;
married, 1839, Aikens; lived at Niles, Mich. No issue.
18296
V. Joanna Powers 1 (Affa Bixbee, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph),
born 3 Feb., 1785, at Quincy, Mass.; died 22 Dec., 1862, at Still-
water, N. Y. ; married 22 Nov., 1807, in Boston, Mass., Samuel
Gray, born 5 May, 1784, at Halifax, N. S., died 20 Oct., 1830,
in Boston, son of Samuel 2 and Hannah (Cotton) 3 Gray of Boston.
She married, second, 10 Sept., 1848, at Stillwater, William Evans.
Samuel Gray was a manufacturer of harness, saddles, trunks,
military caps and accoutrements, mail bags, etc. He was a man of
noble character and was idolized by his children.
Children, 4 all by first marriage, born in Boston:
1 George Powers Gray, born 20 Oct., 1808; died 3 March, 1829, in Boston,
unmarried.
2- 2 Affa Maria Gray, born 27 Aug., 1810; married Lewis W. Wells.
3- 3 Emily Naomi Gray, born 6 Sept., 1812; married Rev. Isaac A. C. E.
Pittman.
4 Joanna Gray, born 25 Nov., 1814; died 5 June, 1820, in Boston.
5- 5 Samuel Cotton Gray, born 11 Oct., 1816; married Lucy Wetmore; (2)
Martha F. Garretson.
6 Mary Cotton Gray, born 19 Aug., 1818; died 24 July, 1819, in Boston.
7 Mary Joanna Gray, born 21 July, 1820; died 7 Dec, 1909, in Baltimore;
married William Blanding; (2) Ezekiel Calhoun Davis; (3) George
Stayley Morton. No issue.
8- 8 Edward Powers Gray, born 31 July, 1822; married Ada Curran; (2)
Maria L. Clark.
9 Sarah Adeline Gray, born 21 Aug., 1824; died 30 May, 1840, in Balti-
more.
182L1
V. Jeremiah Bixby {David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born
9 Aug., 1790 (or 13 Aug., 1791), at Pepperell, Mass.; died 15 Sept.,
'Family Bible of Samuel Gray (18296), where the name is spelled Powars. See illustration
opposite page 328.
2 Son of Samuel and Sarah (Emmons) Gray of Boston.
3 Daughter of John and Mary (Cutt) Cotton of Boston, and a descendant of William Cotton
of Portsmouth. N. H., who settled there before 1650.
'Information concerning this family was received from Theodore Gray (18296.5—4).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 331
1836, aged 47 years, at Piermont, N. H.; x married Eliza Sinclair,
born at Haverhill, N. H., 2 died 23 April, 1879, aged 79 years, at
Concord, N. H. 2
Children:
1 Augusta Ann S., born 1818; died 15 Nov., 1840, aged 22 years. 2
2 Ruth, born 1820; died 29 Aug., 1827, aged 7 years. 2
3 Phineas P., born 9 May, 1829, at Piermont; died 16 Jan., 1877, at Concord; 2
married 19 Jan., 1855, Ellen C. Clark of Concord, born at Hubbardston,
Mass., died 27 June, 1889, aged 57 years, at Concord, daughter of Samuel
and Nancy (Spring) Clark. 2 No issue.
At the time of his death, Colonel Bixby was Deputy Treasurer of the State
of New Hampshire. He had an honorable record as a soldier and official.
After his father's death he accompanied his mother to Haverhill, where
he lived for eight years. During his youth he did not enjoy robust health,
being subject to fevers. When fifteen years of age he entered the printing
office of George S. Towle, at Haverhill, who was then publishing the Granite
State Whig. In 1846, he obtained employment in the Statesman office
in Concord, where he remained for five years. He then entered the job
office of Morrill & Silsby. In 1858, he engaged in the grocery business
with C. C. Webster and was in this business when the Civil War broke out.
He was unable to arrange his business affairs to carry out his intended
enlistment in the Goodwin Rifles, which later became Co. B, 2nd N. H.
Vols., but when Capt. Griffin of that company was transferred to the new
6th Regt., as lieutenant-colonel, Bixby received a commission as adjutant,
30 Nov., 1861. He was taken prisoner at the second battle of Bull Run,
29 Aug., 1862, and was confined for two months in Libby Prison, during
which time he was promoted major. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel
in July, 1864, and was brevetted colonel for gallant and meritorious con-
duct at the assault before Petersburgh, July, 1864, when he was severely
and painfully wounded, which, however, did not prevent his rejoining his
regiment. He was in command of the regiment, of which he was com-
missioned colonel when its ranks were augmented by transfers of men from
other organizations, whose term of service was expiring. He was mustered
out with his regiment, 17 July, 1865. After the war he was appointed to
a position in the Custom House at Boston, which he held about four years.
In July, 1869, he again engaged in the grocery business, under the firm
name of Webster, Bixby & Company. He retired from the firm in 1871,
and during the next two years was clerk of the Boar's Head House at Hamp-
ton and of the Arlington House in Boston. In 1873 he was appointed
chief clerk to the Treasurer of New Hampshire. It is said of him that he
was a keen observer and had an inborn hatred of sham and deceit. He
was highly esteemed in business, and gained the reputation during the
war as having one of the best disciplined, willing and effective regiments
in the army. He was quiet, painstaking and faithful in every detail, as
well as witty and cheerful. 3
182L2
V. David Bixby (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born 9
Aug., 1793 (or 18 Aug., 1792), at Pepperell, Mass.; died 26 March,
1 Gravestone inscriptions at Piermont from John Bixby (182L6.1). Jeremiah Bixby (182L1)
and David Bixby (182L2) were born at Pepperell altho recorded at Piermont.
J New Hampshire Deaths. * Condensed from obituary published in New Hampshire paper.
See illustration opposite page 336.
332 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1875, 1 at New Haven, Conn., buried at Piermont, N. H.; 2 married
7 Feb., 1822, 3 at Lyme, N. H., Lydia Barber, who died 25 Aug.,
i835» aged 43 years, at Piermont. 2 David Bixby is said to have
served in the War of 1812, and the name of David Bixby "of Pier-
mont" is found on the rolls of Capt. Mapenin's company. 4
He received a warrant for 80 acres, military land bounty for
service in the War of 18 12, 17 Feb., 1852. According to the war-
rant his service was as corporal in Capt. "Maburen's" company,
Vermont militia. 5 Under the Act of 1855 he was entitled to an
additional 80 acres, but no record appears of issue to him of a
warrant.
Children, probably all born at Piermont: 6
1 Jeremiah P., born Jan., 1823; died 12 July, 1854, at Piermont, unmarried.
2- 2 William Peck, born 25 Dec, 1824; married Lucy A. Luey.
3- 3 Harriet K., born 1825; married Hiram S. Brown.
4- 4 George Harrison, born 12 March, 1827; married Sarah E. Newcomb.
5- 5 Olcutt Mills, born 5 Dec, 1827; married Emeline J. Smith.
6- 6 Nancy Farnham, born 17 Feb., 1830; married Charles C. Littlefield.
7- 7 Russell Woodward, born 17 Sept., 1832; married Mary J. Stratton.
8 Phebe Jane, born 14 April, 1834; 7 died 8 March, 1909, at the Odd Fel-
lows Home, Worcester, Mass.; married 5 Aug., 1851, at Lowell, Rinaldo
H. Tyler, born 6 May, 1830, at Gardner, Mass., son of Luke and Jane b.
R Richardson. No issue. They formerly lived at Dracut and Lowell.
9 Susan Emily, born 12 March, 1835; died 27 Jan., 1910, unmarried, in
Boston, where she had lived since 1867. 8
182L3 182L4
V. Nancy Bixby {David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born 1
May, 1795, at Piermont, N. H.; died 30 Jan., i860, at Bradford,
Vt.; married 29 April, 1821, at Piermont, Roswell Farnham,
born 14 Oct., 1792, 9 at Plymouth, N. H., died 20 Dec, i860, at
Bradford, son of John and Sarah (Thompson) Farnham. 10 He had
previously married, 14 Sept., 1817, Ruth Bixby (182L4), a younger
sister of Nancy, born 20 Aug., 1797. at Piermont, died 27 March,
1819.
1 Information of John Bixby (182L6.1). 2 Gravestones at Piermont.
« Church records, where the bride's name is spelled Barbour. In the death record of her son
Russell she is named as Nancy Barber. * Letter of Augustus H. Bixby, 1885.
' U. S. Land Office, 30,816-80-50. • Information of Mrs. George H. Bixby (182L2.4).
'Information of Mrs. Phebe J. Tyler (182L2-8).
• Massachusetts Deaths. ' Information of Charles C Farnham (182L3-H).
"Information of Hon. Roswell Farnham (182L3-1).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 333
Roswell Farnham was a descendant of Ralph Farnham of And-
over, Mass., whose grandson, Ephraim, became one of the first
settlers in what is now Concord, N. H. Ephraim's son Benjamin
was father of John Farnham, mentioned above, whose son Roswell
established himself in business in Court Street, Boston, and later
became a manufacturer of boots and shoes. Although prosperous
he lost heavily in the financial crisis of 1838-9, and in 1840
removed to Bradford.
Children of Roswell and Ruth Bixby (182L4) Farnham:
1 Cyrus Conant Farnham, born 27 June, 1818, at Haverhill, N. H.; died
25 Feb., 1863, in Memphis, Tenn., of typhoid fever, contracted while in
the U. S. Military Telegraph Service. 1
Children of Roswell and Nancy Bixby (182L3) Farnham:
1 Roswell Farnham, born 23 July, 1827, in Boston, Mass.; died 5 Jan., 1903,
at Bradford; married 25 Dec, 1849, at St. Albans, Vt., Mary Elizabeth
Johnson, born 19 Jan., 1828, at Bath, N. H., daughter of Capt. Ezekiel
and Nancy (Rogers) Johnson. 1 Roswell Farnham was Governor of Vermont.
He was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1849, having
been fitted for college at Bradford Academy, to which institution he returned
as principal after some years spent in teaching, part of the time as principal
of the Franklin Academical Institution. In the meantime he had studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He soon obtained a successful
practice, the largest, it is said, in Orange County. In 1859, he was chosen
State's Attorney and twice re-elected to that office, which he was filling
at the time the Civil War opened.
Already a member of the Bradford Guards, he responded to Lincoln's
first call for troops and went to the front as second lieutenant of Co. D,
1st Vt. Vols. He was stationed at Fortress Monroe and took part in the
occupation of Newport News, of which he was appointed provost marshal.
Later he participated in the attack on the Confederate works at Big Bethel.
He returned to Vermont at the end of his term of service, with the repu-
tation of a capable officer, and was placed in command of the Bradford
Guards, who, in Aug., 1862, were mustered into the service as a part of the
12th Vt. Vols., of which Farnham was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel.
Col. Blunt of the 12th being assigned to the command of the Brigade,
Lieut. -Col. Farnham was in actual command of the regiment for a large
part of its term of service, taking part in the repulse of Gen. Stuart's attack
on Fairfax Court House and in the Gettysburg campaign. After being
mustered out of the service he resumed the practice of law at Bradford.
In 1868 and 1869, he was elected to the State Senate and in 1876 was a
delegate to the Republican Convention which nominated President Hayes,
and was also a presidential elector. In 1880, he was elected Governor of
Vermont, receiving the largest majority ever cast for a candidate for that
office up to that time. During his term of office many important public
works and reforms were initiated. After retiring from the gubernatorial
office he held many offices of trust. In 1889, he was appointed National
Bank Examiner, but spon resigned that position. In July, 1898, he was
appointed referee in Bankruptcy which position he filled at his death. He
was a trustee of the University of Vermont, a member of the State Board
of Education and Agriculture, treasurer and trustee of Bradford Academy.
information of Charles C Farnham (182L3-11).
334 BIXBY GENEALOGY
He was a member of the Grand Army and of the Vermont Commandery
of the Loyal Legion, and other military societies, as well as a member of
the Vermont Society Sons of the American Revolution in right of his grand-
father David Bixby. He was much interested in family history and made
many investigations into his Bixby ancestry of which he was especially
proud. He was author of a History of the Bench and Bar of Orange County,
Vt., and other literary works. In his private as in public life, Gov. Farn-
ham was irreproachable. He took a deep and abiding interest in the
people of his community and was ever ready and eager to help both with
advice and in more substantial manner. He was deeply religious. He,
nevertheless, once told Prof. Campbell of Dartmouth College, with whom
he was associated in religious work that it was easier for him to stand
before a jury and plead a case than to speak in prayer meeting. He was
rarely absent from Sunday School, in which he had a class, and was prom-
inent in the councils of the church at Bradford, to which he contributed
liberally. The occasion of his funeral was notable for the assembly which
gathered to follow him to the grave, to which his body was escorted by his
old command, the Bradford Guards. See illustration opposite page 344.
Children, 1 born at Bradford:
1. Charles Cyrus Farnham, born 9 May, 1864; married 30 Oct., 1889, at
Ellington, Conn., Grace Hall, born there 17 May, 1866, daughter of
Edward and Abby B. Hall. Charles C. Farnham is a successful
lawyer in Buffalo, N. Y. Children: Roswell Farnham, born 13 Aug.,
1890. Francis Hall Farnham, born 24 Sept., 1895. Edward Hall
Farnham, born 4 Dec, 1900. Mary Field Farnham, born 24 May,
1903. See also addenda.
2. Florence Mary Farnham, born 30 Oct., 1866; married 10 June, 1890, at
Bradford, Col. Gardner Osgood of Bellows Falls, Vt., where they live,
son of Charles W. and Fannie M. Osgood. Children: Mary Elizabeth
Osgood, born 24 March, 1896. Farnham Osgood, born 18 Nov., 1903.
3. William Mills Farnham, born 5 July, 1869; married 27 April, 1895, at
Newville, Pa., Bertha Irene Hursh, born 18 June, 1869, daughter of
Joseph B. and Henrietta W. (Hunt) Hursh. William M. Farnham is
president of the Eureka Steel Novelty Co., and lives in Buffalo, N. Y.
Child: William Hursh Farnham, born 28 Oct., 1896. See also addenda.
2 Laura Ann Farnham, born 3 May, 1833, at Haverhill, Mass.; died 19 Feb.,
1904, 1 in Boston, unmarried.
182L5
V. Harriet Bixby (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph), born
17 April, 1802, at Piermont, N. H.; died 26 2 Nov., 1866, at Spring-
field, Wis.; married 20 (21) Feb., 1820, 3 at Piermont, Nathaniel
Kimball, born 14 March, 1790, at Canaan, N. H., died 2 Jan.,
1871, 4 at Springfield, son of Asa and Bettie (Smith) Kimball. 5
They removed to Springfield, Wis., leaving Piermont 3 April,
1858; they arrived at Black River Falls, Wis., 4 May, 1858, where
their son John was already established. George, another son,
accompanied his parents.
'Information of Charles C Farnham (182L3-11).
2 Information of Mrs. John Bixby Kimball (182L5-3), who supplied much of what follows.
3 Information of Mrs. Harriet A. McWilliams (182L5-21).
4 News item. 'Sharpies: Kimball Genealogy.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 335
Children:
1 George Kimball, born 18 Oct., 1820, at Haverhill, N. H.; died there 15 Oct.,
1822.
2 George Kimball, born 15 June, 1824, at Piermont; died 26 July, 1867, at
Springfield; married 7 April, 1858, at Haverhill, Elizabeth Manson, born
7 April, 1837, died 22 Aug., 1895, at Black River Falls, daughter of Alex-
ander Manson.
Children:
1. Harriet Augusta Kimball, born 22 Feb., 1861, at Springfield; married
5 Feb., 1898, at Evanston, 111., John Pollard McWilliams of Dwight,
111. Mrs. McWilliams graduated from Northwestern University in
1883 and Ph.M. in 1886. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa,
and was formerly a teacher in the Academy of the University. They
live in Dwight.
2. Lida Manson Kimball, born 14 Feb., 1864, at Hixton, Wis.; married 7
Oct., 1902, at Dwight, Isaac Thorne Johnson of Germantown, Pa.
They live at Urbana, O. Mrs. Johnson was graduated from Con-
servatory of Music, Northwestern University, in 1883, and from the
Hailmann Kindergarten Training School in 1889. From 1895 to
1899 she was kindergarten training teacher in the Friends' School at
Wilmington, Del., and from 1899 to 1902 was supervisor of Kinder-
gartens of South School District, Hartford, Conn. Child: Kimball
Johnson, born 18 Oct., 1905, at Germantown; died 16 April, 1906.
3. Natt Burton Kimball, born 19 Nov., 1865, at Springfield; died there
28 June, 1866.
3 John Bixby Kimball, born 19 Nov., 1828, at Piermont; died 22 Nov., 1898,
at Disco, Wis.; married 7 May, 1868, at Sechlerville, Wis., Mary Elizabeth
Curran, born 10 July, 1844, at Hebron, Pa., died 20 July, 1906, at Disco,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (McKenny) Curran. John B. Kimball was
a farmer, and held many town offices. He enlisted 20 Feb., 1865, in the
48 Regt., Wis. Vols., and was discharged 20 Dec, 1865.
Children: 2
1. Natt Kimball, born 16 Feb., 1869, at Springfield; married 24 Dec, 1908,
at Taylor, Wis., Edith Burch, born 26 Aug., 1875, at Oshawa, Minn.,
daughter of Thomas J. and Alice (Smart) Burch. Children : John Burch
Kimball, born 1 Nov., 1910. Janette May Kimball, born 22 Sept., 1913.
They live at Black River Falls, Wis.
2. Frank Lewis Kimball, born 21 April, 1870, at Springfield; married 21
April, 1894, at Sechlerville, Cora Mary Marsh of that place, born 21
Aug., 1874, at Pole Grove, Wis., daughter of Thomas Philander and
Mary Ellen (Allen) Marsh. They live in Melrose, Wis. Children:
Joseph Marsh Kimball, born 11 Sept., 1895, at Sechlerville. Allen
Bixby Kimball, born 17 Sept., 1899, at Hixton.
3. Joseph H. Kimball, born 24 Aug., 1871; died 22 Sept., 1872, at Hixton.
4. George Kimball, born 10 Oct., 1875, at Springfield; married 24 Aug.,
1909, at Black River Falls, Minnie Herbert.
5. Harriet Elizabeth Kimball, born 11 Sept., 1 881, at Albion, Wis.; married
25 Nov., 1907, at Taylor, Wis., Clyde Linn Proctor. Child: Frances
Proctor, born 8 Oct., 1908, at Boscobel, Wis.
182L6
V. John Minard (Minott) 3 Bixby {David, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Joseph), born 22 Feb., 1803, at Piermont, N. H.; died there
1 Information of Mrs. Harriet A. McWilliams (182L5-21).
* Information of Natt Kimball (182L5-31) and Frank L. Kimball (182L5-32).
* N. H. Marriages and Deaths.
336 BIXBY GENEALOGY
13 April, 1854; married there 24 Jan., 1830, * Elizabeth Fifield,
born 25 May, 1806, at Hampton Falls, N. H., died 13 Oct., 1892, at
Piermont, aged eighty four years, four months and eighteen days,
daughter of Richard and Ester (Kelps) Fifield. 1
John M. Bixby was a farmer.
Children, born at Piermont:
1- 1 John, born 1 July, 1832; married Ellen A. Stevens.
2- 2 Dan, born 1 Nov., 1837; married Mary A. Lamb.
l86ll
V. Lydia Bixby {Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born 19
Feb., 1753, at Fairfield, Conn.; married 18 Aug., 1771, at Noble-
town, 2 Abel Whalin (Whalen).
Abel Whalin was lieutenant of the company commanded by his
father-in-law, Capt. Jonathan Bixby, and served 30 days in 1776.
His name appears as second lieutenant of the 5th Co., 2d Claverack
battalion, 9th Regt., New York militia, in a roster of date earlier
than 28 May, 1778, and at which time Jonathan Bixby was captain
of the same company. On the 6 Feb., 1779, he was commissioned
first lieutenant of the same company, his brother-in-law, Caleb
Clark, being at the same time commissioned as second lieutenant.
This regiment was commanded by Col. Van Ness. Lt. Whalin
commanded a detachment sent to Saratoga in Oct., 1781. 3
Child:*
1 Ezekial Whalin, born probably at Hillsdale, N. Y., baptized 4 Oct., 1772, at
Nobletown. 2
18612
V. Sarah Bixby {Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born 19
Feb., 1755, at Fairfield, Conn.; married Caleb Clark. They lived
at Hillsdale, N. Y.
Caleb Clark who married Sarah Bixby is undoubtedly that Caleb
Clark who served 31 days in 1776 in the Continental service, in the
company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Bixby, father of Sarah. 4
X N. H. Marriages and Deaths.
J Episcopal Church records at Great Barrington, Mass. Nobletown was formerly considered a
part of Massachusetts. It is now Hillsdale, Columbia Co., N. Y.
3 New York Men in the Revolution. The name appears as Wheatland, Wheland, Whalen, etc.
Many persons bearing this name are found on lists of the Revolutionary period in western
Massachusetts and adjoining parts.
4 There was a Caleb Clark who married at Great Barrington {Episcopal Church Records) 18
Sept., 1779, Rachel Scribner. This may be an earlier marriage. The Bixbys were connected
COL. PHINEAS P. BIXBY, (182L1-3)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 337
Children, 1 born probably at Hillsdale:
1 Ezekial Clark, baptized Jan., 179 1.
2 Cossia Clark, baptized 3 Aug., 1793.
18615
V. Aaron Hull Bixby {Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph),
born probably in 1758, 2 in Connecticut; died at Greenville (formerly
Greenfield) Greene Co., N. Y., probably prior to 1825; married,
probably in 1785, Mercy Bagley, 3 who died 12 April, 1838, 4 aged
seventy two years, seventeen days, at Castile, N. Y., 5 daughter of
Prudence Bagley. 6
with this church in Nobletown, served by the same minister. A Caleb Clark commanded a com-
pany of the nth Regt. Conn, militia, which was called out for service in New York in 1776, and
probably lived in Windham county. There was also a Caleb Clark in Ingersoll's company of the
1st Berkshire (Mass.) regiment in Oct., 1781, which responded to the call for troops to march to
Stillwater. The same man in 1777 was probably a member of Dwight's company. {Mass. Rev.
Rolls.) There was also a Caleb Clark in the Vermont militia, who served on more than one occasion
from the vicinity of Bennington. The Census of 1790 for New York enumerates a Caleb Clark
at Duanesburgh, Albany Co., having in his family one male over sixteen years, three males under
sixteen and four females. Also a Caleb Clark at Mohawktown in Montgomery Co., with one
male over sixteen, two males under sixteen and two females. There is no one of the name men-
tioned as living in Columbia Co.
1 Krumm (Dutch) Church records, now at Hudson, N. Y.
2 The dates 1766 and 12 April, 1838, for birth and death respectively of Aaron Hull Bixby,
which are given by some members of the family, refer to his wife, as will be seen by reference to
her gravestone. Mr. Archelaus Stone of Greenville, who in 189S made inquiries of the older inhabi-
tants, wrote: "the mother of Daniel, brother of Seth BLxby, lived with Daniel in Greenville until
some time after Seth left that place, probably as late as 1839 or 1840, and then went west, and
died there." Seth left Greenville about 1831. He bought land in Greenville of John and Salome
Hartt in 1827, and a son of these grantors, living at Greenville in 1908, remembered Seth Bixby of
Norton Hill, as well as a brother, named, he thought, John Bixby.
3 Very likely, a descendant of Orlando Bagley of Salisbury, Mass., 1653-4. {Letter of Harry
Bagley of Freehold, Greene Co., N. Y ., 5 Aug., IQ07.)
4 Her gravestone is at Castile, by the side of her son Seth's grave. She is called daughter of
Prudence Bagley in a pedigree found among Dr. Johnson's papers which had been sent to him by
one of her descendants. On 20 May, 1825, Prudence Bagley deeded to Mercy BLxby land in Green-
field bounded on land of Bethia Norton and of William Chichester, being the same land she had
bought the preceding year of John Shutts and Lucretia his wife.
5 A niece of Mrs. Huldah (Norton) BLxby (18615.4) remembers Mercy (Bagley) BLxby and thinks
that Mercy was a widow at the time Huldah Norton married Seth Bixby, which was in 1818. This
niece was born 1838.
6 In the Old Prevost, now Locust Grove Cemetery, near Norton Hill, is the gravestone of Pru-
dence Bagley, died 21 Dec, 1831, aged ninety one years, eight months, and sLx days. Bernard
Bagley and Elizabeth Wade, both of Lattania, married 18 Oct., 1789. Lattania or Latsina was the
early name for Greenville. Samuel Bagley was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Durham, N. Y., 1809-1810. Joseph Bagley died 25 May, 1813, aged forty four years. Lydia
Badgely was baptized and admitted to the church, 1 May, 1815. She appears to have married
Solomon Johnson of Walton, 26 Nov., 1815. {Records of the Presbyterian Church of Greenville.)
Both the Bagley (or Badgely) and Hull families were settled in Durham and about Norton Hill.
The Hulls are descended from Joseph Hull of Durham, Conn., born in 1716. John Bagley and wife
Prudence had children baptized at Nobletown in 1770. {See Episcopal Church records, Great Bar-
ringion.) William Hull, born 19 March, 1776, at Danbury, Conn., died 18 Sept., 1848, at Tribe9
Hill, N. Y., by wife Ruth Collins (born 7 Jan., 1775, died 3 Sept., 1865, married 1794 at Green-
ville), had son Aaron Whitlock Hull, born 9 Aug., 1798, near Greenville Village, N. Y., who died
338 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children:
i- i John Wesley, born 17 Feb., 1786; married Polly Hackett.
2- 2 Aaron, born 27 April, 1790, near Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; married
Fry; (2) Nancy Wilson; (3) Maria Martin.
3- 3 David (Hull), born 3 April, 1793, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; married
Desire Guernsey; (2) Phila Green.
4- 4 Seth, born 22 Nov., 1794; married Huldah Norton.
5 Daniel, married, late in life, Mrs. Sarah Grant. No issue.
6 A daughter \ j
7 Jonathan /
Aaron Hull Bixby, or Hull Bixby as he was often called, is said
to have been a soldier in the American Revolution. He and his
brother "Andress" Bixby were parties to the following assignment
of a land bounty. 2
"We the Subscribers belonging to the Class of which Henry
Dible is Superintendent in Colo. Peter Van Ness Regt. of Militia
Do hereby transfer to John Stuart his Heirs and assigns all our
Right and title to the annexed Certifycate and the Gratuity or
Bounty of Three Hundred and fifty acres of Land to which we are
Intitled by Virtue of the act for Raising Troops to Compleat the
Line of this State in the service of the United States and the two
Regt. to be Raised on Bounties of unappropriated Lands and for
the further Defence of the Frontiers of this state passes this 23rd
of March 1782 As Witness our hands and seals
Patrick Dibel
Henry Dible
Signed Seal'd & Delivered Henry Dible Jun
in Presents of his
Thos X Dibble
John H. McKinstry" mark
Joseph Dibel
Abel Whalen
Andress Bixby
Hull Bixby
his
Aron X Esman
mark.
1867, at Tribes Hill. William Hull was son of Capt. Wakeman Hull of Roxbury, Conn., by wife
Rhoda Whitlock. {Letter of Prof. Charles H. Hull of Ithaca, N. Y.)
1 Given by Dr. C B. Bixby (18615.44-1), in addition to the five elder children.
2 Manuscripts of the Revolutionary War, N. Y., 19: 155, in the office of the Comptroller, Al-
bany, N. Y. In " New York Men in the Revolution," p. 230, occur the names of Hull and
Andress Bixby as enlisted men in company of the 9th Regt., Albany Co. militia, evidently
from a list of land bounty rights.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 339
The name of Hull Bigsby appears in the census of 1790 as of
Saratoga, having in his family one male over sixteen, two males
under sixteen and one female. The two males under sixteen were
undoubtedly John and Aaron. The latter is said by family tradi-
tion to have been born near Saratoga Springs. It is not known at
what date he settled in Greenville, but it is probable he may have
removed to Greene county about 1794. It is also probable he died
prior to the removal of his son Seth from Norton's Hill, and indeed
prior to the deed of Prudence Bagley to Mercy Bixby in 1825. 1
One of his descendants thought all of the children were born at
Durham, which, although incorrect, seems to suggest that the set-
tlement there was while the children were yet young.
18616
V. Nathaniel Bixby {? Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph),
born probably about 1760; died later than 1826; married
, who was born 1 Dec, 1763. 2 He married, second, probably
about 1810, 3 .
Children:*
1 Sally, born Jan., 1793.
2
3
4- 4 Aaron, born 4 March, 1800, at Hillsdale, N. Y. ; married Julia Duncan.
5 Jonathan.
6 Andrews.
7
8
9
10
Nathaniel Bixby is not enumerated in the Census of 1790 as
the head of a family. Except for the statement of William Converse
Bixby, a grandson of Aaron (18616.4), there is no mention of his
existence. He and an equally vague Aaron Bixby, 5 are stated by
descendants of Aaron (1 861 6.4) to have been the latter's father.
The date of birth of Aaron, taken with the fact that there is no
'See footnote No. 5 on page 337.
- From a letter enclosed in a communication from Nettie M. Bigsby (1273s. 64-5).
3 Merely an assumption, based on supposition that his first wife was the mother of eight children.
i From the same source as the date of birth of her mother.
5 Statement of Henry Bixby (18616.461).
340 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Nathaniel or Aaron mentioned in the Census of 1790 who could
have been his father, appears to prove that this Nathaniel (if such
were his name) was not married until 1790 or later. The date of
his birth, if a son of Capt. Jonathan, would undoubtedly be about
1760, and from some unknown source came the date of birth of
his wife as 1763, which would accord with the supposition that her
husband was born in 1760.
In the Census of 1790, Capt. Jonathan Bixby is enumerated as
the head of a family consisting of three males over 16 years, and
two females. Of Capt. Jonathan's sons, Aaron Hull, Andrews
(Andreas) and Moses were in 1790 heads of families. His two sons,
Daniel and John, the twins, appear only on the birth records.
Jonathan Bigsby, the soldier in Whitney's company in 1781, is
assumed to have been a son of Capt. Jonathan, and of him we have
no other record, but if living and unmarried he may have been liv-
ing with his father. The same is true of Nathaniel, and those
two, with their father, would constitute the three males over six-
teen years. The birth record of Daniel and John in 1757, and the
later appearance of a Jonathan in 1781, and the traditionary
existence of a Nathaniel, suggests the possibility that John and
Jonathan may be the same, and that W. C. Bixby 's memory
may have been at fault, and that he confounded the names of
Daniel and Nathaniel.
William C. Bixby stated in 1909 that his father was named
for an uncle, and that his father's brother Andrew was named for
an Andrus or Andrew Bixby, whom he thought was also his father's
uncle. He also had heard that his father had a relative who was
an officer in the American Revolution, but he was not sure if it
were his uncle or not. He knew of a relationship "way back"
with the Moorhouse family, but not the details. He also knew
of the relationship, although in error regarding the degree of rela-
tionship, between his father and John M. Bixby (186J1.2). In
a later letter, however, he declares he is a third cousin of the Countess
Mankowski (186J1.23).
The only Andrew or Andrus Bixby who could have been the
person for whom William C. Bixby's uncle was named, must have
been the Andreas Bixby (18617) of the Census and Dutch Church
records, who was actually named Andrew or Andrews, undoubtedly
for the mother of Capt. Jonathan Bixby. This Andrews Bixby was
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 341
a great uncle of his namesake. The Jonathan Bixby who was a
relative and an officer in the Revolution would be Capt. Jonathan
(1861), who died in 1812. This branch of the family also claims
descent from an Elias Bixby. It seems probable that Nathaniel
was a grandson, through Capt. Jonathan, of Elias (186) rather than
a son. Had he been a son he would have been the youngest son,
either born about 1753, of the first wife, or a son of a second wife of
whom we have absolutely no trace, married between the death of
Elias' first wife, Eleanor Andrews, and his marriage to Margaret
Prindle in 1786.
Nathaniel Bixby is said to have been twice married, 1 and to have
had two sons by one marriage, and seven sons and a daughter by
the other. Mr. McGowan of Hudson remembers that Jonathan
Bixby, the "father of Mrs. Hermance," i. e., Jonathan, son of
Aaron (18616.4), told him that either his father or grandfather
was in the Revolution. As Jonathan's father Aaron was not born
until 1800, of course it would be the grandfather who served in
the Revolution. We, however, have no record of the service of
an unplaced Nathaniel Bixby who could have been grandfather
of this Jonathan. The reference was probably to Capt. Jonathan;
unless it was Capt. Jonathan's son Jonathan, instead of Nathaniel,
that this family descends from.
Allowing thirty years to a generation, and starting with Elias
(186) born 1706, we would obtain three generations to the birth
of Aaron in 1800, and the assumption that he was a great grandson
of Elias seems plausible. Elias was born 1709, his son Capt.
Jonathan in 1730, and if Capt. Jonathan had a son Nathaniel
born about 1760, it is quite probable the latter would be having
children born about 1800. It is, however, remarkable, that living
in Columbia County, being twice married, and having ten children,
there should be absolutely no mention of any member of his family
on the records, or knowledge concerning them among the many
relatives. Both Nathaniel and his son Jonathan are said to have
owned land, but if so no trace has been found of their ownership.
1 Both Mrs. Pulver (18616.41-1) and Mrs. Hermance (18616.433) assert that Aaron Bixby had
a stepmother; and the latter asserts that he had half brothers and sisters, who were called ''Yan-
kees" by her people, but none of the family know more of them. A relative of the Duncans,
Mrs. Morey, stated to D. H. Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn., that she had heard her mother say
that Aaron Bixby had a stepmother, and she thought she had heard her say he had only one
brother.
342 BIXBY GENEALOGY
18617
V. Andrews (also Andreas, Andrus, and Andrew) Bixby
{Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born probably about 1760-62;
died at Palatine, 1 Montgomery Co., N. Y.; married Priscilla
Cleveland, born about 1767, probably at Salisbury, Conn.,
daughter of Simon Cleveland. 1
Children: x
I Rhoda, born 6 April, 1789, at Hillsdale, N. Y., baptized at the Krumm
Dutch Reformed Church, as daughter of Andreas and Priscilla (Cleve-
land) Bicksby. 2 She probably died early in 1791.
2- 2 Rhoda, born 6 April, 1791, at Canaan, Conn.; married Horace Hatch;
(2) Ephraim Cleveland.
3- 3 David, born 3 Feb., 1793; married Ruth Brainard.
4 Sally, married Abram (Hiram) 4 Chatfield; 3 removed to Pennsylvania.
5 Aaron, died at Palatine, leaving three daughters.
6 Polly (Dolly), 4 married W(illiam?) Coon. She is said to have removed
in 1843 to Hartford, Washington Co., Wis.
7- 7 William, born about 1807, probably 27 Dec, 1807; married Sarah Lighthall.
8- 8 Phebe, born 22 May, 1809; married Ephraim Green.
9- 9 Eveline (Poelina, also Affa), 4 born 22 Nov., 1812, at Palatine; married
David Hodge.
10 Lydia, died without issue; married Ansel Simmons.
K-il Abel Whalen, born 1817; married Patty Bates; (2) Amelia VanDusen.
Andrews Bixby appears on the list of privates in Graves' Co.,
Van Rennsselaer's Regt., 5 and also in the roster of Van Ness'
regiment of militia, during the Revolutionary War. All males
between fifteen and fifty years of age were enrolled in the county
militia. He and Aaron Hull Bixby were in the same "class,"
and assigned their bounty land rights at the same time. 6 In the
1 Cleveland's Cleveland Genealogy. The author of the Cleveland Genealogy evidently was
able to procure very little information concerning the family of Simon Cleveland. He stated that
Priscilla accompanied her brothers to Saratoga, thence to western Oneida County and that she
married Ambrose Bixby of Saratoga County. Concerning the children, he omits the eldest, whose
existence is proven both by the baptismal record and the Census. David is given as the eldest
child, and of him it is said he went West when 21 years of age, and "not since heard from. " The
date of his birth was procured from his descendants, and agrees with the Census. As William died
aged 68, in 1875, it is evident that it was he, and not Eveline, who was born 27 Dec, 1807. The
Cleveland Genealogy gives three dates for her birth, 27 Dec, 1807, 22 Nov., 1812, which has been
adopted in this work, and 1822. Abel Whalen was named for the husband of Lydia Bixby (18611).
Whalen had been an officer in the company of Capt. Jonathan Bixby, the father of Andrews.
2 Krumm Dutch Church Records, Hillsdale, N. Y.
'John D. Bixby (18617.323) writes that all he knows concerning his father's (Wolcott W.'s)
uncles and aunts, is that his grandfather David had a sister Sarah who married a Mr. Ackley.
«So written in a list of children of Andrews Bixby sent to James Bixby (i86i7-K6) "many
years ago."
6 Roster of New York State Troops in the Revolution, p. 32s, where the name is spelled Andrew.
» ''Manuscripts of the Colony and State of New Y'ork in the Revolutionary War" on file at the
State Comptroller's Office, Albany, N. Y., Vol. 19: fo. 155. where the name is spelled Andreas.
Men of militia age formed groups called classes, and when a draft or requisition was made on the
town for its quota of men for the army the classes selected one or more of their number or hired a
substitute until the quota was made up.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 343
Census of Aug., 1790, he was enumerated at Claverack, his family
at that time consisting of himself and two females. His name
appears as Andreas Bixby. There is some uncertainty as to what
his name certainly was. In the Cleveland Genealogy it appears
as Ambrose but that is not believed to be correct. Probably the
appearance of the name Ambrose in the family of his son William
led to the supposition that William's father was so named. The
account of the family which appears in the Cleveland Genealogy
is very incomplete. It is thought that Andrews was the name
originally given him, for his father's mother was named Eleanor
Andrews and her family was prominent in the early history of
Fairfield, Connecticut. In Western Connecticut the name Andrews
is frequently corrupted into Andris, and it is believed that this
became Andreas among the Dutch speaking neighbors at Hillsdale.
In three of the four mentions we have of him in public records
the name is Andreas, and the fourth is Andrew, and it is not doubted
that all refer to the same person.
18619
V. Moses Bixby {Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born
about 1766, probably in Columbia County, N. Y. ; died about
1838, at Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., N. Y. ; J married about 1786,
EVA SCHAUERMANN. 2
Children:
1- 1 Abel, baptized 7 Jan., 1787, said to have been born at Taghkanick,
Columbia Co., N. Y.; married Elizabeth Whitbeck.
2- 2 Aaron, born later than Aug., 1790.
3 Hannah, baptized 17 March, 1791; 2 married Crane.
4- 4 Polly, baptized as Mary, 27 Sept., 1793; married Martin Foland; (2)
Jonas Krumm.
5 Moses.
6 Lydia, baptized 17 April, 1796; married Underwood.
7-7 (?) Daniel, born 1800; married Margaret Marion Kennedy.
8 John.
9 Asa.
10 Ellen, married Becker.
1 Information of Jacob H. Bigsbee (i 86 19. 121).
2 Krumm (Reformed Dutch) Church Records. Andrew Schauermann and Hannah appear as
sponsors at the baptism of Hannah Bixby in 1791, and may have been parents of Eva (Schauer-
mann) Bixby, but as they had a child Andreas born in 1780, it is more likely Andrew and Eva were
brother and sister. The abstract of the Church records furnished the editor is ambiguous to
some extent.
344 BIXBY GENEALOGY
ii Eliza, married Hoffman.
12 Abbie, married Waldren.
M-13 Nancy Mariah, born 28 May, 1813, at Franklinton, N. Y.; married John
Billings.
Moses Bixby, in the Census of 1790, was enumerated at Hills-
dale, N. Y., as head of a family consisting of one male over sixteen
years, one male under sixteen years, and three females. It is there-
fore probable that two of the daughters whose births are as yet
unknown were born between Abel and Aaron. Moses Bixby was
of Livingston, N. Y., in 1799. He later removed to Middleburg,
and settled in that part of the town now called Franklinton. He
was a farmer. He may have been buried at East Cobbleskill.
Moses Bixby was appointed ensign, vice George Bushwell, 28
Aug., 1798, with rank from March 21, 1797, "by mistake," in
Columbia County militia. 1
Moses Bigsby assigned to Crummel Parce a lease of lands, 24
Aug., 1824. 2
The family of Moses Bixby (18619) like that of most members
of the family who entered New York State at an early date has
had to be made up without the help of town records. The records
of Krumm Church at Johnson, N. Y., have supplied the baptismal
records of Abel, Aaron, Mary and Lydia; Jacob H. Bigsbee (18619.
121) supplied from memory the names of Abel, Aaron, Polly, Nancy
and Lydia; Asa Bixby (18619.21) mentioned in a letter Aaron, John
and Moses. Mrs. Lewis Brazee (18619.M7) mentioned in a letter
John, Asa, Hannah, Lydia, Polly, Ellen, Eliza, Abbie and Nancey.
Daniel is not mentioned by any descendant but is placed among
the children of Moses (186 19), after a careful study of probabilities,
among which may be mentioned that Daniel's descendants spell
the name Bigsbee and no people spelling the name that way have
been so far discovered who were evidently not his descendants.
18622
V. Mehitable Bixby (Daniel, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born 12
May, 1760, probably in Columbia Co., N. Y.; died 23 May, 1804,
at Beach Haven, Pa.; married April, 1778, in Luzerne Co., Pa.,
Thomas Dodson, born 15 Sept., 1755, in Chester Co., Pa., died
1 Records of Council of Appointment for New York, 1783-1821.
s Schoharie Co. Land Records.
GOV. ROSWELL FARNHAM. (18214-1)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 345
29 April, 18 1 8, in Luzerne Co., son of John and Mary Eleanor
(Evans) Dodson.
Thomas Dodson accompanied his father and brother to Salem,
Luzerne Co., Pa., and after his marriage became associated with
the family of Nathan Beach, his wife's stepfather. He assisted
Beach in the erection of a flour mill, and settled near by. He was
a farmer and miller as occasion afforded. There was a block house
at Beach Haven, and there the neighboring settlers sought refuge
at the time of Indian raids. Thomas Dodson was an expert hunter
and trailer, and took an active part in the defence of the settlement.
Both he and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist
church.
Children: 1
1 Mary (Polly) Dodson, born 3 Feb., 1779; died 5 July, 1848; married 1802,
Isaac Cortwright of Salem, Pa., son of Elisha C. and Huldah (Dingman)
Cortwright.
Children:
1. Elisha Cortwright, born 26 June, 1803; died 25 Feb., 1849; married,
1829, Martha Cole.
2. Mabel Dodson Cortwright, born 25 Nov., 1805; died 8 Oct., 1902;
married, 1825, John Ramsey.
3. Ann Cortwright, born 12 June, 1808; died 21 April, 1892; married 8
Dec, 1829, Barton Mott.
4. Thomas Dodson Cortwright, born 19 Nov., 1810; died 22 Dec, 1846;
married Lydia Bidlack.
5. Huldah Dingman Cortwright, born 1 Dec, 1813; died 7 Aug., 1834,
unmarried.
6. Nathan Dodson Cortwright, born 11 Feb., 1817; died 11 Oct., 1902;
married Margaretta L. Harlan.
7. Abram Dingman Cortwright, born 31 March, 1819; died 17 July, 1856;
married 6 Nov., 1845, Elizabeth Lerch.
8. Rachel Beach Cortwright, born 11 March, 1823; died 16 April, 1823.
2 Elias Dodson, born 15 Jan., 1781, at Huntington, Pa.; died 11 Aug., 1849;
married, 1802 or 1803, Mary Long, born 7 Aug., 1782, died 14 Feb., 1845,
daughter of Elias Long.
Children:
1. George Dodson, born 1 Feb., 1804; died 20 Jan., 1888; married 10 July,
1828, Hannah Seeley.
2. Mabel Dodson, born 7 Feb., 1806; died 30 Dec, 1892, unmarried.
3. Nathan Long Dodson, born 18 Jan., 1808; died 5 April, 1882; married
2 June, 1 83 1, Susan Stevens.
4. Thomas L. Dodson (Rev.), born 10 March, 1810; died 4 May, 1888,
unmarried.
5. Joel Rodgers Dodson, born 26 April, 1812; died 30 Jan., 1899; married
28 May, 1840, Huldah Hawley.
6. Silas Dodson, born 15 June, 1814; died 12 Nov., 1889; married 4 Feb.,
1836, Almira Buckalew.
1 Rev. Thompson P. Ege: Dodson Genealogy. Over 1100 descendants of Thomas and Mehitable
(Bixby) Dodson are there recorded.
25
346 BIXBY GENEALOGY
7. Frances Dodson, born 17 Dec, 18 16; died 9 Dec, 1864; married 7
Oct., 1835, John Yaple.
8. Elias Dodson, born 21 May, 1819; died 6 March, 1828.
9. Fletcher Dodson, born 27 Jan., 1821; died 5 Aug., 1887; married Huldah
Brandon.
10. Philip Dodson, born 4 Oct., 1824; died 4 Aug., 1828.
3 Elizabeth (Betsey) Dodson, born 12 April, 1783; died 14 Oct., 1885;
married Samuel Culver.
Children:
1. Ellen Culver, born 1809.
2. Elias Dodson Culver, born 1812; died 1890; married, 1836, Sally Pringle.
3. Thomas P. Culver, born 1837; married, 1864, Mary Cane Bowman.
4. Rosanna Culver, born 1841.
5. Elizabeth P. Culver, born 1844.
6. Frances Culver, born 1847; died 1872.
7. Samuel A. Culver, born 1850; married 1874, Martha Bowman.
4 Nathan Dodson, born 11 June, 1785; died 7 Oct., 1874; married 1 May,
1808, Huldah Bowman, born 19 Aug., 1787, died 8 June, i860.
Children:
1. Christian Bowman Dodson, born 15 June, 1809; died 3 June, 1891;
married Harriet Newell Warren.
2. Julia Ann Potts Dodson, born 28 June, 181 1; died 4 May, 1845; married
23 April, 1832, James Tubbs.
3. Bixby Elias Dodson, born 5 Dec, 1814; died 21 Sept., 1878 (1888);
married 2 Sept., 1845, Emaline M. Edwards.
4. Harriet Headley Dodson, born 20 Feb., 1817; died 6 June, 1886; married
6 Sept., 1838, Charles L. P. Hogan.
5. Rebecca Bowman Dodson, born 21 July, 1819; married 22 Feb., 1843,
Samuel L. Reed.
6. Ellen Bowman Dodson, born 13 Dec, 1822; died 15 June, 1880.
7. Adelaide Huldah Dodson, born 23 March, 1824; died 2 Dec, 1869;
married 27 April, 1848, Dr. Zera Wakefield; (2) E. W. Hulburd.
8. Nathan Beach Dodson, born 23 Oct., 1825; died 27 Nov., 1889; married
1 Feb., 1853, Fannie S. Dexter.
9. Josiah Beach Dodson, born 23 Dec, 1831; died 1 Aug., 1865.
5 Ellen Dodson, born 12 Oct., 1787; died 22 March, 1869, at New Columbus;
married Fletcher Bowman, born 8 April, 1793; died 1 Feb., 1874, son of
Rev. Christian and Rebecca (Stackhouse) Bowman. 1
6 Deziar Dodson, born 20 May, 1789; died in childhood.
7 Sarah Ann (Sallie) Dodson, born 29 July, 1791 ; died 19 Feb., 1874; married
1809, Lewis Stiles.
Children:
1. Darwin Erasmus Stiles, born 26 Oct., 181 1; died 23 Jan., 1890; married
1835, Edna Harrison.
2. Daniel Stiles, born 16 Oct., 1812; died 2 April, 1880; married 22 Feb.,
1836, Hannah Eugenia Bacon.
3. Nathan Dodson Stiles, born 14 July, 1814.
4. Richard Dodson Stiles, born 16 Feb., 1816; married Marie Burroughs.
5. Stephen Dodson Stiles, born 14 March, 1818; died 23 Jan., 1890;
married Hannah G. Dodson.
6. Susan Stiles, died young.
7. Elias Bixby Stiles, born 9 March, 1820; married Sybil Van Norman.
8. John Dodson Stiles (M. C), born 5 Jan., 1823; died 30 Oct., 1896;
married 11 June, 1849, Mary Amanda Gibbons.
1 Harvey Genealogy (1899), p. 178.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 347
9. Samuel C. Stiles, born 6 March, 1824; married Anna Maria Lamed.
10. George Stiles, born 4 Sept., 1831; married Eliza A. Harrison.
11. Thomas Stiles, died young.
12. Frances Stiles, born 26 April, 1836; married Nathan Harrison.
8 Richard Dodson, born 6 July, 1793; died 25 Oct., 1845; married, 1816,
Hannah Watson, born 24 March, 1798, died 17 July, 1878, daughter of
Amariah and Lucy (Scott) Watson.
Children: (Many descendants are in California.)
1. Stiles Richard Dodson, born 22 Jan., 1817; married 28 July, 1836,
Caroline M. Harrison.
2. Minerva Cecelia Dodson, born 20 Jan., 1819; died; married 1 June,
1840, Chandler E. Yeager.
3. Amariah Dodson, born 25 Nov., 1822; married, 1840, Anna Pell.
4. Jasper Dodson, born 5 Aug., 1825.
5. Jackson Dodson, born 1828.
6. Milton Dodson, born 24 July, 1830.
7. Ann Eliza Dodson, born 17 July, 1832; married 8 March, 1849, Howard
Morris.
8. Elmira Ellen Dodson, born 25 Sept., 1834; married 4 July, 1858, Clark-
son Freeman.
9. Ritner Dodson, born 9 Aug., 1836, of Cambria, Cal.; married 27 Nov.,
1868, Lavinia Shannon Morris.
10. Nelson Highland Dodson, born 31 Dec, 1839; married, 1870, Matilda
Allen.
9 John Dodson, born 29 July, 1795; died 24 June, 1849, in Ogle Co., 111.;
married Pamelia McCafferty, born 1795, died 24 Jan., 1864.
Children:
1. Asenath Dodson, married Dr. Luther C. White.
2. Caroline Dodson, married Moats; (2) Dubois Ostertrout.
3. Mary Dodson, a teacher at Mt. Morris Seminary; disappeared, sup-
posed to have been murdered.
4. Arthur Dodson.
5. Elizabeth Dodson.
6. Helzey Dodson, killed in the Civil War.
7. Fletcher Dodson, slain by Indians at Ft. Wala Wala.
8. Melville Dodson, killed in the Civil War.
10 Stephen Beach Dodson, born 16 Oct., 1797; died 28 Jan., 1877; married
5 April, 1821, Flavia F. Tubbs, born 25 June, 1802, died 22 May, 1875,
daughter of Thomas Tubbs.
Children:
1. Abiah T. Dodson, born 4 Oct., 1822; died 1823.
2. Amos F. Dodson, born 7 July, 1825; died 1834.
3. George B. Dodson, born 23 July, 1827; died 1829.
4. Sarah Ann Stiles Dodson, born 21 Jan., 1829; married 22 Sept., 1849,
Joseph Park Henderson Trescott.
5. Epaphras Wadsworth Dodson, born 3 July, 1830; married 29 Nov.,
1877, Martha E. Babcock. For many years he was county surveyor
of Iroquois Co., 111.
6. Amy Tubbs Dodson, born 12 April, 1832; married 17 May, 1855,
Alonzo Matthias Baldwin of Chicago.
7. Rebecca Bowman Dodson, born 27 Dec, 1833; married 18 Nov., i860,
Charles Snow of Kankakee, 111.
8. Eliphalet Edson Dodson, born 5 May, 1835; died 11 July, 1901.
9. Sophia B. Dodson, born 26 July, 1837; died 1839.
10. Thomas T. Dodson, born 10 March, 1839; died 1841.
11. Susan Bowman Dodson, born 4 Nov., 1841; married 5 April, 1887, Peter
Miner of Chebanse, 111.
34 8 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12. Joel Rodgers Dodson, born 26 June, 1843, of West Pullman, 111.; married
11 June, 1875, Flora A. Colestock.
13. Isaac M. Dodson, born 22 Dec, 1846; died 1848.
14. Emory Fillmore Dodson, born 10 March, 1849; married Jeannette
Ida M. Hamilton, and lives in New York.
ir Susan Beach Dodson, born 9 March, 1801; married 1 May, 1820, George
Bowman, born 1795, died 15 Nov., 1871.
Children: . ., „, • , o ct
1. Mary Bowman, born 1823; died 9 May, 1865; married, 1847, b. L.
2 Sophia Bowman, born 1825; died 1876; married, 1845, Henry HaydeiL
3. Eliza B. Bowman, born 1827; died 1830.
4. Charles M. Bowman, born 27 Jan., 1829; died 1905 at Wilkes- Barre,
Pa.; married 1849, Elizabeth Harman.
5. Sarah A. Bowman, born 1832; died 1837.
6. Ellen B. Bowman, born 1835; died 1839.
7. Julia Ann Bowman, born 1841; married, i860, George McMichael.
18623
V. Susannah Bixby (Daniel, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born
about 1760, probably in Columbia Co., N. Y.; died in Pennsylvania;
married probably in Luzerne Co., Pa., 1778, James Dodson, born
1757 in Chester Co., Pa., son of John and Mary Elinor (Evans)
Dodson.
Children: 1
1 Elizabeth (Betsy) Dodson; married William Henry.
1. Israd' Henry, born 27 May, 1817; died 31 March, 1893; married 4
Aug., 1840, Catherine Foust.
2. William Henry.
3. John Henry.
4. George Henry.
5. Susan Henry.
6. Mary Ann Henry.
7. Katie Henry.
8. Angeline Henry.
9. Sarah Henry.
2 Mary (Polly) Dodson, born 1781; married Abram Cortwright.
I Mary Cortwright; married Kirkendall.
% Tohn Dodson, born 1783; died 13 Sept., 1J59; ™™ d \ l8l 4 or l8l 5- Abl & ail
Callender, born 1795, died 1817; (2) Cynthia Callender.
i^Lydia'' Dodson, born 7 Oct., 1815; died 7 April, 1888; married, 1835,
Daniel Stiles Sutliff.
2. Abigail Dodson, born 1817.
3 ^STna Be^ThDodson, born 12 June, 1819; died 27 Oct., 1899; married
19 Feb., 1843, Caleb Williams.
1 The record of this family was gleaned from the Dodson Genealogy, where may be found recorded
over seven hundred descendants of James and Susanna (Bixby) Dodson.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 349
4. Mabel Cortwright Dodson, born 1821; married William Dennison.
5. Jesse Bowman Dodson, born 2 Nov., 1822; died 12 Jan., 1894; married
26 Sept., 1856, Sarah Jane Meloy.
6. John Wesley Dodson, born 11 June, 1826; died 15 Nov., 1907; married
6 May, 1850, Abigail Hazelett.
7. Esther C. Dodson, born 1 April, 1828; died 16 March, 1880; married
1 April, 1846, Dorrance Harvey.
8. Rachel B. Dodson, born 2 Feb., 1831; died 13 Dec, 1904; married
Giles R. Widger; (2) Dorrance Harvey, her brother-in-law.
9. Charles A. Dodson, born 18 March, 1832; died 23 Dec, 1904; married
1859, Lydia L. Adams.
10. Hannah G. Dodson.
11. George Washington Dodson; married Caroline Irwin.
Eleanor Dodson; married Amos Van Horn.
Children:
1. Harriet Van Horn.
2. Allen Van Horn.
Nathan Beach Dodson (Rev.), born 1787; married about 1820.
Children, the sons all living at Wakefield, Kan.:
1. Mary Fletcher Dodson, born 1822; died 29 Jan., 1896; married W. H.
Hillerman of Brewster, N. Y.
2. James Dodson.
3. Torry Dodson.
4. Samuel Dodson.
5. George Dodson.
Thomas Dodson, born 1789; married Charity Gerlock; removed to the West.
Children:
1. Sarah Dodson.
2. Susannah Dodson.
3. Clinton Dodson.
4. Samuel Dodson.
5. Elmer Dodson.
6. John Dodson.
Hannah Dodson, born 1792; died en route to California, in Colorado, of
cholera; married David H. Goodwin.
James Dodson, born 24 Jan., 1794; died 26 Nov., 1850; married 17 May,
1818, Elizabeth Barrager, born 3 April, 1799.
Children:
1. Josiah Beach Dodson, born 30 June, 1819; married Mary Stackhouse;
(2) Lydia Evans.
2. Maria Dodson, born 21 Jan., 1821; married.
3. Susanna Dodson, twin with Maria; died in infancy.
4. Nathan Beach Dodson, born 20 July, 1823; died 5 July, 1840.
5. Hannah Goodwin Dodson, born 13 Feb., 1825; married, 1844, George
Hardy Huff.
6. Margaret Ann Dodson, born 29 Oct., 1826; died i2 April, 1893.
7. Samuel David Barrager Dodson, born 7 Sept., 1828; died 22 Sept.,
1901; married 12 April, 1854, Phebe Wilkinson.
8. John Dodson, born 4 July, 1830; died 1831.
9. Elizabeth Dodson, born 11 Nov., 1831; married 2 April, 1854, Jacob
Mock.
10. Villa Cynthia Dodson, born 19 July, 1833; married 10 Sept., 1855,
George Marr.
11. Sarah Ellen Dodson, born 28 Sept., 1835; died 14 Aug., 1894; married
22 Jan., 1855, Francis Tilman Hofford.
12. Samuel Wesley Dodson, born 1 March, 1842; married 21 Aug., 1869,
Elizabeth Harmon.
350 BIXBY GENEALOGY
9 Anna Beach Dodson, born 22 March, 1797; died 20 May, 1847; married
3 Aug., 1816, Rev. Israel Briggs Cook, born 10 June, 1789, died 6 March,
1868.
Children:
1. Stephen B. Cook, born 11 Feb., 1818; married Barbara Rush.
2. Barzillai Cook, born 20 Jan., 1820; died in the Civil War.
3. Susanna Cook, born 25 March, 1821.
4. James Dodson Cook, born 23 May, 1823; married Erne Fowler.
5. Francis Asbury Cook, born 11 Dec, 1824; married Susan Huffinger.
6. Sally Katherine Cook, born 16 Nov., 1826; died 14 Aug., 1864.
7. Benjamin Cook, born 24 Jan., 1829; died 15 Sept., 1830.
8. Matilda Ellen Cook, born 24 Nov., 1831; died 10 Nov., 1857.
9. John Thomas Cook, born 1 Oct., 1835; died 3 March, 1907.
10. Hannah Goodwin Cook, born 23 Oct., 1839; married James Cocklin.
10 Sallie Hutcherson Dodson, born 30 Dec, 1803; died 26 Oct., 1890; married
24 Oct., 1826, Uzal Ogden Barnes of Dixon, 111., born 8 June, 1806, died
4 May, 1888.
Children:
1. Nathan Dodson Barnes, born 20 June, 1828, of Woodbine, 111.; married
Elizabeth H. Moseman.
2. James Dodson Barnes, born 1 Sept., 1829, of Dixon; married Eugenia
Everogue.
3. Susannah Cathryn Barnes, born 30 Jan., 1831; married 22 Aug., 1855,
Levi Rodney Collins of Aurora, 111.
4. Eleanor Van Horn Barnes, born 21 April, 1832; married 16 May, 1859,
William B. Talcott of Dixon.
5. John A. D. Barnes, born 31 March, 1834, of Dixon; married 1 Jan., 1879,
Ida Smith.
6. Sarah Anna Barnes, born 16 Nov., 1835; married McCormick
of Chicago.
7. Hannah Maria Barnes, born 22 Jan., 1837; died 1837.
8. Mary Elizabeth Barnes, born 25 Feb., 1838; died 24 May, 1903; married
Arid W. West of Chicago.
9. Sidney Minerva Barnes, born 15 Aug., 1839; died 16 Nov., 1868.
10. Eliza Margaret Barnes, born 24 Dec, 1840; died 27 March, 1841.
11. George Nelson Barnes, born 19 Aug., 1842, of Dixon; married 6 Sept.,
1882, Mary Reynolds.
12. Hannah Melissa Barnes, born 5 June, 1844; married 6 Dec, 1881,
Clayton Githens Brown of St. Louis.
13. Uzal Ogden Barnes, born 19 Oct., 1845; died 1847.
18681
V. Eleanor Bixby (Ebenezer, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), bap-
tized 17 Nov., 1768, at Norfield Parish, now Weston, Conn.; died
12 Sept., 1848, aged 80 years, 1 and is buried at Hillsdale, N. Y. ;
married 24 Jan., 1788, at Norfield Parish, now Weston, 2 Conn.,
Joseph Morehouse, who died 30 Sept., 1852, aged 82 years, and
is buried at Hillsdale.
Ebenezer Bixby and Mary, his wife, deeded to Joseph More-
house of Hillsdale land adjoining their house, about six acres,
21 Feb., 1810. 3 Joseph Morehouse and wife Eleanor deeded to
1 The gravestones of Eleanor and Joseph Morehouse are in the cemetery at West Hillsdale.
near the stones of Ebenezer Bixby and his wife. 2 Norfield Parish church records.
'Columbia Co. Deeds at Hudson, E, 29; Z, 200; K, 411.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 351
Albey Bixby 43 acres, 11 June, 1823, and Albey Bixby and Polly
his wife quit claimed to Joseph Morehouse and Eleanor his wife
their equity in land formerly owned by Ebenezer Bixby, deceased,
being about 44 acres. 1
Children: 2
1 Elen, baptized 17 March, 1792, by Rev. Philo Sheldon. 3
2 Mary, baptized 30 Aug., 1793, at Hillsdale, N. Y. 4
18682
V. Alba 5 Bixby {Ebenezer, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), baptized 14
July, 1 77 1, at Norfield Parish, now Weston, Conn.; died 15 April,
1830, aged fifty nine years; 6 married 29 March, 1790, at Redding,
Mary Sturgis (Sturgess), born 6 Sept., 1768, died 25 May,
1852, aged eighty three years, eight months and nineteen days. 7
In July, 1792, there are charges against Alba Bigsby for rum,
powder, and tobacco, in the account book of Samuel Pearsall, Jr.,
of Saugatuck, Conn. 8
His widow joined with others in selling the more than 43 acres
conveyed to "Abbey Bixbey," and which was near his house in
Hillsdale, to Silas B. Johnson, Andrew Stever and his wife Clarissa,
in 1838.
Child:
1- 1 Clarissa, born 3 Feb., 1792, at Hillsdale, N. Y.; 9 married Andrew Stever.
1 869 1
V. Jonathan (Johnathan) Bigsby {David, Elias, Jonathan,
Joseph), born May, 1773, probably at or near Claverack, N. Y. ;
1 Columbia Co. records at Hudson, E. 29; Z, 200; K, 411.
J The Census of 1790 enumerates at Weston, Conn., Joseph Morehouse as the head of a family
consisting of himself, one male under 16 years and three females.
'The baptismal records of the Episcopal Church of South Fairfield, kept by Rev. Philo
Sheldon, are in the possession of a descendant, Hamilton Sheldon of Bridgeport, Conn. The
entry of this baptism is plainly "Elen Bixby son to Jo. Morehouse." The entry may be intended
for Eben, or the word son unintentionally written for daughter. Other occurrences of the name
Eben are plainly written.
4 Krumm (Dutch) church records, now kept at Hudson, N. Y.
6 Sometimes written Albin, Alby, and Elby.
8 Alba Bixby is buried in the Krumm cemetery, four miles from Philmont station in Hillsdale,
N. Y. His epitaph reads: "Friends nor physicians could not save, My mortal body from the grave,
Nor can this grave confine me here, When Christ shall call me to appear."
7 It is said her age is given as ninety five years by a stone in Mellinville cemetery.
8 Information of D. H. Van Hoosear, Wilton, Conn.
8 Baptized 3 Feb., 1792, at Krum church in Hillsdale, N. Y., daughter of "Elby Bicksby and
Polly Statyes"; the sponsors were "Ebenezer Bicksby and mater."
352 BIGSBY GENEALOGY
died 1853; * married 10 March, 1795, Christina Turner, born
29 March, 1775. He married, second, .
Children:
1- 1 William, born 10 Nov., 1795, in Columbia Co., N. Y. ; married Christina
Esselstyne.
2- 2 Maria, born 1 Sept., 1797; married Jacob Place.
3- 3 Lawrence, born 4 Oct., 1799; married Maria Benner.
4- 4 Peter, 2 born 25 Jan., 1803; married .
5- 5 Cornelius, born 24 Jan., 1805; married Maria Brown.
6 Catherine, born 23 Jan., 1807; married Johnson. No issue.
7- 7 John, born 11 July, 1809; married Margaret .
8 Jacob Robert, 3 born 14 Oct., 181 1, near Gallatin, N. Y.
9- 9 Eliza, born 27 Dec, 1813, at Claverack; married Marenus Briggs.
10 Richard, born 29 Feb., 18 16, at Claverack; married . No
issue.
11 Charles, born 13 April, 1818; died 5 Aug., 1855, near Harvard, McHenry
Co., 111.
By second marriage:
12 George, born 14 July, 1821 ; died 30 Aug., 1847, at West Schuyler, N. Y.,
unmarried.
13 Cynthia, born 31 Dec, 1822; died Oct., 1846, of consumption.
N-14 Franklin Albert, born 12 Jan., 1824; married Celista Barns; (2) Rebecca
J. •
0-15 Amanda, born 3 Oct., 1825; married George E. Smith.
Jonathan Bigsby lived in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys.
He remained there until several of his children had moved to
Illinois, when he went to live with his daughter, Amanda (Mrs.
George Smith), about three miles east of Elgin, Kane Co., 111. He
died at the ripe age of eighty years, while visiting his son Lawrence
at Lawrence, 111., and is buried in the Dunham ground, near Che-
mung, 111.
Charles L. Bigsby (1 8691. 19) wrote that he had a personal
acquaintance with each of Jonathan's fifteen children, except
Catherine, and the one who died in infancy. He lived with his
grandfather Esselstyne, and at the time William Bigsby was mar-
ried, in 1821, Jonathan's family was living in what was known
1 According to a brief pedigree in "American Ancestry," Jonathan Bigsby was engaged in the
war of 1812, and lived at Johnstown, N. Y. No authorities for these statements are cited. His
wife is there called Catherine, and the date of his death is given as 1851.
2 Omitted in list of children by Rutger Bigsby (18691.31), who substituted the name of Robert
for that of Jacob.
3 Records of Mt. Ross church near Gallatin contain the following entry: Jacob Bigsby "born"
Sept. 11, 1811, baptized 1811, son of Jonathan BLxby and Catherine Turner. The records are
otherwise silent concerning this family.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 353
as the Esselstyne tenement house. Among the incidents of his
boyhood days, he remembers the visits of Elias and Jonathan
Bigsby at his father's house at the Van Alstyne Mills, Ghent,
N. Y., and the visit of Jacob R. Bigsby.
18692
V. Elias Bigsby {David, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born 17 Feb.,
1777, baptized 17 March, 1777, at Linlithgo, N. Y.; died 16 Feb.,
1857, ! near Johnstown, N. Y., at the house of his granddaughter,
Mrs. Henry Rivers; married Dorothy Bussie, born probably in
1776, died 8 Sept., 1832, aged 56 years, 1 at Claverack, N. Y.
Elias Bigsby lived at Nassau, N. Y., "when his son Jonathan
was a boy." He is said by the sexton of the church at Claverack,
who remembered him, to have been a very pious man. 2
Children:
1- 1 Eleanor, born 24 Dec, 1805; 2 married Henry G. Becker.
2- 2 Elizabeth, born about 1807, at Livingston, N. Y.; married Christopher
Melius.
3 David, died unmarried, aged about 21 years, probably at Nassau, N. Y.
4 Clarissa, born 5 May, 181 5, 3 at Claverack; died 15 Feb., 1874, aged
59, 4 at Livingston, unmarried.
5- 5 Jonathan (Johnson), born 5 Nov., 1819, at Claverack; married Sally
Best; (2) Maria Best.
I86JI
V. John Bixby {Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph), born probably
at or near Wilton, Conn., about 1772; died in 1803, place unknown;
married 25 Aug., 1793, at Great Barrington, Mass., 5 Polly Munson,
probably daughter of John Munson. 6
Children:
1 Harriet, born 4 Aug., 1794, at Sheffield, Mass. 7
2- 2 John Munson, born 12 Feb., 1800, 8 at Fairfield, Conn.; married Mary Poe.
1 Gravestone in Dutch Reformed Church cemetery at Claverack.
5 Information obtained by D. H. Van Hoosear, Wilton, Conn.
■ Records of Dutch Reformed Church, Claverack.
4 Gravestone at Churchtown.
6 Great Barrington Vital Records.
• Troy Co., N. Y., Deeds, 24: 208. George Munson of New York City, one of the heirs of John
Munson, late of New York City, in common with Mary Munson, William Munson, Mary Jones,
convey to John M. Bixby one half of lot 49 in Troy. Acknowledged 20 Nov., 1830. Mary Munson
and William Munson of New York to same 6 Nov., 1830. Franklin Brown of New York to same,
his right in said property (31 : 381). John M. Bixby to Joseph P. Morgan of Troy, maltster, north
half of lot 49 (32: 349)-
7 Sheffield records. 8 Tombstone at Augusta, Ga.
THE
Bixby Genealogy
CONTAINING
THE HISTORY OF THE
BIXBY, BIGSBY, BYXBEE, BIXBEE
BIGSBEE AND BYXBE FAMILIES
Part III
The compiler requests that readers inform him of any errors or
omissions, in order that all such may be noted in the list of cor-
rections which will appear in Part VII.
SIXTH GENERATION
SIXTH GENERATION
III22.I
VI. Sally Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 14 Feb., 1767, at Framingham, Mass.; died soon after the
birth of her child, at Hopkinton, Mass., of consumption; 1 married
10 June, 1792, at Framingham, William Clark, 2 of Hopkinton,
born 19 Oct., 1769, at Framingham; 3 died 6 April, 1795, at
Norfolk, Va., of smallpox, 1 son of Isaac and Mary (Hill) Clark of
Framingham.
William Clark was a merchant in Norfolk, Va., and married there
a second time.
Child: 2
1 Luke Bixby Clark, born 21 Feb., 1793; died 1816, unmarried.
III22.4
VI. Martha (Patty) Bixby (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph,
Joseph), born 18 Aug., 1772, at Framingham, Mass.; died in
"middle life," in Boston, of consumption; 4 married 16 Feb.,
1800, 5 Joseph Willington Page, of Boston, merchant.
A few years after their marriage they removed to Charleston,
S. C, but returned to Boston, where Mr. Page was living, a widower,
in 1808. 4
Child: 6
1 Eliza Page, married Adam Gordon of Key West, Fla., a lawyer.
Children:
1. Josiah Gordon.
2. George W. Gordon.
3. Eliza Gordon.
4. Charles C. Gordon.
5. Oliver Gordon.
1 Statement of Rev. Moses Adams, 1808. William Clark is called of Norfolk in the record of
marriage. His death appears in Hopkinton Vital Records, as though he had died there.
2 Framingham records.
3 Temple: History of Framingham.
4 Statement of Rev. Moses Adams, 1808.
e Framingham records. The intention was recorded at Boston, 14 Jan., 1800.
8 Haven Genealogy, 1849.
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35 8 BIXBY GENEALOGY
11122.5
VI. Mehitable (Hitty) Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph,
Joseph), born 25 April, 1775. at Framingham, Mass.; 1 died 1811,
at Sharon, Mass., of consumption; 2 married 30 Nov., 1802, 1 at
Framingham, Daniel Stone, M.D., of Framingham, who after
marriage settled at Sharon, where he died in 1842. Dr. Stone was
graduated at Harvard College in 1 792. He married a second time. 2
Children: 3
1 Daniel Stone, graduated at Union College in 1836. «\ practiced law in
Massachusetts, and was at one time principal of the High School at Pitts-
burgh, Pa. He never married.
2 Sarah Stone.
3 Emily Stone, married 30 Sept., 1838, at Dedham, Mass., Isaac Ellis 4 of
Dedham.
4 Albert Stone, married, 1843. Elizabeth Ellis of Dedham, and removed
to Belvidere, 111., where he was a farmer.
III22.6
VI. Luke Bixby {Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born
25 Oct., 1777, at Framingham, Mass.; 1 died 20 Nov., 1808, at
Savannah, Ga.; married 11 Oct., 1804, Nabby (Abigail) Adams,
"of Acton," born there in Jan., i78o, 5 died there 17 Nov., 1808,
daughter of Rev. Moses and Abigail (Stone) Adams, of Acton,
Mass.
Children:*
1 A son, born 1805; died, aged one month, in the last week of Aug., 1805. 7
2- 2 Nabby Adams Martha, born 16 Dec, 1806, in Jamaica, 8 W. I.; married
Winthrop E. Faulkner.
Luke Bixby was a merchant, dealing in West India goods, in
Boston, in 1803. In Sept., 1805, Mr. and Mrs. Bixby sailed for
1 Records of Framingham. Mass.
» Statement of Rev. Moses Adams.
a Haven: Haven Genealogy.
« She was perhaps a second wife. Isaac Ellis who had wife Nabby Fairbanks (who died 3 Oct.,
1836), died 30 Dec, 1844. aet. 54 years. He was born 25 Aug.. 1790, at Dedham, son of Oliver and
Mary Ellis.
« Temple: History of Framingham.
• Haven: Haven Genealogy, p. 30.
1 Columbian Sentinel, issue of 1 Sept.. 1805. The same paper in Dec, 1808, noted the death
at Savannah of Luke Bixby. describing him as a "merchant of Boston." His name appears in the
Boston Directory for 1803. .... , j t u ar
• Information of Mrs. Charlotte C Flagg (11122.62-4). who received her knowledge from her
mother.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 359
Martinique, where Mr. Bixby hoped to settle in business and bene-
fit his health, but finding conditions less favorable than expected,
they went to the Carolinas and thence to Jamaica, where Mr.
Bixby entered into business. The following year they returned
to Massachusetts, both being in feeble health. Mrs. Bixby re-
mained in Acton, but her husband sailed for Savannah in October,
1808. 1 He and his wife died of consumption and were buried the
same day, although a thousand miles apart. 2 The Rhode Island
American of 13 Dec, 1808, noted his death, calling him of Savannah,
merchant, adding, "he left his wife in poor health and they were
buried the same day, one in Georgia and the other in Massachu-
setts." Their infant daughter, Nabby, was taken by her grand-
parents in Acton. 3 The parents were related, Luke Bixby being
own cousin of his wife's mother and second cousin to her father. 4
11125.2
VI. Anna Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 22 July, 1772, at Needham, Mass.; died 23 Aug., 1846, at
Mansfield, Mass.; 5 married 10 June, 1794, at Needham, 6 Robert
Fuller, Jr., of Needham, born there 7 Oct., 1771, died 13 Sept.,
1 795j a t Alexandria, Va., son of Robert and Mary (Kingsbury)
Fuller. 5 Robert Fuller sailed as supercargo on a vessel bound for
Alexandria, and died there. Mrs. Anna (Bixby) Fuller married,
second, Micah Allen of Mansfield.
Child: 5
1 Robert Fuller, born 19 March, 1795, at Needham; died 5 March, 1851,
at Cambridge, Mass.; married there 20 April, 18 19, Anna Manson, who
died 1878 at Albany, N. Y., daughter of Frederic and Sally (Goodwin)
Manson. They lived in Cambridge. Mr. Fuller was one of the largest
importers of iron in Boston.
Children:
1. Sarah Ann Fuller, born 27 Dec, 1820; died 15 May, 1869; married
Charles Hurlburt of Utica, N. Y. Children: Harriet F. Hurlburt,
born 1848; married, 1870, William B. Jackson, Jr., who died in Min-
neapolis, Minn. Mrs. Jackson lived in Brookline, Mass. Anna M.
Hurlburt, born 1849, of Utica. Robert F. Hurlburt, born 1854; married,
1 881, Grace Hooley.
2. Harriet M. Fuller, born 1823; died 11 Aug., 1851.
1 Statement of Rev. Moses Adams, 1808.
• Information of Mrs. Charlotte C. Flagg (11122.62-4), who received her knowledge from her
mother.
'Haven: Haven Genealogy. <Temple: History of Framingham.
• Fuller Genealogy, by Francis Henry Fuller (in Ms.), in which the birth of Anna Bixby ia
given as 29 July, 1771. • Church records.
360 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3. Robert Henry Fuller, 1 born 20 Feb., 1826; married Mary L. Bent; (2)
Sarah E. Church.
4. Ellen Augusta Fuller, born 6 Jan., 1829; married Sept., 1853, Dr. Charles
A. Robertson of Albany, N. Y., who died 1879.
5. Georgiana Fuller, born 1840; died Nov., 191 3, "aged 75 years," at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ; 2 married 13 June, 1865, Charles F. Hardy,
son of Alpheus 2 Hardy.
III25.3
VI. Jonathan Bixby {Jonathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 24 Sept., 1774, at Newton, Mass.; died there 25 May, 1835 ; 3
married 11 Jan., 1801, at Hopkinton, Mass., 4 Lydia Cutler
(11 124-4), born there 23 Oct., 1779, died 23 Sept., i85i,at Newton, 3
daughter of David and Lydia (Bixby, 11 124) Cutler.
Jonathan Bixby, Jr., in 1819, was in partnership with Simon
Elliott, Esq., of Newton, and Rufus Ellis of Boston, merchant,
under the name of the Newton Iron Works. 5 Administration on
his estate, declined by widow Lydia, was granted to Robert Fuller
(11125.2-1), of Cambridge. The heirs-at-law assenting to the
administrator's account were the widow and children named below,
except Hiram.
Children, born at Newton Upper Falls, Mass.: 6
1 Eunice Parker, born 3 April, 1802; died 6 July, i860, at Cambridge,
unmarried. 7
2 Lydia, born 6 Aug., 1804; died 1 May, 1891, at Newton, unmarried. 3
3- 3 Hiram, born 9 Feb., 1807; married Eleanor Gardiner.
4 Augustus, born 26 Dec, 1810; died 28 Sept., 1849, unmarried, at Mormon
Island, Cal., during a voyage. 7 He was a sailor.
5- 5 Angelina, born 28 Jan., 1813; married Levi F. Cowdin.
6- 6 Jonathan Clark, born 21 Dec, 1815; married Angelia H. Barrows.
7- 7 Elizabeth Hammond, born 10 Feb., 1818; married Joseph M. Rockwood.
8 Mehitable, born 26 Oct., 1823; died 28 Feb., 1916, at Bellingham, Mass.;
unmarried.
1 Miss Anna Fuller, the novelist, is a granddaughter of Robert and Anna (Manson) Fuller. Her
brother Robert also lives in Boston.
' News item.
» Newton records. The death of Jonathan is otherwise given as 27 May, and that of Lydia at
Cambridge. (Mass. Deaths.)
* Hopkinton Vital Records.
•Records of Court of Common Pleas at Northampton, 20: 17.
« Information of Richard H. Rockwood (11125.37-6) and Miss Susan A. Rockwood (HI2S-37-4).
» Information of Putnam F. Cowdin (11125.35-2), who states that Lydia also died in Cambridge.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 361
11127.3
VI. Martha Bixby {Nathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 24 Oct., 1775, at Framingham, Mass.; died 7 May, 1831, 1
at Livermore, Me.; married 2 May, 1793, at Dublin, N. H., 2 Abel
Monroe, born 9 May, 1769, at Lincoln, Mass., 3 died 24 June,
1861, at Livermore, 4 son of Benjamin and Mary Monroe. 5 He
married, second, 17 Oct., 1832, Salome P. Hinds, and had: Ann
Monroe, George Monroe, Abbie Monroe. 3
Children:*
1 Isaac Monroe, drowned in Bartlett Pond aboutf 1820.
2 Nathan Monroe, died prior to 1835.
3 Joseph S. Monroe, deceased. He was a member of the Maine Senate, and
for many years judge of probate for Piscataquis County.
4 Patty Monroe, "eldest daughter," died 1872 or 1873; married Major Isaac
Strickland of Livermore, born 17 Dec, 1796, died 4 March, 1886, at Liver-
more, son of Hastings and Sarah (Perley) Strickland. 6
Children:
1. Frances Elliot Strickland, born i^April, 1823.
2. Ruth Ann Strickland, born 1828.
3. Mary Thorndike Strickland, born 1833.
4. Mortimer Clifford Strickland, born 1838.
5 Julia Monroe, "second daughter"; married Elias T. Aldrich.
6 Mary Monroe, lived in Keene, N. H.
7 Lucy Monroe, lived in Boston.
III27.6
VI. Julia Bixby {Nathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born
28 or 30 May, 1782, at Dublin, N. H.; died 7 Feb., 1874, at Canan-
daigua, N. Y.; married 28 Oct., 1804, Alexander Milliken, born
8 Sept., 1779, at Peterboro, N. H., died 14 May, 1854, at Keene,
N. H., son of William and Esther (Taggart) Milliken. Alexander
Milliken was of Peterboro, but he and his wife removed to Keene
in 1810.
1 Information of Joseph Bixby (11128.17-6). She is also said to have died 17 November.
'Dublin, N. H., records.
3 Hinds Genealogy.
4 Washburn: Notes, etc., on Livermore, Me. Mrs. Searles (11127.J8) wrote, "there was a
Mrs. Bray who lived at Jamaica Plain who was of the Monroe family, a descendant of Nathan
Bixby."
' Lincoln Vital Records.
•History and Genealogy of the Perley Family, p. 191.
362 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children:
1 Mortimer Delville Milliken, 1 born n Aug., 1805, at Peterboro; died 4
Feb., 1900, at Clarendon, N. Y.; married 17 May, 1836, Harrietta Foster,
born 12 June, 1805, at Keene, died 18 Jan., 1872, at Clarendon, daughter
of Abijah and Abigail (Blake) Foster.
Children:
1. William Delville Milliken, born 1 March, 1837, at Keene; died 29 June,
1887, at Geneva Sanitarium; married 17 Jan., 1867, at Sedalia, Mo.,
Mary Jane Nason. Mr. Milliken enlisted in the 4th N. Y. Heavy
Artillery in Aug., 1862. He was transferred, with the rank of second
lieutenant, to the 22nd U. S. Colored Regt.; promoted for bravery
to first lieutenant, and served to the end of the war, most of the time
as acting adjutant, but never asked for his commission. Children:
Delville Henry Milliken, who died 26 Oct., 1889. Hattie Belle Milliken,
married William G. Woodworth. They live at Rochester, N. Y.
Laura Milliken of Rochester, unmarried. Edguilla Milliken, married
Matthew C. McClellan. They live at Rochester.
2. George Ashley Milliken, born 29 June, 1839, at Keene; now of Clarendon,
unmarried.
3. Mary Julia Milliken, born 17 July, 1847, at Clarendon; married there
30 Dec, 1875, Dallas Dudley Cook, now living at Canandaigua.
Children: Arthur Mortimer Cook, born 22 March, 1877, at Clarendon;
married 7 Aug., 1898, at Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y., Esther Pameha
Gates, 2 born there 30 July, 1877, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Mil-
cah) Gates. They live at Canandaigua. Orline Sarah Cook, born
16 Jan., 1887, at Canandaigua. She is a graduate of Genesee Wesleyn
School of Music, and is a teacher of piano and voice, in Canandaigua.
4. Sarah Artemisia Milliken, born 18 Sept., 1849, at Clarendon; married
17 Sept., 1879, at Canandaigua, Frank Hollingsworth Martin, born
17 Oct., 1852, at Clarendon, son of Henry Clay and Nancy (Shurcy)
Martin. They live at Oakfield, N. Y. Children: Grover Henry Mar-
tin, born 28 March, 1883, at Oakfield; died there 17 July, 1883. Mil-
dred Grace Martin, born 19 March, 1885, at Oakfield.
2 Emily Marie Milliken, born 9 May, 1807; died 1840, at Keene; married
there 3 May, 1827, Joshua Wyman, born 1800 (at Keene?), died there
Jan., i860. 3
Child:
1. Maria Julia Wyman, born 18 Sept., 1833, at Keene; died 2 March,
1911, at Canandaigua; married 2 June, 1853, at Swanzey, N. H.,
Adoniram J. Aldrich.
3 Joseph Bixby Milliken, born 28 Sept., 1809, at Chester, Vt. ; died in Kansas,
unmarried.
4 Edward Alexander Milliken, born 13 June, 1813, at Dublin, N. H.;
died 5 Feb., 1899, at Medina, Mich.; married 16 Nov., 1837, at Keene,
Susan Elizabeth Towne, born 18 14, in New Hampshire, died 15 Oct.,
1842, at Clarendon, N. Y., daughter of Samuel and Susan E. Towne;
(2) 3 March, 1847, at Wells River, Vt., Christiana Laing, who died
25 March, 1896, at Medina, daughter of Alexander Laing.
Children:
1. Susan Elizabeth Milliken, born n March, 1839, at Keene; died 22 June,
1863, at Medina, unmarried.
1 Information of Mrs. D. D. Cook (11127.6-13) and Mrs. Frank H. Martin (11127.6-14).
'Children: Stanleigh Gates Cook, born 22 Dec, 1907. at Canandaigua. Evelyn Mary Cook,
born 1 Dec, 1911, at Canandaigua.
• Information of Mrs. Maria J. Aldrich (11127-6-21).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 363
2. Edward Alexander Milliken, born 14 Dec, 1840, at Keene; died 12
July, 1910; married 16 Jan., 1872, Nellie M. Drown, 1 at Adrian,
Mich., where they lived.
3. Emily Ellen Milliken, born 27 April, 1842; died 16 Oct., 1842, at Clar-
endon.
Children, by second marriage:
4. Robert Laing Milliken, born 21 April, 1848, at Keene; now lives at
Medina.
5. James Delville Milliken, born 18 March, 1857, at Medina; married I
Oct., 1907, Jennie Collins; now lives at Medina.
5 Nathan James Milliken, born 27 Sept., 1821, near Keene; died 26 Nov.,
1902, at Canandaigua; married 21 Nov., 1853, at Seneca Falls, N. Y.,
Orline Sutton, who died 23 Jan., 1894, at Canandaigua, daughter of
and Adeline Sutton.
Children, born at Canandaigua :
1. Charles Francis Milliken, born 27 Aug., 1854; married 18 June, 1895,
Margaret Townley. They live at Canandaigua. Charles F. Milliken
is editor of the Ontario County Times; he was president of the State
Civil Service Commissioners of New York in 1909. His brother,
Royal B. Milliken, was proprietor and joint editor of the Times.
2. Gertrude Milliken, born 19 Aug., 1856; married 21 Oct., 1880, Henry
S. Hubbell, who died 10 Feb., 1906.
3. Josephine Milliken, born 5 May, 1866, unmarried. She lives at Canan-
daigua.
4. Royal Bixby Milliken, born 26 Nov., 1870; died 1 Jan., 1910, unmarried.
He lived at Canandaigua.
III27.8
VI. Deborah Bixby (Nathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 2 July, 1786, at Dublin, N. H.; died 7 May, 1880, at
Keene, N. H.; married 5 Dec., 1809, 2 John Elliot, "of Keene,"
born 9 July, 1783, at Dublin, 3 died 29 Jan., 1865, at Keene, son
of David and Hannah (Adams) Elliot. They celebrated their
golden wedding in 1859, on which occasion Mrs. Deborah (Bixby)
Elliot danced with her grandchildren, and her husband presented
gold pieces to his nephews, nieces and grandchildren.
Children: 4
1 John Henry Elliot, born 15 June, 1813; died 16 June, 1895; married
22 Aug., 1848, Emily A. Wheelock. He was graduated from Harvard Col-
lege in 1835. He was a member of the Governor's Staff and also of the
N. H. Legislature.
1 Mrs. Nellie M. (Drown) Milliken (11127.6-42) supplied much of the information concerning
her husband's family. She wrote in 1909 that she had obtained the information from his grand-
mother, Julia (Bixby) Milliken, and that her husband, Edward A. Milliken, had been a sufferer
from locomotor ataxia for thirty years.
2 Information of Mrs. M. E. Searles (11127.J8).
8 N. H. State Vital Records.
'Information of William H. Elliot (1 11 27.8-1 1).
364 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children i 1
1. William H. Elliot, born 25 May, 1850; president of the Cheshire National
Bank of Keene, where he lives.
2. John Wheelock Elliot, born 10 Oct., 1852.
3. Emily Jane Elliot, born 15 March, 1854; married Tucker Daland,
and is now living in Brookline, Mass.
2 James Bixby Elliot, born 2 March, 1815, at Keene; died there 4 March,
1888; married 6 May, 1841, at Wells River, Vt., Harriet Rebecca Eames,
born 10 June, 1818, at Bath, N. H., died 11 Aug., 1868, at Keene; (2) 8 Feb.,
1870, at Keene, Jane Savage, born 27 Aug., 1838, in Co. Fermanagh,
Ireland, died 15 April, 1906, at Keene, daughter of Richard and Mary
(Wilson) Savage.
Children, 2 born at Keene:
1. James Henry Elliot, born 5 Nov., 1842; died 4 May, 1893, in New
York City; married Helen Ainslee Smith, who married again after
her husband's death, and is now a widow living in Spain or Italy.
She has one child by her second marriage. James Henry Elliot was
a volunteer in the Civil War, from Harvard College, enlisted in Com-
pany G, 44th Massachusetts Regt., saw active service in North Caro-
lina and was honorably discharged in 1862; returned to Harvard and
graduated in 1864. Practised law thereafter in New York until his
death.
2. Arthur Newell Elliot, born 23 Oct., 1844; married a widow, 3 who was
a singer in New York, later separated from her. He is now living
in El Paso, Tex. Arthur Newell Elliot was a volunteer (under age, 18)
in the Civil War, and enlisted in the 44th Massachusetts Regt. with
his brother James, afterwards transferred to the Signal service, was
honorably discharged in 1862 and went to California where he cov-
ered a section of the state as representative of the U. S. Sanitary
Commission, engaging subsequently in business in Sacramento.
Eventually returning east he entered the Clipper Mowing Machine
Co., in Yonkers, N. Y., owned by his father.
3. Grace Elliot, born 2 June, 1848; married 3 June, 1879, at Keene, Lieut.
Alfred St. John Brennan of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Brennan afterward
became an Episcopal clergyman, and died 1885, in Ireland. She is
now living in Keene.
4. Florence Elliot, born 28 June, 1850; died 21 Nov., 1872, at Fayal, Azores
Islands, unmarried.
5. George Buxton Elliot, born 15 Feb., 1853; married 22 Nov., 1888, at
Jamaica Plain, Mass., Elizabeth Hayden Morse, born 22 Oct., 1853,
in Boston, Mass., died there 22 Oct., 1904, daughter of Henry D. 4 and
Anne E. (Hayden) Morse. He married (2) 17 Feb., 1910, in Boston,
Anita Fowle Weston, born there 14 Nov., 1867, daughter of George
L. and Frances (Fowle) Weston. She was a kindergarten teacher in
Boston, married in the Arlington Street Boston Church (Unitarian).
Mr. Elliot was a cadet at Eagleswood Military Academy, Perth
Amboy, N. J., 1867; student of Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., 1868; at Cornell University 1869, Mass. Inst. Technology,
Boston, 1870-73; Normal Art School, Boston, 1876. He filled a posi-
1 Information of William H. Elliot (11127.8-11).
'Information of Mrs. Jane Elliot (11127.8-2), George B. Elliot (11127.8-25), and Arthur
N. Elliot (11127.8-22).
» She had a daughter by a former marriage, now living.
* He was the first American to learn and teach diamond cutting in the United States, as may be
noted in nearly every standard encyclopedia under "Diamonds."
DESCENDANTS OF JOSPEH BIXBY 365
tion in Alex. S. Porter's real estate office 1879-1882. He opened an
office for himself 209 Washington St., Rogers Building, Boston, Dec,
1882, where he still remains conducting real estate, mortage and insur-
ance business. He is life member of Appalachian Mountain Club,
and of the Bostonian Society; member Boston Athletic Associa-
tion, and Commonwealth Country (Golf) Club, and of the Boston
Real Estate Exchange. His summer residence is in Fitzwilliam,
N. H., 15 miles south of his native town, Keene; here he has built a
modern house on a hillside tract of 65 acres at an elevation of 1400
ft. commanding broad views including grand Mt. Monadnock (3200
ft.) in the town of Dublin, the birthplace of his grandmother Deborah
Bixby. See illustration opposite page 370.
6. Andrew Reid Elliot, born 22 May, 1859; died 24 Jan., 1901, at Belmont,
Mass., unmarried.
Children, by second marriage:
7. Susan Elliot, born 8 Nov., 1875; died 18 June, 1883, at Keene.
8. Mary Elliot, born 25 Sept., 1878; died 8 June, 1883, at Keene.
9. Jane Elliot, born 7 Oct., 1880; now living in Keene, unmarried.
.3 Deborah Maria Elliot, born 21 Sept., 181 1; died 10 Dec, 1862, at Keene,
unmarried.
4 Frances Elliot, who died 12 Sept., 1818.
III27.J
VI. John Bixby 1 (Nathan, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 17 June, 1790, at Dublin, N. H.; died 19 Dec., 1865, at Keene,
N. H.; married 8 Sept., 1819, 2 at Marcellus, N. Y., Jeanette Chap-
man, born 10 April, 1800, at New Haven, Conn., died there 31 Dec,
1876, daughter of Dr. Elisha and Phebe (Gates) Chapman.
Administration on his estate was granted 2 Jan., 1866, 3 to William
S. Briggs. Phebe Chapman, executrix of the will of Dr. Elisha
Chapman, late of Marcellus, deeded six acres there to Jennette
Bixby daughter of Elisha Chapman, 12 July, 1827. 4
Children, except the tivo youngest, born at Marcellus:
1 Martha, born 13 June, 1820; died 4 June, 1822, at Marcellus.
2- 2 Martha, born 25 Dec, 1822; married George W. Mason.
3- 3 Maria Jeannette, born 14 Oct., 1824; married Peter Ferguson.
4 John James, born 14 Aug., 1827; died 25 Aug., 1837, at Marcellus.
5 - 5 Laura Kezia, born 18 Dec, 1829; married Jacob Green.
6 Mary Eliza, born 6 Feb., 1832; died 24 Feb., 1840, at Keene, N. H.
7- 7 Joseph, born 9 Nov., 1833; married Sarah C. Todd.
1 Information concerning this family was received from Joseph Bixby (11127J7-6), Dr. A. B.
Ferguson (11127.J3-7), John W. Ferguson (11127.J3-3), Mrs. Martha B. Diller (11127.J75).
and Mrs. Mary E. Searles (11127.J8). See illustration opposite page 386.
2 Records of Dartmouth College.
' Cheshire Probate. The widow "Jennett" is mentioned.
4 Onondaga Co. Deeds, Vol. PP. p. 369.
366 BIXBY GENEALOGY
8- 8 Mary Elizabeth, born 18 Oct., 1840, at Keene; married Edward B.
Searles.
9 Sarah, born 2 Dec, 1844, at Keene; died 2 Jan., 1916, at Toledo, O., un-
married.
John Bixby was a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of
1812. In 1813, he went to New York state where he read law
with Robert Campbell of Cooperstown, N. Y., and began practice
at Onondaga, N. Y., in July, 1817. He moved to Marcellus in
1 818, but owing to ill health gave up his practice in 1837 and retired
to Keene. 1 Mrs. M. E. Searles has the diary kept by her mother in
1819, while on her wedding journey, also a miniature of John Bixby.
11128.1
VI. John Bixby {John, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born
17 Sept., 1782, at Falmouth, Me.; died Sept., 1834, 2 at Westbrook,
Me.; married 17 Dec, 1802, 3 at Westbrook, Ann Johnson of West-
brook, 4 who died later than 1806. He married, second, 3 Dec, 181 1,
Margaret Vaughan Wise, 5 born 15 Nov., 1790, at Falmouth, died
1862, 2 daughter of Ammi Ruhami and Jane (Vaughan) Wise. 6
Children, born at Westbrook: 7
1 Harlan, died prior to July, 1828, and undoubtedly without issue. He
was published at Westbrook, 9 Feb., 1825, to Pauline Ackers. West-
brook records give the birth of Pauline Ann "Akers," daughter of
Thomas "Akers," 17 March, 1816, and the marriage of Pauline Ann
Bixby to Daniel Deshon, 27 July, 1828.
By second marriage : %
2 Jane Vaughan, born 26 Feb., 1813, at Falmouth; died 1833.
3 Ann Wise, born 19 Dec, 1815, at Falmouth; died 25 May, 1899, at West-
brook.
1 Records of Dartmouth College.
* Gravestone at Westbrook.
* This date is printed as 1800 in Me. Hist, and Geneal. Recorder, 5: 22. A correspondent, who
examined the original record, was doubtful if the date was 1800, or 1802.
4 Anna Bixby of Falmouth, and others, heirs of George Johnson, to Jeremiah Johnson, all claims
to estate of George Johnson, 12 Dec, 1806. (Cumberland Deeds, 57: 283.)
6 John Bixby of Falmouth, yeoman, and Margaret V., his wife, to Benjamin Quinby of Falmouth,
that parcel of land which Ammi Ruhami Wise conveyed to said Margaret by the name of Margaret
Vaughan Wise, 15 June, 1810. This deed, dated 21 April, 1812, fixes the date of marriage between
the dates mentioned. (Cumberland Deeds, 82: 20.)
8 On 8 Sept., 1847, William Bixby (11128.3) conveyed land to her which he had purchased of
George Haskell. (Cumberland Deeds, 205: 238.)
7 There is no record of the births of the children by the first marriage. Harlan is dimly
recalled by a grandson, who thought his grandfather was twice married, and that there was a child
by the first marriage. Joseph Bixby (11 128.2) named a son, "Harling."
8 Information regarding this family is largely from Rufus K. Jordan (11128.16-1).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 367
4- 4 John W., born 6 May, 1818, at Westbrook; married Lydia P. Rand.
5 Margaret, married Rufus King. They died without issue, and left
property to Rufus K. Jordan, a nephew.
6- 6 Caroline Elizabeth, 1 born 5 April, 1 821, at Westbrook; married George
D. Jordan.
7 Benjamin F., born 27 Nov., 1827, at Westbrook; died there 12 Feb., 1829.
John Bixby was a blacksmith. He lived in Westbrook. After
his second marriage, he lived on the home-place of Ammi Ruhami
Wise, from whom he and his wife had a deed, 9 March, 1818, in
which the life interest of the parents of Mrs. Bixby in the property
was reserved. 2
The homestead stood on the road to Gorham, and the house
was destroyed by fire, at which time the family records were lost.
John Bixby served as ensign in the company of militia commanded
by Capt. J. Valentine, which was credited with services at Port-
land from 8 to 20 Sept., 1814. 3 William Bixby (11 128.3) was a
private in the same company.
11128.2
VI. Joseph Bixby {John, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born
between 1783 and 1790, at Cape Elizabeth or Falmouth, Me.;
died in the spring of 1832, probably at Ellisburg, N. Y.; married,
probably about 18 12, Anna Lamb, who died Dec, 1836, intestate. 4
She was probably daughter of Joshua Lamb. 5
Children, probably born at Ellisburg:
1 Joseph, "eldest son," a minor in March, 1832. He is said to have been
a sailor, and t o have lost his life on the Lakes. There is said to be a
record of a conveyance to Samuel Wood, who had received a deed from
Anna Bixby in 1836, from Joseph Bixby in 1840, of land in Ellisburg.
There is no record or tradition of his marriage.
2- 2 Harling, born 26 June, 1814; 6 married Perthana Higgins; (2) Clarinda
Bowerman.
1 Her name is also given as Elizabeth Caroline.
* Cumberland Deeds, 81: 353-
•Massachusetts Militia in War of 1812.
* Anna Bixby left an estate of about $700. Caleb Tracy was appointed administrator, 27 Feb..
1843. He set forth in his petition that there remained of her estate only a mortgage of $500,
with interest from Nov., 1836, and that she had no relatives then living in New York, nearer than
his wife, who was an aunt. There is no distribution on record.
s Information of Van Dorn Bixby (11128.226), who states that the parents of Anna Lamb lived
in Jefferson Co., N. Y., on a tract of land now called Woodville, which was owned by Lamb and
Wood jointly. Tradition asserts that Anna (Lamb) Bixby was unfairly deprived of her interest
in this property.
•Information of Van Dorn Bixby (1 1128.226). Harling Bixby himself gave his birth date as
1812.
368 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3 Luther, said to have been a sailor on Lake Superior, and later to have
settled in Missouri. He is also said to have been lost on the Lakes,
about or prior to 1884, after which his family removed to Missouri. 1
He is said to have left children.
4 Mary Ann, married Jonathan Reames. 2 She is said to have died "very
young, of consumption."
5 Lodima (Lododima), married, "very young," Saderby (or Sa-
derley), and had a daughter, Lucretia Saderby, who lived in Missouri. 2
Joseph Bixby was a boat-builder and ship carpenter. His
name appears in the deed of 5 Jan., 1807, where he is described
as of Cape Elizabeth, boat-builder, with the names of his brothers
and sisters, conveying his interest in the estate of William White
of Cape Elizabeth. 3 No further record of him is found in Maine,
and the first mention of him in New York is the record of his
purchase of James Lamb of thirty acres at Ellisburg, 30 Sept.,
1817. He bought forty acres of Ebenezer Wood, 20 Sept., 1821.
Both purchases were parts of Lot 146. 4 He left a will dated 9
March, 1832, which was probated 9 June, 1832. 5 By will he gave
to his wife one half his real and personal estate. One third of the
remainder of his estate he gave to his "eldest son, Joseph Bixby,
Jr.," one third to his "youngest sons, Harling and Luther Bixby,"
and the remaining third to his daughters, Lodima and Mary Ann
Bixby. Each of the children were to come into possession of
their shares on arriving at age.
1 His brother Harling stated he died on the way to California. The statements printed in the
text were made by Van Dorn and Harling A. Bixby. It is possible that he is identical with William
L. Bixby, who served in 1 Mich. Vols., during the Mexican War, in a company commanded by
Capt. Williams, and who received a land bounty warrant for 160 acres, 19 April, 1849, which he
located in township 6, S.R.13 West in Kalamazoo District. (U.S. Land Office, 55, 481-160-47.)
Harling A. BLxby (11128.22J) thought there was some remote relationship between I. D. Bixby
(I3475-S) and his father. Possibly the fact that I. D. Bixby lived in Kalamazoo, near which
William L. BLxby above mentioned located his land grant, may have led to this supposed rela-
tionship, which otherwise, the descendants of Joseph (11 128.2) having no knowledge of his
antecedents, would have been too remote to have led to claim of kinship, unless it was simply on
the strength of the name. Mr. Harling A. Bixby said, "all the Bixbys I know have the Bixby mark
across the eyes and forehead."
2 Information of Van Dorn Bixby (11128.226). Harling Bixby himself gave his birth date as
1812.
'See under John BLxby (11128). 4 Jefferson Co., N. Y., Deeds.
6 Records of Surrogate of Jefferson Co. The copy of the will shows that Joseph Bixby named
his "eldest son" twice, once as John Bixby, Jr., and once as Joseph Bixby, Jr. Lodima is also
described as Lododima. This group of families, descended from John Bixby (11128), proved as
difficult as any to connect in proper position in the'genealogy. No knowledge of any connection
with other members of the family existed in either the Maine or Michigan families. Both were
ignorant of the existence of the other. The Westbrook family traced only to John (11128), and
the Michigan family only to Joseph (11128.2). The connection was found by references in
Cumberland Co., Me., Deeds to Joseph the son of John as a boat-builder, and the knowledge that
Joseph of Ellisburg was a ship carpenter, which suggested the New England coast as his probable
former place of residence, and the occurrence of the name Harling in both branches of the family.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 369
Harling Bixby (11 128.22) left a brief statement of his origin and
family. This record commences, "I was born in the year 1812,
in the state of New York, of a good family. My father was a
Yankee, and settled first at Sandy Creek. He had a good trade,
being a ship-carpenter. . . . My mother was Annie Lamb.
. . . I had two brothers and two sisters. My brother Joseph
was a sailor on the Great Lakes. As he never returned, I think
he was drowned. My brother Luther started for California,
took sick and died on the way. My sister Lodema died very
young. My sister Mary Ann died very young, with consumption.
I seldom saw my father, as he was absent from home three or four
years at a time, as he was working at his trade. My father died,
which was a sad day to me. I had a very rough life. I afterward
went to live with a family that was very cruel to me. . . . I
stayed with these cruel people one year. Then I went to live with
my aunt, Rhoda Fish. She was good to me. I spent two thirds
of my time in hunting and trapping. My aunt wanted me to go
to school, but I would not, so I grew up without any education."
This manuscript, which unfortunately closes at this point, is in
possession of Mr. Van Dorn Bixby.
11135.1
VI. Ebenezer Byxbe {Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 23 Dec, 1793, at Corinth, Vt.; 1 died about 1836, in an asylum;
married in Delaware Co., O., Malinda Welch, born 1788 in Del-
aware Co., died there in the spring of 1883, daughter of David
and Sabra Welch. 2 She married, second, Solomon Houseworth. 3
Ebenezer Byxbe lived in Berlin, O. 3 He died insane. The last
time his brother saw him was when the latter was a boy, and
Ebenezer was being taken to an asylum in chains. 4
Children,' 1 bom at Berlin:
1- 1 Elizabeth, married Benjamin Loop.
2 Ira, died in infancy.
1 Corinth, Vt., records.
» Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Mary M. Aldrich (n 135.16), who did
not know her grandfather's name, but did know that his brother, "Col. Bixby," laid out the town
of Delaware.
'Information of Mrs. Rachel Schultz (11135.1-4). aged 85 years (ion). She writes that she
left home when quite young.
« Information of Jacob R. Byxbe (ni35-36).
37 o BYXBE GENEALOGY
3 Erastus, born 1825; died 1854, in Indiana; married 4 Oct., 1843, Grade
Felkey. No issue.
4 Rachel, born 1827; x married Christopher Felkey; (2) Henry Schultz. 1
She is living at Prospect, O.
5 Reuben, born Sept., 1829; died 27 Feb., 191 1, at Frankton, Ind.
6- 6 Mary Martha, born 17 Oct., 1831; married George B. Aldrich.
7 Phebe Jane, born 1834; died in infancy.
IH35-2
VI. Nathaniel Byxbe {Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born about 1797, 2 probably in western Massachusetts; died in
Pike Co., 111.; married Susan Johnson, born , died in
Sheffield, Green Co., 111., daughter of Daniel and Nancy Johnson. 3
Nathaniel Byxbe lived in Pike Co.
Children: z
I- 1 Joseph, born 17 Feb., 1830, in Illinois; married Susan M. Morrow.
2 Hiram, born 1836, in Tippecanoe Co., Ind. 4 Enlisted from Pittsfield, 111.,
20 April, 1861, in Co. G, 8th 111. Inf., for three months, and was dis-
charged with his company at Cairo, 111., 25 July, 1861. Upon reorgan-
ization of the regiment as a three years' regiment, he re-enlisted, 25 July,
1861, and served until 15 Feb., 1862, the day of the battle at Fort Don-
aldson. The 8th 111. lost heavily in that action. Fifty seven men were
killed, 191 wounded, and 10 were reported as missing. According to
information received from cousins, Hiram was captured by the Con-
federates, and died a prisoner of war. On the rolls of his company, the
word "deserted" is entered after his name and the date of the battle is
given. From the story of the regiment, it would appear that there was
no opportunity to desert and the Union forces were driven back, which
would seem to confirm the report that he was captured. There are
many instances of missing and wounded men being reported as deserted
when such was not the case. No further information has come to light
concerning him, except that he was a farmer, 5 feet, 8 inches in height,
having dark hair, brown eyes and of dark complexion.
3 Nathaniel, born 25 Dec, 1837; died 21 Feb., 1912, at Pearl, Pike Co..
111., unmarried. He enlisted as Nathan Bixby, 18 Feb., 1865, at Rolla,
Mo., in Co. B, 2nd Mo. Vol. Artillery, for three years, but was mustered
out 20 Dec, 1865, at St. Louis. The last years of his life were spent in
Pearl, 111., with his niece, Mrs. J. W. Cloninger (11 135.271), where he
was a respected citizen. 5
4 Reuben, "served in the Union Army, was captured at Fort Donaldson,
and died a prisoner of war." 2
5 Mary Jane, born in Indiana. 6
1 Information of Mrs. Rachel Schultz (1113S.1-4). aged 85 years (1911). She writes that she
left home when quite young.
'Information of Jacob R. Byxbe (ni3S-36).
» Names given by Mrs. Nancy Travers (11135.29).
« Enlistment papers, Office of Adjutant General of Illinois.
' Obituary notice of Nathaniel Byxbe (11 135- 2-2). furnished by Mrs. J. W. Cloninger (1113S271).
« One daughter married McCallister, and in 1912 was living in Arkansas. (Some source as
footnote *) .
^
111127.8-25)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 371
6-6 John Wesley, born 1843, at Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind.; married
; (2) Ellen J. Driscoll.
7- 7 George Washington, born 24 Oct., 1845, in Indiana; married Rose A.
McCallister. 1
8 Elizabeth. 2
9-9 Nancy, born in Indiana; married Joshua Travers.
III35.3
VI. Hiram Hale Byxbe (Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Joseph,
Joseph), born 4 July, 1801, 3 in western Massachusetts; died 23
April, 1878, at Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., 111.; 3 married April,
1830, 3 in Ohio, 4 Mary Ann Brown, born March, 1808, 4 in Virginia,
died 5 March, 1862, 4 in Putnam Co., Mo., 3 daughter of and
(Sandy) Brown. He married, second, Sept., 1862, Emily
(Renshaw) Jayne, born 18 14, at Hopkinsville, Ky., widow of
Thomas Jayne, Esq., of Carlinville, 111. After the death of Mr.
Byxbe she lived with a married daughter at Maweaqua, 111.
Children: 3
1- 1 Joseph Templeton, born 10 Feb., 1831, at Circleville, O.; married Eliza-
beth A. Dunn.
2- 2 Cordelia, born 1833, at Circleville; married William H. Holcomb.
3 Benjamin Britton, born 24 March, 4 1835, at Circleville; died 4 Jan.,
1890, 4 at Abbott, Colo.; married 5 March, 1863, 4 at Mulberry Grove
Township, Bond Co., 111., Sarah Emily Smith, born 8 May, 1842, at
Dublin, O., daughter of Nathan and Samantha (Babcock) Smith. 4 No
issue. He enlisted 26 Dec, 1863, from Greenville, 111., in Co. F, 12th
111. Cavalry, and was discharged, being then in the hospital, 28 May,
1865. His brothers, Joseph and William, also served in the same com-
pany. He was a farmer.
4- 4 William Richard, born 20 July, 1837, at Circleville; married Mary
Ewing; (2) Sarah E. Creasy.
5 Mary Malissa, born at Mulberry Grove, 111.; died there aged three years.
6- 6 Jacob Randall, born 5 June, 1851, at Mulberry Grove; married Virginia
E. Gough.
Hiram H. Byxbe worked in a shingle factory when he was
thirteen years of age, and a little later, it is said, with one man
did the work four had formerly done in using the crosscut saw to
saw the timbers into bolts. He afterward learned the blacksmith
trade, serving as an apprentice for two years at Dublin, O., and
became an excellent judge of steel, as well as an excellent smith.
» Obituary notice of Nathaniel Byxbe (11 135. 2-2), furnished by Mrs. J.W. Cloninger (11135.271).
* One daughter married McCallister, and in 1912 was living in Arkansas. (Same source as
footnote l ).
* Information of Jacob R. Byxbe (ni35-36).
* Information of Mrs. Sarah E. Bixby (1 1 135-3-3)-
2
372 BYXBE GENEALOGY
He made bells and was an expert gunsmith, which counted for
much in those days. After his marriage he carried on his trade
at Circleville, O. He moved to Franklin Co., O., in 1838, settling
near Columbus, and in 1842 to Mulberry Grove, 111., on the stage
route from Indianapolis to St. Louis. In 1856 he removed to
Putnam Co., Mo., taking up 160 acres but finding it "hard to make
a living," he visited Rockridge, Greene Co., 111., in the fall of 1861,
leaving his wife, eldest and youngest son to care for the stock,
while with his sons William and Benjamin and son-in-law, W. H.
Holcomb, he prepared a new home in Illinois. Mrs. Byxbe was
suddenly stricken with paralysis and died 5 March, 1862. The
sons, except those who enlisted in the 12th 111. Cavalry, farmed
in Macoupin Co., 111. while the father worked at his trade in
Fayette.
In Nov., 1862, having foreclosed a mortgage he still held on
the Mulberry Grove place, sold in 1856, H. H. Byxbe returned
thither and remained there until his death. Prior to 1864, Mr.
Byxbe was a Democrat, later a Republican.
Hiram H. Byxbe joined the M. E. Church, Darby Circuit, O.,
in 1818. Later, while in Franklin Co., O., he joined the Newlights,
and afterward the Christian Church.
He was a good reader, talker and preacher. His father had
several brothers who served in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob R. Byxbe stated that his father had four brothers, Na-
thaniel, Reuben, Ebenezer and Joseph; that his grandfather died
in 1812 on the Susquehanna River in eastern Pennsylvania, and
that he (Ebenezer) had two brothers x who served in the Revolution,
but that he never heard of his grandfather, Ebenezer, having been
in the army. He also stated that Ebenezer married a Babcock,
who lived in Bradford, Pa., and after her son Hiram's marriage
lived with him in Ohio, but that she did not draw a pension. He
had heard his father speak of but one sister, who had married a
Filkey, and her son William Henry Filkey visited his father in
1865 soon after his discharge from the Union army. He asserts
this information is traditionary. He had never heard of Moses
Byxbe of Ohio (ni3J)- _ , . ,
Mrs. Mary Ann (Brown) Byxbe was a sister of Margaret Tabitha
Brown who married Ira Babcock, a cousin of Hiram Hale Byxbe.
iThis information was obtained from Hiram H. Byxbe (n 135-3).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 373
Her grandfather, "Sandy," served seven years in the American
army during the Revolutionary War. Ira and Margaret T. Babcock
had a son, Hiram Hamilton Babcock, a member of the 130th 111.
Vols., in the Civil War, who died in the service. 1
III35.5
VI. Joseph Byxbe (Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 8 Feb., 1808, in western Massachusetts; died 1862, at Nebo, 2
Pike Co., 111.; married 23 Oct., 1834, Elizabeth Jordan, born 23
May, 1814, in Pennsylvania, died 15 Jan., 1893, in Pike Co., 111.
Joseph Byxbe emigrated from Ohio to Illinois. He was a car-
penter. 2 There is the record of enlistment at Cairo, 111., of Joseph
Byxbe, 25 July, 1861, in Co. G, 8th 111. Inf., for three years. He is
described as a "native of Massachusetts, and resident of Griggs-
ville, Anderson Co., 111., farmer, 45 years, height 5 feet, 8 inches,
gray hair, brown eyes, dark complexion." He did not remain with
the command after 2 Sept., 1861, at which time the regiment was
still in camp at Cairo, but came home and died soon after. It is
evident that there is an error in his age as recorded at enlistment.
Children: 3
1- 1 William, born 25 Sept., 1835, at Shadesville, Piqua Co., O.; married.
2- 2 John, born 22 Feb., 1838, at Shadesville; 2 married Lydia Collins.
3- 3 James Willis, born 22 Feb., 1843, in Pike Co., 111.; married Mercyan
Smith; (2) Eliza F. Toombs.
4 Milan Jasper, born 2 1 Feb., 1846, near Pittsfield, Pike Co.; died 22 March,
191 5, at Nebo; unmarried; a farmer.
5- 5 Harvey, born 4 April, 1849, near Pittsfield; married Sophia J. Jack.
6 Nancy Jane, born 13 Aug., 1852, in Pike Co.; now lives at Nebo, unmar-
ried.
7 Henry, born 15 June, 1856, near Pittsfield; died June, 1870.
11135.6
VI. Mary Byxbe (Ebenezer, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born probably about 18 10 in eastern Pennsylvania; married
Babcock; married, second, Samuel Filkey.
"The Filkey s lived on the Wabash river in southern Illinois."
Jacob R. Byxbe writes: "My father had a sister who married
'Information of Jacob R. Byxbe (11135.36).
2 Information of James W. Byxbe (11135.53).
» Information chiefly of Harvey Byxbe (11135.55).
3 7 4 BYXBE GENEALOGY
a Filkey and she had two children, a son, William Henry, who
visited my father in 1865; he had just been discharged from the
army, and I do not know his sister's given name, but she married
a Thatcher and they removed to Kansas in 1875."
Children: 1
1 Don Babcock.
By second marriage:
2 William Henry Filkey, who served in the Union army.
3 Daughter, married Thatcher.
III38.I
VI. William Byxbe (Benjamin, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 7 Nov., 1777, at Peru, Mass., 2 died May, 1831 ; 3 married Sarah
Children: 3
1- 1 William Reed, born 1812, probably in Wayne Co., N. Y.; 4 married
Minnie Elsie Caldwell. 6
2 Elizabeth H., married prior to 3 Aug., 1831, Dominick R. Thompson of
Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y. 6
1 Cemantha (Samantha) H., married between 1838 and 1849 Mc-
Creery. In 1849 as of Ontario, she bought land there. 6
William Byxbe, head of a family in 1806, was living in the ter-
ritory now comprising Walworth, Ontario and Marion, N. Y. 7
Whether his home at that time was the same as later is not cer-
tainly known. In 1824 he bought land in Williamson. His will is
dated 1 May, 1831, probated 27 June, 1831. He is described as
of Marion. He gives one half his estate to his son William R. Byxbe
out of which he is to support "My father Benjamin Bixby (n 138)
and his mother Mary during life, and his two daughters Elizabeth
1 Information of Jacob R. Byxbe (11135.36) and Mrs. Mary Aldrich (11135.16). The former
thought Mrs. Babcock was named Elizabeth. The latter remembers that before her aunt left
Ohio she gave her a dress because she was named for her; yet in an earlier letter she distinctly
states that "Aunt Elizabeth Byxbe married a Babcock; Aunt Mary Byxbe married Sam Felkey.
In a letter of Feb., 1013. Mr. J. R. Byxbe (11135.36) writes, "I do not know the given name of
Felkey who married my father's sister."
* 5 R e ewrds ta of C^unS' Clerk and Surrogate, Wayne Co.. Lyons, N. Y. Was her maiden name
Reed and was this the reason for the middle name of her son William?
« Calculated from his age 68 in 18S0 from his application for pension. Inv. Ong. 410, 4IS- L>e-
cendants give various dates from 1808 to 1830.
» In Wayne Co. deeds, her name appears as Alcy.
• Wayne Co. deeds at Lyons. „»n^ t*,vv,«
* Turner, History of the Phelps-Gorham Purchase, page 502. where the name is spelled Bixby.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 375
and Cemantha." His wife Sarah, who received one-third of the
estate, and Henry Knapp were executors.
11138.3
VI. Abner Byxbe (Benjamin, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 9 June, 1780, at Peru, Mass.; 1 died 25 Jan., 1854 ; 2 married
26 April, 1801, Ruth Gannet, born 3 Feb., 1784, died 3 July,
1858. Abner Byxbe was living at Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y.,
1829 to 1832. On 3 Dec, 1829, he and his wife Ruth of Macedon
sold land to Emory Beal, and 30 Nov., 1832, to David Bussey. 3
In 1835 and 1836 he was living in Ridgeway, Niagara Co., N. Y.,
and his father Benjamin was living with him. 4 Shortly after that
he removed to Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich., where he was living
in 1841. 4 He purchased land 24 Aug., 1844, in Bellevue Township,
Eaton Co., Mich., from Darwin H. Hughes. Ruth Byxbe pur-
chased land 2 Dec, 1841, in Bellevue Township from Gamaliel
Jucket. 5
Children: 2
1 Belena, born 10 March, 1802; married 27 Oct., 1825, Shepherd Bates.
2 Polly, born 11 Nov., 1807; died 4 Aug., 1809.
3 Polly, born 29 Nov., 1809; died 12 Sept., 181 1.
4- 4 Olive R., born 15 June, 1813; married Daniel Ostram.
5- 5 Ransom Curtis, born 10 May, 1818; married Clarissy M. Alger; (2)
Esther .
6 Mary A., born 20 March, 1823; died Sept. 1824.
1 1 138.4
VI. Ebenezer Byxbe 6 (Benjamin, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born about 1782 probably in Massachusetts; died 1861 at Benona,
Oceana Co., Mich. ; married Elizabeth Turner, 7 daughter of Caleb
Turner of Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y. 8
1 Peru Vital Records.
'Bible record in possession of Mrs. Olive M. Bruce (11138.3S-S) from which all information
regarding this family was obtained except where otherwise noted.
3 Wayne Co., N. Y., Deeds at Lyons, 10:442; 13:422.
'Pension application of Benjamin Bixby (n 138).
• Records of County Clerk, Eaton Co., Charlotte, Mich.
'The existence of Ebenezer Byxbe (11138.4) was unknown when page 183 was printed.
» Information of Mrs. Ella V. Steuart (11138.443), George T. Byxbe (11138.44-1) gives the name
of the wife of Ebenezer Byxbe (n 138.4) as Osborne.
' Wayne Co., N. Y., Deeds, 10:149.
376 BYXBE GENEALOGY
Ebenezer Byxbe served in the war of 18 12, as a private in Samuel
Jennings Co., Col. Philetus Swift's Ontario Co. Regt., enlisted 13
May, 1 812, discharged 13 Sept., 1812, served at Lewiston and Black
Rock, 1 for which service he received grants of land in 1851 and 1855.
These he assigned 18 Oct., 1855, to Stephen F. Page of Ionia, Mich.,
his signature being witnessed by Benjamin H. Byxbe, his son. Both
he and his son were then of Eaton, Mich. 2 In 1831 he sold land in
Wayne Co., N. Y. 3 He moved to Michigan before 1852, and lived
at Benona, Mich., with his son Benjamin, until his death. 4
Children: 4
1 George, died unmarried.
2- 2 Ira, born 8 Jan., 1823; married Artimesia Fisher.
3 Otis, married ; died without issue.
4- 4 Benjamin Harvey, born 1832 probably at Oswego, N. Y.; married Sara
Allen.
5 Temperance, 5 died unmarried.
6 Artimishia, 5 died unmarried.
IH3J-2
VI. Moses Byxbe {Moses, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph), born
30 Jan., 1784, at Washington, Mass.; married 27 April, 1815,
Betsy Egleston, born 1797, daughter of Azariah and Hannah
Egleston. 6
Moses Byxbe removed to what is now Delaware County, O.,
with his father, in 1801. He was a merchant at Delaware in
1 8 10, perhaps associated with his father. He was first clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas in Delaware County. He was living
at Delaware in 1847, aged sixty three years. 7 In 1820 he visited
Massachusetts. 8
Children: 9
1 George Washington Egleston, born 27 March, 1817; died 6 June,
1869, 10 at Brooklyn, N. Y., "a few years ago" (1899) ; s married 6 June,
1 Records of Adjutant General, Albany, N. Y., where the name is spelled Bixbee and Byxbe.
» Records of U. S. Land Office. 19355-40-50; 17360-120-55.
• Wayne Co., N. Y., records.
* Information of George T. Byxbe (11138.44-1).
6 Information of Mrs. Ella V. Steuart (11138.443).
' Information of Thomas Egleston, New York, who says he knew both Charles and George Byxbe
intimately when they were in business in New York City.
7 Pension papers of Benjamin Bixby (11138).
« Deeds at Pittsfield.
» Information of D. W. C Luegenbeel, Delaware, O.
u Sayre Genealogy, p. 573.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 377
1849, Anna Cornelia Sayre, born 10 June, 1828; J died 1 Nov., 1900, at
Utica, N. Y. 1 He was in the dry goods business in New York, and
later a broker. His name first appears in the New York directory
in 1845. In 1852 he took up his residence in Brooklyn. On 13 Aug.,
1859, as George E. Byxbee, he purchased a large tract of land in Mont-
calm Co., Mich., which he and wife Anna C. sold 19 Aug., 1859. His
name here appears as George E. Byxbe. 2 His name does not appear in
the direcory after 1870. On 4 Nov., 1859, as George E. Byxbe, he and
his wife, Anna C. of New York City, sold land in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 3
2 Eliza Ann, born 20 March, 1818.
3- 3 Lucy, married Andrew H. Patterson.
4 Mary, married, 1844, Haldemond Crary, who was recorder of Franklin
County in 1843.
5 Charles, a cripple; never married. 4 Charles Byxbe, carver, appears
in the New York directory of 1856.
"I3J.3
VI. Appleton Byxbe (Moses, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 28 April, 1786, at Washington, Mass.; married .
Appleton Byxbe removed to Ohio and possessed land in Dela-
ware County. He served in Capt. Strong's company, Ohio militia,
in the War of 1812, as a private, and 28 Jan., 1856, received land
bounty warrants, one for 40 acres and one for 120 acres, the latter
he assigned to Isaac A. Allen, 26 Feb., 1856. 5
Child:
1- 1 Harriet Amanda, born 15 July, 1822, 6 at Delaware, O.; married Richard
W. Reynolds.
IH3J.4
VI. Nancy (Lucy) Bixby (Moses, Abner, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph),
born 4 Dec, 1788, at Washington, Mass.; died 21 Aug., 1829 ; 7
married 27 May, 1816, Leonard H. Cowles, born 16 Jan., 1784,
died 29 Dec, 1861, at Delaware, O.
Leonard H. Cowles came to Delaware in 1804 from Connecticut.
'Sayre Genealogy, p. 573.
2 Records of Montcalm Co., at Stanton, Mich.
3 Records of Saratoga Co., at Balston Spa., N. Y.
4 Information of Thomas Egleston, New York, who says he knew both Charles and George Byxbe
intimately when they were in business in New York City.
■U. S. Land Office, 45468-120-55; 73087-40-50. His service is given as under Capt. Strong
and Capt. Murray.
•Information of D. W. C. Luegenbeel of Delaware, Ohio, and Mrs. Martha C. Burns (1113J.
31-62).
7 Information of Leonard C. Glessner (1113J.4-36).
378 BIXBY GENEALOGY
He married, second, 1 16 Dec, 1832, at Delaware, Mrs. Harriet
Sweetser Ovett, born 5 March, 1804, died 18 Nov., 1888, at Pomana,
Cal. 2
Children: 2
1 Henry Bixby Cowles, born 6 June, 1817, at Delaware; died 4 May, 1842, at
Columbus, O.; married Anna Hitchcock.
2 Edward Carter Cowles, born 20 Feb., 1819; died 6 Dec, 1861, at Pella, la.;
married Catherine Synder of Pella.
Children:
1. Arthur Cowles, born , 1858.
2. Edward Cowles, born , 1862.
3 Georgiana Cowles, born 18 Feb., 1821, at Delaware; died 30 Sept., 1907, at
Findlay, O.; married 8 April, 1838, at Delaware, Lewis Glessner, born I
Sept., 181 1, in Somerset Co., Pa., died 13 March, 1879, at Findlay.
Children: 3
1. William Leggett Glessner, born 27 Sept., 1840, at Delaware; married 8
June, 1864, at Findlay, Ellen Parsons Stone, born 5 June, i84i,died
7 Jan., 1855. He lives at Atlanta, Ga. Children: Nellie Grace
Glessner, born 18 March, 1865, at Findlay; married 2 Dec, 1883,
Henry C. Storey, born Feb., i860, died July, 1904. She lived at
Atlanta, now at Augusta, Ga. Charles Lewis Glessner, born 24 Nov.,
1866; married 1 Nov., 1894, at Atlanta, Lena Hall. They live at
Blakely, Ga. Harry William Glessner, born 2 Sept., 1879, at Clinton,
111.; died 10 Dec, 1897, at Milledgeville, Ga.
2. Edward Cowles Glessner, born 27 May, 1844, at Delaware; died 28
June, 1864, killed in action in Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., during the
Civil War.
3. Frederick Henry Glessner, born 1 Nov., 1846, at Delaware; married 12
June, 1872, at Findlay, Areanda Augusta Isham, born there 12 June,
1852, died 23 July, 1912, at Findlay, daughter of Henry and Jane
(Hall) Isham. He lives at Findlay. Children: Bertha Georgiana
Glessner, born 28 Oct., 1873; died in early infancy. Mabel Winifred
Glessner, born 14 Aug., 1886; married 2 Oct., 1907, at Findlay, George
Thornton Brown of Newman, Ga., where they live. No issue. Fred
H. Glessner attended the public schools of Delaware until 15 years of
age when he entered the employ of his father, who had purchased the
Hancock County Courier, a weekly newspaper, at Findlay. He worked
his way as printer and then associate editor; at the death of his
father assumed editorial control and business management of the
paper. In 1885, he began the publication of the daily edition of the
^Children, by second marriage: (i) Leonard Alpheus Cowles, born 2 July, 1834. ( 2 ) George
Whitefield Cowles, born 19 July, 183S, died 4 July, 1871, at Columbus, O. (3) Frances Sophia
Cowles, born 10 Jan., 1837, married 21 Nov., 1861, W. J. Curtis. They have resided at San Ber-
nardino, Cal., for fifty years. Judge Curtis is a prominent attorney and recently resigned as presi-
dent of the San Bernardino Bar Association after 38 years service. They have four children, —
Holman J., William, Hal and Harriet. (4) William Henry Harrison Cowles, born 17 March, 1839,
died 7 Jan., 1862, at Memphis, Tenn. (5) James Albert Cowles, born 7 Oct., 1841, died 3 Dec,
1899, at Los Angeles, married 13 Dec, 1876, Anita McMahan. Child: Leonard A. Cowles, of
Riverside, Cal., 1909. (6) Martha Canfield Cowles, born 23 Oct., 1846, married 13 Dec, 1876,
at Los Angeles, Charles B. Tenniel, born 27 Sept., 1840, in London, England, died 9 Nov., 1900,
in Los Angles. Mrs. Tenniel is now residing at Los Angeles.
2 Information of Leonard C. Glessner (iii3J-4 _ 36).
• Information concerning this family was received from Mrs. N. G. Storey (ni3J4-3ii)-
DL PENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 379
Courier, and continued with the newspaper until 1898 when he retired.
After a lapse of ten years he became connected with the Glessner
Medicine Co.
In 1862 he was one of those who responded to the call of the Gov-
ernor when Gen. Kirby Smith, a Confederate general, threatened to
invade Ohio. He served about three weeks, and was given an hon-
orable discharge. He has held several honorary appointive positions
in the city, and was one of the incorporators and president of the first
oil and natural gas industries of northwestern Ohio and Indiana. Mrs.
Glessner was an active worker in the Presbyterian Church. She was
a member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Orphan Home,
a member of several literary and social societies, and was one of the
best known charitable workers in Findlay.
4. Florence C. Glessner, born 6 March, 1849, at Delaware. She lives at
Griffin, Ga.
5. Clara Glessner, born 4 Aug., i85i,at Delaware; died 8 June, 1863.
6. Leonard Cowles Glessner, born 17 March, 1853, at Delaware;
married 12 Sept., 1877, at Farmer City, 111., Emma Chappelear,
born 25 Aug., 1855, at Camden Point, Mo. They live at Findlay.
Children: Lewis William Glessner, born 9 Nov., 1878, at Farmer City;
married 21 June, 1905, in Indianapolis, Helen Magill, born 18 Oct.,
1883. 1 They live at Findlay. Harry Chappelear Glessner, born 17
Aug., 1885, at Sedalia, Mo.; married 25 March, 1908, at Findlay,
Inez Chase, born 8 Feb., 1888. 2 They live at Findlay. Mary Eleanor
Glessner, born 30 May, 1887, at Sedalia; lives at Findlay.
7. Douglas Glessner, born 26 Nov., 1856, at Delaware; died 14 June,
1910, at Griffin.
8. Laura Edith Glessner, born 16 Jan., 1859, at Delaware; now living at
Griffin.
9. Eleanor M. Glessner, born 23 Jan., 1863, at Findlay; married 10 June,
1 891, Thomas J. White of Griffin. They live at Griffin. Child:
Georgianna White, born 10 Oct., 1895.
4 Frances Constantina Cowles, born 12 Nov., 1822; died 29 Sept., 1823.
5 Anna Eliza Cowles, born 20 April, 1824; died 30 March, 1843.
6 Edmond Cowles, born 30 April, 1826; died 30 April, 1826.
11512.2
VI. Elvira W. Bixby {Daniel, Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph),
born 1 Sept., 1815, at Hillsboro, N. H.; 3 died 21 Oct., 1889, at Wil-
mont, N. H., 3 aged 74 years, 1 month, 20 days; married 5 June,
1833, at Salisbury, N. H., 4 Thomas W. Currier. 5 She married,
second, Hobbs. 3
Children: 5
1 Sarah Currier.
2 John G. Currier, who lives at South Danbury, N. H.
JChildren: Robert Magill Glessner, born 12 Sept., 1907. John Leonard Glessner, born 10 Jan.,
1910. 2 Child: Margaret Mary Glessner, born 3 June, 1910.
» N. H. Deaths.
* N. H. Marriages. The bride is called of Salisbury.
B Information of John G. Currier (11512.2-2).
3 8o BIXBY GENEALOGY
11512.3
VI. Daniel William (Daniel H.) Bixby {Daniel, Andrew,
John, Joseph, Joseph), born 31 May, 1819, at Hopkinton, N. H.;
died 10 July, 1847, at Manchester, N. H., killed by cars; 1 mar-
ried in 1839, 2 Lois Ann Copps, born 19 Dec, 1822, at Chester,
N. H., 2 died 14 Aug., 1852, 2 at Manchester. Mr. Bixby was known
as Daniel H. Bixby. He was a carpenter. His widow married,
second, N. S. Clark. 2
Children, born at Manchester: 2
1- 1 Elvira A., born 2 Sept., 1840; married Joseph E. Gove.
2- 2 George Sawyer, born 15 Sept., 1842; married Elizabeth M. Cass.
3 William E., born 9 Sept., 1844; died 26 March, 1845, at Manchester.!
4- 4 William Henry, born 29 Dec, 1845; married Marietta Webster.
H5I5.I
VI. Dolphus (Adolphus) Bixby {John, Andrew, John, Joseph,
Joseph), born 7 Jan., 1790, at Hillsborough, N. H. ; died 9 Aug., 1886,
at Marlborough, N. H.; 3 married Jan., 1813, Achsa Carr, born 17
Dec, 1793, at Hillsborough, died 26 Feb., 1864, at Lempster, N. H.,
daughter of Robert and Abigail (Jones) Carr. 4 Dolphus Bixby
married, second, Lydia Jones, who died soon after marriage.
Children: 4
1- 1 Henry, born 9 Sept., 1813, at Lempster, N. H.; 5 married Sarah J. Carey.
2- 2 Russell, born 1 March, 1816, at Windsor, N. H.; 6 married Sarah L.
Wright; (2) Emily R. Dame.
3 Mansel, born 28 April, 1818; died in an explosion on a boat at Evans-
ville, Ind., in 1865 or 1866. 7
4 John, born 3 June, 1821; died 4 Sept., 1837.
5 Nancy, born 11 Oct., 1825; died 17 Aug., 1837.
6 Charles C, born 18 Oct., 1826; died 1 Jan., 1831.
7- 7 Rodolphus (Charles Carr), born 7 Aug., 1833, at Bradford, N. H.; mar-
ried Weltha A. Jones.
8 Achsa A., born 19 Feb., 1836; married Seldon Miller.
Dolphus Bixby died at Marlboro, N. H., at the home of his
son Russell. He lived in several towns in New Hampshire, Ver-
1 Manchester records.
2 Information of George S. Bixby (11512.32). His brother William had the family bible.
• Town records.
4 Goodell: Sketch of Bixby Family, in Hillsborough Examiner.
4 Born in Hillsborough, according to History of Washington, N. H., by Gage.
•Leonard: History of Dublin, N H. 'Information of W. B. Willis.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 381
mont, and Massachusetts, never residing long in the same place.
He bought many orchards of old apple trees, which he cut, selling
the timber to be manufactured into shuttles, for which it was
peculiarly adapted on account of its hardness and smoothness.
II5I5-2
VI. Ransom Bixby {John, Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born
4 June, 1 791, at Hillsboro, N. H.; 1 died there 10 May, 1850; mar-
ried 9 Dec, 1824, at Hillsboro, Sarah Andrews, born 31 Aug.,
1793, at Hillsboro (?), died 1 Feb., 1874, at Nashua, N. H., daughter
of Solomon and Sarah (Bradford) 2 Andrews.
Ransom Bixby served as sergeant in Capt. Hugh Moore's
company, New Hampshire Militia, in War of 18 12, enlisting 13
Sept., 1 8 14, for three months. His widow received military bounty
land warrants for 160 acres. 3 He was town treasurer, selectman,
and deputy sheriff.
Children:
1 Elizabeth H., 4 born 30 Nov., 1825 ; died 28 Nov., 1913, at the New Hamp-
shire State Hospital, Concord, N. H., 5 unmarried.
2- 2 Sarah A., born 30 Aug., 1828, at Hillsboro; married David Starrett.
3 Rebecca, born 15 Jan., 1834; died 2 May, 1842.
II5I5.3
VI. Nancy Bixby {John, Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born
17 March, 1793, at Hillsboro, N. H.; died 26 March, 1873, at Antrim,
N. H.; married 18 Oct., 1821, at Hillsboro, Capt. Moody Morse
Barker, born 24 May, 1795, at Antrim, died there 24 March,
1873, son of Capt. Peter and Sally (Wood) Barker.
Moody M. Barker was in the War of 1812 and subsequently
captain in the local militia.
Children? born at Antrim:
1 John Bixby Barker, born 13 Nov., 1822; died 22 Nov., i860, at Guadala-
jara, Mexico; married 10 Oct., 1848, at Bennington, N. H., Harriet Newton,
'Goodell: Sketch of Bixby Family.
2 The state copy of town records gives this name as Mumford.
' U. S. Land Office, 89, 521-40-50; 36,253-120-55.
* In 1910, she was of Bradford, N. H., and later of Hillsboro.
' New Hampshire Deaths, where her father's name appears as Ralph.
•Information concerning this family was received from Henry M. Barker (11515.3-5), Mary
F. Barker (11515.3-12), Carrie C Barker (11515.3-41). Harry C Barker (11515-3-52), also from
Mrs. Adeline E. Wyeth (11515.3-33)- Mention of the family is also found in the History of
Antrim, N. H., and on the records of that town.
> Twin sons, born and died 18 April, 1856.
382 BIXBY GENEALOGY
born 13 Nov., 1828, at Alstead, N. H., died 3 Jan., 1907, in Worcester,
Mass., daughter of Luther and Harriet Elizabeth (Griswold) Newton.
Children, born at Guadalajara:
1. Albert Augustus Barker, born 20 Nov., 1852; died 9 June, 1905, in Wor-
cester; married there 24 Oct., 1877, Eacyetta Boyd. Children, born
in Worcester: Everett Newton Barker, born 4 June, 1881, married,
and has one child. They live in Boston, Mass. Robert S. Barker, born
3 April, 1884; died 15 Jan., 1914, in New York City, N. Y., unmarried.
2. Mary Frances Barker, born 19 April, 1855; now of Worcester, unmarried.
3. Adelaide Barker, born 6 Aug., 1859; died 22 Oct., i860, at Guadalajara.
2 Emily Barker, born 1824; died 20 Feb., 1901, at Wilton, N. H.; married
Thanksgiving, 1861, at Greenfield, N. H., Samuel Brown of Wilton, who
died there 1881 or 1882. No issue. She married, second, 18 Nov., 1890, at
Wilton, Alfred Thomas Wedge, born at Meadville, Colo., from whom she
was divorced.
3 Adeline Rebecca Barker, born 12 Sept., 1829; died 22 or 23 Sept., 1891,
at Antrim; married there 3 July, 1854, Charles Woods, born 19 Nov., 1831,
at Nashua, N. H., son of Asa and Mary (Laton) Woods. Mr. Woods lives
in Townsend, Mass.
Children:
I.
2.
3. Adeline Elfleda Woods, born 25 April, 1859, at Antrim; married 12
Oct., 1882, at Manchester, N. H., Frank Boyd Woodbury, of Antrim,
who died 12 Aug., 1891. She married, second, 18 Jan., 1899, at
Nashua, George Dana Wyeth of Townsend, where they now live.
Children, by first marriage: Mark Woodbury, born 23 Dec, 1883,
at Hillsboro, N. H.; married 15 May, 1906, Alillian Lee Rose of
Savannah, Ga. 1 They live at Alhambra, Cal. Valentine Woodbury,
born 14 Aug., 1885, at Antrim; of Los Angeles, Cal., and later of
Alhambra.
4. Charles Otis Woods, born 7 April, 1863, at Windsor, N. H.; died 22
July, 1905, at Antrim; married 28 March, 1893, at Francestown, N. H.,
Grace Edith Downes, of Francestown. Children: Rhoda Adeline
Woods, born 1 Sept., 1897. Abner Crombie Woods, born 27 June,
1899. Moody Barker Woods, born 24 April, 1901; died 14 Dec, 1901.
Harlan Flint Woods, born 15 Dec, 1902. Mrs. Woods and her children
live in Francestown.
4 Miles Cole Barker, born 15 July, 1832; died 15 Oct., 1908, at Nashua,
N. H.; married 29 Sept., 1859, at East Washington, N. H., Sarah Jane
Carr, born 21 July, 1835, at Hillsborough, N. H., died 2 Dec, 1910, daugh-
ter of Robert and Claora (Goodale) Carr. Mrs. Carr lives in Nashua.
Children, born at Hillsborough:
1. Carrie Celestia Barker, born 2 Feb., 1865; now of Nashua, unmarried.
2. Jennie Hatch Barker, born 5 July, 1869; married 3 June, 1903, at
Nashua, Arthur R. Jefferson, of North Conway, N. H. They live in
Nashua. Children: Andrea Jefferson, born 24 May, 1904, at North
Conway. Robert Jefferson, born 19 Nov., 1905, at Nashua.
5 Henry Martin Barker, born 24 Aug., 1838; died 8 Dec, 1908, at Staats-
burg, N. Y.; married 30 Nov., 1864, at New Boston, N. H., Mary Jane
Colburn, born there 4 March, 1836, daughter of Luther and Mary S. (Todd)
Colburn. Mrs. Mary J. Barker lives in Staatsburg. Henry M. Barker
was for a number of years Supervisor of the town of Hyde Park, N. Y.,
1 Child: Ethel Rosalie Woodbury, born 13 Aug., 1907.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 383
and was for one or more sessions Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
of Dutchess County.
Children, born at Antrim:
1. Herbert Luther Barker, born 27 Aug., 1866; married 29 Nov., 1893,
Louella Herrick. Child: Robert Herrick Barker, born 8 March, 1898.
They live at Woodside, L. I. Herbert L. Barker has received the
following degrees: Ph.B., Cornell Univ., 1890; M.D., College Physi-
cians and Surgeons, 1893. He is one of the visiting physicians at
St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, N. Y.
2. Harry Colburn Barker, born 31 March, 1870; married 20 May, 1903,
at Staatsburg, Marion Hughes of Staatsburg. No issue. They live
in Staatsburg, N. Y. Harry C. Barker was admitted to the Bar
in 1894, and has been in active practice since. He is also interested
in various commercial enterprises and is director in a number of
corporations.
3. Fred Martin Barker, born 4 May, 1871; married 20 Oct., 1897, at Mill-
brook, N. Y., Grace Barnes, of Millbrook. Child: Clifford Van Keuren
Barker, born 19 Aug., 1899. They live in Staatsburg, where he is a
farmer.
II5I5-5
VI. Avis Bixby (John, Andrew, John, Joseph, Joseph), born
10 May, 1797, at Hillsboro, N. H.; married there 15 Sept., 18 18,
Elijah Monroe, born at Hillsboro. 1
Child:
I Rebecca Monroe, born 13 Aug., 1820, at Windsor, N. H.; died there 19
June, 1909; married Gay.
II5I5-6
VI. Mandana Hutchinson Bixby (John, Andrew, John, Joseph,
Joseph), born Jan., 1813, at Hillsboro, N. H.; died about 1844,
in Illinois; married Aug., 1835, Seth Challis Hatch, 2 born 9
Nov., 1810, at Newport, N. H., son of Dr. Reuben and Lucy
(Andrews) Hatch of Hillsboro. Seth Challis Hatch was a physician
at Meradosea, Morgan Co., 111., whither he had removed about the
time he was married. He died in the fall of 1847. 3
Children: 3
1 Oliver Hatch.
2 George Hatch.
3 Abby Elizabeth Hatch.
4 Arthur Hatch.
1 Hillsboro, N. H., records, where her name is given as Avis Bixbee.
'Goodell: Sketch of the Bixby Family.
•See "A Brief History of Descendants of Joseph Hatch," by Leonard K. Hatch (1850), where
it is said that of the children, Oliver, George, Arthur, Lucy, and Heber had deceased prior to 1850.
384 BIXBY GENEALOGY
5 Lucy Hatch.
6 Alexander Hatch.
7 Heber Hatch.
II736.2
VI. Joel Bixby (Joel, Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born
23 Oct., 1797, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died Dec, 1864, at Milford,
Mass.; 1 married 2 June, 1828, at Hopkinton, 2 Elizabeth Mellen,
born there 22 March, 1804, died 29 Dec, 1883, at Milford, 3 daugh-
ter of Joseph and Sophronia (Andrews) 1 Mellen.
Joel Bixby was a boot maker and shoe manufacturer. It is
said that four of his sons were in the Union Army. 4
Children, born at Hopkinton: 2
1- 1 Delia, born 18 July, 1830; married Moses Walker.
2- 2 Frank Hannibal, born 6 Aug., 1831; married Ellen J. Darling.
3 Elizabeth (Eliza), born 12 Aug., 1833; died 3 Jan., 1898, in Providence,
R. I.; B married Edward Kimball. They were divorced.
4- 4 Bernadott, born 12 Dec, 1834; married Susan J. Moses.
5 Annett, born 22 April, 1836; died 25 April, 1838.
6 Montcalm, born 3 Oct., 1837; died 13 Oct., 1901, at Soldiers' Home,
Chelsea, Mass., unmarried. Montcalm Bixby served as private in
19th Unattached Co., Mass. Vols., from 9 Aug. to 16 Nov., 1864;
also 1st Battalion Heavy Artillery from 1 1 Feb. to 24 June, 1865. In
1875, he was of Providence, R. I.
7 Montgomery, twin with Montcalm; died 22 April, 1900, at Westboro,
Mass., unmarried. Montgomery Bixby served as private in Co. B.,
2nd Mass. H. A., from 14 July, 1863 to 3 Sept., 1865.
8- 8 Maria Annette, born 18 March, 1839; married Charles W. Phillips.
9- 9 Warren, born 3 Dec, 1840; married Chastina A. Haynes; (2) Ellen F.
Ahern.
10 Mary Abby, born 21 June, 1842; died 20 Aug., 1842, at Hopkinton. 2
11 John P., born 6 Aug., 1843; died 18 Aug., 1843, at Hopkinton, age
12 days, of fever. 2
12 Adeline, born 26 Dec, 1844; died 24 July, 1845, at Hopkinton. 2
13 John H., born 17 Nov., 1845; 6 died 18 Aug., 1846, aged nine months and
six days. 2
1 Ballou: History of Milford, Mass. Miss Jennie M. Phillips (11736.28-1) states he died in
December, 1864, at Hopkinton, Mass.
2 Hopkinton records.
8 Massachusetts Deaths.
* Information of Mrs. Warren Bixby (11736.29). Service records of three of the sons have been
recovered.
6 Providence records. The Kimball Genealogy mentions the marriage of Eliza Bixby and Ed-
ward Kimball, 28 March, 1864. He was born 1838, son of Moses Kimball of Franklin, Mass.,
and remarried 28 Nov., 1871, Ellen Kelley.
6 This birth date does not appear in the printed Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 385
11736.3
VI. Montgomery Bixby {Joel, Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 5 July, 1800, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died probably in 1857, in
New York City, 1 N. Y.; married 9 Nov., 1828, at Hopkinton, 2
Mary B. Morse of Hopkinton, who died 8 March, 1883, in New
York City, aged 80 years, 4 months, 9 days. 3
Children:
1 Edward Everett, born 1 Feb., 1829, 4 at Hopkinton. Not named among
the heirs of his uncle Albert Bixby in 1878.
2 Carrie, born 10 April, 1831; 6 died 16 6 or 17 Feb., 1832.
3 Sarah M., living in 1883 in New York; married Briggs.
4 Henry, born 2 March, 1834, 5 at Hopkinton; 7 died 7 Jan., 1884, at Wrentham,
unmarried. 7 He was a manufacturer, and in 1883 was a resident of New
York.
Montgomery Bixby lived in Boston 1840-1852 8 inclusive. He
was a cordwainer. He removed to New York, and from 1855 to
1857, inclusive, his name appears in the city directory as dealing
in leather and shoes. From 1858 to i860, the name of Mary B.
Bixby, widow, is found in the directory. Henry Bixby, also
dealing in shoes, lived at the same address from 1858 to i860.
The latter was of New York City in 1883, when he had adminis-
tration on the estate of his mother, who, according to her death
record, had lived in New York for nine years. Her only heirs
were Henry Bixby and her daughter, Sarah M. Briggs. 9 She may
have lived in Boston in 1879 and 1880. 8
Henry Bixby and his sister, Sarah Briggs, were named among
the heirs of their uncle, Albert Bixby, in 1878. They were then
living in New York.
1 A supposition based on the appearance of his widow's name in the New York Directory the
following year.
8 Hopkinton records.
» New York City Deaths.
* Hopkinton records. An Edward is named among the heirs of Albert Bixby in 1878, but it
is supposed that Edward, son of Cromwell, was intended.
6 Gravestone at Hopkinton.
6 Hopkinton Vital Records.
' Massachusetts Deaths.
8 Boston directories.
9 Surrogate's records, New York County. Administration was granted on her estate, 20 March,
1883, to Henry Bixby, a son.
386 BIXBY GENEALOGY
i 1736.4
VI. Mary Ann C. Bixby {Joel, Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Jo-
seph), born 25 July, 1801, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 14 Feb., 1830;
at Framingham, 1 Mass.; married there 13 April, 1821, Peter New-
ton, born 19 July, 1795, at Framingham, son of Jonas and Olive
(Tozer) Newton. He married, second, probably in 1830, 2 Maria
Dunton. 3
Peter Newton lived in Framingham, but sometime previous to
the spring of 1847 he removed to Ashland, Mass.
Children, born at Framingham: 1
1 Miranda C. Newton, born 22 May, 1821 ; died, ; married, as of Medway,
Mass. (intention 22 Feb., 1846) Ephraim L. Sherman 4 of Hopkinton, Mass.
2 Mary Ann Newton, born 17 Aug., 1823; died 27 Nov., 1871, probably at
Ashland; married 4 Dec, 1842, at Hopkinton or Northborough, Benjamin
F. Montague, born 17 May, 1821, at North Leverett, Mass., killed 9 Aug.,
1862, at Cedar Mountain, Va., son of Rev. Elijah and Jerusha (Woodbury)
Montague of North Leverett. He served in the Civil War and was a mem-
ber of Co. K, 2nd Mass. Vols. He lived in Ashland.
Children:
1. George B. Montague, born 21 July, 1844; married n Dec, 1869, at
Hopkinton, Annie C. Ware of Gardner, Me. He was a bootmaker.
They lived in Woodville, Hopkinton, Mass., and Togas, Me. No
issue. George B. Montague served in the Civil War in Co. M, 1st
Mass. Heavy Art., was slightly wounded in the operations near Peters-
burg, Va., but served until close of the war.
2. Mary G. Montague, born 12 July, 1846; died 12 July, 1846.
3. Ella Viola Montague, born 28 Jan., 1848; died 12 April, 1852.
4. Jerusha Emma Montague, born 28 Oct., 1852; died 21 Oct., 1870.
5. Ella Eusebia Montague, born 29 Oct., 1853.
6. Mary Elizabeth Montague, born 7 July, 1855; died 22 Dec, 1872.
7. Jane Montague, born 22 Dec, 1856.
8. John Montague, born Nov., 1858; died 12 Nov., 1858.
9. Anna M. Montague, born 28 April, i860; in 1884 living in Holbrook,
Mass., unmarried.
10. Myra Montague, born 18 June, 1862; died 23 May, 1880.
3 John Newton, born 22 Feb., 1825 (23 Feb., 1826) ; 6 died 17 Dec, 1910, at
the Soldiers Home, Chelsea; married 29 Sept., 1846, in Sturbridge, Mass.,
1 Newton Genealogy, Descendants of Richard Newton, etc.
' The date of intention is given in Newton Genealogy as 16 March, 1834, but as he had a child born
31 July, 1831, this is doubtless error for 1830.
•Peter Newton's children by second marriage were: Eveline, born 31 July, 183 1. Eliza, born
14 Aug., 1832. Henry, born 17 Sept., 1834. Elmira, born 27 March, 1836. Otis, born 23 Feb.,
1838. Sarah Jane, born 27 Aug., 1839. Margaret, born 17 Aug., 1841. George B., born 4 July,
1845. {Temple: History of Framingham.) The eldest, whose name appears elsewhere as
Eveline Cornelia, married Harrison Chase.
'Worcester Probate: Settlement of estate of Albert Bixby. Among his heirs were the "two
daughters of Mary Newton of Ashland." Miranda Sherman and Sarah Briggs receipt as equal heirs.
» Framingham Vital Records.
(III27.J)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 387
Lucy Bailey or Baylis, aged 20 years, born 1826 in Vermont, daughter of
Daniel and Azubah (Stockwell) Bailey. He lived many years in Sturbridge,
a farmer and also a boot and shoemaker. He served in the Civil War, in
Co. K, 22d Reg. Mass. Inf.
Children:
1. , born 11 May, 1848; died 11 Sept., 1849.
2. Son, born and died 25 June, 1849.
3. Isaac Newton, born 1850; died 22 Dec, 1900.
4. , born 25 Sept., 1851; died young.
5. Charles Newton, born in Sturbridge; living (191 1) in Worcester.
6. Ellen Newton, born ; married Andrew Price; living (191 1) in Stur-
bridge. Child: Bessie Price, born 1900.
7. Caroline Newton, born 3 June, 1862, at Sturbridge; married about 1881,
at Woodstock, Conn., Nelson Lucius Snow, son of Lucius Snow. They
live in Sturbridge. Children, born at Sturbridge: Alice Snow, born
23 Jan., 1883; married at Worcester, Archibald Campbell of Fiskdale
(part of Sturbridge). They were living (191 1) in Sturbridge. 1 Bertha
Lena Snow, born about 1884; married Charles Fay of Worcester.
They live at Worcester. 2 Arthur Snow, born 3 Feb., 1895, at Stur-
bridge.
I 1736.5
VI. Cromwell Bixby (Joel, Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 13 May, 1803, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there 22 Dec, 1854;
married there 26 Sept., 1826, 3 Lydia Parker of Hopkinton, born
there, 4 died 27 Oct., 1878, in Boston, Mass., aged 77 years, daughter
of Andrew and Lydia Parker. 5
Children: 6
1- 1 Susan L., born at Mendon, 7 Mass.; married Cyrus Smith; (2)
Bacon.
2- 2 Oliver Cromwell, born 1 Feb., 1828, at Hopkinton; married Catherine
M. Wing; (2) Watie A. Ranlett.
3- 3 Henry Cromwell, born 12 March, 1830, at Hopkinton; married Emeline
Perley; (2) Sarah Lynes.
4 Caroline E., born 8 Feb., 1833, at Hopkinton; married 27 March, 1862,
at Cambridge, Mass., "aged 26 years, daughter of Cromwell and Lydia,"
Freeman Grant, aged 23 years, born at Cambridge, son of George L. and
Catherine Grant. 8 She was living in New York City in 1878 and was
then described as wife of Jones. 9
1 Children, born at Sturbridge: Lawrence Campbell, born Sept., 1906. Agnes Campbell, born
7 Feb., 1909.
1 Child: Lester Fay, born 15 March, 1910.
3 Hopkinton records.
* Information of Mrs. S. Elizabeth Towers (11736.524). In the death record of her son John,
her birthplace is given as Pawtucket.
5 Massachusetts Deaths.
8 Those born at Hopkinton are found on the town records.
7 So given in record of birth of her son.
8 Massachusetts Marriages, also Boston Marriages.
9 Named in settlement of uncle Albert Bixby's estate, 1878.
3
3 88 BIXBY GENEALOGY
.5 George Way, born 22 June, 1836, at Hopkinton; married 22 Aug 1863,
at Somervil e, Mass., C. Josephine Murphy, aged 17 years, born at Hali-
fax NS daughter of William Murphy.* H e was a bootmaker and at
he time of his marriage lived in Somerville. He enlisted and was en-
rolled at Chelsea, 16 March, 1864, as a private in Co. B 56th Mass.
Vols as "George Way." He was captured by the Confederates, near
Pe ersburg Vaf 3 o July, 1864. The records of the War Department
Thow tSe was confined at Richmond, Va, 31 Aug. ; 1864, and at Salis-
bury N C 9 Oct., 1864. Later definite information is lacking. On
the printed "rolls of the Massachusetts troops in the war, it was stated
that he died at Salisbury. It is certain that he was for a long time be-
lieved by his family to have died. When his uncle Albert's estate was
settled in 1878, it was reported that he was living in Cuba Investiga-
tion of the records of the War Department reveals the fact that John
T Welch, a member of Co. D, 56th Mass. Inf who was a prisoner of
war at Salisbury, reported that George Way, of Co. B, of the same regi-
ment, had deserted to the enemy. Upon this statement without
farther investigation, the charge that he had deserted to the enemy
was accepted, and has been given publicity. Investigation shows that,
"From as extended a search of the records as it is practicable to
make from the data furnished, nothing has been found to show that
a person named George Way or George Way Bixby was a member of
any Confederate organization." » Except that he was released did not
return to his regiment, or home, and in 1878 was reported as living in
Cuba, nothing more is known of him.
6 Tohn died 14 Feb., 1892, in Boston, aged 52 years, a widower; 3 married
J f 2 Jan ?i8 4 66, in* Boston, "aged 27 years," Maria Louisa Hall, born 26
Sept., 1848, at Woburn, daughter of Abiathar M. and Sophia J. Hall
He was a shoe operative, and lived in Hopkinton and Boston. He
was a resident of Boston in 1878.
7 Charles N., born 1841; killed at the engagement of Marie's Heights,
7 during the battle of Chancellorship 3 May 1863. He was mustered
as sergeant Co. D., 20th Mass. Vols., 18 July, 1861, "aged 20 years.
He was a trunkmaker and resident of Boston.
8 Edward, born 13 July, 1843, at Hopkinton; living in 1878' * He : was a
boot heeler, and in 186 1 was living with his mother in Boston. In 1876
he again appears as a resident of Boston, but was described as a mar-
iner « "The name of Edward Bixby has not been found on the rolls,
on file in this office, of the 22d Regiment Massachusetts Infantry nor
has any record been found of treatment in hospita of a man ot that
name as a member of the organization mentioned" He enlisted from
Boston, as Arthur E. Bixby, age 18, and was enrolled 7 Aug., . 1861, and
mustered into service 16 Aug., 1861 as a private in Co C, 14th Mass.
Vols which later was designated as Co. C, 1st Mass Heavy Artillery
From the records of the Adjutant General, U. S. A., he deserted on or
about 28 May, 1862, at Fort Richardson, Va.
1 Massachusetts Marriages.
» Letter of Adjutant General, U. S. A., 17 June, 1914.
. Massachusetts Deaths, 429:68. A duplicate entry, in Vol. 383 ^5 makes him son ofjonato
S. and Mary (Hovey) Bixby. His marriage record in Boston describes him as born in New York.
« Woburn records.
'Named in settlement of uncle Albert Bixby's estate, 1878.
• An Edward Bixby died in Chicago, 111.. 4 Jan., 1909. concerning whom nothing was known to
the authorities other than that he was unmarried, a cigar maker and born in "*-*£**
His name appears on the 1907 directory. He was supposed to be about 60 years of age. {Chicago
Deaths.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 389
9 Anna L., born 4 March, 1847, at Hopkinton. Probably she is Georgi-
ana St. Claire mentioned in the settlement papers of the estate of her
uncle Albert Bixby (1 1736-8), page 194, but her marriage record has
not been found.
10 Andrew P., 1 living in 1 878,2 "of Boston," but his name does not appear
in the city directories.
Cromwell Bixby was a cordwainer. During the last years of
his life he was without property. He is described as a pleasant,
inoffensive man. After his death, and for many years, his widow
was a nurse, living chiefly in Boston, but sometimes in Providence.
It was to Mrs. Bixby that President Lincoln wrote the famous
letter of condolence, which has become known throughout the Eng-
lish-speaking world, not only for its elegant diction, but for the
noble and patriotic sentiments, expressive of the deep feeling
which influenced the President, and of the sympathy he felt for
those who had made such great sacrifices in the cause of the Union,.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864^
To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass.,
Dear Madam:
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement
of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother
of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel
how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should
attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
But I cannot refrain from tending you the consolation that may be
found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that
our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereave-
ment, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and
lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly
a sacrifice on the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln.
No letter, out of the thousands which were written by President
Lincoln in the course of business or official duties, has by common
consent been considered so worthy of perpetuation.
Its fame is not confined to the United States. A copy is said
to hang upon the walls of one of the colleges of Oxford University
in England.
'Information of Mrs. S. Elizabeth Towers (11736.524). In the death record of her son John,
her birthplace is given as Pawtucket.
1 Named in settlement of uncle Albert Bixby's estate, 1878.
390 BIXBY GENEALOGY
This letter has been many times reproduced, and the story of
the five brothers told over and over again in the American press.
None of the copies of the letter can be traced to the original, which
seems long ago to have vanished. Before its loss it was evidently
photographed and reproduced in lithographic process, and from
some of the lithographs have been produced the copies of the
letter so often met with. A facsimile is shown opposite page 402. l
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, long sought
the original letter, the reproduction of which was familiar to him;
and that the copy was from an autograph letter of his father can-
not be doubted. At one of the Annual Lincoln Birthday Dinners
of the Republican Club of New York many years ago, a fac-simile
of this letter was given to each guest.
At the time Lincoln wrote the letter to which so much interest
attaches, the five sons of Mrs. Bixby were supposed to have fallen
in battle. How the circumstances of their service and their fate
became so misrepresented will ever remain a mystery.
The events which led to the writing of the letter by Lincoln are
clearly shown by the discovery by Mr. Baker, of the Adjutant
General's Department of Massachusetts, of copies of the original
letters written by Gen. William Schouler, then Adjutant General
of Massachusetts.
Under date of 24 Sept., 1864, Gen. Schouler addressed Gov.
Andrew on the subject of the Newhall brothers of Lynn, who had
fallen in battle, and in concluding his statement of that case, com-
municated to him by Mr. Newhall, he proceeded to make the fol-
lowing statement:
"Pardon me if I add a word in regard to a still more remarkable
case than the one presented by Mr. Newhall. Your Excellency
may remember that I had the honor two years ago to speak to you
of a widow, Mrs. Bixby, in the middle walks of life, who had five
sons in the Union Army, one of whom was wounded at Antietam
and was sent to a hospital in Baltimore or Washington. She was
very anxious to go to see him and your Excellency was kind enough
to draw your check for forty dollars to pay her expenses and she
made her journey. The boy recovered, and joined his regiment
again. About ten days ago Mrs. Bixby came to my office and
1 It is a great disappointment to the compiler not to be able to show a likeness of Mrs. Lydia Parker
Bixby, to whom the letter was written. Diligent inquiry among all descendants with whom he is
in touch, however, has seemed to show that Mrs. Bixby never had a photograph taken.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 391
showed me five letters from five company commanders and each
letter informed the poor woman of the death of one of her sons.
"Her last remaining son was recently killed in the fight on the
Weldon R. R. Mrs. Bixby is the best specimen of a true-hearted
Union woman I have yet seen. She lives now at 15 Dover Street
Place. Each of her sons by his good conduct had been made a
sergeant."
It will be noticed that in this communication of Gen. Schouler
to the governor, he alludes to a former knowledge of Mrs. Bixby,
and of the enlistment of her five sons, two years ago, that is in 1862,
and that at that time, after the battle of Antietam, which took
place 17 Sept., 1862, Mrs. Bixby received money from the governor
to meet the expense of visiting her son in hospital. No mention is
made of Governor Andrew having met Mrs. Bixby.
Evidently upon receipt of this letter from the Adjutant General,
Gov. Andrew communicated a copy to the War Department at
Washington, for after a space permitting such a communication to
reach Washington and for a reply to be received, Schouler writes
to Mrs. Bixby as follows, under date of Oct. 7, 1864:
"Dear Madam: Will you please give the bearer of this, the names
of your five noble sons who have fallen for their country, and the
rights of mankind, also the regiments, and if possible the companies
they were in, also when they died, and the battles in which they
were killed or wounded. I want this information for the War De-
partment."
From this note of Gen. Schouler it is evident that he had not
the records at hand which, as will be seen from the following letter,
the War Department had requested under date of Oct. 1, and that
he had neglected, at the time Mrs. Bixby had shown him the letters
from the company commanders, informing her of the death of her
sons, to note the organizations in which they had served.
On the 12 Oct., having evidently received from Mrs. Bixby a
reply to his note of the seventh and verified the enlistment records
as far as he was able, Gen. Schouler wrote to Major Thomas M.
Vincent, U. S. A., Assistant Adjutant General, at Washington, as
follows :
"Major: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 1st inst. requesting me to send you the names of the
five sons of Mrs. Bixby, and of Otis Newhall, who were in the mili-
392 BIXBY GENEALOGY
tary service, also the regiments and companies to which they be-
longed. They were as follows:
"Serg't. Charles M. Bixby, Co. * D,' 20th Reg. Mustered in July
28, 1862, killed at Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863.
"Corporal Henry Bixby, Co. 'K,' 32d Reg. Mustered in Aug. 5,
1862, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863.
"Private Edward Bixby, recruit for 22d Reg. Mass. Vols. Died
of wounds in Hospital at Folly Island, S. C. He ran away from
home and was mustered in the Field.
"Private Oliver C. Bixby, Co. ' E,' 58th Reg. Mass. Vols. Mus-
tered in March 4th, 1864, killed before Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
" Private George Way Bixby, Co. ' B,' 56 Reg. Mass. Vols. Mus-
tered in March 19, 1864, killed before Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
"The last named, George, enlisted under the assumed name of
George Way. His name was George Way Bixby. The reason why
he did not enlist under his proper name was to conceal the fact of
his enlistment from his wife."
The record of the Newhall brothers followed.
The details given in this letter show that Gen. Schouler had had
the records of enlistment looked up in his office, for it is not at all
probable that Mrs. Bixby would have known or remembered the
dates of the muster in of her sons, although she might have known
the date of enlistment, but even that is doubtful, for the sons were
not all living at home. The one fact Gen. Schouler may not have
had accurate knowledge of was the enlistment of Edward, whose
name does not appear on the rolls of the 22d regiment. Edward
was not of age until July, 1864, and he alone of the brothers was a
minor at the time of his enlistment.
This letter of Gen. Schouler's was undoubtedly shown to Presi-
dent Lincoln, and caused him to write the letter printed above,
and it is said he also wrote a similar letter to Mr. Otis Newhall,
but the latter letter has not been preserved, nor has any copy of
it been found.
As a matter of fact, only two of the sons of Mrs. Bixby fell in
battle, Oliver C. and Charles N. The record of the other sons is
as follows:
Henry C. enlisted and was mustered in 18 July, 1861, in Co. G,
20th Mass. Vols, and was discharged, 29 May, 1862, for disability.
He re-enlisted and was mustered in 5 Aug., 1862, in Co. K, 32d
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY
■95
Mass. Vols., and was discharged at the expiration of his term
service, 19 Dec, 1864.
George Way Bixby was not killed, as reported, but was capture
30 July, 1864, near Petersburg. 1 The report that he desertc
to the enemy from Salisbury Prison is based on a statement made
by a fellow prisoner, and is not confirmed by any prison or other
Confederate record or by any original United States Army record,
so far as known.
Edward Bixby, reported died of wounds at Folly Island, did
not die, but was living for many years after the war, and in 1876
was living at 74 Pleasant Street, Boston.
Henry C, as shown above, served the full term of his enlist-
ment, and died at Milford, 8 Nov., 1871, and the Grand Army
Post at that place attended his funeral.
It will be seen that Gen. Schouler, in his letter of Sept. 24, 1864,
mentions the fact that in 1862 Mrs. Bixby had five sons in the army.
Yet the records show that in 1862, only Charles, Henry and Edward
were then in the army. The enlistment of Edward Bixby is given
above. He was enrolled at Boston, evidently without the knowl-
edge of his mother, who may very well have heard that he had
joined the 22 Regt., then being raised. The 14th Regt. was sta-
tioned in the defenses about Washington for nearly two years and
was converted into a heavy Artillery regiment. It is quite possi-
ble that Edward deserted from the regiment and enlisted under
another name in some other, likely to see active service, and at one
time was in the hospital at Folly Island. The whole family were
eccentric and reckless. It is probable that Gen. Schouler was for-
getful, in Sept., 1864, of the fact that at least two of the sons had
not entered the service in 1862; but would Mrs. Bixby's case, in
Sept., 1862, have been so remarkable that Gov. Andrew would have
felt called upon to contribute her expenses to visit a son wounded
at Antietam, if she had then but two sons in the army, and at which
time none had lost their lives?
However this may be, the discovery of these letters and the fact
that Schouler, himself, saw the letters from company commanders
affirming the death of each of the five sons of Mrs. Bixby, — and it
is not to be doubted that he would have been able to judge of their
1 Letter of Col. F. C Ainsworth, U. S. A., Chief of Record and Pension Offices, War Department,
Dec, 1893. George Way was enrolled at Chelsea, Mass., 16 March, 1864, for three years or during
the war.
39 r BIXBY GENEALOGY
authenticity, — shows conclusively that Mrs. Bixby had every rea-
son to suppose at the time she called on Gen. Schouler, early in
Sept., 1864, that none of her sons were living. Also the attempts
o f i some recent chroniclers of the incident to show that she attempted
to impose upon Gov. Andrew at that time, fail with the publication
of these letters. There is nothing to show that she met Gov. Andrew
at all, and the only money she received was the $40 paid in 1862,
which she used for the purpose intended. The attention given her
case by Governor Andrew and President Lincoln was the natural in-
clination of two noble men to assuage her grief, and their action was
spontaneous, and did not rest upon her initiative. That the loss
of two sons was a great sacrifice on the part of a mother will be
admitted by all, and Gen. Schouler's personal tribute to Mrs.
Bixby's character should be taken at its true value.
1 1736.7
VI. Hannah Bixby (Joel, Thomas, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 25 March, 1808, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died prior to 1878;
probably married 25 Dec, 1835, at Wrentham, Mass., Eliab
Thompson, Jr. 1
Children:
1 Carrie E. Thompson.
2 Henry Thompson.
11741.2
VI. John Chamberlain Bixby (Abijah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph,
Joseph), born 12 Nov., 1800, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 26 Jan.,
1883, at West Newton, Mass.; married 31 March, 1829, at Framing-
ham, Mass., Ruth Eaton Haven, born there 9 March, 1800, died
26 Nov., 1884, at West Newton, Mass., 2 daughter of Deacon Luther
and Experience (Parker) Haven.
Children: 3
1- 1 John Haven, born 12 Sept., 1834, at Cambridge, Mass.; married Sarah I.
Chaney.
2 Son, born and died 6 April, 1840, at Framingham.
3- 3 Henry Lyman, born 26 July, 1842, at Framingham; married Abbie E.
Cushman.
1 Wrentham Vital Records.
* Newton Records.
» Information of Mrs. Ella R. Nellis (11741.21-2).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 395
John C. Bixby was of a mild and pleasant manner, quiet and
unassuming, and adhered strictly to the rules of conduct which
had been inherited with his Puritan ancestry. He early became a
member of the Congregational church. Soon after his marriage
he removed to Cambridge, where he became a member of Mr.
Stearns' church, 1 July, 1833, and from which church he took letters
of dismissal to the church in Framingham. Mr. Temple, the his-
torian of Framingham, says that he lived a time in Lowell, but
returned to Framingham and bought the Brewer place at Salem
End; later removed to Westboro. He settled in West Newton
about 1845 and became agent, the third in order, for the Boston
and Albany Railway, having previously been freight agent at West-
boro, 1 which position he held until his death. He received many
special courtesies from the company as marks of esteem. He was
one of the earliest members of the Second Congregational Church,
West Newton.
11741.3
VI. William Bixby (Abijah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 24 June, 1805, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there 7 Oct., 1882;
married at Watertown, Mass., Hannah Learned Woodward, 2
born at Medford, Mass., died at Hopkinton. He married, second,
24 May, 1833, at Hopkinton, Mrs. Jane (Garfield) Loomis of
Leominster, Mass., aged 46 years, born at Westminster, Mass.,
died 9 April, 1896, at Lunenburg, Mass., aged 76 years, 6 months,
16 days, 3 daughter of Samuel and Eunice (Mossman) 4 Garfield. 5
Her will, proved 28 April, 1896, names daughter Ellen K. Jones.
William Bixby was a noted singer of his day, having a very fine
tenor voice, and for many years taught vocal music in the towns
adjoining Hopkinton. He also taught in Watertown, Brighton,
Cambridge, and other towns. He lived in Hopkinton, and at the
time of his death was described as a farmer. 4
Children, born at Watertown:
1 Hannah Learned, 2 born 1831; died 1852, at Hopkinton.
1 Obituary in Boston Journal of 27 Jan., 1883.
2 Information of Luther W. Bixby (11745.6-1).
» Massachusetts Deaths. Her birth date, calculated from death record, is not the same as from
marriage record.
4 Massachusetts Deaths.
• Massachusetts Marriages.
396 BIXBY GENEALOGY
By second marriage:
2 William, born 20 May, 1838; died 26 July, 1909, at Allerton, Mass.; married
24 Oct., 1865, at Clinton, Mass., Abbie Sophronia Wheelock, born 14 March,
1846, in Worcester, died 25 June, 1915, in Worcester, Mass., 1 daughter of
William Russell and Caroline Elizabeth (Brewer) Wheelock. 2 She lived at
Gardner, Mass. At the time of his marriage he was styled "of Clinton,
hotel-keeper." "William Bixby, who for about twenty years had acted as
travelling representative for the Frank W. Smith Co., Gardner, Mass.,
died yesterday, at this place, where he had come in the hope of regaining
his health. Mr. Bixby had recently suffered considerably from nervousness.
The deceased was well known in the trade and had travelled for his concern
extensively throughout New England, New York and Pennsylvania. For
several seasons he had also covered the larger cities in the south and smaller
towns in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Mr. Bixby was born in Watertown 71
years ago, and when very young, moved with his parents to Hopkinton,
making his home at the latter place until the outbreak of the Civil War.
He enlisted, July 27, 1861, as private in Company H, 15th Mass. Vols., 3 for
three years. He was discharged, July 28, 1864, at Worcester, as first lieu-
tenant and quartermaster of the regiment, by reason of the expiration of
his term of service. He was admitted to D. G. Farragut Post 1 16, G. A. R.,
Jan. 4, 1899. Mr. Bixby was for some time engaged in the cotton business
in South Carolina after the war, and about this time married Miss Abbey
Wheelock. The deceased was a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was
of a genial, happy disposition and had the faculty of making friends where-
ever he went." 4
II74I-4
VI. Luther Bixby (Abijah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 24 Aug., 1808, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 6 May, i876, 5 at
Westboro, Mass.; married there 1 Jan., 1839, 6 Joanna E. Bowman,
born 1817, at Westboro, 5 died there 19 Oct., 1850, 5 daughter of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Freeland) Bowman.
Mr. Boynton, a life-long friend of Luther Bixby, said of him,
"I remember him as an honest, reliable man who led a quiet sort
of life and made no enemies." He was a boot maker. His daughter
Ellen was like her father, quiet and reserved, possessing refinement
of heart and manner and a friendly disposition which endeared her
to those who knew her.
1 Information of Mrs. Eliza J. Sawin (13472. 41-4).
2 Information of Mrs. Abbie S. Bixby (11741.3-2).
3 Col. Charles Devens. This regiment had the fourth largest per cent of loss of any regiment in
the Union Army.
1 Newspaper clipping. According to the printed rolls of the regiment he enlisted from North-
bridge, and was mustered in 12 July, 1861, in Co. H, 15th Mass. Vols. He was promoted quarter-
master-sergeant, 1 May, 1862, and first lieutenant, 5 July, 1863, then being described as of Hop-
kinton. He was discharged 28 (29) July, 1864, at Worcester.
5 Massachusetts Deaths.
8 Westboro Vital Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 397
Child:
1 Ellen Eliza, born 17 July, 1843, at Westboro; 1 died there 25 Sept., 1901,
unmarried. 2 She had administration on her father's estate.
II74I-5
VI. Eliza Ann Bixby {Abijah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 4 Sept., 1810, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 27 Oct., 1866 (1867),
at Orange, Mass.; 3 married 5 Dec., 1842, 4 at Hopkinton, Mass.,
Joseph Dudley of Westboro, Mass., born 10 June, 5 1810, died 3
Feb., 1897, at Keene, N. H., 6 son of Josiah and Abigail (Brown)
Dudley. 7 He had previously married Malvina Lackey.
Children, 6 born at Westboro:
1 Anna Eliza Dudley, born 11 Oct., 1843; married 20 Feb., 1876, at West
Newton, Orange Scott Oakes, 3 born 30 Oct., 1841, at Prescott, Mass., died
1 Jan., 1900, at the Soldiers' Home, Washington, son of Hosea and Orilla
(Berry) Oakes. Mrs. Anna E. Oakes lives in Springfield. Orange S. Oakes
enlisted under Col. Parsons, 21 June, 1861; wounded, 31 May, 1862; dis-
charged for disability, 26 Dec, 1862; reenlisted, Co. G, 4th Regt., 6 Jan.,
1864; promoted to sergeant, 15 May, 1864; discharged, 14 Nov., 1865, at
Richmond, Va. He was in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill.
He was a carpenter.
Child:
I. Harry Everett Oakes, born 10 Jan., 1883, at Athol, Mass.; married 15 Aug.,
1910, Leila Gertrude Watson, born 6 Dec, 1888, at Calais, Me. After
graduating from the Orange High School he entered the employment
of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company in Spring-
field as night operator, and later became right of way agent. He is
interested in wireless telegraphy.
2 Charles Bixby Dudley, born 4 Feb., 1845; married 12 Oct., 1886, at Fitch-
burg, Abbie Bigelow, born 10 March, 1855, at Ashburnham, daughter of
John L. Kendall and Mary Jane (Blodgett) Bigelow. No issue. They
live in Fitchburg. He is overseer in the Fitchburg Railroad shops.
3 Adiel Harvey Dudley, born 6 Aug., 1846 (1847) ; 8 died 19 June, 1912, at
Clinton, Mass.; married 18 June, 1872, in Boston, Luella Whitcomb, born
28 Oct., 1850, at East Princetown, daughter of Hartwell and Susan (Arnold)
Whitcomb. They lived in Clinton. Mrs. Dudley now lives at West Som-
erville, Mass.
Children, 9 born at Winchendon, except the eldest:
1. Lillian Almeda Dudley, born 19 March, 1874, at Fitchburg, married 23
Dec, 1887, Charles S. Hames. They live in Clinton. Child: Keith
Noble Hames, born 1 Sept., 1903.
•Westboro Vital Records. 2 Information of Luther Bixby (II745-6).
' Information of Harry E. Oakes (11741.5-11).
1 Hopkinton Vital Records.
6 He is said to have been 86 years, 8 months, 23 days of age at his death. His eldest daughter
is stated by the same authority to have been born n Oct., 1844, and her husband to have died I
Jan., 1901; "Etta" (Henrietta) to have been born 1850; Sarah, 18S2, and Charles, 1846.
6 Information of Edward C. Lewis (11741.5-52).
7 Dudley Genealogy. 8 Westboro Records.
9 Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Adiel H. Dudley (11741.5-3).
398 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2. Harry Warren Dudley, born 12 Dec, 1875; married 10 July, 1901, Mar-
garet J. Bishop. Children: Luella Whitcomb Dudley, born 5 June,
1906. Harvey Adiel Dudley, born 24 June, 1913. They live in Clin-
ton, where Mr. Dudley is overseer of the Lancaster Gingham Mills.
3. Bertha Etta Dudley, born 21 Feb., 1878. She lives in West Somerville,
unmarried; bookkeeper.
4. Ethel May Dudley, born 9 Feb., 1880; bookkeeper; she lives in West
Somerville, unmarried.
5. Maud Maria Dudley, born 7 July, 1882; died 30 Nov., 1907, at Clinton;
married 18 Aug., 1906, Herbert F. Earle. Child: Clare Ethelwin
Earle, born 14 Aug., 1907. Mrs. Earle graduated from Dr. Sargent's
School of Physical Training, after which she taught in Cleveland one
year.
6. Blanche Angelia Dudley, born 10 Dec, 1886. She lives in West Somer-
ville, unmarried.
7. Ruth Hazel Dudley, born 29 Dec, 1887. She lives in West Somerville,
a school teacher, unmarried.
4 Henrietta Maria Dudley, born 26 May, 1848; married Edward D. Perly
of Fitchburg, Mass. No issue. Mr. Perly is an ornamental painter. They
live in Fitchburg.
5 Sarah Chamberlain Dudley, born 13 March, 1851; died 10 Nov., 1907, at
Elliott Hospital, Keene, N. H.; married 29 Nov., 1871, at Northfield, Mass.,
Edward Sumner Lewis of Winchester, N. H., born 3 Aug., 1847, at Athol,
Mass., son of Abijah and Tamar Howard (Wakefield) Lewis. 1 Edward S.
Lewis, at the time of his marriage, was employed by the New England Box
Company. He now lives at West Swanzey, N. H.
Children, born at Winchester:
1. Burton Dudley Lewis, born 6 May, 1872; died 20 Aug., 1912, in Boston;
married 24 Oct., 1893, at Keene, N. H., Jessie Rice. They lived in
Claremont, N. H.
2. Edward Chapin Lewis, born 19 Jan., 1879; married 10 Oct., 1906, at
Sturbridge, Mass., Alice Elizabeth Whittemore, born 7 June, 1880,
daughter of William and Emogene (Barnes) Whittemore of Sturbridge. 2
They live at Springfield, where Mr. Lewis is a druggist. Children:
Charles Dudley Lewis, born 16 Nov., 1908. Jeanette Barnes Lewis,
born 5 Sept., 1910. William Whittemore Lewis, born 14 Nov., 1912.
II742.I
VI. John Adams Bixby (Pelatiah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph,
Joseph), born probably in 1796 at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 16 Sept.,
1853, 3 at Norfolk, Va.; married probably prior to 1843, Miss
Smith. 4
In 1843 his brother, Charles P. Bixby, visited him in Norfolk, at
which time he was in the fruit business. He was then well off and
had several negro servants, but his family lost all in the war. 5
: Abijah Lewis was born 25 Feb., 1823; married 26 Nov., 1845, Tamar H. Wakefield, born 5 June,
1824, died 27 Oct., 1904; he married (2) Myron Chafin.
'Information of Edward C. Lewis (11741.5-52).
» Information of Miss Blanche Bixby (11742.15-6) and Miss Lottie Bixby (11742.15-7).
* New York City Marriages, record of his son's marriage.
6 Information of Jane S. Bixby (11742.9-5).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 399
Children:
1 Charles Otis.
2 Henry Clay.
3 William Isaac, born 1848 (aged 33 in 1881) in Virginia; 2 married 22 Feb.,
1881, in New York City, Annie Armenia Taylor, aged 19, born in New
York, daughter of James and Martha (Brenin) Taylor. 2 He was a clerk
and a resident of New York City.
4 Edward.
5- 5 John Adams, born 11 Sept., 1847, at Norfolk; married Johnnie A. Smaw.
II742.2
VI. Edward Surriage Bixby {Pelatiah, Pelatiah, Thomas,
Joseph, Joseph), born 8 March, 1797, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died
19 April, 1880, at Sutton, Mass.; married 4 June, 1820, 3 at Hop-
kinton, Harriet 4 Newton, 5 born 20 Nov., 1791, died 30 May,
1838. 6 He married, second, 12 Jan., 1842, 3 at Hopkinton, Mary
Ann Maria (Seaver) Putnam, 7 born 1798, 8 at Westboro, Mass., 7
died 18 Feb., 1866, at Hopkinton, 7 daughter of Nathaniel and Lucre-
tia (Harris) Seaver and widow of Royal Putnam. 8 Edward S.
Bixby was a mechanic. 5
Children, 3 born at Hopkinton:
1 Caroline Ann Franklin, born 26 Dec, 182 1; died 18 Feb., 1874, at
Oxford, Mass.; married i June, 1845, 9 but did not have children.
2- 2 Philip Clark, born 23 July, 1822; married Martha Stevens.
3 Hariet Eliza, born 8 Aug., 1824; died 20 April, 1837, "aged twelve
years," 3 at Hopkinton.
4- 4 Frederick Newell, born 11 Jan., 1827; married Fannie E. Stevens.
1 Information of Miss Lottie Bixby (11742.15-7). Miss Blanche Bixby (11742-15-6), and Miss
Katherine M. Bixby (11742.151-3). 'New York City Marriages.
• Hopkinton Vital Records (but the record of birth of Harriet Eliza is not given) ; also family
record of Philip C Bixby (11742.22). In the Hopkinton records the name is spelled Harriot.
• According to the Hopkinton Vital Records, her gravestone at East Hopkinton reads, " Zoeth
wife of Edward Bixby, died 30 May, 1838, aged about 30."
« Massachusetts Deaths.
'Family bible record of Philip C. Bixby (11742.22).
• Information of Elisha R. Putnam of Worcester, a son who was aged eighty nine years, 11 Nov.,
1899.
• Putnam: History of the Putnam family, Vol. II, p. 54- Mrs. Mary A. (Seaver) Bixby is stated
to have died in 1867. Her father was a chaplain in the Revolutionary War. She had six children
by her first marriage.
• The bible of Philip C Bixby (11742.22) gives under marriages, "Caroline Ann Franklin Bixby,
1 June, 1845," but no husband's name is given; under deaths it gives "Caroline A. F. Bixby wife of
Martin Rice, Oxford, 18 Feb., 1874." [Information of Mrs. Lizzie M. Bixby (11742.220).] We have,
however, the following: "Bixby, Caroline A. F., and Benjamin Bryant, married 2 June, 1845."
(Westboro records.) "Caroline A. Rice, married, daughter of Edward Bixby, born Hopkinton, age
S3 years, 1 month, 22 days, died 18 Feb., 1874." (Oxford records.) It is thought that the marriage
of Caroline A. F. to Martin Rice must have been a second marriage. Benjamin Bryant married,
first, Elizabeth W. Appleton, of Hopkinton, who died in 1844.
4 oo BIXBY GENEALOGY
5- 5 Alfred Fitz Auburn, born 20 Oct., 1828; married Almira P. Andrews.
6 Henry Franklin, born 5 June, 1831; died 9 Nov., 1908, by drowning in
the Mannexit River, at Webster, Mass., 1 unmarried. " Bixby's sight being
poor it is believed he walked into the river, not seeing where he was
going. He was a well-known figure on Webster streets, his only occu-
pation being odd jobs. His home was an old shack near the Slater
wood yards until a few months ago, when he was turned out. Since
then he has slept in barns and sheds. The overseers found that he had
an account of six hundred dollars in a Webster bank. He was native
of Hopkinton and made his home in Oxford for several years, coming
to Webster ten years ago." 2
7 Mary Jane, born 17 Aug., 1833; died 21 Sept., 1887, at Wilkinsville,
Sutton, Mass.; married George Edward Hatch, born 7 Sept., 1835. 3
No issue.
II742.5
VI. Simpson Bixby (Pelatiah, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 7 July, 1805, 4 at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 8 Jan., 1853; mar-
ried 4 Nov., 1832, at Milford, Mass., Sally Parks Barber, born
there 20 Oct., 1804, died 7 Dec, 1858, daughter of James and Nancy
(Parks) Barber. 5
Simpson Bixby "was a man of estimable character, with a wife
of corresponding worth." He served in the town of Milford for
several years as assessor and in several minor offices.
Children: 5
1 Isaac Surriage, born 23 Feb., 1834; died 25 March, 1834.
2 Mary Swain, born 7 March, 1837; married 11 April, 1865, Willard Clapp, 5
of Hopkinton, aged 48 years, bootmaker, born at Hopkinton, son of Seth
and Betsy Clapp. This was his second marriage. 6 He died 16 May,
1877. No issue.
3 Charles Simpson, born 12 Dec, 1838; died 18 July, 1841, 5 at Milford.
Martha Jane, born 18(19)' Sept., 1842, at Milford; married Victor Gibson.
4- 4
II742.9
VI. Charles Pelatiah Bixby (Pelatiah, Pelatiah, Thomas,
Joseph, Joseph), born 12 Dec, 1814, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died 25
July, 1895, at Waltham, Mass.; married 8 Feb., 1846, in Boston,
Mass., Flora Lucille Mayhew, born there 13 Sept., 1819, died 23
Sept., 1913, at Waltham, daughter of Truman Foster and Dorcas
1 Information of Mrs. Ida M. Clapp (11742.227).
1 Newspaper clipping.
3 Information of Mrs. Lizzie M. Bixby (11742-229).
« Hopkinton Vital Records.
' Information of Victor Gibson (11742.34). who copied a record in a family bible.
e Massachusetts Marriages.
' Milford records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 401
Ellery (Lowe) Mayhew of Boston. Mrs. Flora L. Bixby lived in
Waltham. Truman Mayhew was a college graduate and for some
years taught school in Ohio. Later he entered the hat business in
Boston.
Mrs. Flora (Mayhew) Bixby was a descendant of Rev. Thomas
Mayhew of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Elizabeth Islands
about 1642. Her line runs, Rev. Thomas, Thomas, Paine,
Thomas, Paine, Wilmot, Truman. 1
Children} bom in Boston:
1 Jane Augusta, born 22 Sept., 1847; died 10 Oct., 1849, in Boston.
2- 2 Evelyn Dorcas, born 20 Oct., 1851; married John C. Wier.
3- 3 Georgianna Cora, born 18 Aug., 1853, at "Charlestown", Mass.; 2 mar-
ried Elisha J. Gray.
4 Caroline Gertrude, born 13 July, 1855; died 11 Dec, 1880, in Boston;
married 24 Oct., 1872, 3 at Somerville, Mass., Joseph A. Miller, born 16
Dec, 1851, at Brockton, Mass., son of Aloys and Mary (Shelhamer)
Miller of Brockton. No issue. Joseph A. Miller now lives at Waverly,
Mass.
5 Jane Surriage, born 20 Sept., 1857; living in Waltham, unmarried.
6 Mary A., 2 born at Charlestown, "of Medford, aged 24 at marriage," 21
April, 1878, at Medford, Mass., with John E. Parker, aged 22 years, a
clerk, born at Medford, son of Benjamin F. and Lucy E. Parker. 2 She
appears as Mary A. Bixby in the Waltham, Mass., directory.
Charles P. Bixby left home when he was twenty years old and
went to Marblehead, where he had friends. There he opened a
small fancy goods store, which he carried on about five years when
he sold out. He then went to Norfolk, Va., where his brother John
was in the fruit business and helped him about a year. He returned
to Boston, about 1840 or 1843, and opened hair-dressing rooms.
He was in business in Boston until 1886, when he removed to Wal-
tham and retired from business. He had considerable artistic
ability, and, although only an amateur, was able to sell his paint-
ings. Mrs. Ida May Clapp (11742.227) has a very faithful repre-
sentation of the old Bixby homestead in Hopkinton, drawn from
memory and painted by him when over eighty years old. On the
back he has written, "as it was in 1822." He was small, active, and
always busy.
1 Information of Jane S. Bixby (11742.0-5) and Mrs. Flora L. Bixby (11742.0), who. however^
did not mention Mary A. The births are not recorded in Boston.
2 Massachusetts Marriages. The name of the father of Elisha J. Gray appears as William and the
occupation of Elisha J. Gray as "coach line." He is also described as 32 years of age, and his bride
is named as Cora G.
8 Massachusetts Marriages, where Mr. Miller's name appears as Joseph B., and his wife's name
as Caroline G. F. Bixby. He was of Charlestown, a cabinet maker.
402 BIXBY GENEALOGY
1 1745- 1
VI. Philip Wentworth Bixby {Luther, Pelatiah, Thomas,
Joseph, Joseph), born 23 March, 1804, in Boston, Mass.; died there
29 April, 1857; l married 22 April, 1829, at Hopkinton, Mass.,
Fanny Valentine, 2 born there 12 Nov., 1809, died 26 June, 1866,
in Boston, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fiske) Valentine. 3
Philip W. Bixby was in business in Boston under the firm name
of Fox and Bixby owning and operating vessels in the West Indian
Trade, and was burned out in the Kilby Street fire of 1825. The
loss of a brig, on which they could not collect insurance, compelled
him to seek another business, and he became manager of the Boston
station of the Eastern (now Boston and Maine) Railroad.
Children:
I- I Samuel Valentine, born 12 Dec, 1829, in Boston; married Mary Bartlett.
2 Frances Maria, born 4 April, 1833, in Boston; died 15 July, 1913, at
Jamaica Plain, Mass., unmarried. She had administration on her mother's
estate, 6 Aug., 1866.
3- 3 Alfred, born 8 Sept., 1836, at Hopkinton; married Orelia C. Parmelee.
1 1745.2
VI. Elizabeth Morrison Wentworth Bixby (Luther, Pelatiah,
Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 9 Oct., 1805, in Boston, Mass.; died
5 July, 1880, at Roxbury, Mass.; married 29 Jan., 1829, 4 Robert
Hale, Jr., born at Newburyport, Mass., died 28 5 Jan., 1884, aged
eighty one years, two months, and thirteen days, at Roxbury, son
of Robert and Eunice (Pierce) Hale 6 of Newburyport. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hale celebrated their golden wedding at Mount Pleas-
ant, Roxbury.
information of Alfred Bixby (11745.1-3). Also Suffolk Probate, 226:294. Administration
was granted to his widow Fanny.
3 Samuel Valentine's descent from Alfred the Great, King of England, through Katherine Digby,
is given in "Americans of Royal Descent" by Browning. Katherine Digby married Enoch Lynde
of London. Their son, Simon Lynde, of Boston, married Hannah Newdigate and had Samuel who
married Mary Ballard ; their only daughter, Mary Lynde, married John Valentine, Crown Advocate
of Massachusetts Bay. Thomas, son of John Valentine, married Elizabeth Gooch, granddaughter
of Sir Charles Hobby, an associate of Gen. Taylor in the capture of Port Royal and Deputy
Governor there for nearly a year. Their son, Samuel Valentine, married Elizabeth Jones of Hop-
kinton, daughter of Col. Jones, and had Samuel Valentine who married for his second wife Mary
FiSk.
» Information of S. V. Aldrich, who supplied much information concerning descendants of Luther
(H74S).
« Information of Miss J. E. W. Burt (ii74S-9-i).
• Undertaker's record. * At one time residents of Newton Highlands.
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Written by President Lincoln to Mrs. Lydia (Parker) Bixby (11736.5)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 403
Robert Hale was connected with Hale and Brigham, and with
the Wellington Coal Company of Boston, and afterwards was city
weigher of wood and coal.
Children, 1 born in Boston:
1 Henry Sturgis Hale, born 30 Dec, 1830; died 4 Feb., 1900, at Raymond,
N. H.; married 4 June, 1855, at Roxbury, Sarah Elizabeth Barry, born 18
Feb., 1836, in Boston, died 2 July, 1887, at Needham, Mass., daughter of
Charles Cushing and Caroline (Mansfield) Barry. He was assistant cashier
in the National City Bank of Boston, with which his father-in-law was so
long and honorably connected for thirty five years, and afterward eight
years with the Eagle Bank of Boston.
Children, born at Roxbury:
1. Ida Frances Hale, born 25 April, 1857; died 5 Dec, 1900, at Raymond;
married 18 April, 1882, at Manchester, N. H., Walter J. Dudley, of
Raymond. Children: Frank Dudley. Harriet Dudley. James
Dudley. John Dudley. Helen Dudley. They live at Raymond.
2. Effie Loring Hale, born 22 Sept., i860. She lives at Stoneham, Mass.,
unmarried.
3. Charles M. Hale, born 10 Dec, 1865; married 3 July, 1888, at Stoneham,
Minnie Belle Davison, born there 3 Feb., 1871, daughter of George B.
and Ruth (Smith) Davison. They live at Stoneham. Charles M.
Hale is registry clerk at the Maiden post-office. Children: Ruth Eliza-
beth Hale, born 17 Dec, 1889, at Stoneham; graduated from Salem Nor-
mal School, and is now teaching in Nantucket. Effie Linder Hale,
born 17 Dec, 1891, at Stoneham; she is a musician.
2 Elizabeth Bixby Hale, born 25 April, 1834; died 15 Jan., 1888, at Roxbury,
unmarried.
3 Emily Pierce Hale, 1 born 1 Aug., 1838; lives in Boston, unmarried.
4 Frances Ann Hale, 1 born 6 April, 1840; died 5 April, 1908, in Boston, un-
married.
II745.6
VI. Luther Bixby (Luther, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph, Joseph),
born 5 Dec, 1814, in Boston, Mass.; died (killed by railway train) 6
April, 1866, at Ashland, Mass.; married 6 June, 1839, in Boston,
Arletta Hilton Rowell, born 14 Sept., 1815, 2 at Jefferson, Me.,
died 19 Jan., 1899, 2 at Roxbury, Mass., daughter of Jesse and Susan-
nah (Linscott) Rowell.
Luther Bixby was ticket seller for the Eastern Railroad for many
years. He was in the country produce business at 55 Commercial
Street, Boston, under the firm name of Abbott and Bixby, from
i860 to 1864. He was one of the early strong temperance advo-
cates. When in business in Hopkinton, and his partners wanted
1 Information of Luther W. Bixby (117456-1) and Mrs. Charles M. Hale (H74S-2-I3).
2 Information of Jesse C Bixby (11745-67).
4
404 BIXBY GENEALOGY
to add a liquor department, he refused, which caused much com-
ment at the time.
Children, 1 born in Boston, except two youngest:
I- i Luther Wentworth, born 12 Sept., 1841; married Lucy F. Morse.
2 Emma Arletta, born 9 Oct., 1843; died 2 Aug., 1845, in Boston, "of scarlet
fever."
3 George Jesse, born 7 Aug., 1845; died 26 April, 1846, in Boston.
4 Albert Francis, born 16 Dec, 1846; died 20 Jan., 1847, in Boston.
5 Wallace Lyman, born 15 Aug., 1848; died 28 Aug., 1854, at Ashland.
6- 6 Arletta Frances, born 17 Jan., 1851; married Hudson L. Maclntyre.
7- 7 Jesse Clark, born 14 Dec, 1853, at Ashland; married Bertha P. Hanson.
8 Susan Elizabeth, born 4 April, 1858, at Hopkinton; died 7 Sept., 1875,
in Boston.
"745.7
VI. Simpson Clark Bixby {Luther, Pelatiah, Thomas, Joseph,
Joseph), born 10 Sept., 1816, in Boston, Mass.; died 22 Sept., 1897,
at Westboro, Mass. ; married 13 June, 1839, in Boston, Lucy Mel-
ville Ferriter, born there, died at Roxbury, Mass., 25 (21) 2 Dec,
1864, aged 46 years, 4 months, 18 days, 2 daughter of Stephen (James) 2
and Anne (L.) 2 Ferriter. Simpson C. Bixby married, second, 20
June, 1867, Mrs. Fanny Clark (Jennison) Harris, born 1 Jan.,
1837, 3 at Hopkinton, Mass., died 28 Jan., 1885, in Boston, aged 48
years, 28 days, 2 daughter of William Dennison and Mary Clark
(Valentine) 4 Jennison. He married, third, 10 Jan., 1887, in Boston,
Emily Read, who died 31 Jan., 1909, at Dorchester, Mass., aged
74 years, 10 months and 7 days, 5 daughter of Aaron and Betsey
(Corbett) 5 Read of Hopkinton, who left a will dated 2 July, 1903,
in which she names her husband's grandchildren and her own
nieces and nephews.
Simpson C. Bixby settled in Boston about 1840 and that year
was ticket agent for the Eastern R. R. Co. He continued with them
until 1845. He next embarked in the express business, which he
gave up in 1850 to conduct the restaurant at the Eastern R. R.
station in Boston. During this period, he lived at the North End.
Later again he engaged in the express business and lived at Rox-
bury.
1 Information concerning this family received from Luther W. Bixby (11745. 6-1).
1 Massachusetts Deaths.
* Valentine Genealogy, p. 162.
4 Mary C Valentine was daughter of Samuel and Frances (Clark) Valentine of Hopkinton, Mass.
» Boston Deaths. At the time of her marriage, Emily Read was described as aged 53 years, born
at Hopkinton, daughter of Aaron and Emily Read.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 405
Following the Civil War he was agent for the brewers of Norfolk
Ale, and from 1876-8, with his son, Edgar M., under the firm name
of S. C. Bixby & Son, dealt in wines.
Children: l
1 Sarah E. W., died 12 Oct., 1841, aged 6 months, in Boston. 2
2 Frances A., died 14 March, 1843, in Boston, aged 2 months, 10 days. 2
3 Edgar Mortimer, born 26 Oct., 1847, at Roxbury; died there 7 April,
1892, aged 44 years, 5 months, II days, unmarried. He was at first a
clerk, then a machinist, and after a brief connection with the firm of S. C.
Bixby & Son, became a "well known mechanical engineer. He received
education in the public schools and Worcester Military Academy. At
the time of his death, he was eastern agent for the Eaton and Prince Co.,
elevator builders, and had previously been associated with Moore and
Wyman, the Dean Steam Pump Co., and the Springfield Foundry Co.
He was ingenious, painstaking and upright, a genial, devoted friend."
He was a member of Washington Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers. 3 Administration on his estate was
granted 2 May, 1892, to William E. Bryant.
4- 4 Parthenia Mellville, born 12 June, 1852, in Boston; 4 married Charles F.
Fessenden.
By second marriage:
5 Lucy Mellville, born 29 July, 1869, at Roxbury; died 6 at Johnstown,
Pa.; married 22 Oct., 1891, at Roxbury, William Haynes Thomas of
Johnstown, civil engineer, aged 25 years, born at Troy, N. Y., son of
Francis and Carrie F. Thomas. 6 No issue.
6 Mary Jennison, born 2 Oct., 1873, i n Boston; died there 5 Sept., 1875. 7
II74S.8
VI. Susannah Bradley Wentworth Bixby (Luther, Pelatiah,
Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 17 Dec, 1817, in Boston, Mass.;
died 10 Aug., 1910; married there 25 Nov., 1841, Benjamin Frank-
lin Underhill, born 31 July, 1818, at Chester, N. H., died 20 June,
1899, in Boston, son of William H. and Betsey Underhill.
Children, 6 born in Boston:
1 William Franklin Underhill, born Feb., 1845; died Aug., 1845, in Boston.
2 Benjamin Franklin Underhill, born 17 Sept., 1846; married 12 Sept.,
1872, in Boston, Harriet Etta Howe, born there 26 Aug., 1851, daughter
of James and Caroline Matilda (Jordan) Howe. Mr. Underhill has been
secretary to the Boston Fire Commissioners since 1892. He lives in Boston.
1 Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Parthenia M. Fessenden (11745.74)
and Luther \V. Bixby (11745.6-1), who do not mention Frances A.
1 Boston Deaths. Frances is described as daughter of Stimpson Bixby, and Sarah as daughter
of Simeon C. Bixby. » Obituary in Boston Journal.
« Information of Miss Julia Burt (11745.9-1), and Jesse C. Bixby (11745.67), which agrees with
her marriage record. • Massachusetts Marriages.
• Not named in will of Mrs. Emily R. Bixby (H745-7). 1903- 7 Massachusetts Deaths.
B Information concerning this family received from Benjamin F. Underhill (1 1745.8-2).
4 o6 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
1. Franklin Underhill, born 19 July, 1873, in Boston; died there 6 Aug.,
1873-
2. Caroline Bixby Underhill, born 25 Sept., 1874, at Chelsea, Mass.; mar-
ried 4 Feb., 1902, in Boston, George Riceborough Gage, and removed
to Bellevue, Cal. They now live at Santa Rosa, Cal.
3. Charles Francis Underhill, born 24 Sept., 1881; graduated in 1904 from
Mass. Inst. Tech.; lives at Onset, Mass.
4. Harriet Etta Underhill, born 22 April, 1884, in Boston.
II745.9
VI. Julia Alexena Wentworth Bixby {Luther, Pelatiah,
Thomas, Joseph, Joseph), born 30 April, 1819, in Boston, Mass.;
died 12 Jan., 1888, at Roxbury, Mass.; married 30 Nov., 1843,
Laban Burt, born 1 March, 1817, at Plymouth, Mass., died 6 Jan.,
1888, aged 70 years, 10 months and 6 days, 2 at Roxbury, son of
Laban and Hannah (Holmes) Burt. They lived at Roxbury.
Child: 3
I Julia Elizabeth Wentworth Burt, born 21 July, 1850, at Roxbury, where
she now lives.
II745J
VI. Oswald Fitz Aubyn Bixby (Luther, Pelatiah, Thomas,
Joseph, Joseph), born 30 June, 1820, in Boston, Mass.; 4 died 9
Oct., 1901, at Hopkinton, 4 Mass.; married 22 Nov., 1843, at Hub-
bardston, Mass., Levina A. Sears, born there 16 Oct., 1824, died
18 March, 1855, at Ashland, Mass. 5 He married, second, 25 Oct.,
1856, at Hubbardston, 6 Mary L. Sears, sister of his first wife, born
II Aug., 1826, died Sept., 1868, in St. Louis, Mo., daughter of
Ashbael and Hannah Sears. 6 He was a farmer in Ashland. 7
ilnformation concerning this family received from Benjamin F. Underhill (1174S8-2).
Undertaker's record.
•Information of Miss J. E. W. Burt (11745.9-1).
♦Hopkinton records.
'Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Susannah G. C. Newcomb (11745J4)
and Jesse C Bixby (11745.67).
6 Massachusetts Marriages.
' In Dec, 1S86, William and Edward Seaver petitioned for partition of real estate, naming as
co-partners twenty six other persons, heirs evidently of a common Wentworth ancestor, probably
Philip Wentworth. Among the persons cited were Oswald F. A. Bixby and S. Clark Bixby, each
possessing a 1-17 interest, Julia A. W. Burt, wife of Laban Burt, 1-17, Susanna B. W. Underhill,
wife of Benjamin F. Underhill of Maiden, 1-17. Frances M. Bixby of Boston, and Alfred Bixby of
Evansville, Ind., each possessing 1-34. Luther W. Bixby of Boston, Arietta F. Mclntire, wife of
Hudson L. Mclntire of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jesse C Bixby, each possessing 1-54. and Henry S.
Hale of Medford, Frances A. Hale, Emily P. Hale and Elizabeth B. Hale, all of Boston, each pos-
sessing 1-68. (Suffolk Probate, 76, 766.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 407
Children, 1 born at Ashland, except the eldest:
1- 1 Wentworth, 2 born 6 June, 1845, at Hopkinton, Mass.; 3 married Mary V.
Kane.
2 Eugene Oswald, 3 born 17 July, 1847; died 18 Jan., 1891, unmarried.
3- 3 Julius Laban, born 25 Aug., 1849; married Mercy L. Wheeler.
4- 4 Susannah Glorvina Cummins, born 27 Sept., 1851; married Jeremiah
Newcomb, Jr.
5- 5 Levinus F. A. (Newhall), born 21 Jan., 1855; married Emma C. Orne.
His name was changed to William I. Newhall.
1 1 746. 1
VI. William Phelps Bixby (Simpson, Peletiah, Thomas, Joseph,
Joseph), born 17 Oct., 1821, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died there 17
Oct., 1884; married there 20 Dec, 1862, Georgianna Estabrooks
Phipps, born there 26 March, 1840, died there 14 Jan., 1872, daugh-
ter of Isaac Bonny and Achsah (Allard) Phipps. 4 He was styled an
engineer in 1865 and 1872. 3
Children, born at Hopkinton:
1 Emily (Emma) 5 Frances, born June, 1864 (1865) ; 3 died there 13 July,
1883, aged 18 years. 5
2- 2 Curtis William, born 12 July, 1867; married Hannah M. Holway.
3- 3 Wilbur (William) Franklin, born 12 Jan., 1871 ; married Lizzie E. Dale.
4- 4 George Edward, born 9 (6) 3 Jan., 1872; married Nellie H. Chase.
1 1746.3
VI. Maria Elizabeth Bixby (Simpson, Pelatiah, Thomas,
Joseph, Joseph), born 29 Jan., 1826, at Hopkinton, Mass.; died
there 15 July, 1868; married there 27 April, 1857, Lewis Fair-
banks, born 1 Feb., 1830, at Wrentham, Mass., 6 son of Moses and
Hannah Gibbs (Frail) Fairbanks. Mr. Lewis Fairbanks lives in
Hopkinton.
Children, born at Hopkinton:*
1 Ida Sophia Fairbanks, born 20 March, 1859; married 2 Sept., 1878, at Hop-
kinton, Henry Sanford Gordon, 6 born 18 March, 1851, at Fayette, Me., son
'Information concerning this family received from Mrs. Susannah G. C. Newcomb (11745J4)
and Jesse C. Bixby (11745.67).
> In his marriage record he appears as John, and he was known as John Wentworth Bixby.
« Massachusetts Births.
* Information of S. Phipps, a son of Isaac B. and Achsah Phipps.
6 Massachusetts Deaths. According to gravestone in East Cemetery, Hopkinton, she died 13
July, 1883. 6 Information of Mrs. Ida S. Gordon (11746.3-1).
408 BIXBY GENEALOGY
of Henry Smith and Emily Britton (Safford) Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was
educated in the District No. 5 and High Schools of Hopkinton. She
is a member of the Methodist Church at Mt. Vernon, Me., which she joined
by letter from the Congregational Church at Hopkinton. Mr. Gordon is
a farmer at Mt. Vernon, where they live.
Children, 1 born at Hopkinton:
1. Emma Maria Gordon, born 8 July, 1880; died 1 Sept., 1880, at Hop-
kinton.
2. Henry Lewis Gordon, born 20 May, 1881; married 19 Sept., 1907, at
South Framingham, Mass., Abbie May Gordon of Mt. Vernon born
there 27 June, 1877, daughter of Elisha and Ellen (Andrews) Gordon.
Child: Marion Lois Gordon, born 4 Dec, 1914, at West Mt. Vernon.
3. Arthur Laforest Gordon, born 15 Feb., 1884; married 9 May, 1907, at
West Peru, Me., Flora Minota Burgess of West Peru, born there 13
Oct., 1889, daughter of Lewis and Carrie (Burgess) Burgess. They
live at Mt. Vernon. Children, born at Mt. Vernon: Robert Merwin
Gordon, born 3 May, 1910. Lora Marion Gordon, born 10 Dec,
1911.
4. Walter Leslie Gordon, born 12 Feb., 1887; married 6 Sept., 1911, at Mt.
Vernon, Agnes Violet Porter of Mt. Vernon, born 29 May, 1889, at
Portland, Me., daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Isabella
(Taft) Porter. They live in Mt. Vernon. Child: Mildred Lucile
Gordon, born 15 March, 1915, at Mt. Vernon.
5. Morris Kendrick Gordon, born 17 May, 1892; married 24 Dec, 1915, at
Winthrop, Me., Bertha Maria Thompson of Mt. Vernon, born 18
Sept., 1895, at Newark, N. J., daughter of Charles and Anna (Ander-
son) Thompson.
6. Son (twin), born 13 June, 1894; died 14 June, 1894, at Hopkinton.
7. Edna Marion Gordon (twin), born 13 June, 1894; died 13 Jan., 1895,
at Hopkinton.
2 Lizzie Maria Fairbanks, born 25 Nov., i860; married William F. Bixby
(11742.229).
3 Annette Louise Fairbanks, born 15 Oct., 1863; died 1912, at Hopkinton, 2
unmarried.
4 Jennie Rowenna Fairbanks, born 1 Sept., 1866; married 2 April, 1891, at
Hopkinton, George Lincoln Angell, born 23 Jan., 1866, at Maiden, Mass.,
died 11 Oct., 1892, son of Isaac and Fanny M. (White) Angell; (2) 30 Aug.,
1900, at Ashland, Mass., Alvin J. Sturgeon, born 1868, at St. Albans, Vt.,
son of John and Mary (Brown) Sturgeon, and lives in Hopkinton.
Children: 2
1. Child, born and died 19 July, 1892.
By second marriage:
2. Florence Helen Sturgeon, born 2 April, 1901, at Troy, N. H.
3. Ida Marion Sturgeon, born 12 July, 1902, at Hopkinton.
4. Lewis Alvin Sturgeon, born 11 Jan., 1907, at Hopkinton.
5. Edith Gertrude Sturgeon, born 31 Aug., 1908, at Hopkinton.
5 Elsie May Fairbanks, born 4 May, 1868; lives at Ashland, Mass., un-
married.
1 These children, except Henry L. and Arthur L., were born in the same house as their mother
and grandmother and their great grandfather, Simpson Bixby.
• Information of Jesse C. Bixby (11745.67).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 409
11951-1
VI. John Byxbee {Joseph, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born
10 Aug., 1787, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died 23 (22) Sept., 1839,
on a boat on Long Island Sound; married 1 Jan., 1807, Sarah Din-
gee, 1 born 2 July, 1 787,2 at Bedford, N. Y., daughter of John Din-
gee. 2 She was living 9 March, 1842. 3
The name of John Bigsbee appears as corporal in a roll of a com-
pany commanded by Joseph Boughton serving at Norwalk, Conn.,
from 9 Sept. to 14 Sept., 1813. 4
Children: 2
1- 1 Almina, born 7 Dec, 1807; married Daniel W. Tucker.
2- 2 Sally Ann, born 6 or 16 Nov., 1810, at South Norwalk; married Lewis
Smith.
3- 3 Joseph Skidmore, born 6 April, 1812, at Norwalk; married Louisa
Mitchell.
4- 4 John Dingee, born 8 Dec, 1814 2 (28 June, 1815), 5 at Norwalk; married
Jane Hodges.
5- 5 Samuel Jackson, born 3 March, 1821, at Norwalk; married Catharine
A. Knapp.
6- 6 Abbie Euphemia, born 7 Aug., 1823, probably at Norwalk; married Andrew
J. Reasoner.
John Byxbee was a resident of Norwalk.
In 1 81 3, he sold land at Ely's Neck which had formerly been
owned by his "grandfather, John Byxbee, deceased." His name
appears frequently on Norwalk land records, both as grantor and
grantee. From a deed of 7 June, 1841, given by the administrator
of his estate to Daniel W. Tucker, it appears that his homestead
consisted of sixty acres near Old Well.
11951-2
VI. Betty Byxbee {Joseph, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born
15 April, 1790, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died 4 May, 1874, 6 a § e d
84 years, 7 at Norwalk, Conn.; married there 18 Sept., 1806, 6 Capt.
1 John Byxbee mortgaged land at Ely's Neck to Elijah Dingee in 1823. (Norwalk Land Records.)
He appears to have lived at Ely's Neck in 1827.
1 An unsigned report, apparently taken from a family record.
* Norwalk Probate, VI: 212.
* Connecticut Men in the Revolution, War of 1812, etc.
6 Information of Miss Emma F. Byxbee (11951.14-2).
* Bouton-Boughton Family, page 93.
* Gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery.
410 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
Joseph Bouton, born 22 Oct., 1787, died 15 May, 1874, "aged 87
years," 1 at Norwalk, son of William and Sarah (Benedict) Bouton.
Children: 2
1 Juliet Bouton, born 24 April, 1807; died 20 Jan., 1831; 3 married 18 July,
1828, at Norwalk, 3 Benjamin Reed.
Child:
I. Julia Ann Reed, born 1829; 3 now deceased; married Edmond I. Tal-
madge, 2 who died 1908. They lived at South Norwalk.
2 Fanny Bouton, born 16 July, 1812. 2
3 Fanny Esther Bouton, born 19 April, 1816, 3 at Norwalk; died 6 May, i860, 1
at South Norwalk; married 18 Sept., 1831, 4 at Stamford, Conn., Valentine
Merrill, born 8 May, 181 1, at Southhold, L. I., died 12 Jan., 1875, aged 63
years, 18 months, 12 days, 1 at South Norwalk, son of Valentine and Lydia
(Sisson) Merrill. 2
Children, 2 born at South Norwalk:
1. Mary Elizabeth Merrill, born 10 Oct., 1832; died 18 Oct., 1897, at South
Norwalk.
2. Joseph Bouton Merrill, born 30 July, 1835; died 12 April, 1901, at South
Norwalk.
3. Charles Edgar Merrill, born 1 July, 1838; died in infancy at South Nor-
walk.
4. Louisa Jeanette Merrill, born Oct., 1840; died in infancy.
5. Charles Edgar Merrill, born 19 Sept., 1841; died 3 Sept., 1863, at South
Mills, N. C, unmarried.
6. Albert Mortimer Merrill, born 8 Jan., 1844; died 29 Oct., 1902, in Salt
Lake City, Utah; married at Port Chester, N. Y., Mrs. Ann Gusta Reed.
Children : Fannie P. Merrill. Victoria E. Merrill.
7. Emma Louisa Merrill, born 15 June, 1847; married Lewis H. Hoyt, son
of Daniel Hoyt; (2) 27 Nov., 1878, at South Norwalk, Thomas Butler
Smith (11951. 12-5). Noissue.
8. Anna Esther Merrill, born and died 18 Dec, 1859.
4 Amanda Bouton, born 12 June, 1820; died ; married, 1837, John Dibble.
They lived in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Children:
1. Ida Dibble.
2. Julia Dibble.
3. Frank Dibble.
4. John Dibble.
5. Henry A. Dibble, died 14 Feb., 1840, aged 3 or 5 months, 24 days. 1
6. Henry O. Dibble, born 6 April, 1841; died 21 May, 1842. 1
7. Melissa A. Dibble, born 4 June, 1844; died 21 May, 1851. 1
5 Joseph J. Bouton, born 27 April, 1823; died 11 Jan., 1871; 3 married 11 March,
1846, 3 Mary Barto, 3 who died 11 March, 1904, in Salt Lake City. 2
1 Gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery.
2 Incomplete records of the descendants of Joseph Bouton are to be found in the Bouton-Boughton
Family. Supplementary information has been obtained from John B. Lawrence and Thomas B.
Smith ( 1 195 1. 1 2-5).
3 Bouton-Boughton Family, page 93.
* Family record in Bible.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 411
Children:
1. Homer Bouton.
2. Harry W. Bouton.
3. Louise Bouton.
4. Frances Bouton.
5. Lillie Bouton.
6. Child.
6 William Warren Bouton, born 1 March, 1828, 1 at South Norwalk; now
deceased; married Mary E. Price; 2 (2) 25 April, 1861, at North Salem, N. Y. f
Mary Gertrude Keeler, 2 born 29 March, 1842, at Ridgefield, Conn. William
W. Bouton enlisted 20 April, 1861, in Co. A, 3rd Conn. Vols.; discharged 11
Aug. ,1861. He was in the first Battle of Bull Run. He was living in South
Norwalk in Dec, 1874, and in 1912 was in the Soldiers' Home at North
Rotin, Conn.
Children: 3
1. William H. Bouton, married Hattie Mead.
2. Mary Louise Bouton, married George Moore.
Children, by second marriage:
3. Violia Bouton.
4. Ola Warren Bouton, born 25 April, 1871, at South Norwalk; now de-
ceased.
7 Nathaniel Bouton, born 30 Dec, 1830; died 12 March, 1906, at South Nor-
walk; married 7 Nov., 1853, Amelia Saunders, 2 born at South Norwalk,
daughter of Thomas Saunders; (2) 29 June, 1874, Martha A. Brown. They
lived at South Norwalk.
Children, by first marriage:
1. Joseph N. Bouton, born 18 Nov., 1854; died 30 Dec, 1854.
2. Juliette Bouton, born 21 Dec, 1855; died 2 March, 1859, in Salt Lake
City.
II952.I
VI. Andrew Byxbee {John, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born
26 May, 1783, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died (io) 4 18 Jan., 1861,
aged 78 years, 5 in New York City; married Catharine Smith,
born there 11 Oct., 1790, died there 1 Aug., 1855, aged 65 years, 5
daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Thorp) 6 Smith.
Children:
1- 1 Andrew Smith, born 6 Dec, 1807, at South Norwalk; married Charity
Rogers.
2- 2 James, born 16 June, 181 1, at South Norwalk; married Lydia A. Briggs.
1 Information of John B. Lawrence who appears to have access to family records.
* Bouton-Boughton Family, page 93.
' Incomplete records of che descendants of Joseph Bouton are to be found in the Bouton-Boughton
Family. Supplementary information has been obtained from John B. Lawrence and Thomas B.
Smith (11951.12-5).
'Statement of James A. Byxbee (11952.122), who also furnished a record of descendants of
Andrew Byxbee.
6 Gravestone at Pine Island Cemetery.
• Information of Miss Elizabeth Byxbee (11952.12-6), who refers to a Smith Bible.
412 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
3- 3 Catharine Ann, born 16 Sept., 1814, at Norwalk; married Hiram H.
Hoyt.
4 Stephen, born 6 May, 18 19, probably in New York; died there 7 Feb.,
1855, unmarried. He was a sashmaker in 1848. 1
Andrew Byxbee was a shoemaker. 1 He moved to New York
City about 2 1815, 3 probably after the close of the second war with
Great Britain, in which he served as a private in a company com-
manded by Elijah Reed, at Norwalk, from 9 Sept. to 14 Sept., 1813. 4
On 9 July, 1 810, he received a quit claim deed to several parcels of
land in Norwalk and Stamford from John Byxbee, which property
had descended to John from the estate of John Byxbee of Norwalk; 5
also three acres from Moses Byxbe the following year. In 1826,
then described as of New York City, he owned land and buildings
at Flax Hill, Norwalk, bounded south by land of Rhoda Byxbe.
1 1952.3
p, VI. Elizabeth (Lydia) 6 Byxbee (John, John, Moses, Joseph,
Joseph), born 26 July, 1787, at Norwalk, Conn.; married Wray
Selleck, 7 [probably a nephew or cousin of Ray Selleck, baptized
1761, at Norwalk, who was a son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Selleck) 8
Selleck].
Child: 9
1 Eliza Selleck, born 9 April, 1809; died 24 10 June, 1880; married 13 April,
l8 35. John Bedient, born 2 May, 1806, at Champlain, Grand Isle, N. Y.,
died 17 Feb., 1888, at Norwalk, 10 son of William Bedient.
Child:
1. William Harvey Bedient, born 19 Oct., 1838; married Mary Adams;
(2) Mrs. Ann Eliza Selleck. They live in Norwalk. Child, by first
marriage: John Frederick Bedient, married Lora Hank.
1 New York City Directory.
•Information of Miss Elizabeth Byxbee (11952.12-6), who refers to a Smith Bible.
• His name, however, appears in the New York Directory under the years 1807, 1812 and
1817, but not later. From 1839 to 1843 inclusive, the directory lists Catherine Bixby, "widow"
of Andrew.
4 Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, 1812, etc.
6 Norwalk Deeds, 21: 345.
•William H. Bedient (11952.3-11) asserts that her name was Lydia.
'Wray Selleck was appointed guardian of Henry Byxbee in 1814. His name also appears in
deeds as Ray.
8 Selleck: History of Norwalk, p. 447- According to Selleck, Ray (Senior) was brother of Rhoda
Selleck, wife of John Byxbe, Jr. (11952)-
• According to the Whitney Genealogy, p. 993, Wray and Elizabeth (Byxbee) Selleck had a daugh-
ter Louisa Selleck, born 26 Oct., 1826, at South Norwalk, died 13 Dec, 1867, who married there
18 Feb., 1846, William Sherman Knapp, born 12 July, 1825, at Norwalk.
10 The gravestone of Mrs. Eliza (Selleck) Bedient gives her death as of 23 June. The gravestone
of John Bedient gives his death as of 7 Feb. The information given in the text concerning the
Bedient family was obtained from William H. Bedient (11952.3-11).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 413
11952.6
VI. Harry (Henry) Byxbee 1 {John, John, Moses, Joseph,
Joseph), born 24 Feb., 1796, at Norwalk, Conn.; died 14 Sept.,
1859, aged 63 years, 6 months, 26 days, 2 at Norwalk; married
Betsey (Eliza) Hoyt, who died 1 Aug., 1888.
Henry Byxbee, when eighteen years of age, 22 Jan., 1814, chose
Wray Selleck as guardian. 3 He removed to New York after 1826.
His name appears in the New York City Directory, 1 843-1 849, as a
boot and shoe maker, living in Delancy and later in Christy Street.
Children, born at Norwalk or South Norwalk, except the three youngest:
1 Stephen, died in infancy.
2 William H., 4 died 8 Aug., 1888, unmarried, and is buried at Brooklyn.
He was connected with the New York police, 1 852-1 856.
3- 3 Francis Franklin, born 26 Sept., 1825; married Julia Moore; (2) Alma E.
Hall.
4- 4 Sarah Celestina, born 3 April, 1828; married John R. Newcomb.
5- 5 John Crary, born 19 Jan., 1832, in New York City ; 5 married Anna M . Ellis.
6- 6 Theodore, born 29 Nov. , 1 834, 6 in New York City ; married Annie Sheridan .
7- 7 Stephen Decatur, born 31 Oct., 1836, in New York City; married Jane
A. Sobey.
1 1954. 1
VI. Moses Byxbee {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 9 Nov., 1786, at Norwalk, Conn.; died 13 Sept., i860, aged
73 years, 10 months, 4 days, 2 at South Norwalk; married 17 April,
1809, Hetty Hoyt, born 7 Oct., 1793, died 11 Sept., 1827, 2 at Nor-
walk, aged thirty three years, 7 daughter of Timothy and Sally
(Judge?) Hoyt of Darien, Conn. 7 He married, second, 27 July,
1828, Mrs. Mary Ann Hoyt, born 4 Feb., 8 1787, died 11 July, 1858.
Children:*
1- 1 James Hoyt, born 8 Feb., 1810, at Norwalk; married Eunice Beers; (2)
Eunice J. Beers.
1 Descendants generally say his name was Harry. In some records, however, it appears as
Henry. His wife appears also as Betsey and Eliza.
* Gravestone, Pine Island Cemetery.
* Norwalk Probate, n: 452.
* John C. Byxbee (11952.65) states that his brother William always claimed he did not have any
middle name.
6 Information of Theodore M. Byxbee (11952.652).
6 News Item.
7 Hoyt: Hoyt Genealogy. Frederic S. Byxbee (11954.1112) is reported as asserting that the father
of Hetty (Hoyt) Byxbee was Moses Hoyt.
8 Family bible of Moses Byxbee.
414 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
2- 2 Eliza Ann, born 31 May, 181 1, probably at Norwalk; married Leander
Cook.
3- 3 Mary Jane, born 31 March, 1813, at Norwalk; married Nathan B. Piatt.
4- 4 Esther, born 15 March, 1815, at Norwalk; married William Smith. 1
5- 5 Andrew Giles, born 18 Feb., 1817, probably at Norwalk; married Rachel
Tenny; (2) Antoinette Birchard.
6- 6 Emily Sophia, born 4 Nov., 1818, at South Norwalk; married William
Russell.
7- 7 Albert, born 25 March, 1820, at South Norwalk; married Harriet Beers;
(2) Margaret J. Blair.
8- 8 Silas, born 3 March, 1822, at Norwalk; married Louisa Birchard.
9- 9 Cordelia, born 3 March, 1824, at South Norwalk; married William A.
Raymond.
10 Sarah, born 6 April, 1825; died 3 Sept., 1825.
11 Margaret, born and died 13 , 1826.
Moses Byxbee lived at Ely's Neck, on Ely's Neck Road. 2 He
was a farmer. His will probated at Norwalk, dated 20 July, i860,
names sons James H. and Silas; grandson Albert, son of Albert;
son Andrew G. Byxbee; grandson John Byxbee, son of my daugh-
ter Cornelia, deceased; daughter Mary; Jane, wife of Bryant B.
Piatt; daughter Eliza Ann, wife of Leander Cook; granddaughter
Isabella Russell, daughter of my deceased daughter, Emily. 3 There
are many deeds to and from Moses Byxbee recorded in Norwalk
land records.
In 1835, he was guardian for Abby Jane Hoyt, John Hoyt, Francis
B. Hoyt, and Walter B. Hoyt, and in 1844, he received power of at-
torney from Lewis Hoyt of New Berlin, O,, to sell the latter 's interest
in the estate of his father, Daniel Hoyt, deceased. 4
1 1954-2
VI. Anna Byxbee (Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born
8 Feb., 1789, at Norwalk or South Norwalk, Conn.; married Hin-
man Selleck.
Hinman Selleck and wife Anna, of New York, 24 Sept., 1835,
as heirs of Anna Byxbee deceased, join with Moses, James, and
James H. Byxbee of Norwalk, William Hallock and wife Ruth,
Joseph Raymond and wife Betsey, Rufus Richards and wife Pame-
lia, Ira Richards and wife Susan, in conveying to Marza Raymond
of Norwalk two acres of land at Ely's Neck, bounded by land of
1 Information of Mrs. Mabel LaD. Pryer (11954.65-1).
1 Information of William A. Raymond (11954.19).
• Norwalk Probate, 13: 32.
4 Norwalk Deeds, 25: 426,709.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 415
James Byxbee and by land distributed to heirs of George Byxbee, 1
except that part sold to Sarah Sedgwick, to Moses Byxbee, and to
heirs of Raymond Byxbee.
Marza Raymond bought most of the estate, perhaps all, which
was distributed to the heirs of Anna Byxbee.
Children:
1 William Selleck.
2 Mary Selleck, born 181 1; died 17 March, 1884, aged 73 years; 2 married
William Hubbell, who died during minority of his children.
Children:
1. William Hubbell, died about 1891; married Ellen Raymond.
2. Charles Hubbell, unmarried.
3. Julius Augustus Hubbell, born 3 May, 1839; 2 died 12 Aug., 1904 2 or
1905, 3 aged 65 years, 3 months, 9 days; married Mary (Louise)
Ellen Cox, born Nov., 1844, in Ireland, 2 died 6 Aug., 1903 2 or 1904,
aged 58 years, 8 months. Children: 4 Margaret Hubbell, born Aug.,
i860, unmarried. Julius Augustus Hubbell, born 6 Aug., 1862, at
Norwalk; married 2 May, 1889, Annie Augusta Dart, born 26 Dec,
1868, at Bridgeport, Conn., daughter of Levi and Mary (Baggs) Dart.
Mary Louise Hubbell, died 9 June, 1898, aged 27 years, 2 days; mar-
ried William Garvey, son of Alexander and Margaret Garvey, who
died 28 Feb., 1897, aged 30 years, leaving one child Elmer Garvey.
Edward Benjamin Hubbell, born 25 May, 1864; married Annie E.
Catherine Hubbell, died aged about four years. Frank
Hubbell, born 8 May, 1876; married Maria
They had other children.
"954-3
VI. Raymond Byxbee 5 {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 7 Nov., 1790, probably at Norwalk, Conn.; died 10 Dec,
1827; married, 1812, Jane Sheffield, born 10 Aug., 1793, in New
York City, N. Y., daughter of Captain Robert and Temperance
Sheffield.
"Jane Sheffield was next to the youngest child of Capt. Robert
Sheffield and Temperance, his wife, and was born 10 Aug., 1793,
in Rutgers street, New York City. In the year 1800, Capt. Shef-
field bought of the town of Norwalk, for the consideration of six
thousand dollars, the island since known as Sheffield Island and so
named on a map of Connecticut in the 'Manual and Register, 1907/
1 Norwalk Deeds 25 : 503.
• Norwalk records.
• Gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery.
4 Information of Julius A. Hubbell (11954.2-232).
• From Norwalk Deeds. 29:381, it would appear he was also known as Nathan R. Byxbee.
4 i 6 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
issued by the state. An older daughter of Capt. Sheffield, Temper-
ance, born 1790, married a Smith, and after the death of her mother
returned to the island, with her husband, to care for her father.
After the death of Raymond Byxbee, his widow Jane married for
her second husband William Wardwell, by whom she had Ferdinand
Wardwell and Mary Rosalie Wardwell." 1
Children:
1- 1 James Lawrence, born 14 April, 1814, at Norwalk; married Adelaide S.
Craw; (2) Rebecca J. Hurlburt.
2- 2 William Frederick, born 30 March, 1816, at South Norwalk; married
Mrs. Iduella (Mott) Slocum.
3- 3 Harriet Morgan, born 25 July, 1817, at Norwalk; married Smith Mills.
4- 4 Jane Smith, born 4 June, 1819, probably at Norwalk; married John Stillwell.
5- 5 Nathan Raymond, born 7 Nov., 1 821, at South Norwalk; married Mary
Wiseman.
6- 6 Moses, born 7 Nov., 1825, on Ely Neck Road, South Norwalk; married
Melissa Bartow; (2) Elvira L. Seaman.
I 1954.5
VI. Ruth Byxbee {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph), born
15 Dec, 1794 2 (1796) , 3 at Norwalk, Conn.; died 23 (21) 4 June,
1869; married 20 Aug., 1812, at Norwalk, William Hallock:, of
Greenwich, Conn., born 3 June, 1786, died 28 Oct., 1858, aged 73
years.
Children: 3
1 Amelia Loretta Hallock, born 1 March, 1820, at Norwalk; died 6 Oct.,
1905, at South Norwalk; married Marza Raymond, born 26 Feb., 181 1,
died 9 March, 1892, son of Lewis and Jane (Warren) Raymond.
Children :
1. Henry O. Raymond, died 30 Oct., 1841, aged 1 year, 8 months. 4
2. William M. Raymond, died 6 Aug., 1871, aged 37 years, 11 months, 15
days; 4 married Julia A. Wilson, by whom he had two children; mar-
ried (2) Emma F. Johns, born 10 April, 1852, died 2 Dec, 1892. 4
2 William Warren Hallock, born 1 March, 1820; died 5 June, 1869; 4 mar-
ried 16 Oct., 1840, Harriet Olmstead, born 11 April, 1822, at Wilton, Conn.,
died 5 Feb., 1905, 2 daughter of Aaron and Polly (Birchard) Olmstead of
Wilton.
Children:
1. Henry Eckford Hallock, 6 born 22 June, 1842; died 12 May, 1845. 4
2. Eva L. Hallock, born 27 Dec, 1843; died 14 April, 1855.
1 Information of Mrs. Julia A. Clark (11954.312). Ferdinand Wardwell died in 1912, at South
Norwalk. Mary R. Wardwell married at South Norwalk, Theodore Wilcox and has one child,
Theodora Wilcox. l Norwalk records.
1 Information of D. H. Van Hoosear, Wilton, Conn. * Gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery.
» The name appears as Henry Longsford Hallock on the gravestone.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 417
3. Charles Frederick Hallock, born 9 Sept., 1844; married 10 April, 1867,
Anna E. Smedley. Child: Alice Florence Hallock, born 11 March,
1873, at South Norwalk; married 31 July, 1893, James Emory Stevens. 1
4. Henry Warren Hallock, born 8 Sept., 1848; married 5 Sept., 1869, Dora
Wood, who died 17 Nov., 1874, aged 25 years, 11 months, 9 days;
married (2) 27 Sept., 1878, Eleanor Weed, who died 191 1.
5. Harriet Amelia Hallock, born 26 May, 1852.
6. William E. Hallock, born 25 April, 1855; died 6 Jan., 1890; married 10
Dec, 1878, Agnes M. Canfield.
7. Moses Pardee Hallock, born 28 Sept., 1856. He lives in South Norwalk,
unmarried. 2
8. George Watson Hallock, born 2 July, 1858; married, 1880, Isabel War-
ner. He is editor of the North Side News, Bronx, N. Y.
11954.6
VI. William Byxbee (Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 17 Jan., 1797, at Norwalk, Conn.; died there 13 Feb., 1865; 3
married 26 May, 1819, as Bigsby, 4 at New Canaan, Conn., Eliza-
beth Pettit, born 3 April, 1803, at Norwalk, died there 2 Feb.,
1888, daughter of James and Miriam (Craft) Pettit.
William Byxbee and his wife are said to have been "the hand-
somest couple that ever walked into St. Mark's Church." The
Pettits were strong Episcopalians. 5
William Byxbee of Huntington, Suffolk Co., N. Y., conveyed to
James H. Byxbee an undivided interest in lands and buildings at
Norwalk, 11 June, 1834. 6
Children, 3 born at Norwalk:
I- 1 William P., born 20 Nov., 1820; married Eliza A. Richards. 7
2 Mary Ann, born 30 Aug., 1822; died 15 Sept., 1824, at Norwalk.
3- 3 Henry Pearson, born 8 Feb., 1824; married Harriet F. Barnes.
4- 4 Amanda, born 24 Oct., 1825; married Robert Drake; (2) Baltis Crewell.
5- 5 Anne Archer, born 6 May, 1828; married James La Due; (2) John Mudie.
6- 6 Catherine Craft, born 28 April, 1830; married William Tenny.
7- 7 Elizabeth, born 8 July, 1832; married John L. King.
8 John, born 6 March, 1834; died 13 March, 1834.
9- 9 Charles Burroughs, born 12 Oct., 1835; married .
j-10 Mary Emma, born 27 Feb., 1839; married George Burr.
k-ii Martha, twin with Mary Emma; married Austin Onderdonk.
1 Children: Mary Elizabeth Stevens. Alice Stevens.
« The record of the Hallock family was largely taken from the Bible of William W. Hallock
(119S4.S-2) now in possession of his son, Moses P. Hallock (11954.5-27).
» Information of Mrs. Adrianna Lee (11954636).
* Records St. Mark's church; another copy says 26 Aug., 1819.
6 Information of Mrs. Mabel La Due Pryer (1195465-1).
• Norwalk Deeds, 28: 310.
» Her name is given as Eliza J. on marriage record.
418 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
i 1954.7
VI. James Byxbee {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 26 May, 1801, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died 24 April, 1876, l
at East Norwalk, Conn.; married 23 Jan., 1827, at South Norwalk,
Halmina Raymond, born there 25 March, 1801, 2 died there 5 May,
1840, daughter of Lewis and (Jane?) 3 (Waring) 4 Raymond.
James Byxbee married, second, 15 July, 1841, at South Norwalk,
Susannah Matilda Wilmot, born 15 Feb., 1819, at Stamford,
Conn., died 3 April, 1900, at Fruitvale, Cal., daughter of John and
Sally (Dill) 1 Wilmot of Stamford. Mrs. Byxbee was known as
Susan.
James Byxbee was a boat captain. In 1841, he owned a dock,
store and other buildings at Five Mile River, Norwalk, which were
used for the produce business and let to Alfred Seeley.
Children:
1- 1 Jane Ann, 5 born 28 Oct., 1827, at South Norwalk; married Samuel Waters.
2- 2 Robert George, 5 born 24 Feb., 1830, at South Norwalk; married Sarah
E. Lincoln; (2) Maria L. Spring.
3- 3 Emeline (Emelia), 5 born 29 Nov., 1831, at South Norwalk; married
Charles P. Barnard.
4- 4 Theodore Sedgewick, 5 born 26 Nov., 1833, at South Norwalk; married
Harriet A. Hodges.
5- 5 Mary Eliza, 5 born 28 Sept., 1835, at South Norwalk; married John W«
Rockwell.
6- 6 John Fletcher, 5 born 27 Dec, 1837, at South Norwalk; married Alice
Toy; (2) Margaret A. Norgrove.
7- 7 Charles Henry, 5 born 22 April, 1840, at East Norwalk; married Hen-
rietta Beers.
By second marriage:
8 Cornelia Frances, born 1 April, 1845; died 19 Jan., 1878, at East Nor-
walk; married 21 Oct., 1868, at South Norwalk, Edwin George Hoyt,
born 24 Sept., 1835, at Norwalk, died there, son of George Hoyt. No
issue.
9- 9 James Oscar, 6 born 1 Jan., 1848, at South Norwalk; married Casendalia
Whelpley.
10 Sarah Emily, born 19 May, 1850; died 19 March, 1871, at South Norwalk;
married there 9 Nov., 1870, John Wesley Dake, born 15 Sept., 1842, at
1 Information of Miss Susan A. Byxbee (11054.7-K).
* Information of John F. Byxbee (11954.76).
' Lewis Raymond and Jane, his wife to Halmina Byxbee, 1834, land at Rhoton Hill. (Norwalk
Deeds, 28:343.)
* Information of Mrs. Mary E. Rockwell (11954.75).
' Their father, as guardian, petitioned court for power to sell estate, 22 Feb., 1841. (Norwalk
Probate, VI: 135.)
1 Norwalk records give the birth of a child, 31 Dec, 1847, named Edward.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 419
Greenfield, N. Y., son of Charles Roger and Lurinda (Lewis) Dake.
He lives at South Norwalk. No issue.
11 Susan Amelia, born 21 March, 1853, at Norwalk; died 21 May, 1909,
at Palo Alto, Cal., unmarried.
ii954«8
VI. Sarah Byxbee {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born probably about 1803, at or near Norwalk, Conn.; married
Robert Sedgewick, who lived at Rhoton Hill, Norwalk, but later
removed to California. 1 He was a boat captain.
Child:" 1
1 Theodore Sedgewick.
Other children.
II954.9
VI. Betsey Byxbee {Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 20 April, 1804, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died there 16 April,
1887; married Joseph Raymond, born there 28 Dec, 1802, died
there 24 Dec, 1836, son of Lewis Raymond. Betsey Byxbee Ray-
mond married, second, 11 Sept., 1839, at Darien, Conn., Alvah
Fuller, who is buried in Five Mile River Cemetery.
Children, 3 born at South Norwalk:
1 Sarah Ann Raymond, born 27 April, 1823; died 24 May, 1903; married
1840, Nathan Roberts, born 8 Oct., 1815, at Norwalk, Conn., died 27 Feb.,
1912, son of Justus and Susan (Quintard) Roberts.
Children:
1. William Roberts, born 1842; died 1904; married Emily Bennett.
2. Josephine Roberts, deceased; married Henderson Hoyt.
3. George Roberts, died aged about 17 years.
4. Frank Buchanan Roberts, born 6 March, 1847; married Augusta Mor-
rell, daughter of Daniel P. and Susan Ann (Chamberlain) Morrell.
5. Child, died in infancy.
2 Mary Elizabeth Raymond, born 13 Oct., 1824; died 25 Nov., 1890; mar-
ried Capt. Oliver Washington Weed, who died 24 Dec, 1896, at East Nor-
walk.
Children:
1. Mary Louise Weed, born 10 Jan., 1844; married William Merritt.
2. Emily Frances Weed, deceased; married Alonzo Fitch.
3. Isabel Weed, born 3 Nov., 1850; married Edward Smith.
4. Ella Weed, married Henry Hoffman.
1 Information of Mrs. Martha Onderdonk (110S4.6K).
' Information of Mrs. Mabel L. Pryer (11954-65-1).
• Information of Julia I. R. Edmonds (11954.0-7).
5
4 20 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
5. Anna Maria Weed, born 1857; died 1896, unmarried.
6. Elizabeth Weed, died 1886, unmarried.
3 Joseph Henry Raymond, born 29 July, 1826; died 19 or 20 Dec, 1890; mar-
ried 31 Oct., 1847, in New York City, Harriet Amelia Dibble, born 20 Sept.,
1827, died 31 Oct., 1905, at South Norwalk, daughter of Solomon and Mary
St. John (Seeley) Dibble of Bedford, N. Y.
Children:
1. Alphonzo A. Raymond, born 19 Nov., 1848, at South Norwalk; married
25 Nov., 1868, Amy Raymond Saunders, born 14 March, 1847, at
Orange, N. J., daughter of George and Mary Saunders. Children:
Alphonzo A. Raymond. J. Stanley Raymond. Waldo A. Raymond.
Richard G. Raymond. Ralph E. Raymond. Wren C. Raymond.
2. Asa Hill Raymond, born 28 Dec, 1850; died 17 Jan., 1852.
3. Ralfey C. Raymond, born 25 July, 1852; died 10 July, 1853.
4. Lilly May Raymond, born 27 Sept., 1853; died 14 April, i860.
5. Ralfey Henry Raymond, born 23 March, 1855; died 13 June, 1876.
6. Robert Olin Raymond, born 26 Oct., 1856, at South Norwalk; married
28 June, 1882, Henrietta Lowndes. They live at Darien. Children:
Karl Vernon Raymond. Joseph Robert Raymond. Dorothea Lowndes
Raymond.
7. Joseph Crane Raymond, born 1 Oct., 1858; died 3 Oct., 1874.
8. May Lilly Raymond, born 9 Aug., 1863; lives at Norwalk, unmarried.
9. Harriet Seeley Raymond, born 31 March, 1866; died in infancy.
10. John Keyzer Raymond, born 26 May, 1868; died 25 Aug., 1870.
11. Dorothea Amelia Raymond, born 2 March, 1871; married 20 June, 191 1,
Roswell A. Benedict of Norwalk.
4 Catherine Amelia Raymond, born 24 May, 1828; 1 died May, 1897, at East
Norwalk; married 24 Feb., 1848, at Yonkers, N. Y., George W. Ambler of
Danbury, Conn.
Children:
1. Angeline Ambler, born 16 Jan., 1850, at Yonkers; died 1872; married
1867, Wilber Selleck of Redding, Conn.
2. Georgia Anna Ambler, born 19 June, 1852, at Yonkers; married 27 Feb.,
1878, Oscar Raynolds. They have four children.
3. Julia Emma Ambler, twin with Georgia, married 24 Dec, 1875, William
H. Corbin. They have six children.
4. Frances Medora Ambler, born 22 March, 1854; died 1873; married Wil-
liam Sherwood, who died 1870. No issue.
5. Susan Isabella Ambler, born 25 Sept., 1856; died about 1869.
6. William Frederick Ambler, born 30 April, 1861; married 25 May, 1886,
at Rowayton, Conn., Amelia H. Bell. Child: Tracy Bell Ambler.
5 Fanny Maria Raymond, born 27 Feb., 1830; died 8 Oct., 1886, at South
Norwalk; married at Yonkers, Philander Hodges of Danbury, who died
there. They had one child who died young. 2
6 Hyman Emmit Raymond, born 12 March, 1832; died 9 Aug., 1832, at South
Norwalk.
7 Julia Isabella Raymond, born 23 June, 1833; died 11 June, 1912, at East
Norwalk; married 22 July, 1852, at Yonkers, Elias Hull Edmonds, who
died 24 Nov., 1893, 3 son of David and Lucy (Smith) Edmonds.
1 Information of William F. Ambler (119549-46).
2 Information of D. H. Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn.
•Family Bible of Geo. W. Raymond (11054.9-8).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 421
Children: 1
1. Charles Edmonds, born 15 April, 1853, at Ridgefield, Conn.; died 29
.March, 1854.
2. Isabell Edmonds, born 19 April, 1854, at Danbury; married 2 Oct., 1877,
Frank Herbert Richards (11954.K-11), son of Joseph Hopkins and
Polly M. (Whitney) Richards. No issue.
3. Willie Edmonds, born 3 April, 1856, at Danbury; died 22 Sept., 1861.
4. Robert A. Edmonds, born 13 July, 1857, at Danbury; married 13 Dec,
1883, Carrie Wheeler. Child: Clara Edmonds.
5. Lucy S. Edmonds, born 3 June, 1859, at Ridgefield; unmarried.
6. Frances Edmonds, born iojan., 1873, at South Norwalk; married Fred-
erick C. Sherwood; (2) Thomas Marvin Stocking. They live at
Georgetown, Conn. Child: Leah Isabell Sherwood, married June,
1912, Arthur T. Ferris.
8 George Waters Raymond, born 30 Oct., 1835; died 27 Nov., 1911; married
10 Jan., 1857, at South Norwalk, Susan Pooley, born 15 July, 1837, at
Huntington, L. I., daughter of James Madison and Maria (Jane) Pooley.
Children: 2
1. George Albert Raymond, born 2 April, 1858, at Yonkers; died 30 Jan.,
1861, at South Norwalk.
2. Alice Cate Raymond, born 7 Sept., 1859, at Cold Spring, L. I.; died 1 1
March, i860, at South Norwalk.
3. Emogene Raymond, born 2 March, 1861, at South Norwalk; married
William Wilmot of Darien, and has ten children.
4. Carrie Laverne Raymond, born 23 June, 1863, at New Canaan, Conn.;
married Willis B. Mills of Five Mile River, and has five children.
5. Ida May Raymond, born 6 Nov., 1864, at New Canaan; married Clar-
ence Brush, and has three children.
6. Martha Elizabeth Raymond, born 8 April, 1868, at New Canaan; died
28 March, 1891; married James Alexander, and had three children.
7. Susie Bell Raymond, born 20 Nov., 1871; died 16 July, 1872, at New
Canaan.
8. Mary (Minnie) Louise Raymond, born 30 Nov., 1872, at New Canaan;
died there 13 May, 1873.
9. Arthur Leslie Raymond, born 10 Jan., 1877.
By second marriage:
9 Emily Susan Fuller, born 2 March, 1841; married at Port Chester, N. Y.,
Albert Fuller, who died in New York. 3
10 Cornelia Augusta Fuller, born 4 Dec, 1842; died at South Norwalk,
unmarried.
li Eliza Jane Fuller, born 15 May, 1845; married John Tooker, and had
three children, one of whom, Ralph Tooker, married Bentley and
lives in New Jersey. 3
I 1954 J
VI. Pamelia Byxbee (Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 2 July, 1806, at South Norwalk, Conn.; died there 8 Feb.,
1 Two other children, died in infancy.
* Bible record of Mrs. George W. Raymond (1 1054.0-8).
s Information of D. H. Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn.
422 BYXBEE GENEALOGY
1882 ; J married there 21 Oct., 1827, Rufus Richards, born there 1
Feb., 1804, died there 2 Aug., 1888, son of Joseph and Lydia (Water-
bury) Richards.
Rufus Richards was a ship carpenter of the firm of Bell and
Richards. He was over six feet in height, and hale and energetic
in his old age.
Children, 2 born at South Norwalk:
1 Sarah Elizabeth Richards, born 20 Jan., 1829; died 13 Jan., 1908,* at Nor-
walk, Conn.; married 27 Aug., 1850, at South Norwalk, Charles Seymour
Lockwood, born 29 June, 1825, at Norwalk, died there 13 Oct., 1897, son
of Nathan Baldwin Lockwood. 4 Sarah E. Richards had artistic ability.
Children:
1. Kate Louise Lockwood, born 27 Feb., 1855, at South Norwalk; died 4
Nov., 1862, at Norwalk.
2. Emily Baldwin Lockwood, born 25 Sept., 1859, at Norwalk; married
there 22 Sept., 1880, William Frederick Matthews, who died 23 Jan.,
1881, at Waterbury, Conn., aged twenty three years. His father was
mayor of Waterbury for eight years, also state senator. She married
(2) 19 Jan., 1898, at Norwalk, Charles Frederick Smith of Stamford,
Conn., son of Peter and Rhua (Smith) Smith. Child: Sarah Peck
Matthews, born 7 Aug., 1 881, at Norwalk.
2 Melissa Osborn Richards, born 6 Oct. (Dec.), 1 1831; died 4 July, 1834,
at South Norwalk.
3 Ida Richards, born 19 Oct., 1832; married 1895 at Stamford, Frank Griswold,
born there 1850. She had artistic ability. They live in Brooklyn, N. Y.
4 Hubbell Richards, born 11 Jan., 1834; died 13 Jan., 1850, at South Nor-
walk.
5 Melissa T. Richards, born 2 June, 1837; died 4 Feb., 1840, at South Nor-
walk.
6 Julia Richards, born 7 Jan., 1839; died 27 Dec, 1879, at South Norwalk;
married there 15 Nov., 1864, Alexander Swords, born at South Norwalk. 5
They lived in Newark, N. J.
Children, born at South Norwalk:
1. David Swords, born 1 Oct., 1865.
2. Percy Swords, born 27 May, 1871.
II954.K
VI. Susan Byxbee (Hopkins, John, Moses, Joseph, Joseph),
born 20 March, 1811, at Norwalk, Conn.; died 17 Feb., 1872, at
South Norwalk, Conn.; married 20 July, 1828, 6 Ira Richards,
1 Gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery.
1 Information concerning this family received from Miss Sarah Peck Matthew3 (11054J-121).
• Bible record.
* According to the Lockwood Genealogy, the parents of Charles S. Lockwood were Charles and
Mary Emerline (Brown) Lockwood.
* He was born probably 27 Feb.. 1835.
• Richards Genealogy.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 423
born 18 Jan., 1809, at South Nonvalk, died there 20 March, 1882,
son of Joseph and Lydia (Waterbury) Richards. 1
Children, born at Norwalk:
1 Joseph Hopkins Richards, 1 born 18 Sept., 1829; married Polly Maria
Whitney, of Wilton, born 26 June, 1834, daughter of Benjamin and Milly
(Mead) Whitney. 2
Children:
1. Frank Herbert Richards, born 7 Feb., 1854; married Isabel Edmonds
(1 1954.9-72), who died without issue; (2) Mary Frances Thomas.
Children: Joseph Richards. Eva Pauline Richards.
2. William Richards, born 13 Oct., 1855; married Anna Weed; (2) Theodora
Ballard. Child: Willa Richards.
3. Susan Amelia Richards, born 31 Aug., 1857; married George E. Warren
of Darien, Conn. Children: Emma Warren. Edith Warren. Edwin
Warren. Ida Warren.
4. Annie Richards, died young.
5. John Howard Richards, married Alice Warren. Child: Edna Richards.
6. George Richards, died young.
7. Eva Seeley Richards, born 28 Jan., 1868, at Norwalk; married 9 April,
1909, at Brooklyn, N. Y., William Nelson Craw, born 12 Jan., 1858, at
South Norwalk, son of Nelson J. and Katura (Satterley) Craw. 8
2 Ruth Ann Richards, 1 born 27 June, 1835; died 14 July, 1836.
3 Sarah Helen Richards, 1 twin with Ruth A.; died 1 Aug., 1836.
4 George Oliver Richards, 1 born 11 July, 1844; married Cassie Craw, who
died 16 Feb., 1881, in Boston, Mass. 2
12361.I
VI. Molly Bixby {Edward, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 9 Sept., 1777, at Francestown, N. H.; died 2 April, 1854, at
Henniker, N. H.; married 23 May, 1805, at Francestown, Ezra
Fisher, born 2 Nov., 1769, at Stoughtonham (Sharon), Mass.,
died in Deering, N. H., son of Thomas and Mary (Pettee) Fisher. 4
They settled at the foot of Cork Hill, Deny, N. H.
Child:
1 Oliver Childs Fisher, born 2 Aug., 1808, at Deering; married 3 Oct., 1836,
Eliza C. Campbell. They lived at Henniker, N. H., and Newton, Mass.
12361.4
VI. Barnes Bixby {Edward, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 27 Nov., 1785, at Francestown, N. H.; died 16 Feb., 1875,
MMnnn
'Information of Miss Sarah P. Matthews (11954. J-121).
8 Information obtained by D. H. Van Hoosear, Wilton, Conn.
3 Information of Mrs. Eva S. Craw (11954.K-17). * Fisher Genealogy.
424 BIXBY GENEALOGY
at Arcade, N. Y.; married 6 June, 1815, at Francestown, Hannah
Barnes (his cousin), 1 born there 2 3 May, 1794, died 3 April, 1876,
at Arcade, daughter of Deacon Joseph Barnes of Litchfield, N. H.
Children, 1 born at Freedom, N. Y., except the eldest:
1- I Daniel, born 27 April, 1816, at Francestown; married Vashti Root.
2 Almirah, born 6 April, 1818; died 15 May, 1847, at Freedom, unmarried.
3 Lucy, born 27 Feb., 1822; died 27 May, 1841, at Freedom, unmarried.
4- 4 William, born 1 March, 1824; married Salome L. Clough.
5 Sarah Ann, born 30 Dec, 1830; died 1 April, 1866, at Arcade, N. Y.;
married there, 1864 (or 1865?), William Daley of Arcade, who married
again. They had one child, born 1 April, 1866, who died in infancy.
Barnes Bixby removed to New York from New Hampshire
and settled on a farm in the town of Freedom, where he endured
all the hardships of a pioneer. 3 He moved from Francestown, N. H.,
in 1817, taking all his belongings in an ox team. He crossed the
Hudson river, on the ice, a few miles above Albany. He settled
at China, now Arcade, N. Y., and about two years later located
in Freedom, about two miles from his first settlement. The long
hill between the two places is called Bixby's hill.
12362.3
VI. Thomas Bixby {Daniel, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 11 Aug., 1775, 4 at Litchfield, N. H.; died 23 May, 1855, 4 at
Lowell, Mass.; married Mary Currier, born 1775, died 28 Aug.,
1819, 5 at Litchfield, aged 45 years, daughter of Joseph and Eliza-
beth (Stevens) 6 Currier of Warren, N. H. 7 He married, second,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hadley of Litchfield.
Thomas Bixby represented Litchfield in the legislature 1812-
1814, was selectman of Litchfield and town clerk 1817-1819. For
many years he filled the office of deacon.
Children, 9 probably all, excepting the second, born at Litchfield:
1 Lydia, born 26 Nov., 1799; died 29 Sept., 1800.
2 Lydia, born 16 Nov., 1800, at Newbury, N. H. 8
1 Information concerning this family received from William A. Bixby (12361.44-;})
! Or at Litchfield, N. H., according to Elmer B. Bixby (12361.444).
• History of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.
• Gravestone at Chelmsford, Mass.
' Gravestone at Litchfield, N. H.
'Information of Hon. Charles H. Allen (12362.38-3).
7 Julia A. Bixby (12362.36-6) and James W. Bixby (12362.71) supplied information concerning
descendants of Deacon Thomas Bixby.
• Newbury Records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 425
3- 3 Thomas Parker, born 21 Jan., 1802; married Betsey Quigg; (2) Rebecca
Blodgett.
4 Mary, born 3 April, 1803; died 12 Feb., 1815. 1
5- 5 Lydia, born 23 Nov., 1804; married Abel G. Quigg.
6- 6 Daniel, born 20 April, 1806; married Nancy Griffin.
7- 7 Joseph Currier, born 6 April, 1808; married Elizabeth S. Young.
8- 8 Louisa, born 29 March, 1810; married Otis Allen.
9- 9 Dorothy, born 12 June, 1812; married William Hale.
10 Robert Hazen (Haven), 2 born 29 April, 181 5; died 20 Nov., 181 5, at
Litchfield.
K-II Almira A., born 4 March, 1819; married Jacob Nichols, Jr.
12362.4
VI. Dorothy Bixby (Daniel, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 16 Oct., 1777, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 9 Oct., 1861, at Nashua,
N. H. (buried at Litchfield); married 19 Sept., 1813, at London-
derry, N. H., Francis Chase, 3 born 30 Sept., 1775, at Litchfield,
died there 23 Sept., 1853, 4 son of Col. Samuel and Mary (Stewart)
Chase. They lived at Litchfield.
Children, 4 probably all born at Litchfield:
1 Lydia Chase, born 4 July, 1814; died 23 June, 1865; married Martin Horn
of Lowell, Mass., who died Feb., 1850.
Children:
1. Henrietta Horn, died aged 7 years, at Lowell.
2. Frank Martin Horn, aged 24 years in April, 1861, when he enlisted in
Co. C, 6th Mass. Vols. He participated in the memorable march
through Baltimore. He died at Lowell, in 1884.
2 Samuel Chase, born 29 Aug., 1815; died 27 Jan., 5 1882, at Litchfield; mar-
ried 2 Dec, 1849, Susan White, born 24 April, 1825, probably at Litchfield,
died there 15 Oct., 1912, daughter of John and Susanna (Dickey) White.
Children: 6
1. Addie Marsh Chase, born 2 March, 1852; married 5 April, 1881, at
Manchester, N. H., Dr. Frank W. Mitchell, of Calistoga, Cal. They
live at Bakersfield, Cal.
2. Margaret Ann Chase, born 23 Feb., 1854; married 13 Dec, 1883, David
S. Leach, of Litchfield, who died 16 Oct., 1913. Child: Herbert C.
Leach, born 5 Aug., 1892.
3. Mary White Chase, born 8 April, 1856; died 29 Jan., 1858.
4. Ernest Samuel Chase, born 4 Nov., 1858; married 15 April, 1894, Lulu
Connelly. They lived at Great Western Mine, Lake Co., now at
1 Gravestone at Litchfield, N. H.
• Information of James W. Bixby (12362.71).
• New Hampshire Marriages (for Pelham) at Concord.
• Information of James W. Bixby (12362.71), and Mrs. Lizzie M. Goffe (12362. 4-431).
•New Hampshire Deaths. Mrs. Jennie F. Center (12362.4-43) gives the date of hi3 death as
28 Jan.
• White Genealogy, Vol. 1, p. 406.
426 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Elmira, Cal. Children: Margaret Bernice Chase, born 31 March,
1895. Josephine Chase, born 27 June, 1896. Mary White Chase,
born May, 1900. Ernest S. Chase, Jr., born Oct., 1901. Cecil Chase,
born 3 April, 1903.
3 John Francis Chase, born 9 Oct., 1817; died 1826.
4 Margaret Ann Chase, born 14 July, 1819; died 20 Sept., 1899; married 29
Dec, 1842, Isaac McQuesten, born 18 Oct., 181 1, at Litchfield, died there
3 Dec, 1896, son of Robert H. and Lydia (Barrett) McQuesten.
Children:
1. Eugene Forest McQuesten, M. D., born 11 Oct., 1843, at Litchfield;
died 16 July, 1906, at Squirrel Island, Me.; married, 1868, Lizzie M.
Spalding, who died in 1877, daughter of Solomon Spalding of Nashua;
(2) 1879, Mary Abbie Howard, who died in 1885, daughter of Joseph
Howard of Nashua; (3) 26 May, 1887, Anna Elizabeth Spalding,
born 8 Oct., 1856, daughter of William R. and Mary Abby (Hane)
Spalding of Lawrence, Mass. She lives in Nashua. Children: 1 Phillip
McQuesten, M. D., born 26 Dec, 1888. Josephine McQuesten, born
7 Feb., 1890. Eugene Forest McQuesten, born 21 April, 1892.
2. Francis Henry McQuesten, born 18 April, 1848, 1 at Litchfield; married,
1874, Addie M. Woodward (12362.64-6); (2) 27 March, iSSo^Kather-
ine I. Frye, daughter of Robinson and Lucy (Boice) Frye. Child: 1
Harry Francis McQuesten, born 31 Dec, 1876; died 8 Oct., 1901, at
Providence, R. I. Child by second marriage: 1 Donald Frye McQues-
ten, born 9 Feb., 1892.
3. Jennie Florence McQuesten, 2 born 1 April, 1855, at Litchfield; died 9
Dec, 19 1 5, at Litchfield; married 28 March, 1878, Frederick Lewis Cen-
ter, born 5 Jan., 1846, son of Horace and Caroline (Stinson) Center of
Litchfield. Children: Elizabeth Margaret Center, born 17 Jan., 1881;
married 11 June, 1913, at Litchfield, George C. Goffe of Litchfield,
born 22 Oct., 1874, son of George W. and Elizabeth (Tisdale) Goffe of
Bedford, N. H. They live at Litchfield. 3 Florence Caroline Center,
born 26 May, 1888, at Litchfield.
12362.5
VI. Nathaniel Parker Bixby (Daniel, Thomas, Thomas,
Daniel, Joseph), born 7 March, 1780, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 4
Aug., 1847, 4 in New York City, N. Y.; married at Georgetown,
D. C., Margaret Sinclair, born 7 Feb., 1793, died 3 Feb., 1878,
at Brooklyn, N. Y. She was born at sea. Her father left Ireland
because of political troubles in 1792 or 1793. They were ship-
wrecked and he returned to Ireland, but soon sailed again for
America and settled in Alexandria, Va.
Nathaniel P. Bixby was engaged in the publishing business
in New York City. In 1833 he was a bookseller in Grand Street.
'Information of James W. Bixby (12362.71), and Mrs. Lizzie M. Goffe (12362. 4-431).
* Mrs. Center furnished the information concerning Dorothy (Bixby) Chase and her descendants,
except where reference is otherwise given.
» Child: Lewis Center Goffe, born 29 March, 1014, at Litchfield.
* New York City Deaths: where the age of Nathaniel P. at death is given as 66 years.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 427
In 1838 he moved to Park Row, locating at No. 3^. His son,
Robert P. Bixby, was associated with him after 1840, and both he
and Nathaniel, after 1842, appear as doing business at No. 3 Park
Row.
Children: 1
1 Nathaniel P., born 23 Sept., 1813; died young.
2- 2 John Sinclair, born 3 Dec, 1814, in Washington, D. C; married Cornelia
Green.
3- 3 Robert Parker, born 19 Sept., 1816, at Georgetown; married Harriet
White.
4 Margaret A., born 20 Sept., 1818, at Georgetown; died in 1819.
5 Mary Ann, born 21 Dec, 1819, in Baltimore, Md.; died 2 Jan., 1849,*
in New York City, unmarried.
6 Elvira, born 4 Nov., 1822, in Baltimore; died 17 Feb., 1877, at Brooklyn,
N. Y., unmarried.
7 Charlotte Augusta, 3 born 1 June, 1826, in New York City; died 22 Dec,
1878, at Brooklyn, unmarried.
8 Sophronia, born 3 March, 1829, in New York City; died 1 April, 191 1, at
Dundas, Canada, unmarried. She lived at St. Catherines, Ont.
9- 9 Charles Edward, born 27 Dec, 1830, in New York City; married Emily
L. Jackson; (2) Jennie Ashfield.
j-io Daniel Webster, born 5 Jan., 1834, in New York City; married Anne
Izard; (2) Caroline B. Clench.
12362.6
VI. Simeon Bixby (Daniel, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 19 June, 1782, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 24 Sept., 1844, at
Litchfield; 4 married there 30 Sept., 1806, Mary (Polly) Chase,
born 23 Nov., 1786, at Litchfield, died there 5 July, 1871, daughter
of Simeon Chase. 4
Children, born at Litchfield: *
1 Herbert, born 24 Dec, 1806; died 18 April, 1863, at Natchez, Miss.,
unmarried.
2 Moses, born 12 Aug., 1808; died at sea, unmarried. He was a mariner.
3 Polly, born 3 Sept., 1810; died 2 Sept., 1812.
4- 4 Hannah Lund, born 22 July, 1812; married Ambrose Woodward.
5 Simeon P., born 8 April, 1814; died 26 Feb., 1891 ; 6 at Litchfield, unmarried.
He engaged in the tanning business. Later he came to New York and
went into the shoe business. At one time he kept a shoe store in Astor
1 Information concerning this family was received principally from Walter C Bixby (12362.53-2)
and Margaret S. Bixby (12362.53-1).
1 New York City Deaths: where the age of Nathaniel P. at death is given as 66 years.
* She was known as Augusta.
♦Information of Miss Seraphina P. Bixby (12362. 6-J) and Mrs. Ella M. Fenn (12362.64-7).
1 New Hampshire Deaths.
428 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Place, and later in 14th Street, having, it is said, at the time, the best
trade of any shoe store in New York City. He purchased land at Stuy-
vesant Landing, N. Y., 16 Oct., 1876, of David and Louisa I. Bidwell,
and sold the next day to Louisa I. Bidwell. 1 An adopted son, Parker J.
Bixby, was a member of the class of 1874 of Rutgers College, but did
not graduate. 2 Parker Judson Bixby of Troy, N. Y., was a member of
Cornell University, 1870-72. He was admitted to the Psi chapter of
Zeta Psi 1870. 3 He now lives in Philadelphia, unmarried.
6- 6 Wingate, born 10 April, 1816; married Adaline Gray.
7- 7 Roxanna (H.), born 15 June, 1820; married William E. Goodspeed.
8 Daniel, born 5 March, 1824; died 22 Aug., 1825.
9 Daniel W., born 16 Sept., 1827; died 16 July, 1872, in Paris, unmarried. 4
10 Seraphina Poland, born 26 Jan., 1830; died 8 Feb., 1915, at Litchfield,
unmarried.
12362.7
VI. Robert Parker Bixby (Daniel, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 30 June, 1785, at Litchfield, N. H.; died in 1866,
in Buffalo, N. Y.; married 9 Dec, 1819, at Lewiston, N. Y., Eunice
Tryon, born 9 July, 1796, at Weathersfield, Conn., died 29 Jan.,
1823, at Lewiston, daughter of Capt. Josiah and Mary Ann (Sage)
Tryon. He married, second, in 1832, Maria Rene Charlotte
Beare, who died in i860 at East Aurora, N. Y., daughter of Capt.
William H. Beare of New York City. 5
Children: 6
1- 1 James Wilson, born 30 Jan., 1821, at Lewiston, N. Y.; married Frances
B. Thomas.
By second marriage:
2 , died in infancy.
3 , died in infancy.
12363.2
VI. Betsey Bixby (Asa, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 11 May, 1786, at Francestown, N. H.; died there 18 July,
1862; 7 married Benjamin Woodward of Francestown, who died
1 Columbia Co. Deeds. 57:392, 394-
» Records of Rutgers College. Information of Parker J. Bixby (12362.6-51).
» Biographical Catalog of Zeta Psi.
• The New York directory for 1849 lists a Daniel Bixby at 122 Fulton Street, as publisher. For
a few years prior to 1870 he appears to have lived with his brother, Simeon P. Bixby, with whom at
one time he was associated in the shoe business.
» Information of Mrs. Lizzie M. Goffe (12362.4-431).
• Information of James W. Bixby (12362.71).
'Information of Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77)-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 429
21 July, 1859, aged seventy-two years, at Francestown, son of
Ithamer and Hannah (Williams) Woodward.
Children, born at Francestown: l
1 George B. Woodward, born 29 July, 1815; died 6 Sept., 1877, at Frances-
town; married 10 Sept., 1843, Mary J. Clark, born 11 Dec, 1815, at Canaan,
N. H.
Children, born at Francestown:
1. Harry G. Woodward, born 1 Oct., 1844; died 10 Sept., 1875, at Frances-
town.
2. Richard C. Woodward, born 23 Dec, 1845; married Amanda R. Bailey.
3. Stella E. Woodward, twin with Richard C; married June, 1869, Henry
Bowen.
4. Hibbard P. Woodward, born 6 June, 1851. He lives in Francestown.
5. Emma S. Woodward, twin with Hibbard P.; married 30 Nov., 1879,
Whitney Barden.
6. Mary J. Woodward, born 1 Oct., 1853; married Hiram Bailey.
7. Sarah Jane Woodward, born 26 April, 1856; married 11 Sept., 1875,
Alonzo P. Bailey.
2 Elizabeth E. Woodward, born 1817; married, 1857, Rodney D. Henderson,
and lived in Dedham, Mass.
3 Frances Maria Woodward, died in Manchester, N. H.; married, 1852,
Moses Towns of Londonderry, N. H.
4 Harriet Woodward, married, 1843, Milo Dow, and lived in Stoneham, Mass.
12363.3 12363.5
VI. Sally Bixby (Asa, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph), born
29 Jan., 1789, at Francestown, N. H.; died there 2 Dec, 1839;
married there 28 2 Jan., 1814, Jabez Fairbanks, born 24 Feb.,
1788, at Francestown, died 10 May, 1874, at Newport, N. H., 1 son
of Elias and Elizabeth (Billings) Fairbanks. 3 Jabez Fairbanks
married, second, 17 Nov., 1840, Polly Bixby (12363.5), who died
26 Jan., 1863. He was a contractor and builder and was inter-
ested in a grist and saw mill in Francestown for twenty years. He
removed to Newport, N. H., in 1840.
Children, born at Francestown: l
1 Almira Fairbanks, born 18 Dec, 1814; died 30 May, 1846, at Francestown. 1
2 Sarah Ann Fairbanks, born 16 Dec, 1818; 4 died 21 April, 1 883,* at Newport;
married there 12 June, 1845, Henry Davis of Newport.
3 Eliza Jane Fairbanks, born 5 March, 1821; died 30 Aug., 1821.
1 Cochrane: History of Francestown. N. H.
'New Hampshire Marriages give date 2 Jan., 1814.
* Fairbanks Genealogy.
'New Hampshire Deaths.
430 BIXBY GENEALOGY
4 Mary Elizabeth Fairbanks, born 29 Jan., 1826; died 12 Oct., 1873, at
Newport; 1 married 19 Oct., 1848, 2 Dexter Peabody.
5 George Henry Fairbanks, born 4 June, 1830; married Eunice Chapin;
(2) 19 Nov., 1855, 1 Helen M. Morse, of Fox Lake, Wis. He has been repre-
sentative and state senator.
12363.4
VI. Daniel Bixby (Asa, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 19 (20) 3 May, 1791, at Francestown, N. H.; died there 14
June, 1870; 3 married there 21 Jan., 1819, Mary Todd, born 1795,
daughter of James and Unity (Paige) Todd. He married, second,
5 Sept., 1837, at Francestown, Betsey Whipple Guild. 3 He
married, third, 8 Nov., 1855, at Francestown, Lucinda (Dunklee)
Combs of Hollis, N. H., 3 born in 1808, died 3 July, 1895 (?), at
Wilton, N. H. 4
Daniel Bixby was a cabinet-maker. 3
Children, born at Francestown:
1 Mary J., born 24 April, 1821;* died 12 May, 1823.
2- 2 Daniel Page, born 21 May, 1824; married Sarah F. Willard; (2) Caroline
W. Chase.
3- 3 James Todd, born 30 June, 1830; married Mary H. Dunklee; (2) Mary
A. Morgan.
12363.6
VI. Asenath Bixby (Asa, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born about 1800, at Francestown, N. H.; died 24 Aug., 1840; 6
married William Quigley, 7 of Francestown, born 24 July, 1807,
died 27 Nov., 1861, son of James and Nancy (Gillis) Quigley.
He had been married previously to Mary J. Rolfe of Hillsboro,
N. H. 8
Child:
1 Charles A. Quigley, who died 17 May, 1872, at Francestown; married
24 July, 1865, Mary A. Burte of Bennington, N. H. 8
1 Cochrane: History of Francestown, N. H.
J Fairbanks Genealogy.
• Francestown records.
« Wilton records.
1 Information of O. G. Smith (I2673-5-34)-
• Information of O. G. Smith (i2673-5"34)- The Bixby Ms. had the year of death as 1870;
so has the History of Francestown.
' Information of Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77).
'Cochrane: History of Francestown, p. 891-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 431
Children:
1. James F. Quigley, born 5 Aug., 1867, at Francestown; died there 23
Feb., 1872.
2. Fanny Ella Quigley, born 30 May, 1870; married 29 May, 1887, Elmer
E. Mandego of Manchester, N. H. Children: Howard Turner Man-
dego, born 7 April, 1888. Leola B. Mandego, born 19 July, 1899.
Verna Mandego, born 27 June, 1892, at Nashua, N. H.
I2363.7
VI. Dean 1 Bixby (Asa, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 16 July, 1804, at Francestown, N. H.; died 15 May, 1871, at
Manchester, N. H.; married 29 April, 1835, at Francestown, 2 Lucy
Manning, born there, died there 7 Aug., 3 1841, daughter of Jacob
and Lucy (Andrews) 4 Manning. He married, second, 26 Nov.,
1841, 2 at Francestown, Sarah E. Whiting, born there 14 Oct.,
1814, 4 died 8 Jan., 1867, at Manchester, 5 daughter of Nathaniel
and Betsey (Richards) Whiting.
Dean Bixby was a carpenter and contractor. He settled in
Piscataquog Village, then a part of Bedford, in 1846. 6
Children, born at Francestown, except the youngest:
1- 1 Lucy Jane., born 13 Sept., 1836; married Benjamin N. Hubbard.
2 Fanny Augusta (Amanda), born 17 Sept., 1838; 7 died 6 May or 6 Aug., 8
1859, at Manchester.
3- 3 Sarah Elizabeth, born 19 March, 1841; married Osborn Poor; (2) John
Lane.
By second marriage:
4 Newell Richard, born 14 June, 1843; died 18 Jan., 1890, at Manchester; *
married there 6 Sept., 1865, 8 Lucina T. Holt, born 8 or 18 Oct., 1844,
at Hooksett, N. H., died 5 Oct., 1905, 5 at Manchester, daughter of
Enoch and Melinda (Howes) Holt. He enlisted in Co. I, 7th N. H.
Vols., 27 April, 1863, and was discharged at Concord, N. H., 5 June,
1865, because of shell wounds received at Fort Wagner, S. C. He was
a carpenter and well known contractor. During his residence in Man-
chester he served on the common council.
5- 5 Daniel Avery, born 13 March, 1845; married Sarah A. Perkins.
6 Mary E., born 1847; died 1848, at Manchester.
7- 7 Clinton Henry, born 3 Dec, 1848, 7 at apart of Bedford which is now
Manchester; married Harriet McG. Gardner.
1 In some records Dean Bixby appears as Dean E. Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77) states, how-
ever, that he had no middle name. * Francestown records.
» Information of Mrs. Mary E. Manning and of Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77). New Hampshire
deaths give it as 14 March, 1841.
« New Hampshire Deaths.
6 Information of Mrs. James D. Bixby (12363.77-2).
• History of Bedford, N. H., 1903. 7 Information of Clinton H. Bixby (12363.77).
« Manchester records.
432 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12364.4
VI. Hannah Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 25 Nov., 1790, at Francestown, N. H.; died there 5 June,
1865; married there 4 July, 1809, John Bradford, born there 19
Nov., 1787, died there 6 May, 1871, son of Robert 1 and Hannah
(Eaton) Bradford 2 of Francestown. John Bradford was a farmer.
Children,' 1 born at Francestown:
1 Robert Bradford, born 27 Oct., 181 1; died 4 Nov., 1886, at Francestown;
married 5 March, 1840, Jane Batchelder of Greenfield, N. H., born in Au-
gusta, Ga., died 16 June, 1889, at Francestown, daughter of Peter and
Marguerite (Mitchel) Batchelder. 3
Children, 4 born at Francestown:
1. Jane Maria Bradford, born 25 June, 1844; died 22 Feb., 1895, at Fran-
cestown, unmarried.
2. Annie Frances Bradford, died in infancy at Francestown.
2 Rebecca Holmes Bradford, born 16 Dec, 1813; died 5 July, 1859, at
Francestown; married there 24 May, 1838, George Green Cram, born there
23 May, 1806, died there 18 May, 1878, son of Capt. Stephen and Sarah
(Lewis) Cram.
Child: 3
1. Thomas Bradford Cram, born 4 March, 1841, at Francestown; died
3 Jan., 1882, at Wilton, N. H.; married there 17 Aug., 1866, Hannah
Louise Martin. 3
3 Thomas Bixby Bradford, born 22 May, 1816; died 22 Aug., 1885, in Phila-
delphia, Pa.; married 21 July, 1846, at Francestown, Emily Hutchinson
Brown, born 15 Dec, 1816, at Reading, Vt., died 27 July, 1851, at Frances-
town, daughter of Titus and Jerusha C. Hutchinson (Brunnell) Brown;
(2) 17 Oct., 1854, Abby Bugbee Cobb "of Ashland, Mass.," born 9 June,
1831, at Cornish, N. H., died 3 Nov., 1855, at Ashland, daughter of Levi
and Calista (Staples) Cobb; (3) 30 July, 1861, at Antrim, N. H., Mary
Augusta Christie, born there 7 April, 1834, died 31 Dec, 1901, at Gardner,
Mass., daughter of Josiah Warren and Mary (Bell) Christie. Mr. Brad-
ford was town clerk, justice of the peace, and had large business interests.
Children, born at Francestown:
1. Thomas Linsley Bradford, born 6 June, 1847; married 25 March, 1873,
in New York City, Mrs. Lydia (Reddington) McClellan; (2) 15 June,
1887, in Philadelphia, Pa., Eliza Virginia Hough of that place.
Thomas L. Bradford is a physician in Philadelphia and author of
"Homeopathic Bibliography of the United States."
2. John Titus Bradford, born 30 Jan., 1851; died 11 July, 1856, at Frances-
town.
Child, by third marriage:
3. Emily Augusta Bradford, born 21 Sept., 1863; died 22 May, 1895, at
Gardner, Mass., unmarried.
1 Robert Bradford was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His granddaughter, Hannah E.
Gove, stated that he was at Valley Forge. He was son of Robert Bradford of Haverhill,
s Information of Dr. T. L. Bradford (12364.4-31).
» Information of Mrs. Martha B. Swallow (12364.4-73).
* There were also two children who died in infancy.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 433
j. Hannah Eaton Bradford, born 19 Jan., 1819; died 26 Nov., 1906, at Wilmot,
N. H.; 1 married 26 Oct., 1841, Ezra Collins Gove, born 13 March, 1817, at
Weare, N.H., died 27 Feb., 1854, at Lowell, Mass., son ot Josiah and Rebecca
(Breed) Gove. 2 Ezra C. Gove was a teacher in New Hampshire and Ohio.
His parents were Quakers. She married (2) 16 June, 1862, Ebenezer Gove,
son of Daniel and Content (Breed) Gove. Mr. Gove was a farmer
but held many town offices. He belonged to the Society of Friends, to
which sect most of the Breeds and Goves belonged.
Children:
1. Otis Elwood Gove, born 5 Aug., 1842, at Concord, O.; died 7 June,
1843, at Painesville, O.
2. Hannah Frances Gove, born 2 Sept., 1844, at Painesville; died 13 Oct.,
1849, at Lowell.
3. Martha Bradford Gove, born 17 Feb., 1848, at Lowell; married 8 April,
1871, at Weare, N. H., Edward B. Dodge. They live at Pittsfield,
N. H. Children: Charles Edward Dodge, born 9 Jan., 1872, at Andover,
N. H. William Bradford Dodge, born 20 Aug., 1873, at Andover. Walter
Amos Dodge, born 20 Aug., 1873, at Andover. Mary Louise Dodge, born
8 May, 1875, at Andover. EbenG. Dodge, born 20 Oct., 1877, at Wilmot,
N. H. Hannah Dodge, born 17 March, 1880, at Wilmot. Martha A.
Dodge, born 19 June, 1882, at Wilmot. Alice Eliza Dodge, born 27 Sept.,
1884, at Wilmot. Robert Dodge, born 8 July, 1888, at Wilmot; died
6 Aug., 1889.
4. Ezra Willie Gove, born 30 Oct., 1849, at Lowell; married 6 Nov., 1872,
at Franklin Falls, N. H., Anna Lydia Fay, born at Hardwick, Vt.
They live in Grafton, Vt. Children: Ruth C. Gove, born 24 Sept.,
1876, at Wilmot. Ezra Frank Gove, born 7 June, 1881, at Bellows
Falls, Vt. Hannah W. Gove, born 18 July, 1883, at Bellows Falls.
5 Levi Bixby Bradford, born 2 July, 1821 ; died 19 Nov., 1884, at Francestown;
married there 4 June, 1855, 3 Marian Balch, born there 14 March, 1827,
died there 30 Sept., 1858, daughter of Mason and Sabrina (Holmes) Balch.
Levi Bradford was town treasurer of Francestown for twenty years, and
deacon of the Congregational church.
Child:
1. Ella Marion Bradford, born 17 April, 1 856, at Francestown; died there
Sept., 1899; married there 18 Nov., 1886, Samuel Edwards Bryant,
son of Elias Parkman and Susannah Bryant. Children, born at
Francestown: Leon Bradford Bryant, born 20 Sept., 1888. Cora
Adaline Bryant, born 21 Dec, 1890.
6 Martha Ann Bradford, born 7 March, 1824; died 17 (18) 4 July, i860, at
Francestown, unmarried.
7 Roxy Page Bradford, born 31 March, 1829; died 26 May, 1900, at Frances-
town; married there 17 Sept., 1854, John Grimes Morse, born there 14
June, 1820, died there 24 July, 1900, son of Mark and Rebecca (Campbell)
Morse.
Children, born at Francestown: 6
1. Addie Laurilla Morse, born 25 Dec, 1856. She received her education
at the district schools and at the Francestown Academy. She is an
active member of the Congregational Church, and was one of the
1 Wilmot records.
s Information of Ezra W. Gove (12364.4-44)-
3 Francestown records.
* New Hampshire Deaths.
6 Information received from Mrs. Martha B. Swallow (12364.4-73) and Mrs. Annie M. Bryant
(12364.4-74)-
434 BIXBY GENEALOGY
original members of the King's Daughters Society. She lives at
Amherst, N. H., unmarried.
2. Ella Frances Morse, born 3 Dec, 1858; died 17 March, 1883, at Frances-
town, unmarried.
3. Martha Bradford Morse, born 25 Oct., 1862; married 24 Jan., 1889, at
Francestown, Myron Perley Swallow, born 7 April, 1854, at Dunstable,
Mass., son of Alpheus and Cynthia A. (Ward) Swallow. They live
at Groton, Mass. Mrs. Swallow received her education at the district
schools and at Francestown Academy. Mr. Swallow is one of a
family of ten boys, of whom all are living (1916), able and respected,
the youngest being 45 years of age. Children, born at Groton:
Bertha Morse Swallow, born 19 May, 1890. Guy Warren Swallow,
born 27 Nov., 1892. Gladys Laurilla Swallow, twin with Guy W.
4. Annie Maria Morse, born 14 June, 1866; married 19 Jan., 1901, at Frances-
town, Samuel Edwards Bryant. They live in Francestown.
5. Julia Gale Morse, born 5 Oct., 1869; married 19 June, 1909, at Groton,
Mass., Rodney G. Mills. They live in Francestown.
6. Hannah Campbell Morse, born 5 Oct., 1873; died 7 April, 1882, at
Francestown.
8 Oliver Leech Bradford, born 5 Nov., 1832; died 3 Nov., 1908, at Fitch-
burg, Mass.; 1 married 5 June, 1889, Eliza M. Webber, born 23 Feb.,
1848, at Granville, N. H., daughter of Asa and Martha (Tucker)
Webber. 1 Oliver L. Bradford graduated from the Western Homeopathic
College, Cleveland, O., and for many years practiced at Peterboro, N. H.,
and Andover, Mass. He later lived in Fitchburg, where his wife still lives-
12364.5
VI. Levi Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 10 June, 1792, at Francestown, N. H.; died io 2 or 12 3 May,
1856, at Paramaribo, Surinam, S. A.; married in Surinam, 3 Marie
Ann Lobato, 4 born 18 Feb., 1815, in Surinam, died there 21 Feb.,
I855- 3
Children, born at Paramaribo, Surinam:*
1 Frances Jane, born 10 Feb., 1833; died 20 Dec, 1878, at New Bedford,
Mass.; married 4 Oct., 1853, 6 Daniel Jan Mens of Paramaribo, who died
in 1865; (2) 7 May, 1867, 7 Dr. John (Jan) Joseph Bastian Vermyne, born
11 March, 1835, at Zutphen, Holland, 8 died 21 Aug., 1898, at Frances-
town, N. H., 8 son of Bastian and Gertrude Vermyne. Mrs. Vermyne
accompanied her husband during his service with the French army during
the Franco-Prussian War, and served as a Red Cross nurse, for which she
was decorated by the Queen of Holland. No issue.
1 Information of Mr3. Eliza Bradford (12364.4-8).
•Information of Thomas E. Bixby (12364.52).
•Information of Rev. Samuel B. Stewart (12364.55).
4 Her mother's maiden name is said to have been Montigno.
6 An account of the descendants of Thomas Bixby (12364) is found in the History of Frances-
town, N. H.
• Information of Rev. Charles H. Bixby (12364.54)-
7 Massachusetts Marriages.
■ Information of Mrs. Emma A. Vermyne (12364.5-7).
LEVI BIXBY (123645)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 435
2- 2 Thomas Edward, born 23 June, 1835; married Ada M. Morse.
3- 3 George Holmes, born 2 Nov., 1837; married Anna H. Dana.
4- 4 Charles Hendrick, born 26 March, 1839; married Sarah P. Lawrence.
5- 5 Anna Ottolina, born 31 Oct., 1840; married Rev. Samuel B. Stewart.
6 Arthur N., born 12 July, 1842; died in infancy.
7 Emma Adelaide, born 11 July, 1845; married 2 June, 1881, in Boston,
Dr. John J. B. Vermyne (see above), and now resides in Boston. Dr.
Vermyne was a distinguished surgeon, and an eminent oculist and
aurist. He volunteered as surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War,
and in recognition of his services received from France the cross of the
Legion of Honor. He was a man of scholarly attainments, a member
of many medical societies, and secretary of the American Ophthalmolog-
ical and Otological Society. No issue.
8- 8 Arthur Nicolas, born 27 Jan., 1848; married Constantia A. M. S. Van-
Dyck.
Levi Bixby 1 was United States consul at Surinam from 1830
for twenty years. He was a ship owner and conducted a large
oversea trade. He also possessed large plantations, and much
city real estate on which his improvements were of so much value
to the city that he was exempted from taxation by the government.
12364.7
VI. Oliver Bixby (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 27 or 28 April, 1796, at Francestown, N. H. ; died 27 Feb., 1879,
at Hillsboro Bridge, N. H.; 2 married 13 Nov., 1823, at Lyndeboro,
N. H., Abigail Wetherbee Farrington, 3 born there 21 March,
1803, died there 12 Feb., 1838, daughter of David and Mary Cleaves
(Jones) Farrington. 4 He married, second, 13 Nov., 1838, at Lynde-
boro, Huldah D. Farrington, born 18 Dec, 181 1 3 or 12 Nov.,
1812, 5 at Lyndeboro, died 2 June, 1884, at Hillsboro, N. H., daugh-
ter of David and Mary Cleaves (Jones) Farrington.
Oliver Bixby was a merchant and farmer. He lived in Wilton,
Lyndeboro, Amherst, and Hillsboro, N. H.
Children, 3 born at Lyndeboro, except the sixth:
1 Mary Jane, born 23 Aug., 1824; died Aug., 1835, at Amherst.
2 David Farrington, born 1 Aug., 1826; died 24 Aug., 1856, in Surinam, S. A.
3- 3 Augusta, born 30 Sept., 1827; married Sidney R. Gage.
4 Thomas, born 14 Dec, 1829; died 19 Oct., 1849, in New Orleans.
5- 5 Oliver Holmes, born 29 June, 1837; married Sarah E. Clement.
1 Illustration is shown opposite page 434.
• Hillsboro records. ' Lyndeboro records.
* Information of Miss Mary C Bixby (12364.7-7). Also see Lyndeboro records.
« Information of Mrs. Oliver H. Bixby (12364.75).
6
436 BIXBY GENEALOGY
By second marriage:
6- 6 Levi Wetherbee, born 22 March, 1845, at Wilton, N. H.; married
Caroline Clement; (2) Lydia A. Burtt.
7 Mary Cleaves, born 23 June, 1849. She is living at New Paltz, N. Y.,
unmarried.
8 Henry Augustus, born 12 June, 1851; died 26 Feb., 1852, at Lyndeboro.
12364.9
VI. Paul Holmes Bixby {Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 27 April, 1801, at Francestown, N. H.; died there
13 Feb., 1870; 1 married there 11 May, 1826, Eliza Jane Aiken,
born 20 Jan., 1802, in Boston, Mass., died 30 Jan., 1 or 20 Feb.,
1874, at Francestown, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Grigg)
Aiken 1 of Derry.
Paul H. Bixby was virtually the founder of the Francestown
Bank, and for many years cashier. He was later cashier of the
First National Bank. At his death he was treasurer of the Savings
Bank. He represented the town in the legislature, and for many
years was moderator of the town meetings.
Children, 1 born at Francestown:
1- 1 Augustus Holmes, born 12 March, 1827; l married Mary L. Shepard.
2 Thomas A., born 5 July, 1832; died 12 July, 1832.
12366.I
VI. James Thompson Bixby {William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 10 Sept., 1784, at Litchfield, N. H.; died 17 Oct.,
1847, at St. Stephens, N. B.; 2 married there 4 Sept., 1814, Eliza-
beth Anne Porter, born 17 March, 1796, at St. Stephens, died
there 25 Dec, 1880, daughter of Joseph and Betsy (Marks) Porter. 2
James T. Bixby settled in St. Stephens, where he was a merchant.
Children, born at St. Stephens:
1 Charlotte Ann Porter, born 27 April, 1818; died 9 April, 1893, at
St. Stephens; married there 8 Feb., 1857, John Marks, born there 3
Aug., 1817, died there 9 July, 1896, son of Col. Nehemiah and Sarah
(Thompson) Marks. No issue.
2 William Joseph, born 19 April, 1821 ; died 22 July, 1845, at St. Stephens.
3 Sarah Ann, born 26 May, 1823; died 12 Sept., 1879, at St. Stephens,
unmarried.
1 Francestown records.
* Information of Miss Annie W. Bixby (12366.16-4).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 437
4 Mary Jane, born 28 Dec, 1825; died 23 Oct., 1900, at St. Stephens, un-
married.
5- 5 Hannah Haden, born 15 July, 1828; married Nehemiah Marks.
6- 6 James Parker, born 8 March, 1835; married Charlotte E. W. Frink.
12366.2
VI. Sarah Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 6 Nov., 1786, probably at Litchfield, N. H.; died 1 April]
1857 j 1 married 20 Dec, 1807, at Londonderry, N. H., 2 Lieut!
Simeon Chase.
Children: 3
1 Mary Ann Chase, born 22 April, 1809, at Litchfield, N. H.; 4 died 7 Sent
1898, at Concord N. H; married 1 May, 1861, James P. Robertson, born
1 Dec, 1802, at Bow, N. H, 4 died 6 Oct., 1871. No issue.
2 Sarah J Chase, born 10 July, 1810; died 6 May, 1838; married 20 Nov.,
1834, Isaac N. Center. '
Children:
1. Sarah J. Center born 31 Aug., 1835; married 7 Jan, 1864, James E.
Kand. They live at Concord.
2. Mary Ann Center, died 27 Aug, 1838.
3 Margaret Chase, born 3 Nov, 1813; died 3 Dec, 1867; married 30 June,
1834, James Thompson. ° J '
Children:
1. John C. Thompson, born 26 April, 1835; died 15 Jan, 1850.
2. William Thompson, born 27 Aug, 1836.
3. George H. Thompson, born 19 Oct, 1840; died 3 May, 1868.
4. Sarah Ann Thompson, born 24 Oct, 1842; died 10 Aug, 1844.
5. James H. Thompson, born 27 June, 1845; died 18 June, 1862.
6. Sarah Ann Thompson, born 28 Feb, 1847; died 18 Jan, 1869.
7. Emma Thompson, born 3 Aug, 1849; died 28 July, 1850.
8. John Chase Thompson, born 3 July, 1851.
9. Josiah R. Thompson, born 27 Nov, 1854; died 15 July, r i882.
10. Frederick Chase Thompson, born 25 April, 1858; died'22 June 1800-
married 28 Sept., 1884, Mary E. Robertson. Children: James F
Thompson, born 6 July, 1885. An infant, born 5 Feb, died 1 May
12366.6
VI. Phebe S. Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 30 April, 1793, probably at Litchfield, N. H.; died 28 Dec]
1857 j 1 married Samuel Dodge, M.D, 1 born July, 1785, died 1833^
1 Bible record in possession of Miss S. E. Bixby (12366.K-1).
' New Hampshire Marriages. s Information of Mrs. Sarah J. Rand (12366 2-21)
4 Hammond Genealogy (1902), p. 166.
6 Dodge Family.
43 8 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, 1 born at Litchfield, N. H.: 2
i Terrence Dodge.
2 Sophia (Polly) 2 Dodge, died 17 March, 1845. 2
3 Parker Dodge.
12366.J
VI. Jane Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 1 Feb., 1799, probably at Litchfield, N. H.; died 19 Feb.,
1868 ; 3 married James Upton, born 11 Oct., 1792, died 12 July,
183 1. 3 They lived at Mt. Vernon, N. H.
Children: 3
1 Mary E. Upton, born 24 June, 1823.
2 Jane Upton, born 1 May, 1825.
3 Ann Upton, born 27 July, 1826.
4 James Upton, born 16 Feb., 1829; of Mount Vernon, 1899.
5 William Upton, born 9 Aug., 1830.
12366.K
VI. Parker Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 9 April, 1801, at Litchfield, N. H.; died there 24 Sept., 1862;
married 20 Nov., 1828, at St. Stephens, N. B., Mary Porter,
born there 12 July, 1806, died 20 Jan., 1882, at Merrimack, N. H.,
daughter of Joseph and Betsy (Marks) Porter. 4 They lived at
Litchfield.
Children,* born at Litchfield:
1 Sarah Elizabeth, born 5 Sept., 1829; died 16 Nov., 1907, at Cleveland,
O., unmarried.
2 Joanna, born 31 Jan., 1831; died 15 Feb., 1831. 5
3 George Porter, born 12 March, 1832; died 17 June, 1 832.5
4 Mary Ann, born 28 May, 1834; died 28 April, 1850. 5
5 Margaret T., born 4 Dec, 1835; died 13 Sept., 1847. 6
6 Georgianna, born 15 July, 1837; died 30 Dec, 1883, at Merrimack.'
7 Charles H., born 28 March, 1839; died 19 April, 1841. 6
8 Gustavus V., born 5 Dec, 1840; died 26 Feb., i84i. B
1 Information of Mrs. Charlotte M. McKean (12366.KJ).
> Dodge Family.
• Information of James Upton (12366. J-4)-
.Information of Mrs. Charlotte M. McKean (12366.KJ). and M.ss S. Elizabeth Bixby
(12366.K-1). who had in her possession a family record entered in the Bible of William Bixby
(12366).
» Died at Litchfield.
• Merrimack, N. H., records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 439
9 John Porter, born 6 Feb., 1842; died 1 Sept., 1868. 1
j-10 Charlotte Maria, born 29 March, 1844; married Newton P. McKean.
11 Clara Jane, born 20 Sept., 1846; died 20 Dec, 1865. J
12 James Porter, born 26 Sept., 1848; died 13 March, 1853. 1
I2366.L
VI. Lydia Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 12 Aug., 1803, at Litchfield, N. H.; died there 1838 or 1839;
married, probably in 1824, Joseph Tufts, born 1801 at Billerica,
Mass.
Children:
1 George Tufts, born Aug., 1826; died 1863. He removed to New York City
where he married Sarah C. Van Benscoten.
Children:
1. George Tufts, born 1858.
2. Mary F. Tufts, born i860; married Benjamin Blades of Manchester, N. H.
2 Jeriah Tufts, born April, 1828; died 1862, at Hilton Head, S. C, of fever,
while in the army.
3 Rebecca Tufts, born 17 July, 1830, at Litchfield; died 19 Feb., 1912, at
Manchester; married 30 Nov., 1853, at Worcester, Mass., Joseph Fogg
Kennard, born 20 Aug., 1824, at Litchfield, died 7 Nov., 1892, at Manchester,
son of Samuel and Mary (Fogg) Kennard. 2
Children:
1. Ada F. Kennard, born April, 1856; died 30 Nov., i860.
2. Nora Fogg Kennard, born 16 Sept., 1861, at Manchester; married
21 Dec, 1887, Edwin F. Jones, a lawyer of Manchester, born there
19 April, 1859, son of Edwin R. and Mary A. (Farnham) Jones. 2
Child: Rebecca Jones, born 17 July, 1899; died 26 Oct., 1902.
3. Ada Kennard, born 1871; died in infancy.
4 An infant.
12366.P
VI. Edward Bixby (William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 10 Dec., 1818, probably at Litchfield, N. H.; died 27 Nov.,
1866; married 3 Nov., 1853, at Nashua, N. H., Lucinda Caldwell,
born 24 Jan., 1824, at Litchfield, N. H., died there 24 Nov., 1886,
daughter of James and Sarah (Thomas) Caldwell. 3
Children:*
1 Lucretia, born 19 April, 1854; died 11 Aug., 1914, at Litchfield. 8
2 Julia A., born 14 Dec, 1856; of Nashua, N. H., 1898.
JDied at Litchfield.
'Information of Mrs. Nora F. (Kennard) Jones (12366. L-32).
• Litchfield records. Her name appears as Lorinda in the marriage record at Nashua.
4 Information concerning this family was received from Miss Julia A. Bixby (12366. P-2).
6 New Hampshire Deaths.
440 BIGSBY GENEALOGY
3 Selah, born 19 June, i860. 1 He is described as Selah C. Bixby of Litchfield,
N. H., 24 March, 1879, when William A. Remick of Melrose, Mass., was ap-
pointed his guardian. He released to guardian, 25 Oct., 1883. «
4 Walter E., born 4 Aug., 1862,1 a t Litchfield; died there 17 March, 1884.
William A. Remick was appointed his guardian, 24 May, 1879. 1
I237I.I
VI. John William Bigsby {John, Daniel, ^Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 17 Nov., 1807, at Guysboro, N. S.; died 14 June,
1886, 2 "aged 83 years," at Cook's Cove, Guysboro; married Sarah
Ann Horton, born 1815, at Cook's Cove, died 24 Feb., 1898,
"aged 82 years," 3 daughter of William and Lydia (Cook) Horton.
John W. Bigsby lived at Bigsby 's Head, Guysboro. 4
Children, born at Cook's Cove, Guysboro:
1 John William, born 10 Dec, 1839, baptized 27 May, 1840; 3 died 1 Feb.,
1863, at Cook's Cove, unmarried.
2 Lydia Maria, born 19 Jan., baptized 2 March, 1841; died 3 May, 1866,
at Cook's Cove; married John Cross, who now lives at Port Bickerton,
Guysboro Co., N. S.
3- 3 Eliza Frances, born 12 (18) 4 Jan., baptized 2 March, 1843; married
Daniel Atkins or Akins.
4 Mary Caroline, born 12 Aug., 1845; died 191 1, aged 68 years, at Guys-
boro, unmarried. She lived with her nephew, Frank Tarr, at Guysboro.
5- 5 Sarah Ann, born (5)* 7 May, 1847; married Solomon Tarr.
6- 6 Esther Jane, born 7 Feb., 1849 (1852) ; 4 married John J. Bruce.
I237I.2
VI. Daniel Bigsby {John, Daniel, IThomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born in or near Guysboro, N. S., probably about 1809; died subse-
quent to 1851 ; married 25 April, 1837, at Guysboro, Ruth Horton,
daughter of William and Lydia (Cook) Horton, a sister of his
brother John's wife. 5
They lived at Rochedale, and afterwards at Steep Creek, Guys-
boro Co. On the 30 May, 1840, Daniel Bigsby "of Salmon River,"
administrator of the estate of Charles Horton, who died intestate,
1 Suffolk Probate, 62,663.
s Information of Miss Carrie M. Bigsby (12371.1-4), who stated that Lydia (Cook) Horton was
from Chelsea, Mass.
3 Christ Church records, where the baptisms of the children are recorded. The three youngest
children were baptized at one time, in 1849.
1 Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton, who states that the baptism of all but the eldest child took
place 2 March, 1856, at which time the dates of birth were recorded.
« Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 441
conveyed land to Robert Horton and John Jones, both of Salmon
River. 1 He and his wife Ruth join in a deed, 2 Dec, 1850. He
also purchased land in 1851.
Children: 2
1 Rachel, married Hugh McMullin, and now lives at Gloucester, Mass.*
2 a daughter. 4
3 Possibly another daughter.
12371.4
VI. Benjamin Horton Bigsby {John, Daniel, ^Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 2 May, 1812, at Guysboro, N. S.; died; married
5 June, 1838, at Newburyport, Mass., 5 Mrs. Mary (Colby) 6
Gawn, who was born 7 Nov., 1816, at Newbury, Mass., died 11
April, 1895, at Salisbury, Mass., 7 daughter of Joshua, Jr., and Sally
(Doyal) Colby. 6
Benjamin H. Bigsby was a mariner. He lived at Newburyport,
and at one time is said to have lived at Rockport. 8
Children:
1 Eliza H., born 18 Oct., 1843, at Newbury; 6 married 1 June, 1858, at Ames-
bury, Mass., Horace Ruddock of West Newbury, shoemaker, aged 20 years,
born at Salisbury, son of William and Mary Ruddock. 9
2 Charles W., born 7 Oct., 1845, at Newbury; 6 died 24 June, i860, at Salisbury,
Mass. 10
3 Robert Thomas, born 24 April, 1853, at Ring Island, Salisbury; 11 married
Nellie E. , born 7 April, 1853, at Ring Island. They live at New-
buryport, Mass.
I Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
8 There was no male issue. It is not known that there were two daughters beside Rachel. The
information received by Rev. A. W. H. Eaton was to the effect that beside Rachel there were one
or two other daughters. Mrs. Jerusha Stearns (12371.J3) states that Alexander Byers of Middle
Milford, N. S., is a descendant of Daniel Bigsby. She also asserts that the wife of Daniel Bigsby
was named Ruth Scott.
' Rachel Jane Biggsbe, of Gloucester, Mass., born at Canso, N. S., married 10 June, 1862, aged
22 years, at Gloucester, William Lunt, fisherman, of Gloucester, aged 30 years, born at Canso,
son of James and Mary (Beers) Lunt. His second marriage. (Massachusetts Marriages.)
• Carrie Bigsby, aged 21 years, born at Canso, N. S., daughter of Daniel and Ann Bigsby, married
21 Oct., 1885, at Gloucester, Mass., William J. Miles, mariner, aged 22 years, of Gloucester, son of
William and Lydia (McDomal) Miles. (Massachusetts Marriages.)
8 Newburyport Vital Records.
• Newbury Vital Records.
7 Massachusetts Deaths, where she is said to have been born at Rockport, Mass.
8 Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
• Massachusetts Marriages.
w Massachusetts Deaths, where his birth and that of his mother are stated to have taken place
at New Hampton.
II Massachusetts Births.
442 BIGSBY GENEALOGY
12371-5
VI. Harriet Bigsby {John, Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 22 Aug., 1814, at or near Guysboro, N. S.; died ; married
James Kennison of Melford, N. S. 1
They settled in Halifax, N. S.
Child: 2
I James Frederick Kennison, born 1 March (13 June), 1 1837, at Melford,
baptized 25 March, 1838, at Christ Church, Guysboro. 1
I237L7
VI. Martha Bigsby (John, Daniel, ?Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 17 Feb., 1817, at Guysboro, N. S.; died 6 April, 1902; married,
1834, Robert Gould of Halifax, who died 29 Sept., 1896. 3 They
lived in Guysboro.
Children: 3
1 Charlotte Gould, born 17 July, 1835, baptized 29 Aug., 1842.
2 Elizabeth Gould, born 6 Jan., 1838, baptized 29 Aug., 1842.
3 Jane Gould, born 25 Oct., 1840, baptized 29 Aug., 1842.
4 William Rufus Gould, born 23 Feb., 1842, baptized 29 Aug., 1842. He
now lives in Gloucester, Mass.
5 Robert Gould, born 11 Jan., 1849, baptized 17 Nov., 1850. 3
6 Charles Gould.
7 Abraham Gould, born 6 Oct., 1851, baptized 6 Feb., 1852. 3
8 George Gould.
9 Maria Gould.
10 Letitl* Gould, born 4 April, 1854, baptized 16 Feb., 1862. 3
II John Gould. He had eight sons and three daughters. 4 He now lives in
Gloucester.
12 James Gould.
13 Daniel Gould, of Guysboro, born 15 July, 1863, baptized 5 May, 1865. z
1 Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
! There may have been other children born after the removal from Guysboro County.
'Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton, who interviewed Daniel Gould (12371.7-M).
* According to a correspondent, one of the daughters married William B. Noble and lives in
Gloucester. William Odell Clark of Chicago, 111., and Isaac Gould of Nuga Island, Alaska, are
grandsons of Martha (Bigsby) Gould.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 443
12371.8
VI. Charles William Bigsby {John, Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel,
Joseph), born 15 June, 1822, at Guysboro, N. S. ; l died probably
about 1900, 2 at Lynn, Mass.; 3 married 1 Feb., 1855, 1 Maria
Jane Cook of Cook's Cove, Guysboro, who now lives at Lynn,
Mass.
He bought land at Guysboro, 5 Jan., 1856, 4 at which time he
was described as Bigsby.
The spelling of the name by this branch of the family is "Bigsby"
in Nova Scotia and "Bixby" in the United States. 1
Children:
1 Mary Eliza, born 1863, aged 25 years at marriage; married 10 Aug.,
1888, at Lynn (as his second wife), James E. Cochey, of Lynn, aged
42 years, foreman, born at York, Me., son of Thomas and Adna Cochey. 6
They live at Lynn, Mass.
2- 2 Alva Charles, born in Nova Scotia; married Elizabeth Thompson.
I237IJ
VI. Abraham Bigsby (John, Daniel, ? Thomas, Daniel, Joseph),
born 1826, at Guysboro, N. S.; 6 died 12 Dec, 1888 ; 7 married at
Guysboro, Elizabeth Horton, died 13 Jan., 1887, 7 at Guysboro, 3
daughter of John and Margaret Jane (Bruce) Horton. 8
Abraham Bigsby purchased land, 13 April, 1857.
Children* probably all born at or near Guysboro:
1 Judson, aged "66 years in the autumn of 1911." He is a seaman living
at Gloucester, Mass. He married Mary Anna Peart. 8
1 Information of Alva C Bixby (12371.82) and Mrs. Charles W. Bixby (12371.8). Mrs. Bixby
wrote "all I have seen or known of the Bixby family" confirmed her opinion "that they were
exceptionally intelligent, honorable Christian people. I have heard my husband say he thought
his people came from the United States."
' Mrs. Maria J. Bixby, as executor of her husband's estate, petitioned the probate court at Guys-
boro, 22 May, 1900. She named her two children. (Report oj Rev. A.W.B. Eaton.)
' Information of Mrs. Jerusha Stearns (12371.J3).
* Letter of the Registrar of Deeds at Guysboro.
* Massachusetts Marriages.
•Information of Charles E. Bigsby (12371.J-4). Mrs. Jerusha Stearns (12371.J3) gave the
date of his birth as 1827.
'Information of Fred W. Bigsby (12371.J6). According to information obtained by Rev. A.
W. H. Eaton at Guysboro, his death took place 9 Jan., 1902, and that of his wife in Jan., 1890,
when she was said to have been aged 71 years.
» Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
* Judson Bigsby lived in Haverhill, his wife in Guysboro. They have no children. Mrs. Mary
A. (Peart) Bigsby is the only person bearing that name now living in Guysboro County. (Report
of Ret. A. W. H. Eaton.)
444 BIXBY GENEALOGY
2- 2 Theodore Harden, born 13 Nov., 1851, at Guysboro; 1 married Florence
M. Scott.
3- 3 Jerusha, born 21 March, 1852; married Simon L. Stearns.
4 Charles Edward, married Cynthia (Lucinda) 2 Spanks. He lives at
Haverhill, Mass.
5 Maggie J., born 1863; 3 died 4 June, 1889, at Everett, Mass., aged 36,
unmarried. 3
6- 6 Fred W., married Lillian E. Armsworthy.
7- 7 John J., born about 1864; married Caroline M. Hanson.
8- 8 George A., born 2 Jan., 1865; married Lila M. Horton.
9- 9 Bessie, married Ernest Caswell.
10 Edith, born 1870; died 13 Nov., 1908, aged 38 years, at Everett, unmarried. 5
11 Rebecca, born probably in 1873; died 1894, aged 21 years, at Guysboro.
12671.I
VI. Samuel Bixby {David, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
26 Nov., 1787, at Cavendish, Vt.; 4 died 31 Jan., 1864, at Kirby,
Vt., aged 76 years, 2 months, 5 days. 4 He married Mary Carriel,
who died 23 Feb., 1866, at Kirby, aged 67 years, 2 months, 13
days, 4 daughter of Joseph and M Carriel. 4
The death record of Samuel Bixby states that he was the son of
David and E( ) Bixby, the name of his mother being partly
illegible. "E" may be the first letter of Ellis, an old fashioned
spelling for Alice. David Bixby (12671) had wife Alice or Ellis
Hay ward. No other direct evidence has been found pointing to
the father of Samuel being identical with David (12671). The
locality in which he lived favors that supposition.
Children: 5
1 Hannah, born at Cavendish; died 19 Oct., 1863, at Kirby, aged 46 years,
16 days, unmarried. She appears to have been a resident of Lowell,
Mass., in 1848. Five years later she quitclaimed to Mary Bixby of
Kirby a farm occupied by her parents and brothers, and four months
later Samuel and Mary Bixby mortgaged this same land to Simeon
Bixby. 6
2 Febbie, twin with Russell; died aged one month.
3 Russell, died aged one month.
4 Sara, twin with Simeon; died aged one year.
5 Simeon, died aged one year.
1 Massachusetts Births and Deaths. 'Report of Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.
* Massachusetts Marriages and Deaths.
« Kirby records, which give his death record, age at death and place of birth. From this his
birth is calculated.
'Information of Mrs. Medora C. Taylor Bixby (12671.18), who states that Samuel was the
"only child of David Bixby."
• Kirby deeds.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 445
6 Simeon, died about 1868, unmarried. He was a farmer in Kirby, Vt.,
living there as late as 1866. 1
7- 7 Saria, born probably about 1827; married Louis Bugby.
8- 8 Russell Carriel, born 20 Feb., 1829, at Concord, Vt.; married Medora
C. Rowe.
9 Mary. -
10 Levi. 2
1 1 John. 2
12672. 1
VI. Levi Bixby (?Levi, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
about 1781, perhaps at Ludlow, Vt.; died 1861 (1863), aged eighty
years, 3 probably at Rotterdam, N. Y. Levi Bixby settled at
Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady Co., N. Y., in 1815.
The parentage of Levi Bixby has not been discovered, unless
he was a son of Levi Bixby (12672), of Ludlow, who presumably
was twice married and by his first wife had at least two children,
of whom it is thought Levi of Rotterdam was one. The other is
thought to be Joseph Bixby of Springfield, Vt. Possibly these
children were brought up in the family of their uncle David Bixby
(12671).
Child:
1- 1 Joseph, born 1822, 3 at Rotterdam Junction; married Eva Wheaton.
12672.2
VI. Joseph Bixby (?Levi, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), probably
born in 1789, 4 at Springfield, or Reading, Vt.; died 16 Sept., 1846,
aged fifty seven years, 4 at Springfield; married there 6 Nov., 1807, 5
Nancy Kirk, 6 born 22 Oct., 1789, 4 at Springfield, died there 8
March, 1856, aged 66 years, 4 months, and 16 days, 4 daughter of
William M. and Prudence (Stephens) Kirk. 7
1 Kirby Deeds.
* Information of Mrs. Medora C. Taylor Bixby (12671.18), who states that Samuel was the
" only child of David Bixby."
'Information of John Bixby (12672. 111), who wrote, "I do not know as I have ever heard
whether or not he (i.e. Levi, the grandfather of the writer who was son of Joseph) had any brothers
or sisters, and I do not know what my grandmother's maiden name was, as I was taken from home
when very small and heard but very little of my ancestors, but I have been told that my grand-
father's home was in Montreal, Canada, but am not positive as to that, and that later he went to
Rotterdam, Schenectady Co. I was told this when a boy. I think he died about 1863. anyway
it was when I was in the army."
« Gravestones in Pine Grove Cemetery, N. Springfield, Vt. 5 Springfield records.
9 In probate of estate of her son Albert, she is named as Nancy A. Bixby.
» Information of Moses H. BLxby (12672.243), who searched local records.
446 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, born at Springfield:
I Belinda, born 8 March, 1808; 1 died 22 Jan., 1870, 2 at Perkinsville, Vt.,.
unmarried. Just before Moses H. Bixby (12672.243) left for the West,
in or about 1854, she told him that her father had two or three brothers
and one sister, and that the brothers had trouble over money matters
and would not speak to one another or let their wives and families
associate.
2- 2 Benoni, born 15 May, 1810; married Jane T. Stackpole; (2) Mrs. Lucinda
M. (Albee) Baker.
3 Moses, born 1812; died 10 July, 1841, in Boston; 3 "aged 29 years." His
will of 8 July, 1841, proved at Irasburg, Vt., 1 Sept., 1841, names mother
Nancy Bixby and wife Aurilla. He was a resident of Troy, Vt. No
issue.
4- 4 Albert, born 8 July, 1816; married Eliza A. Dearborn.
5- 5 Hannah, born 1818; married Dexter B. Olney.
6 David, born 1822; died 6 March, 1828, aged 6 years.'
7 John K., born 24 Sept., 1826; died 4 24 Sept., 1848. 2
8- 8 Ardelia Nancy, born 11 Sept., 1832; married Orson D. Freeman.
Joseph Bixby is assumed to have been son of Levi Bixby (12672),
although proof is lacking. Mrs. Ardelia Freeman states that she never
heard that her father had any brothers. Mrs. Burrows (12672. 22-1)
says that her grandmother told her that Joseph was an only child,
and that his parents died before he grew to manhood. Moses
H. Bixby (12672.243), who was taken from the family when but
four or five years of age and kept in ignorance of his relatives, has
an indistinct remembrance that when his aunt Belinda related to
him what little she did about his connections, she said the brothers
were named Jacob and Samuel or Simeon. He has no recollection
of the sister's name. In another letter he asserts that he has ob-
tained a little more information, and that his grandfather had two
brothers, Jacob and Jonathan. Mrs. E. H. Gibson (12672.24-6)
was not aware of the name of Joseph's father, but after making
some inquiries within a few years, was confident that her grand-
father was a brother of Mrs. Louise H. Norton's (12674.154)
grandfather, Jacob Bixby. Mrs. Norton did not know of this.
This relationship is disproved by the affidavit of Mrs. Patty Jones
in the pension case of Jacob Bixby (12674). Jacob Bixby did not
have a son Joseph. For reason stated under Levi Bixby (12672),
it is thought he was the father of Joseph and also of Levi Bixby of
1 Information of Mrs. Emma L. Piper (12672.28-3).
1 Gravestones in Pine Grove Cemetery, N. Springfield, Vt.
8 Boston death records.
* "He died in the hospital, when a young man. He never married." (Letter of Moses H. Bixby,
13672.243.)
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 447
Rotterdam, N. Y., and that Joseph (12672.2) and Jacob (12674.1)
were cousins.
A land bounty warrant for 120 acres was issued under the Act
of 1855 for services in Vermont Militia, under Capt. Adams, in
the War of 1812, of Joseph Bixby, then deceased. 1 The warrant
is not on file, and apparently a patent was never issued.
12673.5
VI. Rebecca Bixby (Ephraim, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born probably about 1785, at Marlow, N. H.; 2 died at Keene,
N. H.; 3 married 21 Sept., 1806, at Acworth, N. H., 4 Henry Smith,
who died there, 3 30 Jan., 1850. 5
Children, born at Acworth: 6
1 Harry Smith, died at Acworth; married Eunice Smith, who died 21 April,
1853, aged 69 years, 5 daughter of Jesse and Anna (Bixby) Smith (12673.6).
Child:
1. Hannah Smith, married David Nash. Children : Martha Nash. Edward
Nash.
2 Edward Smith, died at Walpole, 5 or Charlestown, N. H.; 3 married Elizabeth
Beaverstock.
Child:
1. Sarah Jane Smith.
3 Joel Barnard Smith, born 17 Feb., 1810; died 2 Dec, 1884, at Bennington,
N. H.; 3 married 4 July, 1844, at Washington, N. H., Judith Collins, born
there 16 Oct., 1816, died 30 Oct., 1876, at Antrim, N. H., daughter of
Henry Collins.
Children:
1. Wilbur Fisk Smith, born 4 or 7 June, 1845, at Washington; died 27
Aug., 1867, at Acworth or Newbury, N. H., unmarried.
2. Edward Eugene Smith, born 31 March, 1847, at Acworth; died 3 or 13
Sept., 1887, at Bennington; married 20 June, 1870, at Walpole, Mary
Allworth. Children: Nellie M. Smith, born 23 May, 1871. George
E. Smith, born 1 March, 1873. Emma J. Smith, born 18 Jan., 1875.
Charles H. Smith, born 7 March, 1877. Annie M. Smith, born 19
July, 1879. Lillie B. Smith, born 15 Sept., 1882. Fred J. Smith,
born 5 Jan., 1886.
3. Franklin Steven Smith, born 7 Nov., 1849, at Lempster, N. H.; died
26 May, 1889, at Bennington, unmarried.
4. Orison Giles Smith, born 17 March, 1851, at Sutton, N. H.; married
June, 1876, in Boston, Mass., Mary Canney. Children: Minnie A.
1 U. S. Land Office, 20444-120-55-
s Information of Mrs. Emma R. Smith (12673-5-51)-
» Information of Mrs. Emily A. Bixby (126738-8).
* New Hampshire Marriages.
s Information of Mrs. Lucy R. Felch (12673-5-41).
• Information of Milo A. Smith (12673-5-35).
448 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Smith, born 28 April, 1877; married 17 Jan., 1900, Morris Hills, Jr.*
Ida M. Smith, born 28 June, 1881 ; married 12 April, 1902, Carl Clough. 2
Walter O. Smith, born 13 July, 1883.
5. Milo Augustus Smith, born 30 Dec, 1856, at Newbury; married 28
Nov., 1888, at Walpole, Mary Kingman. They live at Keene. Child:
Orison K. Smith.
6. Arthur Phylester Smith, born 4 Dec, 1859, at Newbury; married 13
Nov., 1894, at Keene, Maria Gibbs, who died Feb., 1906, at Grand
Rapids, Mich. No issue. He formerly lived at South Superior, Mich.
4 Minda (Mindwell) Smith, born 10 Dec, 1810, at Lempster; 3 died 3 Sept.,
1873, at Walpole, 4 married there 3 May, 1837, Nehemiah ("Myer") Flint,
born 30 Nov., 1806, at Lempster, died 31 Jan., i860, son of Jonas and Lydia
(Davis) Flint.
Child:
1. Lucy R. Flint, born 17 July, 1838, at Acworth; married there 28 Nov.,
1873, Thomas F. S. Felch, born Nov., 1821, at Waterford, Vt.; now
deceased. Children: Augustus Felch, born 23 April, 1856, at Walpole;
married there 23 April, 1885, Hattie Lillian Heath, born 22 Oct,
1867, at Claremont, N. H., daughter of Stephen S. and Emma S.
(Johnson) Heath. 5 Irving Wesley Felch, born 20 April, 1859, at Wal-
pole; married there 10 April, 1889, Mary Lucinda Temple (12673.5-
611). 6
2. Flint (a daughter), died in infancy.
5 Gardner Nathaniel Smith, born 1812; 7 died 2 April, 1878, 7 at Acworth;
married 3 May, 1840, at Charlestown, N. H., Ellinor Fairfield Bignell,
born at Acworth, died 24 Nov., 1874, at South Acworth, daughter of Thomas
and Ellinor (Fairfield) Bignell; married (2) Maria Phelps, born 1838, at
Marlow, daughter of Calvin and Sally (Fox) Phelps. She lives at Acworth.
Child:
I. George Thomas Smith, born Oct., 1841, at Acworth; died 7 Jan., 1902,
at South Acworth; married 27 June, 1878, at Marlow, Emma Rosetta
Wright, born there 23 Sept., 1859, daughter of Samuel Alonzo and
Lucy (Town) Wright. 7
6 Franklin Smith, 8 born 1819; died at Walpole; married at Washington,
N. H., Sarah T. Collins, born at Windsor, N. FL, died 27 June, 1867, at
Acworth, daughter of Moses and Electa (Temple) Collins; married (2)
Stella E. Gould (now Mrs. Lapin of South Acworth).
Children, besides a son and a daughter, Betsy Smith, who died in infancy:
1. Electa Jane Smith, born at Acworth; died at Marlow; married Gilman
Temple of Marlow. Children: Mary Lucinda Temple, born 31
May, 1869, at Stoddard, N. H.; married Irving W. Felch (12673. 5-412). 8
1 Child: Arthur O. Hills, born 30 May, 1907.
5 Child: Mat tie V. Clough, born 27 June, 1904.
• Information of Mrs. Lucy R. Felch (12673.5-41).
* Information of Mrs. Nancy Stevens.
» Children, born at Walpole, except two youngest: Auletta Lillian Felch, born 4 March, 1886.
Emma Lucy Felch, born 30 June, 1887. Elmore Augustus Felch, born 25 Sept., 1888. Clifford
Stephen Felch, born 1 March, 1890. Orrin Thomas Felch, born 1 Aug., 1891. Zilla Clara Felch,
born 10 May, 1893. Wesley Irving Felch, born 19 Nov., 1894, at Marlow, N. H. Elsie Mary
Felch, born 12 Feb., 1897, at Marlow.
•Children: Bertha Felch. Walter Felch. Irwin Felch.
'Information of Mrs. Emma R. Smith (12673.5-51).
8 Franklin is said to have been named Ibish Franklin. Information concerning this family
was received from Mrs. Emily A. Bixby (126738-8), Mrs. Lizzie T. Howard (12673.5-65), and
Mrs. Nancy Stevens.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 449
Alice Temple. Clara Temple, who married Frederick Town and lives
at Keene, N. H. 1
2. Henry Moses Smith, died unmarried, 13 Nov., 1880, or i88l,at Acworth.
3. Nancy Diana Smith, born 30 Dec, 1851, at Acworth; married 12 Dec,
1867, at Bradford, N. H., Freeman Daniel Hoyt, who. was killed in
a bobbin mill at Bradford, 31 March, 1880. She married (2) Sullivan
Stevens of Bradford. She lives at Hillsboro, N. H. Children, born
at Bradford: Jennie A. Hoyt, born 24 Feb., 1870; married 28 May,
1890, at Hillsboro, Sidney A. Heath, and lives in Hillsboro. Ceorgie
E. Hoyt, born 2 July, 1872; married 4 Feb., 1893, at Concord, Forest
A. Wilson of Bennington, N. H. 2 Sadie B. Hoyt, born 12 July, 1875;
married 1 June, 1895, at Hillsboro, Fred C. Carter, of that place.*
Crysty Hoyt, born 27 Oct., 1877; died 19 June, 1885.
4. Martha Malissa Smith, born 1857; died 1 May, 1868, at Hillsboro.
5. Lizzie Tryphena Smith, born 1861; married Daniel Howard of Gilsum,
N. H. No issue.
6. Sarah Adeline Smith, born 18 May, 1867, at Acworth; married Chester
Smith of East Washington, N. H. They live at Hillsboro Center.
7 Rosetta Smith, born 1 Jan., 1822 or 1823; married Hiram Hudson, who died
at Keene. Mrs. H. Hudson lives at Troy, N. H. No issue.
12673.6
VI. Anna Bixby (Ephrairn, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
12 June, 1789, at Reading, Vt.; 4 died 21 May, 1856; married Jesse
Smith, born Feb., 1786, at Lyme, Conn., died 1 May, 1879. 4
Children, born at Marlow, N. H.:
1 Nancy M. Smith, born Oct., 181 1; 4 died 12 Feb., 1894, at Peterboro, N. H.,
unmarried.
2 Maria Smith, died about 1888, at Jaffrey, N. H.; 6 married Jacob Bacon,
who died 11 March, 1864; (2) James Chadwick, who died 14 Feb., ,
aged 82 years. No issue.
3 Melvina Smith, died about 1898 at Stratton, Vt., unmarried.
4 Hiram Smith, died probably in Troy, N. Y.; married 6 .
5 Luman Huntley Smith, born 24 Dec, 1816; died 24 Nov., 1894; married,
about 1843 in New Hampshire, Lucretia Foster, born at Acworth, died 2
May, 1876 or 1877, 5 daughter of Timothy and Ruth (Snow) Foster. 6
Children:
1. Harvey Smith, born 10 Feb., 1843, at Lempster, N. H.; married Abbie
Crouch. He lives at Marlow. Child: Minnie Smith, born at Stod-
dard, N. H.; married Page; (2) Lafayette Dinsmore, who died
in 1901, aged about 27 years. 6
2. Clarinda Smith, born 14 Sept., 1845; married Louis Gerrard, and lives
in Marlow. No issue. 6
1 Child: Fred Town.
s Children: Gladys M. Wilson, born 19 Sept., 1897. Arlina B. Wilson, born 9 Jan., 1900.
Ola Wilson, born 8 June, 1902. They live at Hillsboro.
» Child: Leslie Carter, born 19 Aug., 1898.
* New Hampshire Births, Marriages and Deaths.
• Information of Mrs. Emily A. Bixby (1 26736-53) •
450 BIXBY GENEALOGY
3. Emily Almeda Smith, born 4 Sept., 1847, at Alstead, N. H.; married
4 Sept., 1867, at Bellows Falls, Vt., Ephraim Bixby (12673.8-8).
4. Ora T. Smith, married Fanny Chapley.
There are said to have been four other children.
6 Samuel Smith.
7 Tuttle Smith, born at Acworth; died at Grafton, Vt.; married at Ac worth,
Fanny Shapleigh, born there, died 11 June, 1861, at Alstead, or Walpole,
daughter of Thomas and Maria Shapleigh; 1 (2) Olive Perham, who was
born at Townsend, Vt., now deceased.
Children:
1. Ferdinand F. Smith, 2 born at Marlow; died 9 Oct., 1909, aged 68 years;
married at Walpole, Urania Fifield, born at Walpole, died there 10 Aug.,
1 87 1. He lived at Alstead. Ferdinand F. Smith served in the Union
Army, 1 861-1865. Children: Nellie Smith, who married
Streeter; (2) Fuller Freed, lives in Athol, Mass. Elizabeth Smith,
married Hatch. They live at Alstead.
2. Flora Smith, born at Marlow, died in St. Paul, Minn.; married there
William Howard.
3. Georgianna Smith, born at Saxton's River, Vt.; died April, 1912; married
James McQuade at Cambridgeport, Vt., where they lived. Children:
Edward McQuade. Mrs. Louisa McQuade Goddard of Cambridgeport,
now of Brattleboro, Vt.
4. Cora Smith, born at Walpole; died at Westmoreland, N. H.; married
George Garret (or Garnet?); (2) Almos Willey, who died at Westmore-
land. Children, by first marriage: Charles Garret, born at Keene.
By second marriage: Three daughters.
5. Andrew Smith, born at Grafton; married at Nashua, N. H., Hattie
Howard, who was born at Townsend. Children: Minnie Smith.
A son.
6. Chester Smith, born at Cambridgeport; died unmarried.
7. Mary Smith, born at Cambridgeport; married Hallis Wyman, and had
two children.
8. Annie Smith, born at Cambridgeport; died in New York; married Daniel
Franklin.
8 Eunice Smith, married Harry Smith, son of Henry and Rebecca (Bixby)
Smith (12673. 5-1).
12673.8
VI. Nathaniel Bixby (Ephraim, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 2 June, 1794, at Reading, Vt.; died at Walpole, N. H.; 3
married 13 Sept., 1820, at Reading, 4 Mary Walker, 5 daughter
of Oliver Walker, born at South Reading, 6 died 22 Oct., 1830, at
1 Thomas Shapleigh, father of Mrs. Fannie (Shapleigh) Smith was aged one hundred years at
his death, 20 July, 1861, at Alstead. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, holding a captain's
commission. [Information of Ferdinand F. Smith (12673-6-71)].
• Information concerning this family was received from Ferdinand F. Smith (12673. 6-71).
• Information of Mrs. Lucy R. Felch (12673.5-41)-
* Reading, Vt., records. Nathaniel Bixby was of Alstead, N. H., at the time of his marriage.
* Mary Walker is also said to have been a granddaughter of Oliver Walker; also, by Mrs. Felch,
to have been Mary "Bliss." 'New Hampshire Births, Marriages and Deaths.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 451
Reading. 1 He married, second, 7 Aug., 183 1, at Reading, 2 Sally
Bixby, born 2 Dec, 1804, at Plymouth, Vt., died 30 May, 1876, l
at Walpole. 3 daughter of Jacob and Polly (Beaverstock) Bixby
( 12674. 1). Nathaniel Bixby settled in Acworth in 1833.
Children:
1 Ansel, born 25 June, 1823, at Reading; died there 2 June, 1824. 1
2 Nathaniel, born 4 June, 1825, at Reading; died there Aug., 1825.'
3 Charles, born 11 May, 1827, at Reading; died there Nov., 1827. 1
4 Charles, born 7 Aug., 1828, at South Reading; died 10 Jan., 1802 * at
Marlow, N. H.; unmarried. '
5 A Child, died young.
6 A Child, died young.
7 A Child, died young.
By second marriage:
8 EP x H t R ^t IM * born 5 J une ' l832, at Re ading; died 3 Feb., 1904, at Marlow
N. H.; married 4 Sept., 1867, at Bellows Falls, Vt., Emily Almira Smith'
born 4 Sept., 1847, at Alstead, N. H., daughter of Luman Huntley Smith
( 12673.6-5). 1 No issue. Mrs. Bixby lives at Marlow, N. H.
9 Alvira, born 1833, at Acworth, N. H.; died there 20 April, 1835. 1
10 Leonard, born 8 July, 1837, at Acworth; died there 7 June, 1845. 1
11 Asa Reed, born 23 March, 1840; * died 22 Sept., 1864,* at Fort Schenck
shot in the head while in the service of the United States havine
enlisted 26 Nov., 1861, in Co. E, 2d U. S. Sharpshooters.
L -I2 Edward E., born 20 Nov., 1842, at Acworth; married Thankful P Felch-
(2) Minnie B. Heath.
13 Leonard O., born 9 Oct., 1845,* at Acworth; died in the hospital at Carrol-
ton, La., 27 Jan., 1863. He was mustered into the United States service
in Co. D, 16th N. H. Regt., 23 Oct., 1862, and died of disease in the
hospital at Carrolton, without having seen active service.
12673.9
VI. Lucinda Bixby (Ephraim, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 20 Feb., 1798, at Ludlow, Vt.; married Asa Reed, who died
near Claremont, N. H.
Asa Reed by a former marriage, had three children: Horace,
Horatio and Mary. One of the sons lived with a Mr. George near
the Lempster line, and another, with Lucinda, his half sister, was
adopted by a family in Claremont. 1
Children:
1 Lucinda Reed.
2 Belinda Reed.
'Information of Mrs. Emily A. Bixby (12673.8-8).
> Reading, Vt.. Records. Nathaniel Bixby was of Alstead. N. H.. at the time of his marriage
•Information of Mrs. Lucy R. Felch (12673.3-41).
♦New Hampshire Births. Marriages and Deaths.
7
452 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12674. i
VI. Jacob Bixby {Jacob, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
Aug., 1775, 1 probably at Westboro, Mass.; died 18 May, 1827, 1
aged 51 years, 9 months, 1 at Reading, Vt.; 2 married 4 Dec, 1800, 3
Polly Beaverstock, born May, 1773, 1 died 31 Aug., 1830, aged
fifty seven years and three months.
Jacob Bixby lived in Plymouth and Reading, neighboring towns.
He had a deed of land in Reading from his father.
Children:*
1 Moses, born 6 July, 1801, 5 at Plymouth, Vt.; died there 3 Jan., 1879, 2
unmarried. In 1850, he gave testimony relating to his grandmother's
pension application; he was then of Plymouth, and aged forty nine years.
2 Sally, born 2 Dec, 1804, at Plymouth; married Nathaniel Bixby (12673.8).
3- 3 Almira.
4- 4 Nancy, born 23 March, 1808, at Reading; 5 married Oliver Hudson.
5- 5 John Hardy, born 6 March, 1812, at Reading, or West Windsor, Vt.; 2
married Martha C. Burlingham.
12674.4
VI. Polly Bixby {Jacob, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
about 1779, perhaps near Wilton, N. H.; married 5 Dec, 181 1, at
Reading, Vt., 6 James Robinson, of Reading. 6 In 1849, she is
said to have been a widow 7 and living in Reading.
Child:
1 Ezra Robinson, connected with the Rutland Manufacturing Company, at
Rutland, Vt.
12674.8
VI. Loren Bixby( Jacob, Jacob, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
about 1786, at Reading, Vt.; died in 1849, 8 prior to December, 9 at
Clarendon, 8 Vt.; married 27 Oct., i8i6, 10 at Reading, Sally Carlton
1 Information of Mrs. Jane M. Cilley (12674-152).
5 Information of Orville M. Hudson (12674-1311)-
8 Reading records.
4 Information of Mrs. Emily A. Bixby (12673 8-8), and others.
6 Information of Mrs. Celestia A. Merrill (1267414-1)-
e Reading, Vt., records at Montpelier.
7 Pension case, see under Jacob Bixby (12674)-
8 Statement of Mrs. Thomas J. Bixby (1267487), who stated that her husband was aged 19 when
his father died.
8 Pension papers of Jacob Bixby (12674).
10 Reading records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 453
of Windsor, Vt. He removed to Shrewsbury, Vt., about 1836, and
thence to Clarendon.
Children: l
1- 1 Warren W., born 27 April, 1817, at Reading 2 or Rutland; married Har-
riet E. Sanders; (2) Maria 3 (Mercy)* Hawkins.
2 Roxana, married 2 Oct., 1838, at Clarendon, Israel Balch, Jr., 4 of Shrews-
bury, son of Israel and Lucretia (Wyman) Balch.
3 Betsy, married David Harredon.
4 Martha, married Ezra Worthin.
5- 5 Mary A., 3 born at Reading; married Noah Holden.
6- 6 Jacob M., born 28 Jan., 1828; 5 married Martha Waterhouse.
7- 7 Thomas Jefferson, born 1830 at Reading; married Nancy A. Jewell.
8 Loren, died unmarried, aged 64 years. He settled in the West in 1864.'
9- 9 Albert, born 1835, at Shrewsbury; married Lucy A. Johnson.
12692. 1
VI. Asa Bixby (Asa, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 9 March,
1794, at Westford, Mass.; died 7 Jan., 1842, at Groton, Mass.,
intestate; married 3 July, 181 7, at Groton, Mary Gilson, born
6 March, 1797, at Groton, died 7 Feb., 1884, at Groton, daughter
of Simeon and Elizabeth (Sawtell) 6 Gilson. 7 She had adminis-
tration on her husband's estate, 15 Feb., 1842.
Children:
1- 1 Levi Rogers, 8 born 31 Oct., 1818, at Westford; 9 married Martha Maloon.
2- 2 Mary Elizabeth, born 7 June, 1820, at Westford; 9 married Stephen Wood.
3- 3 Benjamin Varnum, born 12 Oct., 1 821, at Westford; 9 married Bridget Lee.
4 Martha Ann, born 12 April, 1823; died 2 Aug., 1899; married 20 Sept.,
i860, at Groton, Samuel Blodgett of Westford, aged 56 years, born at
Tyngsboro, Mass., died 10 Dec, 1870, son of William and Mary
(Cheeney) Blodgett. 10
5- 5 Eliza Ann, born 1 April, 1827, 11 at Groton ; 12 married Abel Tarbell; (3)
Samuel D. Gay.
1 As given by Mrs. Thomas J. Bixby (12674.87).
2 Information obtained by Prof. S. P. Sharpies at Clarendon and Rutland,
s Information of Mrs. J. F. Lockman (12674.85-9).
• Clarendon records.
• Bible record in possession of his widow.
» Massachusetts Deaths.
' Mary, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth Gilson, baptized at Groton, 29 Oct., 1797.
8 His birthplace is given as Ludlow, Vt., in the Boston, Mass., return of the birth of his daughter
Emma. Perhaps Asa Bixby (12692. 1) lived at one time in Ludlow.
• Westford records.
« Massachusetts Marriages.
" Information of Fred Whittemore (12692.15-3).
11 Massachusetts Births.
454 BIXBY GENEALOGY
6 Asa Dana, born I April, 1829, at Groton; died 20 March, 1896, at Town-
send, Mass.; married 19 May, 1853, Susan Hardy of Groton, who died
30 March, 1897, aged 67 years, at Lunenburg, Mass., daughter of Isaac
and Betsey (Draper) Hardy. 1 No issue. Mr. Bixby was a miller.
7- 7 Thomas, born 22 March, 1831, at Groton; married Harriet E. Adams.
8- 8 Lydia, born 25 Oct., 1835, at Groton; married Sanford A. Parker.
9 Joshua, born 13 April, 1839; married 25 Feb., 1863, at Groton, Mary
(Nancy) 2 Adams of Groton, born 12 April, 1836, at Groton, daughter
of Frederick and Eliza Adams. 2 No issue. They live at West Groton.
10 Charles Henry, born 4 March, 1841, at Groton; died there 5 Feb., 1845.
Asa Bixby saw military service during the War of 1812. His
widow, Mary, was pensioned 29 Jan., 1879. She made application
17 Sept., 1878, then being of Townsend, aged 81 years. She
stated that her husband served in the company commanded by
Capt. Noah Shattuck in an infantry regiment commanded by Col.
Page; that he was drafted at Westford 1 Sept., 1814, for an indefi-
nite period and served fourteen days, being discharged at Boston
about 7 Nov., 1814; that he was five feet six inches in height, was
dark complexioned and had black hair and eyes. She further stated
that she was born Mary Gilson, and was married at Westford,
3 July, 1817, and that Asa Bixby died at Groton, 7 Jan., 1842,
having lived in Westford, 3 Groton, and Townsend, and that he
had received a bounty land warrant for 160 acres under the Acts
of 1853 and 1855. Certificates from the town clerks of Westford
and Groton are filed with her application, substantiating her state-
ments. The pension granted was based on service from 18 Sept.,
to 17 Nov., 1814. 4 The printed rolls of Massachusetts Militia in
the War of 1812 credit Asa Bixby with service from 13 Sept. to
7 Nov., 1814, at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, in a company raised
at Groton and vicinity, commanded by Capt. N. Shattuck, attached
to the regiment commanded by Lt. Col. J. Page.
12692.2
VI. Lucy Bixby (Asa, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 29
Nov., 1795, at Westford, Mass.; died 7 Jan., 1842; married 11
July, 1 8 16, at Westford, Artemas Rogers, 6 a watchmaker and
1 Massachusetts Deaths.
* Massachusetts Marriages.
«U. S. Land Office. 33.116-120-55
* Pension papers, U. S. Pension Bureau.
* Westford records.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 455
jeweller at Newton, 1 Mass., born there 7 (21) 2 Jan., 1791, son of
Caleb and Betsey (Horton) Rogers. 2
Children:
1 Artemas Bixby Rogers, born 19 April, 1817, 2 at Newton; married 6 May,
1846, Elizabeth A. E. Bingham, born at Gerard, Ga., died 26 March,
1857, at Watertown, Mass. He lives at Watertown.
Children:
1. Frank Rogers, born 3 April, 1847; died 14 Nov., 1873, unmarried.
2. George Leveritt Rogers, born 24 Aug., 1849; died 15 Dec, 1895, unmar-
ried.
3. Fred Weiss Rogers, born 18 Sept., 1851; married 18 Aug., 1874, Ella
L. Frost, of Portland, Me. They live at Waltham, Mass. Child:
Artemas Bixby Rogers, born 8 Feb., 1876.
4. John Bingham Rogers, born 25 April, 1854, at Watertown, where he
now lives, unmarried.
5. Lucy Rogers, born 17 April, 1856; married 24 Aug., 1885, Albert C-
Wright, born at Lewiston, Me., died 19 June, 1888, at Waltham-
Mrs. Wright lives at Watertown. No issue.
2 William Rogers, born 6 Sept., 1818 (1819), 2 at Newton Corners; died
22 June, 1889, at Newton Centre; married 22 April, 1848, at Manchester,
N. H., Sarah Ellen Derby, born 21 Feb., 1831, at Salem, Mass., daughter
of Elias Hasket and Mary Ann (Allen) Derby. 1 William Rogers was a
watchmaker and jeweller. Mrs. Rogers lives at Dorchester, Mass.
Children: 1
1. Manuela Jones Rogers, born 5 May, 1849, at Needham, Mass.; married
3 Nov., 1880, H. Franklin Harding of Medfield, Mass. No issue.
They live in New York City.
2. Annie Derby Rogers, born 17 May, 1851, at Watertown; died 27 May,
1872, at Hingham, Mass.; married 10 June, 1869, Thomas Campbell
Humphrey, who lives at Hingham. Children: Annie Barnes Hum-
phrey, born 8 Oct., 1870; unmarried. Thomas Derby Humphrey, born
21 May, 1872; died June, 1872.
3. Henry Derby Rogers, born 29 Aug., 1853, at Watertown; married 19
Oct., 1881, at Needham, Emma Elizabeth Freeman, of Needham,
where they live. Children: Henry Shipley Rogers, born 3 Oct., 1882;
married 14 June, 1906, Minnie Home. 3
4. Elizabeth Pickman Rogers, born 29 Nov., 1858, at Auburndale, Mass.;
married 24 Sept., 1885, at Newton Centre, Leland Winship Folsom
of Bucksport, Me. No issue. They live at Dorchester.
3 Lucy Dana Rogers, born 26 (27) = Oct., 1822, at Newton; died 4 May, 1852;
married Eldridge Butterick of Watertown. No issue.
4 George Rogers, born 11 Sept., 1827; died 5 Sept., 1828.
5 George Francis Rogers, born 11 July, 1831; settled in California.
12692.3
VI. Betsey Bixby (Asa, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 22
Feb., 1798, at Westford, Mass.; died 15 June, 1878, at Waltham,
1 Information of Mrs. Sarah E. (Derby) Rogers (12692.2-2).
1 Newton Vital Records, where, however, the births of the two youngest children do not appear,
3 Child: Richard Derby Rogers, born 2 Jan., 1908, at Needham.
456 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Mass.; married n Aug. (14 Sept.), 1 1819, at Westford, Horatio
Clark of Westford, born 15 Feb., 1800, died 18 May, 1833, son of
Moses and Martha (Rogers) Clark. 2 She married, second, 9 April,
1835, Henry Proctor of Lowell, Mass., who died 27 Feb., 1841,
aged 38 years. 2
Children:
1 Edward Clark, born 1 Feb., 1820, at Westford ; 3 died 30 Nov., 1849, at
Springfield, Mass. ; i married 27 Oct., 1843, Catherine Whitney of Waltham.
Children:
1. John Clark, deceased.
2. Ellen Clark, deceased.
3. Clara Clark, deceased.
2 Martha Clark, born 19 Dec, 1820, at Westford; 3 died 6 June, 1869; married,
1844, Dana Woodward, born at Sutton, N. H. 5
Children:
1. Lydia Maria Woodward, born 9 Nov., 1846, 5 at Lowell; died 7 April,
1889; 5 married 9 April, 1865, at Charlestown, Mass., 5 James Clark
Knapp. Child: Lilla Bertha Knapp, born 27 Aug., 1867; married
Albert Franklin Mason of Somerville. They live at Charlestown. 4
2. Edward Dana Woodward, born July, 1848; married 4 May, 1890, at
Maiden, Mass., Edna Idella Stanhope. Child: Dana Stanhope
Woodward, born 17 Feb., 1891.
3 Lydia Maria Clark, born 8 June, 1822, at Westford; 3 died 21 Jan., 1856;
married 27 Oct., 1843, Abram Clifford; (2) 1854, Thomas Russell Cushing,
born 1811, died 5 Jan., 1865.
Child:
1. Lucy Maria Cushing, born 29 Nov., 1855, at Nashua, N. H.; 7 died
16 Dec, 1902, at Somerville, Mass.; 7 married 24 Nov., 1875, at
Charlestown, John Tenney McLeod, born 1 Nov., 1852, at Charles-
town, died 17 March, 1908, at Somerville, son of John and Melvina
(Stafford) McLeod. Child: Willard John McLeod, born 18 Jan.,
1877, at Charlestown; married 4 Oct., 1899, at Somerville, Lucy
May Hobbs, born 25 July, 1876, at Somerville. 8
4 John Richardson Clark, born 11 June, 1824; died 3 Dec, 1905, at Waltham;
married 15 Sept., 1846, at Weston, Mass., "• Caroline Maria Derby, born
6 Feb., 1828, at Stoney Brook, Weston, 7 daughter of John and Martha
(Fisk) Derby. She now lives at Waltham.
Children: 7
I. Charles Edward Clark, born 27 July, 1848, at Springfield, Mass.; married
23 June, 1873, at Manchester, Mary Stearnes of Providence, R. I.
Child: Josephine M. Clark, born 12 Oct., 1874.
1 Westford records.
1 Descendants of Hugh Clark, p. 103, where it is said that Horatio Clark was born is Feb., 1797.
•From bible record of Mrs. Betsey (Bbcby) Clark (12692.3).
'Information of Mrs. Caroline M. Clark (12692.3-4).
* Information of Mrs. Lilla B. Mason (12692. 3-211).
•Children: Clarence Willard Mason, born 2 Nov., 1892. Bertha May Mason, born 20 April,
died 17 July, 1896. Edwin Clark Mason, born 23 March, 1899. (Information of Mrs. L. B. Ma-
son, 12692.3-211.) » Information of Willard J. McLeod (12692.3-3")-
•Child: Barbara Cushing McLeod, born 29 April, 1904, at Somerville.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 457
2. Josephine Adelaide Clark, born 9 March, 1856, at Weston. She has
been librarian at Smith College since 1907. She graduated at Smith
in 1880, and was at the N. Y. Library School, 1888-9, having in the
meantime taught in private schools in Greenfield, Mass., and Rutland,
Vt. She was assistant in the library of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard
Univ., and from 1901 to 1907 was chief librarian of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
3. Alice Maud Clark, born 4 Sept., 1863, at Weston; married 5 May, 1892,
at Pomona, Cal., Harry Stillman Pratt of Cambridge, Mass. Child:
Lowell C. Pratt, born 31 Dec, 1894.
12692.4
VI. Susan Bixby (Asa, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 29
Nov., 1799, at Westford, Mass.; died June, 1882, at Cambridge,
Mass.; married 10 Dec, 1823, Henry William Cooledge, born
7 Feb., 1798, died 10 March, 1857, at Kankakee, 111.
Children:
1 Susan Bixby Cooledge, born 17 Dec, 1825; died 20 May, i860, at Waltham,
Mass.; married Charles Hosmer.
Child:
1. Fannie Cooledge Hosmer, born 13 June, 1850, at Waltham; married
16 July, 1871, Nathaniel Watson Starbird, born 1849. Child:
Henry Cooledge Starbird, born 3 June, 1872.
2 Henry William Cooledge, born 17 Dec, 1827; died 30 May, 1829.
3 Henry Clay Cooledge, born 10 Feb., 1829; died Oct., 1830.
4 William Henry Cooledge, born 11 Sept., 1830; disappeared in 1873.
5 Henry William Cooledge, born 18 Oct., 1834; died 28 Nov., 1865; married
Katherine .
Child:
I. Henry W. Cooledge, now in California.
6 Maria Bemis Cooledge, born 8 Aug., 1837; lives in Maiden, unmarried.
7 Samuel Francis Cooledge, born 2 Dec, 1843; died 17 Sept., 1867, from
disease contracted in the army. He enlisted at Waltham, 18 June, 1864,
in Co. I, 56th Mass. Vols., and was discharged 13 June, 1865, for disability.
12692.5
VI. Lydia Maria Bixby (Asa, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
10 Jan., 1802, at Westford, Mass.; died 13 May, 1840, at Pittsford,
Vt.; married 14 Nov., 1823, Oliver Brown of Pittsford, born
17 Oct., 1793, died 4 May, 1875, at Providence, R. I. He en-
listed in the Vermont militia for the battle of Plattsburg in 1814.
He received a bounty land warrant for 160 acres of land for this
service under the act of 1855.
458 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
1 William Nelson Brown born 21 Jan., 1825; died 12 Jan., 1854;' married
9 April, 1850, Martha M. McLaughlin of Clarendon, Vt., born 10 Dec
Io30. 3 J **v*. lf
Child:
I. Ella Martha Brown, born 26 June, 1852; died 20 May, 1874; married
riTJ 1 A J; 7 ^. cLeo ^ now in the Treasury Department at Washington.
Child: William Edwin McLeod.
2 H a4 RY ^° L /d ER ^?xT7 N ' i 30 /" I4 Jan "' l82 7! ™ r "ed 22 Aug., 1853, Mary
Martha (Read) McLeod, born 4 Oct., 1824, died 10 March, 1856. No issue
3 Edward Eugene Brown, born 7 Sept., 1828; died 31 March, 1868, unmarried
4 Frederick Augustus Brown, born 9 July, 1830, at Pittsford; died % July
$° 7 ' w- P , r ™ dence ' R - I- ; married 27 Aug., 1854, at Chepatchet, R. I ,'
Mary Wight Yates born 1 Dec, 1829, at Providence, died there 26 May
1906, daughter of Samuel and Mary Clark (Wight) Yates. Frederick A
/°TJ re A mov ? d t0 Providence about 1863 and entered the employment
of a Mr. Mernarn, wholesale dealer in fish and salt, and later was admitted
to partnership.
Children: 4
1. Clara Edith Brown, born 28 Jan., 1855; married 14 Dec, 1875, at Prov-
idence, Oliver Arnold Lockwood, born 13 Sept., 1849, died 16 May,
1887, at Providence; married (2) 20 May, 1896, at Providence, Joseph
Burrows Hayward of Pawtuxet, R. I. No issue.
2. Harriet Elizabeth Brown, born 13 April, i860, at Providence; married
i 5 - Y? i' l88 3. Herbert Field of Providence. Children: Mabel Brown
tield, born 4 Oct 1884; married 7 June, 1905, Richard W. Comstock
of Providence. Edward Herbert Field, born 24 Oct., 1890. 5
3. William Oliver Brown, born 13 Feb., 1862, at Providence; died there 16
Feb., 1862.
4. Frederick Augustus Brown, born 28 Jan., 1868, at Providence; died
there 26 Feb., 1868.
5 Mar\ 'Ann Brown, born 27 Dec, 1832,31 Pittsford; 2 married there 13 Feb., i8<u
Andrew Arnold Amidon, of Whiting, Vt., who died 16 April, 1854, at Claren-
don Springs, Vt.; (2) 26 Nov., 1856, at Pittsford, Francis Clark Smith, born
8 Nov 1822, son of — and Sally (Freeman) Smith, died 4 Dec, 1878,
at Ypsilanti, Mich., where Mrs. Smith now lives. She is a member of the
Fresbytenan Church and of the Home Association, which is an organization
composed of members of five churches, its object being to care for the poor
01 the city. c
Children:
1. Hattie Amidon, born 18 Oct., 1854; married Willard C. Holmes and
lives at Idaho Falls, Idaho. 3
2. Lucy Maryetta Smith, born 2 Sept., 1857, at Rutland, Vt.; died 12
Oct., i860, at Providence. 3
3. Frederick Oliver Smith, born 26 Aug., 1871; married Oct., 1898, Ida
Gwinner of Manchester, Mich. They live in Ypsilanti. Child: Marion
K. Smith.
1 Information concerning this family was received from Mrs. Clara E. Hayward (12693.5-41)
and Mrs. Mary A. Smith (12692.5-5).
'■ Information of Mrs. Clara E. Hayward (12692. 5-41).
8 Information of Mrs. Mary A. Smith (12692.5-5).
4 Information of C. J. Fenton, Pittsford, Vt.
8 Information of Mrs. Harriet E. Field (12692.5-42).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 459
6 Lydia Maria Brown, born 20 March, 1836, at Pittsford; 1 died 11 Oct.,
1870, at Rutland; married 2 Oct., 1862, William E. Evres, who now lives
at West Pittsford, Vt.
Children:
1. William B. Eyres.
2. Frederick Oliver Eyres.
12693.7
VI. Rhoda Bixby {Thomas, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
21 Sept., 1799, at Ludlow, Vt.; died 10 Feb., 1864, at Westfield,
O. ; married 11 Jan., 1820, at Ludlow, Martin Bryant, Jr., 2 born
20 March, 1794, died 30 Oct., 1834, at Ludlow. 3 She married,
second, Feb., 1837, George Reed of Mt. Holly, Vt., born 16 April,
1798, at Ashburnham, N. H., died 1876 at Ludlow, son of Jotham
and Abigail (Merriman) Reed.
Children, born at Ludlow, except where noted:
1 Lucy Asenath Bryant, born 8 Dec, 1820, at Weathersfield, Vt.; died 17
Feb., 1901, 4 at Warsaw, N. Y. ; married, 1847, Allen Marchant, born 10
April, 1 814, in Washington Co., died 30 Nov., 1894, at Warsaw.
Children:
1. Olive Marchant, born 1849; died 1861.
2. Helen A. Marchant, born 1851; married George Burns. They live at
Warsaw.
3. Edwin J. Marchant, born 1858; married 25 Dec, 1901, Beulah B. Austin
of Bliss, N. Y. They live at Warsaw.
2 Lydia Searles Bryant, born 15 Oct., 1S21; 6 died 11 3 or 23 s July, 1900,
at Veripsburg, N. Y., unmarried.
3 Mary Elizabeth Bryant, born 3 Sept., 1823; 6 died 2 June, 1892, at Warsaw;
married 1 Jan., 1849, at Wyoming, N. Y., Cyrus Rumsey Merchant, born
9 July, 1826, at Warsaw, died there 3 Sept., 1892, son of Lot and Tabitha
Cumi (Foote) Merchant. 6
Children, 6 born at Warsaw:
1. Manville Montrose Merchant, born 3 Nov., 1849; died 2"i Dec, 1883,
at Warsaw; married 26 June, 1879, Rose Hunt of Warsaw.
2. Martin Bryant Merchant, born 10 July, 1851 ; ^married 25 Jan., 1888,
Hattie Sanford.
3. Alfred Andfred Merchant, born 12 June, 1853; married 20 June, 1895,
Hattie Clark.
4. Warren Sylvester Merchant, born 15 May, 1855; married 27 Feb.,
1877, Flora Adell Wilkins, who died 9 Feb., 191 1, at Warsaw. Chil-
1 Information of Mrs. Clara E. Hayward (12692.5-41).
J Ludlow records.
8 Information of Martin S. Bryant (12693.7-52).
* Information concerning this family was received from Edwin J. Marchant (12693. 7-13) and
Mrs. Flora A. Merchant (12693.7-34).
'Information of Mrs. Flora A. Merchant (12693.7-34). All of the family lived in Warsaw,
N. Y., and all were married there except Martin B., who was married at Castile, and Alfred A.,
who was married at Jamestown.
460 BIXBY GENEALOGY
dren: Edna Rutha Merchant, born 17 Nov., 1877, at Warsaw; married
26 Nov., 191 1, William J. Gray. William Earl Merchant, born 6 July,
1879, at Warsaw; died 12 Sept., 1881. Mattie Belle Merchant, born 16
Aug., 1 88 1, at Warsaw; died 28 April, 1895. Charlotte. Estelle Merchant,
born 5 June, 1883, at Warsaw.
5. Frederick Albert Merchant, born 29 Nov., 1856; married 16 Sept.,
1890, Viola Van Allen. He is a paper hanger and decorator.
4 Sylvester Martin Bryant, born 23 Sept., 1825; died Oct., 1886, in Cali-
fornia, unmarried.
5 Calvin Thomas Bryant, born 2 May, 1827; 1 died 6 Oct., 1902, at Warsaw;
married there Betsy Warren of that place; (2) 12 March, 1869, at Warsaw,
Mary (Evans) Parkins, born 11 April, 1836, at Wales, N. Y., died 8 March,
1890, at Warsaw, daughter of Edward and Mary (Evans) Evans; (3)
12 Feb., 1892, Mrs. Elizabeth (Phillips) Sherwood of Warsaw, born 24
Oct., 1837, at Sennett, N. Y. Calvin T. Bryant removed from Ludlow,
Vt., to VVarsaw, N. Y., and bought a farm there. He was an active member
of the Baptist church, and a deacon for more than thirty years.
Children, by second marriage, born at Warsaw: 2
1. Fannie Betsy Bryant, born 27 Sept., 1871; married 29 April, 1891, at
Castile, N. Y., Charles A. Handyside. They live at Silver Springs,
N. Y. Children: Bertha L. Handyside, born 14 Dec, 1892. Harry E.
Handyside, born 22 May, 1894. Ray A. Handyside, born 5 Nov.,
1898. Ernest C. Handyside, born 25 Feb., 1901. Everett C. Handy-
side, born 26 June, 1904.
2. Martin Sylvester Bryant, born 28 Oct., 1879. He lives at Hamilton,
N. Y. He graduated from Colgate University and entered the min-
istry.
3. George Reed Bryant, born 28 July, 1881; married 10 Jan., 1906, at
Warsaw, Lucinda Gibson. She lives at Warsaw. Child: Ethel Bryant,
born 28 Oct., 1907.
Children, by second marriage:
6 William Bixby Reed, born 27 Nov., 1838, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died 6 April,
1865; enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, 23 Aug., 1861; reenlisted as a
veteran, Jan., 1864. He was shot through the neck and severely wounded
in the abdomen at Stormy Creek, Va., 29 June, 1864; he was absent from
his regiment six weeks on account of these wounds, and this was the only
time during his service he did not respond to the roll call. He was killed
at Harper's Farm, Va., 6 April, 1865, in a successful charge made by his
regiment upon Lee's supply train, which hastened the surrender of Gen.
Lee three days later.
7 Cyrus Luther Reed, born 21 March, 1841; died 1861 at Westfield.
8 George Richard Reed, born 23 July, 1844; married 13 March, 1869, Mary
Jane Gue, daughter of Mitchell and Lydia (Auchmoody) Gue. George
R. Reed enlisted in Co. D, 166th Ohio Vols., 2 May, 1864, and was honor-
ably discharged 9 Sept., 1864. He received education in the common
schools of Westfield, and commenced teaching at the age of eighteen years.
From 1866 to 1886 he was a travelling salesman. In 187 1 he removed
to York, Neb., which now has a population of over five thousand, but
then the only buildings were a frame house 12x16 feet, and a sod house.
» Information of Mrs. Flora A. Merchant (12693.7-34)- All of the family lived in Warsaw,
N. Y., and all were married there except Martin B., who was married at Castile, and Alfred A.,
who was married at Jamestown.
• Information of Martin S. Bryant (12693.7-52)-
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 461
The nearest railway station was at Lincoln, more than fifty miles away,
and the nearest post-office more than ten miles distant. He is president
and secretary of the York Gas and Electric Light Co., which was organized
in 1887; also secretary of the Mutual Building and Loan Association with
a subscribed capital of $375,000, and has held many minor offices of con-
fidence and trust, including several terms in the City Council. In 1899
he was president of the Council and acting mayor. He is a prominent
Mason.
Children:
1. Hattie Sarah Reed, born 18 Nov., 1871.
2. Rena Bell Reed, born 15 March, 1874; married 3 Aug., 1898, John W.
Wetzel, professor of elocution and oratory in the Univ. of Denver, Col.
His wife is a graduate of Nebraska Musical Conservatory of Lincoln,
and at present is teaching the piano at Univ. of Denver.
3. Rhoda Maria Reed, born 18 April, 1876. She is a graduate of the
Nebraska State Normal School and is a teacher in the public schools
of York. She is unmarried.
4. William Albert Reed, born 12 May, 1879; died 30 June, 1880.
5. Mary Gue Reed, born 24 Oct., 1884. She lives in Eastmanville, Mich
12693.9
VI. Calvin Bixby {Thomas, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
16 Oct., 1803, 1 at Ludlow, Vt.; died there 4 (5) 2 Aug., 1894, l aged
90 years, 9 mos., 18 days; married 28 Jan., 1827, at Mt. Holly, 3
Vt., Betsey Proctor, 2 born there 12 Feb., 1802, died 9 July, 1892,
"aged 90 years, 6 mos.," 4 at Ludlow, daughter of Silas and Olive
(Reid) Proctor. 2
In will dated 5 March, 1883, proved 11 Sept., 1894, Calvin
Bixby named his wife Betsy, his six children then living, and his
grandson, Charles A. Wallace.
Three of his sons, Calvin C, Hiram P., and John R., remained
on the farm in Ludlow which had belonged to their grandfather,
Thomas Bixby. Their maternal grandfather, Silas Proctor, is
said to have been a lieutenant in the army during the Revolution.
Children, 1 born at Ludlow:
1 Charles Calvin, born 4 Dec, 1827; died 29 Dec, 1898, 1 aged 71 years,
25 days, 4 at Ludlow, unmarried and intestate. Farmer.
2- 2 Henry Clay, born 27 Jan., 1829; married Sarah L. Holmes.
3- 3 Martha Elizabeth, born 20 March, 1831; married Harvey Dudley.
1 Ludlow records.
* Information of Mrs. Sarah J. Pettigrew (12693.96), who supplied much information concerning
the descendants of Calvin Bixby. See also. History of Windsor Co., Vt., p. 556.
5 Mt. Holly was formerly in Windsor Co., it is now in Rutland Co. The town records are very
incomplete.
4 Record of Deaths at Ludlow.
462 BIXBY GENEALOGY
4- 4 Mary Eliza, twin with Martha E. ; married Freeman Wallace.
5 Hiram Proctor, born (18) 28 Oct., 1833; died 5 July, 1898, 1 at Ludlow,*
unmarried and intestate. He was a member of Co. B, 1st Vt. Inf.,
and served from 2 May to 15 Aug., 1861. He reenlisted from Ludlow,
in Co. I, 2nd Vt. Vol. Inf., 7 Oct., 1861; was wounded at Fredericks-
burg, 13 Dec, 1862, and was shot through the body in the assault on
Mary's Heights, 3 May, 1863. He was discharged 11 Jan., 1864, on
account of wounds. He is described as a farmer in the settlement of
his estate, which was divided in equal portions to Henry C. Bixby, John
R. Bixby, Sarah Pettigrew and estate of Charles C. Bixby.
6- 6 Sarah Jane, born 1 Oct., 1839; married Levi A. Pettigrew.
7- 7 John Read, born 11 Aug., 1842; married Johanna 3 Flaherty.
12695. 1
VI. Joseph Bixby {Joseph, Asa,* David, Daniel, Joseph), born
26 Nov., 1791, at Cavendish, Vt.; 5 died 22 June, 1862, at Rush-
ford (Farmersville), 6 N. Y.; married Phebe Dutton, born 9 May,
1796, died 28 Jan., 1824; married, second, Ruth Boles, born
9 May, 1801, died 18 March, 1833, at Farmersville; 7 married,
third, Malinda Wakefield, born 24 May, 1799, died 21 Aug.,
1874, at Arcade, N. Y. 7
Children, born at Farmersville, except where noted:
1- 1 William Adams, born 10 Oct., 1815, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; married Betsy
A. Williams.
2- 2 Jesse Boyden, born 21 June, 181 7, at Rushford; 7 married Cornelia A. Ely.
3~ 3 Joseph Edgar, born 12 May, 1820, at Rushford; married Mary Ely.
By second marriage:
4 Miles M., born 14 May, 1825; 8 died 5 Oct., 1861, at Farmersville; 7
married, 1854, Betsey Damon, who died 1854. No issue.
5 Mary Phebe, born 10 Sept., 1828; died 25 Oct., 1896, unmarried.
6- 6 Harvey Ery, born 24 Oct., 1830; 7 married Amelia Reede; (2) Sylvia R.
Dunton.
7- 7 Martha Ruth, born 11 Feb., 1832; 8 married Andrew J. Ely.
1 Record of Deaths at Ludlow.
} Hiram P. Bixby sold land in Rutland, Vt., in 1881. {Rutland Deeds.)
• Joanna Bixby presented claims against the estates of Charles C. and Hiram P. Bixby.
• Dr. A. B. Bixby (12695.63) compiled a genealogy of descendants of Asa Bixby, all of which he
placed at the disposal of Rev. Moses Bixby. Information not otherwise accounted for is probably
from that source.
• His birth is recorded at Mt. Holly. Cavendish, Vt., records of births, marriages, and deaths
prior to 1840 are either lacking or but fragmentary. No mention is found of the name Bixby on
those records prior to 1840. Proctorsville is a village in Cavendish.
8 Information of Harry F. Bixby (1 2695.1 31-3).
'Information of Mrs. Martha R. Ely (12695.17).
8 Information of Mrs. Jennie P. Messenger (12695. 17-2).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 463
By third marriage:
8 Daniel C, born 25 Oct., 1839; l died 10 Feb., 1865, at Richmond, Va., 1
a prisoner of war. He enlisted 3 Sept., 1864, in Co. E, 5th N. Y. Cavalry
at Freedom, N. Y., and was taken prisoner 7 Oct., 1864, at Tom's Brook,
near Straasburg, Va.
12695.2
VI. Jesse Bixby (Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born 4
May, 1794, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died there 22 Aug., 1864; 2 married
there 2 Oct., 1820, Nancy Maria Stimson, of Springfield, Vt.,
born there 3 July, 1796, died 6 April, 1875, "aged 78 years, 8
months," 3 at Ludlow, Vt., daughter of Daniel and Miriam (Shurtleff)
Stimson. 4
Children, 5 born at Mt. Holly:
1- 1 Jesse Parker, born 27 Dec, 1821; 2 married Justina S. Eddy; (2) Lydia
F. Root; (3) Maggie Jewell.
2 Nancy Lorinda (Lorinda A.), 6 born 24 Oct., 1824; 2 married 19 Jan.,
1852, at Mt. Holly, 1 Orrin Taylor, 7 of Weathersfield, Vt., born 16 Dec,
1819, at Andover, Vt., died 30 Sept., 1883, at Ludlow, son of Samuel
and Linda (Spencer) Taylor. 5 No issue. In 1915, Mrs. Nancy (Bixby)
Taylor was living at the Old Ladies' Home at Rutland, Vt.
3- 3 Mary Elizabeth, born 2 July, 1827; 2 married Rev. Rufus Smith.
4- 4 Asa Shepherd Adams, born 16 Nov., 1832; married Delia E. Lord.
5 William Henry, born 24 Oct., 1835; died 1 May, 1869, killed on the
railroad near Proctorsville, Vt.; married 11 April, 1863, at Littleton,
Mass., Olive Robbins Pengry 8 of Mt. Holly, born there 3 Dec, 1837,
died there 19 Oct., 1864, daughter of Nathan and Lydia (Hadley) Pengry,
of Mount Holly. 9 No issue.
Jesse Bixby lived and died in Mt. Holly, on a farm adjoining
the one on which he was born. He was an active, earnest man,
and for more than fifty years a member of the Baptist church.
His sincere piety and consistent christian life were a strong influ-
ence for good in the community in which he lived. All of his family,
and of his father's family except one, were members of the Baptist
church. 5 Mrs. Bixby "was a woman of more than average mental
ability."
1 Information of Mrs. Martha R. Ely (12695. 17)-
« Mt. Holly records. ' Ludlow records.
• Information of Mrs. William P. Bixby (12695.242).
6 Information of Mrs. Nancy (Bixby) Taylor (12605.2-2).
• Information of town clerk, Mt. Holly.
7 Orrin Taylor by a former wife had a daughter, Ella J. Taylor, who was a missionary of the
American Baptist Missionary Union at Maulmein, Burma.
• Pingry in marriage record at Fitchburg, Mass.
» Pengry Family, pp. 39. 87.
464 BIXBY GENEALOGY
12695.4
VI. Thomas Howard Bixby {Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 2 Sept., 1799, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died there 25 Oct., 1846; 1
married, 1824, Sally Dudley, who died 16 Dec, 1873, 2 aged 74
years, 3 11 months, 6 days, at Ludlow, Vt., daughter of Josiah and
Susanna (Wentworth) Dudley, 3 of Mt. Holly. She left a will,
dated 3 Oct., 1867, proved 17 Feb., 1874, at Ludlow, by which her
estate passed to her daughter Victoria S. Bixby, son Joseph J.
Bixby, and to William T., Mary, and Franklin Billings, children
of daughter Mary Billings, deceased.
Children:
1 Susan Maranda, born 29 June, 1828; died 14 Oct., 1846, unmarried.
2 Joseph Josiah, born 9 July, 1830, at Mt. Holly; died 13 April, 1873, 2
at Ludlow; married 27 Nov., 1858, at Rutland, Vt., 4 Esther A. Billings of
Mt. Holly, born 1 Feb., 1835, died 30 Sept., 1 876,2 daughter of Benja-
min and Esther (Parker) Billings. 3 No issue. Esther A. Bixby
appears as both grantor and grantee of land in Rutland, and Jo-
seph J. Bixby in 1865 took a deed of land there from B. Billings, Jr. 4
In 1858, he received a quitclaim deed from Mary A., Aurora L., and
Victoria S. Bixby of their share of the estate of Thomas H. Bixby,
except the share of his widow, Sarah Bixby. 5 Administration was
granted on his estate, 1 May, 1873, to William Billings. Before the
estate was settled, the widow Esther died, and distribution was made
to his sister Victoria and to the children of his deceased sister Mary.
3- 3 Mary Ann, born 11 Aug., 1833, at Mt. Holly; married William Billings.
4 Victoria S., born 27 March, 1838; 1 died 29 Jan., 1886; 6 married 12 (13) 2
Jan., 1869, Duane Otis Ross of Rutland, born 1839, 2 son of Martin and
Lavinia Ross. 1 No issue.
5 Aurora Lucinda, born 16 Sept., 1840; died 16 June, 1862, at Mt. Holly,
unmarried.
I2695.5
VI. Salome Bixby (Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph), born
23 Feb., 1802, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died 8 June, 1885, at Fair Haven,
Vt.; married 25 Dec, 1821, at Mt. Holly, 7 Adams Dutton of
Castleton.Vt., 7 born 3 Aug., 1794, died 14 Sept., 1 881, son of William
Dutton 8 of Cavendish, Vt.
1 Information of Mrs. Nancy L. Taylor (12695.2-2).
! Ludlow records.
s Information of William H. Bixby (126952-5).
* Rutland, Vt., records.
« Mt. Holly Deeds, 14: 319-
« Record of Deaths at Ludlow.
' According to the Rutland Herald of that year, the marriage took place 24 Dec, 1821. The
bride's name was printed Selonca.
* William Dutton was a Revolutionary eoldier.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 465
Children: x
1 Mary Salome Dutton, born 31 Jan., 1823; died 21 Feb., 1896, at Brattle-
boro, Vt.; married 19 Sept., 1841, John D. Smead, born 14 Feb., 1817,
died 2 Jan., 1875, at Sudbury, Vt.
Children:
1. John Albert Smead, born 22 June, 1842; married 2 Aug., 1863, Naomi
Wiswell, now deceased, daughter of James Wiswell. They lived at
Fort Ann, N. Y., now at Whitehall, N. Y. Child: Henry Wiswell
Smead, born 6 Sept., 1876.
2. Julien Forester Smead, born 20 Nov., 1851; married 4 Nov., 1873,
Belle H. Joy; (2) 10 Feb., 1894, Carrie J. Giles. They live at Leo-
minster, Mass.
3. Edward A. Smead, born 6 July, 1854; died 23 Nov., 1857.
4. Lillian Amelia Smead, born 2 March, 1858; died 2 Feb., 1888; married
29 May, 1879, Fred S. Fisher, son of George Fisher. Children: Willie
G. Fisher, born 28 Feb., 1880. Mary E. Fisher, born 14 Dec, 1882.
Earl Fisher, born 8 May, 1885.
2 William Adams Dutton, born 8 Sept., 1824, at Castleton, Vt.; died 16
Aug., 1899, at Brattleboro; married 10 Sept., 1850, Aurelia Sophia Kathan,
who died 19 May, 1892. No issue. They lived in Brattleboro.
3 Joseph Sheldon Dutton, born 18 Feb., 1827; married, 1853, Myra Wright of
Pawlet, Vt., who died 1855; (2) i860, Addie E. Wright of Pawlet, born 1 832,2
sister of his first wife. He is a veterinary surgeon and lives in Rutland.
Children:
1. Alice E. Dutton, born 1854; died 1896, unmarried.
By second marriage:
2. Son, died in infancy.
3. Louis Dutton, born 1863; deceased.
4. Katie Dutton, died 1870.
5. Nina Katherine Dutton, born 17 Aug., 1870; married 8 June, 1898,
F. Clifton Britton. They live at Claremont.
4 Eliza Phebe Dutton, born 27 Feb., 1829; died 26 Nov., 1895, at Poultney,
Vt.; married 2 Sept., 1849, Seymore Wilson, born 27 Sept., 1825, died 13
Aug., 1897.
Children:
1. William Wilberforce Wilson, born 26 Dec, 1850; died 27 June, 1872.
2. Estella May Wilson, born 18 Sept., 1861; died 13 June, 1862.
3. Edward Dutton Wilson, born 29 Sept., 1868; married 20 Feb., 1889,
Mary E. Field, of Fair Haven, Vt. Children : William Havens Wilson,
born 5 May, 1890. Edwin Dwight Wilson, born 26 Jan., 1894. Stan-
ley Albert Wilson, born 19 March, 1897.
5 Alzina Dutton, born 19 July, 1831; died 1 Aug., 1831.
6 Cyrus Dutton, born 19 April, 1833; died 1833.
7 Lucy Jane Dutton, born 28 Aug., 1835, at Fair Haven; died 5 April, 1890,
at Poultney; married 30 June, 1853, Carlos L. Gorham, born 23 March,
1828, died 18 April, 1900. He lived in Poultney.
1 Information concerning descendants of Salome Dutton was received from Jessie D. Thayer
(12695. 5-8i).
5 Information of Mrs. Nina K. Britton (12695.5-35).
466 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children:
1. Carrie May Gorham, born 21 Dec, 1856; died 23 Aug., 1857.
2. George Gorham, born 12 July, 1858; died 6 Aug., 1858.
8 Daniel Dillingham Dutton, born 15 Sept., 1838; married 28 Jan., 1863,
Minnie Ella Davis, daughter of Matthew Price and Rachel (Allbee) Davis,
of Compton, P. Q.
Children:
1. Jessie Mae Dutton, born 22 Feb., 1866; married 14 Feb., 1893, Truman
Thayer. They live in Brattleboro. Child: Shirley Dutton Thayer,
born 17 July, 1890, at Brattleboro.
2. William Adams Dutton, born 22 Sept., 1870; died 1 Nov., 1870, at
Fair Haven.
12695.6
VI. Armentus William Bixby {Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel,
Joseph), born 19 June, 1804, 1 at Mount Holly, Vt.; died 11 Sept.,
1841, at Shalersville, O.; married 26 Dec, 1826 2 (1827), 3 at Clare-
mont, N. H., Harriet Maria Stoddard, born there 27 Nov., 1804,
died 13 Sept., 1841, at Shalersville, daughter of Amos and Catherine
(Tollman) Stoddard.
Children:
1- 1 Amos Stoddard, born 24 Sept., 1828, at Mt. Holly; married Jane J. S.
Stiles.
2- 2 Salome Catherine, born 6 Oct., 1830, at Mt. Holly; married Elon G.
Pettigrew.
3- 3 Armentus Boyden, born 26 June, 1834, at Mt. Holly; married Annie
French; (2) Elnora E. Howard; (3) Helen Hosford.
4- 4 Marquis Jesse, born 31 Oct., 1835, at Shalersville; married Julia Mills.
5- 5 Mary Etta, born 9 Sept., 1837, at Shalersville; married Joseph D. Flan-
ders.
6- 6 Thomas Corwin, born 14 Feb., 1840, at Shalersville; married Lucinda A.
Bronson; (2) Nancy L. Tarbell.
Armentus W. Bixby learned the blacksmith's trade at Clare-
mont, N. H., and there became acquainted with his wife. In the
spring of 1835 he removed to Shalersville, O. They traveled the
entire distance, nearly seven hundred miles, with a team of three
horses and a lumber wagon, in which he carried his wife and three
children and his household goods. He located on a farm and
became an active man in the affairs of the community. He was
sheriff and captain of a militia company at the time of his death,
which was caused by a malignant malarial fever six years after
1 See footnote 3 page 222.
* Claremont records.
•Information of Mrs Mary E. Eastman (12605611).
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his arrival in Ohio. He and his wife were taken sick the same
day. He died the third day and she the fifth, and they were
buried in the same grave. Their children, the eldest but twelve
years of age, were brought back to Vermont by relatives. In
1853 Ethan Priest of Mt. Holly was appointed guardian of
Armentus B., Marquis J., and " Marrietta" Bixby, all of them of
Mt. Holly. The four sons served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
12695.7
VI. Beman Boynton Bixby {Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 24 Feb., 1807, 1 at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died there 15 June, 1888; 2
married there 8 May, 1831, 3 Rowena Flanders, born there 15
March, 1807, died there 30 April, 1895, daughter of Benjamin and
Rhoda (Dean) Flanders 2 of Mt. Holly.
Thomas H. and Beman B. Bixby gave bond, 8 Dec, 1828, to
care for their parents. 2
Children, born at Mt. Holly:
1 Lucinda Rowena, born 19 Dec, 1831; 2 died 26 Jan., 1833, 2 at Mt. Holly.
2- 2 Sarah Jane, born 30 July, 1833; 2 married Alva C. Randall.
3 Austin Dickerman, 4 born 11 May, 1835; died 27 April, 1896, at Mt.
Holly; 2 married there 23 March, 1862, Julia Dodge, born there 8 July,
1843, died there 2 July, 1868, aged 25 years, 11 months, 25 days, daughter
of Rosanna Dodge. 2 No issue.
4- 4 Martha Ellen, born 19 March, 1840; married Charles R. Holden.
I2695.J
VI. Daniel Peck Bixby {Joseph, Asa, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 10 Aug., 1815, at Mt. Holly, Vt.; died 2 April, 1912, at Poult-
ney, Vt.; married 30 March, 1841, at Benson, Vt., Esther Wright
Hooper, born there 1 Dec, 18 19, died 30 April, 191 1, at Poultney,
daughter of Asa and Esther (Right) Hooper of Benson. They
lived at Poultney, Vt.
Children:
1- 1 Amine Nancy, born 22 Jan., 1842, at Clarendon, Vt.; married William
H. Sisco.
2- 2 Elwin Myron, born 4 Sept., 1844, at West Haven, Vt.; married Carrie
E. Wilcox; (2) Lydia J. Campbell.
1 See footnote 3 page 222. J Mt. Holly records.
1 Information of Fred B. Randall (12695.72-4).
4 He is called Austin Dutton by his niece, Mrs. Julia A. Winslow, who says he married Julia
Freeman.
8
468 BIXBY GENEALOGY
126 J6. i
VI. Harriet Bixby 1 (Theophilus, William, David, Daniel,
Joseph), born 16 July, 1805, at Roxbury, Mass.; died 17 March,
1903* at Waitsfield, Vt., (gravestone at Waitsfield) ; married 23
Jan., 1827, at Fayston, Vt., Hosea Newcomb, born 28 Nov.,
1803, at Swansey, N. H., died 11 Dec, 1889, at East Warren, Vt.,
(gravestone at Waitsfield), son of William and Rachel (Briggs)
Newcomb. Mr. Newcomb was a farmer. Until 1844 he lived
in Fayston, whence he moved to Waitsfield, Vt., then to Atchison,
Kans., and later to Warren, Vt. 2
Children, born at Fayston:
1 Dan Newcomb, born 25 Aug., 1827; died 11 July, 1908, at Ocean Springs,
Miss.; married 9 Sept., 1851, at Montpelier, Vt., Calista Helen Smith,
born 22 Dec, 1830, at Cabot, Vt., daughter of David and Hannah Smith. 2
He was a physician and surgeon at Ocean Springs. He graduated in 1852
from the Berkshire Medical College, at Pittsfield, Mass.
Child:
1. Dan Hosea Newcomb, born 23 May, 1863; died 26 July, 1865.
2 George Bixby Newcomb, born 12 April, 1831; died 17 Feb., 1899, at East
Warren; married 3 Aug., 1854, Mary Jane Goodspeed, born 2 March,
1834, 3 at Warren, died 25 Nov., 1912, daughter of Gideon Gilbert and Maria
Louisa (Sargent) Goodspeed. They lived on a farm at East Warren.
Children:
1. Hattie Maria Newcomb, born 29 July, 1856, at Fayston; died 1891;
married Walter Elmer Barney. 4
2. Henry Hosea Newcomb, born 28 Jan., 1859, at Moretown, Vt. ; married
Catherine Ann Clark. 4
3. George Carlos Newcomb, born 24 Aug., 3 1864, at Moretown; died 25
Feb., 1871.
3 Lydia Maria Newcomb, born 30 June, 1833, at Fayston; married there 17
Feb., 1852, Nathaniel Shepherd, born 23 Sept., 1823, at Thetford, Vt.,died
3 Dec, 1898, in Minneapolis, Minn., son of Daniel and (Godfrey)
Shepherd.
Children:
I. Alton Monroe Shepherd, born 3 July, 1855, at Fayston; formerly the
proprietor of Vine Grove Nursery, Minneapolis, he lived later at
Cottagewood, Lake Minnetonka, Minn., and now lives at Pasadena,
Cal.; married 24 Aug., 1876, at Ripon, Wis., Evaline Parsons. Chil-
dren, born in Minneapolis: Louetta Maud Shepherd, born 23 Aug.,
1880; a school teacher, lives with her parents. Arthur Milton Shep-
herd, born 23 July, 1882. 6 Ethel May Shepherd, born 19 May, 1885;
married Henry Joseph Blakeman. 6 Harold Alton Shepherd, born 6
Dec, 1890. Helen Marie Shepherd, born 1 May, 1900.
1 Information concerning the descendants of Harriet (Bixby) Newcomb was received from Mrs.
Bragg (126J6.5-2), Mrs. L. M. Shephard (126J6.1-3), Mrs. Lizzie M. West (126J6.1-32), and D. C.
Newcomb (126J6.1-4). 2 Jones: History of Waitsfield, Vt.
• Newcomb Genealogy, p. 504, gives this date as 1833. * Goodspeed Genealogy, p. 343.
• Child: Gordon Earl Shepherd, born 4 Aug., 1908, in Minneapolis.
• Child: Marian Mae Blakeman, born 15 Jan., 1907.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 469
2. Lizzie Malona Shepherd, born 2 Aug., 1857, at Ripon; married there
31 Dec, 1877, William Blinn West, born 20 June, 1854, at Ripon,
died 4 March, 1905, at Ashton, S. D., son of Ephraim Pitt and Abigail
(Turner) West. Mrs. William Blinn West lives at Hudson, S. D.
Children, born at Ashton: Nellie May West, born 8 Jan., 1882; married
6 July, 1903, at Canton, S. D., Jacob Levi McVay, of Canton, formerly
of Hudson, a farmer. William Blinn West, born 26 Jan., 1884, of
Ashton, a farmer.
3. Minnie Mae Shepherd, born 25 Nov., 1867, at Ripon; married 30 Aug.,
1893, at Excelsior, Minn., Rev. Elton Fremont Spicer, a Presbyterian
clergyman.
4. Nellie Blanche Shepherd, born 21 Sept., 1869, at Ripon; married 30 Aug.,
1893, at Excelsior, James Case Millard, a real estate agent in Minne-
apolis.
4. Don Carlos Newcomb, born 13 July, 1836; married 8 Aug., 1866, at Atchi-
son, Anna E. Bowman, born 27 March, 1844, at Brownsville, Pa., daughter
of Capt. George W. and Harriet Susanna (Giesey) Bowman. They live
at Atchison. Mr. Newcomb was a successful merchant at Atchison, having
the "largest store in the state." He disposed of his business in 1905 and
became president of the First National Bank of Atchison, of which he
was an original stockholder, director and vice-president covering a period
of over forty years, and from which he retired in 1910. He has been a
trustee and steward and class leader for 25 years of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and has been twice elected lay delegate to General Conference.
Children, born at Atchison:
1. Hattie May Newcomb, born 22 Nov., 1867; married 27 Oct., 1892,
Harry Alexander Smith, major 28th Inf., U. S. A. Children: New-
comb Smith, born 26 July, 1894. William Alexander Smith, born I
Aug., 1896.
2. George Edgar Newcomb, born 19 March, 1869; died 25 March, 1909;
married 9 Oct., 1896, Mary Dorothy Jones, of Waupun, Wis. Chil-
dren: Clara Forrest Newcomb, born 21 Aug., 1898, at Waupun. Don
Carlos Newcomb, born 8 Dec, 1901, at Atchison. Charles Jones
Newcomb, born 16 Nov., 1905, at Waupun.
5 Harriet Malona Newcomb, born 13 Oct., 1844; died 2 Aug., 1869; married
5 April, 1864, at Sumner, Kans., Dr. John Becker of Brighton, la., who
served as surgeon in the Union army.
Children:
1. Fanny H. Becker.
2. Edwin Becker.
3. Henry Becker, died aged three months.
I26J6.2
VI. William Bixby (Theophilas, William, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 20 Nov., 1806, at Groton, Mass.; died 31 Jan., 1870, at Owa-
tonna, Minn.; married 3 May, 1830, Louisa Smith, who died 30
Oct., 1885. 1
They lived in Washington Co., Vt., until 1864, when they
removed to Owatonna, Minn. 1
J Information obtained from Mrs. Luther Bixby (126J6.22), and letters of Luther Bixby.
470 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children, born at Fayston, Vt.: 1
I Henry Orville, born 10 Feb., 1832; died 26 April, 1848.
2- 2 Luther, born 30 June, 1835; married Kate Middaugh.
I26J6.4
VI. Mary Bixby (Theophilus, William, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 9 Jan. ,1810, at Roxbury, Mass. ; died 6 July, 1894, at Barrington,
111.; married 11 Jan., 1829, Carlton Richardson, born 23 Feb.,
1807, died 1 April, 1842, at Fayston, Vt. She married, second,
27 Nov., 1856, Luke Colburn, born 27 Dec, 1809, died 29 Aug.,
1889, at Barrington. 2
Children: 2
1 Samuel Richardson, born 2 Dec, 1830; died 27 Feb., 1831.
2 Hannah S. Richardson, born 18 Feb., 1832; died 12 July, 1834.
3 Mary A. Richardson, born 8 April, 1834; died 21 July, 1871, in Florida;
married 5 Dec, 1850, David Maynard, who died; (2) 9 Jan., 1858, William
A. F. McFarland, who died 24 Aug., 1871.
Child:
I. Oscar E. Maynard, born 29 Dec, 1851, who was twice married and
had at least five children. They lived near Chicago, 111.
4 Sarah C. Richardson, born 29 Dec, 1835; died 10 June, 1891, at Barrington;
married 13 April, 1856, Christopher Dickenson, who died 6 March, 1887,
at Barrington.
Child:
1. George E. Dickenson, born 23 Feb., 1857; died 2 Sept., 1888, at Nunda, 111.;
married Cora . Children : Maude Dickenson, now of Crystal
Lake, 111. Ralph Dickenson.
5 Frank Carlton Richardson, born 22 Oct., 1840, at Burlington, Vt.; died
5 Jan., 1899, in Chicago; married 13 Oct., 1866, Mary L. Harvey, who
died 17 July, 1907, in Chicago.
Children:
1. Fred Carlton Richardson, born 22 Aug., 1867, at Toledo, O.; married
14 Aug., 1894, at the American Legation, Lima, Peru, Rose Lillian
Field, born 24 April, 1870, in Duluth, Minn. Fred C. Richardson
enlisted in the U. S. Navy as James Carlton Mullen. He is a
master-mariner and sailmaker. He married (2) 26 June, 1902, in New
York City, Rena Frances Ray, born 22 March, 1876, in Newark,
N. J. 3 Child: Rose Louise Richardson, born 10 June, 1895, at
Callas, Peru; killed with her mother at Ca'.las, 12 Oct., 1895, during
civil war.
2. Ira H. Richardson, born 24 Jan., 1869; died 21 Aug., 1869, at Arlington
Heights, 111.
3. Charles F. Richardson, born 25 Jan., 1872; married 5 Sept., 1896, Daisy
E. Gardner, in Chicago, where they live. No issue.
1 Town records.
» Information of Charles F. Richardson (126J6.4-53) and Mrs. William H. Bixby (126J6.4-S4).
• Information of Fred C. Richardson (126J6.4-51).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 471
4. Mary E. Richardson, born 18 Nov., 1874, in Chicago; married 30 Nov.,
1893, William Henry Bixby (126J6.J6).
5. Henry B. Richardson, born 9 Oct., 1877; died 18 March, 1878.
6. Child, died in infancy.
7. Child, died in infancy.
8. Kenneth E. Richardson, born 16 June, 1882. In 1906, went to Panama,
and had not been heard from as late as 1909, at which time he was a
widower.
6 Theophilus B. Richardson, born 16 Jan., 1842, at Burlington; died 3 Dec,
1893, in Chicago; married 12 Dec, 1866, Marietta S. Butler.
126J6.5
VI. Lydia Bixby {Theophilus, William, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 23 Feb., 1812, at Roxbury, Mass.; died 1 Sept., 1887, at Fays-
ton, Vt.; married there 23 May, 1834, John Chandler Griggs,
born 16 Dec., 1807, at Woodstock, Conn., died 2 Oct., 1861, at
Fayston, son of Stephen 1 and Rhoda Bacon (Smith) Griggs. She
married, second, 23 Nov., 1863, at Waitsfield, Vt., Earl Ward,
born 28 Aug., 1800, at Waterbury, Vt., died 23 Oct., 1870, at More-
town, Vt.
Children, bom at Fayston:
1 Emeline Louise Griggs, born 23 May, 1835; died 7 Nov., 1859, at Warren,
Vt.; married 10 March, 1857, at Fayston, Ira C. Taylor, born 4 Nov., 1833,
at Warren, died 20 Jan., 1891, at Morgan, Vt.
Child:
I. Wilbur Merrill Taylor, born 3 Aug., 1858, at Waitsfield; married 11
March, 1886, Flora Chandler, born 31 Jan., i860. They lived at
Derby, Vt. Children, born at Derby: Harold Chandler Taylor, born
24 Jan., 1891. Emilie Louise Taylor, born 9 Aug., 1895.
2 Anna Bixby Griggs, 2 born 17 March, 1837; died 13 May, 1915, at Barre, Vt.;
married 9 Jan., 1855, at Fayston, Azro Daniel Bragg, born 25 Nov., 1833,
at Warren, son of William and Chloe (Buck) Bragg. Mr. Bragg's present
address is Waitsfield. Mrs. Anna B. Bragg united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church at the age of eleven years, and, until her death, remained
a faithful member. All her life she had a lively interest in all good works,
and in the welfare of the community. She has been especially interested
in the history and progress of her native state. In 1898, she compiled an
interesting history of Fayston, which was published at the "Centennial
Celebration" of that town, and, for some years, she was the local correspond-
ent of the Northfield News and the Burlington Free Press. She was intensely
interested in the Bixby Genealogy, and has been of great help to the com-
piler not only in completing the history of families which are her near rela-
tives, but in any matters in her section where she could give assistance.
Children:
I. Francis Azro Bragg, born 13 May, 1856, at Warren; died 3 July, 1909, at
Fayston; married 8 Sept., 1880, at Moretown, Marona Alma Powers,
1 Stephen Griggs, son of Stephen Griggs, a revolutionary soldier, had brothers Benjamin and
Nathan. Stephen Griggs, Sr., is said to have come from England. [Letter of Mrs. Bragg (126J6.5-2).]
2 The compiler is indebted to Mrs. Bragg for the great interest she has shown in gathering infor-
mation concerning this group of families.
472 BIXBY GENEALOGY
born 30 March, 1856, at Ripton, Vt. Children: A nna Lorenda Bragg,
born 1 Dec, i88i,at Lyndonville, Vt.; died 6 April, 1908, at Fayston.
Edna Delia Bragg, born 28 May, 1889, at Fayston. Merrill Douglas
Bragg, born 1 May, 1895, at Fayston.
2. Emily Louisa Bragg, born 14 July, 1859, at Warren; died 13 Nov.,
1881, at Lyndonville; married 29 Dec, 1880, at Fayston, Edward
Albert Johnson, born March, 1854, at Waitsfield. Children: Emily
Bragg Johnson, born 5 Nov., 1881, at Lyndonville; married 8 March,
1905, at Fayston, Fred Jarius Eaton, born 23 April, 1878, at Warren.
3. A son, born and died 22 Jan., 1862.
4. Hattie Elizabeth Bragg, born 8 Aug., 1864, at Fayston; married 15
May, 1886, at Waitsfield, George Ferdinand Ainsworth, born there
II June, i860, now of Minneapolis, Minn. Children, born at Waits-
field: Caroline Ray Ainsworth, born 20 March, 1888. Walter .Scott
Ainsworth, born 7 April, 1889; married 23 Jan., 1913, at Thunder
Hawk, S. D., Rachel Abby Morris.
5. William Chandler Bragg, born 22 March, 1866, at Fayston; married
26 March, 1889, at Waterbury, Vt., May Lenora McAllister, born
14 July, 1870, at Waitsfield, where they live. Children, born at
Fayston: Ray McAllister Bragg, born 9 Oct., 1890. Francis Romeo
Bragg, born 19 Feb., 1894.
3 Harriet Maria Griggs, 1 born 21 Nov., 1838, at Fayston; died 5 April, 1906,
at Burlington; married 15 Dec, 1857, at Fayston, Lorenzo Calvin Grandy,
born 5 April, 1833, at Warren, died 9 Aug., 1886, at Newport, Vt., son of
Calvin and Thomazin (Johnson) Grandy, and a descendant of John Alden
and Priscilla Mullins. A resolute business man, undaunted by disaster, he
did much to develop the lumber industry of northern Vermont.
Children:
1. Jennie De Etta Grandy, born 18 Jan., 1859, at Fayston; died 3 April,
i860, at Waitsfield.
2. Jessie Fremont Grandy, born 8 Nov., 1861, at Brownington, Vt.;she
graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy (1884), and as a trained
nurse from Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, where she now lives.
3. Elsworth Calvin Grandy, born 28 April, 1864, at Brownington; died
there 19 June, 1864.
4. Merton Calvin Grandy, born 18 May, 1865, at Brownington; married
27 July, 1892, at Newport, Nellie May Miller, born 26 Aug., 1866, at
Westfield, Vt., daughter of Oscar C. and Elma (Brown) Miller. Elma
Brown was a descendant of Roger Williams. Merton C. Grandy
completed the Bryant and Stratton Commercial course at Boston in
1885, and entered the lumber business in which he continued until 1908,
when he was elected city clerk of Burlington by the unanimous vote
of the Mayor and Aldermen, which position he has (1915) held con-
tinuously since that time, whichever political party has controlled the
city government. Children, born at Burlington: Daniel Robinson
Grandy, born 18 May, 1893; married 3 Aug., 1915, at Essex Junction,
Vt., Marjorie Read. He graduated from the University of Vermont,
1915, and is teaching in Racine College, Racine, Wis. Ruth Brown
Grandy, born 3 Aug., 1894. Pearl Miller Grandy, born 8 Sept., 1895.
Oscar Calvin Grandy, born 11 May, 1898; died 2 Feb., 1899.
5. Albion Lorenzo Grandy, born 5 March, 1867, at Barton Landing, Vt.;
married 27 Sept., 1892, at Frankfort, Mich., Ida Louise Culver, and
lives at Detroit, Mich. He graduated from the St. Johnsbury, Vt. t
1 Information concerning this family received from George W. Grandy (126J6.S-36) and A. L.
Grandy (136J6. 5-3S).
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 473
Academy in 1884, and, since 1887, has been continuously in railroad
engineering work. He was appointed chief engineer of the Pere Mar-
quette R. R. Co., in March, 1912. Children: Marion Louise Grandy,
born 4 Oct., 1895, at Grand Rapids, Mich. Helen Harriet Grandy,
born 7 Nov., 1896, at Grand Rapids. Anna Grandy, born 8 April,
1907, at Saginaw.
6. George Walter Grandy, born 22 Jan., 1870, at Barton Landing; married
27 June, 1906, at Burlington, Anna Elizabeth Munroe. They live
at Burlington. Child: Lorenzo Munroe Grandy, born 25 June, 1907,
at Burlington.
7. Flora Orissa Grandy, born 8 July, 1874, at Barton Landing; married 5
March, 1907, at Manila, P. I., Dr. Henry Whitney Eliot, born 28
Feb., 1866, at North Haven, Conn., son of Whitney and Eliot.
He received his education at the New Haven public schools, and at
the University of Vermont, where he took up the study of medicine.
He entered the United States Medical Corps during the Philippine
Insurrection, following the Spanish American War, where he served
as captain. From 1904-07 was District Health Officer, Philippine
Board of Health. Through his efforts smallpox was controlled in the
Island of Luzon. In 1907 he returned to the army, but resigned in
1912, and is now on the inactive list of the Medical Reserve Corps,
U. S. A., practising in Belchertown, Mass. Dr. Eliot is a direct
descendant of John Eliot, Missionary to the Indians. Flora Orissa
Grandy graduated from the Burlington High School, 1894; from
Nurses' Training School, Metropolitan Hospital, Blackwell's Island,
Jan., 1902. Children: John A Iden Eliot, born II June, 1908, at Ma-
nila. Harriet Wyllys Eliot, born 26 March, 1910, at Ft. McKinley, Me.
Whitney Eliot, born 1 March, 1916, at Belchertown.
John Chandler Griggs, born 25 Feb., 1851; married 21 May, 1871, at Dux-
bury, Vt., Sarah Belle Hoadley, born 22 Sept., 1853, daughter of Artemas
and (Foote) Hoadley. They live at Barre, Vt. Mr. Griggs re-
ceived his education at the public schools of Washington Co., Vt. When
sixteen years old, he was employed by M. M. Knight, dry goods and clothing
merchant, with whom he remained nine years. Following this he was en-
gaged for eighteen years in the retail shoe business, and for the past sixteen
years has been in the general insurance business at Barre. He is a member
of the Congregational Church and served on the school board in Waterbury
for twelve years. He was also one of the Trustees of Waterbury Village
for two years, 1890 and 1891.
Children, born at Waterbury, Vt.:
1. Emiline Louisa Griggs, born 6 Feb., 1876; died 4 Sept., 1878, at Waterbury.
2. Frank Knight Griggs, born 23 Aug., 1877; married 19 June, 1907, at
Montpelier, Vt., Helen Stephens Babbitt, born 26 March, 1879, at
St. Johnsbury, Vt., daughter of Henry Ancil and Abbie Stephens
Babbitt. Children, born at Montpelier: Chandler Babbitt Griggs,
born 6 Dec, 1909. Nelson Stevens Griggs, born 9 June, 1914.
Julia Lydia Griggs, born 27 May, 1853; died 30 Dec, 1878, at Warren;
married 2 May, 1872, at Waitsfield, Plyna Parker, born 7 Aug., 1847, at
Fayston, died 20 Aug., 1912, at Warren, son of Stephen and Angeline
(Lockwood) Parker. He lived at Warren.
Child:
1. Jennie Laura Parker, born 18 July, 1873, at Waitsfield; married 1 Oct.,
1896, Orive Mahlon Jones, born 11 Feb., 1864, at Warren. Children,
born at Warren: Merritt Arthur Jones, born 19 April, 1901. Marion
Elizabeth Jones, born 12 March, 1906.
474 BIXBY GENEALOGY
126J6.9
VI. John Bixby {Theophilus, William, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 28 Jan., 1815, at Moretown, Vt.; died 15 Jan., 1890, at Aurora,
Minn.; married 2 Feb., 1840, at Cabot, Vt., Malinda Polly
Schagel, born 10 April, 1817, at Chatham, Province of Quebec,
died 26 July, 1895, at Bixby, Aurora Township, Minn., daughter
of Jacob and Polly (Noble) Schagel.
Children:
1- 1 Jacob Schagel, born 8 Nov., 1840, at Cabot, Vt.; married Elizabeth A.
Eichler; (2) Gertrude C. Liverson.
2- 2 Harriet Malinda, born 28 Sept., 1844, at Chatham, P. Q.; married
George H. Curtis.
3- 3 Henry Orville, born 4 Dec, 1849, at Fayston, Vt.; married Lydia
Brock; (2) Mrs. Ella Curtis Deis.
4- 4 George Washington, born 15 June, 1852, at Fayston; married Alice P.
Schagel.
5- 5 Addie Minerva, born 5 Feb., 1861, at Aurora, Minn.; married Warren
Upham.
John Bixby 1 and his family left their home in Fayston, Vt.,
near the Green Mountains, when their son Jacob was 15 years
old, going to Ripon, Wis., in the spring of 1856. Near that town,
in the new settlement of Eureka, Wis., Mr. Bixby rented and planted
a piece of land which was mostly cultivated by his son Jacob
through the summer, while he went forward to the new territory of
Minnesota. Passing through St. Paul he selected a prairie land
claim including small groves of oaks in the township of Aurora,
Steele County. He brought his wife and four children there, a
distance of about 250 miles, in an ox team and covered wagon with
household goods, arriving at this Aurora claim 24 Oct., 1856. They
were about two or three miles from their nearest neighbors. In
about two weeks he and his son Jacob built the log house in which
the family lived for the next twenty years. During the first few
years they endured many hardships, being visited by Indians and
wolves many times.
In the early summer of 1857, all provisions were exhausted before
their first corn ripened and then Mr. Bixby made a journey of three
days to the surrounding settlements with an Indian pony and home-
made cart, but could buy only ten pounds of meal. During his
absence, the family had no food but boiled beet greens from the
garden with salt and the milk of their cow.
1 See illustration opposite page 466.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH BIXBY 475
Mr. Bixby always extended open door hospitality to all new set-
tlers, and he was a friend in need to all his neighbors and acquaint-
ances throughout the country. He was called affectionately
"Uncle John."
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bixby were devout Christians, good citizens,
cheerful and helpful in the community, and content with their lot,
heroically bearing the toil and self-denial of frontier life. During
the last 25 years of her life, Mrs. Bixby suffered with lameness,
but courageously bore her part in all the duties of the home and
neighborhood.
The postofnce of Bixby in Steele County, established 15 Nov.,
1889, was named after John Bixby. Later a railway station was
established there, half a mile east of the old Bixby homestead on
land that was part of the property of Jacob Schagel Bixby, the
first postmaster. In 1915, this railway village, Bixby, had two
stores, a bank, a church, creamery, blacksmith and other shops, a
grain warehouse and about 25 dwellings with about 125 inhabitants.
It is the principal business station between Owatonna, the County
seat, and Blooming Prairie. 1
I26J6J
VI. Luther Bixby (Theophilus, William, David, Daniel, Joseph),
born 20 Sept., 1816, at Moretown, Vt.; died 15 June, 1875, at
Montpelier, Vt. He was buried at Johnson, Vt., where he formerly
lived. He married at Morristown, Vt., Lydia Stowe of that place,
born there in 1822, died 25 Oct., 1847, at Johnson, aged twenty-
eight years, daughter of Solomon and Thirza Stowe. She was
buried at Morristown. Luther Bixby married, second, 15 March,
1848, at Danville, Vt., Mrs. Cynthia (Webster-Wright) Heon,
of Danville, born there 21 April, 1821, died 29 Feb., 1856, at
Johnson, daughter of Moses and Sally (Carr) Webster and widow
of George Wright and Heon. He married, third, Phoebe
Stoddard of Cambridge, Vt., from whom he separated in 1859.
He married, fourth, Sept., 1862, Mrs. Relucia Dewing of John-
son, born 1822 at Montgomery, Vt., died 10 July, 1891, at Shore-
ham, Vt. 2 He was a carpenter.
• Information of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Upham (126J6.05).
'Information concerning this family was received from Mrs. Lydia A. Chase (126J6.J5) and
Charles H. Bixby (126J6.J-4), and from the Vermont vital records at Montpelier.
476 BIXBY GENEALOGY
Children: 1
i Louisa Marietta, born 19 March, 1845; died 12 Sept., 1862, at Johnson.
2 George Hosmer, born 13 May, 1847; died 16 Dec, 1847, at Johnson.
3 Lydia S. (twin with George Hosmer).
By second marriage:
4 Charles Henry Wright (adopted), born 5 Nov., 1843, at Danville. He
enlisted from Craftsbury, Vt., in Co. A, 1st Vt. Cavalry, 7 Aug., 1864;
promoted corporal 1 June, 1865; discharged 21 June, 1865. He is now of
Riley, Kans., a salesman for the Raleigh Company. He was a son of Mrs.
Cynthia (Wright) Bixby by her first husband. He married 11 Dec, 1867,
at Johnson, Martha Maria Balch, born 15 July, 1846, at Waterville, Vt.,
died there 1 May, 1874, daughter of Solomon and Maria (Hurlburt) Balch;
(2) 13 Dec, 1876, at Johnson, Ida Irene Newton, born 16 Oct., 1847, at
Ferrisburg, Vt., daughter of Joseph Newton.
Children:
1. Mira Edith Bixby, born 13 Sept., 1868, at Waterville; died 13 March,
1901, at Milford, Kans. ; married 28 July, 1892, at Milford, George
Edmond Avery, born there 4 Feb., 1865, son of George
