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JOHN DWIGHT,
DEDHAM, MASS.
THE
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JOHN DWIGHT,
DEDHAM, MASS.
BENJAMIN W. DWIGHT,
AUTHOR OF " THE HIOHEB CHRISTIAN EDUCATION," OP " MODERN PHILOLOGY," IN TWO VOLS.
AND OF "THE HISTORY OF THE STRONG FAMILY," IN TWO VOLS.
VOLUME II.
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK:
JOHN F. TROW & SON, PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS,
205-213 EAST TWELFTH STREET.
1874.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, l>otli of Dedliam, Mass. 541
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH DWIGHT,
OF WOODSTOCK, CT.
(CONTINUED.)
[Fourth Generation.] See page 497.
2818. viii. Eunice Dwight (dau. of Rev. Josiah Dwight of Wood-
stock, Cfc. and Mary Partridge), b. in 1708, m. Dec. 12, 1733, Dea. Aaron
Lyman, b. April 1, 1705 (son of Lt. Benjamin Lyrnan of Northampton
and Thankful Ponieroy). He was brother to Hannah Lyman, whom
her cousin, Capt. Nathaniel Dwight of Belchertown, married (see
page 446, No. 60. i.). He was one of the first settlers (in 1731) of
" Cold Spring," now Belchertown, and was a deacon in the church
from its first organization for nearly 50 yeai-s. He kept public-house
for many years in the place. She d. March 28, 1760, aet. 52, and has
been ever " revered and admired by her descendants as a lady of supe-
rior abilities." He m. in 1772, for 2d wife, widow Joanna Hoi ton of
Northfield. He d. June 12, 1780, aet. 75.
[Fifth Generation.] Children:
3230. i. Susanna Lyman, b. Nov. 16, 1734, m. Major Elihu Kent,
d. Feb. 1, 1770, aet. 35.
3231. ii. Major Josiah Lyman, b. March 9, 1736, d. Nov. 18, 1822.
3232. iii. Anna Lyman, b. July 28, 1737, d. unmarried at Haclley,
Mass. [In the Genealogy of the Lyman Family by Prof. Lyman Cole-
man — Albany, 1872, Joel Munsell— it is stated that she m. Capt.
Granger of Suffield, Ct., and had children : Fanny r, who m. Stephen Bar-
nard, and d. in 1851 ; Amelia ; and Nancy, who d. unmarried, This
difference in the records as to her is discovered too late to allow of any
further investigation by the author. Dr. Coleman's general account of
this whole family of Lymans is exceedingly meagre at the best.]
3233. iv. Aaron Lyman, b. March 20, 1740, d. Feb. 23, 1758,
crushed when on a loaded sled in motion against a tree.
3234. v. Major Elihu Lyman, b. Dec. 25, 1741, d. Sept. 12, 1824.
542 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock, Ct.,
3235. vi. Eunice Lyman, b. May 29, 1?44, m. Jonathan Arms of
Deerfield, d. May 3, 1838.
3236. vii. Mary Lyiuaii, b. Nov. 12, 1745, m. Capt. Elislia Hunt,
and d. in 1819, act. 74.
3237. viii. Dorothy Lyman, b. June 17, 1747, d. Aug. 16, 1749.
3238. ix. Caleb Lyman, b. Aug. 2, 1750, d. Aug. 19, 1822.
3239. x. Dorothy Lyman, b. Oct. 4, 1756, d. Sept. 14, 1787.
3230. i. Susanna Lyman, b. Nov. 16, 1734, m. as his 2d wife Major
Elilm Kent, Nov. 9, 1763. He, b. June 1, 1733, was son of Elijah
Kent of Suffield, Ct., and Rachel Kellogg. He was a farmer at Suf-
field. She d. Feb. 1, 1770, and he m. for 3d wife, Feb. 2, 1774, Sibyl
Dwight, b. Oct. 4, 1744 (dau. of Col. Simeon Dwight of Western,
Mass., and Sibyl Dwight, dau. of Capt. Samuel Dwight. See previous
page, 272, No. 529. iii. and subsequent page, No. 6394. i.). She d. July
9, 1822, aet. 76. He d. Feb. 12, 1814, aet. 80.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3240. i. Rebecca Kent, b. Dec. 15, 1764, in. Calvin Austin of War-
ren, O.
3241. ii. Gamaliel Kent, b. Aug. 9, 1766.
3242. iii. Susanna Kent, b. Sept. 20, 1768, m. Hezekiah Hunting-
ton of Suffield, Ct.
3240. i. Rebecca Kent, b. Dec. 15, 1764, m. about 1782 Calvin
Austin, b. in Suffield, Ct., in 1753. He was an agent for eastern land-
owners and judge for several years of the county court for Trumbull
Co., O. He resided at Warren, O., where he d. Oct. 2, 1819, aet. 66.
She d. Jan. 9, 1800, and he m. in 1805, for 2d wife, widow Martha
Murdock, nee Potter, b. in 1780 (dau. of Rev. Lyman Potter of Steu-
benville, O.). She d. in Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 2, 1850.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3243. i. Harriet Austin, b. May 20, 1783, m. Lyman Potter.
3244. ii. Israel Seymour Austin, b. April 21, 1785, d. at Fairport,
O., in 1819, aet. 34.
3245. iii. Charles Augustus Austin, b. May 31, 1787, killed by the
fall of a tree Sept. 20, 1815.
3246. iv. Frances Maria Austin, b. April 7, 1789, in Suffield, m.
George Parsons.
3247. v. Mary Ann Austin, b. Jan. 20, 1791, d. Feb. 11, 1791.
3248. vi. Calvin Austin, b. March, 1, 1792.
3249. vii. Mary Ann Austin, b. Dec. 25, 1793, d. Feb. 2, 1794.
3250. viii. Rebecca Austin, b. Oct. 25, 1795, d. Dec. 4, 1795.
[By his 2d marriage he had a dau., Martha Maria Austin, who m.
March 29, 1826, Andrew W. Loomis, b. June 27, 1797, a lawyer in
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of .Dedham, Mass. 543
Steubenville, O. She d. in Pittsburgh, Pa. They had 3 sons : Aus-
tin, Thomas A., Orlando M., and a dau. Martha Maria.]
3243. i. Harriet Austin, b. at Suffield May 20, 1783, m. Jan. 12,
1806, Lyman Potter, b. in Norwich, Vt., June 26, 1778 (son of Rev.
Lyman Potter and Abigail Paine), a farmer at Bristol, O. He d. at
Natchez, Miss., in 1830. She d. Oct. 24, 1827, at Bristol, O.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3251. i. Seymour Austin Potter, b. April 20, 1807.
3252. ii. Lyman Potter, b. Sept. 25, 1808, d. at N. Orleans, July
23, 1853.
3253. iii. Calvin Potter, b. Dec. 28, 1809.
3254. iv. Lorenzo Potter, b. Nov. 28, 1811. .
3255. v. Rebecca K. Potter, b. Dec. 13, 1814, m. Dec. 24, 1833, Lib-
erty Raymond of Warren, O., a carpenter. She d. March 11, 1834.
3256. vi. Harriet Potter, b. Sept. 15, 1816, d. at Kinsman, O.,
Sept. 16, 1842.
3257. vii. Abigail Potter, b. April 7, 1820, m. Nov. 1, 1860, Philo
Sigler, a farmer.
3258. viii. Charles Potter, b. Nov. 16, 1821, m. Jan. 6, 1869, Sarah
Jane Dukeheart of Baltimore, Md. : a merchant.
3259. ix. Martha Potter, b. April 4, 1823, m. July 8, 1844, Junius
Dana of Warren, O., a sxirveyor. Two children :
1. Win. Henry Dana, b. June 10, 1846.
2. Alice Dana, b. June 9, 1863, d. Aug. 15, 1866.
3251. i. Seymour Austin Potter, b. April 20, 1807, m. May 18,
1837, at Warren, O., Amelia Austin. He is a merchant.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
3260. i. Austin Potter, b. Feb. 18, 1843.
3261. ii. Olive A. Potter, b. Aug. 25, 1849.
[Eighth Generation.]
3252. ii. Lyman Potter, b. Sept. 25, 1808, a lawyer at Natchez,
Miss., m. there in 1840 Henrietta E. Evans. He d. at New Orleans,
July 23, 1853.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3262. i. William G. Potter, b. July 1841, at Natchez.
3263. ii. Julia K. Potter, b. there in 1843.
3264. iii. Harry Potter, b. about 1844.
3265. iv. Spencer Lyman Potter, b. at Vicksburgh, Miss., in 1846.
[Eighth Generation.]
3254. iv. Lorenzo Potter, b. Nov. 28, 1811, m. Dec. 24, 1833, at
Warren, O., Lydia Brooks. He is a tanner at Warren. Four chil-
dren :
544 Descendants of Rev. Josiah I) wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
1. Richard, b. at Pittsburgh, Pa. 2. Lyman, b. at Warren. 3.
Rebecca. 4. John Cassius.
[Seventh Generation.]
3246. iv. Frances Maria Austin (dau. of Calvin Austin and Re-
becca Kent), b. April 7, 1789, m. Dec. 10, 1807, George Parsons, b.
April 10, 1781 (son of Hezekiah Parsons of Enfield, Ct., and Marga-
ret Kibbe), county-court clerk at Warren, O. She d. June 19, 1850 :
he died Aug. 2, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.} Children :
3266. i. Maria Parsons, b. Nov. 9, 1808, m. Heman R. Harman.
3267. ii. George Parsons, b. Sept. 3, 1810.
3266. i. Maria Parsons, b. Nov. 9, 1808, m. Feb. 21, 1827, Heman
Rising Harman (son of Reuben and Rutli Harman of Vt.), a merchant
at Warren, O. He d. Dec. 1, 1859.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
3268. i. George Harman, b. May 15, 1829, d. Dec. 16, 1830.
3269. ii.' Maria Harman, b. Nov. 3, 1830, d. Dec. 18, 1830.
3270. iii. George Harman, 2d b. Aug. 23, 1832, d. Dec. 15, 1850.
3271. iv. Maria Austin Harman, b. June 2, 1834.
3272. v. Calvin Austin Harman, b. July 31, 1837.
3273. vi. Margaret Kibbe Harman, b. Nov. 18,1839.
3274. vii. Heman Rising Harman, b. Jan. 31, 1842.
3275. viii. Frances Parsons Harman, b. April 9, 1844.
3276. ix. Martha Loomis Harman, b. April 6, 1846.
3277. x. .Clara Harman, b. July 10, 1848.
3272. v. Calvin Austin Harman, b. July 31, 1837, m. Oct. 2, 1861,
Annie Eva Barnhisel of Girard, O. (dau. of Henry and Susan Baruhisel) :
a manufacturer of pails, spokes, fruit-boxes, etc.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
3278. i. George Parsons Harman, b. July 25, 1862.
3279. ii. Blanche Barnhisel Ilarman, b. Jan. 27, 1864.
3280. iii. Clara Harman, b. Aug. 1, 1867.
[Ninth Generation.]
3273. vi. Margaret Kibbe Harman, b. Nov. 18, 1839, m. Sept. 25,
1860, John Stark Edwards, b. Nov. 28, 1833 (son of Jonathan Ed-
wards of Youngstown, O., and Lucy Woodbridge), a banker in Youngs-
town.
[Tenth Generation.] Children:
3281. i. Lucy Maria Edwards, b. Sept. 14, 1861.
3282. ii. Elizabeth Taylor Edwards, b. May 14, 1863.
3283. iii. Calvin Ilarman Edwards, b. June 14, 1864.
3284. iv. Heman Edwards, b. Dec. 28, 1865.
Son of Timotliy, Son of John, lotli ofDedham, Mass. 545
3285. v. Timothy Dwight Edwards, b. July 24, 1867.
[Ninth Generation.]
3274. vii. Heman Rising Harman, b. Jan. 31, 1842, m. June 19,
1866, Mary Cornelia Fuller, b. Feb. 7, 1842 (dan. of Ira Lucius Fuller
of Warren, O., and Mary Benjamin) : a merchant. One child :
3286. 1. Lucius Percival Harman, b. in Warren, April 30, 1867, d.
in Fremont, Nebraska. Aug. 20, 1868.
3275. viii. Frances Parsons Harman, b. April 9, 1844, m. March
23, 1864, Capt. Oscar Orlando Miller, b. in Liberty, O., March 8,
1838 (son of Reuben and Eveline Miller of Warren). He was a Capt.
and Asst. Adj. Genl. in the late war for the Union, and was killed near
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2, 1864. She m. for 2d husband, Nov. 20, 1867,
Edgar John Foster, b. Jan. 31, 1839 (son of Riley and Sarah Jane Fos-
ter of Indianapolis, Ind.), a carpet dealer in Indianapolis.
[Eighth Generation.]
3267. ii. George Parsons, Jr. (son of George Parsons of Warren and
Frances Maria Austin), b. Sept. 3, 1810, m. June 28, 1838, Adeline
Baldwin (dau. of Jacob Hicks Baldwin of Champion, O., and Florinda
— ). She d. June 26, 1861, and he m. for 2d wife, April 26, I865r
Harriet Melissa Lee (dau. of Roswell and Sally Lee of Farmington,
O.). He is a farmer at Champion, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
3287. i. George Parsons, b. Nov. 9, 1839. He was a private in the
19th Regt. of Ohio Vols. He d. at Glascon, Ky., March 10, 1862.
3288. ii. Adeline Parsons, b. Dec. 16, 1842.
3289. iii. Charles Hicks Parsons, b. Dec. 13, 1846.
3290. iv. Wm. Baldwin Parsons, b. May 31, 1849.
3291. v. Jacob Hicks Parsons, b. June 14, 1852.
Thanks are due to David Leicester King, Esq., of Akron, O., for
the account here given of the descendants of Calvin Austin.
[Sixth Generation.]
3241. ii. Gamaliel Kent (son of Major Elihu Kent and Susanna
Lyman), b. Aug. 9, 1766, m. Nov. 2(5, 1792, widow Deboi-ah Wood-
ward, nee Ilimfcington, b. Nov. 21, 1762 (dau. of John Huntington of
Tolland, Ct., and Mehitable Steele). He was a farmer at Suffield, Ct.,
until 1806, when he removed to Ohio — going thither with a wagon and
four horses in 37 days, a journey which could be made now by rail, in
as many hours. lie lived in Aurora, O., for 5 years (1807-12), and in
Bainbridge, O., for 19 years (1812-31), on a farm of 600 acres. He
546 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
was a Baptist, and became, after removing to Ohio, a Campbellite.
He d. April 30, 1831, act. 64. She d. July 17, 1843, aet. 80.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3292. i. Elihu Lymau Kent, b. Sept. 3, 1793, m. Feb. 18, 1818,
Clarissa BILsh (dan. of Benjamin and Phebe Blish of Mentor, O.).
He was a farmer in Bainbridge, O. He d. Sept. 14, 1827. No issue.
His widow resides in Euclid, O.
3293. ii. Delia Kent, b. April 30, 1795, m. Russell G. Mc-
Cartey.
3294. iii. Laura Kent, b. March 23, 1797, m. Harvey Baldwin, and
for 2d husband Edmund Mott.
3295. iv. Gamaliel Huntington Kent, b. Jan. 21, 1799. The ac-
count of his descendants was promised, but never furnished.
329G. v. Alexander Edson Kent, b. April 20, 1802.
3293. ii. Delia Kent, b. April 30. 1795, m. March 23, 1820, Russell
Gates McCartey (son of Lankford McCartey of Colchester, Ct.), a large
farmer in Bainbridge, O., vintil 1852, and afterwards at Dover, O.
(1852-9), where he d. July G, 1859. His widow resides in Bainbridge.-
[Eighth Generation.]
3297. i. Henry Huntington McCartey, b. Sept. 30, 1822, grad. at
Union Coll., N. Y., in 1847, d. in Bainbridge Dec. 13, 1847. He was
preparing for the ministry in the " Church of the Disciples."
3298. ii. Deborah McCartey, b. Aug. 20, 1824, d. June 2, 1825.
3299. iii. Deborah Isabella McCartey, b. Feb. 13. 1826, grad. at
Oberlin in 1844, d. March 6, 1845.
3300. iv. Delia Eleanor McCartey, b. July 7, 1828, resides in Cleve-
land, O.
3301. v. Salmon Bentley McCartey, b. Feb. 2, 1833, d. April 19,
1852.
3302. vi. Minerva Cornelia McCartey, b. June 11, 1835, d. March
13, 1858.
3303. vii. Edson Kent McCartey, b. June 4, 1839, resides in
Chicago, I1L
[Seventh Generation.]
3294. iii. Laura Kent, b. March 23, 1797, m. Oct. 10, 1818,
Harvey Baldwin of Aurora, O., from whom she was divorced in 1828.
She m. in 1865 Edmund Mott of Collamer, O.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3304. i. Laura Ann Baldwin, b. Nov. 23, 1819, d. in Bainbridge,
O., Sept 20, 1824.
3305. ii. Harvey Baldwin, b. April 14, 1823.
3306. iii. Philander Baldwin, b. Dec. 8, 1824, d. Sept. 12, 1829.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both o/Dedham, Mass. 547
3307. iv. Oscar Owen Baldwin, b. Dec. 28, 1828, grad. at Oberlin
in 1854, m. Aug. 23, 1854, Harriet Newell Parker, b. Sept. 27, 1830
(dau. of Herrick Parker of Elyria, O., and Mary ) : a lawyer in
Rochester, Minn. No children.
3305. ii. Harvey Baldwin, b. April 14, 1823, m. Dec. 23, 1847,
Emily Carver, b. Nov. 8, 1823 (dau. of Chester and Anna Carver of
Aurora, O.). : a farmer in Aurora, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3308. i. Ella Florence Baldwin, b. Sept. 11, 1848, a teacher of music
at Sulphur Springs, O.
3309. ii. Alice Matilda Baldwin, b. Nov. 10, 1850.
3310. iii. Carrie Estelle Baldwin, b. June 11, 1855.
3311. iv. Harriet Eulalia Baldwin, b. Aug. 24, 1858.
3312. v. Anna Laura Baldwin, b. July 23, I860.
3313. vi. Minnie Carver Baldwin, b. Dec. 17, I8G2.
[Seventh Generation.]
3296. v. Alexander Edson Kent (son of Gamaliel Kent and Debo-
rah Huntington), b. April 20, 1802, m. Nov. 8, 1826, Lucy Matilda
Bull, b. Dec. 29, 1806 (dau. of Benjamin S. and Rebecca Bull of New
Lebanon, N. Y.). She d. Sept. 14, 1841, and he m. for'2d wife, Oct.
20, 1842, Hannah Morford, b. April 17, 1811 (dau. of William and
Betsy C. Morford of Solon, O.). Ha is a farmer in Bainbridge.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
By first wife :
3314. i. Lyman Edson Kent, b. Aug. 23, 1827, m. Oct. 9, 1856, Emily
Eggleston, b. Oct. 9, 1832 (dau. of Chauncey and Eunice Eggleston of
Aurora, 111.). She d. July 12, 1858, and he m. for 2d wife, April 4,
1860, Sarah Ann Leonard, b. Feb. 2, 1833. He was a farmer in Bain-
bridge. He d. May 16, 1862. By his tirst marriage he had one child :
3315. 1. Earnest Wilbert Kent, b. July 20, 1857, d. June 25, 1858.
3316. ii. Rebecca Matilda Kent, b. April 24, 1829, m. Dec. 20,
1848, Thomas William Briggs, b. May 10, 1827 (son of Alanson and
Mary Briggs), a fanner in Watertown, Mich. She d. at Bainbridge,
O., Aug. 7, 1860, leaving one child.
3317. 1. Henry Lyman Briggs, b. Nov. 10, 1850.
3318. iii. Elizabeth B. Kent, b. Feb. 9, 1831, a teacher for some
years in Cleveland, O. To her is to be credited the account here
kindly given of the descendants of her grandfather, Gamaliel Kent.
3319. iv. Delia Edith Kent, b. March 23, 1833, m. Henry C. Ely.
3320. v. Laura Ann Kent, b. March 5, 1835, m. Austin Z. Mason.
3321. vi. Lucy Clemenza Kent, b. June 15, 1837, resides unmarried
at Bainbridge, O.
548 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwlgld of Woodstock, Ct.,
3322. vii. Hampton Huntington Kent, b. Murcli 13, 1840, a farmer
at Bainbridge. He enlisted as a volunteer soldier in the late Union war,
Nov. 17, 18G3, and was discharged on account of sickness, Aug. 1864.
By second wife:
3323. viii. Abiah Arabella Kent, b. Sept. 27, 1843, d. June 23, 1853.
3324. ix. Alexander Gamaliel Kent, b. April 13, 1845, a merchant
in Bainbridge.
3325 x. Alice Cassandra Kent, b. Nov. 27, 184G, m. June 7, I860,
Lucas Hurd (son of William Hurd of Bainbridge and Eliza Egglestone),
a farmer at Auburn, O. One child :
3326. 1. Walter Hurd, b. Dec. 31, 1867.
3327. xi. Henry Martyn Kent, b. Sept. 8, 1848.
Says my lady informant concerning the Keiits of Ohio : " It would
be difficult to find another family as large as the Kent family of Bain-
bridge, O., where there was such a similarity of outward circumstances
and personal characteristics among so many composing it, and such
unity of feeling throughout its different branches."
3319. iv. Delia Edith Kent, b. March 23, 1833, m. Dec. 6, 1854,
Henry Cornelius Ely, b. May 9, 1823 (son of Asaph Ely of Boston,
Mass., and Deborah Nye), a farmer in Richfield, O., where she d. Sept.
24, 1862, act. 29.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
3328. i. Asaph Edsoii Ely, b. June 8, 1857.
3329. ii. Libby Marian Ely, b Oct. 16, 1859.
3330. iii. Walter Cornelius Ely, b. Sept. 23, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.]
3320. v. Laura Ann Kent, b. March 5, 1835, m. Nov. 25, 1858.
Austin Zaccheus Mason, b. Aug. 8, 1835 (son of Ira Mason of Court-
land Co., N. Y., and Sophronia Smith), a carpenter at Appleton, Wis.,
and since 1865 at Adrian, Mich. She d. April 12, 1865.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3331. i. Earnest Kent Mason, b. Sept. 24, 1859.
3332. ii. Francis Mason, b. July 6, 1861, d. Aug. 18, 1863.
3333. iii. Lucy Elizabeth Mason, b. May 8, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.]
3242. iii. Susanna Kent (dau. of Major Elihu Kent and Susanna
Lyman), b. Sept. 20, 1768, m. May 5, 1789, Hon. Hezekiah Hunting-
ton, b. Dec. 30, 1759 (son of John Huntington of Tolland, Ct., and
Mehitable Steele), brother to Deborah Huntington, wife of her brother
Gamaliel Kent. He was a lawyer for 23 years (1790-1813) at Suf-
field, Ct., and for 29 years (1813-1842) at Hartford, Ct. He was sev-
ral times a member of the legislature (1802-5). He was also U. S.
Son of Timothy, Son ofdolin, botJi ofDedliam, Mass. 549
Dist. Attorney for Conn, for 23 years (1806-29), appointed by Jeffer-
son. He d. at Middletown, Ct., May 27, 1842. She d. Dec. 31, 1839.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3334. i. Henry William Huntingtoii, b. Aug. 16, 1789, d. Oct. 12,
1854.
3335. ii. Julia Ann Huntington, b. Dec. 10, 1790, m. Leicester
King of Warren, O., and d. Jan. 24, 1849.
3336. iii. Horace Augustus Huntington, b. May 9, 1792, m. in 1817
Maria Evans. No issue. He was a merchant in Natchez, Miss., where
he d. of yellow fever, Dec. 9, 1819.
3337. iv. Hon. Samuel Howard Huntington, b. Dec. 14, 1793.
3338. v. Hezekiah Huntington, b. Oct. 28, 1795.
3339. vi. Susan Lyman Huntington, b. Jan. 14, 1798, m. Oct. 21,
1833, Rev. John B. Cooke, a Baptist clergyman, formerly at Bingham-
ton, N. Y. He resided for some years at Poultney, Yt., and more
recently has lived at Cambridge, Mass. They have had one child :
3340. 1. Susan Kent Cooke, b. Dec. 26, 1837, a teacher at Cam-
bridge, Mass.
3341. vii. Francis Junius Huntington, b. Dec. 3, 1802.
3334. i. Henry William Huntington, b. Aug. 16, 1789, grad. at
Yale in 1811, studied law, but became a planter in Catahoula, La.,
where he d. Oct. 12, 1854. He m. April 24, 1817, Helen, dau. of
William Dunbar of Natchez, Miss.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3342. i. Julia Huntington, b. Aug. 8, 1818, m. about 1840 Henry
D. Mandeville, a lawyer and planter in Louisiana. She d. July 8,
1851, leaving three children.
3343. ii. Henry Huntington, b. July 25, 1820, a soldier in the Con-
federate Army in the late war, and killed.
3344. iii. Archibald Huntington, b. Sept. 5, 1822, d. April 2, 1841.
3345. iv. Mary Huntington, b. Nov. 14, 1824, m. Dr. W. Haug, a
physician at Catahoula, La.
3346. v. Florence Huntington, b. Dec. 12, 1826, m. May 16, 1850,
H. H. Emerson, M.D., of Louisiana. She d. Feb. 12, 1853, leaving
one son.
3347. vi. Samuel Huntington, b. Feb. 25, 1829.
3348. vii. A daughter, unnamed, b. Oct. 31, 1832, d. Nov. 14, 1832.
3349. viii. Horace Huntington, b. Jan. 31, 1834, d. Jan. 25, 1838.
3350. ix. Helen Dunbar Huntington, b. Aug. 6, 1836, m. (whom not
ascertained), and lives in Mobile, Ala.
3351. x. Edith Huntington, b. June 7, 1838, d. ere long.
[Seventh Generation.]
3335. ii. Julia Ann Huntington (dau. of Hezekiah Huntington and
550 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJi Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
Susanna Kent), b. Dec. 10, 1790, m. Oct. 12, 1814, Hon. Leicester
King of Warren, O., b. May 1, 1789 (son of David King of Suffield,
Ct., b. April 16, 1758, and d. May 4, 1832, and Hannah Holly, b.
June 4, 1758, and d. July 14, 1831, who were m. Jan. 27, 1780).
He was a merchant for several years at Warren (1817-33). He was
chiefly instrumental in the construction of the Pa. & O. Canal, con-
necting the Ohio river at Beaver, Pa., with the Ohio canal at Akron,
O. He was for two terms State Senator (1835-9). He was a decided
abolitionist, and at each session he proposed the passage of an act to
remove the infamous " Black Laws " from the statute books of the
State. He was President of the Liberty Pai'ty Convention at Buffalo,
in 1844, which nominated James G. Birney as U. S. President, and
Thomas Mori-is as V. Prest. In 1842 he was the nominee of that
party for the Governorship of Ohio, and in 1847, for the Vice-Presi-
dency of the U. S., with John P. Hale as President, who both declined
in favor of John Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams, the nominees
of the Free Soil party. He d. at Bloomfield, O., Sept. 19, 1856, act.
77. She d. at Warren, O., Jan. 24, 1849, aet. 58. He left a large
estate in Akron, of which city he was, with two others (Genl. Simon
Perkins and Dr. E. Crosby), an original proprietor.
[Eighth Generation,] Children :
3352. i. Hon. Henry William King, b. in Westfield, Mass., Sept.
24, 1815, d. Nov. 20, 1857, aet. 42.
3353. ii. Julia Ann King, b. in Warren, Nov. 7, 1817, m. Feb. 14,
1842, Charles Brown, b. in Westmoreland, N. H., Aug. 9, 1814 (son
of Ephraim Brown and Mary Buckingham Huntington), a wholesale
dry goods merchant at Pittsburgh, Pa., for several years (1832-^48),
and afterwards a large farmer at Bloomfield, O. (1848-59). He has
resided for some years past (since 1859) at Akron. No children.
3354. iii. Susan Huntington King, b. July 6, 1820, d. unmarried
June 17, 1839.
3355. iv. Leicester King, Jr., b. July 26, 1823, in Warren, O.
3356. v. David Leicester King, b. Dec. 24, 1825, in Warren, O.
3357. vi. Helen Dunbar King, b. in Warren, Nov. 19, 1827, m.
James Atkins of Savannah, Ga., U. S. Custom House Collector.
3358. vii. Hezekiah Huntington King, b. in Warren, Aug. 3, 1829,
resides unmarried at Kansas City, Mo., owning a large pi'operty there.
3359. viii. Catharine Brinley King, b. at Warren, July 8, 1832, m.
Kev. William K. Pendleton.
3352. i. Hon. Henry William King, b. Sept. 24, 1 81 5, m. at Akron,
O., Oct. 20, 1842, Mary Crosby, b. in Middlebury, O., April 16, 1823
(dau. of Dr. Eliakim Crosby and Marcia Bemer). He was grad. at
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 551
Trinity College, Ct., in 1836, and was a lawyer at Akron, O. He died
Nov. 21, 1857, in Wisconsin. In 1850 he was elected Sec. of State in
Ohio, and was as such State Superintendent of Common Schools.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3360. i. Henry Crosby King, b. Sept. 17, 1843. He enlisted as an
Union soldier in the late war, in place of a friend, " by special favor" —
so anxious was he to serve in such a way his country and his God.
None of the military examiners would pass him as physically qualified,
on account of defective vision. He joined Co. F of the 164th O.
Regt. , and was a brave and earnest Christian soldier. He d. in the
Military Hospital at Arlington Heights, Va., Aug. 11, 1864.
3361. ii. Julia Huiitington King, b. June 4, 1848, m. about 1868,
Homer Dewey Fisher, b. Jan 23, 1846, a lumber merchant in Chicago,
(Calkins & Fisher). Two children :
**** 1. Calista King Fisher, b. Oct. 5, 1870, d. Aug. 30, 1872.
**** 2. Louisa Dewey Fisher, b. June 7, 1872.
[Eighth generation.]
3355. iv. Leicester King, Jr., b. July 26, 1823, m. Dec. 10, 1844,
Eliza Purinton, b. May 27, 1825 (dau. of Rev. Nathan Breed Purin-
ton of Warren, O., and Jerusha Stowell). He was educated at
Western Reserve, Coll., O., and at Bethany Coll., Va. He is a farmer
at Bloomfield, O., but was formerly a merchant for some years at War-
ren, O., and Rock Island, 111. He enlisted in 1861, as an Union
soldier, in the 7th O. Regt., in which he became Sergeant-major, Second
Lieut, and First Lieut., and saw much hard service beyond any of
the other Ohio regiments for three years.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3362. i. Julia Eliza King, b. at Warren, Aug. 21, 1845.
3363. ii. Leicester Purinton King, b. Feb. 11, 1847, at Warren.
3364. iii. Israel Holly King, b. at Akron, O., July 26, 1852.
3365. iv. George Willie King, b. at Akron, March 24, 1854.
3366. v. Charlotte Purinton King, b. at Akron, Oct. 20, 1856.
3367. vi. Lizzie King, b. at Bloomfield, O., Oct. 26, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
3356. v. David Leicester King (son of Hon. Leicester King and
Julia Ann Huntington), b. Dec. 24, 1825, m. at Charleston, Va., May
1, 1849, Betty Washington Steele, b. Dec. 10, 1826 (dau. of Robert
McAmey Steele and Ellen Jael Lewis). He was grad. at Bethany
College, W. Va., in 1843, and pursued his law studies at Harvard,
Mass. He was a lawyer at Akron, O., for many years, but in 1867 en-
gaged actively in the manufacture of " vitrified-clay sewer-pipe," and
is now Sec. and Treas. of " The Akron Sewer Pipe Co." He is also
552 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwicjlit of Woodstock, Ct.,
much occupied in building " The Valley Railway," from Cleveland to
Wheeling, and is Vice-Pres. of the road. From him was procured the
account here given of his father's descendants.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3308. i. Ellen Lewis King, b. at Akron, June 13, 1850, m. David
R. Paige.
3369. ii. Betty Steele King, b. at Cleveland, O., Dec. 22, 1851.
3370. iii. Howell Steele King, b. there May 3, 1853.
3371. iv. Susan Huntington King, b. there Jan. 16, 1855.
3372. v. Martha King,b. in Akron, April 6, 1863.
3368. i. Ellen Lewis King, b. June 13, 1850, m. Jan. 19, 1870,
David Raymond Paige, b. Api-il 8, 1844 (son of Judge David R. Paige
of Paiiiesville, O., and Nancy ), a hard ware merchant in Akron.
He was grad. at Union Coll., N. Y., in 1865. Children:
**** 1. Charles Cutler Paige, b. Nov. 25, 1870.
**** 2. David King Paige, b. May 20, 1872.
[Ellen Jael Lewis, b. Jan. 28, 1802, was dau. of Ilowell Lewis and
Ellen Hackley Pollard of Richmond, Va., b. Dec. 7, 1776 (dau. of
Robert Pollard, b. July 3, 1756, and Jael Underwood, b. Sept. 23,
1759, whom he m. July 10, 1774, and who was dau. of William Un-
derwood and Ellen Hackley). Howell Lewis and wife were m. Sept.
26, 1795. He was a son of Col. Fielding Lewis and Betty Washing-
ton, his 2d wife. She was b. June 20, 1733, and dau. of Augustine
Washington and Mary Ball, his 2d wife, whom he m. March 6, 1 730,
by whom he had five sons and one daughter. He d. April 12, 1743,
aet. 49. She d. Aug. 25, 1789, aefc. 82. Their six children were: 1.
Pres. George Washington, b. Feb. 22, 1732. 2. Betty Washington
(Mrs. Fielding Lewis), b. June 20, 1733. 3. Samuel Washington, b.
Nov. 16, 1734. 4. John Augustine Washington, b. Jan. 13, 1735.
5. Charles Washington, b. May 1, 1738. 6. Mildred Washington, b.
June 21, 1739, d. Oct. 28, 1740. Augustine Washington, father of
the above six children, had by his first wife, Jane Butler (dau. of Ca-
leb Butler of Westmoreland, Va.), whom he m. April 20, 1715, and
who d. Nov. 24, 1728, three sons, Butler, who d. young, Lawrence
and A \igustine, Jr., and also one dau., Jane. The parents of Augus-
tine Washington (the father of Genl. George Washington and his 9
brothers and sisters), were Lawrence Washington, Jr., and Mildred
Warner of Gloucester, Va. The father of Lawrence Washington, 2d
was Col. John Washington, who, with a brother, Lawrence, came from
England about 1657, and settled at Bridge Creek, Va., on the Poto-
mac. He m. Ann Pope, and had 2 sonls, Lawrence 2d, and John, and
a dau., Anne.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, ~botli ofDedliam, Mass. 553
Robert McAmey Steele, who m. Jan. 21, 1819, Ellen Jael Lewis,
whose pedigree is given above, was the son of Richard Steele and
Martha McAmey of Kentucky. He lived in Charleston, Kauawha
Co., Ya. He d. Feb. 27, 1826. She m. Nov. 28, 1843, Dr. Spicer
Patrick. She d. Oct. 4, 1850.
Howell Lewis, the father of Ellen Jael Lewis, was a favorite nephew
of Genl. Washington, and inherited from him some 1,300 acres of land
upon the Kanawha river, in Western Virginia, in Mason Co. , near the
mouth of the Big Buffalo Creek. Of this he took possession in 1812
(having previously lived in Woocllawn, Culpepper Co., Va.), with twelve
male slaves and six female, and their children, under the care of " Old
Jack," a trusty old leader among them. Here Mr. Lewis d. Dec. 26,
1822. Mrs. Lewis remained at this new homestead until 1834, but
spent her later years at Marietta, O. (1834-59), where she d. at the
house of her dau., Mrs. Lovell, in 1859. She (Betty Washington
Lewis) b. Oct. 1796, m. Feb. 19, 1818, Joseph Lovell, then of Char-
leston, Va.
The first wife of Col. Fielding Lewis was Catharine Washington,
dau. of John Washington 3d (son of Lawrence Washington of Bridge
Creek, Ya.. and Mildred Warner of Gloucester, Ya.) and John Wash-
ington 3d, the father of Catharine and Augustine Washington, b. in
1694, the father of Betty (the two wives of Col. Lewis), were brothers.
Lawrence Washington, their father, d. in 1697. Beside them he had
one dau., Mildred. The children of Col. Lewis by the two marriages
were :
_Z?y the first marriage:
I. John Lewis. II. Francis Lewis, who d. without issue.
J3y the second marriage:
III. Lawrence Lewis, who m. Eleanor Park Custis, dau. of Mrs.
Genl. Washington.
IY. Major George Fielding Lewis, who m. Catharine Dangerfield,
and had 3 children, Samuel, Dangerfield and Polly.
Y. Robert Lewis, who m. Judith Brown, and had 2 daughters,
Judy and Betsey.
YI. Howell Lewis, who m. Ellen Hackley Pollard.
YII. Betty Lewis, who m. a Mr. Carter.
The successive steps, accordingly, in the Washington Lineage of
David L. King's children are as follows :
1. John Washington, the settler (about 1657), who m. Anne Pope.
2. Lawrence Washington, 2d, of Bridge Creek, Yt., who m. Mildred
Warner.
3. Augustine, father of Genl. Washington, who m. Mary Ball.
4. Col. Fielding Lewis, who m. Betty Washington.
36
554 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct,
5. Howell Lewis, who m. Ellen Hackley Pollard.
6. Robert M. Steele, who m. Ellen Jael Lewis.
7. Betty Washington Steele, who in. David L. King.
[Eighth Generation.]
3357. vi. Helen Dunbar King (dau. of Leicester King and Julia A.
Huntington), b. Nov. 19, 1827, m. May 1, 1862 James Atkins of
Georgia (son of Joseph Atkins, b. Aug. 19, 1804, and Margaret
Adauis, b. June 19, 1805), grad. at Bethany Coll., Va., a lawyer. At
the breaking out of the war he came North, and remained here until its
close. He was a few years ago U. S. Collector of internal revenue at
Atlanta, Ga., for the 4th Dist. of Georgia, but is now (1873) U. S.
Collector of Customs at Savannah, Ga.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3373. i. Joseph Leicester Atkins, b. in Akron, O., March 20, 18G3.
3374. ii. Julia Huntington Atkins, b. in Akron, July 8, 1865.
3375. iii. Henry King Atkins, b. at Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
3359. viii. Catharine Brinley King, b. July 8, 1832, m. at Bloom-
field, O., Sept. 19, 1855, Rev. William Kimbrough Pendleton, LL.D.,
b. Sept. 8, 1817 (son of Edmund Pendleton of Louisa Co., "Va., and
Unity Yancey), grad. at the University of Va. in the classics, and in
law in 1839, Prest. of Bethany College, W. Virginia (since 1866), and
Prof, of Sacred History and Philosophy and Belles Lettres there, as
the successor of Rev. Alexander Campbell, the founder (in 1841) and
first President of the institution. He has been from the first con-
nected with this College, having been professor in it (1841-66).,
previously to his presidency, of Natural Philosophy. He was in 1872
a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the present
constitution of W. Virginia. He also filled for a short time, at the re-
quest of the Governor of W. Va., a vacancy in the office of State
Superintendent of public schools, for the special purpose of preparing
the annual report. Bethany College, the chief college of the denom-
ination called " The Disciples," is located at Bethany, W. Virginia,
and is quite flourishing, having three special courses of higher study —
the classical, scientific and theological.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3378. i. Clarinda Huntington Pendleton, b. at Bethany, W. Va.,
Aug. 25, 1856.
3379. ii. Huntington King Pendleton, b. there Sept. 7, 1861.
3380. iii. Philip Yancey Pendleton, b. there Oct. 12, 1863.
**** iv- Winston Kent Pendleton, b. Oct. 25. 1869.
**** v> D wight Lyinan Pendleton, b. Oct. 14, 1871.
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolin, both of Dedliam, Mass. 555
[Seventh Generation.]
3337. iv. Hon. Samuel Howard Huntington (son of Hezekiah Hunt-
ington and Susanna Kent), b. Dec. 14, 1793, grad. at Yale in 1818, a
lawyer in Hartford, Ct. ; clerk in 1829 of the State Senate; judge
three times of the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford Co., Ct. (1842-
4, 1846-7 and 1850-1), and Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims in
Washington, D.C., since 1855, the time of its organization. He m.
Oct. 25, 1825, Catharine Hutchinson Brinley, b. Feb. 21, 1806 (dan.
of George Brinley of Boston, Mass.), who d. July 21, 1832, aet, 26.
He m. for 2d wife, Oct. 19, 1835, Sarah Blair Watkinson, b. Oct. 28,
1813 (dau. of Robert Watkinson and Maria Champion, dau. of Genl.
Henry Champion of Colchester, Ct.). No children by the first marri-
age.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3382. i. Catharine Brinley Huntington, b. Jan. 1, 1837, resides un-
married at Hartford, Ct.
3383. ii. Maria Champion Huntington resides unmarried at Hart-
ford, and was b. there Dec. 27, 1838.
3384. iii. Capt. Robert Watkinson Huntington, b. Dec. 3, 1840.
3385. iv. Samuel Huntington, b. Dec. 17, 1842, grad. at Yale in
1863, and at Cohimbia Law School, N. Y. in 1865, where he took the
first prize of $200. He is a lawyer in New York.
3386. v. Henry Kent Huntington, b. March 27, 1844, grad. at
Trinity Coll., Hartford, in 1867, tutor (1868) in Racine Coll. Wis.
3387. vi. Sarah Blair Huntington, b. Nov. 30, 1847, resides unmar-
ried at Hartford.
3388. vii. Elizabeth Adams Huntington (twin with Sarah), b. Nov..
30, 1 847, resides unmarried at Hartford.
3384. iii. Capt. Robert Watkinson Huntington, b. Dec. 3, 1840, m.
Nov. 2, 1865, Jane Lathrop Trumbull, b. Sep. 9, 1842, at Norwich,
Ct. (dau. of Daniel Lathrop Trumbull — a descendant of Gov. Jonathan
Trumbull of Conn., and Alexandrine Navarre Wilson).
He was an Union soldier in the late war. The battalion to which he
belonged acted as guard to Rickett's battery in the first battle at Bull
Run, V'A., and that it did its duty is manifest from the fact that its
losses were greater than those of any other corps of equal numbers.
He was afterwards one of Admiral Dupont's expedition to Hilton
Head, S. C. The transport in which bis battalion sailed, under com-
mand of Col. J. G. Reynolds, foundered. After enduring great hardships
in the water for 48 hours, they were rescued by the frigate Sabine,
commanded by Commodore Ringold.
He was entrusted with confidential duties of importance, as com-
556 Descendant* of Rev. Josiah Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
4
mander of a marine guard during the rebellion, and is (since 1868) a
Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3389. i. Robert Watkinson Iluntington, b. Nov. 9, 1866.
3390. ii. Trumbull Huntington, b. Aug. 4, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
3338. v. Hezekiah Huntington, Jr. (son of Hezekiah Huntington and
Susanna Kent), b. Oct. 28, 1795, m. June 26, 1825, Sarah Morgan
(dau. of William Morgan). She d. April 16, 1847, and he m. for 2d
wife, Sept. 25, 1856, Catharine B. Sunmer (dau. of George Sunnier,
M.D. of Hartford, Ct.). He was Prest. of the Hartford Fire Ins. Co.
He d. Feb. 20, 1865. No issue by his first wife.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3392. i. Elizabeth Sumner Huntington, b. March 3 and d. May
12, 1858.
3393. ii. Catharine Sumner Huntington, b. April 19, 1859.
3394. iii. George Sumner Huntington, b. March 20, 1861, d. in Eu-
rope 1866-7.
[Seventh Generation.]
3341. vii. Francis Junius Huntington, b. Dec. 3, 1802, m. Sept. 1,
1833, Stella Bradley Bull, b. Feb. 13, 1810 (dau. of Michael Bull, a mer-
chant in New York. He was son of Caleb Bull, b. in Hartford, Ct.,
March 4, 1763, and AnnWhetten, b. Feb. 8, 1773, whom he m. Dec.
15, 1795, and who was dau. of Capt. William Whetten of Devonshire,
Eng., and Margaret his wife — the " Mrs. Margaret Whetten portrayed
in Mrs. Ellet's ' Women of the Revolution ' "). He is a publisher and
bookseller in New York, having a summer home at W. Hartford, Ct.
(since 1841).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3395. i. Helen Huntington, b. Jan. 3, 1836, d. Feb. 18, 1839.
3396. ii. Francis Huntington, b. Nov. 2, 1837, d. Sept. 3, 1838.
3397. iii. Francis Huntington, 2d, b. Sept. 1, 1839, d. April 28,
1842.
3398. iv. William Whetten Huntington, b. Dec. 9, 1841, in partner-
ship with his father in New York as publisher, etc.
3399. v. Edward Bouverie Huntington, b. Feb. 5, 1844, a fai-mer in
San Juan, Cal., unmarried.
3400. vi. Margaret Kent Huntington, b. Jan. 5, 1846.
3401. vii. Archibald Dunbar Huntington, b. Nov. 26, 1851.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 541.
3231. ii. Major Josiah Lyman (son of Dea. Aaron Lyman of Bel-
cherton and Eunice Dwight), b. March 9, 1736, a farmer in Belcher-
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, both ofDedliam, Mass. 557
town, Mass., and after about 1802, at Goshen, Mass., where he d. Nov.
18, 1822, aet. 86. He m. Jan. 9, 1759, Sarah Worthington, b. Nov.
27, 1734 (dau. of Daniel Worthington of Colchester, Ct., b. May 18,
1698, and Elizabeth Loomis, b. Nov. 13, 1702. See Goodwin's Ge.neal.
Notes, pp. 264-7). She d. Feb. 19, 1799. He m. for a 2d wife, at
Goshen, widow Brown (Coleman says Stone). He was a Major in the
revolutionary war, and was one of those who, at the beginning of it,
marched to Canada and suffered severely. He was a deacon in the
church at Goshen.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3402. i. Dea. Aaron Lyman, 2d, b. Oct. 1, 1760, d. Dec. 17, 1845.
3403. ii. Sophia Lyman, b. Jan. 1, 1763, m. Rev. Amasa Smith,
and d. April 4, 1853.
3404. iii. Giles Lyman, b. May 2, 1765, d. May 4, 1848.
3405. iv. Dea. Jonathan Lyman, b. March 20, 1767, d. Sept. 27,
1846.
3406. v. Augstus Lyman, b. May 26, 1769, d. Oct. 17, 1829.
3402. i. Dea. Aarcn Lyman, Jr. (son of Major Josiah Lymaii), b.
Oct. 1, 1760, m. Jan. 17, 1788, Electa Graves, b. Jan. 9, 1768, dau. of
Liei^t. Joseph Graves, Jr. , of Belchertown, and Eunice Dwight, dau. of
Capt. Nathaniel Dwight of that place, and Hannah Lyman. (See
page 466, No. 2577, iv.). He was a farmer at Charlemont, Mass.,
after 1803, and previously at Belchertown, and "a man of humble,
earnest piety, and of superior talents, and very useful as a church offi-
cer." He was an interesting talker on religious themes, and practised
what he preached, and had very great influence in the town for good.
He d. Dec. 17, 1845, aet. 85. She d. July 5, 1856, aet. 88. They had
13 children.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3407. i. Dea. Josiah Lyman, b. Dec. 12, 1788. He m. May 26,
1819, Zerviah Look, b. Nov. 19, 1795 (adopted dau. of Lucius Allis
of Conway, Mass., and dau. of Noah Look and Esther C. Cottle). He
was a clothier at first, and afterwards a farmer at Charlemont, Mass.,
and was deacon of the church for 20 years. He d. March 11, 1848.
No children. His widow is still (1872) living at Charlemont. Many
of the dates here given were furnished to the writer by her.
3408. ii. Eunice Lyman, b, Oct. 21, 1790, d. unmarried Nov. 25,
1826.
3409. iii. Sophia Lyman, b. Oct. 27, 1792, d. unmarried in Shel-
burne, Mass., April 16, 1811, aet. 28.
3410. iv. Almira Lyman, b. Sept. 30, 1794, d. May 4, 1823, in
Charlemont, aet. 28.
558 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwigkt of Woodstock^ Ct.,
3411. v. Susanna Lyman, b. Sept. 15, 1796, m. Thomas Carter of
Pitcher, N. Y.
3412. vi. Emily Lyman, b. Oct. 14, 1798, d. unmarried, April 19,
1822, aet. 23, at Hadley, Mass.
3413. vii. Margaret (" Peggy") Lyman, b. Nov. 22, 1800, m. Josiah
Ballard, and d. May 1844, aet. 43.
3414. viii. Abigail Lyman, b. Feb. 25, 1803, m. Gurdon Swan.
3415. ix. Electa Lyman, b. May 28, 1805, m. James Miller Claghorn.
3416. x. Myron Lyman, b. May 5, 1807, d. Oct. 5, 1808.
3417. xi. Frederic Augustus Lyman, b. June 25, 1809, d. July 8,
1809.
3418. xii. Lyndon Graves Lyman, b. June 14, 1810.
34 19. xiii. Augustus Le Baron Lyman, b. Jan. 20, 1815, d. March
8, 1815. While the parents of this large family of children were both
remarkable for their longevity, their children were about as notably
shoi-tlived.
3411. v. Susanna Lyman, b. Sept. 15, 1796, m. March 6, 1827,
Hon. Thomas Carter of Pitcher, N. Y., b. in Buckland, Mass., June
4, 1 804 (sou of John Carter and Parnee Nichols), a blacksmith, and in
i860 a member of the N. Y. legislature. He d. Jan. 15, 1867, aet.
62.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3420. i. Aaron Lyman Carter, b. Nov. 14, 1829, in. Jan. 21, 1853,
Elsie Jane Vincent of De Ruyte.r, N. Y., b. March 31, 1833 (dau of
Cornelius Vincent of Cuyler, N. Y., arid Harriet Smith). lie entered
the Union Army, in the late war, as 2d Sergt. in Co. B, 70th N. Y.
Regt., Sept. 1861, and was made 2d Lieut. Oct. 9, 1862. He took
part in the battles of Sulphur Springs, Rappahannock Station, Gaines-
ville, second Bull Run, second Fredericksburgh and Gettysburg!!. At
this last place he was wounded in the foot and ankle, and after much
suffering for nearly two years had to submit to the amputation of his
leg below the knee. He was mustered out of service Nov. 15, 1863.
He is postmaster at Pitcher, N. Y., arid clerk in a clothing store. No
children.
3421. ii. Parnee Sophia Carter, b. March 6, 1834, m. Feb. 17, 1852,
Dana Beebe Rockwell of Taylor, N. Y. (son of Hiram Rockwell and
Polly Beebe) : a farmer in Lena, 111. They have one daughter.
3422. 1. Mary Olivia Rockwell, b. at Winslow, 111., Sept. 29, 1858.
[Seventh Generation.]
3413. vii. Margaret Lyman, b. Nov. 22, 1800 (dau. of Dea. Aaron
Lyman, Jr., and Electa Graves), m. April 19, 1827, Josiah Ballard of
Charlemont. She d. May 1844 : he d. in 1860.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 559
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3423. i. Charles Henry Ballard, b. Jan. 1, 1832, an engineer, living
at Saratoga, N. Y.
'3424. ii. Frederic Ballard, b. March 1, 1837, a merchant at Circle-
ville, O.
[Seventh Generation.]
3414. viii. Abigail Lyman (dau. of Dea. Aaron Lyman, 2d, and Electa
Graves), b. Feb. 25, 1803, m. April 10, 1832, Gurdon Swan, b. May
9, 1804 (son of Wheeler Swan and Lucy Palmer), a farmer in Pitcher,
N. Y. He died May 19, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3425. i. Electa Lyman Swan, b. Dec. 31, 1832, m. Enos L. Champlin.
3426. ii. Angelina Swan, b. July 10, 1835, m. Asa Alexander.
3427. iii. Margaret Swan, b. June 23, 1839, m. Calvin P. Warner.
3428. iv. Palmer Swan, b. Aug. 17, 1842. He enlisted Sept. 21,
1861, in Co. B of the 76th N. Y. Regt., and became Sergeant in it,
but d. of dysentery Aug. 23, 1863. He took part in the battles of
Gainesville, Bull Run No. 2, those of Pope's Retreat in 1862, South
Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburgh 1st and 2d.
3429. v. Wheeler Swan, b. July 20, 1846, a farmer in Kaneville, 111.
3425. i. Electa Lyman Swan, b. Dec. 31, 1832, m. Feb. 13, 1855,
Euos Lewis Champlin (son of Henry Cbainplin and Polly Warner), a
farmer in Kaneville, Kane Co., III.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3430. i. Lewis Warner Champlin, b. Aug. 15, 1860.
3431. ii. Palmer Swan Champlin, b. July 2, 1864.
3432. iii. Nina Champlin, b. May 2, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.]
3426. ii. Angeline Swan, b. July 10, 1835, m. Jan. 31, 1855, Asa
Alexander (son of John Alexander and Anna Coan), a farmer in
Pitcher, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3433. i. Abby Alexander, b. Nov. 13, 1855.
3434. ii. Delia Alexander, b. Sept. 15, 1857.
3435. iii. Sarah Alexander, b. Sept. 18, 1859.
3436. iv. Frank Alexander, b. Sept. 7, 1861.
3437. v. Isadine Alexander, b. Nov. 7, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
3427. iii. Margaret Swan, b. June 23, 1839, m. Jan. 20, 1864, Cal-
vin Perry Warner, b. Aug. 6, 1837 (son of Roswell Warner of Otselic,
N. Y., and Polly West), a farmer in Taylor, N. Y. One child :
3438. 1. Minnie Warner b. Sept. 29, 1865.
560 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJi Dwight of Woodstock, Ct.,
[Seventh Generation.]
3415. ix. Electa Lyman (dan. of Dea. Aaron Lyman, 2d,and Electa
Graves), b. May 28, 1805, ra. Oct. 25, 1831, James Miller Claghorn, b.
in 1801 (son of James Claghoru of Cummington, Mass., and Asenath
Strong, his 3d wife, he being her 2cl husband. See Hist, of Strong
Family by the author, vol. ii. pp. 860-4), a carpenter and bridge-builder
at North Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., and deacon in the Presb. Ch.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3439. i. Josiah Lyman Claghorn, b. in 1832, m. Jenny Lake.
3440. ii. James Augustus Claghorn, b. in 1835, m. Susan Bibbins,
resides in Waseca, Minn.
3441. iii. Ellen Elniina Claghorn, b. in 1837, m. Cyrenius Wood of
Eden, N. Y.
3442. iv. Ada Claghorn, b. in 1838-9.
3443. v. Henry Dwight Claghorn, b. in 1840, enlisted in the Union
Army in the late war, while a student at Oberlin, O., and d. in a mili-
tary hospital at Rochester, N. Y.
3444. vi. Emily Sophia Claghorn, b. in 1842, m. Aug. 18, 1868
Lewis J. Bailey of Elmira, N. Y.
3445. vii. Eliza Adelaide Claghorn, b. in 1843.
3446. viii. Lucia Maria Claghorn, b. in 1846, m. James Frost of
Eden, N. Y.
3447. ix. Sarah Josephine Claghorn, b. in 1849, m. Aug. 18, 1868,
James F. Ryther of Eden, N. Y., a farmer in North Evans, N. Y.
Dea. James M. Claghorn made no reply to several letters of inquiry
addressed to him for facts desired.
[Seventh Generation.]
3418. xii. Lyndon Graves Lyman (son of Dea. Aaron Lyman, 2d,
and Electa Graves), b. June 14, 1810, m. July 28, 1844, Mary Welch
Castner (dan. of Rev. Jacob Randolph Castner of "Washington, N. J.,
and Sarah Shafer). She d. Oct. 16, 1847, and he m. for 2d wife, Jan.
12, 1853, Jane Robb (dau. of John Robb of Newark, N. J., and
Elizabeth Simonton). He is a dentist at Newark, N. J., where he has
resided since 1835.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
3448. i. Emma Castner Lyman, b. Dec. 8, 1845.
3449. ii. Mary Castner Lyman, b. Oct. 5, 1847, m. Dec. 24, 1867,
Joseph Heath Menagh of ITackettstown, N. J., a merchant.
J3y second wife:
3450. iii. Elizabeth Ballard Lyman, b. April 12, 1854.
3451. iv. Anna Nichols Lyman, b. Oct. 17, 1855, d. Sept. 20, 1856.
3452. v. William Lyndon Lyman, b. April 21, 1858.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, l>otliof Dedliam, Mass. 561
3453. vi. Jenny Eobb Lyman, b. Feb. 26, 1860.
3454. vii. Julia Simonton Lyman, b. Jan. 12, 1866.
[Sixth Generation. J
3403. ii. Sophia Lyman (dau. of Major Josiah Lyman and Sarah
Worthington), b. Jan. 1, 1763, m. March 29, 1787, Rev. Amasa Smith,
b. at Northampton, Mass., March 6, 1756 (son of Dea. Joseph Smith
of Belohertown, b. in Hatfield in 1720, and Eunice Bascom). He was
a farmer at Belchertown, deacon in the church there and Major of
Militia until 1802 (aet. 46), when he became a minister, was settled
afterwards (1804 ) at North Yarmoxith, Me. (now called Cum-
berland), where he d. March 9, 1847, aet. 91. It was his joy during
all his long life to labor for the good of others. She d. April 4, 1853,
aet. 90. A remarkable couple indeed !
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
3455. i. Dorothy Smith, b. Jan. 16, 1788, m. William Carey, d.
Aug. 18, 1818.
3456. ii. Hon. Joseph Smith, b. Nov. 10, 1789.
3457. iii. Lyman Smith, b. Oct. 31, 1791, d. Oct. 3, 1811, in the
West Indies.
3458. iv. Sarah Smith, b. Oct. 17, 1793, m. Simeon Sweetser.
3459. v. Gilman Smith, b. Feb. 3, 1795, d. Feb. 8, 1803.
3460. vi. Edwin Smith, b. Feb. 24, 1797, m. Rachel Grace of Bath,
Me.
3461. vii. Elam Smith, b. Aug. 20, 1800, d. Aug. 10, 1801.
3462. viii. Sidney Smith, b. Sept. 30, 1802, m. Susan Chute of
Windham, Me. He lived and died at Blanchard, Me.
3463. ix. Gilman Smith, 2d, b. May 31, 1805, m. Joanna Stephens
of Portland, Me. He removed to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he d.
3455. i. Dorothy Smith, b. Jan. 16, 1788, m. March 3, 1808, Wil-
liam Carey, a farmer in Turner, Me., b. in 1783, who was still living
in 1868, aet. 85. She d. Aug. 18, 1818.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3464. i. Abby Carey, b. April 23, 1809, m. Nov. 1828, Jonathan
Bass Barrell of Turner, Me. She d. Aug. 21, 1858, leaving two sons
and three daughtei-s.
3465. ii. Alma Carey, b. Nov. 10, 18 10, a teacher for some 20 years
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She resides unmarried in Turner, Me.
3466. iii. Susan Carey, b. April 14, 1813, m. Waldo A. Blossom,
then of Turner, but of late years in the enployment of the U. S. Gov.
They have two sons and one daughter.
3467. iv. Sophia Lyman Carey, b. Oct. 29, 1814. She was, with her
sister Alma, a teacher in Pennsylvania, and d. at Darby, Pa., unmar-
ried, July 9, 1864.
562 Descendants of Rev. Josiak D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
34G8. v. Lucinda Carey, b. July 2, 1816, d. Oct. 23, 1817.
3469. vi. Dorothy Smith Carey, b. Aug. 18, 1818, m. in 1850, Rev.
Josiah T. Hawes, settled at Bridgeton, Me. (1857-67), and since 1867
at Litchfield, Me. They have had 3 children.
Said Joseph Smith in 1868, then 78 himself, of his sister Dorothy
Smith, that " she and all her children were veiy much respected and
eminently pious."
[Seventh Generation.]
3456. ii. Hon. Joseph Smith (son of Rev. Amasa Smith and
Sophia Lyman), b. Nov. 10, 1789, m. June 15, 1815, Lucretia Blanch-
ard, b. June 5, 1793 (dau. of Nicholas Blanchard of Cumberland, Me.,
and Sabra Gray) : a carpenter at Cumberland, Me. He was for 3
years a member of the Maine legislature, and twice sheriff of the
county. In 1842 he was appointed by the U. S. Court one of the
general assignees in bankruptcy for the county of Cumberland. He
was afterwards for 4 years in the Custom House in Portland, Me., in
the double capacity of inspector and assistant surveyor. He has held
many other civil offices.
[Eighth Generation.]
3470. i. Joseph Lyman Smith, b. May 7, 1816, d. Dec. 21, 1834.
3471. ii. Lucretia Smith, b. June 29, 1818, d. Nov. 12, 1824.
3472. iii. Dorothy Carey Smith, b. Sept. 3, 1820, d. July 28, 1847.
3473. iv. Heniy Horatio Smith, b. Oct. 21, 1822, d. Sept. 17, 1831.
3474. v. Giles Smith, b. Nov. 30, 1824, d. Dec. 3, 1824.
3475. vi. Lucretia Blanchard Smith, b. Jan. 14, 1826, m. Oct. 17,
1847, Charles Augustus Ludlow Blanchard of Cumberland, Me., who
settled in New York. He d. Aug. 1866. His widow resides in
Brooklyn. They had 2 children.
3476. vii. Harriet Electa Smith, b. Oct. 22, 1828, m. Amos J.
Osgood.
3477. viii. Phebe Ann Smith, b. May 29, 1831, d. June 30, 1848.
3478. ix. Horatio Gray Smith, b. March 27, 1833.
3479. x. Mary Lyman Smith, b. Oct. 15, 1836, m. Charles E. Her-
rick.
3476. vii. Harriet Electa Smith, b. Oct. 22, 1828, m. Sept. 21,
1854, Amos Johnson Osgood, a merchant in Cumberland.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3480. L Mary Eliza Osgood, b. Nov. 31, 1855.
3481. ii. Charles Edwin Osgood, b. Feb. 20, 1857, d. Aug. 20, 1859.
3482. iii. Joseph Amos Osgood, b. Dec. 3, 1858, d. May 22, 1801.
3483. iv. Edward Bartlett Osgood, b. June 18, 1860.
3484. v. Ida Stanwood Osgood, b. April 4, 1866.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 563
[Eighth Generation.]
3478. ix. Horatio Gray Smith, b. March 27, 1833, m. Nov. 21,
1855, Lucia Abbot Soule. He was a carpenter for many years at Cum-
berland, Me., but has been more recently a publisher of photographs
at Boston. His family resides at Chelsea, Mass. Two children :
3485. l. Alice L. Smith, b. Oct. 1858.
3486. 2. Edith G. Smith, b. May 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
3479. x. Mary Lyman Smith, b. Oct. 15, 1836, m. May 3, 1857,
Charles Edwin Herrick, a farmer in Cumberland.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3487. i. Ellen Gray Herrick, b. April 27, 1861, d. Aug. 5, 1861.
3488. ii. Horatio Henry Herrick, b. April 12, 1863.
3489. iii. Laura Lyman Herrick, b. Oct. 21, 1867.
[Sixth Generation.]
3458. iv. Sarah Smith (dau. of Rev. Amasa Smith and Sophia
Lyman), b. Oct. 17, 1793, m. Jan. 1815, Simeon Sweetser of Cumber-
land. He d. some years since. She resides in Portland, Me. They
had 4 children.
3490. i. Lydia Ann Sweetser, who m. James Richardson, of Pel-
ham, N. H.
3491. ii. Samuel Sweetser, (of whom anything further than his
name was not discovered).
3492. iii. Sophia Sweetser, who m. Adam Fuller of Portland, Me.
3493. iv. Elizabeth Sweetser, who in. Horace Band of Portland, Me.
[Sixth Generation.]
3404. iii. Giles Lyman (son of Major Josiah Lyman and Sarah
Worthington), b. May 2, 1765, m. Nov. 11, 1795, Mary Hubbard, b.
Aug. 20, 1768 (dau. of Nehemiah Hubbard of Middletown, Ct., and
Sarah Sill). He was a farmer successively at Belchertown (1765-
1802), at Goshen, Mass. (1802-9), at Shelburne, Mass. (1809-33), and
at Fowlerville, N. Y. (1833-48). He was a very resolute and ind\is-
trious man, and fresh to the last. He d. at Fowlerville, N. Y., May
4, 1848, aet. 83. She d. at Middletown, Ct., March 5, 1855, aet. 86.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3494. i. Mary Lyman, b. July 30, 1796, d. July 31, 1796.
3495. ii. Lucy Lyman, b. Aug. 1, 1797, m. in 1846 Ebenezer
Guernsey Hubbard, b. Jan. 10, 1796 (son of Micah Hubbard of
Middletown and Content Guernsey). He lives at Middletown. No
issue.
3496. iii. Maria Augusta Lyman, b. Nov. 11, 1798, d. Sept. 4, 1801.
3497. iv. Elihu Hubbard Lyman, b. Aug. 19, 1800, m. Martha Col-
56-4 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, Of.,
lins of Fowlerville, N. Y. He is a farmer at Lyons, Mich., and was
previously at Muir, Mich., and Fowler ville, N. Y. They have had 2
children : 1, William Collins Lyman ; 2, Frank Ilubbard Lymau.
3498. v. Rev. Giles Lyman, b. March 16, 1802.
3499. vi. Frederic Lyman, b. June 30, 1804, d. Aug. 28, 1808.
3500. vii. Henry Lyman, b. March 30, 1806, d. Aug. 12, 1806.
3501. viii. Mary Lyman, 2d, b. Nov. 17, 1809, d. unmarried March
1850.
3502. ix. Sophia Augusta Lyman, b. Dec. 25, 1811, m. Dr. William
Fullerton.
3498. v. Rev. Giles Lyman, b. March 16, 1802, m. Dec. 14, 1835,
Louisa Whitney of Winchendon, Mass., b. May 30, 1812 (dau. of
Phineas Whitney and Bethiah Barrett). No issue.
He wasgrad. at Amherst in 1827, and at Andover Theol. Sem. in
1831. He was pastor of the Cong. Church at Jaffray, N. H., for 5
years (1832-7). From 1840 to 1869 he was settled at Marlborough,
N. H. Between these two settlements he preached as his health, which
was poor, would allow him; at Fowlerville, N. Y. (1837-8); Ashburn-
ham, Mass. (1838-9) ; and Gardner, Mass. (1839-40). He has recently
(1873) died.
3502. ix. Sophia Augusta Lyman, b. at Shelbume, Mass., Dec. 25,
1811, m. May 15, 1834, William Fullerton, M.D., b. Nov. 28, 1802,
in Franklin Co., Pa. (son of Humphrey Fullerton and Catharine
Dixon). He was grad. in 1822 at Ohio University, in Athens, O., and
at Transylvania, Med. Coll., in Lexington, Ky., in 1825. He has been
since 1825 a physician at Chilicothe, O.
[Eighth Generation.]
3503. i. Lyman Fullerton, b. April 1 , 1 835, grad. at Marietta Coll.
in 1854, and at Harvard Law School in 1857, is a lawyer in Kansas
City, Mo. (since 1865).
3504. ii. Humphrey Fullerton, b. Aug. 29, 1836, enlisted Sept. 18,
1861, in the 33d Ohio Regt. He wasiii "the army of the Ohio," under
Genl. O. M. Mitchell, in the capture of Bowling Green, Ky., and the
march through northern Alabama, and at the battle of Fort McCook,
Tenn., and that of Perryville, Ky. He was honorably discharged on
account of general physical disability, Nov. 21, 1862. He d. at home,
Dec. 23, 1863, of "nervous prostration."
3505. iii. William Fullerton, b. June 19, 1838, d. Aug. 9, 1838.
3506. iv. Mary Hubbard Fullerton, b. Sept. 16, 1839, d. Feb. 5, 1840.
3507. v. Martha Catharine Fullerton, b. Dec. 28, 1840, d. May 29,
1842.
3508. vi. Sophia Lyman Fullerton, b. Dec. 18, 1843, d. March 11,
1868.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 565
3509. vii. Margaret Fullerton, b. Nov. 11, 1845.
3510. viii. William Dixon Fullerton, b. Nov. 25, 1847, a farmer in
Kingston, O.
3511. ix. Frank Fullerton, b. Sept. 27, 1850, d. Feb. 10, 1851.
*** x. Lucy Hubbard Fullerton, b. April 14, 1853.
[Sixth Generation.]
3405. iv. Dea. Jonathan Lyman (son of Major Josiah Lyman and
Sarah Worthington), b. March 20, 1767, m. Electa Bardwell (dau. of
Joseph Bardwell, Jr., " a man of high religious character," who d. at
S. Hadley, Mass., in 1838, aet. 88, and Sibyl Smith). She was b. in
1773, and d. at Goshen in March 1824, aet. 47. He m. for 2d wife,
Dec. 5, 1826, Lydia Towne, b. Jan. 5,1789 (dau. of Amasa Towne and
Margaret Smith, dau. of Joseph Smith of Belchertown). He was dea-
con of the church in Goshen, where he was a farmer. He afterwards
removed to Granby, Mass., where he d. Sept. 27, 1846, aet. 79. No
children by either marriage. She was living in S. Hadley in 1867.
3406. v. Augustus Lyman (son of Major Josiah Lyman), b. May
26, 1769, m. Nov. 6, 1795, his cousin, Eunice Arms of Deerfield, Mass.,
b. Sept. 10, 1775 (dau. of Dea. Jonathan Arms and Eunice Lyman).
He was a blacksmith at Deerfield, Mass., and held various offices of
trust in the town. He d. Oct. 17, 1829 : she d. April 14, 1859.
[Seventh Generation. ] Children:
3512. i. Harriet Lyman, b. Nov. 18, 1796, has lived unmarried.
3513. ii. Miriam Arms Lymau, b. April 8, 1798, m. Jonathan Win-
ship, d. Nov. 15, 1836.
3514. iii. Frederic Augustus Lyman, b. Aug. 21, 1801, d. Oct. 5,
1802.
3515. iv. Dorothy Arms Lyman, b. Sept. 6, 1803, m. Joseph Ander-
son, d. Sept. 2, 1834.
3516. v. Sarah Worthington Lyman, b. April 8, 1807, m. Francis
Winship.
3517. vi. Amelia Lyman, b. July 9, 1811, d. at Brighton, Mass.,
Sept. 9, 1826.
3513. ii. Miriam Arms Lyman, b. April 8, 1798, m. Jan. 20, 1825,
Jonathan Winship, b. July 11, 1780 (son of Jonathan Winship and
Sarah Richardson). He d. Aug. 6, 1847. She d. Nov. 15, 1836. He
m. for a 2d wife, March 8, 1838, Mary Knight Prince, b. April 20,
1810 (dau. of Richd. Prince and Sarah Sweet of Marblehead, Mass.).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3518. i. Francis Lyman Winship, b. Jan. 25, 1827.
3519. ii. Amelia Miriam Winship, b. Dec. 14, 1829, m. Dwight B.
Hooper.
566 Descendants of Rev. Josiali D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
3520. iii. John Perkins Gushing Winship, b. May 16, 1832, a no-
tary in Boston, Mass., m. Sept. 4, 1856, Kate Agnes Allen, b. April
24, 1831 (dan. of Washington O. Allen of Brighton, Mass., and Catha.
rine B. Howe). They had one child :
3521. 1. Allen Winship, b. June 17, 1857, d. June 29, 1858.
3522. iv. Joseph Bradlee Winship, b. July 24, 1836, d. soon.
3519. ii. Amelia Miriam Winship, b. Dec. 14, 1829, m. Sept. 3,
185G, Dwight Boyden Hooper, b. in Boston, Nov. 25, 1830 (son of
John Hooper from London, Eng., and Charlotte Sewall White of Dor-
chester, Mass.), a stationer in Boston.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3523. i. Mabel Hooper, b. Feb. 26, 1857.
3524. ii. Lyinan Winship Hooper, b. May 30, 1859.
3525. iii. Raymond Hooper, b. Dec. 21, 1860.
3526. iv. Lilian Hooper, b. May 1, 1862.
3527. v. Blanche Hooper, b. Dec. 1, 1864.
3528. vi. Leslie Hooper, b. Aug. 10, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
3515. iv. Dorothy Arms Lyman (dau. of Augustus Lyman and
Eunice Arms), b. Sept. 6, 1803, in. May 23, 1830, Joseph Anderson of
New Salem, Mass., b. Dec. 8, 1798 (son of James Anderson of Shel-
burne, Mass., and Mary Stebbins), grad. at Williams in 1827. She d.
Sept. 2, 1834. [He m. for a 2d wife, Dec. 1840, Mrs. Alpheus Ander-
son, by whom he has had 3 children : Martha Ann, Susan Emily and
Mary Amelia.] He is a farmer at Shelburne, Mass.
x
[Eighth Generation.]
3529. i. Mary Lyman Anderson, b. June 3, 1831, d. Aug. 1, 1831.
3530. ii. Frederic Augustus Anderson, b. in 1832, d. soon.
[Seventh Generation.]
3516. v. Sarah Worthington Lyman, b. April 8, 1807, m. Nov. 3,
1833, Hon. Francis Winship, b. April 17, 1785 (son of Jonathan Win-
ship and Sarah Richardson). He kept a large nursery at Brighton,
Mass. He represented the town of Brighton in the Mass. Legislature
for 20 years ; was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in
1 820, and a member at one time of the State Senate. He was a man
of mark in both mind and character. He d. March 9, 1850, aet. 65.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3531. i. Franklin Winship, b. April 5, 1835, a clerk in New Orleans.
3532. ii. Herman Winship, b. Nov. 6, 1841, m. Feb. 7, 1863, Mar-
garet Susan O'Donnell, b. in Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1844 (dau.
of William O'Donnell of Ireland, and Madeline Lallas of Spain) : a
florist in Auburndale, Mass. One child :
Ron of Timothy , Son ofJolm, l)otli of Dedliam, Mass. 567
3533. 1. Sarah Lyman Winsliip, b. Sept. 5, 1866.
3534. iii. George Lyman Winship, b. Feb. 18, 1843, d. Sept. 7, 1847.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 541.
3234. v. Major Elihu Lyman (son of Dea. Aaron Lyman and Eunice
Dwight), b. Dec. 25, 1741, was a farmer at Greenfield, Mass. Like
his brother Josiah, he was a major in the revolutionary war. He
was of a very fine presence and of courteous manners. He m. in 1770
Esther King of Westfield, Mass., b. in 1743. She d. Aug. 1772, aet.
29, and he m. for 2d wife, in 1781, Sarah Stebbins, b. in 1748 (dau. of
Joseph Stebbins of Deerfield, Mass., and Mary Stratton). She d. May
23, 1813, aet. 65. He d. Sept. 12, 1824, aet. 82. He was a captain
in the expedition under Benedict Arnold for the invasion of Canada,
whose sufferings were very great.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
3535. i. Sarah Lyman, b. Sept. 12, 1771, at Northfield, Mass., m. in
Guilford, Vt., in 1816, Ephraim Wells, b. in 1771 (son of Joel and
Abigail Wells) : a farmer in Greenfield, Mass, where he was drowned
Oct. 16, 1818, aet. 47. She d. March 30, 1860, aet. 88. No children.
JBy second wife :
3536. ii. Hon. Elihu Lyman, b. at Northfield, Sept. 25, 1782, d.
Feb. 11, 1826.
3537. iii. Hon. Joseph Stebbins Lyman, b. Feb. 14, 1785, grad. at
Dartmouth in 1805, was a lawyer at Cooperstown, N. Y., where he d.
unmarried March 21, 1821, aet. 36. He was a member of Congress
(1819-21).
3537. iv. Henry Lyman, b. June 30, 1787, d. March 13, 1811, aet. 23.
3538. v. Col. Theodore Dwight Lyman, b. in 1789, d. March 6, 1844.
3536. ii. Hon. Elihu Lyman, b. Sept. 25, 1782, grad. at Dartmouth
Coll. in 1803, practised law at Greenfield, Mass. (1807-10), and at
Greenwich, Mass. (1810-26). He was high sheriff of Franklin Co.,
Mass. (1811-15), and State Senator (1824-6). He d. at Boston, Feb.
11. 1826, aet. 43, while the legislature was in session. He was a man
of fine personal appearance and courtly manners. He m. May 19, 1812,
widow Mary TJpham nee Field (widow of Joshua N. Upham and
dau. of Robert Field of Greenwich, Mass., and Rachel Pomeroy).
[Robert Field of Greenwich was a man of wealth and great public
spirit. Enfield, afterwards set off from Greenwich, was named in honor
of him. Joshua N. Upham, b. in 1796 (son of Joshua Upham and
Elizabeth Murray), d. .in 1805, aet. 27. He was grad. at Harvard, and
was a lawyer at Greenfield.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3539. i. Eliza Jones Lyman, b. in 1813, d. June 19, 1830, aet. 17.
568 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiyht of Woodstock, Ct.,
3540. ii. Mary Field Lyman, b. about 1815. She has been for
many years principal, with her sister Catharine, of a Young Ladies'
Seminary at Philadelphia, Pa.
3541. iii. Catharine D wight Lymau, b. about 1817, principal of
Seminary as above, with her sister.
3542. iv. Annie Jean Lyman, b. about 1819, in. Prof. Charles Short.
3543. v. Elihu Lyman, b. in 1820, d. July 1, 1823.
3544. vi. Charlotte Augusta Lyman, b. about 1822.
3545. vii. Elihu Lyman, 2d, b. about 1824, d. Jan. 24, 1825.
3542. iv. Annie Jean Lyman, b. about 1819, in. Oct. 9, 1849, Prof.
Charles Short, b. at Haverhill, Mass., May 28, 1821 (son of Charles
Short of Newburyport, Mass., and Rebecca George), grad. at Harvard
in 1846. He was master of the Roxbury, Mass., Grammar School
(1847-53); teacher of a classical school of his own in Philadelphia
(1853-63); Prest. of Kenyon Coll., Gambier, O., and Prof, of Mental
arid Moral Philosophy there (1863-7), and Prof, of Latin in Columbia
Coll., N. Y., since 1868.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3546. i. Charles Lancaster Short, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 4, 1850.
3547. ii. Mary Lyman Short, b. July 11, 1852, at Roxbury.
3548. iii. Edward Lyman Short, b. at Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1854,
now in Columbia Coll. (1874) in class of 1875.
3549. iv. Henry Alfred Short, b. there Jan. 21, 1859.
[Sixth Generation.]
3538. iv. Col. Theodore Dwight Lyman, b. in 1789, was cashier of a
bank in Belchertown, Mass., and afterwards a merchant inMatamoras,
Mexico. He m. Dec. 30, 1817, Rebecca Butler Bull of Hartford, Ct.,
b. July 20, 1794 (dau. of Thomas Bull and Ruth Butler). She d.
May 29, 1820, and he m. for 2d wife, Oct. 11, 1827, Julia Diantha
Dwight, b. June 26, 1809 (dau. of Jonathan Dwight of Belchertown
and Amy Parsons. See page 459). He d. at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
March 6, 1844, aet. 55.
He had by the two marriages 5 children. Those by the second wife
have been already given on page 459.
By his first wife he had one child only :
3550. 1. Abigail Hall Lyman, b. April 5, 1819, d. in 1824 at Ann
Arbor, Mich., aet. 5.
[Fifth Generation.]
3235. vi. Eunice Lyman (dau. of Dea. Aaron Lyman and Eunice
Dwight), b. May 29, 1744, m. as his 2d wife, about 1774, Dea. Jona-
than Arms, b. in Deerfield, Mass., Jan. 28, 1735, a farmer inDeerfield
and deacon in the Cong. Ch. for 22 years. She was a lady of superior
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of DedJiam, Mass. 569
natural abilities and of great bodily vigor, being able, when 80 years of
age, to endure a long day's journey with but slight fatigue. He d.
Feb. 13, 1819, aet. 84. She d. May 3, 1838, aet. 94.
[Sixth Ge aeration.] Children :
3551. i. Eunice Arms, b. Sept. 10, 1775, m. her cousin Augustus
Lyman. See p. 5G5, No. 3406, v., for an account of her descendants.
She d. April 14, 1859, aet. 83.
3552. ii. Pliny Arms, b. Feb. 17, 1778, d. Feb. 2, 1859, aet. 81.
3553. iii. Dorothy Arms, b. Aug. 14, 1779, d. soon.
3554. iv. George Arms, b. Aug. 16, 1781, m. Fanny Loring Gush-
ing of Hingham, Mass., and had one son, George Arms, Jr., who d. un-
married June 3, 1842. He himself was a farmer and merchant, and d.
Oct. 31, 1819, aet. 38.
3555. v. Dorothy Arms, 2d, b. June 9, 1783, m. Jacob Smith, a
lawyer in Royalton, Vt. They had one child, Susan Smith, who m.
George Chandler of Danville, Vt., and had 3 children.
3556. vi. Josiah Lyman Arms, b. May 25, 1788, d. Dec. 12, 1828,
aet. 40.
3552. ii. Pliny Arms, b. Feb. 17, 1778, m. in 1S10 Thankful Dickin-
son. He d. Feb. 2, 1859, aet. 81. His children were :
3557. 1. Frederic Arms, b. about 1812.
3558. 2. Jonathan Arms, b. about 1814, resides in Monmouth, 111.
3559. 3. Martha Arms, b. about 1S16, m. Henry Hitchcock of Gales-
burgh, 111.
3560. 4. Theresa Arms, b. about 1818, m. George Herbert of Chi-
cago, 111.
[Sixth Generation.]
3556. vi. Josiah Lyman Arras (son of Dea. Jonathan Arms and
Eunice Lyman), b. May 25, 1788, a farmer at Deerfield, Mass., and
afterwards (1816-28) a merchant and lumber dealer at Glenn's Falls,
N. Y., where he d. Dec. 12, 1828, and his widow still lives. He m.
Oct. 15, 1812, Cynthia Geer Hunt, b. Oct. 15, 1792 (dau. of Asahel
Hunt of Charlestown, N. H., and Anna Geer. See Hist, of Strong
Family by the author, vol. ii., p. 1178).
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
3561. i. Anna Hunt Arms, b. Nov. 19, 1813, d. at Charlestown, N.
H., Nov. 6, 1818.
3562. ii. Isabella Arms, b. at Glenn's Falls, May 26, 1817, and d.
there unmarried July 29, 1861.
3563. iii. Lewis Lyman Arms, b. Dec. 24. 1818, m. Sept. 10, 1844,
Julia A. McDonald : no children : resides at Glenn's Falls.
3564. iv. Anna Hunt Arms, b. Feb. 19, 1821, m. April 10, 1838,
37
570 Descendants of Rev. Jo*iali Dwlglit of Woodcock, Ct.,
Albert N. Cheney : resides at Glenn's Falls, and is a merchant and
fi rmer.
35(35. v. Frederic Augustus Arms, b. May 19, 1823, d. at Cincin-
nati, O., Dec. 8, 1835.
.3566. vi. George Arms, b. Dec. 31, 1827, m. Oct. 12, 1852, Fanny
Anne Fassett, b. July 15, 1S29 (dau. of John Vanderspiegel Fassett
of Troy and Anna Maria Robinson). They have had 5 children :
3567. 1. Lyman Arms, b. at Glenn's Falls, Nov. 3, 1853.
3568. 2. John Fassett Arms, b. at Newaygo, Mich., Oct. 1, 1856,
d. at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 6, 1857.
3569. 3. Helen Hunt Arms, b. at Chicago, 111., June 18, 1859.
3570. 4. Anna Cheney Arms, b. at Muskegon, Mich., May 7, 1863.
3571. 5. Frederic Fassett Arms, b. at Muskegon, Nov. 14, 1864.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 542.
3236. vii. Mary ("Polly") Lyman (dau. of Dea. Aaron Lyman
and Eunice Dwight), b. Nov. 12, 1745, m. Oct 24, 1771, Capt Elisha
Hunt of Northtield, Mass., b. Dec. 1740 (son of Capt. Samuel Hunt,
b. in 1704, and d. Feb. 28, 1770). a farmer. He d. Nov. 27, 1810,
aet. 69. She d. in 1819, aet. 74.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3572. i. Samuel Hunt, b. Aug. 23, 1772, d. Nov. 29, 1832.
3573. ii. Mary Hunt, b. Feb. 13, 1774, m. a Mr. Allen.
3574. iii. Ellsworth Hunt, b. Nov. 5, 1775, d. in 1823.
3575. iv. Martha Hunt, b. Oct. 26, 1777, d. June 26, 1796.
3576. v. Frederic Hunt, b. Oct. 10, 1779, grad. at Dartmouth in
1800, a lawyer, d. at Northfield, Mass., April 18, 1805, aet 25.
3577. vi. Elisha Hunt, b. Sept. 20, 1782, d. in 1820.
3578. vii. Sally Hunt, b. Aug. 29, 1784, d. Jan. 19, 1795.
3579. viii. Jonathan Hunt, b. June 4, 1786, d. in 1815.
3572. i. Samuel Hunt, b. Aug. 23, 1772, m. April 12, 1801, Philo-
mela Watriss, b. Feb. 6, 1775, who d. June 5, 1817. He m. for 2d
wife, Oct. 13, 1825, Submit Field. He d. and she m. for 2d husband
Samuel C. Allen, Jr.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
3580. i. Samuel Hunt, b. April 3, 1802, d. Dec. 1851.
3581. ii. John Hunt, b. Feb. 14, 1804, d. Aug. 1853.
3582. iii. Frederic Hunt, b. Dec. 10, 1806.
3583. iv. Martha Hunt, b. Sept. 30, 1808, d. July 4, 1813.
3584. v. Elisha Watriss Hunt, b. Sept. 15, 1810.
3585. vi. Charles Hunt, b. Aug. 10, 1812, d. Oct. 25, 1837.
3586. vii. Martha Philomela Hunt, b. July 23, 1815, d. Sept. 9,
1822.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 571
[Fiftli Generation.] See page 542.
3238. ix. Caleb Lyman (son of Dea. Aaron Lyman and Eunice
D wight), b. Aug. 2, 1750, m. Oct. 25, 1774, Catharine Swan, b. in
1753 (clau. of William Swan of Worcester, Mass., and Lavina Keyes).
She d. Aug. 22, 1809, and he m. for 2d wife, April 4, 1816, Tirzah*
Philena Field, b. April 6, 1781 (dau. of Abner Field and Polly Mat-
toon of North field). He d. Aug. 19, 1822, aet. 72. He was by trade
a hatter, at Northfield, Mass., and deputy sheriff of Franklin Co., Mass.,
for 40 years. Several of his children have arrived at a great age.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
**** i. William Swan Lyman, b. Sept. 5, 1775, m. in 1799, Fanny
Pomeroy of Northfield (dau. of Dr. Medad Pomeroy — who was son of
Seth and Mary Pomeroy of Northampton — b. in 1736, and d. Oct. 28,
1819, and Hunt, dau. of Capt. Samuel Hunt). He was a hatter
at Northfield, and d. Feb. 26, 1801, aet. 25. They had a son.
**** 1. William Swan Lyman, b. June 24, 1800, who d. of yellow
fever at N. Orleans, La., aet. about 35.
3587. ii. Charles Lyman, b. May 4, 1778, a portrait painter in New
York. He d. unmarried in New London, Ct., April 1, 1814, aet. 36.
3588. iii. Col. Josiah Dwigbt Lyman, b. Feb. 27, 1780, d. Jan. 6,
1869, aet. 89.
3589. iv. Francis Lyinan, b. Oct. 6, 1782, d. Dec. 27, 1784.
3590. v. Francis Lyman, 2d, b. Feb. 15, 1785, resides unmarried
(1874), aet. 88, in Northfield. " He was bred a merchant, but, after
unsuccessful efforts to do business on his own account, spent his days
as a clerk for others in stores and public offices." To him the author
is indebted for much of the specific information here given.
3591. vi. Caleb Lyman, b. Oct. 14, 1787, d. xinmarried Aug. 26,
1823, in S. Carolina, aet. 36. He was a clerk all his life.
3592. vii. Daniel Lyman, b. May 23, 1790, still (1874) living.
3593. viii. Myra Lyman, b. Feb. 23, 1793, m. Josiah Alexander.
3594. ix. Catharine Swan Lyman, b. March 19, 1797, m. Rev.
Thomas Adams, d. Nov. 23, 1870, aet. 72.
3595. x. Edwin Lyman, b. July 30, 1800, d. unmarried Jan. 29,
1841. He was a printer in N. Orleaus, La.
3588. iii. Col. Josiah Dwight Lyman, b. Feb. 27, 1780, m. Feb. 1,
1804, Betsey Whiting of Northfield, b. Aug. 12, 1784 (dau. of Jabez
Whiting, b. in Dover, N. H., Jan. 11, 1758, and Rebecca Ellis, b. at
* The hyperthesis of the aspirate that occurs in several Christian names, from
a previous to a subsequent syllable, is of interest to a philologist, as illustrative
of similar facts in common words of etymological interest, as of Tirzah for
Thirza, Hester for Esther, Orpah for Orpha.
572 Descendants of Rev. Josiali D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
Dedham, Mass., Jan. 18, 17G1). He was a hatter at Northfield. He
was made captain of a company of State artillery in 1810, and after-
wards Lt. Col. of the regiment. She d. Feb. 25, 1868, aet. 83: he d.
Jan. G, 1869, aet. 89.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3596. i. William Swan Lyman, b. Feb. 27, 1805, d. (early, as the
author supposes).
3597. ii. Caleb Lyman, b. Feb. 11, 1807, d. Aug. 1854, unmarried,
a hatter at,Northfield.
3598. iii. Elizabeth Lyman, b. May 19, 1809, m. Hon. Cullen Saw-
telle.
3599 iv. Josiah Dwight Lyman, b. July 16, 1811, d. Sept. 24, 1857.
3600. v. Catharine Frances Lyman, b. April 2, 1814, m. Dr. Cyrus
Lee Hunter.
3601. vi. Charles Lyman, b. Dec. 25, 1815, d. Sept. 15, 1835.
3602. vii. Augustus Lyman, b. Sept. 26, 1818.
3603. viii. Jabez Whiting Lyman, b. Feb. 17, 1821, d. Nov. 19,
1862.
3604. ix. Ann Whiting Lyman, b. Oct. 12, 1823, m. Hon. Francis
J. Parker.
3598. iii. Elizabeth Lyman (dau. of Col. Josiah D. Lyman and
Betsey Whiting), b. May 19, 1809, m. Aug. 24, 1830, Hon. Cullen
Sawtelle, b. Sept. 1805, in Norridgewock, Me. (son of .Richard Sawtelle
and Sarah Ware, dau. of Dr. Ware of Groton, Mass. ), grad. at Bowdoin
in 1825, a lawyer in New York for some years past. He was, when
living in Maine, a Member of Congress for two terms (1845-7 and
1849-51).
[Eighth Generation.]
3605. i. Henrietta Lovell Sawtelle, b. May 30, 1832.
3606. ii. Brig. Genl. Charles Greene Sawtelle, b. May 10, 1834, a
graduate of West Point, was active in the late war, and has been since
appointed Brigadier General, and is stationed in New York.
3607. iii. Catharine Lyman Sawtelle, b. May 23, 1842.
[Seventh Generation.]
3600. v. Catharine Frances Lyman, b. April 2, 1814, m. May 20,
1851, Dr. Cyrus Lee Hunter of Lincoln Co., N. C., b. Dec. 13, 1807
(son of Rev. Humphrey Hunter, a Presb. clergyman in Lincoln and
Mecklenburgh Counties, N. C., for more than 40 years, b. in Ireland,
May, 1755, and d. Aug. 1827), a physician by education, but for many
years past a farmer, on account of poor health. She d. April 29, 1864,
aet. 50, a lady of thorough piety and great loveliness of character.
'He is an elder in the Presb. Church. They had one child :
3608. 1. Cyrus Lee Hunter, b. Sept. 22, 1852.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 5 73
3603. viii. Jabez Whiting Lyman, b. Feb. 17, 1821, m. Nov. 17
1845, Mary Ainsworth Parker of Boston. She d. Nov. 19, 1862.
He is a merchant in New York. They had one son :
3609. 1. Charles Parker Lyman, b. Sept. 1, 1846.
3604. ix. Ann Whitting Lyman (dau. of Col. Josiah D. Lyman), b.
Oct. 12, 1823, m. April 28, 1846, Col. Francis Jewett Parker of
Boston, b. March 3, 1825. He was a merchant in Boston, and in
1858 was a member of the State Senate.
He was active in the late war, passing through various offices from
Major in 1861 to Col. in 1862, in the 32d Mass. Regt. He served
under Genl. Pope in Virginia, at Antietam, Shepardstown and Leetown,
and under McClellan and Burnside, up to the battle of Fredericks; -
burgh. In 1864 he was appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of Maj.
Geul. Franklin. He is now a broker at Boston.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3610. i. Francis Vose Parker, b. March 13, 1847.
3611. ii. Clara Virginia Parker, b. March 7, 1850.
3612. iii. Cullen Sawtelle Parker, b. Aug. 1857, d. Feb. 16, 1863.
3613. iv. Elizabeth Lyman Parker, b. Oct. 11, 1861.
[Sixth Generation.]
3592. vii. Daniel Lyman (son of Caleb Lyman of Northfield and
Catharine Swan), b. May 23, 1790, m. Feb. 19, 1835, Sarah Alexander,
b. Aug. 7, 1802 (dau. of Elisha Alexander of Northfield and Sally
Doolittle, whom he in. Oct. 11, 1801). He was a merchant for 20 years
in New York (1816-36). Since 1836 he has resided at Mendota, 111.,
where he was a farmer until 1858, since which time he has not been
engaged in active business. He is now (1874) hale and hearty at the
age of 83, and has ever been a man of much energy and enterprise.
[Seventh Generation.]
3614. i. Martha Alexander Lyman, b. Jan. 26, 1836, d. Sept. 17,
1836.
3615. ii. Mary Lyman, b. Nov. 12, 1838, m. Fulton Gifford.
3616. iii. A daughter, unnamed, b. and d. Feb. 29, 1844.
3615. ii. Mary Lyman, b. Nov. 12, 1838, m. Nov. 10, 1858, Fulton
Gifford, b. Aug. 14, 1833 (son of James T. Gifford of Elgin, 111., and
Laura Kaymond, dau. of Newcovnb Raymond of Sherburue, N. Y.),
cashier of the First National Bank of Mendota, 111. One child :
3617. 1. Daniel Lyman Gilford, b. Jan. 9, 1861.
[Sixth Generation.]
3593. viii. Myra Lyman (dau. of Caleb Lyman and Catharine
Swan), b. Feb. 23, 1793, m. Dec. 11, 1816, Josiah Alexander, b. April
25, 1791 (son of Major Elisha Alexander of Northfield and Sophia
574 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
Stebbins his first wife), a farmer at Northfield. He d. Dec. 22, 1862 :
she is still (1873) living at Northfield.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3617. i. Catharine Swan Alexander, b. Feb. 26, 1818, m. MoSes
Field.
3618. ii. Francis Lymaii Alexander, b. May 29, 1821, a merchant
at St. Charles, 111., where he m. Jan. 1, 1846, Mary Ann Walkei'.
3619. iii. Edward Alexander, b. March 30, 1823, d. Sept. 7, 1865;
3620. iv. Josiah Alexander, b. June 6, 1825.
3621. v. William Dwight Alexander, b. Feb. 27, 1827.
3622. vi. Emily Cordelia Alexander, b. June 18, 1829, d. Sept. 25,
1836.
3623. vii. Joseph Alexander, b. Jan. 28, 1831, d. Dec. 15, 1831.
3617. 1. Catharine Swan Alexander, b. Feb. 26, 1818, m. Nov. 13,
1839, Dea. Moses Field, b. Aug. 11, 1807 (son of Phinehas Field of
Northfield and Eunice Lyman), a farmer at Northfield. He d. at Bos-
ton, March 21, 1868, aet. 60. She resides at Northfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3624. i. Lucius Field, b. Aug. 15, 1840, m. Aug. 13, 1862, Anna
Sophia Harrington, b. April 26, 1840 (dau. of Isaac and Sarah Har-
rington of Weston, Mass.), a merchant at Clinton, Mass. One child :
3625. 1. Mary Althaea Field, b. May 28, 1866.
3626. ii. Myra Alexander Field, b. May 15, 1843, d. Dec. 27, 1845.
3627. iii. Francis Edward Field, b. Feb. 23, 1845.
3628. iv. Catharine Swan Field, b. June 5, 1847.
3629. v. Christiana Cordelia Field, b. Feb. 12, 1853.
3630. vi. Josiah Alexander Field, b. Oct. 21, 1860.
[Seventh Generation.]
3620. iv. Josiah Alexander, b. June 6, 1825, m. Sept. 13, 1848, in
Northboi*o, Mass., Lucy Crawford Valentine : a merchant in Boston,
residing in Clinton, Mass., where all his children were born but the
first.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3631. i. Mary Emily Alexander, b. at Northfield, April 21, 1850.
3632. ii. Fanny Elizabeth Alexander, b. May 26, 1852, d. Aug. 19,
1854.
3633. iii. Edward Lyman Alexander, b. Sept. 5, 1854.
3634. iv. Carrie Crawford Alexander, b. June 1, 1857.
'3635. v. William Valentine Alexander, b. Oct. 18, 1859.
3636. vi. Charles Elmer Alexander, b. March 21, 1861.
3637. vii. Josiah Francis Alexander, b. April 2, 1862, d. Sept. 15,
1866.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 575
3638. viii. Myra Lyman Alexander, b. April 18, 1863, d. Sept. 19,
1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
3621. v. William Dwight Alexander, b. Feb. 27, 1827, m. Feb. 10,
1864, Elizabeth Hubbard Severance, b. July 10, 1838 (dau. of Nelson
Severance of Northfield and Emmeline Field) : a farmer at Northfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3639. i. Myra Emmeline Alexander, b. Nov. 22, 1864.
3640. ii. Lucy Yalentine Alexander, b. April 9, i860.
3641. iii. Nelson Dwight Alexander, b. Jan. 13, 1868.
[Sixth Generation.]
3594. ix. Catharine Swan Lyman (dau. of Caleb Lyman and Catha-
rine Swan), b. March 19, 1797, m. as his 3d wife, Aug. 16, 1827, Rev.
Thomas Adams, b. in Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 7, 1792 (son of Dea.
Benjn. Adams of N. Brookfield, Mass., and Eunice Hale). He was
grad. at Dartmouth in 1814, and was a Cong, pastor at Vassalboro,
Me., for 16 years (1818-34), and Waterville, Me. (1836-8), edited the
Maine Temp. Gazette at Augusta and Portland, Me. (1838-43), and
was agent of the Am. Tract Soc. (1843-6), and stated supply at Thomp-
son, O. (1847-56), and agent of the Cong. Board of Publication
(1856-63), residing at Hamden, O. Since 1864 he has resided at Vas-
salboro, Me. His 1st wife was Sarah Barnard of Leicester, Mass.,
whom he m. June 13, 1819, and his 2d, Lavinia Swan, whom he m.
Sept. 3, 1822, and who was dau. of William Swan of Winslow, Me.
She was the author of " Parlor Lectures on Scripture History, 3
vols.," pub. at Augusta, Me.; and also of "Lectures on Ecclesiastical
History, 3 vols.;" and of two smaller books pub. by the Arn. Sunday
School Union, and " Daily Duties," pub. in Boston. She was for sev-
eral years an inmate of The Lunatic Asylum at Augusta, Me. — insan-
ity being hereditary in the Keyes family, that of her grandfather on
the Swan side of the house. She d. at Augusta, Me,, Nov. 23, 1870.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3642. i. William Swan. Adams, b. Oct. 24, 1828, m. Nov. 1867,
Mary A. Hunt of Cincinnati, O. (dau. of Frederic Hunt). He was for
some time publisher of The Sunday Dispatch, in Ciucinnati, but has
of late become a journalist in New York.
3643. ii. Edward Francis Adams, b. Dec. 30, 1839, m. Jan. 26,
1860, Ruah Elmira Shattuck of Hamden, O., b. Dec. 25, 1839 (dau.
of Almon and Emily Shattuck): a farmer in Hamden (1860-5) ; but
of late an agent of a book concern in Cleveland, O. His wife d. in
Kidder, Mo., of typhoid fever, Jan. 5, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3644. i. Edward Thomas Adams, b. in Hamden, Dec. 4, 1860.
576 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJt Dwiylit of Woodstock, Ct.,
3645. ii. Sarah Elizabeth Adams, b. in Hamden, Nov. 1863, d. of
congestion of the brain, in Kidder, Mo., Oct. 20, 1865.
[William Swan of Worcester, Mass., a goldsmith, was the son of
Capt. Ebenezer Swan, captain of a ship in the London trade, and
Foster of Dorchester, Mass. Capt. Ebenezer Swan was the son of Dr.
Thomas Swan, who was grad. at Harvard in 1689. William Swan d.
act. 58, leaving a large family, viz. : 1, Benjamin Swan, State Treas-
urer of Vermont for many years. 2, William Swan, a farmer in
Maine and justice of the peace. 3, Thomas Swan, a tory in the Revo-
lution, who drew a pension from the British Government for property
sacrificed during the war on account of his political principles, and
fled the country for a time, but afterwards returned and became a
merchant in Boston, where he d., leaving a son who entered the U. S.
Army, as Lieut., about 1800, and left the service at the close of the
war of 1812, with the rank of Col. 4, Timothy Swan, a hatter at Suf
field, Ct., where "he also engaged in merchandize, and in the making
of psalm-tunes, neither of which ended profitably, though he obtained
some credit for a few tunes that he composed, as China, Poland, etc.,
which have been favorably received by the public." 5, Catharine
Swan, who m. Caleb Lyman. 6, Lavinia, who in. Jonathan Hunt,
Lieut. Gov. of Vermont. 7, Lucretia Swan, who m. a Mr. Webster
of Huntsburgh, Vt. 8, Betsey Swan, who m. a Mr. Hubbard of
Huntsburgh, Vt., a member of the Vt. Legislature several times].
[Fourth Generation.]
2819. ix. Mary D wight (dan. of Rev. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock,
Ct, and Mary Partridge), b. in 1709, in. July 22, 1731, Rev.Marston
Cabot, b. Feb. 20, 1705-6 (son of George Cabot and Abigail Marston,
who d. at Boston, Oct. 9, 1709, dau. of Hon. Benjamin Marston of
Salem, Mass., grad. at Harvard in 1689, and Patience Rogers). Rev.
Marston Cabot, A.M. and V.D.M. (or, Verbi Dei Magister), " an ex-
cellent divine and godly man," settled in 1729 (Dec. 4) at Thompson,
Ct., then called, and for 55 years afterwards (1785), the North Society
of Killingly. His answer to the call, which was made to him Oct.
1729, and which is quaint in itself, is so good a memorial of "the hard
times" of those early days, as to deserve at least the partial presen-
tation here given to it.
" Gentlemen," he says, " I doubt not but you are sensible the price
of such things as are necessaiy for the support and comfort of life is
daily rising, and there is the prospect of dearer living still. Per-
suading myself, therefore, and depending on this, that as your outward
circumstances increase and grow better, you will proportionably and
cheerfully contribute to the bettering the condition and circumstances
Son of Timothy, Son of John, botli ofDedham, Mass. 577
of him that labors among you in word and doctrine, I accept your
call and invitation to settle among you in the great work of the
ministry, provided you fulfil the three following articles :
I. That you answer the 200 pounds' settlement that you have
offered me, to Mr. Cooper and his wife, who have engaged to let me
have their place for the consideration of 300 pounds.
II. That you always keep up the credit of the salary you have pro-
posed in your call.
III. That you bring me a sufficiency of cord-wood for my own use
in the season of it.
Yours for Jesus' sake,
MARSTON CABOT."
He was pastor of this church for 26 years and more, until his sudden
death in the pulpit, April 8, 1756, aet. 52. Said Dr. Daniel Dow, his
successor, of him : " Mr. Cabot, I have reason to believe, from the tes-
timony of those who knew him, as well as also from some of his
sermons which were published, was a man of God, sound in the faith
and a good preacher, though he was said to have been ignorant of the
most common things which did not relate to his particular calling."
During his ministry 302 members were received into the church.
" About the time of his settlement began that new epoch in the
American Zion described distinguishingly as " The Great Awakening "
and "The Surprising Conversions." This whole period, so wonderful
in its character, so blessed in its fruits, and so memorable in the his-
tory of the American Church, and so glorious in the displays of heavenly
grace, was embraced within the ministry of Mr. Cabot.
Mrs. Mary (Dwight) Cabot m. for a 2d husband, Nov. 29, 1769,
Ebenezer Kingsbury of Dedham. He d. Feb. 23, 1777. She d. Sept.
3, 1775, aet. 66.
[George Cabot, the father of Rev. Marston Cabot of Thompson, Ct.,
was the son of Francois Cabot and Susanne Gruchy of St. Ileliers,
Jersey, Eng. He was bapt. Feb. 10, 1677, and left the island about
1700, having given, June 14, 1700, a power of attorney to his mother
to sell his real estate and rents there. He was rated in the Salem Tax
Book for the year 1700. He removed to Boston before 1704, and
owned a house in King St. in 1713, which he mortgaged the same
year. John Cabot of Salem, shopkeeper, petitioned (as administrator
of the estate of his brother George Cabot, late of Boston, joiner) to
sell the house, that he might obtain more than the mortgage — the per-
sonal interest, together with his interest in house and land, being insuffi-
cient to pay his just debts.
John Cabot of Salem, his uncle, educated Rev. Marston Cabot at
Harvard, with his own son John, and they were graduated there together
in the same class.
578 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJi Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
Col. Henry Lee of Boston, a descendant of John Cabot, senior, of
Salem Mass., visited, in 1855, the isle of Jersey, Eng., in order to ob-
tain a clue to his ancestry there. From him the information given in
this note was obtained. He gives the Cabot coat of arms as this :
Cabot ou Chabot
D'or aux trois chabots
Hauriant de gueules.
This translated means :
Cabot or Chabot (the chub-fish),
(Giving the probable origin of the name).
Gold before three chub-fish
Drinking with their mouths.
Col. Lee " has no doubt that Jersey was the birth-place of Sebastian
Cabot, the elder of the two navigators, and father to John, and that he
was adopted as a Venetian. Whether he was an ancestor of John and
George Cabot here spoken of, he does not know."]
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
364G. i. Abigail Cabot, b. April 24, 1732, d. Nov. 22, 1740.
3647. ii. George Cabot, b. Jan. 10, 1733, d. Nov. 17, 1740.
3648. iii. Mary Cabot, b. July 31, 1735, d. Sept. 26, .1766. She
m. David Hosmer.
3649. iv. Sebastian Cabot, b. May 26, 1737, d. June 30, 1797.
3650. v. Susanna Cabot, b. May 10, 1739, d. Nov. 11, 1740. Thus
three of these children, Abigail, George and Susanna, all died within
11 days' time, and probably of some contagious disease like scarlet
fever.
3651. vi. Abigail Cabot, 2d, b. July 13, 1741, d. June 26, 1777.
She m. Capt. John Corbin of Albany, N. Y.
3652. vii. Susanna Cabot, 2d, bapt. March, 6, 1743, m. Lt. John
Holbrook.
3653. viii. George Cabot, 2d, b. March 28 (and bapt. March 31),
1745, d. March 12, 1776.
3654. ix. Marston Cabot, b. April 8, 1747, d. April 12, 18l4,aet. 67.
3655. x. Francis D wight Cabot, b. Oct. 14, 1748, d. April 25, 1750.
3656. xi. Anna Cabot, b. Oct. 17, 1750, m. Capt. Peter Barrett.
3657. xii. Francis Cabot, 2d, b. Nov. 10, 1754, m. a Miss Hodgman
of Hartland, Vt., where he was a farmer and where he d. No further
facts were found concerning him.
3658. xiii. Sophia Cabot, b. July 21 (and bapt. Aug. 15), 1756.
[In the records of Capt. Nathaniel Dwight of Belchertown her name
occurs as Zeviah which the author supposes to be a corruption for
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, both of Dedliam, Mass. 579
Sophia. Zerviah, a frequent female name in old records, is probably a
harder form of Zeruiah.] She m. Major Lyman Hitchcock.
In the distribution of the estate of Rev. Marston Cabot, made May
3, 176-3, nine children are mentioned as its intended recipients : Sebas-
tian, Marston, Francis, Abigail, Susanna, Anne, Sophia, George and
Mary, who were of course all living then.
3648. iii. Mary Cabot, b. July 31, 1735, m. Feb. 17, 1754, Capt.
David Hosmer of Norwich, Ct. She d. Sept. 26, 1766. All inqui-
ries into the details of his history ended in naught.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3659. i. Mary Hosmer, b. about 1758, m. Abial Hyde.
3660. ii. Capt. Joseph Hosmer, b. June 23, 1764, d. July 23, 1803,
aet. 39.
3661. iii. David Hosmer, b. about 1766, lived near Norwich, and
had a dau. Abigail, who m. a Mr. Culver.
3659. i. Mary Hosmer, b. about 1758, m. Sept. 16, 1779, Abial Hyde
of Norwich, Ct., b. Och. 16, 1757 (son of James Hyde of Norwich and
Sarah Marshall). She d. Nov. 3, 1791, aet. 30, and he m. for 2d wife
Mary Leffingwell of Norwich. He d. March 2, 1808.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
3662. i. Cabot Hosmer Hyde, b. Jan. 7, 1782.
3663. ii. Joseph Hyde, b. Oct. 1, 1788, d. at Norwich, Feb. 23, 1811.
3664. iii. Abial Hyde, b. Jan. 1, 1791, d. Aug, 26, 1791.
3665. iv. Anna Hyde, b. March 11, 1784, d. at Norwich, Aug. 16,
1808.
3666. v. Abigail Hyde, b. Nov. 12, 1786.
3662. i. Cabot Hosmer Hyde, b. Jan. 7, 1782, m. Anna Miller (dau.
of Judge Solomon Miller of Willistou, Vt.). He was a merchant at
Williston, where he d. Nov. 19, 1815. She resides at Hudson, O.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
Beside several who died in early childhood.
3 167. i. Henry Hyde, who m. Miss Morton.
3668. ii. Susan Hyde, who m. Rev. Samuel Lee, who was grad. at
Vermont University in 1831, and settled at Mantua, O. (1841-60).
He d., and his widow has resided since his death at Hudson, O.
[Seventh Generation.]
3666. v. Abigail Hyde, b. Nov. 12, 1786, m. March 20, 1806,
Erastus Huntington, b. Dec. 7, 1769, at Norwich (son of Rev. Simon
Huntington and Zipporah Lathrop, his 2d wife, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer
Lathrop). He was grad. at Yale in 1791, and practised law at Bean
Hill, in Norwichtown, but became afterwards a merchant and nianu-
580 Descendants of Rev. Josiah D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
facturer there. She d. July 1, 1811. He m. for a 2d wife Sarah, dau.
of Genl. Joseph Williams. He d. Feb. 10, 1846.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3669. i. George Cabot Huiitington, b. July 20, 1807.
3670. ii. Charles Lynian Huntingon, b. Aug. 25, 1809, d. unmarried
Feb. 3, 1832.
3671. iii. Joseph Hyde Huntington, b. June 19, 1811.
3669. i. George Cabot Huntington, b. July 20, 1807, m. Oct. 6,
1833, at Cleveland, O., Angeline Porter, dau. of Asahel Porter of
Waterbury, Ct. She d. in 1836, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov. 9, 1837,
Emmeline Kelley (dau. of Datus Kelley of Kelley's Island, O.). He is
a grape-grower and vintner at Kelley's Island, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
3672. i. George Huntington, b. Aug. 12, 1834, d. Aug. 29, 1834.
3673. ii. Sarah W. Huntington, b. June 19, and d. June 30, 1836.
By second wife :
3674. iii. Erastus Huntington, b. Aug. 15, 1838.
3675. iv. Simon Huntington, b. Dec. 15, 1839.
3676. v. Daniel Kelley Huntington, b. March 28, 1845.
3677. vi. Joseph Alfred Huntington, b. Feb. 10, 1850.
[Eighth Generation.]
3671. iii. Joseph Hyde Huntington (son of Erastus Huntington and
Abigail Hyde), b. at Norwich, Ct., June 19, 1811, m. Eleanor Foster
(dau. of Jonathan Foster of West Boxford, Mass.) : a crockery mer-
chant at Norwich, Ct. : resided in former years at Brunswick, O., and
W. Boxford, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3678. i. Sarah Williams Huntington, b. at Brunswick, O., June 27,
1837.
3679. ii. George Frederic Huntington, b. there Feb. 27, 1839, and
d. in 1855.
3680. iii. Charles Lyman Foster Huntington, b. at W. Boxford,
Jan. 3, 1841, a soldier in the Union Army (1862 ).
[Sixth Generation.]
3660. ii. Capt. Joseph Hosmer (son of Capt. David Hosmer and
Mary Cabot), b. June 23, 1764, was a shipmaster at Salem, Mass., but
removed afterwards to Norwich, Ct., where he d. July 23, 1803, act.
39. He m. Aug. 23, 1789, Hannah Webb, b. April 28, 1769 (dau. of
Capt. Samuel Webb, " one of the old Salem shipmasters," and Hannah
Ward). The family returned again after Ids death to Salem. Shed.
Dec. 12, 1853.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, loth ofDedham, Mass. 581
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3681. i. Joseph Hosmer, b. June 24, 1791, a mariner, d. unmarried
at Philadelphia, April 3, 1833, aet. 42.
3682. ii. Hannah Hosmer, b. Feb. 5, 1793, d. Nov. 26, 1795.
3683. iii. Mary Hosmer, b. July 25, 1794, d. Dec. 1, 1795.
3684. iv. Hannah Hosmer, 2d, b. April 17, 1796.
3685. v. Mary Hosmer, 2d, b. Oct. 19, 1797, m. James B. Briggs.
3686. vi. George Cabot Hosmer, b. Aug. 21, 1799, d. Sept. 3, 1799.
3687. vii. Samuel Webb Hosmer, b. Nov. 24, 1800, d. in Salem,
Mass., April 26, 1844, a mariner.
3688. viii. William Brown Hosmer, b. Aug. 31, 1802, d. Dec. 28,
1802.
3685. v. Mary Hosmer, b. Oct. 19, 1797, m. May 31, 1821, James
B. Briggs, b. Oct. 22, 1790 (son of Elijah Briggs and Hannah Buffing-
ton). He was for many years a captain and supercargo in the East In-
dia trade and Prest. of The Essex Insurance Co. of Salem, Mass. He
d. Dec. 3, 1857. His widow resides at Salem.
[Ninth Generation.] Childi-en :
3689. i. James Cabot Briggs, b. March 25, 1822, a merchant in
Salem, Mass., unmarried. He was for 13 years (1836-49) in " The
Naumkeag Bank " at Salem, and resided in California for 2 years
(1849-51). Since 1851 he has lived, as at first, in Salem.
3690. ii. William Stoel Briggs, b. Nov. 20, 1823, d. at sea Dec. 29,
1842.
3691. iii. Mary Ellen Briggs, b. June 23, 1825.
[Fifth Generation.]
3649. iv. Sebastian Cabot (son of Rev. Marston Cabot and Mary
D wight), b. May 26, 1737, a farmer at Hartland, Vt., and previously
at Thompson, Ct. He m. Alice Corbin about 1767. He d. at Hart-
land June 30, 1797, aet. 60. He had two sons, Sebastian and Justin.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
1 3692. i. Sebastian Cabot, b. at Thompson, Ct., June 1, 1769, grad.
at Dartmouth in 1797, taught for 2 years (1798-1800) at Moor's In-
dian Charity School at Hanover, studied divinity with Rev. Dr. John
Smith, Prof, of Latin, Greek and Hebrew at Dartmouth, and settled
as a Cong, pastor at Pelham, Mass, (now Prescott). He soon resigned
his charge on account of ill health, and devoted himself to teaching for
life. The last 15 years he spent at Eiifield, Mass., where he d. July
15, 1853, aet. 84.
He m. Oct. 10, 1809, Electa Osborne of Gi-eenwich, Mass. (dau. of
Zebedee Osborne). lie has a son, Elbridge Cabot, now living in En-
field, Mass., to whom letters of inquiry for further facts were sent in vain.
582 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJt Divigltt of Woodstock,Ct.,
3693. ii. Justin Cabot, who resided in Chelsea, Mass. Nothing
more lias been ascertained of him.
[Fifth Generation.]
3651. vi. Abigail Cabot, b. June 13, 1741, m. Feb. 9, 1761, Capt.
John Corbin, b. in 1729. He lived at Killingly, Ct., whence here-
moved to Kinderhook, N. Y., and afterwards to Albany, where he en-
gaged in trade and owned a sloop which he sailed up and down the
Hudson River. He was a captain in the Revolutionary Army, and
was at the battle at Beniis' Heights, under Genl. Gates, and at the
surrender of Burgoyne. " He invested his means in continental money"
(it is not stated in what way), " and lost his property by his faith in
the Government." He removed in the end to Champlain, N. Y., where
he d. Feb. 14, 1803.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3694. i. Charity Corbin, b. June 25, 1762, m. Judge Samuel Hicks
of Bennington, Yt., and d. in 1802.
3695. ii. Martha Corbin, b. Aug. 24, 1764, m. Judge Pliny Moore
of Bennington, Yt., and d. May 2, 1825.
3696. iii. Hon. Royal Corbin, b. at Killingly, Ct., June 12, 1766,
d. July 4, 1851, aet. 85.
3694. i. Charity Corbin, b. June 25, 1762, m. about 1786, at Ben-
nington, Yt., Judge Samuel Hicks, b. in 1761 (son of John Hicks of
Cambridge, Mass., and Elizabeth Nutting.). He was a Captain of
Dragoons in the Revolutionary War, and quartermaster, and was en-
gaged in the battle at Plattsburgh, N. Y. He resided at Bennington,
Yt., in early life, and after 1798 (aet. 37), at Champlain, N. Y. Here
he kept public-house for a time, which he discontinued in 1810. After
this period he filled the various offices of postmaster, justice of the
peace, judge and custom-house officer. In the war of 1812 he was
commissary, and operated so actively against the British that they
offered a reward for his head. He was one of seven to form the first
Congregational Church in Champlain.
She d. in 1 802, and he m. for a 2d wife widow Polly Woodward,
by whom he had 6 children. He d. July 26, 1825, aet. 64. Charity
Corbin was teaching school at Bennington previously to her marriage.
[He was descended in the 5th generation from Zechariah Hicks, one
of the first settlers of Cambridge, Mass., and Elizabeth Sill, who were
married Oct. 28, 1632. " The Hicks family has been strongly marked
as consisting of temperate, long-lived, energetic, brave, generous men,
and full of decision of character." Three of them have been graduates
of Harvard and three of Yale.
His father, John Hicks, b. May 1725, was a strong Whig. He in-
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolin, loth ofDedliam, Mass. 583
vited, April 19, 1775, his neighbor, Moses Richardson of Cambridge,
Mass., to join him, and they both mounted their horses and stationed
themselves where they might shoot at the British on their return from
Concord, and were themselves both shot on the same day by them.
They were buried the same night, without shroud or ceremony, in the
harness of war, in the graveyard of old Cambridge. His wife, Eliza-
beth Nutting of Rehoboth, Mass., b. Jiily 1727, d. Dec. 1826, aet. 99.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3G97. i. John Hicks, b. in 1787, d. March 1811, aet. 24.
3698. ii. Harriet Hicks, b. Oct. 9, 1788, d. unmarried May 8, 1853,
aet. 64. " She was unselfish, lived to do good, and died rejoicing in the
Saviour."
3699. iii. William Hicks, b. March 11, 1790, d. Aug. 15, 1864.
3700. iv. Samuel Hicks, b. about 1791, d. in 1828.
3701. v. Mary Hicks, b. Dec. 7, 1799, m. Aurelius Beaumont.
3702. vi. Royal Corbin Hicks, b. in Champlain, March 12, 1800, re-
moved in 1822 to Canada. He m. Aug. 19, 1826, Sarah Hover of
Adolphustown, b. in 1802 (dau. of Henry Hover and Jane Huff). No
issue. He is a farmer at Allisonville, C. W. and a dealer in potash,
and postmaster. He is a Wesleyan Methodist.
3699. iii. William Hicks, b. March 11, 1790, m. June 30, 1824, in
New York, widow Maria Myers, nee Quick (widow of John Jacob
Myers and dau. of a Mr. Quick of N. Y., whose wife was a Miss
Springer), b. in 1796. He was a house and sign paintei-, and resided
successively in Syracuse, N. Y., New York City, Canal, Fulton Co., O.,
and twice in California (1849-51 and 1852-63), and at last in Peru,
111., where he d. Aug. 15, 1864, aet. 74. He invented several patents.
He was a freemason. She d. in Canal, O., Dec. 18, 1846.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3703. i. Harriet Hicks, b. in Syracuse, Nov. 9, 1825, m. Joseph
Koons.
3704. ii. Mary Hicks, b. there Jan. 15, 1827, m. John Fitzsimmons.
3705. iii. John Hicks, b. at New York, Feb. 3, 1829.
3706. iv. William Hicks, b. at New York, March 24, 1831.
3707. v. Charles Hicks, b. in 1839 in Canal, O., a steamboat engi-
neer, d. at Peru, 111., Nov. 5, 1868.
3708. vi. Samuel Hicks, b. about 1842, in Canal, O., a painter in
Mendota, 111.
3709. vii. Henry Harrison Hicks, b. in 1844, in Canal, O., a ma-
chinist and steamboat engineer.
3703. i. Harriet Hicks, b. Nov. 9, 1825, m. Jan. 19, 1851, Joseph
Koons, b. Oct. 30, 1824, in New Lisbon, O. (son of Peter Koons and
Mary Cannon) : a jeweller at Peru, 111.
584 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock^ Ct.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3710. i. Jerome Koons, b. March 10, 1854.
3711. ii. Carrie Koons, b. July 19, 1856.
3712. iii. Edward Koons, b. Aug. 8, 1859.
[Eighth Generation.]
3704. ii. Mary Hicks, b. Jan. 15, 1827, m. Jan. 19, 1851, John
Fitzsimmons, b. in Troy, N. Y., Nov. 13, 182G (son of Patrick Fitz-
sirnmons and Mary Denver), engaged in the ice-trade at Peru, 111.
[Nintli Generation.] Children :
3713. Frances Fitzsiminous, b: at Peru, 111., May 6, 1852.
3714. Henry Denver Fitzsimmons, b. there July 30, 1854.
3715. Mary Norma Fitzsimmons, b. there April 25, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.]
3705. iii. John Hicks, b. Feb. 3, 1829, was a house and sign painter.
He had spent seven years in California, and was on his return thither
at the breaking out of the late war in 1861, when, having reached
Texas, he joined the rebel cavalry, designing to go with them towards
Mexico, and then leave them and go on to California. But on his
being thrown from his horse, his carbine went off and he was wounded
in the knee, so that amputation became necessary, which resulted
shortly afterwards in his death. He was unmarried.
3706. iv. William Hicks, b. March 24, 1831, a sign and ornamental
painter, m. Anna Parks of Pike Co., 111. (dau. of Robert Parks and
Mary A. Little). He was in Texas, on his way to California, at the
beginning of the late slaveholders' war, and was pressed into the Con-
federate service, from which he escaped, by a forged pass, into Mexico.
Here his family joined him, after suffering many and very great hard-
ships, but lost all that they had by their trials. He has lived for
several years past in Mendota, 111.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3716. i. Charlotte Virginia Hicks, b. in St. Louis, Mo., in 1859.
3717. ii. Adela Lavinia Hicks, b. in San Antonio, Texas, in 1861.
3718. iii. Mary Jane Hicks, b. in Mendota, 111., in 1866.
3719. iv. Harriet Josephine Hicks, b. in Mendota, March 9, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.]
3709. vii. Henry Harrison Hicks, b. in 1844, m. about 1867, Fran-
ces Maria Wellington, b. in Galena, 111., Nov. 16, 1848 (dau. of Elijah
Wellington and Frances Golden, both born in Worcester, Mass.). One
child :
3720. 1. William Wellington Hicks, b. July 5, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
3700. iv. Samuel Hicks, b. about 1791, m. about 1811, Aurora
Son of Timothy, Son of John, ~botli of Dedham, Mass. 585
Pember (dau. of Eli Pember of Oberlin, O., a revolutionary soldier,
and Betsey Lewis). He d. at New York in 1828.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3721. i. Orville John Hicks, b. Aug. 29, 1812, a painter.
3722. ii. Susan Ann Hicks, b. July 7, 1814, m. a Mr. Leonard of
Yorktown, Indiana.
3723. iii. William Hicks, b. Oct. 11, 1816.
3724. iv. Belden Melancthon Hicks, b. Jan. 10, 1819.
3725. v. Edson Hicks, b. Aug. 5, 1821.
3726. vi. Ann Eliza Hicks, b. May 16, 1823.
[Seventh Generation.]
3701. v. Mary Hicks (dau. of Judge Samuel Hicks and Charity
Corbin), b. Dec. 7, 1799, in Bennington, Vt., m. Jan. 26, 1818, Aure-
lius Beaumont, b. Feb. 26, 1793 (son of Dan Beaumont of Champlain,
N. Y., and previously of Kinderhook, N. Y., and Lois Murdock of
Lebanon, Ct.), a millwright at Champlain, and in his later years a
farmer there, where he d. Feb. 24, 1856. She resides in Minneapolis,
Minn. (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3727. i. Mary Charity Beaumont, b. May 7, 1819, d. Aug. 15, 1820.
3728. ii. Amelia Charity Beaumont, b. Jan. 11, 1821, m. June 2,
1840, Norman Seaver Frost of Montreal, C. E. (son of Samuel Frost
and Lucinda Seaver), a merchant at Montreal, and an elder in the Presb.
Ch. She d. Sept. 12, 1842, a devoted Christian from her early youth.
He d. aet. 39, April 5, 1854, at Montreal. They had a daughter :
3729. 1. Amelia Beaumont Frost, b. April 3, 1842, who m. Nov.
26, 1863, Cornelius Finlay, b. in Alfred, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1828 (son of
George Finlay, b. near Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan. 1, 1787, who d. in
Yolinia, Mich., Sept. 4, 1873, and Rachel Cole, b. in Scholiarie Co.,
N. Y., June 1797, whom he m. at Kortright, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1814),
City tax-collector in Virginia City, Nevada : removed in 1869 to Gil-
roy, Cal., and in 1872 to San Jose, Cal : is County Clerk of Santa
Clara Co., Cal. (1871-5). They have two children:
**** j_ Norman Cornelius Finlay, b. Aug. 29, 1864.
**** 2. Herbert Cole Finlay, b. Sept. 3, 1867.
3730. iii. Eliza Beaumont, b. June 26, 1824, m. in 1843 Daniel
Donald Tompkins Moore, a merchant at Champlain (son of Daniel and
Elizabeth Moore). They have had 9 children: 1. George Daniel. 2.
Charles Beaumont. 3. Mary Elizabeth. 4. Edward. 5. John Irwin.
6. Thomas Aurelius. 7. Charlotte Amelia. 8. Wilbur. 9. Jenny
3731. iv. Sarah Beaumont, b. Sept. 24, 1826, m. Sept. 28, 1846
Freeman Blodgett Smith of La Colle, Canada. Since 1851 he has re-
38
586 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
sided in California, and more lately in Virginia City, and San Jose,
Cal. He has been connected with the Kevenue Department. No
children.
3732. v. Mary Hicks Beaumont, b. Nov. 1G, 1828, m. Edward D.
Delamater.
3733. vi. Samuel Beaumont, b. April 10, 1831, d. July 23, 1831.
3734. vii. James Hicks Beaumont, b. July 16, 1832, d. July 14, 1836,
3735. viii. Harriet Beaumont, b. Aug. 30, 1834, m. Jan. 16, 1856, at
Chicago, 111. Orrin Hubbard, b. April 5, 1835 (son of Shubal Hub-
bard of Waterville, N. Y., and Caroline Walker), engaged in railroad
business at McGregor, Iowa, but has resided since Feb. 1872 at Min-
neapolis, Minn. He enlisted in Janes ville, Wis., in Aug. 1862, in the
12th Wis. Battery, and was with Sherman in his "march to the sea."
He became sergeant of artillery. He was mustered out of service May
1865, after Johnson's surrender. Have had 3 children :
3736. 1. Mary Caroline Hubbard, b. Oct. 12, 1866.
**** 2. Nelly Beaumont Hubbard, b. Feb. 10, 1868.
**** 3. Sarah Kate Hubbard, b. Sept. 22, 1871, d. Nov. 1, 1872.
3737. ix. Frances Beaumont, b. April 15, 1839, m. Arthur B. Ha-
vens.
3738. x. Catharine Beaumont, b. Nov. 6, 1840, m. July 27, 1865,
Charles H. Fish, then of Virginia City, Nevada (son of Rev. Mr. Fish,
Bapt., of Catskill, N. Y.), and city recorder there. Since 1871 he has
lived in Sacramento, Cal. She d. Sept. 12, 1865. They had a son,
unnamed, b. July 27, 1865, that d. soon.
3739. xi. James Aurelius Beaumont, b. April 24, 1843. He en-
listed, Feb. 22, 1862, in Scott's Cavalry, U. S. A., and was detailed
from his company as orderly when in Washington, under Capt. Smith.
He d. Oct. 8, 1862, of typhoid fever, at Union Hospital, and Ids re-
mains were placed in "The Soldiers' Home" at Washington.
3732. v. Mary Hicks Beaumont, b. Nov. 16, 1828, m. Jan. 10, 1855,
Edward Dorr Delamater, an oil refiner in Cleveland, O., b. March 8,
1819, in Manlius, N. Y. (son of Edward Delamater, b. in Duanes-
burgh, N. Y., March 20, 1789, and d. June 30, 1847, and Sarah Hale,
b. April, 1789, in Florida, N. Y.).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3740. i. Edward Beaumont Delamater, b. at Cleveland, Jan. 2, 1856.
3741. ii. Helen Frances Delamater, b. there March 1, 1857.
3742. iii. Mary Gertrude Delamater, b. at Janesville, Wis., May 30,
1862, d. at Amsterdam, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1863.
3743. iv. Addison Hale Delamater, b. there Aug. 8, 1865, d. March
15, 1872.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 587
3744. v. John Aurelius Delamater, b. at Cleveland, O., Sept. 7, 1868.
3745. vi. Grace Delamater, b. Nov. 24, 1871.
[Eighth Generation.]
3737. ix. Frances Beaumont, b. April 15, 1839, m. May 21, 1860,
Arthur Bostwick Havens, b. April 15, 1832 (son of Cevalos Don Pe-
dro Havens of Ephratah, N. Y., and Eleanor Frey), a real estate broker
at Leavenworth, Kansas.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3746. i. Arthur Havens, b. Feb. 19, 1861, d. March 25, 1862.
3747. ii. Frederic Beaumont Havens, b. April 22, 1863.
3748. iii. Grace Havens, b. Oct. 11, 1865.
3749. iv. Mary Havens, b. Dec. 14, 1867.
**** v. Paul Aurelius Havens, b. April 15, 1871.
**** vi. Ernest Frey Havens, b. Oct. 15, 1872.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 582.
3695. ii. Martha Corbin (dau. of Capt. John Corbin and Abigail
Cabot), b. at Killingly, Ct., Aug. 24, 1764, m. Jan. 22, 1787, Judge
Pliny Moore of Bennington, Vt., b. April 14, 1759 (son of Noadiah
Moore and Anna Loomis). He died in Cham plain, N. Y., Aug. 18,
1822, where she also died May 2, 1825. He was a large landholder
and an intelligent, enterprising, wealthy man.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3750. i. Noadiah Moore, b. at Kinderhook, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1788,
d. Feb. 9, 1859.
3751. ii. Anna Moore, b. at Champlain April 9, 1790, m. Julius C.
Hubbell, d. May 14, 1861.
3752. iii. Sophia Moore, b. Sept. 12, 1792, in. Thomas J. White-
side, d. April 10, 1831.
3753. iv. Royal Moore, b. May 20, 1794, d. May 25, 1794.
3754. v. Royal Corbin Moore, b. June 16, 1795.
3755. vi. Olive Moore, b. Feb. 24, and d. May 7, 1797.
3756. vii. Pliny Moore, b. Jan. 25, 1799, m. Aug. 10, 1831, Pamela
Savage : no issue.
3757. viii. Amasa Corbin Moore, b. April 3, 1801, d. Jan. 20, 1865.
3758. ix. Lucretia Matilda Moore, b. Dec. 3, 1802, m. Jan. 14,
1824, Abraham D. Brinkerhoff, and for 2d husband Loren Hubbell of
Champlain. No children.
3759. x. Henry Moore, b. Jan. 31, 1806, d. March 20, 1810.
3750. i. Noadiah Moore, b. Feb. 14, 1788, m. Jan. 30, 1814, Maria
Caroline Mattocks of Middlebury, Vt. lie was a manufacturer of
ploughs in Champlain, N. Y., and had a sawmill there. He d. Feb. 9,
1859. She resides now in Syracuse, N. Y. (1874).
588 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3760. i. Eliza Maria Moore, b. May 28, 1815, m. Rev. Ovid Miner.
3761. ii. Matilda Moore, b. about 1820, m. Bartlett Nye.
3762. iii. William Moore, b. about 1822, d. young.
3763. iv. Laura Moore, b. March 17, 1825, m. as his 2d wife Bart-
lett Nye, previously husband of her sister Matilda. For his children
by her, see under account of her sister.
3764. v. Pliny Moore, b. about 1827, m. Sarah Kelsey of Danville,
N. Y.
3765. vi. Samuel Mattocks Moore, b. about 1829.
3766. vii. Caroline Moore, b. about 1831.
3760. i. Eliza Maria Moore, b. May 28, 1815, m. Rev. Ovid Miner,
for several years a Cong, minister settled at Poultney, Yt., but now
(1874) at Syracuse, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3767. i. Briiikerhoff Noadiah Miner, m. Ella Bates of Syracuse.
3768. ii. Harriet Miner, m. David Van Bethysen of Hoyletown.
3769. iii. Caroline Miner, who lives unmarried at home.
[Eighth Generation.]
3761. ii. Matilda Moore, b. about 1820, m. about 1839 Bartlett
Nye, a merchant in Chaniplain, N. Y. She d. about 1841, and he m.,
about 1843, for 2d wife, her sister Laura, b. March 17, 1825.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
By first wife :
3770. i. Elizabeth Matilda Nye, b. Nov. 8, 1840.
]By second wife :.
3771. ii. Caroline Maria Nye, b. about 1844.
3772. iii. Margaret Barnes Nye, b. Jan. 1, 1846.
3773. iv. Ellen Rose Nye, b. Nov. 9, 1847.
3774. v. Charles Freeman Nye, b. Oct. 3, 1849.
3775. vi. Grace Cornelia Nye, b. Nov. 21, 1851.
3776. vii. Mary Laura Nye, b. March 16, 1854.
3777. viii. Bartlett Nye, b. March 21, 1856.
[Eighth Generation.]
3765. vi. Samuel Mattocks Moore, b. about 1829, m. Angelina
Bigelow of Champlain. He is a hardware merchant in Champlain, and
has had 3 children, Nos. 3778-80 : William, John and Caroline.
[Seventh Generation.]
3751. ii. Anna Moore (dau. of Judge Pliny Moore and Martha
Corbin), b. April 9, 1790, m. Jan. 27, 1812, Julius Caesar Hubbell, b.
1788 (son of Wolcott Hubbell of Lanesboro, Mass., and Mary Curtis,
dau. of Thaddeus Curtis), a lawyer in Chazy, N. Y., since 1808. He
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, Tjotli of Dedham, Mass. 589
still (1874) resides there, aet. 85, in good health, which he " ascribes
to his abstinence all his life-time from liquor and tobacco."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3781. i. Pliny Hubbell, who d. early (dates not given).
3782. ii. Martha A. Hubbell, b. about 1815, m. Frederic Mygatt of
New York, who d. some years since. He pub. a Genealogy of the
Mygatt Family, which the author sought to find in vain. She resides
(1874) in Chazy, but gave no reply to inquiries made. She has had 3
children, Nos. 3783-5 : Anna Hubbell, Isabella Carrington and Lemuel
Carrington.
3786. iii. Susan Hubbell, b. about 1817, m. Henry E. Seymour, a
merchant in St. Albaus, Yt. . She has had 3 children (Nos. 3787-9) :
Julius Hubbell, Henry and William.
3790. iv. John Wolcott Hubbell, b. about 1820, a farmer in Chazy.
[Eighth Generation.]
3784. iv. John Wolcott Hubbell, b. about 1819, m. Margaret L.
Beckwith of Plattsburgh, N. Y. He is a farmer in Chazy, N. Y., and
has had 5 children, Nos. 3791—5 : Anna Moore, Elizabeth, Mary
Caroline, Julius Caesar (b. June 18, 1863) and George Beckwith.
[Seventh Generation.]
3752. iii. Sophia Mooi-e (dau. of Judge Pliny Moore and Martha
Corbin), b. Sept. 12, 1792, m. Feb. 2, 1815, Thomas J. Whiteside of
Champlain, a merchant and a man of superior knowledge and char-
acter. She d. April 10, 1831. He d. some years since. He had 4
children.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3796. i. John Henry Whiteside, b. Feb. 17, 1816. He is a man-
ufacturer of twine and linen yarns at Champlain. He m. Catharine
Wetmore of Fishkill, N. Y., and has had 6 children, Nos. 3797-3802 :
Sarah Wetmore, Thomas, William, Frank, Mary and John.
3803. ii. Martha Corbin Whiteside, b. about 1818, m. Rev. L. Rae.
3804. iii. Margaret Robertson Whiteside, b. about 1820, m. Samuel
Wilbur, a merchant in Chatham, N. Y., and has had 4 children, Nos.
3805-8 : Sophia, Thomas, Margaret and Grace.
3809. iv. Alexander Whiteside, b. about 1822, lives unmarried at
Champlain.
[Eighth Generation.]
3797. ii. Martha Corbin Whiteside, b. about 1818, m. Rev. Luzerne
Rae, Prof, in Asylum for Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, Ct. They both
d. some years since.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3810. i. Thomas Whiteside Rae. He is now 2d Asst. Engineer, TJ.
S. N., in Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
500 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiyltt of Woodstock, Ct.,
3811. ii. Helen Margaret Eae. She m. Oct. 1872, a Dr. Dubois of
New York.
3812. iii. Charles "Whiteside Eae. He is 3d Asst. Engineer, U. S.
N., at Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
[Seventh Generation. ]
3754. v. Royal Corbin Moore (son of Judge Pliny Moore and Mar-
tha Corbin), b. June 16, 1795, m. Jan. 13, 1825, Laura Whiteside of
Cambridge, N. Y. : a lumber merchant at Champlain, N. Y. He d.
(time when coiild not be ascertained ).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3813. i. Sophia Moore, b. about 1825, in. about 1843 Timothy
Hoyle, a farmer and miller at Champlain, N. Y. Children :
3814. 1. Henry Hoyle, b. about 1844.
3815. 2. Laura Catharine Hoyle, b. Dec. 5, 1845.
3816. ii. Alexander Moore, b. about 1827, m. Josephine Plumier.
He resides in Champlain and has had 2 children, Nos. 3817-8 : Edith
and Royal,
3819. iii. Helen Moore, b. abt. 1830, m. George V. Hoyle, brother
to Timothy Hoyle, No. 3813. He was a large farmer in Champlain.
He d. in 1872.
3820. iv. Julius Hubbell Moore, he was a merchant in Champlain.
He m. Sophia Doolittle. He d. Aug. 1873.
3821. v. Charlotte Moore, b. abt. 1833, d. early.
3822. vi. Caroline M. Moore, b. about 1835, m. Edward Coit of
Philadelphia, a hardware merchant (son of Rev. Dr. William Coit of
Plattsburgh, N. Y.). Two children, Nos. 3823-4, Griffith and Howlaiid.
3825. vii. Alice Moore, b. about 1837, resides unmarried at Cham-
plain.
3826. viii. MatildaBrinkerhoffMoore,b. about 1839, m. Dr. William
Coit, formerly of Plattsburgh.
[Accurate information was sought at Champlain and Chazy, from
different members of the Moore, Nye, Whiteside and Hubbell families,
and at different times, earnestly, and the facts here stated are all that
could be secured.]
[Seventh Generation.]
3757. viii. Amasa Corbin Moore (son of Judge Pliny Moore and
Martha Corbin), b. April 3, 1801, m. Jan. 18, 1826, Charlotte Eliza-
beth Mooers, b. March 16, 1806 (dau. of Major Genl. Benjamin
Mooers and Hannah Platt) : a lawyer in Plattsburgh, N. Y. He d.
Jan. 20, 1865. He was grad. at Middlebury in 1821, and spent one
year at Andover. Theol. Sem. (1824).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3827. i. Thomas Whiteside Moore, b. March 1, 1827.
Son of Timotliy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 591
3828. ii. Julia Matilda Moore, b. Nov. 22, 1828, d. Aug. 6, 1829.
3829. iii. Benjamin Mooers Moore, b. May 31, 1830, d. in Platts-
burgh, Sept. 6, 1851.
3830. iv. John White Moore, b. May 24, 1832.
3831. v. Pliny Moore, b. Aug. 15, 1834, m. June, 1870, Alice Chap-
man of Lockport, N. Y.
3832. vi. Amasa Richard Moore, b. May 20, 1837, m. Oct. 18,
1865, Elizabeth W. Peck of Troy, N. Y. : a teller in The Manufacturers'
Bank at Troy, N. Y. Children :
**** 1. Lucy Moore, b. 1868.
**** 2. Fanny Moore, b. June, 1873.
3833. vii. Charlotte Maria Moore, b. Dec. 16, 1840. She m. Dec.
20, 1870, Christopher F. Norton of Pittsburgh. One child :
**** 1. Robert Norton, b. May 25, 1873.
3834. viii. Charles Frederic Moore, b. Aug. 31, 1843, a clerk in an
Insurance Office at Troy, N. Y.
3835. ix. Sarah Wool Moore, b. May 3, 1846, resides in Platts-
burgh.
3836. x. Arthur Moore, b. Jan. 1, 1850, d. Dec. 3, 1856.
3827. i. Thomas Whiteside Moore, b. March 1, 1827, m. June 5,
1850, Fanny Nichols of Plattsburgh, N. Y. : a merchant in New York,
since 1861, and previously in Plattsburgh.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3837. i. Elric Lynde Moore, b. June 14, 1851, in Plattsburgh.
3838. ii. Frederic Mygatt Moore, b. May 5, 1855.
3839. iii. Henry Philip Moore, b. July 25, 1859.
3840. iv. John Nichols Moore, b. June 25, 1861, in Plattsburgh.
3841. v. George Nichols Moore, b. in New York, July 12, 1864.
3842. vi. Thomas William Moore, b. May 1866.
[Eighth Generation.]
3830. iv. John White Moore, b. May 24, 1832, m. Nov. 19, 1863,
Enu'lie Sawyer (dau. of Capt. H. B. Sawyer of the TJ. S. Navy). •
He was at the time chief engineer in the U. S. N., in the Boston Navy
Yard. To him is largely due the accoxmt here given of the Moore
family. He is now (1873) Fleet Engineer on the U. S. Flagship
Hartford, Yokahama, Japan.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3843. i. Emily Louisa Sawyer Moore, b. in Brookline, Mass., Sept.
19, 1864.
3844. ii. Clarence Sawyer Moore, b. in Herkimer, N. Y., Aug. 4,
1866.
**** iii. Minnie Moore, b. Feb. 1869.
**** iv. Elsie Moore, b. March 1871.
592 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstoc^d.,
[Sixth Generation.] See page 582.
369G. iii. Hon. Royal Corlrin (son of Capt. John Corbin and Abigail
Cabot), b. June 12, 17CG, was at first a merchant in Alburgh, Vt., but
after 1797 a farmer at Craftsbury, Vt. He m. July 2, 1797, Lucretia
Matilda Crafts, b. June 14, 1771 (dau. of Col. Ebenezer Crafts of
Craftsbury and Mehitable Chandler). She d. April 12, 1848, act. 77.
He was for many years a jiistice of the peace, a member of the State
legislature for several years successively, and judge of probate for the
county of Orleans. He d. at Troy, N. Y., of paralysis, while on a
visit to his son, July 4, 1851, aet. 85, a member of the Cong. Ch.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3845. i. Pliny Moore Corbin, b. Dec. 8, 1801.
3846. ii. William Crafts Corbin, b. Nov. 15, 1803.
3847. iii. Laura Matilda Corbin, b. April 1, 1807, m. Dr. Daniel
Dustan, d. Aug. 21, 1850.
3848. iv. Charles Chandler Corbin, b. Dec. 10, 1809, d. July 1, 1810.
3845. i. Pliny Moore Corbin, b. Dec. 8, 1801, grad. at the Univer-
sity of Vermont in 1822, m. Aug. 26, 1824, Fanny Follett Griswold,
b. Dec. 16, 1803 (dau. of Hon. William A. Griswold of Burlington,
Vt. and Mary Follett). He was teller of The Bank of Burlington,
Vt., (1828-30), and of The Branch Bank of the TJ. S. there (1830-4).
He has been since cashier successively of The Farmers' Bank of
Orwell, Vt. (1834-40), of The Bank of Lansingburgh (1840-51), and
since 1851 of The Union Bank of Troy, N. Y., where he still resides,
and is an elder in the Presb. Ch.
Mrs. Fanny G. Corbin d. of consumption Oct. 24, 1845, and he m.
May 14, 1847, Ethelinda Jane Blatchford, b. Nov. 23, 1805 (dau. of
Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., of Lansingburgh, N. Y., and Alicia
Windeatt. See for other relatives of this family, the Hist, of The
Strong Family, vol. i. p. 162).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
3849. i. Mary Maria Corbin, b. Dec. 14, 1826, m. Rev. Henry
Noble Strong, D.D., d. July 3, 1853, of consumption.
3850. ii. William Griswold Corbin, b. Oct. 4, 1828, d. Feb. 11, 1831.
3851. iii. Laura Matilda Corbin, b. May 29, 1832, educated at Mt.
Holyoke Fern. Sem. by Mary Lyon, d. at Lansingburgh, May 23}
1849, of consumption.
3852. iv. Royal Albert Corbin, b. Dec. 11, 1836, d. Dec. 7, 1854 of
consumption.
3853. v. Catharine Augusta Corbin, b. Jan. i'O, 1841.
By second wife :
3854. vi. Alicia Blatchford Corbin, b. Sept. 27, 1848.
Son of Timotliy, Son ofJolm, ~botli ofDedham, Mass. 593
3849. i. Mary Maria Corbin, b. Dec. 14, 1826, m. May 1, 1849,
Rev. Henry Noble Strong, D.D., b. June 10, 1825 (son of Timothy
Clapp Strong of Albion, N. Y. and Axirelia Goodsell — see Hist, of
Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. pp. 1242-5), grad. at Union
Coll., N. Y. in 1849, an Episcopal clergyman, settled successively at
Marshall, Mich. ; Adrian, Mich. ; Quincy, 111. ; and at Baton Rouge,
La. She d. July 3, 1853, in Marshall, Mich.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3855. i. Edward Young Strong, b. March 14, 1850.
. 3856. ii. William Corbin Strong, b. Sept. 17, 1851, d. Sept. 21, 1853.
3857. iii. Arthur Wells Strong, b. May 19, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
3846. ii. William Crafts Corbin (son of Royal Corbin and Lucretia
M. Crafts), b. Nov. 15, 1803, m. Dec. 31, 1826, Mary Strong, b.
March 12, 1807 (dau. of Asahel Strong of Bennington, Yt., and Susan
Follett) : a farmer in Craftsbury, and, for a year previous to his death,
in Maumee, Mich. Aug. 16, 1831. She m. fora 2d husband Jan. 18,
1837, Sewall Kenney of Burlington, Yt. She d. at Ottumwa, Iowa,
Sept. 20, 1843. By her 2d marriage she had two children. See Hist,
of Strong Family, vol. ii. pp. 1274-6. They had one child :
3858. 1. Susan F. Corbin, b. March 28, 1828, m. a Mr. Barton in
1848. They live in Starr, Yernon Co., Wis.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3859. i. Mary Francella Barton, b. Sept. 14, 1849.
3860. ii. Frederic Albert Barton, b. June 11, 1852.
3861. iii. Laura Matilda Barton, b. May 9, 1854.
3862. iv. Jenny Corbin Barton, b. in 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
3847. iii. Laura Matilda Corbin (dau. of Royal Corbin and Lucretia
M. Crafts), b. April 1, 1807, m. in 1824, Dr. Daniel Dustan of Crafts-
bury, Yt.
She d. Aug. 21, 1850.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3863. i. Martha Matilda Dustan, b. July 10, 1825, m. Oct. 5, 1847,
Dr. Henry Iluntington, b. June 3, 1818, at Greensboro, Yt. (son of
Henry Iluntington and Elizabeth Parmelee), grad. at Albany Med.
Coll. in 1846, practised medicine for 5 years, and after 1851 became a
dentist at Albany, Ga., but during the late war left the south, and
resides now at Des Moines, Iowa. Children :
3864. 1. Charles Dustan Iluntington, b. Aug. 9, 1848, d. Aug. 16,
1849.
3865. 2. Henry D. Huntington, b. July 16, 1850.
59-4 Descendants of Rev. Josicih Dwlgld of Woodstock, C't.,
**** 3. Laura Corbin Huntington, b. April 9, 1853, d. July 12,
1857.
**** 4. Frederic Walter Huntington, b. Nov. 27, 1858.
3866. ii. Frederic Dustan, b. about 1827, m. Helen Burnham. lie
is a farmer in Bristol, Wis. Children :
3867. 1. Laura Dustan, b. in 1852.
3868. 2. Royal Dustan, b. in 1855.
3869. 3. Fanny Dustan, b. in 1857.
3870. 4. Frederic Dustan, b. in 1859.
3871. iii. Mary Dustan, b. about 1829, m. Augustus Paddock, a mer-
chant in Craftsbury, Vt.
3872. iv. Charles Wesley Dustan, resides at Craftsbury, Vt.
[Fifth Generation.] Seepage 578.
3652. vii. Susanna Cabot (dau. of R.ev. Marston Cabot and Mary
Dwight), bapt. March 6, 1743, m. June 20, 1771, Lieut. John Hoi-
brook, b. Nov. 1, 1738 (son of Capt. John Holbrook of Roxbury, Mass,
and afterwards of Woodstock, Ct., and Mary Palmer, dau. of Rev.
Thomas and Elizabeth Palmer of Middleborough, Mass., a farmer in
Thompson, Ct.,) — '' owning one of the best farms in the extreme
northwestern part of the town." He d. March 18, 1832, aet. 93. She
d. June 18, 1788, aet. 45.
[Capt. John Holbrook of Woodstock, b. in 1692, removed to Wood-
stock, about 1747, and d. there Nov. 22, 1774. His wife, Mary Palmer,
d. Sept. 9, 1768. His parents were John Holbrook of Roxbury, b. in
1671, who d. there Feb. 26, 1735, and Mary Cheney. The father of
John Holbrook of Roxbury, was also John of the same place, who d.
there Dec. 25, 1678..]
Lt. John Holbrook had two children, John and Susanna.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3873. i. John Holbrook, who removed to New York, and had sons
Cabot and Marston.
3874. ii. Susanna Holbrook, b. Aug. 16, 1772. She m. about 1787
Capt. Amos Goodell, b. in Danvers, Mass., in 1762, a farmer in Thomp-
son, Ct. — owning the Holbrook homestead after the death of his father-
in-law. He d. March 31, 1831 : she d. Oct. 2, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3875. i. Polly Goodell, b. April 26, 1790, m. Nathan A. Chamber-
lain.
3876. ii. Susanna Cabot Goodell, b. about 1793, m. William Lamson,
b. Aug. 20, 1767, in Charlton, Mass., a farmer in New Boston (Thomp-
son), Ct. He d. July 27, 1824. She m. for a 2d husband Reuben
Morton, a farmer in Charlton, Mass. She d. in 1862-3.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, b oth of Dedliam, Mass. 595
They had two sons, Thomas and Marcus Morton.
3877. iii. Sophia Goodell, b. about 1795, m. George Sumner, d. Nov.
17, I860.
3878. iv. George Goodell, b. Feb. 22, 1797, d. Nov. 30, 1866.
3879. v. Amos Goodell, b. about 1799, a farmer at Putnam, Ct., m.
Mary Barnes of Killingly, Ct.
3880. vi. Horace Goodell, b. Dec. 11, 1802, a farmer at Chandler-
ville, Cass Co., 111., m. Lucy Reccard.
3881. vii. Harriet Goodell (twin), b. Dec. 11, 1802, m. William
Steere.
3882. viii. Olive Goodell, b. about 1804, m. Ebenezer De Rich of
Oxford, Mass. They have a daughter.
3883. 1. Alma O. De Rich, who m. a Mr. Long of Oxford.
3875. i. Polly Goodell, b. April 26, 1790, m. May 9, 1810, Nathan
Ainsworth Chamberlain, b. in Woodstock, July 28, 1773, a shoemaker
in Thompson, where he d. Oct. 9, 1839, aet. 66. "He was a very de-
voted Christian " — than which nothing better can be said of auy one
whatever may be his circumstances in life. She d. in Webster, Mass.,
March 21, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3384. i. Emily Chamberlain, b. in Thompson, Feb. 11, 1811.
3885. ii. Nathan Chamberlain, b. there June 5, 1815, resides in
Newport, R. I., a superintendent of a steam-mill.
3886. iii. Amos Chamberlain, b. Oct. 7, 1817, d. Sept. 9, 1836.
3887. iv. Mary Chamberlain, b. Oct. 30, 1821, m. Ebenezer De
Rich of Oxford Plains, Mass.
3888. v. Olive Chamberlain, b. Oct. 2, 1825.
3889. vi. Sylvia Chamberlain, b. Oct. 18, 1828.
3890. vii. John Chamberlain, b. April 2, 1831.
[Seventh Generation.]
3877. iii. Sophia Goodell, b. about 1795, m. March 23, 1820, George
Sumner of Woodstock (son of Daniel Sumner and Prudence Haven),
a stone-mason at Thompson, Ct. She d. Nov. 17, I860.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
3891. i. Susan Adelia Sumner, b. Sept. 14, 1820, m. Jonathan
Clough.
3892. ii. Maria Antoinette Sumner, b. A\ig. 9, 1822, m. J. M. Day.
3893. iii. George Sumner, b. May 6, 1825, a shoemaker and farmer
at Plaistow, Mass. He m. Mary Bartlett.
3894. iv. Harriet Melvina Sumner, b. Nov. 27, 1828, m. D.Nichols.
3895. v. Caroline Sumner, b. Nov. 7, 1831, d. Jan. 23, 1846.
3891. i. Susan Adelia Sumner, b. Sept. 14, 1820, m. Sept. 5, 1841,
596 Descendants of Rev. JosiaJi D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
Jonathan Clough, a carpenter in California (son of Aaron Clough and
Pamela Converse).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
3896. i. Heinrich Aaron Clough, b. Nov. 5, 1842, a trader in Utah.
He was an union soldier in the late war, in the 3d Mass. Vol. Regt.
Cavalry.
3897. ii. Caroline Estelle Clough, b. Sept. 1, 1850, d. of diphtheria
July 18, 1861.
3898. iii. Marston Cabot Clough, b. Oct. 9, 1853, d. of diphtheria,
June 20, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.]
3892. ii. Maria Antoinette Sumuer, b. Aug. 9, 1822, m. Nov. 2,
1842, James Monroe Day, b. April 20, 1818 (son of James Day of
Thompson, and Nancy Ballard), a shoemaker in Reading, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3899. i. James Albert Day, b. June 13, 1850.
3900. ii. Alma Jane Day, b. April 10, 1853.
3901. iii. Frank Day, b. June 7, 1855.
[Eighth Generation.]
3894. iv. Harriet Melvina Sumner, b. Nov. 27, 1828, m. Oct. 5,
1847, David Nichols, a merchant in Thompson, Ct. (son of David
Nichols and Rachel Jewett).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3902. i. Fanny Knapp Nichols, b. Dec. 13, 1850.
3903. ii. Isabel Fraiicisca Nichols, b. July 8, 1854.
3904. iii. David Nichols, b. Aug. 13, 1865.
3905. iv. Harriet Gertude Nichols, b. Feb. 22, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
3878. iv. George Goodell (son of Capt. Amos Goodell and Susanna
Holbrook), b. Feb. 22, 1797, m. April 24, 1828, Huldah Comstock. b.
Jan. 14, 1801, a farmer at Thompson. He d. at Dudley, Mass., Nov.
30, 1866, aet. 69. Shed. Dec. 11, 1851, aet. 50.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3906. i. Phebe Elizabeth Goodell, b. July 20, 1829, d. at Webster,
Mass., May 17, 1862.
3907. ii. Marston Cabot Goodell, b. Sept. 16, 1830, d. at Worcester,
Mass., Feb. 3, 1861.
3908. iii. Amasa Comstock Goodell, b. at Woodstock July 25,
1832, d. at Webster, Feb. 28, 1854, aet. 21.
3909. iv. Lydia Jane Goodell, b. at Thompson, July 15, 1835, d.
at Webster, Aug. 3, 1849.
3910. v. Daniel Holbrook Goodell, b. May 3, 1834, was wrecked,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli ofDedliam, Mass, 597
but not drowned, when on a fishing trip in 1851. He afterwards en-
listed in the British service and went to India, and has not been heard
from by his friends since 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
3881. vii. Harriet Goodell (dan. of Capt. Amos Goodell and Susanna
Holbrook), b. Dec. 11, 1802, m. May 19, 1834, William Steere, b.
Aug. 18, 1792 (son of John Steere of Southfield, K. L, and Lydia
Sayles), a farmer at North Woodstock, Ct.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3911. i. William Franklin Steere, b. March 22, 1835, a buyer and
seller of meat on a large scale in Texas : has been until lately in Kansas
and furnished beef for the IT. S. soldiers on the frontier.
3912. ii. Horace Goodell Steere, b. Feb. 19, 1841, m. Dec. 25, 1866,
Ellen Maria Webster, b. Feb. 17, 1845 (dau. of Stephen H. Webster
of Dudley, Mass., and Mary Ann Keyes) : a farmer at North Wood-
stock, Ct. : one child :
3913. 1. Lizzie Etta Steere, b. Dec. 22, 1868.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 578.
3654. ix. Marston Cabot (son of Rev. Marston Cabot and Mary
Dwight), b. April 8, 1747, m. Nov. 25, 1788, widow Levina Smith, nee
Sabin, of Pomfret, Ct., b. April 29, 1754 (whose mother was a Wil-
liams). He was a large farmer at Hartland, Vt., owning a tract of
4,000 acres. He d. there, April 12, 1814. She d. at Windsor, Yt.,
March 31, 1818.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3914. i. Capt. Marston Cabot, b. July 13, 1789, d. Aug. 11, 1846.
**** ii. Hubbard S. Cabot, b. June 20, 1791, d. Sept. 24, 1814.
3915. iii. Levina Cabot, b. Dec. 14, 1793, m. Alba Lull.
3916. iv. Sophia Cabot, b. March 8, 1795, m. Thomas Boynton,
and d. Sept. 28, 1840.
3917. v. Calista Cabot, b. Nov. 30, 1796, m. David Smith, and for
a 2d husband Samuel Patrick. She d. Jan. 12, 1835, aet. 38.
^3914. i. Capt. Marston Cabot, b. July 13, 1789, m. March 7, 1809,
Mary Ptodgers, b. Oct. 30, 1786, at Acworth, N. H. (dau. of Jonathan
Rodgers, b. in Londonderry, N. H., and Sarah Mayes, b. in Boston,
Mass.). He was a farmer at Hartland, Vt., and county surveyor. lie
d. Aug. 11, 1846.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
3918. i. Mary Levina Cabot, b. Oct. 16, 1810, m. Alba Lull.
3919. ii. Eliza Sabin Cabot, b. May 17, 1812, m. Dr. Erastus C.
Torrey.
598 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, 6V.,
3920. iii. Lucius Marston Cabot, b. Jan. 30, 1814, lost at sea, Oct.
24, 1837, aet. 23, unmarried.
3921. iv. Hubbard Smith Cabot, b. Oct. 15, 1815, d. Feb. 25, 1862.
3922. v. Frederic Mortimer Cabot, b. June 7, 1817, a dry-goods
merchant at Rome, Ga. He was shot, Sept. 14, 1863, at Rome, by a
Methodist minister, for declaring himself an Union man. He m. in
1844 Mary Arnold of Rome. They had 4 children : Mark, John,
Norman and Frederic. His widow resides at Calhoun, Ga.
3923. vi. Augusta Calista Cabot, b. Feb. 20, 1819, m. Cornelius
Wickware.
3924. vii. Norman Franklin Cabot, b. Jan. 20, 1821, m. Dec. 16,
1853, in Wetumpka, Ala., Lucy Tarbell Brooks of Brattleboro, Vt.
He was a merchant at Wetumpka for several years, and afterwards
resided at San Francisco, Cal., having a paper warehouse there. Since
1868 he has resided out of business at Brattleboro, Vt. He has had
4 children: Mary; William Brooks; Horace, who d. in 1854; and
Grace.
3925. viii. Charles Mayes Cabot, b. Sept. 26, 1823, m: May 10,
1853, Judy Holman of Wetumpka. He is a planter there, and was,
previously to the late war, a merchant in Wetumpka. He has had 4
children : Marston ; Jeanette ; Eliza and Charles.
3926. ix. Harriet Rodgers Cabot, b. Sept. 14, 1826, m. George
Kingsbury.
3918. i. Mary Levina Cabot, b. Oct. 16, 1810, m. Dec. 15, 1831,
Alba Lull, a merchant at Hartland, Vt., as his 2d wife. He was b.
Dec. 7, 1792, and was son of Asa Lull of Hartland and Abigail Barrell.
His first wife (see subsequent account) was her aunt, Levina Cabot.
He d. at Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 17, 1837. She m. Nov. 29, 1846,
Joseph Wood, b. Sept. 15, 1806 (son of Capt. Enos Wood of Swansey,
Mass., and Lydia Chase), a shoe merchant at Still water, N. Y.
To her is due the account here given of the descendants of Marston
Cabot, Jr., of Hartland, Vt.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
•By first marriage :
3927. i. Ellen A. Lull, b. in Middletown, Ct., Dec. 9, 1832, d. at
Stillwater, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1848.
3928. ii. Cabot Lull, b. at Norwich, Ct., Oct. 15, 1835. He went
South in 1852. He is a merchant in Montgomery, Ala.
3929. iii. Augusta Lull, b. at Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 31, 1837, d.
Dec. 9, 1837.
[Seventh Generation.]
3919. ii. Eliza Sabin Cabot, b. May 17, 1812, m. Sept. 12, 1844, Dr.
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 599
Erastus Chase Torrey, b. in Cornish, N. H., March 22, 1807 (son of Dr.
Erastus Torrey of Windsor, Yt., and Gratia Ann Chase, dau. of Cenl.
Jonathan Chase of Cornish). He was grad. at Dartmouth in 1827,
and at Bowdoin Coll. Med. School in 1830. He practised medicine at
Windsor, Vt., and at Detroit, Mich. (1850-61). Since 1861 he has
been in the office of the auditor of the Treasury Department at Wash-
ington, D. C.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3930. i. Mary Chase Torrey, b. iii Windsor, Vt., Feb. 23, 1848.
3931. ii. Nelly Chase Torrey, b. there Feb. 22, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.]
3921. iv. Hubbard Smith Cabot, b. Oct. 15, 1815, m. March 27,
1849, Catharine Sears, b. at Ballston Spa., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1818 (dau.
of Rev. Reuben Sears and Sarah Fitch). He was a large farmer in
Prophetstown, 111., where he was killed by the fall of a ti-ee, Feb. 25,
1862, aet. 46.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
3932. i. Sarah Eliza Cabot, b. March 1, 1850.
3933. ii. Norman Hubbard Cabot, b. Jan. 11, 1852.
3934. iii. Mary Ellen Cabot, b. Nov. 7, 1853.
3935. iv. Charles Willis Cabot, b. March 9, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
3923. vi. Augusta Calista Cabot, b. Feb. 20, 1819, m. Aug. 17,
1843, Cornelius Wick ware, b. Dec. 22, 1801 (son of Jonathan Wick-
ware of Lansingburgh, N. Y., b. Aug. 14, 1773, and d. June 7, 1844,
and Eliza Champenois, b. July 5, 1775, and d. Feb. 3, 1834), a drug-
gist at Detroit, Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3936. i. Augusta Cabot Wickware, b. July 1, 1844, d. March 18,
1847.
3937. ii. William Townsend Wickware, b. Jan. 18, 1846.
3938. iii. Mary Cabot Wickware, b. Feb. 20, 1848, m. Oct. 8, 1867,
Levi Thomas Griffin, b. May 23, 1837, in Clinton, N. Y., a lawyer in
Detroit. One child :
3939. 1. William Wickware Griffin, b. Aug. 21, 1868.
3940. iv. Margaret Eliza Wickware, b. Dec. 1, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.]
3926. ix. Harriet Rodgers Cabot (dau. of Capt. Marston Cabot of
Hartland, Yt., and Mary Rodgers), b. Sept. 14, 1826, m. Feb. 10, 1846,
George Kingsbury of Springfield, Mass., b. Aug. 27, 1823 (son of Dr.
Sarcmel Kiugsbury and Jemima Chapin, dau. of Dr. Abel Chapin of
Chicopee). He was for several years a merchant at Arkadelphia, Ar-
600 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodstock, Ct.,
kansas, where she d. Aug. 24, 1858, aet. 32. He m. for 2dwife, Sept.
1859, Amelia S. Denison of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., He has been of
late years a clerk at Little Rock, Ark.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
3941. i. Marston Cabot Kingsbmy, b. at Prophetstown, 111., March
19, 1847.
3942. ii. Mary Elizabeth Kingsbury, b. at Arkadelphia. Ark.,
Aug. 1, 1852.
3943. iii. Ellen Lull Kingsbury, b. there in 1855.
[Fifth Generation.]
3915. ii. Levina Cabot (dan. of Marston Cabot, Jr., and Levina
Sabin), b. Dec. 14, 1793, m. Oct. 8, 1812. Alba Lull of Hartland,
Vt., b. Dec. 7, 1792 (son of Asa Lull of same place and Abigail Bar-
rell). She d. March 9, 1829, aet. 35, and he m. for 2d wife Mary
Levina Cabot, niece of his first wife, see page 598, No. 3918. i. He d.
in Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 17, 1837.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
3944. 1. Hubbard Lull, b. in Hartland, Vt., about 1813, d. in Pon-
tiac, Mich.
3945. ii. Augustus Lull, b. there about 1815, was cashier of the
First National Bank in Pontiac.
3946. iii. George Lull, b. there about 18 17, d. in California.
3947. iv. Minerva Lull, b. about 1820, m. Albert Draper. They
live in Flint, Mich.
[Sixth Generation.]
3916. iii. Sophia Cabot (dau. of Marston Cabot, Jr., and Levina
Sabin), b. March 8, 1795, m. Sept. 22, 1817, Thomas Boynton, b. at
Lunenburgh, Mass., in 1786 (son of David Boynton, b. there in 1758,
and Sarah Carlisle, b. in 1765, dau. of Capt. Daniel Carlisle. Jona-
than Boynton, the father of David, was b. at Rowley; Mass., in 1716).
He was a cabinet-maker and painter at Windsor, Vt., and also justice of
the peace and town-clerk. He was ensign and sergt. in the 3 1st Regt.
TJ. S. Infantry, which was disbanded in 18 14. He was a man of su-
perior talents. He d. at Windsor, Vt., Oct. 14, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
3948. i. Thomas Cabot Boynton, b. Sept. 27, 1818, m. in 1861, a
Miss Harwood : is a merchant in Buffalo, N. Y.
3949. ii. Hubbard Smith Boynton, b.Oct. 15, 1821, d. at Lockport,
N. Y., where he was a clerk, July 3, 1857, aet. 36.
3950. iii. Major Edward Carlisle Boynton, b. Feb. 1, 1824.
3951. iv. Alfred Sabin Boynton, b. Feb. 1, 1824, d. Aug. 24, 1825
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 601
3950. iii. Major Edward Carlisle Boynton, b. Feb. 1, 1824, grad.
at West Point in 1846, promoted 2d Lieut, of 1st Artillery, Feb. 16,
1847, was active in the various battles of the Mexican campaign of
1847, and was made brevet captain Aug. 20, 1847, " for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco." He
was appointed Acting Asst. in Quartermaster's Dept. at West Point
(Feb. 1848— Aug. 1848), Acting Asst Prof, of French there (March
1848 — Aug. 1848), and Assist. Prof, of Chem. Mineral and Geol.
there (Aug. 1848 — Sept. 1855), which he resigned Feb. 16, 1856, and
became Prof, of Chem. Mineral, and Geol. in the University of Mis-
sissippi at Oxford, Miss. (Jan. 1856 — Sept. 1861), from which he was
formally "expelled" (at the opening of the late war), Sept. 9, 1861,
" because of his want of sympathy with the government of the Confed-
erate States in rebellion." He was appointed Captain in the llth
U. S. Infantry, Sept. 23, 1861, and Adjutant of the Military Academy
at West Point, Oct. 10, 1861, and Quarter-master Nov. 19, 1861. On
Sept. 21, 1866, he was transferred to the 29th infantry. On March 13,
1865, he was made Brevet Major U. S. A., " for faithful services during
the rebellion."
He is the author of " The History of West Point and The Origin
and Progress of the U. S. Military Academy" (Sept. 1863).
He m. Aug. 20, 1849, Elizabeth Mosely Webb, b. at Salem, Mass.,
Sept. 3, 1830 (dau. of Michael Webb of Boston and Abigail Moriarty
of Salem). She d. at West Point, May 1, 1851, and he m. for 2d wife,
Oct. 4, 1852, Mary Jane Hubbard, b. at Windsor, Vt. Nov. 3, 1829
(dau. of Isaac Watts Hubbard and Sarah Townsend). His children
are all by the 2d marriage.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
3952. i. Lizzie Webb Boynton, b. at West Point, July 2, 1854.
3953. ii. Francis Chauncey Boynton, b. at Windsor, Vt., Sept. 6,
1855, d. at Oxford, Miss., Aug. 12, 1860.
3954. iii. Florence Cabot Boynton, b. at Oxford Miss., June 1,1860.
3955. iv. Edward Carlisle Boynton, b. at West Point, Jan. 17, 1864.
3956. v. Helen Townsend Boynton, b. Nov. 18, 1865.
[Sixth Generation.]
3917. iv. Calista Cabot (dau. of. Marston Cabot, Jr., and Levina
Sabin), b. Nov. 30, 1796, m. Sept. 22, 1817, David Smith, b. at Wil-
liamstown, Vt., Jan. 11, 1793 (son of James and Martha Smith), a
merchant at Windsor, Vt., where he d. Feb. 27, 1824.
She m. for a 2d husband in 1829, Samuel Patrick, b. Aug. 10, 1781
(son of Samuel and Anna Patrick of Windsor, Vt.), a manufacturer of
hats at Windsor, and a farmer. She d. there Jan. 12, 1835, aet. 38.
He d. July 4, 1861, aet. 80.
39
602 Descendants of liev. JosiahD wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
Jiy first marriage:
3957. i. Calista Cabot Smith, b. Dec. 19, 1818, d. Feb. 4, 1824.
3958. ii. Marston Cabot Smith, b. July 19, 1821, grad. at the Uni-
versity of Vermont in 1839, a retired merchant living at Windsor, Vt.
3959. iii. David Smith, b. Aug. 31, 1824, d. Nov. 30, 1826.
Jiy second marriage:
3960. iv. Samuel Patrick, b. about 1830, resides at Washburne, 111.
3961. v. Calista Patrick, b. abont 1832, m. Samuel Stocker. They
reside at Muscatine, Iowa.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 578.
3656. xi. Anna Cabot (dau. of Rev. Marston Cabot and Mary
D wight), b. Oct. 17, 1750, m. Dec. 13, 1770, Capt. Peter Barrett, a
farmer at Williamstown, Mass., and a captain in the revolutionary
war. He d. at Manchester, Vt., at the house of his son Benjamin.
She d. about 1836, at Blissfield, Mich.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
3962. i. Rev. Lyman Barrett, b. in 1784, grad. at Williams Coll.
in 1808, was settled at Naples, N. Y., as a Presb. minister (1815—26),
and was stated supply at Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y. (1827-34).
He afterwards removed to Ohio, but to what place not ascertained.
He is said to have died in 1846, aet. 62. His wife was a Bronoll.
He had a daughter Anna and 4 sons, one of whom was Austin. Much
effort was.spent, but in vain, to obtain further facts concerning his history.
3963. ii. Benjamin Barrett, b. in 1786, d. Dec. 27, 1828, aet. 42.
3964. iii. Melvin Barrett, b. about 1788, has a dau., Mrs. Mary A.
Hayward, living in Waterloo, Iowa.
3965. iv. Anna Barrett, b. about 1790.
3967. v. Royal Barrett, b. about 1792, was lost early at sea.
3963. ii. Benjamin Barrett, b. in 1786, m. about 1813 Chloe Har-
rison of Williamstown, Mass., b. Feb. 23,1787: a farmer at Man-
chester, Vt., where he d. Dec. 27, 1828, after which his widow removed
to Williamstown, but spent the latter part of her life at Blissfield,
Mich., where she d. Aug. 1864.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
3968. i. Seymour Barrett, b. Feb. 12, 1815, m. Dec. 27, 1840, So-
phia Parker, b. May 2, 1821 (dau. of Dea. Parker of North Adams,
Mass., and Sarah Barnes) : a prosperous farmer at Blissfield, Mich.
No issue.
3969. ii. Henry Barrett, b. 1816-17.
3970. iii. Ruth Ann Barrett, b. March 13, 1818, m. Charles Henry
Gilmore.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. G03
3971. iv. Almond Barrett, b. about 1821, m. Sept. 8, 1844, Lydia
Etnmeline Newton, b. in Lockport, N. Y., June 14, 1828 (dau. of
Ezra Newton of Blissfield and Anna Torrey). He was a farmer in
Blissfield, where he d. Aug. 15, 1849. She resides in Adrian, Mich.
They had but one child :
3972. 1. Lucy A. Barrett, b. Nov. 9, 1847, in Blissfield.
3973. v. Royal Walker Barrett, b. Oct. 27, 1824.
3974. vi. Chloe Barrett, b. June 22, 1825, m. Harvey Pratt.
3975. vii. Jane Maria Barrett, b. about 1827, m. Albert Blivin.
They both died some years since, leaving one child :
3976. 1. Frank Blivin. who lives at Blissfield, Mich.
3977. viii. Benjamin Barrett, b about 1829. He had a family, now
residing at Lima, O. He was a R. R. locomotive engineer, and was
killed in a R. R. disaster.
3969. ii. Henry Barrett (son of Benjamin Barrett and Chloe Harri-
son), b. in 1816-17, was a farmer at Hillsdale, Mich. He m. April 30,
1841, Miss Knight. Shed, and he m. for 2d wife Elizabeth McWil-
liams.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
_Z?y first wife :
3978. i. Minerva Jane Barrett, b. April 16, 1843, m. Nov. 18, 1866,
David Nichols Gillam, b. in Blissfield, Feb. 22, 1836 (son of Jonathan
Milton Gillam and Hannah Nichols), a locomotive engineer, residing
at Blissfield. One child :
**** j_ Walter Bliss Gillam, b. Oct. 1, 1867.
JBy second wife :
3979. ii. Elizabeth McWilliams Barrett.
[Seventh Generation.]
3970. iii. Ruth Ann Barrett (dau. of Benj. Barrett and Chloe Har-
rison), b. March 13, 1818, m. Feb. 8, 1838, Charles Henry Gilmore, b.
June 1, 1813 (son of Asa Gilmore of Weston, Yt., and Lucy Dodge),
a blacksmith at Blissfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3980. i. Charles Henry Gilmore, b. March 18, 1840.
3981. ii. Arthur Dodge Gilmore, b. March 3, 1847, studied law at
Mich. University, Ann Arbor. To him the author is largely indebted
for facts here furnished. He resides at Adrian, Mich.
3980. i. Charles Henry Gilmore, b. March 18, 1840, a R. R. station
agent and telegrapher for the Boston and Maine R. Road, and resides
at South New Market, N. II. He m. Nov. 26, 1862, Mary Louisa
Philinda Elizabeth Richardson, b. at Londonderry, N. H., Aug. 6,
1840 (dau. of Warren Richardson and Mary Jane Wilson).
G04 Descendants of Rev. JosialiDwight of Woodstock, Ct.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
3982. i. Mary Louise Gilmore, b. at Londonderry, N. H., March
23, 1864.
3983. ii. Charles Warren Gilmore, b. at South New Market, Dec.
29, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
3973. v. Royal Walker Barrett (son of Benjamin Barrett and Chloe
Harrison), b. Oct. 27, 1824, m. Feb. 21, 1855, Sarah Louisa Moore, b.
in Lockport, N. Y., in 1836 : a farmer at Adams, Hillsdale Co., Mich,
and previously in Riga, Mich., and Blissfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3984. i. Mary Elizabeth Barrett, b. May 15, 1856, d. Sept. 15, I860.
3985. ii. Ella Jane Barrett, b. Aug. 2, 1858, in Riga, Mich.
3986. iii. Sarah Louise Barrett, b. in Riga, March 24, 1861.
3987. iv. Myron James Barrett, b. in Blissfield, June 17, 1864.
3988. v. Benjamin Arthur Barrett, b. in Adams, Oct. 17, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
3974. vi. Chloe Barrett (dau. of Benjamin and Chloe Barrett), b.
June 22, 1825, m. Oct. 16, 1845, Harvey Pratt, b. July 8, 1816 (son
of John and Betsey Pratt of Brighton, N. Y.) : a farmer at Blissfield,
Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
3989. i. Alton Franklin Pratt, b. Sept. 20, 1846.
3990. ii. Albert Hickok Pratt, b. Jan. 25, 1848.
3991. iii. Seymour Barrett Pratt, b. May 4, 1850.
3992. iv. Jasper Henry Pratt, b. Aug. 6, 1855.
3993. v. Ida Arabelle Pratt, b. Feb. 22, 1857.
3994. vi. John Tyler Pratt, b. Nov. 21, 1858.
3995. vii. Minnie Arline Pratt, b. March 18, 1866.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 578.
3658. xiii. Sophia Cabot (dau. of Rev. Marston Cabot and Mary
Dwight) b. July 21, 1756, m. Sept. 14, 1785, Major Lyman Hitchcock.
He was a large landholder, and owned a whole township in Vermont,
to which he gave the name Cabot in honor of his wife. She d. Nov.
28, 1825, act. 69.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
399G. i. Dwight Cabot Hitchcock, b. April 2, 1787.
3997. ii. Sophia Marston Hitchcock, b. Sept. 6, 1791, d. Nov. 11,
1818.
3998. iii. Royal Corbin Hitchcock, b. April 26, 1794, d. Jan. 2, 1804.
3999. iv. Hiram Washington Hitchcock, b. June 25, 1799, d. Aug.
27, 1857.
Son of Timotliy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 605
4000. v. Horatio Hitchcock, b. Aug. 25, 1801, d. April 15, 1804.
3996. i. Dwight Cabot Hitchcock, b. April 2, 1787 : is a farmer at
Champlain, N. Y.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4001. i. Cynthia M. Hitchcock, b. Jan. 27, 1814.
4002. ii. Calista A. Hitchcock, b. March 6, 1816.
4003. iii. Horatio E. Hitchcock, b. March 8, 1818.
4004. iv. George E. Hitchcock, b. March 29, 1821.
4005. v. Lucy S. Hitchcock, b. Nov. 8, 1823.
4006. vi. Hiram D. Hitchcock, b. Aug. 4, 1825, d. Feb. 5, 1826.
4007. vii. Hiram D. Hitchcock, 2d, b. Aug. 11, 1827.
4008. viii. Robert H. Hitchcock, b. April 16, 1830.
4009. ix. Harriet M. Hitchcock, b. June 8, 1833.
4010. x. Amelia Maria Hitchcock, b. July 18, 1836.
[Several attempts were made, and always ineffectually, to obtain
from the best sources of information further facts concerning this large
family.]
[Sixth Generation.]
3999. iv. Hiram "Washington Hitchcock (son of Major Lyman
Hitchcock and Sophia Cabot), b. June 25, 1799, was a manufacturer
of cloth at St. Hilaire, Canada East. He m. about 1826, Mary Ma-
tilda Andres of L'Acadie, C. E. He d. Aug. 27, 1857, aet. 58.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4011. i. Stephen Washington Hitchcock, b. about 1827, grad. at
Vermont University in 1848; was principal of a female seminary at
Burlington, Vt. He m. Sophia C. Stevens, dau. of Heury Stevens of
Burlington. No issue. He d. in 1852. His widow m. a Mr. Page,
an artist in New York.
4012. ii. Alfred Clark Hitchcock, b. Aug. 14, 1835. a manufacturer of
scales in New York, m. Aug. 15, 1858, Mary Jane Dudley of Cham-
plain, N. Y., b. Aug. 16, 1834 (dau. of George Dudley and Elvira Al-
len). Two children : 1. Alfred Dudley. 2. Charles Edward.
4013. iii. laicy Adelaide Hitchcock, b. about 1837, m. William
Blackwood Lindsay, a wholesale grocer in Montreal, C. E.
4014. iv. Amelia Maria Hitchcock, b. about 1839, m. George Kemp,
a merchant in Montreal.
4015. v. Helen Sophia Hitchcock, b. about 1841, resides, unmar-
ried, in Montreal.
4016. vi. Clara Domatilla Hitchcock, b. about 1843, m. Edward
Cluett, a music dealer in Troy, N. Y.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 497.
2822. xii. Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of llev. Josiah Dwight of Wood-
606 Descendants of Rev. Josiah D wight of Woodstock, Ct.t
stock, Ct., and Mary Partridge), b. July 7, 1716, m. about 1740, Jere-
miah Baker, b. Aug. 16, 1716 (son of John Baker, b. June 24, 1677, a
farmer at Dedham, and Sarah Whiting, b. Nov. 15, 1682, dau. of Tim-
othy Whiting, who were m. Oct. 22, 1701). He was a farmer at Ded-
ham. She died there Dec. 17, 1794, and is remembered as a devotedly
pious woman. He d. June 11, 1798, aet. 82.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
4017. i. Samuel Baker, b. about 1744, a baker in Boston, m. Lydia
Coleman of Scituate, Mass. They had 7 children : 1. Samuel, who had
one child. 2. William, who died without issue. 3. Theodore, who
m. in 1824, Ann Wright of Boston, and had 9 children. 4. Elizabeth
Dwight, who m. George A. Eames, and had 2 daughters. 5. Lydia,
who m. Joseph Sprague of Boston, and has had 8 children. 6. Nancy,
who was unmarried. 7. Harriet, who m. Isaac Valentine of Heading,
Mass., and has 3 children.
4018. ii. Theodore Baker, b. about 1748, d. early in the West In-
dies, in the British service.
4019. iii. Silence Baker, b. about 1752, m. Rev. Nathaniel Fisher.
4020. iv. Capt. Jeremiah Baker, b. May 22, 1762, d. Sept. 14, 1855.
4019. iii. Silence Baker, b. about 1752, m. Rev. Nathanial Fisher,
b. in Dedham, Mass., in 1742 (son of Jeremiah Fisher of Dedham,
and Elizabeth Cook of Boston). He was ordained a pi'esbyter in
England, in 1776, and settled as an Episcopal clergyman in Salem,
Mass., in 1781. He d. suddenly Sunday, Dec. 20, 1812, of apoplexy,
between the morning and evening service. She d. in Salem in 1824.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
4021. i. Nathaniel Fisher, who d. unmarried, aet. about 25.
4022. ii. Theodore Fisher, who in. Rebecca Colburnof W. Dedham.
They both d. early : had but one child, a son, that died in infancy.
4023. iii. Elizabeth Fisher, who married Capt. Crowningshield of
Salem : no issue. She d. aet. 20.
[Fifth Generation.]
4020. iv. Capt. Jeremiah Baker, b. May 22, 1762, m. Nov. 1785,
Fanny Whiting, b. Jan. 30, 1764 (dau. of Col. Daniel Whiting of
Dover, Mass., and Mehitable Haven). She d. June 20, 1819, and he
m. Sept. 1820, for a 2d wife, Lucy Newell, b. in 1778 (dau. of Nathan
Newell of Belchertown, Mass., and — — Baker, his wife), without
issue. She d. Dec. 7, 1821, aet. 43. He m. for 3d wife, June 26,
1822, Abigail Prentiss, b. May 19, 1791 (dau. of Rev. Thomas Prentiss
of Medfield, Mass., and Mary Scollay). When Burgoyne's army were
held prisoners in Boston, he was on duty as guai'd. He was also
captain of a company of dragoons in the war of 1812. "He was a
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 607
farmer at Dedham, and a very strong and active man." He d. Sept.
14, 1855, aet. 93. She d. Oct. 31, 1848, aet. 57.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
_Z?y first wife :
4024. i. George Theodore Baker, b. Sept. 21, 1787.
4025. ii. Mehitable Baker, b. May 22, 1789, d. Feb. 5, 1805.
4026. iii. Roxa Dwight Baker, b. July 12, 1797, resides unmarried
at West Dedham, Mass.
4027. iv. Fanny Baker, b. April 14, 1799, d. June 1, 1819.
4028. v. Caroline Baker, b. Aug. 22, 1802, m. John P. Haven, d.
Nov. 4, 1839.
By third wife :
4029. vi. Frances Mehitable Baker, b. May 12, 1823, d. Sept. 9, 1823.
4030. vii. Francis Whiting Baker, b. July 28, 1825.
4031. viii. Mary Elizabeth Baker, b. Jan. 29, 1827, m. Augustus
Parker of Roxbury, Mass.
4024. i. George Theodore Baker, b. Sept. 21, 1787, m. Nov. 24,
1808, Priscilla Pinkhain of Nantucket, Mass., b. March 11, 1791 (dau.
of Francis Pinkham and Abial Hussey), a rrferchant at Boston, and
afterwards at New Bedford. He d. Aug. 24, 1862. She resides at
New Bedford.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4032. i. Harriet Newell Baker, b. May 1810, d. soon.
4033. ii. Francis Pinkham Baker, b. April 9, 1812, d. Nov. 4, 1815.
4034. iii. Louisa Coffin Baker, b. Oct. 31, 1815 : unmarried, at home.
4035. iv. Elizabeth D wight Baker, b. Feb. 14, 1822, m. Abner E.
Fisher.
4036. v. William Goddard Baker, b. Oct. 6, 1824.
4035. iv. Elizabeth Dwight Baker, b. Feb. 14, 1822, m. Oct. 4,
1843, Abner Ellis Fisher, b. Dec. 5, 1816 (son of Freeman Fisher of
Dedham and Martha Ellis), a wholesale dry goods dealer at Boston, and
afterwards a manufacturer of oil and candles. He d. June 17, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4037. i. George Freeman Fisher, b. July 14, 1844, a clerk at New
Bedford.
4038. ii. Caroline Louisa Fisher, b. Oct. 1, 1852, d. Sept. 14, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
4036. v. William Goddard Baker, b. Oct. 6, 1824, m. March 1849,
Sarah Hobbs (dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Hobbs of Walthaai, Mass., and
Mary Derby), editor of the newspaper Mercury of New Bedford.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4039. i. William Theodore Baker, b. April 1850, d. soon.
G08 Descendants of Rev. fosiah Dwight of Woodstock, Ct.,
4040. ii. Mary Derby Baker, b. July 12, 1851.
4041. iii. Francis Pinkham Baker, b. March 29, 1853.
4042. iv. Margaret Wortben Baker, b. Marcb 19, 1854, d. Jan. 1858.
4043. v. Louisa Baker, b. March 25, 1857, d. June 4, 1861.
[Sixth Generation.]
4028. v. Caroline Baker, b. Aug. 22, 1802 (dau. of Capt. Jeremiah
Baker and Fanny Whiting), m. Sept. 24, 1824, John Preston Haven,
b. in 1801 (son of John Aldis Haven of Dedbam and Julietta Rich-
ards, dau. of Capt. Abel Richards of W. Dedham) : a merchant in
New York. She d. Nov. 4, 1839.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4044. i George Preston Haven, b. Aug. 2, 1825, d. May 6, 1852.
4045. ii. Caroline Louisa Haven, b. July 13, 1827, m. Henry Brew-
ster of New York (son of Thomas Brewster of New Haven). She d.
in Columbia, S. C., in 1854.
4046. iii. William Stuart Haven, b. March 7, 1831, m. in 1856
Augusta Van Allen, in San Francisco. He d. April 16, 1866.
4047. iv. Charles Dwight Haven, b. Feb. 25, 1836, resides in San
Francisco, Cal. He m. Nov. 2, 1867, Augusta Haven.
[Sixth Generation.]
4030. vii. Francis Whiting Baker (son of Capt. Jeremiah Baker
and Fanny Whiting), b. July 28, 1825, m. Oct. 28, 1847, Lucinda
Stowe of South Newry, Me., b. April 12, 1821 (dau. of Andrew Stowe
and Olive Jackson) : a clerk in West Dedham, Mass.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4048. i. Abby Louisa Baker, b. Aug. 10, 1848.
4049. ii. Clifton Prentiss Baker, b. May 4, 1850.
4050. iii. Charles Francis Baker, b. Feb. 12, 1852.
4051. iv. Henry Stowe Baker, b. Dec. 8, 1857.
[Sixth Generation.]
4031. viii. Mary Elizabeth Baker (dau. of Capt. Jeremiah Baker
and Fanny Whiting), b. Jan. 29, 1827, m. Nov. 16, 1854, Augustus
Parker of Roxbury, Mass., b. in Dorchester, Aug. 30, 1827 (son of
Thomas Parker of Brimfield, Mass., and Sarah Seaver of Roxbury,
dau. of Hon. Ebenezer Seaver and Elizabeth Clapp), a horticulturist at
Boston Highlands.
[Seventh Generation.]
4052. i. William Prentiss Parker, b. Dec. 11, 1857.
4053. ii. Elizabeth Seaver Parker, b. Oct. 5, 1861, d. Sept. 5, 1863.
4054. iii. Lucy Parker, b. Sept. 7, 1863.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 497.
2823. xiii. Theodore Dwight (son of Rev. Josiah Dwight of Wood-
8on of Timothy, Son ofJolm, ~botli of Dedliam, Mass. 609
stock, Ct., and Mary Partridge), b. July 28, 1721, m. about 1748
Dorcas Corbin (her parentage not ascertained). He was a farmer at
Thompson, Ct., where he d. in 1753. She m. for a 2d husband, Sept.
21, 1755, Ebenezer Hovey, a merchant in Hampton, Ct., and lived to
a good old age, dying in 1792.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
4055. i. Capt. William D wight, b. Sept. 20, 1750, d. Oct. 6, 1824,
aet. 74.
4056. ii. Daniel Dwight, b. March 1752, d. unmarried at Pomfret,
Ct., where he resided (a merchant, it is believed), Dec. 11, 1825, aet.
73. " He was an honorable, upright man, respected by every one."
4055. i. Capt. William Dwight, b. Sept. 20, 1750, was a farmer at
Thompson, Ct., and afterwards at Sturbridge, Mass., where he d. Oct.
6, 1824. He m. May 21, 1778, Sarah Elliott (dau. of Capt. Joseph T.
and Jerusha Elliott of Thompson), bapt. May 3, 1761. She d. April 16,
1817.
" He was an honest, upright, religious man, a member of the Meth-
odist Church, and filled several important offices in church and state."
He m. for a 2d wife Gratia Barrett.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
4057. i. Theodore Dwight, b. Oct. 28, 1778, d. Aug. 7, 1853, aet. 74.
4058. ii. Daniel Dwight, b. May 24, 1780.
4059. iii. Darius Dwight, b. Aug. 8, 1782, d. aet. 66, Aug. 16, 1851.
4060. iv. William Dwight b. Nov. 8, 1784, d. Aug. 14, 1833, aet. 58.
4057. i. Theodore Dwight, b. Oct. 28, 1778, m. June 30, 1801, Lucy
Nichols of Thompson (dau. of David and Lucy Nichols), b. May 1782.
He was a farmer at Thompson, Ct. (1800-23), on the old homestead
owned by his ancestors and himself for 130 years. In 1823 he removed
to Leroy, Genesee Co., N. Y., where he kept public-house for some 13
years (1823-36), after which time he removed to Wilson, Niagara Co.,
N. Y., where he d. in 1856, aet. 78. Says Judge Haskill of Leroy of
him : " He was a man of considerable force of character, and very popu-
lar in his manners." Soon after removing to Wilson he became a
Christian, and lived an exemplary religious life until his death, " a man
of great simplicity of character and ardent piety." Says Prof. Charles
Avery of Hamilton College, now 78 himself (1873), who knew him:
" He was a man of fine appearance, six feet high and well-proportioned,
and above ordinary men in mental capacity and intelligence, as well as
in form and features."
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4061. L Nancy Dwight, b. June 4, 1804, m. Rev. Herbert A. Read-
4062. ii. John Nichols Dwight, b. Nov. 26, 1806, d. Oct. 1, I860'
aet. 54.
610 Descendants of Rev. Josiali D wight of Woodstock, Ct.,
4063. iii. Theodore Dwight, b. Nov. 13, 1807, supposed by the writer
to have died soon.
4064. iv. Daniel Dwight, b. May 19, 1812, d. April 9, 1862.
4061. i. Nancy Dwight, b. June 4, 1804, m. Sept. 22, 1823, Kev.
Herbert Augustus Read, b. Nov. 18, 1801 (son of William Read of
Attleborough, Mass., and Celinda Tingley), formerly a merchant at Le-
roy, N. Y., but for some years past agent of The A. II. M. S., and re-
siding still (1873) at Marshall, Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4065. i. Martha Maria Read, b. at Thompson, Ct., Feb. 12, 1826, d.
Feb. 17, 1834.
4066. ii. Mary Elizabeth Fellows Read, b. at Leroy, N. Y.,in 1830,
m. Oct. 18, 1859, Franklin Seymour Clarke of Detroit, Mich., an ac-
countant (son of Linus and Hannah Clarke). One child :
**** 1. Fanny Seymour Clarke, b. Jan. 1863.
4067. iii. Martha Maria Read, 2d, b. at Lower Sandusky (now Fre-
mont, O.), Feb. 15, 1837.
[Seventh Generation.]
4062. ii. John Nichols Dwight (son of Theodore Dwight of Leroy,
N. Y., and Lucy Nichols), b. Nov. 26, 1806, m. April 16, 1828, Eliza-
beth Field Bartow of Astoria, L. I. (dau. of Jacob Bartow of New
Rochelle, N. Y. , and Eliza Blackwell of Astoria, dau. of Samuel Black-
well). He was a merchant at Leroy, in partnership with his brother-
in-law, Herbert A. Read. He subsequently removed to Jackson, Mich.,
where he d. suddenly of a disease of the heart, Oct. 1, 1860, aet. 54.
His widow still resides there.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4068. i. Theodore Bartow Dwight, b. Oct. 24, 1829, d. Dec. 11, 1842.
4069. ii. John Henry Dwight, b. April 7, 1835, a commission mer-
chant in Chicago, 111., m. Oct. 28, 1863, Mary E. Gilbert of Kalamazoo,
Mich., who d. suddenly May 23, 1866. No issue.
. 4070. iii. Eliza Bartow Dwight, b. Aug. 10, 1838, m. Dec. 3, 1862,
Col. Seldon Hart Gorham of Marshall, Mich., a broker in New York.
4071. iv. Charles Fox Dwight, b. Dec. 19, 1840, engaged in the
commission business in Jackson, Mich.
4072. v. George Shelton Dwight, b. Oct. 14, 1843, d. Sept. 22, 1845.
[Seventh Generation.]
4064. iv. Daniel Dwight (son of Theodore Dwight and Lucy Nichols),
b. May 19, 1812, m. March 20, 1836, Delia Filkins, b. in Pavilion,
Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug. 5, 181 7 (dau. of Jonathan Filkins and Jane
Deusenbury, both of Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.). He was a farmer
in Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y., where he d. April 9, 1862, aet. 49, and
where his widow still (1873) resides.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 611
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4073. i. Martha Dwight, b. Dec. 26, 1837, m. Jan. 3, I860, James
McCormick (son of William McCormick and Margaret Crites), a farmer
in Porter, Niagara Co., N. Y. One child :
4074. 1. Forrest Dwight McCormick, b. April 19, 1864.
4075. ii. Sarah Dwight, b. June 30, 1840, d. Sept. 20, 1841.
4076. iii. Lucy Nichols Dwight, b. Jan. 28, 1843, m. Feb. 28, 1867,
Charles Henry Sweet, b. July 6, 1834, in Saratoga, N. Y. (son of Levi
Sweet and Esther Davenport), a farmer in Wilson. One child :
**** 1. Daniel Everett Sweet, b. March 10, 1869.
4077. iv. Theodore Newman Dwight, b. Aug. 1, 1844, d. Oct. 1844.
4078. v. Helen Sarah Dwight, b. July 15, 1846, m. March -19, 1867,
Jesse Oliver Lock wood, b. in 1846 at Olcott, N. Y. (son of Allen
Lock wood and Harriet Peabody), a farmer in Olcott, Niagara Co.,
N". Y. Two children :
**** 1. Lottie Lockwood, b. Feb. 1868.
**** 2. Jeanie Lockwood, b. May 1872.
4079. vi. Albert Newman Dwight, b. Feb. 22, 1850, m. Dec. 25,
1871, Addie Towner of Wilson, b. Aug. 20, 1853 (dau. of Dr. Wil-
liam Towner and Almira Jane Towner). He is a farmer at Wilson,
and has a lumber yard and planing mill there. Has 1 child :
**** 1. Claude Towner Dwight, b. Feb. 1872.
4080. vii. Delia Emma Dwight, b. May 3, 1852, m. Aug. 15, 1869,
Milford Pierce of Warsaw, N. Y., a dry goods merchant at Corning,
Iowa, has two sons, Albert and Frederic Pierce.
4081. viii. Daniel Oakley Dwight, b. April 11, 1853, m. Nov. 1872,
Addie Belknap of Lockport, N. Y., b. June 27, 1854, at Cambria, N. Y.
(dau. of Edward Belknap, a merchant there, and Sarah Stanley).
4082. ix. Isabel Brandon Dwight, b. Feb. 1, 1856.
[Sixth Generation.]
4058. ii. Daniel Dwighc (son of Capt. William Dwight and Sai-ah
Elliott), b. May 24, 1780, m. Oct. 27, 1808, Susan Lippitt of Killingly,
Ct., b. Oct. 24, 1782 (dau. of Moses Lippitt and Anstis Holden). She
d. Aug. 11, 1840 and he m. for 2d wife, March 23, 1841, widow Mary
Haven of Woodstock, Ct., nee Apliii (dau. of Robert Aplin of Pom-
fret, Ct.), b. Jan. 16, 1794. He was a farmer at Dudley, Mass., for
nearly 50 years (1817-65), an active member of the Methodist church
and an useful citizen, having filled various town offices. lie had no
children by the second marriage. He d. Aug. 26, 1805, aet. 85.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4083. i. Ralph Dwight, b. July 30, 1809.
4084. ii. Rev. Holden Dwight, b. Aug. 28, 1810, d. Nov. 24, 1846.
612 Descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwiylit of Woodstock, Ct.,
4085. iii. Sarah D wight, b. March 17, 1812, d. soon.
4086. iv. Rev. Lewis Dwight, b. July 22, 1813.
4087. v. Susan Dwight, b. Feb. 20, 1815, in. April 1, 184.0, Rev.
Vincent Shepherd of the N. J. Conference, who d. at Jersey City July
1, 1848, and she m. April 26, 1858, for a 2d husband Andrew D. Gale
of Brooklyn, N. Y. a shoe merchant. His family resides at Bergen
Heights. N. J.
4088. vi. Sarah Dwight, 2d, b. Nov. 2, 1816, d. Feb. 5, 1828, aet. 11.
4089. vii. Daniel Dwight, b. Nov. 4, 1818.
4090. viii. Catharine Dwight, b. Nov. 15, 1820, m. Rev. Nelson B.
Wilson.
4091. ix. William Dwight, b. April 15, 1822, d. Dec. 1822.
4083. i. Ralph Dwight, b. July 30, 1809, m. May 9, 1836, Sarah
Sears of Dennis, Mass., b. Jan'. 12, 1809 (dau. of Capt. Judah Sears and
Sally Hall of Cape Cod, Mass.) : a farmer at Dudley, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4092. i. Sarah Dwight, b. Sept. 12, 1837, m. April 27, 1873, Rev.
Zephaniali Baker of Dudley, Mass.
4093.. ii. Caroline Dwight, b. June 12, 1 839, d. May 4, 1869, aet. 30.
4094. iii. Martha Dwight, b. March 4, 1843, m. Dec. 3, 1863, Frank-
lin Jacobs, b. in Dudley, Feb. 7, 1842 (son of Ira Franklin Jacobs and
Semantha Morse), a manufacturer of spectacles at Southbridge, Mass.
No issue.
4095. iv. Susan Dwight, b. Dec. 7, 1846, d. Aug. 7, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.]
4084. ii. Rev. Holden Dwight (son of Daniel Dwight and Susan
Lippitt), b. Aug. 28, 1810, grad. at Wesleyan University in 1835, m.
June 13, 1839, at Baton Rouge, La., Almena Marietta Pelton, b. at Ches-
ter, Mass., March 13, 1 810 (dau. of Ezra Peltou and Chloe Wright. Ezra
Pelton was the son of Ithamar Pelton of Say brook, Ct., and Asenath
Pratt. See Pratt Genealogy). He was a teacher in Georgia (1836-7),
and tutor (1838-9) in the Coll. of Louisiana, at Jackson, 111. He was
ordained deacon in the M. E. Ch. at Natchez, Miss., in 1839, and elder at
Canal, Dover, O., Aug. 16, 1844. His health demanding a retiirn to
the north, he became, with his wife, a teacher at Norwalk, O. (1841-6),
and in 1846 (Feb. 1), Principal of Baldwin Institute (now an " Univer-
sity ") at Berea, O., where, after but a short period of educational
labor, he d. Nov. 24, 1846. His wife was a teacher in Louisiana at
the time of her marriage, and has spent much of her life in such a way.
He greatly magnified in his heart the work of a Christian teacher of
youth in the studies belonging to the higher education. She m. Jan.
1, 1851, Samuel G. Bassett, a farmer in Bridgeport, Wis. He d. at
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, l>otli ofDedham, Mass. 613
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 6, 1871, where she still resides and keeps a
book and stationery store.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4096. i. Edward Champion Dwight, b. at Clinton, Miss., Nov. 13,
1840, m. Sept. 4, 18G6, Minnie S. Guiteau, (dau. of Abram B. Guiteau
of Freeport, 111., and Emily Redfield). He was a jeweller and music
dealer at Freeport, 111. (E. C. Dwight & Co.), having been previously
bookkeeper for two years in a like establishment at Chicago, 111.
He was an Union soldier in the late war, and enlisted as a musician
(having too poor health to be accepted for carrying a musket) in Co. F
of the 8th Wis. Regt., and served his country for 18 months as an en-
thusiastic patriot, delighting to make music for those who could fight
the battles, which he could not.
He d. at Minneapolis April 28, 1 869, of consumption, as the final
result of the effects of an attack of typhoid pneumonia when a soldier.
His widow m. May 2, 1871, Walter Graham Barnes, an agricultural
merchant in Freeport, 111. He had one child :
**** 1. Minnie Ida Dwight, b. Oct. 24, 1869.
4097. ii. Wilbur Fiske Dwight, b. at Norwalk, O., Feb. 6, 1843, d.
Aug. 12, 1843.
4098. iii. Susan Eliza Dwight, b. there Sept. 13, 1844, m. at Patch
Grove, Grant Co., Wis., Dec. 10, 1862, Francis Baillet (son of Fran-
cis E. and Martha Elizabeth Baillet), a merchant tailor at Black River
Falls, Wis. She d. March 6, 1866, from the effects of an explosion of
a kerosene lamp, lingering for a month in great pain, patiently await-
ing death as the only relief from her anguish. She left two children :
**** 1. Harry Baillet, b. at Prairie Du Chien, Aug. 13, 1863.
**** 2. Hattie Baillet, b. Jan. 26, 1865.
4099. iv. Holden Dwight, b. at Berea, O., July 9, 1847, d. there
April 19, 1848.
[Seventh Generation.]
4086. iv. Rev. Lewis Dwight (son of Daniel Dwight and Susan
Lippitt), b. July 22, 1813, grad. at Wesleyan University in 1837, m.
March 24, 1840, Mahala Pennington Casey, b. June 3, 1819 (dau. of
Lt. Gov. Zadock Casey, M. C., and Rachel King). She d. March 24,
1841, and he m. for 2cl wife, June 4, 1843, Ruth Gray Ryder, b. July
29, 1821 (dau. of Benjamin Ryder of Yarmouth Port, Mass., and
Betsey - — ). She d. Aug. 15, 1844, and he m. for 3d wife, April
6, 1848, Jane Elizabeth Hoar, b. April 15, 1826 (dau. of Sanvuel L.
and Elizabeth Hoar of Payson, 111.). She d. Sept. 3, 1854, and he m.
for 4th wife, April 26, 1860, widow Louisa Brown Dixon, nee Mofntt,
b. April 1826 (dau. of Reuel Moffitt of Dudley, Mass., and Lucinda
614 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwigld of Woodstock,Ct.,
Brown). He has been principal, at different times, of the following
academies : Mt. Vernon Academy, 111. (1838-41), and those of Edwards-
ville, 111. (1843-8), Payson, 111., and also Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (now
Iowa Wesleyan University), 1848-51. He was also a private teacher
at Pella, Iowa (1851-4), and piincipal of the normal school at North
Hebron, N. Y. (1854-5). In 1850 he joined the Troy Annual Con-
ference as an ordained travelling preacher, and labored in the ministry
sticcessively at Danbyr Bristol and Salisbury, Yt., and at Chester and
Cheshire, Mass., and Petersburg and Nassau, N. Y. (1856-63). In 1863
he relinquished preaching and settled at Worcester, Mass. (1803-6),
and lived for a year at Auburn, Mass., and in 1867 removed to Dudley,
Mass., where he engaged in farming and gardening. He resides now
(since 1873) in Boston, Mass. [Hon. Zadock Casey, b. in Georgia
March 1 7, 1796 (son of Randolph Casey and Mary Jane Pennington), m.
June 27, 1815, Rachel King, b. Sept. 29, 1797 (dan. of Samuel and Rachel
King of Smith Co., Tenn.), a lady of superior talents and beauty. In
1817 he removed to Illinois. Here he was twice made a member of
the Legislature (1820 and 1824), and in 1826 a State Senator (1826-
30), and in 1830 Lt. Gov. of the State, and in 1833 (1834-44) mem-
ber of Congress. In 1847 he was a member of the State Constitu-
tional Convention. He went again to the legislature in 1850, where
he was speaker of the House, and a 2d time in 1852. At the time of
his death, Sept. 4, 1862, he was a member of the State Senate anew
at Casey ville, 111. He had 2 daughters and 5 sons: 1. Mahala P.,
who m. Rev. Lewis Dwight ; 2. Mary Jane, who m. Hon. Lewis F.
Casey of Centralia, 111., a member of the 111. legislature (1871-2). 3.
Hon. Samuel R. Casey, a State senator at the time of his death, May
1871. 4. Hiram R. Casey, who d. early. 5. Hon Thomas S. Casey, a
lawyer at Mt. Yernon, 111., and a member of the legislature (1871-2).
6. Dr. Newton R. Casey of Mound City, 111., who has been twice a
member of the legislature. 7. Dr. John R. Casey of Joliet, 111.]
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By Jtrst wife :
4100. i. Hon. Samuel Lewis Dwight, b. March 15, 1841, was for
one year (1859-60) in McKendree Coll. (Methodist) at Lebanon, 111.
He is a lawyer in Centralia, 111. (Casey & Dwight). He was (1872-
3) a member of the 111. legislature. He m. Sept. 4, 1872, Irene Nole-
man, b. in Jeff. Co., 111., April 15, 1852 (dau. of Capt. Robert D.
Noleman, now of Centralia, and Sarah A. Jennings).
By second ivife :
4101. ii. Wilbur Fiske Dwight, b. July 5, 1844, was for a few years
a coal dealer at Buslmell, 111., and afterwards a merchant at Keosauqua,
Iowa. He resides now (1874) at Keokuk, Iowa. He m. June 26,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 615
1869; Ella L. Slaiighter, b. at Farmington, Iowa, March 17, 1848 (dau.
of Henry H. Slaughter, b. in Va., Dec. 11, 1815, and d. Oct. 20, 1870,
and Mary Jane Denny, b. in Mo., Nov. 8, 1826). Two children:
4102. 1. Benjamin Wilbur Dwight, b. Oct. 5, 1870.
**** 2. Louisa Dwight, b. June 29, 1872.
[Mr. Slaughter was brought up in the bosom of slavery, but was an
active and zealous abolitionist, and a member, with his wife, of the
Cong. Ch., and had generous and earnest views of life's higher interests
and duties.]
By third ivife :
4103. iii. Elizabeth Susan Dwight, b. May 8, 1849, m. July 21,
1868, Louis Gravell, a machinist at Quincy, 111., b. in Canada, Oct. 29,
1837, near Montreal. They have a daughter:
**** 1. Nelly Gravell, b. in 1870.
'4104. iv. Benjamin Lippitt Dwight, b. at Pella, Iowa, Sept. 21,
1851, d. Nov. 4, 1852.
4105. v. Quincy Dwight, b. May 31, 1854, is a bookbinder at
Quincy, 111.
[Seventh Generation.]
4089. vii. Daniel Dwight (son of Daniel Dwight of Dudley and
Susan Lippitt), b. Nov. 4, 1818, is a farmer at Dudley, Mass., a deacon
in the Cong. Ch., and active in both agricultural and educational matters
in the town. He m. Jan. 1, 1843, Mary Elizabeth Low (dau. of Major
John Low of Woodstock, Ct., and Hannah Aplin).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4106. i. Mary Aplin Dwight, b. Aug. 28, 1848, is a teacher of Latin,
French and Music, and resides now at Dudley, Mass.
4107. ii. Susan Elizabeth Dwight, b. March 15, 1850, m. Sept. 1871,
Charles Augustus Babcock, Jr., of Boston, b. Nov. 5, 1848 (son of
Charles A. Babcock, a merchant in Boston, and Emmeline Knight), re-/
sides in Dudley. One child :
**** 1. Charles Axigustus Babcock, b. Sept. 8, 1872.
4108. iii. Daniel Herbert Dwight, b. Feb. 24, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
4090. viii. Catharine Dwight (dau. of Daniel Dwight and Susan Lip-
pitt), b. Nov. 15, 1820, m. April 12, 1848, Rev. Nelson Brownell Wilson
(son of Pardon and Polly Wilson), grad. at Baldwin University (Meth.)
at Berea, O., joined the N. Ohio Conference in 1850. In 1865 here-
signed his credentials as a clergyman, studied medicine at " The Homoe-
opathic Med. Coll. of Cleveland," O., and is now a practising physician
in that city. Have had two children :
4109. 1. Susan Amelia Wilson, b. May 12, 1849, a teacher in Cleve-
land (1873).
616 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwight of Woodstock, Ct.,
**** 2. Mary Albina Wilson, b. July 9, 1853, d. April 13, 1861.
[Sixth Generation.]
4059. iii. Darius Dwight (son of Capt. William Dwight of Thomp-
son, Ct., and Sarah Elliott), b. Aug. 8, 1782, m. Elizabeth Windsor
of Dudley, Mass. (dan. of Abraham and Nancy Windsor). She d.
without issue, July 10, 1811, aet. 27, and he in. for a 2d wife, Nov. 6,
1813, Cynthia Fiske of Sturbridge, Mass., b. March 19, 1793 (dau. of
David Fiske and Eleanor Jones). He was engaged in active mercan-
tile business at Thompson, Ct., and Detroit, Mich., until 1837,
when he removed to Jackson, Mich., where he d. Aug. 17, 1851.
He had a good deal of quaint humor, and great energy of char-
acter and strength of will. While residing at Thompson he oc-
cupied the homestead which had been owned by his ancestors from the
first settlement of the town. She d. Aug. 28, 1842, aet. 49.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4110. i. David Fiske Dwight, b. at Thompson, Ct., July 31, 1814.
4111. ii. Elizabeth Dwight, b. Feb. 6, 1816, d. in infancy.
4112. iii. Sarah Elizabeth Dwight, b. Oct. 3, 1818, m. Prof. Abram
Sager.
4110. i. David Fiske Dwight, b. July 31, 1814, was a merchant
at Jackson, Mich., for many years (1824—51, except 4 years of the
time, 1840-44, spent at Boston, in the wholesale dry goods trade), and
afterwards at Detroit, Mich. (1851-66). Since 1866 he has resided
at Boston, Mass. He m. Oct. 20, 1845, Lucre tia S. Howe, b. Sept.
25, 1825 (dau. of Rev. James Blake Howe of Claremont, N. H., and
Mary White, dau. of Ebenezer White of Boston and Polly Bell).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4113. i. Mary Isabel Dwight, b. Aug. 7, 1846, d. Sept. 17, 1846.
4114. ii. Theodore William Dwight, b. June 15, 1849, d. March 1,
1857.
4115. iii. Annie Elizabeth Dwight, b. July 19, 1852, d. Aug. 15, 1853.
4116. iv. Marion Lucretia Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1857.
4117. v. Percy David Dwight, b. Oct. 20, 1862.
4118. vi. Laura Howe Dwight, b. Oct. 19, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
4112. iii. Sarah Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of Darius Dwight and
Cynthia Fiske)rb. Oct. 3, 1818, m. Dec. 12, 1838, Prof. Abram Sager,
M.D., of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich., b. Dec. 22, 1810
(son of William Sager and Hannah Brouck of Bethlehem, Albany Co.,
N. Y.). He was grad. at the Rensselaer Polytechnic School at Troy,
N. Y., and pursued his medical studies at Castleton, Vt., and New
Haven, Ct. He was at first (1842—55) Prof, in Mich. University of
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, l^ptli ofDedham, Mass. 617
Botany and Zoology, in the department of science and arts, but has been
for many years past professor of obstetrics (since 1850) and the dis-'
eases of women and children, in the medical department of that institu-
tion. He has recently presented a valuable herbarium, called " The
Sager Herbarium," to the University Museum, containing 1,200 species
and 5,000 specimens, collected mostly in the N. E. and Western States.
A valuable collection of anatomical preparations gathered by him, illus-
trative of the craniology, neurology and embryology of the vertebrata,
and of the pathology and anatomy of the diseases of women has been
of late added to the property of the University. He was Prof, of the
Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Department of Medicine
(1848-50), and of Physiology (1850-54).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4119. i. Cynthia Amelia Sager. b. Sept. 10, 1840.
4120. ii. Sarah Eliza Sager, b. Sept. 3, 1842, d. Dec. 5, 1864.
4121. iii. William Brouck Sager, b. Jan. 8, 1844.
4122. iv. David Dwight Sager, b. Feb. 2, 184G, d. July 11, 1860.
4123. v. Edward Jones Sager, b. Dec. 14, 1847.
4124. vi. Alfred Bates Sager, b. Sept. 26, 1849.
4125. vii. Susan Anna Sager, b. Nov. 1, 1851.
4126. viii. Lxicretia Dwight Sager, b. Jan. 7, 1856.
[Sixth Generation.]
4060. iv. William Dwight (son of Capt. William Dwight and Sarah
Elliott), b. Nov. 8, 1784, m. Sept. 23, 1811, Lucia Dresser of Provi-
dence, R. I., b. May 25, 1789 (dau. of Jacob Dresser and Esther John-
son). She d. in April 1817, and -he m. for 2d wife, July 2,1818,
Amaryllis Fiske,* b. Aug. 6, 1797 (dau. of David Fiske of Stiu-bridge,
Mass., and Eleanor Jones). She d. at Memphis, Tenn., May 27, 1854.
He was at first a successful merchant in Georgia, whence he returned
to Thompson again to reside, and afterwards removed to Sturbridge,
Mass., and Detroit, Mich. He was a man of decided intelligence and
enterprise. He d. Aug. 14, 1833, aet. 48, at Middletown, Indiana, at
a public inn, unattended by any of his family friends, while travelling
for his health.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
13 >/ first tvife :
4127. i. Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 19, 1812, m. Henry Glover.
4128. ii. Alfred Allen Dwight, b. March 27, 1815.
* The Fiske family (Baptists) have been noted for their piety from generation
to generation. They were the founders of the town of Sturbridge, and the
part called " Fiske Hill," has belonged to the family from the first until now.
Two centuries ago they built a church in the town, which was standing until
quite recently.
40
G18 Descendants of Rev. Josiali Dwiglit of Woodxfocftj Ct.,
4129. iii. William Henry Dwight, b. April 5, 1817, d. July 2."),
1824, killed by the falling of a large stone upon his back when getting
over a stone-wall.
J3y second wife:
4130. iv. Lucia Dresser Dwiglit, b. at Sturbridge, Mass., Jan. 31,
1820, a teacher for some years in N. Carolina and Virginia, m. July
31, 1849, Henry Augustus Dwight of Northampton, Mass., son of
Cecil Dwight. See previous page, No. 439, v., for an account of her
children.
4131. v. Amasa Fiske Dwight, b. at Sturbridge, March 20, 1821, d.
April 1871.
4132. vi. Ellen Fiske Dwight, b. Aug. 14, 1825, in. May 24, 1848,
Rev. C. R. Ilendrickson, a Baptist clergyman in Norfolk, V., after-
wards of Memphis, Tenn., and more recently of Stockton, California.
She d. May 24, 1854. They had two children :
4133. 1. Anna Judson Hendrickson, b. in 1851.
4134. 2. Mary Curtis Hendrickson, b. in 1853, d. in 1854.
4135. vii. Elizabeth Cynthia Dwight, b. March 14, 1831, a teacher
for several years in N. Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee,
resides unmarried at Detroit, Mich.
4127. i. Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 19, 1812, m. Sept. 10, 1839, Henry
Glover, b. April 30, 1812 (son of Daniel Glover, a merchant in Homer,
N. Y., and Sophia Gage), a merchant- tailor in Detroit, Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4136. i. William Dwight Glover, b. Sept. 26, 1840, d. March 10,
1841.
4137. ii. Harriet Sophia Glover, b. Sept. 6, 1841, d. Sept. 4, 1842.
4138. iii. Frank Dwight Glover, b. April 2, 1843, d. Aug. 17, 1865.
4139. iv. Arthur Yates Glover, b. Aug. 10, 1844, m. Dec. 16, 1869,
Lola Baldwin of Detroit. He is a hardware merchant there.
4140. v. Clara Dwight Glover, b. Jan. 20, 1848, m. Oct. 26, 1871,
John McNicol of Detroit.
4141. vi. James Harry Glover, b. Dec. 27, 1853.
4142. vii. George Glover, b. April 27, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
4128. ii. Alfred Allen Dwight (son of William Dwight and Lucia
Dresser), b. at Thompson, Ct., March 27, 1815, is a large lumber
merchant at Detroit, Mich., and an elder in the Presb. Ch. (Jefferson
Av.). He m. June 28, 1837, Matilda Wheelock of Sturbridge, b. Dec.
31, 1814 (dau. of Col. Hiram Wheelock and Fanny Corey). She d.
April 3, 1839, and he m. for 2d wife, Aug. 16, 1843, Laura Ann
Morse of Sturbridge, b. April 23, 1818 (dau. of Hon. Elijah Morse
and Matilda Corey).
Son of Titiiotliy, Son ofJolm, both ofDedkam, Mass. 619
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
4143. i. Frances Matilda Dwight b. March 15, 1839, m. Nov. 24,
1863, Cleophas Antoine Moross, b. March 25, 1834 (son of Victor
Moross of Detroit and Therese de Lascelleine), a dry goods merchant
at Grand Rapids, Mich. No issue.
By second wife :
4144. ii. Charlotte Eugenia Dwight, b. Aug. 4, 1844, m. Joseph H.
Berry.
4145. iii. William Morse Dwight, b. July 8, 1846, m. Sept. 17,
1873, Mary Lucy Harding, b. March 25, 1848 (dau. of Lyman Shum-
way Harding of Clinton, N. Y., b. in Sturbridge, Mass., and Hannah
Barker, b. in Madison, N. Y.). He is in the lumber trade in Detroit.
4144. ii. Charlotte Eugenia Dwight, b. Aug. 4, 1844, m. Oct. 22,
1868, Joseph H. Berry (son of John and Catharine M. Berry), a manu-
facturer of varnish in Detroit.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Charlotte Fiske Berry, b. Nov. 8, 1869.
**** ii. Laura Hooper Berry, b. Nov. 10, 1870, d. Dec. 1, 1870.
**** iii. Alice Dwight Berry, b. Oct. 1, 1871.
**** iv. Alfred Dwight Berry, b. April 2, 1873, d. Aug. 5, 1873.
4231. v. Amasa Fiske Dwight (son of Wm. Dwight, Jr., and
Amaryllis Fiske), b. at Sturbridge, March 20, 1821, m. June 28,
1848, Elizabeth Taylor Terry of Boston (dau. of Henry Terry of En-
field, Ct., and Julia Ripley, and grand-dau. of Mrs. Abiah [Dwight]
Terry, dau. of Samuel Dwight of Enfield, Ct.). He was a lumber mer-
chant at Chicago, 111. (1846-71). He d. away from home, April 15,
1871, aet. 50, at Springfield, Mass., of congestion of the brain. His
widow resides at Detroit. (1874).
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
4146. i. Alfred Taylor Dwight, b. Sept. 26, 1850, a hardware mer-
chant in Detroit.
4147. ii. Walter Terry Dwight, b. Aug. 25, 1855.
The whole number of descendants of Rev. Josiah Dwight, of Wood-
stock, Ct., whose names are here given, is some 1,450.
I. Those enumerated in regular order 1,336
II. Those added afterwards and therefore starred 48
III. Others, neither numbered nor starred, about 70
620 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
ill.
THE DESCENDANTS OF CAPT. HENRY D WIGHT OF HAT-
FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
[Third Generation.] See page 10G.
46. xi. Capt. Henry Dwight (son of Capt. Timothy Dwight of Decl-
ham, Mass., and Anna Flint, dan. of Rev. Henry Flint of Braintree,
Mass.), b. Dec. 19, 1676, was a fanner and trader at Ilatfield, Mass.,
and a man of wealth and standing. He was also, for several years, a
judge of the County Court. He m. Aug. 27, 1702, Lydia Hawley, b.
July 7, 1680 (dau. of Capt. Joseph Hawley of Northampton, Mass.,
and Lydia Marshall). She d. April 27, 1748, aet. 68. He d. March
26, 1732, aet. 56.
In copies of wills and deeds found in " The Sutton Papers " he is at
different times in the earlier part of his history designated as " a cloth-
ier " and " shopkeeper." He was always a farmer. At all times, even
when honored as a judge, he was known best in the community by his
military title.
The Dwights of that day figured largely in Western Massachusetts
.as jurists. Five of them, all closely related to each other, sat at differ-
ent times as justices upon the bench of the same court, that of common
pleas, of Hampshire Co., Mass. These were Capt. Henry Dwight of Hat-
field, Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton, his nephew, two sons of
Capt. Henry Dwight, namely, Col. Josiah Dwight of Springfield and Genl.
Joseph Dwight of Gr. Barrington and Major Timothy Dwight of North-
ampton, son of Col. Timothy Dwight and father of Prest. Dwight of Yale.
They held the judicial office successively in the order in which they
are here named. See " Washburn's Judicial History of Massachusetts."
Washburn makes the mistake of sxipposing the 2d term (1748-57) of
Col. Timothy Dwight to indicate still another Timothy (No. 3) in the
grand succession, and enumerates, accordingly, six judges of the name
instead of five, the true number. Capt. Henry Dwight was judge for
five years (1727-31. Compare the date of his death). Col. Timothy
Dwight held the office twice (l737-41and 1748-57). Col. Josiah Dwight
sat on the bench for 18 years (1750-68, the date of his death). Genl.
Son of Timotlnj, Son ofJolm, loth of Dedliam, Mass. G21
Joseph D wight was judge in Hampshire County from 1753 to 1761,
when the county was divided, at which time he was made judge of the
new county of Berkshire (Washburn wrongly calls it Worcester Co.),
which office he held until his death in 1765. fie was also judge of pro-
bate of Berkshire Co. at the same time. Major Timothy D wight was
judge in Berkshire Co. for 16 years (1758-74). In two different in-
stances two D wights sat as associate judges on the same bench, as :
first, from 1750 to 1757, Col. Timothy D wight and Col. Josiah Dwight,
his cousin ; and secondly, from 1758 to 1761, Major Timothy Dwight
and Genl. Joseph Dwight, second cousins to each other. In one in-
stance a son, Major Timothy Dwight, immediately succeeded (1758) his
father, Col. Timothy Dwight, in the judgeship, whose second term of
office expired by his resignation of it in 1757. In two other instances
two sons of the same father succeeded him in the office, the younger
one, Col. Josiah Dwight, following him first. But, strangest of all,
three Dwights sat for four years together as judges upon the same
bench (1753-7), as by comparing the agreement of their separate offi-
cial terms will at once appear : Col. Timothy Dwight (1748-57) ; Col.
Josiah Dwight (1750-68) ; and Brig. Genl. Joseph Dwight (1753-61).
One of these judges, Genl. Joseph Dwight, was judge at different times
in three different courts, those in the counties of Worcester, Hampshire,
and Berkshire. Such a judicial history cannot, it is believed, be paral-
leled in any other family of the land.
It is a strong pi-oof of the higher estimate in which military rank
was held in the times preceding the revolution, that each of these
judges was commonly designated by his military instead of his judicial
title, in which way, therefore, each of them is uniformly spoken of in
this book. Two of this family of judges were Chief Justices : Col.
Timothy Dwight and Brig. Genl. Joseph Dwight.*
* The history of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Probate Court also,
of Hampshire Co., the one for more than 75 years, and the other for more
than 80, were so connected with the history of the Dwight Family, directly or
indirectly, as to be worthy of citation here.
I.
The Court of Common Pleas, organized in 1692, had the following justices on
its bench :
I. The Worshipful John Pynchon, who d. in 1703.
II. The Worshipful Peter Tilton, who d. in 1690.
III. Esq. Joseph Parsons.
IV. Col. John Stoddard.
V. Col. Samuel Partridge, who was its Chief Justice (1706-36). See page
110.
VI. Capt. Joseph Hawley, who d. in 1711.
VII. Capt. Henry Dwight (1727-31).
622 Descendants of Henry Divujlit of IfaffeM, Mass.,
It was in the following way that Nathaniel Dwight of Northampton
and Henry Dwight of Hatfiekl, brothers, were induced to remove from
their paternal home at Dedham to Western Massachusetts : " The
General Court had given to the town of Dedham eight thousand acres
of land, to be located anywhere within the jurisdiction of the court, in
exchange for 2,000 acres granted by that town to the Natick Indians,
converted under John Eliot. Lieut. Fisher and John Fairbanks were
appointed commissioners to examine the country and locate the claim.
This they did, and selected Deerfield as the spot, and employed Major
John Pyuchon of Springfield to purchase their lands of the Petumtuck
tribe of Indians, taking him in, with some others also, as joint proprie-
tors with them in the purchase. He paid the Indians some £94 and a
half as purchase-money, which had been raised for the purpose by the
people of Dedham." Thus was it that the lowlands of the Connecticut
in Western Massachusetts became early known at Dedham, and thus
that the course of the two chief progenitors- of the Dwight Family in
the third generation became determined thitherward.
Capt Henry Dwight was active in the subsequent pui'chase of the
territory, comprising now the towns of Gt. • Bariington, Sheffield,
Egremont, Alford, etc., in what is now Berkshire Co., Mass. A copy
of the original deed of purchase and sale may be found in vol. 8 N. E.
Geneal. Register, p. 215, as given by Conkepot, Poneyote, Partarwake,
Naurnauquin, and other Indians, " all of Housatonack, for four
hundred and sixty pounds, three bai'rels of cider and thirty quarts of
rum," to Col. John Stoddard, Capt. Henry Dwight and Capt. Luke
VIII. Col. Timothy Dwight (1737-41 and 1748-57).
IX. Col. Josiah Dwight (1750-68).
X. Genl. Joseph Dwight (1753-61).
II.
The Probate Court of Hampshire Co. The First Term was held Sept. 1692.
First Judge. Recorder.
I. Major John Pynchon, 1693.
II. CoL Samuel Partridge, 1703.
III. Col. John Stoddard, 1729.
IV. Col. Timothy Dwight, 1748.
V. Israel Williams, 1764.
CoL Samuel Partridge, 1692.
John Pynchon, Jr., May 1703.
Col. Timothy Dwight, July 1729.
Major Timothy Dwight, Dec. 1748.
Solomon Stoddard, 1764.
III.
The Berkshire County Officers appointed at the first (June 24, 1701), were
Genl. Joseph Dwight, ~)
William Williams, I Justices of Inferior Court of Pleas and Justices of
John Ashley, Court and Quorum.
Timothy Woodbridge,
Genl. Joseph Dwight, Judge of Probate, Elijah Dwight, Eegister of do.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, ootJi ofDedham, Mass. 623
Hitchcock, " committee appointed by the General Court to purchase a
certain tract of land lying upon Housatonack river."
That land was cheap at Hatfield at that time, and that he was dis-
posed to purchase it largely, appears from the fact that in June 1722,
he purchased 1,200 acres for £180 (or three English shillings per acre).
In 1726 he and Major John Pynchon of Springfield, and John
Ashley of Westfield, Mass., were appointed, by the General Court, com-
missioners under " the Act prepared for issuing £100,000 in bills of
credit " for government purposes.
From records at Northampton it appears that he had a negro slave,
Humphrey, for whom he paid £60, and a slave woman, Rose, of like
cost to him.
None but men of means and enterprise could be traders in those
days ; and none but the best men in the community, " gentlemen," in
the technical sense that the word then had, and deacons, were licensed
then " to be innholders, taverners and common victuallers, and to re-
tail strong drink." Capt. Henry Dwight was thus licensed in 1728, as
was Col. Samuel Partridge before him, who was one of the great men
of Western Massachusetts and Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas for Hampshire Co. for 30 years (1706-36). Dea. Aaron Lyman of
Belchertown (who m. Eunice Dwight, dau. of Rev. Josiah Dwight of
Woodstock, see p. 541), was licensed likewise in 1728, as was also, in
the same year, Genl. Joseph Dwight (son of Capt. Henry Dwight), then
living in Springfield, Mass. How greatly has American society gener-
ally moved forward since that day to better things. Who would wish
now to go back in any respect to the pioneer days of our still new but
already great republic ?
The comnrunion-service now used by the Congregational Church at
Hatfield is said to have been given to it by Capt. Henry Dwight 150
years ago, or more.
On Mrs. Lydia D wight's tombstone, at Hatfield, is to be found the
following epitaph: "The dust is cast down and levelled with the dust:
but not the souls who trust in the Lord Jehovah : for He is the health
of their countenance and their God."
[Fourth Generation.] Children:
4148. i. Brig. Geiil. Joseph Dwight, b. Oct. 16, 1703, d. June 19,
1765, aet. 61.
4149. ii. Capt. Seth Dwight, b. Aug. 18, 1707, d. June 9, 1774,
aet. 66.
4150. iii. Dorothy Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1709, m. Major Noah Ashley
of Westfield, Mass., and d. Jan. 12, 1745, aet. 36.
4151. iv. Lydia Dwight, b. April 25, 1712, m. Major Elijah Wil-
liams of Deerfield, Mass., and d. Jan. 25, 1749, aet. 36.
624 Descendants of Henry Dwlglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
4152. v. Anna D wight, b. and d. Aug. 14, 1714.
4153. vi. Col. Josiah D wight, b. Oct. 23, 1715, d. Sept. 28, 1768,
aet. 53.
4154. vii. Capt. Edmund Dwight, b. Jan. 19, 1717, d. Oct. 28, 1755,
aet. 37.
4155. viii. Col. Simeon Dwight, b. Feb. 18, 1719, d. Feb. 21, 1776,
aet. 57.
4156. ix. Elisha Dwight, b. May 25, 1722, d. unmarried and de-
ranged, at Hatfield, where he lived, S^pt. 1803, aet. 81.
4157. x. Anna Dwight, b. Sept. 24, 1724, m. Dr. Charles Pynchon
of Springfield, Mass., and d. Dec. 22, 1802, aet. 78!
[Capt. Joseph Hawley, b. in Roxbury, Jan. 28, 1655-6, and grad.
at Harvard in 1674, settled at once at Northampton, where he was at
first a schoolmaster, and where he d. May 19, 1711, aet. 56. He was
the son of Thomas Hawley of Roxbury and Dorothy Ilarlittle. Lydia
Marshall, his wife, b. Feb. 18, 1655-6, was the dau. of Capt. Samuel
Marshall of Windsor, Ct., and Mary Wilton, dau. of Lt. David Wilton,
whom he m. May 6, 1652. She d. Oct. 28, 1732, aet. 75. Their
children were 7 :
I. Dorothy Hawley, b. Sept. 6, 1678, d. Aug. 23, 1682.
II. Lydia Hawley, b. July 7, 1680, m. Capt. Henry Dwight, d. April
27, 1748, aet. 68.
III. Lt. Joseph Hawley b. Aug. 28, 1682, m. Nov. 6, 1722, Rebecca
Stoddard, b. 1686 (dau. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton
and Esther Mather). He d. by his own hand June 1, 1735, aet. 52 :
his wife d. Jan. 2, 1766, aet. 80, for 31 years a widow.
IV. Dorothy, 2d, b. Aug. 20, 1684, m. May 29, 1716, Rev. Thomas
Cheney of Brookfield, Mass., its first minister.
V. Samuel Hawley, b. Feb. 23,1687.
VI. Thomas Hawley, b. Sept. 29, 1689.
VII. Ebenezer Hawley, b. May 2, 1694.
Major Joseph Hawley, b. Oct. 8, 1723, was the son of Lt. Joseph
Hawley and Rebecca Stoddard. He was, says Prest. Dwight (Travels,
etc., vol. i. p. 335), " one of the first men in Mass. Bay, for a considerable
period before the Revolution — an event in which few men exerted a
more efficient influence. He was a very able advocate : I never heard
one speak with more force." " He was at times very hypochondriacal."
It will interest the descendants of Capt. Henry Dwight to read an
account of his wife's marriage-outfit, which the author found at North-
ampton.
" An account of goods Lydia Hawley had at her marriage and
since." They were Jiad of David Wilton, and the account was made
out after his decease by her father. The prices given are the cost-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli ofDedham, Ma*s. 625
prices of the articles to him. By adding 100 per [cent, to them the
pay-price given by Mr. Hawley to Mr. Wilton will be made manifest.
Behold then the account !
Five suits of good apparel not valued.
£. s. a. £. s. a.
Bible 080 Skillet 060
Kettle 2 0 0 Frying-pan 0 5 0
do 0 15 0 Iron pot 0 6 6
Warming-pan 0 13 0 7 pillow cases 0 1(5 0
Opiates 080 3 bath-cloths 080
Basin... 040 20 napkins 1 13 4
6 platters 1 8 0 2 chests 2 4 8
G porringers 080 2 wheels (spinning?) 080
1 do 0 1 0 6 chairs 0 10 8
6 spoons 030 Trammel slice — tongs 0 14 8
1 funnel 010 2 heaters 014
1 quart pot 040 1 pail 000
1 candlestick and earthen- Bread tub 0 2 0
ware 0 3 0 Wooden-ware 0 210
Sieve bottom 0 1 0 Brass skimmer and trench-
Pillion and cloth 016 0 er 0 2 8
Bed, bolster and pillows 300 A pair pot-hooks 020
Coverlid and 2 blankets 2 0 0 Jackspit 0 1 8
Curtains and valance 2 0 0 2 cows (40s. and 46s.) 4 6 0
6 pair sheets 5 0 0
The whole amounting when doubled, as all but two or tln-ee articles
were, to £48 12s., or $242. ]
[Fourth Generation.]
4148. i. Brig. Genl. Joseph Dwight (son of Capt. Henry Dwight of
Hatfield, Mass., and Lydia Hawley), b. Oct. 16, 1703, gracl. at Har-
vard in 1722, m. Aug. 11, 1726, Mary Pynchon of Springfield, Mass.,
b. Oct. 10, 1706 (dau. of Col. John Pynchon and Bathshua Taylor).
He spent some years at Springfield, where he was engaged in trade
(1723-31), but afterwards removed to Brookfield, Mass., where he
practised law for 20 years and more (1731-53), and went 11 different
times as a representative of the town to the Council of the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay (in 1731, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and '41, 8, 9, and '51).
He was Speaker of the Council in 1748-9. In 1752 he removed to
Stockbridge, to act as Trustee of " the Indian Schools," which relation
he held to them nearly or quite all the time that Jonathan Edwards
was also at work there as a missionaiy (1751-8) to that settlement of
whites and Christianized Indians. He was one of the few white
hearers that sat regularly under his preaching. They were both born
in Oct. 1703, and being of similar cultivated and religious tastes, must
have been greatly addicted to each other's company. In 1758 we find
626 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
that he has removed to Gr. Barrington, then called " Upper Sheffield,"
or " the north parish of Sheffield." On March 14th of that year he is
recorded in the town records as having been made selectman in the
town. On Nov. 9, 1759, he is spoken of as having been chosen
moderator of a parish-meeting. By the act incorporating the town
he was empowered to issue a warrant calling the first town-meeting.
The house which he erected at Gr. Barrington is still standing and is
in good repair.
From 1753 to 1761 he was Chief- Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas for Hampshire Co., Mass., and when (1761) the county was
divided he was made judge of the new county of Berkshire, then
formed, holding the office (1761-5) until his death. Gr. Barrington was
made the shire town of the county, and Genl. D wight, beside being
judge of the county court, was made also judge of probate, and held
this office likewise, duiing the same term (1761-5) until his death.
He had been previously (in 1730) appointed judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Worcester Co.
He was Colonel of Militia, but was made Brigadier General by Gov.
Shirley, Feb. 20, 1745, when on the expedition against Cape Breton.
In the attack upon Louisburgh, in 1745, he was second in general com-
mand, leading in person the Mass, artillery, called then as now, " The
Ancient and Honorable Company of Artillery of Boston." His cour-
age and skill on that occasion gained for him the approbation of the
army and of its chief officer.
In 1756 he led a brigade of Mass, militia to Lake Charnplain to re-
duce Ticonderoga.
His personal appearance was very fine. He was dignified in his gait
and bearing, and had great urbanity in his manners. He was an up-
right judge and an exemplary professor of the religion of his fathers.
" No man in civil life was more esteemed in the county." " He was a
man of singular veracity ; and all who knew him spoke of his virtues
with enthusiasm."
Mrs. Mary (Pynchon) Dwight, d. March 29, 1751, and he m. Aug.
1752, for a 2d wife, Mrs. Abigail Sergeant, widow of Rev. John Ser-
geant (missionary to the Housatonnoc Indians at Stockbridge, where he
d. July 27, 1749, aet. 38. See, for sketch of his life and character,
Sprague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. i. pp. 388-94). She was b. at New-
ton, Mass., April 20, 1721 (dan! of Col. Ephraim Williams, afterwards
(173<S— ) of Stockbridge, and Abigail Jones, dau. of Josiah Jones, Jr.,
of Watertown, Mass., and Abigail Barnes). She was half sister of
Col. Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College. She m. Bev.
John Sergeant, Aug. 16, 1739. He was b. at Newark, N. J., in 1710,
grad. at Yale in 1729, and tutor there for 4 years (1731-5), an earnest,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedJiam, Mass. 627
scholarly, godly man. She was a lady of fine talents and acquirements,
and of an elevated Christian character, and of commanding aspect and
demeanor. She was a parishioner of the distinguished Dr. Stephen
West of Stockbridge, and was much influenced by his powerful preach-
ing. She was a woman of strong faith and much prayerfulness.
Genl. Dwight d. June 19, 1765, act. 62. Mrs. Abigail Dwight d.
Feb. 15, 1791, aet. 69. Her epitaph reads thus:
In memory of Mrs. Abigail Dwight, who d. Feb. 15, 1791, aet. 69.
Blest with each grace that could her heart improve,
Command, or win, respect, esteem .and love,
She spent a long, long day in acts of care,
That she herself might for death's stroke prepare.
Heav'n gave the blow : in mercy called her hence,
From pain and woes to its own recompense.
Adieu, dear saint ! May thy example prove
Lessons of good to those thou heie didst love.
[The children of Rev. John Sergeant and Abigail Williams were :
i. Electa Sergeant, the first white child b. at Stockbridge, b. Aug.
31, 1740, who m. Jan. 31, 1765, Col. Mark Hopkins of Gr. Barrington
(brother of the distinguished Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins of Newport, R.
I.), b. Sept. 18, 1739 (son of Timothy Hopkins of Waterbury, Ct., and
Mary Judd), a lawyer. He d. at White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1776.
His son Archibald, b. March 23, 1766, was the father of Rev. Mark
Hopkins, D.D., Prest. of Williams College (1836-1872), b. Feb. 4,
1802, and of Prof. Albert Hopkins of same college, b. July 14, 1807.
ii. Erastus Sergeant, M.D., b. in 1742, the first physician that
Stockbridge ever had; a man of excellence and honor. He d. there
Nov. 14, 1814. His wife was Elizabeth Partridge of Hatfield, Mass.
iii. Rev. John Sergeant, b. in 1747, a missionary to the Indians at
New Stockbridge, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he d. Sept. 8, 1824, aet.
77. His wife was Mary Codner of Boston, Mass.
The mother of Mrs. Abigail (Williams) Sergeant, Abigail Jones, was
b. Sept. 14, 1694, and was dau. of Josiah Jones of Watertown, Mass.,
and Abigail Barnes.
Thomas Williams, M.D., of Deerfield, Mass., b. Feb. 24, 171 8, whose
dau. Anna m. Col. Elijah Dwight of Gr. Barrington (son of Genl.
Joseph Dwight and Mary Pynchon), see subsequent page, was her
brother. They removed from Newton, Mass., to Stockbridge, in
1738, and the next year she m. Rev. John Sergeant. For an account of
Rev. Mr. Sergeant and family, see Dwight's Travels, vol. ii., pp.
382-6, and Miss Electa Jones' Hist, of Stockbridge, pp. 41-122.]
The descendants of Genl. Joseph Dwight here enumerated extend to
No. 5261. See subsequent page.
C28 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hat field,
[Fifth Generation.] Children of Genl. Joseph Dwight :
Jiy first wife :
4158. i. Mary Dwight, b. June 22, 1727, d. July 10, 1734, act. 7.
4159. ii. Dorothy Dwight, b. Nov. 13, 1729, m. Hon. Jedediah
Foster, d. Jan. 12, 1818, act. 88.
4160. iii. Lydia Dwight, b. Jan. 3, 1731-2, m. Kev. Dr. John Wil-
lard, d. Jan. 23, 1798, aet. G6.
4161. iv. Henry Dwight, b. Dec. 22, 1733, grad. at Harvard in 1754,
d. aet. 22, unmarried, Feb. 28, 1756.
4162. v. Mary Dwight, 2d, b. Jan. 26, 1735-6, ra. Capt. Jonas
Locke, d. Feb. 7, 1812, aet. 76.
4163. vi. Bathsheba Dwight, b. March 12, 1737-8, d. aet. 22, Jan.
11, 1761.
4164. vii. Col. Elijah Dwight, b. April 23, 1740, d. June 12, 1794,
aet. 54.
4165. viii. Moses Dwight, b. Oct. 29, 1742, d. aet. 21, May 22, 1764.
4166. ix. Joseph Dwight, b. Jan. 23, 1744-5, d. July 1826, aet. 81.
l$y second wife :
4167. x. Pamela Dwight, b. June 9, 1754, m. Hon. Theodore Sedg-
wick, d. Sept. 20, 1807, aet. 53.
4168. xi. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Sept. 15, 1757, d. Sept. 15,
1804, aet. 47.
4169. xii. Wollaston Dwight, b. about 1759, d. soon.
[Pynchon Lineage.
No family in the land was more conspicuous for its excellence in the
early days of New England history than the Pynchon family. Three
times the D wights and Pynchons became immediately interconnected
by marriage, and all in the family of Capt. Henry Dwight's own chil-
dren : Genl. Joseph Dwight marrying Mary Pynchon, dan. of Col.
John Pynchon, Jr., of Springfield, and Bathshua Taylor : his brother,
Col. Josiah Dwight of Springfield, marrying Sarah Pynchon, dau. of
Col. William Pynchon of Springfield and Catharine Brewer, and so
cousin to Mary Pynchon, wife of Genl. Joseph Dwight ; and Anna
Dwight, their sister, marrying Dr. Charles Pynchon, brother to Mary
Pynchon, and son of Col. John Pynchon, Jr., and Bathshua Taylor.
The number of Dwights that have been also Pynchons has been there-
fore very large. For the benefit of any and all such, the author
has traced out, from various sources, a brief view of their Pynchon
lineage.
Nicholas Pynchon of Wales, sheriff of London in 1532, had a son,
John Pynchou of Writtle, Essex, who married Jane, heiress of Sir
Bichard Empson, and d. Nov. 29, 1573, leaving six children. His
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 629
widow, Mrs. Jane Pynchon, m. Dr. Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State.
See Heraldic Journal, Boston, April 1866. Their children:
i. William, who m. Rosa Reding of Pinner, Middlesex, Eng.
ii. John Pynchon, who settled in Springfield, Essex, Eng., and was
the progenitor of the American Pynchons.
iii. Sir Edward Pynchon.
iv. Agnes Pynchon, who m. Thomas Chicele of Hingham, Ferriers.
v. Elizabeth Pynchon, who m. Geoffrey Gates of St. Edmund's,
Bury.
vi. Jane Pynchon, who m. Andrew Paschal of Springfield, Eng.
ii. John Pynchon of Springfield, Essex, Eng., had a son, William
Pynchon, the settler in Massachusetts. He was one of the patentees
of the colony charter of Mass. Bay, and was appointed magistrate and
assistant in 1629 in England. He came hither in 1630, with Gov.
Winthrop, and began the settlement of Roxbury, Mass., being its prin-
cipal founder, and the prime mover in forming the Congregational
Church established there. In 1636 he removed to Springfield, Mass.
(Indian, Agawam), and made a settlement there — thus laying the foun-
dations himself of two important American towns.
In 1650 he was censured for having published a work entitled "The
Meritorious Price of Man's Redemption," and cited to appear before
the court, and laid under heavy bonds. It was a dialogue in form, and
is described as having been " a book full of errors and weakness, and
some heresy, which the General Court of Massachusetts condemned to
be burned." " The grand error of the book consisted," it was said,
''in regarding the sufferings of Christ as merely trials of his obedience."
The next year he retracted his sentiments, and the censure was sus-
pended ; but he was so much dissatisfied that he went back to Eng-
land, and never returned to this country again. He was a man of high
mark for both intellect and excellence. It was in 1652 that he left the
new world, after 22 years' residence here, for his old home.
His wife, whose name is unknown to the author, d. in 1630, shortly
after his arrival here : and he m. for a 2d wife Widow Frances San-
ford, " a grave matron of the church of Dorchester," Mass. She d. in
England, Oct. 10, 1657. He d. in Wyiardsburgh, Eng., Oct. 9, 1661,
aet. 72.
His children were by the first marriage. They were Ann, Mary,
Major John and Margaret. They all remained in this country.
1. Ann Pynchon m. Henry Smith of Springfield, " a godly, wise
young man." (1.) Their dau. Mary Smith m. April 15, 1665, Richard
Lord of Hartford, Ct. (son of Capt. Richard Lord). He d. Nov. 5,
1685, aet. 49. She m. for a 2d husband Dr. Thomas Hooker of Hart-
G30 Descendants of Henry Dwiqlit of Hatfield, Mass.,
ford, Ct., son of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farmington, Ct., without
issue. By her first marriage she had one child, Richard Lord, 3d, of
Hartford, who m. Abigail Wakeman of Boston. (?.) Hannah Smith,
another daughter, who m. Hon. John Allyii of Windsor, Ct. (son of
Hon. Matthew and Margaret Allyn). See Stiles' Hist. An. Windsor,
p. 521, and Hinumn's First Puritan Settlers, p. 37, and Hooker Lin-
eage, in The Appendix of this work.
2. Mary Pyuchon, m. Sept. 20, 1640, Elizur Holyoke of Springfield,
Mass.
3. Major John Pynchon. For accoxint of him see below.
4. Margaret Pynchon, m. Oct. 6, 1644, William Davis of Springfield.
[Second Generation in America.]
3. ii. Major John Pynchon (son of William Pynchon, the settler), b.
in England in 1625, came to this country with his father when but 5
.years old. He m. Oct. 30, 1645, Amy Wyllys, b. in England in 1624,
(dau. of Gov. Geo. Wyllys of Hartford, Ct., and Mary ). He was
a man of very superior talents, character and social position. lie rep-
resented the town of Springfield in the General Court in 1659, '62 and
'63, and was for 21 years (1665-86) an "Assistant" in it. He was
spoken of and addressed by the title of " The Worshipful." From
1652 to 1660 (when Hampshire Co. was incorporated) he, with two
others, had a joint commission to hear and determine causes, and from
1692 to 1702 he was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for
Hampshire Co. He was a large farmer and landholder, and owned
several saw-mills and grist-mills, and was much engaged in public biisi-
ness. Even as far off as New London, Ct., then was, he boxight 2,400
acres there, in company with James Rogers.
In King Philip's war, in 1675, his brick house, built in 1660, was
used as a fort for defense. At the beginning of the attack in June he
was in Hadley.
He d. Jan. 17, 1702-3, aet. 76. His wife d. Jan. 9, 1698-9, aet. 74.
[Third Generation.] Children :
4. i. Joseph Pynchon, M.D., b. July 26, 1646, grad. at Harvard in
1664, a physician at Springfield, representative to the General Court
in 1681-2, d. unmarried at Boston, Dec. 30, 1682, aet. 36.
5. ii. Col. John Pynchon, b. Oct. 15, 1647, d. April 25, 1721.
6. iii. Mary Pynchon, b. Oct. 28, 1650, m. Oct. 6, 1671, Joseph
Whiting of Westfield, and had 2 children :
1. Mary Whiting, b. Aug. 19, 1672.
2. Joseph Whiting, b. Dec. 5, 1674.
7. iv. William Pynchon, b. Oct. 11, 1653, d. June 15, 1674.
8. v. Mehitable Pynchon, b. Nov. 22, 1661, d. July 24, 1663.
Son of Timothy ', Son ofJolin, l>otliof Dedliam, Mass. 631
5. ii. Col. John Pynchon, b. Oct. 15, 1647, m. about 1672 Margaret
Hubbard (dau. of Rev. William Hubbard of Ipswicli, Mass., the N. E.
Historian, and Margaret Rogers, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Ips-
wich and Margaret Crane). He was Lt. Colonel, and clerk of the
courts and register of deeds. He lived at Boston, and afterwards
at Ipswich and Springfield. He was made judge in 1708, and d.
April 25, 1721. (See Washburn's Judicial Hist. Mass.) She d. at
Springfield Nov. 11, 1716. His children were all born at Ipswich.
[Fourth Generation.] Children:
9. i. Col. John Pynchon, Jr., b. in 1674, d. July 12, 1742.
10. ii. Margaret Pynchon, b. about 1680, m. Capt. Nathaniel
Downing.
11. iii. Col. William Pynchon, b. in 1689, d. Jan. 1, 1741, act. 52.
9. i. Col. John Pynchon, Jr., b. in 1674, m. Feb. 18, 1702, Bath-
shua Taylor, b. in 1683 (dau. of Rev. Edward Taylor of Westfield,
Mass., and Elizabeth Fitch his first wife, dau. of Rev. James Fitch of
Norwich, Ct.). She d. June 20, 1710, aet. 27, and he m. for 2d wife,
Nov. 3, 1711, Phebe Sexton of Enfield, Ct., b. Jan. 7, 1686. She d.
Oct. 17, 1722, aet. 36.
He is called in the records of him " a man of great improvements in
Springfield and the neighboring towns, and in laying out the lands in
Springfield and Suffield, Enfield and Longmeadow." He was also one
of the commissioners of the united colonies. He was a trader. He d.
July 12, 1742, aet. 68.
(The 5 sisters of Bathshua Taylor, his wife, daughters of Rev, Ed-
ward Taylor of Westfield by his 2d wife, Ruth Wyllys, whom he m.
June 2, 1692, all married ministers, viz : 1. Ruth Taylor, b. April
16, 1693, who m. in 1713 Rev. Benjn. Colton of W. Hartford, Ct.
2. Naomi Taylor, b. in 1695, who in. Rev. Ebenezer Devotion of Suf-
field, Ct. 3. Ann Taylor, b. in 1696, who m. Rev. Benjamin Lord of
Norwich, Ct. 4. Mehitable Taylor, b. Aug. 14, 1699, who m. Rev.
William Gager of Lebanon, Ct. 5. Keziah Taylor, b. April 4, 1702,
who m. Rev. Isaac Stiles of North Haven, Ct., the parents of Prest.
Ezra Stiles of Yale College.)
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
-Z?y first wife :
12. i. Elizabeth Pynchon, b. Dec. 27, 1702, m. in 1720, Benjamin
Colton of Longmeadow, Mass. She d. Sept. 26, 1776, aet. 73.
13. ii. William Pynchon, b. Nov. 11, 1703, m. a wife, Sarah, who.
d. Feb. 21, 1776, aet. 84. He d. Jan. 11, 17^3, aet. 79. He had a
son, William, b. in 1740, who m. in 1766 his cousin, Lucy Harris (dau.
of Lt. Robt. Harris and Bathshua Pynchon). He d. March 24, 1808,
aet. 68.
C32 Descendants of Henry Divight of IlatfielJ,
14. iii. John Pynchon (twin), b. Feb. 7, 1704-5, m. widow Mary
Leavitt, nee Winch ell, widow of Lt. Joshua Leavitt. of Suffield, Ct. He
d. April 6, 1754, aet. 49.
15. iv. Hon. Joseph Pynchon (twin), b. Feb. 7, 1704-5, d. in 1765-
16. v. Mary Pynchon, b. Oct. 10, 1706, m. Brig. Genl. Joseph
D wight, d. March 29, 1751, aet. 44.
17. vi. Bathshua Pynchon, b. Jan. 11,1708, m. Feb. 18,1730-1,
Lt. Robert Harris, "a clothier" of Springfield, b. Aug. 1, 1700, at
Brookline, Mass, (son of Daniel Harris and Joanna Brown). She d.
in 1760.
J}y second wife :
18. vii. Martha Pynchon, b. in 1712, d. Dec. 8, 1712.
19. viii. Edward Pynchon, b. April 9, 1713, m. a widow Bliss, with-
out issue. He d. Nov. 3, 1777.
20. ix. Nathaniel Pynchon, b. March 2, 1715, d. Oct. 10, 1722.
21. x. Capt. George Pynchon, b. April 20, 1717, d. June 26, 1797.
His wife Hannah d. Aug. 10, 1751, having previously had son, Peter,
b. Jan. 24, 1750-1. He m. again and had children: George, Louisa,
Nathaniel, Peter (1st and 2d) and Henry.
22. xi. Charles Pynchon, M.D., b. Jan. 31, 1719, a noted physician
at Springfield. He m., July 1749, Anna Dwight, sister of Genl. Joseph
Dwight. He d. Aug. 9, 1783, aet. 64.
23. xii. Margaret Pynchon, b. about 1721, d. Oct. 27, 1722.
There was also a son b. and d. June 19, 1710, that if enumerated
here would have been No. vii.
[Fourth Generation.]
11. iii. Col. William Pynchon (son of Col. John Pynchon and Mar-
garet Hubbard), b. in 1689, was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
and resided at Springfield, He in. May 15, 1721, Catharine Brewer,
b. Oct. 25, 1700 (dau. of Rev. Daniel Brewer of Springfield and Cath-
arine Chauncey. (See Hist, of Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. p.
1281-2.) He d. Jan. 1, 1741-2, aet. 52. She d. killed by lightning
April 10, 1747, aet. 47.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
24. i. Sarah Pynchon, b. Aug. 14, 1721, m. about 1750 Col. Josiah
Dwight (bro. of Genl. Joseph Dwight), b. Oct. 23, 1715, a merchant
at Springfield and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. She d. with-
out issue Aug. 4, 1755. He m. again and had 5 children.
25. ii. William Pynchon, Esq., b. Dec. 11, 1723, grad. at Harvard
in 1743, an eminent lawyer at Salem, Mass. He m. Catharine Sewall
(dau. of Mitchell Sewall of Salem, Mass.., and Mary Cabot, dau. of
John Cabot). He d. March 14, 1789. He had 5 children : Elizabeth,
Son of Timotliy, Son nfjolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 633
who m. Timothy Orne ; Catharine, who m. William Wetmore ; Sarah,
who m. Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver ; and sons William and John, who
d. unmarried.
26. iii. Margaret Pynchon, b. Nov. 24, 1727, whom. Jan. 11, 1750,
Major Elijah Williams of Deerfield, Mass. She d. April 1772.
27. iv. Daniel John Pynchon, b. Oct. 7, 1733, d. while at Yale
College, April 22, 1754.
28. v. Joseph Pynchon, b. Oct. 30, 1737, grad. at Yale in 1757, m.
about 1759, Sarah Ruggles, dau. of Rev. Thomas Ruggles of Guilford,
Ct. He lived at Guilford, but being a tory he removed to Nova Scotia.
His property was confiscated. He afterwards returned to Guilford
and d. there Nov. 23, 1794. She d. there in 1807. Their children
were :
29. 1. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, M.D., b. in 1760, a physician in
Guilford, Ct., and d. there in 1796.
30. 2, Sarah Pynchon, b. in 1763, m. Nathaniel Rossiter.
31. 3. Catharine Pynchon, b. in 1768, m. Henry Caldwell.
32. 4. Mary Pynchon, b. in 1775, d. in 1776.]
[Fifth Generation.]
4159. ii. Dorothy Dwight (dau. of Genl. Joseph D wight and Mary
Pynchon), b. Nov. 13, 1729, m. May 18, 1749, Hon. Jedediah Foster,
b. Oct. 10, 1726 (son of Ephraini Foster, Jr., of Andover, Mass., and
Abigail Poor) and grad. at Harvard in 1744. He engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits at Brookfield with Genl. Joseph Dwight, and was a deacon
in the church. He held varioiis military offices, from captain of a com-
pany to major of a regiment, under Major Genl. Winslow} by commission
from Gov. Shirley. In 1754 he was commission justice of the peace
. and of the quorum for Worcester Co. He was also judge of probate,
and afterwards one of the judges of the Superior Court of Massachu-
setts. He was a representative of the town in the General Council for
15 years (1761-76), and a member of all the Provincial Congresses of
Massachusetts. In 1779 he was a member of the Convention for
forming a State Constitution, and of the Committee itself appointed
to draft it, during the session of which Committee he died.
He was a man of thorough integrity and honor, and of large bene-
volence, an active Christian and a zealous patriot. " Blessed with a
happy steadiness and presence of mind " he always studied to be use-
ful, " being of the fixed opinion that no one should desire to outlive his
usefulness." He was especially hopeful, determined and active in that
part of the revolutionary war in which he had an. opportunity to take
any share of duty or service. lie d. at Brookfield, Oct. 17, 1779, aet.
53. She d. Jan. 12, 1818, aet. 89, having been for 38 years a widow.
41
634 Descendants of Henry Dwiyht of Hat-field, Mass.,
Her personal appearance was thus described by her grandson, Alfred
Dwight Fostei-, Esq., in a letter addressed, Jan. 19, 1842, by him to
Frederic A. Foster, Esq., of Lancaster, O. : " She had always, within my
memory, ahead of perfectly white hair and very black eyes, although
the Dwights almost without exception have light complexions and
blue eyes, as my father and uncles Theodore and Theophilus had."
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
4170. i. Pamela Foster, b. Aug. 12, 1750, d. Jan. 19, 1751.
4171. ii. Hon. Theodore Foster, b. April 29, 1752, O. S.,d. Jan. 13,
1828, aet. 75.
4172. iii. Theophilus Foster, b. March 16, 1754, d. Oct. 8, 1833.
4173. iv. Abigail Foster, b. Jan. 10, 1756, d. unmarried July 25,
1779, aet. 23. She is described as having been " a lady of superior
talents and accomplishments, of a sweet attractive disposition, and full
of faith in God, and of the spirit of duty, and of patient endurance un-
der severe trials."
4174. v. Judge Dwight Foster, b. Dec. 7, 1757, d. April 23, 1823.
4175. vi. Hon. Peregrine Foster, b. Dec. 27, 1759, d. Aug. 1, 1804.
4176. vii. Ruth Foster, b. Sept. 11, 1766, m. Genl. Thomas Ives, d.
Feb. 15, 1852, aet. 85.
[Reginald Foster, the founder of the Foster Family in this country,
came in 1638 to Ipswich, Mass., from the west of England, with his wife
and seven children, five of them sons. He lived to extreme old age.
His sons were Abraham, Reginald,William, Isaac and Jacob, all born in
England. One of his daughters m. a Story, ancestor of Chief-Justice
Story. They all lived to old age.
Reginald Foster, b. at Exeter, England, was descended, it is said,
from Sir Reginald Foster, made a baronet in 1461 (see Chamberlayne's
Present State of Great Britain). It is a tradition (of how much value
the author knows not) that he m. a grand-daughter of the great Shak-
speare (?)
Abraham Foster (son of Reginald Foster, the settler), b. in 1622, in
England, lived at Ipswich, Mass., where he also married and had six
children. He d. there Jan. 25, 1711, aet. 88.
His eldest son, Ephraim, b. Oct. 9, 1657, m. about 1677 Hannah
Eames, and had 12 children, seven of them sons. Of these, Ephraim
Jr., the eldest, b. March 12, 1687, at Andover, Mass., m. Abigail Poor
of Newbury, about 1717. He d. April 8, 1738 : she d. Aug. 28, 1747.
They had 6 children, all of whom d. young but Jedediah Foster, b. Oct,
10, 1726.]
[Sixth Generation.]
4171. ii. Hon. Theodore Foster (son of Hon. Jedediah Foster and
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, both of Dedliam, Mass. 635
Dorothy Dwight), b. April 29, 1752 (or May 10, 1752, N. S.), grad. at
Brown University (then called " R. I. College"), Sept. 5, 1770, m. in
1771 Lydia Fenner of Providence, R. I., b. March 1, 1748 (dau. of
Arthur Fenner and sister of Gov. James Fenner of R. I.). She d.
June 1801. He m. June 18, 1803, for 2d wife, Esther Bowen Mil-
lard, b. June 15, 1785 (dau. of Rev. Noah Millard of Foster, R. I.,
and Hannah Bowen). He was a lawyer at Providence. He was
elected a Justice of the peace for the town and county of Providence
at the General State Election in 1773, and was town-clerk for 12 years
(1775-87), and was in 1776 a member of the State legislature. In 1787
he was elected a member of the Governor's Council, and was for 13
years II. S. Senator (1790-1803). He d. Jan. 13, 1828, aet. 75. " He
was a thoroughly unselfish man, and had literary tastes, personal friend-
ships, and a love of nature which were far dearer to him than pecuniary
gain." In personal appearance he was dignified and pi-epossessing, and
in stature above the average height. His face, which was full and round,
beamed with benignity and intelligence. He had a light complexion
and blue eyes. His wife, Esther Millard, d. Dec. 29, 1815, aet. 30.
[Rev. Noah Millard, b. at Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 10, 1758, was the son
of Noah Millard and Jane Maxwell. He was a " Six-Principle-Baptist."
He preached without ordination at Foster, R. I. (a town incorporated
in 1781 and named in honor of the Hon. Theodore Foster), for some 10
years (1795-1805). In April, 1805, he removed to Burrillville, R. I.,
where he was ordained, Oct. 15, 1806, and preached until his death,
Oct. 25, 1834. He had 5 children: Hannah, Samuel, Esther Bowen,
Theodore Foster, and Arthur Lemuel.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
]3y first wife :
4177. i. Theodosia Foster, b. Dec. 24, 1772, m. Stephen Tillinghast,
d. Sept. 24, 1839.
4178. ii. Augusta Sophia Foster, b. April 7, 1773, d. Nov. 6, 1776.
4179. iii. Theodore Dwight Foster, b. Sept. 10, 1780, grad. at
Brown University in 1798, studied law and went to N. Orleans, La.,
to practise his profession, but d. soon after his arrival there, in the sum-
mer of 1802, of yellow fever, unmarried.
By second wife :
4180. iv. Maxwell Stewart Foster, b. Dec. 6, 1804, d. May 9, 1849,
aet. 44.
4181. v. Samuel Willis Foster, b. in Foster, R. I., Nov. 30, 1806,
d. Oct. 11, 1850, aet. 44.
4182. vi. Dwight Cranston Foster, b. in Foster, Dec. 1808, d. Aug.
16, 1852, aet. 43.
4183. vii. Theodore Foster, b. in Foster, April 3, 1812, d. Dec. 27,
1865, aet. 53.
G36 Descendants of Henry Dwiglitof Hatfield, Mass.,
4184. viii. Luzelia Sarah Foster, b. in Foster, Oct. 4, 1815, m.
Joseph W. Seymour.
4177. i. Theodosia Foster, b. Dec. 24, 1772, m. May 23, 1794, Ste-
phen Tillinghast, b. Sept. 17, 17G8 (son of Daniel Tillinghast and
Lydia Hopkins, dau. of Gov. Hopkins), grad. at Brown University in
1788, a merchant at Providence, and Prest. of an Insurance Co. He
was highly respected for his upright and honorable character. He was
established for several years in business in New York. She d. Sept.
24,1839: he d. Feb. 6, 1841.
[Eighth Generation.] Children : •
4185. i. George Hopkins Tillinghast, M.D., b. in New York, March
19, 1795, d. Aug. 28, 1858.
4186. ii. Ophelia Dwight Tillinghast, b. March 19, 1796, d., aet. 14,
Sept. 21, 1810.
4187. iii. Hon. Charles Foster Tillinghast, b. June 18, 1797, d. Aug.
3, 1864.
4188. iv. Frances Theodosia Tillinghast, b. Oct. 15, 1798, d. March
9, 1818.
4185. i. George Hopkins Tillinghast, M.D., b. March 19, 1795,
grad. at Brown University in 1814, was a physician and apothecary in
Providence. When about entering upon medical practice, he was crip-
pled for life by the falling of a piece of timber upon him in a tornado.
He m. Oct. 16, 1825, Louisa Lyman, b. at Newport, R. I., April 16,
1797 (dau. of Chief Justice Daniel Lyman of Providence and Mary
Wanton). He d. Aug. 28, 1858, aet. 63.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4189. i. Francis Theodosia Tillinghast, b. Oct. 13, 1826, d. Feb. 17,
1842.
4190. ii. Charles Tillinghast, b. June 16, 1828, m. May 16, 1848,
Lucy S. Leonard of Providence. He was a merchant in New York.
He went into the late war for God and his native land, and fell leading
bravely on his company before the entrenchments at Newbern, N. C.,
•when his fellow-soldiers were just seizing upon victory, March 14, 1862,
aet. 35. He had one child, Frances, who d. aet. 3.
4191. iii. Julia Lyman Tillinghast, b. Nov. 2, 1830, m. John W.
Alom of Providence.
4192. iv. Henry Lyman Tillinghast, b. Jan. 13, 1833, d. Feb. 25,
1862, from injuries received at the battle of Bull Run. He was one
of the first to enlist in the late rebellion, in the First R. I. Regt. of
Union Yols.
4193. v. Stephen Hopkins Tillinghast, b. May 9, 1835, is a resident
at Providence.
Son of Timothy ) Son of Jolm, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 637
4191. iii. Julia Lyman Tilliiighast, b. Nov. 2, 1830, m. Jan. 18,
1855, John W. Alom of Providence (son of John W. Alom and Celinda
Barton), b. April 3, 1830.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4194. i. Louise Lyman Alom, b. Jan. 12, 1856.
4195. ii. Annie Barton Alom, b. March 21, 1858.
4196. iii. Sophie Tilliiighast Alom, b. March 19, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
4187. iii. Hon. Charles Foster Tillinghast (son of Stephen Tilliiig-
hast and Theodosia Foster), b. June 18, 1797, m. May 15, 1822,
Susanna Richmond, b. May 27, 1800 (dau. of William Richmond of
Providence and Clarissa Andrews). He was grad. at Brown Uni-
versity in 1814, and was a lawyer at Providence for nearly 50 years
(1817-64). He was largely conversant with the details of the law of
real estate and of conveyances and probate, and especially with the whole
system of private trusts, real and personal. He was a member in 1848
of the Constitutional Convention of R. I., and was at one time a mem-
ber of the State legislature. He d. Aug. 3, 1864. She d. Sept. 29,
1862.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4197. i. William Richmond Tillinghast, b. March 2, 1823, d. Dec. 1,
1847. He m. in 1844 Frances Eliza Peckham of Providence, b. Nov.
20, 1821. He resided in Providence, where he d. Dec. 1, 1847. He
had one child :
4198. 1. Charles Foster Tillinghast, b. May 27, 1845, who resides
'in Pittsburgh, Pa.
4199. ii. Stephen Hopkins Tillinghast, b. June 15, 1826, d. Aug.
13, 1827.
4200. iii. James Tillinghast, b. July 22, 1828.
4201. iv. Sophia Foster Tillinghast, b. May 9, 1833, resides un-
married in Providence.
4200. iii. James Tillinghast, b. July 22, 1828, grad. at Brown Uni-
versity in 1849, a lawyer in Providence since 1851. He m. May 26,
1857, Sarah Benson Anthony (dau. of Henry Anthony of Providence,
and Charlotte Benson).
To him and his sistor is due the account here given of the Tilling-
hast branch of the Dwight- Foster family.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4202. i. William Richmond Tillinghast, b. April 15, 1858.
4203. ii. Henry Anthony Tillinghast, b. Sept. 15, 1859.
4204. iii. Theodore Foster Tillinghast, b. Sept. 25, 1861.
4205. iv. Stephen I lopkins Tillinglwst, b. Sept. 1863, d. April, 1865.
638 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Daniel Tillinghast was descended from Pardon Tillinghast, the
settler, who was .b. in 1622, at Seven Cliffs, near Beachy Head, Eng.
He went first to Providence, and thence, in 1663, to Newport, R. I., but
before 1677 returned to Providence again. He was in 1681 an elder
of the old Baptist church. He built in 1700, at his own expense, the
first Baptist meeting-house in that city, and gave a deed of it to the
church, April 14, 1711. He m. for a 2d wife Lydia Taber of Tiverton,
R. I. The name is said to be a corruption of the motto, " Till in
haste ! " which is found on the coat of arms, consisting of a crow,
harrow and spade, indicating the life of a husbandman.
Judge Daniel Lyman, b. in Durham, Ct., Jan. 27, 1756, left with
his class, then Junior, at Yale, for Cambridge, Mass., after the news of
the battle at Lexington, and was at once appointed Captain under
Arnold, and the next year Brigade-Major under Genl. Fellows, and in
1778, Adjutant Genl. under Genl. Heath. He practised law at Newport,
R. I., for several years after the war. He was also Chief Justice of
the State. He d. Oct. 16, 1830, aet. 74.]
[Seventh Generation.]
4180. iv. Maxwell Stewart Foster (son of Hon. Theodore Foster
and Esther Bowen Millavd), b. Dec. 6, 1804, m. Aug. 27, 1823, Mary
Howard, b. Nov. 12, 1795 (dau. of Silas Howard of Burrillville, R. I.,
and Mary Bowen). She d. May 24, 1835 ; and he m. a 2d wife, Lydia
— , who d. soon, and afterwards m. a 3d wife, Maria Thompson.
He was a farmer at Burrillville. He d. there May 9, 1849, aet. 44.
He resided for a short time at Syracuse. N. Y.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
By first wife :
4206. i. Esther Foster, b. May 30, 1824, d. Dec. 9, 1831, aet. 7.
4207. ii. Emmeline Foster, b. April 4, 1825, m. Lewis Chamberlain.
By second wife :
4208. iii. George Foster, b. about 1838, resides in Syracuse, N. Y.
4209. iv. Ruby Foster, b. about 1841.
4207. ii. Emmeline Foster, b. April 4, 1825, m. March 8, 1847,
Lewis Chamberlain, b. Nov. 1, 1825 (son of Alphexis Chamberlain and
Lydia Brown), a farmer at North Coventry, Ct. He enlisted Aug. 5,
1861, at Harrisville, R. I., as a private in the 4th R. I. Regt., Co. D,
and was in the Burnside expedition in Virginia, Maryland, N. Caro-
lina, etc. After a year and a quarter of service he was compelled by
long sickness to leave the army.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4210. i. Mary Elizabeth Chamberlain, b. June 9, 1849, m. Sept. 20,
1866, John Hervey Talcott, b. Sept. 7, 1846 (son of Dea. Joseph Tal-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 639
cott of Coventry and Abigail Turner), a farmer in Coventry. One
child:
4211. 1. Mary Abigail Talcott, b. Oct. 9, 1867.
4212. ii. Martha Melinda Chamberlain, b. Feb. 26, 1853, m. Nov.
11, 1869, John E. Wright, and has 2 children:
**** 1. Lulu May Wright, b. Sept. 25, 1871.
**** 2. Lillian Wright, b. July 25, 1873.
4213. iii. Sarah Louisa Chamberlain, b. Feb. 16, 1855, m. March
4, 1874, Elias F. Wilcox (son of Stephen E. Wilcox of Norwich, Ct.,
and Eliza S. Bushnell), b. in Sprague, Ct., Oct. 6, 1853.
4214. iv. Frederic Leroy Chamberlain, b. July 21, 1860.
4215. v. D wight Merrick Chamberlain, b. Feb. 18, 1865, d. March
21, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
4181. v. Samuel Willis Foster (son of Hon. Theodore Foster and
Esther Millard), b. Nov. 30, 1806, m. Feb. 23, 1829, Ruth Belden
Seymour, b. Nov. 6, 1808 (dau. of Ira Seymour of Webster, Mich., and
Betsey Morehouse). He removed in May 1828 to Dexter, Mich., then
all but a wilderness, and in 1830 to Scio, Mich., where he followed
milling (flour and himber) for many years. He was very zealous in
advocating anti-slavery and temperance principles of private and public
action, at a time and in a section where such ideas were specially un-
popular. In the rage for emigration to California in 1850, he went there
also, for purposes of mining, and shortly after his arrival d. in San
Francisco, Oct. 11, 1850. He was a man of positive convictions,
generous sympathies and great energy of character. His widow resides
at Hudson, Wis.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4216. i. Oscar Foster, b. Aug. 15, 1830, d. Sept. 16, 1830.
4217. ii. Andrew Dwight Foster, b. Aug. 5, 1832.
4218. iii. Esther Foster, b. Sept. 17, 1834.
4210. iv. Betsey Seymour Foster, b. Nov. £2, 1837, d. Sept. 13, 1838.
4220. v. Joseph Seymour Foster, b. Feb. 21, 1842, d. Oct. 4, 1842.
4221. vi. Ira Seymour Foster, b. April 1, 1846.
[Seventh Generation.]
4182. vi. Dwight Cranston Foster (son of Hon. Theodore Foster
and Esther Millard), b. Dec. 28, 1808, in. June 8, 1832, Alma Jeanette
Seymour, b. March 19, 1816 (dau. of Ira Seymour of Webster, Mich.,
and Betsey Morehouse). She d. in Scio, Mich., Jan. 11, 1843. He
m. Nov. 1, 1843, Cornelia Seymour, her sister, b. April 17, 1806.
In 1836 he removed to Scio, Mich., and engaged in milling with his
brother Samuel (1836-43). In 1843 he removed to Commerce, Mich.,
640 Descendants of Henry D wight of JIatfield, Mass.,
where he was a miller (both flour and lumber) until his death, Aug.
16, 1852, act. 43. He was a zealous advocate of the rights and in-
terests of the neglected and abused classes of society. His widow
resides at Detroit, Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
Jly first wife:
4222. i. Edward Dwight Foster, b. at Scio, May 12, 1838, a leather
merchant in Detroit (Mumford, Foster & Co.).
4223. ii. Lydia Foster, b. at Scio, July 23, 1840, d. July 26, 1843.
_Z?y second wife:
4224. iii. Lydia Foster, 2d, b. at Commerce, Mich., May 30, 1845,
m. Sept. 1870, David Wilson of Crawford's Quarry, Mich.
4225. iv. Mary Foster, b. Feb. 2, 1848, at Commerce, has been an
invalid and bed-ridden for 10 years.
[Seventh Generation.]
4183. vii. Theodore Foster (son of Hon. Theodore Foster and Esther
Millard), b. April 3, 1812. In 1827, when 14 years of age, he ship-
ped as a sailor-boy on a vessel bound for the East Indies. Having
received ill treatment he deserted the ship at New Orleans, and actually
came back on foot from that distant point to his home in Rhode Island.
Finding that his father had died in his absence, he went to Dexter,
Mich., in 1829, where his brother Samuel then lived.
On the formation of The Abolition Party, he became one of its most
active members. He edited " The Signal of Liberty," at Ann Arbor
(1841-7), which in 1847, was merged in " The National Era," published
at Washington, D.C. He advocated earnestly the election of James
G. Birney to the Presidency. He was considered by leading anti-sla-
very men a very able and clear-headed writer on our national duties,
interests and dangers. He edited also for some time after 1847, " The
Free Democrat" of Detroit. In 1855 he was appointed by Gov.
Bingham one of The Building Commissioners for The Reform School
at Lansing, Mich., and before its completion, in 1856, was made its
Superintendent, and held the office for 4 years (1856-60), being after-
wards also one of '' The Board of Control." He was clerk of the City
of Lansing, Mich. (1861-2), deputy-collector (1863-4), and editor
(1864) of The Lansing State Republican, a position which poor health
compelled him to resign soon. He d. of consumption, Dec. 27, 1865,
act. 53.
He was equally modest and earnest. Constitutionally conservative,
he was from deep moral conviction thoroughly radical. Naturally very
sensitive to misappreciation and opposition and obloquy, he yet de-
lighted in defending and promoting everywhere, as opportunity offered,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 641
whatever seemed to him to be truest and best, no matter what were
the odds against him.
He was a mail of quick perceptions, strong memory and philosophic
habits of thought, with fine logical powers of reasoning. He was also
a close student, and much addicted to literary occupations. He had
dark hair and eyes, and a florid complexion.
He m. July 15, 1832, Frances Delia Seymour, b. June 9, 1804 (dau.
of Ira Seymour of Victor, N. Y., and Betsey Morehouse, afterwards
of "Webster, Mich.). Five times the Foster and Seymour fannies thus
intermarried.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4226. i. Charles Tillinghast Foster, b. at Scio, Mich., Jan. 16, 1834,
enlisted May 11, 1861, in the 3d Mich. Regt., and joined the army of
the Potomac under Genl. McClellan. The regimental color-bearer
having been killed at the battle of Williamsbxirgh, the colonel asked
the regiment, " Who will take the colors." No one else offering to
take such a great risk, he stepped forth from the ranks, after a brief
delay, and said : " I will take them, they shall not go a begging."
He bore them into the next battle at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, know-
ing that he was marching to certain death, and was shot in the left
side of the neck. He held fast to the dear flag after he had fallen,
and said with his last breath : " Let some one take the colors ! "
4227. ii. Frances (" Fanny ") Foster, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec.
19, 1842, m. April 18, 1864, Albert Eugene Cowles, b. May 14, 1838, at
Chardon, O. (son of Joseph Plielps Cowles and Fanny Howe). He
was grad. at the Law Department of the University of Michigan in
1862, and since May 1864 has practised law at Lansing, Mich. They
have an adopted daughter, Grace Cowles, b. June 2, 1870.
4228. iii. Seymour Foster, b. at Ann Arbor, July 1, 1845, enlisted
Dec. 20, 1863, among the U. S. Sharpshooters, 3d brigade, 3d divi-
sion, 2d Army Corps, and served until the end of the war. He was
in all the battles of « The Wilderness," at " Todd's Tavern," « Po
River," " Spottsylvania," " North Ann River," " Cold Harbor," « Pe-
tersburgh, Va.," " Weldon R, Road," "Deep Bottom," " Boydton
Plank Road," etc., in all 46 skirmishes and battles, and was not once
wounded. He was mustered out at Detroit, July 17, 1865. He resides
now at Lansing.
[Seventh Generation.]
4184. viii. Luzelia Sarah Foster (dau. of Hon, Theodore Foster and
Esther Millard), b. Oct. 4, 1815, m. Jan. 3, 1834, Joseph Willard Sey-
mour, b. March 1, 1811 (son of Ira Seymour of Webster, Mich., and
Betsey Morehouse), a miller in Scio, Mich. (1833-7), and afterwards
642 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
a merchant in Lima, Mich. (1837-9), and in Commerce, Mich. (1839-
40), where he d. May 7, 1840. She m. for a 2d husband, Oct. 15, 1841,
John Comstock, b. Dec. 19, 1813 (son of Rev. Elkanah Comstock,
Bapt. , of Pontiac, Mich., and Sarah Green), a banker at Hudson, Wis.,
where they have resided since 185G. No children by this marriage.
By her first husband she had one child :
4229. 1. Theodosia Tillinghasfc Seymour, b. July 23, 1839, d. Aug.
15, 1839.
To Mrs. Luzelia Comstock many of the facts here stated are thank-
fully credited.
[Sixth Generation.]
4172. iii. Theophilus Foster (son of Hon. Jedediah Foster and Dor-
othy Dwight), b. March 16, 1754, m. in 1774 Susanna Packard, b. in
1757. She d. April 2, 1801, aet. 44, and he m. for 2d wife Hannah
Crosby, without issue. He was a farmer at Brookfield, Mass., and
afterwards (1795-1833) at Wilmington, Vt., where he d. Oct. 8, 1833,
aet. 79. He had a light complexion and blue eyes.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4230. i. Dorothy Foster, b. March 22, 1776, m. Edmund Livermore,
d. June 2, 1842, aet. 66.
4231. ii. Theodore Adelphidus Foster, b. March 22, 1778, d. in 1825.
4232. iii. Jedediah Foster, b. Aug. 5, 1780.
4233. iv. Abigail Foster, b. April 3, 1782, d. unmarried May 25,
1803.
4234. v. Sarah Foster, b. June 27, 1784, m. in 1802, Daniel Bid-
dlecom of Wilmington, Vt. He lived in Avon, N. Y., where he d. in
1813, leaving 5 daughters and 1 son.
4235. vi. Clarissa Foster, b. June 26, 1786, d. April 20, 1848, aet. 62.
4236. vii. Lydia Foster, b. Nov. 2, 1789, d. June 1790.
4237. viii. Elijah Dwight Foster, b. April 12, 1791.
4238. ix. Rev. Peregrine Pynchon Foster, b. May 10, 1793, d. Feb.
17, 1834, aet. 40.
4239. x. Susan Foster, b. Sept. 22, 1795, m. Jonathan Haskins.
4230. L Dorothy Foster, b. March 22, 1776, m. Dec. 1, 1796, Ed-
mund Livermore, b. Aug. 16, 1769 (son of Daniel Livermore and Eliza-
beth Allen), a farmer at Wilmington, Vt., where he also kept public-
house for a time. He d. there June 30, 1834, aet. 65. She d. June 2,
1842, aet. 66.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4240. i.«Semantha Livermore, b. May 28, 1798, d. Sept. 9, 1798.
4241. ii. Daniel Livermore, b. June 30, 1799.
4242. iii. Susan Livermore, b. March 27, 1801, m. Joel Nye.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 643
4243. iv. Alonzo Livermore, b. Feb. 25, 1803.
4244. v. Betsey Livermore, b. Aug. 20, 1805, m. Ira Adams, and d.
Oct. 25, 1352.
4245. vi. Sernantha Livermore, 2d, b. June 2, 1807, m. March 5,
1854, without issue, James Smith of Wilmington, Vt., a farmer, b. Oct.
19, 1796 (son of Medad Smith of Wilmington and Elizabeth Hale).
4246. vii. Edmund Randolph Livermore, b. May 28, 1808. d. Nov.
11, 1831, while a member of Dartmouth College.
4247. viii. Pamelia Foster Livermore, b. March 21, 1811, m. May
14, 1850, Reuben Spencer, a farmer near Mendota, 111., b. Dec. 26,
1821 (son of Joseph and Huldah Spencer of Wilmington).
4248. ix. Cynthia Livermore, b. March 23, 1813, d. Oct. 18, 1830.
4249. x. Jairus Livermore, b. Feb. 7, 1815, d. Dec. 9. 1862.
4250. xi. Harriet Newell Livermore, b. May 10, 1817, d. Aug. 31,
1838.
4251. xii. Henry Dwight Livermore, b. March 7, 1820, m. Feb. 8,
1855, Lydia Walker Corbett, b. July 25, 1821 (dau. of Philip Corbett
of Wilmington and Eunice Hix), a farmer at Wilmington, Vt. He d.
in 1872. His widow resides at Wilmington. They had one child :
4252. 1. Cora Jane Livermore, b. Oct. 13, 1857.
To Mr. Henry D. Livermore is due the account here given of his
father's descendants. He says of his father's children : " All of the
sons and four of the daughters have taught school more or less ; and
some of us have made it a business for several years. For honesty and
respectability the family has been second to few ; but the faculty of
easy or large acquisition of worldly goods seems not to be characteristic
of the family."
4241. ii. Daniel Livermore, b. June 30, 1799, m. Jan. 21, 1828,
Mary Ann Robinson (dau. of Thomas Robinson of Baltimore, Md.,
and Elizabeth Stuart, dau. of Dr. David Stuart of Port Penn, Dela-
ware). He is insane. His wife resides at Port Penn, Del. His em-
ployment has been that of a civil engineer.
[Ninth Genei*ation.] Children:
4253. i. William Darrach Livermore, b. Dec. 20, 1828, an apothecary
in Philadelphia, was drowned in the Delaware river, July 19, 1854.
4254. ii. Origen Livermore, b. in Blairsville, Va., Sept. 16, 1830,
an apothecary in Philadelphia, d. April 8, 1864.
4255. iii. Mary E. T. Livermore, b. about 1832, d. soon.
4256. iv. Jarves Stuart Livermore, b. about 1834, d. soon.
[Eighth Generation.]
4242. iii. Susan Livermore (dau. of Edmund Livermore and Doro-
thy Foster), b. March 27, 1801, m. April 18, 1824, Joel Nye of To-
644 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hat field, Mass.,
ledo. O., a farmer, b. in Brookfield, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1799 (son of
Jonathan Nye of Hume, N. Y., and Betsey Alton of Thompson, Ct.).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4257. i. Alonzo Randolph Nye, M.D., b. Feb. 20, 1825, a physician
at New Orleans, La., where he d. July 31, 1853.
4258. ii. Daniel Henry Nye, b. May 31, 1828.
4259. iii. Edmund Dwight Nye, b. July 29, 1830.
4258. ii. Daniel Henry Nye, b. May 31, 1828, was formerly a book-
seller at Toledo, O. He enlisted in the late rebellion, April 25, 18G1,
in the 14th Ohio regiment, Co. A, for 3 months' service, and entered
the Union army anew Aug. 13, 1861, for 3 years, as First Lieut, and
Quartermaster of the regiment. In Dec. 1861 the 14th Ohio, in
which he was a soldier, the 4th and 10th Kentucky, and 10th Indiana
regiinents were formed into a brigade at Lebanon, Ky., and he was
made A. C. S., holding the office until his term of service was ended,
Sept. 12, 1864. He took part in the battles of Wild Cat, Ky., Mill
Spring, Ky., Corinth, Miss, Perry ville, Ky., Chickamauga, Chatta-
nooga, and Mission Ridge, and was with Genl. Sherman in his Atlanta
campaign.
He is a farmer now at Teledo, O. He m. Aug. 7, 1854, Emma
Parker Swift, b. in Tiverton, R. I., June 19, 1835 (dau. of Albert
Swift of Toledo and Catharine Estes). She d. Jan. 1, 1867.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4260. i. Emma Swift Nye, b. Oct. 25, 1856, d. Oct. 2, 1858.
4261. ii. Henry Case Nye, b. Feb. 1, 1858, d. Jan. 1, 1863.
4262. iii. Emma Parker Nye, b. Dec. 31, 1866.
[Ninth Generation.]
4259. iii. Edmund Dwight Nye, b. July 29, 1830, m. Aug. 3, 1853,
Frances Lucinda Collins, b. Sept. 28, 1836 (dau. of Morgan Lewis
Collins of Toledo and Lucinda Lewis) : a lawyer, engaged in a com-
mercial agency in New York, but residing with his family in Brook-
lyn. Mrs. Lucinda Nye d. Aug. 24, 1854, and he m. Nov. 7, 1855,
Emma Caroline Jennison, b. Jan. 30, 1836.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
_Z?y first wife:
4263. i. Julia Frances Nye, b. March 7, 1854, d. Aug. 18, 1854.
_Z?y second wife :
4264. ii. Charles Edmund Nye, b, May 28, 1861, d. soon.
4265. iii. Robert Hatfield Nye, b. June 30, 1863.
4266. iv. William Nye, b. April 6, 1867.
[Eighth Genei-ation.]
4243. ir. Alonzo Livermore (son of Edmund Livermore and Dorothy
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 645
Foster), b. Feb. 25, 1803, m. April 30, 1826, Elizabeth Brunner, b.
Nov. 10, 1806 (clan, of Henry Brunner and Barbara Kern of Jones-
town, Pa.). He is a civil engineer, and has been busy all his life on
canals and railroads in New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. He
was engaged in the U. S. service in improving the Des Moines Rapids
in the Mississippi, at Keokuk, Iowa, and also the Rock Island Rapids.
He resides at Mendota, 111. His wife d. March 10, 1861.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4267. i. Pamelia Livermore, b. Feb. 15, 1827, d. aet. 22, May
1849, in Kentucky.
4268. ii. Fidelia Livermore, b. Jan. 17, 1829, m. Robert S. Howard.
4269. iii. Maria Livermore, b. April 10, 1832, d. June 5, 1832.
4270. iv. Horace Brunner Livermore, M.D., b. Aug. 23, 1833, a
physician at Macomb, 111. He m. April 1856, a dau. of Rev. Mr.
Hoffmann, a Lutheran clergyman at Reading, Pa. He has one child :
4271. 1. John Alonzo Livermore, b. July 1859.
4272. v. Alonzo Skiles Livermore, b. in Rumsey, Ky., Aug. 19,
1840, m. Jan. 9, 1868, Leila Robinson, b. in New Iberia, La. He
was grad. at Union Coll., N. Y., in 1858. He resides in Memphis,
Tenn., and is Genl. Snpt. of The Miss, and Tenn. R. Road. He has
one child :
4273. 1. Leila Livermore, b. Oct. 31, 1868.
4268. ii. Fidelia Livermore, b. Jan. 17, 1829, m. June 2, 1851,
Robert Smith Howard (son of Nathaniel Howard of Kentucky), a
corn merchant in New Orleans, La. Has had 4 children :
4274. 1. Eliza Maude Howard, b. in 1853.
4275. 2. Clara Amelia Howard, b. in 1855.
4276. 3. Estelle Howard, b. in 1860.
4277. 4. Robert Howard, b. Feb. 28, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.]
4244. v. Betsey Livermore (dau. of Edmund Livermore and
Dorothy Foster), b. Aug. 20, 1805, m. Dec. 7, 1826, Ira Adams, b.
Feb. 3, 1803 (son of Nathaniel Adams of Wilmington. Vt., and
Abigail Miller), a farmer at Wilmington, and in his later life a tinner.
He d. Sept. 19, 1852, aet. 49.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4278. i. Susan Miranda Adams, b. Dec. 15, 1827, d. Aug. 7, 1831.
4279. ii. Susan Miranda Adams, b. Aug. 16, 1833, d. Dec. 1, 1852.
4280. iii. Cynthia Jeanette Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1835, d. Sept. 22,
1860.
4281. iv. Harriet Pamelia Adams, b. Jan. 28, 1851, d. Oct. 18, 1851.
4280. iii. Cynthia Jeanette Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1835, m. Nov. 3, 1853,
646 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
Daniel Cushmau, a farmer iu Wilmington, Vt., b. Jan. 3, 1832 (son of
Silas Cushman and Cordelia Maria Haskins). She d. Sept. 22, 1860.
Two children :
4282. 1. Gilbert Leslie Cushman, b. Oct. 1856.
4283. 2. Florence Myra Cushman, b. Jan. 1, 1859.
[Eighth Generation.]
4249 x. Jairus Livermore (son of Edmund Livermore and Dorothy
Foster), b. Feb. 7, 1815, m. Oct. 5, 1846, Abby Babb, b. Sept. 25,
1826, in Luzerne Co., Pa. (dau. of John Babb and Susan Miller). He
was a civil engineer in Kentucky, afterwards a teacher in Des Moines
Co., Iowa (1848—54), and at last a farmer in Ouonwa, Louisa Co,,
Iowa (1855-62), where he d. in 1862.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4284. i. Susan A. Livermore, b. June 15, 1848, m. March 7, 1864,
Clark Moore, b. in W. Virginia iu 1844, a farmer in Inland, Cedar Co.
Iowa. They have a son, Oliver E. Moore.
4285. ii. Millard Fillmore Livermore, b. Aug. 27, 1850.
4286. iii. Cornelia Livermore, b. June 9, 1852, in. Oct. 17, 1868,
William H. Brown, b. Aug. 2, 1846, a farmer in Ringgold Co., Iowa.
4287. iv. Arthur Livermore, b. Aug. 8, 1854.
4288. v. Mary L. Livermore, b. in Ononwa, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1856.
4289. vi. Pamelia B. Livermore, b. Aug. 15, 1858.
4290. vii. Stella A. Livermore, b. Jan. 4, 186:2.
[Seventh Generation.]
4231. ii. Theodore Adelphid us Foster (son of Theophilus Foster and
Susanna Packard), b. March 22, 1778, m. in 1803 Julia Green (dau.
of J uclge Jacob Green, who was brother to Genl. Nathaniel Green of
revolutionary memory). He was grad. at Brown University in 1800,
studied law with Genl. Ives at Gr. Barrington, practised the profession
at Providence, and was made judge (of what court not known to the
writer). He d. in 1825, aet. 47.
He had 2 daughters and 3 sons. His daughters were Ann and
Harriet :
4291. 1. Ann Foster, b. about 1804, m. a Mr. Post, who lived at
Niagara Falls, N. Y., and afterwards at Wheeling, W. Va. They were
lost, with their 4 children, on board of a schooner, in a gale, while on
their way from Cleveland to Buffalo.
4292. 2. Harriet Foster, b. about 1806, m. a Mr. Cramer of Park-
man, Geauga Co., O.
The names of the sons of Judge Theodore A. Foster, and their his-
tory, the author was not able to ascertain, although striving earnestly
to do so.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 647
[Seventh Generation.]
4232. iii. Jedediah Foster (son of Theophilus Foster and Susanna
Packard), b. Aug. 5, 1780, in. Nov. 12, 1804, Tamerson Gilbert of
Hardwick, Mass., b. in Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 3, 1776 (dau. of Jede-
diah Gilbert and Prudence Fairbanks) : a farmer at Paw Paw Grove,
111., since 1846. She d. Feb. 7, 1857. He was living in 1868.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4293. i. Mary Foster, b. at Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 25, 1807, m. in
1838, Sylvester B. Hosmer. He d. in 1859. She resides at Parkman,
O. Two children :
4294. 1. Amelia Hosmer, b. in 1844.
4295. 2. Perry A. Hosmer, b. in 1846.
4296. ii. Dwight Foster, b. at Wilmington, Vt., March 25, 1809,
m. in 1833 Betsey Brownell, b. May 5, 1811 (dau. of Thomas Brow-
nell of Pownall, Vt., and Betsey Parker) : a farmer in Paw Paw Grove,
111. He was, in earlier life, a hotel-keeper and stage proprietor in
Pownall, Vt.j for several years. His wife d. there Oct. 1855. One
child :
4297. 1. Hon. Blackman Newell Foster, b. Sept. 25, 1834. He m.
Harriet Downs of Pownall, Vt., where he is a farmer. He was in
1867 a member of the Vt. Legislature.
4298. iii. Susanna Packard Foster, b. at Wilmington, Vt., March
15, 1812, m. April 1843, David Detamore, b. Aug. 17, 1814, in Vir-
ginia, a carpenter at Paw Paw Grove. He. d. Aug. 19, 1859. She
has a daughter:
4299. 1. Mary Detamone, b. March 5, 1852.
[Seventh Generation.]
4237. viii. Elijah Dwight Foster (son of Theophilus Foster and Su-
sanna Packard), b. at Brookfield, Mass., April 12, 1791, m. Oct. 10,
1814, Martha Green Lavalley, b. at Warwick, R I., Sept. 1, 1780.
She d. at Greenbush, N. Y., July 16, 1823, and he m. Oct. 5, 1823, at
Greenhiish, for 2d wife, widow Ruth Cornelia Cady, nee Nichols, b. at
Springfield, Mass., April 12, 1794, widow of Joseph Cady (dau. of
Joshua Nichols, originally of Brookfield, Mass., and Abiah Mather).
She d. at West Creek, Indiana, Nov. 29, 1850, aet. 56, and he m. Aug.
5, 1851, for 3d wife, widow Fanny P. Earnes nee Parmelee, b. at Wil-
mington, Vt., Sept. 11, 1795 (dau. of Dea. James Parmelee and Caro-
line Webster). He is a farmer at West Creek, Indiana, now (1873),
aet. 82.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
_Z?y first wife :
4300. i. Eliza Dwight Foster, b. at Wilmington, Vt., Jan. 12, 1816,
m. Harvey Coleman.
648 Descendants of Henry Dwiyltt of Ilatfield, Mass.,
4301. ii. Alfred Dwight Foster, b. at Athens, Pa., Jan. 22, 1818,
d. at Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 20, I860.
4302. iii. George Lyman Foster, b. at Athens, April 20, 1820.
4303. iv. Susanna Packard Foster, b. at Athens, March 29, 1822,
d. at Greenbush, N. Y., May 31, 1823.
J}y second wife :
4304. v. Martha Cornelia Foster, b. at Troy, Pa., Sept. 12, 1824,
m. Melvin A. Halsted.
4305. vi. Maria Nichols Foster, b. at Troy, Pa., Jan. 11, 1827, m.
Joseph Martelle, a farmer in California, who d. without issue.
430G. vii. Almon Newton Foster, b. at Athens, Pa., July 10, 1828.
4307. viii. Theophilus Randolph Foster, b. at Burlington, Pa.,
April 28, 1830.
4308. ix. Eleanor Foster, b. at Burlington, March 25, 1832, m.
James Brennon.
4309. x. Lewis Foster, b. at Troy, Pa., March 28, 1834.
4310. xi. Volney Orlando Foster, b. at Mayfield, O., Feb. 23, 1837,
d. March 26, 1837.
4311. xii. Susanna Diana Foster, b. at Euclid, O., Feb. 23, 1838,
m. Alexander McElrath Stewart, moved to Missouri and d. there.
4312. xiii. Harriet Foster, b. at Hinsley, Ind., March 23, 1841, m.
Feb. 20, 1866, Ezra Brownell, b. March 25, 1838 (son of Dr. Alvah
Brownell), a farmer at Eagle Creek, Ind. 2 children :
4313. 1. Frank Alvah Brownell, b. Nov. 14, 1866.
4314. 2. Frederick Dwight Brownell, b. June 25, 1868.
4300. i. Eliza Dwight Foster, b. Jan. 12, 1816, m. at Euclid, O., May
10, 1837, Harvey Coleman, b. at Euelid, March 4, 1811 (son of Jacob
Coleman, b. Aug. 6, 1791, and d. at Morgantown, Ind., March 8, 1861,
and Elizabeth Thomas, b. June 17, 1789), a merchant and manufacturer,
Morgantown, Ind. She d. at Hinsley, Ind., May 9, 1843, aet. 27.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4315. i. Alonzo Coleman, b. at Euclid, June 14, 1838, d. at Hinsley,
Ind., Dec. 6, 1841.
4316. ii Elizabeth Mary Coleman, b. at Hiusley, Aug. 14, 1840, m.
Oct. 20, 1856, Israel Egbert, b. July 12, 1831 (son of James and Sarah
Egbert), a merchant at Morgantown, Ind.
[Tenth Generation.] Children:
4317. i. Mary Eliza Egbert, b. Sept. 14, 1857.
4318. ii. Emily Ann Egbert, b. Nov. 23, 1859.
4319. iii. James Harvey Egbert, b. Aug. 15,1861.
4320. iv. Horatio Seymour Egbert, b. July 22, 1864.
4321. v. Rachel Adelia Egbert, b. Dec. 14, 1866.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 649
[Eighth. Generation.]
4301. ii. Alfred Dwight Foster (son of Elijah Dwight Foster and
Martha G. Lavalley), b. Jan. 22, 1818, m. April 4, 1840, Sarah Emme-
line Hathaway, b. in Poultney, N. Y., May 31, 1817 (dau. of Peter
Dickinson Hathaway, afterwards of West Creek, Ind., and Rebecca
Hay ward) : a merchant at Crown Point^ Ind., where he d. Oct. 20, 1860,
aet. 42. His widow resides at Crown Point.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4322. i. George Dwight Foster, b. June 11, 1843, m. Nov. 17, 1864,
Burdette E. Thomas, b. Nov. 12, 1841, at Potter, N. Y. (dau. of Am-
brose Spencer Thomas, b. there in 1804, and d. Oct. 1870, and Jane
A. McPherson, b. in Seneca, N. Y., in 1810, and d. in Potter, Dec.
1866). He is a merchant at Crown Point : has had two children :
4323. 1. Mary Foster, b. Jan. 30, 1866.
**** 2. Alfred Dwight Foster, b. Nov. 11, 1869.
4324. ii. Mahlon Bethuel Foster, b.Feb. 25, 1846, d. Sept. 1, 1846.
4325. iii. Perry Alfred Foster, b. July 23, 1848, is a farmer at Mor-
gantown, Ind.
4326. iv. Charles Hathaway Foster, b. Sept. 12, 1851, d. July 14,
1865.
4327. v. Harriet Elizabeth Foster, b. Jan. 11, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.]
4302. iii. George Lyman Foster (son of Elijah Dwight Foster and
Martha G. Lavalley), b. April 20, 1820, m. Jan. 1842, Temperance
Hathaway, b. Sept. 19, 1819 (dau. of Peter Dickinson Hathaway of
West Creek, Iiid., and Rebecca Hay ward). She d. Nov. 19, 1843, aet.
24, and he m. for 2d wife, March 22, 1845, Lucy Jane Hathaway, b.
April 19, 1828 (dau. of Paul Hathaway of Sherburne, 111., and Melissa
Langdon, dau. of John Langdon), a large farmer (700 acres) at West
Creek, Ind., formerly, but since 1869 has resided at Parker, Mont-
gomery Co., Kansas.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
By second wife :
4328. i. Charles Foster, b. Jan. 9, 1847, d. March 20, 1847.
4329. ii. Edwin Foster, b. Sept. 7, 1849.
4330. iii. Volney Orlando Foster, b. Oct. 10, 1851.
4331. iv. Edson Foster, b. May 23, 1854.
4332. v. Albert Foster, b. Dec. 25, 1857.
4333. vi. Eliza Foster, b. April 29, 1859.
4334. vii. Enuneline Foster, b. Nov. 10, 1861.
4335. viii. Martha Foster, b. Nov. 16, 1864.
4336. ix. Manila Foster, b. June 5, 1868.
42
650 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Hatjield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.]
4304. v. Martha Cornelia Foster (dau. of Elijah D. Foster and Ruth
C. Nichols), b. Sept. 12, 1824, m. May 14, 1842, Melvin Ackley Hal-
sted, b. March 19, 1821 (son of William Halsted of Lowell, Ind., b.
Aug. 23, 1795, and d. July 22, 1834, and Patty Haskin, b. Nov. 8,
1799, and d. Nov. 30, 1850, whom he m. March 22, 1820), a miller at
Lowell, Ind., of which village, recently incorporated, he was the found-
er, lie lived formerly at Pittstown, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4337. i. William Nichols Halsted, b. Dec. 13, 1843, m. Feb. 8, 1866,
Lovisa Vandecar (dau. of Peter Vandecar of West Creek and Wealthy
Clark) : a carpenter at Lowell, Ind.
4338. ii. Mary Theresa Halsted, b. Nov. 15, 1849, d. July 24, 1857.
4339. iii. Theron Haskin Halsted, b. April 4, 1853.
4340. iv. An infant daughter, b. and d. Aug. 16, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
4307. viit. Theophilus Randolph Foster (son of Elijah D. Foster
and Ruth C. Nichols), b. April 28, 1830, m. Dec. 6, 1851, Margaret
Foley, b. May 20, 1832 (dau. of John Foley of Adel, Iowa, and Sarah
Hayworth), a farmer at Adel, Iowa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4341. i. Francis Foster, b. Sept. 29, 1852.
4342. ii. Susan Foster, b. Dec. 14, 1854, d. Aug. 22, 1856.
4343. iii. Lucy Ann Foster, b. Jan. 6, 1857.
4344. iv. Martha Harriet Foster, b. March 12, 1859.
4345. v. Fanny Alineda Foster, b. Feb. 6, 1861.
4346. vi. Daniel Foster, b. May 27, 1863.
4347. vii. George Lyman Foster, b. July 30, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
4308. ix. Eleanor Foster (dau. of Elijah D. Foster and Ruth C.
Nichols), b. March 25, 1832, m. May 17, 1851, James Breunon, b. at
Boston, O., July 31, 1819 (son of William and Lucina Brennon), lives
at West Creek, Ind.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4348. i. Cornelia Lucina Brennon, b. June 23, 1852.'
4349. ii. Julia Ann Bvennou, b. Nov. 27, 1854.
4350. iii. William Perry Brennon, b. March 22, 1859.
4351. iv. George Dwight Brennou, b. Jan. 31, 1861.
4352. v. Melvin Amos Brennon, b. Sept. 11, 1865.
[P^ighth Generation. |
4309. x. Lewis Foster (son of Elijah D. Foster and Ruth C. Nich-
ols), b. March 28, 1834, m. Nov. 19, 1835, Roxaua Augusta Knapp,
Son of Timotliy, Son of Jolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 651
b. at Florence, O., March 20, 1836 (clau. of Charles and Amanda
Knapp of Coldwater, Mich) : a farmer at Pottowattamie, Kansas (since
1858).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4353. i. Mary Elvira Foster, b. at West Creek, Ind., Aug. 5, 1856.
4-354. ii. Charles Lyman Foster, b. at Pottowattamie, Sept. 9, 1858.
4355. iii. William Orlando Foster, b. Sept. 19, I860.
4356. iv. Cornelia Amanda Foster, b. July 16, 1864.
4357. v. Elijah Dwight Foster, b. Feb. 15, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
4238. ix. Rev. Peregrine Pynchon Foster (son of Theophilus Foster
of Wilmington, Vt., and Susanna Packard), b. May 10, 1793, m. at
Coventry, R. I., Nov. 21, 1812, Rebecca Brown, who d. about 1824,
and he m. for 2d wife, May 20, 1827, at Granville, Pa., widow Catha-
rine Smith, nee Clark (widow of Amos Smith of Candor, N. Y., and
dau. of Nathaniel and Huldah Clark of Granville, Pa.), b. at Granville,
Mass., June 24, 1798. She has resided of late years at Elmira, N. Y.,
having been a widow for the second time since 1834.
He was a Free Will Baptist. He preached for a time at Granville,
Pa., and in 1830 removed to Ohio, and preached to the Baptist churches
at Farmington and Southington, O. He worked during week-time on
his farm, like the early ministers of New England. He d. of pneumonia,
at Farmington, O., Feb. 17, 1834, aet. 40. " He lived an useful life
and d. a happy death."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
4358. i. Mary Ann Foster, b. at Warren, R. I., Nov. 3, 1813, m.
Aug. 14, 1833, Horatio N. Converse, a merchant at Parkham, O., and
afterwards at Cleveland, O. He was subsequently agent at Madeleine
Island, Lake Superior, for " The Upper Lakes Fur Trading Company,"
and afterwards a forwarder at Sault St. Marie. She d. at Lithopolis,
O., Feb. 1853. He m. again.
4359. ii. Susan Packard Foster, b. at Coventry, R. I., April 12,
1815, m. April 18, 1842, Lewis Knapp, b. Dec. 26, 1812 (son of Daniel
and Christiana Knapp of Pompey, N. Y.), a merchant-tailor at Keuosha,
Wis. He has also a malt-house, and prepares barley for manufacture
into beer and ale. No issue.
4360. iii. Alfred Foster, b. at Coventry, R. I., Sept. 29, 1816, m.
in 1838, at Mantua, O., Catharine Van Wagner : a farmer in Mil-
lington, Mich. : was for some years a tanner in Ohio. Has had 3
children.
4361. iv. Charles Foster, b. at Coventry, R. I., April 7, 1818, m.
ft 5 2 Descendants of Henry Diviglit of Hat field, Mass.,
(whom not ascertained), and had 3 children. His widow m. afterwards
a Mr. Ackerman of Brighton, Macoupin Co., 111.
4362. v. Eliza Foster, b. June 19, 1819, m. Sherman Carlton, and
for a 2d husband a Mr. Holden.
4363. vi. Horace Foster, b. at Columbia, Pa., March 21, 1821, was
accidentally shot when about 20 years old, while out hunting with a
friend.
4364. vii. Philander Packard Foster, b, at Troy, Pa., Nov. 20, 1823,
m. twice, was an Union soldier in the late war, and d. at Raleigh, N.
C., in 1864.
J3y second wife:
4365. viii. Luther Clark Foster, b. at Granville, Pa., May 24, 1828.
4366. ix. Harriet Amelia Foster, b. in Farmington, O., Jime 5,
1831, m. Nov. 13, 1856, as his 2d wife, Aaron Canfield Chapman, b.
April 29, 1818, at Berkshire, N. Y. (son of Jedediah Chapman and
Constant Canfield), a farmer in Newark Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y. No
issue.
4362. v. Eliza Foster, b. June 19, 1819, m. in 1837, Sherman Carl-
ton of Mantua, O., who lived in Franklin, O. He d. in 1851, and she
m. for a 2d husband a Mr. Holden of Franklin. He d. soon. She
resides in Osceola, Wis.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
By the first marriage :
4367. i Charles Carlton, b. about 1839, was an Union soldier in the
late war, and lost a leg in the battle on the Big Sandy River.
4368. ii. Robert Carlton, b. about 1841, was an Union soldier in the
late war, lives in Pittsburgh and is married.
4369. iii. Nelson Carlton, b. about 1843, was an Union soldier in
the late war, and d. of a fever.
4370. iv. Francis Carlton, )
4371. v. Forest Carlton, [t^A about li 45, reside in Mantua. O.
J3y second marriage — she had two children, Holdens.
[Eighth Generation.]
4365. viii. Luther Clark Foster (son of Rev. Peregrine P. Foster),
b. May 24, 1828, was a teacher for a few years in Tennessee (1848-51).
In 1853 he removed to Elmira, N. Y., and since 1855 has been prin-
cipal of Grammar School No. 1, in that city. He. m. Jan. 29, 1851,
Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon, b. May 27, 1833 (dau. of Wesley and
Sarah Witherspoon of Maury Co., Tenn.). She d. April 7, 1852, and
he m. for 2d wife, April 18, 1854, Charlotte Lindsey, b. Feb. 2, 1827.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
JBy first wife :
4372. i. A child, unnamed, b. April 7, 1852, that d. July 3, 1852.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of DedJiam, Mass. 653
By second wife :
4373. ii. Charles Ebenezer Foster, b. Jan. 31, 1855.
4374. iii. Henry Ward Beecher Foster, b. Sept. 21, 1856.
4375. iv. Luther Clark Foster, b. Jan. 12, 1858.
4376. v. Carrie Delphine Foster, b. June 12, 1859.
4377. vi. Lottie Amelia Foster, b. Nov. 26, 1864.
4378. vii. Robert Osmond Foster, b. Oct. 23, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 642.
4239. x. Susan Foster (dau. of Theopliilus Foster of Wilmington,
Yt., and Susanna Packard), b. Sept. 22, 1795, m. Oct. 14, 1816, Jona-
than Haskins, Jr., who d. Jan. 22, 1825, at Wilmington, and she m.
Feb. 17, 1839, for a 2d husband Dea. Freeman Haskins of Wilmington.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By the first marriage :
4379. i. Achsah Ophelia Haskins, b. Dec. 5, 1817, m. in 1844,
Chipman Swift Parmelee.
4380. ii. Marilla Elvira Haskins, b. March 16, 1820, m. June 16,
1842, Franklin Walker of Perkins Grove, 111.
4381. iii. William Freeman Haskins, b. May 6, 1822, m. Aug. 3,
1843, Lorene Miranda Cushman.
4382. iv. Hannah Foster Haskins, b. March 11, 1824, m. March 16,
1842, David Stannard of Perkins Grove, 111.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 634.
4174. v. Judge D wight Foster (son of Hon. Jedediah Foster and
Dorothy Dwight), b. Dec. 7, 1757, grad. at Brown University in 1774;
studied law with his brother Theodore Foster, in Providence, R. I., and
with Major Joseph Hawley of Northampton, was admitted to the bar in
1778 in Providence, R. I., and commissioned a justice of the peace there
in 1779. On his father's death in that year he removed to Brookfield,
Mass., and was chosen at once, when but 22 years old, to fill his father's
place in the convention for forming the State Constitution of Massa-
chusetts. He m. May 7, 1783, Rebecca Faulkner of Acton, Mass,
(dau. of Col. Francis Faulkner of Acton and Rebecca Keyes, dau. of
Solomon Keyes of Brookfield). In 1781 he was commissioned justice
of the peace for the County of Worcester, Mass., and in 1788 also
again, and at the same time, one of the Quorum. In 1792 he was made
special justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and in June 1792 was
appointed sheriff of the county. In November of the same year he was
chosen one of the electors of President and Vice-President of the U.
S. He was afterwards a member of Congress for three successive terms
(1793-9), and U. S. Senator (1800-3, when he resigned). In 1801 he
was commissioned chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas for
654 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of ' Hatfield, Mass.,
Worcester Co., and held the office for 10 years. In 1818 he was made
a member of the Council of Massachusetts.
He d. April 23, 1823, aet. 65. He was a man of large intellectual
acquirements, of unbending integrity and of great dignity and suavity
of manners, and an influential member of the Congregational Church
in Brookfield. The last 6 or 7 years of his life he spent chiefly in re-
tirement. He had a light complexion and blue eyes. She d. (when
not ascertained).
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4383. i. Pamela Foster, b. March 4, 1784, d. unmarried Sept. 16,
1807, aet. 23.
4384. ii. Algernon Sidney Foster, b. Nov. 22, 1 785, d. unmarried
July 25, 1823, at Brookfield, Mass. aet. 37.
4385. iii. Sophia Dwight Foster, b. July 30, 1787, m. Samuel M.
Burnside.
4386. iv. Hon. Alfred Dwight Foster, b. July 26, 1800, d. Aug. 10,
1852, aet. 52.
4385. iii. Sophia Dwight Foster, b. July 30, 1787, m. Nov. 8, 1816,
Samuel McGregor Burnside, b. at Northumberland, July 18, 1783 (son
of Thomas Burnside and Susannah McGregor), grad. at Dartmouth in
1805, was principal of a female academy at Andover, Mass. (1805-7)»
and practised law at Worcester, Mass., for 40 years (1810-50). He
was a man of strong literary tastes, and of scholarly habits, and emi-
nent in his profession. He d. July 25, 1850, aet. 67. His widow
still resides at Worcester, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4387. i. Sophia Rebecca Burnside, b. about 1823, d. June 16, 1836.
4388. ii. Harriet Pamela Burnside, b. in 1827, resides unmarried in
Worcester.
4389. iii. Elizabeth Dwight Burnside, b. in 1829, resides unmarried
at Worcester.
[Seventh Generation.]
4386. iv. Hon. Alfred Dwight Foster, b. at Brookfield, Mass., July
26, 1800, grad. at Harvard in 1819, studied law with Samuel M.
Burnside, Esq., at Worcester. He m. Feb. 14, 1828, Lydia Stiles, b.
in Templeton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1806 (dau. of John William Stiles, b. in
Keene, N. H., Feb. 22, 1777, and d. in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 14,
1836, and Mary McCarty, b. in Fitchburgh, Mass., Aug. 8, 1775, and
d. in Worcester, Aug. 1, 1838. She was dau. of Thaddeus McCarty,
M.D., son of Rev. Thaddeus McCarty, D.D., pastor for neai-ly 40 years
of " The Old South Ch." at Worcester. Her mother's name was Cow-
den, of Scotch-Irish descent like her husband.)
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, botJi o/Dedham, Mass. 655
He practised law at Worcester for a brief period (1824-6), and then
turned to other pursuits. He was for 3 years a member of the legisla-
ture (1831-4), a selectman (1832) of the town, one of the original
Board of Trustees of the State L\inatic Hospital (1832-5), and treas-
urer of that institution for 14 years (1832-46). He was three different
times a member of the Executive Council of the State (1842, 4 and
5), and State Senator in 1848. He was chairman of the two com-
missions appointed concerning the State Reform School in Westbo-
rough, Mass. — one to procure the site, plans and estimates for the
buildings, and frame needful laws for the right management of the in-
stitution when established ; and the other to erect the buildings them-
selves. He was also for several years a Trustee of Amherst College,
and a corporate member of the A. B. C. F. M. He was for many
years (1832-52), an active member of the Cong. Ch., which, when he
joined it, was under the care of Rev. J. S. C. Abbot.
His personal presence was dignified and commanding. An extract
from a letter written playfully by himself, Jan. 19, 1842, to his cousin,
Frederic A. Foster, Esq. of Lancaster, O., who is still (1874) living,
and who kindly put it into the author's hands, will place him clearly
before the reader's eye. " Now, if you wish to know me," he says,
" imagine a man about 5 feet 10£ or 11 inches high, with broad shoul-
ders, a little, round-oblong, fat face, large abdomen, bald head, except
as it is covered by a wig, hazel eyes, and weighing from 275 to 300 Ibs.,
and you have me. Then for chai^acter, say genet-ally, professedly re-
ligious, a member of an orthodox Congregational church, and though
far from meeting his own views of duty, maintaining such a walk as
not, so far as he knows, to bring reproach upon his brethren ; cautious
but not shrewd in the management of his business ; a whig, though not
a rabid bank- whig in politics : social in his feelings and yet living veiy
much retired, and going into very little company ; a teetotaller in tem-
perance and a moderate eater, and yet having the gout occasionally, as
he supposes by inheritance ; having very few friends, but those few
rather warmly attached, and he may say as few enemies that he knows
of. Excuse this egotism : if it amuse you I shall be glad. It is honest."
His personal presence is said by others to have been manly and
noble. He is described as a man of natively quick preceptions, a tena-
cious memory, strong powers of reasoning and careful habits of obser-
vation, and as having broad and generous views of things, and being a
many -.sided man, and eminently genial "in his disposition and public-
spirited. In his religious character he is represented as having been
entirely imassuming, but at the same time earnest, resolved, reliable,
courageous and catholic, and altogether free from everything like
ostentation or pretense in word and deed. He d. Aug. 10, 1852 aet.
52. His widow still resides at Worcester.
056 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4390. i. Judge Dwight Foster, b. Dec. 13, 1828.
4391. ii. Mary Stiles Foster, b. May 23, 1830, m. Rev. Robinsou
P. Dunn.
4392. iiL Rebecca Faulkner Foster, b. April 1, 1832, m. Dr. Henry
Clarke.
4390. i. Judge Dwight Foster, b. Dec. 13, 1828, in Worcester, Mass.,
m. Aug. 20, 1850, Henrietta Perkins Baldwin, b. April 3, 1830 (dau.
of Hon. -Roger Sherman Baldwin of New Haven, Ct., and Emily Per-
kins. His mother was a dau. of Roger Sherman one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence). He was grad. at Yale in 1848, and
practised law in Worcester for several years, and in 1864 removed to
Boston, where he has since resided. He was for 3 years Attorney Gene-
ral of Massachusetts (1863-6), and since 1866 has been one of the
judges of the Supreme Court of the State.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4393. i. Alfred Dwight Foster, b. April 27, 1852.
4394. ii. Emily Baldwin Foster, b. Feb. 17, 1854.
4395. iii. Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster, b. April 21, 1857.
4396. iv. Mary Rebecca Foster, b. May 6, 1859.
4397. v. Burnside Foster, b. May 7, 1861.
4398. vi. Reginald Foster, b. Jan. 2, 1863.
4399. vii. Henrietta Baldwin Foster, b. Aug. 8, 1865, d. Jan. 23,
1867.
4400. viii. Elizabeth Skinner Foster, b. Jan. 10, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.]
4391. ii. Mary Stiles Foster, b. May 23, 1830, m. as his 2d wife,
Jan. 25, 1855, Rev. Robinson Potter Dunn, b. in Newport, R. I., May
31, 1825, son of Theophilus Colhoim Dunn, M.D., b. in New York,
July 8, 1800, of parents from Devonshire, Eng., a physician in New-
port, and Elizabeth Potter, b. Jan. 23, 1806), grad. at Brown Univer-
sity in 1843, and at Princeton Theol. Sem. in 1849. He was for a
short time settled over the First Presb. Ch. in Camden, near Philadel-
phia, but was soon called to the Professorship of Rhetoric and English
Literature in Brown University, which office he held for 16 years, un-
til his death (1851-67). He was a man of high literary ideals and
attainments, and of varied and finished scholarship, being familiar with
French and German classics, as well as with the Latin, Greek and
Hebrew. He was twice invited to Princeton, once as Instructor in
Hebrew, while settled at Caniden, and again while at Providence, as
Prof, of English Literature. Pie was a frequent contributor to The
Princeton Review and to The Bibliotheca Sacra, and was busy at the
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 657
time of his death in editing one of the vols. of Lange's Commentary
on the Old and New Testaments. He d. of erysipelas, after a short
illness, in Newport, R. L, Aug. 28, 1867.
His first wife was Maria Stille, dau. of John Stille of Philadelphia,
whom he m. Sept. 1848, and who d. the following year.
His widow resides at Worcester, Mass. They had one child :
4401. i. Dwight Foster Dunn, b. Dec. 11, 1865, at Providence.
[Eighth Generation.]
4392. iii. Rebecca Faulkner Foster, b. April 1, 1832, m. May 16,
1854, Henry Clarke, M.D., b. Oct. 3, 1824, in Marlboro, Mass, (son of
Benjamin Clarke and Lucy Howe), a physician at Worcester. He
was grad. at Harvard Med. School in 1850, and pursued his profes-
sional studies afterwards in France and Germany.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4402. i. Alfred Dwight Foster Clarke, b. July 12, 1855, d. Sept.
20, 1866.
4403. ii. Louisa Hoar Clarke, b. Aug. 1, 1859.
4404. iii. Harriet Elizabeth Clarke, b. Oct. 31, 1860.
[Sixth Generation.]
4175. vi. Hou. Peregrine Foster (son of Hon. Jedediah Foster and
Dorothy Dwight), b. Dec. 27, 1759, m. July 10, 1870, at Brookfield,
Mass., widow Polly Bradshaw, nee Parkman (widow of Rev. Benja-
min Bradshaw, a Presb. clergyman), b. at Westboro, Mass., May 18,
1756 (dau. of Ebenezer Parkman, afterwards of Brookfield, Mass., and
Elizabeth Harrington). He was a revolutionary soldier, and was pres-
ent at the execution of Major Andrei His reverence for Washington
was throughout life tender and strong. He removed, May 7, 1782, to
Providence, R. L, where he read and practised law for a few years
with his brother Theodore. In 1786 he joined "The Ohio Company,"
formed in Massachusetts, under Genl. Rufus Putnam, as its leader.
The mechanics among them assembled at Danvers, Mass., Jan. 1788,
and the surveyors at Hartford, Ct., and, mirnbering 48 in all, set out
as an advance-party on their long and perilous journey. He was one
of the 26 surveyors of the company. A great amount of snow had
fallen all over the country during that winter, making their passage
over the Alleghanies all the more tedious. But when once, with their
teams, accoutrements and supplies beyond those formidable barriers, they
leaped with lion-like energy to their new work. The boat-builders and
mechanics were ready, with the aid of many other willing workers among
the surveyors, by April 2d, to launch the craft which was to carry them all
down the Ohio, with their teams and effects. This they called at first
" Adventure Galley," and afterwards " The Mayflower." The river
658 Descendants of Henry DwigUt of HatfielJ,
was high, and they moved on rapidly to their new home in the wilder-
ness, and at about midday on April 7, 1788, they disembarked at the
mouth of the Muskingum river. Having completed their surveys, and
fixed the site of their proposed town, they called it Marietta, in honor
of Marie Antoinette, who had recently shown distinguished regard to
our new American minister at the Court of Versailles, then young
Benjamin Franklin.
He returned to his family at Providence, June 10, and finding a
little daughter added to it in his absence, named it Betsey Marietta.
He was not able to make arrangements to remove with his family at
once, and while delaying for that purpose, the Indian war broke out,
and he did not go to his new western home until 1792. Hearing of
many massacres by the Indians in the neighborhood of Marietta, he
went to Morgantown, W. Va., where he remained for 4 years, teaching
school, and engaging in whatever other business he could find. In
1796, when all was quiet on the border, he went with his family to
Belpre, O. ("beautiful meadow"), where his part of the new purchase
had been located, just opposite the mouth of the Kanawha river, and
a little above the head of Blennerhasset Island. He writes thus about
himself in his diary, June 9, 1794: "No acquisition of property,
knowledge, or happiness. Knowledge, indeed, I have gained of human
nature, but find it worse and woi-se. Lord ! when and where shall we
find man virtuous ! " Under date of July 10, following, he writes :
" Fourteen yeai'S this day since I was married. We have probably
bef>n as happy, or more so, as couples in general. Take away the evils
of life, or those that we call so, and little is left. Sum the hours of
real happiness: they are few in number. There is little for which we
should wish to live ; and yet we are averse to death ; more I think
from the uncertainty of the future state than from an attachment to
this life. At my setting out in life, I labored under almost all the in-
conveniences which could attend a young man. Education I had not,
at least a poor one ; was too young to take xipon me with apparent pro-
priety the management of a family ; my partner was, and ever since
has remained, feeble, and unable to endure hardships ; most of her
time has been spent in confinement by sickness ; she has brought me
five children who, by the goodness of God, have been as healthy as an
equal number in families in general. At the commencement of matri-
monial life at 20£ years, all the property we had of any kind would not
decently furnish half a house. Nothing was apparently before us but
extreme poverty ; to work, I was unable. But by the blessing of
Divine Providence I was, and yet am, able with industry to main-
tain my family decently — enjoying all the blessings of life, and many
of its superfluities. For some years I lived at an expense of near
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, both of Dedham, Mass. 659
$1,000 per annum. This, however, was previous to the paper-money
system in Rhode Island, to which I may attribute all my misfortunes
in a pecuniary point of view, and which ultimately drove me into the
western wilderness ; where the Lord only knows how it will fare with
myself and family. I am in no business; important objections arise
against my making application for admission to the practice of the law ;
to work I am unable (being at times a great sufferer from calculi in
the bladder) : property in this country I have but little of — nothing to
enable me to join to any kind of business to advantage."
Under date of July 14, 1794, he writes : " In consequence of a com-
mission from the Gov. of Virginia, appointing me a magistrate for the
county of Monongalia, I have now three appointments from the Gov.
and Geiil. Assembly, not one of which is worth one penny, and as little
honor as pay. At the close of the day, at the house of W. M. Healey,
the court and gentlemen of the bar drank several bowls of toddy."
He resided at Belprfe (1796-1804) until his death, Aug. 17, 1804,
aet. 44. While in Virginia he was, beside being chief magistrate in his
county, associate judge also in the Court of Common Pleas, and a repre-
sentative several times to the State legislature. He was, when living
in Ohio, a judge there also. He was distinguished for the uprightness
and honorableness of his conduct at all times, for his great energy and
perseverance, and for his fine personal appearance and affable manners.
She m. in 1808, for a 3d husband, Major William Browning, a large
farmer at Belpre, O., and at one time postmaster there. She was his
2d wife. By his first marriage he had 3 sons. He d. Sept. 1823, a
few days before his wife, who d. Sept. 5, 1823.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4405. i. Polly Parkman Foster, b. at Brookfield, Mass., March 19,
1781, m. Dea. William Dana, and d. April 28, 1815, aet. 34.
4406. ii. Seraph Dwight Foster, b. at Providence, R. I., Nov. 2,
1782, m. John Breck of Caswell, O., and d. July 31, 1806, aet. 23.
4407. iii. Peregrine Pitt Foster, b. at Providence, Oct. 24, 1786, d.
Feb. 28, 1815, aet. 28.
4408. iv. Betsey Marietta Foster, b. at Providence, June 7, 1788,
m. Stephen Dana, and d. April 9, 1870, aet. 81.
4409. v. Frederic Augustus Foster, b. at Providence, May 7, 1791.
4410. vi. Theodore Sedgwick Foster, b. at Morgantowu, Va., Feb.
19, 1795, d. Oct. 17, 1825, aet. 30. He m. in 1822 Jane Barkley, b.
in 1791 (dau. of Thomas Barkley and Betsey Kilpatrick), without
issue. He was a merchant at Belpre, O. She d. Feb. 10, 1831, aet. 40.
4405. i. Polly Parkman Foster, b. March 19, 1781,m. May 2, 1802,
Dea. William Dana of Belpre, O., and afterwards of Newport, O.,
660 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
where he was a merchant and farmer and lai'ge landowner, and in every
way a very substantial man. He was b. Aug. 16, 1775, and was son
of Capt. William Dana of Amherst, Mass., and Mary Bancroft. She
d. April 28, 1815, aet. 34. He d. June 24, 1851, aet. 75.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4411. i. Samuel Dana, b. July 3, 1803, m. Sept. 16, 1828, Louisa
Thornily.
[Information was repeatedly sought in vain concerning this family.]
4412. ii. Elizabeth Harrington Dana, b. Nov. 19, 1804, m. Charles
Haskell, and for a 2d husband Dr. John McCracken.
4413. iii. Charles Dana, b. March 10, 1807, d. Nov. 6, 1865.
4414. iv. Frances Foster Dana, b. Dec. 6, 1809, m. Rev. Israel
Archbold.
4415. v. ParaeliaParkman Dana, b. April 16, 1812, d. Sept. 26, 1826.
4416. vi. Grace Dana, b. Feb. 18, 1815, d. June 25, 1816.
4412. ii. Elizabeth Harrington Dana, b. Nov. 19, 1804, m. April
12, 1826, Charles Haskell; a merchant at Newport, O., b. in 1801 (son
of Major Jonathan Haskell of Belpre, O., and Phebe Green). He d.
July 23, 1831, aet. 30; and she m. Nov. 4, 1834, John McCracken,
M.D., b. Feb. 4, 1795, a physician of large practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.
(originally from County Down, Ireland), grad. at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland. He d. March 21, 1859.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
J3y first marriage :
4417. i. Mary Ann Haskell, b. March 10,1827, m. Rev. Thomas
P. Johnston.
4418. ii. Parnelia Frances Haskell, b. Feb. 2, 1830, m. Dr. Robert
T. Johnston.
J3y second marriage:
4419. iii. Martha Jane McCrackeu, b. Aug. 13, 1835, a teacher in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
4420. iv. William Dana McCracken, b. Sept. 5, 1842, an oil mer-
chant in Cincinnati, O. He enlisted as an Union soldier in the late
war, in the 36th O. Regt., in Sept. 1862, and was in the battles of
Antietam, Md., and South Mountain, and was with Genl. Rosencrantz
in his campaign in Tennessee.
4421. v. Charles Haskell McCracken, b. Jan. 1, 1849, a clerk in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
4417. i. Mary Ann Haskell, b. March 10, 1827, m. July 6, 1848,
Rev. Thomas Powell Johnston (Presb.), b. March 15, 1819 (son of
Thomas Johnston of Wooster, O., and Abigail Powell), grad. at Jef-
ferson Coll. (Washington), Pa., in 1845, and at the Western Theol.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 661
Sem. in Alleghany City, Pa., in 1848. He was pastor at Clarksville,
Pa. (1848-58), at Lima, O. (1858-72), and was settled at Columbiana,
O., in 1872, but in May 1873 returned to Lima, where he now resides,
and preaches a portion of the time at Ottawa near by.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4422. i. Mary Emma Johnston, b. Nov. 28, 1849.
4423. ii. Charles Haskell Johnston, b. Jan. 21, 1855.
4424. iii. Elizabeth Abby Johnston, b. Nov. 24, 1856.
4425. iv. Grace Dana Johnston, b. Feb. 27, 1868.
[Ninth Generation.]
4418. ii. Pamelia Frances Haskell, b. Feb. 2, 1830, m. Oct. 24,
1850, Robert Thompson Johnston, M.D., b. Oct. 30, 1822 (son of
Thomas Johnston of Wooster, O., and Abigail Powell). He studied
medicine at Willoughby Med. College, O. (1844-5), and since 1845 has
been a physician at Bucyrus, O.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4426. i. Belle Johnston, b. Nov. 10, 1853.
4427. ii. Frank Thompson Johnston, b. March 23, 1857.
4428. iii. Pamelia Dana Johnston, b. May 3, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
4413. iii. Charles Dana (son of Dea. William Dana and Polly Park-
man Foster), b. March 10, 1807, m. Sept. 1, 1831, Eunice Churchill,
b. March 7, 1812 (daxi. of Jacob Churchill of Halifax, Mass., and
Abigail Bosworth) : a merchant at Newport, O. He died Nov. 6, 1865.
His widow resides still at Newport.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4429. i. Charles Dana, b. June 22', 1832, d. June 23, 1834.
4430. ii. Charlotte Dana, b. April 3, 1835, d. Jan. 17, 1853.
4431. iii. Rev. Watson Dana, b. Nov. 12, 1837.
4432. iv. Amanda Newell Dana, b. Jan. 12, 1841; d. Oct. 29, 1845.
4433. v. Lydia Abigail Dana, b. Jan. 4, 1844, d. Oct. 24, 1845.
4434. vi. Fanny Pamelia Dana, b. Oct. 25, 1848.
4435. vii. Maria Dana, b. March 8, 1851, m. Oct. 12, 1871, Calvin
Thomas Riley of Metamoras, O.
4436. viii. William Dana, b. Sept. 14, 1855.
4431. iii. Rev. Watson Dana, b. Nov. 12, 1837, "went from behind
the counter into the pulpit, and took his theological coin-se on horse-
back." He m. June 15, 1859, Sarah Mary Riley, b. Aug. 4, 1836, dau.
of John Dye Riley and Elizabeth Leacbinan). He is settled at Meta-
moras, O. (since Dec. 1868).
(5G2 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Ma**.,
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4437. i. Eva Dana, ) tl. May 3, 1860,
V twins, b. May 2, 1860,
4438. ii. Charlotte Elizabeth Dana, ) d. July 15, 1861.
4439. iii. John Charles Dana, b. Oct. 8, 1861.
4440. iv. Watson Dana, b. April 28, 1864.
4441. v. Joseph McElhinney Dana, b. May 31, 1866.
4442. vi. Samuel Foster Dana, b. Aug. 19, 1868.
4443. vii. Caroline Bertha Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1870.
[Eighth Generation.]
4414. iv. Frances Foster Dana (dau. cf Dea. William Dana and
Polly Parkman Foster), b. Dec. 6, 1809, m. Sept. 25, 1834, Rev. Israel
Archbold, b. in Harrison Co., Va., Nov. 24, 1807 (son of James Arch-
bold, who came from Ireland in Nov. 1787, and Ann Kennedy of
Prince George Co., Md.), grad. at Marietta College, O., in 1834, a
Methodist clergyman, who preached successively in several places within
the bounds of " The Pittsburgh Conference " (1834-59), and was an ac-
tive and efficient minister in them all, as Barnesville, McConnellsville,
Summerfield and Newport, O., and Pittsburgh, Pa. He d. at Hanover,
O., May 18, 1859, aet. 52. His widow resides in Salem, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4444. i. William Dana Archbold, b. in McConnellsville, O., Aug.
30, 1835.
4445. ii. James Edward Archbold, b. Feb. 6, 1838, d. Feb. 9, 1843.
4446. iii. Phebe Maria Archbold, b. Aug. 5, 1840, m. Hon. Lorenzo
B. Lockard.
4447. iv. Charles Wesley Archbold, b. Jau. 18, 1843.
4448. v. Mary Elizabeth Archbold, b. April 11, 1843, a teacher in
Salem, O.
4449. vi. John Dustin Archbold, b. July 26, 1848, has been en-
gaged until of late in Titxisville, Pa., in the oil business, but is now
(1874) a petroleum merchant in New York, residing in Brooklyn. He
m. Feb. 12, 1870, Anna Eliza Mills, b. Dec. 15, 1847 (dau. of Samuel
Myers Mills of Titusville and Lavinia Jenkins). One daughter :
4450. 1. Mary Lavinia Archbold, b. Sept. 7, 1871.
4444. i. William Dana Archbold, b. Aug. 30, 1835, m. June 28, 1857,
Martha Hubbard Huinason,b. in Turin, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1832 (dau. of
Rev. Leonard H. Humason and Mary Sykes), grad. at Alleghany
Coll. (Meadville, Pa.), in 1856. He was for some time Principal of
Western Reserve Seminary. He is now a dry-goods merchant at
Fredonia, N. Y. (since 1866).
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 663
[Tenth Generation.] Children:
4451. i. William Edward Archbold, b. June 28, 1858, in Farrnington,
O., d. there of diphtheria, July 18, 1862.
4452. ii. Mary Frances Archbold, b. Sept. 14, 1860, in Sharon, Pa.,
d. of diphtheria, Aug. 16, 1862, in Farmington.
4453. iii. Charles Dana Archbold, b. in Titusville, Aug. 23, 1864.
4454. iv. James Humason Archbold, b. in Fredor.ia, Sept. 10, 1866.
4455. v. Julia Archbold, b. in Feb. in Fredonia, Sept. 5, 1868.
[Ninth Generation.]
4446. iii. Phebe Maria Archbold (dan. of Rev. Israel Archbold
and Frances Foster Dana), b. Aug. 5, 1840, m. Oct. 25, 1859, Hon.
Lorenzo B. Lockard, b. Jan. 2, 1838 (son of William Lockard of
Hanover, O., and Sarah McBride), a merchant in Salem, O., and at
one time (1868) mayor of the city.
[Tenth Generation.] Children:
4456. i. Yesta Lockard, b. Sept. 30, i860.
4457. ii. William Lockard, b. Oct. 11, 18G2, d. June 28, 1863.
4458. iii. Charles Archbold Lockard, b. July 5, 1864.
4459. iv. Frances Lockard, b. A\ig. 1, 1868.
[Ninth Generation.]
4447. iv. Charles Wesley Archbold, b. Jan. 18, 1843, m. June 20,
1865, Emma Owen Kibbe, b. Nov. 7, 1843 (dau. of Austin Durkee
Kibbe of W. Farmington, O., and Emily Purinthia Owen). He was a
machinist at Co try, Pa.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4460. i. William Kibbe Archbold, b. at Farmington, June 5, 1866.
4461. ii. Emma Frances Archbold, b. at Corry May 17, 1868.
[Seventh Generation. ]
4406. ii. Seraph D wight Foster (dau. of Hon. Peregrine Foster and
Polly Parkman), b. Nov. 2, 1782, m. June 1805, John Breck of Boston,
Mass., b. March 1779 (son of William Breck, b. in 1745, and d. Nov.
1819, a merchant in Boston, and Margaret Thomas of Plymouth, b. in
1753 and d. in 1820), a merchant at Caswell, O., in partnership with
Frederic A. Foster, his uncle, and afterwards (1808-16) with Peregrine
D. Foster, his cousin, son of Frederic A. Foster. She d. July 31,
1806 : ho d. March 1816. They had one child.
[Eighth Generation.] Child:
44G2. i. William Foster Breck, b. May 14, 1806, in. Jan. 1, 1840,
Elizabeth Campbell Smith, b. Oct. 31, 1820 (dau. of Dea. John Smith
of Worthingtou, O., and Olive Wilson of Cooperstown, N. Y.) : a
merchant at Grove City, O., where he was suddenly killed by slipping
off from a wagon loaded with grain — the wheel running over his neck
664 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass.,
and breaking it instantly, Aug. 8, 1864, aet. 59. [Dea. John Smith
was in early life a farmer, but in his later years, after giving a large
share of his property to the Am. Bible Society and to the A. B. C. F.
M., went to Minnesota as a self-sustaining missionary to the Indians.
After spending several years in such a way he returned to Worthing-
ton, O., to die, 1864, aet. 76. His consort died soon afterwards, Aug.
26, 1864. Their son, Rev. Samuel Davis Smith, settled now at Dela-
ware, O., was Moderator of the O. S. Genl. Assembly at St. Louis, Mo.,
in 1866]. Mrs. Breck resides at New Brighton, Pa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4463. i. A child, b. in 1840-1, that d. in a few hours. I
4464. ii. John Breck, ) ^. b A m2 d ^ & fow ^^
4465. iii. Wm. Breck, j
4466. iv. Seraph Wilson Breck, b. Dec. 24, 1844, m. Rev. Samuel
A. Hughes.
4467. v. George Foster Breck, b. Aug. 25, 1851.
4468. vi. Flora Estelle Breck, b. Aug. 26, 1857.
4469. vii. Frank F. Breck, b. March 21, 1860.
[Grove City, O., near Columbus, O., is a small village, built and im-
proved by Mr. William F. Breck, and principally upon his wife's estate
of 600 acres, bequeathed to her by her father, upon which he erected
a saw-mill, in order to convert the large amount of black walnut timber
growing upon it to a marketable use.]
4466. iv. Seraph Wilson Breck, b. Dec. 24, 1844, m.in 1864, Rev.
Samuel Adams Hughes, b. at Freeport, Pa., March 4, 1835, grad. in
1861 at the Theol. Sem. in Allegheny City, Pa., a Presb. minister in
Grove City (1861-3), a chaplain in the U. S. A. of Vols. (1863- ) and
afterwards settled at London, Pa., and now at Lawrenceburgh, Pa.
(1874). Two children :
4470. 1. Ida Sloan Hughes, b. in 1865.
4471. 2. Elizabeth Louisa Hughes, b. in 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
4407. iii. Peregrine Pitt Foster (son of Hon. Peregrine Foster and
Polly Parkman), b. Oct. 24, 1786, m. Oct. 7, 1806, Elizabeth Gushing,
b. Nov. 1777 (dau. of Col. Nathaniel Gushing of Belpre, Ohio, origin-
ally of Boston, Mass., and Elizabeth Heath of Pembroke, Mass.). He
was a merchant at Gallipolis, O. He d. Feb. 28, 1815, aet. 28. She
d. without issue, June 29, 1864, aet. 87, a widow for 49 years. She was
a practical, earnest, superior Christian lady. [Col. Gushing was conspic-
uous in the revolutionary war. He went with " the Ohio Company "
to Marietta in 1788, and for 3 years encountered with them the terrors
of Indian border warfare].
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, b oth of Dedliam, Mass. 665
4408. iv. Betsey Marietta Foster (clan, of Hon. Peregrine and Polly
Foster), b. June 7, 1788, m. April 12, 1807, Stephen Dana, b. at
Amherst, Mass., Nov. 24, 1779 (son of Capt. William Dana and Mary
Bancroft), a man like liis brother, Dea. AVilliam Dana, of large means
and solid worth, at Newport, O. (having had GOO acres under high cul-
ture). He d. June 6, 1834. She d. April 9, 1870, aet. 81, for 36
years a widow, and a faithful, happy and beloved member of the church
of Christ.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4472. i. Seraph Dwight Dana, b. July 29, 1808, m. Colbert O'Neal.
4473. ii. Mary Parkman Dana, b. May 23, 1810, m. George Compton.
4474. iii. Amanda Frances Dana, b.Nov. 8, 1812, m. Seth B. Newell,
and for a 2d husband Rev. Hervey S. Dale.
4475. iv. Peregrine Foster Dana, b. June 27, 1815.
4476. v. William Pitt Dana, b. Aug. 1, 1817.
4477. vi. Stephen Augustus Dana, b. Aug. 27, 1819.
4478. vii. Theodore Sedgwick Dana, M.D.. b. Oct. 27, 1821, grad. at
Marietta Coll. in 1843, and studied medicine in Cincinnati. He in.
Jane Bartlett, without issue. He d. of consumption, Jan. 22, 1850.
He was a superior scholar, especially in mathematics and medicine, and
an earnest, thoughtful, devoted Christian.
4479. viii. Luther Dale Dana, b. April 17, 1826.
4480. ix. Melissa Barker Dana, b. Oct. 23, 1829, d. Sept. 13, 1832.
4472. i. Seraph Dwight Dana, b. July 29, 1808, m. Nov. 1, 1832,
Colbert O'Neal of Belpre, O., b. Jan. 15, 1805, in Culpepper Co., Ya.
(son of John O'Neal and Judith Suttle : she d. Sept. 13, 1869, aet,
100. Her mental faculties were bright to the end. She had been
eminent for her piety from early life). He is a prosperous farmer at
Belpre, O.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
4481. i. Foster O'Neal, b. Aug. 5, 1833.
4482. ii. Amanda Ann Hazeltine O'Neal, b. in Belpre, Oct. 2, 1835,
m. Thomas Rowland.
4483. iii. Edwin Russell O'Neal, b. Oct. 14, 1839.
4481. i. Foster O'Neal, b. Aug. 5, 1833, m. April 29, 1867, Emily
Rarrick : a large farmer at Belpre, O.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4484. i. Frank O'Neal, b. Feb. 27, 1868.
4485. ii. Frederic Foster O'Neal, b. July 2, 1869, d. Oct. 24, 1872,
falling while at play into an open cistern, which was nearly empty.
[Ninth Generation.]
4482. ii. Amanda Ann Hazeltine O'Neal, b. Oct. 2, 1835, in. April
43
CC6 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
24, I860, Thomas Rowland, b. in Newport, O., Dec. 6, 1823 (son of
William and Nancy Rowland), a farmer at Newport, O.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4480. i. Dora Rowland, b. Jan. 2, 1861.
4487. ii. Nelly Rowland, b. Feb. 18, 1862.
4488. iii. Luna Rowland, b. Aug. 8, 1863.
4489. iv. Maude Rowland, ) , . , ,, , on 1Q,.K
\ twins, b. March 30, 186o.
4490. v. Rufus Sherman Rowland, J
4491. vi. George Colbert Rowland, b. Aug. 12, 1867.
[Ninth Generation.]
4483. iii. Edwin Russell O'Neal, b. Oct. 14, 1839, m. Sept. 17,
1863, Nancy Jane Scott (dan of William Scott of Belpre, and Mary
Jane Halliday) : a farmer at Belpre, O. Two children :
4492. i. William Russell O'Neal, b. June 4, 1864.
4493. ii. Joanna Dwight O'Neal, b. Nov. 30, 1869.
[Eighth Generation.]
4473. ii. Mary Parkman Dana (dau. of Stephen Dana of Newport,
O., and Betsey M. Foster), b. May 23, 1810, m. Jan. 21, 1830, George
Compton, b. in Winchester, Va., Aug. 29, 1801 (son of James Compton
and Catharine Cunningham), a farmer at Bull Creek, Hood Co., Va.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4494. i. Thomas Frederic Compton, b. Feb. 15, 1831, d. in Forest
City, Cal., April 2, 1855.
4495. ii. Stephen Dana Compton, b. Feb. 27, 1833, resides in Cali-
fornia.
4496. iii. James Parkman Compton, b. July 17, 1835, d. Sept. 14,
.1838.
4497. iv. Luther Barker Compton, b. Oct. 4, 1837, d. Dec. 21, 1854.
4498. v. William Henry Compton, b. Feb. 29, 1840.
4499. vi. Marietta Adela Compton, b. April 27, 1842, d. July 23,
1845.
4500. vii. Melissa Jane Compton, b. Aug. 7, 1844, d. Aug. 20, 1845.
4501. viii. Helen Mary Compton, b. Nov. 18, 1847, d. of consump-
tion April 14, 1868.
4502. ix. Theodore Foster Compton, b. April 27, 1850, d. of con-
sumption Aug. 26, 1872.
[Eighth Generation.]
4474. iii. Amanda Frances Dana (dau. of Stephen Dana of Newport,
O., and Betsey M. Foster), b. Nov. 8, 1812, in. July 23, 1839, Seth
Bannister Newell, Jr., b. May 6, 181 1 (son of Seth B. Newell of Bethel,
Me., and Betsey Kimball). He began to study for the ministry after
having engaged in mercantile life for a short time in Boston, Mass.,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 667
but was obliged, on account of weak eyes, to intermit his theological
studies. In 1838 he established a school at McConnellsville, O., and
afterwards at Newport, O. He was a man of genial qualities, and of
very agreeable address, and an earnest Christian, and very useful. He
d. at Newport, Jan. 29, 1841.
She m. Sept. 12, 1842, Rev. Hervey Smith Dale, b. Aug. 13, 1812
(son of Rev. Jeremiah Dale of Danvers, Mass., b. in 1787, and Mehita-
ble Smith of S. Hadley, Mass.), grad. at Brown University in 1834,
and at the Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1841 ; tutor at Granville Col.,
O. (1841-2); pastor of the Bapt. Oh. at Newport, O. (1842-51) ; at
Lebanon, O. (1852-6) ; and Prof, of Theology at the Fairmount Theol.
Sein., Cincinnati, O. (1856-7). He d. May 27, 1857, at Cincinnati.
He was of a gentle and modest spirit, and earnestly devoted to the
ministerial work.
[Rav. Jeremiah Dale was ths son of Ebenezer Dale, Jr., of Danvers,
Mass., and Abigail Cutler. The parents of Ebenezer Dale, Jr., b. Dec.
25, 1755, were Ebenezer Dale and Rebecca Preston, whom he m. Nov.
30, 1754. Ebenezer Dale, Sr., b. March 7, 1739, was £he son of John
and Abigail Dale.]
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
J3y second marriage :
4503. i. Edward Richardson Dale, b. in Newport, O., May 31,
1844, m. Sept. 14, 1871, Sarah Yandiver Ralston, b. Feb. 19, 1850
(dau. of William Lewis Ralston of Marietta, O., b. Dec. 10, 1820, and
Sarah Catharine Ward, b. March 18, 1819, whom he m. Aug. 31,
1847). He is cashier of the First National Bank at Marietta, O.
He was Quartermaster Sergeant in the late war in the 77th Ohio
Regt. They have one child :
4504. 1. Catharine Ralston Dale, b. June 27, 1872.
4505. ii. Theodore Dana Dale, b. in Newport, O., June 23, 1846.
He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Marietta Iron Works Co., at
Marietta. He was grad. at Marietta College in 1868. He m. May 15,
1873, Sophia Byington Dana, b. Jan. 28, 1853 (dau. of George Dana of
Belpre, O., anl Lucy Minerva Byingbon, dau. of Rav. Cyrus Byington,
Missionary to the Choctaws. George Dana was son of Capt. William
Dana and Mary Bancroft). He served in the late Avar, in the army of
the Potomac, in the 148th Ohio National Guards.
4506. iii. Hervey Ewart Dale, b. Oct. 9, 1848, d. Oct. 29, 1849.
4507. iv. Julia Theodosia Dale, b. May 5, 1851, m. Sept. 25, 1872,
David Dye Johnson, b. Aug. 18, 1843 (son of William Henry John-
son and Elizabeth Dye), grad. at Marietta Coll. in 1866, a lawyer at
Parkersburgh, W. Va.
4508. v. Frances Amanda Dale, b. Aug. 28, 1853.
C68 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Uaffield,
[Eighth Generation.] See page 605.
4475. iv. Peregrine Foster Dana (son of Stephen Dana and Betsey
M. Foster), b. June 27, 1815, a farmer since 1858 in Ottumwa, Iowa,
and previously in Kirkville, Iowa, and Newport, O. He m. Feb. 9,
1837, Sarah Elizabeth Greene, b. July 24, 1818 (dau. of John Greene of
Newport, O., and Mary Hill). She d. March 21, 1857, and he m. Sept.
15, 1857, for 2d wife, Catharine Plummer Tinkhani, b. April 28, 1824
(dau. of Cornelius Tinkham of Plymouth, Mass., and Harriet Plummer
of Marietta, O.).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
By first wife :
4509. i. Mary Elizabeth Dana, b. March 21, 1838, d. June 10, 1852.
4510. ii. Sarah Melissa Dana, b. Feb. 6, 1840, d. April 7, 1857.
4511. iii. Capt. Newell Bannister Dana, b. Feb. 10, 1842, d. April
1G, 1870.
4512. iv. Julia Battelle Dana, b. Feb. 23, 1844, m. Aug. 1, 18GG,
William Wallace Cole, of Nakaska Co., Iowa, a farmer, b. Sept. 17,
1839 (son of William and Elizabeth Cole). One child :
4513. 1. Charles Cole. b. April 14, 1868.
4514. v. Daniel Greene Dana, b. Dec. 7, 1845, m. Aug. 3, 18G7,
Mary Ann Hardesty of Iowa (dau. of Thomas and Maria Hardesty).
He enlisted in the late war, Feb. 13, 18G4, in Co. F, Fourth Iowa Cav-
alry. He has one child :
4515. 1. Thomas Peregrine Dana, b. Aug. 20, 1870. '
4516. vi. John Greene Dana, b. June 2, 1848.
4517. vii. Nancy Ann Dana, b. Jan. 8, 1852, d. June 30, 1852.
4518. viii. Rufus Peregrine Dana, b. Oct. 18, 1853.
4519. ix. Augustus George Dana, d. Jan. 29, 1856, d. April 22, 1857.
Hy second wife :
4520. x. Cornelius William Dana, b. Aug. 31, 1858.
4521. xi. Lily Irena Dana, b. Oct. 25, 1859.
4522. xii. Corrie Dana, b. April 3, 1861.
4523. xiii. Hetty Amanda Dana, b. Dec. 8, 1862.
4511. iii. Capt. Newell Bannister Dana, b. Feb. 10, 1842, enlisted
in the late war in Co. F, 4th Iowa Cavalry, Oct. 17, 1861. He was
made corporal Jan. 1, 1862, and 1st sergeant March 1, 1863. He re-
enlisted as a veteran soldier, Dec. 12, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss., and
was made Capt. of his company April 29, 1864, and was mustered out
of the service with his regt., at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8, 1865. He was
in the battles of Fourteen Mile Creek, Miss. ; Jackson, Miss., in both
May and July 1863 ; the siege of Vicksburgh, Miss., in June and July
1863 ; of Canton, Miss., July 17, 1863 ; of Guntown, Miss., June 10,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 669
1864 ; of Tupelo. Miss., July 15, 1864 ; of Independence, Mo., Oct. 22,
18G4 ; of The Big Blue, Mo., Oct. 23, 1864 ; of Osage, Kansas, Oct. 25,
1864; of Ebenezer Ch., Ala., April 1, 1865 ; of Seluia, Ala., April 2,
1865 ; and of Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865. He was at Macon, Ga.,
when the news of Genl. Lee's defeat was received, and he participated
in the pursuit of Jeff. Davis. He travelled in the service over 14,000
miles.
He m. Dec. 27, 1867, Mary Rudd, b. March 27, 1846 (dau. of
Major Wilcox Rudd of Wapello Co., Iowa, and Rebecca ).
While a member of the Junior Class of Iowa University, at Iowa City,
he d. at Denver, Col., of consumption, April 16, 1870, aet. 28, being at
the time on a tour for health and recreation. He was preparing him-
self for the ministry, and especially for missionary service in it. He
excelled as a student in the languages and in metaphysics, and was also
an active and devoted Christian. He had one child :
4524. 1. Albert Currier Dana, b. May 3, 1869, d. July 23, 1869.
[Eighth Generation.]
4476. v. "William Pitt Dana (son of Stephen Dana of Newport, O.,
and Betsey M. Foster), b. Aug. 1, 1817, m. April 28, 1841, Susan
Edgerton Shipman, b. Dec. 14, 1821 (daii. of William Henry Shiprnan,
b. at Marietta, O., April 14, 179:3, and Mary Ann Edgerton, b. at
Norwich, Ct., Dec. 15, 1798) : a merchant at Marietta, O. She d.
Dec. 24, 1849, and he m. for 2d wife, April 24, 1851, Ann Elizabeth
Shipman, b. Sept. 8, 1826, sister to his previous wife. He d. of con-
sumption, July 18, 1853, aet. 36. He was a devoted Christian (Baptist).
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
By first ivife :
4525. i. Mary Elizabeth Dana, b. at Carroll, O., Nov. 21, 1843, m.
Charles H. Newton.
4526. ii. Charles Luther Dana, b. May 26, 1845, at Lancaster, O.
4527. iii. Anna Maria Dana, b. at Marietta, O., April 19, 1847, m.
May 4, 1870, Samuel Dorman Smith (son of Stephen Smith and
Susan Racer). One child.
4528. 1. Maria Shipman Smith b. Sept. 19 1871.
4529. iv. Frances Gage Dana, b. May 27, 1S48, d. July 3, 1848.
- 4530. v. William Shipman Dana,b. Dec. 24, 1849, d. Feb. 18, 1850.
J?y second wife :
4531. vi. Susan Shipman Dana, b. in Marietta, O., March 23, 1852.
4525. i. Mary Elizabeth Dana, b. Nov. 21, 1843, m. Nov. 6, 1865,
Charles Humphrey Newton, b. July 13, 1842, grad. at Marietta, Coll.
in 1860, a merchant at Marietta. He was a soldier in the late war
670 Descendants of Henry Licicjlit of Half eld, Mass.,
for God and the people, and was 2d Lieut, in the 2d Ohio Heavy
Artillery.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4532. i. Stephen Dana Newton, b. Sept. 10, 18G6, d. Sept. 8, 18G9.
4533. ii. William Newton, b. Nov. 29, 1867.
[Ninth Generation.]
4526. ii. Charles Luther Dana, b. May 26, 1845, m. Nov. 5, 1868,
Mary Racer, b. Sept. 12, 1842 (dau. of David Chestnor llacer of New-
port, O., and Ann Maria Corner of Mai-ietta) : a merchant in Marietta.
lie enlisted in the Union Army, May 2, 1861, in answer to the call
for troops for 100 days, in Co. A, 148th O. Regt. of Nat. Guards (Capt.
Knowles), and was sent to the front. Two children :
4534. 1. Maria Corner Dana, b. Oct. 25, 18G9.
4535. 2. Julia Dale Dana, b. Nov. 3, 1871.
[Eighth Generation.]
4477. vi. Stephen Augustus Dana (son of Stephen Dana of New-
port, O., end Betsey M. Foster), b. Aug. 27, 1819, m. Oct. 5, 1841,
Jane Nathie Little, b. in Newport, O., April 5, 1822 (dau. of Charles
Little and Mary Allison Fraser) : a large farmer at Newport, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4536. i. Pamelia Little Dana, b. July 25, 1842, m. Albert W. D.
Kraft.
4537. ii. Frederic Foster Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1843, a farmer and large
landowner at Newport, O., m. Nov. 19, 1S72, Mary Ellen West, b.
April 10, 1848, at Moundsville, W. Va. (dau. of Rev. John B. West
of Newport, O., and Mary Alexander).
He enlisted Aug. 31, 1862, in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, in the
first brigade of the Second Division of the Mississippi, and served un-
til the close of the war. He marched with Sherman to the sea, and
was one of the Cavalry Co. sent to search for Jeff. Davis, and was one
of the guard appointed to conduct him to Atlanta. He saw much hard
service, and was not once "off duty" or in the hospital during his three
years' service in the rank and file. Of the 107 in his company that
went to the war, but 31 returned to their homes.
4538. iii. Prescott Dana, b. Sept 26, 1845, d. June 30, 1846.
4536. i. Pamelia Little Dana, b. July 25, 1842, m. Nov. 14, 18G5,
Albert Wilbur Delancey Kraft, b. Sept. 27, 1838, at Wheeling, Va.
(sou of John Kraft and Caroline Klevies, b. both of them in Lanfeare,
Hanover, Germany, who emigrated to America in 1834), an oil refiner
and dealer at Parkersburgh, W. Va., and previously at Pittsburgh,
Pa. He enlisted in the First Virginia Regt. of Union Vols. (Col. B.
F. Kelley), under the first call for troops, April 1861, for 3 months,
Son of Timotliy, Son ofJolin, both of Dedliam., Mass. 671
serving after two weeks' time as hospital steward. In Sept. 1861 he
re-enlisted for the war in the same regiment (Col. Thomas Thorbui-n),
and Nov. 18, 1862, was commissioned Asst. Surgeon, and served in
that .capacity to the end of the war, having been educated as a chemist
and druggist.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
4539. i. Frederic Dana Kraft, b. at Newport, Sept. 13, 1866.
4540. ii. Homer Livingston Kraft, b. July 20, 1868.
4541. iii. Jane Estella Kraft, b. Dec. 14, 1869.
[Eighth Generation.]
4479. viii. Luther Dale Dana (son of Stephen Dana of Newport,
O., and Betsey M. Foster), b. April 14, 1826, m. Aug. 14, 1848, Nancy
Ismond Baldwin, b. Jan. 6, 1826 (dau. of Jesse and Cathai-ine Bald-
win of Grimsby, Upper Canada. She d. Dec. 18, 1851, and he m. for
2d wife, Jan. 13, 1853, Susan Rebecca Green, b. Oct. 28, 1825 (dau.
of Richai-d Green, b. in Warwick, R. I., April 29, 1781 — son of John
and Mary Green. — and Rebecca Lawton, b.ih Portsmouth, R. I., 1791).
He is a dealer in hats, caps, furs and furnishing goods, wholesale and
retail, at Marietta.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
4542. i. Theodore Parkman Dana, b. June 5, 1849, d. Jan. 4, 1850.
4543. ii. Laura Marietta Dana, b. Jan. 21, 1851.
By second toife :
4544. iii. Ella Maria Dana, b. April 2, 1854, d. Aug. 24, 1854.
4545. iv. Hervey Dale Dana, b. July 6, 1857.
4546. v. Luther Green Dana, b. Nov. 15, 1858.
4547. vi. Bessie Rebecca Dana, b. Aug. 9, 1860.
4548. vii. Arthur Dwight Dana, b. July 23, 1861.
4549. viii. Caroline Melissa Dana, b. Jan. 16, 1863.
4550. ix. Mabel Foster Dana, b. Aug. 23, 1865, d. Oct. 22, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 659.
4409. v. Frederic Augustus Foster (son of Hon. Peregrine Foster
and Polly Parkman), b. at Providence, May 7, 1791, m. Nov. 13, 1817,
Sarah Arnold, b. Oct. 2, 1800 (dau. of Henry Arnold, a merchant at
Lancaster, O., and Mary Bowman — dau. of Simeon Bowman and Maiy
M. Easter. They were both born at Hagerstown, Md. ; he Sept. 30,
1776, and she Oct. 1782, and were m. in 1798. He d. Sept. 8, 1857:
she d. Sept. 29, 1834). She d. Aug. 21, 1842, aut. 42, and he m. for
2d wife, Oct. 8, 1844, Elizabsth Wilson, b. Dec. 30, 1813 (dau. of
Col. Robert Wilson of Lancaster, O., and Jane Donivan. He was b. in
Harrisburgh, Pa., in 1777, and settled in 1798 in Fail-field Co., O.,
672 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of IIa1 field, Mass.-,
and ni. her in 1809, and d. in 1844, act. 67. She was from Shippens-
burgh, Pa., and was b. in 1784, and d. in. 1844, aet. GO. He was in
1812 in the army of the Northwest, and was Col. of cavalry under
Genl. William Henry Harrison). He was for nearly 25 years an active
and successful merchant at Lancaster, O. (1810-32), and a deacon,
afterwards ruling elder, in the Presb. Church. He has been a life-
long teetotaller, and active in matters of temperence, benevolence and
social progress, and is now (1874) living and full of energy in a ripe
and fresh old age. He has held at various times a number of impor-
tant civil trusts : as Director for settling up the affairs of the Lancas-
ter Bank at the expiration of its charter ; Receiver and Paymaster for
the construction of " The Lateral Canal " from Lancaster to Carroll.
He has had much to do in managing estates left to his care as adminis-
trator, executor and trustee of the same. For 20 years (1832-52) he was
much employed in erecting stores and houses upon his lands at Lan-
caster and Carroll, and especially at Carroll, which he did very much
in connection with his nephew, W. Foster Breck, to develop and estab-
lish as a young and thriving town.
[Eighth Generation.]
-By fi'1'^ wife.
4551. i. Peregrine Dwight Foster, b. Feb. 18, 1819.
4552. ii. Henry Bowman Foster, b.Dec. 28, 1820, d. Sept. 18, 1831,
aet. 10.
4553. iii. Marie Louise Foster, b. March 25, 1825, in. James E.
Cheney.
4554. iv. Fredeiic Augustus Foster, b. Jan. 4, 1833, d. July 2, 1856,
aet. 23.
4555. v. Sarah Jane Foster, b. Dec. 19, 1834, m. June 12, 1856,
John Franklin Holmes, b. at Black .Rock, N. Y., Dec. 31, 183.°, (son
of William Franklin Holmes of Rochester, N. Y., b. at Amherst, N.
H., Jan. 28, 1807, and of Jane Antoinette Pierce, b. Oct. 9, 1811).
He was at first bookkeeper of The Eagle Bank of Rochester, N. Y.,
and afterwards cashier of The First National Bank at Hartford, Ct.
He is now (1873) cashier of the Mechanics' and Fanners' Bank at
Rochester. She d. May 22, 1858, of consumption, at Rochester, with-
out issue.
4556. vi. Martha Ellen Foster, b. Feb. 21, 1837, d. April 24, 1837.
4557. vii. William Breck Foster, b. Nov. 11, 1838, d. Jan. 28, 1862,
aet. 23, of camp fever at Somerset, Ky., after 3 months' brief service
as an Union soldier, in the 17th O. Regt. He went to the war, full of
eager enthusiasm to serve his country to the utmost of his ability in
the hour of its great trial.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, loth of Dedfiam, Mass. 673
By second wife :
4558. viii. Wilson Parkman Foster, b. Sept. 15, 1845, Supt. of the
Telegraph Office at St. Louis, Mo.
4559. ix. Theodore Newton Foster, b. Aug. 28, 1847, engaged in
Telegraph Office for some years at Lexington, Ky., but of late in Cin-
cinnati, O. He m. He has one child :
4560. 1. Clara Belle Foster, b. Aug. 1, 1871.
4551. i. Peregrine D wight Foster, b. Feb. 18, 1819, m. Sept. 10,
1846, Margaret Mary Duble, b. Sept. 9, 1827 (dau. of Henry Dubleof
Lancaster, O., and Susanna McDill). She d. Aug. 27, 1850, and he'
m. March 19, 185 7, Martha Buckingham, b. Feb. 6, 1825 (dau. of Rev
Bradford Buckingham of Newark, O., and Maria Darlington, whom
he m. Aug. 15, 1809. She was b. in Winchester, Ya., Jan. 5, 1790,
and d. March 23, 1831. He was b. in Fairfield, Ct., June 9, 1785,
and d. Feb. 7, 1850). He was grad. at Miami University, O., in 1837,
and began a course of legal study which weak eyes caused him to
abandon. He was a merchant in Keokuk, Iowa (1846-69), and since
Sept. 1869 has been such in Glenwood Mills Co., Iowa. [Henry
Duble, b. in 1797, d. May 28, 1844, aet. 47 : his wife, Susanna, b. in
1789, d. Oct. 14, 1834, aet. 45.]
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
13y first wife :
4561. i. Charles Frederic Foster, b. June 9, 1847, a merchant at
Glenwood, Iowa, m. April 28, 1872, Mary Ann Haley, b. Sept. 27,
1853 (dau. of John Haley and Sarah Haley, being of the same name
before marriage). He enlisted in 1864, as an Union soldier in Co. C
of the 45th Iowa Regt. They have one child :
4562. 1. Frederic Dwight Foster, b. Feb. 2, 1873.
**** ii. Henry Arnold Foster, b. July 21, 1849, d. Aug. 28, 1850.
[Eighth Generation.]
4553. iii. Marie Louise Foster (dau. of Frederic Augustus Foster
of Lancaster, O., and Sarah Arnold), b. March 25, 1825, m. July 15,
1846, James Edwin Cheney, b. April 10, 1821 (son of Col. AVilliam
Cheney of Newport, N. H., and one of its founders, b. in Alstead, N.
H., in 1776, and Tryphena Hatch, widow previously of Dea. Joseph
Farnswortli of Newport, N. H., b. in Alstead, N. II.,- Feb. 29, 1784.
He was a merchant and a public-spirited citizen, and an active devoted
Christian (Baptist). She was full of faith and of good deeds. One of
her last sayings to a friend, in parting from him here, was too good to
be forgotten. " Brother ! " she said, " the children of God never see one
another for the last time.") lie has been at different times a manufac-
turer and merchant for many years at Rochester, of stoves, tinware,
and ironware for household uses, and of " Kedzie's Patent Filters."
674 Descendants of Henry Dw'ujlit of Ilatfidd, Mass.,
To the zeal and skill of Mrs. Marie L. Cheney the full and fine ac-
count here given of theonany descendants of Hon. Peregrine Foster of
Belpre, O., is due.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4563. i. James Edwin Cheney, b. July 12, 1847, grad. at Rochester
University in 18G7, read law with lion. Henry R. Selden of Rochester,
and was admitted to the bar in Dec. 1868 : is a pi'actising lawyer at
Rochester (Goddard «fe Cheney).
4564. ii. Foster Hallet Cheney, b. Feb. 6, 1849, is a clerk in the
store of Peregrine D. Foster & Co., at Glenwood, Iowa (since 1871).
Hem. Oct. 2, 1873, Martha Rosanna Blackburn, b. Dec. 31, 1851
(dau. of Thomas Blackburn of Beaver City, Neb., and Sarah Counts).
[Brief Hints of Dana Family Histoiy.
Early Dana genealogy may be found in The History of The Chandler
Family, recently pub. in Boston.
Richard Dana (son of William Dana, Sheriff of Middlesex, Eng.,
under Queen Elizabeth), came to Boston in the first half of the 17th
century. lie had sons, Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, Capt. William,
Josiah and Ezra; and 3 daughters.
Captain William Dana, his son, b. in 1745, in Brighton, then Little
Cambridge, Mass., d. in Belpre, O., Oct. 30, 1809. He in. Mary Ban-
croft, b. in New Brain tree, Mass. (dau. of George Bancroft and Mary
Atherton, whose father was an officer under George IV.). He com-
manded a company of artillery at the battle of Bunker Hill, and took
part in the battles at king's Bridge and Whiteplaius, N. Y. After
visiting Marietta, O., with his two eldest sons, in 1788, to see " The
Ohio Purchase," he removed with his family, in 1789, from Amherst,
Mass., to Belpre, O., living during the Indian war in " Farmers'
Castle."
He has had some 500 descendants to the present hour. He had 8
sons and three daughters : Luther, William and Stephen, which three
lived in Newport, O. ; Edmund B. and George, who settled in Belpre ;
Augustus, who settled in Mo. ; and John and Charles, who lived in
Mississippi : his daughters were Elizabeth (Barker), Mary (Emerson),
and Frances (Shipman).
I. Luther Dana. He was a farmer in Newport, O. He in. Grace,
dau. of Capt.- Jonathan Stone of Belpre, and had 5 children :
I, Otis, who died young. 2, Rev. Alfred (Bapt.), who m. Ann
Pratt of Adams, O. 3, Lucy, who m. Samuel Browning, and is now
living (1874) at Belpre. 4, Susan, who m. Rev. Mr. Waterman
(Meth.). 5, Maria, who m. Rev. Peter McGowan (Meth.).
II. William Dana, Jr. He m. Polly P. Foster, and for 2d wife
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 075
Dorcas Bent, and for 3d wife widow Maria Guiteau. lie had by his
1st wife 2 sons and 4 daughters. See account already given of them.
By his 2d wife he had a son and 3 daughters : Joseph ; Polly, who ni.
Bev. Mr. Dustin ; Grace, who m. T. W. Ewart, Esq. ; and Dorcas,
who m. Col. Melvin Clarke.
III. Stephen Dana. He m. Betsey Marietta Foster. Of their de-
scendants a full accoxmt has been given in these pages.
IV. Edmund B. Dana. He was a farmer at Belpre, and afterwards
removed to Bainbow, O., where he d. He m. Jerusha Burch, and
had, beside several other children that d. early, 5 who lived to be
adults.
1, Harriet. 2, Sophia, who m. Bichard Hollister. 3, Elizabeth,
who m. Dr. Emery of Mo. 4, Lucy, who in. a Mr. Snediker. 5,
Thomas B., who d. in New Orleans.
V. George Dana. He was a farmer at Belpre, where he d. He m.
Deborah, dau. of Col. Fisher of Belpre. He had 5 children :
1, Emily, who m. Dr. Israel S. Dodge, of Cincinnati. 2, Frances,
who m. a Mr. Price of Cincinnati and d. some years since. 3, Mary,
who m. a Mr. Linn. 4, George, who m. Lucy Byington, dau. of Bev.
Cyrus Byington, and resides now (1874) at Belpre. 5, John, who d.
unmarried.
VI. Augustus Dana. He lived in Missouri. He m. Polly Burch.
He d. in 1872-3 without children.
VII. Elizabeth Dana (dau. of Capt. William Dana, pioneer at Bel-
pre), m. at Amherst, Mass., in 1789, Col. Joseph Barker, a mechanic,
who removed the same year to Marietta and afterwards became a
farmer on the Muskingum River, lie d. in 1843 : she d. in 1835.
His children were :
1, Joseph, who lived at Newport, O. He m. Melissa Stone, and for
2d wife widow Mary Ana Shipman. 2, Luther D., who lived at
McConnellsville, O., and m. Maria Devol. 3, George W., who lives
uow (1874) at Newport. 4, Elizabeth, who m. Bufus D. Stone. 5,
Sophia, who m. Win. Rufus Browning of Belpre. G, Catharine, who
m. Francis A. Barker of McConnellsville. 7, Mary, who in. John
C. Bennett. 8, Frances D., who m. James L. Gage of McConnellsville.
9, Charlotte.
VIII. Mary Dana, who m. July 1810, Caleb Emerson of Marietta.
She d. in 1871. They had 7 children:
1, William D., now (1874) living in Marietta. 2, Charles, a banker
in Colorado. 3, Luther, who lives in Mich. 4, George, a teacher in
the Mo. State Institute at Bollo, Mo. 5, Mary, who m. Bev. Mr.
Maddox of Va. C, Elizabeth, who m. Win. I). Bailey, now of Marietta.
IX. Frances Dana, who m. Charles Shipman of Marietta in 1812.
676 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfield,
They lived at Gallipolis, O., where she d. in 1813, leaving a son, Charles
Shipman of New Albany, Ind. , now. The father d. in Marietta July
7, I860.]
[Sixth Generation.] See page 634.
417G. vii. Ruth Foster (dan. of Hon. Jedediah Foster and Dorothy
Dwight), b. Sept. 11, 1766, in. March 2, 1786, Gen. Thomas Ives, b.
in North Haven, Ct., Feb. 2, 1753 (son of Thomas Ives, Jr., b. in 1712
and d. Nov. 17, 1752, and Anna Heaton, b. in 1711, who d. aet. 81,
June 22, 1795). He was grad. at Yale 1777, and studied law at Litch-
field, Ct., with Tappan Reeve, Esq., and became a lawyer as well as
large fanner at Gr. Barrington, Mass. He was distinguished in his
profession, and was greatly esteemed as an upright and honorable man.
He held at different times various military offices, from that of a cap-
tain to that of a major general of militia. He was also a man of much
public spirit. He was successively a member of both houses of the
State legislature — of the Senate in 1797. He d. March 8, 1814, aet.
61, at Gr. Barrington, where she also d. Feb. 15, 1852, aet. 85, having
been a widow for 38 years. " Possessing a benevolent disposition, a
well-cultured mind and sprightly manners, together with an unusual
degree of intelligence, she endeared herself to young and old."
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4565. i. Harriet Ives, b. Feb. 12, 1787, d. unmarried Sept. 24, 1815,
aet. 28.
4566. ii. George Heaton Ives, b. April 15, 1789, d. unmarried April
29, 1825, aet. 36. He was a lawyer at Gr. Barrington.
4567. iii. Alma Cornelia Ives (twin), b. March 17, 1791, d. Oct. 1,
1792.
4568. iv. Anna Maria Ives (twin), b. March 17, 1791, m. Philo
Parks, d. Feb. 25, 1863.
4569. v. Alma Cornelia Ives, 2d, b. April 14, 1793, m. Benoni C.
Wells, d. Sept. 8, 1856.
4570. vi. Nancy Ives, b. June 13, 1795, m. Solomon Pitkin.
4571. vii. Elizabeth Ives, b. June 7, 1797, m. John Chatfield.
4572. viii. Dwight Foster Ives, b June 6, 1799, was drowned Sept.
30, 1820.
4573. ix. Amanda Ives, b. July 24, 1800, in. Ralph Taylor.
4574. x. Thomas Earle Ives, b. Sept. 30, 1802, d. Nov. 30, 1843,
aet. 41.
4575. xi. David Ives, b. Sept. 21, 1805, d. Jan 1, 1850.
4576. xii. Charles J. Ives, b. Feb. 8, 1807, d. Feb. 23, 1816.
4568. iv. Anna Maria Ives, b. March 17, 1791, m. May 29, 1816,
Philo Parks of Salisbury, Ct. (son of James Parks and Mary Barnes).
She d. Feb. 25, 1863.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 67
•
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4577. i. Alma Cornelia, Parks, b. April 27, 1817, m. March 28,
1844, Thomas Warner of Kalamazoo, Mich. They have several chil-
dren.
4578. ii. Elizabeth Parks, b. Dec. 21, 1818, d. Feb. 20, 1835.
4579. iii. James William Parks, b. Oct. 14, 1822, m. Dec. 2, 1846,
Caroline Jewell, who d. Feb. 2, 1850 ; and he m. afterwards Maria
Jewell, her sister. No children.
4580. iv. Ruth Foster Parks, b. Feb. 7, 1827, m. a Judson. She d.
leaving one child.
4581. v. Amanda Maria Parks, b. Sept. 12, 1829, is unmarried.
4582. vi. Foster Ives Parks, b. May 20, 1831, resides in Mich. Has
a family.
[Seventh Generation.]
45G9. v. Alma Cornelia Ives, b. April 14, 1793, m. April 17, 1821,
Benoni Chaucer Wells, b. Jan. 8, 1789 (son of Ashbel Wells of W.
Hartford, Ct., and Britty Chaucer, an English lady), a farmer in Stock-
bridge, Mass., where he d. Sept. 10, 1845, and she d. Sept. 8, 1856,
aet. 63.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4583. i. Thomas Wells, b. Feb. 12, 1822, m. Oct. 20, 1847, Ger-
trude Perrine (dau. of Humphrey Mount Perrine, b. May 20, 1785,
and Fanny Dodd, b. April 1791, whom he m. Feb. 15, 1813). They
reside in Stockbridge : he is a farmer. 4 children :
4584. 1. Frances Cornelia Wells, b. Nov. 24, 1848.
4585. 2. Henry Wells, b. July 14, 1850.
4586. 3. Caroline Perrine Wells, b. Nov. 13, 1852.
4587. 4. Elizabeth Wells, b. Dec. 29, 1857.
4588. ii. Frances Wells, b. June 9, 1823, d. Feb. 24, 1851.
4589. iii. Harriet Wells, b. May 27, 1825, resides unmarried at
Stockbridge.
4590. iv. Helen Wells, ) d. Jan. 6, 1851.
> twins, b. Oct. 17, 1827.
4591. v. Henry Wells, ) d. Sept. 26, 1845.
[Seventh Generation.]
4570. vi. Nancy Ives (dau. of Genl. Thomas Ives and Ruth Foster),
b. June 13, 1795, m. Oct. 8, 1820, Solomon Pitkin, b. Sept. 15, 1797,
(son of Timothy Pitkin of East Hartford, Ct., and Jerusha — — ), a
merchant at Ellington, Ct., and afterwards at Amherst, Mass., where
he was also Prest. of a bank.
He d. at Memphis, Tenn., of consumption, about 1851. She d. at
Gr. Barrington, Aug. 4, 1872, aet. 77.
G<"8 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfald, Mass.,
•
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4592. i. Rev. Solomon Dwight I'itkin, b. June 20, 1822, grad. at
Amherst in 1843, and at New Haven Theol. Sem. in 1846, a Presb.
clergyman at Benton, Wis. (1847-50), and at Battle Creek, Mich.
(1850-8). He d. Sept. 30, 1858. He was a man of industry and
polish, and of graceful, effective elocution. He m. (whom not ascer-
tained) and had 2 children that d. young.
4593. ii. Charles Frederic Pitkin, b. Aug. 22, 1824, was drowned at
Or. Barrington, Mass., July 10, 1846, aet. 22, a very interesting man,
and remarkable for his talents and piety.
4594. iii. George Edward Pitkin, b. July 2, 1826, resides in Kansas
City. Mo., and is engaged in the Auditor's Department of the Missouri
River, Fort Scott and Gulf Rail Road. He is married and has a fam-
ily of children.
4595. iv. James Francis Pitkin, b. March 1 1, 1832, d. April 1 1, 1836.
4596. v. Louisa R. Pitkin, b. Dec. 20, 1835, resides unmanned in
Chicago.
4597. vi. Thomas Ives Pitkin, b. July 18, 1837, d. May 26, 1838.
4598. vii. William Pitkin, b. Oct. 8, 1840, d. in Chicago about 1860.
[Seventh Generation.]
4571. vii. Elizabeth Ives (dau. of Genl. Thomas Ives and Ruth Fos-
ter), b. June 7, 1797, m. June 7, 1817, John Chatfield, b. May 30,
1793 (son of Isaac Chatfield of Oxford, Ct., and Sarah Whitmore), a
carpenter and builder at Gr. Barrington, who removed in 1856 to Owe-
go, N. Y., where he lived on a farm, and where he d. Aug. 9, 1865,
aet. 72. She still resides there, aet. 76.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4599. i. Hon. Thomas Ives Chatfield, b. Sept. 16, 1818, in Gr. Bar-
rington, removed May 1839, to Owego, N. Y., where he was at first a
baker (1839-45), but has been since 1845 engaged in the grocery busi-
ness, and now in a large and wholesale way. He was in 1852 a (repub-
lican) member of the State legislature, and is now (since 1871) a mem-
ber of the State Senate. He has been also at different times Prest. of the
village of Owego, civil justice and town supervisor, and was a delegate
to the National Reptiblican Convention at Chicago which nominated
Grant for the Presidency (in 1868). He m. Nov. 9, 1841, Mary Purely
Bundy, b. in Owego March 24, 1822 (dau. of David Bundy and Sarah
Whipple). She d. Sept. 18, 1857. He m. for 2d wife, June 22, 1858,
Lucy Benton Goodrich, b. July 15, 1830, in Tioga, N. Y. (dau. of
Erastus Goodrich of Owego — b. in Glastenbury, Ct., June 10, 1787 —
and Hope Talcott, b. there May 1785, who were m. in Owego Feb. 27,
1812). His children :
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 679
jBy first wife :
4600. 1. John James Chatfield, b. April 7, 1845, cl. of croup, Jan.
25, 1852.
13y second wife :
**** 2. A son,' unnamed, b. Jan. 1, and d. Jan. 2, 1869.
**** 3. Thomas Ives Chatfield, b. Oct. 4, 1871.
4601. ii. Charles James Chatfield, b. Aug. 23, 1820, m. Aug. 15,
1843, Sarah Delia Foster, b. Feb. 2, 1826 (dau. of Kobert Walls Foster
and Tammason Smith). He was a merchant at Painted Post, N. Y.,
where he d. March 23, 1864, aet. 43, and where his widow still (1873)
resides. He had 4 children :
**** 1. Charles James Chatfield, b. Aug. 4, 1844, m. Dec. 27, 1869,
Mary Ada Blake, and lives in Rye, N. Y. Has had 2 children, viz. ;
Mary Ada, b. Sept. 7, who d. Sept. 23, 1871, and a son, unnamed, b.
June 21, 1873.
**** 2. Frank Albert Chatfield, b. Aug. 24, 1848.
**** 3. Ida Elizabeth Chatfield, b. Oct. 8, 1850.
**** 4. Lilian Foster Chatfield, b. Jan. 18, 1859.
4602. iii. John R. Chatfield, b. at Gr. Barrington, Jan. 28, 1823, m.
there Oct. 8, 1845, Abby Eunice Smith of Gr. Barrington, b. Feb. 11,
1827, in Bridgewater, Ct. (dau. of Orange Smith, now of Owego, and
Martha Morris). He is a hardware and stove merchant at Owego.
(Storrs & Chatfield). He has had 5 children.
4603. i. George Smith Chatfield, b. at Great Barrington, Aug. 1,
1847, m. Sept. 14, 1869, Ella Gertrude Fritcher, b. in Athens, Pa.,
Sept. 14, 1848 (dau. of George Fritcher of Owego and Lucy Loomis).
He is a clerk in his father's store. One chiid :
**** 1. Clara Chatfield, b. Jan. 16, and d. Jan. 18, 1873.
4604. ii. Frank Edward Chatfield, b. at Owego, Jan. 1, 1859, d.
March 24, 1860.
4605. iii. Harry Ives Chattield, b. there July 1, 1862.
4606. iv. George Albert Chatfield, b. Oct. 19, 1827, d. July 9, 1829.
4607. v. Mary Elizabeth Chatfield, b. Oct. 29, 1829, m. Jan. 2, 1854,
Thomas Pert, b. in Spencer, N. Y., March 10, 1829 (son of Thomas
Pert and Amanda Dakin), a clerk in Owego. Two children :
4608. 1. Fred. Chatfield Pert, b. Dec. 28, 1858.
**** 2. Willis Ives Pert, b. May 27, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
4573. ix. Amanda Ives (dau. of Genl. Thomas Ives and Ruth Foster),
b. July 24, 1800, m. May 13, 1823, Ralph Taylor, b. Oct. 21, 1796
(son of Joseph Taylor, Jr., of Colchester, Ct., and Esther Foster), an
active and successful merchant at Gr. Barrington, Mass., from 1818
680 Descendants of Henry Dwiglii of Hatfield, Mass.,
onwards. His grandfather, Capt. Joseph Taylor, fought under Genl.
Amherst in the French war. His mother was descended from Nathan-
iel Foote, one of the first settlei-s of Wethersfield, Ct. She d. at Gr.
Harrington, Jan. 23, 1870, aet. 09. They had but one child.
[Eighth Generation.] Child :
4609. i. Charles James Taylor, b. March 9, 1824, m. Aug. 14, 1846,
Celeste Stanley, b. Oct. 27, 1824 (dau. of George Stanley of Goshen, Ct.,
and Clara Wadhoms — one of a family of 16 children, of whom 15 ar-
rived at maturity). He was a merchant until 1866 at Gr. Barrington,
since 1867 he has been a manufacturer of pig-iron at " Lenox Furnace "
(16 miles distant — going to and fro daily by rail), while yet residing
as before at Gr. Barrington. He has aided the author much in this
part of his work.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4610. i. Clara Stanley Taylor, b. Sept. 25, 1849.
4611. ii. Ralph Ives Taylor, b. May 29, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
4574. x. Thomas Earle Ives (son of Genl. Thomas Ives and Ruth
Foster), b. Sept. 30, 1802. He m. about 1839 Jessie A. Vaughn of
Louisiana, b. in 1821. He was grad. at Yale in 1822, and was a law-
yer first at Iberville, La., and afterwards at New Orleans, La. She d.
Aug. 19, 1840, aet. 19. He d. Nov. 30, 1843. No issue.
4575. xi. David Ives (son of Genl. Thomas and Ruth Ives), b. Sept.
21, 1805, m. June 24, 1828, Pamela Bushnell of Sheffield, Mass. He
was a merchant at Gr. Barrington, and very energetic and determined.
He was for many years laid by as a cripple from rheumatic ossification
of the joints of his body. He d. Jan. 1, 1850. She still (1873) resides
at Great Barrington. He had one child.
[Eighth Generation.]
4612. i. Estelle Ives, b. June 13, 1831. She m. John Milton Mackie,
b. in Wareham, Mass, (son of Peter Mackie), an amateur farmer in
Great Barrington, and raises cattle of superior stocks, and is an author.
They have one child :
4613. 1. David Ives Mackie.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 628.
4160. iii. Lydia Dwight (dau. of GenL Joseph Dwight and Mary
Pynchon), b. Jan. 3, 1731-2, m. Nov. 24, 1758, Rev. Dr. John Willard,
b. Feb. 8, 1733 (son of Rev. Samuel Willard of Biddeford, Me., and
Abigail Wright, dau. of Capt. Samuel Wright of Rutland, Mass., and
Mary Stevens). His grandfather, John Willard, grad. at Harvard in
1690, settled as a merchant in Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. His younger
brother, Rev. Dr. Joseph Willard, was for 23 years (1781-1804) Prest.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, both ofDetlham, Mass. 681
of Harvard College (see Spi'ague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. ii. pp. 23-
30).
Rev. Dr. John Willard, grad. at Harvard in 1751, was ordained
pastor in Stafford, Ct., March 23, 1757, where he d. Feb. 16, 1807,
aet. 74, having been pastor there for 50 years of the Cong. Church.
Mrs. Lydia Willard, d. Jan. 23, 1778, aet. 66. [He m. for a 2d wife
widow Hannah Fiske, nee Wells, b. in 1734, who d. in 1824, aet. 90.
He was her 3d husband : the first having been Peter Reynolds of En-
field, Ct. ; and the second, Rev. Dr. Fiske of Brookfield, Mass.] " He
was a little above medium size, sedate in manner and of a benignant
countenancs. From his stony farm of some 30 acres, and his small
salary, he was able to give his three sons a collegiate education, and to
leave at his death some property to his children. He fitted young men
from time to time for college, and sometimes took boarders into his
family who visited the Mineral Springs." So writes his grandson,
John H. Willard of Wilton, Me., concerning him, himself now (1874)
78 years old. Such were the men for energy and thrift who, under
God, cast the mould of our national character in its earlier days. Says
Allen of him in his Biog. Diet. : " For more than 50 years he was a
faithful minister, with little compensation for his services, toiling with
his own hands for his subsistence. He was respected for his talents
and acquirements, and generous kindness to the young who needed his
aid in acquiring an education."
[Rev. Samuel Willard of Biddeford, Me., b. in 1706, who d. in
1741, was grad. at Harvard in 1723. He was the son of John Willard,
a merchant at Kingston, Jamaica, and grandson of Rev. Samuel Willard
of Boston. ]
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
4614. i. Rev. John Willard, Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1759, d. June 20, 1826.
4615. ii. Rev. Joseph Willard, b. May 31, 1761, d. July 22, 1827.
4616. iii. Samuel Willard, b. March 25, 1763, d. Oct. 16, 1765.
4617. iv. Josiah Willard, b. March 13, 1765, d. July 11, 1766.
4618. v. Samuel Willard, 2d, b. Dec. 26, 1766, d. Feb. 16, 1820, aet.
53.
4619. vi. Lydia Willard, b. Jan. 8, 1769, was subject to fits for
many years, and d. unmarried, Jan. 9, 1848, aet. 79.
4620. vii. Abigail Willard, b. March 13, 1771, d. Sept. 13, 1832,
aet. 51. She m. Samuel Alden of Hanover, N. II.
4614. i. Rev. John Willard, Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1759, grad. at Yale in
1782, m. Jan. 17, 1788, Huldah Langdon of Berlin, Ct.
He was settled in the ministry at Meriden, Ct. (1786-1803), and at
Lunenburgh, Vt. (1803-26). He d. June 20, 1826, aet. 66. Shed.
May 9, 1842.
44
082 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of HatfidJ, Mass.,
John H. Willard, Esq., of Wilton, Me., his nephew, thus describes
him: "He was the most like what I have imagined the beloved disciple
to have been of any man of my acquaintance." Of his wife he says :
" She had many excellent properties, which, in my estimation, were
somewhat balanced by aristocratic and romantic notions."
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4621. i. Samuel Langdon Willard, b. Oct. 28, 1788, d. July 26,
1790, scalded to death.
4622. ii. Eliza Dwight Willard, b. Nov. 19, 1790, m. George Parsons,
and d. Feb. 6, 1855.
4623. iii. Julius Alphonzo Willard, b. Feb. 2, 1793, is now (1874)
living.
4624. iv. Frances Langdon Willard, b. Oct. 31, 1797, m. as his 2d
wife, about June 1852, Rev. John Ingersoll, Presb., an evangelist in
various parts of N. Y. State some years since. She d. March 24, 1854.
He was the father, by a previous marriage, of Hon. llobert Ingersoll,
late Attorney Genl. of Illinois. No further facts could be ascertained
of Rev. Mr. Ingersoll.
**** v. John Langdon Willard, b. June 6, and d. June 7, 1802.
4622. ii. Eliza Dwight Willard, b. Nov. 19, 1790, m. Dec. 15, 1819,
George Parsons of Enfield, Ct., b. Oct. 1798. She d. in New York
Feb. 6, 1855, aet. 64.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4625. i. John Willard Parson, b. Nov. 1, 1820, resides in New
York, m. wife Kate and has had children : Charles Willard, Mary
Elizabeth and Kate.
4626. ii. Charlotte Cerussa Parsons, b. July 6, 1822, m. Oct. 12,
1846, Otis Freeman Hill, M.D., of W. Falmouth, Mass., b. in 1816.
They removed to Knoxville, Tenn. They have had 5 children : Laura
Willard, Edward Freeman, Lilla Langdon — who all d. early ; and
Emma and Willie. Mrs. Hill d. about 1863.
4627. iii. Clara Susanna Parsons, b. Dec. 1, 1823, d. Oct. 10, 1824.
**** iv. Francis Parsons, b. Oct. 26, 1825, d. Jan. 9, 1826.
**** v. Elizabeth Frances Parsons, b. Nov. 17, 1826, d. unmarried
in New York, Aug. 7, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
4623. iii. Julius Alphonzo Willard (son of Rev. John Willard, Jr.,
and Huldah Langdon), b. at Meriden, Ct., Feb. 2, 1793, m. Jan. 8,
1821, Almira Cady of Bradford, Vt., b. at Orange, Me., Sept. 11, 1798
(dau. of Cyril Cady, a potter and farmer at Bradford, and Joanna
Paddock, whom he m. Feb. 29, 1796. She d. Sept. 24, 1829, and he
<i. March 21, 1854). He was postmaster at Lunenburgh, Vt. (1821-3);
Son of Timothy, Son of John, botli of Dedliam, Mass. 683
hotel-keeper and postmaster at Franconia, N. H. (1823-5), and was
bookkeeper in banks, wholesale houses and R. R. offices afterwards, at
various places successively, as Boston and Newton, Mass. (1825-9) ;
Carrollton, 111. (1831-4); Alton, 111. (1834-41); Jacksonville, 111.
(1841-5) ; Quincy, 111. (1845-51) ; Alton, 111. (1851-64) ; and Spring-
field, 111. (1864-71). Since 1871 he has resided at Chicago, where he
now lives, hale and hearty, aet. 80, with his son, Dr. Samuel Willard.
She d. Oct. 5, 1873, aet. 75, remarkable for her energy and activity
throughout life, although suffering from ill health and a nervous tem-
perament.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4628. i. Samuel Willard, M.D., b. Dec. 30, 1821, at Lunenburgh,Vt.
4629. ii. Jane Augusta Willard, b. at Luneiiburgh, June 9, 1824,
d. at Newton, Mass., of typhus fever, Sept. 20, 1827.
4630. iii. John Willard, b. at Newton, Mass., June 6, 1827, d. of
cholera at Carrollton, 111., July 5, 1833.
4631. iv. Charles Willard, b.'at Boston, Mass., Sept. 27, 1829, d.
of cholera at Carrollton, June 25, 1833.
4628. i. Samuel Willard, M.D., b. Dec. 30, 1821 (son of Julius A.
Willard and Almira Cady), grad. at 111. Coll., Jacksonville, III., in
1843, tutor there 2| years (1844-6), grad. in Med. Department of 111.
Coll. in 1848, practised medicine in Collinsville, 111. (1850-7), removed
to Jacksonville, 111., in 1857, where he became Grand Secretary of the
Illinois Order of Odd Fellows, and for 6 years became associate or
chief editor of " The Illinois Teacher." In 1858-9 he was Prof, of
languages (chiefly Latin and English) in the State Normal School
at Bloomington, 111., and removed to that place as a residence. On
Aug. 26, 1862, he entered the 97th 111. Regt. as surgeon (Col. F. S.
Rutherford), served in Kentucky, and Tennessee, and in the campaign
against Vicksburgh, Miss. He nearly lost his life by sickness, and be-
came helplessly paralyzed, and resigned his commission Feb. 2, 1863.
In Oct. 1863 he removed to Springfield, III., and became chief clerk of
Genl. James Oakes, in the U. S. recruiting service in 111. until Nov.
1866, and Grand Secretary again of the I. O. O. F. (1864-9) and pre-
pared " A Digest of the Laws of that Society for Illinois," pp. 244,
which in 1871 he enlarged and published anew, pp. 441, 16mo. He
was Supt. of Public Schools at Springfield, 111. (1869-70). In 1870 he
became Prof, of History in the Chicago High School, and has since
that time resided in that city. Beside these manifold employments he
has been fond of teaching singing schools, leading choirs and concerts,
and has been active in promoting many public enterprises and improve-
ments of a local sort in the various places where he has lived.
684 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
He m. July 10, 1851, Harriet Jane Edgar, b. in Rah way, N. J., Feb.
25, 1829 (dau. of Alexander Edgar of that place and afterwards
(1834- ) of 111., and Sarah Crowell of Newark, N. J.).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
**** i. John Frederic Willard, b. at Collinsville, Sept. 24, 1852, is
a machinist.
**** ii. Sarah Almira Willard, b. at Jacksonville, Sept. 17, 1857.
**** iii. Charles Henry Willard, b. at Bloonrington, Jan. 22, I860.
**** iv. Harriet Jane Willard, b. there July 16, 1862.
**** v. Samuel Edgar Willard, b. at Springfield, Sept. 7, 1864.
**** vi. Mary Frances Willard, b. there Dec. 15, 1867.
**** vii. Alice Carafilia Willard, b. there July 31, 1870.
**** viii. Paul Willard, b. at Chicago, March 24, 1873.
[Sixth Generation.]
4615. ii. Rev. Joseph Willard (son of Rev. Dr. J. Willard of Staf-
ford, Ct., and Lydia Dwiglit), b. May 31, 1761, grad. at Harvard in
1784, m. in 1787 Olive Haven (dau. of John Haven). He settled at
Wilbraham, Mass., May 23, 1787, and Sept. 18, 1794, at Lancaster?
N. H. He d. July 22, 1827, aet. 66. She d. in 1843, aet. 83.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4632. i. Mary Haven Willard, b. Feb. 27, 1789, d. unmarried May
5, 1866, aet. 77.
4633. ii. Joseph Alonzo Willard, b. March 31, 1791, d. Jan. 22, 1803.
4634. iii. Lydia Willard (twin), b. Dec. 11, 1792, d. Jan. 8, 1803.
4635. iv. Fanny Willard (twin), b. Dec. 11, 1792, d. Feb. 21, 1831,
unmarried.
4636. v. John Haven Willard, b. Feb. 4, 1795, still living (1873).
4637. vi. Hon. John Dwight Willard, LL.D., b. Nov. 4, 1799, d.
Oct. 9, 1864.
4636. v. John Haven Willard, b. Feb. 4, 1795, m. Feb. 11, 1816,
Beede Mary Cooper (dau. of Hon. Jesse Cooper of Canaan, Vt., and
- Beach). She d. April 18, 1837. He m. for 2d wife, Nov. 2,
1837, Eliza Parrot Stephenson of Lancaster, N. H. (dau. of Capt. Bry-
ant Stephenson and Deborah Turner). He was a farmer at Lancaster,
N. H., previously to 1836, since which time he has lived at Wilton,
Me., being now 79 years old (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4638. i. Alonzo Joseph Willard, b. Feb. 11, 1817, has resided since
1838 in Chicago, 111., where he has been since 1859 a dealer in ice.
He m. Aug. 9, 1855, widow Laura Anna Wooster of Avon, Mo., nee
Walter, b. Aug. 9, 1817, widow of David A. Wooster, b. in Goshen,
Ct. (dau. of Ethan Walter of Goshen, Ct., and Anna Collins).
Children :
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 685
4639. 1. Jessie Willard, b. June 27, 1856.
4640. 2. John Willard, b. July 27, 1858.
4641. ii. Sarah Jane Willard, b. at Lancaster, N. H., Dec. 16, 1818,
m. Rev. Sereno W. Streeter.
4642. iii. Louisa Olive Willard, b. at Canaan, Yt., Aug. 15, 1821,
m. July 14, 1847, Rev. Jeremiah Butler, b. May 29, 1812, at Onondaga
Hill, N. Y. (son of Stephen Butler and Hannah Ward), grad. from
Oberliu Coll., O., in 1842, and the Oberlin Theol. Sem. in 1845, a Cong,
clergyman, settled at Bellevue, O. (1845-64), and since 1864 at Fair-
port, N. Y. One child :
4643. 1. Clarence Willard Butler, M.D., b. at Bellevue, O., May
1, 1848, educated at Oberlin, O., and grad. at the N. Y. Homoeopathic
Med. Coll. in New York in 1872. He is a physician at Montclair, N. J.
4644. iv. Jesse Cooper Willard, b. at Canaan, Vt., Dec. 4, 1823,
lost overboard at sea, May 1, 1846.
4645. v. Beede Mary Willard, b. at Lancaster, N. H., April 10,
1826, m. Dr. James L. Brooks, and cl. April 1854.
4646. vi. John Haven Willard, b. April 11, 1828, d. June 12, 1828.
4647. vii. Francis Lawrence Willard (twin), b. March 21, 1830, d.
March 24, 1830.
4648. viii. Frances Lydia Willard (twin), b. March 21, 1830, d.
Sept. 21, 1856.
4649. ix. Laura D wight Willard, b. Sept. 11, 1834, d. Dec. 2, 1834.
4641. ii. Sarah Jane Willard, b. Dec. 16, 1818, m. Feb. 15, 1844,
Rev. Sereno Wright Streeter (son of Rufus Streeter), grad. at Oberlin,
O., a Cong, clergyman, settled formerly at Union City, Mich., but now
(since 1869) at Austinburgh, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4650. i. Albert Taylor Streeter, b. Dec. 22, 1844, grad. at Olivet
Coll., Mich.
4651. ii. Mary Louisa Streeter, b. March 9, 1847.
4652. iii. Sarah Jane Streeter, b. Sept. 22, 1850, m. May 1871,
Charles C. Tuckei-. They have one child, Edna Louisa Tucker, b. July
12, 1873.
4653. iv. Harriet Putnam Streeter, b. Oct. 11, 1862.
[Eighth Genei'ation.]
4645. v. Beede Mary Willard, b. April 10, 1826, m. Aug. 29, 1842,
James Lowell Brooks, M.D. (son of John Brooks of Farmington, Me.
and Ellen Cony), a physician in Aurora, 111. , and previously in Wilton
and Skowhegan, Me. She d. April 1854. He m. for 2d wife, July
1866, widow Nancy McNaught. He d. at Lexington, 111., Sept. 15, 1866.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
G8C Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatficld, Mass.,
4G50. i. Carey Augustus Brooks, b. in 1845, was drowned at Au-
rora, 111., about 1855.
4651. ii. Mary Louisa Brooks, b. in Skowhegan, Me., April 1847,
m. May 27, 1866, Noah Franklin McNaughtof Lexington, 111. They
have 2 children :
1. George Lowell McNaught, b. Feb. 24, 1867.
2. Beede Alice McNaught, b. Feb. 19, 1870.
4652. iii. Caroline Brooks (nothing more known of her).
4653. iv. A child, unnamed, that d. soon.
4654. v. Samuel Brooks, b. and d. in Aurora, 111., in 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
4637. vi. Hon. John Dwight Willard, LL.D. (son of Rev. Joseph
Willard of Lancaster, N. H., and Olive Haven), b. Nov. 4, 1799, at
Lancaster, m. Nov. 16, 1829, Laura Barnes of Berlin, Ct., b. May 13,
1808 (dau. of Blakeslee Barnes and Almira Porter). He was grad.
at Dartmouth in 1819, and was tutor there for one year (1822-3). He
removed in 1824 to Troy, N. Y., and began the practice of law there
in 1826. He was for several years editor of the Troy Sentinel, and
was made judge of the court of common pleas and State senator for
two years. He spent two years in Europe at two different times. " His
office was thronged with clients ; his whole soul was absorbed in his
business ; probity and promptness, energy and perseverance were prom-
inent traits of his character. He was richly endowed by nature ;
and to a capacious and well-balanced mind he added the advantages of
extensive and varied learning." He d. Oct. 9, 1864, and left at his
death 810,000 to Dartmouth College. His widow still (1874) resides
at Troy.
[Eighth generation.] Children :
4655. i. Rev. Henry Willard, b. Sept. 11, 1830, grad. at Dartmouth
in 1851, and at Princeton Theol. Sem. in 1858, preached at Monroe-
ville, O. (1858-9), and at Zumbrota, Minn. (1859-63). Since 1863 he
has been settled at Plainview, Minn. He m. Dec. 6, 1858, Jeanie
Wells of Mt. Vernoii, O., b. at Cuyahoga Falls, O., April 11, 1834
(dau. of Epaphroditus Wells and Emma B. Linsted). They have had
6 children :
**** 1. Clarence Wells Willard, b. at Zumbrota, Nov. 20, 1859, d.
Aug. 13, 1860.
**** 2. Norman Porter Willard, b. there March 10, 1861.
**** 3. Emma Willard, b. at Mt. Yernon, O., Nov. 30, 1862.
**** 4. Laura Willard, b. at Plainview, Minn., Nov. 4, 1864.
**** 5. Rose Willard, b. there Oct. 15, 1866.
**** 6. Edward Willard, b. there June 20, 1868.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 687
4656. ii. Edward Willard, b. March 21, 1832, d. April 3, 1844.
4657. iii. Clarence Willard, b. March 15, 1837, m. June 16, 1863,
Sarah Frances McDowell, b. Aug. 30, 1841 (dau. of Peter McDowell
of Cambridge, N. Y., and Ann McClellan). .lie "was a wholesale manu-
facturer of boots and shoes at Troy, N. Y., and was at different times
Prest. of the Young Men's Christian Association, and Bank Director,
etc. He d. without issue June 11, 1870, aet. 33. She d. Jan. 19, 1867,
aet. 25.
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[Sixth Generation.]
4618. v. Samuel Willard, M.D. (son of Rev. Dr. John Willaid of
Stafford, Ct., and Lydia Dwight), b. Dec. 26, 1766, grad. at Harvard
in 1787, m. Aug. 1798, Abigail Perkins (dau. of Isaac Perkins of Ash-
ford, Ct. and Tamisen Chaplin). He was a physician at Stafford, Ct.,
and was the proprietor of a mineral spring of some note in that place.
He d. in Cincinnati, O., Feb. 16, 1820. She d. in Greene, N. Y., Feb.
22, 1839.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4658. i. Augustus Willard, M.D., b. June 29, 1799, d. March 12,
1868.
4659. ii. John Willaid, b. June 6, 1806, d. unmarried Nov. 9, 1847,
at Barker, N. Y., aet. 41, a man of decided intellect and strong char-
acter.
4660. iii. Martha Emilia Willard, b. Nov. 16, 1808, rn. Frederic
W. Meloy.
4658. i. Augustus Willard, M.D., b. June 29, 1799, grad. in his
medical studies at Dartmouth. He m. Dec. 12, 1827, Catharine Scaife
Ringer, b. Sept. 15, 1806 (dau. of John Ringer of Geneva, N. Y., and
Isabella Mullender). She d. April 3, 1845, and he m. for 2d wife, Aug.
19, 1850, Laura Perry of Oxford, N. Y., b. Oct. 22, 1813 (dau. of John
Perry and Mary Welch). He was a physician at Greene, Chenaiigo
Co., N. Y., where he d. March 12, 1868. He was an efficient gatherer
of facts for this work, in respect to his branch of the family.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first ivife :
4661. i. Charles Cameron Willard, M.D., b. Nov. 4, 1828, pursued
his medical studies at "The N. Y. College of Physicians and Surgeons,"
in New York. He m. March 9, 1853, Julia Ann Palmer, b. May 10,
1831 (dau. of Ira Palmer and Harriet Carter). He was a physician
in Greene, andd. there Sept. 24, 1862, aet. 34. He had one child :
4062. 1. Sarah Isabella Willard, b. Jan. 12, 1854.
4663. ii. Mary Isabella Willard, b. Oct. 11, 1832, m. Richard G.
Lewis.
688 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfield, Jfass.,
4664. iii. Samuel Augustus Willard, b. Aug. 9, 1837, m. July 31,
1862, Amelia Mary Johnson, b. Jan. 31, 1838 (dau. of Alonzo and
Maria Johnson of Greene).
lit/ second wife :
4665. iv. Annie Hunt Willard, b. July 5, 1852.
4666. v. John Willard, b. July 6, 1856.
4663 ii. Mary Isabella Willard, b. Oct. 11, 1832, m. Oct. 11, 1853,
Richard Gains Lewis, b. May 16, 1830 (son of Ellis Lewis and Mary
Thomas), a trader in Chenango, Broome Co., N. Y. Children :
4664. 1. Catharine Willard Lewis, b. in Greene, N. Y., July 2,
1855, d. Jan. 1, 1859.
4665. 2. Elizabeth Isabella Lewis, b. Dec. 26, 1859, in Greene.
[Seventh Generation.]
4660. iii. Martha Amelia Willard (dau. of Dr. Samuel Willard of
Stafford, Ct., and Abigail Perkins), b. Nov. 16, 1808, m. Dec. 8, 1830,
Frederic William Meloy, b. at New Haven, Ct., Feb. 6. 1805 (son of
Henry Meloy and Anna Dawson), a farmer at Ellicottville, Cattaraugus
Co., N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4666. i. William Augustus Meloy, b. Aug. 26, 1832.
4667. ii. John Willard Meloy, b. Sept. 8, 1834.
4668. iii. Samuel Henry Meloy, b. Sept. 8, 1836.
4669. iv. Abigail Meloy, b. Dec. 9, 1838, m. Nov. 30, 1865, George
M. Rider.
4670. v. Anna Meloy, b. Aug. 8, 1841.
4671. vi. Charles Frederic Meloy, b. Dec. 17, 1843, a printer.
4672. vii. Edward Richmond Meloy, b. June 12, 1846.
4673. viii. Theodore D.wight Meloy, b. April 18, 1849, d. April 3,
1858.
4674. ix. Martha Emilia Meloy, b. May 26, 1854.
4667. ii. John Willard Meloy, b. Sept. 8, 1834, m. June 12, 1860,
Frances Abigail Williams (dau. of Dr. Thomas J. Williams of Ellicott-
ville, N. Y., and Abigail Day) : a merchant at Ellicottville.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4675. i. Francis Williams Meloy, b. April 4, 1863.
4676. ii. Frederica Williams Meloy, b. Dec. 8, 1864.
[Sixth Generation.]
4620. vii. Abigail Willard (dau. of Rev. Dr. John Willard of Staf-
ford, Ct., and Lydia Dwight), b. March 13, 1771, m. about 1800, Sam-
uel Alden, b. at Stafford, Ct., in 1768 (son of Dea. Daniel Alden and
Jane Turner) grad. at Dartmouth in 1795, a druggist at Hanover, N.
H., and much esteemed for his worth. She d. Sept. 13, 1832; and he
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 689
m. for a 2d wife, Aug. 1834, widow Sarah Pearson, nee Boardman. He
d. March 3, 1842, aet. 71. They had one child :
4677. 1. Abigail Alden, b. in 1809, who m. a Dr. Freeman of New
Jersey.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 628.
4162. v. Mary Dwight (dau. of Genl. Joseph D wight and Mary Pyn-
chon), b. Jan. 26, 1735-6, m. about 1756 Capt. Jonas Locke, b. Jan.
13, 1726-7 (son of William Locke of Lexington, Mass., and Jemima
Russell, dau. of Philip Russell of Lexington). He was a revolution-
ary soldier, and served in several campaigns. He resided at Shutes-
bury, Mass., at a place called then Locke's Mills, but now Locke's
Village. Between 1780 and 1790 he removed to Deerfield, Mass. He
was a millwright, and built several mills at Deerfield and in its vicin-
ity. She d. Feb. 7, 1812, aet. 76. He d. at Deerfield, March 5, 1812,
aet. 85, leaving considerable property. He was highly respected for
his intellect and excellence. They had one child :
4678. i. Lois Locke (date of birth not ascertained), who m. (when
not discovered) Ebenezer McKenney of Keene, N. H. (whose mother
was Abigail Mitchell). He removed to Black River, N. Y., and d.
there. They had a daughter who m. Aaron Rand, afterwards of New
York city, who d. there, leaving several children.
Cclfr3 Much effort was bestowed at different times and in diverse
forms to remove the darkness that hangs in this record over the his-
tory of the Dwight-Lockes, but always, to the author's great disap-
pointment, in vain. Any of Aaron Rand's descendants who may at
any time ere long read this meagre account of their immediate mater-
nal lineage will confer a favor upon the author, if not also upon others,
by communicating such information as they can concerning their Rand,
McKenney and Locke ancestry.
[Fifth Generation.]
4164. vii. Col. Elijah Dwight (son of Genl. Joseph Dwight and Mary
Pynchon), b. at Brookfield, Mass., April 23, 1740, resided at Gr. Bar-
rington, Mass., in the old homestead.
He was the first clerk of court for the count}' of Berkshire, and
afterwards judge of the Court of Common Pleas in that county, and
for several years previous to his death a member of the State Senate.
At the early age of 18 he was lieutenant in his father's brigade sent
to reduce Ticonderoga, and held several important offices, both civil
and military, during and following the revolutionary war.
He m. (date not ascertained) Anna Williams, b. Sept. 16, 1743
(dau. of Dr. Thomas Williams of Deerfield, Mass., and Ann Childs —
690 Descendants of Henry D wight of Ilatfield, Mass.,
sister of Dr. Timothy Childs of Pittsfield, who was father of Prof.
Henry W. Childs, Lt. Gov. of Mass.)
He d. at Brookfield, Mass., when on his way to Boston, June 12,
1794, aet. 54. "He was an able magistrate, and a very gentle, kind-
hearted, good man." His epitaph at W. Brookfield, reads thus :
"Hon. Elijah D wight, Esq., of Gr. Barrington, an honest man, a
respected citizen, an exemplary Christian, d. at Brookfield, June 12,
1794, aet. 54.
Death is the crown of life.
Were death denied, pool-
Man would live in vain.
Death wounds to cure."
Mrs. Anna Dwight d. at Deerfield, Feb. 21, 1810, aet. 66. " She sus-
tained through life the character of a highly sensible and religious
woman. Active, universal benevolence was her prominent character-
istic."
[Dr. Thomas Williams was a son of Ephraim Williams of Newton,
Mass., and Elizabeth Jackson. He was brother to Col. Ephraim Wil-
liams, Jr., the founder of Williams College, who was b. Feb. 23, 1715,
and d. Sept. 8, 1755, and to Abigail Williams, whose first husband was
Rev. John Sargeant, and whose second husband was Geril. Joseph
Dwight, father of Col. Elijah Dwight. A full account of Dr. Thomas
Williams and family may be found in Miss Electa Jones' Hist, of
Stockbridge, pp. 146-8].
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
Sad indeed was the mortality in this family. Out of nine children
only one lived long enough to have a family of his own, and he left
neither wife nor child to survive him. The first five children died so
soon after birth, successively, that they were unnamed, and no record
has been anywhere found of the few short hours that they spent upon
the earth. Number one, in the subjoined enumeration of them, should
be properly, therefore, number six.
4679. i. Elijah Dwight, b. Jan. 12, 1778, d. May 28, 1788, aet. 10.
4680. ii. Horace Dwight, b. Sept. 19, 1780, d. Dec. 25, 1780.
4681. iii. Thomas Dwight, b. June 22,- 1782, d. Oct. 4, 1782.
4682. iv. Capt. Joseph Hawley Dwight, b. at Gr. Barrington, Sept.
13, 1785, m. Oct. 29, 1814, Catharine Clarke, b. at Stoniugton, Ct.,
April 17, 1793 (dau. of Rev. Henry Clarke of Brookfield, Madison Co.,
N. Y.). She d. at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., June 11, 1840. She
is described as having been " the counterpart of her sainted mother,"
although her* mother's name is not given. He resided for some years
at Utica, N. Y., and afterwards at Oxford, N. Y., where he d. Aug. 6,
Son of Timotliy, Son of John, loth of Dedliain, Mass. 691
1845, aet. 59, from the effects of injuries received by being thrown from
a wagon, which he survived but a day or two. He became a Roman
Catholic. An obituary notice of him, prepared by Judge Ezekiel Bacon
of Utica, contains the following statements : "He bore with reputation
a commission in the military service of his country during the last war
with Great Britain (1812-15). He was a man of undaunted firmness
of character, of high honor and integrity, and of the most correct busi-
ness qualifications and habits. He had experienced much of the varying
vicissitudes of life, which he ever met with great equanimity and firm-
ness. He many years since embraced the Roman Catholic faith, in
which he died." He left his property, supposed to amount to some
$20,000, to the Roman Catholic Church, to promote education in its
faith — the bequest being applied to such an use at Utica, as it is
understood.
He took great interest in tracing out records of the history of the
Dwight Family. These the author has seen and examined with care.
Although very narrow in their range, and full of mistakes, they are by
far the most valuable collection of family statistics that had ever been
prepared tip to his day. They are in the possession of Mrs. Frances
Fowler Dwight of Stockbridge, Mass., who generously transmitted them
to the author, by express, for his free and full use in the early part of
his long and wide researches. He left them at his death, by his will,
to Rev. Louis Dwight of Boston, Mass., who himself made some addi-
tions of value to its mere skeleton-like outlines of a general kind.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4G79. i. Henry Williams Dwight, b. April 29, 1816, d. Jan. 15, 1817.
4G80. ii. A son unnamed, b. June 1, who d. June 4, 1820.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 628.
4166. ix. Joseph Dwight, Jr. (son of Genl. Joseph Dwight and Mary
Pynchon), b. Jan. 23, 1744-5, m. about 1767, Lydia Dewey of Gr.
Barrington, Mass., b. Oct. 1, 1745 (dau. of Israel Dewey and Lydia
Moseley). He was a farmer at Gr. Barrington (1765-76), at Lenox,
Mass. (1776-), and at Cincinnatus, Courtland Co., N. Y., whither he
had removed many years before (the year of his doing so being, as the
author thinks, 1801), and where lied. July 1826, aet. 81. He was a
man of intelligence and enterprise, and a member of the Episcopal
Church.
Of Mrs. Lydia Dwight, her son Horace, then 80 years of age, wrote
to the author in 1867 : " She was cheerful, diligent and firm. Early on
Saturday evening all work was suspended in the household : the chil-
dren were called together and the evening was spent in reading and
singing, which habit the children themselves imitated and perpetuated
C92 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
long after their several marriages in their own homes, she was always
attentive at church, economical and neat, and she clothed her family
from the products of the farm " (that is, from wool of their own rais-
ing, brought into shape by her busy loom and needle). How busy she
must have been by day and by night may be easily guessed when it is
remembered that beside the household cares of a large farm, she had 13
children, 9 of them sons, to feed and clothe. All honor to tho earnest,
industrious and determined women of the early days of our Republic.
No self-indulgent, sickly, feeble specimens of their sex were they. Nor
were their children a puny, low-browed, dead-alive race of mortals.
She d. July 29, 1811, act. 65.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
4681. i. Mary ("Polly") Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 17G8, m. Jacob Har-
rison, d. Feb. 21, 1846, aet. 78.
4682. ii. Solomon Dwiglit, b. Sept. 9, 1769, at Gr. Barrington, d.
April 7, 1813, aet. 43.
4683. iii. Israel Dwight, b. Nov. 11, 1770, at Gr. Barrington.
4684. iv. Josiah Dwight, b. Aug. 15, 1772, at Gr. Barrington.
4685. v. Lydia Dwight, b. Aug. 17, 1774, at Gr. Barrington, m.
Salmon Harrison, d. Feb. 15, 1850, aet. 75.
4686. vi. Pynchon Dwight, b. at Lenox, Mass., July 15, 1776, d.
Aug. 23, 1777.
4687. vii. Joseph Dwight, b. June 8, 1778, at Lenox, Mass., d. June
28, 1861, aet. 83.
4688. viii. Pynchon Dwight, 2d, b. June 24, 1780, at Lenox, d. Aug.
3, 1855, aet. 75.
4689. ix. Adolphus Dwight, b. July 13, 1782, at Lenox, d. Dec. 31,
1859, aet. 77.
4690. x. Henry Dwight, b. May 6, 1784, at Lenox, d. March 20,
1842, aet. 58.
4691. xi. Horace Dwight, b. June 12, 1786, at Lenox, d. Sept. 29,
1872, aet. 86.
4692. xii. Clarissa Dwight, b. at Lenox, July 15, 1788, m. Reuben
Delano, d. Nov. 14, 1859, aet. 71.
4693. xiii. Anna (" Nancy ") Dwight, b. Nov. 27, 1790, m. Ephraim
F. Williams, and for a 2d luisiband William McClary.
Dewey Lineage.
[Israel Dewey, son of Thomas Dewey of Westfield, Mass., and Abi-
gail Ashley, was b. March 3, 1712-13. Thomas Dewey of Westfield, b.
June 29, 1682, was son of Jedediah Dewey, Senior, and Sarah Orton.
He was b. Dec. 15, 1647, and m. in 1671, Sarah Orton of Hartford, Ct.
They lived at first at Farmington, Ct., for a short period, and after-
wards at Westfield, Mass. She d. Nov. 20, 1711 : he d. in 1718. His
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. fi93
father was Thomas Dewey, the settler, who came to Dorchester, Mass.,
in 1633, from Sandwich, Kent Co., Eng., near the ancient town of
Dover. About 1638 he removed to Windsor, Ct., the first white set-
tlement made in that State. He in. there March 22, 1638-9, widow
Frances Clark, previously wife of Joseph Clark of Windsor. Her
daughter, Mary Clark, by her first marriage, bapt. Sept. 30, 1638, m.
Nov. 26, 1656, John Strong of Windsor (son of Elder John Strong,
afterwards of Northampton, Mass. See for account of 4,000 and more
of her descendants, etc., Hist, of Strong Family by the author, vol.
i. pp. 20-227). Thomas Dewey d. at Windsor, April 27, 1648. His
widow, Frances (Clark) Dewey, m. for a 3d husband, Nov. 30, 1648,
George Phelps, and removed in that year to West-field, with all her
Dewey children, except Israel, who remained at Windsor and d. there
without issue. She had a son, Jacob Phelps, who in. in 1672 Dorothy
Ingersoll, and had 6 children :
I. Thomas and Frances Dewey of Windsor had 5 children, 4 of them
sons : Thomas, Josiah, Anna, Israel and Jedediah.
II. Jedediah Dewey and Sarah Orton had 10 children: 1. Sarah, b.
March 28, 1672, who m. Sept. 8, 1692, John Ashley of Westfield. 2.
Margaret, b. Jan. 10, 1673-4, who m. Sept. 29, 1693, Daniel Bissell
of Windsor, and had 5 children. 3. Jedediah Dewey, Jr., b. June
14, 1676, who lived in Westfield, and m. June 1703, Rebecca Wil-
liams, and had 8 children. 4. Daniel Dewey, b. March 9, 1679, who
lived in Farmington, Ct. 5. Thomas Deicey, b. June 29, 1682, a
farmer at Westfield, who m. Nov. 7, 1706, ividow Abigail Ashley.
They had 6 children. They removed in 1737 from Westfield to Shef-
field, Mass. He d. March 15, 1758, aet, 76. She d. Dec. 20, 1747,
aet. 55, and he m. for a 2d wife, in 1749-50, Elizabeth Harmon of
Sheffield. 6. Joseph Dewey, b. May 10, 1684, who lived at Westfield,
where he d. Jan. 1757, aet. 72. He had by his wife Sarah 6 children.
7. Hannah, b. March 14, 1685. 8. Mary Dewey, b. March 1, 1688,
d. June 19, 1740, aet. 52. 9. James Dewey, b. April 3, 1692, m. May
15, 1718, Elizabeth Ashley, b. in 1697 (dau. of Dea. Daniel Ashley of
Westfield), who d. Sept. 25, 1737, and he m. for 2d wife, Dec. 20, 1738,
Joanna Taylor of Westfield, who d. May 12, 1782, aet. 59. He d. of
small-pox Aug. 28, 1767. 10. Abigail Dewey, b. Nov. 17, 1694.
III. Thomas Dewey of Westfield (son of Jedediah and Sarah Orton
Dewey) had by his wife Abigail Asldey 6 children. They were — 1.
Thomas Dewey, Jr., b. April 20, 1708, d. July 20, 1709. 2. Abigail
Dewey, b. April 24, 1710. 3. Israel Dewey, b. March 3, 1712-13,
who m. Lydia Moseley. 4. Hannah Dewey, b. June 22, 1715. 5.
Bathshua Dewey, b. Aug. 12, 1718, who m. April 19, 1744, James
Bagg of Springfield, Mass. 6. Thomas, b. Nov. 1721.
694 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat-field, Mass.,
IV. Israel Dewey (son of Thomas and Abigail Dewey of Westfield,
Mass., and afterwards of Sheffield, Mass.), b. March 3, 1712-13, in.
Sept. 19, 1734, Lydia Moseley, b. Feb. 19, 1715-16 (dau. of Consider
Moseley, b. Nov. 21, 1675, and Elizabeth Bancroft, whom he m. July
7, 1709, and who was dau. of Nathaniel Bancroft and Hannah Gai'd-
ner). He was a farmer and miller at Sheffield, Mass., and Gr. Bar-
rington (1755-73), and "a man of consequence in the town." He was
the ancestor of the Gr. Barrington and Lenox Deweys. He d. at Gr.
Barrington, Mass., May 23, 1773, aet. 60. His first ten children are
all recorded at Westfield as having been born there, so that he must
have removed to Sheffield about 1754-5. She d. June 19, 1787, aet.
71. John Maudsley, or Moseley, of Windsor, Ct., and afterwards of
Westfield, Mass., m. Mary Newberry, dau. of Benjamin Newberry.
They had 10 children, 5 of them born in Windsor — Benjamin, Marga-
ret, Joseph, Mary and Consider / and 5 in Westfield — John, Comfort,
Margaret, Elizabeth and Hannah. The children of Consider Moseley
and Elizabeth Bancroft were — Rhoda, who m. Nathaniel Wells ; Is-
rael, Daniel, who m. Ann Abbot of Windsor; Elizabeth, twin with
Daniel; Jjydia, who m. Israel Dewey; Ruth, who m. Thomas Root;
and Mary, who m. Aaron King.
V. The children of Israel Dewey of Gr. Barrington and Lydia Mose-
ley were 12 in number :
1. Israel Dewey, Jr., b. June 21, 1735, m. Nov. 1761, Mary Pixley, b.
June 2, 1739 (dau. of David Pixley of Sheffield, and afterwards of
Stockbridge, Mass.). They had 10 children. See for some account of
his descendants, pp. 371-2 of Hist, of the Strong Family by the author.
2. Benedict Dewey, b. Dec. 1, 1736, a farmer in Gr. Barrington, m.
wife Ruhamah, and had 5 children. He d. Feb. 19, 1796, aet. 59.
3. Paul Dewey, b. March 16, 1739, m. about 1763, Susan Reed,
who d. in 1786, and he m. for 2d wife widow Hannah Crawford, nee
Sabin. He was a farmer in Lenox, Mass. Pie d. Aug. 19, 1827, aet.
88. He had 13 children, of whom 12 were by the first wife.
4. Eleanor Dewey, b. Jan. 5, 1740-1, m. John Burghardt. She d.
Dec. 8, 1816, aged 75.
5. Solomon Dewey, b. March 1, 1742-3. He was one of the first
settlers of Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he d. Dec. 1818, aet.
75. He had 6 children.
6. Lydia Dewey, b. Oct. 1, 1745, m. Joseph D wight, Jr., of Gr.
Barrington, and afterwards of Lenox, Mass., and Cincinnatus, N. Y.
She d. July 29, 1811, aet. 65.
7. Abigail Dewey, b. Oct. 12, 1747, m. May 3, 1770, Dea. Daniel
Nash of Gr. Burlington, and had 3 children. She d. May 29, 1836,
aet. 88.
8071 of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 695
8. Josiah Dewey, b. and d. Aug. 3, 1749.
9. Justin Dewey, b. Jan. 5, 1751, a farmer in Gr. Barrington, m. Sept.
9, 1782, Lucy Hears of Poultney, Vt., b. Sept. 3, 1763. They had 10
children. " He was a fine, jovial old man, with a great fund of socia-
bility and humor." He d. Aug. 31, 1832, aet. 81. She d. April 6,
1845, aet. 81.
10. Hugo Dewey, b. Dec. 4, 1753, in Westfield, was a farmer in
Gr. Barrington. He m. his wife Hannah about 1781, who was b. in
1757, and d. Nov. 28, 1813, aet. 56. He d. April 17, 1833, aet. 79.
He had 9 children.
11. Josiah Dewey, b. in Sheffield, Mass., in 1756, m. a Miss Fitchin.
He lived at Van Deusenville, Mass. He d. Feb. 9, 1811 : had 6 chil-
dren.
12. Elizabeth Dewey, b. in 1758, m. a Mr. Ingersoll, who was a
hatter in Lenox. She d. Jan. 20, 1784, aet. 26. ]
[Sixth Generation.]
4681. i. Polly Dwight (dau. of Joseph D wight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey, b. Jan. 30, 1768, at Gr. Barrington, m. Sept. 26, 1799, Jacob
Harrison, b. Aug. 8, 1770 (son of Harrison of and Betsey
Plumb). His father d. in the revolutionary war, when Jacob was less
than a year old. Jacob Harrison was a farmer at Laurens, Otsego
Co., N. Y., a man of piety and of successful business habits. He d.
Nov. 7, 1841 : she d. Feb. 21, 1846, aet. 78.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4694. i. Julia Harrison, b. July 9, 1800, m. Reed Baker, and d.
Jan. 15, 1857.
4695. ii. Hiram Harrison, b. Nov. 30, 1801, a farmer, and a man
of piety, affluence and influence at Laurens, m. July 4, 1832, Maria
Marlette, dau. of Peter and Elizabeth Marlette of Laurens. He d.
May 10, 1853, aet. 51. He had but one child:
4696. 1. Oscar Harrison, b. Feb. 16, 1850, d. May 10, 1853.
4697. iii. Samuel Harrison, b. Aug. 7, 1803.
4698. iv. Joseph Dwight Harrison, b. Feb. 9, 1805.
4699. v. Diadema Harrison, b. June 13, 1807, m. Jan. 5, 1832,
Chester Griswold Whitford, b. Nov. 7, 1806 (son of William Whit-
ford of Hartwick, N. Y., and Jerusha Houghton), a saddler and har-
ness-maker in Binghamton, N. Y. Have one child :
4700. 1. Frances Harrison, b. Feb. 16, 1835, who resides xmmarried
at home.
4701. vi. Clarissa Harrison, b. Aug. 5, 1809, d. Feb. 28, 1815.
Of the parents and children of this family it is stated that " they
were all, as many as came to maturity, pious, and members of the
Presbyterian church."
696 Descendants of Henry D wight of HatfielJ, Mass., '
4694. i. Julia Harrison, b. July 9, 1800, m. June 8, 1820, Reed
Baker, b. in Milford, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1795 (son of Thomas Baker and
Sarah Watson), a blacksmith at Laurens, but after 1850 at Colesville,
Broorne Co., N. Y. She d. there Jan. 15, 1857, " a woman of uncom-
mon excellence." He d. there Jan. 9, 1872, aet. 76.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4702. i. Jacob Harrison Baker, b. in Milford, Ostego Co., N. Y.,
Aug. 18, 1821, m. Sept. 2, 1844, Amanda Thrall of Hartwick, N. Y.
(dau. of Roger Thrall). He was a lawyer at Titusville, Pa., where he
d. without issue Aug. 2, 1870, and she d. Aug. 28, 1871.
4703. ii. Sarah Ann Baker, b. Feb. 18, 1824, m. Micajah Pride, and
for a 2d husband Chauncey Newell.
4704. iii. Clarissa Catharine Baker, b. Nov. 19, 1827, m. Allen H.
Gardiner.
4705. iv. Mary Annette Baker, b. Nov. 9, 1830, m. June 17, 1856,
Ephraim M. Norcutt, b. May 30, 1829 (son of Ephraim Norcutt of
Colesville, N. Y., and Catharine Ross), a farmer at Colesville, N. Y.
He d. at Washington, D. C., Oct. 19, 1863, in a military hospital,
being a soldier in the Union Army. No children. His widow resides
at Homellsville, N. Y.
4706. v. Egbert Allen Baker, b. Aug. 24, 1837, m. Aug. 16, 1856,
Elizabeth M. Holcomb of Colesville, b. April 28, 1835 (dau. of Alvin
Holcomb and Lucy Watrous), a farmer at Colesville.
4703. ii. Sarah Ann Baker, b. Feb. 18, 1824, m. Oct. 19, 1843,
Micajah Pride, a farmer at Laurens, and Union, N. Y., b. in Ilart-
wick, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1819 (son of Hibbard Pride and Ruth Bow).
He d. at Union, Broorne Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1859. She m. for 2d
husband, Oct. 31, 1861, Chauncey Newell of Union, b. there March
5, 18 16 (son of Manna Newell of Farmington, Ct., and Sally Saltmarsh
of W. Stockbridge, Mass.), an insurance agent.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
J?y first marriage :
4707. i. Adelaide A. Pride, b. in Laurens, Aug. 2, 1844, m. Feb.
1864, George N. Strong (son of Daniel Strong and Black), a
farmer at Ellicottville, N. Y.
4708. ii. Vernon S. Pride, b. Dec. 20, 1848, d. Feb. 26, 1854.
4709. iiL Mary Pride, b. in Laurens, June 5, 1851, m. Feb. 23, 1868,
William C. Armstrong (son of Andrew Armstrong of Glasgow, Scot-
land, and Isabella Frame), a tailor at Susquehanna Depot, Pa. He
was an Union soldier in the late war, and took part in 23 battles, and
was twice severely wounded.
4710. iv. Benjamin Franklin Pride, b. in Union, Oct. 19, 1853, m.
Dec. 26, 1872, Ann Tenney, b. June 4, 1854 (dau. of Edward L.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 697
Tenney and Semantha Gilbert) : editor and publisher of the Susque-
haima Journal, at Susquehanna Depot, Pa.
4711. v. Frederic Harrison Pride, b. at Union, Sept. 13, 1856, is a
printer at Susquehanna Depot.
By the second marriage :
4712. vi. Bertie 0. Newell, b. Aug. 23, 1862.
[Eighth Generation.]
4704. iii. Clarissa Catharine Baker, b. Nov. 19, 1827, m. Feb. 5,
1849, Allen H. Gardiner (son of David Gardiner), a farmer at New
Lisbon, Otsego Co., N. Y.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
4713. i. Julia Gardiner, b. Nov. 1849, m. in 1869 Albert Brimmer.
4714. ii. Laselle D. Gardiner, b. June 1852.
[Seventh Generation.]
4697. iii. Samuel Harrison (son of Jacob Hari'ison and Polly
D wight), b. Aug. 7, 1803, m. March 14, 1833, Semautha Whitford
(dau. of William Whitford of Hartwick, N. Y.,and Jerusha Houghton) :
a farmer at Laurens, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4714. i. Delos Harrison, b. Oct. 6, 1839.
4715. ii. Harlan Page Harrison, b. Sept. 27, 1842.
4716. iii. Mary Diadema Harrison, b. March 15, 1850.
[Seventh Generation.]
4698. iv. Joseph D wight Harrison (son of Jacob Harrison and
Polly Dwight), b. Feb. 9, 1805, a farmer at Hornellsville, N. Y., m.
March 1831, Abigail Comstock, b. July 20, 1806 (dau. of Solomon
Comstock of Hartwick, N. Y., and Abigail Gorham).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4717. i. Henry Jacob Harrison, b. Sept. 17, 1834.
4718. ii. Salmon Dwight Harrison, b. Oct. 19, 1838, a conductor on
the Erie R. Road.
4719. iii. Gilbert Laselle Harrison, b. Oct. 21, 1842, a farmer at
Hornellsville.
4720. iv. Abigail Amelia Harrison, b. Feb. 26, 1844, a teacher in
the public school at Hornellsville.
4717. i. Henry Jacob Harrison, b. Sept. 17, 1834, m. June 10, 1857,
Josephine Langdon, b. at Salisbury, Ct., April 6, 1839 (dau. of David
Moore Langdon and Harriet Whitmore). He is a farmer at Hornells-
ville.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4721. i. Niles Langdon Harrison, b. July 11, 1859.
45
G98 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.
4722. ii. Eloise Harrison, b. Oct. 6, 18G3.
[Sixth Generation.]
4082. ii. Solomon Dwight (son of Joseph D wight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey), b. Sept. 9, 17G9, at Gr. Harrington, Mass. m. in 1796 Venina
Foster. [Her parentage and the dates of her birth and death were
sought for in vain.] He was a farmer in Hartwick, N. Y., where he
d. April 7, 1813, aet. 43.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4723. i. Elijah Dwight, b. Nov. 29, 1797.
4724. ii. Olive Dwight, b. Aug. 15, 1799, m. without issue Daniel
Armstrong of Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. He was a man of ability, and
filled worthily several offices of honor and trust. He d. in 1865.
She was a milliner in Owego for several years preceding her marriage.
4725. iii. Reuben Dwight, b. Dec. 15, 1802, m. Melinda Jackson.
He is a resident of Byron, 111.
472G. iv. Joseph Dwight, b. Aug. 28, 1804, d. March 27, 1872.
4727. v. Adelia Dwight, b. June 15, 1806, m. James Cameron, and
d. in 1847.
4728. vi. Abigail Dwight, b. Aug. 1807, m. David Manning of
Owego, N. Y.
4729. vii. Ambrose Dwight, b. about 1809, d. aet. 4.
4730. viii. Henry Dwight, b. about 1811, d. aet. 6.
4731. ix. Polly Dwight, b. about 1812, d. aet. 2.
4723. i. Elijah Dwight, b. Nov. 29, 1797, m. April 9, 1818, Olive
Standish, b. Feb. 22, 1795 (dau. of Daniel Standish and Susan King),
a blacksmith at Owego, N. Y., for several years, and after 1835 at Dry-
den, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4732. i. Hon. Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight, b. April 17, 18J9.
4733. ii. Clarissa Venina Dwight, b. July 14, 1822, m. Euos S.
Farnham.
4734. iii. Roswell Randall Dwight, b. Feb. 22, 1825, a farmer at
Dryden.
4732. i. Hon. Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight, b. April 17, 1819, m.
Rebecca Anne Cady (dau. of Elias W. Cady). He is a merchant at
Dryden, N. Y., has been several times supervisor of the town, and
for three successive terms a member of the N. Y. legislature (1859-
60 and 61).
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
4735. i. Mary Mehitable Dwight, b. 1846.
4736. ii. Olive Adelia Dwight, b. 1848.
4737. iii. Julia Rebecca Dwight, b. 1851.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 699
4738. iv. Anna Amelia Dwight, b. 1856.
4739. v. John Wilbur Dwight, b. 1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
4726. iv. Joseph Dwight, 3d (son of Solomon Dwight and Venina
Foster), b. Aug. 28, 1804, in. May 15, 1830, Achsah Seaman, b. Aug.
20, 1810. She d. March 4, 1840, aet. 29.
He m. for 2d wife, May 18, 1843, widow Anne Osborn Truesdell, b.
May 26, 1807.
She d. March 28, 1848, aet. 40. He m. for 3d wife, June 21, 1850,
Mary Ann Hayes, b. in Cincinnatus, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1817.
She d. April 9, 1859, aet. 42 ; and he m. for 4th wife, Nov. 2, 1859,
widow Amanda Keiiyon Greene. He d. of paralysis March 27, 1872,
aet. 67. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes at Cincinnatus,
N. Y. No children by his 2d and 4th wives.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first ivife :
4740. i. Ambrose Dwight, b. Oct. 10, 1831.
4741. ii. Mary Helen Dwight, b. Feb. 28, 1835, d. Feb. 24, 1840.
4742. iii. Simeon Seaman Dwight, b. July 4, 1837, d. April 4, 1842.
J3y third wife :
4743. iv. Helen Elizabeth Dwight, b. July 28, 1851.
4740. i. Ambrose Dwight, b. Oct. 10, 1831, m. Sept. 1857, Abigail
Burlingham of Solon, Courtland Co., N. Y. (dau. of John Burlingham).
He is a boot and shoe manufacturer at "Waterville, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
having removed thither recently from Courtland, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4744. i. Huldah Losett Dwight, b. at Cincinnatus.
4745. ii. Henrietta Dwight, b. at Courtland.
4746. iii. Kirk Ambrose Dwight.
[Seventh Generation. ]
4727. v. Adelaide Dwight (dau. of Solomon Dwight and Venina
Foster), b. June 15, 1806, m. James Cameron of Owego, N. Y., a diy-
goods merchant. He has been justice of the peace also.
She d. in 1847-8, and he m. for 2d wife, Feb. 28, 1849, Diana
Priscilla Merchant (dau. of Nathan Smith Merchant and Chloe Hoi-
comb).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4747. i. Josephine Adelia Cameron, b. Oct. 10, 1838, m. March 19,
1863, Sylvester James Finley, M.D., of Castle Fin, Pa. (son of John
Finley, a builder, and Mary Cameron). Their children are :
4748. 1. John Armstrong Finley, b. June 13, 1865.
4749. 2. Mary Olive Fiiiley, b. in 1867.
700 Descendants of Henry Divight of Hat-field,
4750. 3. Sylvester James Finley, b. in 1869.
4751. ii. Tmogene Cameron, b. about 1841, d. soon.
[Sixth Generation.]
4683. iii. Israel Dwight (son of Joseph D wight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey), b. Nov. 11, 1770, at Gr. Barrington, Mass., m. March 1795,
Phebe Warriuer of Canaan, N. Y. She d. in Hartwick, N. Y., March
1802, and he m. March 22, 1804, Sarah Porter, b. in Litchfield, Ct.,
July 24, 1781 (dan. of Eleazer Porter and Susannah Rowley).
He was a hatter at first for 10 years (1791-1801), but became after-
wards a farmer all his life, residing at Hartwick, N. Y., until 1806,
and from that time onwards at Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y.
"He was a man of strong mind and sound judgment, and of a noble
soul, a wise counsellor, a firm friend and a judicious, loving father."
So writes an affectionate daughter of him.
Once, when on his way to the house of a neighbor, whence death
had within a few days removed, one after the other, father and mother
and eldest son, he met an invalid lad, some. 12 years of age, belonging
to the family, who was then in pursuit of him for counsel and comfort
and aid in his horrible bereavement, and bade him, whole-heartedly,
make his home henceforth with him, which he did, being ever treated
as if a son until some 13 years afterwards he died.
He d. March 18, 1860, aet. 89, in Windsor, N. Y., on the spot where
50 years before he had settled, and where he had reared all of his large
family. His children love to remember the venerable patriarch with
filial reverence for his many virtues, and grateful praise for the grace
from above that abounded in his heart and life.
Phebe Warriner is said to have been " a woman of large-hearted
generosity and of a winning and affectionate disposition." For 56
years, wanting but 4 days, Sarah Porter sat and stood, and walked by
his side in life, as the loving and beloved partner of his joys and sor-
rows, and of his cares and prayers and toils in the high endeavor to
train his household for God and glory. She was remarkable for her
very sensitive nature, her quick perceptions, her generous sentiments,
her affectionate feelings, and her determined energy of character. She
d. June 6, 1860, within less than three months after her husband. A
venerable godly pair ! Blessed, thrice blessed are the children of such
parents ! Blessed in their lives and blessed in their deaths, and blessed
will they be in their resurrection !
[Seventh Generation. ] Children :
J3y his first wife :
4752. i. Eliza Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1795, m. Orrin Stillson.
4753. ii. Lyman Dwight, b. July 3, 1797, d. Oct. 5, 1839.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, l>otli ofDedliam, Mass. 701
4754. iii. Harriet Dwight, b. Jan. 15, 1799, m. Spicer Sanders.
475 5. iv. Jedediah Bushiiell Dwight, b. Aug. 1, 1801.
Hy second wife :
4756. v. Sylvester Warriner Dwight, b. at Hartwick, N. Y., Nov.
26, 1804.
4757. vi. Horace Dewey Dwight, b. at Windsor, N. Y., May 25, 1806.
4758. vii. Alonzo Dwight, b. April 22, 1808, d. Oct. 25, 1867,
aet. 59.
4759. viii. Lydia Dwight, b. May 21, 1810, m. George "W. G. Judd.
4760. ix. Clarissa Dwight, b. June 18, 1812, m. Lyman Wilmot.
4761. x. Roswell Dwight, b. Jan. 10, 1815, d. June 7, 1822.
4762. xi.. Mary Dwight, b. July 4, 1817, is unmariied (1874).
4763. xii. Norman Dwight, b. May 5, 1819.
4764. xiii. Chester Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1821.
4765. xiv. Orson Dwight, b. Aug. 10, 1824.
The eldest and youngest of these children were 29 years apart in age.
4752. i. Eliza Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1795, m. Jan. 12, 1815, Orrin
Stillson, b. Dec. 9, 1793 (son of Daniel Stillson of Woodbury, Ct., and
Hannah Warner). He is a farmer and resided in Sennett, N. Y.
(1814-25), at first, and afterwards in Victory, N. Y. (1825-8), and
after 1828 in Windsor, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4766. i. Israel Dwight Stillson, b. at Sennett (then called Brutus),
Feb. 15, 1817.
4767. ii. Lyman Stillson, b. Nov. 20, 1818, d. April 18G2.
4768. iii. Garry Stillson, b. April 21, 1821.
4769. iv. Reed Alonzo Stillson, b. Sept. 20, 1824, in Sennett, d. Feb.
22, 1826.
4770. v. Roswell Stillson, b. in Victory, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1826, m.
May 10, 1860, Sarah Pitt of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., b. April 29, 1837
(dau. of Simeon Pitt and Betsey Blair). He is a cabinetmaker at Osh-
kosh, Wis. (since 1872), having previously lived at Sheboygan, Wis.
4771. vi. Sylvester Orrin Stillson, b. in Conklin, N. Y. (now Kirk-
wood), May 22, 1829.
4772. vii. William Cumrnings Stillson, b. in Kirkwood, Broome
Co., N. Y., Jan. 30, 1833, m. March 4, 1859, Rachel Slaggy of Sparta,
Wis., where he now resides. He enlisted as a soldier in the late war,
in the 33d Wis. Regt., and served his country as such for two years.
4766. i. Israel Dwight Stillson, b. Feb. 15, 1817, in. Feb. 17, 1841,
Mary Ann Knowlton, b. March 26, 1824, in Ashford, Ct. (dau. of
John KnowJton and Polly Lamb) : a fanner and business operator in
Windsor, N. Y.
702 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4773. i. Ellen Auverna Stillson, b. Aug. 13, 1846, a teacher in the
public school at 'Windsor, N. Y.
4774. ii. Hannah Jane Stillson, b. May 18, 1850, m. Oct. 15, 1871,
Granville Sherwood, a farmer in Windsor, b. in Kirkwood, N. Y., Dec.
31, 1847 (son of Wilson Sherwood and Julia Heath). They have one
child :
4775. 1. Emma Grace Sherwood, b. Oct. 21, 1872.
477G. iii. Josephine Stillson, b. Jan. 10, 1857.
4777. iv. Erne May Stillson, b. Aug. 26, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
4767. ii. Lyman Stillson (son of Orrin Stillson and Eliza Dwight),
b. Nov. 20, 1818, m. Oct. 18, 1847, Theodosia Fluno, b. March 8,
1821 (dan. of Jacob Fluno of Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., and Sarah
Ladd). He resided in Lindinah, Juneau Co., Wis. (1850-62). He
was a man of nerve and perseverance, and a true patriot. He enlisted
as an Union soldier in the late war, in the 16th Wis. Regt., and fell in
the battle of Shiloh, at Pittsburgh Landing, April 1862. Deep was
his love of country to leave, at the age of 44, his wife and three young
children, in order to enter the rank and file, and run the hazards of the
camp and the battle-field in the great conflict of the hour.
She d. Feb. 1866.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4778. i. Alonzo Dwight Stillson, b. in Cedarville, Herkimer Co.,
N. Y., March 3, 1850.
4779. ii. Lorenzo Daniel Stillson, b. Oct. 19, 1851, in Lindinah, Wis.
4780. iii. Flora Annette Stillson, b. Dec. 13, 1856.
[Eighth Generation.]
4768. iii. Garry Stillson (son of Orrin Stillson and Eliza Dwight),
b. April 21, 1821, m. Nov. 11, 1847, Emily Desire Edson, b. Sept. 1,
1829, at Windsor, N. Y. (dan. of Harley Edson and Phebe Heath).
He is a farmer and a man of active business pursuits at Binghamton,
N. Y., where he has resided since 1857.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4781. i. Austin Brenville Stillson, b. in Kirkwood, N. Y., Sept. 7,
1849, m. Oct. 26, 1870, Frances Eliza Shane, b. in 1847 in Laurens,
N. Y. (dau. of Jeremiah Shane and Mary Haight). They reside in
Windsor, N. Y.
4782. ii. Garry Eugene Stillson, b. March 7, 1854, at Windsor.
4783. iii. Francelia Eliza Stillson, b. Aug. 31, 1856, at Windsor.
4784. iv. Robert Lincoln Stillson, b. at Binghamton, Nov. 12, 1864
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 703
[Eighth Generation.]
4769. iv. Reed Alonzo Stillson (son of Orrin Stillson and Eliza
Dwight), b. Sept. 20, 1824, m. Oct, 21, 1846, Mary Ann Tracy, b. in
Georgetown, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1829 (dau. of David Tracy
and Martha Babcock). He was a dealer in jewelry and " an amiable
and generous man," and resided at Plainfield, N. Y., where he d. Feb.
22, 1856. His widow has lived since 1862 in Binghamton, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4785. i. Clarence Delmont Stillson, b. April 1, 1850, m. Aug. 1,
1870, Margaret Thompson, b. July 17, 1851, at Wilson Hill, Chenango
Co., N. Y., (dau. of John Thompson and Jeanette Colvell). He is in
the employment of The American Express Co. at Binghamton, N. Y.
They have one child :
4786. 1. Dwight Reed Stillson, b. April 7, 1871.
4787. ii. Mary Amelia Stillson, b. Nov. 15, 1853, d. Feb. 24, 1854.
[Eighth Generation.]
4771. vi. Sylvester Orrin Stillson, b. May 22, 1828, m. Feb. 21,
1851, Lucy Armlin, b. April 7, 1835 (dau. of Tunis Armlin of Hun-
tersland, Schoharie Co., N. Y., and Charity Dexter) : a farmer at Lin-
dinah, Wis.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4788. i. Clara Deete Stillson, b. April 4, 1855.
4789. ii. Frank Arthur Stillson, b. Feb. 22, 1859.
4790. iii. Leon Sylvester Stillson, b. May 27, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
4753. ii. Lyman Dwight (son of Israel Dwight of Hartwick, N. Y.,
and Phebe Warriner), b. July 3, 1797, m. Jan. 2, 1822, Beulah Hanilin
(dau. of Solomon Hamlin and • Monroe). He was a farmer at
Sennett (Brutus), N. Y., and after 1837 at Troy Grove, La Salle Co.,
111., where he d. Oct. 5, 1839, "a man of rigid integrity and fidelity."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4791. i. Solomon Dwight, b. June 14, 1823.
4792. ii. Harriet Dwight, b. Sept. 24, 1825, m. William Youmans.
4793. iii. Lyman Dwight, Jr., b. July 18, 1831.
4791. i. Solomon Dwight, b. June 14, 1823, in Victory, N. Y., m.
in 1848 Mariette Potter of Savannah, N. Y. She d. May 4, 1853, and
he in. for 2d wife, in 1854, Mary Jane Cornell of Mentz, Wayne Co.,
N. Y. He is a mechanic in Jordan, Wayne Co., N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
Hi/ first wife :
4794. i. James Henry Dwight, b. in Savannah, N. Y., June, 1850.
4795. ii. Harriet Dwight, b. there, Jan. 30, 1853.
704 Descendants of Henry Divight of Hatfield, Mass.,
Jiy second wife :
4796. iii. Myron Dwight, b. in Clyde, N. Y., Dec. 1855.
4797. iv. Alice B. Dwight, b. in Savannah, Dec. 1857, d. in 1859.
4798. v. Alice Dwight, 2d, b. in Cato, N. Y., April 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
4792. ii. Harriet Dwight (dau. of Lyman Dwighfc and Beulah Ham-
lin), b. in Stirling, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1825, m. March 5, 184,3, William
Youmans of Kirkersville, Licking Co., O. He d. (date not given), and
she m. for 2d husband, June 8, 1853, John James Hutchins, a me-
chanic in Savannah, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
Hy first marriage :
4799. i. Ashley Youmans, b. in Savannah, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1846.
JBy second marriage :
48CO. ii. Alice Hutchins, b. Jan. 15, 1854.
4801. iii. Arvilla Hutchins, b. Dec. 17, 1855.
[Eighth Generation.]
4793. iii. Lyman Dwight, Jr., b. in Sennett, N. Y., July 18, 1831,
m. Feb. 7, 1854, Sarah A. Woodworth of Clyde, N. Y., b. at Prince-
ton, Ind., July 29, 1831 (dau. of Samuel Woodworth and Hannah
Sprague). He is a farmer, and has resided since 1866 at Battle Creek,
Mich., where he has become of late a dealer in stock and shipper of
provisions and fruit.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4802. i. Orrin Edgar Dwight, b. at S. Butler, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1854,
and d. Nov. 29, 1854.
4803. ii. Flora Adeline Dwight, b. at Savannah, N. Y., April 6, 1856.
4804. iii. Frederic Lyman Dwight, b. atE. Leroy, Mich., May 5, 1864.
4805. iv. Eva Melissa Dwight, b. at Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 7. 1871.
4806. v. George Edward Dwight, b. there Sept. 11, 1868, d. Feb.
18, 1871.
[Seventh Generation.]
4754. iii. Harriet Dwight (dau. of Israel Dwight and Phebe War-
riner), b. Jan. 15, 1799, m. Feb. 22, 1826, Spicer Sanders, b. March
10, 1799, in Westerley, R. I. (son of Stephen Sanders and Dorcas
Sanders, dau. of Isaac Sanders). He was a farmer at Plainfield, N.
Y., all his life except 4 years spent at New Brunswick, N. J. (1862-6).
He d. aet. 72, May 24, 1871, in consequence of a fall from an apple-
tree. He was a man of a quick and active mind and a close thinker,
and suffered much in his later years from dyspepsia.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4807. i. Andrew Jackson Sanders, b. July 31, 1829, at Plainfield.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 705
4808. ii. Dwight Sanders, b. Nov. 16, 1830, m. Oct. 3, 1860,
Julia Partliena Robinson of Richtield, N. Y., b. in 1836 (dau. of John
Robinson and Rebecca Smith). No issue. He was a farmer at Plainfield,
N. Y. He d. Oct 12, 1865. " He was a man of quiet retiring habits,
but firm in his principles and known only to be esteemed."
4809. iii. Harriet Sanders, b. there Sept. 13, 1832, m. Joseph S.
Clark.
4810. iv. Ann. Sanders, b. Sept. 4, 1836, m. Samuel L. Smith.
4811. v. Eliza Sanders, b. March 29, 1841, m. William M. Johnston..
4807. i. Andrew Jackson Sanders, b. July 31, 1829, m. Oct. 2, 1855,
Ann Aiigusta Hutchinsonof Lassellsville, N. Y. (dau. of Major William
Hutchinson and Elizabeth Lassell). He is a farmer and mechanic at
Plainfield, N. Y. : has been town-clerk for 2 years and justice of the
peace for 9.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4812. i. Lina Frances Sanders, b. Nov. 6, 1857.
4813. ii. John Carl Sanders, b. Dec. 12, 1859.
4814. iii. Kate Elizabeth Sanders, b. Jan. 19, 1864.
4815. iv. Twin sons, ) d. Oct. 1, 1869.
unnamed, >• b. Sept. 20, 1869.
4816. v. ) d. Oct. 2, 1869.
[Eighth Generation.]
4809. iii. Harriet Sanders (dau. of Spicer Sanders and Harriet
Dwight), b. Sept. 13, 1832, m. Oct. 13, 1852, Joseph Sherrill Clark,
b. in Plainfield Dec. 8, 1827 (son of Alvit Clark and Sarah Davis), a
mechanic in Milton, Wis. (since 1856), and previously in Leonards-
ville, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4817. i. Irving Bentoii Clark, b. Nov. 4, 1855, in Leonardsville.
4818. ii. Judson Dwight Clark, b. Sept. 21, 1867, in Milton, Wis.
4819. iii. Cora Clark, b. there July 12, 1869.
[Eighth Generation.]
4810. iv. Ann Sanders, b. Sept. 4, 1836, in. Sept. 6, 1859, Samuel
Lyman Smith, b. Sept. 16, 1831 (son of Samuel Smith of Winfield,
N. Y., and Mary Ann Bartlett), a farmer at West Winfield, Herkimer
Co., N. Y., where his children were all born.
[Ninth Generation.]
4820. i. Eva Anna Smith, b. Aug. 30, 1862.
4821. ii. Arthur Larkin Smith, b. Oct. 3, 1863.
4822. iii. Harriet Dwight Smith, b. Aug. 14, 1865.
4823. iv. Laura Bertha Smith, b. Dec. 29, 1868.
706 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
4824. v. Cora Ermina Smith, b. Feb. 10, 1872.
[Eighth Generation.]
481 1. v. Eliza Sanders (dan. of Spicer Sanders and Harriet Dwight),
b. March 29, 1841, was associate-principal of a seminary for young
ladies at Hornellsville, N. Y., with Miss Mary Dwight (18G5-7). She
m. Aug. 25, 1870, William McCollum Johnston (son of William
Johnston, of Glasgow, Scotland formerly, and more I'ecently of St.
Charles, 111., and Jean Beath), b. in Glasgow, Feb. 19, 1839, a lawyer
at Chicago, 111., of the firm, previously to the great fire, of " Vervey,
Anthony & Gait." They have one child :
4825. 1. William Sanders Johnston, b. May 12, 1871.
[Seventh Generation.]
4755. iv. Jedediah Bushnell Dwight (son of Israel Dwight and
Phebe Warriner), b. Aug. 1, 1801, m. May 15, 1829, Sarah Marvin, b.
at Laurens, 1ST. Y., Aug. 29, 1806 (dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth
Marvin of Kirkwood, N. Y.). He was a farmer at Kirk wood, where
his children were all born, but since 1870 has resided at Binghamton,
N. Y. She d. July 1873 of apoplexy.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4826. i. Mary Elizabeth Dwight, b. April 12, 1830, m. John D. Rush.
4827. ii. Martha Louisa Dwight, b. Sept. 15, 1831, m. Dec. 1849.
William James Johnson, b. Dec. 25, 1822 (son of James Johnson and
Harriet Taber), resides in Binghamton. They have had one child :
4828. 1. Alice Johnson, b. Jan. 1, 1852, m. Jan. 1, 1869, Oliver
Watson, a shoe manufacturer in Binghamton, N. Y.
4829. Hi. Joseph Bushnell Dwight, b. June 19, 1833, d. Dec. 26, 1861.
4830. iv. Amanda Melvina Dwight, b. Sept. 15, 1836, m. S. Green.
4831. v. Harriet Eliza Dwight, b. Sept. 24, 1840, m. W. D. Rush.
4832. vi. Sarah Maria Dwight, b. Aug. 4, 1843, m. G. H. Roberts.
4826. i. Mary Elizabeth Dwight, b. April 12, 1830, m. Nov. 25,
1853, John De Grasse Rush,b. in Vestal, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1825 (son of
John Rush and Susan Weston), a farmer at "Vestal, Broome Co., N.
Y., and engaged in lumbering there. He was an Union soldier in the
late war.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4833. i. Lois Amanda Rush, b. at Vestal, Aug. 23, 1855.
4834. ii. Devolson Joseph Rush, b. June 9, 1858.
4835. iii. John Henry Rush, b. Dec. 16, 1860.
4836. iv. Martha Lettie Rush, b. May 21, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
4829. iii. Joseph Bushnell Dwight (son of Jedediah Bushnell
Dwight and Sarah Marvin), b. June 19, 1833, enlisted Sept. 1861, as
Son of Timothy, Son of John, Iwtli of Dedliam, Mass. 707
an Union soldier in the late war, in the 27th N. Y. Regt., and was en-
gaged in active duty tinder Genl. Slocum until Dec. 1861, when he d.
(Dec. 26) of fever at Alexandria, Ya. His remains were deposited
among those of his kindred at Windsor, N. Y.
He left a pleasant home, abounding in every comfort, because desir-
ing and determined to do his whole duty to his country. When he
met at last that foe which no man can conquer and laid down his life
among strangers, it was with the strong regret that he could serve the
great cause at stake no longer. " He was doing a good business and
had held already several positions of importance in his native town,
but these and whatever else was outwardly agreeable to him he nobly
sacrificed at once to the call which he felt that his country made for
the best possible service of his heart and hand. He himself wrote to a
dear relative after reaching Washington that he tliought it to be as much
one's duty, to support the government and institutions of the country,
as it teas to support one's own family."
[Eighth Generation.]
4830. iv. Amanda Melvina Dwight (dau. of Jedediah Bushnell
Dwight and Sarah Marvin), b. Sept. 15, 1836, m. April 29, 1855,
Samuel Green, b. Feb. 2, 1831, in Liberty, Pa. (son of Samuel Bus-
kirk Green, b. in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28, 1790, and Sarah Hart, b. in
Brandywine Hundred, Del.,»Aug. 1, 1792), a farmer in New Milford,
Susquehanna Co., Pa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4837. i. Joseph Adelbert Green, b. at Kirkwood, N. Y., July 11,
1856.
4838. ii. John Byron Green, b. Aug. 3, 1859, at New Milford, Pa,
4839. iii. Lois Anna Green, b. there March 23, 1862.
[Eighth Generation. ]
4831. v. Harriet Eliza Dwight (dau. of Jedediah Bushnell Dwight
and Sarah Marvin), b. Sept. 24, 1840, m. Dec. 10, 1858, William De
La Fayette Rush, a farmer in Yestal, N. Y., b. Nov. 17, 1829 (son of
John Rush and Susan Weston, and brother to John D. Rush, who m.
her sister, Mary Elizabeth). He was for 2 years an Union soldier in
the late war.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4840. i. Sarah Serena Rush, b. May 9, 1861.
4841. ii. Joseph Adelbert Rush, b. March 17, 1862.
[Eighth Generation.]
4832. vi. Sarah Maria Dwight (dau. of Jedediah Bushuell Dwight
and Sarah Marvin), b. Aug. 4, 1843, m. Dec. 28, 1863, Gilbert Hamil-
ton Roberts, then of Kirkwood, N. Y., b. in Bridgewater, Pa., April
708 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield,
29, 1831 (son of Hart Roberts and Celinda Latsevd), a blacksmith at
Montrose, Pa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4842. i. Nelly Deete Roberts, b. April 29, 1865, in Kirkwood.
4843. ii. Harriet Roberts, b. in Rush, Pa., Oct. 16, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 701.
4756. v. Sylvester Warriuer Dwight (son of Israel Dwight and Sarah
Porter, his 2d wife), b. Nov. 26, 1804, m. March 27, 1833, Elizabeth
Stewart, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 15, 1807 (dau. of Josiah Stewart
and Mercy Chapman). He is a farmer at Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y.
She d. Aug. 19, 1865, aet. 58. " She was an intellectual woman with
fine sensibilities, and full of sunshine in her household." He m. Oct.
20, 1869, for a 2d wife, widow Seraphina Baker, nee Smith of Corning,
N. Y., b. Dec. 1, 1837, at Watertown, N. Y., widow of George Payne
Baker of Corning, N. Y. (only son of Dea. David Baker of that place),
and dau. of Elias Howard Smith, now of Corning, and Polly Parker.
Her first marriage occurred Sept. 8, 1858, and her first husband d.
at Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1862. He was Quartermaster Sergeant
in the 186th N. Y. Regt. in the late war.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4844. i. Sylvester Frederic Dwight, b. March 27, 1836.
4845. ii. Martha Stewart Dwight, b. Sept. 2, 1841.
4844. i. Sylvester Frederic Dwight, b. March 27, 1836, entered jn
1858 the Freshman class in Hillsdale College, Mich. He enlisted May
31, 1861, in Battery A of the 1st Mich. Regt. Light Artillery. Pro-
motion was offered him, but he preferred the business of a practical
cannonier, sighting the guns himself, to any office, for effective usefulness,
and so of heartfelt pleasure to him. He fought under Genl. Geo. B.
McClellan, and also under Genls. O. M. Mitchell and D. C. Buell in
Kentucky and Tennessee. At the battle of Stone River, Tenn., he
•wrote, Dec. 31, 1862 : "I started to go into action, but was ordered to
the wagon-train, as I was unfit for duty from sickness (chronic diar-
rhoea) ; before reaching which I saw the rebel cavalry charge and cap-
ture it, when I made my way to the left to a temporary hospital, on
which the rebels charged the next day (Jan. 1, 1863) and captured all
its inmates. As I was unable to march, they placed me on a horse and
took me to Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Montgomery, and
thence back to Atlanta, Knoxville and Lynchburgh, to Richmond, Va.,
where they confined me in Libby Prison until Jan. 29th, when I was
put on the flag-of-truce boat at City Point. I started for home, on
reaching which my own father and mother did not know me — so
changed was I from sickness and -exposure — and were not willing to
tio7i of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedliam, Mass. 709
keep me over night, until I told them that I was their son. In June
1863 I was exchanged, and joined anew the Army of the Cumberland at
Murfreesboro, and marched on with my old battery to Chattanooga.
During my connection with Loomis' Battery for 3 years, I was in all
the battles and nearly all the skirmishes in which it was engaged."
He was mustered out of service, May 31, 1864, and returned to
Hillsdale Coll., where he was grad. in 1865, when he entered the law
department of The University of Michigan, where he was grad. March
1867. After a short practice of his profession at Big Rapids, Mich.,
he removed to Kersey, Osceola Co., Mich. He m. June 8, 1869,
Jeanie Dyer, b. at Abbeville, O., July 12, 1838 (dau. of Samuel B. Dyer
of Hillsdale, and Eliza F. Locke). He is the prosecuting attorney for
Osceola Co., Mich.
[Seventh Generation.]
4757. vi. Horace Dewey D wight (son of Israel Dwight of Windsor,
N. Y., and Sarah Porter, his 2d wife), b. May 25, 1806, m. Jan. 31,
1833, Lovira Hoadley of Windsor, N. Y., b. Sept. 18, 1814 (dau. of
Russell Barnes Hoadley and Lucy Clark), who d. of consumption July
15, 1846. He m. for 2d wife, Jan. 3, 1849, widow Abigail Hill, nee
Beeclier, b. Oct. 3, 1802 (dau. of Justin Beecher of Cheshire, Ct., and
Sarah Hotchkiss). He is a farmer at Kirkwood, N. Y. He had one
child by his first wife.
[Eighth Generation.]
By first wife :
4846. i. Helen Man- Dwight, b. at Windsor, N. Y., March 15, 1835,
m. Dec. 11, 1854, Isaac Bird, b. March 4, 1822, in Salisbury, Ct. (son
of James Bird and Susan Dauchy), a farmer in Kirkwood.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4847. i. James Dwight Bird, b. there May 12, 1859.
4848. ii. Jessie Lovira Bird, b. Oct. 25, 1867.
4849. iii. Russell Hoadley Bird, b. May 15, 1871.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 701.
4758. vii. Alonzo Dwight (son of Israel Dwight of Windsor, N. Y.,
and Sarah Porter), b. April 22, 1808, m. Oct. 14, 1835, Betsey Hoad-
ley, b. at Windsor, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1816 (dau. of Russell Barnes
Hoadley and Lucy Clark). He was a large and wealthy farmer at
Windsor, N. Y., and an active business operator in other ways — his
business being widely ramified and very successful. He was a man of
great executive abilities. For a few years preceding his death he re-
sided at Binghamton, N. Y. (1864-7). His wife Betsey d. Nov. 24,
1852, and he m. for a 2d wife, March 3, 1853, her sister (who was also
sister to Mrs. Horace Dewey Dwight, his brother), widow Adelia Ben-
710 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfdd, Mass.,
nett, nee Hoadley, widow of Worcleix Bennett of Binghamton, b. 1812.
lie d. Oct. 25, 1867, of a protracted and very painful disease of the
stomach, aet. 59. Mrs. Betsey Dwight was " a woman of great loveli-
ness, and of much happiness, and died full of joy in Christ." His widow
resides still in Binghamton (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J5y first wife :
4850. i. Col. Walton Dwight, b. Dec. 20, 1837.
4851. ii. Webster Dwight, b. Dec. 21, 1840.
4852. iii. Lucy Amelia Dwight, b. Sept. 6, 1845, m. Oct. 23, 1867,
Seymour Coleman, Jr., b. at Schuylerville, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1840 (son of
Rev. Seymour Coleman of Williamsport, Pa., and Sophia Thorp), grad.
at The Albany Law School in 1862. He was an Union soldier in the
late war for 4 months, in the 1st Wisconsin Regt. lie was engaged
for some years in lumbering at Williamsport, Pa., and afterwards at
Saginaw, Mich. He resides now in Chicago, and is a dealer in stocks.
4853. iv. Sarah Adelia Dwight, b. Oct. 17, 1850, m. Dec. 20, 1871,
Warren Leroy Ayer, M.D., b. June 6, 1842, in Apalachin, Susquehan-
na Co., Pa. (son of Dea. Isaac Ayer and Mary Ann Thurber), grad.
at The Long Island Med. Coll., in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1870, a physi-
cian in Owego, N. Y.
By second wife :
4854. v. Betsey ("Bessie") Viola Dwight, b. March 14, 1854, m.
May 1, 1873, Theodore F. McDonald, b. in Fenton, Broome Co., N.
Y. (then Chenango), July 20, 1845 (son of Asa McDonald and Eliza-
beth Aytes). . He was 2d Sergeant in Co. K, 179th N. Y. R%'t., in
the late war, and was taken prisoner near Petersburg!!, Va., Sept. 30,
1864, and kept in the Libbyand Pemberton prisons in Richmond, Va.,
and at Salisbury, N. C., until March 2, 1865. In June 1865 he was
mustered out of the service at Elmira.
He was grad. at The Albany Law School, March 1867, and since
May of that year has been a practising lawyer at Binghamton, N. Y.
Since 1868 he has been elected regularly each year clerk of the Board
of Supervisors of Broome Co.
4855. vi. Ward Alonzo Dwight, b. Aug. 1, 1855.
4850. i. Col. Walton Dwight, b. Dec. 20, 1837, entered the Union
army in the late war as captain of a company, and himself raised a large
number of recruits in Potter, Tioga and Elk counties, Pa., contribut-
ing greatly towards the formation of the 149th Pennsylvania Regt. (or
the 2d Bucktail Regt.), which he drilled, and with which he fought in 18
different engagements, the heaviest of which were those at Chancellors-
ville, Fredericksburgh, Antietam and Gettysburgh. At the place last
named, he was severely wounded, and resigned in consequence his com-
Son of Timotliy, Son ofJolm, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 71 1
mission, in April 1864. He passed while in the army through suc-
cessive degrees of promotion, from being captain to becoming major,
It. colonel and colonel.
He m. July 12, 1864, Anna Nichols Deusenbury, b. at Windsoi-, N.
Y. (dau. of George Deusenbury and Ruth Whitmere). He resides in
Binghamton, N. Y., and is a dealer in all kinds of manufactured him-
ber, and is interested also in coal lands in Pennsylvania, real estate in
Chicago, 111., and timber-lands in Canada. He was in 1871-3 Mayor
of the city of Binghamton. He has one child :
4856. 1. Frank Dwight, b. Aug. 8, 1868.
4851. ii. Webster Dwight (son of Alonzo Dwight, Esq., and Betsey
Hoadley), b. Dec. 21, 1840, enlisted as an Union soldier in the late
war in the 27th N. Y. Regt., Sept. 1861, and d. at " The Ladies' Home,
N. Y.," June 24, 1862. One of his comrades wrote thus of him to
his friends after his decease : " The members of our company are sad-
dened by the news of the death of one of its most esteemed members,
Webster Dwight. He left a large number of friends and a most com-
fortable home with his wealthy parents for none but patriotic reasons.
He had a genial and attractive nature. He was attentive to duty
while in camp, and in the engagement at West Point, Ya., and he be-
haved as a brave soldier should. I stood beside him in the hour of
danger, and can testify to his coolness and bravery. God ordered that
he should not die from the effects of the traitors' lead. The members
of Co. D will cherish his memory while life shall last."
He was one of the sick that came up on " The Daniel Webster," soon
after the battle of West Point on the Peninsula.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 701.
4759. v'ii. Lydia Dwight (dau. of Israel Dwight of Windsor, N. Y.,
and Sarah Porter), b. May 21, 1810, m. Jan. 31, 1832, George Wash-
ington Guernsey Judd, b. May 10, 1810 (son of Rev. Gaylord Judd of
Candor, N. Y., and Sarah Higley of Windsor, IS". Y.), a farmer in
Alleghany, Potter Co., Pa. He has been justice of peace since 1840,
by successive re-elections at each time that his office has expired. He
has recently removed to Colesburgh, Pa.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4857. i. Sarah Jane Judd, b. at Windsor, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1832, a
teacher and unmarried (1872).
4858. ii. Clark Gaylord Judd, b. at Painted Post, N. Y., Oct. 26,
1833. was an engineer for some years at Titusville, Pa., but resides now
(1872) at Alleghany, Pa., unmarried.
4851). iii. Daniel Higley Judd, b. Feb. 8, 1835, at Addison, N. Y.,
entered the Union army in. July 1861, and was captain in the 147th.
712 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
Penn. Tlegt. He marched to the battle of Ball's Bluff, arriving just
as the U. S. forces were re-crossing the river. A severe storm came
on and they were without tents. The long march and great exposure
during the night induced disease, and in a few days he had to become
the inmate of a hospital at Washington, where he d. of a typhoid fever,
Nov. 10, 18G1. His remains rest with those of many of his comrades
in " The Soldiers' Home Cemetery " in Washington.
4860. iv. Althaea Louisa Judd, \ m. John G. Benseley,
b. at Alleghany, Pa. (twins, b. Sept. 13, 1838,
4861. v. Mary Lowatie Judd, ) m. Peter J. Green.
4860. iv. Althaea Louisa Judd, b. Sept. 13, 1838, m. Oct. 1, 1864,
John Gaskin Benseley, b. July 30, 1831 (son of John Benseley of
Barton, Tioga Co., N. Y., and Mary Ross), a farmer at Pike, Bradford
Co., Pa., and more recently at Rushville, Pa.
[Ninth generation.] Children :
4862. i. George Judd Benseley, b. at Barton, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1865.
4863. ii. Myrtie Belle Benseley, b. Aug. 5, 1868.
4864. iii. John Orrie Benseley, b. Aug. 28, 1872.
[Eighth Generation. ]
4861. v. Mary Lowatie Judd, b. Sept. 13, 1838, in. May 6, 1863,
Peter James Green, b. at Athens, Bradford Co., Pa., Feb. 8, 1835
(son of James Green and Lucy Billings), a farmer at Hebron, Potter
Co., Pa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4865. i. Porter Judd Green, b. at Hebron, Aug. 26, 1864.
4866. ii. Julius Higley Green, b. at Hebron, Dec. 27, 1865.
4867. iii. Alonzo D wight Green, b. there April 23, 1867.
4868. iv. James Clark Green, b. there Nov. 9, 1868.
4869. v. Evaugeline Adella Green, b. Oct. 6, 1870, at Hebron.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 701.
4760. ix. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Israel Dwiglit of Windsor, N.
Y., and Sarah Porter), b. June 18, 1812, m. March 17, 1831, Lyman
Wilmot of Greenwood, Steuben Co. N. Y., b. at Colesvillo, N. Y.,
July 22, 1806 (son of Jesse Wilmot and Hannah Bunnell), a farmer
since 1840 at Deerfield Lake Co., 111., and previously at Greenwood.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4870. i. Virgil Wilmot, b. June 9, 1834.
4871. ii. Adelia Bunnell Wilmot, b. Nov. 1, 1835, d. Nov. 8, 1835.
4872. iii. Adelia Wilmot, b. Dec. 20, 1836, m. Philip Gutzler.
4873. iv. Levi Davis Wilmot, b. Jan. 4, 1839, at Greenwood.
4874. v. Lyman Wilmot, b. at Deerfield, Til., April 25, 1841, re-
sides in Chicago, and is agent for a firm there.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both ofDedham, Mass. 713
4875. vi. Mary Wilmot, b. July 2, 1843, m. Hiram R. Bennett.
4876. vii. Harriet Wilmot, b. June 28, 1845, d. Aug. 12, 1846.
4877. viii. Roswell Wilmot, b. July 12, 1847, m. Nov. 20, 1870,
Miranda C. Adams: a farmer (1874) at Buffalo Park, Colorado.
4878. ix. Dwight Porter Wilmot, b. Aug. 16, 1849, a farmer at
Buffalo Park, Colorado.
4879. x. Ellen Eliza Wilmot, b. July 19, 1852.
4880. xi. Warren Henry Wilmot, b. Oct. 6, 1855.
4870. i. Virgil Wilmot, b. June 9, 1834. He enlisted Oct. 5, 1861,
in the 45th 111. Regt., and was in many engagements in the Southwest,
and with Sherman in his long march from Tennessee, through Alabama,
Georgia and the two Carolinas, to Richmond, Ya. He was mustered
out of the service at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 1864. He m. Sept. 24, 1868,
Sarah Esther Hunter of Steuben, Marshall Co., 111. He was a farmer
at La Prairie, 111.; but is now (1874) a tanner at Richmond, Iowa.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4881. i. Otis Virgil Wilmot, b. April 2, 1870, at Richmond, Iowa.
4882. ii. Charles Wilmot, b. there Aug. 1, 1871.
[Eighth Generation.]
4872. iii. Adelia Wilmot (dan. of Lyman Wilmot and Clarissa
Dwight), b. Dec. 20, 1836, m. July 29, 1857, Philip Gutzler, b. April
2, 1830 (son of Philip Gutzler of Gerstheim, Alsace, Germany, and
Elizabeth Hetzel), a large and active farmer in Deerfield, 111.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
4883. i. Harriet Emma Gutzler, b. May 24, 1 858.
4884. ii. Frank Herbert Gutzler, b. March 25, 1 860.
4885. iii. George Henry Gutzler, b. March 23, 1862.
4886. iv. Charles Levi Gutzler, b. April 3, 1864.
4887. v. Lyman Willis Gutzler, b. Feb. 27, 1866.
4888. vi. Frances Ella Gutzler, b. Aug. 10, 1868, d. Sept 26, 1870.
[Eighth Generation.]
4873. iv. Levi Davis Wilmot, b. Jan. 4, 1839, entered the Union
Army, July 16, 1861, as second sergeant in the 47th 111. Regt. He
was at the fall of Vicksburgh, Miss., and participated in many engage-
ments, from all of which he escaped unharmed, although at Shiloh five
bullets passed through his clothing, until the battle of Old Lake, La.,
when he was struck by a bullet in one of his limbs, and crippled for
life. He was mustered out of the service at Springfield, 111., Oct. 1864.
He m. Feb. 27, 1866, Sarah Adelaide Hodgkins, b. May 14, 1844, in
Vernoii, Lake Co., 111. (dau. of Henry Hodgkins and Julia White).
He is a hardware merchant at Lacon, 111.
46
714 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfdd, Mass.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4889. i. Ellen Amelia Wilmot,b. at La Prairie, 111., July 16, 1868.
4890. ii. Wilbur Watson Wilmot, ) d. May 16, 1872.
>• twins, b. March 28, 1872.
4891. iii. Winnifred Willetta Wilmot, )
[Eighth Generation.]
4875. vi. Mary Wilmot (dau. of Lynian Wilmot and Clarissa
Dwight), b. July 2, 1843, was a teacher for a few years in a public
school. She m. May 10, 1865, Hiram Rosalin Bennett, b. at Oswego,
N. Y., March 7, 1842 (son of Reuben James Bennett and Alta Has-
kins), a tanner in Alden, Hardin Co., Iowa (since 1868).
[Ninth Genei'ation. ] Children:
4892. i. Norman Dwight Bennett, b. at Deerfield, 111., March 11, 1866.
4893. ii. Mabel Cora Bennett, b. June 29, 1868, in Alden.
4894. iii. Murray Wilmot Bennett, b. Oct. 28, 1871.
• [Seventh Generation.]
4762. xi. Mary Dwight (dau. of Israel Dwight of Windsor, N. Y.
and Sarah Porter), b. July 4, 1817, has spent her life since 1836 (aet.
19) in teaching at different places in New York and Pennsylvania.
Those places have been, in their order, Windsor, N. Y. ; Cowderspoi-t,
Pa.; Kirkwood, Addison and Colesville, all of New York; Harmony,
Pa. ; Hancock, N. Y. ; Abington, Pa. ; Corning and Binghamton, N.
Y. — up to the year 1855. From 1855 to 1868 she was principal and
proprietor of a Young Ladies' Seminary at Hornellsville, N. Y. (Steu-
ben Co.). She has taught, in all, some 3,000 pupils or more. She was
(1872-3) a teacher in the Collegiate Institute at E. Greenbush, N. Y.
(near Albany). She is now (1874) residing in Corning, N. Y. No
helper of the great undertaking had in hand for years by the author
of this history of the descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, has
assisted him with more generous, painstaking, unabated earnestness
of good-will to the cause than she. It is to her comprehensive and
thorough researches into the history of the posterity of Joseph Dwight
and Lydia Dewey of Cincinnatus, N. Y., that the fine account here
produced of them is due. Let her memory be ever fresh in the hearts
of all who cherish a tender and reverent sense of the high moral worth
of our kindred. Not content with her labors in tracing out for this
•work the widely ramified growth of her own special branch of the
family, for 3 and 4 generations, she also sent to the author quite a
handsome number of subscriptions for the book, obtained by her own
personal application.
[Seventh Generation.]
4763. xii. Norman Dwight (son of Israel Dwight of Windsor, N.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 715
Y., and Sarah. Porter), b. May 5, 1819, m. Jan. 1, 1855, widow
Harriet Weaver, nee Chamberlain, b. in Angelica, N. Y., April 12,
1819 (dau. of Elijah Chamberlain and Jane Reynolds). She was for
several years a teacher in Alleghany, N. Y., between the dates of her
two marriages. He is a farmer in Hebron, Potter Co., Pa., and is en-
gaged in lumbering. He has no children.
4764. xiii. Chester Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1821, m. March 27, 1851,
Mariette Langdon, b. at Salisbury, Ct., Dec. 6, 1829 (dau. of David
Moore Langdon and Harriet Whitmore). He was a farmer at Windsor,
N. Y., on the old homestead, until April 1870, since which time he
has resided at Kirkwood, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4895. i. Harriet Matilda Dwight, b. Dec. 5, 1852.
4896. ii. Ralph Langdon Dwight, b. Aug. 26, 1855.
4897. iii. Myron Chester Dwight, b. Jan. 5, 1858.
4898. iv. Norman Porter Dwight, b. May 2, 1861.
4899. v. Mary Evarts Dwight, b. Dec. 8, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
4765. xiv. Orson Dwight (son of Israel Dwight of Windsor, N. Y.,
and Sarah Porter), b. Aug. 10, 1824, m. at Hornellsville, N. Y., Dec.
23, 1868, Chloe Oveida Rofie of Cameron, Steuben Co., K Y., b. at
Jerusalem, N. Y., June 30, 1843 (dau. of Thomas Rogers Roffe and
Amanda Wilson Canfield). He is a farmer at Alleghany, Potter
Co., Pa.
[Eighth generation.] Children:
4900. i. Jenny Oveida Dwight, b. Oct. 3, 1869.
4901. ii. Sally Amanda Dwight, b. May 14, 1871.
The whole number of the descendants of Israel Dwight of Windsor^
N. Y. (No. 4683. iii.), in the 6th generation is, to the date of the pre-
sent writing (July 1873), as here recorded, 149.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4684. iv. Josiah Dwight (son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., of Cincin-
natus, N. Y., and Lydia Dewey), b. at Gr. Barringfcon, Mass., Aug.
15, 1772, was a farmer at Cincinnatus, N. Y. He m. Ruth Seymour
of Stockbridge, Mass. She d. without issue, 1801-2, and he m. April
7, 1803, for 2d wife, Abigail Fish, b. at Stillwater, N. Y., Feb. 7,
1782 (dau. of Ephraim Fish and Mary Potter). She d. in Lyme, O.,
April 4, 1854, act. 72. He d. at Preston, Chenango Co., N. Y., May
11, 1858, aet. 85, at the house of his son Dr. Thomas Dwight, while
there on a visit.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4902. i. Maria Antoinette Dwight, b. Jan. 23, 1804, m. Israel
716 Descendants of Ifenry Diviglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
Daniels, and for a 2d husband Dr. David McCracken, and d. Nov. 25,
1868.
4903. ii. George Dwight, b. Jan. 2, 1805, lives at Pensaukie, Wis.
4904. iii. Delos Dwight, b. Feb. 22, 1807, lives at Elkhorn, Minn.
4905. iv. Salmon Harrison Dwight, b. July 22, 1809, lives at
Tecuinseh, Mich.
4906. v. Charles Dwight, b. Sept. 10,1810, lives at Van Buren, Ind.
4907. vi. Perlina Dwight, b. April 12, 1814, ra. Dec. 30, 1839,
Andrew West, b. in Easton, Washington Co., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1805, a
tanner and currier at Lyme, O. He d. Aug. 30, 1865, aet. 60. She
resides (1873) at Findlay, O. They had one sou :
4908. 1. George Dwight West, b. in Lyme, O., Sept. 28, 184G, re-
sides in Topeka, Kansas.
4909. vii. Orpha Dwight. b. Feb. 12, 1816, m. Ezra R. Liverinore,
and lives at Pensaukie, Wis.
4910. viii. Thomas Dwight, M.D., b. Sept. 1, 1817, m. Feb. 1, 1849,
Almira Throop (dau. of Dan and Sarah Throop). She d. of consump-
tion, without issue, June 11,1873. He is a physician at Preston,
Chenango Co., N. Y.
4911. ix. Wilson Dwight, b. June 1, 1819, resides at Clyde, O.
4912. x. Ephraim Fish Dwight, b. June, 23, 1821, lives in Lincoln,
Missouri.
4913. xi. Rensselaer Dwight, b. Oct. 3, 1824, lives in Lincoln, Mo.
4902. i. Maria Antoinette Dwight, b. Jan. 23, 1804, m. April 1827,
Capt. Israel Daniels, a hotel-keeper in Rochester, N. Y. (1827-35).
He d. Jan. 28, 1835. She m. for 2d husband, 1839, without issue, Dr.
David McCracken of Rochester. He d. July 1840. She d. at Pensau-
kie, Wis., Nov. 25, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first marriags :
4914. i. Julia Anna Daniels, b. Nov. 7, 1828, m. July 1848, Hora-"
tio G. Talbot of Fabius, N. Y. He is a mechanic, living (1873) in
Berlin, Wis. She d. Dec. 2, 1870, at Racine, Wis., where they then
resided. He has several children.
4915. ii. Maria Antoinette Daniels, b. March 19, 1831, m. Dec. 14,
1848, John Rogers, a mechanic in Coburg, Canada, afterwards (1850-
2) in Sandusky City, O., where he d. of cholera Aug. 10, 1852. She
m. April 26, 1855, Dr. William H. Armstrong (son of Joseph Arm-
strong of Washington Co., N. Y., and Margaret Tilford), an eclectic
physician in Findlay, O. She still (1873) resides there, where she has
lived since 1853. He d. of rheumatism of the heart at Findlay, Sept.
4, 1858.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 7 1 7
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
By first marriage :
4916. i. George Israel Rogers, b. Feb. 7, 1850, d. Dec. 25, 1854.
_Z?y second marriage :
4917. ii. Laura Alice Armstrong, b. Jan. 25, 1857, d. Oct. 9, 1872.
4918. iii. William H. Armstrong, b. March 19, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
4903. ii. George Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight and Abigail Fish),
b. Jan. 20, 1805, m. Jan. 20, 1830, Nancy Getman, b. at Cooperstown,
N. Y., Aug. 4, 1810 (dau. of George and Polly Getman, of German,
N. Y.). He was a farmer at Independence, Alleghany Co., N. Y.
(Spring Mills) for many years (1835-67). Since 1867 he has resided
at Pensaukie, Oconto Co., Wis., and is a cattle-dealer and speculator
generally. She d. Nov. 25, 1843, aet. 33.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4919. i. Porter Dwight, b. April 29, 1831, in German, N. Y., d. at
Independence, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1852, aet. 21.
4920. ii. Maria Dwight, b. Oct. 2, 1832, in Cincinnatus, N. Y., m.
March 15, 1852, Benjamin Franklin Colvin, b. Jan. 10, 1826, at Steu-
ben, Oneida Co., N. Y. (son of Judge Gaylord Colvin and Ruth Colvin
of Spring Mills, N. Y.), a farmer at Biugham, Potter Co., Pa. (1852-01).
'She has been legally divorced from him, and resumed her original name
as Mrs. Maria Dwight, and resides at Osceola, Pa. Two children :
4921. 1. Charles Porter Colvin, b. at Bingham, Pa., April 25, 1853,
a farmer at Osceola, Tioga Co., Pa.
4922. 2. Ida Levancha Colvin, b. Jan. 12, 1856, m. Feb. 2, 1873,
William McCaslin, a farmer in Osceola, b. 1846.
4923. iii. Leonard Dwight, b. Jan. 2, 1835, is a farmer in Winne-
bago, Faribault Co., Minn. He m. Has 2 children.
4924. iv. Charles Dwight, b. Dec. 12, 1837. He m. Hannah Ma-
loney, b. about 1838. He was an overseer of a lumber yard at Grand
Rapids, Mich. lie d. Dec. 10, 1871. His widow resides 'there still.
He left one child :
4925. 1. Hannah Alice Dwight, b. Nov. 1, 1871.
4926. v. Abigail Dwight, b. Dec. 10, 1838, d. March 20, 1839.
4927. vi. Elizabeth Dwight, b. Dec. 29, 1839, d. at Independence,
Dec. 29, 1861, aet. 22.
4928. vii. Mary Dwight, b. Dec. 12, 1841, m. Nov. 18, 1863, John
Young, b. Nov. 8, 1840, in W. Union, Steuben Co., N. Y. (sou of
William and Harriet E. Young), a farmer at Greenwood, Steuben Co.,
N. Y. Two children :
4929. 1. Frank Dwight Young, b. Nov. 7, 1866.
718 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hat field, Mass.,
4930. 2. William George Young, b. Sept. 2, 1869.
4931. viii. Lydia Nancy Dwight, b. Oct. 2, 1843, in. June 17, 1867,
John Jones Patterson, b. in Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., Pa., Sept.
12, 1843 (son of John Patterson and Isabel Smith). He is clerk in a
store at Brookville, Jeff. Co., Pa. : has two children :
4932. 1. Dwight Ulysses Patterson, b. April 21, 1868.
4933. 2. Cara Bell Patterson, b. May 24, 1870.
[Seventh Generation.]
4904. iii. Delos Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight and Abigail Fish),
b. Feb. 22, 1807, m. She d. Jan. 29, 1870.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Ralph Dwight, b. Aug. 20, 1832, in Wolcott, N. Y.
**** ii. Ursula Laverne Dwight, b. Feb. 19, 1835, in Cincinnatus,
N. Y., m. in 1855 William Jacob Fox, a farmer in Pa., who d. Jan.
1866, and she m. for 2d husband, Dec. 1866, George Estes Myron of
Oswego, Potter Co., Pa., a farmer.
She has had by her first marriage :
**** 1. Dolly Eliza Fox, b. Nov. 27, 1856.
**** 2. Mary Fox, b. in 1862, d. in 1863.
**** iii. Lydia Ann Dwight, b. Oct. 21, 1836, in Cincinnatus, m. in
1857 Harry Rathborie, a farmer in Kedron, Fillmore Co., Minn. They
have two children : William and Frank.
**** iv. Charles Ashbel Dwight, b. in Potter Co., Pa., May 3, 1839,
m. Oct. 30, 1864, Sibyl McCann (dau. of John McCanu of Waucoma,
Fayette Co., Iowa). He is a farmer at Waucoma. Children :
**** 1. Alice Dwight, b. June 13, 1867.
**** 2. Frank Dwight, b. Dec. 26, 1870.
**** 3. Addie Dwight, b. May, 1873.
**** v. Daniel Wortman Dwight, b. Dec. 2, 1841, m. July 2, 1871,
Frances Owen of Chatfield, Minn. Children:
**** 1. Ada Dwight, b. Aug. 11, 1872.
**** 2. (A son) Dwight, b. Sept. 26, 1873.
**** vi. Orpha Dwight, b. March 15, 1844, in Pa., m. Daniel C.
Hendershot, a blacksmith in Hamilton, Minn, (son of Charles and
Caroline Hendei-shot of that place). Children :
**** 1. Dwight Hendershot, b. in 1864.
**** 2. Charles Hendershot, b. in 1866.
**** 3. Ursula Hendershot, b. in 1871.
**** 4. William Hendershot, b. in 1873.
**** vii. Dorr Dwight, b. May 17, 1850, in Pa., m. Flora Williams
of Perry ville, Pa. He is a farmer.
**** viii. Frank Dwight, b. Feb. 15, 1853, in Pa., d. in Minn., May
1870.
Son of Timothy ^ Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 719
**** 1. Ralph Dwight (son of Delos Dwight), b. Aug. 20, 1832, m.
June 26, 1853, Nancy Catharine Ham (dau. of Jacob Ham of Throops-
burgli, Steuben Co., N. Y., and Caroline Cornell). He is a farmer at
Cedar Falls, Iowa, and previously at Hamilton, Minn. Children :
**** 1. Ida Dwight, b. July 30, 1856, m.Nov. 24, 1872, Michael Mc-
Murray, a farmer at Cedar Falls, Iowa (son of John McMurray and
Ellen -- ).
**** 2. Delos Dwight, b. Jan. 24, 1859.
**** 3. Rensselaer Dwight, b. April 9, 1864.
**** 4> Frank Dwight, b. April 17, 1870.
[Seventh Generation.]
4905. iv. Salmon Harrison Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight, 3d, and
Abigail Fish), b. July 25, 1809, m. Feb. 28, 1827, Huldah Kingmaii
of Cincinnatus, N. Y., b. 1809 (dau. of George Washburn Kingman
and Semantha Isbel). He is a house:painter and has lived in different
places in New York and Ohio. He is now (1873) at Tecumseh, Mich.
She resides at Elkhai't, Ind.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4934. i. Giles W. Dwight, b. in Cincinnatus, July 14, 1828, m. Jan.
7, 1864, Minnie Seaver Campbell, b. March 4, 1839, at Mason, N. H.
(dau. of Russell Campbell and Elizabeth Gates). He is a fruit-dealer
and nurseryman at Clyde, O. (since 1863).
4935. ii. Charles Dwight, b. Nov. 18, 1830, in Independence, N. Y.,
d. April 18, 1832.
4936. iii. Salome Maria Dwight, b. there March 9, 1832, m. Jan. 1,
1851, William Moody Case, b. Nov. 26, 1825 (son of Jeremiah and
Salome Case), a printer, who d. without issue, Aug. 7, 1854, at S wanton,
O. She m. for 2cl husband, June 29, 1859, Cephas Beale Huston, Jb.
March 11, 1820, at Mercersburgb, Pa. (son of William and Mary Ann
Huston), a clerk at Indianapolis, Ind. No children.
4937. iv. Sidney Kingman Dwight, b. June 10, 1835, in Indepen-
dence, N. Y.,m. July 31, 1867, Mary Helen Upp, b. in Sandusky City,
O., June 14, 1842 (dau. of Peter Upp and Nancy Brown, now of Clyde,
O.). He is a groceryman at Clyde (siace 1870). They have two chil-
dren:
**** 1. Mary Helen Dwight, b. Oct. 20, 1868.
**** 2. (A son) Dwight, b. Nov. 21, 1873.
**** v< Kancy Dwight, b. in Lyme, O., May 26, 1843, m. April 25,
1866, Jacob William Her, b. Jan. 9, 1836, in Worcester, O. (son of
Conrad and Julia Her, both b. in Frederic Co., Md.), a house-painter
at Elkhart,.Ind. One child :
**** 1. Imogene Her, b. there June 16, 1868.
720 Descendants of Henry Dwifjlit of Ilatfeld, Mass.,
**** vi. Eugene Byron Dwight, b. in Ridgefield, O., May 2G, 1844,
m. Dec". 17, 1868, Louise M. Fay, b. at Somerset, O., June 2, 1849 (dau.
of David and Jane Fay). lie is a clerk in a wholesale liquor store at
Fremont, O. They have one child ;
**** 1. Maude Dwight, b. there Oct. 17, 1869.
[Seventh Generation.]
4906. v. Charles Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight and Abigail Fish),
b. Sept. 10, 1810, at Cincinnatus, N. Y., m. in Ulysses, Potter Co., Pa.,
Feb. 11, 1840, Mary Lewis, b. Nov. 14, 1817, at Lisle, Broome Co., N.
Y. (dau. of Jesse Lewis and Hannah Thurstou). She d. Aug. 6, 1851,
at Van Buren, Ind. He m. May 10, 1852, for 2d wife, Ann Preston,
b. at Stockton, on the river Tees, Eng., Oct. 22, 1830 (dau. of Thomas
Preston and Bridget Kinney, who came to America in 1832, and resid-
ed successively in Rochester, N.Y., Monroe, Mich., and White Pigeon,
Mich., and in 1844 removed to Van Buren, Ind., where they died). He
was a boatman for 8 seasons successively on the Erie and Ohio canals
— 4 years on each of them (1832-40). After spending one year in
Lyme, O. (1840-1), he became a farmer at Van Buren, Lagrange Co.,
Ind., where he still lives (his P. O. address being White Pigeon,
Mich.).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4938. i. Emma Jane Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1840, at Lyme, O., m.
Jacob Linn, Jr.
4939. ii. Lydia Dwight, b. Sept. 23, 1-842, m. William Bower.
4940. iii. Lewis Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1844, enlisted Dec. 1863, in
the 12th Ind. Cavalry, and d. in Piana, Ala., Aug. 2, 1864.
4941. iv. Mary Dwight, b. Sept. 18, 1847, d. Nov. 7, 1863.
4942. v. Hannah Dwight, b. Jan. 1, 1851, d. Aug. 10, 1851.
J5y second wife:
4943. vi. Addie Dwight, b. Feb. 17, 1853, was murdered June 22,
1871. She was a teacher at Stone Lake, but a few miles from her
"father's residence, and as she was recreating with her pupils at the
usual noon-recess, on the margin of the lake, a man named Chauncey
Barnes, who lived in a neighboring township, and who had been for
some few months previously paying her his addresses in vain, drove up
in a busgy with a lady-friend whom he had brought with him to help
him press his suit more successfully. As she, ignorant of Barnes' des-
perate mood of mind, called Miss Dwight to the carriage, he alighted
and asked her to walk a little way with him, as he wished to speak pri-
vately with her. After going a short distance they sat down upon a
log and conversed together for a little while, when the villain suddenly
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 721
rose and drew his revolver twice upon her. She fell at the first fire,
and died soon. He put the pistol next to his own head, firing several
times, inflicting four wounds upon himself, by one of which he lost his
left eye, but received no other great injury. Instead of being hung,
he is now in State prison for life, as the penalty for his awful crime,
according to Indiana law, in Michigan City, Iiid.
4944. vii. William Dwight, )
> twins, b. Oct. 28, 1857.
4945. viii. Willis Dwight, ) d. Oct. 24, 1863.
4938. i. Emma Jane Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1840, m. July 1, 1860,
Jacob Linn, b. May 10, 1838, at White Pigeon, Mich, (son of Daniel
Linn and Caroline Baum), a farmer and grocer at Marion Centre,
Marion Co., Kansas (since 1865).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
4946. i. Charles Daniel Linn, b. at White Pigeon, Jan. 5, 1861.
4947. ii. Jeanie Linn, b. there Feb. 1, 1862.
4948. iii. Hattie Adel Linn, b. at Marion Centre, Kansas, Feb. 16,
1866.
4949. iv. Minnie Belle Linn, b. there Dec. 10, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.]
4939. ii. Lydia Dwight (dau. of Charles Dwight and Mary Lewis),
b. Sept. 23, 1842, m. June 9, 1861, William Bower, b. Nov. 13, 1837,
in Yorkshire, Eng. (son of Thomas Bower), a farmer in Marion
Centre, Kansas.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4950. i. John Bower, b. at Van Buren, Ind., May 13, 1862, d. May
29, 1862.
**** ii. Francis Bell Bower, b. at Marion Centre, Nov. 22, 1866,
d. there Oct. 12, 1867.
**** iii. Charles Sidney Bower, b. May 13, 1869.
**** iv. Sarah Addie Bower, b. March 8, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
4909. vii. Orpha Dwight (dau. of Josiah Dwight, 3d, and Abigail
Fish), b. Feb. 1 2, 1816, ra. Ezra R. Livermore (son of Cyrus Livermore
of Clarksfield, O.), a farmer at Clarksfield, and afterwards for several
years a hotel-keeper at Monroeville, O. He is a farmer at Pensaukie,
Wis., now (1874). He has had 3 children : Randall, Jay and Cora.
[Seventh Generation.]
4911. ix. Wilson Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight and Abigail Fish),
b. June 1, 1819, m. Feb. 17, 1846, Electa Osterhout, b. April 12,
1820 (dau. of George Osterhout of Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and Catha-
rine Nellis). He is a farmer at Clyde, Sandusky Co., O. (since March
722 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
1873), and was such previously at Richfield, O. (1846-52), Van Bu-
ren, Ind. (1852-5), and at Groton, O. (1855-73).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Charles Gregory Dwight, b. June 26, 1847, d. Aug. 28, 1855.
**** ii. Jane Maria D wight, b. Nov. 19, 1849, lives unmarried at
home.
**** iii. Emma Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 14, 1851, m. March 21, 1871,
William Henry Lovering, b. Oct. 5, 1841, at Hartford, Ct. (son of
William Lovering, now of Perkins, O., and Aura Dickinson), a farmer
at Granite Falls, Minn.
**** iv. Flora Belle Dwiglit, b. Dec. 5, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
4912. x. Ephraim Fish Dwiglit (son of Josiah Dwight, 3d, and Abi-
gail Fish), b. June 23, 1821, m. in 1848, Adelaide Barber of Peusau-
kie, Wis. He resides at Lincoln, Nodaway Co., Mo. He is engaged
in selling patent-rights.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
**** i. Henry C. Dwight, b. in Racine, Wis., April 7, 1848, is a
conductor on a local freight train of the Cleveland and Toledo R. R.,
residing at Toledo, O. He m. March 19, 1872, Minnie Moore, b. in
Kerry, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1851.
**** ii. Frank Dwiglit, b. Aug. 15, 1850, in Ashtabula, O., m. at
Toledo, O., July 29, 1873, Adelaide St. John, b. at Reedtown, O., July
21, 1856 (dau. of Robert A. St. John, b. at Greenwich, O., April 3,
1829, who d. Aug. 17, 1864, at Sherman, O., a carpenter, and Lucinda
Jane Kelley, b. at Avoca, N. Y., July 22, 1830, who were m. Dec. 24,
1851). He is a brakeman on the Cleveland and Toledo R. Road, and
lives at Toledo, O.
**** iii. Charles Dwiglit, b. Aug. 20, 1855, in Perry, O.,is a brake-
man on the Cleveland and Toledo R. Road.
[Seventh Generation.]
4913. xi. Rensselaer Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight, 3d, and Abigail
Fish), b. Oct. 3, 1824, m. Ann Thompson of Pensaukie, Wis.
He is a farmer in Lincoln, Nodaway Co., Mo. (since 1870). He lived
formerly in Lyme, O.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. (A son) Dwight, b. in Pensaukie, Wis., in 1859.
**** ii. Celia Dwight, b. in Lyme, O., in 1861.
**** iii. Mattie Dwight, b. there in 1863.
**** jVt ^ daughter) Dwight, b. in Lincoln, Mo., in 1870.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4685. v. Lydia Dwight (dau. of Joseph Dwight of Cincinnatus, N.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 7-3
Y., and Lyclia Dewey), b. at Gr. Barrington, Mass., Aug. 17, 1774, rn.
Oct. 24, 1797, Salmon Harrison, M.D., b. Aug. 16, 1768, in Williams-
town, Mass, (son of Titus Harrison and Anna Peck), a physician in
Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y. " He was a physician of much skill and
large practice." " She was an energetic woman and excelled in the
training of her household." He d. Nov. 14, 1836, aet. 68. She d.
Feb. 15, 1850, aet. 75.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
4951. i. Truman Harrison, b. Sept. 5, 1798, d. June 15, 1860, a
chronic invalid who lived and died unmarried at Laurens.
4952. ii. Titus Harrison, b. Sept. 7, 1800, d. June 24, 1807.
4953. iii. Anna Harrison, b. July 20, 1802, m. Harvey Butts, and
d. Aug. 8, 1845.
4954. iv. Horace Harrison, b. Oct. 14, 1805.
4955. v. Maria Harrison, b. May 19, 1808, m. as his 2d wife Harvey
Butts, previously husband of her sister Anna.
4956. vi. Salmon Harrison, b. June 29, 1810.
4957. vii. William Henry Harrison, b. Nov. 23, 1812.
4958. viii. Adolphus Dwight Harrison, b. July 28, 1815.
4959. ix. Job Whipple Harrison, b. July 22, 1818, d. early.
4953. iii. Anna Harrison, b. July 20, 1802, m. Sept. 24, 1828,
Harvey Butts, b. in Laurens, N, Y., Sept. 6, 1804 (son of Jacob Butts
and Anna Cacly), a prosperous farmer at Laurens. He was for many
years (1838-50) justice of the peace. She d. Aug.. 8, 1845, " an esti-
mable and affectionate woman." He m. for 2d wife, Jan. 8, 1846,
Maria Harrison, her sister, b. May 19, 1808. Their children were all
born at Laurens.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife:
4960. i. Morris Butts, b. Oct. 7, 1829.
4961. ii. Lucy Caroline Butts, b. Aug. 22, 1831, d. Nov. 14, 1840.
4962. iii. Hannah Maria Butts, b. Aug. 11, 1834, m. Levi Gilbert.
4963. iv. Salmon Harrison Butts, b. Sept. 8, 1836.
4964. v. Lydia Ann Butts, b. May 25, 1839, m. Jan. 1, i860,
Samuel Eldred (son of Aaron Eldred of Laurens and Hannah Merrill),
a farmer in Laurens. She d. May 2, 1863.
4965. vi. Lavinia Butts, b. June 26, 1843.
Ity second wife:
4966. vii. Jane Butts, b. May 18, 1847, d. Sept. 19, 1847.
4960. i. Morris Butts, b. Oct. 7, 1829, m. Oct. 21, 1850, Eliza Gil-
bert, of Laurens. He is a farmer in Laurens. lias two children :
4967. 1. Emma Butts, b. Aug. 2, 1857.
4968. 2. Jenny Butts, b. Jan. 31, 1864.
724 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.]
4962. iii. Hannah Maria Butts, b. Aug. 11, 1834, m. Nov. 10,
1854, Levi Gilbert, a farmer in Laurens.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
4969. i. Floyd Gilbert, b. Aug. 10, 1855.
4970. ii. Josephine Gilbert, b. Dec. 7, 1858.
4971. iii. Morris Gilbert, b. Aug. 12, 1860.
4972. iv. Delia Vernette Gilbert, b. March 11, 1863.
[Eighth Generation.]
4963. iv. Salmon Harrison Butts, b. Sept. 8, 1836, in. Feb. 14,
1857, Cornelia Drew. He is a farmer at Laurens. Has one child :
4973. 1. Cora Anna Butts, b. June 2, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
4954. v. Horace Harrison (son of Salmon Harrison and Lydia
Dwight), b. Oct. 14, 1805, m. Jan. 1, 1827, Henrietta Tyler, b. April
13, 1801 (dau. of Ozias and Mary Tyler). He was a farmer for several
years at Lam-ens, where for eight years he was justice of the peace.
He has resided of late at Morris, Otsego Co., N. Y., and is a speculator
there. He has two children :
4974. 1. Mary Harrison, b. Nov. 19, 1837, d. March 11, 1840.
4975. 2. Eliza Harrison, b. Dec. 6, 1839.
[Seventh Generation.]
4956. vi. Salmon Harrison, Jr., b. June 29, 1810, m. April 14,
1850, Amy Haight, b. March 17, 1817 (dau. of James Haight of
Laurens and Ruth Tompkins), a farmer in Woodhull, Steubcn Co.,
N. Y. They were both teachers in early life.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4976. i. James Solomon Harrison, b. Feb. 15, 1851.
4977. ii. Charles Somers Harrison, b. Sept. 1, 1852.
4978. iii. Lydia Adelia Harrison, b. July 26, 1854.
4979. iv. Howard Harrison, b. Oct. 16, 1856.
[Seventh Generation.]
4957. vii. William Henry Harrison, b. Nov. 23, 1812, m. July 4,
1838, Susan Bowen, b. April 17, 1815 (dau. of Asa Bowen of Laurens
and Betsey Jenks). He is a farmer at Laurens, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
4980. i. Lydia Harrison, b. April 8, 1839, d. Jan. 16, 1840.
4981. ii. William Harrison, b. Nov. 19, 1840.
4982. iii. Salmon Harrison, b. Feb. 8, 1843, d. Oct. 5, 1846.
4983. iv. James Harrison, b. Nov. 19, 1845.
4984. v. Henry Harrison, b. Nov. 22, 1848.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 725
4985. vi. Horace Harrison, b. Aug. 12, 1851.
4986. vii. Harvey Harrison, b. Aug. 10, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
4958. viii. Adolphus Dwight Harrison (son of Salmon Harrison and
Lydia Dwight), b. July 28, 1815, m. April 16, 1848, Leefie Eldred, b.
Oct. 28, 1825 (dau. of Eufus Eldred of Laurens and Polly Barton).
He is a farmer at Woodhull, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
4987. i. Emma Harrison, b. Oct. 9, 1849, m. John Fulkerson.
4988. ii. Gurdon Harrison, b. Feb. 12, 1852.
4989. iii. Ella Harrison, b. Nov. 8, 1854.
4990. iv. Frank Harrison, b. Sept. 22, 1856, d. June 20, 1858.
4987. i. Emma Harrison, b. Oct. 9, 1849, m. July 4, 1867, John
Fulkerson, b. April 15, 1849 (son of Joseph Fulkerson of Woodhull,
K Y., and Elizabeth Fritz), a farmer at Woodhull, K Y. She d. of
quick consumption, Sept. 13, 1871. One child:
4991. 1. Maude Emma Fulkerson, b. July 19, 1871, in Osceola, Pa.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4687. vii. Joseph Dwight, 3d, son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey, b. at Lenox, Mass., June 8, 1778, m. Feb. 10, 1810, Deborah
Pease, b. Dec. 14, 1781 (dau. of Gideon Pease, b. in 1741, of Monson,
Mass., and Deborah Meacham of Enfield, Mass.). He was at first a
tanner and currier at Cincinnatus, N. Y., but for the last 30 years of
his life a farmer there. He joined the church (Baptist) when over 80
years of age. lie was of tine personal appearance and agreeable in his
manners, but quite reserved and a man of few words. He d. June 28,
1861, aet. 83 : she d. Feb. 22, 1872, aet. 90, " an active, useful Chris-
tian woman, who commanded the respect of all who know her." Their
children were all born at Cincinnatus.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
4992. i. Laura Dwight, b. Jan. 25, 1811, was a school teacher for
several years at different places, as Cincinnatus, Freetown, Solon and
German, N. Y. She d. July 31, 1845, aet. 34, at Cincinnatus, a mem-
ber of the Bapt. Ch.
4993. ii. Emmeline Dwight, b. Sept. 24, 1812, d. Jan. 7, 1843, aet.
30. She was a tailoress at Cincinnatus.
4994. iii. Solomon Dwight, b. Jan. 11, 1815.
4995. iv. Marcus Dwight, b. March 5, 1817, was a blacksmith at
Cincinnatus, where he d. unmarried May 5, 1 843, aet. 26.
4996. v. Louisa Dwight, b. March 20, 1819, m. April 24, 1849,
Edward Brint Adcook, b. Jan. 21, 1823 (son of Sanruel Adcook and
726 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
Catharine Cheatle, both of England), a blacksmith at Dewitt, Onon-
daga Co., N. Y. He d. May 22, 1872. One child :
4997. 1. Catharine L. Adcook, b. Feb. 12, .1851.
4998. vi. John Willard D wight, b. April 10, 1821, d. July 21, 1823.
4999. vii. Lavina Semantha Dwight, b. Aug. 21, 1824, m. John
Weeks, and d. Jan. 27, 1850.
The adults marked dead (the women), are all described as having
been " persons of culture and of much moral worth, stricken down in
midst of their usefulness."
4994. iii. Solomon Dwight, b. Jan. 11, 1815, is a farmer at Cin-
cinnatus, N. Y. He m. Aug. 15, 1849, Sarah Jane Barclay, b. April
25, 1814 (dau. of David Barclay of Crawford, Orange Co., N. Y., and
Jenny Ilanmer). From him the information here given concerning
his father's family was obtained. He has one child :
5000. 1. Marcus Barclay Dwight, b. Dec. 14, 1851.
4999. vii. Lavina Semantha Dwight, b. Aug. 21, 1824, m. Oct.
16, 1847, John Mack Weeks (son of Ira Weeks and Nelly Clement).
She was a teacher at Cincinnatus for several years before her marriage,
where she also resided after it, and d. Jan. 27, 1850. " She was a wo-
man of generous soul." Mr. Weeks married again (whom not stated) :
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5001. i. Cordelia Emmeline Weeks, b. JSTov. 26, 1848, d. Sept. 27,
1849.
5002. ii. John Dwight Weeks, b. Jan. 14, 1850.
[Sixth Generation.] Se§ page 692.
4688. viii. Pynchon Dwight (son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., of Cin-
cinnatus, and Lydia Dewey), b. in Lenox, Mass., June 24, 1780, m.
July 4, 1804, Roxa Williams, b. July 7, 1776 (dau. of Stephen and
liachel Williams of Berkshire, N. Y., and previously of Stockbridge,
Mass.). She d. in Royalton, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1832, aet. 55. He m. for
2d wife, July 10, 1836, Mrs. Betsey Bascom, without issue.
"In 1795 he went (aet. 15) to Cooperstown, N. Y." (where the
whole family of his father is supposed by the author to have gone at
this time, and to have remained for 6 years), "and from there in 1801,
to Cincinnatus" (when 21 years of age), "and thence in 1802,"
(now shifting for himself in the wide world), " to Berkshire, N. Y.,
where he spent the next 15 years. He then removed to Royal ton, N.
Y., where he spent the next 23 years of his life (1817-40), and in 1840,
.went to Jackson, Mich., to live, where he d. Aug. 3, 1855, aet. 75."
He is said to have been a man of noble parts, pleasing and intelligent,
and commanding in his personal appearance. He was in early life a
teacher, but his chief employment in life was that of farming. " He
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, botJi of Dedliam, Mass. 72 7
was never rich, but was always honest and upright in all his dealings,
and~was a kind father and benevolent friend."
[Seventh Generation.] Children: ,
5003. i. Henry Dwight, b. June 25, 1805, d. March 24, 1806.
5004. ii. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1807, d. in 1843, aet.
36.
5005. iii. Harriet Eliza Dwight, b. Jan. 12, 1809, m. Warren
Green.
5006. iv. Lydia Williams Dwight, b. Nov. 2, 1811, m. John H.
Bennett.
5007. v. Emily Dwight, b. Jan. 4, 1814, in Berkshire, K Y., d.
Sept. 3, 1837, aet. 23. "An accomplished young lady, and of a very
lovely character."
5008. vi. Roxa Semantha Dwight, b. Sept. 23, 1820, m. Hiram
Stevens, and d. Aug. 19, 1854, aet. 34.
5004. ii. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1807, at Berkshire,
N. Y., m. Sept. 5, 1833, Eliza Columbia Chaplin of Hartland, N. Y.
(dau. of Daniel and Lucinda Chaplin). He was a resident of Royalton,
N. Y. He d. in 1843.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5009. i. Daniel Pynchon Dwight, b. Oct. 30, 1834. went to Califor-
nia in Aug. 1856, and is now a merchant in Lewiston, Idaho Territory.
5010. ii. Henry Williams Dwight, b. March 12, 1838, is associated
in bxisiness with his bro., Daniel P. Dwight, in Lewiston.
5011. iii. Harriet Eliza Dwight, b. June 21, 1840, m. Dec. 30, 1858,
George Pierce (son of Oliver Pierce and Susannah ). He lives in
Hamburgh, Erie Co., N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5012. i. Sarah Louisa Pierce, b. Aug. 6, 1859.
5013. ii. George M. Pierce, b. May 23, 1861, d. Oct. 7, 1862.
5014. iii. Henry Dwight Pierce, b. April 25, 1863, d. March 24,
1864.
5015. iv. Carrie May Pierce, b. Sept. 22, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
5005. iii. Harriet Eliza Dwight (dau. of Pynchon Dwight and Roxa
Williams), b. in Berkshire, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1809, in. April 25, 1833,
Warren Green of Royalton, N. Y., b. at Kingsbury, N. Y., Feb. 1,
1805 (son of William Green and Sindona ), a farmer at Jackson,
Mich, (since 1840).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5016. i. Kennicott Byron Green, b. May 31, 1835, at Royalton, is
an insurance agent, and book-keeper.
728 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of IlatfidJ, Mass.,
5017. ii. Hosmer Halleck Green, b. Aug. 5, 1836, d. at Jackson,
Mich., June 25, 18G1.
5018. iii. Emily Arvilla Green, b. Dec. 30, 1837, in Royalton, is a
teacher.
5019. iv. Chapman Warren Green, b. April 5, 1840, d. Nov. 2G,
1841.
5020. v. Donna Green, b. May 3, 1842, m. Dec. 14, 1865, John
Scott McConnell (son of John and Cilicia McConnell), a farmer in
Blackmail.
[Seventh Generation.]
5006. iv. Lydia Williams Dwiglit (dau. of Pynchon Dwiglit and
Roxa Williams), b. in Berkshire, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1811, m. Jan. 13,
1836, John H. Bennett, b. at Sandy Hill, N. Y. (son of Ezekiel and
Mary Bennett of Royalton), a farmer at Royalton.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5021. i. Mary Emily Bennett, b. Nov. 12, 1836, m. Paul Richard-
son, and d. June 3, 1863.
5022. ii. Roxa Bennett, b. June 3, 1839, d. April 11, 1854.
5023. iii. Charles Henry Bennett, b. Aug. 2, 1843.
5024. iv. Harriet Louisa Bennett, b. Oct. 21. 1847, d. Nov. 18, 1850.
5025. v. John Willis Bennett, b. Oct. 25, 1857.
5021. i. Mary Emily Bennett, b. Nov. 12, 1836, m. Oct. 20, 1855,
Paul Richardson, a farmer (son of Elias and Abigail Richardson of
Royalton). She d. June 3, 1863.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5026. i. Mark Richardson, b. July 7, 1856.
5027. ii. A son, unnamed, b. June 11, 1861, that d. Aug. 25, 1861.
5028. iii. Jeanette Richardson, b. April 17, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
5008. vi. Roxa Semantha Dwight (dau. of Pynchon Dwight and
Roxa Williams), b. in Royalton Sept. 23, 1820, m. Aug. 16, 1846, Hi-
ram Stevens of Schoolcraft, Mich., b. March 15, 1819 (sou of Peleg
and Hannah Stevens of Paltz, N. Y.). She d. Aug. 19, 1854. He m.
for 2d wife, April 3, 1855, Harriet Dwiglit, her cousin (dau. of Horace
Dwiglit and Olive Meacham). See page 733, No. 5080. vi.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5029. i. Adeline Dwight Stevens, b. in Schoolcraft, -May 13, 1847.
5030. ii. Charles Henry Stevens, b. Nov. 5, 1848, in Brady, Mich.
5031. iii. Millard Fillmore Stevens, b. March 2, 1851, d. Sept. 14,
1851.
5032. iv. Mary Jane Stevens, b. Aug. 4, 1852, d. Aug. 10, 1854.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, loth ofDedham, Mass. 729
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4689. ix. Aclolphus Dwight (son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey), b. in Lenox, Mass., July 15, 1782, m. Nov. 26, 1807, Mercy
Dean of Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., b. Oct. 22, 1787 (daughter of Perez
Dean and Lydia ). He was a farmer for many years at Cincinna-
tus, 1ST. Y., and after 1838 at Pike, Wyoming Co., 1ST. Y., where he d.
Dec. 31, aet. 77.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5033. i. Titus Harrison Dwight, b. Aug. 14, 1808.
5034. ii. Lydia Dewey Dwight, b. Feb. 11, 1810, m. Alvah Gregory.
5035. iii. Laura Dwight, b. Oct. 6, 1812, m. Jan. 20, 1831, Noyes
Wheeler Brown, b. July 15, 1808 (son of a Mr. Brown of Norwich, N.
Y., and Barbara Stewart). He was a blacksmith at Albion, Mich.,
where he d. April 1865, and where she d. April 19, 1867. No chil-
dren.
5036. iv. Amanda Dwight, b. Jan 28, 1815, m. George L. Bos-
worth.
5037. v. Chauncey Dwight, b. March 23, 1817, m. Aug. 3, 1846,
Charlotte Morrison. He kept public-house in Milan, O. He d. of
cholera, Aug. 27, 1854, aet. 37. She resides now in Dayton, O. Chil-
dren :
**** 1. Frank Dwight, b. Nov. 25, 1847, resides in Atlantic, Iowa.
5038. 2. Charles Dwight, b. Dec. 31, 1851, resides (1873) in Day-
ton, O.
5039. vi. Nancy Dwight, b. Dec. 24, 1819, m. Nov. 5, 1835, Rufus
Wilkinson, a R. R. conductor, residing now at Battle Creek, Mich. (1873).
5040. vii. Polly Dwight, b. March 23, 1822, m. in 1847, John Wil-
kinson, a blacksmith in Royalton, N. Y. She d. April 2, 1857, aet. 35.
No children :
5041. viii. Adeline Dwight, b. July 23, 1824, m. at Milan, O., April
10, 1850, Calvin Cone, son of Lester Cone and Stella Humphrey,
Supt. of the U. S. Express Co. (since 1850), and resides at Toledo, O.
Has had 3 children :
5042. 1. Thomas Dwight Cone, b. in Toledo, Axig. 4, 1855.
5043. 2. George Calvin Cone, b. Dec. 31, 1856.
5044. 3. Mary Emma Cone, b. Oct. 7, 1858.
5045. ix. Jane Louisa Dwight, b. Feb. 17, 1827, m. Curtis L. Barnes.
5033. i. Titus Harrison Dwight, b. Aug. 14, 1808, m. Jan. 16, 1832,
Eliza J. Wilkinson, b. Jan. 10, 1810 (dau. of Tappan and Clarissa Wil-
kinson). He is a blacksmith at Pike, N. Y. No children. He adopted,
about 1850, a daughter, nee Barnes of Pike, whom he named
1. Frances Alida Dwight. She is a teacher in a public school
in Chicago (1871-2).
47
730 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfidd, J/<y*.y.,
5034. ii. Lydia Dewey D wight, b. Feb. 11, 1810, m. Jan. 26, 1830,
Alvah Gregory, b. Juue 4, 1 802 (son of Samuel Gregory of Greene,
Chenango Co., N. Y., and Dolly Wasson), a joiner in Pike.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5040. i. Adolphus Dwight Gregory, b. April 26, 1831, resides un-
married at Hornellsville, N. Y., and is in the employment of the N.
Y. and Erie R. R. Co.
5047. ii. Helen Maria Gregory, b. at Oxford, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1833,
d. at Pike, unmarried, Aug. 16, 1863, of consumption.
5048. iii. Theresa Albina Gregory, b. at Norwich, N. Y., Aug. 9,
1835, m. Dec. 20, 1855, Owen Swain, b. Nov. 16, 1821 (son of Joseph
Swain, of Chemung and Jane Hanna), a farmer and lumberman at
Chemung, N. Y. No children :
[Seventh Generation.]
5036. iv. Amanda Dwight (dau. of Adolphus Dwight and Mercy
Dean), b. June 28, 1815, m. Feb. 1, 1835, George L. Bosworth, b. in
Chenango, N. Y., June 4, 1812, a mechanic in Attica, N. Y. He d.
Dec. 25, 1872.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5049. i. Laura Ellen Bosworth, b. April 4, 1837, in Pike, m. Nov.
1, 1860, Stephen S. Gardiner, a hotel-keeper in Attica.
5050. ii. Charlotte Eliza Bosworth, b. Feb. 14, 1842, m. Nov. 4,
1859, Arthur Hamilton Smith (son of Hon. Samuel H. Smith of
Fowlersville, N. Y.), an artist in Avon, N. Y. One child:
5051. 1. Ella Louisa Smith, b. Aug. 25, 1860, in Pike.
[Seventh Generation.]
5045. ix. Jane Louisa Dwight (dau. of Adolphus Dwight and
Mercy Dean), b. Feb. 17, 1827, m. Oct. 28, 1843, Curtis L. Barnes
(son of Ira Barnes and Lucy ), a forwarder, formerly in Buffalo,
N. Y., but engaged in recent years in public business, and residing in
Lockport, N. Y. They have had 3 children, Nos. 5052-4 : Janet,
Stella and Ira.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4690. x. Henry Dwight (son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey), b. at Lenox, May 6, 1784, m. March 9, 1818, Chloe Meacham,
b. Sept. 7, 1795, in New Lebanon, N. Y. (dau. of Erskiue Meacham and
Polly Howard). He was a farmer at Cincinnatus, N. Y. He d.
March 20, 1842, aet. 58. She d. of cancer in the heart, Aug. 4, 1867,
aet. 72.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5055. i. Henry Dwight, Jr., b. May 30, 1819.
5056. ii. Ezra Dwight, b. Jan. 11, 1822, m. Nov. 1846, Jane Louisa
Son of Timothy, Son of John, bothofDedham, Mass. 731
Smith (dau. of Isaac Smith of Cincinnatus and Polly Carson). He
was a farmer at Cincinnatus and d. Aug. 24, 1849.
5057. iii. Ira D wight, b. May 1, 1824.
5058. iv. George D wight, b. March 23, 1828, d. Jan. 16, 1842.
5059. v. Albert D wight, b. Oct. 24, 1832.
5060. vi. Nancy Jane Dwight, b. Oct. 14, 1835, m. Dighton Wait,
b. in Solon, N. Y., May 14, 1834 (son of Elder Averdo and Rachel
Wait). He is a mason at Mason, Iiigham Co., Mich. They have one
child :
5061. 1. Nettie May Wait, b. May 1, 1871.
5062. vii. Mary Jeanetts Dwight, b. May 23, 1839, resides un-
married at Cincinnatus.
5055. i. Henry Dwight, Jr., b. May 30, 1819, m. Jan. 24, 1847,
Margaret P. Glenn, b. June 7, 1818 (dau. of James Glenn of Morris-
ville, N. Y., and Margaret Dillenbeck), a farmer at German, Chenango
Co., N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5063. i. George Alfred Dwight, b. April 7, 1849, m. Jan. 30, 1873,
Eliza Beattie of Truxton, N. Y.
5064. ii. Amanda Matilda Dwight, b. Feb. 10, 1851.
5065. iii. John Glenn Dwight, b. Sept. 18, 1852.
5066. iv. Emory Adelbert Dwight, b. Aug. 29, 1854.
5067. v. Porter Leroy Dwight, b. Oct. 6, 1856.
5068. vi. Cornelia Jeanette Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1860.
[Seventh Generation.]
5057. iii. Ira Dwight (son of Henry D»vig!it and Chloe Meacham),
b. May 1, 1824, m. Jan. 16, 1849, Lydia Kingsbury, b. in 1828 (dau.
of Mason Kiugsbury and Lucy Holt). He is a farmer at McLean,
Tompkins Co., N. Y. (1873). Children :
5069. 1. Minnie Merritt Dwight, b. in Cincinnatus, March 25, 1865,
d. Jan. 19, 1873.
5070. 2. Mary L. Dwight, b. in Dryden, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1867.
5059. v. Albert Dwight (son of Henry D wight and Ciiloe Meachaui),
b. Oct. 24, 1832, m. Dec. 1, 1851, Marian E. Smith (dau. of Adam L.
Smith of German, N. Y., and Louisa Carpenter). He is a fanner at
Hamilton, Caldwell Cj., Mich.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5071. i. Marian Elwyn Dwight, b. at Onondaga, Mica., Jan. 21,
1865.
5072. ii. Floyd D.viglit, b. thara July 27, 1869.
5073. iii. Minnie Mny D.vight, b. at il.i:mlt'ju, Mich., July 17, 1871.
^32 Descendants of Henry D wight of Ilalficlcl, Mass.,
[Sixth Generation.] See page G92.
4G91. xi. Horace Dwight (son of Joseph Dwight, Jr., of Cincinnatus,
and Lydia Dewey), b. at Lenox, Mass., June 12, 1786, m. Feb. 18,
1810, Olive Meacham, b. in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., Aug.
25, 1792 (dau. of Erskine Meacham, afterwards of Cincinnati^, and
Polly Howard), sister to Chloe Meacham, wife of his brother Henry.
He was a farmer at Cincinnatus, where he d. very suddenly, Sept. 29,
1872, aet. 86. His iniiid was clear and strong up to the very last. He
was a man of integrity and honor, and esteemed by all who knew him.
His widow is still living (1874).
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5074. i. Minerva Dwight, b. Jan. 4, 1811, resides unmarried at
home.
5075. ii. Horace Dewey Dwight, b. Dec. 25, 1812.
5076. iii. Eliza Dwight, b. Feb. 20, 1815, m. Benjamin H. Smith.
5077. iv. Harrison Dwight, b. April 16, 1817, m. June 8, 1852,
Harriet Newell Congdon, b. March 4, 1831 (dau. of Benjamin Cong-
don and Mary Salisbury). He was a farmer formerly at Onondaga,
Mich., where he was also for 8 years justice of the peace (1856-64).
He resides now again at Cincinnatus. One child :
5078. 1. William Harrison Dwight, M.D., b. Oct. 28, 1852, in
Onondaga.
5079. v. Glover Short Dwight, b. Nov. 5, 1819.
5080. vi. Harriet Dwight, b. Nov. 13, 1821, m. Hiram Stevens.
5081. vii. Sarah Maria Dwight, b. April 14, 1824, d. Sept. 20, 1845.
5082. viii. Mary Ann Dwight, b. June 26, 1827, d. Jan. 4, 1841.
5083. ix. John Datt Dwight, b. Feb. 17, 1830, d. Feb. 20, 1832.
5084. x. Bay Decatur Dwight, b. June 29, 1833.
5075. ii. Horace Dewey Dwight, b. Dec. 25, 1812, m. Dec. ]1,
1837, Emily Carpenter (dau. of Thomas Carpenter and Loiiisa ,
both from England). He is a farmer at Onondaga, Ingraham Co., Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5085. L Frances Helen Dwight, b. Aug. 18, 1838.
5086. ii. Charles Short Dwight, b. Aug. 28, 1840.
5087. iii. Lucius Harrison Dwight, b. Aug. 20, 1843.
5088. iv. Marion Dwight, b. about 1845.
5089. v. Thomas Dwight, b. about 1848.
5090. vi. Emma Dwight, b. about 1851.
[Seventh Generation.]
5076. iii. Eliza Dwight (dau. of Horace Dwight and Olive Meacham),
b. Feb. 20, 1815, m. Feb. 11, 1835, Benjamin Houghton Smith (son
of Daniel Smith and Betsey Houghton), a farmer at Tompkins, Ingi-a-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 733
ham Co., Mich. They have had 4 children, Nos. 5091-4 : Jehiel
Hougliton, Horace D wight, Harriet and Daniel Jay.
[Seventh Generation.]
5079. v. Glover Short D wight (son of Horace Dwight and Olive
Meacham), b. Nov. 5, 1819, m. Jan. 29, 1849, widow Julia Harkness,
nee Arnold, b. June 1, 1820 (dau. of Elijah Arnold of Smrthfield, R.
I., and Sarah Allen). He is a large farmer at Ciacinnatus.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5095. i. Horace Glover Dwight, b. Feb. 17, 1850, at Blackstone,
Mass.
5096. ii. Sarah Arnold Dwight, b. Oct. 28, 1851, at Cincinnatus.
5097. iii. Frederic Ballow Dwight, b. Oct. 21, 1853, at Cincinnatus,
d. Dec. 31, 1861.
5098. iv. Harriet Minerva Dwight, b. Oct. 30, 1855.
5099. v. Estes Lamb Dwight, b. Sept. 14, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
5080. vi. Harriet Dvvight (dau. of Horace Dwight and Olive
Meacham), b. Nov. 13, 1821, m. as his 2d wife, April 3, 1855, Hiram
Stevens, b. March 15, 1819 (son of Peleg and Hannah Stevens of Paltz,
N. Y.), a farmer at Schoolcraft, Mich. His first wife was her cousin,
Roxa Semantha Dwight, No. 5008. vi., page 728 (dau. of Pynchoii
Dwight). He had by his two marriages seven children, four by the
first one.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5100. i. Julia Minerva Stevens, b. July 4, 1856.
5101. ii. Althaea Cornelius Stevens, b. Feb. 1860.
5102. iii. Thomas Ray Stevens, b. March 4, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
5084. x. Ray Decatur Dwight (son of Horace Dwight and Olive
Meacham), b. June 29, 1833, m. March 8, 1858, Betsey Maria Moore,
b. Sept. 10, 1838 (dau. of Andrew Jackson Moore of McDouough,
N. Y., and Lucinda Lawton). He was a mason, formerly at Cincin-
natus, N. Y., where he was for 12 years a teacher. He is now (1873)
a farmer and dealer in stock, at Hamilton, Mich. She d. Aug. 15, 1872,
aet. 34. From him the facts concerning his father's descendants were
obtained.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5103. i. Alice Leila Dwight, b. Aug. 1, 1859, d. April 3, 1862.
5104. ii. Kenn Moore Dwight, b. Aug. 2, 1865.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4692. xii. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Joseph Dwight, Jr., and Lydia
784 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Ilalfield,
Dewey), b. at Lenox, Maes., July 15, 1788, m. about 181G Reuben
Delano, a farmer in German, N. Y., and a man of modest woiih. He
removed to Cincinnatus a few years before his death, May 27, 1856.
She d. Nov. 14, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5105. i. Nancy Delano, b. in German, Dec. 10, 1817, d. in Cincin-
natus, unmarried, Sept. 2, 1849.
5100. ii. Betsey Delano, b. June 13, 1822, d. aet. 38, in Cincin-
natus, unmarried, July 14, i860.
5107. iii. Sarah Maria Delano, b. Dec. 29, 1825, m. John W.
Shaver, and d. July 20, 1860.
5108. iv. Joseph Pynchon Delano, b. Nov. 26, 1829, in German,
N. Y., m. Nov. 4, 1855, Miranda Bonesteel, b. Jan. 7, 1835 (dau. of
Frederic Bonesteel of German and Rhoda Carpenter). He was a
mechanic at Cincinnatus, where he d. June 17, 1863. He had 2
children :
5109. 1. Eva Maria Delano, b. Oct. 27, 1856.
5110. 2. Ada Anna Delano, b. Nov. 16, 1859.
. 5107. iii. Sai-ah Maria Delano, b. Dec. 29, 1825, in German, m.
Feb. 5, 1847, John William Shaver, b. May 16, 1822 (son of George
Shaver of Sharon, N. Y., and Esther Marenus), a hardware merchant
at Newburgh, N. Y., where she d. July 20, 1860. He m. again.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5111. i. John Adalbert Shaver, b. in 1848, d. March 18, 1849.
5112. ii. Ella Isadora Shaver, b. about 1850.
5113. iii. John Walter Shaver, b. in 1852, d. Sept. 1854.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 692.
4693. xiii. Nancy Dwight (dau. of Joseph Dwight, Jr., and Lydia
Dewey), b. at Lenox, Mass., Nov. 27, 1791, m. Ephraim F. Williams.
He d. and she m. for a 2d husband William McClary of Galesburgh,
Mich.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5114. i. George Williams.
5115. ii. Adolphus Dwight Williams. He was killed, July 1847,
in Lawrence, Mass., by the falling of a derrick upon him while engaged
in constructing the foundations of a mill. He was unmarried.
5114. i. George Williams. He m. Mary Andrews of Delphi, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5116. i. Frances Helen Williams, a teacher at Galesburgh, Kala-
mazoo, Mich.
5117. ii. Mary Andrews Williams, a teacher at Galesburgh, Mich.
5118. iii. Stephen Williams. Nothing could be learned of him.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, loth ofDedkam, Mass. 735
In the foregoing account of the descendants of Joseph Dwight, Jr.,
of Cincinnatus, a record has been given of some 450 or more of them.
These, added to the number of descendants of Genl. Joseph Dwight, his
father, by his first wife, make the whole number of his offspring, whose
history is briefly presented thus far in these pages, a thousand or so.
Those by his second marriage to Mrs. Abigail Williams Sergeant, which
are to be presented next, will not be so numerous.
Of those already mentioned as descended from Joseph Dwight, Jr.,
and Lydia Dewey, one of their number says, in writing to the author :
" They have all been men of fair intellect, and well cultivated for the
pursuits that they have followed. They have shown good economy in
procuring and preserving pecuniary means for their future wants, and
they have been all universally temperate, so far as my knowledge extends.
They have also been generally religious." While some of them have
been Episcopalians, Methodists and Baptists, in their denominational
preferences, the great mass of them have been members of Congrega-
tional or Presbyterian churches.
It would often have been pleasant to have said of the living what the
author has had abundant means of saying in their favor, in respect to
this large branch of the Dwight family, as indeed of nearly or quite
every other branch, and what will be, within a short time, when they
have passed forever out of sight, matters of prime interest to their de-
scendants, if treasured up for remembrance. But silence, however un-
comfortably enforced upon one's self, concerning the personal charac-
teristics and excellences of the living, is the toll that one must pay to
them for the privilege of speaking freely of their more external rela-
tions to the family and to society at large. And while the frequently
quoted old Latin maxim, "Nothing except what is good concerning the
dead," is utterly unworthy in itself of any one's adoption or commen-
dation, as a rule of any value whatever in historic composition,
whether of great or small proportions ; it is true that death itself dis-
solves at once any spell that might otherwise close one's lips concerning
the departed whose lives have been beautiful and good. And let but
the pall of forgetfulness lie undisturbed for a few years upon the memo-
ries of those who were untrue, in their brief day, to conscience and to
God, and even their wickedness or weakness may be fearlessly, and
likewise profitably, voiced aloud to others.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 628.
41*57. x. Pamela Dwight (dau. of Genl. Joseph Dwight of Gr. Bar-
ringtou, Mass., and Abigail Williams Sergeant, his 2d wife), b. June
9, 1752, m. as his 2d wife, April 17, 1774, Hon. Theodore Sedgwick,
LL.D., of Stockbridge, Mass., b. May 174(5 (son of Dea. Benjamin
Sedgwick of W. Hartford, Ct., and Ann Thompson).
736 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hat field, Mass.,
Jtulge Theodore Sedgwick lost his father at the early age of 13, and
was aided by his elder brother, John, to obtain his education, in part
at Yale — being in the class of 1705, and rusticated before finishing his
course for some youthful misbehavior. He was admitted to the bar in
17G(> (April), and commenced practice at Sheffield, Mass., which place he
afterwards represented several times in the Mass. General Court. While
never losing his strong attachment to the mother-country, he embarked
zealously in the revolutionary war, and served in 1776 as Aid to Genl.
Thomas in the expedition to Canada, and was actively engaged in pro-
curing supplies for the army. In 1785 he removed to Stockbridge,
Mass., and was in that year and the next a member of the Provincial
Congress. In the winter of 1787 he was active in suppressing " Shays'
rebellion," for which the insurgents often afterwards threatened his
life, and once, during his absence at the legislature, made an attack upon
his house. In 1788 he was a prominent member of the Mass. Conven-
tion for ratifying the Federal Constitution, and was in the same year
Speaker of the Mass. House of Kepresentatives. In 1789 he was
elected a member of the First Constitutional Congress, where, by suc-
cessive elections, he remained until 179G, when he was chosen U. S.
Senator, and held the office for 3 years, serving as Prest. pro tern.
during one session. In 1799 he was again returned to Congress, and
was chosen the Speaker of the House. In 1802 he was appointed to the
bench of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, where he remained un-
til his death, in 1813. He was a man of high mark as a statesman
and a jurist. His life was full of varied and unwearied industry, and
his character of ardent enthusiasm. His judicial decisions are remark-
able for their clearness and beauty.
He was an active member of the old " Federal Party," and was a
compeer with Hamilton, Jay, Rutledge, Ames, King and other leaders
like them. He was vigorously hostile to slavery. Soon after the adop-
tion of The Massachusetts Constitution, Elizabeth Freeman, a negress
of superior intelligence and excellence, belonging to a Mr. Ashley of
Sheffield, having fled from his house in consequence of ill-treatment,
and refusing ever to return, her master sued for her recovery. Judge
Sedgwick undertook her defence, and she was pronounced free by the
Court. This was, it is believed, the first fruit of the declaration in the
Mass. Bill of Rights, that " all men are born free and equal," and led
directly to the end of slavery in Massachusetts. So, in the case of
Greenwood vs. Curtis (vol. vi. Mass. Reports), an. action was brought
before the court, one of whose associate judges was Mr. Sedgwick, by
a Southron, as plaintiff, to recover a balance of account in a contract
made with the defendant, through an agent at Rio Poiigos, in Africa,
for the delivery of slaves in exchange for goods. The Court pro-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 737
iiounced in his absence for the plaintiff. On his return to it he pre-
pared in an elaborate form a dissenting opinion, following in it the
principles declared by Lord Mansfield in the case of Somerset — an
opinion which has been since regarded as of great weight — " that, by
the law of nature, which on this question remained the law of Massa-
chusetts, one man could not have a legitimate property in another, and
that die contract was, therefore, malum in se and void." See Apple-
tons' New Am. Cyclopaedia, vol. xiv. p. 487. In Miss Electa Jones'
Hist. Stockbridge, pp. 238-43, may be found a full account of Eliza-
beth Freeman, or " Mum Bett," as she was nicknamed, and of other
slaves of that day and place, as well as of the great liberty-loving in-
terest that Judge Sedgwick took in them.
It was of Mrs. Pamela Sedgwick that the story is told in Jones' Hist.
Stockbridge, that in the summer of 1755, " from the fright of an attack
made in some families in the outskirts of the town, Lawrence Lynch,
who was then living at Genl. Joseph Dwight's, took his infant child,
Pamela, then 3 years old, in his arms and fled on foot to Gr. Barring-
ton with the whole family — little John Sergeant not staying to put
shoe or stocking on his feet, which were unluckily bare at the mo-
ment." p. 82.
There is a fine picture of Mrs. Pamela D. Sedgwick in " Griswold's
Republican Court" (D. Appleton & Co., 1855), when of the age of 35 or
40. " She was conspicuous," he says, " for a charming face, and an
air and manner of singular refinement and grace. The finest graces of
the N. E. matron were combined in her as she appeared then (1790) as
one of the Republican Court of America, at the levees of Mrs. Martha
Washington in Philadelphia."
Judge Sedgwick d. at Boston, Jan. 24, 1813, aet. 6G. Mrs. Pamela
Sedgwick, by whom he had all his children, d. Sept. 18, 1807, aet.
55, at Stockbridge. He m. for a 3d wife Penelope Russell, without
issue.*
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5119. i. Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick, b. April 30, 1775, m. Thaddeus
Pomeroy of Stockbridge, Mass., and d. Oct. 15, 1827.
5120. ii. A child, unnamed, b. and d. March 27, 1777.
5121. iii. Frances Pamela Sedgwick, b. May G, 1778, m. Ebeiiezer
Watson of New York, and d. June 20, 1842.
* In Allen's Biog. Diet, there occurs the following misstatement : Rev. Theo-
dore Sedgwick Dwight, Pastor of Colored Ch. (Presb.). New York, d. March 23,
1847, aet. 49. The last name should be, as the author has ascertained by care-
ful inquiry, Wright, instead of Dwight. It would be an honor to either of the
names Sedgwick and Dwight. that any worthy colored man should take it him-
self, or receive it from parents that were good and true in character, as a token
of gratitude or reverence for zeal in behalf of their persecuted race.
738 Descendants of Henry Dioiglit of Hatfield,
5122. iv. Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, b. Dec. 9, 1780, d. Nov. 7, 1839.
5123. v. Catharine Sedgwick, b. July 11, 1782, d. March 4, 1783.
5124. vi. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, b. April 18, 1784, d. March 1,
1785.
5125. vii. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, 2d, b. Sept. 22, 1785, d. Dec.
23, 1831.
5126. viii. Robert Sedgwick, b. June 6, 1787, d. Sept. 2, 1841.
5127. ix. Catharine Maria Sedgwick, b. Dec. 28, 1789, d. July 31,
1867.
5128. x. Charles Sedgwick, b. Dec. 15, 1791, d. Aug. 3, 1856.
[Dea. Benjamin Sedgwick, the father of Judge Theodore Sedgwick,
who was b. at Hartford, Ct., Nov. 7, 1716, and d. of apoplexy, Feb. 7,
1757, aet. 40, was the son of Samuel Sedgwick of Hartford and Mary
Hopkins. Samuel Sedgwick was the only child of William Sedgwick
of Hartford, Ct., and of Elizabeth Stone, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone, the
2d minister of Hartford. William Sedgwick was one of 3 sons (Samuel
William and Robert) of Major Geul. Robert Sedgwick, the settler, who
was b. in 1598 in England, and was one of the most distinguished
men of his times. He came in 1636 to Charlestown, Mass., and in
1637 was chosen a representative of the town. He commanded in 1641,
45, and 48 " The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co.," and was elected
May 26, 1652, Major General. Previously to June 1, 1654, he visited
England and engaged in the service of Cromwell, as commander of a con-
templated expedition against the Dutch at New York, but on his
arrival there with his ships and troops (900 foot and a company of
horse) leai'ned that peace had been concluded and that the commission-
ers at Chai'lestown had determined to employ his force against the
French forts in Nova Scotia, and went thither with his fleet of 4 vessels,
and in a few days (June 14-20) took St. John's, Port Royal and another
French fort. Cromwell was so pleased with his vigorous action that
he sent him the next year with a fleet to reinforce Genl. Venables in
Jamaica, W. I., who had met with a repulse and had lost 400 men and
Jamaica itself. He found everything there, in the condition of the
army alike and in the climate, dispiriting. The plague was prevailing
and " rending them in twain"; and he desired greatly to return to
England and serve Cromwell there. But he sent him, to his regret, a
commission to take command of the army in Jamaica, where he d. May
24,1656.
Charlestown has cause to remember Genl. Sedgwick for the results
of his active public spirit when residing in the town. He was an enter-
prising merchant, built wharves, carried on a brewing establishment,
built the old Tide-mills, and had an interest in the Iron Works at
Lynn. " He was representative in the style of his ideas and character
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Ma*s. 739
of the liberal Puritans of those early days of New England history.
Religion was in all his thoughts, and yet he openly opposed the pre-
vailing intolerance. He was a very brave, zealous and pious man."
His wife Johanna m. after his decease Rev. Thomas Allen of Nor-
wich, Eng., but without issue. See Frothinghani's Hist. Charlestown. ]
[Sixth Generation.]
5119. i. Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick (dau. of Hon. Theodoi-e Sedg-
wick and Pamela Dwight), b. April 30, 1775, m. April 23, 1797,
Thaddeus Pomeroy, b. Oct. 23, 1764 (son of Quartus Pomeroy of North-
ampton, Mass., and Phebe Sheldon. For both the Pomeroy and Shel-
don lineage of the family, see Hist, of the Strong Family by the
author, vol. ii. p. 1126), grad. at Harvard in 1786 : a lawyer at Stock-
bridge, Mass., where he d. March 2, 1847. She d. Oct. 15, 1827.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5129. i. Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy, b. March 1, 1798, d. March
4, 1845.
5130. ii. George Williams Pomeroy, b. Nov. 2, 1799, d. at New
Orleans, La., March 29, 1856.
5131. iii. Egbert Benson Pomeroy, b. June 8, 1801, d. July 14, 1825.
5132. iv. Pamela Dwight Pomeroy, b. Feb. 22, 1803, d. Nov. 30,
1804.
5133. v. Elizabeth Pamela Pomeroy, b. Jan. 19, 1805, m. Judge
Horatio Byington.
5134. vi. Ebenezer Watson Pomeroy, b. May 13, 1806, m. June
11, 1835, Maria Aull of Newcastle, Del. (dau. of John Aull, of Irish
descent, and Margaret Elliott). He resided at Lexington, Mo. , where
he made a fortune and d. without issue, June 22, 1861.
5135. vii. Frances Susan Pomeroy, b. Dec. 18, 1807, killed at Nor-
walk, Ct., May 6, 1853.
5136. viii. Catharine Eliza Pomeroy, b. Sept. 14, 1809, in. Rev. Sam-
uel P. Parker.
5137. ix. Julia Pomeroy, b. Feb. 4, 1812, m. Aug. 4, 1835, Prof.
Chester Averill, b. March 16, 1804 (son of Nathaniel P. Averill of
Salisbury, Ct., and Maria Whittlesey), grad. at Union Coll., N. Y., in
1828. He was Prof, of Chemistry and Botany there (1834-6), and d.
at Salisbury, Ct., Aug. 2, 1836. Had one child :
**** 1. Chester Averill, Jr., b. at Schenectady, N. Y., May. 31,
1836, grad. at Union Coll. in 1857, resides in San Francisco, Cal.
5138. x. Charles Sedgwick Pomeroy. b. Aug. 30, 1813, d. Nov. 4
1850, at San Francisco.
5139. xi. Mary Pomeroy, b. Feb. 5, 1815.
5140. xii. Thaddeus Pomeroy, b. Sept, 6, 1817, d. Dec. 20, 1851.
740 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield,
5129. i. Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy, b. March 1, 1798, m. Dec.
3, 1822, Huldah Fellows Hopkins (dau. of John Sergeant Hopkins of
Stockbridge, Mass., ami Luanda ). He d. March 4, 1845, at Chi-
cago, 111. She m. Oct. 17, 1850, Jonathan E. Field of Stockbridge (son
of David Dudley Field and Submit ).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5141. i. Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy, b. Feb. 18, 1824, d. at San
Francisco, May 14, 18G5.
5142. ii. Mary Jane Pomeroy, b. Dec. 27, 1825.
5143. iii. Frances Hopkins Pomeroy, b. Dec. 27, 1829, d. Feb. 18,
1851, at Stockbridge, Mass.
5141. i. Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy,-b. Feb. 18, 1824, m. Jan. 31,
1856, Isabella Low (dau. of Warren S. and Mary A. Low of Albany).
He d. at San Francisco, May 14, 1865.
[Ninth. Generation.] Children :
5144. i. Fanny Sedgwick Pomeroy, b. Dec. 6, 1856.
5145. ii. Florence Bell Pomeroy, b. July 25, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
5133. v. Elizabeth Pamela Pomeroy, b. Jan. 19, 1805 m. May 2,
1827, Horatio Byington, b. in 1797 (son of Isaiah Byington of Stock -
bridge and Lucy Peck). He resided at Stockbridge, and was judge of
the court of common pleas (now the superior court) of Massachusetts.
He d. Feb. 5, 1856, aet. 58.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5146. i. Eliza Sedgwick Byington, b.Jan. 30, 1829, d. Oct. 22, 1837.
5147. ii. Thaddeus Pomeroy Byington, b. July 29, 1832, d. Nov. 17,
1846.
5148. iii. Alice Byington, b. Oct. 22, 1841.
5149. iv. Rebecca Byington, b. Jan. 16, 1843, d. May 14, 1850.
[Seventh Generation.]
5136. viii. Catharine Eliza Pomeroy (dau of Thaddeus Pomeroy
and Elizabeth M. Sedgwick), b. Sept. 14, 1809, m. April 20, 1836, Rev.
Samuel Parker Parker, D.D. (son of John Rowe Parker of Boston,
Mass., and Mary Hamilton), grad. at Harvard in 1824. He was a
teacher at New York for some years ("Adams & Parker," Murray St.),
and afterwards at Stockbvidge, Mass, where he was also settled as a
minister in the Episcopal church. He afterwards oi'ganized a church
(St. Mary^) atCastleton, Staten Island, N. Y., and was settled over it.
He was subsequently rector of a church (" Grace Church ") which he
established at Amherst, Mass. He is now at Melrose, Mass. (1872).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5150. i. Egbert Pomeroy Parker, b. Jan. 22, 1837.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 741
5151. ii. Mary Hamilton Parker, b. Aug. 12, 1838.
5152. iii. Charles Parker, b. July 1, 1841.
5153. iv. Francis Herbert Parker, b. Aug. 20, 1848.
5154. v. Grace Stanley Parker, b. March 2, 1853.
[Sixth Generation.]
5121. iii. Frances Pamela Seclgwick (dau. of Judge Theodore Sedg-
vvick and Pamela Dwight), b. May 6, 1778, m. April 1801, Ebenezer
Watson, b. Feb. 12, 1776 (son of Ebenezer Watson of Hartford, Ct.,
publisher of " The Connecticut Courant," and Hannah Bunce). He was
a publisher at New York (Whiting & Watson), 1805 — and was after-
wards a clerk in the Comptroller's office at Albany, N. Y. She d. at
Stockbridge, Mass., June 20, 1842, aet. 64. He lived in his later
years at New Bedford, Mass., with his daughter, and d. at Auburn,
N. Y., Jan. 12, 1847, aet. 71.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5155. i. Theodore Sedgwick Watson, b. at Stockbridge, Feb. 22,
1802, d. there March 9, 1820.
5156. ii. Ebenezer Henry Watson, b. Jan. 20, 1804, d. Sept. 28, 1850.
5157. iii. Catharine Sears Watson, b. at New York, Jan. 17, 1806,
m. Rev. Abner Webb, and d. Jan. 3, 1848.
5158. iv. Robert Sedgwick Watson, b. Aug. 1, 1809.
5159. v. Frances Pamela Watson, b. Sept. 3, 181 1, m. May 11,
1842, Benjamin F. Lindsey of New Bedford, U. S. Consul at St.
Catharine's, Brazil, S. A.
Some dates which are wrong in " The Watson Genealogy," are cor-
rected in the foregoing and succeeding schedules of dates. Some per-
sons give dates, when requested of them, from memory, and some at a
guess, as if matters of remembrance. It is in the arithmetical depart-
ment that genealogical researches are always most wavering in their
results, and often so much so as almost to discourage an investigator
from pursuing his inquiries any further.
[Seventh Generation.]
5156. ii. Ebenezer Henry Watson (son of Ebenezer Watson and
Frances P. Sedgwick), b. Jan. 20, 1804, m. Nov. 18, 1829, Elizabeth
Jane Kiiapp, b. Dec. 16, 1807 (dau. of Peter Knapp of Stamford,
Ct., and Sarah Bennett). He d. at Panama, C. A., of cholera, Sept.
28, 1850. His widow m. March 18, 1855, Ferdinand Hoffmann (son
of Christian Aiigust Hoffmann, M.D., of Suhl, Erfurth, Prussia, and
Frederika Bleymiiller). She d. at Stockbridge, Mass., July 6, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5160. i. Frances Sedgwick Watson, b. at New York, Aug. 10,1830,
d. Sept. 18, 1830.
742 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
5161. ii. Frances Sedgwick Watson, b. May 8, 1832, resides un-
married in Stockbridge.
51G2. iii. Egbert Pomeroy Watson, b. at New York, April 17, 1835,
in. March 31, 1801, Louise Eugenie Thierry, b. Oct. 28, 1829 (dau. of
Charles A. Thierry of Beaucourt in the arrondissement of Dale, b. Sept.
27, 179G, and Catharine Elizabeth Perlet, b. July 6, 1796, and d. at
Watertown, N. Y., where Mr. Thierry still lives, or did recently, Dec.
31, 1854). They have had two children :
5163. 1. Egbert Perlet Watson, b. at New York, March 20, 1863.
5164. 2. Bessie Sedgwick Watson, b. Aug. 13, 1864, at New York,
d. at Wheatsheaf, N. Y., Aug. 27, 18G5.
5165. iv. Susan Ridley Watson, b. at New York, Aug. 7, 1839.
5166. v. Emnia Watson, b. May 29, 1842.
5167. vi. Harry Hopkins Watson, b. at New York, Aug. 16, 1844,
d. Jan. 23, 1863, at New York, from the effects of disease contracted
in soldierly service to his country in the late war.
5168. vii. Lindsey Watson, b. at N. Y., May 30, 1846, d. July 14,
1846.
5169. viii. Lindsey Watson, 2d, b. at N. Y., Feb. 21, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.]
5157. iii. Catharine Sears Watson (dau. of Ebenezer Watson and
Frances P. Sedgwick), b. Jan. 17, 1806, m. Aug. 15, 1832, Rev. Abner
Webb, b. Feb. 29, 1804 (sou of William Webb of Windham, Ct., and
Lois Strong, dau. of Jonathan Strong of Lebanon, Ct., and Mary
Brewster. See Hist. Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. pp. 807-9).
They sailed from Boston, Dec. 22, 1832, as Baptist Missionaries to the
Burman Empire, arriving July 16, 1833, at Maulmain. They went
in 1837 up the Irrawaddy, in a row-boat, to Ava, the capital, whence,
after enduring for 4 months the perils of civil war, they set out for
Rangoon, reaching it, notwithstanding sickness, storms and robbers,
July 4, 1837, and set sail Nov. 1 following, for America again, on ac-
count of Mi-s. Webb's protracted illness, and arrived at New Bedford,
Mass., March 24, 1838. She d. at Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1848.
He has resided for some years past at Kalamazoo, Mich.
[Eighth Generation.]
5170. i. A son, unnamed, b. at Maulmain, Burmah, Dec. 15, 1833,
d. next day.
5171. ii. Robert Watson Webb, b. at Rangoon, Burmah, Dec. 4,1834.
5172. iii. Frances Sedgwick Webb, b. July 3, 1836, d. Oct. 10, 1837,
at Seebpore, India.
5173. iv. Fanny Watson Webb, b. at sea, Feb. 8, 1838, on the
whaling bark Milwood, 20 miles S. of the equator and 27° W. longi-
tude.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 743
5174. v. Catharine Jane Webb, b. June 24, 1840, at Adams, Jeffer-
son Co., N. Y., d. Feb. 1841, at Albany, N. Y.
5175. vi. Charles Sedgwick Webb, b. April 22, 1842, at Washington,
D. C., m. Jan. 24, 1866, Florence H. Edgarton, b. Sept. 4, 1843 (dau.
of Col. Roland P. Edgarton of Marquette, Mich., and Louise R.
Hobby). He is a druggist and chemist at Marquette.
5175. vi. Alice Lindsey Webb, b. Jan. 21, 1845, at Adams, N. Y.
5171. ii. Robert Watson Webb, b. at Rangoon, Dec. 4, 1834, m. July
11, 1801, Harriet Sophia Bonner of Orwell, Oswego Co., N. Y. (dau.
of Edmund Sheffield Bonner and Orpha Elizabeth Burkett). He re-
sided formerly in Oswego. He enlisted in the late war, as an Union
soldier, in the 147th N. Y. Regt. After 1£ year's service he was ap-
pointed on examination Seed. Lieut, in the 32d U. S. C. S., and served
in that capacity for 18 months longer. He has been of late raising
cotton near Summerville, S. C. Has had 2 children :
5176. 1. A son, unnamed, b. Oct. 15, 1862, who d. very soon.
5177. 2. A son, b. April 20, 1864, that d. soon, unnamed.
[Seventh Generation.]
5158. iv. Robert Sedgwick Watson (son of Ebenezer Watson and
Frances Pamela Sedgwick). b. at Stockbridge, Aug. 1,1809, m. July 1,
1833, Mary Taber Hathaway, b. Jan. 20, 1813, at New York (dau. of
Stephen Hathaway of New Bedford, Mass., b. Sept. 4, 1775, and Lyclia
Swain, b. May 14, 1786). He resides at Boston, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5178. i. Sylvia Hathaway Watson, b. at New Bedford, Mass., July
23, 1834.
5179. ii. Mary Forbes Watson, b. at New Bedford, July 18, 1836.
5180. iii. Jane Sedgwick Watson, )
[•twins, b. May 16, 1838,
5181. iv. Louisa Watson, ) d. Aug. 22, 1839.
5182. v. Adelaide Howard Watson, b. at Lenox, Mass., Aug. 6,
1841.
5183. vi. Anna Russell Watson, b. at Milton, Mass., Aug. 26, 1843.
5184. vii. Robert Clifford Watson, b. at New York, Sept. 10, 1847.
5185. viii. Francis Sedgwick Watson, b. at Milton, May 30, 1853.
5186. ix. Theodore Sedgwick Watson, b. there Nov. 6, 1856.
[Sixth Generation.]
5122. iv. Hon. Theodore Sedgwick (sou of Judge Theodore Sedg-
wick and Pamela Dwight), b. Dec. 9, 1780, at Sheffield, Mas,s.,m. Nov.
28, 1808, Susan Anne Livingston, b. May 24, 1788 (dau. of Matthew
Ridley Livingston and Catharine, dau. of Gov. Win. Livingston of
New Jersey). He d. Nov. 7, 1839, aet. 49, from the effects of a para-
744 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
lytic stroke, after the delivery of an address to the democratic citizens
of Pittsfield, Mass.
Having studied law with his father at Stockbridge, he entered, in
1801, into a law-partnership with Hermanns Bleecker, Esq., at Albany,
•who was afterwards U. S. Chai-ge d'Affaires at the Hague. This busi-
ness connection he resigned in 1821, on account of poor health, and
returned to Stockbridge, where he resided (1821—39) until his death.
He was a successful practitioner of the law, of high standing, and was
effective both as a forensic and popular speaker.
He was, while living at Stockbridge, greatly interested in agricultural
affairs, and was often chosen President of the County Agricultural
Society. He represented several times the town of Stockbridge in the
State legislature, and was for some years the candidate of the demo-
cratic party for Lt. Governor and the county candidate for Congress.
He introduced into the legislature, in 1827, a project of a raih-oad from
Boston to Albany, across the mountains, which at first was much
derided, but which, after years of persevering effort, he succeeded in
carrying into effect. He was specially devoted to free-trade, temper-
ance and anti-slavery. He published, in 1826, anonymously, " Hints to
my Countrymen," and in 1838, a work in 3 vols. l2mo, entitled,
" Public and Private Economy, illustrated by observations made in
Europe in 183G-7." See Appletons' New Encyclopaedia, vol. xiv. p.
488.
Mrs. Susan Livingston Sedgwick, his wife, was descended from the
celebrated Bishop Ridley of martyr fame in English history. She
wrote various tales for children, and several larger works of fiction :
as, in 1829, " The Morals of Pleasure"; in 1830, "The Young Emi-
grants," and " The Children's Week " ; in 1834, " Allen Prescott" ; in
1844, " Alida " ; and in 1859, « Walter Thornley." She d. at Stock-
bridge, Jan. 20, 1867, aet. 78.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5187. i. Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, b. Jan. 27, 1811, d. Dec. 9, 1859.
5188. ii. Maria Banyer Sedgwick, b. Jan. 8, 1813.
5187. i. Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, 3d, b. at Albany, N. Y., Jan.
27, -1811, m. Sept. 28,1835, Sarah Morgan Ashburner, b. Feb. 12,
1812 (dau. of Luke Ashburner, originally of England, afterwards of
India, and lastly of Stockbridge, Mass., and Sarah Morgan). She d. at
Stockbridge, Oct. 21, 1856 : he d. there Dec. 9, 1859.
He was grad. at Columbia Coll. N. Y. in 1829, and admitted to the
bar in 1833. For more than a year afterwards he was in Europe, chiefly
in Paris, and was attached to the legation and family of Edward Liv-
ingston, Esq. In September 1834 he returned home and began pro-
fessional practice in New York, in which he had large success. In
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 745
1850 or thereabouts he went to Europe again, for the improvement of
his health, which was poor, but never resumed afterwards the practice
of his profession.
He published a treatise on " The Measure of Damages ; or, An In-
quiry into the Principles which govern the Amount of Compensation
recovered in Suits at Law," — a second edition of which was published
in 1852. This work took its place at once among standard authorities
in America and England. In 1857 he published "A Treatise on the
Rules which govern the Interpretation and Application of Statutory
and Constitutional Law." This is an elaborate work, which has met
the approval of the bench and bar, as well as of legal writers and critics
at home and abroad. He was offered by Prest. Buchanan the mission
to the Hague, and was twice afterwards tendered the office of Assistant
Secretary of State tinder Genl. Lewis Cass; but with the expectation
of being able to return to professional labor again, he declined the over-
tures thus made to him. .In Jan. 1858 he was appointed U. S. At-
torney for the Southern District of New York, and accepting the office
held it until his death. He wrote much on political, legal and miscel-
laneous topics.
Beside the special works already alluded to, he published, in 1853,
" A Biographical Memoir of Gov. William Livingston of New Jer-
sey," his maternal great-grandfather. He also edited a collection
of the political writings of William Leggett (2 vols. 12mo. N. Y.,
1840). Various addresses made by him were printed at different
times, the latest of which was a discourse before the alumni of Co-
lumbia College, N. Y., in 1858. In this he insisted strongly on the
great practical advantages of a course of study in the natural sciences
over the usual classical curriculum. See Appletons' New Encyclopaedia,
vol. xiv. pp. 488—9.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5189. i. Theodore Sedgwick, b. Aug. 1836, d. March 1837.
5190. ii. Susan Ridley Sedgwick, b. Feb. 21, 1838, m. Charles E.
Norton.
5191. iii. Sarah Price Sedgwick, b. Nov. 8, 1839.
5192. iv. Theodore Sedgwick, b. May 1841, d. Jan. 1842.
5193. v. Ai-fhur George Sedgwick, b. Oct. G, 1844, grad. at Harvard
in 1864, was First Lieut, in the 20th Mass. Regt. in the late war — serv-
ing from June 23, 1804, to Feb. 3, 1865, when he was discharged for
disability contracted in service.
5194. vi. Charles Ridley Sedgwick, b. Oct. 8, 1846, d. Oct. 1850.
5195. vii. Maria Theodora Sedgwick, b. March 4, 1851.
5190. ii. Susan Ridley Sedgwick, b. Feb. 21, 1838, m. May 21, 1862,
Charles Eliot Norton, b. Nov. 16, 1827 (son of Andrews Norton of
48
746 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatjield, Mass.,
Cambridge, Mass., and Catharine Eliot), grad. at Harvard in 184G. He
resides at Cambridge, Mass. Has two children.
519G. i. Eliot Norton, b. July 1, 1863.
5197. ii. Sarah Norton, b. Sept. 10, 1864.
[Sixth Generation.]
5125. vii. Henry Dwight" Sedgwick (son of Jndge Theodore Sedg-
wick and Pamela Dwight), b. Sept. 22, 1785, grad. at Williams Coll.
in 1804, m. June 2, 1817, Jane Minot, b. in 1795 (dau. of George
Richards Miuot of Boston and Mary Sprakman). He d. of paralysis
at Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 23, 1831, and she d. at New York, Feb.
24, 1859. He was a lawyer of eminence, both as a practitioner and an
author, and was in partnership in his profession with his brothel-
Robert in New York.
He was early and vigorous in his attacks upon the old vexatious
forms of common-law practice, and to his initial ideas and efforts ma)'
be directly traced the enactment of the present code of procedure in
the State of New York, which has been widely copied also in the other
States. In 1822 he published an elaborate pamphlet on " The Evils
and Absurdities of the Practice of the English Common Law," embrac-
ing suggestions of most of the present reforms in legal practice. He
wrote also other articles on the Common Law, and its codification, which
appeared in pamphlet form and in " The North American Review."
At the very outset of the great anti-slavery movement of this cen-
tury, he was an eager advocate of gradual emancipation. He was the
author, in 1810, of the dissenting judicial opinion in the case of Green-
wood vs. Curtis — 6 Mass. Term Reports, B. 358, which his father fully
adopted and proclaimed as also his own — which holds that the law of
nature should be the law of the land, and that one man cannot legiti-
mately have any property in another.
He was also a zealous advocate and promoter of reforms in the N. Y.
City government, so as to lighten the burden of taxes, and in 1821 he
published a vigorous appeal to the people on the subject of altering the
city charter, so that one branch of the municipal government should be
chosen exclusively by freeholders and payers of taxes on real estate.
At a time when Free -Trade had but very few advocates on either
side of the Atlantic, he advocated, by numerous articles in the N. Y.
Evening Post and other papers, the adoption of its principles here,
and was the originator of the Free-Trade Convention held at Philadel-
phia, Sept. 30, 1831. In connection with Nathan Hale of Boston he
established a journal, which they conducted for some time, as " The
Weekly Messenger," and which was afterwards merged into " The
Daily Advertiser." He was constantly busy with his pen in the ad-
vocacy of some reform that was dear to his heart.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 747
He was greatly devoted to the cause of Greek liberty. The Greeks,
in their struggle for national existence, had obtained a loan in England
of £200,000, a portion of which had been appropriated to the purchase
of two frigates, which were to be built under the direction of two lead-
ing New York mercantile houses, by contract with the deputies of the
Greek na,tion. As the expenditures greatly exceeded previous . ex-
pectations, one of the frigates was sold to pay expenses, and the other
was detained by the contracting parties to meet their charges and com-
missions. Mr. Sedgwick, regarding these demands as grossly unjust,
undertook, in conjunction with his brother Robert, and John Duer,
Esq. (afterwards judge of the Superior Court), to obtain a release of
the frigate. After a long and severe controversy, in which he had for
opposing counsel David B. Ogden and Thomas Addis Emmet, and which
gave i-ise to a sharp pamphlet discussion, Mr. Sedgwick gained his
cause.
"Were he alive," said Win. Ellory Sedgwick, Esq., in 1868, "he
would now enjoy the satisfaction of seeing his apparently hopeless pro-
ject of municipal reform in New York city enlisting, after 45 years of
steady defeat, the best and wisest citizens in its support, with an energy
and a discipline never before shown in the cause, and giving assurance
of final triumph. He would see also that idea of simplifying legal
procedure, which he was the first to broach, adopted in this State with
a breadth and radicalness which not even he could have anticipated as
likely to occur until after several generations had passed away. Those
maxims likewise of political economy which he was so fond of promul-
gating, he would now find received as true, and earnestly advocated by
great numbers of devoted adherents to the principles that they express.
And what a revolution in public opinion — the greatest of modern
times — would he delightedly find to have been wrought throughout all
the land on the great question of universal liberty."
[Geoi'ge Richards Minot was, at the time of his death, when 46 years
old, judge of the Probate Court of Boston, and well known as the his-
torian of "The Shays' RebelFion," and " Of Massachusetts."]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5198. i. George Minot Sedgwick, b. May 28, 1818, d. Jan. 7, 1821.
5199. ii. Jane Sedgwick, b. at New York, Feb. 20, 1821.
5200. iii. Frances Sedgwick, b. at Stockbridge, Sept. 6, 1822, in.
Alexander Watts.
5201. iv. Henry D wight Sedgwick, b. Aug. 16, 1824.
5202. v. Louisa Minot Sedgwick, b. in New York, Oct. 24, 1826, d.
at Stockbridge, Oct. 13, 1841.
5200. iii. Frances Sedgwick, b. Sept. 6, 1822, m. April 23, 1849,
Alexander Watts, b. May 15, 1815 (.son of Robert Watts of Stock-
748 Descendants of Henry Diviglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
bridge and Matilda Frances Sherbourne Eidley). She d. at Stockbridge,
Dec. 21, 1858. He d. at New York, Nov. 8, i860.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5203. i. Alexander Watts, Jr., b. Jan. 1, 1852, d. June 10, I860.
5204. ii. Henry Sedgwick Watts, b. April 9, 1858.
[Seventh Generation.]
5201. iv. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, b. Aug. 1G, 1824, in. Oct. 15,
1 857, Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick, b. Oct. 18, 1829 (dau. of Robert
Sedgwick of New York and Elizabeth Dana Ellery), grad. at Harvard
in 1843 : is a lawyer in New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5205. i. Jane Minot Sedgwick, b. at Stockbridge July 30, 1859.
5206. ii. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, b. at Stockbridge Sept. 24, 1861.
5207. iii. Theodore Sedgwick, b. at Stockbridge Aug. 2, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.]
5126. viii. Robert Sedgwick (son of Judge Theodore Sedgwick and
Pamela Dwight), b. June 6, 1787, grad. at Williams College in 1804,
m. Aug. 21, 1822, Elizabeth Dana Ellery, b. Oct. 27, 1799 (dau. of
William Ellery of Newport, R. I., and Abigail Shaw, dau. of William
and Sarah Shaw. William Ellery was a son of one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence). He was a distinguished lawyer in New
York. He d. at Sachem's Head, Ct., of apoplexy, Sept. 2, 1841. See
Appletons' Cyclopaedia for fuller account. She d. at Stockbridge,
Mass., Sept. 6, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
5208. i. Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick, b. Jan. 7, 1824, in. Aug. 20,
1860, Francis James Child, b. Feb. 1, 1825 (son of Joseph Child of
Boston and Mary James), grad. at Harvard in 1846. He is Boylston
Prof, of rhetoric and oratory in Harvard (since 1851). One child:
5209. 1. Maria Castilia Child, b. Oct. 12, 1863.
5210. ii. William Ellery Sedgwick, Esq., b. March 28, 1825, grad.
at Harvard in 1846, d. April 16, 1873.
5211. iii. Robert Sedgwick, b. Sept. 7, 1826, d. Feb. 12, 1827.
5212. iv. Susan Ridley Sedgwick, b. Jan. 28, 1828, m. Charles E.
Butler.
5213. v. Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick, b. Oct. 18, 1829, m. Henry
Dwight Sedgwick, Jr. See previous page, (No. 5201.)
5214. vi. Catharine Maria Sedgwick, b. Oct. 7, 1831, m. Joseph
Valerio from Genoa, Italy. No children.
5215. vii. Helen Ellery Sedgwick, b. July 16, 1836, d. at New York,
June 17, 1851.
5216. viii. Edith Ellery Sedgwick, b. April 14, 1838, d. Aug. 28, 1838.
Son of Timothy, Son tfjohn, both of Dedham, Mass. 749
5210. ii. William Ellery Sedgwick, b. March 28, 1825, grad. at Har-
vard in 1846, m. Nov. 26, 1850, Constance Irving Brevoort, b. May
22, 1828 (dau. of Henry Wortley Brevoort, lately of New York, and
Laura Carson of Charleston, S. C.). He was a lawyer in New York,
where he d. April 16,1 873, aet. 48. His remains were deposited among
those of his kindred at Stockbridge.
To his energy and kindness in tracing out the history of the descend-
ants of Judge Theodore Sedgwick and Pamela D wight, the author of
this book and his own family friends are alike indebted for nearly all
the facts here detailed concerning them.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5217. i. Robert Sedgwick, b. at New York, Jan. 12, 1852.
5218. ii. Henry Brevoort Sedgwick, b. at Lenox, Mass., Aug. 1, 1853,
d. at New York, May 18, 1854.
5219. iii. Francis Edward Sedgwick, b. at New Rochelle, N. Y., Sept.
1, 1854.
5220. iv. William Ellery Sedgwick, b. at New York, Sept. 15, 1856.
5221. v. Laura Brevoort Sedgwick, b. at Lenox, Mass., Jan. 26, 1859.
5222. vi. Helen Ellery Sedgwick, b. at Lenox, Sept. 5, 1861.
[Seventh Generation.]
5212. iv. Susan Ridley Sedgwick, b. Jan. 28, 1828, m. as his 2d wife,
Oct. 1, 1855, Charles E. Butler, b. March 22, 1818 (son of Henry But-
ler, formerly of Richmond, Va., and afterwards of Illinois, and Rebecca
Green), a lawyer in New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5223. i. Charles Sedgwick Butler, b. Sept. 16, 1856, d. June 12,
1866.
5224. ii. Henrietta Sedgwick Butler, b. March 18, 1859, d. June 4,
1859.
5225. iii. Robert Sedgwick Butler, b. Oct. 15, 1861, d. April 3, 1866.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 738.
5127. ix. Catharine Maria Sedgwick (dau. of Jtidge Theodore Sedg-
wick and Pamela Dwight), b. Dec. 28, 1789, d. unmarried at Roxbm-y,
Mass., July 31, 1867, aet. 77. She was a well-known authoress. Her first
story, "The New England Tale," appeared anonymously in 1822, and
its success determined her future plans of life. In 1824 she published
" Redwood," which after being re-published the same year in England,
was translated into French, Italian and Swedish. In 1827 she pro-
duced " Hope Leslie, or Early Times in America," — the freshness and
grace of which, together with its peculiar interest as an American Tale,
made it one of the most popular of American novels. This was fol-
lowed in 1830 by " Clarence, or A Tale of our own Times" ; and in
750 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass.,
by " Le Bossu, A Sliort Story for Young People." In 1835 she
published " The Linwoods, A Romance of the Revolution," and in the
same year a collection also of short tales. During the three following
years a series of popular books appeared from her pen : " The Poor
Rich Man, and Rich Poor Man"; "Means and Ends"; "Home";
"A Love Token for Children." She furnished in 1837, "The Life of
Lucretia Maria Davidson," for Sparks' Collection of American Biogra-
phy, to which was added soon afterwards, as a literary companion to it,
" The Life of Margaret Davidson," her sister, written by Washington
Irving. In 1841, on her return from Europe, she gave to the public,
"Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home"; in 1845, "Wilton
Harvey, and Other Tales " ; and subseqiiently, " Morals of Manners,
Designed for very Young Persons." The latest of her novels, " Mar-
ried or Single " was issued from the press in 1857. In 1858, she pub-
lished " The Life of Joseph Curtis," an honored citizen of New York, to
whom the cause of education was largely indebted. She wrote besides
many articles for magazines which were never collected together.
She was distinguished for her strong common sense as a writer, and
for her graceful and captivating style of composition. Her tender
fondness for children made her writings for them " a labor of love," as
well as a means of great usefulness, and added a magnetic charm to the
solid value of her publications. See Appletons' New Cyclopaedia, vol.
xiv. p. 488.
[Sixth Generation.]
5128. x. Charles Sedgwick (son of Judge Theodore Sedgwick and
Pamela Dwigbt), b. Dec. 15, 1791, m. Sept. 30, 1819, Elizabeth Buck-
minster Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1801 (dau. of Josiah Dwight of Stock-
bridge and Rhoda Edwards, granddaughter of Prest. Edwards of North-
ampton). He d. Aug. 3, 1856 : she d. at Lenox, Nov. 18, 1864.
For an account of their descendants see subsequent pages.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 628.
4168. xi. Henry Williams Dwight (son of Genl. Joseph Dwight of
Gr. Barrington, Mass., and Abigail Williams, his 2dwife), b. Sept. 15,
1757, at Gr. Barrington, d. at Stockbridge, Mass., where he resided,
Sept. 15, 1804, aet. 47.
He m. June 8, 1786, Abigail Welles of W. Hartford, Ct., b. 1763
(dau. of Ashbel Welles, b. Aug. 23, 1734, and d. Dec. 11, 1806, and
Abigail Kellogg, b. at Hadley, Mass., Aug. 10, 1738, whom he m. April
21, 1757. Ebenezer Welles, b. Oct. 5, 1694, father of Ashbel Welles,
was of the fourth generation in descent from Gov. Thomas Welles of
Connecticut). She was teaching school at Stockbridge with Miss Pyn-
chon previous to her marriage.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 751
He was Treasurer of Berkshire County for a long time (1784-1 804),
and for many years was, up to within a short time of his death, clerk
also of the County Court. He was greatly respected and beloved in
the community where he resided.
Mrs. Abigail D wight was a lady of remai'kable intelligence, energy
and piety,* as was her mother before her, who is well remembered as
a woman of distinguished spirituality of heart and life, whose large
family of children, it is delightful to know, followed joyfully in her
footsteps. Says Rev. W. T. Eustis of Springfield, Mass., who m. her
granddaughter: "In the year 1804 she was left a widow with her three
sons to educate, the youngest 11 and the eldest 16 years of age.
Through the long and painful illness of her husband she displayed
serene submission to the will of God. He suffered from a lingering
consumption of his vitals, and was at times deeply depressed in spirit
and needed constantly much sympathy and consolation. In these
hours of special opportunity for her alleviating attentions to his wants
and pains, the whole strength and beauty of her womanly excellence
shone out to the full, through the thick cloud that was overshadowing
their household. While her own heart was bleeding to the core, she
was able to cheer her husband continually through all his long and
sore affliction, and after her terrible bereavement to manage well the
affairs of her household and to provide for the highest welfare of her
sons. In bidding her farewell, her husband charged her not to be anx-
ious about the children. God, said he, will provide for them, and with
this thought he could leave them. Not only were they left to the care
of one worthy of their greatest respect and affection, but they ever felt
also that she possessed every quality which gives sacredness to the name
of mother." She d. at Stockbridge, June 1, 1.840, aet. 77, having
spent 36 years in widowhood.
The mansion that he built on a beautiful tract of land which he
bought of the Indians, at the end of the village, still remains in the
family and is owned by James F. Dwight, E:sq., his grandson.
He was a revolutionary soldier, having embarked at a very early age
in that great struggle, and continued in it until its grand aim was
effected.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5226. i. Col. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Feb. 26, 1788, d. Feb. 21,
1845, aet. 57.
5227. ii. .Rev. Edwin Welles Dwight, b. Nov. 17, 17S9, d. Feb. 25,
1841, aet. 52.
* She was daughter of Stephen Kellogg, Jr., a trader and innkeeper at Had-
ley, and Mary, dau. of Moses Cook of the same place aud Mary Barnard (dau.
of Capt. Samuel Barnard and Mary Colton, all of Hadley).
752 Descendants of Henry Dwicjlit of Hatfield, Mass.,
5228. iii. Eev. Louis Dwight, b. March 25, 1793, d. July 12, 1854,
aet. 61.
5226. i. Col. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Feb. 26, 1788, m. Nov.
10, 1824, Frances Fowler, b. Sept. 19, 1797 (dau. of Hon. Samuel
Fowler of Westfield, Mass., and Jemima Lyman of Northampton. See
for account of Lyman ancestry of his descendants, " The History of
the Strong Family " by the author, p. 1123, etc.). Educated at Wil-
liams he was afterwards a trustee of the College ; and it was under
his nomination, eloquence and influence as such, that Rev. Mark Hop-
kins, D.D., then young and in a subordinate position in the faculty,
was made the successor of Dr. Griffin in the presidency of that insti-
tution.
He was a lawyer at Stockbridge, and among the foremost at the Berk-
shire bar — a bar long noted for the high character of its members.
The memory of his ability and grace as an advocate is widely spread
still in Western Massachusetts. In the war of 1812 he was aid-de-
camp on the staff of Maj. Genl. Whiton, with the rank of Colonel, and
always afterwards wore the title.
He was a member of the State legislature in 1818, and again in
1834, and M. C. for 5 successive terms (1821-31). His predecessor,
Hon. Henry Shaw, lost the favor of his constituents by voting for
" The Missouri Compromise," and Col. Dwight was raised with tri-
umph, on the anti-slavery issue thus presented, to the place which by
the same vote they bade him relinquish.
While chairman of " The Com. on Indian Affairs," he proposed and
supported a bill for the removal of the Southern Indians to reserva-
tions west of the Mississippi, which raised a great storm of opposition
among his constituents. Mr. Shaw, on meeting him when the excite-
ment was at its height, said, with great suavity : " Pray tell me, colo-
nel, is the process of being scalped by Indians a disagreeable one ? "
Col. Dwight replied with equal courtesy : " Not more unpleasant, I
fancy, than being killed by the bludgeon of a black man." His consti-
tuents, were quite ready, however, when election-day returned again,
to endorse the wisdom of his views.
An extract or two from a contemporary writer's description of him
at the time, in " The N. E. Galaxy," will bring him into view as he
appeared then in Washington : " He is a fine exhibition of health and
strength. His frame, though lai-ge, seems compact ; and the combina-
tions of ease, grace and power seem to be well developed in his form.
Not yet 40, he moves down the dance with elegance, and can, like the
Greek, carry the ox on his shoulders without bending under its weight.
He buckles to his duty and labors so ardently and constantly that he
takes rank among the first members of Congress. His voice is sweet,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 753
his utterance easy, and his enunciation distinct. His phraseology is clas-
sical, without any tincture of pedantry — such as one naturally acquires
from an intimate acqviaintance with good books and refined society.
He is as bold and intrepid as any man in the house, without a parti-
cle of that insolence or air of defiance which is so much the character-
istic of some members. He has a large circle of friends and biit few
personal enemies ; and it is believed that he never flinches from the
latter nor deserts the former. In public life he has been true to the
interests of New England ; and those are seldom other than the in-
terests of the whole nation."
Col. D wight was fond of agriculture and fine stock, and was one of
the earliest importers of merino sheep and Devonshire cattle. His
horses and cattle were widely known, and often bore off prizes at the
Agricultural Fairs. Some fine cattle belonging to the Shakers, who
were among his clients, broke one day into his pastures, lying near Le-
banon, and he quietly had them driven down to an agricultural fair
then being held at Pittsfield, Mass., and entered them. for competition.
On getting the first prize for such fine cattle he sent them, with his ser-
vant, over to the Shaker headquarters with his compliments. He d.
at New York of congestion of the brain, on his return from the west,
whither he had been on an extended tour to look, among other things,
after his own landed interests there, Feb. 21, 1845, act. 57. His widow
still (1874) resides at Stockbridge.
He was 6 ft. and 1 in. in height, weighing over 200 Ibs., of a fine
portly bearing, having blue eyes and a florid countenance, and in his
later years a full head of white hair.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5229. i. Hon. Henry Williams Dwight, 3d, b. Sept. 23, 1825, at
Westfield, resided unmarried at Stockbridge, where he d. May 16,
1861, aet. 35. He was a man of much literary culture, and the produc-
tions of his pen in both prose and verse were welcomed by the best jour-
nals of the day. He was once a member of the Mass, legislature, and
editor for a season of " The Springfield Post." He had been always a
democrat of the strictest kind ; but when he heard the first call to
arms against " the slavery rebellion," in the very month of his decease,
it was his heaviest grief in dying that he, too, could not go and stand
in the battle-field under the dear old flag. His character was of a
most pure and delicate fibre, and he was tenderly loved by all who
knew him.
5230. ii. Frances Dwight, b. July 14, 1827, d. March 28, 1828.
5231. iii. Col. James Fowler Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1830, grad. at
Williams Coll. in 1849. After several years' travel in Europe he set-
tled in New York for the practice of law. For 24- years (1858-9) he
754 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Hatfield, Mass.,
was Asst. U. S. Dist. Attorney with Theodore Sedgwick, Esq. (No.
5187. i.), and devoted himself energetically, while holding the office,
to the suppression of the slave-trade as carried on clandestinely from
the port of New York. He had at one time 13 vessels seized under
bond for supposed participation in the nefarious traffic in human flesh,
and kept ever at work for the extinction at that point of the piratical
trade, although often at the hazard of his life, until he succeeded in
uprooting the whole system of New York adventures in sending out
slavers.
He left a legal practice, already Incrative, Sept. 25, 1861, and joined
the Union army, in the late war, as Seed. Lieut, of Cavalry, in " The Fre-
mont Hussars," in St. Louis. In 1863 he was Provost Marshal General
of the Department of Mo., under Genl. Saml. R. Curtis, at St. Louis — his
jurisdiction covering Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. His cousin, Judge
Charles Dwight was, at or about the same time, Provost Jxidge of Louis-
iana— so that these two Dwights controlled, for a time, by their mili-
tary authority, the whole slave tei'ritory west of the Mississippi. After
4 years of cavalry service, passing through the intermediate grades of
honor, he was mustered out of service by Genl. Sheridan, as Col. of
Cavalry, July 1865, at New Orleans. The abolition character of Col.
Dwight's office at St. Louis was one of the principal causes of Genl.
Curtis's removal from that department. He resides now again in New
York, and holds still the office to which he was appointed in May 1867,
by the TJ. S. Government, of a Register in Bankruptcy for the South-
ern District of New York.
He m. Oct. 3, 1867, Charlotte Clark, b. May 8, 1832 (dau. of Cyrus
Sullivan Clark of Portland, -Me., and Charlotte Cooley). She d. at
Stockbridge, Mass., March 29,1873. He is 5 feet 10£ inches high,
has blue eyes and a fair complexion, and weighs 190 Ibs. He has two
children :
5232. 1. Henry Williams Dwight, b. at Stockbridge, Sept. 24, 1868.
**** 2. Charlotte Mabel Dwight, b. March 23, 1873.
[Sixth Generation.]
5227. ii. Rev. Edwiii Welles Dwight (son of Henry Williams
Dwight and Abigail Welles), b. Nov. 17, 1789, at Stockbridge, was
grad. at Yale in 1809. He m. April 24, 1821, Mary Sherrill of Rich-
mond, Mass., b. 1801 (dau. of Henry Sherrill and Lois Chitsey). He
was a Cong, clergyman at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass. (1819-37),
but relinquishing his pastorate there on account of poor health, spent
the last 4 years of his life (1837-41) at Stockbridge, and d. there Feb.
25, 1841, aet. 57, where his wife also died of a malarious fever, Oct. 11,
1838, aet. 37, "much beloved and lamented."
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 755
Judge Harry Bishop of Lenox, one of his hearers and friends, thus
wrote of him to the author : " He was always at the bedside of the
sick, and with the families of the afflicted. His tender, gentle heart
revealed itself in his benignant countenance. ' It was dark,' said one
to me, ' and I was full of fear,' as she lay consciously near her end,
* until Mr. Dwight came in : his face had so much of love and kind-
ness in it that it dispelled the gathering gloom.' In the desk he was
peculiarly solemn and earnest, and made no attempts at display. Al-
though fond of the classics, and familiar with the best English litera-
ture, he never permitted his love of them to impair, in any degree, his
clear, logical, simple and strong conceptions of divine tnith, and his
application of it to the consciences of his hearers. He never threw
off anything at random. He always impressed his hearers deeply with
a sense of his own inward conscientious fealty to truth.
In personal appearance he was above medium height, and of fine
proportions. His features were symmetrical, but darkly shaded. He
was full not only of genial good will, but also of positive pleasantry in
his intercourse with others. His manners were graceful and easy, and
the natural expression of a refined and generous nature. As a speaker
his voice was pleasant, his enunciation was deliberate, and his oratory
was dignified and agreeable. He was never vehement or declamatory,
but so earnest and tenderly urgent in the appeals that he made, that
he always seemed to be wholly absorbed in the deep importance of
his subject." He published in 1829, at Pittsfield, a history of Berk-
shire Co., Mass.
Mrs. Dwight is said to have been " remarkable for her practical
Christian virtues," and to have " had a most patient, beautiful spirit
of devotion to her home and to her husband's usefulness in his chosen
work." Their old home is now (1874) occupied as a family school for
girls by Mr. and Mrs. Jared Reid — Mrs. Reid being their grand-
daughter.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5233. i. Mary Sherrill Dwight, b. Jan. 21, 1822, d. at Albany, N.
Y., Feb. 23, 1845, aet. 23.
5234. ii. Henry Williams Dwight, b. Oct. 10, 1823, d. March 9, 1824.
5235. iii. Henry Williams Dwight, 2d, b. March 15, 1825.
5230. iv. Abby Louisa Dwight, b. June 26, 1828, m. Jared Reid.
5237. v. Judge Charles Chauncey Dwight, b. Sept. 15, 1830.
5238. vi. Laura Worthington Dwight, b. March 27, 1833, m. Alex-
ander D. Napier.
5239. vii. .Frances Eliza Dwight, b. May 31, 183G, resides unmar-
ried at Stockbridge, Mass.
5235. iii. Henry Williams Dwight, b. March 15, 1825, has been
756 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
successively teacher, merchant, farmer and express superintendent,
having resided in several different places, as at Canaan and Salisbury,
Ct. (1845-8), Albany, N. Y. (1848-53), and Auburn, N. Y. (1853-66).
Since Dec. 1 866 he has been Superintendent of the Merchants' Union
Express Company— first of " the N. E. Division," having his residence
then at Springfield, Mass., but more recently of " the Eastern Divi-
sion," and residing, as now, at Albany. He m. June 12, 1851, Mary
Jane Winslow of Albany, b. April 16, 1827 (dan. of Richard Winslow
and Mary Corning). He was brigade quartermaster in the late war,
being employed in the home service and residing at Auburn.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5240. i. Mary Winslow Dwight, b. at Auburn, Nov. 12, 1853.
5241. ii. Fanny Adams Dwight, b. at Albany, April 3, 1855.
5242. iii. Richard Henry Winslow Dwight, b. there Jan. 18, 1859.
5243. iv. Edwin Welles Dwight, b. at Auburn, Aug. 11, 1863.
5244. v. Laura Ho well Dwight, b. at Albany, Sept. 13, 1871, d.
there, April 23, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
5236. iv. Abby Louisa Dwight (dau. of Rev. Edwin Welles Dwight
and Mary Sherrill), b. June 26, 1828, m. April 19, 1854, Jared Reid,
b. in Reading, Mass., Nov. 22, 1824 (son of Rev. Jared Reid, b. in
Preston, Ct., and Sarah Bigelow, b. in Colchester, Ct. He was settled
in Reading, Mass., and afterwards in Belchertown, Mass., and River-
ton, R. [.). He was grad. at Yale in 1846, and studied medicine in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, but devoted him-
self to teaching, and became principal of " The Edwards Place School "
at Stockbridge, Mass. (185 —1863) ; head of a military school at
Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, N. J. (1863-6), and of " The Edwards
Place School" anew, at Stockbridge (1866-73) ; and now has a family
school for girls (since 1873) at Richmond, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5245. i. Lilian Dwight Reid, b. Aug. 5, 1855, in Stockbridge, d.
March 6, 1861.
5246. ii. Sarah Bigelow Reid, b. there Nov. 4, 1856.
5247. iii. Charles Dwight Reid, b. there Feb. 6, 1860.
5248. iv. Robert Lewis Reid, b. July 29, 1862, at Stockbridge.
5249. v. Edwin Safford Reid, b. at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 21, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
5237. v. Judge Charles Chauncey Dwight (son of Rev. Edwin
Welles Dwight and Mary Sherrill), b. Sept. 15, 1830, grad. at Williams
Coll. in 1850, studied law at Albany, and was admitted to practice in
1853. Since 1854 he has resided at Auburn, N. Y., where he was
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 757
elected county judge (Cayuga Co.), in 1859. In 1861 lie resigned his
judgeship in order to serve his country as a soldier, entering the Union
army as Capt. in the 75th N. Y. Regt. In May 1862 he was com-
missioned by Prest. Lincoln, Capt. in the Adjt. Genl.'s Department,
and by Gov. Morgan of N. Y., as Colonel, Nov. 1862, in the 160th
N. Y. Regt. He served at Fort Pickensand Pensacola, Fla.,in 1861-2
and in Louisiana from 1862 to 1865. He acted as Provost Judge at
different times in the department of the gulf at New Orleans ; as Act-
ing Inspector General of the 19th Army Corps, on the Staff of Major
Genl. Franklin ; and as Commissioner of Exchanges for the military
division of West Miss., on the Staff of Major Genl. Canby (afterwards
murdered by the Modoc Indians). He participated in the campaign
of 1863, resulting in the capture of Port Hudson; was in the Red
River campaign of 1864 ; and in 1865 returned to Auburn again and
engaged anew in the practice cf the law. In 1 867 he was a member of
the Constitutional Convention of New York. In March 1868 he was
made, by Gov. Reuben Fenton, Judge of the Supreme Court of New
York for the Seventh District, to fill a vacancy, and at the expiration
of his term of office was elected by the people to the same office in
continuance which he still (1874) holds. He m. July 29, 1868, Emma
Munro, b. at Camillus, N. Y., July 4, 1847 (dau. of James M. Munro
and Ann Sherwood).
[Seventh Generation.]
5238. vi. Laura Worthington Dwight (dau. of Rev. Edwin "VV.
Dwight and Mary Sherrill), b^March 27, 1833, m. June 29, 1859, Alex-
ander Dalrymple Napier, b. Jan. 10, 1826 (son of John Napier and
Sarah Hand), a merchant in New York (Becar, Napier & Co.). His
family resides in Brooklyn. She was adopted in early childhood, as
his daughter, by Nathan P. Howell, Esq., of Sag Harbor, L. I.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5250. i. Arthur Howell Napier, b. Nov. 16, 1861.
5251. ii. Charles Dwight Napier, b. Jan. 31, 1864.
5252. iii. Laura Howell Napier, b. Oct. 23, 1865.
**** iv. Alexander Napier, b. Sept. 7, 1872.
[Sixth Generation.]
5228. iii. Rev. Louis Dwight (son of Hon. Henry Williams Dwight*
and Abigail Welles), b. March 25, 1793, grad. at Yale in 1813, m.
May 30, 1824, Louisa H. Willis of Boston, b. May 11, 1807 (dau. of
Dea. Nathaniel Willis and Hannah Parker, a woman of deep religious
character and of abounding benevolence. Dea. Nathaniel Willis was
the founder of " The Boston Recorder," the first religious weekly paper,
it is claimed, that was ever established in this country or in the world.
He was the father also of N. P. Willis, the poet).
758 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
He was fitted for college by Rev. Dr. Azel Backus of Bethlehem, Ct.
(afterwards Prest. of Hamilton College, N. Y.), going thither in March
1806. Here his heart took on soon new aims and purposes in life.
In his mother's journal occurs, under date of July 5, 1806, the follow-
ing record of the event : " This morning is more blessed to my soul
than I cun find words to describe. What joy can surpass mine ? A
child born into the family of God ! "
While at Yale, in 1813, in his senior year, he inhaled, at the close
of a chemical lecture, some " exhilarating gas," which brought on a
hemorrhage of the lungs, and changed in the end all his prospects and
plans of life. He finished his theological studies at Andover, in 1819,
and became, on account of his weak lungs, instead of a preacher, as
he wished to be, an agent of the American Tract Society (1819-21).
His mother wrote to him during this period of his history : " I hope
that your engagedness in this society, though important in the extreme
and successful, as I find — in which I bid you God speed ! — will not
take your attention from preaching the glorious gospel of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ." She did not desire for her sons wealth
or fame, but only that they might act well their part in life, in all its
high moral relations, and especially that they might make Christ
savingly known to others. He soon became agent of the American
Education Society, and was ordained to the ministry Nov. 27, 1822.
In these labors he continued for but a brief period (1821-4), as in
those of his previous agency.
In 1825 he entered upon his great and enduring life-work, in be-
coming the secretary, practical manager, and inspiring soul of the
Prison Discipline Society, which was formed at that time in Boston,
and in whose service he was delightedly and most energetically active
during the 29 years of his subsequent life. This most useful society
was formed largely in connection with facts disclosed by liimself, as he
had found them in a horseback tour of some six months' duration,
made, a short time previously (1824-5), for his health. He visited
during this trip, for benevolent service and curiosity alike, a large
number of prisons in various States as far south as South Carolina —
his direct object being to distribute bibles among the prisoners, with
the further purpose in his heart of exploring carefully the real facts
of their general treatment and condition. Terrible were the facts
which he thus discovered and detailed to others. Out of the earnest
representations which he made of the great abuses that he found need-
ing thorough and prompt remedy in every Christian way, arose the
new organization for their relief, as the creature of his own humane
ideas and efforts. In 1846 he went to England and the continent to
inspect the state and management of prisons there — a visit of equal
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of 'Dedham, Mass. 759
interest to himself and profit to the new cause of contemplated general
reform. His " Annual Reports " during the 29 years of his loving
devotion to the cause were, though unthought of in such a way by
himself, a grand self-drawn picture of his own noble Christian zeal to
elevate the condition in every way of those who were the judicial out-
casts of society, on account of their wanton violation of its rights and
interests. His deep moral earnestness in his work magnetized with
somewhat at least of the same feeling all who came into much contact
with him. Under his strong and repeated appeals to them for their
sympathy and aid, leading men in the community, and legislators, jus-
tices of the courts and governors, all were moved under the inspiration
of a new sense of their common humanity to a higher style of feeling
and effort than ever before, in behalf of the guilty inmates of the
public jails. New and costly buildings were erected to meet his ideas,
and according to plans of his suggestion.
He was pre-eminently " a man of prayer." He was one of the
originators of " the daily morning prayer-meeting " in the old South
Chapel in Boston. The keeping also of " an annual day of fasting
and prayer for colleges " — so wonderfully blessed with siich conspicuous
frequency from above — originated with him. He is also believed to
have been specially active in establishing " the monthly tinion prayer-
meeting " of different denominations.
He was very fond of volunteering counsel and aid in various ways
to young men just stepping upon the threshold of active life. The
atmosphere of his whole inward and outward being was that of
abounding benevolence. His heart was ever vigorously and vigilantly
alive with the full power of the sentiment, that "he who knoweth to
do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." The spirit of self-forget-
ful, labor-loving devotion to others' good was the spirit of his whole
life. The chief treasures of all time and all history, and of universal
humanity, are such as he. The spirit of God is within them, and the
crown of his favor rests like a perpetual halo of light forever upon
them. Such men are not only good but great — great in character and
attainment, in aim and achievement. This good man died at Boston,
July 12, 1854, aet. 61 — much too soon for a woi'ld which everywhere
sufferirigly needs an abuhdance of such willing, patient workers in it
for its lasting moral welfare. It is a pleasant memory to the author
to remember having once met him face to face.
Mrs. Louisa Willis Dwight d. at Boston, April G, 1840, aet. 42.
" She was peculiarly gifted and superior in respect to all the elements
of personal excellence and social influence. How much of the cheerful
courage which inspired her husband's heart was kindled at the fireside
that she perpetually illuminated by the light of her presence, can never
be told by any human tongue."
760 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfidd, Ma**.,
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5253. i. Maria Louisa Dwight, b. Feb. 10, 1825, m. Rev. William T.
Enstis.
5254. ii. Mary Willis Dwight, b. Nov. 7, 1827, in Boston, d. April
29, 1862, act. 34, at New Haven, Ct.
5255. iii. Louis Dwight, b. there March 3, 1847, is a clerk in Boston.
5253. i. Maria Louisa Dwight, b. in Boston, Feb. 10, 1825, m. May
6, 184(5, Rev. William Tappan Eustis, b. July 6, 1821 (son of William
T. Eustis, Esq., of Boston), grad. at Yale in 1841, and at the Yale
Theol. Sem. in 1845, was pastor for many years of the Chapel St. Ch.,
in New HaAreu, Ct. (1848-69), and since June 3, 1869, has been settled
over " The Memorial Church" at Springfield, Mass. To him the author
is indebted for most of the facts here furnished concerning Rev. Louis
Dwight and his descendants.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5256. i. Maria Louisa Eustis, b. Feb. 4, 1847, in Woburn, Mass.,
m. June 17, 1869, Sherman Hartwell Chapman, M.D., of New Haven
Ct. They have a daughter :
**** 1. Rachel Hartwell Chapman, b. in Vienna, Austria, May 22,
1871.
5257. ii. Isabella Buckminster Eustis, b. Nov. 19, 1848, in New
Haven.
5258. iii. Susan Moore Eustis, b. there Oct. 9, 1851.
5259. iv. Florence Dwight Eustis, b. there Nov. 11, 1855.
5260. v. Charles William Eustis, b. March 5, 1860.
**** vi. William Tappan Eustis, }
I twins, b. Sept. 7, 1867.
**** vii. Louis Dwight Eustis, ) d. July 30, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
5254. ii. Mary Willis Dwight (dan. of Rev. Louis Dwight 'aud
Louisa Willis), b. Nov. 7, 1827, d. unmarried April 29, 1862, aet 34,
at New Haven, Ct.
She taught for a few years in New Haven and Hartford, and greatly
endeared herself by the warmth of her loving spirit to her p\ipils and
fellow-teachers. Her health was never high and strong ; and, like her
father in his early manhood, she suffered occasionally from a hemor-
rhage of the lungs. Her remains were removed, according to her re-
quest, to Boston, to rest in Mt. Auburn, by the side of those of her
sainted parents.
Rev. Dr. Richd. S. Storrs of Brooklyn, a personal friend, wrote thus
of her after her death, in the N. Y. Independent : " Years of compara-
tive physical feebleness had but endeared her the more to those who
loved her, as they had brought to more beautiful exhibition her patience
Son of Timothy, Son of John, botli of DedJiam, Mass. 761
and fortitude, the tenderness and warmth of her affection for friends,
her native hopefulness and playful humor, her appreciative enjoy-
ment of intellectual culture, and, above all, her unfading faith in
God her Father and Christ her Savior. She died, as she prayed that
she might, still clasping the hands and hearing the voices of those nearest
to her by human ties. She has left a memory behind her in many
hearts that will make earth more lonesome to them and heaven more
attractive."
The number of Genl. Joseph D wight's descendants recorded in these
pages is 1,074.
I. Those enumerated in regular order 1,003
II. Those added afterwards, and therefore starred 71
[Fourth Generation.] See page 623.
4149. ii. Capt. Seth Dwight (son of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hat-
field, Mass., and Lydia Hawley), b. Aug. 18, 1707, m. Nov. 29, 1732,
Abigail Strong, b. March 24, 1711 (dau. of Ebenezer Strong, Jr., of
Northampton and Elizebeth Parsons, dau. of Joseph Parsons, Jr., of
same town, and Elizabeth Strong. See Hist, of Strong Family by the
author, vol. ii. p. 1121, and also pp. 1291-2). He was a farmer at
Hatfield, Mass., and a man of first-rate character. He was made captain
in 1743. He d. June 9, 1774, aet. 66: shed. Jan. 21, 1780, aet. 68.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
5261. i. Abigail Dwight, b. Sept. 19, 1732, m. Lt. Samuel Partridge,
and d. Feb. 26, 1816, aet. 83.
5262. ii. Seth Dwight, b. Dec. 4, 1734, d. unmarried in 1758.
5263. iii. Elizabeth Dwight, b. July 23, 1736, m. Rev. Dr. Joseph
Lathrop, and d. March 13, 1821, aet. 84.
5264. iv. Ebenezer Dwight, b. Aug. 26, 1738, d. May 15, 1814, aet. 76.
5265. v. Daniel Dwight, b. July 30, 1740, d. unmarried May 16,
1822, a wealthy farmer and tradesman.
5266. vi. Ensign Josiah Dwight, b. Nov. 6, 1747, d. Sept. 10, 1796.
5261. i. Abigail Dwight, b. Sept. 19, 1732, m, Jan. 18, 1754, Lt.
Samuel Partridge, b. July 3, 1730 [son of Cotton Partridge, b. Oct. 13,
1705, who d, aet. 27, Sept. 28, 1733, and Margaret Cook, b. March 18,
1711, dau. of Moses Cook and Mary Barnard, all of Hatfield. Cotton
Partridge was son of Samuel Partridge, Jr., and widow Mary Atwater,
nee Cotton, dau. of Rev. Seaborn Cotton. Samuel Partridge, Jr., was
the son of Col. Samuel Partridge of Hatneld and Mehitable Crow, and
so brother to Mehitable Partridge, who m. Justice Nathaniel Dwight of
Northampton and Mary Partridge, who m. his brother, Rev. Josiah
49
762 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
Dwight of Woodstock, Ct. These brothers Dwight being uncles to
Capt. Seth Dwiglit of Hatfield, who was son of Capt. Henry Dwight
their brother — their children were, by their Partridge line of affinity,
first cousins to Cotton Partridge as well as to him by their common
Dwight lineage. They saw, therefore, in the marriage of Lt. Samuel
Partridge and Abigail Dwight, their own second cousins united to each
other. And also as from the 3d generation onwards all Dwights of the
Northampton or Woodstock branches of the family are equally of
Partridge descent, so likewise is one large branch of the different fam-
ilies of Capt. Henry Dwight's descendants put, in the fifth generation,
by Abigail Dwight's marriage to Lt. Partridge, into immediate con-
nection with the same Partridge family-stock. Col. Samuel Partridge A\
of Hatfield, who was one of the most distinguished men of his day
(see page 110.), ought to seem to nearly half of all the Dwights of the
land a historic personage of great interest to them.]
Lt. Samuel Partridge was a farmer and joiner, and a man of great
energy, and of superior intelligence, and possessed of a good estate.
He served as Lieut, in the French war, and was at the taking of Quebec
by Genl. Wolfe. He d. at Hatfield, where he lived, April 4, 1 809, aet.
79. She d. there Feb. 26, 1816, aet. 83. She is said to have been a
lady of much intelligence and excellence.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
5267. i. Esther Partridge, b. May 1757, d. Nov. 12, 1757.
5268. ii. Esther Partridge, b. March 26, 1761, m. John Allis, and
d. aet. 73, Dec. 22, 1834.
5269. iii. Samuel Partridge, b. Nov. 4, 1764, d. in 1769.
5270. iv. Dea. Cotton Partridge, b. Dec. 1, 1765, d. Nov. 13, 1846.
5271. v. Abigail Partridge, b. and d. in 1767.
5272. vi. Major Samuel Partridge, 2d, b. Oct. 10, 1775, d. March
11, 1856.
5268. ii. Esther Partridge, b. March 26, 1761, m. Sept. 30, 1779,
John Allis, b. Jan. 18, 1756 (son of Elisha Allis, b. Dec. 3, 1716—
who was son of Ichabod Allis of Hatfield and Mary Belding). He
was a wealthy farmer in Hatfield, and d. there March 1, 1829, aet. 73 :
she d. Dec. 22, 1834.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5273. i. Abigail Allis, b. Dec. 14, 1779, m. Col. Erastus Billings,
and d. Oct. 17, 1829, aet. 50.
5274. ii. Fanny Allis, b. Nov. 11, 1781, d. Feb. 9, 1787.
5275. iii. Sophia Allis, b. Nov. 1 8, 1 783, m. Remembrance Bardwell.
5276. iv. John Allis, b. Sept. 4, 1786, d. aet. 21, Oct. 3, 1807,
from the effects of a fall from a building.
5277. v. Josiah Allis, b. May 2, 1794.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 763
5278. vi. Dwight Lathrop Allis, b. Oct. 13, 1805, d. July 16, 1809.
5273. i. Abigail Allis, b. Dec. 14, 1779, m. July 8, 1798, Col.
Erastus Billings of Hatfield, b. June 30, 1778 (son of Silas Billings and
Miriam Dickinson). She d. Oct. 17, 1829 : he d. Oct. 27, 1838.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5279. i. Fanny Allis Billings, b. Dec. 31, 1798, d. aet. 14, Sept.
23, 1813.
5280. ii. Silas Billings, b. Oct. 29, 1800, d. Jan. 14, 1850.
5281. iii. John Allis Billings, b. Feb. 22, 1806.
5282. iv. Erastus Billings, b. May 11, 1809.
5280. ii. Silas Billings, b. Oct. 29, 1800, m. Dec. 9, 1824, Mary
Smith Graves, b. May 5, 1803 (dau. of Levi Graves of Hatfield and
Mary Smith of S. Had ley, Mass.). He lived at Hatfield, and d. Jan.
14, 1850.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5283. i. Samuel Fellows Billings, b. Oct. 1826, d. soon.
5284. ii. Samuel Fellows Billings, b. Jan. 18, 1828, m. Jan. 1, 1857,
Elizabeth H. Allis (dau. of Dexter Allis), and d. April 23, 1858.
5285. iii. Abby Frances Billings, b. April 1830, d. Dec. 12, 1830.
5286. iv. Abby Allis Billings, b. Nov. 30, 1832, m. Feb. 10, 1858,
Lyman Clapp of Providence, R. I.
5287. v. Mary Catharine Billings, b. Sept. 25, 1834.
5288. vi. Jane Maria Billings, b. Aug. 14,. 1836.
5289. vii. Cornelia Ann Billings, b. Oct. 22, 1838.
5290. viii. Sarah Ann Billings, b. Dec. 15, 1843, d. May 9, 1844.
[Eighth Generation.]
5281. iii. John Allis Billings (son of Col. Erastus Billings and Abi-
gail Allis), b. Feb. 22, 1806, m. Oct. 21, 1828, Clarissa Dickinson of
Phelps, N. Y. (dau. of Atigusttis Dickinson). He is a farmer at Hat-
field.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5291. i. Frances Allis Billings, b. July 12, 1830.
5292. ii. William Dickinson Billings, b. Aug. 5, 1832.
5293. iii. Louisa Wells Billings, b. Sept. 4, 1840, d. Aug. 22, 1843.
5294. iv. Willard Wells Billings, b. Aug. 22, 1845, d. Sept. 28, 1845.
[Eighth Generation.]
5282. iv. Erastus Billings, Jr., b. May 11, 1809, m.'May 28, 1834,
Artemisia Ford of Lee, N. Y., b. in Somers, Ct., Nov. 29, 1811 (dau.
of John Ford, afterwards, from about 1815, of Lee-Centre, Oneida Co.,
N. Y., and Anna Pease).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5295. i. Henry Peasa Billings, b. June 1835, is Register of deeds
764 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat field, Mass.,
at Northampton, Mass., and unmarried (1873). He was 2d Lieut, in
Co. K, in the 52d Mass. Regt., in the 19th Army Corps, Department
of the Gulf, under Genl. Banks (Aug. 1862— Aug. 1863). He took
part in the engagement of "Irish Bend" and the siege of "Port
Hudson."
5296. ii. Erastus Ford Billings,- b. Nov. 26, 1838, is a farmer at
Hatfield and unmarried. He enlisted in the Union army, but before
going to the war lost a leg by the bursting of a cannon in firing a
salute, and remained at home.
5297. iii. Albert Allis Billings, b. Sept. 1, 1842, d. May 26, 1843.
5298. iv. George Allis Billings, b. May 26, 1846, m. Dec. 6, 1871,
Abby A. Graves (dau. of Jonathan S. Graves and Caroline Smith).
He is a farmer at Ilatfield. They have one daughter :
**** 1. Mabel Louise Billings, b. Aug. 7, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
5275. iii. Sophia Allis (dau. of John Allis and Esther Partridge),
b. Nov. 18, 1783, in. April 12, 1802, Remembrance Bardwell, a black-
smith in Ilatfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5299. i. Eliza Ann Bardwell, b. Oct. 22, 1804, m. Harvey Graves
and removed to Beloit, Wis.
5300. ii. Seth Bardwell, b. Nov. 17, 1806, m. Louisa White (dau.
of Elijah White) and removed to Ohio.
5301. iii. Dwight Lathrop Bardwell, b. Dec. 28, 1812.
5302. iv. Fanny Billings Bardwell, b. March 21, 1817.
5303. v. Sophia Allis Bardwell, b. Jan. 1, 1820, m. Eliel A. Dick-
inson of Whateley, Mass. They reside in Hatfield.
[Seventh Generation.]
5277. v. Josiah Allis (son of John Allis and Esther Partridge), b.
May 2, 1794, m. May 17, 1821, Salome Osborae of Pittsfield, Mass.,
and for a 2d wife Louisa Bardwell of Hatfield, May 18, 1837 : a farmer
at Hatfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
JSy first wife :
5304. i. Harriet Allis, b. June 17, 1822, m. May 24, 1842, James
D. Morton of Hatfield. She d. in 1862.
5305. ii. Augusta Salome Allis, b. Dec. 22, 1824, m. John D.
Brown of Hatfield.
[Sixth Generation.]
5270. iv. Dea. Cotton Partridge (son of Lt. Samuel Partridge and
of Abigail Dwight), b. Dec. 1, 1765, m. May 4, 1788, Sophia Arms
(dau. of Dea. Jonathan Arms of Deerfield and Hinsdale), who
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedkam, Mass. 765
d. June 29, 1793. He m. June 23, 1796, Hannah Lyman, b. July 20,
1773 (dau. of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lyman of Hatfield and Hannah Hunt-
ington). She d. May 10, 1835. He d. Nov. 13, 184G. [Dea. Jona-
than Arms' 2d wife was Eunice Lyman, dau. of Dea. Aaron Lyman and
Eunice Dwight. See page 542.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
5306. i. Dea. Dwight Partridge, b. May 30, 1789, d. Nov. 13, 1817.
5307. ii. Theodore Partridge, b. Oct. 20, 1791, d. July 4, 1848.
By second wife :
5308. iii. Sophia Arms Partridge, b. May 7, 1798, m. Moses Mor-
ton, and d. March 5, 1863.
5309. iv. Eunice Lyman Partridge, b. June 16, 1800, m. Horace
Janes.
5310. v. Hannah Huntington Partridge, b. March 8, 1802, in.
David S. Whitney, and for 2d husband Joseph H. Brainerd.
5.311. vi. Joseph Lyman Partridge, b. June 7, 1804.
5312. vii. Abigail Dwight Partridge, b. April 25, 1808, m. Rev.
Levi Pratt, and for a 2d husband Lebbeus B. Ward.
5313. viii. Maria Cotton Partridge, b. Nov. 28, 1808, was a teacher
in the Female Seminary, for some years, at Rockford, 111., but resides
now (1874) unmarried at St. Alban's, Yt.
5314. ix. Fanny Partridge, b. March 22, 1811, m. as his 2 d' wife
Joseph II. Brainerd.
5315. x. Rev. George Cotton Partridge, b. Aug. 27, 1813.
5316. xi. Harriet Partridge, b. Nov. 17, 1815, m. Albert Woodruff.
5317. xii. Henry Dwight Partridge, b. Oct. 5, 1818, d. Nov. 24,
1822.
5303. i. Dea. Dwight Partridge, b. May 30, 1789, m. April 5, 1807,
Elizabeth Sabin of Belchertown, Mass. He was for many years dea-
con in the church at Hattield, but removed to Phelps, N. Y., where he
was a merchant, and d. Nov. 13, 1817.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5318. i. Sarah Partridge, b. May 1808, m. Rev. Ira Wilcox, Meth-
odist, then of Onondaga Co., N. Y.
5319. ii. Jonathan Partridge, b. 1809, m. Christiana Shear of W.
Troy, N. Y. lie d. Nov. 1852, at Troy, where he lived.
5320. iii. Rev. Alfred Ilinsdale Partridge, b. Dec. 14, 1811.
. 5321. iv. Edward Augustus Partridge, b. iii 18 13.
5322. v. Lt. Edwin Dwight Partridge, b. in 1815, served in the
Mexican war in the U. S. A. lie was a Lieut, in a Wis. regiment in
the late war. Genl. Hooker said of him, on account of his great bravery,
that "he did not know what fear was."
766 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfidd, Mass.,
5323. vi. Elizabeth Sabin Partridge, b. May 1818, ra. Dec. 3, 1853,
James Coleman.
5310. iii. Rev. Alfred Ilinsdale Partridge, b. Dec. 14, 1811, ra.
July 20, 1847, Elizabeth Blanchard Doniiuick (dau. of James M.
Dominick of New York). He is now (1874), and has been for several
years past, rector of Christ Church in Brooklyn, E. D.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5324. i. Elizabeth Blanche Partridge, b. June 15, 1848.'
5325. ii. Alfred Dwight Partridge, b. March 28, 1851.
[Seventh Generation.]
5307. ii. Theodore Partridge, b. Oct. 26, 1791 (son of Dea. Cotton
Partridge and Sophia Arms), m. about 1816, Electa Partridge (dau. of
John Partridge of Pittsfield, Mass.). He was secretary of an insurance
Co. at Raleigh, N. C., where he d. July 4, 1848. She d. there a few
years since.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5326. i. Sophia Arms Partridge, b. Nov. 1817, resides unmarried
at Raleigh.
5327. ii. John Cotton Partridge, b. about 1819, a merchant at Chi-
cago, 111., is married but has no children.
5329. iii. Caroline Partridge, b. about 1822, in. Mr. Jordan, a man-
ufacturer and merchant in , 111.
5330. iv. Henry Partridge, b. about 1824.
5331. v. Martha Partridge, b. about 1826, d. unmarried at Raleigh.
[Seventh Generation.]
5308. iii. Sophia Arms Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton Partridge
and Hannah Lyman), b. May 7, 1798, m. Nov. 28, 1816, Moses Mor-
ton, a farmer in Hatfield, b. Jan. 4, 1790 (son of Josiah Morton and
Phebe Bliss of Longmeadow). She d. March 5, 1863. From him the
dates and facts here given were obtained. He is still living (1873) at
Hatfield, aet. 83.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5332. i. Dwight Partridge Morton, b. Oct 12, 1817.
5333. ii. Josiah Lyman Morton, b. Oct. 24, 1820, d. March 21, 1837.
5334. iii. Sophia Arms Morton, b. June 21, 1824, m. Israel G.
Dickinson.
5335. iv. Joseph Lyman Morton, b. Dec. 7, 1831, d. Jan. 31, 1832.
5336. v. Rev. Joseph Lyman Morton, b. Nov. 15, 1833.
5337. vi. Helen Maria Morton, b. Jan. 31, 1838, m. George W.
Waite.
5332. i. Dwight Partridge Morton, b. Oct. 12, 1817, m. March 31,
1841, Chloe Cowles, b. at Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1820 (dau. of Lucius
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 767
Cowles of Wmsburgh, Mass., originally, and Clarissa White of Gosh en,
Mass.). He is a farmer in Hatfield.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5338. i. Josiah Lyman Morton, b. Jan. 5, 1842, is a dry goods mer-
chant in Milwaukee, Wis.
5339. ii. Abby Ward Morton, b. Oct. 12, 1845, d. June 17, 1863.
5340. iii. Clarissa White Morton, b. May 4, 1851.
5341. iv. Henry Dwight Morton, b. Dec. 22, 1852.
5342. v. Eunice Janes Morton, b. Sept. 10, 1854.
5343. vi. Albert Woodruff Morton, b. April 20, 18G1.
[Eighth Generation.]
5334. iii. Sophia Arms Morton (dau. of Moses Morton and Sophia
A. Partridge), b. June 21, 1824, m. Nov. 1, 1842, Israel George Dickin-
son, b. in Hatfield, Aug. 14, 1818 (son of Israel Dickinson and Polly
Dickinson), a clerk at Hatfield, where he d. June 2, 1808, aet. 49. She
resides in Ash tabula, O. (1874).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5344. i. George Dwight Dickinson, b. April 5, 1844, d. Aug. 10, 1854.
5345. ii. Edward Huntington Dickinson, b. Feb. 12, 1846, m. Ann
Hurd of Newark, N. J., resides near Fort Geary, at the mouth of the
Red River of the north, and is engaged in steamboat operations there.
5346. iii. Alfred Morton Dickinson, b. June 13, 1853.
**** iv. Carleton Partridge Dickinson, b. Dec. 24, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.]
5336. v. Rev. Joseph Lyman Morton, b. Nov. 15, 1833, grad. at
Yale in 1857, m. May 14, 1863, Sophie Hyiidshaw (dau. of Rev. James
B. Hyndshaw of Henry, 111.). He was a Presb. minister at Waukegan,
111., where he d. much lamented, Dec. 8, 1867, aet. 34. His widow m.
in 1 869, Judge Erastus Williams of Chicago. They had one child :
5347. 1. Louise Hyndshaw Morton, b. Aug. 1884.
[Eighth Generation.]
5337. vi. Helen Maria Morton (dau. of Moses Morton and Sophia
A. Partridge), b. Jan. 31, 1838, m. Jan. 1, 1863, George White Waite
(son of George Waite of Hatfield and Melissa Preston from Granby,
Mass.), grad. at Amherst in 1861, a merchant in ready-made clothing
at Ashtabula, O. Has had two children :
5348. 1. Sophia Morton Waite, b. Feb. 27, 1864, d. March 10, 1864.
**** 2. Melissa Waite, b. about 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
5309. iv. Eunice Lyman Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton Partridge
and Hannah Lyman), b. June 16, 1800, m. June 19, 1823, Horace
768 Descendants of ILnry Dwigld of Ilatfidd, Mass.,
Janes, b. in Brimfield, Mass., Sept. 18, 1781 (son of Jonathan Janes,
afterwards of Hartford, Ct., b. Jan. 8, 1756, and Patty Plyuipton of
Sturbridge, Mass., whom he ni. Feb. 1781). He resided for some 30
years at St. Alban's, Vt., where he was for many years clerk of court
(1817-34) and judge of probate, and where he d. March 15, 1834. His
widow resides at San Francisco (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5349. i. Horace Partridge Janes, b. May 16, 1824, grad. at Vt.
University in 1844, studied law in New York and practised his pro-
fession in San Francisco, Cal., where he d. Oct. 6, 1862, aet. 38. He
m. Julia Maria Hall, dau. of Dr. Charles and Charlotte Hall of Bur-
lington, Vt., and had a son, Frank Janes, by her, who d. soon. She d.
Sept. 18, 1853, and he m. for 2d wife, Sept. 20, 1855, Lucy A., dau. of
Isaac M. and Caroline Hall of New Haven, Ct. They had 4 children :
**** 1. Horace Hall Janes, b. March 24, 1857, d. June 29, 1862.
**** 2. Thomas Eugene Janes, b. April 15, 1859.
**** 3. Louis Xyman Janes, b. June 26, 1861.
**** 4. Horace Mortimer Janes, b. May 25, 1863.
5350. ii. Joseph Lyman Janes, b. March 28, 1826, d. Dec. 7, 1868.
5351. iii. Catharine Mary Janes, b. March 27, 1828, d. Axig. 29, 1829.
5352. iv. Louis Dwight Janes, b. April 27, 1830, d. May 19, 1845.
5353. v. Abby Maria Janes, b. May 10, 1832, d. Sept. 18, 1833.
Thus of this whole family of 12, only the mother and 3 young grand-
children now survive.
[Seventh Generation.]
5310. v. Hannah Huntington Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton Par-
tridge and Hannah Lyman), b. March 8, 1802, m. Aug. 4, 1834, David
Stearns Whitney of Northampton, a merchant. He d. in Gainesville,
Ala. After his decease she m. for a 2d husband, May 26, 1837, Hon. Jo-
seph II. Brainerd of St. Alban's, Vt., without issue. She d. there Nov.
18j 1837. He m. afterwards her sister Fanny. See subsequent ac-
count. She had a son, David S. Whitney, b. Feb. 29, 1836, in Pensa-
cola, and d. in 1854, aet. 18.
5311. vi. Joseph Lyman Partridge, b. June 7, 1804, grad. at Wil-
liams Coll. in 1828, was for many years Principal of an academy at
Leicester, Mass. He has resided for several years at Lawrence, &•**-
w«b and been Collector of the U. S. revenue. He m. Aug. 9, 1837,
Zibeah N. Willson, dau. of Rev. Luther Willson, Unitarian, of Peter-
sham.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5347. i. John Nelson Partridge, b. Sept. 28, 1838, served' as a sol-
dier for 3 years in the late w.ar, and was 1st Lieut, and afterwards Cap-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam. Mass. 769
tain in the 24th Mass. Regt. He is engaged in the insurance business
in New York. He m. and has a son, Nelson Howard, b. Nov. 1, 1868.
5348. ii. Joseph Lynian Partridge, b. March 11, 1845, d. Sept. 25,
1849.
5349. iii. Edward Lasellf Partridge, M.D., b. Sept. 27, 1853, grad.
at N. Y. Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, is resident physician at Black-
well's Island.
[Seventh Generation.]
5312. vii. Abigail Dwight Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton and Han-
nah Partridge), b. April 25, 1806, m. in 1835 Rev. Levi Pratt, b. in
1800, grad. at Amherst Coll. in 1826, and at Andover Theol. Sem. in
1829, settled at Hatfield, Mass. (1830-5), at Medford, Mass. (1835-7),
where he d. Aug. 9, 1837, aet. 37. She m. for 2d husband, Feb. 25,
1839, Lebbeus Baldwin Ward, b. April 7, 1801 (son of Silas Ward of
Morristown, and afterwards of Elizabethtown, both of N. J., and Phebe
Dod, a descendant of Daniel Dod, who settled at Guilford, Ct., about
1640, and about 1668 at Newark, N. J.). He was a practical engineer,
residing at New York, and a director in several different banks when
in active business. Since 1866 he has lived retired at Morristown, N.
J. She d. Nov. 25, 1845, aet. 39.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5350. i. Prof. Samuel Baldwin Ward, M.D., b. June 8, 1842, grad.
at Columbia Coll. in 1861, and in his medical studies at the George-
town Med. Coll., D. C., was Asst. Surgeon in the late war (1864-5), and
has been since 1869 lecturer in The Woman's Med Coll. of N. Y., first
on anatomy and more recently on surgery. He is a practising physician
in New York. He is also a surgeon in The Presb. Hospital of New
York (lately established). He m. Oct. 10, 1872, Nina AVheeler (dau.
of William Wheeler of New York).
5351. ii. Willard Parker Ward,b. Oct. 12, 1845, grad. at Columbia
Coll. in 1865, is a mining engineer, having pursued his profession in
Europe. He resides now (1873) at Salt Lake City, Utah. He m. Oct.
23, 1872, Rebecca Erskine, dau. of Judge John Erskiiie of the U. S.
Dist. Court of Ga. -
[Seventh Generation.]
5314. ix. Fanny Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton and Hannah Par-
tridge), b. March 22, 181 1, m. as his 2d wife, May 8, 1839, Hon. Jo-
seph Ilungerford Brainerd, b. in Chatham, Ct., March 22, 1801 (son of
Joseph Spencer Brainerd of East Haddam, Ct., and Hannah Hunger-
ford, dau. of Joseph Ilungerford of Hadlyme, Ct., and Hannah Green),
grad. at Yale in 1822, has resided all his life at St. Alban's, Vt., where
for some years he practised law. lie was for three years State Senator
770 Descendant* of Henry Dwiyht of Ilatfield, Mass.,
(1831-4), and for 38 years (1834-72), clerk of the courts in Franklin
Co. He has been also, since 1840, a deacon in the Cong. Ch. See for
his previous marriage to her sister Hannah, No. 5310. v. She d. May
10, 1848.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5352. i. Joseph Partridge Brainerd, b. June 27, 1840, grad. at Vt.
Univ. (Burlington), in 1862, enlisted in Sept. 1862, in Co. L, of the
First Vt. Cavalry, took part in several battles, was in that of Gettys-
burgh, and was wounded, May 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness.
He d. in Andersouville prison, Sept. 1864.
5353. ii. Elizabeth Little Brainerd, b. March 26, 1843, d. Dec. 20,
1854.
5354. iii. George Cotton Brainerd, d. Nov. 23, 1845, grad. at Yale
in 1867, and at Harvard Law School in 1871, is a lawyer in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
5355. iv. Fanny Partridge, b. April 14, 1848.
[Seventh Generation.]
5315. x. Rev. George Cotton Partridge (son of Dea. Cotton Par-
tridge and Hannah Lyman), b. Aug. 27, 1813, grad. at Amherst Coll.
in 1833, tutor there (1836-8), was grad. at Andover Theol. Sern. in 1838.
He was settled at Nantucket, Mass. (1839-41), Brimfield, Mass.
(1842-7), and Greenfield, Mass. (1848-54) ; and was stated supply at
Batavia, 111. (1860-66), where he has since resided (1873) without
charge. In 1866 he was U. S. Collector of internal revenue, and since
1867 he has been an insurance agent. He m. June 9, 1840, Sophia
Harmer Johns, b. Sept. 15, 1813 (dau. of Rev. Evans Johns of Canan-
daigua, N. Y., and Fanny Lyman, dau. of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lyman of
Ilatfield, Mass., and Hannah Huntington).
[Eighth Generation,] Children :
5356. i. Fanny Lyman Partridge, b. Jan. 28, 1844, resides unmar-
ried at Batavia.
5357. ii. Eliza Jackson Partridge, b. Aug. 5, 1849.
5358. iii. George Lewis Lyman Partridge, b. Aug. 22, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
5316. xi. Harriet Partridge (dau. of Dea. Cotton Partridge and Han-
nah Lyman), b. Nov. 17, 1815, m. July 4, 1836, Albert Woodruff of
Brooklyn, a merchant in New York (a large dealer in salt and fish), b.
Aug. 13, 1807, in Sandisfield, Mass, (son of Isaiah Woodruff of Farm-
ington, Ct., and Sarah Parsons of Enfield, Ct.). He has been very ac-
tive in promoting Sunday School interests, not only at home, but also
on the continent of Europe. He resides in Brooklyn.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 771
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5359. i. Albert Cotton Woodruff, b. June 16, 1837, m. March 6, 1861,
Eleanor Berry of Brooklyn (dau. of Martin Roome Berry and Eleanor
Berry). He is engaged in the storage business in New York, and re-
sides in Brooklyn. Children :
**** 1. Harriet Partridge Woodruff, b. July 15, 1862.
**** 2. Eleanor Berry Woodruff, b. Jan. 24, 1864.
**** 3. Edith Woodruff, b. July 20, 1865.
**** 4 Agnes Lloyd Woodruff, b. June 26, 1867.
**** 5. Albert Martin Woodruff, b. Oct. 24, 1872.
5360. ii. Harriet Seward Woodruff, b. July 11, 1840, resides un-
married in Brooklyn.
5361. iii. George Parsons Woodruff, b. Aug. 25, 1842, d. May 25,
1848.
5362. iv. Rev. Henry Collins Woodruff, b. Feb. 16, 1845, grad. at
Yale in 1868: is preaching now (1874) at Northport, L. I.
5363. v. Sarah Frances Woodruff, b. May 5, 1848, resides unmar-
ried in Brooklyn.
5364. vi. Abby Lucretia Woodruff, b. May 16, 1854, d. Aug. 6, 1855.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 762.
5272. vi. Major Samuel Partridge (son of Lt. Samuel Partridge and
Abigail Dwight), b. Oct. 10, 1775, m. Sept. 8, 1796, Mabel Dickinson
of Hatfield, b. 1776 (dau. of Genl. Lemuel Dickinson and Molly Lit-
tle). He was for many years a representative of Hatfield in the State
legislature. He d. March 11, 1856, aet. 80 : she d. Nov. 4, 1841,
aet. 65. „
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5365. i. Hepzibah Dickinson Partridge, b. Dec. 10, 1797, d. Aug.
21, 1865, aet. 67. She m. Israel Billings.
5366. ii. Samuel Dwight Partridge, b. Oct. 15, 1806.
5365. i. Hepzibah Dickinson Partridge, b. Dec. 10, 1797, m. Jan.
1816, Israel Billings, b. 1784 (son of Wm. Billings of Conway, Mass.,
and Jerusha Williams, dau. of Col. Israel Williams of Ilatfield), grad.
at Williams in 1805, a lawyer in Hatfield. He d. in 1858, aet. 74.
Shed. Aug. 21, 1865, aet. 67.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5367. i. Israel Williams Billings, b. June 1817, m. Ruth Hubbard
(dau. of Stearns Hubbard of Hatfield). lie is a farmer in Hatfield.
5368. ii. Hon. Samuel Partridge Billings, b. March 1, 1819, m.
Ruby Harding of Whateley. He is a member of the Mass. Legisla-
ture (1874). He is a farmer at Hatfield, Mass.
5369. iii. Charles Williams Billings, b. Dec. 1821, m. Mary Hub-
772 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
bard (dan. of Stearns Hubbard of Hatfield). Shed, and he m. for 2d
wife, Catharine Low. He is a farmer at Glen Cove, L. I.
5370. iv. George Dickinson Billings, b. April 1824, m. Elizabeth
Cowles (dau. of Erastus Cowles of Hatfield). He is a farmer at Deer-
field, Mass.
5371. v. Jerusha Williams Billings, b. Aug. 5, 1827, d. Oct. 14, 1839.
5372. vi. Edward Coke Billings, b. Dec. 3, 1829, grad. at Yale in
1853 and at Harvard Law School in 185C, is a lawyer at New Or-
leans, La.
[Seventh Generation.]
5366. ii. Samuel Dwiglit Partridge (son of Major Samuel Partridge,
Jr., and Mabel Dicksou), b. Oct. 15, 1806, grad. at Amherst in 1827,
m. Sept. 8, 1834, Lucretia Andrews Warner, b. Dec. 24, 1814 (dau. of
Zenas Warner of Chesterfield, Mass., and Almira Andrews). He has
been for many years a wholesale dealer in salt and fish in New York
(since 1849), (firm, Woodruff & Robinson, 14 Coenties Slip.) To him
is to be credited much of the account here given of the descendants of
Lt. Samuel Partridge and Abigail Dwight.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5373. i. Mary Ann Ward Partridge, b. Aug. 9, 1835, m. April 28,
1858, Peter Michael Myers, b. in Whitehall, N. Y., July 12, LS33 (son
of Peter J. H. Myers and Lucy Kirtland), a banker and broker in New
York (P. M. Myers & Co.), residing in Orange, N. J. No children.
5374. ii. Harriet Homes Partridge, b. Nov. 19, 1837, m. April 28,
1858, Henry Isaac Bliss, b. in Hartford, Ct. (son of Charles Bliss and
Lucia Coe), grad. -at Yale in 1853, a civil engineer, residing in La
Crosse, Wis. Children :
**** 1. Charles Ward Bliss, b. March 24, 1859, d. Dec. 1859.
**** 2. Anna Myers Bliss, b. May 21, 1861.
5375. iii. Henrietta Strong Partridge, b. Aug. 11, 1839, d. Aug. 17,
1839.
5376. iv. Samuel Partridge, b. Nov. 9, 1844, m. Oct. 12, 1870,
Emma Augusta Collamore (dau. of Davis Collamore of Orange, N. J.,
and Helen Augusta Fiske). He resides in Orange, and is engaged
with P. M. Myers & Co., in banking, etc., in New York.
5377. v. John Cotton Partridge, b. May 11, 1846, d. Oct. 21, 1846.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 761.
5263. iii. Elizabeth Dwiglit (dau. of Capt. Seth Dwigbt of Hatfield
and Abigail Strong), b. July 23, 1736, m. May 16, 1759, Rev. Dr.
Joseph Lathrop, b. at Norwich, Ct., Oct. 20, 1731 (son of Solomon
Lathrop of Norwich and Mrs. Martha Todd, nee Perkins, widow
of Thomas Todd of Roxbury, Mass., and dau. of Dea. Joseph Per-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli ofDedham, Mass. 773
kins of Norwich), grad. at Yale in 1754. He was settled as pastor
of the Cong. Ch. in West Springfield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1756— as the
successor of Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D,D., and performed the duties of
his pastorate for the long period of 61 years, up to March 1818. He d.
Dec. 31, 1820, aet. 89, and Mrs. Lathrop, d. aet. 84, March 13, 1821,
from the fracture of a bone by a fall on the ice. They lived together as
a married pair more than 60 years. Pie was above the ordinary height
in stature, and stoutly built. His whole air and manner bespoke a high
degree of intellectual and moral dignity. To a mind of the first order
he united the most kindly affections. His great cheerfulness gave a
charm to his old age, as rare as it was delightful. His mind was quick
and clear, acute and comprehensive. He was elected in 1793 to the
professorship of divinity in Yale College, but declined the acceptance
of the office. His merits as a thinker and a writer entitle him to be
placed among the most distinguished divines of New England. His
style of conversation and of preaching was always singularly well adap-
ted to the occasion and the times. He was wont to preach on current
events and matters of special public interest, " droughts and floods,
and eclipses and witches," so that a waggish friend once said to him
that " he could think of but one thing about which he had not preached,
and that was a Connecticut Biver fog." So highly was his judgment
valued as that of a wise and practical counsellor, that he was more fre-
q\iently solicited for advice,iii ecclesiastical matters especially, and even
from a great distance, than is the ordinary experience of those in the
ministry. Seven volumes of sermons from his pen were published —
the last containing his autobiography ; but they are all now out of
print. Rev. Dr. "VVm. B. Sprague, D.D., afterwards of Albany, and
who married successively two of his granddaughters, was settled as
his colleague in 1819, a year before his death.
Mrs. Lathrop is described (see Sprague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. i.
pp. 528-41), " as a person of great discretion, retiring and unobtrusive
in her disposition, and a model especially of the domestic virtues."
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5378. i. Solomon Lathrop, b. March 27, 1760, d. April 27, 1787,
aet. 17.
5379. ii. Seth Lathrop, M.D., b. Aug. 11, 1762, d. Feb. 20, 1831,
aet. 68.
5380. iii. Capt. Joseph Lathrop, b. Feb. 18, 1765, d. Dec. 11, 1831,
aet. 65.
5381. iv. Samuel Lathrop, b. Dec. 24, 1766, d. Oct. 19, 1767.
5382. v. Hon. Samuel Lathrop, 2d, b. May 1, 1772, d. July 11,
1846, aet. 74.
5383. vi. Dwight Lathrop, b. April 9, 1780, d. Nov. 12, 1818, aet.38.
774 Descendants of Henry Dioigld of Hatfield,
[I. Rev. John Lathrop, " one of the fathers of New England," was
educated at Oxford University and settled at Edgerton, Kent, Eng.,
and afterwards as the second minister of " The Independents " in
London, successor to Rav. Mr. Jaub. Mr. Lathrop, after 40 of his
society had been imprisoned in 1632, sought of King Charles liberty to
depart from the kingdom, and succeeded at last in obtaining his re-
quest, although violently opposed in it by Archbishop Laud, who had
a bitter prejudice against him, and arrived at Boston, Sept. 18, 1634.
In 1639 he settled at Barnstable, Mass., having previously preached in
Scituate. His first wife died before he left England. He d. in 1653,
" a learned, pious, meek Christian man."
II. Samuel, his 2d son, b. in England, m. Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth
Scudder of Barnstable, Eng., originally. He was a master-builder.
He removed from Barnstable, Mass., to New London, and in 1688, to
Norwich, Ct., where she d. ere long, and he m. in 1692 Abigail Doane,
b. in 1631 (dau. of John and Abigail Doane). He d. Feb. 29, 1699-
1700 : she d. in 1734, aet. 103.
III. Joseph Lathrop (4th son of Samuel Lathrop of Norwich and of
Elizabeth Scudder), b. at New London, Oct. 1661, d. July 5, 1740.
He had 3 wives, by one of whom, Elizabeth Waterhouse, his 2d wife
(whom he m. Feb. 2, 1697, and who d. Nov. 29, 1726), he had 8 chil-
dren, of whom
IV. Solomon, his 2d son, was b. Dec. 12, 1706, at Norwich, Ct.
He m. Feb. 6, 1729, widow Martha Todd, nee Perkins (dau. of Dea.
Joseph Perkins of Norwich and Martha Morgan), b. Aug. 21, 1706.
He d. May 10, 1733. She afterwards m. a Mr. Bolton, and had chil-
dren by him. Solomon Lathrop had 2 children by Martha Perkins,
who were twins, viz. :
1. Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop, b. Oct. 20, 1731, d. Dec. 31, 1820, aet. 89.
2. Martha Lathrop, b. Oct. 20, 1731, d. July 15, 1733. ]
[Sixth Generation.]
5379. ii. Seth Lathrop, M.D. (son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop and
Elizabeth Dwight), b. Aug. 11, 1762, was a physician in W. Springfield,
Mass. He in. Aug. 29, 1787, Anna Abbot, b. Sept. 18, 1765 (dau. of
Abiel Abbot of Hampton, a farmer, and Abigail Fenton). He d. Feb.
26, 1831. She d. in Armada, Mich., Sept. 13, 1846, aet. 81.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
*5378. i. Elizabeth Lathrop, b. July 28, 1788, m. Rev. Elisha D.
Andrews, and d. June 5, 1859, aet. 71.
*5379. ii. Solomon Lathrop, b. May 11, 1790, d. Dec. 11, 1862.
*5380. iii. Edward Lathrop, b. April 18, 1792. [Six numbers
here (5378-5383) are repeated by mistake.]
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass.
*5378. i. Elizabeth Lathrop, b. July 28, 1788, m. Sept. 13, 1808,
Rev. Elisha Deling Andrews, b. at Southiiigton, Ct., Feb. 18, 1783
(son of Jonathan Andrews and Ruth Deming), grad. at Yale in 1803.
He was settled at Putney, Vt., and at Armada, Mich., where he d. Jan.
12, 1852, and she d. June 5, 1859.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
*5381. i. Seth Lathrop Andrews, M.D., b. June 24, 1809.
*5382. ii. Anne Amelia Andrews, b. Jan. 8, 1812, m. Rev. Eleazer
W. True.
*5383. iii. Joseph Lathrop Andrews, b. April 14, 1814, lives un-
married in Armada.
5384. iv. An infant, b. and d. Sept. 30, 1816.
5385. v. Charles Andrews, b. Aug. 31, 1817, d. July 9, 1818.
5386. vi. Charles Andrews, 2d, b. Aug. 28, 1820.
5387. vii. Prof. Edmund Andrews, M.R, b. April 22, 1824.
5388. viii. George Andrews, b. Dec. 28, 1826.
*5381. i. Seth Lathrop Andrews, M.D., b. June 24, 1809, grad. at
Dartmouth in 1831, was for 13 years a missionary of the A. B. C. F.
M. to the Sandwich Islands- (1836-49). He has been since about 1850
a physician at Romeo, Mich. He m. Nov. 11, 1836, Parnella Pierce,
b. in Woodbury, Ct., June 12, 1807 (dau. of Simeon Pierce and Thank-
ful Hunt). She d. at the Sandwich Islands, Sept. 29, 1846. He m.
for a 2d wife Amelia T. Dike, of Pittsford, Vt.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
5389. i. George Pierce Andrews, b. at Kailua, S. I., April 9, 1838,
m. Sarah Dyer of Romeo, Mich. One child :
5390. 1. Charles Dyer Andrews.
5391. ii. Elizabeth Woodbury Andrews, b. June 13, 1841, d. May 25,
1842.
5392. iii. Lucy Amelia Andrews, b. Jan. 7, 1844, d. July 2, 1845.
5393. iv. Charles Thurston Andrews, b. June 24, 1846, d. Jan. 4,
1848.
[Eighth Generation.]
*5382. ii. Anne Amelia Andrews (dau. of Rev. Elisha D. Andrews
and Elizabeth Lathrop), b. Jan. 8, 1812, m. Dec. 29, 1847, Rev. Ele-
azer Wells True, b. Oct. 4, 1806, at Durham, Me. He is a farmer at
Armada, Mich.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5394. i. An infant, b. and d. April 26, 1853.
5395. ii. Elisha Deming Andrews True, b. Sept. 25, 1854.
5396. iii. George Andrews True, b. Jan. 23, 1857.
776 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatjield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.]
5386. vi. Hon. Charles Andrews (son of Elisha D. Andrews and Eliza-
beth Lathrop), b. Aug. 28, 1820, is a farmer at Armada, Mich. : has been
State Senator. lie in. Jan. 29, 1845, Charlotte Hewitt of Ypsilanti,
Mich. She d. May 27, 1846. He in. Oct. 23, 1849, for 2d wife, Mary
My rick Elliott of Newcastle, Me.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
By first wife :
5397. i. Edmund Hewitt Andrews, b. Nov. 14, 1845, a merchant at
Ypsilanti.
By second wife:
5398. ii. Mary Amelia Andrews, b. Jan. 26, 1855.
5399. iii. Harriet Burton Andrews, b. Oct. 1C, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.]
5387. vii. Prof. Edmund Andrews, M.D. (son of Rev. Elisha D.
Andrews and Elizabeth Lathrop), b. April 22, 1824, grad. at The Uni-
versity of Michigan, is a practising physician at Chicago, Prof, in
Rush Med. Coll. in that city, and also in the Med. Department of Lind
University at Lake Forest, 111. He was surgeon of a Brigade of 111.
Vols., under Grant and Sherman, in the late war. He has been a fre-
quent contributor of interesting articles to various newspapers. He
m. April 13, 1853, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor of Detroit, b. Nov. 17,
1824 (dau. of Nathaniel Terry Taylor and Laura Norton). See for
her Dwight lineage, page 375, No. 1681. i., and for account of their
children.
[Eighth Generation.]
5388. viii. George Andrews (son of Rev. Elisha D. Andrews and
Elizabeth Lathrop), b. Dec. 28, 1826, is a lawyer, and was settled for-
merly at Detroit, Mich., but for several years past has been established
in his profession at Knoxville, Tenn. He m. Jan. 1, 1856, Mary
Lathrop, b. at Armada, Mich., May 25, 1837 (dau. of Solomon Lathrop,
his uncle, and Sophia Pomeroy. See infra). One daughter :
5400. 1. Carrie Elizabeth Andrews, b. Nov. 8, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
5379. ii. Solomon Lathrop, Esq. (son of Dr. Seth Lathrop of W.
Springfield, Mass., and Anna Abbot), b. May 11, 1790, grad. at Yale
in 1811, was a lawyer at W. Springfield, Mass., until 1836, when he
removed to Michigan. He d. Dec. 11, 1862, at Oakwood, Oakland Co.,
Mich. His wife, whom he m. March 31, 1820, was Sophia Pomeroy,
b. at New Fame, Windham Co., Vt. (dau. of Willard Pomeroy and
Catharine Smith). She d. Nov. 15, 1853.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 7
77
[Eighth Generation.]
5401. i. George A. Lathrop, M.D., b. March 18, 1822, m. Nov.
1858, Carrie E. Derby. He is a physician at E. Saginaw, Mich., and
has two children.
5402. ii. Henry Kirke Lathrop, M.D., b. Feb. 24, 1824, m. Dec.
1845, Elizabeth Abbot. He resides at Royal Oak, Mich. Has had
4 children.
5403. iii. Frances Maria Lathrop, b. Sept. 2, 1827, d. unmarried at
Oakwood, Mich., April 1, 1853.
5404. iv. Solomon Lathrop, b. Dec. 20, 1829, m. in 1850, Cornelia
S. Gould. He is a jeweller in Grass Valley, Cal. Has 2 sons : Frank
and Howard.
5405. v. Catharine Sophia Lathrop, b. Feb. 23, 1832, resides un-
married at Royal Oak, Mich.
5406. vi. Joseph Lathrop, b. June 10, 1834, is a dentist at Detroit,
Mich. He m. Sept. 9, 1863, Ada M. Palling. Has one child :
5407. 1. Carrie Maria Lathrop, b. about 1867.
5408. vii. Mary Lathrop, b. at Armada, Mich., May 25, 1837, m. her
cousin Geox'ge Andrews, as previously mentioned. See No. 5388. viii.
[Seventh Generation.]
*5380. iii. Edward Lathrop (son of Seth Lathrop, M.D., and Anna
Abbot), b. April 18, 1792, m. Emma Andrews (dau. of Jonathan
Andrews of Southington, Ct., and Ruth Deming ; and sister to Rev.
Elisha D. Andrews of Armada, Mich., who m. his sister Elizabeth).
His residence has been Adrian, Mich., where she d. March 21, 1871.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5409. i. Charles A. Lathrop, a merchant at Armada, Mich., who m.
a Miss Young of that place and has had 2 children.
5410. ii. Seth Lathrop, a merchant at Richmond, Mich., who m.
Polly Walker, she d. and he m. a 2d wife, Lydia : has had 2
children.
5411. iii. Jane M. Lathrop, m. Henry O. Smith, cashier of the Na-
tional Bank at Romeo, Mich. : has had 4 children.
5412. iv. Horace A. Lathrop, a farmer at Armada, Mich. He m.
a Miss Gilbert of Memphis, Mich. : has had 3 children.
5413. v. James Lathrop, a merchant at Memphis, Mich., m. Helen
Dunham of Armada : has had 2 children.
5414. vi. Samuel Lathrop, M.D., is a physician at Pine Run, Mich.
He m. Adeline Tenney of Armada, Mich.
5415. vii. Elizabeth Lathrop, resides unmarried at Armada, Mich.
5416. viii. Dwight Lathrop, a farmer at Armada, Mich., has a
family.
50
778 Descendants of Henry Dwifjltt of Hat fold, Mass.,
5417. ix. Anna Lathrop, m. Durfee Pettibone, a farmer at Armada.
[Sixth Generation,]
5380. iii. Capt. Joseph Lathrop, Jr. (son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lath-
rop and Elizabeth Dwight), b. Feb. 18, 1765, m. Sept. 9, 1790,
Rowena Wells of Ellington, Ct., b. Jan. 17, 1766 (dau. of Col. Levi
Wells, b. in 1734, who d. Dec. 18, 1803, and Jerusha Clark of Col-
chester). He was a farmer at Wilbraham, Mass., and highly respecta-
ble in character, a representative of the town once or more in the
General Court, and a captain of militia. He d. Dec. 11, 1831 : she d.
Sept. 28, 1843.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5418. i. Joseph Lathrop, 3d. b. Sept. 21, 1791.
5419. ii. Rowena Lathrop, b. July 8, 1793, d. Aug. 4, 1793.
5420. iii. Wells Lathrop, b. Feb. 25, 1795, d. April 12, 1870.
5421. iv. Hon. Paoli Lathrop, b. May 14, 1797, d. Feb. 23, 1872.
5422. v. Seth Lathrop, b. Jan. G, 1799, d. unmarried, a farmer, Oct.
3, 1834, aet. 34.
5423. vi. Rowena Lathrop, 2d, b. Dec. 2, 1803, m. Dr. Edward G.
Ufford. and d. Oct. 29, 1853.
5424. vii. Ralph Lathrop, b. Oct. 2, 1805, d. Dec. 7, 1805.
5425. viii. Ralph Dwight Lathrop, b. Aug. 29, 1807, d. Feb. 11,
1838. He m. Amanda Carpenter, b. in 1822, who d. at Wilbraham,
Oct. 5, 1839, aet. 27. No issue. He was a farmer at S. Hadley, Mass.
5418. i. Joseph Lathrop, 3d, b. Sept. 21, 1791, m. about 1815, Jane
Maria Lentner, b. April 12, 1795, who d. April 25, 1861. He was a
merchant in New York.
[Eighth 'Generation.] Children :
5426. i. Joseph Wells Lathrop, b. June 15, 1817, was drowned in
the Connecticut river June 17, 1833.
5427. ii. John Lentner Lathrop, b. July 4, 1819.
5428. iii. Paoli Lathrop, b. Dec. 3, 1821, is a merchant in New
York, and unmarried.
5429. iv. Robert Lathrop, b. Sept. 5, 1825, m. Jan. 6, 1852, Rosella
Langdon, b. Sept. 16, 1832 (dau. of Walter Morgan Langdon of Wil.
braham, Mass., and Sally Frost of Springfield). He is a farmer. Has
had 2 children :
5430. 1. Josephine Rosa Lathrop, b. Aug. 16, 1857, d. May 23, 1859.
5431. 2. Mary Jane Lathrop, b. June 2, i860.
5432. v. Maria Louise Lathrop, b. June 17, 1827, m. Ogden H.
Osborn.
5427. ii. John Lentner Lathrop, b. July 4, 1819, m. Oct. 10, 1850,
Ann Sophronia Day of S. Hadley Falls, b. June 27, 1825 (dau. of
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 779
Almon Day of S. Hadley Falls and Betsey Ashley of W. Springfield).
He has been for several years Sec. and Treas. of the Hannibal and St.
Joseph R. Road (where residing not stated).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5433. i. John Lentner Lathrop, Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1851.
5434. ii. Lizzie Jane Lathrop, b. Sept. 3, 1852.
5435. iii. Joseph Lathrop, b. July 12, 1855.
5436. iv. Mary Ashley Lathrop, b. Aug. 7, I860.
[Eighth Generation.]
5432. v. Maria Louise Lathrop (dau. of Joseph Lathrop, 3d, and
Jane Maria Lentner), b. June 17, 1827, m. Oct. 23, 1845, Ogden Hoff-
man Osborn, b. April 10, 1824 (son of Abijah Osborn of Frankfort,
N. Y., and Sarah Caswell). He is a farmer (residence not stated).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5437. i. Kate Jane Osborn, b. June 4, 1849.
5438. ii. Paoli Lathrop Osborn, b. Jan. 12, 1852, d. Dec. 28, 1855.
5439. iii. Richard Ogden Osborn, b. April 7, 1855.
5440. iv. Anna Louise Osborn, b. Dec. 23, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
5420. iii. Wells Lathrop (son of Capt. Joseph Lathrop of Wilbra-
ham, Mass., and Rowena Wells), b. Feb. 25, 1795, m. Nov. 12, 1816,
Catharine Rhoades Bontecue of Springfield, Mass., of Huguenot descent.
She d. Dec. 24, 1832, and was a lady of superior intelligence and piety.
He m. Sept. 12, 1836, for a 2d wife, widow Lydia Washburne of Wey-
mouth, Mass., nee Ager, b. July 30, 1806 (widow of Dr. Lewis Wash-
burne of Bridgewater, Mass., and dau. of Benjamin Ager of Weymouth,
Mass., and Relief Dunbar of Acton, Mass.). He was a farmer at S.
Hadley, Mass., where he d. April 12, 1870, aet. 75.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first ivife :
5441. i. Elizabeth Lathrop, b. April 28, 182l,m. George B.Morris.
5442. ii. James Lathrop, b. Aug. 7, 1823.
5443. iii. Catharine Bontecue Lathrop, b. Dec. 23, 1826, m. Oct.
22, 1863, Oliver Ellsworth Wood, b. April 14, 1812 (son of Judge
Joseph Wood of New Haven and Fanny Ellsworth, dau. of Chief Jus-
tice Oliver Ellsworth of Hartford, Ct.), a commission merchant in New
York. One child :
5444. 1. Winthrop Wolcott Wood, b. Jan. 27, 1865.
5445. iv. Daniel Bontecue Lathrop, b. June 23; 1829, was drowned
in the Connecticut, Aug. 16, 1858.
J3y second ivife:
5446. v. Wells Lathrop, Jr., b. Aug. 13, 1844, d. July 14, 1849.
780 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
5447. vl Mary Lathrop, b. Feb. 15, 1847.
5441. i. Elizabeth Lathrop, b. April 28, 1821, m. Aug. 23, 1842,
George Bliss Morris of Springfield, b. Nov. 12, 1815 (son of Judge
Oliver B. Morris of Springfield, Mass., and Caroline Bliss — b. Dec. 28,
1791, and d. Feb. 9, 1840— dau. of Hon. George Bliss of Springfield
and Hannah Clark), grad. at Amherst in 1837, is a lawyer at Spring-
field, and has been clerk of all the courts of the county of Hampshire
since 1852. [For some account of the lineage of the Hon. George Bliss
and Hannah Clark respectively, see subsequent page. ]
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5448. i. George Bliss Mon-is, b. Nov. 5, 1843, grad. at Harvard in
1864.
5449. ii. Robert Oliver Morris, b. Oct. 18, 1846.
5450. iii. Caroline Morris, b. Sept. 18, 1848.
[Eighth Generation.]
5442. ii. James Lathrop (son of Wells Lathrop and Catharine Bon-
tecue), b. Aug. 7, 1823, m. Aug. 24, 1848, Harriet Angeline Day of
S. Hadley, Mass., b. Oct. 25, 1827 (dau. of Almon Day of S. Hadley
Falls and Betsey Ashley ; and sister to Ann S. Day, wife of John Lent-
ner Lathrop), resides (where not ascertained).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5451. i. Edward Flint Lathrop, b. Sept. 16, 1849.
5452. ii. James Bontecue Lathrop, b. July 4, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
5421. iv. Hon. Paoli Lathrop (son of Capt. Joseph Lathrop and
Rowena Wells), b. May 14, 1797, m. April 21, 1830, Abigal Merrick
of Wilbraham, b. Dec. 10, 1805 (dau. of Noah Merrick of Wilbraham
and Statira Hayes of Hartland, Ct.). She d. March 24, 1850. He m.
for a 2d wife, Dec. 30, 1852, Elizabeth Brewster Champion of W.
Springfield, b. April 3, 1818 (dau. of Dr. Reuben Champion and Pama
Stebbins. He b. June 28, 1784, d. Oct. 9, 1865: she, dau. of Jere.
Stebbins and Elizabeth Brewster, b. April 10, 1786, d. Aug. 8, 1866.
They were m. Oct. 15, 1805). He was a scientific farmer at S. Hadley
Falls, Mass. He was for 3 terms a member of the State legislature.
He d. Feb. 23, 1872, aged 74. To Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lathrop is due
the greater part of the account here given of the descendants of Rev.
Dr. Joseph Lathrop of W. Springfield and Elizabeth Dwight. How
heaven-wide apart in moral quality seems, and often if not always is, the
difference of appreciative interest shown by those of a generous mould
of soul towards their kindred, living and dead, from the self-satisfied
and even surly spirit at times manifested by many who answer no let-
ters of inquiry and take no interest in the history of any family-mat-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 781
ters beyond those pertaining to their dogs and horses, their wines and
cigars, or the hoped-for means of procuring them !
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
.By first wife :
5453. i. Helen Lathrop, b. March 16, 1832.
5454. ii. Fanny Lathrop, b. Jan. 15, 1836, m. Sept. 2, 1868, Dr.
Daniel Pierson of Augusta, 111., b. July 1, 1823.
5455. iii. Seth Lathrop, b. May 10, 1838, m. May 30, 1864, Ellen
Louisa Reed of Easthampton, Mass., b. July 19, 1843 (dau. of Warren
Asherton Reed of Chester, Mass., and Louisa Lyman). He is a tailor
at Chester, Mass. He has a child :
5456. 1. Abby Louise Lathrop, b. Jan. 16, 1866.
5457. iv. George Merrick Lathrop, b. Sept. 28, 1840, d. Sept. 25,
1843.
5458. v. Emma Lathrop, b. April 17, 1844, d. May 19, 1868.
5459. vi. Abby Merrick Lathrop, b. Feb. 3, 1849, d. Oct. 20, 1849.
J$y second wife :
5460. vii. Elizabeth Brewster Champion Lathrop (called " Bessie "),
b. May 9, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
5423. vi. Rowena Lathrop, b. Dec. 2, 1803 (dau. of Joseph Lathrop
and Rowena Wells), m. Oct. 30, 1828, Edward Goodrich Ufford, M.D.,
b. at E. Windsor, Ct., Nov. 7, 1801 (son of Dea. Joel Ufford, b. in
Chatham, Ct., and Lucy Stanton), grad. at Yale Med. Sem. in 1826. He
practised medicine at Suffield, Ct., for 7 years (1826-33) ; at S. Hadley,
Mass., 21 years (1833-54); at W. Springfield, 17 years (1854-71).
He resides now (since May, 1873) at S. Hadley Falls. She d. of con-
sumption, Oct. 29, 1853. He m. for 2d wife, Jan. 24, 1855, widow
Mary Ann Phelon, nee Folger, still living.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5461. i. Edward Wells Ufford, b. Oct. 6, 1829, d. of consumption
Sept. 17, 1850.
5462. ii. Mary Gay Ufford, b. Aug. 4, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1857, Tru-
man Dunham of Cleveland, O., b. June 30, 1831 (son of Harvey Dun-
ham of Southington, Ct., and Julia Ann Cornwell of New Britain), a
merchant there still (1873). She d. Feb. 22, 1858. They had one child :
5403. 1. Mary Ufford Dunham, b. Jan. 23, 1858, d. Sept. 22, 1858.
5464. iii. Joseph Lathrop Ufford, b. Aug. 13, 1833, has been a
clerk in various places, and resides now, unmarried, at S. Hadley Falls.
5465. iv. John Armstrong Ufford, b. Aug. 10, 1835, d. Oct. 2, 1854.
5466. v. Rowena Wells Ufford, ) d. March 27, 1840.
( twins, b. Sept. 20, 1839.
5467. vi. Robert Hall Ufford, ) d. Oct. 11, 1839.
782 Descendants of Henry DivigJit of HatJielJ, Mass.,
5468. vi. Elizabeth Dwight Ufford, b. May 19, 1841, m. Oct. 24,
1866, Edwin Leonard of Agawam, Mass, b. April 19, 1841 (son of
Asaph Leonard and Mary Gleason). Two children :
5469. 1. Mary Valeria Leonard, b. Jan. 19, 18G8.
**** 2. Edwin Ufford Leonard, b. May 7, 1872.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 773.
5381. iv. Hon. Samuel Lathrop (son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop
and Elizabeth Dwight, b. May 1, 1772, m. Nov. 4, 1797, Mary Mc-
Crackan, b. Oct. 1, 1778 (dau. of William McCrackan and Sarah Miles).
He was grad. at Yale in 1792, and was a lawyer at W. Springfield, a
member of Congress for 4 successive terms (1818-26), and a member
of the State Senate for 10 years, being President of that body in 1829
and '30. He d. July 11, 1846, aet. 74 ; she d. Nov. 22, 1853, aet. 75.
[Seventh Generation. ] Children :
5470. i. Maiy Lathrop, b. Nov. 10, 1798, d. Oct. 4, 1800.
5471. ii. Nancy Holmes Lathrop, b. Sept. 14, 1800, m. Feb. 13,
1854, Justin Ely, b. Dec. 19, 1813 (son of Justin Ely of W. Springfield
and Abigail Belden), a merchant in Omaha, Neb. No children. She
d. Nov. 12, 1866, aet. 66.
5472. iii. Samuel Lathrop, b. Aug. 27, 1802, d. Dec. 17, 1825.
5473. iv. Mary Lathrop, b. Aug. 1804, m. Rev. William B. Sprague,
D.D., and d. Sept. 16, 1837.
5474. v. William McCrackan Lathrop, b. Nov. 18, 1806.
5475. vi. John Lathrop, b. March 6, 1809, d. May, 1870.
5476. vii. Sarah Miles Lathrop, b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Dr. Henry
Bronson.
5477. viii. Elizabeth Dwight Lathrop, b. March 3, 1813, in. Wash-
ington R. Vermilye.
5478. ix. Joseph Lathrop, b. May 22, 1815.
5479. x. Henrietta Burritt Lathrop, b. March 22, 1817, m. as his
2d wife Rev. Dr. William B. Sprague.
5480. xi. Martha Perkins Lathrop, b. March 17, 1819, m. Rev. Dr.
Artemas A. Wood.
5481. xii. Isaac Lathrop, b. March 1, and d. March 18, 1821.
5473. iv. Mary Lathrop, b. Aug. 18, 1804, m. Aug. 3, 1824, Rev.
William Buell Sprague, D.D., b. Oct. 16, 1795 (son of Benjamin
Sprague of Andover, Ct., and Sibyl Buell), grad. at Yale in 1815. He
was settled as colleague pastor with Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop at W.
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1819, which charge he resigned in July,
1829, and was installed, Aug. 26, 1829, pastor of the 2d Presb. Church
at Albany, N. Y., which position he held for 41 years (1829-70).
Mrs. Mary L. Sprague d. Sept. 16, 1837, and he m. for 2d wife, May
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, lotJi of Dedham, Mass. 783
13, 1840, her sister Henrietta B. Lathrop. (See subsequent account.)
He has been a productive author, having written the following works :
"Letters to a Daughter" (1821), "Letters from Europe" (1828),
" Lectures to Young People" (1830), "Lectures on Revivals of Re-
ligion" (1832), "Hints on Christian Intercourse" (1834), "Lectures
on True and False Christianity" (1837), "Memoir of Edward D. Grif-
fin, D.D.," "Aids to Early Religion" (1847), " Life of Prest. Dwight,"
in Sparks' Am. Biography (1845), "Words to a Young Man" (1848),
"The History of Joseph" (1851), "Memoir of John McDowell, D.D."
(1864), and "The Annals of the American Pulpit," in 10 vols.,x large
8vo, composed of the contributions of many writers, which he has
edited and published in several successive volumes from time to time.
In 1870 he resigned his pastorate at Albany, and removed to Flush-
ing, L. I., where he still (1873) resides.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
•By first wife :
5482. i. William Buell Sprague, b. April 23, 1826.
5483. ii. Mary Lathrop Sprague, b. Sept. 23, 1827, m. June 15,
1865, Theodore Townsend of Albany, b. Oct. 9, 1836 (sou of John
Townsend and Abby Spencer), a collector, formerly, of internal reve-
nue at Albany (1862-9), and now secretary of The Albany Insurance
Co. No issue. By a previous marriage he has 4 children.
5484. iii. Samuel Lathrop Sprague, b. Dec. 22, 1831, d. Feb. 25, 1833.
5485. iv. John Angell James Sprague, b. May 6, 1834.
By second ivife :
5486. v. Harriet Sprague, b. Oct. 22, 1841, d. Dec. 14, 1841.
5487. vi. Frances Elizabeth Sprague, b. Feb. 3, 1843.
5488. vii. Henrietta Dwight Sprague, b. Oct. 7, 1844.
5489. viii. Edward Everett Sprague, 1
grad. at Harvard in 1868,
f Twins, b. Jan. 3, 1848.
is a lawyer in New York.
5490. ix. Cornelia Martin Sprague, j d. Jan. 25, 1849.
5482. i. William Buell Sprague, b. April 23, 1826, m. June 2,
1856, Susan Benedict, b. Feb. 13, 1830 (dau. of Lewis Benedict of
Albany and Susan Stafford). He was a coal merchant at Albany, but
is now (1874) a travelling agent for a New York house. His family
resides at Castleton, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5491. i. Caroline Benedict Sprague, b. April 7, 1860.
5492. ii. Mary Lathrop Sprague, b. Nov. 21, 1861.
5493. iii. Alice Dewitt Sprague, b. July 23, 1864.
5485. iv. John Angell James Sprague (son of Rev. Dr. Win. B.
784 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Haffield, Mass.,
Sprague and Mary Lathrop), b. May 6, 1834, m. June 2, 1859, Maria
Hewson Olmstead, b. Aug. 16, 1833 (dau. of John Ingersoll Olmstead
of Albany and Mary Rockwell Bleecker). He is a farmer at Groton,
Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5494. i. Annie Rockwell Sprague, b. March 19, 1860.
5495. ii. Henrietta Lathrop Sprague, b. Jan. 17, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
5474. v. William McCrackan Lathrop (son of Hon. Samuel Lathrop
and Mary McCrackan), b. Nov. 18, 1806, m. Nov. 4, 1833, Charlotte
Elizabeth Belcher. She d. May 8, 1841 ; and he m. for 2d wife, Oct.
15, 1856, Elizabeth Rogers. He has been secretary for several years
of " The Eliot Fire Insurance Co." at Boston.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
5496. i. Charlotte Ann Lathrop, b. Aug. 19, 1834, d. at Flushing,
L. I., unmarried, April 12, 1872.
5497. ii. William Henry Lathrop, b. March 11, 1840.
By second wife :
5498. iii. Henrietta Sprague Lathrop, b. Jan. 1859.
5499. iv. Elizabeth Rogers Lathrop, b. 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
5475. vi. John Lathrop (son of Hon. Samuel Lathrop and Mary
McCrackan), b. March 6, 1809, grad. at Yale in 1829, m. July 24,
1838, Elizabeth Miller, b. at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 13,
1818 (dau. of Epaphras Miller, b. in Glastenbury, Ct., and Elizabeth
Baldwin, b. in W. Stockbridge, Mass.). He was a civil engineer
(1833—70), having previously studied law two years with his father.
His first field of professional labor was on the Chenango Canal, N. Y.,
when he resided at Oxford (1833-7). In 1837 he was engaged on the
Erie Canal enlargement, residing at Jordan, N. Y. (1837-43). From
1843 to 1849 he resided at Syracxise, N. Y., and was engaged in the
construction of the Syracuse and Oswego R. Road, of which he was
chief engineer, and in superintending improvements upon the N. Y.
Central R. Road. In 1849 he was again appointed engineer upon the
Erie Canal enlargement, and removed to Buffalo, N. Y. lie spent
two years in Illinois, in constructing a portion of The Chicago, Alton
and St. Louis R. Road, and returned to Buffalo again, which was his
home the rest of his life. In 1855 he began, as chief engineer, the
work of constructing a canal along the coast of Virginia and N. Caro-
lina, which was nearly completed when the late war stopped its further
progress. He next, and last of all, had charge of the construction of
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 785
the Erie and Pittsburgh R. Road (1862-3)— the failure of his health
at this time requiring his cessation from all further professional labor.
He d. at Buffalo, May 16, 1870, aet. 61. Two children:
5500. i. Henry Miller Lathrop, b. at Jordan, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1839,
d. in New York Dec. 7, 1868, aet. 29.
5501. ii. Elizabeth Lathrop, b. at Oxford, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1845.
Mrs. Lathrop resides now at Oxford.
[Seventh Generation.]
5476. vii. Sarah Miles Lathrop (dau. of Hon. Samuel Lathrop and
Mary McCrackan), b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Jan. 2, 1831, Prof. Henry
Bronson, M.D., b. Jan. 30, 1804 (son of Bennett Bronson of Water-
bury, Ct., and Anne Smith), grad. at the Yale Med. School in 1827,
practised medicine in W. Springfield (1827-30), in Albany, N. Y.
(1830-4), in Waterbury, Ct. (1834-45). He was appointed Prof, of
Medicine and Therapeutics in Yale College in 1842, and in 1845 re-
moved to New Haven, Ct. He resigned his professorship in 1852, to
which he was reappointed in 1853, and accepting the office anew held
it until 1860, when he became Prest. of The New Haven County Bank.
He published in 1858 The History of Waterbury, Ct., pp. 582, and in
1864 " An Historical Account of Conn. Currency, Continental Money,
and The Finances of the Revolution," as a part of " The N. H. Colony
Society Papers, vol. i." Dr. Bronson resides still (1874) in New
Haven.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5502. i. Hon. Samuel Lathrop Bronson, b. Jan. 12, 1834.
5503. ii. George Bronson, b. Sept. 22, 1836, d. Jan. 31, 1837.
5504. iii. Nathan Smith Bronson, b. Nov. 20, 1837.
5505. iv. Stephen Henry Bronson, b. Feb. 18, 1844.
5502. i. Hon. Samuel Lathrop Bronson, b. Jan. 12, 1834, in Water-
bury, grad. at Yale in 1855 and at Yale Law School in 1857, settled in
Seymour, Ct., in Jan. 1858; was a member of the State legislature in
1859. He removed in 1860 to New Haven, and in 1866 was made
judge of the City Court of New Haven. He m. Nov. 30, 1861, Fanny
Eunice Stoddard, b. Jan. 13, 1840 (dau. of Dr. Thomas Stoddard of
Seymour, Ct., grad. at Yale in 1836 and Esther Ann Gilbert).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
550G. i. )
CKA- .. /• Twins, unnamed, b. Aug. 29, 1862, that d. the next day.
5508. iii. Thomas Stoddard Bronson, b. Sept. 27, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
5504. iii. Nathan Smith Bronson (son of Prof. Henry Bronson,
M.D., and Sarah M. Lathrop), b. in Waterbury, Nov. 20, 1837, studied
78G Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
civil engineering at Yale, and was grad. as bachelor of philosophy in
1856. He became a merchant, and in 18G4 a farmer, and resides in
New Britain, Ct. He in. May 30, 18G1, Charlotte Ann Pond (dau. of
Burton Pond of Torringford, CL).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5500. i. Alice Pond Bronson, b. Aug. 23, 1862.
5510. ii. Henry Burton Bronson, b. Sept. 6, 1864, d. June 8, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
5477. viii. Elizabeth Dwight Lathrop (dau. of Hon. Samuel Lath-
rop and Mary McCrackan), b. March 3, 1813, in. Oct. 2, 1833, Wash-
ington Romeyn Vennilye (son of William W. Vermilye and Mary
Montgomery), a well-known banker in New York. She. d. at St. Au-
gustine, Fla., April 11, 1874.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5511. i. Mary Elizabeth Vermilye, b. Nov. 17, 1834, d. Jan. 18, 1836.
5512. ii. Washington Romeyn Vermilye, b. Oct. 2, 1837, is a banker
in New York, and resides with his family in Englewood, N. J.
5513. iii. Samuel Lathrop Vermilye, b. July 15, 1839, d. early.
5514. iv. George Smith Vermilye. b. March 18, 1841, d. early.
5515. v. Emily Augusta Vermilye, b. March 24, 1846, ni. Elbert
A. BrinckerhofF, and resides in Englewood, N. J.
5516. vi. Arthur Montgomery Vermilye, b. March 4, 1849, d. March
1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
5478. ix. Joseph Lathrop, b. May 22, 1815, m. Oct. 1C, 1838, Abby
Alexander Pomeroy, b. Oct. 21, 1816 (dau. of Medad and Jerusha
Pomeroy of Warwick, Mass.), is proprietor of a commercial and col-
lecting agency at St. Louis, Mo. (since 1860). From 1835 to 1860 he
resided in Northampton, Mass. She d. March 21, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5517. i. Mary Sprague Lathrop, b. Aug. 23, 1839.
5518. ii. Abby Pomeroy Lathrop, b. Aug. 23, 1841.
5519. iii. Elizabeth Dwight Lathrop, b. April 7, 1844, m. May 8,
1873, Oscar Livingston Whitelaw, a wholesale merchant in drugs,
paints, and oils in St. Louis.
5520. iv. Joseph Lathrop, b. Oct. 3, 1845, d. Dec. 21, 1846.
5521. v. Caroline Dewey Lathrop, b. Dec. 16, 1847.
5522. vi. Joseph Lathrop, b. Aug. 8, 1849.
5523. vii. Sarah Grace Lathrop, b. April 7, 1852.
**** viii. William Addison Howe Lathrop, b. Feb. 20, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
5480. xi. Martha Perkins Lathrop (dau. of Hon. Samuel Lathrop,
So-n of Timothy, So n of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 787
and Mary McCrackan), b. March 17, 1819, m. May 13, 1840, Rev. Ar-
temas Augustus Wood, D.D., b. June 22, 1811 (son of Artemas Wood
of Leominster, Mass., and Catharine Drake), grad. at Amherst in 1831,
and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1838. He was settled at W. Springfield,
Mass. (Dec. 19, 1838— Aug. 28, 1849), The Pearl St. Presb. Ch. in
New York (Sept. 1849— Feb. 1853), and the Broome St. Presb. Ch.,
N. Y. (Feb. 1853— May 1860) and was settled (1860-73), as pastor of
the Presbyterian Ch. at Geneva, N. Y. Since Nov. 1873, he has been
settled at Lyons, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5524. i. Edward Augustus Wood, b. Feb. 12, 1841, in W. Spring-
field, Mass., grad. at N. Y. Free Academy (now N. Y. College), in
1859, m. Dec. 12, 1867, Mary Elizabeth Conger (dau. of Dr. Genet
Conger, a physician for many years at Niagara Falls, but now a lumber
merchant at Geneva, N. Y., and Elizabeth ). He is a seeds-
man at Geneva.
5525. ii. Joseph Lathrop Wood, b. Oct. 28, 1843, d. May 20, 1845.
5526. iii. Clara Lathrop Wood, b. April 15, 1846, d. June 19, 1850.
5527. iv. William Lefferts Wood, b. Dec. 25, 1847, m. July 22,
1868, in Lyons, N. Y., Frances Caroline Taylor (dau. of Walter Tay-
lor). He is a bookkeeper in Indianapolis, Ind.
5528. v. Halsey Lathrop Wood, b. Dec. 7, 1849, in New York,
grad. at Ham. Coll., N. Y., in 1870, is studying medicine in New York
(1873).
[Sixth Generation.] See page 773.
5383. vi. Dwight Lathrop (son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop and
Elizabeth Dwight), b. April 9, 1780, m. Feb. 16, 1806, Lora Steb-
bins, b. March 1, 1782 (dau. of Jere. Stebbins of W. Springfield, a mer-
chant, and Elizabeth Brewster of Windham, Ct.). He was a merchant
in New York. She d. Oct. 17, 1860, aet. 78.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5529. i. Francis Stebbins Lathrop, b. Nov. 10, 1806.
5530. ii. Dwight Lathrop, b. Jan. 20, 1808, d. Feb. 2, 1851, aet. 43.
5531. iii. Henry Lathrop, b. Sept. 8, 181 1.
5532. iv. Jere. Stebbins Lathrop, b. Jan. 26, 1816.
5529. i. Francis Stebbins Lathrop, b. Nov. 10, 1806, m. July 19,
1830, Caroline M. Gilmore, b. June 1807 (dau. of William Gilmore of
Raleigh, N. C., and — — Taintor). He has been for many years
Prest. of The Union Mutual Ins. Co., N. Y. His family resides in
Madison, N. J.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5533. i, Louise Gibbons Lathrop, b. Aug. 19, 1831, m. Joseph A.
Dean.
788 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat-field, Ma xx.,
5534. ii. Frank Lathrop, b. Dec. 24, 1832, d. Dec. 12, 1866, act. 34.
5535. iii. Ellen Lathrop, b. April 9, 1834, m. Henry Hopkins.
5533. i. Louise Gibbons Lathrop, b. Aug. 19, 1831, m. June 19,
1849, Joseph Abbott Dean, a merchant in New York.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5536. L Alice Dean, b. Get 10, 1850.
5537. ii. Ellen Dean, b. Feb. 15, 1852.
5538. iii. Arthur Dean, b. July 25, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.]
5534. ii. Frank Lathrop (son of Francis S. Lathrop and Caroline
Gilmore), b. Dec. 24, 1832, m. Nov. 12, 1856, Isabel Gibbons, b. March
1833 (dau. of William Gibbons of Madison, N. J., and Abby Taintor).
He was a farmer at Madison, N. J. He d. at Morristown, N. J., Dec.
12, 1866, aet. 34.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5539. i. William Gibbons Lathrop, b. Feb. 19, 1859.
5540. ii. Francis Stebbins Lathrop, b. Dec. 28, I860.
5541. iii. Louise Gibbons Lathrop, b. April 4, 1863.
[Eighth Generation.]
5535. iii. Ellen Lathrop (dau. of Francis S. Lathrop and Caroline
Gilmore), b. April 9, 1834, m. Nov. 13, 1851, Henry Hopkins, a
banker in New York.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5542. i. Frank Lathrop Hopkins, b. Jan. 17, 1853.
5543. ii. Henry Hopkins, b. Feb. 17, 1854, d. May 15, 1854.
5544. iii. Ellen Hopkins, b. May 30, 1855.
5545. iv. Edward McAlister Hopkins, b. July 10, 1857.
5546. v. Caroline Lathrop Hopkins, b. March 2, 1859.
5547. vi. Fanny Hopkins, b. Jan. 25, 1861.
5548. vii. Richard Hopkins, b. Sept. 4, 1862.
5549. viii. Marie Gilmore Hopkins, b. April 17, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
5530. ii. Dwight Lathrop, Jr. (son of Dwight Lathrop of New
York and Lora Stebbins), b. Jan. 20, 1808, m. June 9, 1831, Mary M.
Stebbins (dau. of Edward Stebbins, a merchant in Savannah, Ga., b.
at West Springfield, Mass., Aug. 21, 1765, and Ann Taylor. Edward
Stebbins was the bro. of Jere. Stebbins, who m. Elizabeth Brewster.
See previous page). He d. at New York, Feb. 2, 1851 : she d. at
Macon, Ga., Aug. 1864. He was a merchant in New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5550. i. Catharine Ann Lathrop, b. March 9, 1832, d. Aug. 1832.
Son of Timotliy, Son of John, lotli ofDedham, Mass. 789
5551. ii. Dwight Lathrop, 3d, b. July 27, 1833, m. April 1865,
Maria Louise Brantley of Macon, Ga. She d. Oct. 1865. He was a
merchant in Savannah, Ga., and d. there Dec. 1866, aet. 33, without
issue.
5552. iii. Edward Stebbins Lathrop, "]
I twins, b. July 27, 1835.
5553. iv. Francis Henry Lathrop, f a merchant in New York,
J unmarried.
5554. v. Mary Cleland Lathrop, b. Oct. 2, 1839, m. James R. Gib-
son.
5553. iv. Edward Stebbins Lathrop (twin), b. July 27, 1835, m.
Georgia M. Brantley of Macon, Ga. (sister of the wife of his brother
Dwight). He is a merchant in Savannah, Ga. One son :
5555. 1. Dwight Lathrop, b. May 1866.
[Eighth Generation.]
5554. v. Mary Cleland Lathrop (dau. of Dwight Lathrop, Jr., and
Mary M. Stebbins), b. Oct. 2, 1839, m. Sept. 26, 1860, James Renwick
Gibson, Jr. He is an insurance broker in New York, and resides in
Brooklyn.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5556. i. .Robert Renwick Gibson, b. July 1861.
5557. ii. Maude Gibson, b. May 27, 1862, d. Aug. 12, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
5531. iii. Henry Lathrop (son of Dwight Lathrop and Lora Stebbins),
b. Sept. 8, 1811, m. Sept. 26, 1849, Clara Stebbins, b. Jan. 19, 1823
(dau. of Dr. Daniel Stebbins of Northampton and Elizabeth Gerrish
Knapp, his 2d wife). He is a merchant in Savannah, Ga.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5558. i. Henry Stebbins Lathrop, b. July 28, 1850, d. May 14, 1853.
5559. ii. Joseph Dwight Lathrop, b. Oct. 11, 1851.
5560. iii. Clara Welles Lathrop, b. May 22, 1853.
5561. iv. Bessie Stebbins Lathrop, b. Nov. 8, 1854.
5562. v. Charles Henry Lathrop, b. Jan. 19, 1858, d. May 21, 1859.
5563. vi. Lucia Lathrop, b. May 7, 1860.
[Dr. Daniel Stebbins was b. April 2, 1766, and grad. at Yale in 1788.
He practised medicine for a short time in Longmeadow, Mass. (1791-
3), where he was also town-clerk. He m. May 1792, his cousin, Cla-
rissa Snow, and went to S. Hadley in 1793, and in 1806 to Northamp-
ton, Mass., where his wife d. without issue, July 26, 1820, aet. 53. He
m. for 2d wife, July 26, 1821, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerrish Long (widow of
Charles Long of Newburyport, Mass., and dau. of Enoch and Rachel
Knapp). He was elected County Treasurer in 18 12, which office he
790 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit ofHatftld,
had until 1844. He d. 185G, at the great age of 90. He was much in-
terested in genealogical and biographical matters.]
[Seventli Generation.]
5532. iv. Jere. Stebbius Lathrop (son of D wight Lathrop and Lora
Stebbins), b. Jan. 26, 1816, in. Oct. 23, 1838, Elizabeth Long, b. Dec.
22, 1813 (dau. of Charles Long of Newburyport, Mass., and Elizabeth
Gerrish Knapp, who after his death m. as his 2d wife Dr. Daniel Steb-
bins of Northampton, Mass., Dec. 12, 1821). He was a merchant in
Savannah, Ga., but has resided for several years, retired from business,
at Northampton, Mass. They have one child :
5564. 1. Elizabeth Stebbius Lathrop, b. July 19, 1841.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 761.
5264. iv. Ebenezer Dwight (son of Capt. Seth D wight of Hatfield,
Mass., and Abigail Strong), b. Aug. 26, 1738, m. Feb. 27, 1783,
Bethiah Truesdell of William sburgh, Mass. (dau. of Truesdell
and Burnham). He was a farmer at Hatfield, Mass., where he
d. May 15, 1814, aet. 76. She d. June 29, 1826. "He was a very
modest man, whose worth was best known in his own family." Says a
daughter-in-law : " In twenty years' connection with it, 1 never heard
him speak a cross word. He was devotedly fond of his family " — a
man of a gentle spirit and of a warm, loving heart.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5565. i. Elizabeth Dwight, b. Aug. 10. 1784, d. unmarried June 9,
1816, aet. 32.
5566. ii. Ebenezer D wight, b. Nov. 3, 1785, d. Sept. 15, 1821, aet. 36.
5567. iii. Bethiah Dwight, b. March 29, 1787, m. Roswell Knight,
andd. Aug. 29, 1812, aet. 25.
5568. iv. Mary Dwight, b. Dec. 6, 1789, d. unmarried Sept. 25,
1835, aet. 45.
5569. v. Sarah Dwight, b. March 27, 1790, lived unmarried at Hat-
field, and d. there Sept. 6, 1871, aet. 81, an humble, devoted Christian.
5570. vi. Pamelia Dwight, b. Dec. 1, 1791, d. unmarried July 23,
1844, aet. 50.
5571. vii. William Dwight, b. Dec. 3, 1793, d. Feb. 29, 1864, aet. 71.
The unmarried sisters of this family are all described as having been
" invalids, but always cheerful and happy Christians, and excellent
women ; " and " the bearing of the whole family as thoroughly reli-
gious."
5566. ii. Ebenezer Dwight, Jr., b. Nov. 3, 1785, m. Sept. 17, 1807,
Sally Porter (dau. of Silas Porter and Mary Graves). He was a farmer
at Hatfield, Mass., " a sober and industrious man, and in comfortable
circumstances." He d. at Granville, O., Sept. 15, 1821, while travel-
ling at the west to find a new home for his family, aet. 36. His wife
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, botli ofDedliam, Mass. 791
also d. away from home, at Springfield, Mass., while there on a visit,
Sept., 1838.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5572. i. Mary Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1809, m. and resided in Newark,
N. J.
5573. ii. Bethiah Dwight, b. Feb. 7, 1811, d. about 1830.
5574. iii. Roswell Dwight, b. Aug. 11, 1813.
5575. iv. Sarah Dwight, b. Sept. 1815, d. in early infancy.
5576. v. Samuel Dwight, b. Oct. 3, 1816, is a farmer in Marshall-
town, Marshall Co., Iowa. He made no response whatever to letters
of inquiry.
55/4. iii. Roswell Dwight, b. Aug. 11, 1813, m. June 4, 1837,
Elosia Skid more, b. Nov. 8, 1812, at Sandgate, Bennington Co., Yt.
(dau. of Philo and Elizabeth Skidmore). He is a farmer in Castalia,
Erie Co., O., and was previously in Margaretta, O., where all his chil-
dren but one were born.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Oscar Dwight, b. May 4, 1838, at Avon, Livingston Co.,
N. Y., m. March 18, 1868, Harriet S. Jones of Castalia, O. He is a
farmer at Castalia, O.
**** ii. Eveline Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1839, m. Feb. ll, 1863, Peter
Bardshar, who d. Sept. 19, 1864, a farmer at Castalia.
**** iii. Mary Lamira Dwight, b. Dec. 31, 1842, m. Dec. 16, 1867,
John A. Wilson, a farmer in Toledo, O. Two children.
1. Charles Dwight Wilson, b. Sept. 30, 1868.
2. Eva Wilson, b. Oct. 8, 1870.
**** iv. Henry E. Dwight, b. March 21, 1845, m. Sept. 5, 1867,
Sarah McCarty. She d. April 30, 1870. He m. Nov. 17, 1871, Ella
Mygatt. He is a blacksmith at Galion, O. One child :
**** 1. Dora Belle Dwight, b. Jan. 1873.
**** v- Emily Ann Dwight, b. April 13, 1847, resides unmarried
at Castalia.
**** vi. Albert Dwight, b. June 17, 1849, a telegraph operator at
Castalia, O.
**** vii. Frederick Dwight, b. July 16, 1851, m. Oct. 13, 1872,
Eva Caswell of Margaretta, O. He is a farmer at Castalia, O.
**** viii. Frank Dwight, b. April 23, 1854, a farmer at Castalia.
[Sixth Generation.]
5567. iii. Bethiah Dwight (dau. of Ebenezer Dwight and Bethiah
Truesdell), b. March 29, 1787, m. Feb. 8, 1810, Roswell Knight, b. in
Huntington, Mass, (son of Samuel and Betsey Knight). He lived at
Hatfield, and also at Westhampton, Mass., where he d. Oct. 1831. She
d. Aug. 29, 1812.
792 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5577. i. Ebenezer Knight, b. in 1811, d. soon.
5578. ii. Bethiah Knight, b. Aug. 20, 1812, m. Oct. 28, 1834, Eleazer
Ilubbard Packard, b. July 15, 1810, in Enfield, Mass, (son of Abram
Packard and Betsey Hubbard), a fanner in Hatfield. He d. Jan. 1841.
They had one son :
5579. 1. George Dwight Packard, b. Sept. 25, 1838, in. Dec. 31,
1865, Sarah Parsons (dau. of Cephas Parsons of Northampton, Mass.,
and afterwards of Dover, Del., and Sarah Phelps). He was a farmer
at Hatfield, and d. there March 7, 1867 : she d. at Dover, Del., Feb.
11, 1869. No issue.
[Sixth Generation.]
5071. vii. William Dwight (son of Ebenezer Dwight and Bethiah
Truesdell), b. Dec. 3, 1793, m. May 31, 1815, Rebecca Sadler of Wil-
liamsburgh, Mass., b. Sept. 26, 1790 (dau. of Noah W. Sadler and
Mary Truesdell). He was a farmer at Hatfield, where he d. Feb. 29,
1864, aet. 70 : she d. Aug. 18, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5580. i. Henry Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1817.
5581. ii. Sarah Truesdell Dwight, b. Jan. 10, 1819, d. Oct. 10, 1839.
5582. iii. Ebenezer Dwight, b. June 20, 1820.
5583. iv. Sophia Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1823, m. Oct. 6, 1866, Otis
Chickering of Enfield, Mass, (son of Nathl. Chickering of Enfield and
Fanny Nelson), a farmer. No issue.
5584. v. Ruth Sadler Dwight, b. April 1, 1826, m. Alon/o Dennis.
5585. vi. Jane Maria Dwight, b. May 3, 1829, m. Philetus S. El-
well.
5580. i. Henry Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1817, m. Jan. 4, 1849, Flora
Elvira Field, b. Nov. 13, 1823 (dau. of Orange Field and Rhoda
Greaves). He is a farmer at Hatfield. From Mrs. Dwight the facts
here presented concerning the descendants of Ebenezer Dwight, Senior,
were obtained. They have had one son :
5586. 1. Silas Sadler Dwight, b. Nov. 19, 1849, a farmer in Hat-
field, m. May 7, 1872, Isabel L. Parsons, b. July 10, 1848 (dau. of
Israel A. Parsons of Lynnfield, Mass., and Emily R. Wiley).
[Seventh Generation.]
5582. iii. Ebenezer Dwight (son of William Dwight and Rebecca
Sadler), b. June 20, 1820, m. Jan. 4, 1844, Sarah Ann Strong, b. Dec.
12, 1828 (dau. of Horatio Strong of Hatfield and Sarah Elwell. See
Hist, of the Strong Family by the author, vol. i. p. 563). He is a
farmer at Hatfield.
Son of Timothy, Son of Join i, loth of Dedham, Mass. 793
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5587. i. Marietta Jane Dwight, b. April 13, 1849.
5588. ii. Anna Maria Dwight, b. Feb. 3, 1855.
5589. iii. Lillian Isabella Dwight, b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. Jan. 22, 1870
[Seventh Generation.]
5584. v. Ruth Sadler Dwight, b. April 1, 1826, m. Jan. 2, 1850
Alonzo Dennis (son of Dolphin Dennis of Woodstock, Yt., and Mary
Rogers), a farmer at Hatfield, Mass. He enlisted in 18G1 in the 31st
Mass. Regt., and after serving his country as a soldier for a little more
than a year, d. in hospital at Fort Jackson, on the Mississippi, Dec.
13, 1862. His widow resides still (1874) at Hatfield.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5590. i. Sarah Cordelia Dennis, b. July 28, 1852, m. May 7, 1873,
Alson Cowles, b. Aug. 14, 1851 (son of Edwin W. Cowles of Belcher-
town, Mass., and Ann M. Perry), a miller in Hatfield.
5591. ii. George Alonzo Dennis, b. Jiine 29, 1855.
5592. iii. William Dwight Dennis, b. Jan. 6, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
5585. vi. Jane Maria Dwight (dau. of William Dwight and Rebecca
Sadler), b. May 3, 1829, m. April 7, 1866, Philetus Stiles Elwell, b.
April 12, 1829 (son of Jesse Elwell of Westhampton, Mass., and Eliz-
abeth Stiles Norton. See Hist, of Strong Family by the author of this
work, vol. ii. pp. 1407-8), a farmer in Southampton, Mass. No chil-
dren.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 761.
5266. vi. Ensign Josiah Dwight (son of Capt. Seth Dwight of Hat-
field and Abigail Strong), b. Nov. 6, 1747, m. about 1768 Tabitha Bige-
low of Providence, R. I.
He was a farmer and hotel-keeper at Williamsbui-gh, Mass., and was
considered " the father of the town." He was, with his wife, a mem-
ber of the Cong, church from its very organization in the place, and
was always sure to be found on the right side of every good cause in
the town, whether new or old. He was for many years one of the
principal Selectmen of Williamsburgh, and was greatly esteemed and
beloved as a wise counsellor and a valued friend. He was large and
fine-looking, and very dignified in his personal appearance. He d.
Sept. 10, 1796, aet. 49. Mrs. Tabitha Dwight was also fine-looking,
as well as energetic and enterprising, and desirous of making property.
She managed her household affairs with much skill, and every one re-
spected her for her talents and chai-acter. Mrs. Lydia P. Graves, an
intelligent lady, then 89 years of age, all of which but six years she
51
704 Dcxc€n<l<rnfx of Henry D>ri</ltt of Hat field, Mass.,
had spent in "Williamsburgh, was the author's informant of these par-
ticulars, at her own house, several yeai's since. The estate of Ensign
Josiah D wight was inventoried at $5,200.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
5593. i. Seth D wight, b. Dec. 15, 1769, d. April 3, 1825, act. 55.
5594. ii. Abigail Dwight, b. Sept. 22, 1771, d. Oct. 18, 1771.
5595. iii. Josiah Dwight, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1772.
5596. iv. Dorus Dwight, b. Oct. 4 (bapt. Oct. 9), 1774.
5597. v. Abigail Dwight, 2d, b. Sept. 2, 1776, m. Moses Wells, and
for a 2d husband Jonathan Bliss.
5598. vi. Daniel Dwight, b. July 2, 1778, d. Aug. 10, 1805, aet. 27.
5599. vii. Tabitha Dwight, b. June 4, 1781, m. Ezekiel Bates.
5593. i. Seth Dwight, b. Dec. 15, 1769, at Williamsburgh, Mass.,
m. Dec. 30, 1790, Hannah Strong, b. in Coventry, Ct., March 19, 1768
(dan. of Rev. Joseph Strong of Williamsburgh, Mass., and Jane Gel-
ston. See Hist, of Strong Family by the author, vol. i. pp. 399-400).
He was a merchant at Williamsburgh, and afterwards at Utica, N.
Y., and Buffalo. He was less a man of business than one of strong
and even gay social instincts, and inclined much more to skeptical
views than to religious convictions. He is described by those who knew
him as a man of handsome features, and of a showy presence and
agreeable manners, and very vivacious. She was quite observably op-
posite to him in all her natural characteristics, and cherished habits of
feeling, having a character full of solid qualities, and being earnestly
religious in her aims and aspirations, aud remarkable for her gentle
spirit. She d. at Utica, April 15, 1813. He m. for a 2d wife, March
17, 1814, widow Susan Hewson, nee Hooker, b. in Conway, Mass.,
Sept. 19, 1779 (widow of Caspar Hewson, a German, of Albany, N. Y.,
and dau. of Samuel Hooker of Utica, and previously of Barre, Mass.,
and Rachel Hind). He d. April 3, 1825, at Buffalo, 1ST. Y., aet. 55.
She d. at E. Boston, Mass., June 8, 1861.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
5600. i. Harriet Dwight, b. Feb. 21, 1792, m. James Dana, and d.
Sept. 13, 1870. aet. 78.
5601. ii. Delia Jane Holcombe Dwight, b. March 8, 1794, m. Rev.
Jolxn White.
5602. iii. Emily Olcott Dwight, b. at Williamsburgh, Mass., July
1796, d. in Conway, Mass., Aug. 1803.
5603. iv. Mary Ann Dwight, b. in Conway, Mass., in 1798, d. in
Sterling, Mass., Aug. 1807.
5604. v. Cornelia Strong Dwight, b. Dec. 8, 1801, m. William Jus-
tus Buck, and d. June 5, 1846.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 795
5605. vi. Rev. Harrison Gray Otis Dwiglit, D.D., b. Nov. 22, 1803,
d. Jan. 25, 1862.
5606. vii. Maria Matilda Dwight, b. June 5, 1806, d. July 1, 1806.
Jly second wife:
5607. viii. Susan Hooker Dwight, b. Feb. 14, 1815, m. Dr. Phineas
M. Crane.
5608. ix. William Hooker Dwiglit, b. at Utica, Sept. 15, 1817, m.
March 29, 1847, Emily Chester Burnett of Charlestown, Mass., with-
out issue. He was a merchant at Winona, Minn., and afterwards a
farmer. He d. at Mendota, 111., Nov. 29, 1862, aet. 45. His widow
m. for 2d husband James L. Ives of Ogdensburgh, N. Y.
5609. x. Eliza Kirkland Dwight, b. April 24, 1820, m. William B.
S. Gay.
5600. i. Harriet Dwight, b. at Williamsburgh, Mass., Feb. 21, 17-92,
m. May 7, 1812, Dea. James Dana, b. at Ashburnham, Mass., May 29,
1780 (son of George Dana and Elizabeth Parks). He became early a
resident of Utica, N. Y., where he was at first a saddler and harness-
maker, but became ere long a hardware merchant, and very successful
in business. He was a man of great simplicity of character, and of
thorough honesty, indiistry and piety, and was 'regarded with great
reverence by all who knew him when in his advanced years of Chris-
tian experience and excellence. He was an elder in the First Presb.
Ch. of Utica for 32 years (1828-60). He d. Jan. 7, 1860, aet. 79,
having spent 50 years and more of his life at Utica. She was said to
greatly resemble her excellent mother in the mingled firmness, gentle-
ness and religiousness of her character. She . d. at Norwood, N. J.,
Sept. 13, 1870, aet. 78.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5610. i. Prof. James Dwight Dana, LL.D., b. Feb. 12, 1818.
5611. ii. George Strong Dana, b. Feb. 13, 1815, d. May 30, 1859,
aet. 44.
5612. iii. John White Dana, M.D., b. March 28, 1817, was one of the
firm of " James Dana & Co.," hardware merchants in Utica (his father
and brother George being the other members of the firm), and doing
a lucrative business, when, in 1840 (aet. 23) he became sick at heart of
mere merchandise and money -making, and, fitting himself with great
energy and despatch for college, entei'ed Columbia Coll., N. Y., from
which he was graduated with honor in 1843. He was grad. in his
medical studies in " The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New
York," in 1846. Establishing himself in his profession in New York,
he fell a victim to cholera there, Aug. 27, 1849, aet. 32. He re-
mained at his post while others fled, and devoted himself especially to
the care of the poor. He might jxistly have been expected to have
796 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
attained to superior excellence in his chosen profession, from his enthu-
siastic devotion to its duties, had his life been spared but a few years
longer. "
5613. iv. Harriet Dwight Dana, b. April 8, 1819, m. J. Wyman
Jones.
5614. v. Harrison D wight Dana, b. May 29, 1822, drowned in the
Mohawk river, at Utica, June 15, 1833.
5615. vi. Henry Dana, b. Sept. 18, 1824, d. June 2, 1828.
5616. vii. Cornelia Elizabeth Dana, b. March 23, 1827, d. Sept. 7,
1854, aet. 27.
5617. viii. William Buck Dana, b. Aug. 26, 1829, grad. at Yale in
1851, m. Sept. 18, 1853, Catharine Floyd (dau. of John B. Floyd of
Mastic, L. I.). He was for several years a practising lawyer at Utica,
but has been for some 15 years past the editor and proprietor of " The
Merchant's Magazine " (formerly " Hunt's Merchant's Magazine "),
published in New York. He has had no children.
5618. ix. Delia White Dana, b. Dec. 9, 1832, m. Curtiss White.
5619. x. Elizabeth Dana, b. July 7, 1835, d. Aug. 10, 1835.
[Dana is a name of Huguenot origin wherever found in this country.
Richard Dana, b. in France in 1612, or thereabouts, fled to England in
1629, and emigrated thence to this country in 1640, and in 1647 m.
Ann Bullard of Cambridge, Mass. He had a son, Daniel Dana, b. March
20, 1663, whom. Naomi Croswell. Their son, Caleb Dana, b. in 1097,
was a tanner in Cambridge (now Brighton), Mass., and d. there aet.
72, April 28, 1769. He left an estate of £5,839 18s. 4d. as apprais-
ed— of which real estate was £5,468 13s. 4d., and personal was
£371 5s. 8d. He m. July 14, 1726, Phebe Chandler, b. in 1707 (dau.
of Thomas Chandler of Andover, Mass., and Mary Stevens, da\i. of
Dea. Joseph Stevens of Andover).
Caleb Dana had six children : 1 , Caleb Dana, Jr. 2, Phebe Dana, who
m. Henry Coolidge. 3, Priscilla Dana. 4, Caleb Dana, 2d. 5, llev.
James Dana, D.D., b. in 1735, grad. at Harvard in 1753, and settled
at New Haven, Ct., see Sprague's Annals Am. Pxilpit. 6, George
Dana, b. Jan. 1, 1744, who ni. Feb. 14, 1764, Margaret Clark (dau. of
Capt. John Clark of Waltham, Mass., and Hannah Cutting), and for
a 2d wife, in 1771, Eliza Parks, b. Jan. 18, 1749. He had 10 children.
For fuller account of Dana Genealogy, see the history of the Chandler
Family, Boston, 1872. See also account of Ohio Danas, under larger
account of the descendants of Hon. Peregrine Foster of Belpre, O.].
[Eighth Generation.]
5610. i. Prof. James Dwight Dana, LL.D. (son of James Dana of
Utica, N. Y., and Harriet Dwight), b. Feb. 12, 1813, was grad. at
Son of Timothy, Son of John, b oth ofDedham, Mass. 79 7
Yale in 1833. He m. June 5, 1844, Henrietta Frances Silliman, b.
April 30, 1823 (dan. of Prof. Benjamin Silliman, LL.D., of Yale
College, and Harriet Trumbull, dau. of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, 2d,
of Connecticut). He evinced while in college a special relish for the
studies in which he has since so distinguished himself as the chief
scientific man yet produced in this country. For two years after his
graduation he taught mathematics to midshipmen in the TJ. S. Navy.
During the two succeeding years he was an assistant of Prof. Silliman
in his laboratory at Yale. In Dec. 1836 he was appointed Mineralogist
and Geologist to the U. S. Exploring Expedition, which, under Com.
Wilkes, sailed, live vessels composing the squadron, in Aug. 1838, on a
voyage around the world. In 1837, before going to the Pacific, he
published the first edition of his " Mineralogy," which has ever been
accounted a standard work, and has been since, in successive editions,
greatly enlarged. After his return to his native land, in June 1842,
he busied himself for 13 years (1842—55), under government-pay, in
preparing for publication the results of his own researches in the ex-
pedition, as well as the various reports of it which were committed to
his care. During a brief period of this time (1842-4), he resided at
Washington, D. C., but since 1844 has resided continuously at New
Haven, Ct. Of the " Reports," three in number, thus prepared by
him, only 200 copies each were printed by the Government. They
were " A Report on Zoophytes," a quarto of 740 pages, with an
atlas of 61 folio pages, published in 1846 ; " A Report on the Geology
of the Pacific," a quarto of 756 pages, with an atlas of 21 plates; " A
Report on Crustacea," a quarto of 1620 pages, with an atlas of 96 plates
in folio.
In 1850 he was elected Silliman Prof, of Geology at Yale, but did
not enter upon his duties as such until 1855, on account of his. engage-
ments with the Government as already described. In 1864, the de-
scription of his professorship was made to include also Mineralogy.
Beside " Dana's Mineralogy," he is the author also of " Dana's Manual
of Geology " pub. in 1862, and of " Corals and Coral Islands," pub. in
1872. He has also written at various times for " The Bibliotheca
Sacra" (Aiidover, Mass.), and "The New Englander" (New Haven,
Ct.), and occasionally for the newspapers, articles of much interest on
various scientific topics. Infidel speculations have never found any
scientific honor or toleration at his hands. He has been ever a man of
most unwearied habits of mental application, and full of earnestness in
his devotion to the claims of both science and religion. He has been
for many years the active editor of " The American Journal of Science
and Arts," founded in 1819 by Prof. Silliman at New Haven.
Prof. Dana has been treated with distinguished honor by several
798 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of IJafficlJ, Mass.,
foreign scientific societies. At the annual meeting in 1872 of the
Geological Society of London, Eng., the Wollaston Gold Medal, the
highest honor awarded by the Society, was conferred upon him. The
President, Mr. Joseph Prestwich, remarked at the time : " Professor
Dana's works have a world-wide reputation. An able naturalist and
skilful mineralogist, he has studied our science with advantages of
which few of us can boast. His contributions to it embrace cosmical
questions of primaiy importance, palaeontological questions of special
interest, and recent phenomena in their bearings on the right study of
rocks, especially of volcanic origin. We feel that the bonds of friend-
ship and brotherhood are strengthened among all civilized nations by
their one common and kindred pursuit of truth in the various branches
of Science." He was elected also, in 1872, " Doctor of Philosophy and
Master of Liberal Arts " by the Royal Bavarian Academy of Munich,
on the occasion of its Fourth Centennial Anniversary, and was the only
foreigner so noticed. He has still more recently been elected (1873) a
member of the French Academy of Sciences, and is the only American
as the author conceives, beside Bache and Agassiz, that has ever received
this honor.
[Prof. Benjamin Silliman, LL.D., b. in Trumbull, Fail-field Co., Ct.,
Aug. 8, 1779, was the son of Brig. Genl. Gold Selleck Silliman and
Maiy Fish, dau. of Rev. Jos. Fish of Stonington, Ct. They resided in
Fail-field, Ct. He was grad. at Yale in 1796, tutor there (1799-1802)
for 3 yeai-s, and for 51 years Prof, of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geol-
ogy (1802-53), being Prof. Emeritus for 11 years afterwards, to the day
of his death, Nov. 24, 1864. lie was remarkable for his fine personal
appearance, his very gentlemanly manners, his genial qualities and his
high magnetic enthusiasm in his varied work as a teacher, public lec-
turer, journalist and author. Whoever may now or in future years
excel him at any time in the extent or exactness of his scientific knowl-
edge, his name will ever be honored in the history of our country's
growth to greatness as that of the father of all true science upon our
shores. He was the first one to lecture in this land, if not anywhere in
the world, on scientific subjects, before a miscellaneous audience, which
he often did with great success in several of our large cities. It would
be difficult to overstate the amount of stimulation that he gave to the
educated mind of the country. It is believed that, next after Prest.
D wight, no one in the nation, beside Moses Stuart, has so roused the
mental activity of large classes of studious minds in the direction of his
own special tastes and attainments as Prof. Silliman.
In making a geological survey of Connecticut, he was the first to
initiate that long and most useful series of State-surveys which has
thrown before the eyes of the world the spectacle of the vast and before
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 799
unimagined riches with which the Great Maker of all things has stored
our immense continent.
Harriet Trumbull, his wife, b. Sept. 2, 1783, d. Jan. 18, 1850, aet. 6G.]
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
5620. i. Frances Henrietta Dana, b. July 24, 1846, in. Nov. 3, 1870,
George Douglas Coit of Norwich, Ct., b. Jan. 2, 1845 (son of Charles
Coit of Norwich, and Sarah Grosvenor), grad. at the Yale Scientific
School in 1866. He is a bank officer and insurance agent in Norwich.
They have one child :
**** 1. George Dana Coit, b. Sept. 29, 1873.
5621. ii. Edward Salisbury Dana, b. Nov. 16, 1849, grad. at Yale
in 1870, pursued his scientific studies in Germany since graduation, and
has just (1873) been chosen tutor at Yale.
5622. iii. James Silliman Dana, b. April 19, 1853, d. Aug. 16, 1861.
5623. iv. Harriet Trumbull Dana, b. Dec. 22, 1857, d. Aug. 27, 1861.
5624. v. Arnold Guyot Dana, b. Aug. 29, 1862.
5625. vi. Maria Trumbull Dana, b. March 19, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
5611. ii. George Strong Dana (son of James Dana of Utica and
Harriet D wight), b. Feb. 13, 1815, m. Sept. 18, 1838, Huldah Beach
"Wright, b. July 4, 1815 (dau. of Zenas Wright of Utica, b. in North-
ampton, Mass., and Melinda Beach, b. in Torrington, Ct.). He was a
hardware merchant at Utica, N. Y., and a manufacturer of locks and
screws, active, enterprising, and successful in business, and a man of
public spirit. He was conspicuous also for his modest, amiable and
genial characteristics as a Christian gentleman. He d. at Piermont,
N. Y., May 30, 1859. His widow still resides at Utica.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5626. i. James Wright Dana, b. Aug. 18, 1842, is a hardware mer-
chant in Utica, of the old firm of " Dana & Co.," and is unmarried.
5627. ii. George Silliman Dana, b. March 7, 1844, was educated at
the U. S. Naval School at Annapolis, Md. He is now a clerk in New
York (1874).
5628. iii. Mary Brantley Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1848.
5629. iv. William Dwight Dana, b. May 1, 1855, d. Aug. 8, 1855.
[Eighth Generation.]
5613. iv. Harriet Dwight Dana (dau. of James Dana and Harriet
Dwight), b. April 8, 1819, m. Aug. 14, 184G, John Wyman Jones, b.
at Eufield, Ct., May 2, 1822) son of John Jones and Ruth Arven of
Enfield, N. H.), grad. at Dartmouth in 1841. He practised law in New
York a few years (1844-9), and at Utica, N. Y., where he ere long
engaged in agricultural pursuits (1849-58). Since 1858 he has resided
800 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield Mass.,
at Englewood, N. J., and been engaged extensively in building rail-
roads and buying and selling real estate.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5630. i. James Dana Jones, b. at Utica, June 18, 1850, grad. at
Yale in 1871.
5631. ii. Dwight Arven Jones, b. at Utica, Oct. 25, 1854, now in
Yale in the class of 1875.
[Eighth Genei-ation.]
5618. ix. Delia White Dana (dau. of James Dana and Harriet
Dwight), b. Dec. 9, 1832, m. May 12, 1858, Nathan Curtiss White (son
of Braiuerd White of Winsted, Ct.) He was a lawyer at Utica for
several years, but has resided of late at Norwood, N. J., and is Secy,
of The Palestine Exploring Expedition.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5632. i. George Dana White, b. April 24, 1859.
5633. ii. Edward Harrison White, b. May 5, 1861.
5634. iii. A daughter, unnamed, b. and d. Dec. 19, 1862.
5635. iv. Harriet Dwight White, b. Sept. 27, 1864, d. at Norwood,
N. J., April 5, 1871.
[Seventh Generation.]
5601. ii. Delia Jane Holcombe Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight and
Hannah Strong), b. at Williamsburgh, Mass., March 8, 1794, m. Jan.
1, 1817, Rev. John White of Dedham, Mass.,b. Dec. 2, 1787 (son of
Dea. John White of Concord, Mass., and Esther Kettell of Charles-
town, his second wife, whom he m. Nov. 11, 1778, and whod. July 31,
1804), grad. at Harvard in 1S05, and tutor at Bowdoin Coll. for 1 year
(1808-9). He was an Unitarian clergyman, settled for nearly 38 years
at West Dedham, Mass. (1814-52), where he d. Feb. 1, 1852, aet. 64.
" He was a man of great personal excellence, calm in temperament,
discreet in judgment, thorough in principle and earnest in his purposes
of life — frank in the expression of his feelings and opinions, and gener-
ous in his interpretation of others, and a man of great consistency of
character, whose chief sermon to the world was his beautiful life."
Mrs. Delia D. White m. for a 2d husband, May 25, 1859, Benjamin
Dudley Emerson, b. April 20, 1781 (son of Col. Benjamin Emerson of
Hampstead, N. II., and Ruth Tucker), grad. at Dartmouth in 1805, for
many years a teacher in the public schools of Boston. In his later
years he lived at Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mass. He d. Oct. 1,
1872, aet. 91. She d. there Dec. 6, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first marriage :
5636. i. Elizabeth Jane White, b. Nov. 5, 1818, m. Benjamin II.
Silsbee.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 801
5637. ii. Delia Dwight White, b. Oct. 14, 1825, m. Nov. 19, 1857,
John Hill Thorndike, b. in Boston, June 1, 1811 (son of John Prince
Thorndike of Boston, who d. at Newport, R. I., Aug. 6, 1865, and
Sarah Hill who d. there July 13, 1870), an architect in Boston. No
children.
• 5636. i. Elizabeth Jane White, b. Nov. 5, 1818, m. Oct. 21, 1840,
Benjamin Hodges Silsbee, b. Oct. 23, 1811 (son of William Silsbee of
Salem, Mass., and Mary ), a merchant in Salem, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5638. i. Elizabeth White Silsbee, b. Oct. 11, 1841.
5639. ii. Margaret Silsbee, b. March 2, 1850.
5640. iii. Francis Henry Silsbee, b. April 7, 1852.
[Seventh Generation.]
5604. v. Cornelia Strong Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight and Hannah
Strong), b. in Conway, Mass., Dec. 8, 1801, m. about 1830, William
Justus Buck, b. Dec. 8, 1802, at Chester, Ct. (son of Justus Buck of
Chester and Mary Higley Mills), a hardware merchant in New York,
where she d. June 5, 1846, aet. 44, and he d. April 7, 1866, aet. 63.
They had one child :
5641. 1. Cornelia Mills Buck, b. Jan. 9, 1833. She resides at Nor-
wood, N. J., Tinmarried (1874).
[Seventh Generation.]
5605. vi. Rev. Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, D.D. (son of Seth
Dwight and Hannah Strong), b. at Conway, Mass., Nov. 22, 1803, was
grad. at Hamilton College, N. Y.,in 1825, and at Andover Theol. Sem.
in 1828. He was agent of the A. B. C. F. M. (1828-9) for a short
.time, and was ordained and commissioned, July 15, 1829, as a Mis-
sionary of the American Boai'd to the east, at Gr. Barrington, Mass.,
and sailed for Malta Jan. 1830. The same year he started, with Eli
Smith, D.D., on an exploring tour through Asia Minor, Persia, Ar-
menia and Georgia, of 15 months' duration. At the end of it, in July
1831, he settled at Constantinople, and became one of the founders of
the Mission to the Armenians. Manifesting remarkable executive abili-
ties and sound judgment, especially in times of perplexity and danger,
together with unwavering trust in God through scenes of severest trial,
he became ere long a leader in counsel for all the missions of the east,
and was soon recognized, not only at home but in Great Britain also,
and the Protestant countries of Europe, as among the foremost in zeal
and skill of all the missionaries that had ever gone forth from the
American churches. He was the fir*>t " Frank " that gained a resi-
dence for himself within the walls of old Stamboul, which he used ever
afterwards with great and growing advantage to the cause of evangel-
802 Descendants of Henry J)wi<jlit of Ilatfald, Mass.,
ism. in Turkey. In addition to constant preaching and daily religious
labors with the natives in whose neighborhood he lived, his correspon-
dence with the secretaries at home, with other missionaries, and with
leading Christians in many parts of the world, was exceedingly diversified
and voluminous. He composed books and tracts in the native lan-
guages, translated portions of the sacred scriptures and was the author
of several volumes published in his native land and in England. The
titles of those well-known volumes will sound like a pleasant memory
in the hearts of many who see them anew upon this page : " The Re-
searches of Smith and Dwight in Armenia, etc., Boston, 1833," :
" Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dwight, N. Y., 1840," : " Christianity
Revived in the East, N. Y., 1850," and reprinted in London in 1854.
He furnished also for " The Journal of The American Oriental Society,"
New Haven, Ct., " A complete Catalogue of Literature in Armenia."
A large pile of unpublished manuscripts and sermons would deserve
to be added to any just description of the great amount of his mental
productiveness.
He crossed the Atlantic six times, and his travels were very widely
extended through all the lands of Western Asia, the different countries
of Europe, and large outlying portions of his own native country ; and
they were all made in the interest of the great work of love to which
he gave himself body and soul. His last long journey in the east was
over the same general track that he took in his first one, with Palestine
and Syria added to his route. But at this time he went alone (1859-
GO), at the age of nearly GO years, travelling solitarily but serenely and
delightedly, thousands of miles on horseback, through the wildest
regions of Asia Minor and the lands lying around it, in order to com-
prehend all the better the real necessities and resources of the mis-
sionary field in which he was stationed. A sublime moral spectacle
this, easily realized in its main outlines of interest by even a weak
imagination ! How few would dare, even for purposes of great gain,
and much less of simple benevolence, to push their way aioue for many
long weeks and mouths, through all kinds of new and sudden dangers,
among strange and Uncultivated people, tenting often in the open
fields and in dark by-places at night. But God was with him, and he
felt the assurance of the inspiring fact, and went on mightily to the
full end of his purpose. After finishing his grand toiir of successful
exploration, with the noblest of objects in view, he re-visited the
United States in Nov. 18G1, in the full vigor of his health, and with
the deeply cherished expectation of returning soon again to his wonted
labors of love for God and man. He came hither to stir the heart of
the church at home, if he could, to a new sense of its duty to the now
desolate regions where Christianity once triumphed in its early
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 803
strength. He came liere also to feast his eyes, for his own refreshment
of soul, on whatever good things of the kingdom of Christ he might
be anywhere able to find. He came also for the purpose of adding to
his own bereaved household a kindred ministering spirit to those
which had previously blessed and beautified it, but now forever passed
away from earth. He advocated earnestly the great and tender cause
of missions in many pulpits. Two of his sons had gone, with his cor-
dial approval, if not also personal suggestion, into the Union army, in
the fearful civil war then opened to view in all its length and breadth
before all eyes ; and he went to Kentucky and Virginia, into the lines
of the army, to visit them, full of holy sympathy with them in their
patriotism, and to bid them " God speed ! " and their cause with
them !
After a very brief and hurried sojourn of two busy months of travel
and toil he started for Canada, to attend some missionary anniver-
saries which were to be held there. While he was travelling on. the
Troy and Bennington Railroad, between the two places thus named, on
Jan. 25, 1862, a sudden gust of wind of great violence struck the train
as it passed swiftly by an open gorge, and blew over the car, in which
he sat, down an embankment. He was instantly killed by the accident,
without even a broken bone or a bruise to bear witness to the fact, or
any contortion of his features, which remained as placid as if he were
asleep. lie lay in the repose of death unidentified for some time — the
official who had his remains in charge remarking, " Whoever it may
be, he must have been one of the best men that ever lived" — so un-
mistakable was the moral expression of his aspect. But one other life
was lost by this disaster, that of another active Christian, who was
thus suddenly translated, like himself, into the Upper Presence. He
was interred in the cemetery at Utica, N. Y., amid the familiar scenes
of his early life. The writer had the pleasure of welcoming him to his
own fireside but a few weeks before his death. Greatly was he in-
terested in the purpose then just aAvakened into life in the author's
heart, of which this work and a similar history of the Strong Family,
of like interest to his own thoughts, are so long afterwards the matured
fruit.
He ui. Jan. 4, 1828, Elizabeth Barker of North Aiidover, Mass., b.
'Jan. 27, 1806 (dau. of Joshua Barker and Ruth ). She d. at St.
Stefano, near Constantinople, of plague, July 7, 1837, aet. 31. She
was a lady of thorough mental and moral culture, of bright, positive
habits of thought, and of great symmetry of character, and remarkable
for her habitual industry and self-forgetful patience, as well as her de-
votion to maternal duties.
During all the progress of her terrible malady her only attendants
804 Descendants of Henry Dwight of IlulfidJ, 3fass.,
for ten clays were, because no others could be obtained, her husband
and an old man. She was buried on a hill-side, where the little white
wall surrounding her grave was visible for years to all who passed in
ships to and from the great city.
Dr. Dwight m. April 16, 1839, for a second wife, Mary Lane of
Sturbridge, Mass., b. May 4, 1811 (dau. of Rev. Otis Lane and Eliza-
beth Paine). She d. of cancer at Constantinople, Nov. 1G, I860, aet.
49. She was the mother of 5 children, and beside discharging faith-
fully her duties as a wife and mother, she spent much time and strength
in making books for the natives.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
5642. i. Rev. James Harrison Dwight, b. at Malta, Oct. 9, 1830, d.
Dec. 2, 1872, aet. 42.
5643. ii. Rev. William Buck Dwight, b. at Constantinople, May 22,
1833.
5644. iii. John White Dwight, b. there Dec. 4, 1834, d. of the plague
June 29, 1837.
5645. iv. Charles Parmelee Dwight, b. Feb. 25, 1837, d. Feb. 18,
1853, aet. 16.
liy second wife :
5646. v. Mary Tappan Dwight, b. Aug. 19, 1840, d. July 5, 1847.
5647. vi. Henry Otis Dwight, b. at Constantinople, June 3, 1843.
At the breaking out of the late rebellion he left the Ohio Wes. Uni-
versity at Delaware, O., to join the army of the west as a private in
the 20th Ohio Regt., in the 1 7th army corps. He participated with
high delight in all the great battles under Genls. Grant and Sherman,
at Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Corinth, Raymond, Vicksburgh, Meridian,
Atlanta, etc. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he joined the
army anew as a veteran, and made the great march with Sherman
through Georgia and the two Carolinas. lie was promoted to various
offices until he became aid-de-camp to Major Genl. Ford. lie was
offered a captain's commission, but declined it, preferring his position
as aid. He remained in the service until the end of the war. He m.
March 1867, at Middleboro, Mass., Mary A. Bliss (dau. of Rev. Edwin
Elisha Bliss, D.D., of Western Turkey, since 1843, who was grad. at
Amherst in 1837). He has been since 1867 the financial agent of the
Turkish Mission at Constantinople. She d. there Nov. 15, 1872.
5648. vii. Cornelia Porter Dwight, b. at Constantinople, Nov. 12,
1846, was educated at Englewood, N. J. (1861-) in the Female Semi-
nary, conducted there by her brothers. She was a teacher for a time
at Westerley, R. I. She sailed, Feb. 23, 1871, as a missionary of the A.
B. C. F. M. to Western Turkey at Sivas.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 805
5649. viii. Sarah Hinsdale Dwight, b. at Constantinople, July 17,
1848, was educated at Englewood (1861—) and became a teacher of
music at White Plains, N. Y., and New Milford, Ct. She m. May 29,
1869, Rev. Edward Riggs (son of Rev. Elias Riggs, D.D., grad. at
Amherst in 1829 and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1832, missionary to
the east since 1832): grad. at Princeton in 1865, he was ordained a Mis-
sionary to Turkey June 13, 1869.
5650. ix. Susan Elizabeth Dwight, b. Feb. 6, 1851, d. at Olivet,
Mich., July 13, 1870.
5642. i. Rev. James Harrison Dwight, b. Oct. 9, 1830, grad. at
Yale in 1852, and at the Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1855, studied
medicine in " the N. Y. Coll. of Physicians," etc. (1856-7), m.- Aug. 6,
1855, Susan Eaton Schneider, b. at Broosa, Asia Minor, April 5, 1835
(dau. of Rev. Dr. Benjamin Schneider and Eliza Abbott, missionaries
of the A. B. C. F. M. in Turkey). She was educated at New Haven,
Ct., and d. at Englewood, N". J., Feb. 13, 1860, leaving behind her a
son 7 days old. He m. Oct. 18, 1865, at Englewood, for a 2d wife,
Josephine Christina Wilder, b. Oct. 26, 1838 (dau. of Sampson Vry-
ling Stoddard Wilder of New York and Electa Barrell). He was
stated supply at Cherry Valley, N.Y.(18o7-8), founded the Presb. Ch. at
Englewood, N. J., in 1859, and was its formal pastor from June I860
to May 1867. From 1867 to 1871 he was chiefly devoted to writing
for the press, being for a portion of the time editorially connected with
"The Christian Union" (an earnest religious weekly in New York), and
preaching also meanwhile irregularly as opportunity offered. He be-
came, in 1871, and was at the time of his death, the Secretary and Gen-
eral Agent of " The Palestine Exploring Society " of New York. He
d. at Englewood, N. J., Dec. 2, 1872. He was a clear and earnest
thinker, a thorough and varied scholar, a genial companion and a de
voted Christian. From him most of the facts here detailed concerning
his father's descendants were obtained. He had one child by his first
wife :
5651. 1. Charles Abbott Schneider Dwight, b. Feb. 7, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
5643. ii. Rev. William Buck Dwight (son of Rev. Dr. H. G. O.
Dwight and Elizabeth Barker), b. May 22, 1833, came to America in
1850, grad. at Yale in 1854, and at Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1857,
and at the Yale Scientific School in 1859. He was licensed to preach
by the 4th Presb. of N. Y., April 14, 1857. He took part in founding
the town of Englewood, N. J., in 1859, and established a Young Ladies'
Institute there, of which he was for some years principal and proprietor.
He is now (since 1871) Asst. Principal of the Conn. State Normal School
806 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat fid J, Mass.,
at New Britain, Ct. ; and Associate Editor of the Conn. School Jour-
nal, pub. at New Haven, Ct. (since 1872). He preached at West Point,
N. Y., for some few years. He m. Nov. 17, 1859, Eliza Howe Schnei-
der, b. at Broosa, Asia Minor, Jan. 9, 1837 (dau. of Rev. Dr. Benja-
min Schneider and Eliza Abbott). She came to America in 1852, and
was educated at New Haven.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5652. i. William Harrison Dwight, b. at Kinderhook, N. Y., April
23, 18G3, d. at Englewood, Aug. 3, 1863.
5653. ii. Amy H. Dwight, b. Feb. 1868, d. at West Point, N. Y.,
Aug. 24, 1869.
5654. iii. James Schneider Dwight, b. Oct. 1870.
[Seventh Generation.]
5607. viii. Susan Hooker Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight and Susan
Hooker, his 2d wife), b. at Utica, Feb. 14, 1815, m. Dec. 10, 1833,
Phineas Miller Crane, M.D., b. at Canton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1804 (son
of Major Genl. Elijah Crane of that place and Desire Withington),
grad. at Harvard Coll. in 1824, and at Harvard Med. School in 1828.
He is a physician at East Boston, Mass.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5655. i. Delia White Crane, b. Jan. 4, 1835, d. next day.
5656. ii. John White Crane, b. and d. April 20, 1837.
5657. iii. Phineas Miller Crane, b. Nov. 12, 1838, is an invalid and
resides at the paternal home.
5658. iv. Capt. William Dwight Crane, b. Nov. 29, 1840, entered
Harvard Coll. in 1859, but abandoned his studies for the army, Aug.
11, 1862, in the hour of his country's peril, enlisting as a private in
the 44th Mass. Regt. On June 7, 1863, he was made First Lieut, in
the 55th Mass. Regt., and on June 16th following, Capt. He was
killed at Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864. He was a gallant soldier
as well as a superior scholar. He was also an accomplished musician.
His religious convictions were deep and strong.
5659. v. Edward Ware Crane, b. Nov. 2, 1844, is engaged in the
express business at E. Boston (1872).
5660. vi. Harrison Dwight Crane, b. Oct. 14, 1847, d. March 14, 1849.
5661. vii. Frederic Lincoln Crane, b. April 21, 1850, is a teacher of
music at E. Boston (1872).
5662. viii. George Francis Crane, b. April 21, 1852.
[Seventh Generation.]
5609. x. Eli^a Kirkland Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight and Susan
Hooker), b. at Utica, April 24, 1820, m. Sept. 8, 1842, William Bran-
ford Shubrick Gay, b. Dec. 13, 1820 (son of George Gay, Esq., of
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dadham, Mass. 807
Boston, and Nancy Lovering), a merchant at Boston, residing at Boston
Highlands.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5663. i. Eliza Dwight Gay, b. at Albany, N. Y., June 7, 1843, d.
Nov. 27, 1843.
5664. ii. Eliza Dwight Gay, 2d, b. at Boston, April 26, 1846.
5665. iii. Georgiana Henrietta Gay, b. May 10, 1850.
5666. iv. Charles Edward Gay, b. at Roxbxiry, Mass., Dec. 10, 1853,
d. March 22, 1854.
5667. v. Grace Miller Gay, b. June 12, 1855.
5668. vi. William Branford Dwight Gay, b. July 29, 1858.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 794.
5595. iii. Josiah Dwight, Jr. (son of Ensign Josiah Dwight of
Williamsburgh, Mass., and Tabitha Bigelow), b. Aug. 12, 1772, m.
Nov. 18, 1795, Sarah Hartwell, b. in Concord, Mass., May 10, 1772
(clau. of Francis and Abigail Hartwell of Conway, Mass.). He was a
farmer in Williainsburgh, and for many years a selectman of the town,
and much like his father for personal character and influence. She d.
May 3, 1822, aet. 50, and he m. April 22, 1823, for a 2cl wife widow
Lucy Geere of Northampton, Mass., nee, Ware, b. in 1777, dau. of
Jonathan Ware of Conway, Mass. She had no children. He d. Dec.
24, 1826, aet. 54. She d. Nov. 1, 1835, aet. 58.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
By first loife :
5669. i. Morris Dwight, M.D., b. Oct. 3, 1796.
5670. ii. A child, unnamed, b. April 3 and d. April 21, 1798.
5671. iii. Fidelia Dwight, b. April 22, 1799, m. Phineas Nash, and
d. 1823, aet. 24.
5672. iv. Leonard Dwight, b. June 26, 1801.
5673. v. Josiah Dwight, b. Nov. 29, 180-3, d. April 20, 1862.
5674. vi. Sarah Dwight, b. March 1, 1806, m. Newton Pease, and d.
Sept. 17, 1867.
5675. vii. Clarissa Dwight, b. July 8, 1811, m. Henry P. Little.
• 5676. viii. A child, unnamed, b. and d. Sept. 10, 1814.
5669. i. Morris Dwight, M.D., b. Oct. 1, 1796, m. Oct. 3, 1825,
Minerva Bryant, b. Feb. 18, 1800 (dau. of Eli Bryant of Chesterfield,
Mass., and Susan Warren). He pursued his medical studies at Pitts-
field, Mass., and practised his profession at Halifax, Vt., for 3 years
(1826-9), and at Cummiugton, Mass., for 10 years (1829-39). In 1839-
40 he went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and engaged in the cultivation of
the morus multicanlis. After two years' residence there, his wife and
children removed to Lafayette, Onondaga Co., N. Y. He has resided
808 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfidd, JA/.vx.,
in later years at Ithaca, N. Y., and various other places, and she at
lLockport, N. Y., where she now (1874) resides.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5677. i. Col. Augustus Wade Dwight, b. in Halifax, Vt., Feb. 22,
1827, d. March 25, 1805.
5678. ii. Edwin Henry Dwight, b. there March 6, 1828, d. Sept. 1830.
5679. iii. Everard Home Dwight, b. in Cunimington, Aug. 19, 1829,
d. Dec. 14, 1850, killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in Char-
lestown, Mass.
5680. iv. George Wood Dwight, b. May 1831, d. in 1835.
5681. v. Martha Chapman Dwight, b. in Cunimington, March 1833,
d. in 1834.
5682. vi. Cornelia Bates Dwight, b. April 12, 1835, m. George F.
Thomson.
5683. vii. Harriet Newell Dwight, b. Aug. 27, 1837, m. John Hos-
mer.
5684. viii. George Dwight, 2d, b. Sept. 1839, d. Oct. 1841.
5685. ix. Susan Dwight, b. June 30, 1841, m. Charles W. Warren.
5677. i. Col. Augustus Wade Dwight, b. Feb. 22, 1827, found life
a battle for him from the first against many difficulties. Full of irre-
pressible ardor to obtain a liberal education, he struggled into Yale
College, but after two years or so (1851—3) of hard fighting against
fearful odds he sorrowfully relinquished his college studies because
pecuniarily unable to pursue them further. He went from Yale to
California, where he spent 4 years, and afterwards to the Sandwich
Islands and China, and came back home, having made the tour of the
world, in the spring of 1858. While in California he studied law, and
on his return homewards he pursued his legal studies for a year at
Syracuse, and in 1859 was admitted to the bar of Onondaga County,
N. Y.
In 1862 he joined the Union army as Lt. Col. of the 122d N. Y.
liegt. Having passed through many battles and skirmishes unharmed,
he was slightly wounded at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864 ; recover-
ing soon from which he led his regiment again, Oct. 19, in the battle
of Cedar Creek. Here his right wrist was shattered by a ball — nine
pieces of bone being removed from the wound. He suffered greatly
from this wound, which, when it was healed, left him but a helpless
right arm. He had returned to his home when thus thoroughly dis-
abled for further service in the field, but when his wound was healed
he could not stay longer idly there. " On Jan. 30, 1865, he again left
us for the front," wi-ites his fond mother, " although never expecting
to go into active service any more. He was promoted on his appear-
ance there anew to" a full colonelcy — his commission being dated some
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 809
months backwards. The enthusiasm with which he was received by
his comrades aroused at once old feelings in his heart, which had had
but little time to grow cool there, and he again took command of his
regiment in the battle before Petersburg!!, in which, in the beginning
of the attack on Fort Stedman, he fell, instantly killed by a solid shot,
March 25, 1865." He had previously taken part in 21 pitched bat-
tles. " Of our grief," she adds, " I cannot and will not speak : it is the
stoiy of thousands of mothers and sisters all over our desolated land."
Of his legal abilities and his professional ideas and ideals, Rev. J. C.
Fillmore of Syracuse thus spoke in a funeral discourse : " As a lawyer,
he was noted for his appreciation of the dignity of the profession, for
his diligence in it, and for his high and honorable bearing. He de-
spised all meanness and trickery, and never encouraged litigation for
the sake of a case."
His intellectual and personal qualities are thus described. He had
superior and versatile talents, a very fine memory, and rare conver-
sational powers, with a wonderful flow of language (because of ideas),
intermingled with quaint humor and poetic sentiment. His reading
was wide, his knowledge extensive, and he read human nature with a
quiet but keen eye. He had a strong will, and thorough individu-
ality of character, and was both a man of power and a man to be
loved, for, with his varied elements of intellectual and moral strength,
he had a warm heart and cordial manners. He had likewise a fine
physique and a personal presence of both a commanding and inspiring
kind. He was, best of all, a man of high integrity and honor. He
was constitutionally a man of order and of progress, and full of en-
thusiasm in what he iindertook to do. It might have been readily fore-
seen that such superior endowments and attainments would make him
the fine tactician that he was in preparing his regiment for duty, and
the brave and skilful officer that he proved to be when handling them
in the hour of battle. Of his religious character, says his sister, Mrs.
Harriet N. Hosmer : " He was, during the last year of his life, humble
as a little child, trusting fully in the atonement and blood of Jesus
Christ, and we doubt not that he reigus now with him in glory."
[Eighth Generation.]
5082. vi. Cornelia Bates Dwight (dau. of Dr. Morris D wight and
Minerva Bryant), b. April 12, 1835, m. May 1, 185G, George Festus
Thomson, b. July 13, 1829 (son of Timothy Thomson and Lucy Ward),
a grocer in Lockport, N. Y., for a short time, but since 18G8 has been
a farmer at Murray, Orleans Co., N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5686. i. Lillian Thomson, b. July 3, 1857, d. Sept. 8, 1858.
52
810 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
5687. ii. Charles Thomson, b. Nov. 20, 1859.
5688. iii. Addie Minerva Thomson, b. April 18, 1862.
5689. iv. Augustus Dwight Thomson, b. April 10, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
5683. vii. Harriette Newell Dwight (dau. of Dr. Morris Dwight
and Minerva Bryant), b. Aug. 27, 1837, m. Feb. 15, 1854, John Hos-
mer, b. Oct. 1, 1825 (son of Sylvester Hosnier of Wilson, N. Y., and
Rebecca Kittredge), a merchant at Lockport, N. Y. (1859-G7) wliere
he still resides, and has been since 1867 engaged in buying and ship-
ping staves from Western mai'kets for foreign ports.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5690. i. Nelly Cornelia Hosmer, b. Aug. 1, 1859.
5691. ii. Willie Hosmer, b. Jan. 18, and d. Jan. 20, 1865.
5692. iii. Eugene Dwight Hosmer, b. March 7, 1866, d. April 1, 1868.
5693. iv. Harrison Dwight Hosmer, b. March 25, 1870.
[Eighth Generation. |
5685. ix. Susan Dwight (dau. of Dr. Morris Dwight and Minerva
Bryant), b. June 30, 1841, in Lafayette, N. Y., m. Jan. 1, 1862, Charles
Wright Warren, b. Dec. 30, 1836 (son of Jonathan Warren and
Naomi Clayton), a merchant in Lockport. Two children :
5694. 1. Frank Dwight Warren, b. Dec. 25, 1863.
5695. 2. Minerva Warren, b.Feb. 22, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
5671. iii. Fidelia Dwight (dau. of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Sarah
Hartwell), b. April 22, 1799, m. April 25, 1821, Phineas Nash of
Bath, Ohio (son of Thomas and Naomi Nash of William sburg, Mass.),
a farmer. She d. Jan. 9, 1823, aet. 24. He was blind in the
latter part of his life, and lived in Virginia. He was a man of
thoroughly conscientious principles, and asserted them always in the
fear of God, and without any other fear. When the recent slavo-
cratic rebellion broke out, some of his dastardly neighbors seized
.him and threw him blind and helpless into a wagon to carry liim
off — no one knows where. He was, however, soon rescued from their
vile hands without further maltreatment. His health rapidly declined
after this cruel event, and he d. soon, in April 1862. They had one son :
5696. 1. Augustine Dwight Nash, b. Nov. 24, 1822, who went to
sea, and is supposed to have perished in a storm or died from sickness,
when 25 years old, in 1847.
[Seventh Generation.]
5672. iv. Leonard Dwight (son of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Sarah
Hartwell), b. June 26, 1801, m. Nov. 21, 1827, Minerva Bradford, b.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 811
Aug. 28, 1807 (dau. of ShubaeL Bradford of Conway, Mass.) He
resides at New Bedford, Mass., and lias a meat market there. His
children were all born in Williamsburgh, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5697. i. Fidelia D wight, b. Aug. 18, 1828, resides unmarried in New
Bedford.
5698. ii. Julia Ann Dwight, b. Dec. 27, 1830, m. Charles Heath.
5(599. iii. William Bradford Dwight, b. April 15, 1832.
5700. iv. James Edwin Dwight, b. May 19, 1834, a resident of New
Bedford.
5698. ii. Julia Ann Dwight, b. Dec. 27, 1829, m. July 29, 1854,
Charles Heath of New Bedford. Two children :
5701. 1. Leonard Dwight Heath, b. Oct. 14, 1862.
5702. 2. Charles Herbert Heath, b. Aug. 20, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
5699. iii. William Bradford Dwight (son of Leonard Dwight and
Minerva Bradford), b. April 15, 1832, m. Oct. 13, 1858, Margaret Earle
Dyer, b. in Dartmouth, Mass., July 15, 1838, He resides in New
Bedford : has two children :
5705. 1. Henry Leonard Dwight, b. May 8, 1860.
5706. 2. Mabel Elizabeth Dwight, b. Nov. 16, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
5700. iv. James Edwin Dwight, b. May 19, 1834 (son of Leonard
Dwight and Minerva Bradford), m. March 11, 1855, Emily Brown
Gifford of Dartmouth, Mass., b. Aug. 9, 1833. He resides in New
Bedford.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
-5708. i. Minerva Bradford Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1857.
5709. ii. Emily Frances Dwight, b. Feb. 9, 1859, d. March 26, 1865.
5710. iii. Fidelia Dwight, b. Feb. 27, 1861, d. Jan. 5, 1862.
5711. iv. Phebe Gifford Dwight, b. Feb. 13, 1863, d. Aug. 5, 1864.
5712. v. Myrtie Matthews Dwight, b. Feb. 23, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
5673. v. Josiah Dwight, 3d (son of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Sarah
Hartwell), b. Nov. 29, 1803, m. Dec. 29, 1830, Beulah Pease (dau. of
Asher Pease of Enfield, Ct., and Elizabeth Chafiee). He was a mer-
chant at Mountain Cove, Va., where he d. April 20, 1862. Mrs.
Dwight d. there July 6, 1859. They had one son :
5713. 1. Josiah Dwight, 4th, b. Dec. 2, 1831, whether now living
or dead is not known by his family friends.
[Seventh Generation.]
5674. vi. Sarah Dwight (dau. of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Sarah
812 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfidd, Mass.,
Hartwell), b. March 1, 1806, m. Nov. 2G, 1833, Newton Pease, a
farmer in Con way, Mass., b. Nov. 17, 1805 (son of Asher Pease of
Enfiold, Ct., and Eli/abeth Chaffee). She d. Sept. 17, 1867, aet. 61.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5714. i. Sarah Caroline Pease, b. Dec. 9, 1834, m. June 18, 1862,
Charles Carroll Oakes, a farmer in Ellington, Ct., b. June 26, 1834
(son of Lovell Oakes of Grafton, Vt.).
5715. ii. Edward Franklin Pease, b. Oct. 8, 1837, d. Sept. 22, 1839.
5716. iii. Ellen Maria Pease, b. Jan. 4, 1840.
5717. iv. Harris Dwight Pease, b. April 13, 1842, lives unmarried
at Conway.
5718. v. Jenny Eliza Pease, b. March 3, 1844, d. of consumption
April 16, 1861.
5719. vi. Henry Eldredge Pease, b. May 30, 1846, d. Feb. 20, 1847.
5720. vii. Harriet Amelia Pease, b. Jan. 9, 1849.
[Seventh Generation.]
5675. vii. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Sarah
Hartwell), b. July 8, 1811, m. April, 1830, Henry Paine Little, a
farmer in Williamsburgh, Mass., b. July 16, 1805 (son of Isaac Little
of same place, b. in Simsbury, Ct., in 1758, and d. Aug. 11, 1822, in
Williamsburgh, and Hannah Paine, b. in Hatfield, Mass., in 1751,
who d. March 11, 1839).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5721. L Charles Harvey Little, b. Dec. 7, 1832, a merchant (crockery
and oil) at Freeport, 111., m. March 2, 1857, Sarah Catharine Dyslin,
dau. of John and Nancy Dyslin of Herkimer Co., N. Y. No children.
5722. ii. Edwin Dwight Little, b. June 26, 1835, a clerk in Spring-
field, Mass., and afterwards in Hartford, Ct., d. Feb. 3, 1861, aet. 26.
5723. iii. Ellen Mary Little, b. May 18, 1838, was for several years
a teacher. She m. Feb. 7, 1872, Henry Garner Curtiss, b. April 23,
1831 (son of Garner Curtiss of Litchfield, Ct., and Annis ). He
is a merchant in Odell, 111. (since 1861). They have one child:
**** 1. May Josephine Curtiss, b. July 21, 1873.
5724. iv. Henry Dwight Little, b. Aug. 4, 1847, is a crockery and
glassware dealer at Rockford, 111.
[Sixth Generation.]
5596. iv. Dorus Dwight (son of Ensign Josiah Dwight and Tabitha
Bigelow), b. Oct. 4, 1774, m. about 1799 Sally Rogers, b. Nov. 26,
1778 (dau. of James Rogers of Hardwick, Mass., and Hannah Fay).
He was a farmer at Williamsburgh, Mass., where he d. June 22, 1805,
aet. 30. She d. Aug. 4, 1855, aet. 76, having spent 50 years in widow-
hood. His estate was inventoried at $1615.35.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 813
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5725. i. Dimmis Dwight, b. Sept. 20, 1800, m. Eli Bird, and, for a
2d husband, Reuben Damon.
5726. ii. Rev. Anson Dwight, b. July 29, 1804.
5725. i. Dimmis Dwight, b. Sept. 20, 1800, m. Feb. 9, 1819, Eli
Bird, b. Aug. 17, 1795 (son of Ebenezer Bird of Williamsburgh, Mass.,
and Mary Ripley), a mechanic and farmer at Williamsburgh. He d.
Dec. 27, 1825, aet. 30. She m. for a 2d husband, Aug. 27, 1828, Reu-
ben Damon, b. Oct. 4, 1789 (son of Isaiah Damon and Mercy Hay-
den), a farmer at Chesterfield, Mass. She is still (1874) living there.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
-By first marriage :
5727. i. Amanda Bird, b. Dec. 3, 1819, m. Edward Stebbins.
5728. ii. Sarah Bird, b. Oct. 7, 1821, m. Gershom Damon.
~By second marriage :
5729. iii. Martha Damon, b. April 25, 1830, m. Cotton Munson.
5730. iv. Eli Damon, b. June 16, 1833, d. Oct. 22, 1833.
5731. v. Orpha Damon, b. May 11, 1835, m. Henry Dwight Graves.
5732. vi.- Hudson Damon, b. June 26, 1838.
5733. vii. Elvirah Dwight Damon, b. April 30, 1841, m. Ambrose
Cudworth.
5734. viii. Lester Ferdinand Damon, b. Aug. 31, 1843.
5727. i. Amanda Bird, b. Dec. 3, 1819, m. Jan. 25, 1842, Edward
Stebbins, b. March 31, 1813 (son of Levi Stebbins and Amy Pierce),
a farmer at Chesterfield, Mass. He d. Oct. 19, 1858, aet. 45.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5735. i. Emerson Herbert Stebbins, b. Feb. 29, 1844, d. July 11,
1845.
5736. ii. Albert Francis Stebbins, b. March 14, 1846, d. Nov. 8,
1863.
5737. iii. Emory Dwight Stebbins, b. Feb. 18, 1849.
5738. iv. Foster Osborne Stebbins, b. April 6, 1851, d. June 12,
1853.
5739. v. Israel Pierce Stebbins, b. April 24, 1853.
5740. vi. Orville Dewey Stebbins, b. April 17, 1855.
[Eighth Generation.]
5728. ii. Sarah Bird (dau. of Eli Bird and Dimmis Dwight), b. Oct.
7, 1821, m. Aug. 8, 1842, Gershom Damon, b. April 1, 1822 (son of
Jason Damon and Jane Collier), a farmer at Chesterfield, Mass. Two
children :
5741. 1. Sarah Jane Damon, b. Dec. 10, 1842.
5742. 2. Charles Damon, b. Oct. 22, 1847.
814 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Ilatfield, Mass.,
5729. iii. Martha Damon, b. April 25, 1830, m. April 22, 1850,
Cotton Munson, b. March 1C, 1825 (son of Joel Munson and Amanda
Bard well), a farmer at Whateley, Mass. He d. March 27, 1865. She
resides at W. Whateley, Mass. Two children :
5743. 1. Jenny A. Munson, b. June 3, 1854.
5744. 2. Helen Leola Munson, b. March 6, 1859.
5731. v. Orpha Damon, b. May 11, 1835, m. June 15, 1854, Henry
Dwight Graves, b. Aug. 27, 1839 (son of Reuben Graves and Nancy
Bradford), a farmer at Whateley. She d. Oct. 25, 1866. Two chil-
dren :
5745. 1. Elwood Forester Graves, b. Aug. 16, 1857.
5746. 2. Ida Estella Graves, b. Feb. 19, 1861, d. Oct. 11, 1861.
5732. vi. Hudson Damon, b. June 26, 1838, m. May 12, 1861, Mar-
tha Pitcher, b. Aug. 6, 1842 (dau of Linus Pitcher and Laura With er-
ell). He is a farmer at Chesterfield, Mass. Two children :
5747. 1. Frank Eugene Damon, b. Dec. 1, 1862.
5748. 2. Nelly Isabel Damon, b. Feb. 14, 1867.
5733. vii. Elvirah Dwight Damon, b. April 30, 1841, m. Nov. 13,
1859, Ambrose Cudworth, b. July 16, 1832 (son of Charles Cud worth
and Roxana Witherell), a farmer at Chesterfield. Two children :
5749. 1. Ada Cudworth, b. Sept. 30, 1861.
5750. 2. Nellie Orpha Cudworth, b. May 19, 1867.
5734. viii. Lester Ferdinand Damon, b. Aug. 31, 1843, m. May 23,
1866, Sarah L. Smith, b. Sept. 22, 1845 (dau. of Warren N. Smith and
Maria Keech). He is a machinist at Ashton, R. I. One child :
5751. 1. George Warren Damon, b. Dec. 1, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
5726. ii. Rev. Ansou Dwight (son of Dorus Dwight of Williams-
burgh and Sally Rogers), b. July 29, 1804, m. April 25, 1826, Eliza
White of Chesterfield, Mass., b. Jan. 5, 1809 (dau. of Sylvanus White
and Martha Cogswell). He was ordained as a Baptist clei'gyman at
Bath, O., April 6, 1850, and preached as such some 10 years. Since
1860 he has been a preacher in the Christian Church, and has been en-
gaged for several years past (1867- ) in farming at Chesterfield, Mass.,
preaching gratuitously as he has opportunity. To him is due the ac-
count here given of his father's descendants. His wife d. Dec. 14,
1866, at Blairstown, Iowa, where he was then engaged (1864-6) in
merchandise and post-office matters
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5753. i. Eliza Maria Dwight, b. July 23, 1827, m. Ammiel Engram.
5754. ii. Harriet Pamelia Dwight, b. June 3, 1831, m. Wm. Sulli-
van Snow.
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 815
5753. i. Eliza Maria Dwight, b. July 23, 1827, m. March 15, 1846,
Ammiel Engrain of Chesterfield, b. April 19, 1824 (son of Otis En-
gram and Dolly White), a farmer there.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
5755. i. Juliet Adolphine Engrain, b. May 6, 1847, m. John Mon-
son (son of William Monson of Chesterfield and Rachel Damon).
5756. ii. Alfred Dwight Engram, b. Dec. 24, 1850, is a farmer at
Chesterfield.
5757. iii. Clara Allison Engram, b. June 13, 1855, m. Marshal
Rhodes, a blacksmith and carriage-maker in Williamsburgh, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.]
5754. ii. Harriet Parnelia Dwight (dan. of Rev. Anson and Eliza
Dwight), b. June 3, 1831, m. Jan. 1852, William Sullivan Snow, b.
April 21, 1829 (son of Henry Snow and Sarah Jamison), a farmer at
Blairstown, Iowa. One child :
5758. 1. Salina Belie Snow, b. Aug. 8, 1859.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 794.
5597. v. Abigail Dwight (dau. of Ensign Josiah Dwight and Tabi-
tha Bigelow), b. Sept. 2, 1776, m. May 11, 1795, Moses Wells of Hat-
field, Mass. He d. and she m. for a 2d husband Jonathan Bliss of
Hartford, Ct. She d. about 1836. She had by her first marriage a
daughter :
5759. 1. Sally Wells, who m. a Mr. Percival of Greenbush, N. Y.
[Sixth Generation.]
5598. vi. Daniel Dwight (son of Ensign Josiah Dsvight and Tabitha
Bigelow), b. July 2, 1778, m. in 1800 Prudence Hillman, b. June 25,
1782 (dau. of Lot Hillman of Martha's Vineyard and Lovey Luce).
He was a farmer, and an active, enterprising man, at Williamsburgh,
where he d. Aug. 10, 1805. She d. Dec. 23, 1864, for nearly 60 years
a widow. His estate was inventoried at $1,259.66.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5760. i. Marietta Dwight, b. Feb. 4, 1801, m. Dea. John Maxam.
5761. ii. Roderick Dwight, b. Nov. 25, 1802.
5762. iii. Daniel Dwight, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1804.
5760. i. Marietta Dwight, b. Feb. 4, 1801, m. Sept. 7, 1820, Dea.
John Maxam of Coleraine, Mass., a farmer, b. Sept. 12, 1796 (son of
Kingrnan Maxam and Content Shaw).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
576:3. i. Cordelia Butler Maxam, b. Oct. 5, 1822, d. July 27, 1864.
5764. ii. Marietta Dwight Maxam, b. Sept. 7, 1826.
5765. iii. Prudence Iloughton Maxam, b. May 6, 1830.
57C6. iv. Juliette Johnson Maxam, b. June 29, 1835.
816 Descendants of Henry Diviglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
[Seventh Generation.]
5761. ii. Roderick Dwight (son of Daniel Dwight and Prudence
Hillman), b. Nov. 25, 1802, m. June 19, 1832, Emily Johnson of
Buckland, Mas8.,b. April 21, 1808 (dan. of Josiah Johnson and Betsey
Elmer), a farmer at Coleraine, Mass., and a man of more than ordinary
talent. He d. March 10, 1863.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5767. i. Josiah Dwight, b. April 22, 1833.
5768. ii. Elizabeth Dwight, b. Sept. 28, 1838, m. George Ames.
5767. i. Josiah Dwight, b. April 22, 1833, m. May 3, 1855, Emme-
line Eliza Walker of Shaftesbury, Vt., b. Aug. 28, 1838 (dau. of
Gideon Walker and Betsy Smith) : a farmer at Coleraine, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
5769. i. Daniel Jay Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1856, at Coleraine.
5770. ii. Elizabeth Emma Dwight, b. at Coleraine, Sept. 8, 1858.
5771. iii. Anna Louisa Dwight, b. Oct. 22, 1860, at Meriden, Ct.
[Eighth Generation.]
5768. ii. Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of Roderick Dwight and Emily
Johnson), b. Sept. 28, 1838, m. March 1, 1860, George Ames of Wil-
liamsbxirgh, Mass., b. Sept. 25, 1839, in Troy, N. Y. (son of George
N. Ames and Jane Mason), a travelling merchant. Two children :
5772. 1. George Ames, Jr., b. April 25, 1861, d. June 18, 1866.
5773. 2. Roderick Dwight Ames, b. March 13, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
5762. iii. Daniel Dwight, Jr. (son of Daniel Dwight and Prudence
Hillman), b. Dec. 28, 1804, m. June 23, 1825, Patience Maxam (dau.
of Kingman Maxam and Content Shaw). He is a farmer at Coleraine.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5774. i. Emmeline Houghton Dwight, b. April 15, 1827, d. Feb. 19,
1849.
5775. ii. Dianthe Dwight, b. May 3, 1830, m. Nov. 1865, Hart
Cressey of Rowe, Mass., a farmer, b. May 20, 1834 (son of George
Washington Cressey and Sylvia King). No issue.
5776. iii. Arisen Dwight, b. Sept. 15, 1836, m. Dec. 20, 1859, Marian
Elizabeth Kinsman of Heath, Mass., b. April 6, 1843 (dau. of Bliss
Kinsman and Betsey Temple). He is a farmer at Coleraine, Mass.
His children are :
5777. 1. Edgar Morris Dwight, b. Feb. 13, 1861.
5778. 2. Emma Helen Dwight, b. Feb. 4, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.] See .page 794.
5599. vii. Tabitha Dwight (dau. of Ensign Josiah Dwight and Ta-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedliam, Mass. 817
bitha Bigelow), b. June 4, 1781, m. April 24, 1798, Ezekiel Bates of
Chesterfield, Mass., and afterwards of Pittsfield, b. in Cohasset, Mass.,
Aug. 30, 1778. He was a blacksmith. She d. and he m. in 1840 for
a 2d wife Jerusha Burt, by whom he had 2 children.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5779. i. Elizabeth M. Bates, b. at Williarnsburgh, Nov. 2, 1798, m.
Reuben Penhollow.
5780. ii. Josiah Dwight Bates, b. Nov. 28, 1800.
5781. iii. Cornelia Bates, b. May 20, 1803, m. George M. Newell.
5782. iv. Dorus Bates, b. May 28, 1805, m. Dec. 10, 1826, Emma
Norton. He resides at Pittsfield.
5783. v. Jane A. Bates, b. May 29, 1811, d. Nov. 10, 1822.
5784. vi. Susan C. Bates, b. July 10, 1814, M. Robert Melville.
5779. i. Elizabeth Marietta Bates, b. Nov. 2, 1798, m. Nov. 13,
1819, Reuben Penhollow, a blacksmith at Clear Creek, Chautauqua Co.,
N. Y. They have had ten children. Nos. 5785-94 : Ezekiel and
Cornelia who d. unmarried ; Jane ; Marietta, who m. a Mr. Barlow,
a merchant, in Conawango, N. Y. ; Philena who m. Delos Crookes of
Ravenna, O. ; Reuben ; Martha, who m. Albert Frink ; Dorus Dwight ;
Mary, who m. Edwin Ross ; and William Harrison.
[Seventh Generation.]
5780. ii. Josiah Dwight Bates, b. Nov. 28, 1800, m. March 4, 1823,
Eliza Stan ton, b. March 10, 1802. He is a farmer at Pittsfield, Mass.
(1874). She d. and he m. Nov. 6, 1859, for a 2d wife, Mary E.
Garrison.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
•By first wife :
5795. i. Jane A. Bates, b. July 1, 1824, m. May 1, 1859, Eleazer
Wilbur, a farmer. He was an Union soldier in the late war, and d. in
Anderson prison, Aug. 23, 18G4. They had one child :
5790. 1. Ida Jane Wilbur, b. Oct. 2, 1860, d. May 28, 1865.
5797. ii. Harriet S. Bates, b. March 19, 1826, m. John Castle.
5798. iii. D. (name not given) Bates, b. Dec. 13, 1828, m. Sept. 20,
1849, Lafayette Butler, a harness-maker in Mich. No children.
5799. iv. Ezekiel E. Bates, b. Feb. 25, 1831, is a farmer.
5800. v. Hannah M. Bates, b. May 24, 1833, m. Joseph II. Fair-
child.
5801. vi. Eliza A. Bates, b. Aug. 24, 1835, m. Sept. 8, 1853, Samuel
Cogswell, a farmer. No children.
5802. vii. Oliver L. Bates, b. April 7, 1840, became an Union sol-
dier in the late war. After having served for 3 years he enlisted anew
and was wounded before Petersburg!!, when on picket-duty. After
818 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
having had his leg amputated in vain, he d. Aug. 18, 18G4, at Alexan-
dria, Va.
5803. viii. Martha Bates, b. April 6, 1842, m. James M. Warner.
Jii/ second wife :
5804. ix. Alfred H. Bates, b. Oct. 20, I860.
5797. ii. Harriet S. Bates, b. March 19, 1826, m. Sept. 21, 1848,
John Castle, a farmer.
[Nintk Generation.] Children :
5805. i. Eliza Castle, b. July 25, 1849.
5806. ii. Jeanette Castle, b. Dec. 15, 1851.
5807. iii. Helen Ann Castle, b. May 19, 1855.
5808. iv. Charles Castle, b. Jan. 10, 1857, d. Sept. 25, 1865.
5809. v. Dorus Castle, b. Dec. 10, 1862, d. Sept. 10, 1864.
5810. vi. Catharine Castle, b. May 20, 1864, d. Sept. 25, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.]
5800. v. Hannah M. Bates (dau. of JosiahDwight Bates and Eliza
Stanton), b. May 24, 1833, m. June 17, 1852, Joseph H. .Fail-child, a
printer at New Haven, Ct. Two children :
5811. 1. Henry Dwight Fail-child, b. Nov. 29, 1856.
5812. 2. Fay Fairchild, b. Oct. 9, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.]
5803. viii. Martha Bates (dau. of Josiah D. Bates and Eliza Stan-
ton), b. April 6, 1842, m. Aug. 9, 1865, James M. Warner, a machinist
at New Haven, Ct. One child :
5813. 1. Wendell Holmes Warner, b. June 9, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
5781. iii. Cornelia Bates (dau. of Ezekiel Bates and Tabitha Dwight,
b. May 20, 1803, m. April 9, 1821, George Mozier Newell, b. at Dutton,
Mass., Feb. 23, 1799 (son of Aai-on Newell and Ellen Grossman). He
resides now (1874) at Davenport. She d. at Pittsfield, Aug. 1852.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5814. i. Harriet Newell, who m. William Busch. He d. in Chicago,
111., in 1854, and she m. in 1856, for 2d husband, Henry A. Metzgar of
Bushford, Minn. She had by her first husband 5 children :
1. William Busch, a farmer in Chicago, 111.
6 2. Frank Busch, a bookkeeper in Peoria, 111.
! 3. Oscar Busch, who d. early
**** 4. Ivan Dorus Busch, a clerk at Key West, Fla.
**** 5. Frederick Busch.
5815. ii. George C. Newell, b. at Pittsfield, April 25, 1831, m. in
1852, at Stephentown, N. Y., Elizabeth Langdon. He is a dentist in
Lancaster, Wis. They had one child :
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedliam,, Mass. 819
**** 1. Frank Newell, b. 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
5784. vi. Susan (Crofut) Bates (dau. of Ezekiel Bates and Tabitha
Dwight), b. July 10, 1814, m. Sept. 17, 1838, Robert Melville, b. June
20, 1817, at Pittsfield, Mass, (son of Thomas Melville, Jr., b. in
Boston in 1779, and Mary Ann Augusta Hobart, b. in Kennebeck,
Me., in 1797, whom he m. in 1816. He was a farmer in Pittsfield,
Mass. [1816-37], and afterwards in Galena, 111. [1837-45], where he
d. in 1845, and where his widow still [1874] lives). He was a farmer
in Pittsfield, Mass., until 1851, and at Galena, 111. (1851-61). Since
1861, he has resided at Davenport, Iowa, where he is agent of the
" St. Louis and St. Paul Packets and Commission Merchants' Co."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5816. i. Robert Thomas Melville, b. Nov. 11, 1839, m. Nov. 20,
1869, at Moline, 111., widow India Jefferson. He is an insurance agent
at Red Bud, Randolph Co., 111. : has one child :
5817. 1. Thomas Dearborn Melville, b. July 3, 1873.
**** ii. Allan Ezekiel Melville, b. Jan. 13, 1841, d. Aug. 22, 1841.
**** iii. Julien Hobart Melville, b. at Pittsfield, Dec. 17, 1846, a
lawyer at Davenport, m. April 4, 1872, Martha Earhart (dau. of Philip
and Maria Earhart of Pleasant Yalley, Iowa) : have had one child :
**** 1. Robert Philip Melville, b. Jan. 13, 1873, d. July 31, 1873.
Here ends the account of the descendants of Capt. Seth Dwight of
Hatfield, Mass., of whom the names of some 600 have been recounted.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 623.
4150. iii. Dorothy Dwight (dau. of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hat-
field, Mass., and Lydia Hawley), b. Sept. 17, 1709, m. June 1732,
Major Noah Ashley of Westfield, Mass., b. June 15, 1704 (son of Col.
John Ashley, b. June 27, 1669, and Sarah Dewey, b. March 28, 1672).
They removed to (Western, now) Warren, Mass., and afterwards back
to Westfield. She d. Jan. 12, 1745, aet. 36. He m. for a 2d wife a
dau. of Samuel Porter of Hatfield, Mass, (her Christian name not as-
certained), who after his death removed to Hatfield. He was at John-
son's fight, near Lake George, and was killed there Sept. 8, 1755.
[Fifth Generation.] Children:
5818. i. Noah Ashley, b. April 15, 1733, d. May 17, 1733.
5819. ii. Dorothy Ashley, b. July 29, 1734, d. in infancy.
5820. iii. John Ashley, b. April 6, 1737.
5821. iv. Dorothy Ashley, 2d, b. about 1740, m. William Colton,
and had a child, Dorothy.
5822. v. Simeon Ashley, b. about 1742.
5823. vi. Sarah Ashley, b. about 1744.
820 Descendants of Henry D wight of Ilatfidd, Mass.
Much effort has the author made at various times, in different ways,
to trace out the history of any and all Dwight-Ashleys that could be
found ; but none were to be found. There are probably some, and pos-
sibly many, in existence ; but if there are any, they are wholly as yet
outside of the author's range of genealogical observation.
[Ashley Lineage.
[First Generation.]
1. Robert Ashley, the settler, established himself with his wife Mary
in Springfield, Mass., in 1G39. They had 5 children.
[Second Generation.]
2. i. David Ashley, b. July 3, 1642.
3. ii. Mary Ashley, b. April 0, 1644.
4. iii. Jonathan Ashley, b. Feb. 25, 1646.
5. iv. Sarah Ashley, b. Aug. 23, 1648.
6. v. Joseph Ashley, b. July 6, 1652.
[Third Generation.]
2. i. David Ashley (son of Robert and Mary Ashley) b. July 3,
1642, m. in 1663 Hannah Glover of New Haven, Ct., and settled in
Springfield, Mass., but removed about 1673 to Westfield, Mass. Their
children were :
7. i. Samuel Ashley, b. Oct. 1664.
8. ii. Dea. David Ashley, Jr., b. March 10, 1667.
9. iii. Col. John Ashley, b. June 27, 1669, d. April 17, 1759, aet.89.
10. iv. Joseph Ashley, b. July 31, 1671, m. in 1699 Abigail Dewey,
and had son James.
11. v. Sarah Ashley, b. Sept. 19, 1673, m. in 1691 Thomas Inger-
soll. See Goodwin's Notes, p. 123.
12. vi. Mary Ashley, ) d. soon.
V twins, b. at Westfield, Mass., Dec.14,1675.
13. vii. Hannah Ashley, ) m. Nathaniel Eggleston.
14. viii. Jonathan Ashley, b. there June 21, 1678.
15. ix. Abigail Ashley, b. April 27, 1681, m. Nathaniel Lewis of
Farmington, Ct.
16. x. Mary Ashley, 2d, b. March 3, 1683, m. Benjamin Stebbins
of Northampton.
17. xi. Rebecca Ashley, b. May 30, 1685, m. Samuel Dewey of
Westfield.
[Fourth Generation.]
7. i. Samuel Ashley (son of David Ashley and Hannah Glover), b.
Oct. 1664, m. April 1686, Sarah Kellogg of Hadley, Mass. He lived
and d. in Westfield, Mass. He had 11 children.
17. i. Mary Ashley, b. March 6, 1687.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 821
18. ii. Samuel Ashley, b. Nov. 3, 1688.
19. iii. Daniel Ashley, b. Sept. 1691.
20. iv. Sarah Ashley, b. in 1693, m. July 3, 1717, David Bull of
Farmington, Ct., and had a dau. Abigail, who m. in 1699 Nathaniel
Lewis.
21. v. Eachel Ashley, b. in 1695.
22. vi. Jacob Ashley, b. in 1697.
23. vii. Joanna Ashley, b. in 1699.
24. viii. Aaron Ashley, b. in 1702, m. in 1727 Bethiah Dewey of
Westfield.
25. ix. Ezekiel Ashley, b. about 1706.
26. x. Abigail Ashley, b. in 1708.
27. xi. Rev. Joseph Ashley, b. Oct. 11, 1709, grad. at Yale in 1730,
settled at Winchester, N. H., in 1736, and remained there until the
breaking up of the settlement by the Indians. He settled afterwards
(1747) in Sunderland, Mass., where he d. Feb. 8, 1797, aet. 88. He
m. Feb. 16, 1736, widow Anna Dewey of "Westfield. They had 5 chil-
dren, viz. : Joseph, Stephen, Anna, who m. Jonathan Russell, Sarah,
who in. Jonathan Dickinson, and Gideon Ashley, who m. Mary Rus-
sell and lived and died in Sunderland, Mass.
[Third Generation.]
8. ii. Dea. David Ashley, b. March 10, 1667 (son of David Ashley
and Hannah Glover), was a farmer at Westfield, Mass., and was emi-
nent for his piety. He m. July 11, 1688, Mary Dewey of Westfield
(dau. prob. of Josiah Dewey and Hepzibah Lyman, who was b. Oct.
16, 1665). He d. Aug. 7, 1744, aet. 77. She d. Dec. 13, 1751, aged
prob. 86. They had 9 children.
[Fourth Generation.]
28. i. David Ashley, b. July 16, 1689, d. soon.
29.* ii. Thomas Ashley, b. Sept. 17, 1690.
30. iii. David Ashley, 2d, b. Dec. 26, 1092.
31. iv. Mary Ashley, b. March 12, 1694.
32. v. Elizabeth Ashley, b. March 3, 1697, m. May 15, 1718, James
Dewey of Westfield, b. April 3, J692 (son of Jedediah Dewey), and
had 9 children. She d. Sept. 25, 1737, aet. 40. He m. for 2d wife,
Dec. 20, 1738, Joanna Taylor, by whom he had one son, Paul. He d.
of small-pox Aug. 28, 1767, aet. 75.
33. vi. Abigail Ashley, b. Jan. 6, 1700, m. Aug. 23, 1724, David
Dewey, and had 9 children.
34. vii. Hannah Ashley, b. Nov. 8, 1706.
35. viii. Dr. Israel Ashley, b. Oct. 14, 1710.
36. ix. Moses Ashley, b. Oct. 9, 1703.
822 Descendants of Henry J) wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
35. viii. Dr. Israel Ashley, b. Oct. 14, 1710, m. Nov. 20, 1735, Mar-
garet Moseley (originally Maudesley). He was a physician in West-
field. He was grad. at Yale in 1730, and d. in 1758 at Stillwater, N.
Y., a surgeon in the army. She d. in 1791, cr thereabouts. They had
9 children.
[Fifth Generation.]
37. i. Elizabeth Ashley, b. Sept. 26, 1736.
38. ii. Israel Ashley, b. Nov. 22, 1737, d. Dec. 29, 1742.
39. iii. Ezra Ashley, b. Feb. 3, 1739, d. soon.
40. iv. Solomon Ashley, b. Sept. 20, 1741, d. Jan. 5, 1742.
41. v. Theodosia Ashley, b. Nov. 1, 1743, d Jan. 9, 1746.
42. vi. Margaret Ashley, b. Sept. 3, 1745, in. Jonathan Dwight of
Springfield. See subseqiient page.
43. vii. Dr. Israel Ashley, Jr., b. June 15, 1747, d. March 26, 1814,
act. 67.
44. viii. Solomon Ashley, b. Jan. 20, and d. Feb. 1749.
45. ix. Theodosia Ashley, b. Jan. 2, 1750-1, m. Rev. Aaron Bascom
of Chester, Mass., and had children : James, Ashley, Aaron, John,
Theodosia, Frances and Charlotte. Ashley and Rev. John Bascom
were grad. at college.
43. vii. Dr. Israel Ashley, Jr. (son of Dr. Israel Ashley and Marga-
ret Moseley), b. June 15, 1747, grad. at Yale in 1767, was a physician
at Westtield, Mass., like his father. He m. Feb. 10, 1774, Mary
Gelston of Southampton, L. I., b. Aug. 10, 1746 (dau. of Judge Hugh
Gelston and Mary Pelletreau). He d. March 26, 1814, aet. 66. She
d. March 31, 1816, aet. 69. They had six children.
[Sixth Generation.]
46. i. Israel Gelston Ashley, b. Aug. 13, 1776, d. May 29, 1800.
47. ii. Mary Ashley, b. Aug. 21, 1778, m. Elijah Bates, and d. July
10, 1845.
48. iii. Mai'garet Ashley, b. Nov. 11, 1780, m. Lyman Lewis. She
d. Nov. 18, 1833.
49. iv. Harriet Ashley, b. in 1783, m. Jesse Farnam: no issue.
She d. April 2, 1855.
50. v. Thomas Ashley, b. March 16, 1787, Las been long a resident
of Westfield, and if living now, as he was a few years since, is 87 years
old. Some of the leading facts here presented he furnished. In clos-
ing his letter to the writer, he said (Westfield, May 28, 1866): "I
knew but little of my ancestors : I would like to know more. Some of
them were eminent for piety : I have not heard the name of any one
of them connected with crime." He had a son living in Bloomington,
!!!._, who had a son, and these .three were, in 1866, all the male repre-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of DecTham, Mass. 823
sentatives then living of his grandfather's descendants who bore the
family name.
51. vi. Hannah Ashley, b. in 1785, d. Oct. 21, 1791.
See, for further details, Appendix, under Gelston Lineage.
[Third Generation.]
9. iii. Col. John Ashley (son of David Ashley of Westfield and
Hannah Glover), b. June 27, 1669, m. Sept. 8, 1692, Sarah Dewey of
Westfield, b. March 28, 1672 (dau. of Jedediah Dewey and Sarah
Orton). She d. March 30, 1708, and he m. for 2d wife" in 1708-9,
widow Mary Sheldon, nee Whiting, b. Aug. 19, 1672 (dau. of Joseph
Whiting of Westfield, Mass., and afterwards of Hartford, Ct., and
Mary Pynchon, only dau. of Col. John Pyuchon of Springfield, whom
he m. Oct. 5, 1669), widow of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield, Ct. (b. in
Northampton, Mass.). She d. in 1735, and he m. for 3d wife, in 1735,
Hannah Glover. He was a man of large wealth and many public of-
fices and trusts. He d. April 17, 1759, aet. 89. He had 9 children —
all but one by his first wife.
[Fourth Generation.]
52. i. Sarah Ashley, b. in 1693.
53. ii. Hannah Ashley, b. in 1695, d. June 28, 1696.
54. iii. John, b. Oct. 19, 1697, d. soon.
55. iv. Moses, b. Oct. 14, 1700.
56. v. Ebenezer Ashley, b. March 29, 1701, d. April 11, 1702.
57. vi. Major Noah Ashley, b. June 15, 1704, m. Dorothy Dwight,
and had 6 children. See previous page.
58. vii. Roger Ashley, b. Jan. 30, 1705.
59. viii. Lydia Ashley, b. in 1708, d. April 19, 1708.
By second wife :
60. ix. Judge John Ashley, b. Dec. 2, 1709, grad. at Yale in 1730,
was a lawyer at Sheffield, Mass., a colonel of militia and judge of
the county court (1765-81). He d. Sept. 1802, aet. 92. He m. Han-
nah Ilogaboom of Claverack, N. Y., who d. June 19, 1790, aet. 78.
He was a man of large wealth. For account of his son and 3 daugh-
ters, see Hinman's Puritan Settlers, etc., p. 67. His son Major Genl.
John Ashley, b. Sept. 26, 1736, grad. at Yale in 1756, was active in
suppressing the Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. He d. Nov. 5,
1791, aet. 55. He m. May 20, 1762, Louisa Ward of New Marlboro,
Mass., who d. April 2, 1769, and he m. for 2d wife, Oct. 17, 1769,
Mary Ballantine, dau. of Rev. John Ballantine of Westfield. He
had 10 children, 8 of them by his last wife. One of those by the 2d
marriage, Major William Ashley, b. Jan. 4, 1773, grad. at Harvard in
1793, was a gentleman farmer of large property in Sheffield, Mass.
824 Descendants of Henry D wight of Ilatfield, Mass.,
He m. Jan. 4, 1803, Jane Hillyer, b. Aug. 24, 1779 (dau. of Judge
Hillyer of Granby, Ct.), and Jane Pelletreau, dau. of Elias and Sally
Pelletreau of Southampton, L. I.
See subsequent pages, under Gelston Lineage.
[Third Generation.]
10. iv. Joseph Ashley, b. July 31, 1G71, in. April 12, 1G99, Abigail
Dewey. He was a farmer at Westfield, where he d. Feb. 25, 1705:
she d. March 11, 1707.
[Fourth Generation.]
61. i. James Ashley, b. Feb. 26, 1699-70.
62. ii. Abigail Ashley, b. Oct. 1, 1702.
63. iii. Naomi Ashley, b. Feb. 1704, d. Feb. 22, 1705.
64. iv. Joseph Ashley, b. in 1706.]
[Fourth Generation.] See page 623.
4151. iv. Lydia Dwight (dau. of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hatfield,
and Lydia Hawley), b. April 25, 1712, in. May 28, 1735, Major Elijah
Williams of Deerfield, Mass., b. Nov. 13, 1712 (son of Eev. John Wil-
liams of Deerfield, Mass., and Abigail Allen of Windsor, Ct., his 2d
wife. For a brief sketch of his history, see Sprague's Annals Am.
Pulpit, vol. i. pp. 214-17). He was grad. at Harvard in 1732, and
was a lawyer at Deerfield, a major of militia and town clerk for many
years, and was distinguished for his zeal in all town matters of public
interest. In the Indian wars he removed to Enfield, Ct., where his
wife Lydia d. Jan. 25, 1749, aet. 36. He afterwards returned to
Deerfield, and was appointed one of the judges of the County Court.
He m. Jan. 7, 1750, for 2d wife, Margaret Pynchon, b. Nov. 24,
1727 (dau. of Col. William Pynchon and Catharine Brewer. See
Hist, of Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. p. 1282). She d. April
15, 1772, aet. 44. He d. July 10, 1771, aet. 58. He had by this 2d
marriage one son, John Williams, Esq., of Deerfield, b. Jan. 6, 1751,
who d. in 1816.
[Fifth Generation.] Children:
5824. i. Sibyl Williams, b. March 4, 1735, d. Oct. 15, 1750, aet. 14.
5825. ii. Sarah Williams, b. Feb. 3, 1737, d. April 4, 1738.
5826. iii. Abigail Williams, b. Jan. 17, 1738, m. Thomas Williams,
andd. May 13, 1818.
5827. iv. Lydia Williams, b. March 23, 1740, m. Daniel Jones.
5828. v. Sarah Williams, 2d, b. June 11, 1743, d. June 14, 1756.
5829. vi. Elijah Williams, b. Jan. 27, 1745, d. at Deerfield unmar-
ried, March 24, 1793, aet. 48. He was grad. at Harvard in 1764, and
was a lawyer at Keene, N. II., and a loyalist in the Revolution.
5830. vii. Eunice Williams, b. Dec. 17, 1746, m. William Felton
Son of Timothy, Son of John, ootJi ofDedham, Mass. 825
(who he was and where he lived not ascertained). They had 4 chil-
dren : Eunice, bapt. in 1776 : William, bapt. in 1778 : Elijah, b. about
1780; and Charles, b. in 1782.
5826. iii. Abigail Williams, b. Jan. 17, 1738-9, m. May 27, 1760,
Dr. Thomas Williams, b. at Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 12, 1736 (son of
Eleazer Williams, b. Feb. 20 1694, who d. Nov. 1768, and Sarah—),
grad. at Harvard in 1757. He was a physician at Roxbury, Mass.,
where he d. suddenly Sept. 10, 1815, aet. 79. He was remarkable for
industry, generosity, temperance and activity. See Hist, of Williams
Family, pp. 47-9. She d. May 31, 1818, aet. 79.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
The order assumed after the first three is one that is guessed, but
not known definitely to be entirely right.
5831. i. Ebenezer Hinsdale Williams, b. in 1761, d. June 1, 1838.
5832. ii. Sarah Williams, b. Oct. 13, 1762, m. Simeon Jones, and d.
Jan. 11, 1833, aet. 70.
5833. iii. Thomas Williams, b. May 28, 1765, d. aet. 58, Nov.
1823, m. Frances Jones, his cousin. (See No. 5847. iv. infra).
5834. iv. Eleazer Williams, b. about 1767, m. Charlotte Deane of
Newport, R. I., and for a 2d wife a Miss Carew of Springfield, Mass.,
a very estimable lady and highly regarded by the other members of the
family. His father disliked the match so much that he disinherited
his son for it ; but his other children made over to him afterwards his
proportion of the estate. He was a hotel-keeper at Springfield.
5835. v. Elijah Williams, b. about 1769, was a sailor and unmarried.
He left Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 11, 1793, in the brig Maria, for New
London, Ct., and was never heard from afterwards.
5836. vi. Abigail Williams, b. about 1768, m. Alexander Bliss,
and d. at Springfield, Mass., July 6, 1807, aet. 39.
5837. vii. Lydia Williams, b. about 1774, d. unmarried at E. Bridge-
water, Mass., May 13, 1856, aet. 82.
5838. viii. Dwight Williams (prob. twin), b. about 1774, d., de-
formed, Aug. 10, 1812, aet. 38.
5831. i. Ebenezer Hinsdale Williams, b. about 1761, grad. at Har-
vard in 1783, m. Jan. 2, 1792, Joanna Smith (dau. of Capt. Reuben
Smith of Northfield, Mass.). He was a farmer at Deerfield, Mass.
He d. June 1, 1838, aet. 77. She d. May 14, 1852.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5839. i. Anna McCarthy Williams, b. Nov. 30, 1799, m. Nov. 11,
1818, Charles Howard of Springfield, Mass. She d. July 18, 1822.
5840. ii. Elijah Williams, b. Aug. 13, 1802, grad. at Harvard in
1822, practised law in Deerfield, Mass., in. June 6, 1825, Isabella
53
826 Descendants of Henry Diviglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
Hoyt, b. Nov. 10, 1804 (dau. of Genl. Epa})hras IToyt of Deerfield
and Experience Harvey). He went to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1834, and
established a paper called " The Jacksonville Courier," but d. Nov. 3,
1835, of a nervous fever there.
[Sixth Generation.]
5832. ii. Sarah "Williams (dau. of Dr. Thomas Williams of Rox-
bury, Mass.), b. Oct. 13, 1762, m. Aug. 13, 1786, Simeon Jones, b.
Dec. 1, 1751 (son of Elisha Jones of Weston, Mass., and Mary Allen,
and brother to Daniel Jones, who m. her aunt Lydia). He d. Aug.
14, 1823 : she d. Jan. 11, 1833, act. 70.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
**** 1. Louisa Jones, b. June 3, 1788, m. James T. Hanford. She
d. Sept. 19, 1849: he d. Oct. 3, 1864.
**** 2. Thomas Jones, b. Oct. 4, 1789, d. 1872, aet. 82.
**** 3. Frances Elizabeth Jones, b. Sept. 18, 1791, m. Jan. 20,
1820, Lt. George West, a Lt. in the British Navy, who afterwards was
engaged in the Crown Land Department in New Brunswick, residing
at Fredericton. He d. April 19, 1837, without issue: she resides now
(1874) at St. John's, N. B., aet. 82.
**** 4. Richard W. Jones, b. Dec. 7, 1792, d. Nov. 29, 1873, aet. 80.
**** 5. Ann Jones, b. Aug. 8, 1794, m. a Mr. Davidson. She d.
Oct. 1871.
**** 6. Mary Jones, b. Jan. 20, 1796, m. a Mr. Hazen. She is
still (1874) living. He d. March 16, 1865.
**** 7. Lydia Jones, b. Dec. 16, 1797, m. Alpheus Jones. She d.
May 26, 1865, aet. 67.
**** 8. Charlotte Jones, b. Sept. 16, 1800, d. Oct. 18, 1816.
**** 9. Margaret Jones, b. Aug. 20, 1802, m. a Mr. Lyon. She d.
March 15, 1865.
[Sixth Generation.]
5833. iii. Thomas Williams (son of Thomas and Abigail Williams),
b. May 28, 1765, grad. at Harvard in 1784, was a lawyer at Roxbury,
Mass., living on the old family homestead. He m. Oct. 20, 1791,
Elizabeth McCarthy, b. Aug. 17, 1769 (dau. of Capt. Daniel McCarthy
of Roxbury and Anna Savage). She d. Aug. 26, 1807, aet. 38 ; and
he m. April 16, 1808, Frances JoneSj b. Aug. 9, 1768 (dau. of Daniel
Jones of Hinsdale, Mass., and Lydia Williams), his cousin. By this
marriage he had a dau., Frances Lydia Williams, that d. in infancy.
He d. at Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 20, 1823, of angina pectoris, aet. 59.
[Capt. McCarthy, b. at Bandon, Ireland, d. at Jamaica Plain, Mass.,
Feb. 19, 179.1, aet. 68. Anna Savage, b. at Bandon, Jan. 5, 1733, d.
at Jamaica Plain, March 16, 1803].
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, Iot7i of Dedliam, Mass. 827
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5841. i. Daniel Thomas Williams, b. Nov. 9, 1792, d. in Calcutta,
India, Oct. 27, 1812.
5842. ii. Pvev. John Adams Williams, b. July 28, 1800, grad. at
Harvard in 1820, d. at E. Bridgewater, Mass., March 15, 1872. He
was an Unitarian clergyman, and was settled fora short time (182G-8)
at that place. He was afterwards a teacher for some 7 years at Athens,
Ga. He had poor health, and but little energy of character, and d. un-
married.
5843. iii. Elizabeth Cleland Williams, b. Aug. "4, 1803, m. Jan. 16,
1828, Dr. Samuel Angier Orr, b. Dec. 16, 1802 (son of Dr. Hector Orr
of E. Bridgewater, grad. at Harvard in 1792, who was in the E. India
service, and Mary Angier} dan. of Hon. Oakes Angier). He is a phy-
sician at E. Bridgewater, Mass., and still (1873) in full practice and
high health. She d. Aug. 4, 1871, aet. 68.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
. **** i. Elizabeth Orr, b. April 1, 1830, m. June 6, 1848, Edward
Soper Keith, b. July 18, 1826 (son of Zenas Keith of E. Bridgewater
and Salome ), a bookkeeper at Boston, residing at E. Bridgewater.
They have had 3 children :
**** 1. Oakes Angier Keith, b. Nov. 13, 1849, d. Sept. 17, 1850.
**** 2. Frederic Edward Keith, b. Nov. 27, 1851, d. April 2, 1853.
**** 3. Lydia Williams Keith, b. Dec. 8, 1854, d. Nov. 29, 1855.
**** ii. George West Orr, b. Feb. 22, 1832, d. April 9, 1833.
**** iii. William Harrison Orr, b. March 4, 1840, d. Aug. 15?
1840.
[Fifth Generation.]
5827. iv. Lydia Williams (dau. of Major Elijah Williams and Lydia
Dwight), b. March 23, 1740, in. Dec. 8, 1763, Daniel Jones of Hins-
dale, N. H., b. July 25, 1740 (son of Elisha Jones of Weston, Mass.,
and Mary Alien, dau. of Dea. Nathaniel Allen of same place), grad. at
Harvard in 1759, a lawyer at Hinsdale, and Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas. He d. 1786.
[Elisha Jones, son of Josiah Jones, Jr., of Watertown, Mass., and
Abigail Barnes of Marlboro, Mass., b. Nov. 20, 1710, d. at Boston,
Mass., Feb. 15, 1775, aet. 64. The parents of Josiah Jones, Jr., b.
Oct. 20, 1670, were Josiah Jones of Watertown and Lydia Tread way.
Abigail Jones, b. Sept. 14, 1694, who m. Col. Ephraim Williams of
Newton, Mass., afterwards of Stockbridge, Mass., was sister of Elisha
Jones. It was her dau. Abigail Williams, b. April 20, 1721, who m.
Rev. John Sergeant of Stockbridge, and for a 2d husband, Brig. Genl.
Joseph Dwight, as his 2d wife. She was the mother of Pamela Dwight,
828 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Halfald, Mass.,
who became the 2d wife of Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, LL.D., of Stock-
bridge. See p. 626.]
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5844. i. Abigail Jones, b. about 1766, m. John W. Blake of Brat-
tleboro, Vt. They had 4 children : 1. Henry Jones. 2. Anna Sophia.
3. John Reid. 4. William Caldwell. These brothers are now (1874)
bankers in Boston. Information was sought of them, but not obtained-
5845. ii. Frances Jones, b. Aug. 9, 1768, m. April 1C, 1808, her
cousin, Thomas Williams, No. 5833. iii.
5846. iii. Sophia Jones, b. about 1770, m. Henry Jones (another
account says Joseph Jones) of Warren, Mass., and afterwards of St.
Albans, Vt. They had 5 children : 1. Sidney Jones of Brockville,
Canada, who was a forwarder and merchant in Montreal, and d. at
Brockville in 1856. He m. a dau. of Judge David Ford of Morris-
town, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and had 7 sons, 5 of whom are now
(1874) living, viz.: (1.) Sidney Ford Jones, who m. Sophia, dau. of
Robert Hervey, Esq., a counsellor in Chicago, 111. (2.) Herbert Chil-
ion Jones, a lawyer in Montreal, who m. Mary Helen Morton of Kings-
ton, Ontario. (3.) Beverley Jones, a lawyer at Toronto, Canada. (4.)
Rev. Kearney Jones, a Jesuit priest in England. (5.) R. Heber Jones,
in banking-house of Messrs. Blake Bros., in Boston. 2. Eliza Jones
(dau. of Henry Jones). 3. Fanny Jones. 4. Joseph Jones. 5.
Henry Jones.
iv. William Henry Jones, b. about 1 774, m. Martha Smith of Mid-
dletown, Ct. They had 3 children: Elizabeth, who d. young; Wil-
liam Hemy ; John, who d. young.
This is the whole of the poor account that could be obtained of this
family of Jones, after much writing to different members of the family
in New Brunswick, Canada and Boston.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 624.
4153. vi. Col. Josiah D wight (son of Capt. Henry D wight of Hat-
field and Lydia Hawley), b. Oct. 23, 1715, grad. at Yale in 1736, m.
about 1750 Sarah Pynchon, b. Aug. 14, 1721 (dau. of Col. William
Pynchon of Springfield and Catharine Brewer, dau. of Rev. Daniel
Brewer of Springfield. See previous page.) She d. without issue,
Aug. 4, 1755. He m. for a 2d wife, Oct. 17, 1757, Elizabeth Buck-
minster, b. in 1731 (dau. of Col. Buckminster of Brookfield,
Mass.). She d. March 10, 1798, aet. 67. He d. Sept. 28, 1768, aet. 53.
lie resided at Springfield, Mass. He was Lt. Col. of militia and judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Hampshire (1750-08),
and previously justice of the peace. He was a merchant, and was also
a manufacturer of potash and had an iron foundry. He owned some
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 829
5,000 acres of land, and was an enterprising, energetic, prosperous man,
of high respectability and influence. His property was inventoried at
his death at £9,458, with the following items, viz :
I. Total of lands, goods, etc £3,692
II. Good Notes 3,529
III. Mortgages 1,047
IV. Doubtful Debts 1,127
V. Desperate Debts 613
£9,458.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
By second wife:
5848. i. Col. Thomas Dwight, b. Oct. 29, 1758, d. Jan. 2, 1819, net. 60.
5849. ii. Sarah Dwight, b. Aug. 6, 1760, d. April 13, 1763, aet. 3.
5850. iii. Clarissa Dwight, b. July 4, 1762, m. Abel Whitney, and
d. Aug. 22, 1830, aet. 68.
5851. iv. Sarah Dwight, 2d, b. Dec. 13, 1764, m. Hon John Hooker
and d. Sept. 5, 1842, aet. 77.
5852. v. Hon. Josiah Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1767, d. March 9, 1820,
aet. 53.
5848. i. Col. Thomas Dwight, b. Oct. 29, 1758, grad. at Harvard in
1778, m. April 14, 1791, Hannah Worthing ton, b. Jiine 17, 1761 (dau.
of Col. John Worthington of Springfield and of Hannah Hopkins, dau.
of llev. Samuel Hopkins of W. Springfield, and Esther Edwards, sis-
ter of Prest. Jonathan Edwards). He was a lawyer at Springfield, a
representative to the State Legislature (1794-5), State Senator twice
(1796-1803 and in 1813), a member of the Executive Council of the
State (1808-9) and a member of Congress (1803-5). He was a man of
ample means, of great polish of manners and of most generous hospitality,
In figure he was short, stout, and of a dignified bearing. He d. Jan. 2,
1819, aet. 60.
Of Mrs. Hannah Dwight, said Judge O. B. Morris of Springfield,
who knew her well, to the writer : " She was one of nature's noble
women ; she was also a great wit, was very fine-looking, and had supe-
rior endowments of mind." She d. July 10, 1833, aet. 72.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
5853. i. Mary Stoddard Dwight, b. Jan. 26, 1792, d. July 20, 1836,
aet. 44. She m. John Howard.
5854. ii. John Worthington Dwight, b. Oct. 31, 1793, d. Feb. 12,
1836, aet. 43, unmarried. He was grad. at Yale in 1812. He was a
man of generous ideas.
5855. iii. Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight, b. Feb. 18, 1801, m.
Charles Howard, d. Oct. 7, 1855, aet. 54.
830 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Haffeld, Mass.,
[Col. John Worthington, son of Lt. John Worthington of Springfield
(whose father was Nicholas Worthington, the settler), b. Nov. 24,
1719, in. Jan. 10, 1759, Hannah Hopkins, whose parentage is given
above, who was bapt. Jan. 29, 1731, and d. Nov. 25, 1766, aet. 35.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Esther Edwards, was Esther Stoddard, dau.
of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton. He m. for 2d wife, Dec.
7, 1768, Mary Stoddard (dan. of Col. John Stoddard of Northampton
and Prudence Chester), b. in 1733. She d. aet. 79, July 12, 1812.
He d. April 25, 1800, aet. 80. He was one of the most prominent
men of the day. He was grad. at Yale in 1740 and practised law at
Springfield, Mass., from 1744 onwards. It shows how earnest were
the whigs of his day that a man of his position and power should be
forced by them, as he was, to kneel inside of a ring formed by them in
the open air and there forswear before God and man his real or sup-
posed toryism.
The distinguished Fisher Ames of Dedham, Mass., m. Frances
Worthington, sister of Hannah, Col. \Vorthingtoirs wife. Mary Worth-
ington, another sister, m. Jonathan Bliss of New Brunswick, N. S.,
whose son, Wm. B. Bliss, was Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, N. S.]
[Sixth Generation.]
5853. i. Mary Stoddard Dwight (dau. of Col. Thomas Dwight and
Hannali Worthington), b. Jan. 26, 1792, m. Dec. 18, 1818, John
Howard, Esq. (son of Rev. Dr. Bezaleel Howard of Springfield and
Prudence Williams), grad. at Yale in 1810, a lawyer at Springfield and
Prest. of the old " Springfield Bank," and a gentleman of high respect-
ability. He d. Oct. 23, 1846.
Mrs. Howard was a superior woman in both intellect and character.
She was a fine singer, and, like her mother, " remarkable for her bene-
volence." She d. July 20, 1836, aet. 44.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
5856. i. Hannah Worthington Howai-d, b. Aug. 12, 1821, m. April
18, 1844, William Henry Swift (son of Dr. Foster Swift of Boston, and
Deborah Delano of Nantucket), who resides in New York. No issue.
5857. ii. Margaret Howard, b. May 11, 1823, m. in 1854 Charles
William Swift, and has 2 daughters. They reside in New London, Ct.
5858. iii. Frances Ames Howard, b. April 20, 1825, resides unmar-
ried at Springfield.
5859. iv. Eliza Wetmore Howard, b. May 3, 1826, m. in 1856 Ed-
ouard de Strecke, then Prussian Minister at Washington, D. C., and
has one son. They reside at Paris, France (1874).
[Sixth Generation. |
5855. iii. Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (dau. of Col. Thomas Dwight
Son of Timothy, So n of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 831
and Hannah Wortliington), b. Feb. 18, 1801, m. June 21, 1824, Charles
Howard of Springfield, b. March 21, 1794 (son of Rev. Dr. Bezaleel
Howard and Prudence Williams). He is still a resident of Springfield
(1874). She d. Oct. 7, 1855, aet. 54.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:'
5860. i. Lucinda Orne Howard, b. March 8, 1825, lives unmarried
at Springfield (1874).
5861. ii. Rev. Thomas D wight Howard, b. Dec. 25, 1826, grad. at
Harvard in 1848, m. Sarah Ann Eaton, b. in Eastport, Me., in 1831.
He was settled at Perry as an Unitarian Minister for 10 years. In March
1862 he went to Hilton Head, S. C., 'as a teacher of contrabands, and
was afterwards made Genl. Superintendent of Contraband Schools, and
was afterwards a chaplain of colored troops (78th U. S. C. T.) 1864-5.
He is settled now (1874) at Petersham, Me. No issue.
5862. iii. Elizabeth Bridge Howard, b. Dec. 17, 1828, m. William
S. Tiffany.
5863. iv. Sophia Worthington Howard, b. Jan. 26, 1831, was for
several years a teacher at Fort Kearney, Nebraska ; she has been for
several years past a teacher at Springfield.
5864. v. Catharine Lathrop Howard, b. Feb. 24, 1833, was for
several years a teacher in Prof. Agassiz's scientific school at Cam-
bridge, Mass., and is now teaching at Springfield.
5865. vi. Mary Dwight Howard, b. Oct. 12, 1835, m. Oct. 31, 1860,
Alexander Edward Andrews, b. April 11, 1834, in Norwich, N. Y.
(son of Rev. Dr. Edward Andrews, Episcopal, of Binghamton, and
Elizabeth Harper). He was grad. at Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., and
is a lawyer at Binghamton, N. Y. (1874). Children :
5866. 1. Charles Howard Andrews, b. Nov. 22, 1861.
5867. 2. Edward Augustine Andrews, b. Sept. 21, 1813.
**** 3. Robert Harper Andrews, b. April 7, 1868, d. a week old.
**** 4. James Hay ward Andrews, b. Dec. 26, 1871.
5868. vii. Sarah Bancroft Howard, b. Sept. 13, 1838, m. Dec. 25,
1866, James Warren Hay ward, who resides at Boston Highlands.
Their children are :
**** 1. Emily Howard Hayward, b. Aug. 31, 1867.
**** 2. Margaret Davis Hay ward, b. Oct. 7, 1869.
**** 3. Nathan Hay ward, b. Aug. 29, 1872.
5869. viii. Emily Williams Howard, b. Dec. 2, 1840, resides un-
married at Boston Highlands, Mass.
5870. ix. Amelia Peabody Howard, b. June 4, 1843, d. Jan. 27, 1844.
5871. x. John Howard, b. June 28, 1845, d. Aug. 27, 1845.
5862. iii. Elizabeth Bridge Howard, b. Dec. 17, 1828, m. Oct. 16,
832 Descendants of Henry Divigld of Hatfeld, Mass.,
1856, William Shaw Tiffany, b. in Baltimore, Md. : an artist in Balti-
more (son of Osmond Tiffany and Ann Shaw). Children :
**** 1. Osmond Checkley Tiffany, b. Nov. 26, 1857, d. by a dis-
tressful accident Nov., 28, 1862.
****. 2. Elizabeth Dwight Tiffany, b. June 1, 1861.
**** 3. Charles Howard Tiffany, b. Sept. 26, 1863.
**** 4. Robert Shaw Tiffany, b. Feb. 11, 1872, d. Aug. 17, 1872.
[Fifth Generation.]
5853. iii. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Josiah Dwight of Springfield and
Elizabeth Buckminster), b. July 4, 1762, m. Dec. 2.3, 1783, Major
Abel Whitney of Westfield, Mass., a merchant, b. at Petersham, Mass.,
March 15, 1756 (son of Rev. Aaron Whitney of Littleton, Mass., and
Alice Baker of Phillipston, Mass.). He was grad. at Harvard in 1773,
and studied law with Col. John Worthington, but abandoned the pur-
suit of the profession on account of the troublous times of the Revolu-
tion, and entered into mercantile life, in which, for similar reasons, he
had but moderate success. He was a man of more than ordinary
talents, and held several government offices, as Commissioner of Taxes,
Postmaster, etc. He was also a major of militia and aid to Genl.
Shepard, who was the commanding officer in Springfield, in the battle
had there in the Shays' rebellion. He was a decidedly religious man.
" Mrs. Clarissa (Dwight) Whitney was an intelligent and lovely
woman, faithful to her household, and a patient, gentle, earnest and
careful mother and wife." He d. at Westfield, March 2, 1807: she d.
at Northampton, Aug. 22, 1820, aet. 58. She m. for a 2d husband,
and as his 2d wife, July 4, 1809, Calvin Waldo, Esq., b. March 12,
1759, at Mansfield, Ct. (son of Shubael Waldo and Abigail Allen),
grad. at Dartmouth in 1785, a lawyer in Dalton, Mass. lied. Aug.
25, 1815. His first wife was Judith, dan. of Moses Graves of Pittsfield.
After his death she lived at Northampton with her son, Josiah D.
Whitney, at whose house she died.
[Rev. Aaron Whitney was a strong loyalist in the revolution, and
being prevented from preaching in his pulpit, held services in his own
house. He was a direct descendant of John Whitney, the settler, who
sailed from London for America, April 1635, on the bark Eliza-
beth Ann, being at that time 35 years of age. His wife Eleanor (usu-
ally called Ellen) was 30.]
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
J3y first marriage :
5872. i. Elizabeth Buckminster Whitney, b. Jan. 4, 1785, d. un-
married at Springfield, where she resided, Jan 31, i860, aet. 75.
5873. ii. Josiah Dwight Whitney, b. July 9, 1786, d. Jan. 29, 1869.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 833
5874. iii. Clarissa Whitney, b. March. 22, 1788, resided unmarried
at Northampton.
5875. iv. Frances Whitney, b. Dec. 5, 1789, m. Rev. Horatio Waldo,
d. Dec. 26, 1871, aet. 82.
5876. v. Francis Whitney, b. Oct. 10, 1792, was a merchant in
various places, and d. unmarried at Northampton, Dec. 30, 1863.
5877. vi. Robert Whitney, b. Aug. 18, 1794, is still living (1874),
aet. 79.
5878. vii. Sarah Whitney, b. July 8, 1796, m. Henry Marsh, is still
(1874) living, aet. 77.
5879. viii. Caroline Whitney, b. May 10, 1798, d. Aug. 21, 1804.
5880. ix. Abel Whitney, b. March 15, 1800, is still living (1874).
5881. x. Hannah Buckminster Whitney, b. Dec. 28, 1802, d. Aug.
12, 1804.
5873. ii. Josiah Dwight Whitney, b. July 9, 1786, was for 8 years
(1799-1807) in the store of " Jonathan Dwight & Sons " at Springfield,
as clerk ; for 26 years a merchant at Northampton (1807-33) ; and for
17 years afterwards (1833-50), cashier of "The Northampton Bank,"
and for one year its President. He d. Feb. 1869, aet. 82, having en-
joyed a hale old age, and the high respect through life of his fellow-
citizens. He m. Dec. 4, 1818, Sarah Williston, b. Jan. 21, 1800 (dau.
of Rev. Dr. Payson Williston of Easthampton and Sarah Birdseye,
dau. of Rev. Nathan Birdseye of Stratford, Ct. See, for account of
her pedigree and kindred, the History of the Strong Family by the
author, vol. ii. p. 1151). She d. July 1, 1833, aet. 33. She had an
active, vigorous mind, possessed much executive and administrative
talent, and " had a most profound ambition that her children should
distinguish themselves, each and all, in things intellectual and moral."
She was at the time of her marriage, although but 18 years of age,
preceptress of the Academy at Iladley, Mass. She was an unpretend-
ing, whole-hearted Christian. Mr. AVhitney m. Oct. 13, 1834, for 2d
wife, Clarissa James, b. May 16, 1801 (dau. of Capt. Malachi James
of Goshen, Mass., and Elizabeth Lymau, dau. of Elias Lyman of North-
ampton and Hannah Clapp. See Lyman Genealogy, p. 247). From
Josiah D. Whitney, Esq., many of the facts here detailed concerning
his own family, and the descendants generally of his parents, were ob-
tained by the writer in person at Northampton. He d. there Jan. 29,
1869.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
By Ji-rst wife :
5882. i. Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney, LL.D., b. Nov. 23, 1819.
5883. ii. Elizabeth Noble Whitney, b. March 30, 1822, m. S. O.
Putnam.
834 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hat field, Mass.,
5884. iii. Sarah Birdseye Whitney, b. Feb. 11, 1824, m. Rev. Robt.
C. Learned, d. July 9, 1864.
5885. iv. William Dwight Whitney, b. Feb. 11, 182G, d. April 3,
1826.
5886. v. Prof. William Dwight Whitney, LL.D., b. Feb. 9, 1827.
5887. vi. Margaret Whitney, b. March 12, 1829, d. June 23, 1836.
5888. vii. Maria Whitney, b. Nov. 12, 1830, resides unmarried at
Northampton, is fond of linguistic study and has devoted her time
greatly to the claims of " The Children's Aid Society."
5889. viii. Edward Payson Whitney, b. March 22, 1833, grad. at
Yale in 1854. If he is still living, the fact is unknown to his family
friends.
By second wife :
5890. ix. James Lyman Whitney, b. Nov. 28, 1835, grad. at Yale
in 1856, was for a time a bookseller at Springfield, Mass., and is now
principal assistant in the Boston Public Library (1874).
5891. x. Alice Clarissa Whitney, b. Sept. 26, 1839, d. March 25, 1840.
5892. xi. Alice Lincoln Whitney, b. Dec. 17, 1840.
5893. xii. Prof. Henry Mitchell Whitney, b. Jan. 16, 1843, grad. at
Yale in 1864, was Sergt. Major in the 52d Mass. Regt. in the late war.
He is Prof, of Rhetoric and Eng. Literature in Beloit Coll., Wis. He
m. Aug. 3, 18G9, Frances Wurts, and has two children:
**** 1. Albert Wurts Whitney, b. June 20, 1870.
**** 2. Edward Payson Whitney, b. June 27, 1872, d. Aug. 13,
1873.
5894. xiii. Ellen Douglas Whitney, b. Feb. 9, 1845, d. July 27, 1846.
5882. i. Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney, LL.D., b. Nov. 23, 1819,
grad. at Yale in 1839, was employed in 1840 as assistant in the
Geological Survey of New Hampshire. In 1842-3 and 1846 he studied
in Europe under Elie de Beaumont, Rammelsberg, H. Rose, Liebig and
others. He was employed, 1847-9, with John W. Foster, by the U. S.
Gov., to survey the Lake Superior region, and Congress published two
volumes of their reports in 1850—1. In 1854 he published a volume
of some 500 pages, entitled " The Metallic Wealth of the United States,
described and compared with that of other countries." In 1855 he
was made Prof, in The Iowa State University, and State Chemist of
Iowa. In 1858 two large quartos, describing the results of his in-
vestigations into the geology and palaeontology of Iowa were published by
the State Government. In April 1860 he was appointed State-Geologist
of California, residing in San Francisco. Said Agassiz of him, in a letter
to the Gov. of California, just before his appointment: "I have no
hesitation in saying that there is only one man in the United States
fully qualified for the survey of California — J. D. Whitney."
Son of Timothy, Son of John, b otfi ofDcdli am, Mass. 835
Since 1865 he has been Prof, in Harvard College of Geology in the
School of Metallurgy and Practical Geology. The reports of the
California survey are to extend to some 15 large volumes, of which
four have already appeared, and several others are now in process of
publication. These are founded on original surveys, in accurate and
large detail, and the various maps prepared to accompany them form an
era in American physical geography.
He was one of the original members of The Nat. Acad. of Sciences in
this country, established by Congress in 1863, and is a member of
several European scientific societies.
He m. July 5, 1854, Louisa Goddard, dau. of Samuel Goddard of
Brookline, Mass. Has one child :
5895. 1. Eleanor Goddard Whitney, b. at "Northampton, Nov. 29,
1856.
[Seventh Generation.]
5883. ii. Elizabeth Noble Whitney, b. March 30, 1822, m. June 13,
1848, Samuel Osgood Putnam (son of Rev. Dr. George Putnam of
Middleborough, Mass.) : Cashier of " The California Steam Boat Co."
of San Francisco.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5896. i. Catharine' Mussey Putnam, b. at Milwaukee, May 2, 1849.
5897. ii. Mary Eliot Putnam, b. July 14, 1854, at San Francisco.
5898. iii. Caroline Rankin Putnam, b. Dec. 12, 1855.
5899. iv. Elizabeth Putnam, b. Dec. 25, 1858.
5900. v. Osgood Putnam, b. July 24, 1860.
[Seventh Generation.]
5884. iii. Sarah Birdseye Whitney (dau. of Josiah D. Whitney and
Sarah WilJiston), b. Feb. 11, 1824, m. Jan. 19, 1848. Rev. Robert Coit
Learned of Plymouth, Conn., b. Aug. 31, 1817 (son of Edward Learned
of New London, Ct., and Nancy Coit), grad. at Yale in 1837, and at
the New Haven Theol. Sem. in 1841. He was settled at Twinsburgh,
O. (1843-6) ; at Canterbury, Ct. (1847-58) ; at Berlin, Ct. (1858-61),
and at Plymouth, Ct. (1861-5). She d. July 9, 1864, act. 40. He d.
at Plymouth, April 19, 1867, aet. 49.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5901. i. Dwight Whitney Learned, b. Oct. 12, 1848, grad. at Yale
in 1870.
5902. ii. Edward Learned, b. Aug. 14, 1851.
5903. iii. Grace Hallam Learned, b. March 14, 1854.
5904. iv. Margaret Williston Learned, b. Sept. 25, 1857, d. Dec. 4,
1857.
5905. v. Anna Coit Learned, b. July 8, 1859.
836 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hal field, Mass.
590G. vi. Sarah Whitney Learned, b. June 25, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
5886. v. Prof William D wight Whitney, Ph.D., LL.D. (son of
Josiah D. Whitney and Sarah Williston), b. Feb. 9, 1827, grad. at Wil-
liams Coll. in 1845, was Teller in " The Northampton Bank " for 3 years
(1845-8), studied Sanskrit by himself in 1848, and in 1849 with Prof.
Salisbury, at New Haven, and for 3 years in Germany, with Prof. A.
Weber, each winter siiccessively, in Berlin, spending the first two sum-
mers at Tubingen, in study under Prof. R. Roth, and the third in visit-
ing the principal libraries of France and England, to collate their MSS.
of the Atharva-Veda, the first edition of which he soon afterwards pub-
lished, in conjunction with Roth, at Berlin. In 1854 he was appointed
Prof, of the Sanskrit language and literature at Yale, and since 1870
has been Prof, also of Comparative Philology.
He m. Aug. 28, 1856, Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin (dau. of Gov.
Roger Sherman Baldwin of New Haven [grandson of Roger Sherman]
and Emily Perkins of Hartford). In 1856-7 he visited France and
Italy, partly for health and partly for the further study of French arid
Italian ; and since 1857 has taught German and French, one or both, in
the Academic and Scientific departments of the College. He has also
given instruction all the time in Sanskrit to special graduate students,
and has for several years given lessons and lectures in linguistic science.
He has published an elaborately annotated translation of the Siirya-
Siddhanta (a text-book in Hindu Astronomy) in " The Journal of the
Am. Orient. Society," and also the texts, with translations and notes,
of two Vedic grammatical treatises (Pnitic_ukhyas), the last of which
obtained from the Berlin Academy their first Bopp prize in 1870. He
has published, also, essays and articles in various periodicals in this
country and abroad, and was a large contributor of material to the great
Sanskrit Dictionary published by the Russian Government. He is the
author likewise of " Language and the Study of Language," of which
English and German editions have been published abroad ; " Oriental
and Linguistic Stiidies," to which a companion volume is to be soon
added ; " A Compendious German Grammar," and " A German Reader,
with Notes and a Vocabulary."
[Eighth Generation.]
5907. i. Edward Baldwin Whitney, b. Aug. 16, 1857.
5908. ii. Williston Clapp Whitney, b. April 2, 1859, d. March 11,
1861.
5909. iii. Marian Parker Whitney, b. Feb. 6, 1861.
5910. iv. Roger Sherman Baldwin Whitney, b. Jan. 6, 1863, drowned
while skating on Mill River, New Haven, Jan. 17, 1874.
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, both of Dedfiam, Mass. 837
5911. v. Emily Henrietta Whitney, b. Aug. 29, 1864.
**** vi. Margaret Dwight Whitney, b. Nov. 19 1866.
[Sixth Generation.]
5875. iv. Frances Whitney (dau. of Major Abel Whitney and Cla-
rissa Dwight), b. Dec. 5, 1789, m. Oct. 8, 1810, as his 2d wife, Rev.
Horatio Waldo, b. at Coventry, Ct., March 5, 1778 (son of Dr. John
Waldo and Lucy ), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1804, and tutor there
(180G-7). He was settled at Griswold, Ct. (1810-30). On account of
poor health he resigned his charge, and removed in 1830 to Portage,
N. Y., where he preached afterwards but occasionally. He d. May 3,
1846, aet. 68. She d. at Mt. Morris, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1871, aet. 82.
[He was a student at Williams for 2 years (1795-7), when lie left col-
lege and taught for 5 years in academies at Cherry Valley, 1ST. Y., and
Johnstown, N. Y. He m. a widow Beach (no further facts concerning
her ascertainable). They had a son, Horatio Waldo, Jr., b. March 27,
1802, grad. at Amherst in 1825, who m. in 1832 Nancy, dau. of Abijah
and Chloe Smith of New Britain, Ct. He taught a classical school for
some years in New York City, and afterwards (1838- ), for most of
his life, at New Britain, Ct., his wife assisting him, who was a lady of
superior intellect and culture. She d., full of peace and jov, June
1862, aet, 54. He d. May 19, 1863, aet. 61. They had children:
1, Louise Bingham Waldo, b. in 1833 iri New York, m. in 1857 John
Robert Jackson of (Parkville) Hartford, Ct., a manufacturer of iron
and steel. They have one child, Anna L., b. in 1869. 2, Newton S.
Waldo, b. in 1838, a real estate broker and unmarried. 3, Josephine
Margaret Waldo, b. in 1847, who m. in 1858 John Ward, a farmer in
New Britain.
Rev. Horatio Waldo retiirned to Williams and was grad. there in
1804. He taught school at Westfield, Mass., for 2 years (1804-6).
He studied theology with Rev. Dr. Hooker of Goshen, Ct.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5912. i. John Waldo, b. Aug. 10, 1811, d. 1868.
5913. ii. Dwight Waldo, b. Nov. 26, 1814.
5914. iii. Sarah Waldo, b. June 7, 1818, m. Elmon D. Smith.
5915. iv. Frances Waldo, b. June 24, 1820, m. Dr. Jas. S. Cowdrey.
5916. v. Harriet Waldo, b. May 11, 1822, m. Wrn. S. McNair.
5917. vi. Margaret Waldo, b. Oct. 28, 1824, m. Dr. Lorin J. Ames.
5912. i. John Waldo, b. Aug. 10, 1811, m. April 12, 1840, Eunice
Flint, of Dalton, Mass., b. April 12, 1818 (dau. of Austin Flint and
Alrnira Scott). lie was for several years pxirchasing agent of the A.
B. C. F. M.,in the Mission House at Boston, Mass. He d. there Dec.
1, 1868, aet. 57. His widow resides at S. Boston, Mass.
838 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
fi9!8. i. Laura Wood Waldo, b. at Dalton, May 17, 1844, d. Aug.
27, 1845.
5919. ii. Sarah Waldo, b. at Springfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1850, m.
George Rice, b. May 1, 1837, a clerk in the Walworth Manufacturing.Co.
5920. iii. Austin Eugene Waldo, b. at Boston, Nov. 3, 1854, d. Dec.
10, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
5913. ii. Dwight Waldo (son of Rev. Horatio Waldo and Frances
Whitney), b. Nov. 26, 1814, m. Nov. 3, 1841, Julia Ball, dau. of Jo-
siah and Lucy Ball of Berkshire, N. Y.). She d. Jan. 20, 1843, and
he m. for 2d wife, Jan. 1, 1845, Juliette Hitchcock, b. in Berkshire,
Dec. 18, 1817 (dau. of Isaac and Nancy Hitchcock). He is a farmer
in Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By second wife :
5921. i. Julia Louisa Waldo, b. in Portageville, N. Y., June 1848,
d. Aug. 1849.
5922. ii. William Dwight Waldo, b. in Berkshire Jan. 3, 1852, a
clerk at Newark Valley, N. Y. (1874).
**** iiL Frank Whitney Waldo, b. in Portageville, May 1853, d.
Feb. 1854.
**** iv. Carrie Louisa Waldo, b. in Newark Valley, N. Y., Aug.
6, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
5914. iii. Sarah Waldo (dau. of Rev. Horatio Waldo and Frances
Whitney), b. June 7, 1818, m. Oct. 11, 1848 Elmon (D.) Smith, b. in
North Haven, Ct., Nov. 5, 1817 (son of Hervey and Sarah Smith).
He is a farmer and manufacturer of bricks at Hornellsville, N. Y.,
where he has resided since May 1853. They have had but one child :
5923. 1. Frances Whitney Smith, b. Feb. 19, 1850.
[Seventh Generation.]
5915. iv. Frances Waldo (dau. of Rev. Horatio Waldo and Frances
Whitney), b. June 24, 1820, m. May 28, 1848, James Smith Cowdrey,
M.D., b. April 2, 1817 (son of Daniel Smith of New York and Hepzi-
bah Cowdrey). His name was originally James Cowdrey Smith, and
was changed at his request by act of the legislature to its present form.
He pursued his medical studies at New Yoi'k and Cincinnati (1840-5).
He is a practising physician (since 1846) at Lafayette, Indiana.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5924. i. Frederic Waldo Cowdrey, b. Sept. 27, 1849, d. Dec. 19, 1849.
5925. ii. Fanny Cornelia Cowdrey, b. Jan. 3, 1851, m. May 7, 1873,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 839
David Elijah Caldwell, an attorney in Indianapolis and editor of
" The Industrial Review," b. in Kentucky April 23, 1841, grad. at
McKendree Coll., Lebanon, 111., in 1863, and in law in 1864 (son of
James McLanahan and Nancy Agnes Caldwell).
5926. iii. Robert Hall Cowdrey, b. Oct. 1, 1852, is chief clerk in a
drug store in Chicago.
5927. iv. Hepzibah Louisa Cowdrey, b. Nov. 27, 1854, d. Aug. 27,
1855.
5928. v. James Henry Cowdrey, b. Feb. 17, 1857.
5929. vi. Ella Whitney Cowdrey, b/Aug. 28, 1860.
[Seventh Generation.]
5916. v. Harriet Waldo (dau. of Rev. Horatio Waldo and Frances
Whitney), b. May 11, 1822, m. Jan. 19, 1848, William Stockton
McNair, b. Feb. 16, 1815, in Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y. (son of
Samuel McNair, previously of Pa., and Margaret Keith Mann of Har-
sham, Berks Co., Pa. They lived in Sparta, where they died, for 55
years (1803-58) ), a farmer in Ottawa, 111., since 1849.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
5930. i. Martha Jane McNair, b. Nov. 19, 1848, d. July 27, 1849.
5931. ii. Charles Keith McNair, b. Oct. 2, 1850, d. Aug. 10, 1859.
5932. iii. Laura Frances McNair, b. Jan. 17, 1853.
**** jv> Neiiv Frederica McNair, b. Jan. 1, 1856.
**** v. Daniel Waldo McNair, b. April 21, 1858, d. May 23, 1861.
**** vi. Dwight Lincoln McNair, b. Aug. 20, 1 860.
**** vii. Maggie Lewis McNair, b. Sept. 8, 1862.
**** viii. Libby Buckminster McNair, b. May 23, 1865.]
[Seventh Generation.]
5917. vi. Margaret Waldo (dau. of Rev. Horatio Waldo and Frances
Whitney), b. at Griswold, Ct., Oct. 28, 1824, m. Sept. 26, 1848, Lorin
Jessie Ames, M.D., b. July 12, 1815, at S. Royalton, Vt. (son of Jessie
and Patty Ames), a physician at Mt. Morris, N. Y.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
5933. i. Alice Louise Ames, b. Sept. 14, 1849.
5934. ii. Martha Lillibel Ames, b. July 3, 1853.
5935. iii. Howard Waldo Ames, b. Jan. 15, 1856.
5936. iv. Henry Dwight Ames, b. Nov. 11, 1857.
5937. v. Margaret Whitney Ames, b. Oct. 7, 1859.
5938. vi. Harriet Bingham Ames, b. Aug. 7, 1861.
5939. vii. Frances Buckminster Ames, b. April 25, 1865.
[Sixth Generation.]
5877. vi. Robert Whitney (son of Abel Whitney and Clarissa Dwight),
b. Aug. 18, 1794, m. Sept. 11, 1820, Margaret Ashley Dwight, b. Sept.
840 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfidd, Jfass.,
2, 1795 (dau. of James Scutt Dwight and Mary Sanford). He was a
merchant at Westfield, Mass., for some yeai-s. In 1834 he removed to
Ohio, and was cashier of the Bank of Sandusky for a short time, but
in 1838 left Ohio and has spent most of his life since at Springfield,
Mass. He is at present (1873-4) residing temporarily at Peterboro',
N.H.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5940. i. James Dwight Whitney, b. at Westfield, Aug. 19, 1821.
5941. ii. Jonathan Dwight Whitney, b. there Jan. 24, 1823, was for-
merly a merchant in Sandusky City, O. He was during the late war
for 4 yeai-s with Genl. Sherman in his great campaign, in the Commis-
sary Department, in the 4th Iowa Regiment. He was for some years
a farmer at Afton, Iowa, but of late years was engaged in grape-grow-
ing in Missouri, lie d. at St. Louis, Mo., unmarried, May 16, 1873.
5942. iii. Robert Sanford Whitney, b. June 9, 1825, was cashier of
a Savings' Bank at St. Louis, Mo., where he d. unmarried April 25,
1864, aet. 38. He was a member of the First Cong. Ch. (Rev. Dr. T.
M. Post, pastor). In the church records his much lamented death is thus
noticed : "The name of Robert S. Whitney will be long dear to all
among us who loved modest, unassuming, genuine Christian worth, and
gentle, but firm Christian principle. His character was one pervaded,
lighted up and established by a godly sincerity : one of delicate and
shrinking diffidence, but of thorough, genuine, manly truth. His fidelity
was like the sun : his honor and integrity among business men would
have secured him any trust. His aim was to be useful in any sphere.
He was singularly free from ambition of precedence or display, and from
that aspiration to be greatest which so often perverts characters that
would otherwise be eminently useful."
5943. iv. Henry Gassett Whitney, b. at Westfield, Mass., July 3,
1827, resides unmarried at St. Louis, Mo., where he has been variously
employed in banks, government business and railroad business.
5944. v. Francis Whitney, b. Nov. 22, 1829, at Westfield, is a clerk
at St. Louis, unmarried.
5945. vi. Margaret Dwight Whitney, b. at Dalton, Mass., Aug. 9,
1832, resides unmarried at Springfield, Mass.
5946. vii. George Whitney, b. at Northampton, Oct. 12, 1834, d.
March 9, 1837.
5947. viii. William Whitney, b. at Sandusky City, O., March 12,
1838, was a private in the late war in Co. G, 37th Mass. Regt., and
"disappeared" in one of the battles of the Wilderness, May 6, 186 4.
Genl. Edwards, his commanding officer, said of him : " He performed
his duties faithfully, and was about to be promoted at the time of his
death."
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 841
5940. i. James Dwight Whitney, b. Axig. 19, 1821, m. Jan. 6, 1846,
Sophia Abigail Steele of Norwalk, O., b. in. Saokett's Harbor, N. Y.,
Nov, 23, 1824 (dau. of Judge Hiram Steele of Maumee City, O., and
Abigail Kennan). He was cashier of a bank at Norwalk, O. (1844—9),
engaged in forwarding and wholesale trade at Sandusky, O. (1850-70),
and from 1865 to 1871 he was National Bank Examiner for Ohio and
W. Virginia. He has resided since 1870 at Oberlin, O., and is now
(1874) examiner for the Insurance Department of Ohio, travelling in
other States and having his office at Columbus, O.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. A son, born dead, March 26, 1847.
5948. ii. Mary Dwight Whitney, b. at Norwalk, O., Sept. 23, 1848,
m. at Sandusky, Nov. 10, 1869, Julias Lamson Henderson, b. at San-
dusky, Oct. 1, 1844 (son of Dewitt Clinton Henderson, who d. May 27,
1867, aet. 50, and Zerviah Bliss, b. in Westford, Vt., and d. Dec. 13,
1851, aet. 35, at Sandusky). He is in the Atlanta and Gr. Western R.
R. Office, at Youngstown, O. Had one child :
**** 1. De Witt Clinton Henderson, b. July 9, 1871, d. Aug. 7, 1871.
5949. iii. George Dwight Whitney, b. at Norwalk, O., Oct. 10, 1850.
Is a druggist ah Oberlin, O.
5950. iv. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Sandusky, O., Oct. 17, 1853, in
Oberlin Coll., class of 1874.
5951. v. Robert Sanford Whitney, b. there May 9, 1860.
5952. vi. James Steele Whitney, b. at Sandusky, Jan. 11, 1864.
[Sixth Generation.]
5878. vii. Sarah Whitney, b. July 8, 1796 (dau. of Major Abel
Whitney and Clarissa D\vight), m. Sept 5, 1821, Henry Marsh, Jr.,
of Dalton, Mass., b. Feb. 9, 1797 (son of Henry Marsh of Dalton
and Betsey Lawrence), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1815. He resided
at Dalton for 19 years (1821-40), where he was a lawyer, merchant,
farmer and wool-grower, wool-dealer and manufacturer, and was
greatly prosperous. In 1840 he removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where
by the failure of the Ashuelot Manufacturing Co., of which he was
the principal proprietor, he lost all his property. In 184j3 he went to
Racine, Wis., in 1846 to Sandusky City, O., and in 1850 to St. Louis,
Mo. — engaging, while in the west, with two of his sons, in the mercan-
tile and produce business on the great lakes, and while at St. Louis,
with marked success. He d. June 4, 1852, of cholera, at Lasalle, 111.,
aet. 55. He was an active Christian and a zealous Sabbatli School
Superintendent. Amid his very misfortunes in business he succeeded,
in educating his 3 eldest sons at Williams College. Mrs. Marsh is still
living (1874) hale and hearty, aet. 77, at Owego, N. Y. [Henry Marsh
54
842 Descendants of Henry Dwicjld of Ilatfield, Mass.,
senior, was the son of Dr. Perez Marsh of Dal ton, Mass., and Sarah
Williams, dan. of Col. Israel Williams of Hatfield, Mass., b. Nov. 30,
1709 (son of Rev. William Williams of Hatfield and Christian Stod-
dard), and Sarah Chester, dan. of John Chester of Wethersfield, Ct.
Dr. Perez Marsh, b. Oct. 25, 1729, was son of Job Marsh of Hatfield,
b. June 1 1, 1090 (son of Daniel Marsh of Hatfield and Hannah Lewis,
dau. of Wm. Lewis of Farmington, Ct.), and Mehitable Porter, b.
Sept. 12, 1094, dan. of Hon. Samuel Porter of Hatfield, arvery wealthy
merchant for that day, and Joanna Cook, dau. of Capt. Aaron Cook.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5953. i. Henry Lawrence Marsh, b. June 9, 1822, d. June 10, 1852.
5954. ii. Rev. D wight Whitney Marsh, b. Nov. 5, 1823.
5955. iii. Col. Calvin Waldo Marsh, b. April 8, 1825, d. June 25,
1873.
595G. iv. Robert Marsh, b. April 25, 1828, d. at Dalton, Dec. 18,
1828.
5957. v. Elizabeth Willard Marsh, b. Nov. 28, 1829, is a teacher
now (1873) at Batavia, 111., and has been such in previous years at
Jacksonville, 111., Pittsfield, Mass., and St. Louis, Mo.
5958. vi. Clarissa D wight Marsh, b. Feb. 4, 1834, m. Samuel W.
Eager.
5959. vii. Sarah Williams Marsh, b. in Pittsfie*ld, Mass., May 24,
1830, d. there May 14, 1841.
5900. viii. Charles Francis Marsh, b. Oct. 11, 1842, is an unfortu-
nate at the Barre Institute for imbeciles.
5953. i. Henry Lawrence Marsh, b. June 9. 1822, grad. at Williams
Coll. in 1841, removed to Racine, Wis., in 1841, where he became a lum-
ber merchant, and was an elder in the Presb. Church. He d. at La-
salle, 111., of cholera, June 10, 1852, aet. 30. He was a liberal donor
to Western Reserve Coll. His family resides still (1874) in Ra-
cine. He m. Sept. 25, 1845, Clara Ellis Caufield of Racine, b. at San-
disfield, Mass. (dau. of Roswell Canfield, afterwards of Racine, and
Deborah ).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5901. i. Henry Whitney Marsh, b. Feb. 8, 1847, is a merchant in
Manistee, Mich.
5902. ii. Maria Canfield Marsh, b. Jan. 8, 1849.
5903. iii. Lizzie Dwight Marsh, b. Nov. 31, 1851, d. Sept. 21, 1852.
[Seventh Generation.]
5954. ii. Rev. Dwight Whitney Marsh (son of Henry Marsh and
Sarah Whitney), b. Nov. 5, 1823, grad. at Williams Coll. in 1842, and
at The Union Theol. Sem. in 1849, went as a missionary of the A. B.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both ofDedkam, Mass. 843
C. F. M. to Mosul, Turkey in Asia (1849-60). Returning temporar-
ily to this country, lie m. Oct. 19, 1852, Julia White Peck, b. June 10,
1829 (dau of Elisha Peck of Hartford, Ct., and Mary Jane Averill),
who d. in Mosul, Aug. 12, 1859. On Aug. 19, 1860, he returned to his
native land permanently. He m. Aug. 22, 1862, Elizabeth Le Barron
Clarke, b. Aug. 24, 1833 (dau. of Rev. Eber Liscom Clarke of Win-
chendon, Mass., and Sarah Lawrence). After preaching at Hiusdale,
Me., for a year (1861-2), he became principal and chief proprietor of
" The Rochester Seminary for Young Ladies," at Rochester, N. Y.
Here he remained until 1869, including an absence of a year (1867-8),
at Godfrey, 111. (Monticello Station). Since August 1871 he has been
acting pastor of the Cong. Ch. at Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. " His labors
at Rochester, although attended with pecuniary success, and very
pleasant, he intermitted, because preferring preaching very much to
teaching."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
_Z?y first wife :
5964. i. Henry Marsh, b. in Mosul, July 19, 1854, d. Aug. 1 follow-
ing.
5965. ii. Waldo Marsh, b. Dec. 15, 1856, d. May 5, 1859.
JBy second 'wife :
5966. iii. William D wight Marsh, b. Nov. 21, 1865, at Bernards-
ton, Mass.
5967. iv. Elizabeth Lawrence Marsh, b. there Sept. 8, 1869.
5968. v. Helen Whitney Marsh, b. at Owego, Sept. 9, 1871, d. there
July 18, 1872.
[Seventh Generation. ]
5955. iii. Col. Calvin Waldo Marsh (son of Henry Marsh and Sarah
Whitney), b. April 8, 1825, m. Dec. 26, 1860, Anna Ward King
(dau. of John King of Roxbury, Mass., and Mary Luke). He was a
commission merchant at St. Louis, Mo. He was a Lt. Col. for 2 years
and more in the late war, on the staff successively of Genls. Halleck,
Curtis and Scofield. He d. at St. Louis, June 25, 1873. They have
had 2 children :
5969. 1. Waldo King Marsh, b. Sept. 19, 1861.
5970. 2. Mary Gordon Marsh, b. June 8, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
5958. vi. Clarissa Dwight Marsh (dau. of Henry Marsh and Sarah
Whitney), b. Feb. 4, 1834, m. May 7, 1857, Samuel Watkins Eager,
Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1827 (son of Hon. Samuel W. Eager of Orange Co.,
N. Y., and Catharine Macaulay). He is a lawyer, and was clerk of the
court in St. Louis, Mo., where he resided for jnany years (1845-68),
844 Descendants of Henry Dwicjlit of Hatfield, Mass.,
for 18 years of the time (1849-67). His war record is as follows:
" He kept flying over the coiu-t house at St. Louis, of which he had
charge, the flag of the Union (70 feet long by 37 feet wide, hoisted
some 200 feet high), which from its size and height was visible from 10
to 20 miles around, and was a joy to every patriot eye that saw it.
He did good service, too, as a soldier and a captain in the Home
Guard. Having been in the court house at St. Louis for many years,
he knew loyal men and rebels by heart. Thoroughly honest and patri-
otic himself, he was the right man in the right place." So writes Rev.
Dwight W. Marsh of him to the author. Since 18G8 he has resided at
Racine, Wis.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
5971. i. Catharine Macaulay Eager, b. Aug. 20, 1859.
5972. ii. Henry Marsh Eager, b. Jan. 10, 18G2.
5973. iii. Robert Whitney Eager, b. Sept. 19, 1865.
5974. iv. Sarah Marsh Eager, b. March 19, 1868, at St. Louis.
5975. v. Mary Eager, b. at Racine, April 1870.
[Sixth Generation.]
5880. ix. Abel Whitney (son of Major Abel Whitney and Clarissa
Dwight), b. March 15, 1800, m. Oct. 20, 1838, Pamelia Babcock of
Harpersfield, N. Y.,b. Dec. 13, 1809 (dau. of John W. Babcock and
Lois Watson). She d. June 21, 1849, and he m. for 2d wife, Sept.
26, 1850, Belinda Baxter Bliss, b. in Washington, Vt., Dec. 5, 1814
(dau. of Dr. Jacob Bliss and Abigail Post). He has been a bookseller
since 1851 at Lowell, Mass., and was for several years previously en-
gaged in the wholesale flour business there.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
By first wife:
5976. i. John Abel Whitney, b. Dec. 6, 1839, is a bookseller at
Lowell and unmarried.
5977. ii. Clarissa Dwight Whitney, b. April 24, 1841, d. April 13,
1849.
5978. iii. Edward Augustus Whitney, b. March 24, 1843, at Lowell,
spent 3 years in Europe (1866-9) in the study of geological engineer-
ing. He is now (since Aug. 1872) cashier of a National Bank at West
Union, Fayette Co., Iowa, and unmarried.
5979. iv. Mary Louisa Whitney, b. June 10, 1845, d. Aug. 20, 1846.
By second wife :
5980. v. Henry Dwight Whitney, b. Feb. 21, 1852, d. Sept. 20, 1860.
5981. vi. Mary Ella Whitney, b. Jan. 10, 1857, d. Nov. 27, 1867.
[Fifth Generation.]
5851. iv. Sarah Dwight (dau. of Col. Josiah Dwight of Springfield
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 845
and Elizabeth Buckminster), b. Dec. 13, 1764, m. Feb. 9, 1791, Hon.
John Hooker of Springfield, b. Oct. 8, 1761 (son of Rev. John Hooker
of Northampton, Mass., and Sarah Worthington of Springfield, sister of
Col. John Worth ingtoii), grad. at Yale in 1782, a lawyer and a judge
of the Court of Common Pleas. He was also a deacon in the First
Cong. Ch. of Springfield, and one of the corporate members of the A.
B. C. F. M., and an active, earnest Christian. H. d. March 7, 1829,
aet. 67: she d. Sept. 5, 1842, aet. 77. Hon. O. B. Morris of Spring-
field described her to the author as " a lady of high intelligence and
excellence, religious, benevolent and affectionate."
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
5982. i. John Hooker, b. Dec. 15, 1791, grad. at Yale in 1810, was
a lawyer at Springfield, Mass., where he d. unmarried May 1857, aet.
65.
5983. ii. George Hooker, M.D., b. March 17, 1793, who is still
living.
5984. iii. Sarah Hooker, b. Oct. 16, 1795, m. us his 2d wife, May 15,
1822, Dr. Enoch Hale, b. Jan. 19, 1790 (son of Rev. Enoch Hale of
Westhampton, Mass., and Octavia Throop. See Hist, of Strong Family
by the axithor, vol. i. pp. 338-9). He was an eminent physician in
Boston, where he d. Nov. 12, 1848. She d. April 21, 1825, aet. 29.
They had one child :
**** 1. Almira Hale, b. in April 1824, who d. Oct. 15 following.
5985. iv. Hon. Josiah Hooker, b. April 17, 1796, grad. at Yale in
1815, a lawyer in Springfield, and Justice of the Peace, did a large
amount of civil and criminal business. He was twice a member of the
Mass. Legislature, Prest. of the Springfield Savings Bank for 24 years,
and for 40 years clerk and treasurer of the Bridge Company. He was
a man of a deeply religious character. He m. Oct. 23, 1849, Wealthy
Jane Judd of Westhampton, b. Jan. 10, 1825 (dau. of John Adams
Judd and Wealthy Kingsley). He d. in 1870 without issue.
5986. v. Elizabeth Dwight Hooker, b. Feb. 16, 1798, m. Frederic
A. Packard, and d. July 15, 1802, aet. 64.
5987. vi. Mary Hooker, b. Sept. 14, 1799, d. July 17, 1824.
5988 vii. Richard Hooker, b. July, 15, 1801, d. April 24, 1802.
5989. viii. Clarissa Hooker, b. in 1802, d. in 1803.
5990. ix. Prof. Worthington Hooker, M.D., b. March 3, 1806, d.
Nov. 6, 1867, aet. 61.
5991. x. Rev. Richard Hooker, b. April 10, 1808, grad. at Yale in
1827, and at the Presb. Theol. Sem. in Columbia, S. C. in 1835, hav-
ing taken part of his course at Princeton. He preached at Mt. Zion,
Hancock Co., Ga., for 3 years (1838-41), at Monticello, Ga., for 2
years (1841-3), and was settled for 9 years over the Presb. Ch. of
846 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Hatfield, Mass.,
Macon, Ga. (1843-52). He ui. July 15, 1846, Aurclia Dwight, b.
July 31, 181G (clau. of James Dwight of New Haven, Ct., and Susan
Breed, his 2d wife). He d. Dec. 19, 1857, aet. 49, of general debi-
lity. His widow resided at New Haven, Ct., after his decease, and d.
there Jan. 25, 1874. They had one child:
5992. 1. Thomas Hooker, b. at Macon, Ga., Sept. 3, 1849, grad. at
Yale in 1869, has been tutor at Yale since Sept. 1871 — instructs in
Greek. See page 200.
5983. ii. George Hooker, M.D. (son of Hon. John Hooker and
Sarah Dwight), b. March 17, 1793, grad. at Yale in 1814, m. Jan. 20,
1819, Rachel Breck of Northampton, b. June G, 1792 (dau. of Joseph
Hunt Breck and Abigail Kingsley). He has been through a long life
a physician at Longmeadow, Mass., still living (1874) aet. 81, as is
also his wife, aet 81.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
5993. i. Sarah Dwight Hooker, b. Jan. 13, 1820, d. April 18, 1825.
5994. ii. Robert Breck Hooker, b. in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 31,
1821, ni. Jan. 16, 1855, Mary Ophelia Young of Liberty, N. Y., b.
Aug. 16, 1829 (dau. of William Young b. May 22, 1802, in New Lon-
don, Ct., and Esther Hill, b. in Greenfield, Ct., Sept. 27, 1805, who
were m. Jan. 1, 1827. He d. Dec. 4, 1865). He is an apothecary at
Elizabeth, N. J. Has 3 children :
**** 1. Mary Augusta Hooker, b. Jan 3, 1857.
**** 2. George Breck Hooker, b. June 8, 1860.
**** 3. Elizabeth Dwight Hooker, b. Dec. 4, 18G3.
5995. iii. Lucy Ashmun Hooker, b. Dec. 16, 1822, d. Oct. 1, 1823.
5996. iv. Mary Hooker, b. Aug. 10, 1824, resides unmarried at
Longmeadow.
5997. v. John Hooker, b. June 5, 1826, m. Oct. 2, 1855, Ellen Eliza
Bliss of Longmeadow, Mass., b. May 20, 1834 (dau. of Gad Olcott
Bliss, b. in Longmeadow, March 1, 1807, and of Harriet Cooley, b.
there Dec. 19, 1802, whom he m. May 21, 1828). He is an apothecary
at Springfield, Mass. Has 3 children, all born in Elmira, N. Y.
**** 1. Harriet Breck Hooker, b. Sept. 19, 1857.
**** 2. Mary Dwight Hooker, b. Nov. 15, 1859.
**** 3. George Bliss Hooker, b. June 7, 1861.
5998. vi. Sarah Dwight Hooker, b. Jan. 8, 1828, resides unmarried
at Longmeadow.
5999. vii. George Hooker, b. March 26, 1830, d. May 3, 1831.
6000. viii. Josiah Hooker, b. May 19, 1833, d. Nov. 8, 1862. He
was a clerk in a bank at Hartford, Ct.
/Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 847
[Sixth Generation.]
5986. v. Elizabeth D wight Hooker (dau. of Hon. John Hooker and
Sarah D wight), b. Feb. 16, 1798, m. May 15, 1822, Frederic Adol-
phus Packard, b. Sept. 25, 1794 (son of Rev. Asa Packard of Marl-
boro, Mass., and Nancy Qnincy, b. in Marlboro Sept. 25, 1794), grad.
at Harvard in 1814, studied law at Northampton, Mass., practised his
profession at Springfield, Mass. (1819-28). In 1829 he became Record-
ing Sscy. of the Am. S. S. Union at Philadelphia, and editor of its pub-
lications, and resided there the rest of his life (1829-67). Every book
published by the Society in all those 38 years passed under his eye, and
was prepared and carried through the press by him — two thousand and
more in number ; of some 50 of which he was himself the author.
He also edited the periodicals of the Society, the S. S. Journal (S. S.
World), Youth's Friend and Child's World. He was for 21 years the
editor of the Journal of Prison Discipline in Philadelphia. He
wrote much for the daily papers and for various magazines, chiefly The
Princeton Review. He had a superior physical constitution for health
and strength, a mind of great activity and very buoyant spirits, and
was exceedingly practical in all his tastes and habits. He d. of a can-
cer in his under-lip after much terrible suffering, Nov. 11, 18G7, aet.
73. She d. July 15, 1862, aet. 64.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6001. i. John Hooker Packard, b. Jan. 20, 1827, d. Jan. 20, 1829.
6002. ii. Frederic Packard, b. July 24, 1828, grad. at Yale in 1848,
d. July 18, 1862, aet. 34.
6003. iii. Mary Hooker Packard, b. Aug. 30, 1830, m. April 12,
1854, Samuel Clarke Perkins, b. Nov. 14, 1828 (son of Samuel Hunt-
ington Perkins and Mary Fearies Donnell). He was grad. at Yale in
1848, and is an attorney in Philadelphia. No children.
6004. iv. John Hooker Packard, M.D., b. Aug. 15, 1832.
6005. v. Prof. Lewis Richard Packard, Ph.D., b. Aug. 22, 1836,
grad. at Yale in 1856, Prof, there since 1863 of Greek, m. Dec. 29,
1870, Harriet Moore Storrs, b. at Brookline, Mass., July 31, 1846 (dau.
of Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mary E. Jenks).
They have one child :
6006. 1. Mary Storrs Packard, b. April 5, 1872.
6004. iv. John Hooker Packard, M.D., b. Aug. 15, 1832, was grad.
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1850, and at The Med. Sem. of
same in 1853, was resident physician at Penn. Hospital in Philadelphia,
Pa., and since 1H56 has been a practising physician in Philadelphia.
He m. June 1858, Elizabeth Wood, b. May 2, 1835, in Philad. (dau.
of Charles Stuart Wood and Juliana Fitz, Randolph).
848 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Ilai field, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6007. i. Elizabeth Dwight Packard, b. April 6, 1859.
G008. ii. Charles Stuart Wood Packard, b. June 2, I860.
6009. iii. Frederic Adolphus Packard, b. Nov. 17, 1862.
6010. iv. John Hooker Packard, b. May 9, 1865.
**** v Francis Randolph Packard, b. March 27, 1870.
**** vi. George Randolph Packard, b. Sept. 27, 1872.
[Sixth Generation.]
5990. ix. Prof. Worthington Hooker, M.D. (son of Hon. John
Hooker of Springfield and Sarah Dwight), b. March 3, 1806, grad. at
Yale in 1825, practised medicine in Norwich, Ct. lie m. Sept. 30,
1830, Mary Ingersoll (dau. of John Ingersoll of Springfield, Mass.,
and Elizabeth Martin). She d. Jan. 11, 1853, and he in. Jan. 1855,
Henrietta Edwards, b. Sept. 6, 1815 (dau. of Hon. Henry \V. Edwards
of New Haven and Lydia Miller). He was appointed, in 1852, Prof,
of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Yale College, which office
he held until his death in 1867. He was the author of several Avorks,
such as " The Child's Book of Nature," " First Book in Chemistry,"
" Natural History," " Science for the School and Family," "Human
Physiology and Hygiene," "First Book in Physiology," "Child's
Book of Common Things," " Physician and Patient," " Homoeopathy,"
"Medical Delusions," and " Rational Therapeutics." He d. Nov. 6,
1867. His widow resides at New Haven.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
Hy first wife :
6011. i. John Worthington Hooker, M.D., b. July 14, 1833, d.
Jan. 26, 1863, aet. 29. He was grad. at Yale in 1854. He was Prof,
at Amherst Coll., Mass., of Hygienics and Gymnastics for a short time
(1860-1).
601 2. ii. Elizabeth Martin Hooker, b. Jan. 15, 1836, d. Feb. 27, 1845.
6013. iii. Edward Ingersoll Hooker, b. March 14, 1838, d. Nov. 3,
1839.
6014.. iv. Edward Ingersoll Hooker, 2d, b. Sept. 12, 1840, d. Jan.
27, 1841.
_Z?y second wife:
6015. v. Alfred Edwards Hooker, b. Jan. 6, 1857.
He had also a child, b. Jan. 1856, that d. almost immediately.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 829.
5852. v. Hon. Josiah Dwight, Jr. (son of Col. Josiah Dwight and
Elizabeth Buckminster), tt. Sept. 17, 1767, grad. at jHarvard in. 1786,
was a merchant at Stockbridge, Mass. " He was very good-looking, and
very religious, and every inch a man." His business habits were of the
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, bothofDedham, Mass. 849
most thorough kind ; and he had, like many others of the Dwight family,
decided military or administrative talents. He was proverbially upright.
Although long beforehand a Christian, hopefully, he did not join the
church until in his later years. He removed, after several years' resi-
dence at Stockbridge, to Northampton, where he was for a time con-
nected in business with Col. Wm. T. Edwards, his brother-in-law. He
was clerk for some years of the Court of Hampshire Co., then a very
large county, and the office was one of much value ; and he was also
afterwards State Treasurer of Massachusetts, residing, while holding
that office, at Boston. These two offices, which were each conferred
upon him without his own previous solicitation, or even knowledge,
were both of high responsibility.
He m. May 21, 1789, Caroline Williams. She d. Dec. 26, 1796, and
he m. for a 2d wife, March 1, 1798, Rhoda Edwards, b. at Stockbridge,
Mass., May 7, 1778 (dau. of Timothy Edwards and Rhoda Ogden, dau.
of Robert Ogden of ElLzabethtown, N. J.). He d. March 8, 1821, aet. 53.
Madam Rhoda Dwight deserves a clear and most honorable recog-
nition of her distinguished characteristics in this record. She was a
wonder and a joy to all who knew her, for her intellectual power and
brightness, to the very end of her very long life, and was held in high
veneration for her great worth of character and dignity of mien and
carriage by the admiring people of Northampton, and by multitudes
from far and near without that historic town. The author went there
expressly from his home in central New York, to talk with her about
many persons and things in the long past, quite unknown to others, but
well remembered by her, and has always recollected that delightful
and profitable visit as one of the marked events of his life. TlTe trail
of the memory of herself that she left upon his heart is as ineffaceable
as that left by the sight and the hearing of Daniel Webster on one of
his great public occasions. Form and features, voice and eye, manner,
words and spirit, all in each case impressed themselves indelibly upon
the gladdened consciousness of the admiring listener.
The father of " Madam Rhoda Dwight" (the name by which she was
everywhere reverently known), Col. Timothy Edwards, son of Prest.
Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierrepont, b. July 25, 1738, was a grad-
uate of Princeton College in 1757, and was a man of very strong intel-
lectual powers. At the decease of both his father and mother in 1 758,
he, aet. 20, became, as the eldest son, the guardian and head of the
large surviving family, consisting of 8 members, half of them but 15
years old and younger, and including among them those two subse-
quently famous characters, Pierrepont Edwards, his brother, then 5
years old, and Aaron Burr, their cousin, then but a child of two years
of age. Within two years' time (Sept. 25, 1760) he also married, and
850 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
began to have a family of his own, which numbered in the end 14 chil-
dren (17fi 1-87). Such sudden and large family cares compelled him
to relinquish his chosen profession of the law for mercantile pursuits.
Madam Rhoda Dwight came upon the stage of life at the end of the
second year of the revolutionary war. Her father was busily engaged
in the commissariat of the army, transporting " hard money " continu-
ally to and from Albany for the revolutionary troops. His pay for
his earnest and eminent services he had to take by law in " continental
money," by which he lost in the end nearly all the property that he had
accumulated for years.
Of Madam Rhoda Dwight, Prof. W. S. Tyler of Amherst College
thus wrote, in an obituary notice of her in " The Congregatioiialist "
of Boston : " There is now and then an American woman, to whom
other Americans, republicans as they are, concede the rank and title
of 'queen,' as pre-eminently hers, and do her homage with a loyalty all
the more profound because it is spontaneous, and not rendered to the
mere accident of birth or position. Such an one was Madam Rhoda
Dwight, who on Friday, .Nov. 13 (1864), was borne to her last rest in
that burial-place of kings and queens, the cemetery at Northampton.
She was a queen by birth and by nature, in person and in character, in
the church and in the state. Prest. Edwards was her grandfather, and
his eldest son, Hon. Timothy Edwards of Stockbridge, her father. Her
brothers and sisters were the leading men and women of their times —
ornaments to society and the church — and not a few of them public
characters, honored throughout the whole country. Who can look on
such families as the Edwardses and the Dwights without being proud
of our institutions."
"Her majestic form, her dignified and graceful manners, her stately
but not haughty bearing, her weighty and measured but gentle speech,
in short, her commanding person and presence, showed her every inch
a queen. She is a queenly woman, was usually a stranger's first ex-
clamation ; and it was the exclamation with which her friends and
acquaintances followed her to her burial. Those who enjoyed her
friendship knew her to be as genial, sympathizing and kind as she was
magnificent. She loved her children with a woman's tender and un-
changing affection, making them always feel that they were welcome to
her home, as they were dear to her heart, and dismissing them from her
presence, not only charmed with her conversation, but also rich and
happy in the assurance of her maternal blessing."
" Left a widow, with a flock of little children on her hands, with her
husband's estate wrecked by misfortune, she always trusted, and never in
vain, that ' the Lord would provide.' It was instructive to hear her
speak of her trials and of her no less numerous deliverances. It was
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, botli of Dedkam, Mass. 851
beautiful to see on what limited resources slie could educate a large
and most respectable family. She loved her country with a loyalty
only strengthened by age and experience ; and she hated oppression,
corruption and peculation with perfect hatred for her country's sake.
Her crowning excellence was her unaffected piety. She was a member
of the same church of which her honored grandfather was formerly
pastor ; and she lived and died in the same faith of which he was so
distinguished an example and defender."
The writer is happy to endorse the foregoing description of Madam
D wight, as in his view none too strong, from his own fresh remem-
brances of her siiperior presence and personal wisdom and grace. For
many details of special interest here furnished, he is indebted to her and
to the venerable J\idge O. B. Morris of Springfield (that " walking en-
cyclopaedia of family histories," as he was often called while living), who
also communicated them to him in person.
She d. Nov. 13, 1864, aet. 86, full of years and honor. While she
was living, there were always two special objects of interest, in her ad-
vanced years, which every cultivated stranger who visited Northampton
made it a point to be sure to see — " Madam Rhoda Dwight," the grand-
daughter of Prest. Edwards, and " The Edwards' Trees," three venera-
ble elms, supposed to have been planted by his own hands, which still
cover with their shadow the ground where the Edwards' mansion once
stood, next to the home of Prest. Dwight, which still abides in its an-
cient strength and beauty.
[Col. Timothy Edwards purchased the ground for his house of an
Indian woman, and hired workmen from Hatfield to construct it,
which was a story and a half high, and had in one end of it his store.
He was a member of the Council of the State (1775-80), and Judge of
Probate (1778-87). He was a deacon in the Cong. Ch. He was em-
ployed by Washington to furnish supplies to the soldiers at West Point.
He d. at Stockbridge, aet. 75. Oct. 27, 1813. His wife d. at Litchfield,
Ct., Nov. 22, 1822, aet. 80, and was interred at Stockbridge. " She
was a lady of great excellence of character, and of exceeding gentleness
of spirit." How absolutely the personal means of those who embarked
" their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor " as whole-souled
patriots in the revolutionary war were sacrificed in the poor returns
that they realized from the Government for moneys expended or loaned,
and services rendered, will be seen from a fact that Prest. Dwight vised
to state concerning the value to him of the pay in " continental currency "
that he received for his services as chaplain, that he once paid $450 of
it for a cord of wood, when wood was worth §2 a cord.]
Hon. Josiah Dwight had by his two marriages 17 children, of whom
all but two were the offspring of Madam Rhoda Dwight.
852 Descendants of Henry Dwlcjlit of Hat field, Mass.,
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
Jiy first wife :
6010. i. Francis Henry Dwight, b. April 10, 1790, was "captain's
clerk " on board the frigate " President " on which he was killed July
23, 1812, in the war with England.
6017. ii. William Harris Dwight, b. Aug. 10, 1792, was lost in the
N. Y. packet ship "Albion," on the coast of Ireland, near Kinsale,
April 22, 1822, aet. 29. He was a merchant in Boston, and " a man of
excellent character, and left a name greatly respected. He was faith-
ful in every relation of life." As a proof of his honorable sentiments,
it deserves to be stated that, before sailing for Europe, he made his will,
in which he left to his stepmother the sum of ten thousand dollai's in
case of his decease. This was the means, with careful economy on her
part, of her support during her long widowhood of more than 43 years.
Let his name abide in perpetual honor in the hearts of all, who read
this record of his worth !
Jiy second wife :
GO 18. iii. Caroline Williams Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1799, d. of con-
sximption Dec. 19, 1813.
6019. iv. Timothy Edwards Dwight, b. May 14, 1800, d. of spotted
fever, Jan. 22, 1807.
6020. v. Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1801, in.
Charles Sedgwick, d. Nov. 18, 18G4, aet. 63.
6021. vi. Kev. Robert Ogden Dwight, b. Oct. 31, 1802, d. Jan. 8,
1844, aet. 42.
6022. vii. Margaret Dwight, b. April 14, 1804, d. aet. 41, Sept. 5,
1845. She was all her life a teacher, from the age of 16 to her death
(1820-45). She began her work with teaching her younger sisters,
which was quite the fashion in N. E. families in those days ; and her
work gradually extended from her skill in it and her enthusiasm until it
embraced a host of pupils. She had a school of much note at North-
ampton and many remember her with great gratitude. Her moral
characteristics were quite superior, and although not in the strongest
sense of the term brilliant, she was very thorough, systematic and suc-
cessful in her work. " She was at the same time delightfully religious.
Her character was her real power in her work, and very great was the
influence exerted by her over her pupils for their good."
6023. viii. Amelia Dwight, ^| m. Dr. Joseph H. Flint.
6024. ix. Mary Ann Dwight, d. uhmar- .
• j -KT lo-o ytrmes, b. Sept. 17, 1806.
ried, Nov. 4,
6025. x. Susan Dwight, J m. Lewis Williams.
6026. xl Timothy Edwards Dwight, b. June 5, 1808, d. aet. 25, May
29, 1833. He was grad. at Yale in 1827, and studied law at Raleigh,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 853
N. C., with Thomas Devereux, Esq., his mother's coiisin. " He was an
excellent scholar, and remarkably winning in his manners, as well as
upright in his principles."
6027. xii. Thomas Dwight, b. April 5, 1810, d. Oct. 29, 1815.
6028. xiii. Hannah Buckminster Dwight, j d. Dec. 16, 1814, act. 3.
[•twins, b. Dec. 1, 181 1.
6029. xiv. Hannah Worthington Dwight, ) d. Sept. 17, 1827, aet. 16.
6030. xv. Caroline Williams Dwight, b. Nov. 17, 1813, m. Rev.
Samuel Hopkins.
6031. xvi. Josiah Dwight, b. June 29, 1815.
6032. xvii. Clarissa Dwight, b. June 10, 1817, d. Nov. 12, 1820.
Of the 15 children of Madam Rhoda Dwight, 5 were born at two
births ; and the trines, Nos. 8, 9 and 10, outlived most of the rest.
Nine only of the, 15 came to maturity. Only 6 lived to be over 42
years of age ; and only 6 have had any descendants.
6020. v. Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1801, m. Sept.
30, 1819, Charles Sedgwick of Lenox, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1791 (son of
Judge Theodore Sedgwick and Pamela Dwight). See page 738, No. 5128.
x. He was educated for the bar, but being early appointed clerk of the
Sepreme Court of Mass., he held the office until his death, and never
engaged in legal practice. Said Madam Dwight of him descriptively
to the writer: "He was a man of great worth, upright, true at heart
and benevolent." " To an inquiring mind, keen perceptions and a re-
fined -taste he united high humor and quick generous sympathies, to-
gether with much earnestness of character and constant faith in man.
He met those with whom he was brought into contact with far more
than common interest. No one could be long with him, so radiant
were his manners and face with good feeling, without the conviction
that he was his friend. His daily life was a joy to all who knew him.
He kept special care in his heai-t for the poor ; and when he died, the
laboring men of Lenox begged leave to carry his cherished remains to
the grave on their shoulders, and were accorded the privilege." He d.
Aug. 3, 1856.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sedgwick, kept for more than 30 years a Young
Ladies' School in Lenox, which attracted pupils to it from all parts of
the country. She was the author of several works, as : " The Spanish
Conquest in America " ; " Lessons without Books " ; " Louisa and her
Cousins " ; " Pleasant Sundays " ; " The Beatitudes " ; and " A Talk
with my Pupils." She d. at Lenox, Nov. 18, 1864, aet. 63.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6033. i. Catharine Maria Sedgwick, b. Sept. 15, 1820, m. William
Minot, Esq.
6034. ii. Charles Sedgwick, b. April 4, 1822, was a youth of high
854 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of ll«ni<l<l, Mass.,
promise and a superior linguist. He d. of brain-fever while a member
of Harvard College, March 30, 1841.
603"). iii. Elizabeth Dwight Sedgwick, b. July 15, 1826, m. Frederic
W. Rackemann.
6036. iv. Major William Dwight Sedgwick, b. June 27, 1831, <].
Sept. 29, 1862.
6037. v. Grace Ashburner Sedgwick, b. March 5, 1833, was active
in the late Union war in the U. S. Hospital service. She m. as his 2d
wife, Aug. 20, 1867, Charles Astor Bristed, Esq., of New York, b.
there in 1821, grad. at Yale in 1839, and at Trinity Coll., Cambridge,
Eng., in 1845. His first wife was Laura Whitten Brevoort (dau. of
Henry Brevoort), whom he m. in 1847. In 1852 he published " Five
Years in an English University." He wrote largely for various maga-
zines and newspapers. He d. at Washington, D. C., Jan. 14, 1874,
aet. 53.
6033. i. Catharine Maria Sedgwick, b. Sept. 15, 1820, m. Nov. 28,
1842, William Minot, b. April 7, 1817 (son of William Minot of
Boston and Louisa Davis), grad. at Harvard Coll. in 1836, a lawyer
in Boston, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6038. i. Jane Sedgwick Minot, b. Oct. 2, 1844, d. Nov. 18, 1847.
6039. ii. Alice Woodbourne Minot, b. July 10, 1847.
6040. iil William Minot, b. May 10, 1849, grad. at Harvard Law
School in 1868.
6041. iv. Charles Sedgwick Minot, b. Dec. 23, 1852.
6042. v. Robert Sedgwick Minot, b. Aug. 10, 1856.
6043. vi. Henry Davis Minot, b. Aug. 1859.
6044. vii. Lawrence Minot, b. May 19, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
6035. iii. Elizabeth Dwight Sedgwick (dau. of Charles Sedgwick
and Elizabeth B. Dwight), b. July 15, 1826, m. June 20, 1855, Fred-
eric W. Rackemann, a teacher of music in New York (son of Daniel
Rackemann of Bremen, Germany, and his wife, Philipine Florentine
Marianne ). They reside at Lenox, Mass. More recent informa-
tion was sought, but respectfully declined.
[Eighth Generation.]
6045. i. Charles Sedgwick Rackemann, b. June 21, 1857.
6046. ii. Frederic Rackemann, b. Jan. 22, 1860, d. Dec. 18, 1861.
6047. iii. Felix Rackemann, b. June 17, 1861.
6048. iv. Elizabeth Sedgwick Rackemann, b. July 25, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
6036. iv. Major \Villiara Dwight Sedgwick (son of Charles Sedg-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 855
wick of Lenox, Mass., and Elizabeth B. Dwight), b. June 27, 1831,
grad. at Harvai'd in 1851, spent about half a year in a law office,
and a year and a half subsequently in pursuing legal studies at Hei-
delberg, Gottingen and Breslau, Germany, and a year afterwards at
Cambridge in the Harvard Law School. He then (1854) established
himself as a lawyer at St. Louis, Mo. He in. July 15, 1857, Louise
Tellkampf (dau. of Prof. Adolphe Tellkampf of Hanover, Germany, and
Friederike Irott). At the beginning of the late war he wrote to his
father-in-law from out of the slave state where he lived : " For my
part, if my country is to perish, my hope is to perish with her." In
the spirit of that sentiment he turned his back on his chosen profession,
which was already full of large promises of honor and profit to him, to
hasten to the battle-field, and became, May 25, 1861, First Lt. in the
Second Mass. Regt. He was ere long detailed as ordnance officer of
Major Genl. Banks' Corps, and was soon transferred to the staff of
Major Gen. Sedgwick, his kinsman, with the rank of Major. Most of
the winter of 18G2 he passed in camp under Genl. Geo. B. McClellan,
and participated actively in the ensuing peninsular campaign. He
was a man of great bodily strength, which was usually quite equal to.
the demands of his immense ardor of spirit upon it. But while yet
overborne by ths fatigues of the disastrous campaign in Virginia, he
hastened with his corps to the protection of the capital, and thence to
the banks of the Antietam, where he received, Sept. 17, 1862, a bullet
wound, which in less than a fortnight ended his mortal career. While
lying, agonized by the terrible wound that he had received, on
the battle-field, he wrote these words in his pocket diary : " While
trying to rally our men, a musket ball struck me in the small of my
back, and I fell from my horse. As I write this I have been lying here
more than an hour, powerless to move my right leg. I think that the
wound must be mortal. I have been praying God to forgive my sins,
to bless and comfort my darling wife and children, my dearest mother
and sisters. As I have been lying here in very great pain, shells have
been bursting close to me, almost constantly. I wish my friends to
know that I have fallen while doing my duty as well as is possible,
which I can truly assert, and that I have not uttered a groan as yet,
lying alone on the hard ground in the sun, with no friend near."
For 8 hours he remained in this position, until he was at last found by
his friends, who removed him to a quiet farm-hoiise at Keedysville,
Md., where he d. Sept. 29, 1862. Mother and sister were by his side in
his last hours, but not also his greatly afflicted wife, who learned of her
sad bereavement only at the moment of her arrival from a return voyage
to Europe. The youngest of three little girls, whom he left behind him
to the sorrows of orphanage, he had never seen.
856 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
He was tall in figure and strongly built, and prepossessing in personal
appearance. His face was full of manly beauty ; and bis whole frame
was all aglow with energy and daring. His features were regular and
handsome, and his eyes dark and expressive. Said Lt. Tucker, of the
49th Mass. Regt., of him to the author, in 1863, at New York : " He was
a Number One for intelligence and chai-acter, a model-man, of noble
presence, large and muscular, and as good as he looked."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6049. i. Grace Sedgwick, b. May 12, 1858.
6050. ii. Emilia Sedgwick, b. Nov. 20, 1859.
6051. iii. Mary Elizabeth Sedgwick, b. July 3, 1861.
[Sixth Generation.]
6021. vi. Rev. Robert Ogden D wight (son of Hon. Josiah D wight
and Rhoda Edwards), b. Oct. 31, 1802, took part of the college course
at Amherst, and was grad. at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1834. He was
ordained Aug. 28, 1835, a Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to Madura
District, Southern India. He m. about the same time Mary Williams
Billings of Con way, Mass., b. March 8, 1809 (dau. of Elisha Billings
and widow Mary Hovey, nee Storrs, granddau. of Rev. John Storrs of
Southold, L..L). His own heart turned most strongly towards the
deep and wide-spread moral desolation of Africa. It is understood
that he was diverted from Africa to India as his special destination, be-
cause of his superior business-qualities, by the Committee at Boston,
who felt greatly at that time the need of such qualifications in the man-
agement of that mission. He was accordingly appointed the conductor
of its pecuniary affairs. " He was a man of perfect integrity and
thorough manliness, and was very successful in his access to the
heathen as well as to others." He went first to Dindigul, and after-
wards to Madura, where he d. Jan. 7, 1844, aet. 41.
Rev. C. F. Muzzey, once of the Madura Mission, told the author
that " he had a better knowledge of the Tamil langxiage than any of
the other missionaries, and that yet on account of his great bashful-
ness he was unable to preach extempore in that language with any
pleasure to himself. He was regarded by the natives as a very wise
and judicious counsellor, and their feeling was that in losing him,
' they had lost their right hand.' "
H« was of a rather tall and spare figure, but well-proportioned.
Although naturally of a very retiring disposition, he was full of native
unassumed dignity.
His wife was a lady of clear judgment and good taste, and of fine
personal appearance, and had much force of character. She was lov-
ingly and scrupulously devoted as a wife and mother to her household
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 857
duties. She m. for a 2d husband, March 12, 1845, Rev. Myron Wins-
low, D.D., LL.D., b. in Williston, Vt., Dec. 11, 1789, missionary to
Ceylon. She was his 4th wife. She d. April 20, 1852. He m. for
a 5th wife, May 20, 1857, Ellen A. Reed of Boston. He d. at Cape-
town, South Africa, Oct. 22, 1864, aet. 75.
Rev. Dr. Robt. Anderson, former Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M.,
wrote of Rev. Robt. O. Dwight to the author, under date of Aug. 29,
. 1868 : " He was an excellent missionary : he belonged to the first-class
of missionaries ; and the mission suffered a great loss in his early
death."
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6052. i. Mary Billings Dwight, b. Feb. 19, 1837, in Dindigul, India,
resides unmarried (1874) at S. Hadley Falls, Mass.
6053. ii. Robert Ogden Dwight, b. Oct. 8, 1838, studied law at
Northampton, and was admitted to the bar in New York in May 1862,
where he practised the profession until 1865. Since 1866 he has been
established as a lawyer at South Hadley Falls, Mass. He m. Oct. 6,
1869, Sarah Elizabeth Coburn, b. Nov. 22, 1841 (dau. of John Si-
monton Coburn of Rockland, Me., and Sarah Elizabeth Levensaler).
No children.
6054. iii. William Harris Dwight, b. Oct. 1840, d. in a few days.
6055. iv. Timothy Edwards Dwight, b. Dec. 29, 1841, at Madura,,
resides at S. Hadley Falls, unmarried (1874), is a market gardener.
[For the Storrs kindred of this family, see Hist, of Strong family by
the author, pp. 115 1-3].
[Sixth Generation.]
6023. viii. Amelia Dwight (dau. of lion. Josiah Dwight and Rhoda
Edwards), b. Sept, 17, 1806, m. June 1, 1824, as hisr 2d wife, T)r.
Joseph Henshaw Flint of Northampton, Mass., b. April 20, 1786 (son
of Dr. Austin Flint of Leicester, Mass., and Elizabeth Henshaw).
He d. Nov. II, 1846, aet. 60. She resided for many years at New
York, but resides now (1874) at Washington, D. C. [Dr. J. II. Flint
had, by his previous marriage, Prof. Austin Flint, M.D., of New
York, a medical author, and Mrs. Susan W. Jewett of Bridgeport, Ct. ].
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6056. i. Elizabeth Henshaw Flint, b. at Northampton, May 23, 1825,
m, Sept. 25, 1850, Dr. Arthur A ugustus Shiverick of New Bedford,
Mass, (son of Joseph R. Shiverick and Charlotte Donaldson). Pie d.
Oct. 3, 1863, of typhus fever, contracted while paying his customary
visits at Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., shortly after having opened an office
in the city. His widow resided for some years at Stamford, Ct., but
resides now (1874) at Washington, D. C. No issue.
55
858 Descendants of Henry Diviglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
6057. ii. Edward Flint, b. Nov. 1, 1826, m. Nov. 20, 1850, Ellen
Hallet of Boston (dau. of George Hallet and Eliza, dau. of James
Gordon). He was superintendent of The Pacific Mail Steamship Co.,
in San Francisco, Cal. He was lost on his return homewards for a
visit, July 27, 1862, act. 35, in the steamer " Golden Gate," wrecked
off the coast of Mexico. He was a man of high moral worth. No
issue. His widow resides (1874) in Leicester, Mass. [George Hallet
was the son of Charles and Lydia Hallet of Yarmouth Port, Mass.].
6058. iii. Mary Dwight Flint, b. July 30, 1828, m. Daniel Gorham
Bacon.
6059. iv. Joseph HenshawFlint,b. Sept. 22, 1830, d. March 7, 1834.
6060. v. Hannah Willard Flint, b. July 1, 1832, d. Feb. 25, 1834.
6061. vi. Robert Ogden Flint, b. Jan. 23, 1834, was an officer on
board the steam yacht " The North Star," in its visiting tour around
the world, under the charge of Capt. Vanderbilt, on which he was lost
overboard when off the coast of Portugal, July 29, 1853, aet. 19, in
N. lat. 39° 55', and 9° 43' W. long. He had just been promoted, when
at Havre, to the office of quarter-master. " He was on the quarter-
deck when the men were shifting the main sheet — a flap from which
struck him as he stood at the extreme edge of the stern, outside of the
netting, and tossed him into the sea. At the cry of " a man over-
board ! " and the sight of his hands upraised for a moment above the
waves, a small boat was at once lowered, and great efforts were made
to rescue him; but, after an hour's fruitless search, the vain attempt
to find him was abandoned. His struggle for life was short, and not a
word was heard in the air by any one from his lips as he disappeared
from view. " He was very intelligent and affable, and a favorite with
the whole party sailing with him."
6062. vii. Josiah Dwight Flint, b. Dec. 29, 1835, has been engaged
for several years in the insurance business in New York. During the
late war he was a clerk in the U. S. Quartermaster's Department in Ohio,
Kentucky and New York City. He m. June 22, 1870, Mary Hawes
Hull, b. in Essex, Ct., Jan. 18, 1847 (dau. of Rev. Joseph Darling Hull,
grad. at Yale in 1837, a teacher in New York, and Charlotte L. Cowles).
He is now (1874) special agent of the London Assurance Society in
New York.
6063. viii. Laura Amelia Flint, b. in Springfield, Mass., July 11,
1840, m. May 5, 1858, Capt. Joseph Brent Griswold Isham of New
York, a sea-captain. She was divorced from him by law in 1869, on
the ground of desertion, and now has legally the name of Mrs. Laura
D. Flint, and resides (1874) in Washington, D. C. She had one child :
6064. 1. Joseph Brent Isham, b. Feb. 19, 1859, who d. Feb. 26, 1860.
6058. iiL Mary Dwight Flint, b. July 30, 1828, m. March 27, 1851,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, bot7i of Dedliam, Mass. 859
Daniel Gorham Bacon, b. in Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 26, 1820 (son of
Daniel Carpenter Bacon and Desire Gorham), a merchant in New
York, importing tea and other goods from China and India.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6065. i. Elizabeth Henshaw B icon, b. June 27, 1852.
6066. ii. Gorham Bacon, b. Oct. 13, 1855.
6067. iii. Constance Bacon, b. Dec. 9, 1857.
6068. iv. William Dwight Bacon, b. Oct. 20, 1859, d. May 1860.
6069. v. Daniel Bacon, b. Aug. 27, 1862.
6070. vi. Edward Bacon, b. April 11, 1866.
**** vii. Robert Ogden Bacon, b. Aug. 29, 1872.
[Sixth Generation.]
6024. ix. Mary Ann Dwight (one of the trine daughters of Hon.
Josiah Dwight and Rhoda Edwards), b. Sept. 17, 1806, d. Nov. 4,
1858, aet. 52. She was an ^authoress and a great lover of artistic
studies. She was the author of " Dwight's Grecian and Roman My-
thology," " Lectures on Art," " An Elementary Book on Astronomy,"
" Poetry for the Young," " Cowper's Translation of the Iliad, with
Notes by her," and " An Abridgement of Lanze's History of Paint-
ing." She had most vigorous habits of mental industry. She taught
painting and drawing.
In " The Annual of Obituary Notices for 1858," pub. by Nathan
Crosby at Boston, it is said : " Her father had an excellent library,
although not large, on which her taste was formed ; and he had always
that unparalleled means for training the young, the society of culti-
vated people at his house. During all her life she was diligent and
earnest in the duty of self-cultivation. She endured suffering in her
last illness with uncomplaining fortitude. She seemed to have a spirit
of the most perfect Christian faith, hope, love, charity and patience,
and a submission to the Father's will perfect and entire."
She had an exhaustless energy of character, and was ever buoyant
and inspiring in her thoughts and feelings. Her mind developed but
slowly in her early life in those directions in which she afterwards ex-
hibited such power and pleasure.
In the " Historical Magazine," vol. iii., N. Y., it is said of her: " Her
life was quiet and unobtrusive, but eminently useful, worthy and dig-
nified. She was for many years a teacher — an office for which she was
pre-eminently fitted by her patience, her gentleness, her sound knowledge
and her strong sense -of duty. Her work on Grecian and Roman My-
thology (A. S. Barnes & Co., Ill William St., N. Y.), is one of sub-
stantial excellence.
860 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilaffiehl, Mass.,
[Sixth Generation.]
6025. x. Susan Dwight (trine dau. of Hon. Josiah Dwight and
Rhoda Edwards) b. Sept. 17, 1806, m. Feb. 4, 1834, Lewis Williams,
b. in Brimfield, Mass., Sept. 16, 1784 (son of Rev. Nehemiah Williams
of Brimfield and Margaret Keyes of Pomfret, Ct.), a merchant in
Brirnfield, and afterwards at Chilicothe, O., where he d. Aug. 27, 1852.
She resides now (March 1874) in Washington, D. C.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6071. i. Lewis Williams, b. in Brimfield, Mass., June 20, 1837, a
civil engineer, resides at Cincinnati, O., and is Superintendent of the
C.'H. and D. Rail Road. He m. in 1868 Henrietta Nye of Cincinnati
(dau. of Henry Nye and Maria Lawrence). He has had 2 children :
**** 1. Susan D. Williams, b. March 69, d. Nov. 1872.
**** 2. Harry Nye Williams, b. July 1871.
6072. ii. Anna Dwight Williams, b. in Chilicothe, June 29, 1841, d.
Aug. 22, 1842.
[Sixth Generation.]
6030. xv. Caroline Williams Dwight (dau. of Hon. Josiah Dwight
and Rhoda Edwards), b. Nov. 17, 1813, m. May 29, 18.32, Rev. Samuel
Hopkins, b. April ll, 1808 (son of Capt. John Hopkins, a merchant in
Hadley, Mass, and afterwards in Boston, and Lydia Thompson of New-
buryport, Mass.), grad. at Dartmouth in 1827, and at Andover Theol.
Sem. in 1831, was settled at Montpelier, Vt. (1831-5), at Saco, Me.
(1836—44), resided at Northampton without charge (1844-66), and
from May 6, 1866, to Aug. 1, 1872, he was stated supply at Standish,
Me. He is the author of " Lessons at the Cross " ; " History of Vir-
ginia "; " The Puritans and Queen Elizabeth." He is now preaching
(1874) at Topsham, Me.
[Capt. John Hopkins, b. Jan. 17, 1770, was son of Rev. Samuel
Hopkins of Hadley and Sai*ah Porter (dau. of lion Eleazer Porter of
Hadley and widow of Rev. Chester Williams). He d. at Northampton,
Jan. 9, 1842. He had 6 children, three of whom came to maturity, viz. :
Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 20, 1790, who m. Rev. Dr. John Wheeler, Prest.
of the Vermont University (1833-49), who d. aet. 62, in 1864 ; Rev.
Samuel Hopkins, now of Standish, Me. ; and Rev. Erastus Hopkins, b.
April 7, 1810, grad. at Dartmouth in 1830, who resides at Northamp-
ton (since 1841), and has been several times a member of the State
Legislature, and Prest. for some years (1846-51) of the Conn. River
R. R. Co. See Hist, of the Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. p.
971.
Rev. Samuel Hopkins of Hadley, was son of Rev. Samuel Hopkins
of W. Springfield, Mass., and Esther Edwards, sister of Prest. Jona-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 861
than Edwards. He was bapt. Oct. 20, 1729, and m. in 1756 widow
Sarah Williams.] Rev. Samuel Hopkins has had 6 children :
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6073. i. A child, b. dead, in 1833.
6074. ii. Elizabeth Hopkins, b. Dec. 1, 1834, m. as his 2d wife, Nov.
22, 1859, Rev. Joseph Henry Myers, b. Oct. 29, 1817 (son of Peter
Joseph Henry Myers of Watertown, N. Y., a merchant there, and
Lucy Fitch), grad. at Vermont University in 1837. He was a teacher
in Georgia before the late war. After it he was a teacher at Oyster
Bay, L. I. (186G-8). He has now a Boarding and Day School at Mil-
ton, N. Y., on the Hudson, By his previous marriage he had a son,
John Wheeler Myers, b. in Nashville, Tenn., now (1873) aet. 25. They
have one child :
**** 1. Peter Joseph Henry Myers, b. in St. Augustine, Fla.
6075. iii. Rev. George Hopkins, M.D., b. March 13, 1837, grad. in
his medical studies in 1862 in the N. Y. Coll. of Physicians and Sur-
geons. He was Asst. Surgeon in the Mississippi Squadron under
Com. Davis, (July — Oct. 18G2), when he was appointed Asst. Surgeon in
the Navy Dept. at Washington, D. C., and in Dec. 1863 was trans-
ferred to the Atlantic Squadron, and was engaged in the taking of
Fort Fisher, receiving an honorable discharge from the service in Oct.
1865. He practised medicine afterwards at Westhampton, Mass., and
Kingston, N. Y., but is now (1873) settled in the ministry at Covert,
Seneca Co., N. Y.
6076. iv. Isabella Thompson Hopkins, b. Dec. 14, 1839, resides
unmarried with her parents.
6077. v. Margaret Dwight Hopkins, b. Dec. 18, 1841, m. Feb. 16,
1864, James Gushing Ward, b. Aug. 28, 1821 (son of George A. Ward,
a merchant formerly in New York, and Mehitable Gushing of Salem,
Mass.). He is a resident at Northampton, without any professional
employment. Three children :
**** 1. George Atkinson Ward, b. Dec. 26, 1864.
**** 2. Samuel Hopkins Ward, b. Nov. 24, 1867, d. May 10, 1869.
**** 3. James Cushing Ward, b. Aug. 30, 1871.
6078. vi. John Hopkins, b. June 9, 1843, d. Aug. 1844.
[Sixth Generation.]
6031. xvi. Josiah Dwight, Jr. (son of Hon. Josiah Dwight and
Rhoda Edwards), b. June 29, 1815, m. Nov. 1839, Amanda Leonard
Griffing, b. Sept. 20, 1817 (dau. of Henry Griffing of Guilford, Ct., and
Anna Leonard of Stockbridge, Mass.). He resides in Woodstock,
McHenry Co., 111., and has been for several years clerk of the Circuit
Court, and ex-officio recorder of deeds for McHenry Co., 111.
862 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hat-field, 3fass.,
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6079. i. Charles Sedgwick Dwight, b. Aug. G, 1840, entered the
Union army in the late war, Aug. 18G2, as a private in " The Chicago
Board of Trade Battery " for 3 years. " He fought his first battle at
Stone River. Soon after the battle of Lookout Mountain the mem-
bers of this battery were mounted and permanently attached to the
cavalry service, in which they afterwards engaged in all * the Kilpa-
trick raids ' and ' in running down ' Forrest and Wheeler. He was
in 30 battles and skirmishes — the last of which was the last battle of
Nashville, under Genl. Thomas, followed by the pursuit of the. enemy
to the Tennessee River. In March 1865, just before the close of the
war, he was ordered to report himself to the Cavalry Bureau. In all
his army life he had not one sick day, nor did he receive one wound,
or suffer one spot upon the reputation that he bore with him to camp
and field of thorough purity of character and manners." Thus wrote
his fond father of him, in 1866, to the author, and with what honest
pride ! He m. Nov. 10, 1870, Ellen E., dau. of Samuel Mason of Hol-
liston, Mass. He is a clerk in Chicago (Field & Leiter). One child :
**** 1. Arthur Mason Dwight, b. Oct. 3, 1872.
6080. ii. Julia Dwight, b. July 23, 1843.
6081. iii. William Harris Dwight, b. March 15, 1845, m. April 10,
1872, Margarette H. Bui-ton (dau. of James Burton of Crystal Lake,
111.). He is a boot and shoe merchant in Woodstock, 111. Has one
child :
**** 1. Elizabeth H. Dwight, b. Dec. 12, 1873.
6082. iv. George Dwight, b. May 7, 1849, d. Sept. 14,1850.
6083. v. Edward Edwards Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1851, a clerk in
Chicago (Field & Leiter).
**** vi. Harry Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1854, d. Feb. 20, 1854.
**** vii. Josiah Dwight, b. Dec. 10, 1855.
The number of descendants of Col. Josiah Dwight and Eliza-
beth Buckminster here presented to view is 240.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 624.
4154. vii. Capt. Edmund Dwight (son of Capt. Henry Dwight of
Hatfield and Lydia Hawley), b. Jan. 19, 1717, was a merchant at Bos-
ton, Mass., and afterwards at Halifax, N. S., where he d. Oct. 28,
1755, aet. 38. He m. Aug. 23, 1742, Elizabeth Scutt, b. 1724 (dau.
of Capt. James Scutt of Boston and Elizabeth ). She d. in 1764,
aet. 40. He was an enterprising, vigorous man, of but moderate pecu-
niary means. He held at one time the commission of captain in his
Majesty's service, and was previously ensign at the taking of Louis-
burgh, June 6, 1745.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 863
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
6084. i. Jonathan Dwight, b. June 16, 1743, d. Sept. 5, 1831, aet. 88.
6085. ii. James Scutt Dwight, b. Feb. 3, 1745, d. Aug. 11, 1748,
aet. 3.
6086. iii. Edmund Dwight, b. April 19, 1747, d. Nov. 5, 1749, aet. 2.
6087. iv. Elizabeth Dwight, b. June 4, 1749, m. Hon. Samuel Fow-
ler, and d. Dec. 18, 1784, aet. 35.
6088. v. Sarah Dwight, b. Oct. 30, 1751, m. Benjamin Day, Jr.,
and d. June 17, 1785, aet. 34.
6089. vi. Henry Dwight, b. Dec. 22, 1753, d. Nov. 12, 1798, aet. 45.
How strongly is one reminded, in looking at the record of this fam-
ily, of the truth of the remark which has been often and quite justly
made, that " the D wights are not a long-lived race."
6084. i. Jonathan Dwight, b. June 16, 1743, at Boston. His father
sent him, when but 10 years old, without any patrimony, to Springfield,
where, in the end, he became possessed of large wealth. Committing
him to the care of his brother, Col. Josiah Dwight of Springfield, he
addressed to him the following letter from Nova Scotia :
" SIR : — I have sent my son to Boston, to father Scutt. You have
once or twice mentioned it in letters I have received from you, that if
I would send him to New England you would take him. If you have
not enlarged your family, and can conveniently take him without giving
sister too much trouble, I shall be greatly obliged to you. For some,
or at least one particular reason, I should choose he should not stay
long at his father Scutt's. If you should send for him, I hope his be-
havior will be such as will be agreeable to you. If it please God to
spare my life, I hope to see you in New England within these four
months. Be so good as to write a line by the first opportunity you
have. I shall write you more fully. My love to you and sister, and
all inquiring friends. I am your affectionate brother,
EDMUND DWIGHT."
His uncle received him with kindness, and made him a clerk in his
store. That kindness he afterwards fully repaid by his careful attention,
after his uncle's decease, to his estate, in behalf of his family ; and the
warmest good-will has existed between the two families to this day.
He was a man of a vigorous, active intellect, and of great energy and
enterprise. He was thoroughly honest and honorable in all his busi-
ness, and very judicious in the management of his affairs, and a man
of decided religiousness of character in both feeling and habit. As to
his physique, he is described as " a man of medium size and of good
aspect and appearance."
He built at his own expense the church now occupied by the Second
864 Descendants of. Henry Dwiglit of Halfidd, Mass.,
Cong. Society in The First Parish of Springfield, at a cost of some $20,-
000 (equal to ut least $40,000 now). To a colony of sececlers from the
First Cong. Church (Rev. Dr. Osgood, pastor), he proposed " to build
a meeting-house of such dimensions (see Holland's Hist. West. Mass.,
vol. ii. p. 122) and elegance as they should direct, at his own expense,
and present the same to them, as a free gift, provided that they would
establish an ample fund for the permanent support of the minister."
The terms of the propc sition were fully and readily met, and the church
was erected and presented to them.
The following tribute to his memory is copied from the family rec-
ord of his son, Henry Dwight, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y. : " He was active
and industrious, prudent and economical, judicious and persevering.
During the revolution the state of the country, the depreciation of
continental money, and his own political views, which were unpopular,
discouraged him, and he suspended business for a time ; but was ere
long induced by his wife and another friend's influence to recommence
it, which he prosecuted with success until age justified his retirement
from its cares. He acquired by patient effort great respectability, edu-
cated his family, provided abundantly for their wants, and bequeathed
to them a large estate at his death. He acquired by his genuine, un-
affected politeness the esteem of all that knew him. On retiring from
business, not desiring to retain a large amount of property in his own
hands exclusively, he advanced a large portion of his estate to his chil-
dren, taking obligations from them for it — thus giving them the man-
agement and enjoyment of it, while its ultimate control rested legally
and properly in his own hands.
" I loved him sincerely, and shall always cherish his memory with
affection, and, I hope, with gratitude to God, for having given me so
kind arid excellent a father. April 1832."
He m. Oct. 29, 1766, Margaret Ashley of Westfiehl, Mass., b. Sept.
3, 1745 (dau. of Dr. Israel Ashley and Margaret Moseley, originally
Maudesley). Henry Dwight, Esq., writes thus of his mother: " Fi-oni
the Rev. Dr. Howard, who married my eldest sister, I learn that she
was vigoixnis in her management of all her affairs, with a temper anxious
in some measure — solicitous for success in life." She d. Feb. 8, 1789,
aet. 43. He m. March 29, 1790, Margaret Van Veghten Vanderspie-
gel of New Haven, Ct., who d. July 25, 1795, aet. 42, and he m. for
a 3d wife, Oct. 13, 1796, Hannah Buckminster of Brookfield, Mass.
She d. May 26, 1824, aet. 79. He d. Sept. 5, 1831, aet. 88, full of years
and honor, at Springfield. His children were all by his first wife.
His son Henry adds to the brief but distinct picture of his father,
already given, the following shaded lines : " From the loss of my mother,
in the prime of life, and of three daughters before they had attained to
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 865
middle age, lie suffered deep affliction. His quiet was disturbed also
from some severe losses iu the purchase of lands ; yet his life was
crowned with unusual prosperity."
He gave to the family name and position in Springfield like honor
and conspicuousness to that conferred upon them at Dedham, by Capt.
Timothy Dwight ; at Northampton, by Col. Timothy Dwight ; at Hat-
field, by Capt. Henry Dwight ; at Stockbridge, by Genl. Joseph Dwight ;
at Boston, by Edmund Dwight (son of Jonathan), and at New Haven,
for that city, and for Connecticut, and the whole country, by Prest. Tim-
othy Dwight of Yale. For an account of the Ashley lineage of his de-
scendants, see page 820.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6090. i. Lucinda Dwight, b. Sept. 10, 1767, m. Rev. Bezaleel How-
ard, d. March 18, 1788, aet. 20.
6091. ii. James Scutt Dwight, b. July 5, 1769, d. March 18, 1822,
aet. 52.
6092. iii. Margaret Dwight, b. Feb. 5, 1771, d. April 24, 1790, aet. 19.
6093. iv. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1772, d. March 29,
1840, aet. 67.
6094. v. Edmund Dwight, b. Jan. 19, 1774, d. Aug. 12, 1775.
6095. vi. Sophia Dwight, b. Sept. 4, 1776, m. James Byers, d. Feb.
23, 1803, aet. 27.
6096. vii. Edmund Dwight, b. Nov. 28, 1780, d. April 1, 1849,
aet. 68.
6097. viii. Rev. Henry Dwight, b. June 25, 1783, d. Sept. 6, 1857,
aet. 74. It was of this family that Hon. O. B. Morris said to the
writer, in 1863, at his house in Springfield ; " The Dwight Family was
the great family of Springfield 60 years ago."
6090. i. Lucinda Dwight, b. Sept. 10, 1767, m. Dec. 10, 1785, Rev.
Bezaleel Howard, D.D., b. Nov. 22, 1753 (son of Nathan Howard, a
farmer in Bridgewater, Mass.), grad, at Harvard in 1781, and tutor
there (1783—5). He was settled over the First Cong. Ch. of Spring-
field for 18 years (1785-1803). In 1819 he became an avowed Unita-
rian. He was thoughtful, sincere, frank and quaint, and of a strongly
conservative habit of mind. She d. March 18, 1788, aet. 20. He m.
for a 2d wife Prudence Williams. He d. June 20, 1837, aet. 83. Mrs.
Lucinda D. Howard " was remarkable for her personal beauty and her
superior intelligence." They had one child :
[Seventh Generation.] Child :
6098. i. Lucinda Dwight Howard, b. Aug. 27, 1786, m. May 4,
1809, Samuel Orne, Esq., b. Jan. 30, 1786 (son of Capt. William Orne
of Salem, Mass., an eminent merchant there), grad. at Harvard in
866 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
1804, a lawyer in Springfield, and a man of large property. He d.
July 28, 1830, act. 44 : she d. Oct. 17, 1828, act. 42. " She was
very handsome, intelligent and talented, and quite remarkable in all
respects."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6099. i. Sophia Dwight Orne, b. March 6, 1810, m. Dr. Charles
Chapin.
6100. ii. William Wetmo re Orne, b. June 27, 1811, d. April 29,
1852, aet. 41.
6099. i. Sophia Dwight Orne, b. March G; 1810, m. July 6, 1830,
Charles Chapin, M.D., of Brattleboro, Yt., b. at Orange, Mass., July
10, 1803 (son of Oliver Chapin of Brattleboro and Mary Jones), grad.
at Harvard Coll. in 1823, and at Harv. Med. Sem. in 1826. She is
his 2d wife (his 1st wife having been Elizabeth B. Bridge of Charles-
town, Mass., who d. March 28, 1828, leaving one child, Elizabeth
Alice, b. Feb. 27, 1828, who m. Jan. 7, 1847, Joseph Clark of Brat-
tleboro). He is a physician at Brattleboro. He has been a member
of the Vt. legislature, U. S. Marshal for the Dist. of Vt., and disburs-
ing agent for buildings erected by the State government at Rutland
and Windsor, Vt.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6101. i. Lucinda Orne Chapin, b. Dec. 31, 1830, m. Josiah Wheel-
wright.
6102. ii. Oliver Howard Chapin, b. July 15, 1832, a civil engineer,
was on the staff of Genl. Geo. B. McClellan in the late war.
6103. iii. Mary Wells Chapin, b. Sept. 27, 1834, m. Dec. 29, 1854,
Charles Warder of Philadelphia, Pa. No children.
6104. iv. William Orne Chapin, b. March 10, 1837, was in a large
jobbing house in Boston, which he left at the breaking out of the late
war and entered the sutlers' department of the 4th Vt. Regt. He was
taken prisoner at the White House, Va., in one of Stuart's cavalry
raids, and was for 3 or 4 months in Libby Prison. He was (1866) a
clerk in the Internal Rev. Dept. at Washington, D. C.
6105. v. Charles Jones Chapin, b. Aug. 31, 1846, is a clerk in St.
Louis, Mo.
6101 i. Lucinda Ome Chapin, b. Dec. 31, 1830, m. Jan. 7, 1851,
Josiah Wheelwright of Roxbury, Mass., grad. at Harvard in 1843, and
at Harv. Law School in 1845.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
6106. i. Josiah Wheelwright, b. Dec. 9, 1851, at Roxbury, d. May
6, 1853.
6107. ii. Caroline Blanchard Wheelwright, b. March 29, 1853.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 867
6108. iii. Sophia Dwight Orne Wheelwright, b. July 26, 1854.
6109. iv. Charles Chapin Wheelwright, b. March 14, 1863.
[Eighth Generation.]
6100. ii. William Wetmore Orne (son of Samuel Orne, Esq., and
Lucinda Dwight Orne), b. June 27, 1811, at Springfield, m. May 6,
1834, Lucy Gassett Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1817 (dau. of James Scutt
Dwight and Mary Sanford). He was educated for a merchant, but
having little relish for business retired from it soon and devoted himself
to books. He was a man of talent, uprightness and honor. He d.
April 29, 1852, aet. 41. Mrs. Orne still (1874) resides at Springfield.
For her appreciative interest and zeal in gathering facts in answer to
the author's requests for them, from time to time, he is glad to express
his thanks.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6110 i. William Wetmore Orne, b. Feb. 14, 1835. He had a great
taste for travel, having gone 3 times around the world before he was
21 years old. He was a 'merchant at New York, and just previously to
his death he was employed in the service of the U. S. Govt. He d.
of consumption, unnr.arried, Aug. 8, 1862, aet. 27.
6111. ii. James Dwight Orne, b. Sept. 1 1, 1836, is by profession a civil
engineer. He entered the Union Army in Aug. 1861, as 2d Lieiit. in
the 18th Mass. Regt., and was 3 times promoted for his gallant conduct
in battle. He took part in 36 battles, under Genls. McClellan and
Mead of the 5th Army Corps, 'and was once reported dead, and left as
such, which was in the Seed. Bull Run battle. He was stunned by a
shell bursting so near him as to kill the soldier standing by his side,
and was recovered to consciousness again by a comrade treading un-
heedingly on his face. At Chancellorsville the back of his saddle was
shot off : at Gettysburgh a piece of a shell nearly cut his hat into two
pieces, and he still bears about a small fragment of a shell that was
lodged once in his hand in the hour of battle. He went throug lithe whole
peninsular campaign, and took part in all its many conflicts except that
at Antietain, and his escapes from death were wonderful in the nearly
4 years of his army life. He was made successively 1st Lieut., Captain,
and then Provost Marshal of the First Division of the Fifth Army
Corps. He had for a time after the war a large machine factory at
Rochester, N. Y. He is now a manufacturer of woolen goods at Phi-
ladelphia, Pa., where he resides unmarried (1874).
6112. iii. Lucinda Howard Orne, b. Oct. 8, 1840, m. June 4, 1852,
George Walter Pratt, a wholesale stationer in New York (Pratt, Oak-
ley & Co.), and afterwards at St. Louis, Mo. He d. (when not stated)
aet. 27. She m. for a 2d husband Dwight Holland, b. in Pittsfield,
Mass. He is a clerk and bookkeeper in Springfield.
868 Descendants of Henry Dwlglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
There were 2 children by the first marriage (dates not given).
6113. 1. George Dwight Pratt. 6114. 2. Lucy Orne Pratt.
[Sixth Generation.]
6091. ii. James Scutt Dwight (son of Jonathan Dwight of Spring-
field and Margaret Ashley), b. July 5, 1769, m. Sept. 21, 1794, Mary
Sanford, b. July 8, 1774 (dau. of Capt. Thomas Sanford, a merchant in
Portland, Me., and Jerusha Gelston, widow of Capt. Ho well and
dau. of Judge Hugh Gelston of SouthamptDn, L. I., and Maty Pelle-
treau. See, for Gelston Genealogy, Appendix to this work). He was
a merchant at Springfield and a man of large enterprise and wealth. He
was also benevolent, and was often called " the poor man's friend." He
was regarded in Boston as one of the leading merchants of all Massa-
chusetts in his day. He had a large wholesale and retail store in
Springfield, and six branch stores in as many different towns. He
imported his goods directly from England, and on their arrival at New
York he transported them in sloops and schooners of his own to Hart-
ford, Ct., and thence in river-boats, which he owned, to Springfield.
He d. March 18, 1822, aet. 52. Mrs. Mary S. Dwight was "a re-
fined, large-hearted, hospitable lady, whose spirit was full of sunshine
to all around her." She d. aet. 70, Dec. 7, 1844.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6115. i. Margaret Ashley Dwight, b. Sept. 3, 1795, m. Robert Whit-
ney.
6116. ii. Frances Dwight, b. Oct. 1, 1796, m. Benjamin Day.
6117. iii. Mary Sanford Dwight, b. Feb. 15, 1798, m. William P.
Cleaveland, Esq., and d. Nov. 2, 1854, aet. 56.
6118. iv. James Sanford Dwight, b. Dec. 10, 1799, d. Feb. 24, 1831.
6119. v. Sophia Dwight, b. Dec. 31, 1801, m. Henry Sterns.
6120. vi. Jerusha Gelston Dwight, b. Oct. 18, 1803, m. James Head,
and for a 2cl husband James P. Boyd.
6121. vii. Hannah Buckminster Dwight, b. Jan. 5, 1806, m. Henry
V. Schermerhorn, and d. March 14, 1838, aet. 32.
6122. viii. Francis Dwight, b. March 14, 1808, d. Dec. 15, 1845.
6123. ix. Laura Dwight, b. Dec. 23, 1809, m. Capt. John Childe, U.
S. A., and d. Sept. 27, 1854, aet. 44, wrecked at sea.
6124. x. Hon. George Dwight, b. May 20, 1812.
6125. xi. Delia Dwight, b. May 19, 1814, m. Homer Foote.
6126. xii. Lucy Gassett Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1817, m. William
Wetmore Orne. See on previous page, under No. 6100, for an ac-
count of her family.
6115. i. Margaret Ashley Dwight, b. Sept. 2, 1795, m. Sept. 11,
1820, Robert Whitney, b. Aug. 18, 1794 (son of Major Abel Whitney
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, l>otli of Dedham, Mass. 869
of Westfield, Mass., and Clarissa D wight). For a full account of this
family, see pages for Nos. 5940-52.
6116. ii. Frances D wight (dan. of James Scutt Dwight and Mary
Sanford, b. Oct. 1, 1796, m. Dec. 3, 1820, Benjamin Day, b. Nov. 9,
1790 (son of Heman Day of W. Springfield, Mass., and Lois Ely)
He was a lawyer originally at Springfield, but afterwards cashier and
then Prest. of the old " Springfield Bank" (now "The Second National
Bank of Springfield"), and Treasurer of the Holyoke "Water Co. He
d. May 18, 1872, aet. 81.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6127. i. Mary Sanford Day, b. Sept. 4, 1821, m. Rev. Thomas H.
Skinner, D.D.
6128. ii. Benjamin Day, b. Feb. 21, 1823, d. Sept. 10, 1831.
i 6129. iii. Elizabeth Dwight Day, b. March 17, 1825, d. July 10, 1839.
6130. iv. Frances Dwight Day, b. Aug. 25, 1833, resides unmarried
at Springfield (1874).
6127. i. Mary Sanford Day, b. Sept. 4, 1821, m. Nov. 28, 1843, Rev.
Thomas Harvey Skinner, D.D., b. at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 6, 1820
(son of Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Skinner, Prof, in Union Theol. Sem., N.
Y., and Emily Montgomery), grad. at N. Y. University in 1840, and
at The Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1843. He was settled at Patter-
son, N. J. (1843-6); at New York, Carmine St. (1846-55); Hones-
dale, Pa. ^(1856-9) ; Stapleton, Staten Island (1859- ), and is now
pastor of — — , at Cincinnati, O.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6131. i. Emily Montgomery Skinner, b. Sept. 19, 1844.
6132. ii. Benjamin Day Skinner, b. June 17, 1846, grad. at Wil-
liams Coll. in 1866.
6133. iii. Elizabeth Winthrop Skinner, b. Nov. 26, 1847.
6134. iv. William Shaw Skinner, b. Feb. 21, 1853, d. Feb. 25, 1853.
6] 35. v. Montgomery Skinner, b. Aug. 7, 1855, d. Aug. 12, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
6117. iii. Mary Sanford Dwight (dau. of James Scutt Dwight and
Mary Sanford), b. Feb. 15, 1798, m. Feb. 19, 1824, William Pitt
Cleaveland, b. May 14, 1797 (son of William Pitt Cleaveland and Mary
Bacon), grad. at Yale in 1816, an eminent lawyer at New London, Ct.,
and in every way a superior man. He took a leading part in the
celebrated Armistead slaver- case before the U. S. Supreme Court at
Washington, D. C., and won it. He d. Feb. 5, 1841, aet. 43. She d.
Nov. 2, 1854, aet. 56.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6136. i. Mary Dwight Cleaveland, b. Oct. 1825, in. Lewis Bristol.
870 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
6137. ii. William Bacon Cleaveland, b. June 8, 1829, d. unmarried
at Brattleboro, Vt., at the Insane Retreat, Nov. 8, 1859. He was an
invalid from early life, although having good abilities, and for the last
two years before his death insane.
6136. i. Mary Dwight Cleaveland, b. Oct. 1825, m. May 29, 1844,
Lewis Bristol of New London, Ct. (son of Judge William Bristol of
New Haven, Ct.), and she was divorced from him Feb. 1, 18(55, by her
own application.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
6138. 1. William Cleaveland Bristol, b. at New London, March 10,
1845, d. Sept. 7, 1852.
6139. ii. Lewis Bacon Bristol, b. Dec. 30, 1847.
6140. iii. John Cleaveland Bristol, b. Aug. 26, 1854.
6141. iv. Fanny Louisa Bristol, b. Jan. 11, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
6118. iv. James Sanford Dwight, b. Dec. 10, 1799 (son of James
Scutt Dwight and Mary Sanford), was at Harvard Coll. for two years,
but relinquished further classical study for mercantile life on account of
poor health — succeeding to his father's extensive and successful business.
Like him, he had his large central wholesale store and retail at Spring-
field, with branches in several leading places, which he filled with his
own imported goods ; and kept a line of sloops and boats plying be-
tween Springfield and New York, to furnish him with continually new
supplies. He was an upright honorable man, of a genial disposition
and refined tastes, bright, active and talented, and successful in his
mercantile operations. He d. while on a tour of pleasure at Florence,
Italy, from a malarious fever, Feb. 24, 1831, aet. 31. He m. Sept. 30,
1823, Elizabeth Lee, b. at Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 16, 1801 (dau. of
Benjamin Lee of Taunton, Eng., b. there Feb. 26, 1765, and afterwards
of Cambridge, Mass., and Norwich, Ct., and Elizabeth Leigh ton, b. at
Luxemburg, near Boston, Eng., Sept. 22, 1776, who d. at the great age
of 95). After the decease of Mr. James S. Dwight, she married for a
2d husband, Sept. 7, 1839, Hon. John Turvil Adams, as his 2d wife.
He, a native of Demarara, Dutch Guiana, was then a lawyer at Nor-
wich, and probate judge, and afterwards a State Senator. They had no
issue. She d. at Springfield, suddenly, of apoplexy, Jan. 9, 1865,
while on a visit there, aet. 63. " She left a large circle of relatives, to
whom a life of love and devotion, of beauty and of service had made
her greatly beloved, and for whose loss to them the world offered no
recompense." Her brother, Rev. Dr. Alfred Lee, is now Episcopal
bishop of Delaware.
That she sympathized warmly with our loyal soldiers in the late re-
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, botli ofDedham, Mass. 871
bellion, is manifest from the fact that she knitted with her own hands
111 pairs of stockings for their use on their weary marches. In this
patriotic, womanly work she was engaged the very evening before her
unlooked-for decease.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6142. i. Elizabeth Lee Dwight, b. July 27, 1824, m. Prof. Fordyce
Barker, M.D.
6143. ii. Mary Sanford Dwight, b. Oct. 13, 1826, m. Hon. David
A. Wells.
6144. iii. Ellen Augusta Dwight, b. July 23, 1829, resides unmar-
ried in Norwich, Ct.
[Benjamin Lee, Esq., d. at Skaneateles, N. Y., where he owned an
estate. He was, through his mother, Mary Pitt, a member of the Pitt
family of Charleton-Somerton, in Somersetshire, Eng., a nephew of
the Earl of Chatham, cousin to William Pitt and Lady Hester Stan-
hope, and a fellow midshipman with William IY. (the Duke of Cla-
rence), and Lord Nelson. He was a man of large-hearted characteristic s. ]
6142. i. Elizabeth Lee Dwight, b. July 27, 1824, m. Sept. 14, 1843,
Prof. Fordyce Barker, M.D., b. at Wilton, Me., May 2, 1819 (son of
John Barker, M.D., and Phebe Abbott), grad. at Bowdoin in 1837
and at Harvard Med. School in 1840, spent a year in Europe, and
practised his profession in Norwich, Ct., for a few years (1842-50).
Since 1850 he has resided in New York, and has had large success in
his profession. He is professor of obstetrics in "The Bellevue Hospi-
tal Med. Coll. of New York" (since 1860). He has been elected at
different times to the same professorship also in different institutions,
as in 18.45, in the Med. Department of Bowdoin; in 1846, in The
Transylvania University of Kentucky, and in 1850, in the N. Y. Med.
Coll. He has been also V. Prest. of The Academy of Medicine in New
York, and Prest. of the N. Y. State Med. Soc. He is a member of sev-
eral leading medical societies in Europe. He has written several mon-
ographs on medical subjects, some of which have been translated into
different European languages — a recent one on sea-sickness having
received large attention. He is now busy in preparing a work on puer-
peral diseases.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6145. i. Fordyce Dwight Barker, b. Dec. 27, 1847, after being fitted
for college at Exeter, N. H., pm-sued his classical studies in France
and Germany. He is now (1874) in a banking house in New York.
6146. ii. Florence Elizabeth Barker, b. Feb. 1, 1853, d. March 24,
1853.
[Eighth Generation.]
6143. ii. Mary Sanford Dwight (dau. of James Sanford Dwight and
872 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
Elizabeth Dwight), b. Oct. 13, 182G, m. May 9, 1860, Hon. David
Ames Wells, LL.D., b. at Springfield, Mass., June 17, 1827 (son of
James Wells of Springfield and Rebecca Ames, dan. of David Ames of
Springfield), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1846, and spent two years at
the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge. From 1850 to 1800 he
edited " The Scientific Annual " and prepared several popular school
books, as " The Science of Familiar Things " ; " Wells' Natural Philo-
sophy"; "Wells' Chemistry," etc. In 18G4 he published a pamphlet,
" Our Burden and Our Strength," at a time of great general despond-
ency, which had a large circulation at home and abroad in several lan-
guages. In 1865 he was appointed special commissioner of the U. S.
Treasury Department, and resided at Washington, holding the office
for 6 years (1865-71), until it was abolished by Prest. Grant as no
longer a public necessity. In 1872 he was appointed by Gov. Hoffman
to revise the laws of taxation in the State of New York. He is re-
garded as a very superior statistician, and has one of the finest statis-
tical libraries in the country. His family resides at Norwich, Ct. He
is now in Europe (1873). They have one child :
6147. 1. David Dwight Wells, b. April 22, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
6119. v. Sophia Dwight (dau. of James Scutt Dwight and Mary
Sanford), b. Dec. 31, 1801, m. Feb. 28, 1826, Henry Sterns, b. at
Halifax, N. S., May 11, 1794 (son of Jonathan Sterns, a refugee from
this country, in the revolutionary war, and Mehitable Robie). He
came to this country, an orphan, in 1803, to live with his uncle. He
was a merchant at Springfield, and Treasurer of a Savings Bank there,
where he d. July 28, 1859. His widow resides at Bristol, R. I.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6148. i. Mary Sewell Sterns, b. March 15, 1827, d. Feb. 26, 1829.
6149. ii. Mary Sewell Sterns, b. Feb. 12, 1829, resides unmarried
at Springfield.
6150. iii. Elizabeth Robie Sterns, b. Dec. 16, 1831, m. Nov. 6, 1862,
Jonathan Howe, b. Sept. 2, 1813 (son of Samuel Howe of Boston and
Eunice Worthington), a merchant at Boston. She d. there Feb. 16,
1864, leaving one child :
6151. 1. Robie Sterns Howe, b. Feb. 11, 1864.
6152. iv. Robie Sewell Sterns, b. March 29, 1834, d. June 11, 1838.
6153. v. J. Sewell Sterns, b. Feb. 11, 1837, d. March 3, 1838.
6154. vi. Sophia Dwight Sterns, b. May 2, 1840, resides at Spring-
field, Mass., unmarried.
6155. vii. Henry Sterns, b. Jan. 1843, d. April 18, 1843.
[Seventh Generation.]
6120. vi. Jerusha Gelston Dwiglit (dau. of James Scutt Dwight and
on of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 8 73
Mary Sanford), b. Oct. 18, 1803, m. Oct. 5, 1829, James Head of Port-
land, Me., b. Sept. 1792 (son of Col. James Waller Head of Warren, Me.,
and Sarah Olney of Providence, R. I.), a merchant and " an honest,
straightforward man." He d. March 30, 1835, and she m. as a seed,
husband, Sept. 12, 1838, John Parker Boyd, b. June 1, 1792 (son of
Robert Boyd of Portland and Ruth Smith, dau. of Capt. David Smith
of Portland), grad. at Bowdoin Coll. in 1812, a lawyer at Portland,
Me., where he d. July 20, 1871. She d. May 20, 1868, aet. 64.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first marriage :
6156. i. Ellenore Waller Head, b. Jan. 11, 1832, m. Thomas H.
Sandford.
.By second marriage:
6157. ii. Capfc. Parker Dwight Boyd, b. Jan. 25, 1840, was an Union
soldier in the late war for 3 years, and was commissioned Capt. by
Prest. Lincoln. He d. unmarried at Pownal, Me., Oct 1, 1872.
6158. iii. Susan Coffin Boyd, b. July 16, 1842, m. May 28, 1868,
William Cook, b. in New York, April 3, 1842 (son of Edward Cook
and Catharine Ireland), grad. at Yale in 1861, has just returned from
a 6 years' absence in Europe and is now teaching German (1874) in
Harvard College. They have 2 children :
**** 1. Catharine Ireland Cook, b. in Berlin, Prussia, April 15,
1869.
**** 2. Robert Boyd Cook, b. at Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug.
29, 1872.
6159. iv. Mary Dwight Boyd, b. April 5, 1845, m. Aug. 15, 1872,
at Ouchy, Lausanne, Switzerland, Franklin Ripley Barrett of Portland,
Me., b. there Jan. 21, 1835 (son of Charles Edwards Barrett and
Elizabeth Mary Baker), grad. at Brown University in 1857. He is
Sec. of one R. R. Co. at Portland (The Atlantic and Lawrence) and
Treas. of another (the Grand Trunk R. Co., of Canada) at the Ameri-
can end of the line. [Mr. Charles E. Barrett, grad. at Bowdoin, b. in
1804 at Northfield, Mass., was son of John Barrett, a lawyer there,
who was grad. at Harvard in 1780.]
6156. i. Ellenore Waller Head, b. Jan. 11, 1832, m. as his 2d wife,
May 3, 1854, Thomas Hovey Sandford, her cousin, who was b. April
11, 1816 (son of Thos. Gelston Sandford of Topsham, Me., b. Jan. 17,
1781, and Maria Halsey Head, b. April 22, 1796, who d. Feb. 15,
1832, dau. of James Waller Head of Warren, Me., and Sarah Olney
of Providence, R. I.) He was a merchant in New York for many
years. He resides now in Pownal, Maine. His 1st wife was Caroline
Mary Bond, whom he m. Sept. 6, 1837, and who d. Jan. 11, 1853.
56
874 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfald, Mass.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6160. i. Edith Dwight Sandford, b. June 4, 1857.
6161. ii. Frederic Swift bandford, b. May 16, 1862.
6162. iii. Parker Boyd Sandford, b. Dec. 7, 1865, d. Oct. 13, 1868.
There were two children by the first marriage viz : 1. Adelaide Mc-
Kenzie Sandford, b. Dec. 18, 1841. 2. Lucretia Bond Sandford, b.
May 4, 1 844.
[Seventh Generation.]
6121. vii. Hannah Buckmiiister Dwight (dan. of James Scutt Dwight
and Mary Sanford), b. Jan. 5, 1806, m. Sept. 6, 1826, Henry Van Rens-
selaer Schermerhorn, b. March 20, 1797, at Albany, N. Y. (sou of
Cornelius Schermerhorn and Catharine Van Rensselaer). He prac-
tised law in Geneva, N. Y., for 26 years (1819-45), and was after that
a farmer for 16 years on Seneca Lake, N. Y. (1845-61). Since 1861
he has resided in New York. She d. at Geneva, March 14, 1838.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6163. i. Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn, b. Aug. 14, 1827, m.
Samuel Bowles, Jr.
6164. ii. Henry James Dwight Schermerhorn, b. at Geneva, Sept.
1, 1829.
6165. iii. Hannah Buckminster Dwight Schermerhorn. She m.
Dec. 16, 1863, Thomas Lyman Greene, b. in Florida, Montgomery Co.,
N. Y. (son of John Greene and Susan ). He is general agent
of the Boston and Albany R. Road, and resides at E. Albany, N. Y.
They have one child :
6106. 1. Mary Dwight Greene, b. at Albany, May 30, 1865.
6163. i. Mary Sanford Dwight Schermerhorn, b. Aug. 14, 1827, m.
Sept. 6, 1848, Samuel Bowles, Jr., b. at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 29,
1826 (son of Samuel Bowles, b. at Hartford, Ct., June 8, 1797, and
Huldah Deniing, b. at Wethersfield, Ct., Nov. 25, 1796). He became
partner, in 1849, with his father in " The Springfield Republican," of
which he has been manager and editor since 1850.
In 1865 he went with Hon. Schuyler Colfax by stage across the
continent from the Missouri river to California, before there was any
connecting link, as now, between the two outlying coasts of our conti-
nent. The summer of 1868 he spent in Colorado, and in 1869 went
overland again to California, and also to Oregon, but this time made
the grand tour by steam. Those journeyings westward he has de-
scribed in various volumes as: "Across the Continent" (in 1866),
which had a sale of 15,000 copies: "The Switzerland of America:
Colorado, its Parks and Mountains " (in 1868), which had a sale of 8,000
copies, and (in 1869) "Our New West" (sale 28,000 copies).
/Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDcdham, Mass. 875
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
61G7. i. Sarah Augusta Bowles, b. June 6, 1850.
6168. ii. Samuel Bowles, b. Oct. 15, 1851.
6169. iii. Mary Dwight Bowles, b. Jan. 10, 1854.
6170. iv. Charles Allen Bowles, b. Dec. 19, 1861.
6171. v. Dwight Whitney Bowles, b. Nov. 16, 1863.
6172. vi. Ruth Standish Bowles, b. Dec. 5, 1865.
6173. vii. Elizabeth Lee Bowles, b. Dec. 3, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
6164. ii. Henry James Dwight Schermerhorri, b. at Geneva Sept. 1,
1829, m. Nov. 21, 1855, Cornelia Bruin Irwin of New York, b. in
Walden, Ulster Co., N. Y. (dau. of Andrew and Ann Irwin). She d.
Sept. 7, 186 i, and he m. for 2d wife, Jan. 24, 1866, Catharine Thomp-
son, b. in New York (dau. of Lawrence and Ann Thompson). He is
foreman in the U. S. Armory at Springfield, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6174. i. Henry Van Rensselaer Schermerhoi-n, b. July 31, 1856.
6175. ii. Annie Grace Schermerhorn, b. Dec. 21, 1858, d. Sept. 25,
1863.
[Cornelius Schermerhorn, b. at Rhinebeck, N. Y., June 6, 1769,
was a merchant, and afterwards a farmer, at Geneva, N. Y., for more
than 30 years (1828-60), where he d. Dec. 1860, aet. 91. He was a
man of a large and powerful frame, of great intelligence and activity,,
and ahvays an ardent political opponent of the democracy. His first
presidential vote was given for Washington, and his last for Lincoln,
and he voted at every such election during the entire period of his
political life. He m. in 1794 Catharine Van Rensselaer, b. May 23,
1773 (dau. of Genl. Henry K. Van Rensselaer, a distinguished revolu-
tionary officer). She d. at Geneva, N. Y., March 10, 1846, aet. 73.
Her father commanded the rear-guard of Genl. Schuyler's army when
retreating before Genl. Burgoyne, and was severely wounded, the ball
remaining in his thigh until his death. His brother, Genl. Solomon
Van Rensselaer, was an officer under Wayne in the Indian Avar of
1795, and was shot through the lungs at the battle of Queenstowii
Heights. He was M. C. 1819-22, and Postmaster at Albany for 17
years (1822-39).]
[Seventh Generation.]
6122. via. Francis Dwight (sou of James Scutfc Dwight and Mary
Sanford), b. March 14, 1808, grad. at Harvard in 1827, finished Jus
law studies in 1830, and after a long tour of travel in Europe was ad-
mitted to the bar of Mass, in 1834, of Michigan in 1835, and of N. Y.,
in Geneva, where he then resided, in 1838.
876 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Hatfteld, Mass.,
In Barnard's Am. Journal of Education (Dec. 1848) occurs the fol-
lowing account of him : " Possessed of an ardent temperament and a
strong will, he gave, at a very early period, promise of future pro-
ficiency, and evinced an unconquerable determination to excel in the
acquisition of knowledge. His name stands high among those who
seek to do good to their fellow-men in their sphere of action. Con-
nected with one of the oldest and best families in our country, de-
scended from ancestors celebrated for their exalted religious and liter-
ary attainments, and their strict application of them to practical objects
and ends, he early imbibed a proper sense of obligation to live up to the
standard which his progenitors had reared for his imitation. His brief
career imparted to his fair family name additional lustre."
He left the profession of the law for what seemed to him the higher
and nobler one of education ; and that he might arouse as many other
minds as possible to sympathy with his own in his estimate of the
cause of education, he established a journal under State pati-onage, de-
voted to that greatest of intellectual and moral interests combined.
He adopted for his motto in all things the fine sentiment of Buxton,
that " the difference between the grea* and the little, the powerful and
the feeble, is made by energy and invincible determination " — a pur-
pose once fixed, and then death or victory. For the better circiilation
of his ideas by means of his journal, he removed to Albany, N. Y. ;
and though strongly urged to accept high political preferment, he de-
clined all forms of public honor or of private ease, that he might do
what one man could with all his might for the elevation of the style
and course of popular education. The title of his journal was " The
District School Journal for the State of New York."
To the work of conducting it effectively and giving it as wide a dif-
fusion as possible everywhere, he gave five years of earnest, happy,
successful toil (1840-5), which his early death, at the age of 37, com-
pelled him then to intermit forever. Said Horace Mann of him : " He
was actively instrumental in devising and establishing the present code
of public instruction in the State of New York, which, at the time of
its adoption, and until copied by other legislatures, was the most per-
fectly organized and efficient system in the world." In all his stations
of honor and trust he conducted himself with great discretion and
ability and zeal. Said S. S. Randall of him : " In the discharge of his
various public duties he was accurate, thorough and efficient. If a life
of constant and earnest endeavor to be useful in his generation consti-
tutes any test of Christian charity and religious hope, those consola-
tions of the Word of God, which cheered his dying hours, afford the
most gratifying assurance that for him 'to die was gain.'" Said the
.Hon. D. D. Barnard of Albany, of him : " The impressions made on
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 877
me by his brilliant parts, his manly bearing, his high-souled generosity,
his gentle heart, as tender and loving as a woman's, are never to be
forgotten. He had troops of grateful friends here and all over the
State." So also the Hon. Henry Barnard, then of Hartford, wrote of
him, thus : " No one could be more sincerely wedded to any cause,
more willing to spend and to be spent in its service, than was he to
the cause of a generous and complete education of the whole people."
He m. July 4, 1834, Catharine Van Rensselaer Schermerhorn of
Geneva, N. Y., b. in 1814 (dau. of Cornelius Schermerhorn and
Catharine Van Rensselaer, and sister to Henry V. R. Schermerhorn,
who m. his sister Hannah Buckruinster Dwight). She d. Aug. 20,
1840. He m. April 20, 1843, for 2d wife, Catharine Waters Yates of
Albany (dau. of John W. Yates and Ann Metcalfe). He d. Dec. 15,
1845. She m. for a 2d husband, April 1852, Nathan B. Graham of
New York. He d. Aug. 5, 1870, during his wife's absence in Europe.
She resides still (1874) in New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
6176. i. Catharine Van Rensselaer Dwight, b. March 29, 1835, m.
Hon. George Bliss. See subsequent page.
6177. ii. Mary Sanford Dwight, b. Aug. 9, 1838, is a chronic in-
valid (injured by a fall when a child), residing at Northampton,
Mass.
6178. iii. Grace (Alida) Dwight, b. April 10, 1840, m. Henry C.
Dowley.
_Z?y second wife :
6179. iv. Annie Metcalfe Dwight, b. June 19, 1844, m. Henry H.
Porter.
6178. iii. Grace (Alida) Dwight, b. April 10, 1840, m. May 14, 1862,
Henry Corbett Dowley, b. at Worcester, Mass., April 10, 1837 (son
of Levi Austin Dowley, a retired merchant, and Calista Corbett), who
is engaged in the clothing business in New York.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6180. i. Francis Dwight Dowley, b. April 6, 1863.
6181. ii. George Bliss Dowley, b. May 25, 1867, d. June 1867.
6182. iii. Mary Catharine Dowley, b. Feb. 26, 1873.
[Eighth Generation.]
6179. iv. Annie Metcalfe Dwight, b. June 19, 1844, m. Henry Hobart
Porter, Sec. of tue Metropolitan Fire Insurance Co. of New York:
Two children :
6183. 1. Henry Hobart Porter, b. in 1805.
6184. 2. Francis Dwight Porter, b. 1869.
878 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, j\fass.,
[Seventh Generation.]
6123. ix. Laura Dwight (dait. of James Scutt Dwigbt and Mary
Sanford, b. Dec. 23, 1809), m. March 13, 1832, Capt. John Childe,
b. Aug. 30, 1802, in West Boylston, Mass, (son of Zc-chariah Childe, a
revolutionary soldier, and Lydia Bigelow, dau. of David Bigelow of
Worcester, Mass.), grad. at West Point in . He was 1st Lieut.
and Capt. in the U. S. A., and a superior civil engineer. He con-
structed "The Western R. Road" (from Pittsfield to Albany), "The
Conn. River R. Road " and also " The Cleveland and Columbus R.
Road," and « The Mobile and Ohio R. Road "—the last (300 miles
long) being his great work as an engineer. He was a man of high-
toned character, well educated, very energetic and generous in the use of
his means. Mrs. Laura D. Childe was lost in " The Arctic," Sept. 27,
1854, with her daughter, Lelia Maria, on her return voyage from a tour
of pleasure through Europe. He m. Oct. 23, 1856, for 2d wife, Ellen
Wells Healy, by whom he had a son, John Healy Childe, b. Jan. 18,
1858. Capt. John Childe d. at Springfield Feb. 2, 1858.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6185. i. Francis Dwight Childe, b. Jan. 18, 1833, d. Sept. 20, 1838.
6186. ii. Lelia Maria Childe, b. April 11, 1835, was lost at sea in
"The Arctic," Sept. 27, 1854.
6187. iii. Mary Dwight Childe, b. August 9, 1845.
[Seventh Generation.]
6124. x. Hon. George Dwight (son of James Scutt Dwight and
Mary Sanford), b. May 20, 1812, m. Oct. 2, 1833, Mary S. Foote, b.
July 16, 1812 (dau. of Adonijah Foote .of Springfield and Clarissa
Wood worth of Montville, Mass.), twin sister of Mabel Foote. He
succeeded his brother, James Sanford Dwight, in conducting the large
business operations which his father so successfully inaugurated and
carried on for 30 years, which are now represented by the firm Homer
Foote & Co. of Springfield. He has been at different times a member
of both branches of the Mass, legislature, and is now Prest. of The
Springfield Gas Co.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6188. i. Clara Dwight, b. April 4, 1840, m. Nov. 26, 1857, William
Steele Shurtleff, b. Feb. 17, 1830 (son of Roswell Shurtleff and Clara
Gleason) grad. at Yale in 1854, a lawyer at Springfield and register of
probate. One child :
6189. 1. Mary Dwight Shurtleff, b. Dec. 2, 1859.
6190. ii. Capt. James Scutt Dwight, b. April 24, 1836, has been
for many years a sailor, and now commands and partly owns an East
India vessel, named, from his birth-place, " The Springfield," which sails
out from New York. He is unmarried.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 879
6191. iii. George Dwight, Jr., b. Feb. 25, 1838, m. Oct. 17, 1861,
Caroline Melita Freeman (dau. of Edmund Freeman of Springfield
and Melita Morse). He is a manufacturer of steam machinery, at
Springfield.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6192. i. Gertrude Freeman Dwight, b. June 31, 1864, d. Feb. 12,
1865.
6193. ii. Grace Freeman Dwight, b. Nov. 14, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
6125. xi. Delia Dwight (dau. of James Scutt Dwight and Mary
Sanford), b. May 19, 1814, m. May 6, 1834, Homer Foote, b. July 27,
1810 (son of Adonijah Foote of Springfield and Clarissa Woodworth,
dau. of Jesse Woodworth of Montville, Mass.), a merchant in Spring-
field, Mass., successor to the large business (Homer Foote & Co.) of
James S. Dwight, Esq., and of his sons successively, James S. and
George. As he and Mr. George Dwight married each other's sisters,
their children are of course double cousins, and have had precisely the
same ancestors back to Adam.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6194. i. Edward Foote, b. May 7, 1835, m. Mary Tyler of Boston.
He is a metal broker in New York. No children.
6195. ii. Emerson Foote, b. April 28, 1837, m. a Miss Allen. He
is a metal broker in New York. No children.
6196. iii. Homer Foote, b. Dec. 22, 1839, m. Oct. 22, 1863, Cath-
arine Chambers Bailey, b. June 7, 1842 (dau. of John G. Bailey of New
York). He is a merchant at Springfield. One child :
6197. 1. Homer Foote, b. July 5, 1865.
6199. iv. Cleveland Foote, b. Jan. 1, 1842, is a metal broker in New
York.
6200. v. Maria Shepard Foote, b. May 12, 1844.
6201. vi. Francis Dwight Foote, b. Nov. 19, 1845.
6202. vii. Delia Dwight Foote, b. March 9, 1847.
6203. viii. James Dwight Foote, b. Feb. 14, 1850.
6204. ix. Laura Dwight Foote, b. Sept. 7, 1855.
6205. x. Sanford Foote, b. Jan. 6, 1858.
[The dates and facts which are wanting in the above family record
were requested, but not furnished.]
[Sixth Generation.] See page 865.
6093. iv. Hon. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1772 (son of
Jonathan Dwight and Margaret Ashley), m. Jan. 8, 1798, Sarah
Shepard, b. June 23, 1774 (dau. of Levi Shepard of Northampton,
b. Jan. 1743, who d. Oct. 26, 1805, and Mary Pomeroy, b. in 1742
880 Descendants of Henry Dwiylti of Ilatfield, Mass.,
dan. of Genl. Pomeroy, who d. aet. 82, Oct. 20, 1824). He was grad.
at Harvard in 1 793, and read law with Hon. George Bliss of Spring-
field, where he also resided. He employed his large means in mercan-
tile affairs, although not personally attentive to them, and was a
shrewd and sticcessful manager of money matters. He was at different
times a member of both houses of the Mass, legislature. He was a man
of culture and of exact and honorable ideas and conduct. On his tomb-
stone is this epitaph : " Virtute vixit, memoria vivit : " his life was
honorable ; his memory is lasting. He d. March 29, 1840, aet. 67 :
she d. Dec. 24, 1848, aet. 73.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6206. i. Jonathan Dwight, b. Aug. 30, 1799, d. Sept. 28, 1856, aet. 57.
6207. ii. Mary Shepard Dwight, b. Feb. 28, 1801, in. Hon. George
Bliss, and d. April 12, 1869, aet. 69.
6208. iii. Sarah Hopkins Dwight. b. Jan. 22, 1803, d. June 26,
1837, aet. 34. She m. Hon. George Bancroft, LL.D.
6209. iv. William Dwight, b. April 5, 1805.
6210. v. Thomas Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1807.
6211. vi. Lucinda Dwight, b. July 7, 1809, m. Jonathan Chapman, Jr.
6212. vii. Eliza Wetmore Dwight, b. Aug. 19, 1811, d. April 9, 1817.
6213. viii. Frederic Dwight, b. June 23, 1815.
[I. Edward Shepard of Cambridge, Mass., the settler, was made free-
man there in 1643. His first wife, Violet, d. Jan. 9, 1643. By his
second wife, Mary, he had 4 children : John, Abigail, Deborah and
Sarah.
II. Sergt. John Shepard (son of Edward) was admitted freeman in
1650, and removed to Hai-tford, Ct., between 1G60 and 70. His first
wife was Rebecca Greenhill. His children by her were : John, b. about
1660; Edward, b. in 1662; Samuel, in 1604, and Thomas, in 1666.
These all lived and died in Hartford but Edward, who settled in Mid-
dletown, Ct. She d. and he m. for 2d wife Martha Ilenbury, by
whom he had 7 children more, all daughters, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Sarah,
Deborah, Hannah, Abigail and Yiolet. He d. in 1707, and was com-
monly called Sergeant John Shepard.
III. Dea. John Shepard (son of Sergt. John Shepard and Rebecca
Greenhill), b. about 1600, m. in 1680 Hannah Peck, and for a :M wife,
in 1728, Mary Bigelow. His children, six in number, and all by the
first wife, were: 1. John, b. in 1681, d. at Milford, Mass. 2. Samuel,
b. about 1684. 3. Hannah, b. about 1686. 4. Joseph, b. in 1687.
5. Timothy, b. in 1697. 6. Rebecca, b. in 1698, d. in 1706.
IV. Samuel Shepard (son of Dea. John Shepard and Hannah Peck),
b. about 1684, m. in 1709 Bethiah Steele. Their children were eight :
1. John. 2. James, b. in 1714. 3. Bethiah, b. in 1718. 4. Sarah,
Son of Timotliy, Son of John, I otJiof Dedliam , Mass. 881
b. in 1726. 5. Samuel, b. in 1728. 6. William, b. in 1732. 7.
Amos, b. in 1738. 8. Samuel, b. in 1750.
Y. James Shepard (son of Samuel), b. in 1714, m. Nov. 1737 Sarah
Hopkins. He d. at Hartford in 1790. His children, 8 in number,
were: Lucy; Levi, b. Jan. 1743; James; Ruth; Asher; Epaphrocli-
tus ; Wealthy ; Theodore.
VI. Levi Shepard (son of James Shepard and Sarah Hopkins), b.
Jan. 1743, resided in Northampton, where he d. Oct. 26, 1805, act. 62.
He m. May 26, 1771, Mary Pomeroy. They had 6 children :
1. Mary Shepard, b. April 28, 1772, ni. Dr. Aeneas Monson of New
Haven, Ct., grad. at Yale in 1780, and d. in 1852.
2. Sarah Shepard, b. June 23, 1774, m. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., of
Springfield.
3. Levi Shepard, b. Oct. 19, 1776, m. Elizabeth Hutchins.
4. Thomas Shepard, b. March 27, 1778, in. at Suffield, Ct., Catha-
rine Tryon, dan. of John Tryon.
5. Charles Shepard, b. April 11, 1780.
6. John Shepard, b. March 5, 1782, m. Henrietta Tryon, by whom
he had one son, John Tryon Shepard of Kenosha, Wis. By his 2d
wife, Jeanette, he had no childien.
Frederic Dwight, Esq., of Agawam, says of his grandfather, Levi
Shepard : " He came from Hartford, Ct., and was an old-fashioned,
stately merchant, who made voyages on his own account to England,
and a liberal gentleman in his ideas and habits." Of his sons he says :
" These were gay and festive gentlemen in their day, and inclined to
the liberal side in politics ; in fact, rather the leaders of that party in
the county — causing the great deep of society in Northampton to boil
like a pot ; on which they loooked down and smiled blandly from their
eyrie on Round Hill." ]
[Seventh Generation.]
6206. i. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. (son of Jonathan Dwight and Sarah
Shepard), b. Aug. 30, 1799, m. Sept. 5, 1825, Ann Bartlett, b. June
26, 1798 (dau. of Thomas Bartlett of Boston and Alice Fitzpatrick).
He was a merchant in Boston for some 10 years, when he removed to
Springfield, where ho resided for 20 years (1830-50). The last six
years of his life he spent at Newport, R. I., where he d. Sept. 28, 1856,
aet. 57. " lie was a man of strict integrity, kind and benevolent, and
much beloved." His widow resides still (1874), as she has for many
years past, at New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6214. i. Anna Bartlett Dwight, b. July 5, 1820, m. Lt. Charles T.
Baker.
882 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of IIatfi/l</7
6215. ii. Jonathan D wight, b. Aug. 29, 1831.
6214. i. Anna Bartlett Dwight, b. July 5, 182G, m. Dec. 3, 1851,
Lt. Charles Taintor Baker, b. at Windham, Ct., April 13,1821 (son of
Col. Rufus L. Baker, U. S. A., and Eliza Taintor), grad. at West Point
in 1842. After having served for 3 years as Lt. U. S. A. with his
regiment in Florida, at Jefferson Barracks, Fort Jesup and Fort Tow-
son, he was ordered to West Point, N. Y., as Ass't Instructor of in-
fantry tactics in the U. S. Military Academy there, where he remained
(1845-51) until June 1851, and resigned his commission in the army
Dec. 31, 1851. He has been twice in Europe (1861-2 and 1869-70).
His residence was for several years (1863-9) in Madison, N. J. Since
1870 he has resided in the summer at Windham, Ct., and in the winter
at New York. Children :
6216. 1. Ella Baker, b. Sept. 7, 1852.
6217. 2. Cora Baker, b. April 18, 1858.
6218. 3. Anna Dwight Baker, b. May 18, 1862.
[Eighth Generation.]
6215. ii. Jonathan Dwight, 3d (son of Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and
Ann Bartlett), b. Aug. 29, 1831, m. Feb. 26, 1857, Julia Lawrence
Hasbrouck, b. April 1, 1836 (dau. of Garret D. Hasbrouck of New
York, and Julia Lawrence). He was grad. at Harvard in 1852, and is
by profession a civil engineer. Since 1861 he has'resided in Madison,
N. J. Two children :
6219. 1. Jonathan Dwight, b. Dec. 8, 1858.
6220. 2. Arthur Dwight, b. Oct. 10, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
6207. ii. Mary Shepard Dwight (dau. of Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and
Sarah Shepard), b. Feb. 28, 1801, m April 20, 1825, Hon. George Bliss,
b. Nov. 16, 1793 (son of George Bliss of Springfield and Hannah
Clark), grad. at Yale in 1812, was a distinguished lawyer at Spring-
field. He was aid in the war of 1812 to Genl. Jacob Bliss for a few
months, acquiring thereby the title of Colonel.
He was several times a member of the Mass, legislature ; Prest. of
the Senate in 1835, Speaker of the Lower House in 1853, and a mem-
ber of the Executive Council in 1848 and 9, and in 1852 a State Presi-
dential Elector. He devoted himself largely to railroad enterprises and
interests. He was one of the chief originators of the Boston and Albany
R. Road, of which he was for several years general agent (1836-42),
and afterwards for three years its President (1843-6). He published
also a history of this road. He was likewise one of the originators of
the Hartford and Springfield R. Road. He was Prest. successively
of the Mich. Southern R. Road (1850-2) ; of the Chicago and Missis-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli of Dedliam, Mass. 883
sippi R. E. (1853-4); and again of the Mich. Southern (1853-60).
He was also at one time an active director of the Chicago and Rock
Island 11. Road.
He was a warm friend of local improvements and charities in his
native town. To the City Library of Springfield he gave the land on
which its building stands (worth $20,000, beside $10,000 in cash). He
was a public-spirited man generally. He d. full of years and honors,
April 19. 1873, aet. 79. She d. April 12, 1869, aet. 68. She possessed
unusual mental ability and energy. She was especially active during
the late war in assisting Soldiers' Aid Societies.
[George Bliss, Esq. (father of Hon. George Bliss, who m. Mary Shep-
ard Dwight) was an eminent lawyer, State-councillor and senator, a dea-
con in the First Cong. Ch. and one of the Visitors of Andover Theol.
Seminary. He was also a member of " The Hartford Convention." He
was b. Dec. 13, 1764, and grad. at Yale in 1784. He m. May 22,
1789, Hannah Clark, b. May 19, 1764 (dan. of Dr. John Clark of
Lebanon, Ct., b. Jan. 7, 1728, and Jerusha Huntington, b. Aug. 24,
1731. She was dau. of Col. Jabez Huntington of Windham, Ct., and
Elizabeth Edwards, dau. of Rev. Timothy Edwards of E. Windsor, Ct.,
and so sister of Prest. Jonathan Edwards). He d. March 8, 1830,
aet. 65.
His parents were. Judge Moses Bliss, Esq., of Springfield, grad. at
Yale in 1755, and Abigail Metcalf (daxi. of William Metcalf). Judge
Moses Bliss was a superior lawyer and judge of the Court of Common
Pleas. His parents were Jedediah Bliss of Springfield and Rachel
Sheldon, dau. of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield, Ct., and Mary Whiting,
who was dau. of Joseph Whiting of Hartford and Mary Pynchon (dau.
of Hon. John Pynchon of Springfield and Amy Wyllys, dau. of Hon.
George Wyllys. See, for account of Whiting ancestry and kindred,
Goodwin's Geneal. Notes, pp. 344-6, etc., and for Pynchon ancestry
page 030).] Hon. George Bliss had btit two children :
[Eighth Generation.] Children.
6221. i. Sarah Dwight Bliss, b. June 3, 1826, m. Hon. George
Walker.
6222. ii. George Bliss, b. May 3, 1830, grad. at Harvard in 1851,
where he afterwards also studied law, and at Spiingfield. He edited,
with Hon. David A. Wells (see page 872), 3 siiccessive volumes of
" The Annual of Scientific Discovery," and prepared with him " The
Science of Familiar Things." He has been twice in Europe (1846-7
and 1851-3), the last time for the purpose of studying some of the
modern languages in their own habitat — taking a pedestrian tour
meanwhile of 1,500 miles in Southern Germany and Switzerland. In
1856 he established himself in his profession at New York. On Jan.
884 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of IlatfidJ,
1, 1859, lie was appointed private secretary to Gov. Morgan, holding
the office for one year. On the breaking out of the late war he was
made Aid on the Gov.'s Staff and Paymaster General of the State
(1861-2) ; from which positions he derived the title of Colonel (like his
father). In 1861-2 he was appointed Captain in the 4th N. Y. Heavy
Artillery (Vols. ), and was detailed as Aid on the Staff of Gov. Morgan
as Major General commanding the department of New York. As Pay-
master General he paid, in the summer of 1862, the first bounty to N. Y.
troops, amounting to some 3£ millions of dollars — disbursing most of it
personally in sums of $50 each to the soldiers. lie organized also,
in 1862, under authority from the U. S. Secy, of War, three colored
regiments (the 20th, 26th and 31st U. S. C. Droops). For several
months he had charge also of The Park Barracks in New York, and
had about 17 thousand sick and wounded soldiers pass under his
charge. It was a part of his official duty at the same time (1861-2)
to see that the troops which arrived at New York from time to time
(often 10 or 12 thousand of them) were provided for while remaining
there. It was he who originated in the main the movement, in 1864,
to send a " Thanksgiving Dinner " to the soldiers, which proved to be
a great success. At the close of the war he returned to the practice of
his profession in New York. In 1866 he was made attorney of The
Metropolitan Board of Health in New York, and of the Board of Excise.
Since Jan. 1, 1873, he has been " U. S. Attorney for the Southern
District of New York." He m. Oct. 22, 1856, Catharine Van llens-
selaer Dwight, b. March 29, 1835 (dau. of Francis Dwight, Esq., of
Albany, N. Y., and Catharine Van Rensselaer Schermerhorn. See
page 877, No. 6176. i.) No issue.
[Eighth Generation.]
6221. i. Sarah Dwight Bliss (dau. of Hon. George Bliss of Spring-
field, Mass., and Mary Shepard Dwight), b. June 3, 1826, m. Oct. 24,
1849, Hon. George Walker, b. April 1, 1824 (son of James Walker of
Peterboro, N. H.} and Sally Smith of Cavendish, Vt.), grad. at Dart-
mouth in 1842, and at Harvard Law School in 1845. He resides at
Springfield, Mass. He was State Senator (1858-9), and Bank Com-
missioner of Mass. (1860-4). In 1865 he we^t to Europe as a special
financial agent of The U. S. Treasury, and published in the " llevue
des Deux Mondes," at Paris, France, an article on the finances and
resources of the United States, which was widely distribued in pam-
phlet form in English, French and German, and attracted much atten-
tion in Europe. He was Prest. for some years (1864-72), of "The
Third National Bank of Springfield," and for a short time of " The
Western Union Telegraph Co." in New York (1869-71).
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 885
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6223. i. Louisa Dwight Walker, b. Nov. 8, 1850.
6224. ii. James Smith Walker, b. May 20, 1854.
6225. iii. Arthur Walker, b. May 12, 1857, d. Feb. 8, 1858.
6226. iv. Philip Walker, b. June 29, 1859.
6227. v. Mary Bliss Walker, b. Nov. 29, 1861, d. Sept. 21, 1870.
6228. vi. Ariana Walker, b. July 23, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
6208. iii. Sarah Hopkins Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1803 (dau. of Hon.
Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and Sarah Shepard), m. March 1, 1827, Hon.
George Bancroft, LL.D., b. Oct. 3, 1800 (son of Rev. Aaron Bancroft,
b. at Reading, Mass., Nov. 10, 1755, son of Dea. Samuel Bancroft
and Lydia Parker, grad. at Harvard in 1778, and settled as an Uni-
tarian clergyman at Worcester, Mass., for 54 years [1785-1839J and
Lucretia Chandler). He was grad. at Harvard in 1817, and spent two
years afterwards at Gottingen, Germany, in study. He was tutor at
Harvard for one year (1822-3). He conducted, with J. G. Cogswell,
" The Round Hill School " for several years at Northampton, Mass.
In 1834 he published volume i. of his voluminous History of the
United States the large sale of which, with its succeeding volumes,
brought him long since a fortune. He has received many honors at
home and abroad. He was made Secretary of the Navy (1845-6) by
Prest. James K. Polk, and was sent as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain in 1846. In 1849 he was
authorized, jointly with Richard Rush, to negotiate a postal treaty
with Great Britain and France. Under Prest. Lincoln he was sent as
U. S. Minister to the Court of Berlin, Prussia, which office he still
(1873) holds.
Mrs. Sarah Dwight Bancroft, d. June 26, 1837, aet. 34. [He m. for
a 2d wife, A\ig. 16, 1838, widow Betsey Bliss, nee Davis, widow of
Alexander Bliss, Esq., law-partner of Daniel Webster. By this 2d
marriage he had one child, Susan Jackson Bancroft, b. May 30, 1839,
who d. Oct. 27, 1845, aet. 6].
[Eighth Genei-ation.] Children:
6229. i. Sarah Dwight Bancroft, b. Aug. 18, 1831, d. Jan. 11, 1832.
6230. ii. Louisa Dwight Bancroft, b. Jan. 20, 1833, d. Aug. 9, 1850,
at Springfield, Mass.
6231. iii. John Chandler Bancroft, b. April 24, 1835.
6232. iv. George Bancroft, b. Feb. 16, 1837, grad. at Harvard in
1856, resides in France. He m. in St. Coulomb, France, a French
laclv, Miss Louise Tailandier.
6231. iii. John Chandler Bancroft, b. April 24, 1835, grad. at
886 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
Harvard in 1854, ra. Aug. 11, 18G 4, Louisa Maria Denny (dau. of
Edward Denny of Barre, Mass., b. May 19, 1800, and Cornelia Maria
Larned). He is an artist painter at Cambridge, Mass., residing with
his family at Milton, Mass. Children :
G233. 1. Wilder Dwiglit Bancroft, b. Oct. 1, 1867.
0234. 2. Paulina Bancroft, b. Oct. 27, 18G9.
[Seventh Generation.]
G209. iv. William Dwight (son of Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and
Sarah Shepard), b. April 5, 1805, grad. at Harvard in 1825, m. at
Salem, Mass., Sept. 10, 1830, Elizabeth Amelia White, b. May 4,
1809 (dau. of Judge Daniel Appleton White and Mary Wilder). He
practised law for several years (1828-48) at Springfield, Mass., but
afterwards devoted himself with great energy and success to practical
rather than professional pursuits. He was Treasurer for nearly 20 years
(1848-07) of two cotton manufacturing companies, <: The Pepperell "
and " Laconia," whose mills are located at Biddeford, Me., having his
office in Boston and his residence at Brookline, Mass. Since 1807 he
has had no special employment of a public kind.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6230. i. Brig. Genl. William Dwight, b. July 14, 1831, at Spring-
field, was for 3 years (1840-9) at a military school in West Point, and
for 4 years afterwards at the U. S. Military Academy there (1849-53),
resigning without graduation. He m. Jan. 1, 1850, Anna Robeson
(dau. of Thomas Robeson of New Bedford, Mass., and Sibyl Wash-
burn). He was (1853-01) a manufacturer at Boston, and afterwards
at Philadelphia, where he resided when the news of the attack upon
Fort Sumter summoned him to new duties. On May 14, 1861, he
took the commission of Captain in the 13th Regt. U. S. Infantry, and
in June 1801 was commissioned Lt. Col. in the First Regt. of The
Excelsior Brigade (Danl. E. Sickles, Col.)— the 70th Regt. N. Y. Vols.
He was the only officer of a military education in his regiment, and
drilled and instructed it with enthusiastic diligence and the most
effective results for good.
His brigade was a part of Genl. Hooker's Division in the autumn
of 1801, and was concentrated in Nov. at Budd's Ferry, Md. On April
6, 1862, they embarked for Yorktown, Va., where they remained until
May, when our troops, with his bx-igade at their head, entered the place
in triumph. The next day the battle of Williamsburgh occurred. In
the morning his regiment went into the contest 800 strong, and at night
showed only a shattered remnant of less than 400 effective men, with
empty cartridge-boxes and fixed bayonets — having lost two field-officers
in the fearful fray and 21 company officers. He was wounded three
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 887
times in this battle, once in the thigh, once in the forehead and once
severely in the groin, and left for dead upon the field, but found alive
afterwards by the rebels and claimed as a prisoner of war. For his
gallant conduct at this time he was made Brig. General, and was as-
signed to Genl. Banks' Division in the Department of the Gulf, where
he arrived in charge of troops destined to that department, Feb. 12,
1863, and was at once put in command of the First Brigade of Genl.
Grover's Division and ordered to Baton Rouge. Genl. Grover led the
advance brigade in the movement made on Port Hudson, and Genl.
Dwight led the advance regiment of that brigade, and was praised de-
servedly for the rapidity and effectiveness of his operations. He
was one of the commission appointed to settle the terms of surrender.
His commanding officer in recommending him for promotion said : " He
has shown signal ability in his command, always ready and competent
for any duty, fertile in resources, never idle and never doubting."
His brigade was conspicuous also in the military operations carried on
near the Teche, at Irish Bend and elsewhere. In May 1864 he distin-
guished himself as the chief of Genl. Banks' staff in the Red River
compaign, and is said to have saved the army in their retreat by his
bravery at the head of his brigade.
In July 1 864 he was put in command of the First Division of the
19th Army Corps, under Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Yalley, Va. Dur-
ing the following autumn he rendered most important service in the
battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creok. In the last-
named battle he is said to have " saved the army : his division out-
stripped the rebel cavalry that day." The rebels never thought of
doubting that Lee would be victorious in the end, until after the victo-
ries won by Sheridan's troops during the autumn of 1864. He re-
mained in the army for some months after the war.
He resides now (1874) at Cincinnati, O., and is occupied with the
affairs of the White Valley R. Road. He has one child :
**** L William Arthur Dwighfc, b. June 3, 1867.
6237. ii. Lt. Col. Wilder Dwight,.b. April 23, 1833, at Springfield,
grad. at Harvard Coll. in 1853, and at the Law School in 1855, trav-
elled in Europe for a year, and established himself in practice as an
attorney in Boston (1857—61). Everything now in his well-earned
position was fitted to flatter and feed his professional ambition. " He
had youth and health, fortune and friends, a profession in which he
delighted, the practical talents which smooth the way in it, and the
confidence in himself which made labor light." But in the hour of
his country's need he gave up for its welfare all his own personal ad-
vantages and successes, without a moment's hesitation. For the de-
fense of law and the support of the great cause of the hour — the cause,
888 Descendants of IL n nj I) w ujlit of Hatfidd, Mass. ,
as he felt, not only of his country, but of universal humanity — he de-
liberately and earnestly embarked upon the dangers that lay before
him. He joined, May 24, 1861, the 2d Mass. Itegt. of Inf. Vols. as
Major, which office he held until June 13, 1862, when he was made
Lt. Col. in it by Gov. Andrew of Mass. He was a man of great power of
will and concentration of purpose, and was, whether in peace or war,
manly, courageous and self-possessed, having a mind of superior mould,
thorough intellectual culture, and habits of earnest, victorious applica-
tion to whatever he had in hand. He was accordingly eminently fitted,
both by nature and by his fine acquirements, for handling effectively
the higher elements of professional, practical, or military success. He
was, therefore, as a matter of course, a brave and skilful officer. His
whole heart was in the great contest before him. In the retreat of
Genl. Banks through the Shenandoah Valley, he was distinguished for
his daring, and was taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862,
while looking after the safety and comfort of some of his wounded
men, but was paroled, and on the evening of June 2 got back to his
comrades. A captain, who saw him running towards them, exclaimed,
" Good Heavens, the Major ! " The officers rushed forth to meet him,
and lifted him up in their arms ; the men could not be restrained, b\it
broke camp, and poured down upon the Major with the wildest enthu-
siasm. Having arranged for an early exchange with a rebel major, to
return again to the field, he made a rapid visit at his home (June 5-
22), where he was tenderly and pressingly urged by those who could
influence him most to renounce forever the dangers and glories of war.
His high-souled reply is worth recording : " The last year," he said,
"has been the richest of my life. For the first time in my life I
have been sure, every day, that I was doing good. I have worked
hard in the profession of the law, and gained cases for people, and they
have been very grateful to me ; but I never knew, with certainty,
whether I had done them good or not. Now I .know, every day that I
live, that I do good to those poor fellows in our regiment, and I shall
not give it up. I would not, if I could ; and I could not, if I would,
with honor. Then, as to my life, my experience at Winchester taught
me that that is God's care, not mine. I took no care of it, then, my-
self. I was all the time in front of the line ; I went forwards into the
most exposed positions possible. I saw a dozen men take aim at me.
I was as safe there as I should have been at home, and I shall be so
again till God's time comes to take rny life ; and when that time comes
I am perfectly willing to give it up." His home was no longer with
his life-long and most dearly beloved friends, but with his regiment.
He did not succeed, however, in effecting the anticipated exchange for
several weeks longer, and returned home again to spend a month or
Son of Timothy, Son of John, botli ofDedham, Mass. 889
more, and on Aug. 13 was back again in "Camp near Culpepper, Ya.,"
rejoicing in the privilege, but greatly saddened at the same time by
the many proofs of the desolating fvu-y with which the battle of Cedar
Mountain had just passed over his regiment, in which 2,500 of the
corps went down before the foe in a few hours. Within but little
more than a month from this time he himself was numbered by multi-
tudes of friends, old and new, among " the lost and the loved " that
they should see no more.
He was mortally wounded at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, and
died, two days afterwards, of his wounds. On the morning of Sept.
17 he wrote in pencil on a sheet of paper, which he afterwards put in
his pocket, the following letter : —
"DEAR MOTHER : — It is a misty, rnoisty morning. We are engaging
the enemy, and are drawn up in support of Hooker, who is banging
away most briskly. I write in the saddle, to send you my love, and
to say that I am very well so far." Chaplain Quint said of him, in
reference to this engagement : " Colonel D wight was as active and effi-
cient as ever. It was not for several hours that our regiment went
into action. I am told of his daring, that after our regiment had
captured a rebel flag, he galloped up and down the lines with it, amid
the cheers of the men, reckless of the fire of the enemy." His last
act, before receiving his mortal wound, was to walk along the line of
the regiment, which was drawn up under the shelter of a fence, and
direct the men to keep their heads down out of reach of the enemy's
fire. Col. Andrews thus wrote of him : " Lt. Col. Dwight was wounded
within three feet of me. He had just come from the left of the regi-
ment, and was about to speak when the ball struck him. He fell,
saying, " They have done for me." The regiment was soon ordered
to fall back, and men were ordered to carry him ; but the pain was so
intense that he refused to be moved." Here, while alone upon the
field, between the two armies, he took from his pocket the note which
he had written in the morning and added to it the following touching
words : —
" DEAREST MOTHER : — I am wounded, so as to be helpless. Good-by,
if so it must be. I think I die in victory. God defend our country.
I trust in God and love you all to the last. Dearest love to father and
all my dear brothers. Our troops have left the part of the field where
I lie. Mother, yours, WILDER."
On the opposite page he added, in larger and firmer characters, these
words : " All is well with those that have faith." The paper was
stained with his blood.
As his men came afterwards and carefully lifted him up to carry him
into a neighboring corn-field, he said to them : " Now, boys, don't
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890 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Half eld, Mass.,
think that because I'm wounded I've any less spirit than I had before :
I feel just the same." Genl. Gordon, who rode up near to him at this
time, says : " As I reined up my horse his eye met mine and almost
exultingly saluted me. At this moment bullets whistled over our
heads : shot and shell crashed through the trees ; and I said, I must
ha e you removed from here. He replied, "Never mind me: whip
them." To Chaplain Quint he said afterwards : " Don't feel bad : it's
all right ! all right. I know I'm done for, but I want you to under-
stand I don't flinch a hair. I shoxild like to live a few days so as to
see my father and mother. They think a good deal of me, especially
my mother — too much ; but apart from that, if God calls for me this
minute, I am ready to go." When Col. Andrews sent him afterwards
word of our success in the battle, he exclaimed joyfully : " It is a
glorious time to die." At the last, after saying to his chaplain that
he trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ, his Saviour, he said : " My
mother ! tell her, I do love my mother. Tell her, I do trust in. God :
I do trust in the Lord Jesus — nothing else." These were his last
words, except that fifteen minutes before he died he said : " Oh my
dear mother ! " " Thus died, as he had lived," says that fond mother,
*' a brave, gallant, noble man : a hero and a Christian : cheerful to the
last, considerate, happy " — a faithful, brave, unselfish, devoted soldier,
act. 29, unmarried. See, for fuller account, " The Life and Letters of
Lt. Col. Wilder Dwight," prepared by his mother. Boston, 1868.
6238. iii. Daniel Appleton Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1836, was for many
years a cotton-broker in New York and Boston. He is now Pres. of
the White Water Valley R. Road, and resides in Cincinnati, O. He
m. June 6, 1870, Mary Silsbee Peele (dau. of J. Willard Peele of Bos-
ton and Sarah Silsbee). One child :
**** 1 Jane Appleton Dwight, b. May 14, 1871.
6239. iv. Capt. Howard Dwight, b. in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 29,
1837, grad. at Harvard in 1857, was a young man of warm impulses,
frank, generous, energetic and straightfoward, with high and strong
notions of right and honor, and most exuberant spirits. He was the
leader of his class in College in mental force and scholarly attainments.
After leaving College he went to Memphis, Tenn. (Sept. 1859), to over-
see the building and running of a cotton-press, where he remained at
work. How courageously he asserted in that slave State his ardent
love for free ideas and institutions, is manifest from one of his letters
at that time to his friends at home, to whom he said that " he went
about among his secession friends crying : Liberty and Union, one and
inseparable ! " and added, " I don't know that it did any good, but it
certainly raised agreeable emotions in my breast, if not in theirs."
He became 1st Lt. Sept. 1, 1861, in Capt. Stackpole's Co., in the
Son of Timothy, Son ofJbJm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 891
24th Mass. Regt. ; and on Oct. 4, 1861, joined Genl. Fremont, and was
appointed by him 2d Lt. in Co. C, 4th Miss. Cavalry, Fremont Hus-
sars, and March 1, 1862, was commissioned by the Gov. of Miss, as
1st Lt., and Nov. 4, 18G2, was made Capt. of the same, to rank as such
from Sept. 4, 1862. On Nov. 10, 1862, he was appointed by Prest.
Lincoln Asst. Adj. Genl., with the rank of Capt., and ordered to re-
port to Brig. Genl. George L. Andrews. In the department of the
Gulf, to which he was now transferred, he was very active and useful.
He participated in all the stirring scenes of the Teche campaign during
the spring of 1863, where he distinguished himself by his gallantry,
and often amid great exposures to danger.
He was murdered, May 4, 1863, near Bayou Bceuf, La., by three rebel
soldiers, who were on the opposite side of the Bayou, at the water's edge.
They asked him, " Who are you? " to which he replied, and " Who are
you ? " when they immediatly levelled their rifles at him, and he sur-
rendered himself, being alone in advance of his men, who were follow-
ing slowly after him at a distance. One of them said : " He's a
damned Yankee ; let's kill him ! " Capt. Dwight calmly replied : " You
must not fire ; I am your prisoner." But again they said to one an-
other, " Kill the damned Yankee ; " and immediatly one of them fired.
The ball passed through Capt. Dwight's brain, killing him instantly.
With calm courage this accomplished scholar and soldier met his des-
perate fate. While his remains lay at New Orleans, under guard of
the 47th Mass. Regt., the Union Association of colored women covered
them early in the morning every day with fresh flowers, having first
draped every article of furniture in the room with white linen, on which
they had stitched green leaves, emblems of hope in his death for him
and for them. At the funeral services preceding the departure by
sea of the escort that bore his remains northwards to his home, the
hymn was sung with tender interest which he had been specially fond
of singing and hearing sung : " I would not live alway."
6240. v. Thomas Dwight, b. Oct. 5, 1840, d. Sept. 1, 1841.
6241. vi. Lt. Charles Dwight, b. May 5, 1842, was in Harvard Coll.
in the class of 1862, and in the fall of 1861 entered the Union Army as
2d Lieut, in the Excelsior Brigade, of the 70th N. Y. Regt., in which
his brother, afterwards Genl. William Dwight, was then Lt. Col. He
was appointed in a few months to the signal corps, in which he served
during the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Willianisburgh and
Lee's Mills, and received a flag for gallant conduct in these battles. In
consequence of the disablement for service of the dipt, and First Lieut,
of his company, by wounds, he became acting captain of it, and led it
bravely, withoiit scar or scratch, into all the battles of the Peninsula,
as Fair Oakes, Oak Grove, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale
892 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass.,
and Malvern Hills. After the last-named battle he was placed on
Genl. Sickles' staff, and took part in the battles of Bristow Station and
of Grovetown, or, the second Bull Run (Aug. 27 and 29, 1862) ; in
which last one he was taken prisoner, and marched off 70 nules or
more, with little food and many indignities, to " Libby Prison." The
coarse and bmtal rebels exhibited their prisoners on the way thither
as " negro drivers." Under his imprisonment, though brief, he became
greatly emaciated. On being paroled and brought to Annapolis, Md.,
lie heard of his bro. Wilder's death, and obtaining a furlough went
home to Boston to attend his burial. Here he remained, on account of
sickness, a few weeks, when he returned again to duty on Genl. Sickles'
staff, and participated in the attack upon Fredericksburg. He was then
placed upon the staff of his bro. William, and went with him to the De-
partment of the Gulf (Feb. 1863). In May following he went home
with the dead body of his brother, Capt. Howard Dwight, bearing it ten-
derly to the dear soil of the free North. He returned speedily to his
post of duty, to share with his elder brother the perils and honors of the
great conflict still impending. When Genl. William Dwight went, in
May 1864, on his Red River campaign, where he greatly distinguished
himself, Lt. Charles Dwight was prostrate with typhoid fever in New
Orleans. From its debilitating effects he was compelled to leave the
army, and resigned his post in it, July 1864. With the other soldier
members of his class at Harvard, he received his degree at the com-
mencement of 1862 as a graduate.
" He saw a great deal of service," said his brother, Capt. Howard
Dwight, of him to the writer, when in New York on recruiting service
in 1863, " was in many battles in the thickest of the fight, and never re-
ceived a scratch. He is regarded as the military hero of the family, and
is talented, energetic and remarkably plucky." He is a broker in Bos-
ton. He m. Oct. 18, 1865, Marianne Humphrey Welch (dau. of
Francis Welch and Mary Ann Humphrey). Has one child :
**** je Wilder Dwight, b. April 20, 1868.
6242. vii. Chapman Dwight, b. April 30, 1844, is Vice Prest. of
the White Water Valley R. Road, and resides at Cincinnati, O.
The military record of this family is very remarkable. There have been
many brave patriot- soldiers of both our name and our blood, who have
fought with renown against the Indians, the French, the British, arid the
rebels of the late war, in different periods of our national history ; but
nowhere else within the bounds of our family have four brave souls
flowered out together at one time, within the precincts of one home, as
defenders in the battle-field of their country's life and honor. All
praise to them, and to the mother that trained them to dare and do
such high-souled deeds ! •
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 893
[Seventh Generation.]
6210. v. Thomas Dwight (son of Hon. Jonathan Dwight and Sarah
Shepard), b. Sept. 27, 1807, grad. at Harvard in 1827, m. Oct. 26,
1842, Mary Collins Warren (dau. of Dr. John Collins Warren of Bos-
ton, b. Aug. 1, 1778, and Susan Powell Mason, dau. of Hon. Jonathan
Mason, whom he m. Nov. 17, 1803. He was the son of the distin-
guished Dr. John Warren of Boston, b. July 27, 1753, who d. April
4, 1815, and Abigail Collins, dau. of Gov. John Collins of Newport,
R. I., whom he m. in 1777, and who d. in 1832). He has long been a
resident of Boston, and is without professional business.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6243. i. Prof. Thomas Dwight, M.D., b. Oct. 13, 1843, grad. at Har-
vard Med. School iu 1867, is a physician in Boston, and Prof, of
Anatomy in Bowdoin Coll., Brunswick, Maine, since 1872.
**** ii. Susan Lyman Dwight, b. Aug. 15, 1847, d. June 7, 1850.
**** iii. Mason Warren Dwight, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. June 23, 1850.
**** iv. James Dwight, b. in Paris, France3 July 14, 1852, is now
a member of Harvard College.
**** v. Mary Veronila Dwight, b. April 7, 1856.
[Seventh Generation.]
6211. vi. Lucinda Dwight (dau. of Jonathan Dwight and Sarah
Shepard), b. July 7, 1809, m. April 25, 1832, Jonathan Chapman,
Esq., b. Jan. 30, 1807 (son of Jonathan Chapman and Margaret
Rogers), grad. at Harvard in 1825, a lawyer at Boston, and at one
time Mayor of the city. He d. May 25, 1848. His widow resides in
Milton, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6244. i. Jonathan Chapman, b. March 11, 1836, grad. at Harvard
in 1856. He was an A. A. Paymaster in the U. S. Navy in the late
war, from Nov. 4, 1862, to March 9, 1865, when he resigned the office.
He was afterwards Treasurer of The White Valley R. R. Co. in Cin-
cinnati, O.
6245. ii. Eliza Chapman, b. March 10, 1838, m. April 10, 1866,
Jotham William Post of New York, b. Jan. 11, 1838 (son of Jotham
Wm. Post, a wholesale druggist in New York, and Angelina Thayer,
whose adopted name was Byers).
[Seventh Generation.]
6213. viii. Frederic Dwight (son of Jonathan Dwight and Sarah
Shepard), b. June 23, 1815, grad. at Harvard in 1834, and studied law
at the Harvard Law School (1835-6) under George Story. He was
one of the pioneers in the Rock River valley before the Winuebagoes
left it, and reclaimed a section from the wilderness near Prophetstown,
894 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Halfield, Mass.,
HI. He was one of the few that survived the disaster of the explosion
of the Moselle, near Cincinnati, in the spring of 1838. In 1843 he
crossed the Rocky Mountains, to the north of the Columbia, in advance
of the exploring expedition, and went thence to Europe, and returned
to America in 1847. In 1853 he settled in Agawam, Mass. He m.
April 13, 18.54, Joanna Theresa Durham, b. Aug. 31, 1833 (dau. of
John Durham of Middleton, Cork Co., Ireland, and Mary Ring, dau.
of William and Mary Ring of same place. John Durham was the son
of Bartholomew Durham and Joanna Kearney. " The Durhams,"
says Mr. Dwight, " are soldiers, mechanics and scholars : the Rings are
country gentry and yeomanry.")
[Eighth generation.] Children :
6246. i. Alfred Dwight, b. Feb. 23, 1855.
6247. ii. Edwin Dwight, b. April 6, 1857.
6248. iii. Frederic Pomeroy Dwight, b. July 15, 1859, d. May 27,
1865. Says his father of him: "He was a wonder of beauty and
brightness, so that many thought that he would die young ; but his
house — and he was the light of it — did not look for his departure : he
was baptized in the communion of the Roman Catholic Church."
6249. iv: Edgar Dwight, b. Sept. 23, 1862.
6250. v. Sarah Cecilia Dwight, b. Feb. 22, 1865.
6251. vi. Eugene Dwight, b. March 22, 1868.
6252. vii. John Dwight, b. Feb. 24, 1870.
6253. viii. Sophia Shepard Dwight, \
V twins, b. June 25, 1872.
6254. ix. Walter Dwight, )
[Sixth Generation.] See page 865.
6095. vi. Sophia Dwight (dau. of Jonathan Dwight, Senior, and
Margaret Ashley), b. Sept. 4, 1776, m. Feb. 1800, James Byers of
Springfield, Mass., an army contractor in the war of 1812 (son of James
Byers and Hannnh Bicker), b. in New York in 1771. She d. Feb. 23,
1803, aet. 27. She had a daughter that d. soon, unnamed. He m.
for 2d wife widow Sarah Duncan, nee Brown (dau. of William Brown
and Ann Boucher), previously wife of Robert Duncan of Boston. He
d. Feb. 22, 1854, at Springfield, leaving no issue. He adopted as his
daughter Angelina Thayer, afterwards Mrs. Jotham W. Post of New
York.
[Sixth Generation.] See page.
6096. vii. Edmund Dwight (son of Jonathan Dwight, Senior, and
Margaret Ashley), b. Nov. 28, 1780, grad. at Yale in 1799, read law,
although never practising it, and became a merchant, first at Springfield
and afterwards at Boston.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 895
" He was," says Prof. Francis Bo wen of Harvard (see Ain. Journal
of Education, Sept. 1837), " an eminent member of a remarkable class
of men, the merchant-princes of Boston, during the last half century —
a class remarkable alike from the nature of the enterprises by which
they acquired their Avealth, from the high qualities of intellect and char-
acter which were manifested in their undertakings, and from the mu-
nificence of their public and private charities. He was the compeer
and the associate of the Eliots, the Appletons, the Lawrences, the
Perkinses and other distinguished merchants, whose liberality, foresight
and public spirit have contributed so largely, not only to the material
prosperity of New England, but also to her high commercial prosperity
both at home and abroad. They extended the bounds of her foreign
trade, devised and supported her manufacturing establishments, planned
and built her railroads and created or endowed her institutions of
charity and education. A few of them obtained eminence as legisla-
tors and statesmen, though political pursuits never formed more than a
brief episode in their active career. Generally they preferred to serve
great public ends in a private station, where their influence was not
less extensively felt because it was never obtrusively manifested."
His mother d. while he was yet young. His father, while possessed
of large means had been from the first a man of thorough habits of
work, and while keeping store cultivated also a piece of land, in work-
ing which, for profit and pleasure, his sons also assisted him. Here
Edmund Dwight acquired in his youth thrifty habits, and learned to
practise many an useful niaxim of well-aimed effort. He studied law
with Fisher Aines of Dedham, Mass. ; in whose society, and that of the
kindred spirits for intellect and character that gathered about him, he
imbibed ideas and inspirations that greatly colored afterwards his social
and political aims and endeavors. After completing his law studies he
spent two years of travel in Europe (1802-4), during which he heard
the great Pitt in some of his finest efforts. In 1804, at the age of 24,
with such a splendid preparation for an active and useful life of the
highest and best kind, he entered into business arrangements with his
father and brothers in their large mercantile operations at Springfield.
Here he displayed to the full those same marked characteristics which
so many others of the name have been conspicuous for possessing — a
strong love of independence, a disposition to constant mental activity,
an iron will and great steadiness of purpose. His convictions were al-
ways clear and positive, and his use of means to effect desired ends was
ingeniously varied and pertinaciously pursued until he was successful
in his efforts or found that success was rea'ly beyond his reach.
He m. April 19, 1809, Mary Harrison Eliot (dau. of Samuel Eliot,
an eminent and liberal merchant of Boston, and Catharine Atkins of
89G Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat-field, Mass.,
Newburyport, Mass., dau. of Joseph Atkins and Mary Dudley, dau. of
Gov. Joseph Dudley of Mass. Samuel Eliot, Esq., founded, among
other public benefactions, " The Eliot Professorship of Greek Litera-
ture in Harvard ").
Of her says Prof. Bowen (see Memoir) : " Her sweetness of 'disposi-
tion and firmness of Christian piinciple diffused sunshine throughout
the sphere in which she moved. Ill health, attended by great suffer-
ing, cast a shadow over many of her years ; but the gloom never touched
her character or chilled her feelings. There was an atmosphere of
goodness about her which not even a comparative stranger could
approach without acknowledging its genial and sunny effects: even
her beneficence ; it seemed, could be better spared than the influence of
her visible example ; and it seemed that her peculiar province was to
render goodness attractive by the charm of her manner and the silent
teachings of her character." Born in Boston May 15, 1788, she d.
there Oct. 12, 1846, aet. 58.
[Her sister, Catharine Eliot, ni. Prof. Andrews Norton of Harvard,
and their sister, Anna, Prof. George Ticknor. Dudley Atkins, the
brother of her mother, Catharine Atkins, assumed, in 1790, the name
of Tyng, in order to perpetuate the name, which had become extinct in
the family, and m. Sarah Higginson, and these became the parents of
Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D.D., of New York.]
In 181G Edmund Dwight removed to Boston, where, with James K.
Mills as a partner, he soon became engaged in large manufacturing enter-
prises. He founded in their interest the new and now large and flourish-
ing village of Holyoke, Mass. His house at Boston had for several
years the principal direction of cotton-mills, machine-shops and calico-
printing works in which some 3,000 persons were constantly employed.
He took also an active part in the construction of " The Western R.
Road" (from Worcester to Albany), of which he was long a director,
and for one year (1849) President, in which year he died. He was a
man of large fortune, and disposed to make a liberal use of it for objects
of public importance. " He was a sagacious and practical philanthro-
pist," says Prof. Bowen, " far-reaching in his purposes and patient in
their execution, finding perhaps pleasure in contending with difficulties.
He gave his whole energies to raise the standard and enlarge the means
of popular education. A State-Board of Education was established,
chiefly through his exertions, consisting of the Gov., Lt. Gov. and 8
other members, whose duties were to collect information, devise plans,
and make recommendations promotive of the great object in view."
Horace Mann was chosen to be the Secretai-y of this Board, and for 16
years Mr. Dwight gave five hundred dollars annually for his better
support in the office, beside the sum granted to its incumbent by vote
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli of Dedliam. Mass. 897
of the State Legislature. In a few months after his appointment he
placed in the hands of Mr. Mann, who was a man quite after his own
heart, the sura of ten thousand dollars, and provided for the payment of
a like sum annually on condition that an equal amount should be ap-
propriated by the legislature for the same great general objects, which
was promptly done. Larger donations had been previously given by
Massaclm setts men to some of the higher departments of education,
but his was the greatest and the first given to advance the cause of
education in general — for the direct benefit, as Horace Mann ex-
pressed it, " of all the heart and all the mind extant, or to be extant, in
our beloved commonwealth."
Beside giving largely of his funds, and beyond the amounts here
specified, to make the Mass, school system what it has since become,
and has done by its influence in shaping the school system of the other
Northern States, he was indefatigable in his personal endeavors to
carry out his ideas : it was the great business of his riper manhood.
" There needs," say Prof. Bo wen, " no prouder inscription for any
man's tombstone than to say of him, that he was a principal agent in
accomplishing so magnificent a work." While unswerving in his con-
victions of duty, he was yet tolerant of others' honest differences of
opinion, but he abhorred all shams. His habits were simple and re-
gular, and those of true and happy home-growth. He was thoughtful
and earnest : moral truths filled and swelled the currents of his in-
ward consciousness ; and the richly laden theological writings of the
best English divines of the 17th century were his special delight.
There have been quite a large number of the family of like mould and
model in their characters with him ; and in respect to his mental and
moral characteristics he was a fine typical specimen of the higher class
of D wights. In his plans of present and future usefulness he was
not oblivious of the honored past of our country's history, but was, in
1812, one of the founders of " The American Antiquarian Society " of
Boston.
He d. suddenly at Boston, from a pleuritic attack, April 1, 1849,
aet. 69. He and the father of the writer were classmates at Yale.
They were born in the same yeai-, in neighboring towns, the one in
Springfield and the other in Northampton, and both died of the same
disease, in the spring of the year, one in 1849 and the other in 1850.
Whoever will turn to the account given of Benjamin Woolsey Dwight,
M.D., pp. 175-7. or to that of either of his brothers, Timothy or William
(sons of Prest. Dwight of Yale), or to that on subsequent pages, of Henry
Dwight, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y., brother of Edmund Dwight of Boston,
will see in all these different members of the family wonderful corres-
pondences of character, or, more cleai-ly stated, the normal type of the
898 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Ilatfield, Mass.,
]>wight temperament as exhibited in some of its most characteristic-
specimens. Such names, and many like them, are the jewels of our
family history.
Judge Theophilus Parsons, Prof, of Law at Harvard (1848-70), thus
speaks of Edmund Dwiglit in a letter to Prof. Bowen: "To many he
seemed harsh, severe and self-withholding ; and to many I believe that
he was so. He did not think well of mankind. He was sagacious
and sharp-eyed, and could detect through any disguise any of the many
elements of character which constitute untrustworthiness. He saw
these quite too often, and expected to see them very often. Therefore
he distrusted most persons, and, however courteous in manner, kept
them at a distance ; but he did not love to distrust others. When
he had satisfied himself that he might safely give his confidence he
gave it, as one does what he is glad to do : he did it fully and unre-
servedly. And then he indulged himself in being kind, benevolent
and useful to a degree in which, if I were to speak from my own ex-
perience or observation, I should say that he was surpassed by no man.
No one more perfectly respected my freedom of thought, utterance and
act, than did he through all our long intimacy. He was well edu-
cated, and'read a good deal, and read thoughtfully and with wise selec-
tion, and profited by what he read. More than any other person
whom I have known, he seemed to me to reconcile the antagonistic qua-
lities of boldness and caution. He appeared to me to be eminently a
man that did not make mistakes. I have supposed that his great success
in life was built up, step by step, by the same combination of caution
and courage and of sagacity and executive force which I thought that
I saw him constantly manifest."
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6255. i. Samuel Eliot Dwight, b. July 24, 1810, d. Dec. 1, 1831.
G256. ii. Henry Dwight, b. Apiil 30, 1812, d. in infancy.
6257. iii. Charles Eliot Dwight, b. March 19, 1814, d. Jan. 1825.
6258. iv. Catharine Atkins Dwight, b. May 26, 1816, d. June 30,
1835, aet. 19.
6259. v. Anna Cabot Lowell Dwight, b. Nov. 15, 1818, m. Charles
H. Mills, d. June 30, 1835, aet. 19.
6260. vi. Mary Eliot Dwight, b. Jan. 24, 1821, m. Dr. Samuel Park-
man of Boston.
6261. vii. Sophia Dwight, b. June 9, 1823, m. Judge John Wells.
6262. viii. Edmund Dwight, b. Sept. 3, 1824.
6263. ix. Ellen Dwight, b. Oct. 15, 1828, m. May 19, 1852, Hon.
Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton of London, Eng. He was b. in Co-
lombo, Ceylon, and was the son of Hon. Thomas James Twisleton. She
d. May 18, 1862, without issue. He resides now (1874) in London,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, uoth ofDedham, Mass. 899
having no profession, but occupying himself much with politics and lit-
erature. ' He is also a member of " The Civil Sei'vice Commission."
G264. x. Elizabeth D wight, b. Feb. 13, 1830, m. James E. Cabot.
6259. v. Anna Cabot Lowell Dwight (dau. of Edmund Dwight and
Mary H. Eliot), b. Nov. 15, 1818, m. June 10, 1839, Charles Henry
Mills, b. Sept. 25, 1812 (son of Hon. Elijah Hunt Mills of Northamp-
ton and Harriet Blake, his 2d wife. See, for account of the genealogy
of this family, the History of the Strong Family by the author, vol. ii.
pp. 1481-2). He was a merchant formerly, in Boston, but resided
latterly, retired from business, in Cambridge, Mass., where he d. April
18, 1872, act. 59.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
6265. i. Charles James Mills, b. Jan. 8, 1841, grad. at Harvard in
1860. He entered the Union army Aug. 14, 1862, as 2d Lt. 2.d Mass.
Regt. Yols., and was made 1st Lt., Aug., 17, 1862, in same regt. ; 1st
Lt. 56th Mass. Yols., Aug. 22, 1863 ; Captain, July 7, 1864 ; Asst. Adj.
GenL, Aug. 6, 1864 ; Brevet Major, Jan. 1865. He was shot through
both thighs at the battle of Antietam, Md., and was honorably dis-
charged, in consequence of this wound, in April 1863, but in August
1863, as soon as he was able to walk, he re-enlisted in his country's ser-
vice. In March 1865 his regiment joined the Ninth Corps at Anna-
polis, From that time he was constantly in active service. He took
part in the great battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna,
Shady Grove, Bethesda and in the siege of Petersburgh. He fell
March 31, 1865, at Hatcher's Run, Ya. He was of a gentle and manly
spirit, intellectual, frank and genial.
6266. ii. Arthur Mills, b. Nov. 1850. is in Nebraska (1873) in the
employment of the Burlington and Missouri R. R. Co.
[Seventh Generation.]
6260. vi. Mary Eliot Dwight (dau. of Edmund Dwight and Mary
H. Eliot), b. Jan. 24, 1821, m. May 7, 1849, Samuel Parkman, M.D.,
of Boston, b. Jan. 21, 1815 [son of Samuel Parkman and Mary Bro in-
field Mason, dau. of the celebrated Jonathan Mason of Boston, who
was grad. at Princeton in 1774, and d. at Boston Nov. 1, 1831. He
was U. S. Sonator (1800-3) and M. C. (1817-20).] He was one of the
most distinguished of the Boston physicians for his years. He d. Dec.
15, 1855, aet. 37. Children :
6267. 1. Henry Parkman, b. May 23, 1850, grad. at Harvard in
1870, is a lawyer at Boston.
6268. 2. Ellen Twisletoii Parker, b. Nov. 18, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
6261. vii. Sophia Dwight, b. June 9, 1823, m. May 15, 1850, Judge
900 Descendants of Henry Dwitjlit of Halfield, Mass.,
John Wells, LL.D., b. at Howe, Mass., Feb. 17, 1819 (son of Col.
Noah Wells of that place and Sarah Reed), grad. at Williams in 1838,
practised law at Chicopee, Mass., for 16 years (1842-58), and at Spring-
field, Mass., for 6 years (1858-64), where he was Judge of Probate and
Insolvent Court for 5 years (1858-63). Since Oct. 1, 18(56, he has
been judge of the Supreme Court of Mass. He was member of the
Mass. Legislature in 1849, 51, 57 and 65. He resided at Chicopee 8
years (1842-50), Chicopee Falls 19 (1850-69), and since June 1, 18C9,
has resided at Longwood, Brookline, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6269. i. Mary Eliot Wells, b. Aug. 7, 1851.
6270. ii. John Walter Wells, b. Dec. 10, 1854.
[Seventh Generation.]
6262. viii. Edmund Dwigtt, Jr., b. Sept. 3, 1824, grad. at Harvard
in 1844, is a merchant in Boston. He m. Jan. 24, 1855, Ellen Ran-
dolph Coolidge, b. in Boston (dau. of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Ran-
dolph, dau. of Gov. Thomas Mason Randolph of Va.,and granddaughter
of Prest. Thomas Jefferson). In Feb. 1871 he was requested by a commit-
tee of leading Boston merchants to go to Europe and superintend the dis-
tribution of the fund raised by subscription in Boston for the relief
of the suffering caused in France by the recent war, and was gone on
this errand of mercy six months. A ship (The Worcester) had been
despatched from Boston, just previously to his departure, loaded with
flour, beef, pork and other provisions designed to meet the immediate
wants of the most pressing kind, of some at least of the multitudes of
suffering people at that time in France. He ftwnd on his arrival there
the usual facilities for the transportation and distribution of such bulky
articles so utterly disarranged and destroyed, that he determined to
sell the cargo in London, whither the vessel had been consigned, and
to use the avails of the sale for the benevolent purposes contemplated.
These amounted to $85,000 and more : the most wise and effective use
of which sum in a truly beneficiary way necessitated much active and
careful attention on his part to the many different opportunities that
were everywhere presented to him for its use. In an interesting
"Report to the Executive Committee of the French Relief Fund," of
some 60 printed pages (Boston, Alfred Mudge & Son, 1872), a full ac-
count is given of the distribution of this local specimen of international
charity. Mr. D wight has had no children.
6264. x. Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of Edmund Dwight and Mary H.
Eliot), b. Feb. 13, 1830, m. Oct. 1857, James Eliot Cabot, b. in Bos-
ton, June 18, 1821 (son of Samuel Cabot and Eliza Perkins), grad. at
Harvard in 1840, a lawyer in Boston.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 001
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6271. i. Francis Eliot Cabot, b. in Boston, Feb. 6, 1859.
6272. ii. Edward Twisleton Cabot, b. in Brookline, Mass., Sept. 13,
1861.
6273. iii. Thomas Handasyde Cabot, b. there Jan. 11, 1864.
6274. iv. Charles Mills Cabot, b. there April 9, 1866.
**** v. Richard Clark Cabot, b. May 21, 1868.
vi. Philip Cabot, ) , . , . •, , .. Q7.0
Uwins, b. Aug. 11, 1872.
**#*
**** vii. Hugh Cabot, j
[Sixth Generation.] See page
6097. viii. Henry Dwight (son of Jonathan Dwight, Senior, of
Springfield and Margaret Ashley), b. June 25, 1783, grad. at Yale in
1801, was, like his 3 elder brothers, a man of great force of character
and of widely acknowledged success, as well as of great influence over
others for their good. He early became a partner in the mercantile
family firm at Springfield, of which the eldest brother, James, was the
head. For the better furthering of their business he spent a year in
England, but on his return from thence he relinquished his fine pros-
pects of pecuniary advantage in order to prepare himself to preach the
gospel of Christ. He went first to New Haven, to pursue his studies
under Pres't Dwight, and afterwards to Princeton. After being set-
tled at Utica, N. Y., for a short time (1813-17), as pastor of the First
Presb. Ch., he was compelled to cease preaching, most reluctantly on
his own part, on account of the loss of his voice. He was able, earnest
and successful in his brief pulpit career. He was direct and pungent
in his style of preaching, and both faithful and affectionate in pastoral
labor. More than 100 communicants were added at one time to the
church under his ministry.
He removed in 1817 to Geneva, N. Y., and established there "The
Bank of Geneva," whose histoiy for the nearly 40 years of its existence
was one of honor to its founder and of great value to all that region of
the State, whose exchanges it so greatly facilitated and whose resources
it so largely developed. From its first origination to the expiration
of its charter in 1853, it never failed to divide ten per cent, per annum
to its stockholders, beside a large amount in extra dividends. His
superior financial abilities, coupled with his manifest moral excellence,
won for Mr. D.wight the highest public estimation. He was known
and honored far and wide for his perspicacity, sound judgment, sense
of justice and unbending purpose to do always what was in his view
right. Nor did his business habits destroy at all his relish for practi-
cal religious effort. He showed in all his life of shining usefulness at
Geneva, through 40 long and happy years, that his heart was fully set
902 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of HatfielJ, Mass.,
upon the progress of God's kingdom among men. His labors as an
elder in the Presb. Ch. of that place were varied and abundant, and
especially in the lecture-room, and, most of all, in Bible-class instruc-
tion, which he was very fond of giving. His Greek Testament, inter-
lined and annotated from beginning to end, showed that his love for
the critical study of God's word in the original remained unimpaired to
the end. Through all his life the thorough predominance of Christian
principle over all his conduct was manifest.
He was active in founding the American Home Missionary Society,
and was, from the first, one of its directors, and for 20 years its Presi-
dent (1837-57); and greatly did his wise suggestions and earnest
efforts promote its interests. At the age of GO he withdrew from the
absorbing cares of business, with large means in his possession, in
order to secure the more time for religious tho ugh tf illness and useful-
ness.
He was of medium size, of slender figure, having a dark complexion,
dark hair and hazel eyes. He m. May 17, 1814, widow Susan Miles
Sill, nee Hopkins (widow of Elisha Eaton Sill of Geneva, and dan. of
Samuel Hopkins of Goshen, Ct., and Mary Miles of Salem, Ct. She
was sister of Hon. Samuel M. Hopkins of Albany, N. Y.). She was
b. March 20, 1782, and d. Aug. 30, 1860, aet. 78. "Mrs. Pwight,
with her gentle, hopeful, courageous spirit, lightened her husband's
cares, while her wit, intelligence, good breeding and benevolence, made
her, for 40 years, one of the principal attractions of the society of
Geneva. Those only can know the important part which she performed
in the religious interests of Geneva who were the witnesses at all times
of the grace, intelligence, kindness and never-failing resources of this
truly Christian lady " (see "Hist. Geneva, N. Y.," by Mrs. S. H. Brad-
ford).
Mr. Dwight's private charities were large. He never allowed what
seemed to him " a deserving case " to pass unheeded from his notice.
He was one of the earliest and noblest of the happily ever-increasing
host of princely givers to good causes peculiar to modern times, and
especially to Christian America. He abounded also in the grace, not
at all common in our times, of a generous Christian hospitality in his
own home.
He was ever on the lookout for some new service of usefulness to the
community. He it was who first suggested (about 1829) to Hon. Ed-
ward C. Delavan, that he should devote himself to the energetic promo-
tion of the Temperance Cause, then in its inception in the laud, and
followed up the suggestion with earnest persistency until he accom-
plished the desired result. They worked ever afterwards together in
this great cause, keeping Tip an active correspondence concerning its in-
Bon of Timothy, Son of John, both of DedJiam, Mass. 903
terests and necessities, and contributing each largely of their funds for
its furthei-ance.
When there was no lunatic asylum in the State, he was strongly
impressed with the feeling that it was one of the greatest social needs ;
and he employed at his own expense several agents to go through every
county and gather up in all directions, public and private, what statis-
tics they could concerning the condition of the insane. The facts thus
obtained he published in a circular, containing at the same time an ur-
gent plea for the establishment of a State lunatic asylum, after the
model of the one founded at Worcester by the State of Massachusetts.
This he presented for several successive years to the N. Y. legislature
at the opening of their annual session. The result was the State Luna-
tic Asylum at Utica.
In 1831 the Rev. Miles P. Squier established at Geneva, N. Y., a
" Lyceum " (a sort of lay college) for the preparation of students un-
educated at college for pursuing the studies of a theological course^
This institution, which continued about 6 years, numbered, when at
its greatest height, 56 students in attendance at one time. The tuition
fees of a large number of them were regularly paid by Mr. D wight.
He d. Sept. G, 1857, aet. 74. On Sept. 28th following, the Execu-
tive Committee of the A. H. M. S. adopted the following resolution :
" Resolved, that we recognize in this dispensation (his death), so afflic-
tive to the church of God and to all Christian and philanthropic enter-
prises, a peculiarly severe bereavement to this institution — the loss of
one of its earliest, most constant and distinguished patrons and friends ;
and that we desire to record our deep sense of his eminent ability, and of
his exalted worth, and his broad and comprehensive views of the divine
government and of human responsibility, the simplicity of his Christian
character, the strength of his faith, his stern regard for principle, his in-
flexible integrity, his large hearted benevolence, his careful observance of
all the proprieties and courtesies of life, his entire devotedness to the
will of God and his meetness when the summons came for the joy of
his Lord."
The Trustees of Auburn Theol. Seminary passed also similar reso-
lutions expressive of their sense of " bereavement of one of their ear-
liest and wannest friends, and for 30 years one of the Trustees of that
institution," and expressing " their gratitude to God for having been
permitted to enjoy so long his wise counsels — having uniformly found
it safe to follow where his judgment led the way."
Pie had been for 38 years a meinder of the Geneva Presbytery, and
was described affectionately by one of them as, " although never filling
the pastoral office among them, having been always beloved for his
sympathies and valued for his counsels."
904 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass.,
After making out of his large property, of several hundred thousand
dollars, such provision for his family as seemed to him to be right and
best, he bequeathed the remainder to various benevolent societies as
follows :
I. To the A. H. Miss. Society, 30 per cent
II. " Am. Bible Society, 15 "
III. " A. B. C. F. M., 15 "
IV. " Am. Tract Society, 1 5 "
V. « Am. S. S. Union, 15 «
VI. To various charitable societies, the remaining ten per cent.
The whole was to be paid in 10 annual instalments, and the provision
made for his widow during her life was to be distributed at her decease,
in the pi'oportion designated, to the various societies and objects above-
named. He had, while living, given a thousand dollars annually for
many years (some 30 years it is believed) to the treasury of the A. II.
M. S.
His nephew, William Dwight, Esq., of Boston, well expressed in a
letter, at the time of his death, the estimate in which he was held by
his friends : " His record is made up ; and I know of nothing that I
would alter in it if I could. Defects of temperament he may have had
in the eyes of some ; defects of character I never saw in him. Life was
to him a serious scene of action and duty ; and I always admired the
serene cheerfulness with which he sustained his part in it. It would
have been easier for some to have loved him had be been less strict in
his ideas of duty and of more gaiety of heart ; but it was difficult to
resist loving him when you knew how kindly his nature was ; how
strong were his affections, and how childlike was his conscientious-
ness, and with what simplicity he led his daily life in conformity with
his ideas of duty. With strong passions, a strong will and great en-
ergy of character, he had subdued his nature into the quietness of a lake,
which reflected the scenery of this world and of another in forms that
filled his heart with love and praise. He was interested in all know-
ledge, and was one of the pleasantest and most instructive of all com-
panions."
[Seventh Generation.] Children of Henry Dwiglit of Geneva :
6275. i. Edmund Dwight, b. Oct. 14, 1815.
6276. ii. Mary Eliot Dwight, b. June 18, 1817, m. Henry L. Young.
6277. iii. Henry Dwight, b. April 14, 1819.
6275. i. Edmund Dwight, b. Oct. 14, 1815, grad. at Yale in 1835.
After twice visiting Europe for his health, he was for about five years
Cashier of the first Bank of Geneva, and afterwards for about four years
engaged in mercantile life in New York. Since then he has been nom-
Son of Timothy, Son ofJ~olin, Itotli ofDedliam, Mass. 905
inally retired from business, although participating in various enter-
prises. He has contributed to newspapers and magazines occasional
articles, chiefly, though not exclusively, on questions of finance and
public economy, and is connected with several public and charitable in-
stitutions as director or trustee.
He m. Dec. 3, 1849, Harriet Allen Butler, b. at Albany, N. Y. ,
April 3, 1821 (dau. of Hon. Benjamin F. Butler of New York and
Harriet Allen). [Hon. Benjamin F. Butler was Attorney General of
the TJ. S. under Genl. Andrew Jackson (1834-7). With Hon. John
C. Spencer, Esq., of Albany, he was one of the authors of the Revised
Statutes of New York. He was an active Christian worker, arid espe-
cially in the line of Sabbath School labor.]
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6278. i. Susan Hopkins Dwight, b. Aug. 22, 1851, d. June 20,
1862, " a lovely, intelligent child beyond her years."
6279. ii. Henry Butler Dwight, b. March 15, 1853, is Asst. Secy,
of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute R. R.
6280. iii. Franklin Butler Dwight, b. Jan. 16, 1855, is now (1874)
in " The College of New York."
6281. iv. Edmund Dwight, b. Nov. 23, 1856, is now (1874) in " The
College of New York."
6282. v. Harriet Butler Dwight, b. Nov. 28, 1858.
[ Seventh Generation. ]
6276. ii. Mary Eliot Dwight (dau. of Henry Dwight and Susan M.
Hopkins), b. at Utica, N. Y., June 18, 1817, m. June 4, 1842, Henry
Lathrop Young, b. at New York, Aug. 28, 1818 (son of Henry
Young and Mary Hyde (dau. of Capt. James Hyde of NorAvich, Ct.,
and Martha Nevins). He was a merchant (hardware and fancy goods)
in New York for several years. He has resided since 1853 at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., with no special business in hand.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6283. i. Henry Dwight Young, b. April 26, 1843, d. April 2, 1862.
6284. ii. Edmund Young, b. June 1, 1845, is in the drug business
in New York.
6285. iii. James Hyde Young, b. Jan. 29, 1847, is in the fancy-
goods business in New York (Schuyler, Hartley & Graham).
6286. iv. Mary Dwight Young, b. Oct. 18, 1851.
6287. v. William Hopkins Young, b. April 3, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
6277. iii. Henry Dwight, Jr. (son of Henry Dwight, Esq., of Geneva,
N. Y., and Susan M. Hopkins), b. at Geneva, N. Y., April 14, 1819,
m. Nov. 25, 1846, Mary Bushnell, b. at Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1820
58
906 Descendants of Henry Divight of Ilatfield,
(dau. of Campbell and Catharine Bushnell). He resides at New York.
No children :
[Fifth Generation.] See page 863.
6087. iv. Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of Capt. Edmund Dwight and
Elizabeth Scutt), b. June 4, 1749, m. May 16, 1771, lion. Samuel
Fowler, b. Sept. 5, 1747 (son of Samuel Fowler and Naomi Noble, dau.
of Luke and Ruth Noble), grad. at Yale in 1768, a lawyer at West-
field, Mass. She d. Dec. 18, 1784, aet. 35. He m. for 2d wife, Dec.
11, 1786, Jemima Lyman of Northampton, b. Feb. 5, 1761 (dau. of
Capt. William Lyman of Northampton and Jemima Sheldon). See, for
full account of her lineage, Hist, of Strong Family by the author, pp.
1123-4. He was a member of the Mass. Senate and of the Assembly
at different times, and of the State Constitutional Convention in 1820,
and a large proprietor in the purchaser of the Conn. Western Reserve,
O. He d. Nov. 26, 1823, aet. 74. His dau. Frances, by this 2d mar-
riage, became the wife of Hon. Henry Williams Dwight of Stockbridg?.
See page 752.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
6288. i. Elizabeth Fowler, b. Feb. 1, 1772, m. Judge Joseph Lyman,
d. July 16, 1808.
6289. ii. Frances Fowler, b. April 6, 1774, d. Dec. 21, 1794, on the
eve of her marriage with Dr. Pomeroy of Albany, N. Y. He dreamed
two successive nights that she was sick and near her end. He became
so impressed, in consequence of these dreams, with the idea that she
really was sick that he started from Albany to visit her ; which was at
a time when it took from two to three days instead of a few hours, as
now, to go from one place to the other. He met, while on his way to
Westfield, a messenger announcing her death. The coincidences in the
case were singular, indeed, but of no significance in a superstitious way,
since happening only oncerand only casually, among a myriad failures
of similar import.
6290. iii. Samuel Fowler, b. April 29, 1777, pursued part of the
College course of study at Yale, and d. at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18,
1803.
6288. i. Elizabeth Fowler, b. Feb. 1, 1772, m. Jan. 10, 1792, Judge
Joseph Lyman, b. Oct. 22, 1767 (son of Capt. Joseph Lyman, Jr., of
Northampton and Mary Sheldon, dau. of Benjamin Sheldon of North-
ampton and Mary Strong, dau. of Ebenezer Strong, Jr., and Mary
Holton. See Hist, of Strong Family by the author, vol. ii. p. 1123).
He was grad. at Yale in 1783, practised law for a few years at West-
field, Mass. (1787-94), and then removed to Northampton, where he
lived for 50 years and more, afterwards. He was clerk of the courts of
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 907
Hampshire Co., Mass. (1798-1810), judge of the court of common pleas
and probate for a short period (1810-), and sheriff" of Hampshire Co.
for almost 30 years (1816-45). He d. Dec. 11, 1847, aet. 80. Shed.
July 16, 1808, aet. 36, the mother of 6 children. He m. for 2d wife,
Oct. 11, 1811, Ann Jean Bobbins of Milton, Mass., b. July 1789 (dau.
of Hon. E. H. Bobbins). By this marriage he had 5 children. See
Lyman genealogy, Albany, 1872, p. 394, for further details.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6291. i. Elizabeth Lyman, b. Oct. 16, 1792, at Westfield, m. Samuel
Henshaw.
6292. ii. Edmund Dwight Lyman, b. at Westfield, Nov. 20, 1795,
d. June 1834, aet. 38, on his return from China. He was previously
in business in Troy, N. Y.
6293. iii. Frances Fowler Lyman ("Fanny"), b. Aug. 31, 1797, d.
Jan. 11, 1809, aet. 12, at Medford, Mass., where she was at school.
6294. iv. Judge Samuel Fowler Lyman, b. May 3, 1799.
6295. v. Mary Lyman, b. March 27, 1802, m. Thomas Jones, d.
in 1834.
6296. vi. Jane Lyman, b. April 22, 1804, m. Stephen Brewer.
6291. i. Elizabeth Lyman, b. Oct. 16, 1792, m. Sept. 12, 1814, Sanmel
Henshaw of Boston, b. April 22, 1789 (son of Judge Samuel Henshaw
of Northampton and Martha Hunt). She resided after his death at
Boston.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6297. i. Samuel Henshaw, b. about 1815, d. unmarried.
6298. ii. Joseph Lyman Henshaw, b. about 1817, resides in Boston,
m. Jane Bradlee, and has had 3 children.
6299. iii. Ann Brooks Henshaw, b. about 1820, is unmarried.
6300. iv. John Hunt Henshaw, is unmarried. He was b. about 1823
6301. v. Francis Henshaw, b. about 1826, m. Laura Nourse, and
has had two children.
[Sixth Generation.]
6294. iv. Judge Samuel Fowler Lyman, b. May 3, 1V99, grad. at
Harvard in 1818, was a lawyer at Northampton. He was for many
years Begister of probate (1827-55). Since 1858 he has been Judge
of probate and insolvency at Northampton. He m. Nov. 27, 1824,
Almira Smith, b. July 29, 1799 (dau. of Benjamin Smith of Hatfield,
Mass., and Lois Warner).
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6302. i. Elizabeth Lyman, b. April 10, 1828, resides unmarried at
Northampton.
6303. ii. James Fowler Lyman, b. Aug. 28, 1830, grad. at Harvard
908 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Hatfield, Mass.,
in 1850, studied law at the Harvard Law School. He is engaged in
Life Insurance business at Newark, N. J.
6304. iii. Harriet Willard Lyman, b. April 3, 1834, resides unmar-
ried at Northampton.
6305. iv. Benjamin Smith Lyman, b. Dec. 11, 1835.
6306. v. Mary Lymau, b. Aug. 10, 1837, resides unmarried at North-
ampton.
6305. iv. Benjamin Smith Lyman, b. Dec. 11, 1835, grad. at Har-
vai'd in 1855, studied geological and mining engineering in Paris for 2
years, and in Freiburg, Germany, for one. He was for some time a
mining engineer in Philadelphia, and has been since that time engaged
in the service of the British Govt. in Hindustan ; exploring the
country in search of petroleum.
[Sixth Generation.]
6295. v. Mary Lyman (dau. of Judge Joseph Lyman and Elizabeth
Fowler), b. March 27, 1802, m. about 1828, Thomas Jones of Enfield,
Mass. He d. at Amherst, Mass. : she d. there in 1834.
[Seventh Generation. ] Children :
6307. i. Thomas Jones, b. in 1830, resides at Havana, 111.
6308. ii. Joseph Lyman Jones, b. in 1832, resides at Lecompton,
Kansas.
6309. iii. "William Greene Jones, b. in 1834, resides in Knoxville,
111.
\
[Sixth Generation.]
6296. vi. Jane Lyman (dau. of Judge Joseph Lyman and Elizabeth
Fowler), b. April 22, 1804, m. Stephen Brewer of Northampton, a
manufacturer. He was drowned in the Connecticut river Aug. 17,
1842. She d. March 5, 1859, aet. 55. Their children were : Hannah
Elizabeth, Frances and Jane Lyman, who d. Dec. 24, 1860.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 863.
6088. v. Sarah Dwight (dau. of Edmund Dwight and Elizabeth
Scutt), b. Oct. 30, 1751, m. July 16, 1772, Benjamin Day, Jr., of W.
Springfield, Mass., b. April 23, 1747 (son of Col. Benjamin Day and
Eunice Morgan, who were m. Oct. 9, 1742), grad. at Yale in 1768.
He was a manufacturer of hats at W. Springfield for the Boston mar-
ket. He was of that party, with his wife and little son, who, as already
described, went with Major Timothy Dwight and his sister, Mrs.
Eleanor (Dwight) Lyman and Dr. Sereno Dwight, his son, to Natchez
in March 1776. See pages 213-15. Under sketch of the family of
Dr. Sereno Dwight, a full account of the perils of their return may be
found. Mr. Day staid several years in Savannah, Ga., where he found
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 909
employment as a bookkeeper, and did not return to Springfield, Mass.,
until 1786. He d. March 24, 1794, aet. 47. She d. at W. Spring-
field June 17, 1785, aet. 33.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6310. i. Henry Day, b. March 23, 1773, d. Oct. 10, 1811.
6311. ii. Sarah Day, b. in 1778, d. in 1779.
6310. i. Henry Day, b. March 23, 1773, took up his father's busi-
ness at his death, and continued it as well as his indifferent health and
early death would allow. He m. May 31, 1794, Mary Ely (dau. of Wil-
liam Ely of W. Springfield and Lucilla Brewster of Windham, Ct., de-
scended in the 4th generation from Elder Wm. Brewster of The May-
flower). He d. suddenly Oct. 10, 1811, aet. 38. She d. June 1, 1859,
aet. 84, in New York.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6312. i. Sarah Dwight Day, b. March 20, 1796, m. George Dutton.
6313. ii. Drusilla Brewster Day, b. Jan. 24, 1798, m. Henry Morse.
6314. iii. Alfred Ely Day, b. April 15, 1800, d. Oct. 15, 1811.
6315. iv. Nancy Day, b. July 9, 1802, m. Moses Y. Beach.
6316. v. Mary Day, b. Dec. 10, 1806, m. Joseph Perkins.
6317. vi. Benjamin Henry Day, b. April 10, 1810.
6312. i. Sarah Dwight Day, b. March 20, 1796, m. Jan. 1, 1817,
George Dutton, b. Aug. 20, 1789 at E. Haddam, Ct. (son of Amasa
Dutton and Mary Rogers). He was for two years and more after his
marriage a teacher at Philadelphia, but afterwards all his life a dealer
in music and piano-fortes at Utica. He was also a musical composer.
He d. Dec. 21, 1854, aet. 65. His widow still resides at Utica.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6318. i. George Dutton, b. Dec. 13, 1818, d. July 10, 1864.
6319. ii. William Henry Dutton, b. Dec. 25, 1820.
6320. iii. Mary Day Dutton, b. Oct. 12, 1823, m. Dr. Theodore
Pomeroy.
6321. iv. Sarah Dwight Dutton, b. Aug. 18, 1825, m. Rev. Dr. J.
H. Mcllvaine.
6322. v. Elizabeth Bushnell Dutton, b. April 28, 1829, d. July 20,
1847.
6318. i. George Dutton, Jr., b. Dec. 13, 1818, was a dealer in sheet-
music and the piano-forte for several years (1845-58) at Rochester,
N. Y., and afterwards a licentiate in the Presb. ministry, pi*eaching for
some two years in Rochester and Detroit, Mich. His health was al-
ways feeble, and he had to intermit preaching on that account. He m.
April 18, 1846, Elizabeth Pease of Rochester, b. in Hartford, Ct.,
Sept. 1824 (her parents being both from Somers, Ct., and her mother a
McKinstry). He d. at Utica, July 10, 1864. Children:
910 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield,
6323. 1. Mary Evelyn Dutton, b. Feb. 1851, d. Jan. 1856. '
6324. 2. Anne Dutton, b. Nov. 1853, d. June 1854.
[Eighth Generation.]
6319. ii. William Henry Dutton (son of George Dutton and Sarah
Dwight Day), b. Dec. 25, 1820, m. Dec. 31, 1846, Mary Huntington
Dalliba, b. June 20, 1826 (davi. of Major James Dalliba, U. S. A., of
Rome, N. Y., and Susan Huntington, dau. of Gurdon Huntington of
Rome and Anna Perkins). He was a dealer in music and piano-fortes
in Utica for many years, succeeding his father in his business. Since
1865 he has been engaged in the same business in Philadelphia. Two
children :
6325. 1. William Dalliba Dutton, b. Dec. 1, 1847.
6326. 2. Edward Tracy Dutton, b. Jan. 6, 1850, d. Aug. 31, 1857.
[Eighth Generation.]
6320. iii. Mary Day Dutton, b. Oct. 12, 1823, m. June 11, 1845,
Theodore Pomeroy, b. Jan. 14, 1820 (son of Dr. Theodore Pomeroy of
Utica and Mary Fuller, dau. of Dr. Thomas Fuller of Cooperstown,
N. Y.), a manxifacturer of floor oil-cloth at Utica.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6327. i. George Dutton Pomeroy, b. April 19, 1846.
6328. ii. Theodore Pomeroy, b. Jan. 14, 1849, d. April 11, 1859.
6329. iii. Florence Evelyn Pomeroy, b. July 23, 1854.
[Eighth Generation.]
6321. iv. Sarah Dwight Dutton (dau. of George Dutton and Sarah
Dwight Day), b. Aug. 28, 1825, in. Jan. 12, 1846, Rev. Joshua Hall
Mcllvaine, D.D., b. at Lewes, Del., March 4, 1815 (son of David
Mcllvaine of Lewes and Jane Hall), grad. at Princeton Coll. in 1836,
and at The Theol. Sem. in 1840, was settled over The Westminster
Presb. Ch. at Utica for 5 years (1843-8), at Rochester, N. Y., over the
First Presb. Ch. for 12 years (1848-60). He was Prof, of Belles
Lettres and of The English Language and Literature at Princeton
from 1860 to 1872. He is now pastor of a Presb. Ch. at Newark, N. J.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6330. i. Joshua Hall Mcllvaine, b. Nov. 13, 1846, grad. at Prince-
ton in 1866.
6331. ii. Elizabeth Dutton Mcllvaine, b. Sept. 28, 1848.
6332. iii. Mary Day Mcllvaine, b. Aug. 16, 1851, d. Aug. 12, 1853.
6333. iv. Alice May Mcllvaine, b. June 19, 1854.
6334. v. Maude Mcllvaine, b. March 12, 1863, d. April 3, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
6313. ii. Drusilla Brewster Day (dau. of Henry Day and Mary Ely),
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 911
b. Jan. 24, 1798, m. March 20, 1818, Henry Morse, b. at Westfield,
Mass., March 19, 1790 (son of Jacob Morse, b. April 12, 1752, who d.
Dec. 6, 1819, and Naomi his wife, b. Sept. 1, 1759, who d. in 1802),
a cabinet-maker at Philadelphia, Pa. He d. May 1858, aet. 60 : she
d. Sept. 29, 1833, aet. 35.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
6335. i. Mary Ely Morse, b. at Philadelphia Feb. 13, 1819, resides
unmarried at Washington, D. C.
6336. ii. Jacob Henry Morse, b. there July 19, 1821, d. in Califor-
nia unmarried in 1854.
6337. iii. Clara Amelia Morse, b. there Dec. 31, 1824, m. Aug. 22,
1845, Joseph W. Bradley, b. at East Haven, Ct., Jan. 17, 1819 (sou
of Munson Bradley, a druggist, b. at North Haven, Ct., Oct. 9, 1794,
and Abigail Tuttle, b. at E. Haven, Ct., in 1797. He d. Jan. 14,
1856 : she d. Feb. 9, 1828, aet. 31), -a publisher at Philadelphia.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6338. i. Mary Amelia Bradley, b. May 19, 1846.
6339. ii. Ella Dunbar Bradley, b. Dec. 22, 1849, d. July 29, 1850.
6340. iii. Evelyn Day Bradley, b. June 21, 1851.
6341. iv. Arthur Wadsworth Bradley, b. Jan. 18, 1856.
6342. v. William Morse Bradley, b. Jan. 11, 1858.
6343. vi. Edward Lounsberry Bradley, b. Sept. 14, 1861.
[Seventh Generation.]
6315. iv. Nancy Day (dau. of Henry Day and Mary Ely), b. July
9, 1802, m. Nov. 19, 1819, Moses Yale Beach, b. Jan. 15, 1800 (son
of Moses Sperry Beach of Wallingford, Ct., b. in 1775 and d. in Nor-
walk, O., in 1826, and Lucretia Yale, b. Nov. 25, 1778, and d. May
24, 1800), a cabinet-maker at Northampton, Mass., and afterwards at
Springfield, Mass., and Saugerties, N. Y., where he became afterwards
a paper-maker. Thence he removed to New York and purchased an
interest in " The New York Sun " (a daily of large circulation at
the time), of which he became ere long sole proprietor. He was a man
of great energy and enterprise, of clear thought and direct speech, but
not liberally educated. He d. July 19, 1868, aet. 68.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6344. i. Drusilla Brewster Beach, b. Nov. 20, 1820, in. June 1, 1848,
Alexander Kiersted, b. Dec. 28, 1813 (son of Luke and Jane Kiersted
of Durham, N. Y.), a tanner at Cadosia Valley (town of Hancock),
N. Y.
6345. ii. Moses Sperry Beach, b. Oct. 5, 1822.
6346. iii. Henry Day Beach, b. Aug. 8, 1824.
6347. iv. Alfred Ely Beach, b. Sept. 1, 1826.
912 Descendants of Henry Divight of Hat field, Mass.,
6348. v. Joseph Perkins Beach, b. July 17, 1828.
6349. vi. Eveline Shepherd Beach, b. July 29, 1830, d. Aug. 17, 1830.
6350. vii. Mary Ely Day Beach, b. Nov. 13, 1832, d. Aug 1834.
6351. viii. William Yale Beach, b. Jan. 7, 1836, m. Oct. 2, 1861,
Emma Almira Munson. He is a farmer at Wallingford, Ct. One
child :
6352. 1. Moses Yale Beach, b. Oct. 19, 1862.
6345. ii. Moses Sperry Beach, b. Oct. 5, 1822, m. Sept. 2, 1845,
Chloe Emmeline Buckingham, b. Aug. 29, 1827 (dau. of David Buck-
ingham and Emmeline Hickox), a florist, residing at Brooklyn, N. Y.
[Ninth generation.} Children :
6354. i. Charles Yale Beach, b. May 4, 1847.
6355. ii. Emmeline Buckingham Beach, b. Oct. 4, 1849.
6356. iii. Cosie Ella Beach, b. Dec. 8, 1857.
6357. iv. William Brewster Beach, b. Aug. 23, 1860.
6358. v. Violet Beach, b. Jan. 31, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
• 6346. iii. Henry Day Beach (son of Moses Y. Beach and Nancy
Day), b. Aug. 8, 1824, m. Aug. 8, 1853, Annie Eliza Fordham,b. Dec.
16, 1828 (dau. of Elijah Fordham of New York, and Jane Anne Fisher),
a broker, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6359. i. Henry Yale Beach, b. at New York, Aug. 1, 1856.
6360. ii. Augusta Fordham Beach, b. at Brooklyn, Feb. 2, 1859, d.
April 6, 1862.
6361. iii. Alfred Holbrook Beach, b. there March 25, 1861, d. April
11, 1862.
6362. iv. Annie Beach, b. at Louis River, May 23, 1863.
[Eighth Generation.]
6347. iv. Alfred Ely Beach (son of Moses Y. Beach and Nancy
Day), b. Sept. 1, 1826, m. June 30, 1847, Harriet Holbrook of Spring-
field, Mass., b. April 29, 1828 (dau. of John Fisk Holbrook of Boston,
Mass., and Harriet Convei'se). He is the publisher of " The Scientific
American " of New York. Children :
6363. 1. Frederic Converse Beach, b. March 27, 1848.
6364. 2. Jenny Holbrook Beach, b. Nov. 28, 1850.
[Eighth Generation.]
6348. v. Joseph Perkins Beach (son of Moses Y. Beach and Nancy
Day), b. July 17, 1828, m. March 20, 1850, Eliza Matilda Betts, b.
Aug. 4, 1832 (dau. of James Ellis Betts of New York and Maria
Fordham), an amateur farmer at Cheshire, Ct.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 913
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6365. i. Norval Williams Beach, b. April 7, 1851, d. July 11, 1853.
6366. ii. Mary Adelia Beach, b. Nov. 6, 1853.
6367. iii. Maria Louisa Williams Beach, b. Sept. 25, 1855.
6368. iv Harriet Eliza Beach, b. May 6, 1859.
6369. v. Ellen Day Beach, b. July 11, 1861.
6370. vi. Edwards Brewster Beach, b. July 3, 1863, d. July 27, 1866.
6371. vii. A " Baby," b. and d. unnamed Dec. 11, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 909.
6316. v. Mary Day (dau. of Henry Day and Mary Ely), b. Dec. 10,
1806, in. Oct. 21, 1820, Joseph Perkins, b. Aug. 19, 1788, at Unity,
N. H. (son of Jacob Perkins, a farmer there, and Hannah Chase, who
were m. in Unity in 1787), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1814. He was
a teacher of penmanship at Philadelphia, and afterwards a distinguished
bank-note engraver (Firm of Durand, Perkins & Co.), in New York).
He d. in New York, April 27, 1842 : she d. at Santa Cruz, Cal., April
12, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6372. i. Coelia Carlton Perkins, b. in New York, Nov. 10, 1822, m.
Lucian Curtis.
6373. ii. Ellen Band Perkins, b. there June 14, 1827, m. Henry
Van Valkenburgh.
6374. iii. Joseph Day Perkins, b. there Dec. 4, 1830, m. Jan. 10,
1867, Charlotte Pilkington, b. in Providence, 111., Feb. 2, 1843 (dau.
of James Pilkington and Margaret J. Lonnon, who were m. in Smith-
field, R. L, May 8, 1833), a resident in San Francisco, Cal. One child :
6375. 1. Philip Joseph Perkins, b. there June 22, 1869.
6376. iv. Kachel Ann Ely Perkins, b. in New York, Feb. 14, 1834,
always called L'Aimee, m. April 23, 1866, George Park Jewell. One
child :
6377. 1. Georgia Perkins Jewell, b. at St. Anthony's, Minn., Aug.
5, 1868.
6372. i. Coelia Carlton Perkins, b. Nov. 10, 1822, m. June 14,
1843, Lucian Curtis, b. July 29, 1819, at South Coventry, Ct. (son of
Marvin Curtis and Huldah Bid well), Deputy Collector of U. S. re-
venue in San Francisco, Cal.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6378. i. Joseph Carlton Curtis, b. in New York, April 15, 1844, m.
Sept. 5, 1867, Elizabeth Sarah Ilobart, b. June 11, 1842, in Randolph,
Vt. (dau. of Edward Hobart and Sarah Jackson, who were m. March
11, 1835).
6379. ii. Leila Curtis, b. there Jan. 13, 1846.
914 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hat field, Mass.,
6380. iii. Mary Ellen Cui-tis, b. April 9, 1848, m. May 15, 1869,
Thomas Richardson, b. in Quebec, Canada, Oct. 1837.
6381. iv. Adela Vallejo Curtis, b. May 29, 1853, in California.
[Eighth Generation.]
6373. ii. Ellen Rand Perkins, b. June 14, 1827,' m. July 26, 1853,
Henry Van Valkenburgh in Vallejo, Cal. He was b. in Kinderhook,
N. Y., Nov. 10, 1828, and was son of Bartholomew Van Valkenburgh
and Susan Werden.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6382. i. Marion Van Valkenburgh, b. in San Francisco, Aug. 31,
1856.
6383. ii. Ellie Van Valkenburgh, b. there Aug. 20, 1859.
6384. iii. Henry Van Valkenburgh, b. in Santa Cruz, Sept. 13, 1862.
[Seventh generation.]
6317. vi. Benjamin Henry Day (son of Henry Day and Mary Ely), b.
April 10, 1810, m. Sept. 13, 1831, Evelina Shepard, b. Aug. 1811
(dau. of Mather Shepard of Canajoharie, N. Y., and Harriet Day, dau.
of Daniel Day of W. Springfield). He was bred a printer. In 1833
he started the N. Y. Sun : in 1840 he became connected with The
Brother Jonathan, which was discontinued in 1862. Since that time
he has been a publisher of books in New York.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6385. i. Henry Day, b. July 8, 1832.
6386. ii. Mary Ely Day, b. Oct. 27, 1833, d. Feb. 24, 1838.
6387. iii. Benjamin Day, b. March 7, 1838.
6388. iv. Clarence Shepard Day, b. Aug. 9, 1844, is a stock-broker
in New York.
6385. i. Henry Day, b. July 8, 1832, m. June 12, 1861, Adelaide
Scofield, b. April 28, 1837 (dau. of William Henry Seofield of New
York and Caroline Van Zandt). He is a stock and exchange broker
in New York since 1854.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6389. i. Henry Franklin Day, b. April 13, 1862, d. June 11, 1868.
6390. ii. William Scofield Day, b. Jan. 2, 1864.
6391. iii. Ella Louisa Day, b. March 29, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.]
6387. iii. Benjamin Day, b. March 7, 1838, m. in 1859 Anna Maria
Miller, b. April 6, 1838 (dau. of George and Anna Maria Miller of
New York). He is an artist and designer at W. Hoboken, N. J.
Children :
6392. 1. Benjamin Henry Day, b. April 9, i860.
**** 2. Charles Shepard Day, b. Feb. 1, 1866.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 915
[Fifth Generation.] See page 863.
6089. vi. Henry Dwight (son of Capt. Edmund Dwight and Eliza-
beth Scutt), b. Dec. 22, 1753, m. Sept. 12, 1791, Lydia Day of W.
Springfield, Mass. (dau. of Col. Benjamin Day and Eunice Morgan). He
went to the valley of the Mississippi, and d. there (where not learned)
Nov. 12, 1798, aet. 44. They had one son :
6393. 1. Henry Dwight, Jr., b. Oct. 5, 1796, m. Lucy Ann Bradford
(dau. of Hon. Alden Bradford and Margaret Stevenson), b. Sept. 14,
1800. He resided in Springfield, and afterwards in Charlestown, Mass.
He went to sea on whaling voyages. If he had any children, the writer
has not been able to discover the fact. His widow resided for some
years at Boston.
[Hon. Alden Bradford, son of Col. Gamaliel Bradford of Duxbury,
Mass., and Sarah Alden, b. Nov. 19, 1765, and grad. at Harvard in
1786, was Sec. of the State of Massachusetts, and wrote a history of
the State. He d. Oct. 26, 1843, aet. 78. Margaret Stevenson was dau.
of Thomas and Isabel Stevenson. ]
Of the descendants of Capt. Edmund Dwight and Elizabeth Scutt
there are here ennumerated 300 and more.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 624.
4155. viii. Col. Simeon Dwight (son of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hat-
field and Lydia Hawley), b. Feb. 18, 1719-20, m. Dec. 14, 1743, Sibyl
Dwight, b. Oct. 8, 1725 (dau. of Capt. Samuel Dwight and Muiy Ly-
man. See page 272, No. 529. iii). He was a farmer at Western (now
Warren) Mass. He was a colonel of militia, and at the time of his
death high sheriff of Worcester Co., Mass. He d. Feb. 21, 1776, aet.
56. She d. March 19, 1784, aet. 58.
[Fifth Generation.] Children:
6394. i. Sibyl Dwight, b. Oct. 4, 1744, d. Aug. 1822. She m.
Major Elihu Kent.
6395. ii. Sarah Dwight, b. May 1, 1746, m. Timothy liuggles of
Hardwick, Mass, (son of Brig. Genl. Ruggles). They removed after
the revolution to Halifax, N. S. No trace of their family history has
been discovered by the writer.
6396. iii. Anna Dwight, b. Dec. 19, 1747, d. Nov. 23, 1751.
6397. iv. Jerusha Dwight, b. Oct. 15, 1749, d. unmarried, insane.
6398. v. Col. Henry Dwight, b. Feb. 18, 1752, d. Nov. 26, 1819.
6399. vi. Anna Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1753, m. Dea. Asahel Ilathe-
way,and d. March 17, 1807, aet. 53.
6400. vii. Simeon Dwight, Jr., b. Sept. 13, 1755, d. Feb. 1, 1815.
6401. viii. Edmund Dwight, b. Jan. G, 1757, d. March 7, 1758.
6402. ix. Lydia Dwight, b. Oct. 12, 1759, d. Aug. 20, 1761.
916 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass.,
6403. x. Edmund D wight, 2d, b. May 3, 1761, d. unmarried, insane,
Sept. 1803, aet. 42.
6404. xi. Elihu D wight, b. Feb. 17, 1763, lived and died in Still-
water, N. Y., and is believed to have been a farmer there. He m.
Lydia Chadwick, and had two daughters, Ruth, who m. in Albany
(name not ascertained), and Salome, who d. in early life. lie m. a 3d
wife, " a Dutch woman," and the daughters mentioned were sent to Bel-
chertown to live and to be educated. Their cousin, Mrs. Nancy D. Bul-
lard (now 72 years old) remembers them as fellow-attendants at school.
Some other relatives of the family do not know of the existence of
such an uncle and his family.
6405. xii. Samuel Dwight, b. Dec. 7, 1765, d. April 10, 1817.
6406. xiii. Lydia Dwight, b. Dec. 4, 1767, m. Shadrach Trurnbull,
and d. Aug. 8, 1844, aet. 76.
6394. i. Sibyl Dwight, b. Oct. 4, 1744, m. .Feb. 2, 1774, as his 3d
wife, Major Elihu Kent, b. June 1, 1733 (son of Samuel Kent of Suf-
field, Ct., and Abiah Dwight, dau. of Nathaniel Dwight of Northamp-
ton. See page 421, No. 1892. vi.). His first wife was Rebecca Kellogg,
and his second Susanna Lyman. He was a farmer at Suffield, Ct.
He d. Feb. 12, 1814, aet. 80. She d. July 9, 1822, aet. 77. They had
one child, Sibyl Kent.
[Sixth Generation.] Child:
6407. i. Sibyl Kent, b. in 1779, m. Feb. 1804, Eleazer Davis Cur-
tis, b. in 1780 (son of Dea. Joseph Curtis of Hanover, N. H., and
Phebe Davis). He d. March 13, 1842. She d. Oct. 1810. He m.
for 2d wife, April 10, 1815, Sophia Bissell, dau. of Isaac Bissell, Jr.
See page 414, No. 1994. vi.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6408. i. Henry Dwight Curtis, b. 1806. He was engaged for some
three years in Grenada, S. A., where he d. of yellow fever in 1 828,
aet. 22.
6409. ii. Maria Amelia Curtis, b. 1 808, m. 1828 Hon. Alvah French,
a cabinet-maker in Craftsbury, Vt. She d. Sept. 1843, leaving one
child, John French, who d. soon.
6410. iii. Sibyl Curtis, b. about 1810, that d. soon.
[Fifth Generation.]
6398. v. CoL Henry Dwight (son of Col. Simeon Dwight and Sibyl
Dwight), b. Feb. 18, 1752, m. June 23, 1774, Ruth Rich, b. in 1756.
He d. Nov. 26, 1819 : she d. 1837, aet. 81. He spent most of his ac-
tive life at Belchertown (1775-1819). He was a large farmer and a
gentleman of high standing, holding various public offices.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 917
6411. i. Lt. Joseph Hawley Dwight, b. March 26, 1775, was a Lt.
U. S. A., and d. unmarried at Fort Niagara, Nov. 13, 1801, aet. 26.
6412. ii. Henry Dwight, Jr., b. Nov. 7, 1777, d. Feb. 10, 1841.
6413. iii. Col. Simeon Dwight, b. Sept. 24, 1779, d. Dec. 22, 1842.
6414. iv. Charles Dwight, b. April 5, 1782, d. in 1815, aet. 34.
6415. v. Solomon Rich Dwight^ b. May 24, 1784, d. insane, unmar-
ried, in Worcester, Mass., at " The Insane Retreat," in 1846, aet. 52.
6416. vi. Sophia Dwight, b. July 3, 1786, m. Justus Dwight (son of
Justus Dwight of Belchertown and of Sarah Lamb), see page 465, No.
2465. viii. She d. Nov. 26, 1814. They had one child, Sophia :
6417. vii. Peregrine Dwight, b. Sept. 14, 1788, d. April 24, 1793.
6418. viii. Thomas Dwight, b. Sept. 28, 1790, resided for a time at
Fayetteville, N. C. : had roving instincts and went to Mexico and
California. He d. unmarried at Columbus, O., Feb. 9, 1857.
6419. be. William Dwight, b. Nov. 5, 1792,cl. at Belchertown, July
13, 1810.
6420. x. Peregrine Dwight, b. March 15, 1795, d. Aug. 4, 1842.
6421. xi. Clarissa Dwight, b. Nov. 23, 1799, m. Myron Lawrence,
and d. Feb. 10, 1852.
6422. xii. A daughter, b. dead April 21, 1802.
6412. ii. Henry Dwight, Jr., b. Nov. 7, 1777, was, until he was
about 40 years of age, a bar-tender in Boston and Albany in first-class
hotels, and afterwards became a farmer in Belchertown, where he d. of
consumption Feb. 10, 1841, aet. 63. "He was a smart active man, and
famous far and near for his skill as a flute-player." He m. in 1826
Lyclia Snow.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6423. i. Delia Dwight, b. March 8, 1827, m. Lyman Smith of
Granby, Ct.
6424. ii. Julia Dwight, b. Oct. 13, 1828, d. Sept. 28, 1847, aet. 19,
of consumption.
6425. iii. William Dwight, b. Sept. 5, 1830, resides unmarried in Cal.
6426. iv. Clara Dwight, b. Oct. 9, 1832, m. Cairo D. Trimble of
Princeton, 111. ; has three children. She made no reply to letters of
inquiry.
6427. v. Theodore Dwight, b. in 1834, d. in 1841.
[Sixth Generation.]
6413. iii. Col. Simeon Dwight (son of Col. Henry Dwight and Ruth
Rich), b. Sept. 24, 1779, m. March 3, 1802, Martha Rice of Shrews-
bury, Mass. (dau. of Col. Asa and Miriam Rice), b. Aug. 26, 1781.
He was a carriage-maker in Belchertown. He was a prominent
man in town affairs — deputy sheriff for 30 years, colonel of militia,
918 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
etc., and a decidedly religious man. He d. Dec. 23, 1842, aet. 63.
She d. Feb. 29, 1840 : an earnest, Christian woman, devoted to the
spiritual care of her household.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6428. i. Armamilla Haggles Dwight, b. Feb. 28, 1803, m. Enoch
James.
6429. ii. A son, unnamed, b. and d. Nov. 3, 1804.
6430. iii. Joseph Hawley Dwight, b. Oct. 19, 1805. He m. widow
Eliza Filer, nee Mason (dau. of Amos Mason and Thankful ). He
was a mechanic at Belchertown, where he d. March 15, 1849. She
d. about 1852. No children.
6431. iv. Charles Hobart Dwight, b. Oct. 6, 1807, d. Nov. 11, 1857.
6432. v. Mary Eice Dwight, b. Jan. 20, 1810, d. June 27, 1811.
6433. vi. Mary Rice Dwight, 2d, b. Dec. 26, 1812, m. Edwin P.
Tucker, and for a 2d husband Lewis Hawes.
6434. vii. Simeon Rich Dwight, b. May 3, 1815.
6435. viii. Sereno Edwards Dwight, b. Nov. 12, 1825.
6428. i. Armamilla Ruggles Dwight, b. Feb. 28, 1803, m. Jan. 18,
1825, Enoch James of Ann Arbor, Mich., b. Dec. 8, 1793 (son of Capt.
Malachi James of Gosh en, Mass., and Elizabeth Lyman, dau. of Elias
Lyman of Northampton, Mass.), a merchant formerly at Williams-
burgh, Mass. He d. at Ann Arbor, Feb. 28, 1867 : she d. at Williams-
burgh, Dec. 20, 1869. He resided at Ann Arbor, Mich., from 1855
to his death.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6436. i. Martha (« Mattie ") Dwight James, b. Nov. 23, 1827, d.
Oct. 18, 1833.
6437. ii. Henry Lyman James, b. Feb. 13, 1829.
6438. iii. Lyman Dwight James, b. Jan. 21, 1836.
6439. iv. Mattie Dwight James, b. Nov. 23, 1838, m. Wiley Rey-
nolds of Jackson, Mich. She d. Oct. 19, 1873.
6440. v. Mary Frances James, b. Nov. 1, 1840, m. Lt. Wm. Rich-
ards, U. S. A.
6441. vi. Enoch Dwight James, b. July 26, 1842, d. Nov. 26, 1857.
6437. ii. Henry Lyman James, b. Feb. 13, 1829, m. May 31, 1860,
Maria Louise Simpson (dau. of Dr. Elbridge Simpson of Hudson, N.
Y. , and Sally Ann Grant). He is a manufacturer of woolens at Wil-
liamsburgh, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6442. i. Mabel Louise James, b. June 11, 1863.
6443. ii. Maude Armamilla James, b. Jan. 27, 1865.
6444. iii. Bertha Simpson James, b. May 15, 1867.
**** iv. Carrie Blanche James, b. Nov. 28, 1872, d. Feb. 22, 1873.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedliam, Mass. 919
[Eighth Generation.]
6438. iii. Lyman Dwight James (son of Enoch James and Arma-
milla E. Dwight), b. Jan. 22, 1836, m. Feb. 10, 1858, Helen Eliza
Field of Conway, Mass., b. Feb. 26, 1837 (dau. of John and Fidelia
Field). He is a merchant at Williamsburgh, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6445. i. Henry Dwight James, b. March 1, i860.
6446. ii. John Howard James, b. Aug. 12, 1862.
6447. iii. Grace Fidelia James, b. Nov. 20, 1865.
**** iv. Marshall Lyman James, b. Oct. 12, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
6431. iv. Charles Hobart Dwight (son of Col. Simeon Dwight and
Martha. Rice), b. Oct. 6, 1807, m. Feb. 3,1830, Louisa Reed, b. in Bel-
cherlown, Nov. 21, 1808 (dau. of Joseph Reed of that place and Louisa
Sykes of Ludlow, Mass., his 2d wife). She d. April 7, 1837, and hem.
for 2d wife, Jan. 25, 1838, widow Elizabeth (Potter) Bement of Enfield,
Ct. Pie was a carriage manufacturer at Belchertown, Mass. He. d. Nov.
11, 1857. His widow resides at Enfield, Ct. (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
JBy first wife :
6448. i. Dewitt Clinton Dwight, b. April 4, 1831, drowned April
22, 1847, in the Connecticut.
6449. ii. Charles Carroll Dwight, b. Nov. 8, 1832, was a Union sol-
dier in the late war, and " cl. in battle at Fort Lookout, on James Island,
S. C., June 16, 1862," aet. 29.
6450. iii. Martha James Dwight, b. April 10, 1835, m. Oct. 12. 1856,
Otis Wallace of Palmer, Mass. He d. in Iowa about 1866. She re-
sides at Crystal Lake, 111. (1873). She has had 4 children :
**** 1. Fanny Wallace, b. J\ine 3, 1857, d. Feb. 6, 1858.
**** 2. Frank Edward Wallace, b. April 5, 1858, d. Oct. 12, 1871.
**** 3, William Otis Wallace, b. June 5, 1859.
**** 4. Helen Marr Wallace, b. Jan. 9, 1861.
J5?/ second wife :
6451. iv. Francke Dwight, b. Nov. 5', 1838, d. March 19, 1842.
6452. v. Emma Elizabeth Dwight, b. Aug. 5, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1850.
6453. vi. Mary Abigail Dwight, b. Aug. 18, 1843.
[Seventh Generation.]
6433. vi. Mary Rice Dwight (dau. of Col. Simeon Dwight and Mar-
tha Rice), b. Dec. 26, 1812, m. May 18, 1836, Edwin Post Tucker of
Enfield, Mass., b. Sept. 29, 1810 (son of Jonathan Smith Tucker and
Olive Post of that place). He was a carriage-trimmer. He d. Jan. 21,
1857. She m. Sept. 1, 1864, Lewis Hawes of Enfield, b. March 19, 1816
920 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
(son of Hartford Ilawes and Lucy Eveleth, also of Enfield). He is a
manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
Hy first marriage :
6454. i. Martha Olivia Tucker, b. Feb. 9, 1837, m. July C, 1857,
Calvin Liither Hawes, b. Feb. 23, 1818, at Northboro, Mass, (son of
Luther Hawes and Cynthia Hemmenway), a manufacturer of tar and
straw boards, box-makers' and book-binders' boards, at Dayton, O.
Two children :
**** 1. Herbert Thornton Hawes, b. there July 7, 1859.
**** 2. Elma Ellsworth Hawes, b. there May 29, 1861.
6455. ii. Mary Armamilla Tucker, b. in Belchertown, Dec. 8, 1843,
m. Dec. 30, 1863, Marcus Franklin Robinson, b. at Hardwick, Mass.,
July 2, 1834 (son of Marcus F. Robinson and Deborah Brown), a jew-
eller at Springfield, Mass. They have had two children :
**** 1. Gracie Edna Robinson, b. April 5, 1867.
**** 2. William Arthur Hawes Robinson, b. Dec. 9, 1869.
6456. iii. Clara Elizabeth Tucker, b. Feb. 21, 1848, m. Jan. 10,
1867, William Isenberg, b. Aug. 28, 1830, in " Water Street," Pa.,
on the Juniata River (son of David Isenberg of Mill Creek, Pa., and
Mary Ann Bowrall), a bookkeeper at Dayton, O. He has been until
of late a book agent for a publishing house in Cincinnati, O. — having
his residence in Bloomington, 111. No children.
[Seventh Generation.]
6434. vii. Simeon Rich Dwight (son of Col. Simeon Dwight and
Martha Rice), b, May 3, 1815, m. Oct. 28, 1840, Betsey Bissell Dwight,
b. Sept. 18, 1819 (dau. of Justus Dwight, Jr., and Eliza Marshall, his
2d wife). Ho was at first a carriage-trimmer at Belchertown, but has
been for some years foreman in " Gaylord's Manufacturing Company "
for making army equipments at Chicopee, Mass., but was disabled in
March 1873, by a sudden stroke of paralysis, from farther labor.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6457. i. Ellen Sophia Dwight, b. Sept. 13, 1841, resides unmarried
(1873) at home.
6458. ii. Elihu Root Dwight, b. Jan. 18, 1846, d. April 10, 1847.
6459. iii. Elihu Rich Dwight, b. April 16, 1850, is a carpenter at
Fall River, Mass.
6460. iv. Justus Dwight Dwight, b. April 6, 1853, is a clerk in Bos-
ton (1873) — Jordan & Marsh.
[Seventh Generation.]
6435. viii. Sereno Edwards Dwight (son of Col. Simeon Dwight and
Martha Rice), b. Nov. 12, 1825, m. Oct. 31, 1847, Martha Francis of
Son of Timotliy, Son ofJolin, both ofDedkam, Mass. 921
Stafford, Ct., b. Oct. 16, 1826. Letters addressed to Mm received no
reply.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6461. i. Nelly Rice D wight, b. June 9, 1849.
6462. ii. Francis Edwards Dwight, b. June 7, 1852.
6463. iii. Carrie Clark Dwight, b. Aug. 20, 1854.
6464. iv. Myron Eliot Dwight, b. Jan. 18, 1862.
[Sixth Generation.]
6414. iv. Charles Dwight (son of Col. Henry Dwight and Ruth
Rich), b. April 5, 1782, m. June 2, 1808, Nancy Strong of Belchertown,
b. April 4, 1786 (dau. of Capt. Phinehas Strong and Anna Filer).
He was a farmer at Belchertown, where he d. Sept. 1816, aet 34.
[See " Hist, of Strong Family " for full account of her lineage, pp.
825-6. She m. for 2d husband, in 1820, Theodore Bridgman of Bel-
chertown, to whom she bore one daughter, Abigail Strong Bridgman,
now Mrs. John S. Goold of Albany.]
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6465. i. Henry Augustus Dwight, b. Feb. 13, 1810, d. July 18,1854.
6466. ii. William Dwight, b. June 19, 1814, d. in 1840. When
sawing wood by horse power with a circular saw, he had his arm sawn
off by accident and a few days afterwards bled to death in his sleep.
6465. i. Henry Augustus Dwight, b. Feb. 13, 1810, m. Dec. 27,
1837, Elvira Owen, b. July 3, 1811 (dau. of Ralph Owen of Belcher-
town and Fanny Bissell, who were m. Nov. 9, 1807). He was at first
a tanner, and afterwards a miller and farmer at Belchertown, where he
d. July 18, 1854. He had 2 children :
6467. 1. Clara Frances Dwight, b. Oct. 15, 1839, m. a Mr. Hazen
of Worcester, Mass. She made no reply to letters of inquiry.
6468. 2. Ralph Owen Dwight, b. Nsv. 30, 1842, lives unmarried at
Belchertown, a farmer.
[Sixth Generation.]
6420. x. Peregrine Dwight (son of Col. Henry Dwight and Ruth
Rich), b. March 15, 1795, m. Oct. 20, 1820, Lucy Hamilton, b. Aug.
21, 1796 (dau. of Dr. Chauncey Hamilton of Brookfield, Mass., and
Mary Hubbard of Amherst, Mass.). He was a farmer at Belchertown,
Mass. (1815-28), and at Niagara Falls, N. Y. (1828-42). He d. there
Aug. 4, 1842, and in Sept. 1843 the family removed to Vermontville,
Mich., where Mrs. Lucy H. Dwight still (1873) resides.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6469. i. Clarissa Ann Dwight, b. July 29, 1821, d. Aug. 14, 1825.
6470. ii. Martha Adelia Dwight, b. July 15, 1823, m. Dec. 25,
59
022 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Ilatfield, Mass.,
1853, Edward Wilmot Barber, b. in Benson, Vt., July 3, 1828
(sou of Edward Hinman Barber and Rebecca Griswold). He is now
(1873) Third Assistant Postmaster General U. S. No children. His
family residence has been Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich.
6471. iii. Chauncey Hamilton Dwight, b. Sept. 20, 1825, in Bel-
chertown.
6472. iv. Clarissa Ann Dwight, b. there Jan. 14, 1828, m. Feb. 19,
1856, Sidney Seymour Rockwell, b. June 27, 1833 (son of Alvah Wells
Rockwell of Watervliet, N. Y., and Lucy Ames), who is in the nursery
business at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was for several years the bxisi-
ness manager of the Mich. State Agricultural College. Three children :
6473. 1. Alice Irene Rockwell, b. in Rockford, 111., Nov. 23, 1856.
6474. 2. Lucy Hamilton Rockwell, b. in Vermontville, Mich., Nov.
22, 1859.
6475. 3. Edith Dwight Rockwell, b. Dec. 7, 1861.
6476. v. George Clinton Dwight, b. July 14, 1831, m. Feb. 14,
1860, Margaret Gregg, b. Oct. 22, 1837, near Schenectady, N. Y. (dau.
of George Gregg, afterwards of Castleton, Mich., and Jeanette McCol-
lum). He is a farmer at Vermontville, Mich. Has 2 children :
6477. 1. Clara Inez Dwight, b. Oct. 27, 1863.
6478. 2. Ellen Louise Dwiglit, b. Jan. 8, 1866.
6479. vi. Lucy Clarissa Dwight, b. Feb. 10, 1834, m. March 23, 1853,
Homer Griswold Barber, b. in Benson, Vt., Nov. 25, 1830 (son of
Edward Hinman Barber and Rebecca Griswold), a merchant and
banker at Vermontville, Mich. Three children :
6480. 1. Ida Louisa Barber, b. Sept. 8, 1854.
6481. 2. Jeanie Griswold Barber, b. Dec. 16, 1856, d. June 14, 1860.
6482. 3. Edward Dwight Barber, b. May 27, 1860.
6483. vii. Edward Peregrine Dwight, b. Jan. 1, 1840, enlisted as a
private in Co. G, Seventh Migh. Infantry, and was killed in battle at
Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862. His body lies among the unknown
heroes of the war. A memorial monument to his praise adorns the
graveyard at Vermontville.
6471. iii. Chauncey Hamilton Dwight, b. Sept. 20, 1825, m. March
31, 1856, Rebecca Roxilla De Graff, b. in Ira, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1836
(dau. of Emanuel De Graff, afterwards of Oneida, Mich., and Sally
Sprague). He is a farmer at Vermontville.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6484. i. Frank Clayton Dwight, b. March 22, 1857.
6485. ii. George Edward Dwight, b. July 25, 1858.
6486. iii. Jeanie Luella Dwight, b. June 23, 1860.
6487. iv. Mary Ellen Dwight, b. July 25, 1862.
6488. v. Mabel Gertrude Dwight, b. May 24, 1864.
Son of Timothy, So n of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 923
6489. vi. Katy Imogene Dvvight, b. June 5, 1866.
The history of this family is an interesting instance of the practical
value of home-born American ideas and habits. Mr. Peregrine Dwight
was an earnest, intelligent, religious man. He was a great reader, and
kept himself well-informed upon religious and political subjects. He
had but moderate means. At his death in 1842 he left six children to
his widow to provide for, the eldest of them 19 years of age, and the
youngest but an infant. After a year's time she removed to Michigan,
to make in the wild, unbroken wilderness a home for her household.
Not a tree had been cut on the farm where she now lives with her son
Chauncey. Her first habitation was like that of all the other original
settlers, built of unhewn logs. By prudence, economy and Yankee en-
terprise and thrift, she made everything prosper in her hands, and lives
now at the ripe age of 78 (1873) io rejoice over the large results of her
enei-gy in years long gone. " Her rude home, as it was at the first,
was made pleasant and attractive by good words and works. ' The
Dwight girls,' as her three daughters were familiarly called in the
place, have ripened into excellent women, worthy of the blood that they
have inherited. And ' Mother Dwight ' will long be tenderly re-
membered by young and old in their Michigan home." So writes one
who knows the family well. All honor to courageous, patient, cheer-
ful toilei-s anywhere among the other sex for the good of their house-
holds !
[Sixth Generation.]
6421. xi. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Col. Henry Dwight and Ruth
Rich), b. Nov. 23, 1799, m. March 28, 1824, Hon. Myron Lawrence,
b. May 18, 1799 (son of Benjamin Lawrence of Middlebury, Vt., b.
May 6, 1774, in Canaan, Ct., who d. Feb. 10, 1860, aet. 86, and Sarah
Warner, b. Oct. 14, 1775, who d. Feb. 10, 1852, aet. 76, whom he m.
Jan. 8, 1798), grad. at Middlebury in 1820, and made trustee of same
in 1851. He was State Senator and Prest. of the Senate when he died,
Nov. 7, 1852, aet. 53.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6490. i. Mark Doolittle Lawrence, b. Feb. 12, 1825, is in a com-
mission business at Somerville, Mass., unmarried.
6491. ii. Sarah Tappan Lawrence, b. July 12, 1827, m. Oct. 30,
1851, Gov. Charles Robinson, M.D., b. July 21, 1818, at Hardwick,
Worcester Co., Mass, (son of Jonathan Robinson, previously of Taunton,
Mass., and at last of Spencer, Mass., and Huldah Woodward). He
began the college course at Amherst, Mass., which he abandoned on
account of his weak eyes. He pursued his medical studies at Wood-
stock, Vt., and Pittsfield, Mass. In 1849 he went to Kansas, on his
924 Descendants of Henry 1) wight of Hat field, Mass.,
way to California, across the plains of the great west. Here he paused
and became the agent of The Emigrant Aid Co. at New York, in erect-
ing mills, school-houses and the needful foundations of a new order of
free northern civilization. In a political melee at that time he was
shot near the heart, and placed the same evening on the prison-ship.
While yet a prisoner, he was elected a member of the General As-
sembly— the lovers of liberty and of human rights outnumbering
their enemies there in those border-ruffian days. He was elected
Governor under the Topeka Constitution (1856-7), and under the
Wyandotte Constitution, when Kansas became a State, he was chosen
its first Governor (Jan. 1859— Jan. 30, 1861). lie is now (1873) a
farmer at Lawrence, Kansas (4 miles out of town). No children.
Mrs. Robinson is author of a work entitled " The Interior and Exterior
of Life in Kansas."
6492. iii. Sophia D wight Lawrence, b. Oct. 5, 1830, m. Nov. 3,
1853, Samuel "William Emerson Goddard, b. March 23, 1827 (son of
James Goddard of Berlin, Mass., and Betsey Spofford), a lawyer at
Belchertown. They have had 4 children that have all died before
birth, or shortly after it — unnamed.
[Fifth Generation.]
6399. vi. Anna Dwight (dau. of Col. Simeon and Sibyl D wight), b.
Nov. 10, 1753, m. June 3, 1778, Asahel Hatheway of Suffield, Ct., b.
Dec. 9, 1739 (son of Samuel Hatheway and Sarah Howe, whom he m.
May 28, 1719, and who bore him 7 children), grad. at Yale in 1759, a
lawyer and justice of the peace at Suffield, and commonly called " Squire
Hatheway." He was also a deacon in the Cong. Church, and often had
the nickname of " Bishop Hatheway," probably from his dignified bear-
ing and figure. " He was a man of strong, good sense, united with an
occasional flash of homely but pungent wit." In politics he was a de-
cided Federalist. He d. Dec. 21, 1828, act. 89. She d. March 17,
1807, aet. 53.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6493. i. Anne Hatheway, b. Jan. 16, 1780, m. ' Roger Whittlesey,
and d. Feb. 4, 1840, aet. 60.
6494. ii. Asahel Hatheway, Jr., b. May 31, 1781, d. Oct. 1, 1829,
aet. 48.
6495. iii. Pamelia Hatheway, b. Aug. 31, 1784, d. unmarried Nov.
7, 1843, aet. 59.
6496. iv. Betsey Hatheway, b. April 16, 1787, d. unmarried April
18, 1844, aet. 57.
6497. v. Cornelia Hatheway, b. Feb. 19, 1791, d. unmarried Nov.
23, 1845, aet. 54.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 925
6498. vi. Mark Anthony Hatheway, b. Feb. 27, 1798, d. Nov. 21,
1852, aet. 54, in Windsor, Ct., having been almost all his life insane
(1813-52).
6493. i. Anne Hatheway, b. Jan. 16, 1780, m. Nov. 26, 1818, as
his 2d wife, Roger Whittlesey, b. Dec. 9, 1767 (son of Lemuel Whit-
tlesey of Newington and Hannah Wells), grad. at Yale in 1787. He
was a lawyer and farmer at Southington, Ct., where he d. Oct. 5, 1844,
aet. 76. She d. Feb. 4, 1840, aet. 60. They had but one child.
[Seventh Generation.] Child:
6499. i. Francis Dwight Whittlesey, b. March, 12, 1821, who m.
184-, Laura Barnes, b. May 10, 1827 (dau. of Julius S. Barnes of
Southington, Ct., and Laura Lewis). He is a farmer at Southington.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6500. i. Anne Hatheway Whittlesey, b. Feb. 17, 1848, d. Feb. 10?
1851.
6501. ii. Fanny Hatheway Whittlesey, b. Dec. 7, 1852.
6502. iii. Julia Whittlesey, b. Oct. 25, 1854, d. June 26, 1858.
6503. iv. Louise Whittlesey, b. Jan. 4, 1857, d. Aug. 5, 1858.
6504. v. Arthur Barnes Whittlesey, b. Aug. 10, 1859, d. Aug. 6, 1861.
6505. vi. Frederic Whittlesey, b. July 11, 1865.
[Sixth Generation.]
6494. ii. Asahel Hatheway, Jr., b. May 31, 1781, m. March 11,
1807, Nancy Diggins of New York, b. Sept. 18, 1787 (dau. of Augus-
tus Diggins and Sabra Stebbins). He was grad. at Yale in 1801, and
was for many years a merchant in New York, but spent the latter por-
tion of his life at Suffield (1812-29), where he d. Oct. 1, 1829, aet. 48.
His widow is living in Suffield in 1874, aet. 86.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6506. i. William Augustus Hatheway, b. at New York,'Dec. 1, 1807,
d. Dec. 26, 1826, aet. 19.
6507. ii. Henry Dwight Hatheway, b. there Nov. 26, 1809, a mer-
chant for several years in New York, d. aet. 42, Oct. 31, 1851, un-
married.
6508. iii. Francis James Hatheway, b. there Dec. 27, 1811, d. Nov.
12, 1836, aet. 25.
6509. iv. Julia Maria Hatheway, b. at Suffield, March 28, 1814, m
Oct. 15, 1845, Remick Knowles Clark, b. Feb. 20, 1803 (son of Patrick
Clark and Lydia Taylor). He d. aet. 57, May 17, 1860.
6510. v. Cornelia Caroline Hatheway, b. at Suffield, April 4, 1820,
m. Oct. 5, 1842, Charles Austin Sherman, b. June 4, 1810 (son of
Charles Sherman of New Haven, Ct., and Sophia Staples, dau. of Rev.
John Staples), a lawyer in New York. They have had two children
that d. young.
926 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
6511. vi. Louisa Elizabeth Hatheway, b. Feb. 22, 1824, resides un-
married at Suffield (1874). From her most of the faces concerning
her immediate kindred here presented were obtained.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 915.
6400. vii. Simeon Dwight, Jr. (son of Col. Simeon Dwight of War-
ren, Mass., and Sibyl Dwight), b. Sept. 13, 1755, was a thrifty farmer
and hotelkeeper at Warren, Mass. He was of medium size, vigorous
and fair-looking. He m. about 1783 Anna Cutler, b. Jan. 3, 1764.
He d. Feb. 1, 1815, aet. 59 : she d. Nov. 3, 1833, act. 69.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6512. i. Pliny Dwiglit, b. Sept. 1, 1784, d. July 26, 1861, aet. 76.
6513. ii. Simeon Dwight, b. Nov. 15, 1788, d. March 13, 1816.
6514. iii. Nancy Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1791, m. Isaac Moore, Jr., of
Warren, Mass., and d. Feb. 9, 1851, aet. 60.
6515. iv. Mary Dwight, b. May 24, 1794, m. John Lawton.
6516. v. Joseph Cutler Dwight, b. June 19, 1798, d. aet. 66, Jan.
2, 1865.
6512. i. Pliny Dwight, b. Sept. 1, 1784, m. Oct. 24, 1810, Sarah
McArthur of Thornton, N. H., b. Feb. 25, 1789 (dau. of John McAr-
thur, b. in Glen Lyon, Scotland, in 1742, and d. in Chelsea, Vt., in
1816, and Margaret Aiken, b. in Chelsea, Vt., in 1758, and d. there
Oct. 31, 1842). He was a prosperous merchant in Vershire, Vt., and
an honorable citizen. He d. July 26, 1861, aet. 76. His widow re-
sided at Barre, Vt.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6517. i. Jeanette Dwight, b. Sept. 29, 1811, m. Aug. 15, 1839, Jo-
siah Coburn, a harness and trunk manufacturer at Thetford, Vt. They
have had one child :
6518. 1. Arthur Coburn, b. Sept. 1843.
6519. ii. Mary Anna Dwight, b. Aug. 20, 1816, m. Dec. 2, 1841,
Erastus Morton, a resident of Chelsea, Vt. No issue.
6520. iii. Louise Roxana Dwight, b. March 31, 1818, m. Nov. 2,
1842, Albert S. Southworth, a resident of Boston, Mass. No children.
6521. iv. Henry Cutler Dwight, b. Jan. 25, 1820.
6522. v. Amelia Maria Dwight, b. April 30, 1822, m. March 2,
1843, William F. Goodwin, a speculator residing in New York. She
d. Dec. 2, 1847. One child:
**** if William Stone Goodwin.
6523. vi. Lorette Orlana Dwight, b. May 13, 1824, m. June 2,
1845, Philonzo Albert Blanchard (son of Joseph Blanchard), a mer-
chant at Strafford, Vt. No issue.
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedliam, Mass. 927
6524. vii. Charles Arthur Dwight, b. March 1, 1826, d. unmarried
Sept. 20, 1848.
6525. viii. Caroline Sophia Dwight, b. May 11, 1828, m. June 2,
1852, Silas B. Hahn, a lawyer in Boston. No children.
6521. iv. Henry Cutler Dwight, b. Jan. 25, 1820, m. Sept. 9, 1845,
Eunice Ellen Colton (dau. of Solomon Colton). She d. Dec. 26, 1857,
and he m. for 2d wife, Jan. 24, 1860, Fanny Maria Noyes, b. Aug. 11,
1830 (dau. of Elihu Noyes of Chelsea, Vt., and Fanny Hyde). He
resided at Barre, Vt., and was connected with a house in Chicago, 111.,
but removed (1869-70) to Cambridgeport, Mass., where he d. in 1872.
From him were procured most of the facts here detailed concerning
his father's descendants.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
By first wife :
6526. i. Henrietta Frances Dwight, b. July 25, 1851.
6527. ii. Charles Carroll Dwight, b. Aug. 21, 1855, is a clerk in
Boston (1873).
By second wife:
6528. iii. Henry Hyde Dwight, b. July 25, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.]
6513. ii. Simeon Dwight, 3d (son of Sim3on Dwight, Jr., and Anna
Cutler), b. Nov. 15, 1788, was a farmer at Warren, Mass. He m.
Jan. 18, 1813, Sarah Bartlett. He d. March 13, 1816, aet. 27. They
had one child.
6529. 1. Caroline Amelia Dwight, b. June 6, 1813.
[Sixth Generation.]
6514. iii. Nancy Dwight (dau. of Simeon Dwight, Jr., and Anna
Cutler), b. Jan. 30, 1791, m. April 11, 1812, Isaac Moore, Jr., b. Jan.
1790 (son of Isaac Mooi-e of Warren, Mass., and Hannah Sweeting).
He was for many years a merchant and cashier of The Winthrop Bank
at Winthrop, Me. He d. at New York, Sept. 5, 1852, aet. 62 : she d.
at Maiden, Mass., Jan. 15, 1850, aet. 59.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6530. i. Lewis Dwight Moore, b. Sept. 30, 1812.
6531. ii. Isaac I lallet Moore, b. about 1814, was a harness-maker
at Augusta, Me., where he d. lie m. Frances Perkins. She resides now
with her children at New Orleans, La.
6532. iii. Reuben Cutler Moore, b. about 1817, resides in San Fran-
cisco, Cal., and is connected with " The Alta California," of which he
was formerly editor.
6533. iv. Mary Ann Moore, b. about 1821, m. Albert Norton of
Boston, Mass. He d. at Beaufort, S. C., in 1864. She d. in Law-
928 Descendants of Henry Divight of Hatfield, Mas*.,
rence, Mass. They had 2 children : Fanny who m. Rev. Albert Moore
now of Blackstoue, Mass. ; and Dwight Moore.
6534. v. John Moore, b. about 1824, is a shoe manufacturer at
Spencer, Mass.
6535. vi. Frances Elizabeth Moore, b. at Winthrop, Me., Feb. 2,
1827, m. in 1850, Dr. Greenleaf A. Wilbur of Skowhegau, Me. They
have 2 children :
**** 1. Maiie N. Wilbur, b. Aug. 22, 1852.
**** 2. Charles Henry Wilbur, b. Sept. 29, 1855. [Facts were
sought in vain from this family and others, who made no reply to let-
ters of inquiry].
6530. i. Lewis Dwight Moore, b. Sept. 30, 1812, m. Nov. 11, 1834,
Elizabeth Ann Johnson, b. July, 31, 1815 (dau. of Henry and Marinda
Johnson of Farmington, Me.). He was for 9 years jailer of the Ken-
nebec Co. prison, Me., for 5 years Deputy Sheriff and Coroner, and for
9 years Dep. Secretary of State. He has been for several years in the
Loan Branch of the U. S. Register Treasury Office, of which he is now
chief Clerk, at Washington, D. C.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6536. i. Charles Francis Moore, b. Dec. 29, 1835, a druggist at
Washington, D. C., m. 1872, Marian E. McArthur.
6537. ii. Lewis Henry Moore, b. Sept. 1, 1837, is a sailor, unmar-
ried, and lives in New York when not at sea.
6538. iii. Mary Francis Moore, b. July 20, 1840, m. Sept. 15, 1863,
Benjamin Hammond Hinds, of Bristol, Me. He has been engaged in
the Custom House at Boston, Mass., but is now a special U. S. Trea-
sury Agent at Portland, Me. Two children :
**** 1. Mary Elizabeth Hinds, b. in 1867, at Augusta, Me.
**** 2. Lewis Moore Hinds, b. there in 1869.
**** iv. Joseph Dwight Moore, b. Feb. 12, 1842, is in Surgeon
General's office at Washington.
**** v. James Batchelder Moore, b. July 7, 1844, is a bookkeeper
at Augusta, Me. (The Sprague Manufacturing Co.), where he m. in
1873, Mary Dunning Cushing.
**** vi. Albert Norton Moore, b. Dec. 30, 1847, is paymaster, in
" The Sprague Manufacturing Co.'s " office at Augusta, Me.
**** vii. Julia Ann Moore, b. June 15, 1851, d. Dec. 27, 1851.
**** viii. Reuben Cutler Moore, b. Nov. 24, 1852, d. at Lawrence,
Mass., 1872.
[Sixth Generation.]
6515. iv. Mary Dwight (dau. of Simeon Dwight, Jr., and Anna
Cutler), b. May 24, 1794, m. Jan. 27, 1820, Capt. John Lawton of
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 929
Hardwick, Mass. He was a resident at Wilbraham, Mass., where he
d. Nov. 16, 1854. She d. some years since.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6539. i. William D. Lawton, b. April 29, 1821, d. Oct. 12, 1821.
6540. ii. Maty A. Lawton, b. Sept. 1, 1823, m. Brainerd J. Brewer,
b. in 1814, an enterprising farmer in Wilbraham, Mass. He d. Nov.
26, 1861, aet. 47.
6541. iii. Martha M. Lawton, b. Aug. 25, 1825, m. William P.
Ruggles of Chicopee, Mass.
6542. iv. Emily T. Lawton, b. Aug. 12, 1829, m. John Works, a
farmer in Wilbraham, Mass. He d. some years since ; she still (1873)
resides there.
6543. v. Eliza J. Lawton, b. Nov. 16, 1832, m. George C. Howard,
a mechanic in Hardwick, Mass.
6544. vi. Ellen F. Lawton, b. Jan 17, 1836, m. Hiram M. Brewer
of Wilbraham, Mass., a farmer in Westminster, Mass.
[Sixth Generation.]
6516. v. Joseph Cutler D wight (son of Simeon D wight, Jr., of War-
ren, and Anna Dwight), b. June 19, 1798, m. Oct. 12, 1826, Mary
Moore Farrell, b. Aug. 14, 1803 (dau. of Col. Gideon Farrell of Hal-
lowell, Me., and Sarah Moore), who became afterwards wife of Dr.
Arba Blair of Rome, N. Y. He was an enterprising and prosperous
merchant at Hallowell, and was cashier of " The Northern Bank " at
that place. He was distinguished for his energy and fine business
qualities, and highly respected also for the simplicity of his character,
his thorough uprightness, his kindness of heart and his generosity to
the poor. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and died in full
faith of Christ's atoning love, Jan. 2, 1865.
He was of small size, having dark blue eyes, light brown hair, and a
nervous temperament, shrinking from general society while genial to-
wards his friends, cultivated and literary in his tastes, very orderly in
his personal habits and neat in his attire. She d. Jan. 18, 1870, aet.
66.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6545. i. Mary Frances Dwight, b. March 29, 1828, m. Cyrus C.
Richmond, and for a 2d husband Francis E. Webb.
6546. ii. Anne Sarah Dwight, b. March 29, 1828, m. Frederic B.
Nason, and d. Sept. 21, 1870, aet. 42.
6547. iii. Ella Louisa Dwight, b. March 23, 1841, m. Walter L.
Titcomb, and for a 2d husband Charles L. Spaulding.
6545. i. Mary Frances Dwight, b. March 29, 1828, m. Dec. 30, 1850,
Cyrus Clark Richmond, b. Nov. 8, 1824 (son of Capt. Nathan Rich-
930 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
mond of Winthrop and Nancy Sweet), a wholesale druggist and apo-
thecary. He d. of typhoid fever at Sail Francisco, June 1, 1852,
without issue. She m. for a 2d husband, May 27, 1858, Hon. Francis
Everett Webb, b. March 13, 1829 (son of Samuel Webb and Olive
Lambert of Winthrop, Me.), grad. at Bowdoin Coll. in 1853, tutor
there (1854-5), a lawyer at Winthrop, Me., where he d. Nov. 20, 1869,
aet. 40, suddenly. He was a member of the Maine Legislature in 1861
and 18G5, and State Bank Commissioner (186G-7). He was also town
treasurer, a bank director and county attorney. He was an earnest
supporter of gospel institutions and specially fond of giving instruction
in the Sabbath School. His widow resides now in Winchester, Mass.
He furnished most of the facts here detailed concerning the descendants
of Joseph C. D wight, Esq.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
By the second marriage :
6548. i. Mary Everett Webb, b. Jan. 11, 18G2.
6549. ii. Annie Dwight Webb, b. June 22, 1865.
[Seventh Generation.]
6546. ii. Anne Sarah Dwight (dau. of Joseph Cutler Dwiglit and
Mary Moore Farrell), b. March 29, 1828, m. Dec. 14, 1852, Frederic
Bartholomew Nason, b. Aug. 23,1830 (son of Bartholomew Nason and
Hannah Craig), a merchant at Medford, Steele Co., Minn. He d. July
18, 1866, suddenly of rheumatic fever at Hallo well, Me. She d. of
consumption, Sept. 21, 1870, at Winthrop.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6551. i. Alice Dwight Nason, b. Dec. 3, 1853, resides at Winchester,
Mass., with Mrs. Webb.
6552. ii. Joseph Dwight Nason, b. March 21, 1857, resides with his
uncle Elias Nason at Boston.
[Seventh Generation.]
6547. iii. Ella Louisa Dwight, b. March 23, 1841, m. Sept. 9, 1861,
Walter Lawrence Titcomb, b. May 1841 (son of Capt. Emerson Tit-
comb of Favmingdale, Me., and Mary Helen Robinson^. He was edu-
cated in Germany and England. In 1863 he entered the TJ. S. Navy,
after passing the necessary examination, that he might serve his country
in that way, and especially at that time, and was one of the officers of
the ill-fated Monitor " Tecumseh," which struck a torpedo and went
down in Mobile Bay, Ala. He had been Acting Ensign on board the
U. S. ship "Owasco" of the West Gulf Squadron, and was transferred
only the day previously, at his own request, to the Tecumseh. In his
last letter home he wrote: " Farragut is about to attack Mobile : he
has not men enough now ; and there will be hot work before he gets
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, l)ofh of Dedliam, Mass. 931
in. As ' The Owasco ' is at the Navy Yard for repairs, and will be
unfit for duty until October, I have offered my services for the im-
pending fight, and asked to be transferred temporarily to some vessel
that will take an active part in the engagement. I came out here to
fight for the cause ; and I wish now to do all in my power to advance
it ; and I will never go home and have it said that I lay idle at the
Navy Yard while gallant men were struggling to take Mobile. Have
I done right, father ? " The brave hero went down with his ship,
standing faithfully at his post, Aug. 4, 1864. She m. for a 2d husband,
March 22, 1870, Charles Lewis Spaulding, a bookseller and stationer
in Hallowell, Me., b. there June 1839 (son of Calvin Spaulding and
Amelia Poole). She had by her first marriage one child :
o553. 1. Walter Dwight Titcomb, b. Nov. 1, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.] See page 9 16.
6405. xii. Samuel Dwight (son of Col. Simeon Dwight and Sibyl
Dwight), b. Dec. 7, 1765, m. May 5, 1785, Ruth Furnace of New Brain-
tree, Mass., b. Nov. 22, 1763 (dau. of Benjamin Furnace of Greenwich,
Mass., and Sarah Webber), a woman of intelligence and of energy of
character.
He was an enterprising farmer at Belchertown, and religious and
much respected. He d. April 10, 1817, aet. 51 : she d. Feb. 26, 1853,
aet. 89.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6554. i. Sarah Dwight, b. Sept. 21, 1785, m. Moses Kilbourn, and
d. April 19, 1827.
6555. ii. Clarissa Dwight, b. Dec. 12, 1786, m. Oliver Cole, and d.
Jan. 17, 1857, aet. 70.
6556. iii. Lydia Dwight, b. Sept. 8, 1788. m. Amasa Walker, Jr.,
and d. Feb. 26, 1841, aet. 52.
6557. iv. Ruth Dwight, b. Oct. 2, 1790, m. Joseph Reed, and d.
Aug. 29, 1870, aet. 79.
6558. v. Nancy Dwight, b. March 13, 1793, d. Oct. 21, 1798.
6559. vi. John Dwight, b. June 2, 1795, d. Aug. 7, 1851, aet. 56.
6560. vii. Jerusha Dwight, b. Oct. 4, 1797, m. Lemuel Randall.
6561. viii. Samuel Dwight, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1800.
6562. ix. Nancy Dwight, 2d, b. May 21, 1802, m. Joel Bullard.
6563. x. Asahel Dwight, b. Nov. 2, 1805, was a youth of superior
talents and scholarly tastes, but was drowned in Swift River, Mass.,
May 24, 1820.
6564. xi. Elihu Dwight, b. July 30, 1808, d. Nov. 20, 1809.
6565. xii. Emily Dwight, b. Sept. 21, 1810, m. Horatio Brown.
6554. i. Sarah Dwight, b. Sept. 21, 1785, m. Dec. 12, 1806. Moses
932 Descendants of Henry Dwigld of Hat-field, Maw.,
Kilboum, b. in Bolton, Ct., in 1772 (son of Benjamin Kilbourii of
Munster, N. J., and afterwards of Bolton, Ct., and at last of Belcher-
town, Mass., and Elizabeth Goodrich), a farmer in Belchertown, ]\l;iss.
He d. at Bolton, Ct., in 1841. She was drowned April 19, 1827, in
Swift River, Mass., near Belchertown. Her horse became frightened
in crossing the stream, and backed off from the bridge on which he was,
and which was unprotected by any railing, into the water, where both she
and the horse were drowned together. " She was a woman of more
than oi'dinary intelligence and Christian principle."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6566. i. Benjamin Kilboum, b. Aug. 18, 1808, d. May 19, 1861.
6567. ii. Elizabeth Goodrich Kilbourn, b. Feb. 19, 1810, m. Sarmiel
Hulett, and d. in 1839.
6568. iii. Lucy Emmeline Kilbourn, b. Nov. 19, 1811, m. Henry
Maynard.
6566. i. Benjamin Kilbourn, b. Aug. 18, 1808, m. May 20, 1830,
Eleanor Maynard of Shrewsbiiry, Mass., b. Oct. 17, 1810 (dau. of Ben-
jamin Maynard and Maria Curtis) : a blacksmith. He was one of the
first settlers of B.ockford, 111. (in 1837), and saw it grow from a place of
5 or 6 houses to a city of several thousand inhabitants. He purchased
a quarter-section of land, now within the city limits, and worked ef-
fectively two valuable stone quarries iipon his farm. He d. May 19,
1861, aet. 52. She in. a Mr. Fales of Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6569. i. Albert Gustavus Kilbourn, b. June 1, 1832, d. March 8, 1834.
6570. ii. Gustavus Kilbourn, b. Nov. 30, 1834, d. May 26, 1835.
6571. iii. Ellen Kilbourn, b. and d. Feb. 10, 1837.
6572. iv. Sarah Maria Kilbourn, b. May 12, 1838, d. at Kockford,
111., Dec. 21, 1844.
6573. v. Mary Louisa Kilbourn, b. April 12, 1840, m. Thomas W.
Carrico.
6574. vi. Edmund Benjamin Kilbourn, b. Aug. 17, 1842, enlisted
Aug. 7, 1862, as a private in Co. D, of the 74th 111. Regt., and d. Feb.
24, 1863, in Hospital No. 5, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
6575. vii. Harriet Kilbourn, b. July 13, d. July 16, 1849.
6573. v. Mary Louisa Kilboum, b. April 12, 1840, m. Nov. 10,
1857, Thomas Wallace Carrico, b. in Beverley, Mass., June 9, 1831
(son of Thomas Carrico, afterwards of Woodbine, Iowa, and Mary
Raymond), a manager of the business of stone quarrying at Rockford,
111., and a farmer. Children :
6576. 1. Frank Kilbourn Cameo, b. Nov. 12, 1858.
6577. 2. Mary Eleanor Carrico, b. March 22, 1863.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 933
[Eighth Generation.]
6567. ii. Elizabeth Goodrich Kilbourn (dau. of Moses Kilbourn and
Sarah Dwight), b. Feb. 19, 1810, m. March 12, 1831, Samuel Hulett,
then of Byron, N. Y. (son of Dr. Oliver Ehilett), a farmer at Jackson,
Mich. She d. in 1839.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6578. i. Herbert Hulett, b. about 1832, d. aet. 9 months.
6579. ii. Benjamin Franklin Hulett, b. about 1833, d. aet. 1 year.
6580. iii. Sarah Hulett, b. May 25, 1835, m. Nov. 19, 1858. Hiram
Hungerford Waldo, b. in Elba, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1827 (son of Hiram
Waldo and Dulcinea Foster), a bookseller, in Rockford, 111. One
child :
6581. 1. Clara Elizabeth Waldo, b. Sept. 10, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
6568. iii. Lucy Emmeline Kilbourn (dau. of Moses Kilbourn and
Sarah Dwight), b. Nov. 19, 1811, m. Jan. 6, 1841, Henry Maynard, b.
April 22, 1809 (son of Benjamin Maynard of Shrewsbury, Mass., and
Maria Curtis). A machinist in Worcester, Mass, he removed thence
to Rockford, 111., in 1837, where he was a carpenter for 30 years, until
his death, Feb. 22, 1867. His widow still resides at Rockford, and
from her the facts here furnished concerning her father's descendants
were procured.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6582. i. Edward Curtis Maynard, b. Oct. 6, 1841.
6583. ii. Olivia Dwight Maynard, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. 16, 1844.
6584. iii. Henry Dwight Maynard, b. May 12, 1845, d. Sept. 11, 1845.
6585. iv. Henry Hulett Maynard, b. Nov. 17, 1847, is engaged in
the clothing business at Rockford.
6586. v. Maria Eliza Maynard, b. Oct. 16, 1853.
6587. vi. Charles Warren Maynard, b. Dec. 7, 1855.
6582. i. Edward Curtis Maynard, b. Oct. 6, 1841, m. Sept 18, 1862,
Eliza Oatzmann, b. Nov. 1, 1844 (daxi. of William Oatzmann and Mary
Hinckley). He is a carpenter at Rockford.
[Tenth Generation.] Children :
6588. i. Frank William Maynard, b. July 11, 1864.
6589. ii. Mary Emmeline Maynard, b. Feb. 3, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
6555. iii. Clarissa Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Ruth
Furnace), b. Dec. 12, 1786, m. March 3, 1807, Oliver Cole, b. Jan. 23,
1787 (son of John Cole of Belchertown and Betsey Smith), a farmer
at Belchertown. He d. April 28. 1854: she d. Jan. 17, 1857, aet. 70.
934 Descendants of Henry Dwiglit of Hatfield, Mass.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6592. i. Harriet Hinckley Cole, b. Jan. 25, 1809, m . Edmund
"VVilcox.
6593. ii. Clarissa Cole, b. Oct. 10, 1810, resides unmarried at Elba,
N. Y.
6594. iii. Nancy Miranda Cole, b. Dec. 24, 1812, m. Dec. 3, 1840,
as his 2d wife, Samuel Hewlett, a farmer in Marshall, Mich. She d.
Oct. 8, 1846. They had a son:
6595. 1. Dewitt Hewlett, b. about 1842, who resides in Marshall.
6596. iv. Ruth Fidelia Cole, b. July 8, 1814, m. Sept. 1, 1836,
Webster McMurphy, a blacksmith at North Pembroke, N. Y. They
have had six children, whose names were sought but riot ascertained.
6597. v. John Cole, b. March 28, 1816, m. Feb. 16, 1840, Asenath
Shedd. He has been a canal boat captain. No issue.
6598. vi. Oliver Dexter Cole, b. Jan. 29, 1818.
6599. vii. Samuel Dwight Cole, b. Oct. 8, 1819.
6600. viii. William Furnace Cole, b. July 31, 1821, m. Jan. 15,
1857, Celestia Harris. He is a jeweller at Marshall, Mich., has had
one child.
6601. ix. Carlos Elijah Cole, m. July] a merchant at Barre, N.Y.
5, 1848, Emily Arnold. }> twins, b. May 9, 1823.
6602. x. Caroline Elizabeth Cole, j m. Jan. 1. 1851, James
Wiley, a carpenter at North Pembroke, N. Y., had 8 children — their
names not discovered.
6603. xi. Henry Avery Cole, b. Aug. 16, 1825, is a farmer at Union
City, Mich. He m. Feb. 1, 1849, Emily Gilbert : has had several chil-
dren.
6604. xii. Sarah Maria Cole, b. May 4, 1827, m. Nov. 4, 1845,
George Hatch, a farmer in Meriden, Minn. Has had several children.
6605. xiii. Amanda Melvina Cole, b. Feb. 26, 1829, m. Nov. 9,
1859, Rev. Thomas Garbutt, a Methodist clergyman, Editor of " The
Christian Magazine," published at Eddystone, Northumberland Co.,
Ontario, C.
6592. i. Harriet Hinckley Cole, b. Jan. 25, 1809, m. Feb. 25, 1835,
Edmund Wilcox, b. Feb. 11, 1810, in Westmoreland, N. Y. (son of
Dea. Edmund and Anna Wilcox), a farmer at Elba, N. Y. He d. Aug.
8, 1862 : she resides at Elba.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6606. i. Amanda Anna Wilcox, b. at Elba Sept. 1, 1836, m. Dec.
31, 1855, John Wesley Ford, b. Oct. 18, 1833 (son of William Ford of
Elba and Almira Barber), a farmer, since March 1867, at Ross, Kala-
mazoo Co., Mich.
6607. ii. Lois Elizabeth Wilcox, b. Nov. 30, 1839, m. Dec. 6, 1857,
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, both of Dedliam, Muss. 935
Asa "W. Aldrich, b. at Elba, Aug. 28, 1835 (son of Asa Aldrich and
Abigail ), a carpenter and joiner at Elba.
6608. iii. Edmund Franklin Wilcox,b. Nov. 14, 1842, enlisted Jan.
29, 1865, as an Union soldier, at Bedford, Mich., in Co. I of the Ninth
Mich. Regt. He d., without fighting a battle, of typhoid fever, May 5,
1865, at Cumberland Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., aet. 22.
[Eighth Generation.]
6598. vi. Oliver Dexter Cole (son of Oliver Cole and Clarissa
Dwight), b. Jan 29, 1818, m. Jan. 19, 1851, widow Caroline Macom-
ber, nee Richards, b. April 13, 1823 (dan. of David and Lucy Rich-
ards) : a mechanic and farmer at Climax, Mich.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6609. i. Nancy M. Cole, b. Oct. 25, 1852, d. Dec. 16, 1853.
6610. ii. George C. Cole, b. Jan. 27, 1856.
6611. iii. Oliver M. Cole, b. Feb. 5, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
6599. vii. Samuel Dwight Cole (son of Oliver Cole and Clarissa
Dwight), b. Oct. 8, 1819, m. April 10, 1850, Susan Shumway, b. June
14, 1823 (dau. of Cyril Shumway of Belchertown, Mass., and Hannah
Hannum). He is a farmer at Bedford Centre, Calhoun Co., Mich.
Children :
6614. 1. Emma Jane Cole, b. Dec. 11, 1850.
6615. 2. Eliza Sophia Cole, b. Oct. 8, 1853.
6616. 3. Elmer Dwight Cole, b. April 6, 1862.'
[Seventh Generation.] See page 931.
6556. iii. Lydia Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight of Belchertown
and Ruth Furnace), b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. March 11, 1813, Amasa
Walker, Jr., a wealthy farmer in Byron, N. Y., b. April 14, 1791
(son of Amasa Walker of Byron, b. in 1767, and d. in 1828, and Mar-
tha Smith of Ashford, Ct., b. in 1767, and d. Nov. 7, 1851). She d.
Feb. 26, 1841, and he m. for 3d wife, Dec. 23, 1842, Lydia Nichols
of Belchertown, Mass. (dau. of Elijah Nichols). He d. Dec. 3, 1867,
aet. 76.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6618. i. Amasa Dwight Walker, b. Jan. 18, 1814.
6619. ii. Lydia Emily Walker, b. Feb. 14, 1816.
6620. iii. Mary Elizabeth Walker, b. June 5, 1818, d. unmarried
Nov. 8, 1843.
6621. iv. George Washington Walker, b. May 14, 1820, d. unmar-
ried Feb. 14, 1843.
6622. v. Asahel Augustus Walker, b. March 8, 1823.
6C23. vi. Joseph Smith Walker, b. May 20, 1826, d. June 20, 1843.
936 Descendants of Henry D wight of Hatfield, Mass.,
6624. vii. John Corydon Walker, b. May 13, 1829.
6618. i. Amasa Dwight Walker, b. Jan. 18, 1814, m. June 1, 1841,
Lucretia Bridgman of Union, N. Y., b. Dec. 11, 1816 (dau. of Guy
Bridgman and Eunice Hapgood, dau. of Seth Hapgood of Petersham,
Mass.). He was a farmer in Hamlin, Monroe Co., N. Y. He d. of
softening of the brain, Sept. 7, 1872.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6625. i. George Winfield Walker, b. Jan. 2, 1843, enlisted Aug. 5,
1862, as a private in Co. H of the 8th N. Y. Regt. of Artillery, 2d Bri-
gade, 2d Division, 2d Army Corps, and was in the battles of the Wilder-
ness, North Anna and Cold Harbor. In the last battle named he was
severely wounded, June 3, 1864 — his regiment losing its colonel, and
ssven men only remaining fit for duty in his company on the following
morning. Recovering from his wound he returned, in Feb. 1865, to
duty, and was in service all through Grant's last campaign, up to the
surrender of Lee at Clover Hill, and the close of the war. He was
mustered out of the service June 20, 1865, at Rochester. He was a far-
mer at Hamlin, N.Y. where he d. Jan. 5, 1870, from the effects of the
wound received June 1864, mentioned above.
6626. ii. Marietta Elizabeth Walker, b. Jan. 12, 1845.
6627. iii. Eleanor Lucretia Walker, b. May 12, 1847.
6628. iv. Augustus Dwight Walker, b. April 6, 1850.
6629. v. Netty Walker, b. Oct. 29, 1854.
[Eighth Generation.]
6622. v. Asahel Augustus Walker (son of Amasa Walker, Jr., and
Lydia Dwight), b. March 8, 1823, m. May 3, 1856, Sarah M. Ford, b.
Nov. 23, 1835 (dau. of William Ford of Elba, N. Y., and Almira
Barber). He is a farmer in Byron, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6630. i. A child, unnamed, b. Nov. 23, 1858, d. soon.
6631. ii. Edgar A. Walker, b. Nov. 4, 1860.
6632. iii. Julia A. Walker, b. July 19, 1862, d. Sept. 14, 1863.
6633. iv. William A. Walker, b. April 13, 1864.
6634. v. Charles F. Walker, b. Nov. 13, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.]
6624. vii. John Corydon Walker (son of Amasa Walker and Lydia
Dwight), b. May 13, 1829, m. Oct. 31, 1856, Harriet Clark, b. May 7,
1834 (dau. of William Clark and Eliza Drake). He is a farmer in
South Byron, N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6637. i. Ada Mary Walker, b. Jan. 18, 1858.
6638. ii Anna Eliza Walker, b. Feb. 13, 1861.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 937
6639. iii. Frank Clark Walker, b. Jan. 19, 1864.
6640. iv. Harry Walker, b. Aug. 12, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
6557. iv. Ruth Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight of Belchertown and
Ruth Furnace), b. Oct. 2, 1790, m. March 22, 1819, Joseph Reed, then
of Belchertown, b. March 11, 1790 (son of Joseph Reed and Hannah
Learned), a farmer in Wilmington, Vt. She d. Aug. 29, 1870.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
**** i. Samuel Dwight Reed, b. Feb. 8, 1820, d. Nov. 20, 1858,
a farmer at Wilmington, Vt., unmarried.
**** ii. Charles Furnace Reed, b. Jan. 23, 1822, is a farmer at
Guilford, Vt.
**** iii. Clara Ann Reed, b. Aug. 13, 1823, m. Dec. 31, 1850,
Abel Sanders Johnson, b. Dec. 6, 1820 (son of Moses Johnson of Dover,
Vt., and Ruth Ann Dowley), a farmer at Brattleboro, Vt. Two
children :
**** 1. Mary Dowley Johnson, b. at Dover, Sept. 29, 1851.
**** 2. Clara Ann Johnson, b. there Oct. 19, 1854.
**** iv. Edward Lincoln Reed, b. Sept. 4, 1824, m. Dec. 31, 1850,
Miriam Tryphena Johnson (dau. of Moses Johnson of Dover and Ruth
Ann Dowley). He is a farmer at Whitingham, Vt.
**** v- Henry Hinsdale Reed, b. Aug. 16, 1826, m. March 29,
1852, Lucy Eveline Lincoln (dau. of Calvin Lincoln of Wilmington,
Vt., and Lois Bartlett). He was a plane-maker at Wilmington. She
d. July 13, 1855. He m. Oct. 14, 1855, Julia L. Boyd (dau. of Er-
vine Boyd of Wilmington, Vt.). He d. Nov. 3, i860. He had a dau.
by his first wife :
**** 1. Julia Eveline Reed, b. July 14, 1853.
**** vi. Jason William Raed, b. June 16, 1829, m. Oct. 25, 1864,
Sarah Jane Jacobs, b. July 23, 1843 (dau. of Joseph Jacobs of Guil-
ford, Vt., and Elmira Weatherhead). He was a joiner at Guilford.
He d. Nov. 1870. They had 2 children :
**** 1. Laura Elmina Reed, b. Dec. 1, 1865.
**** 2. George Joseph Reed, b. May 21, 1867.
**** vii. Emily Jane Reed, b. Feb. 2, 1834, m. May 7, 1862, Eras-
mus May, b. Jan. 9, 1823 (son of Alvin May of Marlboro, Vt., and
Nancy Giles), a farmer at Wilmington, Vt. One child :
**** 1. George Elwyn May, b. Aug. 23, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
6559. vii. John Dwight (son of Samuel Dwight of Bftlchertown and
Ruth Furnace), b. June 2, 1795, m. May 27, 1820, Esther Billings of
Belchertown, Mass., b. June 2, 1795 (dau. of Joseph Billings, b. Nov.
60
038 ItescenJants of Henry Dw'ujlit of Hatfidd, Mass.,
25, 1763, and d. June H, 1828, and Priscilla Barden, b. Nov. 13,
17G4). She d. July 29, 1842, and hem. for a 2d wife, April 25, 1843,
Lois B. Wells, of Montague, Mass., b. May 1, 1812 (dau. of Benjamiu
Stout Wells and Mehitable Clapp). Ho was a farmer at Belchertown,
Mass., where he d. Aug. 7, 1851, act. 56. His widow resided at Mon-
tague, Mass., until her death, A\ig. 3, 1873. lie is described as hav-
ing been " an intelligent, prompt, strict, good man."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
-By first wife :
6643. i. Asahel Dwight, b. Feb. 2, 1822.
6644. ii. Jason Leander Dwight, b. April 27, 1824.
6645. iii. David Billings Dwight, b. April 29, 1828, is a farmer in
Enfield, Mass.
6646. iv. George Dwight, b. Sept. 22, 1830, is a carpenter and
joiner in San Francisco, Cal.
6647. v. Kelson Dwight, b. Oct. 1, 1833, is a carpenter and builder
in Springfield, Mass.
6648. vi. Lorenzo Dwight, b. June 10, 1835, is a farmer in Sonora,
Cal.
6649. vii. A son, unnamed, b. and d. Nov. 6, 1837.
6650. viii. Jenny Olivia Dwight, b. May 4, 1839, m. William H.
Corey.
By second wife :
6651. ix. Esther Bardwell Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1844, m. May 10,
1865, Kollin Neale Clapp, b. Aug. 18, 1843 (son of Martin Harvey
Clapp and Maria Russell), a mechanic at Montague, Mass. No issue.
6652. x. Julia Ann Dwight, b. Feb. 19, 1845, d. Sept. 29, 1845.
6643. i. Asahel Dwight, b. Feb. 2, 1822, m. Maria D. Allen, b. in
Athol, Mass., Dec. 26, 1822 (dau. of James Allen of North Brookfield,
Mass., and Dolly Henshaw). She d. in Belchertown, Jan. 9, 1864.
He is a wood-turner and mamifacturer of pumps at South Amherst,
Mass.
[Ninth Generation.]
6653. i. Ella Maria Dwight, b. in Amherst, Nov. 17, 1849.
6654. ii. George Homer Dwight, b. there March 31, 1851.
6655. iii. Arthur Eugene Dwight, b. in Belchertown, Nov. 27, 1855.
6656. iv. James Herbert Dwight, b. there Oct. 13, 1857, d. Aug.
13, 1862.
6657. v. Mary Isabel Dwight, b. there April 19, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.]
6644. ii. Jason Leander Dwight (son of John Dwight and Esther
Billings), b. April 27, 1824, m. Nov. 21, 1849, Margaret Olivia Smith
Son of Timothy, Son of Jolm, loth ofDed/iam, Mass. 939
of Granby, Mass. b. Aug. 14, 1826 (dau. of Zebina Smith and Hannah
Moody). He was a carpenter and millwright at Rockford (1852-65),
and in Colorado for a short time (1865-7), but in 1867 returned to
Rockford again.
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
6658. i. Mary Olivia Dwight, b. afS. Hadley, Mass., Oct. 22, 1850,
d. at Rockford, 111., Oct. 25, 1855.
6659. ii. Adeline Gertrude Dwight, b. July 9, 1853, at Rockford, d.
Sept. 10, 1853.
6660. iii. Edgar Jason Dwight, b. June 3, 1855, d. Sept. 3, 1855.
6661. iv. Linnie Adelle Dwight, b. May 31, 1858.
[Eighth Generation. ]
6648. vi. Lorenzo Dwight (son of John Dwight and Esther Billings),
b. June 10, 1835, m. Jan. 6, 1868, in Denver, Colorado, Mary Ann
Kinney (dau. of Norman P. Kinney). He was a farmer for some time
in Colorado, and is now in Sonora, Cal. Children :
6662. 1. (A son) Dwight, b. Dec. 1868.
[Eighth Generation.]
6650. viii. Jenny Olivia Dwight (dau. of John Dwight and Esther
Billings), b. May 4, 1839, m. in Rockford, Sept. 9, 1862, William
Henry Corey, b. in Hancock, Mass., 1837 (son of Hamilton Corey and
Lydia Streeter), a farmer in South Grove, 111., and since 1868 in
Malta, 111. Children :
6664. 1. Ettie Olivia Corey, b. June 30, 1863, d. Aug. 4, 1863.
6665. 2. Ilury Angeline Corey, b. July 21, 1864.
6666. 3. Mary Dwight Corey, b. Oct. 24, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
6560. vii. Jerusha Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Ruth Fur-
nace), b. Oct. 4, 1797, m. Sept. 11, 1816, Lemuel Randall, b. March
23, 1787 (son of Ichabod Randall of Enfield, Mass., and Elizabeth
Titus), a farmer in Belchertown. He d. Sept. 8, 1868, aet. 81, "an
upright man of deep religious feeling."
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6667. i. Asahel Dwight Randall, b. Feb. 1, 1817, d. June 18, 1826.
6668. ii. Nancy Maria Randall, b. April 19, 1818, m. May 30, 1841,
Joseph Bennett (son of Joseph and Esther Bennett), a blacksmith at
Belchertown. She d. Dec. 20, 1842.
6669. iii. Fanny Esther Randall, b. Dec. 20, 1819, resides unmar-
ried at Belchertown.
6670. iv. Emily Dwight Randall, b. Aug. 25, 1821, m. Jan. 8, 1864,
George A. Ward (son of Walter Ward), a farmer in Terre Haute, Ind.
6671. v. Alonzo Dwight Randall, b. Dec. 8, 1824.
1)40 Descendants of Henry Dwigltt of Hatfidd, Mass.,
6672. vi. diaries Lyman Randall, b. May 5, 1828, a farmer at Bel-
chertown, and unmarried.
6673. vii. Cordelia Ann Randall, b. Oct. 6, 1831, m. Elisba Ilub-
bard.
6671. v. Alonzo D wight Randall, b. Dec. 8, 1824, m. Nov. 19, 1851,
Auiy A. Owen, b. Oct. 4, 1829 (dan. of Ralph Owen of Belchertown
and Fanny Bissell). He is a farmer at Belchertown. Children:
6674. 1. Ella Amelia Randall, b. May 15, 1854.
6675. 2. Edward Alonzo Randall, b. Dec. 8, 1857.
6676. 3. Frances Sophia Randall, b. June 22, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.]
6673. vii. Cordelia Ann Randall (uau. of Lemuel Randall and
Jerusha Dwight), b. Oct. 6, 1831, m. Nov. 19, 1851, Elisha Ilubbard,
b. Jan. 15, 1828 (son of Stearns Ilubbard of Hatfield, Mass., and Electa
White), a farmer in Hatfield. Children :
6677. 1. Alice Maria Hubbard, b. Oct. 25, 1852.
6678. 2. Mary Louisa Hubbard, b. March 22, 1855.
6679. 3. Nelly Gertrude Hubbard, b. May 23, 1863.
6680. 4. George W. Hubbard, b. Oct. 24, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 931.
6561. viii. Samuel Dwight, Jr. (son of Samuel Dwight and Ruth
Furnace), b. Jan. 2, 1800, m. Sept. 27, 1826, Darsa Bartlett, b. Feb.
11, 1807 (dau. of Gideon Bartlett of Enfield, Mass., and Lydia Brown).
He is a large farmer at Belchertown. She d. April 27, 18G8.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6682. i. Estes Ashmun Dwight, b. June 6, 1827, a farmer at Brook-
field, Mass.
6683. ii. Corydon Greenwood Dwight, b. Sept. 21, 1828.
6684. iii. Avery Augustus Dwight, b. Feb. 25, 1830.
6685. iv. Austin Erskine Dwight, b. Feb. 21, 1832.
6686. v. Lydia Almira Dwight, b. Oct. 25, 1833, m. Lewis Dodge.
6687. vi. Maria Emma Dwight, b. Jan. 29, 1836, was a teacher in
Belchertown formerly, and afterwards at Eufield, Mass., as she has been
more recently at Douglas, Mich., and is now (1873) at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
6688. vii. Clarissa Jane Dwight, b. May 4, 1837, m. March 23,
1859, Andrew Wilson Aldrich, a farmer in Ware, Mass, (son of Na-
hum White Aldrich of Belchertowu and Cynthia Buffington). No
children :
6689. viii. Sarah Eliza Dwight, b. July 21, 1839, a teacher at Bel-
chertown and Enfield, Mass., m. April 28, 1870, Ambrose Munsell of
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 941
Belchertown (son of Phineas Redington Munsell and Rebecca White),
a mechanic at Enfield, Mass. No children :
6690. ix. Harrison Henry Dwight, b. Dec. 29, 1841, was a brass-
monlder in New Haven, Ct., and afterwards at Chicago, 111. He
perished, as is supposed, in " the great fire" of 1871 in that city.
His friends searched diligently to find him afterwards, but in vain.
6691. x. Albert Elihu Dwight, b. Sept. 14, 1844, a farmer at Bel-
chertown.
6692. xi. Emily Augusta Dwight, b. Aug. 3, 1846, was a teacher at
Douglas, Mich. She m. Jan. 2, 1871, Sylvester Pomeroy Hicks, b.
Feb. 28, 1844 (son of John Hicks and Jane Winegar of Rome, Mich.),
grad. at Kalamazoo Coll., Mich., principal of the Union School at
Lowell, Mich. One child :
**** 1. Dwight Pomeroy Hicks, b. Aug. 22, 1872, d. Sept. 27, 1872.
6693. xii. Mary Victoria Dwight, b. "Aug. 7, 1848, was a milliner
in Belchertown. She m. May 17, 1871, Barnabas Chapin Snow, a
merchant at Ware, Mass, (son of Barnabas Snow of Ware and Julia
Warren Fisk). One child :
**** 1. Gracia May Snow, b. Oct. 15, 1873.
6683. ii. Corydon Greenwood Dwight, b. Sept. 21, 1828, m. June
10, 1851, Sarah Elizabeth Northrup, b. July 21, 1833 (dau. of Daniel
Northrup of Newton, Ct., and Rachel Ell wood). He was for some
years a brass-moulder at New Haven, Ct. (1859-65), and removed from
there in Oct. 1865 to Martin, Mich, where he was a large farmer until
April 1869, since which time he has lived in Plaiiiville, Mich., where
he has been a money-lender and been engaged in various business
operations.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6694. i. Stephen Northrup Dwight, b. June 10, 1851, is a book-
keeper in a bank at Independence, Kansas (1873).
6695. ii. Austin Herschel Dwight, b. Jan. 19, 1853.
6696. iii. Emma Maria Dwight, b. April 9, 1856.
6697. iv. Walter Everett Dwight, b. June 14, 1859.
6698. v. Henry Elwood Dwight, b. Jan. 31, 1864, at New Haven,
d. March 14, 1865.
6699. vi. Oliver Frederic Dwight, b. at Martin, Mich, March 13,
1866.
6700. vii. Harvey Augustus Dwight, b. there Jan. 11, 1868.
**** viii. Corydon Greenwood Dwight, b. at Plain well, Mich.,
May 8, 1870.
**** ix. Mary Elizabeth Dwight, b. there Dec. 11, 1873.
[Eighth Generation.]
6684. iii. Avery Augustus Dwight (son of Samuel Dwight, Jr., and
942 Descendants of Henry Dwight of Hatfeld, Mass.,
Darsa Bartlett), b. Feb. 25, 1839, m. Sept. 3, 1853, Jane' Hose Wood
of Batavia, N. Y., b. March 13, 1835, at Naples, N. Y. (dan. of Henry
Tunstall Wood, a gunsmith, and Nancy Whaley). lie is a cooper and
a farmer at Martin, Mich.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6701. i. George Henry Dwight, b. Oct. 21, 1854.
6702. ii. Marian Edith Dwight, b. Jan. 26, 1856, d. Jan. 25, 1870.
6703. iii. Martha Myra Dwight, b. May 25, 1861.
6704. iv. Ada Sibyl Dwight, b. March 2, 1863.
**** v. Harry Avery Dwight, b. April 25", 1870.
[Eighth Generation.]
6685. iv. Austin Erskine Dwight, b. Feb. 21, 1832, m. Nov. 22,
1860, Hester Ann Hosselkus, b. March 18, 1838 (dau. of Daniel Hos-
selkus of Oakfield, N. Y., and Deborah Kellogg). He is a cooper at
Decatur, Mich., since 1856. Children :
6706. 1. Jenny Dwight, b. Feb. 27, 1867.
**** 2. Lewis Daniel Dwight, b. March 4, 1873.
[Eighth Generation.]
6686. v. Lydia Almira Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight, Jr., and
Darsa Bartlett), b. Oct. 25, 1833, m. May 4, 1853, Lewis Dodge, a
blacksmith and fanner at Pelham, Mass. Four children, Nos. 6708-11 :
Lewis Elmer, Henry Francis, Delia Almira, Anna Maria.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 931.
6562. ix. Nancy Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Ruth Fur-
nace), b. May 21, 1802, m. May 28, 1823, Joel Buliard, b. Oct. 7,
1796 (son of Silas Buliard and Polly Furnace), a farmer at Oakhani,
Mass. He d. Nov. 27, 1859, aet. 63. She still (1873) resides at
Oakham.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6714. i. Dwight Buliard, b. Feb. 6, 1824.
6715. ii. Nancy Buliard, b. May 5, 1828, d. Dec. 4, 1860, aet. 32.
6716. iii. Silas Buliard, b. Oct. 1, 1829, was a farmer at Oakham,
where he d. Dec. 11, 1860, aet. 31.
6717. iv. Asahel Buliard, b. March 13, 1831, resides at Oakham.
He was an Union soldier in the late war, and was taken prisoner and
confined for 6 mouths in the prison at Salisbury, N. C. — barely escaping
with his life. He is a carpenter and unmarried (1873).
6718. v. Sanford Henry Buliard, b. Aug. 17, 1835, is a farmer and
butcher at Oakham, and unmarried (1873).
6719. vi. Joel Buliard, b. July 6, 1837.
6720. vii. William Harrison Buliard, b. April 22, 1840, was an
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both ofDedliam, Mass. 943
Union soldier in the late war, and was killed at the battle of Cold Har-
bor, Va., June 3, 1864, aet. 24.
, 6721. viii. John Bullard, b. Jan. 30, 1843, is an invalid, residing at
the old homestead in Oakham.
6722. ix. Clara Ann Bullard, b. Nov. 25, 1845, m. May 23, 1871,
Roland Winter of Oakham, of English birth (son of Roland Winter
and Eleanor Robinson).
6714. i. Dwight Bullard, b. Feb. 6, 1824, m. June 24, 1851, Fanny
Loretta Sterns, b. in Spencer, Mass., MarcA 27, 1830 (dan. of Isaac
Stearns and Betsey Bent). He is a carpenter at Oakham. Children :
6723. 1. Lizzie Jane Bullard, b. Feb. 3, 1853.
6724. 2. Charles Dwight Bullard, b. June 29, 1859.
6725. 3. Josephine Etta Bullard, b. Oct. 27, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.]
6719. vi. Joel Bullard (son of Joel Bullard and Nancy Dwight), b.
July 6, 1837, m. May 17, 1866, Mary Louisa Parker, b. in Peterboro,
N. H. (dau. of Calvin Parker of Jaffrey, N. H.). She d. Sept 29,
1866, and he m. March 26, 1868, for 2d wife, Mary Emma Adams of
N. Brookfield, Mass, b. June 8, 1843 (dau. of Charles and Caroline
Adams). He was a sider of boots at North Brookfield, Mass., for sev-
eral years, but since 1871 has been engaged in same business at Barre,
Mass.
[Seventh Generation.] See page 931.
6565. xii. Emily Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Ruth Fur-
nace), b. Sept. 21, 1810, m. Aug. 10, 1837, Horatio Brown of Heath,
Mass., b. Sept. 21, 18C8 (son of Dauiel Brown and Nancy Harrington),
a mechanic and farmer at Enfield, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6726. i. Henry Edwards Brown, b. Oct. 17, 1838.
6727. ii. Lyman Dwight Brown, b. July 5, 1842, a clerk in New
York, salesman and travelling-agent for the Nashuwannuck Manufac-
turing Co.
6726. i. Henry Edwards Brown, b. Oct. 17, 1838, m. Nov. 9, 1863,
Jane Catharine Rice of Belchertown, b. Aug. 23, 1840 (dau. of Lyman
Rice and Nancy Bugbee). He is a farmer at En-field, Mass. In the
winter he teaches school. Children :
6728. 1. Nelly Eliza Brown, b. June 9, 1864.
6729. 2. Walter Lyman Brown, b. Sept. 5, 1865.
Of the descendants of Samuel Dwight and Ruth Furnace the view
here presented, while far from complete, embraces some 200 names.
Of this and the other Belchertown branches of the Dwight Family,
it is said, and as the author believes, with truth, that " they have been
944 Descendants of Henry Dwiylit of Ilatfield, Mass.
usually active, enterprising, successful men; men of intelligence, intel-
lectual momentum and great moral integrity, honest and honorable,
free from vice, and from all public forms of mental and moral self-
wastefulness."
The males of the family have not, as an usual fact, been long-lived,
while vigorous health and longevity have been quite frequent charac-
teristics of the Belchertown women of the family.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 916.
6406. xiii. Lydia Dwight (dan. of Col. Simeon Dwight and Sibyl
Dwight), b. Dec. 4, 1767, m. Oct. 23, 1788, Shadrach Trumbull as his
2d wife. He was b. probably about 1756, and, as the author supposes,
at Suffield ; but his parentage has not been ascertained. He was a
tailor at Suffield. He d. July 7, 1811. She d. Aug. 8, 1844, aet. 76.
[His first wile was Jael Hathaway, dau. of Ebenezer Hathaway and
Parnel King, b. Feb. 18, 1755, whom he m. April 12, 1779, and who
d. Sept. 14, 1785. By her he had 4 children.]
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6731. i. Mary Trumbull, b. April 23, 1789, m. George Bradley.
6732. ii. Sarah Trumbull, b. April 25, 1792, d. Feb. 14, 1795.
6733. iii. Simeon Dwight Trumbull, b. April 8, 1796, d. unmarried
Sept. 15, 1823.
6734. iv. Sarah Trumbull, 2d, b. June 12, 1798.
6735. v. Oliver Trumbull, b. Sept. 30. 1801, d. in New York.
6731. i. Mary Trumbull, b. April 23, 1789, m. Nov. 8, 1811, George
Bradley of Granville, Mass., and afterwards of Blandford, Mass. Chil-
dren :
6736. 1. Henry Dwight Bradley, b. at Granville Oct. 2, 1815.
6737. 2. Martha Emmeline Bradley, b. there July 8, 1817.
6738. 3. Sarah E. Bradley, b. Nov. 23, 1824, at Blandford.
The little here furnished of the Dwight-Trumbulls is all that could
be ascertained concerning them.
Of the descendants of Col. Simeon Dwight of Warren, Mass., the
names of some 350 of them are given, with such facts of their personal
history as were discoverable, in the foregoing pages.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 624.
4157. x. Anna Dwight (dau. of Capt. Heniy Dwight of Hatfield,
Mass., and Lydia Hawley), b. Sept. 24, 1724, m. July 30, 1749, Dr.
Charles Pynchon, b. Jan. 31, 1719 (son of Col. John Pynchon of
Springfield and Phebe Lester, his 2d wife. He was the youngest
brother of Mary Pynchon wife of Brig. Genl. Joseph Dwight. See,
for Pynchon lineage, page 628). He was a physician at Springfield,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedliam, Mass. 945
Mass. He d. Aug. 9, 1783: she d. Dec. 22, 1802, aet. 78. He was a
colonel of militia, and was often called " Colonel."
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
6739. i. Mary Pynchon, b. Feb. 1/1753, m. Hon. Samuel Lyman.
6740. ii. Anna Pynchon, b. in 17o4, m. in 1786, Col. Joseph Wil-
liams. She d. in 1797, no issue.
6739. i. Mary Pynchon, b. Feb. 1, 1753, m. about 1780 Hon. Sam-
uel Lyrnan, b. Jan. 25, 1749 (son of Dea. Moses Lyman of Goshen,
Ct., and Sarah Heighton of Windsor, Ct.), grad. at Yale in 1770, a
lawyer, first at Hartford, Ct., and afterwards at Springfield, Mass.,
State Senator (1790-3) and M. C. (1795-1800). He d. at Springfield
June 5, 1805, aet. 56.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6741. i. Charles Pynchon Lyman, b. about 1782, m. about 1804,
Elizabeth Chapin of Chicopee, Mass. (dau. of Abel Chap in). He d.
soon, leaving no issue. His widow m. for a 2d husband Dr. Samuel
Kingsbury of Springfield, Mass.
6742. ii. Hon. Samuel Lyman, b. in 1786. He studied both divinity
and law, and became a lawyer at Hartford, Ct., biit was soon appointed
to a desirable position in the pay-table office. He removed ere long to
Springfield, and became a judge in the circuit court of Mass. He d. in
1841, aet. 55. He is said to have had 6 children. [It is wrongly
stated in " the Lyman Genealogy," that he was grad. at Yale.] The
records of this family have not been discovered, although faithfully
sought for by the author. Was not he the one that m. Clarissa Gates,
No. 2454. v. ?
6743. iii. Mary Lyman, b. about 1788, m. about 1815, Capt. Robert
Emery, b. Sept. 20, 1773 (son of John Emery of Newburyport, Mass.,
and Margaret Gookin), a ship-master in the East India trade. Retir-
ing early from maritime life, he resided in Salem, Mass., for a few
years (1808-15) and afterwards removed to Springfield, where he spent
the rest of his life (18 15-41) as a gentleman-farmer, owning a large
estate. He d. Aug, 8, 1841, aet. 68. She d. Aug. 8, 1826.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6744. i. Charles Emery, b. July 1, 1816.
6745. ii. Robert Emery, b. in 1817, d. early.
6746. iii. John Albert Emery, b. Sept. 20, 1818, d. Oct. 25, 1842,
when in his senior year in Harvard.
6747. iv. Mary Lymau Emery, b. Aug. 12, 1821, m. Charles B.
Peirce.
6748. v. Robert Emery, 2d, b. about 1823, d. early.
6744. i. Charles Emery, b. July 1, Islii, m. Nov. 1, 1840, Susan
Hilton Kelley, b. Sept. 16, 1821 (dau. of Hon. John Kelley of Exeter,
946 Descendants of Henry D wight of Ilatfield, Mass.,
N. H., and Susan Hilton). He went to sea at 15 years of age, be-
came captain at 20, and followed the sea until 1845, since which time
he has resided chiefly in Dorchester, Mass., and has been engaged in
the lumber and mining business.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6749. i. Mary Abbot Emery, b. Feb. 23, 1843.
6750. ii. Susan Lavinia Emery, b. Sept. 26, 1846.
6751. iii. John Abbot Emery, b. Jan. 24, 1848.
6752. iv. Margaret Theresa Emery, b. Aug. 3, 1849.
6753. v. Julia Chester Emery, b. Sept. 24, 1852.
6754. vi. Charles Robert Emery, b. March, 10, 1854.
6755. vii. Edith Emery, b. March 14, 1855, d. Aug. 26, 1855.
6756. viii. Carrie Maria Emery, b. Oct. 18, 1856.
6757. ix. William Stanley Emery, b. May 6, 1858.
6758. x. Alice Kelley Emery, b. Sept. 2, 1859.
6759. xi. Helen Winthrop Emery, b. Sept. 30, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
6747. iv. Mary Lyman Emery (dau. of Capt. Robert Emery and
Mary Lyman), b. Aug. 12, 1821, m. June 10, 1846, Charles Bates
Peirce, b. Sept. 1805 (son of John Peirce of Dorchester, Mass., and
Ann Bates). She d. April 2, 1857.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6760. i. Elizabeth Emily Peirce, b. April 24, 1847.
6761. ii. Charles Bates Peirce, b. Sept. 3, 1851.
The number of the descendants of Capt. Henry Dwight of Ilatfield,
Mass., presented in these pages is 2,809.
I. Those regularly enumerated 2,613
II. Those added afterwards, and starred 196
2,809
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, loth o/Dedliam, Mass. 947
IV.
THE DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL DWIGHT OF DEDHAM.
[Third Generation.] See page 106.
47. xii. Michael D wight (son of Capt. Timothy Dwight of Dedham,
and Anna Flint), b. Jan. 10, 1679-80, m. May 14, 1701*, Rachel A very,
b. Sept. 1, 1679 (dau. of Capt. Robert A very of Dedham and Elizabeth
Lane, dau. of Job Lane). He lived in Dedham, where he d. in 1761,
aet. 82. She d. in 1775, aet. 96, and was "a woman of piety and of
strong powers of mind."
' [As a little incident of the times, the record is worth noticing, that
" 011 May 2, 1723, Michael Dwight, Administrator of the estate of Mr.
Robert A very of Dedham, deceased, paid Benjamin Fitch of Boston,
seven pounds thirteen shillings (or $38)" for gloves, for the funeral
of said A very. That would be regarded as an immense outlay in these
times for the gloves of a few pall-bearers.]
[Fourth Generation.] Children :
6762. i. Samuel DAvight, b. about 1703, d. about 1771, aet. about 68.
6763. ii. John Dwight, b. about 1705, d. in his early manhood (when,
not known).
6764. iii. Rev. Daniel Dwight, b. Oct. 28, 1707, grad. at Harvard
in 1726, d. July 4, 1747, aet. 39, unmarried. In "The Boston News
Letter " it is said of him : " Having fitted for the ministry and been
an occasional preacher, he had for years engaged in other business."
G705. iv. Anna Dwight, b. about 1711, m. a Mr. L}on of Roxbury,
Mass. She d. in 1775. They had 3 children.
6760. v. Rachel Dwight, b. June 17, 1715, m. Dea. Samuel Deane,
and d. about 1760.
6762. i. Samuel Dwight, b. about 1703, was a farmer in Sutton,
where he settled in March 1730 ; when Michael Dwight, his father,
executed a deed, " for love," etc., of two 30-acre lots to him of land
lying in Sutton near the meeting-house, valued at £80. On this land
he lived for many years ; which is still, some of it, in the possession of
his descendants. About 1755 he returned to Dedham to live — leaving
948 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedham, Mass.,
his farm in Sutton in the hands of his children. He m. Dec. 23, 1731,
Jane Bulkley of Concord, Mass., b. about 1714 (dau. of Capt. Joseph
Bulkley and widow Silence Jeffrey, nee Kean, widow of Capt. Jeffrey,
an officer in the British Naval Service on the coast of Newfoundland.)
She d. about 1757. lie m. for a 2d wife, July 23, 17GO, widow Mary
Fisher, previous wife of Joseph Fisher of Dedham. There was no issue
by this marriage. He d. about 1771. His estate was valued at his
death at £1,328 13s. lid.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
6707. i. Jane Dwight, b. Nov. 24, 1733, m. Nathaniel Carriel, and
d. Feb. 4, 1772, aet. 38.
6708. ii. Silence Dwight, b. April 4, 1736, m. William King, and
d. May 4, 1798, aet. 02.
6769. iii. Rachel Dwight, b. Sept. 8, 1738, m. Major George Gould,
and d. March 15, 1834, aet. 95.
0770. iv. Timothy Dwight, b. May 27, 1741, d. March 2, 1769.
6771. v. Anna Dwight, b. July 21, 1748, m. Joseph Elliot, Jr., and
d. Aug. 30, 1827, aet. 79.
6772. vi. Elizabeth Dwight, b. Aug. 14, 1751, m. Joseph Waters,
and d. May 9, 1839. aet. 87.
6773. vii. Rebecca Dwight, b. May 19, 1754, m. Abraham Batchel-
ler, and d. April 5, 1842, aet. 87.
[Capt. Joseph Bulkley was the son of Hon. Peter Bulkley, grad. at
Harvard in 1600, son of Rev. Peter Bulkley, D.D., the first minister of
Concord, Mass., and the common ancestor of the Bulkley family in New
England. He was of honorable English descent. Robert Bulkley, one
of the P^nglish barons, who in the reign of King John was Lord Mayor
of Bulkley, Chester, was his ancestor. Rev. Peter Bulkley was b. at
Woodhill, Bedfordshire, Eng., Jan. 31, 1583, and was son of Rev. Ed-
ward Bulkley, D.D., of Woodhill. He was educated at Cambridge,
Eng., and came to Cambridge, Mass. , in 1635. He was a thorough scholar,
an eloquent preacher, a devoted Christian, and a man of large means
and remarkable for his benevolence. He began the settlement of Con-
cord with a few friends who accompanied him from England. His
church was the 12th formed in the colony. He ni. for his 2d wife,
Grace Chitwood, dau. of Sir Richard Chitwood, by whom he had 4
children, one of whom, Major Peter Bulkley, was b. Aug. 12, 1043,
and grad. at Harvard in 1060. He was for 8 successive terms one of
the Court of Assistants (1677-85), and Speaker of the House of Depu-
ties, lie m. April 16, 1007, Rebecca Wheeler, dau. of Lt. Joseph
Wheeler. Their son, Capt. Joseph Bulkley, b. Sept. 7, 1070, m. for
his 2d wife, in 1713, widow Silence Jeffrey, by whom he had 3 sons,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 949
Joseph, Peter and Charles (whose descendants have lived in Littleton,
Mass.), and his dan. Jane, who m. Samuel Dwight.]
[Fifth Generation.]
67G7. i. Jane Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight of Sutton, Mass.,
ard Jane Bulkley), b. Nov. 24, 1733, m. Oct. 11, 1752, Ensign Na-
thaniel Carriel, a farmer in Sutton. She d. of apoplexy Feb. 4, 1772,
aet. 38. He m. for a 2d wife, Dec. 29, 1772, widow Bridget Prime of
Rowley, Mass.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
6774. i. Peter Carriel, b. Nov. 14, 1753, d. Dec. 10, 1754.
6775. ii. Anna Carriel, b. Dec. 16, 1755, m. May 26, 1774, Micah
Putnam of Sutton, b. April 8, 1754 (son of Nathan Putnam). He
removed to Paris Hill, N. Y. (Oneida Co.), where she d. about 1790.
They had 2 children b. at Sutton :
6776. 1. Rebecca Putnam, b. Oct. 3, 1774.
6777. 2. Timothy Putnam, b. April 7, 1776.
There were other children b. at Paris Hill. Their names could not
be discovered by researches made at this latter place, nor could the
subsequent whereabouts of the family, after leaving it some 60 years
ago or more, be ascertained.
6778. iii. Jane Carriel, b. May 1, 1758, m. May 8, 1777, Andrew
Dodge of Dudley, Mass. She d. at Montpelier, Vt.
6779. iv. Rachel Carriel, b. Aug. 15, 1760, m. Feb. 20, 1780, Josiah
Prime of Swansea, N. H.
6780. v. Timothy Carriel, bapt. March 6, 1763, m. his cousin, Mary
Carriel, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Carriel of Lincoln, Mass, (brother to
Ensign Nathaniel Carriel). They lived in Sutton and had 3 children :
6781. 1. Nathaniel Carriel, b. probably about 1783.
6782. 2. Jonathan Carriel, b. about 1785 probably.
6783. 3. Betsey Carriel, b. pi-obably about 1787, m. S. Cummins of
Sutton.
6784. vi. Aaron Carriel (son of Ensign Nathaniel Carriel of Sutton
and Jane Dwight), b. March 9, 1765, d. at Charlestown, N. H., Jan.
18, 1834.
6785. vii. Rebecca Carriel, b. May 3 (bapt. May 31), 1767, m.
Nov. 18, 1784, Stephen Rich of Sutton, Mass., and aftei-wards of
Marshtield, Vt., and d. April 7, 1852.
6786. viii. Phebe Carriel (dau. of Ensign Nathaniel Carriel of Sut-
ton and Jane Dwight), bapt. Aug. 15, 1771, m. Nov. 1789, John
Woodbury of Sutton, b. March 30, 1767 (son of Capt. Jonathan Wood-
bury of Sutton). He d. at Royalton, Vt., suddenly in 1833. They
had 3 children.
950 Descendan ts of Michael D w iglit of Dedham , Mass. ,
[The children of Ensign Nathaniel Carriel, by his 2d wife, Bridget
Prime, were these three : 1. Nathaniel Carriel, Jr., b. June 7, 1790, who
in. Lucy Whiting, dau. of Paul Whiting of Dedham, and had 3 chil-
dren. 2. Polly Carriel, b. Dec. 7, 1794, m. Sept. 22, 1814, Dea. Palmer
Marble (son of Stephen Marble of Sutton), and had sevei'al children.
3. Phebe Carriel, b. Oct. 27, 1801, who m. Nov. 23, 1820, Tyler Putnam,
b. Nov. 8, 1795, son of Archibald and Phebe Putnam of Sutton.]
G784. vi. Aaron Carriel (sou of Ensign Nathaniel Carriel of Sutton,
Mass., and Jane Dwight), b. March 9 (and bapt. March 17), 1765, m.
May 20, 1784, Sally Woodbury, b. May 27, 1764- (dau. of Col. Bar-
tholomew Woodbury of Sutton, and Greenwood ?). He was a farmer at
Sutton, arid after 1801-2 at Charlestown, N. H., where he d. Jan. 18,
1834, aet. 08, of paralysis : she d. Sept. 9, 1840, aet. 76.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
**** i. Sally Carriel, b. in 1785, m. about 1801 John Sibley of
Peru, N. Y. They had 9 children: 1. Willard Sibley; 2. Clarissa;
3. Sally, who m. Josiah Everest of Plattsburgh, N. Y., where he d.
Axig. 1873; 4. John Sibley; 5. Prudence; 6. Luther, who lives now
at Schuyler Falls, N. Y. ; 7. Aaron ; 8. Russell ; and 9, Randall.
**** ii. Fanny Carriel, b. Jan. 24, 1790, m. in 1813 Manasseh Os-
good, a farmer in Littleton, N. H., where he d. Jan. 20, 1820. She d.
Jan. 24, 1821. Their children were :
1. Charles Osgood, b. there Oct. 18, 1813.
2. Mary Ann Osgood, b. Oct. 1, 1816, who m. Nov. 21, 1836,
Warroii Walker Way, b. in Windham, Vt., Nov. 4, 1807 (son of
Marvin Way of Langdon, N. II., and Hannah Walker), a farmer in
Newport, N. H., and Charlestown, where he d. March 25, 1872. They
had two children.
(1.) Mary Maria Way, b. in Charlestown, April 15, 1840, m. Oct. 9,
I860, George Suinner Bond, b. there March 2, 1837 (son of Silas Bond
and Alice Abbott), a plumber and dealer in stoves and tinware in
Charlestown, N. H. One child :
§ 1. Herbert Warren Bond, b. July 30, 1861.
(2.) Alvin Charles Way, b. at Newport, Dec. 5, 1843, m. Sept. 30,
1867, Catharine Jane Putnam, b. Sept. 15, 1845 (dau. of Oliver Put-
nam and Catharine Dinsmoi'e of Charlestown). Two children :
§ 1. Stella Augusta Way, b. April 17, 1870.
§ 2. Frederic Elwyn Way, b. June 1872.
**** iii. Phebe Carriel, b. Jan. 17, 1792, m. April 7, 1814, Levi
Willard of Charlestown, N. H., a large landholder, b. Aug. 6, 1791
(son of Moses Willard and Lydia Farwell). He d. May 6, 1871. She
d. March 6, 1866. They had 2 children:
1. Harriet (M.) Willard, b. Dec. 24, 1817, m. Jan. 27, 1840, Jona-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 951
than Baker, b. June 8, 1806 (son of Major Jonathan Baker of Charles-
town and Susanna Wetherbee). He was a merchant at Charlestown
and a bank director, town clerk, deputy-sheriff and county treasurer,
at the time of his death, Feb. 26, 1867. His widow still (1874) lives
at Charlestown, and furnished the facts here detailed concerning her
grandfather Aaron's descendants. They have had 4 children :
(1.) Abby Willard Baker, b. Jan. 2, 1850, and d. Nov. 1, 1869.
(2.) James Henry Baker, b. Jan. 9, 1852, and d. Aug. 23, 1852.
(3.) Lizzie Jane Baker, b. Jan. 4, 1855.
(4.) Nelly Susan Baker, b. March 20, 1857.
2. Henry Willard, b. Jan. 25, 1827, and d. June 12, 1846.
**** iv. James Camel, b. July 26, 1793, m. March 8, 1815, Mary
Pteckard, b. May 19, 1796 (dau. of John Reckard of Charlestown and
Sally Chamberlain), a farmer in Charlestown, 1ST. H. They are both
now (1874) living there. They have had 6 children :
1. Sarah Dinsmore Carriel, b. May 27, 1816, m. April 1840, Samuel
Clark (son of Samuel Clark of Acworth, N. H., and Achsah Smith), a
farmer in Charlestown, where he d. March 8, 1868. They have had 5
children, viz. : Elmira, who m. a Mr. Lamb of Acworth, N. H. ; Oscar ;
Henry; Rosette and Daniel.
2. Mary Carriel, b. Jan. 10, 1818, m. Nov. 1835, Robert Cochran of
Peru, N. Y., a saddler in Vineland, N. J. They have had 6 children,
viz. : (1.) Mary Matilda, who m. George Breed of Charlestown, who
have had 5 children; (2.) Russell; (3.) Harriet; (4.) Emma; (5.)
Rosette, and (6.) Josephine.
3. Elmira Sibley Carriel, b. Feb. 26, 1820, m. July 19, 1838, Daniel
Johnson, b. in Unity, N. H. (son of Stephen Johnson and
Kennedy), a farmer in Charlestown, where she d. Sept. 9, 1841. He
went to California. They had one child that d. in infancy.
4. Roxana Carlton Carriel, b. March 1, 1825, m. Jan. 3, 1843, Otis
W. Burton (son of James Burton), a farmer in Chester, Yt. She d.
Feb. 18, 1860. They had 4 children : Edwin, Martha, Henry and Levi
Willard.
5. Phebe Willard Carriel, b. Oct. 4, 1827, m. Feb. 8, 1847, Nathan-
iel Lowell Kennedy of Charlestown (son of Robert Kennedy and
Betsey Challis), b. May 2, 1822. They have had 8 children :
(1.) Julia Betsey Kennedy, b. Sept. 3, 1848; (2.) Ida Rebecca Ken-
nedy, b. April 5, 1854; (3.) Agnes Kennedy, b. April 23, 1856, and d
Feb. 1873 ; (4.) George Kennedy, b. Nov. 19, 1858 ; (5.) Helen L. Ken-
nedy, b. Feb. 22, 1862 ; (6.) Nattie, Ruth and Newton.
6. George D wig] it Carriel, b. April 28, 1836, m. Dec. 25, 1856,
Martha Jane Hubbard of Charlestown (dau. of Orange Hubburd and
Loraine Boardman). They both d. July 1859, leaving 2 children:
952 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedliam, Mass.,
(1.) Alice Loraiiie, b. Sept. 19, 1857 ; (2.) George James Carrie!, b. July
20, 1859.
**** v. Prudence Carriel (clan, of Aaron Carriel and Sally Wood-
bury), b. Aug. 8, 1795, m. March 1813, James Everest, a farmer of
Peru, N. Y. They had 6 children :
1. Prudence Everest who in. Kelson Haff of Peru. They had 2
children: (1.) George Washington Haff, b. Oct. 28, 1837, who was
adopted by Levi Willard of Charlestown and his name was changed to
Henry Willard. He m. March 25, 1807, Sarah J. Harlow (dau. of
William and Sarah Harlow of Charlestown), and has one child, Laila
Williams Willard, b. Jan. 22, 1871. (2.) Mary Anne Haff, b. about
1839.
2. Lydia Everest, who m. a Mr. Soper of Peru, N. Y.
3. Amanda Everest, who m. a Mr. Close of Lawrence, Mass.
4. Jane Everest, who m. (whom not ascertained).
5. ITeman Everest, who lives in Peru, N. Y.
6. Ellen Everest.
6785. vii. Rebecca Carriel (dau. of Ensign Nathaniel Carriel of Sut-
ton and Jane Dwight), b. May 3, 1707, m. Nov. 18, 1784, Stephen
Rich, b. in Sutton, Jan. 3, 1702 (son of Samuel Rich and Ruth Put-
nam), a farmer in Marshfield, Vt. He d. there March 18, 1845: she
d. there April 7, 1852, aet. 85.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
**** i. George Rich, b. Dec. 1, 1785, m. Jan. 28, 1813, Mary Hil-
dreth. He was an eminent attorney at Montpelier, Vt., where he d.
May 21, 1834.
**** ii. Phebe Rich, b. June 5, 1790, m. Dec. 1, 1809, Josiah Hoi-
lister, a farmer in Marshfield, Vt. She d. there July 25, 18G4, aet. 74.
**** iii. Ruth Putnam Rich, b. July 24, 1796, in. Nov. 13, 1817,
Hon. Horace Hollister, a farmer at Marshfield, where she d. Feb. 15,
1872, aet. 77. [See, for early Hollister family history, Goodwin's
Geneal. Notes, Hartford.]
**** iv. Rebecca Carriel Rich, b. Feb. 5, 1800, m. Feb. 29, 1819,
Orrin Hollister, a farmer and hotel-keeper at Lisbon, N. H.
**** v. Silence Dwight Rich, b. April 17, 1803, d. Feb. 9, 1805.
**** vi. Lucinda Rich, b. Dec. 17, 1804, m. Sept. 24, 1824, Dennis
Vincent, a farmer in Plaiufield, Vt., d. March 29, 1833.
**** vii. Irene Pratt Rich, b. Aug. 20, 1806, m. Sept. 25, 1825. Col.
Nathaniel Davis, b. in Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 29, 1803 (son of Major
Nathaniel Davis, previously to 1794 of Oxford, Mass., and Dolly ),
a farmer at E. Montpelier.
**** vi. Hiram Carriel (son of Aaron Carriel of Charlestown, N.
H., and Sally Woodbury), b. April 1806, m. in 1828 Pamelia Frost
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, l>otli of Dedliam, Mass. 953
of Charlestown, b. in 1809 (dau. of Thomas Frost and Betsey Butters).
He was a farmer at Charlestown, where he d. Oct. 6, 1839. She d.
June 5, 1847. They had 4 children :
**** 1. Dr. Henry Frost Carriel, b. Aug. 1830, grad. at the Coll.
of Physicians, etc., in New York in 1857, was Asst. Supt. of the N. J.
State Lunatic Asylum at Trenton, N. J. (1857-70). Since 1870 he
has been Supt. of The Illinois State Hospital for the Insane at Jackson-
ville, 111. He m. May 6, 1862, Mary Catharine Buttolph, b. at Sharon,
Ct., June 21, 1840 (dau. of Dr. Horace Alexander Buttolph, Supt. of
the 1ST. J. State Asylum at Trenton, N. J.). She d. Sept. 9, 1873, and
was a genial, thoughtful, earnest Christian lady. Children :
**** (1.) Henry Buttolph Carriel, b. June 21, 1863.
**** (2.) Catharine King Carriel, b. July 4, 1865, d. July 19, 1866.
**** (3.) Horace Alexander Carriel, b. Oct. 5, 1868.
**** (4.) Frank Buttolph Carriel, b. Sept. 19, 1870.
**** (5.) Fred. King Carriel, b. Sept. 19, 1870, d. July 18, 1871.
**** 2. Fanny Willard Carriel, b. May 4, 1834, m. Dec. 31, 1854,
Alanson Burke of - — , Wis. Their children, eight in number,
have been — (1.) Emma Jeanette. (2.) Rose Alice. (3.) Charles Henry..
(4.) Fanny May who d. May 31, 1865. (5.) Kate Carriel. (6.) Nelly
Etta. (7.) Edmund Putnam. (8.) Frank Alonzo.
**** 3. Alvin Frost Carriel, b. Nov. 9, 1838, d. Dec. 21, 1858.
**** 4. Hiram Carriel, b. April 21, 1840, d. unmarried in Prescott,.
Wis., Sept. 27, 1868.
[Fifth Generation.]
6768. ii. Silence Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Jane Bulkley),
b. April 4, 1736, m. March 29, 1759, William King, b. Oct. 27, 1734
(son of Capt. Henry King of Sutton and Abigail Green), an enterprising
farmer in Sutton. He was a revolutionary officer, coroner for the
county of Worcester and justice of the peace. He was an exemplary
member of the Baptist Church. She was a member of the Cong. Church
at Dedham, originally, and retained her membership in it, as is believed,
to the day of her death. He was a prosperous and wealthy man for
those days. The old homestead is still in the hands of his descendants,
and is one of superior value. The house itself, which was built in 1723,
by William King, his grandfather, is still standing. She d. May 4,
1798, aet. 62. He d. Dec. 2, 1825, aet. 91.
[William King, the settler, came early to Salem, Mass., and after-
wards removed to Lynn. He had a son, John King, who m. Sept. 1660,
Elizabeth Goldthread, by whom he had several children, one of whom,
Capt. William King, b. June 1669, removed to Sutton, and m. June 4,
1695, Hannah Cook, and for a 2d wife Rebecca Wakefield. He d. in,
61
9 54 Descen danttt of Michael D witjlit of Dedliam , Mass. ,
1728. He was much engaged in town affairs. The farm that lie owned
is still in the possession of the King family.
He had a son, Capt. Henry King, a large farmer in Sutton, and much
employed in public business. He was for many years a representative
in the provincial legislature. He d. Feb. 6, 1782, act, 76. His wife
was Abigail Green. Their son, William King, m. Silence Dwight. ]
The number of children of William King and Silence Dwight was
nine; five sons and four daughters.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
6787. i. Rev. Samuel King, b. July 22, 1760, d. Oct. 1, 1812, aet. 52.
6788. ii. Isaac King, b. Sept. 17, 1762, d. Nov. 8, 1859, aet. 97.
6789. iii. Daniel King, b. Nov. 6, 1764, d. Apiil 1833, aet. 68.
6790. iv. Peter King, b. Sept. 26, 1767, d. unmarried, at Sutton,
April 16, 1854, aet. 76.
6791. v. Timothy King, b. April 27, 1770, d. in Sutton, unmarried,
Oct. 11, 1804, aet. 34.
6792. vi. Elizabeth King, b. July 6, 1772, m. Dea. Jonathan Le-
land. She d. Sept 30, 1840, aet. 68.
6793. vii. Rebecca King, b. July 26, 1774, m. Aaron Woodbury.
She d. Jan. 1, 1808, aet. 33.
6794. viii. Silence King, b. Jan. 6, 1777, m. Caleb Woodbury. She
d. May 21, 1864, aet. 87.
6795. ix. Hannah King, b. July 4, 1779. She was a mute and a
chronic invalid, and exceedingly conscientious, doing every thing rightly
so far as she could understand it, and was uniformly kind and placid.
She d. in Sutton, May 19, 1796, aet. 16.
6787. i. Rev. Samuel King,b. July 22, 1760, in. March 4, 1790,
Ruth Marble, b. in 1762 (dau. of Samuel Marble of Sutton and Patience
Gale). He was a Cong, clergyman, settled for several years at Sutton,
and afterwards (1803-12) at Wendell, Mass., where he became a Baptist.
He d. Oct. 1, 1812, at Smithfield, Pa., while on a missionary tour
through Pennsylvania, aet. 52. She d. in Sutton, May 29, 1799,
aet. 37.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6796. i. Mary King, b. in Sutton Nov. 28, 1790, m. Ezekiel Stiles,
and d. July 12, 1855, aet. 64.
6797. ii. Ruth King, b. Dec. 8, 1793, m. Elihu Osgood.
6798. iii. Dr. Samuel Dwight King, b. May 1, 1797, entered Wil-
liams Coll., Mass., in 1816, but was compelled by ill health to intermit
his studies for sevei-al years. In 1827 he took the degree of M.D. at
Dartmouth, and began medical practice at Leverett, Mass., whence
he removed, in 1834, to Swansey, N. H., and thence, in 1845, to
Lunenburgh, Mass., where he d. Oct. 6, 1863, aet. 66. He m. May
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 955
1, 1828, Sarah Dresser Pillsbury, b. May 1, 1804, in "Winchendon,
Mass. (dau. of Rev. Levi Pillsbury of that place and Sarah Pichard of
Rowley, Mass. No issue. She resides at Lunenburgh.
6796. i. Mary King, b. Nov. 28, 1790, m. June 18, 1811, Ezekiel
Stiles, b. at Wendell, Mass., July 25, 1784 (son of Benjn. F. Stiles and
Elizabeth Cutler), a farmer at Wendell (1805-31), at Concord, Erie
Co., N. Y. (1831-43), and at Waterloo, Wis. (1843-53), where he d.
Jan. 3, 1853, and where she d. July 12, 1855.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Samuel King Stiles, b. March 24, 18l2,m.at Milford, Wis.,
April 13, 1849, Ann Potter, b. July 6, 1825. He was a resident at
Waterloo, Wis., whei'e he d. May 6, 1857. Had 3 children :
**** 1. Elihu Burritt Stiles, b. June 7, 1850, d. April 7, 1851.
**** 2. Milo Stiles, b. April 10, 1852.
**** 3. Henry Stiles, b. May 20, 1856.
**** ii. Cynthia H. Stiles, b. March 28, 1815, m. Jan. 7, 1836, Reu-
ben Holman, b. at Salisbury, Vt., July 4, 1811 (son of Samuel Hol-
nian, b. in 1749 and d. in 1841), a gunsmith at Springville (town of
Concord, N. Y.), and blacksmith there, and after 1851 at Lake Mills,
Wis., and afterwards (1855-70) at Dayton, Wis., where he d. Feb. 6,
1870, aet. 59. She d. there Nov. 4, 1864. They had 8 children:
**** 1. Henry Marble Holman, b. at Springville, N. Y., Feb. 19,
1837, is a blacksmith at Dayton, Wis., and served as such in the late
war, for the II. S. Govt. He m. Jan. 1, 1861, Charlotte A. Deweyof
Dayton : has 2 children.
**** 2. Harriet Amelia Holman, b. March 10, 1838, m. April 16,
1855, Lucius Johnson Hebard, b. in Vermont, April 19, 1833, a tele-
graph operator, and served the govt. as such in the late war. He re-
sides at Dayton, Wis., and has had 5 children.
**** 3. Clark Ezatus Holman, b. April 12, 1840, m. March 6,
1867, Ann Hawley, b. at Milford, Wis., Feb. 18, 1847. He is a farmer
at Dayton, Wis., since 1873, and was previously at Milford, Wis..
He was an Union soldier (Oct. 1861 — July 1865) in the 16th Regt.
Wis. Vols. Has had 3 children.
**** 4. Mary Rebecca Holman, b. July 4, 1841, in. Jan. 24, 1858,
Edwin Heath, b. Jan. 1833, a carpenter at Dayton, Wis., and Lanark,
Wis., where she d. May 9, 1872. She had 4 children.
**** 5. Elbert Manley Holman, b. Aug. 5, 1844, m. Nov. 18, 1869,
Cordelia E. Whitney, b. Feb. 12, 1850, at Ilodgdon, Me. He is a
farmer at Dayton, Wis. He was an Union soldier in the late war, in
the 42d Wis. Regt. (1864-5). Has had 2 children.
**** 6. Julius D wight Holman, b. April 19, 1847, is a teacher and
farmer at Waupaca, Wis., and is unmarried.
956 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedliam, Mass ,
**** 7. Joel William Holman, b. Feb. 10, 1850, is a farmer at Wau-
paca, Wis. He m. March 27, 1873, Ellen M. Palmer.
**** 8. John F. Holman, b. March 13, 1852, at Lake Mills, Wis.
**** jij n^h Marble Stiles (dau. of Ezekiel Stiles and Mary King),
b. Nov. 13, 1818, m. July 23, 1854, Benjamin Franklin Sherman, b.
April 21, 1856, who lived at Dayton, Wis., and d. there April 17,
1860, without issue.
**** iv. Elizabeth Cutler Stiles, b. April 24, 1821, m. Jan. 24,
1850, Silas Duncan, b. Aug. 10, 1817, a resident of Dayton, Wis. He
d. April 17, 1873 : had 3 children:
**** ^ William Dwight Duncan, b. Feb. 28, 1854.
**** 2. Hiram J. Duncan, b. Nov. 3, 1859, d. July 23, 1862.
**** 3. George Heman Duncan, b. Dec. 5, 1861.
**** v. Catharine Mary Stiles, b. April 8, 1825, m. Nov. 30, 1848,
Samuel W. Hoyt, b. June 1, 1819, at Lyndon, Vt., a resident of
Dayton, Wis. : has had 3 children :
**** 1. Kate Loraine Hoyt, b. Dec. 8, 1851. «
**** 2. Alice Lydia Hoyt, b. Jan. 28, 1860, d. Dec. 14, 1860.
**** 3. Alfred Monroe Hoyt, b. Nov. 11, 1861, d. Feb. 14, 1862.
**** vi. Benjamin Dwight Stiles, b. Jan. 18, 1828, d. Feb. 9, 1831.
**** vii. William Dwight Stiles, b. Dec. 26, 1830, m. Nov. 7, 1855,
Martha Hawthorne, b. in Antrim Co., Ireland, July 9, 1832. He is
a resident at Waterloo, Wis. : and for several years past one of the Su-
pervisors of the town : has had 4 children :
**** 1. Ezra Letitia Stiles, b. Nov. 30, 1856.
**** 2. Clara Amanda Stiles, b. May 20, 1859, d. June 4, 1873.
**** 3. Cyrus Dwight Stiles, b. Aug. 4, 1864.
**** 4. Wilbour Stiles, b. Jan. 31, 1866.
**** viii. Benjamin Franklin Stiles, b. at Concord, N. Y., July 16,
1833, was an Union soldier in the late war in the 38th Wis. Regt.
(Sept. 5, 1864 — June 10, 1865), and was engaged in the battles around
Petersburgh, Va.
[Seventh Generation.]
6797. ii. Ruth King (dau. of Rev. Samuel King and Ruth Marble),
b. Dec. 8, 1793, m. Nov. 26, 1812, Elihu Osgood,b. Aug. 6, 1786 (son
of Dea. Elihu Osgood of Wendell, Mass., and Mary Osgood, dau. of
Josiah Osgood), a farmer at Greenfield, Mass., after 1853, and pre-
viously at Wendell, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6799. i. Dolly Osgood, b. June 14, 1814, d. Sept. 23, 1818.
6800. ii. Maiy Osgood, b. Sept. 15, 1816, m. Hon. John Sanderson.
6801. iii. Samuel Marble Osgood, b. Oct. 23, 1818, m. Aug. 30,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of J)edham, Mass. 957
1842, Susan Chamberlain of New Salem, Mass., b. 1822 (dan. of Dea.
Stillman Chamberlain and Sarah ). She d. Feb. 1845, and he m.
for 2d wife, Nov. 4, 1846, Jane Thorpe of Athol, Mass. (dau. of Elipha-
let Thorpe and Ruth ). He is a merchant at Athol. Two children
(by 2d. wife):
6802. 1. William Elihu Osgood, b. in Greenfield, Aug. 23, 1847, a
clerk in Ashburnham, Mass., for some years, is now in the Custom
House at Chicago, 111.
6803. 2. Yenno Thorpe Osgood, b. in Greenfield, Dec. 29, 1852, is
clerk in a bank at Athol.
6804. iv. Dolly Sophia Osgood, b. Jan. 26, 1821, m. Joel S. San-
derson.
6805. v. Elihu Chittenden Osgood, b. Nov. 7. 1823.
6800. ii. Mary Osgood (dau. of Elihu Osgood and Ruth King), b.
Sept. 15, 1816, m. Oct. 29, 1840, Hon. John Sanderson of Bernardston,
Mass., b. July 10, 1814 (son of John Sanderson of Petersham, Mass.,
and Lydia ), a farmer. He raised the largest ox ever fatted and
slaughtered in this country, it is said, called " The Constitution," which
weighed in Bernardston, Dec. 1861, 3860 Ibs. live weight. It was
killed in New York Feb. 11, 1862, and its stuffed hide is to be seen at
Central Park, N. Y. He is President of a Savings Bank at Green-
field, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6806. i. John Horatio Sanderson, b. Nov. 1, 1841, a merchant in
Savannah, Ga., formerly, but now in the grain and grocery trade in
Greenfield, Mass. (1874).
6807. ii. Lavalette Osgood Sanderson, b. Jan. 16, 1845, is an agent
for a manufactory at Erving, Mass.
6808. iii. Lucien Morton Sanderson, b. June 5, 1846, d. Feb. 19, 1857.
6809. iv. Henry Hunt Sanderson, b. July 13, 1848, is in the grain
and grocery business, at Greenfield, Mass.
6810. v. Mary Osgood Sanderson, b. July 7, 1850.
6811. vi. Ellery Herbert Sanderson, b. Aug. 14, 1853, is a clerk at
Northfield, Mass.
6812. vii. Maria Gush man Sanderson, b. Dec. 10, 1855.
6813. viii. Lydia Sanderson, b. July 29, 1857.
6814. ix. Lucien Sanderson, b. June 3, 1859, is a farmer at Ber-
nardston.
[Eighth Generation.]
6804. iv. Dolly Sophia Osgood (dau. of Elihu Osgood and Ruth
King), b. Jan. 26, 1821, m. June 26, 1850, Joel Sunnier Sanderson,
958 Descendants of Michael D wight of Dcdham, Mass.,
then of Petersham, Mass., b. Nov. 14, 1825 (son of Joel Sanderson and
Prudence Wilder), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1850, a farmer and gard-
ener at Greenfield, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
681 5. i. Ella Sophia Sanderson, b. July 24, 1852, m. Dec. 3, 1872,
Willis A. Shelton of Bernardston. They have a son.
**** i. Sumner Sanderson Shelton, b. Nov. 1, 1873.
6816. ii. Annie Isabella Sanderson, b. Feb. 5, 1856, d. March 30.,
1856.
6817. iii. Minnie Ruth Sanderson, b. and d. Oct. 24, 1802.
[Eighth Generation.]
6805. v. Elihu Chittenden Osgood (son of Elihu Osgood and Ruth
King), b. Nov. 7, 1823. m. Sept. 22, 1846, Mary Stone of Wendall,
Mass., b. Dec. 1, 1823 (dau. of Eliab Stone and Dolly - — ). He is
a farmer at Greenfield, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6818. i. Abby Jane Osgood, b. Nov. 17, 1847, d. Oct. 1, 1850.
6819. ii. Henry Marble Osgood, b. Nov. 14, 1849.
6820. iii. Sophia Sanderson Osgood, b. Oct. 27, 1851.
6821. iv. Emma Jane Osgood, b. Aug. 23, 1855.
6822. v. John Elihu Osgood, b. Feb. 12, 1859.
6823. vi. Mary King Osgood, b. Oct. 26, 1863.
[Sixth Generation.]
6788. ii. Isaac King (son of William King and Silence Dwight), b.
Sept. 17, 1762, m. Nov. 26, 1788, Sarah Putnam, b. Dec. 26, 1770
(dau. of Capt. Archelaus Putnam, of Sutton and Sarah ). She
d. April 30, 1823, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov. 11, 1824, Sarah How-
ard (dau. of Capt. John Howard of Sutton and Huldah Sibley) . He
lived on the old homestead at Sutton to advanced years. She d. Jan.
18, 1836. He d. aet. 97, Nov. 8, 1859.
He was a farmer, and a man of large frame and great strength, and
of a vigorous mind even in old age. He was a revolutionary officer.
He was very industrious, public-spirited and useful.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6824. i. Tamar King, b. Nov. 15, 1789, d. unmarried, Dec. 14, 1824,
aet. 35.
6825. ii. William King, b. Oct. 5, 1791.
6826. iii. Sarah King, b. Feb. 19, 1793, d. July 22, 1795.
6827. iv. Prudence King, b. Feb. 11, 1795, m. Major Rufus Bur-
don, and d. March 5. 1859.
6828. v. Luther King, b. Feb. 14, 1797, d. Oct. 3, 1868, aet. 71.
6829. vi. Rufus King, b. March 28, 1799, d. unmarried, Jan. 31, 1823.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mats. 959
6830. vii. Elizabeth King, b. Feb. 21, 1801, d. April 8, 1826, m.
Jefferson Wheelock.
6831. viii. Charles King, b. March 11, 1803.
6832. ix. Mary King, b. July 25, 1805, m. Owen Brown, d. Sept.
14, 1828.
6833. x. Nancy King, b. Nov. 14, 1807, m. Elbridge G. Weld, d.
June 25, 1830.
6834. xi. Putnam King, b. April 10, 1810.
6835. xii. Samuel King, b. March 26, 1814.
6825. ii. William King (son of Tsaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
Oct. 5, 1791, m. April 16, 1818, Mary King of Newton, Mass., b. Dec.
7, 1795 (dau. of Dea. Noah King and Esther Hall). He has been a
farmer all his life at Sutton.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6836. i. Jane Maria King, b. June 22, 1819, resides unmarried at
Sutton.
6837. ii. Sarah Ann King, b. May 24, 1824, d. Aug. 8, 1826.
6838. iii. Rufus King, b. March 12, 1827, resides unmarried at
Sutton.
6839. iv. Ebenezer King, b. June 24, 1829, d. Aug. 28, 1831.
6840. v. Esther Mary King, b. March 24, 1831, d. Aug. 28, 1833.
6841. vi. John King, b. Jan. 12, 1835, d. Jan. 19, 1863.
6842. vii. William Henry King, b. Jan. 7, 1840, d. April 3, 1867
[Seventh Generation.]
6827. iv. Prudence King (dau. of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam),
b. Feb. 11, 1795, m. as his 2d wife, March 5, 1826, Major Rufus Bur-
don, b. March 7, 1786 (son of Jonathan Burdon of Sutton and Bilota
Bartlett), a farmer in Sutton. She d. March 5, 1859; he d. Dec. 22,
1863, aet. 77. They had one child.
6843. 1. Isaac Burdon, b. Jan. 31, 1827, who d. unmarried in Wor-
cester, Mass., July 7, 1856, aet. 29.
6828. v. Luther King, b. Feb. 14, 1797, m. Oct. 14, 1816, Hannah
Tisdale of Sutton (dau. of Capt. Reuben Tisdale and Rachel Crane).
He was a farmer in Sutton, and afterwards in Iloruellsville, N. Y. He
d. Oct. 3, 1868, aet. 71 ; she d. March 8, 1866.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6844. i. Sai-ah Putnam King, b. Oct. 9, 1817, m. Estes Putnam.
6845. ii. Isaac King, b. April 5, 1819.
6846. iii. Rachel Crane King, b. May 15, 1824, m. Philemon Tul-
lar of Hartsville, N. Y., and have had 3 children.
6847. iv. Mary Brown King, b. March 22, 1827, resides unmarried
at Hartsville.
960 Descendan ts of Midi ael Diviglit of Dedham, Mass. ,
6848. v. Sophronia King, b. Sept. H, 1829, m. William Workman
of Hartsville, N. Y. Have had 5 children.
6849. vi. WTarren King, b. in 1831, d. in 1836.
6850. vii. Cyrenia Pratt King, b. Se.pt. 2, 1837, m. Lee Stephens of
Hartsville, N. Y., have had one child.
6851. viii. Jerusha Davis King, b. June 1, 1839, m. Thomas Hutch-
ins of Hartsville, N. Y.
6844. i. Sarah Putnam King (dau. of Luther King and Hannah Tis-
dale), b. Oct. 9, 1817, m. Nov. 23, 1840, Estes Putnam, b. Dec. 2, 1819
(son of James Putnam and Roxa Burdon), a farmer at Sutton and
shoemaker.
[Ninth Generation. | Children :
6852. i. Sarah Roxana Putnam, b. July 23, 1842, m. Jan. 26, 1857,
Joseph Bodo (son of Francis and Sophia Bodo), a farmer at Woon-
socket, R. I. Two children :
6853. 1. Alice Sophia Bodo, b. Sept. 8, 1865.
6854. 2. Chester Francis Bodo, b. Oct. 24, 1868.
6855. ii. Hannah Elizabeth Putnam, b. June 30, 1848.
6856. iii. Abby Frances Putnam, b. Jan. 19, i860.
[Eighth Generation.]
6845. ii. Isaac King (son of Luther King and Hannah Tisdale), b.
April 5, 1819, m. Oct. 2, 1845, Rosalinda Stockwell (dau. of Capt.
Chandler and Rosalinda Stockwell of Sutton). He is a livery-stable
keeper in E. Douglas, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6857. i. Prescott King, b. Nov. 18, 1846, d. Dec. 14, 1846.
6858. ii. Otis E. King, b. Dec. 6, 1848.
6859. iii. Dewitt King, b. May 3, 1852, d. Sept. 13, 1852.
6860. iv. Adelaide King, b. July 5, 1854, d. Jan. 3, 1855.
[Seventh Generation.]
6830. vii. Elizabeth King (dau. of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam),
b. Feb. 21, 1801, m. April 11, 1824, Jefferson Wheelock of Grafton,
Mass., b. Oct. 13, 1801 (son of Daniel Wheelock and Sarah Sibley),
a farmer and stone-cutter. She d. April 8, 1826.
[Eighth Generation.] Child:
6861. i. Tamar Elizabeth Wheelock, b. March 7, 1825, who m. as
his 2d wife in 1846, Judson Eames of Upton, Mass, (son of Moses
Eames and Nancy Fay), a farmer and a cutter of sole leather at Men-
don, Mass. (1873). His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Darn well, whom
he m. in 1844, and who d. Dec. 15, 1845. By her he had a dau. Ellen
Louisa Eames, b. Dec. 3, 1844, who m. in 1867 George Daniels of Mil-
ford, Mass.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, lotli of Dedham, Mass. 961
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6862. i. Eugene Eames, b. Oct. 8, 1846, is a salesman in Providence,
R. I. (Flint & Co.).
6863. ii. Serena Elizabeth Eames, b. Feb. 17, 1850.
6864. iii. Agnes Marilla Eames, b. Aug. 14, 1852.
6865. iv. Wallace King Eames, b. Feb. 11, 1854, d. May 24, 1855.
6866. v. Walter Dennis Eames, b. Feb. 10, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
6831. viii. Charles King (son of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
March 11, 1803, m. Aug. 29, 1824, Cyrenia Pratt (dau. of Capt. Elias
Pratt of Sutton and Sarah Healey). He is a farmer at Anoka, Minn.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
6867. i. Elias Pratt King, b. Sept. 6, 1825, d. April 30, 1865.
6868. ii. Charles Edward King, b. June 20, 1841, d. Oct. 20, 1844.
6867. i. Elias Pratt King, b. Sept. 6, 1825, m. May 19, 1846, Sarah
M. Hadley of Worcester, Mass. (dau. of Abel and Lucy Haclley).
She d. Nov. 27, 1850 at Worcester; and he m. Oct. 1854, Don-is Pal-
germyer. He was a merchant at Anoka, Minn., where he d. April 30,
1865.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
By first toife.
6869. L Helen M. King, \ d. Aug. 1847.
I twins, b. March 1847.
6870. ii. Ella A. King, j d. Aug. 1847.
6871. iii. Edward B. King, b. April 1850, d. Jan. 19, 1851.
_Z?y second wife :
6872. iv. Edward Palgermyer King, b. March 19, 1856.
[Seventh Generation.]
6832. ix. Mary King (dau. of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
July 25, 1805, m. in 1826, Owen Brown of Macon, Ga., a merchant.
She d. in Sutton Sept. 14, 1828 ; he d. March 11, 1864.
[Eighth Generation.] Child :
6873. i. Delia Sophia Brown, b. April 5, 1827, m. Jan. 1, 1854,
Samuel G. Babcock of Concord, Vt., b. March 20, 1808 (son of Jason
Babcock of Royalton, Mass., and Hannah Gaskell of Richmond, N.
H.). Children:
6874. 1. Mary King Babcock, b. Jan. 2, 1857.
6875. 2. Jason Eugene Babcock, b. Nov. 14, 1860.
6876. 3. Sarah Babcock, b. Nov. 10, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
6833. x. Nancy King (dau. of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
062 Descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedham, Mass.,
Nov. 14, 1807, m. Aug. 7, 1828, Elbridge Gerry Weld, a fanner at
Orford, N. II., where sho d. June 25, 1830. lie d. March 18G5.
They had one child :
6877. 1. Mary K. Weld, b. June 6, 1829, d. Dec. 20, 1829.
[Seventh Generation.]
6834. xi. Putnam King (son of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
April 10, 1810, m. May 17, 1831, Jerusha Davis of Sutton, b. March
21, 1810 (dau. of Elisha Davis and Fanny Davis) : a farmer at Sutton,
on the old homestead (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6877. i. Frances Aurelia King, b. July 19, 1832, d. Sept. 25, 1856.
6878. ii. Julia Sophia King, b. March 14, 1834, d. Feb. 21, 1857.
6879. iii. Putnam Dwight King, b. Jan. 16, 1842, m. March 21,
1866, Mary Jane Whitney of Sutton, b. Aug. 16, 1845 (dau. of James
Whitney and Lavinia Lee). lie is a wholesale flour dealer at Worces-
ter, Mass. Children :
6880. 1. Dwight Ernest King, b. April 27, 1867.
6882. iv. Eli Davis King, b. June 29, 1845, is a farmer at Sutton,
and unmarried.
6883. v. Emily Elizabeth King, b. Feb. 20, 1848.
6884. vi. Abby Angeline King, b. April 26, 1850.
6885. vii. Benjamin Franklin King, b. Jan. 19, 1853, is a book-
keeper at Worcester, Mass.
[Seventh Generation.]
6835. xii. Samuel King (son of Isaac King and Sarah Putnam), b.
March 26, 1814, in. Dec. 16, 1835, Azubah Sibley of Sutton, Mass.,b.
June 7, 1812 (dau. of Daniel Sibley and Anna Morse). She d. at Sut-
ton, March 3, 1846 ; and he m. for a 2d wife, Sept: 13, 1849, Frances
Sibley Putnam, b. May 6, 1829 (dau. of Charles Putnam of Suttoii and
Fanny Sibley). He is a farmer at Anoka, Minn. She d. there April
13, 1867.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
•By firi*t wife :
6886. i. Daniel Isaac King, b. in Sutton, Oct. 28, 1836, m. Jan. 6,
1859, Emmeline A. Woodbury of Worcester, Mass., b. Oct. 8, 1837
(dau. of Leonard Woodbury and Emmeline Pratt). He is a farmer at
Anoka, Minn. One child :
6887. i. Kate King, b. July 14, 1866.
6889. ii. Charles Owen King, b. at Sutton Sept. 14, 1839, d. at
Anoka, Minn., March 27, 1854.
[Sixth Generation.]
6789. iii. Daniel King (son of William King and Silence Dwight),
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 963
b. Nov. 6, 1764, m. April 30, 1789, Lucy Woodbui-y of Button, (dau.
of Swift Woodbury and Elizabeth Fuller). He lived in Charlton,
Mass., where he d. April 5, 1833, aet. 68, an enterprising and successful
farmer. His widow d. in Groton, N. Y., May 5, 1843.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6890. i. Andrew Woodbury King, b. Sept. 22, 1790.
6891. ii. Lucy King, b. Nov. 26 , 1793, m. Hosea Conant.
6892. iii. Silence King, b. July 20, 1800, m. June 2, 1830, Sylvanus
Larned of Groton, N. Y. She d. leaving no surviving issue, Sept. 13,
1867. He d. June 2, 1870.
6893. iv. Polly King, b. July 14, 1802, m. Sept. 17, 1834, Hosea
Conant as his 2dwife. She d. June 22, 1838. They had one child :
6894. 1. Mary Lucy Conant, b. May 3, 1838, who was adopted as
their own by Sylvanus Larned and wife. She m. March 14. 1865, D.
Tarbell, and has 2 children :
6895. v. Eliza King, b. Aug. 9, 1804, m. April 1831, Paschal Fitts
of Groton. She d. Sept. 17, 1863: had two children:
6896. 1. George Fitts, b. March 1836, a farmer at Groton. He m.
Nov. 16, 1859, Semantha Calvert, and has 4 children :
6897. 2. Lucy Ann Fitts, b. Sept. 2, 1837, m. Nov. 14, 1867, Ezra
G. Beach of Groton, a farmer in Peruville, N. Y. (1874). They have
one son :
6898. vi. Rebecca King, b. Dec. 14, 1809, m. Aug. 23, 1831,
Albert Omond, b. in Boston, Mass., March 31, 1809 (son of Henry
Omond and Betsey Twist), a carriage and ornamental painter at
Groton, where he d. Jan. 5, 1867, and where his widow now resides
(1874). She has had 3 children :
6899. 1. Albert Henry Omoiid, b. Nov. 15, 1836 in Ashford, Ct.,
where he d. March 8, 1840.
**** 2. Jeanie Eliza Omond, b. there March 28, 1839, m. March
24, 1870, Richard Curtis Hall of Groton, b. July 17, 18:32 (son of
William Hall and Ann Bland), a barrel manufacturer : no children.
**** 3. George II. Omond, b. in Peruville, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1843,
d. Nov. 5, 1848.
6890. i. Andrew Woodbury King, b. Sept. 22, 1790, m. Oct. 1817,
Dolly Conant. He is a farmer at Charlton, Worcester Co., Muss., re-
siding there now (1874) with his wife. Has had 9 children.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Estes A. King, b. Aug. 29, 1818, m. (whom not stated). He
is a blacksmith at Anoka, Minn. Two children :
**** ii. Sophronia King, b. Feb. 1820, d. in 1825.
**** iii. Daniel Dwight King, b. Dec. 10, 1822, is a farmer in 111.
**** iv. Rufus Conant King, is a resident in Worcester, Mass.
964 Descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedliam, Mass.,
**** v. Emory W. King, is a farmer in Charlton, Mass.
**** vi. Louisa King, b. Sept. 27, 1824, m. Hall Hathaway of
Charlton, Mass.
**** vii. Edward King, d. in Charlton, unmarried.
**** viii. Sophronia King, 2d, b. 1826, m. Joseph Shepherdson.
She d.
**** ix. William H. King, b. Aug. 1836, m. Miss Woodbury. He
is a farmer at Charlton.
[Seventh Generation.]
6891. ii. Lucy King (clau. of Daniel King and Lucy Woodbury),
b. Nov. 26, 1793, m. June 11, 1818, Hosea Conant of Charlton, after-
wards of Dudley, Mass., a blacksmith, b. March 2, 1793 (sou of Rufus
Conant of Dudley, Mass., and Dolly White). She d. April 25, 1834 :
he d. Sept. 21, 1843.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
**** i. Daniel King Conant, b. May 19, 1819, m. Feb. 21, 1843,
Catharine Davis (dau. of John Davis of Charlton, Mass., and Sylvia
Edgarton). He is a resident of Groton, N. Y., and has 3 daughters.
**** ii. Mary L. Conant, b. May 24, 1822, d. Nov. 20, 1826.
**** iii. Caroline Elizabeth Conant, b. Oct. 2, 1824, m. Newell
Ruwa Carpenter of Groton, a farmer in Aplington, Iowa, now (1874).
She d. April 21, 1853: had 2 daughters.
**** iv. Rufus Leander Conant, b. Sept. 20, 1828, m. Jan. 16,
1850, Helen Lany Tiffany (dau. of Noadiah Tiffany of Groton, and
Harriet Maples), b. Oct. 31, 1829.
[Sixth Generation.]
6792. vi. Elizabeth King (dau. of William King and Silence
Dwight), b. July 6, 1772, m. July 4, 1798, Dea. Jonathan Leland of
Sutton, b. Aug. 31, 1768 (son of Solomon Leland of Sutton, a revolu-
tionary officer, and Lois Haven), a teacher for several years, a farmer,
a justice of the peace, and active in the affairs of the town generally,
and for 19 years (1800-19) a deacon in the Cong. Ch. Said his pastor,
Rev. George Lyman, of him : " He was a man of strict integrity and
great decision of character, and of excellent judgment and exemplary
piety. His mind was of a high order, disciplined by careful study and
well furnished by extensive reading. He was much interested in gene-
alogical and historical studies." He d. Jan. 16, 1854, aet. 85. She d.
Sept. 30, 1840, aet. 68. " She was a lady of more than ordinary intel-
lect, education and culture, of rare beauty and dignity and of great ex-
cellence " : such is the language of her pastor concerning her.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6900. i. Silence Dwight Leland, b. Sept. 17, 1799, has lived in Sut-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 965
ton unmarried on the old homestead, all her life, until now (1873)
when the Leland farm and mansion, held for 150 years in the family
are about to pass into other hands and she is to become, for the rest of
her life, a resident of North Brookfield, Mass.
6901. ii. Eliza Leland, b. July 30, 1801, d. unmarried in Sutton,
Dec. 19, 1858.
6902. iii. Horace Leland, b. March 31, 1803, was a farmer and un-
married, living with his sister Silence on the old paternal estate. He
was much employed in the settlement of estates and in executing offices
of trust. He d. April 11, 1873, aet. 70 ; and with him passes away
the name of Leland from Sntton where it has long been most honorably
known.
6903. iv. Dea. Alvan Leland, b. Aug. 20, 1805, m. Dec. 30, 1834,
Sophia Waters of Millbury, Mass., b Aug. 7, 1807 (dau. of Dea. Elijah
Waters and Lydia Whitmore). She d. at Erie, Pa., April 26, 1835.
He m. for a 2d wife, July 23, 1840, Julia Jenksof Roscoe, 111., b. Oct.
18, 1820 (dau. of Dr. Solomon Jenks of Roscoe and Lydia Walker).
He was a farmer, merchant and magistrate living at different times at
Sutton, Whitinsville, Mass., and Roscoe, 111., and a deacon iiithe Cong,
churches of those respective places. He d. at Roscoe, Feb. 8, 1845,
aet. 39. He was devotedly pious. " It seemed to be his daily prayer
— Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do ? Few have ever manifested a
deeper interest in the religious instruction of the young. So intelli-
gent, earnest and successful was he in religious efforts for others, that
he was often urged to take licensure in the ministry and preach." By
his second marriage he had one child.
6904. 1. Julia Sophia Leland, b. at Roscoe, 111., Nov. 15, 1841, who
d. at Sutton May 19, 1850.
6905. v. Rebecca King Leland, b. July 1, 1807, drowned June 28,
1809.
6906. vi. Catharine Haven Leland, b. May 9, 1809, in. Dea. John
C. Whitin.
6907. vii. Solomon William Leland, b. Nov. 18, 1811, d. unmarried
in Svitton June 10, 1865. He lived for some 20 years in Roscoe, 111.,
where he was very active in oi'ganiziiig a church and establishing
schools.
6908. viii. Mary Maxwell Leland, b. Feb. 2], 1814, m. as his 2d
wife, Oct. 20, 1856, 'Caleb Woodbury, then of Anoka, Minn., and
afterwards of Sutton, Mass., but now of Wollaston Heights, Quincy,
Mass. See below, under his name, for further account of this family.
6909. ix. Susan Lois Leland, b. July. 3, 1816, m. Samuel S. Edmonds.
6906. vi. Catharine Haven Leland (dau. of Dea. Jonathan Leland
and Elizabeth King), b. May 9, 1809, m. May 30, 1831, Dea. John
966 Descendants of Micliad Dwiglit of Dedham,
Crane Wliitin of Whitinsville, Mass., b. March 1, 1807 (son of Samuel
Wliitin of Northbridge, Mass., and Betsey Fletcher), a large and
wealthy manufacturer of machinery, and active in matters of church,
life, public spirit and general beneficence. She d. of paralysis Jan. 31,
1873, act. 63. [Whitin is but another form of Whiting, and this
family is of direct lineal descent from Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham
and Hannah Dwight, and the descendants of Dea. John C. Whitin are
D wights by both sides of the house].
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6910. i. George Whitin, b. Oct. 20, 1832, d. Jan. 1, 1833.
6911. ii. Jane Whitin, b. Jan. 27, 1834, m. Josiah Lasell.
6912. iii. John Maltby Whitin, b. June 10, 1838, m. Oct. 21, 1868,
widow Achsah Foster Haggerty nee Crane (widow of Major Peter
Haggerty, U. S. A., and dau. of Alanson and Lydia Crane of Lowell,
Mass.). He was engaged in The Whitin Machine Works with his
father at Whitinsville. He d. of rheumatism, Oct. 22, 1872. His
widow resides there still. He had no children, but adopted as his own
Grace M. Haggerty, b. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 15, 1863, his wife's
daughter by a previous marriage and changed her name to Grace M.
Whitin.
6913. iv. Frederic Dwight Whitin, b. Aug. 27, 1843, d. Jan. 29,
1844.
6914. v. George Frederic Whitin, b. July 4, 1846, d. July 29, 1848.
6911. ii. Jane Wliitin (dau. of Dea. John C. Whitin and Catha-
rine Haven Leland), b. Jan. 27, 1834, m. June 6, 1855 Josiah Lasell,
b. Aug. 6, 1825 (son of Chester Lasell of Schoharie, N. Y., and Nancy
Manning), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1844, Principal for 8 years (1852-
60) of "The Lasell Female Seminary" at Auburndale, Mass. He
was engaged at Holyoke, Mass., for 4 years (1860-64) in making
cotton machinery, and has resided since 1864 at Whitinsville, and is
connected with the Machine Works there.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6915. i. Catharine Whitin Lasell, b. March 10, 1856.
6916. ii. Jeanie Leland Lasell, b. Jan. 7, 1860.
6917. iii. Chester Whitin Lasell, b. July 5, 1861.
6918. iv. Josiah Manning Lasell, b. Sept. 15, 1863.
6919. v. May Alice Lasell, b. Aug. 11, 1865, d. Sept. 4, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
6909. ix. Susan Lois Leland (dau. of Dea. Jonathan Leland of Sut-
ton and Silence King), b. July 3, 1816, m. as his 2d wife, April 19,
1849, Samuel Surnner Edmonds of North Brookfield, Mass, (son of
Samuel Edmonds and Lucy Matthews), an extensive manufacturer of
Son of Tint othy, Son ofJoli n,loih ofDedliam, Mass. 967
shoes at 1ST. Brookfield. Children :
6920. 1. Elizabeth Leland Edmonds, b. Sept. 4, 1851.
6921. 2. Lucy Matthews Edmonds, b. Aug, 20. 1853, d. March 16,
1854. ,
[Sixth Generation.] See page 954.
6793. vii. Rebecca King (dau. of William King and Silence Dwight),
b. July 26, 1774,. m. Dec. 12, 1794, Aaron Woodbury, b. May 29,
1771 (son of Capt. John Woodbnry, of Sutton, and Mary Chase), a
merchant and farmer in Leicester, Mass., whence he removed to Bangor,
Me., where his wife d. Jan. 1, 1808, an intelligent and well-educated
lady. He removed afterwards to Lincoln, Me. He d. at Groton, N. Y.,
June 18, 1840, aet. 69.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
6922. i. Hon. William Woodbury, b. April 6, 1796, is still living.
6923. ii. John Woodbnry, b. Feb. 6, 1798, d. in Sutton Sept. 1810.
6924. iii. Azor Woodbury, b. Aug. 10, 1799, d. unmarried March
22, 1843, aet. 43 in Me.
6925. iv. Mary Woodbnry, b. Sept. 22, 1801, m. Sylvanus Larned,
and d. Dec. 12, 1829, aet. 28.
6926. v. Tyler Woodbury, b. Nov. 15, 1803.
6927. vi. Lawson Woodbury, b. Dec. 6, 1805.
6928. vii. Aaron Woodbury, b. Aug. 1, 1807.
6922. i. Hon. William Woodbury, b. April 6, 1796, m. June 6, 1822,
Louisa Raymond of Athol, Mass., b. April 19, 1797. He is a farmer
at Groton, N. Y. : has been a member of the N. Y. Legislature and at
different times Supervisor of the town. Fuller information was soiight
of the family history of this gentleman, but respectfully declined in
behalf of all concerned by one of their number.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6929. i. William Lawson Woodbury, M.D., b. April 16, 1823, m.
Jan. 25, 1852, Ann Eliza Doolittle, b. in 1830. Shed, without issue
Nov. 11, 1852, aet. 22. He m. for 2d wife, May 17, 1854, Alma
Kenyon, b. in 1831. He is a homoeopathic physician at Fulton, N. Y.
No children.
6930. ii. Mary Louisa Woodbury, b. May 27, 1824, m. Dr. Samuel
Lacey.
6931. iii. Lncien Darwin Woodbury, b. March 21, 1826, d. in In-
diana, Sept. 3, 1847.
6932. iv. Jenny Rebecca Woodbury, b. July 4, 1834, m. Major
Westel Willoughby.
6930. ii. Mary Louisa Woodbury (dau. of William WToodbury and
Louisa Raymond), b. May 27, 1824, m. Sept. 17, 1846, Samuel Lacey,
M.D., a physician in Groton, N. Y.
968 Descendants of Michael Dwigld of Dedliam, Mass.,
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6933. i. Burritt S. Lacey, b. June 24, 1847, d. Oct. 21, 1865.
6934. ii. Benjamin VV. Lacey, b. March 12, 1849, studied law at
Washington, D. C.
6935. iii. Charles E. Lacey, b. July 1\ 1851.
6936. iv. Frank A. Lacey, b. Aug. 13, 1853.
6937. v. Louisa M. Lacey, b. Sept. 19, 1859.
[Eighth Generation.]
6932. iv. Jenny Rebecca Woodbury (dau. of William Woodbmy
and Louisa Raymond), b. July 4, 1834, m. May 10, 1859, Major
Westel Willoughby, Esq., then of Groton, N. Y. He was Major in the
137th N. Y. Regt. of Vols. in the late war, and was wounded at the
battle of Chancellorsville, Va. He is a practising lawyer in Washing-
ton, D. C.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
6938. i. Alice Estelle Willoughby, b. June 18, 1865.
6939. ii. William Franklin Willoughby, )
C twins, b. July 20, 1867.
6940. iii. Westel Woodbury Willoughby, )
[Seventh Generation.]
6295. iv. Mary Woodbury (dau. of Aaron Woodbury and Rebecca
King), b. Sept. 22, 1801, m. Sept. 22, 1816, Hon. Sylvanus Lamed, b.
June 21, 1788, at N. Oxford, Mass, (son of Sylvanus Lamed, b. May
28, 1760, and Martha Davis, b. in 1759, dau. of Genl. Edward Davis).
He was a farmer at Peruville (near Groton), Tompkins Co., N. Y.
(1820-70), and had a saw mill. He was a justice of the peace and a
member once (1843) of the legislature. She d. Dec. 12, 1829. He d.
of pneumonia at Lansing, Mich., while on a visit, June 3, 1870, act. 82.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6941. i. William Leander Larned, b. Dec. 1, 1817, in Sutton.
6942. ii. Edward Davis Larned, b. in Groton, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1821.
6943. iii. Martha ReWca Larned, b. May 29, 1825, d. June 29,
1841. aet. 16.
6941. i. William Leander Lamed, b. Dec. 1, 1817, m. Sept. 30,
1843, Elizabeth Julia Benson, b. at Grotou, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1822 (dau.
of Nathan Benson, and Persis Fay). He was a merchant in Hudson,
Mich., previously to 1849 for 4 years, after which he spent 15 years in
Minnesota, 3 in Dakotah, and 6 in Michigan, where he d. at Lansing
of small-pox, April 23, 1872, aet. 54. While in Minnesota he was en-
gaged largely in erecting and operating a large flouring mill. He en-
listed, April 28, 1861, in the First Minn. Regt., and Aug. 8, 1861,
was made Lieut, and transferred soon to the Signal Corps. He took
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 969
part in the battles of the First Bull Run, Ball's Bluff and Winchester,
and in Banks' retreat from the Shenandoah Valley. He resigned his
commission, Aug. 1862, and returned to his home in Minnesota, where
he re-enlisted, Sept. 23, 1862, in the First Minn. Mounted Rangers,
and was made 1st Lieut., and served until the Indian war in the State
was closed and his regt. was mustered out of service, Oct. 31, 1863.
He served as a soldier in his first campaign under Genls. McDowell,
Heintzelmann, Banks and Pope ; and in his second, under Genls. Sibley
and Pope. His widow resides now (1873) at Lansing, Mich.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6944. i. Horatio Holbrook Larned, b. Feb. 15, 1845, in Hudson,
Mich., m. Sept. 5,1871, Mary Jane Jenison, b. Aug. 26, 1851, at
Belleville, C. W. (dau. of Luther Singlehary Jenison and Lucina Se-
mantha Young now of Lansing). He is a merchant at Lansing, Mich.
One child :
**** je William Leander Larned, b. Aug. 31, 1872.
6945. ii. Mary Louisa Larned, b. in Hudson, May 16, 1848, d. Sept.
13, 1850.
6946. iii. Charles Augustus Larned, b. at St. Anthony's Falls,
Minn., June 12, 1853, d. there June 7, 1854.
6947. iv. George Cady Larned, b. at Anoka, Minn., April 9, 1857,
drowned June 19, 1862.
[Eighth Generation.]
6942. ii. Edward Davis Larned, b. Aug. 3, 1821, m. July 8, 1845,
Mary Jane Smiley, b. at Peruville, Dec. 17, 1825 (dau. of Joseph and
Hannah Smiley). He is a farmer at Peruville, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
6948. i. Martha Adeline Larned, b. May 22, 1846, m. March 30,
1871, James Harrison Mount of Peruville.
6949. ii. Sarah Larned, b. Aug. 27, 1847, d. Aug. 1, 1848.
6950. iii. Ellen Delona Larned, b. March 19, 1850.
6951. iv. Mary Larned, b. July 11, 1856, d. Nov. 18, 1858.
6952. v. Florence Larned, b. April 26, 1861.
[Seventh Generation.]
6926. v. Tyler Woodbury (son of Aaron Woodbury and Rebecca
King), b. Nov. 15, 1803, m. in 1827, Sophronia Tolman. He is a far-
mer at St. Francis, Anoka Co., Minn. She d. Dec. 1859.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
6954. i. Tyler Chandler Woodbury, b. Sept. 30, 1828.
6955. ii. Rebecca King Woodbury, b. Aug. 22, 1830, m. Nathaniel
Fuller of St. Francis, Anoka Co., Minn.
62
970 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedham,
695G. iii. Abby M. Woodbuiy, b. Oct. 27, 1833, m. in I860, Amasa
Booba of St. Francis, Minn. They have had 3 children :
" 6957. iv. Sophronia Woodbury, b. July 31, 1835, m. in 1855 Wil-
liam Horsez, b. in Lincoln, Me., a farmer. He enlisted as a private in
the late war in 1862 in the Union army and became Lieut. He d. at
Baton Rouge, La. in 1863.
6958. v. Martha Larned Woodbury, b. Oct. 22, 1837, m. in 1856
George Lindsey of St. Francis, Anoka Co., Minn.
6959. yi. Caroline Fitts Woodbury, b. Sept 9, 1839, d. in 1846.
6960. vii. Hiram N. Woodbury, b. Aug. 3, 1843.
6961. viii. Ella M. Woodbury, b. Aug. 9, 1845, d. in 1846.
6962. ix. Ellen C. Woodbury, b. April 19, 1847.
6955. ii. Rebecca King Woodbury (dau. of Tyler Woodbury and
Sophronia Tolman), b. Aug. 22, 1830, m. in 1850 Nathaniel Fuller.
Four children : Nos. 6963-6 : Mary Isadore, C. Lizzie, Abby C. and
Frederic T.
[Eighth Generation.]
6958. v. Martha Larned Woodbury (daxi. of Tyler Woodbury and
Sophronia Tolinan), b. Oct. 22, 1837, m. in 1856 George Lindsey, who
lives in Minn. Two children : Nos. 6967—8 : Herbert C. and Carrie
Sophronia.
[Seventh Generation.]
6927. vi. Hon. Lawson Woodbury (son of Aaron Woodbury and
Rebecca King), b. Dec. 6, 1805, m. in 1832 Abigail McMahon. She d.
in 1854. He was a farmer in Eddington, Me., a justice of the peace
and a member of the Maine Legislature. He m. in 1858 widow E.
Davis. He d. a few years since. He had, by his first wife, 3 children,
Nos. 6969-71: Louisa Raymond, b. in 1837, who m. in 1864 Elon
Cummings ; Ann Eliza, b. in 1840, who d. in 1857 ; and a dau. that d.
young.
[Seventh Generation.]
6928. vii. Aaron Woodbury, Jr. (son of Aaron Woodbury and
Rebecca King), b. Aug. 1, 1807, m. Oct. 25, 1831, Caroline Fitts, b.
July 11, 1813. He is a farmer at Groton, N. Y. (since 1832).
[Eighth Generation,] Children :
6972. i. Jerome Francis Woodbury, b. April 29, 1836.
6973. ii. Marshall Woodbury, b. April 30, 1839.
6974. iii. Martha Ann Woodbury, b. Dec. 20, 1841, m. May 19,
1868, Elisha Fields.
6975. iv. Carrie Maria Woodbury, b. May 12, 1844, d. Dec. 17,
1861, aet. 17.
6972. i. Jerome Francis Woodbury, b. April 29, 1836, entered the
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 071
TJ. S. A. of Yols. in the late war, as a private in the N. Y. 109th Regt.,
and was killed in battle on the Weldon R. Road, Aug. 19, 1864. He
was a noble young man, and left a good home and many fond friends
in order to help put down the fearful treason of the hour.
[Sixth Genei-ation. ] See page 954.
6794. viii. Silence King (dau.. of William King of Sutton, Mass.,
and Silence Dwight),b. Jan. 6, 1777, m. March 1, 1799, Hon. Caleb Wood-
bury of Sutton, Mass., b. March 15, 1774 (son of Capt. John Wood-
bury of Sutton, and Mary Chase). Pie was a farmer and blacksmith at
Charlton, Mass., and in 1817 (aet. 43) he removed to Groton, N. Y., and
engaged in the manufacture of axes and edged tools. He afterwards lived
with his sons in Columbus, O., and Adrian, Mich., where he d. Dec.
26, 1853, aet. 78. He was a man of integrity and honor, and was,
while living in N. Y. State, a member of the legislature. His widow
d. at Anoka, Minn., May 21, 1864, aet. 87. They had 10 sons.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
6976. i. George D wight Woodbury, b. Oct. 26, 1799.
6977. ii. James Hervey Woodbury, b. May 24, 1801, is a farmer at
Garden Grove, Iowa.
6978. iii. Daniel Tenney Woodbury, b. Dec. 19, 1802, d. at Colum-
bus, O., Dec. 25, 1867.
6979. iv. Jeremiah Pratt Woodbury, b. at Charlton, Mass., Feb. 7,
1805.
6980. v. Caleb Woodbury, Jr., b. Nov. 3, 1806.
6981. vi. William Henry Woodbury, b. May 16, 1809.
6982. vii. John Prescott Woodbury, b. Oct. 9, 1811.
**** viii. Estes A very Woodbury, b. Nov. 1,1814, d. May 28, 1817.
6983. ix. Estes King Woodbury, b. Sept. 20, 1818.
6984. x. Samuel Augustus Woodbury, b. Sept. 29, 1820, d. Aug. 5,
1845.
6976. i. George Dwight Woodbury, b. Oct. 26, 1799, m. Sept, 18,
1832, Mercy Dunbar Town, b. Oct. 8, 1810 (dau. of Genl. Salem Town
of Charlton, Mass., and Sarah Spurr). She d. June 16, 1848; and he
m. for 2d wife, Sept. 24, 1857, Sarah Spurr, b. July 19, 1817 (dan. of
Major John. Spurr of Charlton, and Wheelock). He was for
several yeai-s a merchant at Macon, Ga. He removed in 1832, to
Columbus, O., where he resided as a merchant until 1845, when he
went to New York, and engaged there with his brother, John Prescott
Woodbury, in the dry -goods jobbing business. He has [resided for
some years past at Charlton, Mass. (1874).
972 Descendants of Michael Diviyht ofDedkam, Jlfass.,
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
liy first wife:
G985. i. Mary Woodbury, b. at Columbus, Sept. 11, 1833, d. at
Charlton, Mass., Dec. 12, 1854.
698C. ii. Albert Woodbury, b. at Groton, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1835, d.
at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 29, 1863, from the effects of a wound re-
ceived at Chickamauga, five weeks previously, while in command of
The Seed. Minn. Battery. He was confirmed by the U. S. Senate
Asst. Adjt. Genl. on Brig. Genl. Carlin's staff.
6987. iii. Charles Town Woodbury, b. April 17, 1839, is a manu-
facturer of lumber at Anoka, Minn.
6988. iv. George Dwight Woodbury, b. Oct. 11, 1844, a farmer at
Charlton.
Ry second wife:
6989. v. Mary D. Woodbury, b. Oct. 2, 1858.
6990. vi. John Spurr Woodbury, b. Feb. 22, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
6977. ii. James Hervey Woodbury, b. May 24, 1801, m. Aug. 12,
1826, his cousin, Susanna Woodbury, b. at Dudley, Mass., Jan. 8, 1803,
dau. of Daniel Woodbury of Charlton, Mass., and Sally Childs). He
was a farmer previous to 1854, at Coldwater, Mich., and afterwards at
Garden Grove, Iowa (1854—68), but resides now at Leon, Iowa (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
**** i. Col. Dwight Avery Woodbury, b. Dec. 18, 1827, m. at
Adrian, Mich., Nov. 16, 1851, Ann Maria Adams (dau. of Eber Adams).
He was a Cok in the 4th Mich. Regt., and was killed at Malvern Hill,
~Va., July 1, 1862. He was a R. R. conductor on the Mich. So. R. R.
ancHived at Adrian, Mich. He went to the war June 24, 1861. He
left one child:
**** 1. Helen Wells Woodbury, b. June 18, 1852.
**** ii. George Woodbury, b. July 23, 1832, m. at White Pigeon,
Mich., Oct. 28, 1854, Catharine Mary Jacobus (dau. of Thomas Jacobus
of Cooperstown, N. Y., and Jane McKinney). He is a druggist at
Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa (since 1862). He has had 2 children:
**** 1. George James Woodbury, b. Sept. 25, 1855.
**** 2. Frank Douglas Woodbury, b. Dec. 15, 1859, d. April 11,
1867.
**** iii. William King Woodbury, b. Sept. 25, 1839, was a student
of law. He was living with Dr. Hammond 1 8 miles from Memphis,
Tenn. and was killed while there March 16, 1863.
**** iv. Elizabeth Leland Woodbury, b. Dec. 27, 1842, m. Oct.
•19, 1863, John Lewis Young, a lawyer by profession, residing at Leon,
Son of Timothy, Son of 'John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 973
Iowa. He is now a travelling agent and attorney for a firm in St.
Louis, Mo. They have 4 children :
**** i Lew Hervey Young, b. Aug. 1, 1864.
**** 2. Susan Young, b. Sept, 1, 1866.
**** 3. Mary Young, b. Nov. 17, 1868.
**** 4. Carrie Young, b. Nov. 30, 1871.
**** v. James Augustus Wooclbury, b. March 16, 1845, m. Jan.
1,1866, Florence Jane Barrows (dau. of Dennis Barrows of Garden
Grove, Iowa, and Charlotte Weller). He is a merchant at Garden
Grove, Iowa. They have 2 children :
**** 1. Charlotte Kate Woodbury, b. May 10, 1868.
**** 2. Elizabeth Eugenia Woodbury, b. July 27, 1870.
[Seventh Generation.]
6978. m. Daniel Tenney Woodbury (son of Caleb Woodbury and
Silence King), b. Dec. 19, 1802, was a merchant at Columbus, O.
(1833-67) where he d. unmarried Dec. 25, 1867, aet. 65. He was a
man of superior sagacity, prudence, energy and thrift, and of remark-
able insight into public affairs. He was for 16 years an earnest mem-
ber and liberal supporter of the Sec'd Presb. Church of Columbiis. He
distributed at his death his estate of a hundred thousand dollars, to
various religious institutions and societies.
6979. iv. Jeremiah Pratt Woodbury (son of Caleb Woodbury and
Silence King), b. Feb. 7, 1805, has resided since 1847 at Kalamazoo,
Mich. He was formerly a merchant and manufacturer, and has been
more recently running a large flouring mill, and has been for some
years past Prest. of the Kalamazoo Paper Company. He m. March
12, 1834, Melinda Knettles, b. in Lansing, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1813 (dau.
of Joseph Knettles of that place, and Catharine Tickenor).
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
6991. i. Catharine Woodbury, b. May 4, 1835, d. Oct. 16, 1836.
6992. ii. Carrie Woodbury, b. May 15, 1836, m. Feb. 6, 1867,
George Luther Trask, a shoe dealer in New York, b. in Millbury,
Mass., Sept. 1, 1831 (son of Luther H. Trask and Louise Fay). No
children (1874).
6993. iii. Kate Knettles Woodbury, b. April 7, 1838, m. Jan. 2,
1868, Frederic William Curtenius, b. in New York Sept. 30, 1806 (son
of Peter Curtenius and Mary AnnLarber), U. S. Collector of Internal
Revenue at Kalamazoo, Mich., for some years, but now a banker there.
They have had 4 children :
6994. 1. Carrie Woodbury Curtenius, b. Oct. 28, 1868, d. Dec. 22,
1871.
**** 2. Helen Pvobinson Curtenius, b. Dec. 17, 1869.
974 Descendants of Michael Dwiyltt of Uedliam, Mass.,
. **** 3. Wilhelniina Cuvteniua, b. Oct. 2, 1871.
**** 4. A child unnamed, b. Nov. 19, 1873.
6995. iv. Edward Woodbury, b. May 2, 1842, is engaged in (flour)
milling operations at Kalaruazoo, Mich.
6996. v. Emma Woodbury, b. Sept. 7, 1849, m. Sept. 1. 1869, Ira
Allen Ransom, Supt. Kalamazoo Gas Light Co. One child :
**** 1. Woodbury Ransom, b. Feb. 26, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
6980. v. Caleb Woodbury (son of Hon. Caleb Woodbury of Groton,
N. Y., and Silence King), b. Nov. 3, 1806, m. Nov. 24, 1838, Mary
Eliza Southworth, b. Feb. 21, 1814 (dau. of William Troop South-
worth, M.D., of Little Compton, R. I., and Harriet Montague). She d.
May 5, 1854, of cholera, when on the Mississippi River, on her way to
Minnesota. He m. for a 2d wife Oct. 20, 1856, Mary Maxwell Leland
(dau. of Dea. Jonathan Leland of Sutton and Elizabeth King), b. Feb.
21, 1814. See No. 6908. viii. He has had a variety of pursuits in
different places. He was for a few years a merchant in Peruville, N.
Y., and afterwards a merchant and manufacturer of potash, pearlash
and saleratus, in Eaton Co., Mich.y where he also established a tan-
nery, and manufactured boots and shoes (1838-45); kept a drug store
in Adrian, Mich. (1845-54); went to Minnesota and laid out, with his
brother William Henry, the town of Anoka ; built saw and flour mills,
and bought several thousands of acres of pine and farm land (1854—
66); removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., and in 1869 to Worcester, Mass.,
where he kept a flour store (1869-71), and in 1871 removed to Norton,
Mass., where he bought and worked a small farm. Since Sept. 1873,
he has lived at Wollaston Heights, Quincy, Mass. He sums up his
varied experiences in business matters after this wise : " I was some of
the time almost hopelessly in debt ; but although not always able to
meet demands when due, I have in all cases paid 100 cents on a dollar,
and have enough left, I think, to carry me through the journey of life
to the end." His wife d. April 12, 1870.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
6997. i. Harriet Southworth Woodbury, b. Sept. 15, 1839, d. in
Adrian, Mich., May 31, 1852.
6998. ii. Jane Eliza Woodbury, b. March 7, 1845, m. Oct. 21, 1868,
Annis Allen Lincoln (son of Annis A. Lincoln, and Nancy Arnold), a
founder at Norton, Mass., and maker of stoves, ranges and hot-air
furnaces. He lives now (since June, 1873) at Wollaston Heights,
Quincy, Mass. Two children.
**** 1. Harriet Woodbury Lincoln, b. Aug. 19, 1869.
**** 2. Mary Arnold Lincoln, b. April 16, 1872.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 975
[Seventh Generation.]
6981. vi. William Henry Woodbury (son of Hon. Caleb Woodbury
and Silence King), b. May 16, 1809, in Charlton, Mass., in. as lier 2d
husband widow Louise Augusta Woodbury, nee Long, Dec. 18, 1862.
She was b. April 16, 1829, and was dau. of Dr. Lawson Long of
Holyoke, Mass., and Louisa Smead Allen, and previous wife of John
Prescott Woodbury, his brother. He was for several years associated
with 0. W. Sanders in preparing " Sanders' Series of School-Books,"
and is the author of " Woodbury's New Method with German," which
has had a large sale, as a text-book, in the study of German in this
country. He was a resident, for some years previously, of New York,
and became, in 1863, superintendent of freedmen's schools in Norfolk,
Va., which post he resigned in 1865. Since March, 1866, he has been
a farmer at Stamford, Ct. (1874). They have one child:
6999. 1 . William Henry Woodbury, b. in Norfolk, Va., Feb. 16, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
6982. vii. John Prescott Woodbury (son of Hon. Caleb Woodbury
and Silence King), b. Oct. 9, 1811, m. Nov. 3, 1843, Maria Culp (dau.
of Kev. Mr. Culp of Philadelphia). She d. May, 1849, and he m. for
a 2d wife, May 5, 1857, Louisa Augusta Long, b. April 16, 1829 (dau.
of Dr. Lawson Long of Holyoke, Mass., and Louisa Smead Allen).
He was a dry -goods jobber at New York (1845-54) with his brother
Dwight, after which he travelled extensively in Europe and Asia. In
1858-9 he was in Texas, and after that at Anoka, Minn., where he d.
March 7, 1860.
He had by his first wife one child :
7000. 1. Annie Caroline Woodbury, b. July 9, 1846, who m. June
18, 1866, Frank Lombard Woodward, a hardware merchant in Boston,
Mass. She d. March 13, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
6983. viii. Estes King Woodbury (son of Caleb Woodbury and Si-
lence King), b. Sept. 20, 1818, m. Aug. 31, 1865, in Homer, N. Y.,
Harriet Taylor, b. in New York, Dec. 3, 1834 (dau. of Robert Taylor
of New York and Lydia Higgins). He is a farmer at Stamford, Ct.
(1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7001. i. Robert Taylor Woodbury, b. in Charlton, Mass., June 20,
1866.
7002. ii. Daniel Tenney Woodbury, b. in Stamford, Dec. 11, 1867.
7003. iii. Horace Leland Woodbury, b. April 3, 1869.
7004. iv. Louise Woodbury, b. Oct. 19, 1872.
976 Descendants of Michael DwigJit of Dedham, Mass.,
The descendants of William King and Silence Dwight enumerated
above are more than 200.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 948.
6769. iii. Rachel Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight of Sutton and
Jane Bulkley), b. Sept. 8, 1738, m. Dec. 27, 1769, Major George Gould
of Sutton, b. in 1738. lie was a farmer at West Roxbury (then a
part of Dedham). He was a drummer in the old French war and
served in the revolutionary war first as Captain and afterwards as
Major. He was a man of great piety. He d. Jan. 6, 1805, act. 67 :
She d. March 15, 1834, aet. 95. She is described by one of her grand-
daughters as " a woman of great energy, fortitude and perseverance and
of a good deal of ancestral pride. When over 90 she visited one of her
daughters in Dorchester, and observed with her family a religious fast-
day very comfortably to herself in entire abstinence from food. She
was very spirited, and patriotic beyond many around her in the revolu-
tionary war. Her faculties were clear and bright until near the very
end of her life."
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
7005. i. Samuel Gould, M.D., b. in Sutton, Nov. 29, 1770, d. Nov.
13, 1845, aet. 75.
7006. ii. Mary Gould, b. there May 29, 1772, m. William Howe,
and d. Oct. 31, 1859, aet. 87.
7007. iii. Elizabeth Gould, b. Nov. 5, 1774, at Dedham (W. Rox-
bury), m. Benjamin Simmons.
7008. iv. Timothy Dwight Gould, b. Feb. 4, 1777, m. widow Han-
nah Gibson. He d. without issue.
7009. v. Jonathan Gould, b. July 18, 1781.
7005. i. Samuel Gould, M.D. (son of Major George Gould and
Rachel Dwight), b. Nov. 29, 1770, was a physician in Needham, Mass.
He m. April 6, 1804, Esther Kingsbury (dau. of Jonathan Kingsbury of
Needham, and Sarah Pratt). He was a man of good intellect and of
quite respectable literary and professional acquirements, and was exceed-
ingly polite — so that to be "as polite as Dr. Gould," was considered
in the town to be quite a high measure of excellence in manners. He
removed in his later years to West Roxbury, and d. Nov. 13, 1845,
aet. 75. She d. Jan. 4, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7010. i. Elizabeth Gould, b. July 9, 1804, d. unmarried Aug. 10,
1859, aet. 55.
7011. ii. George Gould, b. June 17, 1806, was a machinist at Pitts-
burgh, Pa. He m. Dec. 1831, Sophia Warden of that place. He d. at
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 977
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 16, 1834. His widow m. a 2d husband. They
had two children :
7012. 1. Samuel Gould, b. Sept. 1832, d. July 31, 1835.
7013. 2. George Gould, Jr., b. Sept. 5, 1834.
7014. iii. Sarah Kingsbury Gould, b. Dec. 18, 1809, resides unmar-
ried at West Roxbury, Mass. (1874).
7015. iv. Mary Ann Gould, b. Jan. 25, 1819, resides at W. Rox-
bury.
[Sixth Generation.]
7006. ii. Mary Gould (dau. of Major George Gould and Rachel
Dwight) b. at Sutton, May 29, 1772, m. April 27, 1797, William
Howe of Dedham, Mass., b. Aug. 10, 1770 (son of Thomas Howe of
Dedham, b. Aug. 24, 1735, and Hannah Leeds, dau. of Comfort and
Margaret Leeds). She d. at South Braintree, Mass., Oct. 31, 1859,
aet. 87.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7016. i. Rev. George Howe, D.D., LL. D., b. Nov. 6, 1802.
7017. ii. Rachel Dwight Howe, b. Feb. 19, 1806, m. Rev. Lyman
Matthews and d. Nov. 1, 1866, aet. 60.
7018. iii. William Howe, Jr., b. Nov. 20, 1811.
7016. i. Rev. George Howe, D.D., LL.D., b. Nov. 6, 1802, at Ded-
ham, Mass., grad. at Middlebuiy Coll., Vt., in 1822, and at Andover
Theol. Sem. in 1825 ; was Prof, in Dartmouth Coll. (1826-30) of sacred
Theology, and since 1831, has been Prof, of Biblical Literature in the
Presb. Theol. Sem., at Columbia, S. C., and Prest. of the Sem. He m.
Aug. 25, 1831, Mary Bushnell, b. June 25, 1808 (dau. of Rev. Jedediah
Bushnell of Cornwall, Vt., and Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Ezra Smith
of Richmond, Vt.). She d. of consumption Sept. 18, 1832. He m.
Dec. 19, 1836, for a 2d wife, widow Sarah Ann McConnell nte Walth-
our, b. Oct. 5, 1803 (dau. of Andrew Walthour of Walthourville,
Liberty Co., Ga., and Ann Hoffmire).
[By her first husband she had two children : James Blakely McCon-
nell, b. Aug. 25, 1825, who was drowned in the Conn. River at Hart-
ford, Ct., May 28, 1836, and Mary Augusta McConnell, b. Aug. 23,
1822, who is now the wife of Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.D. of New Or-
leans, La.]
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
Ity second wife :
7019. i. George Howe, Jr., b. April 15, 1838, d. of croup Oct. 27,
1841.
7020. ii. Walthour Howe, b. Feb. 13, 1840, d. Nov. 11, 1859.
978 Descendants of Micliael Dwifjld of Dedlunu, Mass.,
7021. iii. William Howe, b. Jan. 13, 1842, d. Feb. 2, 18G2, at
Camp Camden near Centreville, Va., of typhoid pneumonia.
7022. iv. Sarah Emilie Howe, b. Dec. 30, 1843, m. June 24, 18G3,
Rev. Edward Melvin Green, b. Sept. 10, 1838, in Darlington Co.,
S. C. (son of James Green, b. in Georgetown, S. C., May 3, 1806, and
Sarah Ann James, b. in Williamsburgh Co., S. C., Oct. 3, 1814), grad.
at Oglethorpe University, Ga., in 1859, and at the S. C. Theol. Sem.
in 1863. He is pastor (1873) of the Presb. Ch. at Winnsboro, S. C.,
but resides at Columbia, S. C., and is the editor of " The Southern
Presbyterian " published there. He was formerly pastor of the Presb.
Ch., at Washington, Ga. No children.
7023. v. Marion Louisa Howe, b. Feb. 3, 1846, d. Jan. 31, 18^53.
7024. vi. George Howe, Jr., M.D., b. Jan. 29, 1848, grad. at the
S. C. University at Columbia, S. C., in 1869, and in medicine in 1870,
and resides in Columbia.
[Seventh Generation.]
7017. ii. Rachel D wight Howe (dau. of William Howe and Mary
Gould), b. Feb. 19, 1806, m. Oct. 28, 1830, Rev. Lyman Matthews, b.
at Middlebury, Vt., May 12, 1801 (son of Darius Matthews of Middle-
bury, and afterwards of Cornwall, Vt., and Abigail Porter whom he m.
at Tininouth, Vt., Nov. 28, 1790), grad. at Middlebury Coll. in 1822,
and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1828, was settled at South Brain tree,
Mass., for 14 years (1830-44), when he resigned his charge 011 account
of poor health, and removed to Cornwall, Vt., where he d. Aug. 17,
1866, act. 65, and she d. Nov. 1, 1866, act. 60.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
7025. i. William Howe Matthews, b. July 24, 1832, at S. Braintree,
resides unmarried on the home-farm at Cornwall, Vt. (1874).
7026. ii Mary Howe Matthews, b. Dec. 22, 1833, m. Horace J.
Mead, and d. Oct. 23, 1862.
7027. iii. Abigail Porter Matthews, b. Sept. 21, 1835, resides un-
married at Cornwall (1874).
7028. iv. Carafilia Matthews, b. Nov. 5, 1837, d. in Cornwall, Dec.
13,1850.
7029. v. Lyman Matthews, Jr., b. Sept. 20, 1839, d. April 7, 1857,
at Cornwall.
7030. vi. Charlotte Plaisted Matthews, b. March 12, 1843, d. Oct.
10, 1844, at S. Braintree.
7031. vii. Thomas Porter Dwight Matthews, b. at Cornwall, Jan.
28, 1847, grad. at Middlebury Coll. in 1870, is a civil engineer.
7026. ii. Mary Howe Matthews, b. Dec. 22, 1833, m. Jan. 2, 1855,
Horace J. Mead, a farmer in Cornwall, Vt. She d. Oct. 23, 1862.
He d. in 1872.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 979
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7032. i. Lyman Matthews Mead, b. March 23, 1856, d. Dec. 14,
1862.
7033. ii. Anna Janes Mead, b. Dec. 15, 1857, resides at Oberlin, O.
(1874), with Prof. Hiram Mead, her uncle.
7034. iii. Mat-tin Louis Mead,b. July 12, I860, d. at Cornwall, Oct.
19, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
7018. iii. William. Howe, Jr. (son of William Howe aud Mary
Gould), b. Nov. 20, 1811, rn. Sept. 5, 1841, Catharine Willard, b. at
Keene, N. H., Jan. 26, 1819 (dau. of Josiah Willard and Prudence
Morse) : a machinist at S. Braintree, Mass, for many years, but of late
has been a resident of Boston.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7035. i. George Howe, b. May 24, 1842, m. Sept. 26, 1871, Harriet
E. Tozier of Waterville, Me. He is bookkeeper and cashier for a mer-
cantile firm in Fitchburg, Mass. They have one child :
**** 1. George Edward Howe, b. Feb. 22, 1873.
7036. ii. Edward Willard Howe, b. Aug. 27, 1846,grad. at Middle-
bury Coll. in 1869, and has been ever since his graduation a civil en-
gineer in the service of the city of Boston.
7037. iii. Mary Catharine Howe, b. Jan. 2, 1850, resides unmarried
at Boston (1874).
[Sixth Generation.]
7007. iii. Elizabeth Gould (dau. of Major George Gould and Rachel
Dwight), b. Nov. 5, 1774, at Dedham, m. May 31, 181:3, Benjamin
Simmons, b. in Dorchester, Mass., June 14, 1770 (son of Micah Sim-
mons and Abigail ). She was his 3d wife. He was a shoe-
maker and miller. He d. Oct. 9, 1831, aet. 61. She was living (1867)
at W. Newton, Mass., aet. 92.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7038. i. Mark Simmons, b. March 25, 1814, d. March 30, 1814.
7039. ii. Elizabeth Simmons, b. June 16, 1815, m. Rev. John Bal-
lard, b. in Farmiugton, Me., in 1806, grad. at Bowdoin Coll. in 1831,
and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1834, preached at Warren, Ct.
(1836-8), Griggsville, 111. (1840-3), and at Perry, 111. (1843-57),
where he d. Feb. 13, 1857, aet. 51. She d. there May 15, 1853. He
was a Home Missionary.
7040. iii. I laimah Simmons, b. at Dedham, Axig. 8, 1817, m. Benj.
F. AVhittemore.
7041. iv. John Simmons, b. at Dorchester, Sept. 6, 1821, m. Mary
Hoyt. He is a farmer at Sacramento City, Cal. No children.
980 Descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedham, Mass.,
7040. iii. Hannah Simmons, b. Aug. 8, 1817, m. Nov. 3, 1840, as
his 3d wife, Benjamin Franklin Whittemore, b. July 22, 1805 (son of
Amos Whittemore of Greenfield, N. H., and Polly Savage), a real
estate and stock-broker in Boston, Mass. His family resides at West
Newton.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7042. i. Hannah Elizabeth Whittemore, b. Dec. 11, and d. Dec. 13,
1845.
7043. ii. Mary Elizabeth Whittemore, b. April 23, 1847, d. Feb. 10,
1849.
7044. iii. William Frederic Whittemore, b. Nov. 20, 1850.
[Sixth Generation.]
7009. v. Jonathan Gould (son of Major George Gould and Rachel
Dwight), b. July 18, 1781, m. June 1, 1814, Sarah Blanchard of Wey-
mouth (dau. of Capt. David Blanchard and Mary Humphrey). He
was a blacksmith in Dedham, where he lived to a great age, being con-
fined for several of the last years of his life to his bed on account of
severe spinal disease.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7045. i. Grenville Gould, b. June 15, 1815, d. July 28, 1838.
7046. ii. Sarah A. Gould, b. July 15, 1817, d. June 15, 1819.
7047. iii. George Gould, b. Nov. 17, 1819, d. Jan. 15, 1820.
7048. iv. Edmund Gould, b. Jan. 6, 1821, d. March 18, 1859.
7049. v. Sarah Blanchard Gould, b. Feb. 9, 1823, resides unmar-
ried at Dedham, Mass.
7050. vi. Mary Gould, b. July 12, 1825, m. Sept. 1, 1852, Edwin
Eames of Roxbury, Mass. She d. with her child, newly born, June
28, 1854.
7051. vii. George Gould, 2d, b. Aug. 19, 1827, m. May 12, 1864,
widow Hannah Duff.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 948.
6770. iv. Timothy Dwight (son of Samuel Dwight and Jane Bulk-
ley), b. May 27, 1741, m. about 1765 Sarah Alden of Needham, Mass.
He was a farmer at Ashburnham, Mass. (1765-9). It appears from
town-records, that, from the first incorporation of the town, in 1765,
until his death, he was active continually on important committees.
He d. May 2, 1769, act. 28. With his death the male line of Michael
Dwight has been thought by some, and, as the author thinks wrongly,
to have become extinct. His widow m. for a 2d husband Capt. Tho-
mas Newhall of Leicester, Mass., where she d. in 1797. Timothy
Dwight's estate was valued at £43 lls. 5%d. Capt. Newhall d. with-
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedliam, Mass. 981
out issue, Oct. 26, 1814, aet. 82. He was son of Jonathan and Hannah
Newhall.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
7052. i. Sarah Dwight, b. in 1766, m. Edmund Muzzy, and d. May
23, 1819, aet. 53.
7053. ii. Mehitable Dwight, b. May 6, 1768, ra. Capt. David Trask,
and d. in 1800, aet. 32.
7052. i. Sarah Dwight, b. in 1766, m. Nov. 25, 1785, Edmund Muzzy,
b. Aug. 25, 1763 (son of John Muzzy of Spencer and Abigail Heed), a
large farmer in Spencer, Mass., and a resolute, industrious man. She
d. May 23, 1819, aet. 53. He m. for a 2d wife, Feb. 10, 1820, widow
Jane Boy den of Holden, Mass., nee Smith, b. in 1782, widow of Daniel
Boyden, and dau. of David and Jane Smith. She d. Nov. 2, 1837, aet.
55 ; and he m. for 3d wife May 3, 1838, widow Lydia Bemis, nee
Hatch, b. Nov. 4, 1780, widow of Joshua Bemis of Spencer, and dau.
of Stevens and Ruth Hatch, also of Spencer. He d. March 8, 1850, aet.
86. [John Muzzy, b. in Lexington, Mass., May 10, 1714, m. Nov. 11,
1736, Abigail Reed, b. March 30, 1720, dau. of William Reed of Lex-
ington, Mass. They had 15 children, all of whom lived to years of
maturity. He removed to Rutland, Mass., in 1739, and in 1752 to
Spencer, Mass. He was town-clerk, selectman, representative of his
town and deacon in Rev. Mr. Eaton's church for 36 years (1753-89).
He d. June 25, 1789 : she d. Feb. 18, 1766.] Edmund Muzzy had by
Sarah Dwight two children :
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7054. i. Sarah Muzzy, b. June 9, 1787, nl. Henry Eames, and d.
Jan. 12, 1831.
7055. ii. Thomas Newhall Muzzy, b. March 16, 1789.
7054. i. Sarah Muzzy, b. June 9, 1787, m. Nov. 26, 1807, Henry
Eames, b. Nov. 8, 1784 (son of Gershomand Lydia Eames of Boylston,
Mass.), a cabinet-maker in Spencer, Mass. She d. Jan. 12, 1831, and
he m. for 2d wife, June 21, 1832, widow Roxa Jenks, nee Watson
(widow of John Jenks of Spencer, b. May 12, 1789 and dau. of Sam-
uel and Ruth Watson of Leicester, Mass.) He d. June 8, 1865.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7056. i. Timothy Dwight Eames, b. May 11, 1809.
7057. ii. William Alden Eames, b. Aug. 4, 1811.
7058. iii. Sarah Eames, b. Feb. 15, 1814, m. Horatio Hall.
7059. iv. Edmund Eames, b. June 10, 1816, d. Nov. 16, 1816.
7056. i. Timothy Dwight Eames, b. May 11, 1809, m. May 20, 1836,
Abigail Mellen Murdock of Framingham, Mass., b. Feb. 8, 1816 (dau.
of Samuel Murdock, afterwards city missionary in Chicago, 111., and
Abigail Mellen). He was a merchant for many years in Jacksonville,
982 Descendants of Micliael Dwight of Dedliam, Mass.,
111., where he has lived for a long time retired from business. He is
an elder in the Presb. Church.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
TOGO. i. Edmund Muzzy Eaines, b. May 10, 1840, d. Jan. 10, 1842.
7061. ii. Charles Mellen Eaines, b. Nov. 6, 1845, is local editor of
" The Daily Jacksonville Journal."
[Eighth Generation.]
7057. ii. William Alden Eames (son of Henry Eames and Sarah
Muzzy), b. Aug. 4, 1811, m. May 12, 1835, Hannah Parks Waite of
Leicester, Mass., b. Jan. 27, 1812 (dau. of Nahum and Olive Waite).
He is a leather-merchant in Baltimore, Md. (since 1842).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7062. i. Henry Edmund Eames, b. in Leicester, Mass., Feb. 6, 1836.
7063. ii. Ella Maria Eames, b. in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 30, 1837,
m. John Biscoe.
7064. iii. Ann Jane Eames, b. in Leicester, Dec. 15, 1840, d. in
Baltimore, June 8, 1842.
7065. iv. Ann Amelia Eames, b. in Baltimore, Dec. 23, 1843, d. in
Worcester, Oct. 24, 1853.
7066. v. Charles Waite Eames, b. in Worcester, Nov. 10, 1852, d.
there Sept. 29, 1852.
7062. i. Henry Edmund Eames, b. Feb. G, 1836, m. July 5, 1860,
Fanny R. Alexander of Baltimore (dau. of James Alexander and Fran-
ces A. ). He is a resident of Baltimore. Children:
7067. 1. Etta May Eames, b. May 27, 1861.
7068. 2. Mary A. Eames, b. Oct. 11, 1863, d. Aug. 1864.
[Ninth Generation.]
7063. ii. Ella Maria Eames (dau. of William A. Eames and Hannah
P. Waite), b. Dec. 30, 1837, m. July 30, 1857, John Biscoe of Leices-
ter, Mass., b. July 10, 1834 (son of Dwight Biscoe and Ruth ),
a manufactxirer of machine cards. One child :
7071. 1. Annie Louise Biscoe, b. June, 1862.
[Eighth Generation.]
7058. iii. Sarah Eames (dau. of Henry Eames and Sarah Muzzy), b.
Feb. 15, 1814, m. May 9, 1833, Horatio Hall, b. Aug. 12, 1806 (son
of Samuel Hall and Lydia Whipple), a boot manufacturer at Spencer,
Mass., who has for some years past lived there retired from business.
To her is largely due the account here furnished of the descendants of
Edmund Muzzy and Sarah Dwight.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7073. i. Sarah Jane Hall, b. Aug. 27, 1834, m. George A. Perry.
7074. ii. Abigail Muzzy Hall, b. Dec. 30, 1836, d. April 20, 1854.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 983
7075. iii. Mary Elizabeth Hall, b. May 15, 1839, d. Oct. 12, 1858.
707G. iv. Maria Curtis Hall, b. Dec. 31, 1841, m. Myron J. Ban-
croft.
7077. v. Henry Eames Hall, b. May 24, 1848.
7073. i. Sarah Jane Hall (dau. of Horatio Hall and Sarah Eames),
b. Aug. 27, 1834, m. May 24, 1853, George Austin Perry, b. Jan. 7,
1832 (son of Charles Perry of Beverley, Mass., and Mary Barry), a
jeweller in Boston (1874). Children :
7078. 1. Charles Hall Perry, b. April 3, 1856.
7079. 2. Mary Georgette Perry, b. Aug. 24, 1859.
7080. 3. George Henry Perry, b. Nov. 30, 1866.
[Ninth Generation.] ;
7076. iv. Maria Curtis Hall (dau. of Horatio Hall and Sarah
Eames), b. Dec. 31, 1841, m. June 12, 1861, Myron Joseph Bancroft,
b. Feb. 6, 1839 (son of Joseph Bancroft of Millbury, Mass., and Louisa
). He was a clerk in Millbury. He d. March 5, 1862. She m.
April 9, 1863, for 2d husband, Charles Carey Chace, b. Nov. 22, 1838,
(son of Alonzo Chace of Paxton, Mass., and Catharine Elizabeth
Brown), a cutter of leather in a boot manufactory at Detroit, Mich.,
formerly, but since 1870 at St. Paul, Minn. Two children:
7081. 1. Emma Sarah Chace, b. June 29, 1867.
**** 2. Florence May Chace, b. Sept. 29, 1871.
[Ninth Generation.]
7077. v. Henry Eames Hall, b. May 24, 1848, m. Dec. 25, 1869,
Harriet Frances Gordon of Worcester, Mass. He is clerk in a gro-
cery store at Worcester : has two children :
**** 1. Arthur Henry Hall, b. Oct. 12, 1871.
**** 2. A son unnamed, b. Nov. 3, 1873.
[Seventh Generation.]
7055. ii. ' Thomas Newhall Muzzy (son of Edmund Muzzy and Sarah
Dwight), b. March 16, 1789, m. Jan. 1813, Laui-inda J. Bacon of
Charlton, Mass. He is still (1873) living at Cumberland, O., where
he has been long a fai'mer. To letters addressed to him his family
made no reply.
[Eighth Generation.] £ Children :
**** i. Laurinda Bacon Muzzy, who m. William White.
**** ii. Linus B. Muzzy, who m. Mary Dunbar.
**** iii. Dwight Muzzy, who resides in Oregon.
**** iv. Sarah Eames Muzzy, who m. Rev. B. Y. Siegfried of Wil-
mington, O. (Bapt.).
***# v Edmund R. Muzzy, deceased.
**** vi. Calista P. Muzzy, who m. Eli Draper, of Brookfield, O.
984 Descendants of Michael Dwifjlit of Dedliam, Afass.,
**** Adi. Julia Ann Muzzy, deceased.
**** viii. Leonard I. Muzzy, who lives at Terre Haute, Ind., a
lawyer, m. Mary White.
**** ix. Julia C. Muzzy, who m. William Tucker of Cumberland, O.
**** x. Jeremiah D. Muzzy, lives at Cumberland, O., in; Mary
Thomas.
**** xi. Luther B. Muzzy, who m. Maria Wood.
[Sixth Generation.]
7053. ii. Mehitable Dwight (dau. of Timothy Dwight and Sarah
Alden) b. at Medford, Mass., May 6, 1768, m. Feb. 7, 1788, Capt.
David Trask of Millbury, Mass., b. June 1, 1764 (son of Samuel Trask
and Anna Bond. Samuel Trask had 3 wives, and each wife had 7
children). He was a wheelwright and farmer at Leicester, Mass. She
d. July 13, 1801, aet. 32, and he m. for 2d wife, Dec. 28, 1802, widow
Mary Cooley, nee Wolcott, b. at Brookfield, Mass., Dec. 28, 1768, who
d. Nov. 16, 1807. He m. for 3d wife, Dec. 5, 1808, widow Abigail
Harrington, nee Putnam, b. in Grafton, Sept. 15, 1775. He d. Dec.
26, 1831, aet. 67. She d. April 7, 1871, aet. 95.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
J3y first wife :
7082. i. Anna Trask, b. Nov. 7, 1790, d. at Pinckney, Mich., Feb.
6, 1860. She m. John Wood.
7083. ii. Mehitable Dwight Trask, b. Dec. 1, 1794, m. Samuel
Hurd, and d. Nov. 9, 1866.
7082. i. Anna Trask (dau. of Capt. David Trask and Mehitable
Dwight), b. Nov. 7, 1790, m. Feb. 18, 1810, John Wood, b. at Brook-
field, Mass., Feb. 25, 1789 (son of Samuel Wood of Brookfield, and
Abigail Moore). He was a machine-card maker in early life, but
afterwards a farmer in losco, Mich., and Pinckney, Mich., where he d.
March 23, 1864, and she d. Feb. 6, 1860.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7084. i. George Calvert Wood, b. at Leicester, March 21, 1811, m.
Oct. 2, 1832, Martha Ann Doney of Geneva, N. Y. He kept a shoe-
store for some years in Geneva, N. Y., but became afterwards a farmer,
among other places at Cobden, 111. In 1869, he removed to Chicago,
and took charge of " The Home for Working Women," and " was
burned out in the great fire of Oct., 1871." He is now at Palmyra,
Wis., engaged in erecting a large Water Cure establishment there
(1873), of which he is to be the resident physician.
7085. ii. Henry Martin Wood, b. at Leicester, Mass., Dec. 1, 1812.
7086. iii. John Marshall Wood, b. there Oct. 11, 1814.
7087. iv. David Trask Wood, b. at W. Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 16,
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 985
1817, m. Aug. 29, 1844, Loretta A. Haven (cUui. of Luther Haven).
He was a printer, and was murdered in Hill Co., Texas, March 20,
1863, for being a northern man. She m. again, and still resides in
Texas. They had one son.
7088. 1. Luther Beckwith Wood, b. in Marion, Mich., Sept. 25,
1847.
7089. v. Mehitable Dwight Wood, b. Oct. 17, 1820, m. Benjamin
Eaman.
7090. vi. Mary Ann Wood, b. at W. Brookfield, Dec. 22, 1822, m.
Edward Everett Sisson.
7091. vii. Charles Moore Wood, b. there Sept. 29, 1826.
7085. ii. Henry Martin Wood (son of John Wood and Anna Trask),
b. Dec. 1, 1812, m. Dec. 6, 1836, Sarah Ann Taylor, b. March 31,
1814, at Cazenovia, N. Y. (dau. of William Taylor, originally of War-
wick, R. I., and Mary Reynolds). He was a farmer at Putnam, Mich.
He d. at Detroit, Mich., Aiig. 29, 1860, where his widow still resides
(1874).
[Ninth Generation.] Children:
7092. i. Frances Wood, b. in losco, Mich., March 1, 1840, m. Nov.
28, 1859, Israel Daniels, b. at Palmyra, O.,Nov. 22, 1831 (son of Or-
ville Daniels, b. there, and Eliza Evans, b. in Hunting, Pa.), a farmer
at Greenfield, Mich. They have two children :
**** 1. Achsah Daniels, b. April 27, 1864.
**** 2. Frank Daniels, b. April 1868.
7093. ii. Abby Wood, b. in Leroy, Mich., Oct. 18, 1842, resides at
Greenfield.
7094. iii. John Wood, b/ there Ocb. 2, 1845, a farmer at Greenfield,
Mich., unmarried.
7095. iv. William Wood, b. in Putnam, Mich., Oct. 10, 1848, was a
drummer-boy in the 16th Mich, infantry in the late war, and d. at
Corinth, Miss., June 27, 1862, aet. 13. Which was the braver? he or
his parents in the fearful venture thus fatally made in behalf of their
dear native land ?
7096. v. Mary Ann Wood, b. in Putnam, Mich., Oct. 20, 1851.
7097. vi. Ida Wood, b. there April 2, 1854, d. Oct. 1855.
7098. vii. Ida Wood, 2d, b. there Aug. 15, 1857.
[Eighth Generation.]
7086. iii. John Marshall Wood (son of John Wood and Anna
Trask), b. Oct. 11, 1814, m. May 27, 1840, Abby Mercy Putnam of
Grafton, Mass. (dau. of John and Anne R. Putnam). She d. with-
out issue Feb. 10, 1843, at Springfield, Mass. He m. for 2d wife, July
23, 1844, Sarah Eloise Jones, b. July 28, 1826 (dau. of Eliphaz Jones
63
986 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedliam, Mass.,
and Eloise Warner). He was originally a printer, but since 1858 has
been engaged with Messrs. G. <k C. Merriam of Springfield, Mass., in
the publication and sale of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary to the
present time (1874). Three children (by 2d wife) :
7099. 1. Abby Putnam Wood, b. at Springfield, Nov. 10, 1845.
7100. 2. Eloise Warner Wood, b. Oct. 4, 1853.
7101. 3. Anne Trask Wood, b. Nov. 17, 18G3.
[Eighth Generation.]
7089. v. Mehitable Dwight Wood (dau. of John Wood and Anna
Trask), b. Oct. 17, 1820, at W. Brookfield, a*, at losco, Mich., Nov.
27, 1842, Benjamin Eaman, b. in Saugerties, N. Y., March 30, 1815
(son of Philip Eaman of Putnam, Mich., and .Rachel ), a farmer at
Putnam, Mich. He d. Feb. 23, 1864. She resides at Ann Arbor,
Mich. (1873).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7102. i. Clara Eaman, b. May 10, 1846, d. Sept. 6, 1849.
7103. ii. Julia Eaman, b. March 1, 1848, d. Sept. 6, 1849.
7104. iii. James Trask Eaman, b. May 17, 1850.
7105. iv. Thomas Jefferson Eaman, b. March 10, 1855.
7106. v. Charles Benjamin Eaman, b. Jan. 20, 1860.
[Eighth Generation. ]
7090. vi. Mary Ann Wood (dau. of John Wood and Anna Trask),
b. at W. Brookfield, Dec. 22, 1822, m. Jan. 10, 1851, Edward Everett
Sisson, b, March 25, 1824 (son of Matthew Sisson of Newport, R. I.,
and Sarah Atwood), a farmer at Seneca Falls, N. Y., who d. without
issue, Feb. 12, 1859. She m. Oct. 1, 1863, James Sabin (son of John
Sabin of Salina, N. Y., and Frances Prosser), a harness-maker at Syra-
cuse, N. Y. He d. at Syracuse, Jan. 4, 1874. No issue.
7091. vii. Charles Moore Wood, b. at W. Brookfield, Sept. 29, 1826,
m. Nov. 25, 1847, Sarah Ann Bullis, b. in Ghent, N. Y., April 29,
1824 (dau. of Charles Bullis of Unadilla, Mich., and Sarah ). He
is a farmer in Putnam, Mich. Four children :
7107. 1. Julia Ann Wood, b. Oct. 26, 1852.
7108. 2. George Dwight Wood, b. Jan. 8, 1855.
7109. 3. Jeanie Louisa Wood, b. Sept. 15, 1860.
7110. 4. Lincoln Sumner Wood, b. Jan. 9, 1865, d. Sept. 16, 1866.
[Seventh Generation.]
7083. ii. Mehitable Dwight Trask (dau. of Capt. David Trask and
Mehitable Dwight), b. Dec. 1, 1794, m. April 29, 1824, Samuel Hurd
of Leicester, Mass., b. Jan. 4, 1798 (son of Shadrach Hurd and
Lydia Hurd), a manufacturer of machine cards (cotton and woolen).
Son of Timothy, Son of John, b oik of Dedham, Mass. 987
She d. Nov. 9, 1866, at Boston, while on a visit there; and he rn. for
2d wife, Aug. 17, 1868, Emily Boyden.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7111. i. Frances Mehitable Hurd, b. April 15, 1825, m. Sept. 1,
1847, James W. Lee of Boston, Mass, (son of Capt. David Lee of
Barre, Mass., and Adelaide Pierce). He d. April 12, 1873. No issue.
She resides in Boston (1874).
7112. ii. Julia Trask Hurd, b. Sept. 21, 1826, m. Jan. 10, 1849,
Joshua Murdock, Jr., of Leicester (son of Dea. Joshua Murdock and
Claracia Hartshorn), a card manufacturer there (1874). One child:
7113. 1. Caroline Murdock, b. Nov. 4, 1855.
7114. iii. Samuel Dwight Hurd, b. July 20, 1828, d. Sept. 27, 1832.
7115. iv. Ellen Dwight Hurd, b. July 28, 1831, m. Nov. 5, 1856,
William Frederic Holman of Leicester, Mass., a merchant there (1874)
since 1862, b. at Millbury, Mass., June ll, 1827 (son of David Chase
Holman and Lucy Dwelly). One child:
7116. 1. Hettie Lee Holman, b. July 24, I860.
7117. v. Abby Louisa Hurd, b. May 22, 1834, m. Dec. 25\ 1861,
Henry Watson Richardson of Cheshire, Mass., a tanner there (1874),
(son of Ira Richardson of Cheshire and Anna Jenks of Adams, Mass.).
No issue.
7118. vi. Albert Samuel Hurd, b. Nov. 28, 1836, was an Union
soldier in the late war, and was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor,
Ya., June 3, 1864.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 948.
6771. v. Anna Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight of Sutton and Jane
Bulkley), b. July 21, 1748, m. Oct. 28, 1772, as his 2d wife, Major
Joseph Elliott, Jr., of Sutton, b. Nov. 17, 1731 (son of Joseph Elliott
and Fuller).
She was a large, portly woman, of great energy and decision of char-
acter, exceedingly fond of historical reading, and well acquainted with
ancient, modern and Bible history. She was a woman of strong reli-
gious faith. " I remember her," says her grandson, Joseph D. Elliott,
" as standing up straight, and stamping her foot, saying, children ! — so
that the floor trembled, as we ourselves did, scattering far and near.
She was often called, on account of her strong-mindedness, Esq. Dwight."
Major Joseph Elliott was a man of wealth and influence, and devot-
edly patriotic in the revolutionary war. The following story of his
brave efforts to pass the British lines around Boston, in the early part
of the war, and to obtain a load of fire-arms for himself and others at
Sutton, illustrates well his own character and the state of the times.
He started with a team of several fine horses, lightly loaded with provi-
088 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Dedliam, Mass.,
sions, for Boston, arranging while on his way thither for relays of fresh
strong horses every few miles when he should return. As he was cross-
ing Boston Neck, late in the day, some British sentinels stopped him
to examine his load, and observed that he had quite a nice team and
rather too good for the load that he then had. He, in his home-spun
gray and slouched hat, told them with a decided drawl that he had
brought along with him all that he could spare from his farm, and that
his colts were pretty smart, and he thought that the British would like
to buy them. As he had nothing contraband of war they let him pass.
The next day, at dusk, he started for home, with his old-fashioned, high-
sided wagon, which looked empty to a mere casual observer, but con-
tained in the bottom boxes of muskets and kegs of powder, with balls
poured into the spaces intervening between them, to prevent any rat-
tling noises that might otherwise be heard. As he drove along, drawn
up into a heap, as if cold or only half awake, he was hailed by three
sentinels, and raising up himself looked about bewilderingly as if just
coming to consciousness. He had trained his horses to understand that
a steady and strong pull on the bit meant forwards to them, and that
the harder the pull the swifter they were to go. He now drew his
hand strongly upon the horses' mouths, as if to obey the command to
stop, at which they quickened their step. At the repetition of the
order, and with greater emphasis, to halt, he braced himself well on the
foot-board, drew back the reins with all his might and shouted, whoa !
whoa ! at the top of his voice — at which the horses put themselves to
their best speed. The guard, supposing that his horses were running
away, gave up all further pursuit of them and of him ; and he drove
on triumphantly into Sutton, and deposited his load of precious " stuff "
in the meeting-house.
The story was too good to be kept, and got ere long to the ears of the
British, who said that they would come and get these contraband
articles for themselves. One night, when the news came that the ap-
pointed hour for their approach was at hand, one of Major Elliott's
soldiers took his station in the church, un-headed a keg of powder, and
thrust the muzzle of his loaded musket into it, saying : " Let them
come ! I will see who gets out alive from here." But they did not
come ; and neither the brave soldier nor the British foemen were
blown out of the world, as it was really believed that they both would
have been, had they made their threatened assault.
Major Elliott was called also, at different times, " Captain " and
" Deacon." He lived in Sutton at first, and afterwards at Leicester,
Mass. (1792-1820), where he d. April 19, 1820, aet. 90. He was a
boot manufacturer, arid one of the earliest in the country. She d. Aug.
30, 1827, aet. 79.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 989
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
7119. i. Samuel Dwight Elliott, bapt. Nov. 7, 1773, d. Oct. 20, 1846.
7120. ii. Joseph Elliott, b. in Suttoii Aug. 20, 1776 (bapt. Oct. 15,
1776), d. Jan. 3, 1860, aet. 83.
7121. iii. Anna ("Nancy") Elliott, bapt. June 13, 1779, m. in
1798 (pub. Dec. 8, 1798), David Watson, b. Oct. 2, 1776 (son of John
and Dinah Watson), a tanner in Williamstown, Vt. They had 3 chil-
dren : Elizabeth, Anna and David. Their history could not be traced.
7122. iv. Susanna Elliott, bapt. June 3, 1781, m. Arnold Lamb,
and for a 2d husband Joseph W. Morse, and for a 3d husband Samuel
Grant.
7123. v. Elizabeth Elliott, bapt. Sept. 5, 1784, d. in 1802, aet. 18.
7124. vi. Catharine Elliott, bapt. Oct. 30, 1785, m. Capt. Oliver
Kimball.
7125. vii. Charles Bulkley Elliott, bapt. May 11, 1789, m. Sarah
Marble of Rutland, Mass. (dau. of Jesse Marble). He was a ma-
chinist in Springfield, Mass. They had one child :
7126. 1. Sarah Elliott.
7119. i. Samuel Dwight Elliott (son of Major Joseph Elliott, Jr.,
and Anna Dwight), bapt. Nov. 7, 1773, m. April 24, 1802, Sarah Wat-
son, b. Dec. 8, 1779 (dau. of William Watson of Spencer, and Mary
). She was cousin to David Watson, who m. his sister Anna.
She d. Aug. 21, 1803 ; and he m. for 2d wife, in 1824, Betsey Moore
of Charlton, Mass., b. in 1805. He removed from Spencer, Mass., to
Perry, Pike Co., 111., in June 1839, where she d. April 15, 1842, aet.
37, and he d. Oct. 20, 1846, aet. 73.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
By second wife :
7127. i. Sarah Watson Elliott, b. in Oxford, Mass., Jan. 29, 1825,
m. James M. Elledge, and for a 2d husband John C. Short.
7128. ii. Eliza Ann Elliott, b. there Feb. 11, 1827, drowned in Lei-
cester, Mass., Sept. 4, 1828.
7129. iii. Samuel Dwight Elliott, Jr., b. in Leicester, Mass., Jan.
31, 1829.
7130. iv. Elizabeth Ann Elliott, b. in Spencer, Mass., Feb. 22, 1831,
m. William Ham.
7131. v. Charles Bulkley Elliott, b. there March 3, 1833, resides
unmarried in California.
7132. vi. Mary Jane Elliott, b. in Spencer, Dec. 25, 1835, m. John
W. Bradbury.
7133. vii. William Harvey Elliott, b. there Sept. 12, 1838, m. Jan.
20, 1860, Mary Ann Morris, b. Dec. 10, 1844 (dau. of William and
Susan Morris of Kentucky). No children.
990 Descendants of Michael Dwifjlit of Dedham, Mass.,
7127. i. Sarah Watson Elliott, b. Jan. 29, 1825 (dan. of Samuel D.
Elliott and Betsey Moore), m. June 1G, 1842, James McLain Elledge,
a farmer and cooper in Perry, 111., b. Feb. 22, 1817 (son of Benjamin
and Catharine Elledge of Kentucky, and afterwards of Illinois). He
d. of consumption Sept. 20, 1842 ; and she m. Nov. 26, 1844, for a 2d
husband, John Childes Short, b. Oct. 11, 1817 (son of James Short of
Ky., and afterwards of 111., and Polly Forrest), a farmer and carpenter
at Perry, 111., where he d. Aug. 22, 1861, and where his widow still
lives.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
By first marriage :
7134. i. James McLain Elledge, b. April 29, 1843.
By second -marriage :
7135. ii. Samuel Greenleaf Short, b. Sept. 17, 1845.
7136. iii. Joseph Dwight Short, b. March 12, 1848.
7137. iv. Mary Elizabeth Short, b. June 2, 1850.
7138. v. Charles Webster Short, b. April 19, 1853.
7139. vi. Ann Judson Short, b. Oct. 14, 1855.
7140. vii. Francis Way land Short, b. Feb. 11, 1859.
7134. i. James McLain Elledge, b. April 29, 1843, m. Jan. 23, 1868,
Elizabeth Musgrave, b. in Lamar Co., Texas, Oct. 15, 1842 (dau. of
Calvin and Maria Musgrave). He is a carpenter in Texas. He en-
tered the U. S. Army of Vols. in the late war, July 10, 1861, as a
private, and was mustered out of service, Dec. 8, 1865. He belonged
to " the Army of the Cumberland," and to the 59th 111. Regt. in it.
He was in 26 battles, and in the battle of Stone River, before Mur-
freesboro, Tenn., was woxinded and taken prisoner. After this battle
he was promoted, for meritorious services, to the rank of sergeant, and
after the battle of Resaca, Ga., to the rank of quartermaster sergeant.
[Calvin Musgrave went from Hardiman Co., Tenn., to Texas. He
is a raiser of stock. He was postmaster at Pleasanton, Texas in 1868,
and Prest. of the Board of Registration of the Fifth Sub-District. He
was an Union man in the late war, and had to come within the Union
lines for protection, where he joined with delight the U. S. service,
although 68 years of age.]
7135. ii. Samuel Greenleaf Short, b. Sept. 17, 1845, joined the U.
S. army, Aug. 2, 1862, and was discharged from service July 31, 1865,
being a private in the 99th 111. Regt. Vet. Vols., and in the Gulf
Department. Since 1868 he has been engaged in farming in Perry, 111.
7136. iii. Joseph Dwight Short, b. March 12, 1848, was a private
in the 33d 111. Regt. of Vet. Vols., in the Gulf Department. He enlisted,
March 31, 1864, and was discharged Nov. 24, 1865. He has since
been a farmer in Perry, 111.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham, Mass. 991
[Seventh Generation.]
7129. iii. Samuel Dwight Elliott (son of Samuel Dwiglit Elliott and
Betsey Moore), b. Jan. 31, 1829, m. Jan. 1, 1854, Sophia A. Ilickman,
b. Aug. 26, 1834 (son of Ithamar Hickman, b. at Brandy wine, Del., and
Angeline — — ). She d. Dec. 27, 1860, and he m. for 2d wife,
May 5, 1864, widow Susan Haley nee Hitchcock, b. Oct. 21, 1838 (dau.
of Sartmel and Esther Hitchcock). He resides at La Salle, 111., and
runs a freight boat from Chicago, 111., to St. Louis, Mo.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
•By first wife :
7137. i. Elizabeth Ann Elliott, b. at Chambersburgh, 111., March 8,
1855, d. Feb. 10, 1856.
7138. ii. Ithamar Douglass Elliott, b. in Havana, 111., Nov. 13, 1857.
7139. iii. Angeline T. Elliott, b. Jan. 1, 1860, in Havana, 111.
By second wife :
7140. iv. Clanie Elliott, b. Sept. 6, 1866, d. Feb. 25, 1868.
[Seventh Generation.]
7130. iv. Elizabeth Ann Elliott (dau. of Samuel Dwight Elliott
and Betsey Moore), b. Feb. 22, 183i;m. May 4, 1346, William Ham,
b. Jan. 4, 1824, in Bedford Co., Tenn. (son of James Ham, b. in 1796,
in Pendleton Co., S. C., and Mary Briles, b. in 1800), a farmer in Perry,
111.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7141. i. James Dwight Ham, b. in Perry, Sept. 6, 1847, d. Oct. 29,
1847.
7142. ii. Mary Eliza Ham, b. there Nov. 28, 1848.
7143. iii. Joel Edward Hanyb. there March 18, 1851.
7144. iv. Charles Ham, b. in Chambersburgh, Jan. 2, 1854.
7145. v. Sarah Jane Ham, b. there Oct. 31, 1856.
7146. vi. George Wilson Ham, b. there Sept. 5, 1859.
7147. vii. William Henry Ham, b. there June 14, 1862.
[Seventh Generation.]
7132. vi. Mary Jane Elliott (dau. of Samuel Dwight Elliott and
Betsey Moore), b. Dec. 25, 1835, m. Feb. 16, 1853, John W.Bradbury,
b. Jan. 1, 1826 ; a farmer. He d. and she m. for 2d husband, Oct. 21,
1866, W. D. Copelaudjb. in 1818 in St. Clairsville, O. ; a farmer (since
1868) in Carthage, Barton Co., Mo.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
By first fnarriaf/e :
7148. i. Heber E. Bradbury, b. Aug. 7, 1854. .
7149. ii. Francis M. Bradbury, b. Dec. 25, 1856.
7150. iii. Flora M. Bradbury, b. Dec. 28, 1858, d. Sept. 21, 1859.
992 Descendants of Micliael Dwiglit of Dedliam, Mass.,
7151. iv. Clarence M. Bradbury, b. Aug. 5, 1860.
7152. v. John V. Bradbury, b. Sept. 23, 1863.
By second vtwurriage :
7153. vi. Joseph K. Copeland, b. Sept. 13, 1867.
[The first wife of Major Joseph Elliott, Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1731, was
Susan Carlton, by whom he had a son David Elliott, b. Feb. 19, 1766.
He m. Jan. 1, 1793, Eunice McCall of Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y.,
b. in Labanon, Ct., Nov. 6, 1776 (dau. of Ephraim McCall and Eliza-
beth Clark). He was a farmer in Franklin (1793-22), and in Pomfret,
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. (1822-30). In 1830 he removed to Otto,
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and purchased, together with a farm, a saw-mill
and a grist-mill, which he managed until his death, June 8, 1853. His
widow d. Jan. 24, 1866. They had 12 children :
i. Susan Elliott, b. March 29, 1795, m. Nov. 9, 1815, James Bar-
naby, a hatter in Franklin, who d. in 1841-2. She m. for a 2d hus-
band John Grant, who d. about 1855. No children. She resides in
Dunkirk, N. Y.
ii. Alvah Elliott, b. April 5, 1797, d. Aug. 25, 1833.
iii. Fanny Elliott, b. May 20, 1799, m. Sellick St. John.
iv. Marcia Elliott, b. Aug. 22, 1801, m. Warren Green.
v. Clark Elliott, b. July 10, 1803, d. Nov. 10, 1807.
vi. David Platt Elliott, b. April 25, 1805, d. July 27, 1831.
vii. William Nelson Elliott, M.D., b. Jan. 28, 1807, grad. at the
Fail-field (Herkimer Co., N. Y.) Med. Academy, Jan. 1832, has been
a physician and surgeon in White Pigeon, Mich., since 1832. He was
for 3 years during the late war surgeon in the llth Mich. Regt. of In-
fantry. From him the facts here furnished concerning the descen-
dants of David Elliott were obtained. He m. May 18, 1836, Sarah
MeKinney (dau. of James McKinney of Binghamton, N. Y., and Cath-
arine Gray). No children.
viii. Eunice Bates Elliott, b. May 20, 1808, m. Dec. 31, 1828, Oliver
Raymond, a merchant in Dunkirk, N. Y., until 1831, and afterwards
for many years a miner in California, and now a farmer in Sturgis,
Mich.
ix. Joseph Elliott, b. June 11, 1810, a farmer since 1844, at Dun-
kirk, N. Y., and previously a hatter in Simco, C. W., where he m.
March 18, 1835, Rebecca Austin, who d. Sept. 22, 1852. He has 6
children : Frances, Susan, Maiy, William, Austin and David.
x. Ephraim Clark Elliott, b. Jan. 24, 1812, m. Jan. 20, 1840, Han-
nah P. Ferris. He is a miller at Otto, N. Y., on the old homestead ;
has had 3 children : Frank, Charles who was drowned, and Cora.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both of Dedham, Mass. 993
[Sixth Generation.]
7120. ii. Joseph Elliott, Jr. (son of Major Joseph Elliott and Anna
Dwight), b. in Sutton, Aug. 20, 1776, m. May 25, 1808, Mary Wheeler,
b. June 17, 1787 (dau. of Jonathan Wheeler, of Grafton, Mass., b.
April 2, 1743 — son of Ebenezer Wheeler of that place — and Mercy
Rawson, b. Aug. 3, 1757, dau. of Nathaniel Rawson of Milford). He
was a card manufacturer (cotton and wool), and one of the earliest
cotton manufacturers in the land — owning and working a cotton-mill
in Oxford, Mass. He resided at different times in Oakham, Oxford,
and Leicester, Mass. He d. in Grafton, Mass., Jan. 3, 1860. She d.
there June 8, 1859.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7154. i. Joseph Dwight Elliott, b. in Oakham, Mass., July 27, 1809,
m. March 16, 1840, Roxa Jane Bidwell, b. April 15, 1811 (dau. of
Timothy Bidwell of Ware, Mass., and Roxa Evans). She d. Jan. 10,
1841, and he m. for 2d wife Nov. 29, 1849, Sarah Melvina Heywood
of Grafton, Mass., b. Dec. 13, 1828 (dau. of Levi Chamberlain Hey-
wood, b. April 23, 1805, who d. at Grafton, Jan. 4, 1873, and Sarah
B. Stow, b. Jan. 7, 1806, who d. there Dec. 20, 1867). No issue. He
resided for many years in Grafton, Mass. (1849-72), and was for some
years a dentist there, but in later years has been a manufacturer of
"cloth-folding machines," and of "rived stave-dressing machines." He
has taken out more than a dozen patents for various inventions. Since
Nov. 1872, he has resided in Newton Centre, Mass.
To him is due the account here given of the descendants of Major
Joseph Elliott.
7155. ii. Jonathan Wheeler Elliott, b. in Oakham, May 15, 1811, d.
in Oxford, Mass., Aug. 26, 1819.
7156. iii. Elizabeth Ann Elliott, b. in Leicester, Mass., Dec. 24,
1813, m. Horace C. Watson.
7157. iv. William Harvey Elliott, b. in Leicester, April 23, 1816.
7158. v. Catharine Bulkley Elliott, b. in Oxford, Mass., July 30,
1819, m. Samuel Bacon.
7159. vi. John Wheeler Elliott, b. in Leicester, Mass., Sept. 7, 1822.
7160. vii. George Lewis Elliott, b. there July 21, 1825, is a dentist
in Toronto, Canada.
7156. iii. Elizabeth Ann Elliott (dau. of Joseph Elliott, Jr., and
Mary Wheeler), b. Dec. 24, 1813, m. April 23, 1835, Horace Craig
Watson, b. July 20, 1812 (son of Samuel Watson, Jr., of Leicester,
Mass., b. Jan. 27, 1785, and d. Feb. 10, 1818, and Mary Craig, b.
Sept. 21, 1786). He was a tanner and currier, and also boot and shoe
manufacturer at Leicester. In 1843 he removed to Worcester, Mass.,
994 Descendants of Micliael Dwiglit of Dedham, Mass.,
in 1850 to Brooklyn, N. Y., and from 1859 to 1873 resided in Detroit,
Mich., where he d. Jan. 1, 1873.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7161. i. Mary Elizabeth Watson, b. Jan. 31, 183G, d. Aug. 14,
1857, m. Silas A. Mercian.
7162. ii. Sarah Amanda Watson, b. Feb. 3, 1838.
7163. iii. Jane Elliott Watson, b. March 9, 1844, d. Jan. 7, 1848.
7164. iv. Anna Dwight Watson, b. Feb. 18, 1847.
7165. v. Samuel Watson, b. March 28, 1850, d. Oct. 29, 1850.
7166. vi. Joseph Elliott Watson, b. Aug. 28, 1852.
7167. vii. Hoi-ace Edward Watson, b. Feb. 28, 1855.
7168. viii. Catharine Elizabeth Watson, b. Feb. 6, 1858, d. Feb. 17,
1860.
7161. i. Mary Elizabeth Watson, b. Jan. 31, 1836, m. Jan. 31, 1855,
Silas Austin Mercian, b. Aug. 13, 1828, a painter at New York. She
d. Aug. 14, 1857. Two children :
7169. 1. Mary Louise Mercian, b. Nov. 3, 1855, d. July 16, 1856.
7170. 2. Mary Elizabeth Mercian, b. Aug. 3, 1857, d. Aug. 13, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
7157. iv. William Harvey Elliott (son of Joseph Elliott, Jr., and
Mary Wheeler), b. April 23, 1816, m. Almira Lowell, dau. of Samuel
Lowell of Plattsburgh, N. Y. He was a dentist for some years at
Plattsburgh and Montreal, but more recently has been a maker of fire-
arms at New York. He is the inventor of " The Elliott Revolver,"
and of the Elliott repeater, carbine, and breech-loading rifle, and of
" Elliott's Derringer." He has taken out more than 60* patents for
inventions of his own devising. He has had two children : Nos. 7171-
2, Margaret and Lowell.
[Seventh Generation.]
7158. v. Catharine Bulkley Elliott, b. in Oxford, Mass., July 30,
1819, m. Samuel Bacon, of Southbridge, Mass., b. in 1821 (son of Ma-
tucin Bacon and Elizabeth Searle), a machinist. He d. June 15, 1855,
act. 34. Children :
7173. 1. Samuel Elliott Bacon, b. about 1843.
7174. 2. Joseph Matucin Bacon, b. about 1845.
[Seventh Generation.].
7159. vi. John Wheeler Elliott (son of Joseph Elliott, Jr., and Mary
Wheeler), b. Sept. 7, 1 822, m. Sophia Graves of Wilbraham, Mass.
He is a dentist in Toronto, Canada. He has had 2 children. Nos.
7175-6 : John and Joseph Elliott.
[Sixth. Generation.]
7122. iv. Susanna Elliott (dau. of Major Joseph Elliott, Jr. and
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolin, botJi of Dedham, Mass. 995
Anna Dwight), bapt. June 3, 1781, m. May 26, 1803, Arnold Lamb,
b. in Spencer, March 27, 1778. He d. Sept. 1803. She m. for 2d
husband Joseph "Ward Morse of Spencer, Mass., b. Nov. 8, 1778.
He d. and she m. for a 3d husband, and as his 2d wife, Samuel Grant
of Westboro, Mass., April 5, 1811.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
_Z?y second marriage.
7177. i. Laurinda Ward Morse, who m. Joshua E. Goodale of Spen-
cer, Mass.
By third marriage:
7178. ii. Susan Dwight Grant, b. Dec. 27, 1812, m. Ebenezer Up-
ham.
7179. iii. Catharine Elliott Grant, b. March 1, 1815, m. Daniel Clap.
7180. iv. Joseph Putnam Grant, b. Aug. 31, 1816, m. Dec. 25, 1846,
Senia Ann Thompson. He lives in Agency City, Iowa.
7181. v. Benjamin Buckley Grant, b. Jan. 12, 1820.
7178. ii. Susan Dwight Grant (dau. of Samuel Grant and Susanna
Elliott) b. Dec. 17, 1812, m. Feb. 6, 1837, Ebenezer Upham, b. May
24, 1806, in Windham, Vt., a resident of Chesterfield, III
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7182. i. Mary A. Upham, b. May 9, 1840.
7183. ii. Frances A. Upham, b. March 21, 1842.
7184. iii. Herbert E. Upham, b. in 1846, d. in 1850.
[Seventh Generation.]
7179. iii. Catharine Elliott Grant, b. March 1, 1815, m. Oct. 11,
1836, Daniel Clap, b. Feb. 12, 1811, a resident of Gardner, Mass.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
7185. i. Susan Grant Clap, b. Oct. 22, 18.37.
7186. ii. Joseph W. Clap, b. Dec. 14, 1839.
7187. iii. Samuel B. Clap, b. June 9, 1841.
7188. iv. Sarah M. Clap, b. Nov. 15, 1843.
7189. v. Daniel E. Clap, b. July 26, 1848.
7190. vi. Edward K. Clap, b. Oct. 7, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
71 Hi. v. Benjamin Buckley Grant (son of Samuel Grant and Su-
sanna Elliott), b. Jan. 12, 1820, in. April 1851 Mary Ann Heed of
Rutland, Mass., b. Jan. 31, 1825. He is a resident of Chesterfield, 111.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7191. i. Susan E. Grant, b. July 29, 1854.
7192. ii. Samuel R. Grant, b. Jan. 9, 1859.
[Sixth Generation.]
7124. vi. Catharine Elliott (dau. of Major Joseph Elliott, Jr., and
996 Descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedham, Mass.,
Anna Dwight), bapt. Oct. 30, 1785, m. in 1810, (pub. April 7, 1810).
Capt. Oliver Kimball of Grafton, Mass.,b. May 9, 177G (son of Noah
Kimball and Persia Brigham). He d. March 31, 1819. She d. Sept.
13, 1819.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7193. i. Charles B. Kimball, b. Sept. 22, 1813, a resident of Phila-
delphia, Pa.
7194. ii. Catharine Kimball, b. Sept. 15, 1815, m. May 14, 183G,
Henry Taylor Grant, b. Aug. 7, 1810, (son of Rev. Jonathan Grant of
Hawley, Mass.), a lawyer in Philadelphia. They have had 3 children :
7195. 1. Louisa Maria Grant, b. Feb. 28, 1842.
7196. 2. Catharine K. Grant, b. Dec. 1846.
7197. 3. Emma Alfreda Grant, b. Aug. 1854.
7198. iii. Oliver Kimball, Jr., b. Jan. 14, 1817.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 948.
6772. vi. Elizabeth Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Jane Bulk-
ley), b. Aug. 14, 1751, m. Feb. 28, 1776, Joseph Waters of Sutton
(now Millbury), b. there April 16, 1744. She d. May 9, 1839, aet. 87.
He was one of the earliest shoe manufacturers in the country.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
7199. i. Polly Waters, b. July 24, 1777, m. Capt. Warren Snow,
and d. May 19, 1822.
7200. ii. David Waters, b. April 5, 1 779.
7201. iii. Joseph Waters, b. Oct. 29, 1780, in. widow Shumway.
He was a resident cf Oxford, Mass. »
7202. iv. Israel Waters, b. Feb. 12, 1783, lived in Ohio.
7203. v. Gardner Waters, b. April 2, 1785, d. in Maine.
7204. vi. Rev. Bulkley Waters, Bapt., b. Sept. 2, 1787, m. Esther
Mai'ble (dau. of Dea. Solomon Marble of Millbury, Mass.). No issue.
7205. vii. Nathaniel Waters, b. Sept. 3, 1791.
7206. viii. Betsey Waters, b. about 1794, d. young.
7199. i. Polly Waters (dau. of Joseph Waters and Elizabeth Dwight),
b. July 24, 1777, m. about 1798, Capt. Warren Snow, a saddler and
harness-maker at Sutton, b. in 1778 (son of Jacob Snow and Polly
Marble), lie d. Jan. 17, 1816: she d. May 1.9, 1822.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7207. i. Capt. Lawson Snow, b. April 7, 1799 at Millbury.
7208. ii. Betsey Snow, b. at Sutton, May 31, 1801, m. Alexander
Holman, and d. May 1, 1834.
7209. iii. Warren Snow, Jr., b. at Millbury, Jan. 22, 1803, d. June
24, 1843.
7210. iv. Alden Snow, b. there March 28, 1806.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 997
7211. v. Buckley Warren Snow, b. there April 16, 1811, d. Feb.
23, 1868.
7212. vi. Hannah Waters Snow, b. at Sutton March 28, 1814, m.
George Dike.
7207. i. Capfc. Lawson Snow, b. April 7, 1799, m. April 27, 1822,
widow Hannah Trask nee Thurston, b. in Oxfoi'd, Mass., April 5,
1798 (dau. of Nathan Thurston and Sally Campbell). He was a har-
ness-maker in Millbury, Mass., where his children were all born, and at
Oxford, Mass.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7213. i. Ira Trask Snow, b. July 4, 1823, d. July 24, 1824.
7214. ii. Franklin Thurston Snow, b. Dec. 29, 1826.
7215. iii. Sarah Caroline Snow, b. Feb. 8, 1829, m. Lorenzo Mor-
gan.
7216. iv. Alexander Thurston Snow, b. Dec. 6, 1830.
7217. v. Elizabeth Dwight Snow, b. Aug. 25, 1834, d. May 2, 1837.
7218. vi. Henry Wilbur Snow, b. Feb. 11, 1836, m. Aug. 16, 1859,
Anginette Bacon, b. in Dudley, Mass., May 22, 1839 (dau. of Cyril L.
and Betsey A. Bacon). He is a salesman at Worcester, Mass. No
children.
7214. ii. Franklin Thurston Snow (son of Capt. Lawson Snow and
Hannah Thurston), b. Dec. 29, 1826, m. Oct. 21, 1850, Sophia Kidder,
b. in Oxford, Mass., Nov. 1, 1827 (dau. of Peter Kidder and Sophia
Shumway). He is a harness-maker in Roxbury, Yt.
X [Ninth Generation.] Children :
7219. i. Charles Franklin Snow, b. in Oxford, Dec. 21, 1851.
7220. ii. Willie Pliny Snow, b. in Charlton, Mass., May 19, 1855.
7221. iii. George Henry Snow, b. May 27, 1857, d. in Charlton,
Dec. 15, 1857.
7222. iv. Nelly Angeline Snow, b. in Oxford, Aug. 13, 1859, d.
May 25, J860.
[Eighth Generation.]
7215. iii. Sarah Caroline Snow (dau. of Capt. Lawson Snow and
Hannah Thnrston), b. Feb. 8, 1829, in. April 17, 1849, Lorenzo Mor-
gan, b. in Spencer, Mass., May 14, 1819 (son of Nathan Morgan and
Eliza Cogswell), a shoe-cutter in Worcester, Mass. Children :
7223. 1. Sarah Jeanie Morgan, b. in Union, Ct., May 28, 1853.
7224. 2. Ellen Elizabeth Morgan, b. in Oxford, Aug. 13, 1858, d.
April 26, 1860.
7225. 3. Ellen Elizabeth Morgan, 2d, b. Jan. 8, 1861.
[Eighth Generation.]
7216. iv. Alexander Thurston Snow (son of Capt. Lawson Snow
998 Descendants of Michael Dio ight of Dedham, Mass. ,
and Hannah Thurston), b. Dec. 6, 1830, m. Jan. 1, 1854, Mary E.
Cummings, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., June 1836 (dau. of Reuben and
Chloe Cummings). He is a shoe-cutter in Worcester, Mass. She d.
April 12, 1803, and he m. for a 2d wife, Dec. 24, 18G5, Elizabeth Sophia
Pope, b. in Oxford, Mass., July 3, 1839 (dau. of Horace and Abigail
Pope). Children :
[Ninth Generation. ] Children :
7226. 1. Frederic Lawson Snow, b. in Oxford May 31, 1855.
7227. 2. Anna Chloe Snow, b. April 20, 1857, d. Feb. 26, 1861.
[Seventh Generation.]
7208. ii. Betsey Snow (dau. of Warren Snow and Polly Waters), b.
May 31, 1801, m. Nov. 28, 1828, Alexander Holman, b. in Auburn,
Mass., Jan. 24, 1800 (son of John and Deborah Holman), a farmer in
Millbury. He d. Oct. 6, 1849; she d. May 1, 1834.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7228. i. Mary Loraine Holman, b. in Millbury, Dec. 20, 1829, d.
June 7, 1855.
7229. ii. Jane Elizabeth Holman, b. in Millbury, March 12, 1834,
m. in Dover, Mass., Oct. 4, 1854, John Giles, b. in Burton, Eng.,
Dec. 26, 1828 (son of William and Sarah Giles), a boot-maker in Hol-
liston, Mass.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7230. i. Alphonzo John Giles, b. in Holliston, July 6, 1855.
7231. ii. Flora Martha Jane Giles, b. Dec. 21, 1858.
7232. iii. Arlow Ancil Edward Giles, b. Aug. 30, 1861.
7233. iv. Vincent Irving Giles, b. Sept. 7, 1863, d. Dec. 13, 1863.
7234. v. Lottie Etolar Giles, b. March 5, 1867.
[Seventh Generation.]
7209. iii. Warren Snow (son of Capt. Warren Snow and Polly
Waters), b. Jan. 22, 1804, m. Nov. 15, 1825, Sally Carlton of Sutton,
b. in 1808. He was a manufacturer of sheepskin at Millbury. He
d. June 24, 1843 : she d. June 29, 1847.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7235. i. William Warren Snow, b. at Millbury, Aug. 8, 1837, m.
Dec. 20, 1865, Sarah Andor Woods, b. in Jackson, Mich., July 14,
1842 (dau. of Arunah P. Woods and Paulina Rosanna .) He is
a salesman at Jackson, Mich.
7236. ii. Mary Snow, b. at Millbury, March 8, 1808, resides un-
married at Worcester, Mass.
[Seventh Generation.]
7210. iv. Alden Snow (son of Capt. Warren Snow and Polly Wa-
ters), b. Marcli 28, 1806, m. May 8, 1834, Emily Ward (dau. of Jonas
Son of Timothy, Son of John, both ofDedham, Mass. 999
Ward and Susan Fairbanks). He is a farmer at Charlton, Mass.
Children :
7237. 1. Alden Homer Snow, b. at Millbuiy, Sept. 13, 1835, d.
there Feb. 18, 1843.
7238. 2. Charles Edward Snow, b. there Oct. 3, 1840, m. June 17,
1866, at Worcester, Mass., Sarah Jane Case, b. Feb. 28, 1841 (dau. of
John S. and Adeline P. Case). He is a farmer at Charlton.
[Seventh Generation.] -
7211. v. Buckley Warren Snow (son of Capt. Warren Snow and
Polly Waters), b. April 16, 1811, m. Dec. 24, 1833, Mary Rice Carl-
ton of Millbury, b. Jan. 23, 1814 (dau. of Benjamin Carlton and
Huldah Miller). She d. Aug. 10, 1858, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov.
24, 1864, Mary Stone of Oxford, Mass., b. Jan. 19, 1815 (dau. of David
Stone and Betsey Hall). He was a wood-worker in Millbury. He
d. Feb. 23, 1868.
[Eighth Generation.]
7239. i. Maria Rice Snow, b. Nov. 17, 1834, d. Jan. 18, 1855.
7240. ii. Elizabeth Dwight Snow, b. June 21, 1837, d. Sept. 28, 1858.
7241. iii. Augusta Jane Griggs Snow, b. July 30, 1840.
7242. iv. Birney Washington Snow, b. Jan. 18, 1846, is a wood-
worker in Millbury.
7243. v. Warren Foster Snow, b. Dec. 4, 1849, is a farmer in Mill-
bury.
7244. vi. George Forrester Snow, } twins, b. Feb. 13, 1853, d.
7245. vii. Georgiana Frances Snow, j Sept. 6, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
7212. vi. Hannah Waters Snow (dau. of Capt. Warren Snow and
Polly Waters), b. March 28, 1814, m. Jan. 30, 1838, George Dike,
b. in Thompson, Ct., Feb. 1, 1815 (son of Samuel Dike and Mary T.
Davis), a farmer in Thompson, Ct. She d. Jan. 26, 1862.
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
7246. i. Rev. Samuel Warren Dike, b. Feb. 13,. 1839, grad. at Wil-
liams Coll. in 1863 and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1866, has been
settled since 1869 at West Randolph, Vt.
7247. ii. Henry Harrison Dike, b. June 26, 1840, a farmer at
Thompson, Ct.
7248. iii. Mary Helen Dike, b. Aug. 24, 1843.
7249. iv. Harriet Waters Dike, b. Feb. 13, 1846.
7250. v. Ansel George Dike, b. May 15, 1847, d. June 29, 1849.
7251. vi. Josiah Woodward Dike, b. Oct. 21, 1852.
[Sixth Generation.]
7200. ii. David Waters (son of Joseph Waters and Elizabeth Dwight),
1000 Descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedham, Mass.,
b. April 5, 1779, in. a Miss Hagar. He was a resident of Millbury,
Mass. He d. May 1837. Three children, Nos. 7252-4: D wight of
Worcester; David of Sutton ; and Jane, who m. a Mr. Fellows of
Worcester, Mass.
[Sixth Generation.]
7205. vii. Nathaniel Waters (son of Joseph Waters and Elizabeth
Dwight) b. Sept. 3, 1791, in. Sally Hagar. He lived in Middlebury,
Mass.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7255. i. Andrew Waters, b. Sept. 14, 1814, at Auburn, Mass.
7256. ii. William Waters, b. Aug. 6, 1816, at Middlebury, Mass.
7257. iii. Livia Waters, b. there March 5, 1818.
7258. iv. Esther Marble Waters, b. Nov. 14, 1819, at same place.
7259. v. Joseph Gardner Waters, b. there Sept. 7, 1822.
7260. vi. Vernai- Stiles Waters, b. Oct. 4, 1824, at Worcester, Mass.
7261. vii. Charles Waters, b. there May 28, 1826.
7262. viii. Leander Waters, b. at Middlebury, April 18, 1828.
7263. ix. Sarah Ann Waters, b. there May 18, 1830.
7264. x. Edwin Dwight Waters, b. Nov. 10, 1836, at Worcester.
7263. ix. Sarah Ann Waters, b. May 18, 1830, m. Feb. 18, 1855,
Matthew L. Colvin, b. Oct. 3, 1833, at Scitxiate, Mass., a resident of
Smithfield, R. I.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7265. i. Lillian Agnes Colvin, b. Sept. 27, 1857, at Smithfield.
7266. ii. Esther Maria Colvin, b. Nov. 3, 1859.
7277. iii. Louisa Lavina Colvin, b. July 17, 1862.
7278. iv. Charlotte Edwina Colvin, b. Nov. 17, 1866.
[Fifth Generation.] See page 948.
6773. vii. Rebecca Dwight (dau. of Samuel Dwight and Jane Bulk-
ley), b. May 19, 1754, m. Dec. 28, 1774, Lt. Abraham Batcheller, Jr.,
of Sutton, where he was b. March 26, 1752 (son of Capt. Abraham
Batcheller and Sarah Newton : he was a revolutionary officer). He
was a farmer at Sutton (1774-91). In 1791-2 he removed to Paris
Hill, Oneida Co., N. Y.— "when Utica, now having some 35,000 in-
habitants, had but three log-houses in it." In 1816 he removed to
Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he d. Aug. 14, 1832, aet. 80.
She d. April 5, 1842, aet. 87, at Stockton. He was an active member
of the Bapt. Ch. .
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
7279. i. Paul Batcheller, b. in 1775, d. in 1794, aet. 19.
7280. ii. Elizabeth Batcheller, b. about 1777, m. Moses Davis of
Lenox, N. Y. (then Smithfield).
Son of Timothy, Son of John, ~bothof Dedham, Mass. 1001
7281. iii. Joseph Batcheller, b. June 3, 1778, was living in Pom-
fret, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1869, act. 91.
7282. iv. Dwight Batcheller, b. July 4, 1780, was a farmer at Stock-
ton, N. Y., where he d. unmarried Sept. 1854.
7283. v. Rebecca Batcheller, b. about 1782, m. as his 2d wife
Moses Davis of Lenox, N. Y., without issue.
7284. vi. Abraham Batcheller, b. about 1786, d. yoxing.
7285. vii. Silence Batcheller, b. Aug. 9, 1788, m. John Haseltine.
7286. viii. Levina Batcheller, b. April 4, 1 797, d. unmarried about
1820.
7287. ix. Electa Batcheller, b. April 12, 1799, m. Nathan Cleland.
7288. x. Charles Batcheller, b. April 23, 1802, at Paris Hill, N. Y.
7289. xi. Sally Batcheller, b. at Paris Hill, N. Y., about 1804, d.
early of dysentery.
7290. xii. Nancy Batcheller, b. there about 1806, d. early of dysen-
tery.
7280. ii. Elizabeth Batcheller (dau. of Lt. Abraham Batch el ler and
Rebecca Dwight), m. Dea. Moses Davis, a farmer at Madison, N. Y.,
and afterwards at Lenox, N. Y., and a deacon in the Bapt. Ch. After
her decease he m. for a 2d wife her sister, Rebecca Batcheller. By his
first marriage he had 7 children ; by his second, none.
[Sixth Generation.]
7281. iii. Joseph Batcheller (son of Lt. Abraham Batcheller and
Rebecca Dwight), b. June 3, 1778, m. Dorothy Needham. He was a
farmer at Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Five children, Nos. 7291-
5. Julian ; Betsey; Varnum N., a farmer in Casadaga, N. Y. ; Joseph
E. ; and George J.
[Sixth Generation.]
7286. vii. Silence Batcheller (dau. of Lt. Abraham Batcheller and
Rebecca Dwight), b. Aug. 9, 1788, in Sutton, Mass., m. March 4, 1814,
in Cazenovia, N. Y., John Haseltine, b. Sept. 6, 1791, in Bath, N. II.
(son of John Haseltine of Clinton, N. Y., and afterwards (1816) of
Hamilton, O., and Elizabeth Haynes, who d. there Sept. 16, 1817.
He was a i-evolutionary soldier for 6 years. He d. at Eaton, O., July
22, 1832). He was a mill-wright, and lived at Oxford, O. (1816-35),
at Laporte, Ind. (1835-51), and at Brooklyn, Green Co., Wis. (1851-
9), where he d. Jan. 21, 1859, aet. 67. lie was a justice of the peace
for many years in both Indiana and "Wisconsin, and was a great lover
of truth and honesty. She is still living at Brooklyn, Wis.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7296. i. Emmeline Haseltine, b. Feb. 2, 1815, m. Hon. William W.
McLaughlin.
64
1002 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit ofDedham, Mass.,
7297. ii. Elizabeth Haseltine, b. May 22, 1816, m. Elisha Rose, and
for a 2d husband, Lewis Valentine Baker.
7298. iii. Joseph Willis Haseltine, b. April 25, 1818.
7299. iv. Louisa Haseltine, b. Jan. 30, 1820, m. Gilbert Rose.
7300. v. Charles Millard Haseltine, b. Dec. 5, 1821, d. Aug. 28,1823.
7301. vi. Elvira Haseltine, b. Jan. 22, 1824, m. Seymour Smith.
7302. vii. John Haynes Haseltine, b. June 4, 1826.
7303. viii. Harriet Haseltine, b. Dec. 8, 1831, m. George Baker.
729G. i. Einmeline Haseltine (dau. of John Haseltine and Silence
Batcheller), b. Feb. 2, 1815, m. May 30, 1838, Hon. William Wilson
McLaughlin, b. Aug. 7, 1807, in Urbana, Champaign Co., O., a farmer
in Brooklyn, Wis. (since 1842). He has been twice a member of the
Wis. Legislature (1864-5).
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7304. i. Harriet Elizabeth McLaughlin, b. at Laporte, Ind., April
26, 1842, m. June 13, 1866, John White, b. in 1841, in Alabama,
Genesee Co., N. Y. (son of James White, now of Minn., and Deborah
Winslow), a merchant at Kasson, Minn. They have 2 children:
**** 1. Mira May White, b. there Oct. 8, 1869.
**** 2. McLaughlin White, b. July 2, 1873.
7305. ii. Louisa Jane McLaughlin, b. in Brooklyn, Wis., June 16,
1846, m. Oct. 29, 1870, Calvin Hook, b. in Brooklyn, O., April 14,
1841 (son of Stephen Hook and Lydia Fish), a fai mer in Brooklyn,
Wis. Children :
**** 1. Harriet Bell Hook, b. Aug. 19, 1872.
**** 2. Wilson Emmett Hook, b. Sept. 28, 1873.
7306. iii. Eliza Elmira McLaughlin, b. there Oct. 21, 1847, m. Oct.
15, 1868, Franklin Frisbie, b. in Geneva, Wis., May 9, 1847 (son of
Chester Frisbie of Oregon, Wis., and Emmeline Stevens). They have
one child :
**** 1. Frederic Earnest Frisbie, b. in Brooklyn, Wis., Jan. 17,
1872.
[Seventh Generation.]
7297. ii. Elizabeth Haseltine (dau. of John Haseltine and Silence
Batcheller), b. May 22, 1816, m. May 11, 1837, Elisha Rose, b. in
Broome, Schoharie Co., N. Y., June 1, 1808. He was a teacher. He
d. at Laporte, Ind., Sept. 28, 1841, an educated Christian gentleman.
She m. March 31, 1842, Lewis Valentine Baker, b. Jan. 22, 1807, in
Nine Partners, Duchess Co., N. Y. (son of Richard and Sarah Baker).
He was engaged in milling and lumbering at Buchanan, Mich., where
he d. Nov. 10, 1872.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth of Dedham, Mass. 1003
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
J3y first marriage :
7307. i. Orange Willis Rose, b. Feb. 8, 1840, in Laporte, Ind., m.
Oct. 8, 1868, Alice Lucretia Ross of Gaines, Orleans Co. N. Y. : a
merchant in Buchanan, Mich. One child :
**** 1. Myrta May Rose, b. in 1869.
J3y second marriage :
7308. ii. Louisa Jane Baker, b. in Berrien Co., Mich., Dec. 17,
1843, m. April 11, 1866, John Redden, b. May 4, 1835, a merchant
and farmer in Buchanan, b. in Kent Co., Del., May 4, 1835. Chil-
dren :
**** 1. Elsie E. Redden, b. Jan. 15, 1867.
**** 2. Bernice Redden, b. Jan. 11, 1869.
**** 3. Lewis Valentine Redden, b. March 13, 1871.
7309. iii. Florence Idell Baker, b. Oct. 23, 1847, d. March 8, 1852.
7310. iv. John Valentine Baker, b. March 22, 1853, d. April 13,
1868.
7311. v. Lewis Wilson Baker, b. Sept. 28, 1855.
7312. vi. Clyde Haseltine Baker b. Nov. 5, 1857.
[Seventh Generation.]
7298. iii. Joseph Willis Haseltine (son of John Haseltine and
Silence Batcheller), b. April 25, 1818, at Oxford, O., m. in Oregon,
Dane Co., Wis. (of which town Brooklyn, Green Co., Wis., was until
within a few years a part), June 3, 1849, Sarah Ann Boyce, b. in Dan-
bury, N. II., Sept. 23, 1819 (dau. of Reuben Boyce and Polly Wad-
leigh). He is a large farmer (300 acres) at Brooklyn, Wis., where he
has lived most of the time since 1839, when he bought the land that
he owns of the U. S. Govt.
[Eighth Generation.] Children:
7313. i. Mary Idell Haseltiue, b. in Brooklyn, Wis., May 25, 1852.
7314. ii. Willis Wilson Haseltine, b. there Aug. 17, 1854.
7315. iii. Sarah Louisa Haseltine, b. there Dec. 3, 1855, d. Oct. 2,
1859.
[Seventh Generation.]
7299. iv. Louisa Haseltine (dau. of John Haseltine and Silence
Batcheller), b. Jan 30, 1820, m. July 18, 1841, Gilbert Rose, b. Sept.
27, 1797, in Dover Hollow, Dutchess Co., N. Y. He has been a mer-
chant and farmer for many years in Wakelee, Cass Co., Mich.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7316. i. Orriu De Loss Rose, b. in Laporte, Ind., Nov. 16, 1842, d,
there April 1, 1862.
7317. ii. John Walter Rose, b. there Oct. 25, 1844, m. Dec. 31,
1004 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit of Deifha/ni, Mas*.,
18G8, Amanda Hayden, b. in Kentucky in 1850. He is a farmer in
Yolenia, Cass Co., Mich. Children:
**** 1. Charles Arthur Rose, b. there Jan. 28, 18G9.
**** 2. Gilbert Byron Rose, b. there June 16, 1872.
7318. iii. Mary Louisa Rose, b. there April 17, 1848, m. Dec. 30,
1868, William Wallace Roper, b. in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Jan. 13,
1843, a farmer in Marseilles, Cass Co., Mich. They have two sons.
7319. 1. Albert Lester Roper, b. Dec. 28, 1869, in Marseilles, Mich.
**** 2. Ralph Hudson Roper, b. in Mishwaukee, Ind., Oct. 19, 1873.
7320. iv. Gilbert Lester Rose, b. July 21, 1853.
[Seventh Generation.]
7301. vi. Elvira Haseltine (dau. of John Haseltine and Silence
Batcheller), b. Jan. 22, 1824, m. Nov. 5, 1845, Seymour Smith, b. Feb.
21, 1823 (son of Shubael Smith and Lucy Thrall), a farmer in Spring-
ville, Ind., and since 1853 in Oregon, Wis. (now Brooklyn). She d.
July 1, 1872.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7321. i. Adeline Louisa Smith, b. in Springville, Ind., Aug. 28,
1846, lives unmarried at home.
7322. ii. Eugene Augustus Smith, b. there June 15, 1849, is a farmer
in Brooklyn, Wis.
7323. iii. Charles Millard Smith, b. there Dec. 10, 1850, d. there
April 9, 1851,
7324. iv. Edgar Wilson Smith, b. in Oregon, Wis., March 6, 1853.
7325. v. Mary Elizabeth Smith, b. there May 6, 1855.
7326. vi. Albert Haseltine Smith, b. there Feb. 28, 1858.
7327. vii. Clayton Willis Smith, b. there May 14, 1863.
[Seventh Generation.]
7302. vii. Rev. John Haynes Haseltine (son of John Haseltine and
Silence Batcheller), b. June 4, 1826, m. June 12, 1848, Sylvia Pierce.
She d. suddenly in Springfield, Ind., March 25, 1851. He m. for 2d
wife, in Union, Wis., in 1852, Louisa Merrick, b. Oct. 11, 1832, at
Deer River, Franklin Co., N. Y. He is a Methodist clergyman at
Cawker City, Kansas (1874).
[Eighth Generation. ] Children :
J3y first wife :
7328. i. Martha Emmeline Haseltine, b. in Ind., Aug. 4, 1849.
2iy second wife:
7329. ii. John Adelbert Haseltine, b. in Delavan, Walworth Co.,
Wis., April 13, 1853.
7330. iii. Laura Annette Haseltine, b. at Dayton, Green Co., Wis.,
July 20, 1855.
Son of Timothy, Son of John, loth ofDedham,Mass. 1005
7331. iv. Lura Alice Haseltine, b. in Oregon, Wis., Sept. 27, 1861.
7332. v. Annie Josephine Haseltine^ b. in Evansville, Wis., March
13, 18G7.
[ Se venth Generation. ]
7303. viii. Harriet Haseltine (clau. of John Haseltine and Silence
Batcheller), b. Dec. 8, 1831, m. Feb. 29, 18(10, George Baker, b. in
Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1828 (son of Hiram Baker
and Sally Maria Camp), a farmer in Buchanan, Mich, formerly but
now in Bertrand, Berrian Co., Mich. (1874).
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7333. i. Florence Baker, b. in Bertrand, Mich., April 8, 1861, and
d. there Oct. 11, 1862.
7334. ii. Estelle Baker, b. Feb. 8, 1863.
7335. iii. Annie Haseltine Baker, b. there Jan. 11, 1867, d. June
13, 1867.
**** iv- Warren Dvvight Baker, b. Jan. 30, 1870.
To Joseph W. Haseltine of Brooklyn, Wis. , thanks are due for the
account here presented of his father's large family of descendants.
[Sixth Generation.]
7287. ix. Electa Batcheller (dau. of Lt. Abraham Batcheller and
Rebecca Dwight), b. April 12, 1799, m. Nathan Cleland, a farmer in
Charlotte, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He has 7 children, said to be all
living near him. Nos. 7336-42 : Elvira, Milo, Thankful, John, Nathan,
Jane and Electa.
[Sixth Generation.]
6288. x. Charles Batcheller (son of Lt. Abraham Batcheller and Re-
becca Dwight), b. at Paris Hill, N. Y., April 23, 1802, m. May 24,
1826, Eliza Ann Johnson, b. Sept. 26, 1809 (dau. of David Johnson of
Fail-field, N. Y. and Martha Norton). She d. June 28, 1859, aet. 49.
He is a farmer at Victor, Iowa, and was for some 9 years previously
such at Fredonia, N. Y.
[Seventh Generation.] Children:
7343. i. Lodoski Batcheller, b. Sept. 5, 1827, m. Jan. 5, 1860, Wil-
liam Henkle, a farmer and grain dealer in Mavengo, Iowa (b. at Cir-
cleville, O., and son of Salem Henkle and Elizabeth Hawks). No chil-
dren.
7344. ii. Salathiel Batcheller, b. March 26, 1829, m. Dec. 2, 1851,
Marietta Phelps Brown, b. Dec. 3, 1831 (dau. of Samuel Augustus
Brown of Jamestown, N. Y. and Prudence Olivia Coates). He is a
farmer at Victor, Iowa. lie studied law and was admitted to practice.
He was a quartermaster in the late war.
They have had two children :
1006 Descendants of Michael Dwiglit ofDedliam, Mass.
7345. 1. Eva Batcheller, b. at Iowa City, Dec. 22, 1860.
****' 2. Levant B. Batcbeller, b. Dec. 3, 18C9.
7346. iii. Mattie Rebecca Batcheller, b. Nov. 26, 1833, ir. June 2,
1864, James Yard Elmeudorf, b. Jan. 14, 1818 (son of James B. El-
mendoif and Elizabeth Yard), a farmer at Millstone. N. J. No children.
7347. iv. Eliza Ann Batcheller, b. Feb. 19, 1831, d. at Fredonia,
N. Y., March 9, 1852.
7348. v. Melissa ("Milly") Batcheller, b. Aug. 8, 1836, m. Oct. 15,
1857, Frank Jerome, b. Oct. 15, 1832 (son of Ira Jerome of Pompey,
N. Y., and Irene Cross. Ira Jerome was son of John Jerome of Stock-
bridge, Mass.). He is a farmer at Pompey Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
No children.
7349. vi. Ellen Batcheller, b. April 24, 1847, resides unmarried
(1874) at home.
Of the descendants of Samuel Dwight of Sutton, Mass, (son of Mi-
chael Dwight of Dedham, Mass.), there is here furnished an account of
some 600. The descendants of Michael Dwight are almost wholly de-
scendants of Samuel Dwight, his son. Not one of Samuel D wight's de-
scendants now living bears the old family name.
[Fourth Generation.]
6763. ii. John Dwight (son of Michael Dwight of Dedham and Ra-
chel Avery), b. about 1705, m. Sarah Graves of Needham, Mass. He
d. early. His widow, Sarah, had a posthumous child :
7350. 1. Sarah Dwight who m. a Mr. Mills of Needham, Mass.
[Fourth Generation.] See page 947.
6766. v. Rachel Dwight (dau. of Michael Dwight of Dedham, Mass,
and Rachel Avery), b. June 17, 1715, m. as his 2d wife in 1732, Dea.
Samuel Deane of Norton, Mass., b. Oct, 17, 1700 (son of John Deane,
b. in 1639, who d. Feb. 18, 1717, aet 78, and Abigail White of Norton,
whom he m. Sept. 19, 1769). He was a blacksmith and kept public
house in Dedham (1732-45) and removed to Norton in 1745, where he
d. March 30, 1775, aet. 74. She d. prob. about 1760.
His first wife was Mary Avery, and his third one was Margaret
King, who survived him. They were married Oct. 22, 1761. [Walter
Deane, the settler, came from Chard, near Tauuton, Eng., in 1636, to
Boston, whence he went to Dorchester, Mass., and removed thence to
Taunton, Mass., where he established himself as a tanner. He d. in
middle life, leaving a widow, Eleanor, nee Strong, with four sons and
one daughter. Eleanor Strong was sister of Elder John Strong, of
Northampton, and if the Deane records, as here quoted, are correct,
could not have come over to this country with him as intimated in the
History of the Strong Family, by the author, vol. i. p. 16. She must
Son of Timothy, Son ofJolm, both of Dedham, Mass. 1007
have been, accordingly, a good deal older than himself — at least 23 years
or more. Elder John Strong was b. in 1605, and if his sister, Mrs.
Deane, had a son John who d. in Tannton, Mass., in 1660, aefc. 60
(probably 6 here should be 4), that son was b. in England in 1600, and
she must have been at least 18 years of age then, or thereabouts.
As the printed record reads (and as the author believes wrongly by
20 years) John Deane, one of Eleanor (Strong) Deane's 4 sons, d. in
Taunton, Mass., in 1660, aet. 60 (40 ?). He had a son, John Deane,
Jr., b. in 1639, who m. Abigail White — who were the parents of Dea.
Samuel Deane. Dates are so mixed up here and so doubtful, that
what is true precisely it is not easy to say].
Dea. Samuel Deane and Rachel Dwight had six children.
[Fifth Generation.] Children :
7350. i. Rev. Samuel Deane, D.D., b. July 10, 1733, d. Nov. 12,
1814, aet. 81.
7351. ii. Josiah Deane, M.D., b. at Dedham, Jan. 21, 1736; a phy-
sician at Upton, Mass.
7352. iii. Dea. Elijah Deane of Mansfield, Mass., b. Feb. 19, 1738,
d. in 1830, aet. 94.
7353. iv. Ebenezer Deane, M.D., b. May 30, 1741, settled at Plymp-
ton, Mass.
7354. v. John Deane, b. June 11, 1743, at Dedham, settled at Stan-
dish, Me.
7350. vi. Dea. Daniel Deane, b. June 12, 1745, at Dedham, d. Feb.
7, 1805, aet. 60.
7350. i. Rev. Samuel Deane, D.D., b. at Dedham July 10, 1733,
grad. at Harvard in 1760, tutor there in 1763, settled as pastor at
Portland, Me. (1764-75). On the destruction of the town, in 1775,
he lived retired in Gorham, Me., in a house built by himself, but in
1782 returned to Portland again to his pastoral work. In 1809, when
he was 76 years old, Rev. Mr. Nichols was ordained as a colleague pas-
tor with him. He m. in 1766 Eunice, dau. of Moses Pearson, who d.
without issue, Oct. 14, 1812, aet. 85. He d. Nov. 12, 1814, aet. 81.
He had strong classical and literary tastes and wrote several poems,
one of which " Pitchwood Iliil," written in 1780, contained 140 lines.
His " Georgical Dictionary, or New England Farmer," was the first agri-
cultural work ever published in this country, arid was greatly consulted
by agriculturists in its day.
He was, beside being a man of talent and reputation, a great wit.
When he was tutor at Cambridge he showed a stranger, among other
curiosities in the College museum, a long and rusty sword. On being
asked its history or significance, he replied : " I believe that that is
the sword with which Balaam threatened to kill the ass." " But,"
1008 Descendants of Michael DwigJit ofDcdliam, Mass.,
replied the stranger: "Balaam had no sword, he only wished for one."
" Oh, true," said Mr. Deane, " that is the one that he wished for ! "
His figure was tall, erect and portly ; his manners were grave and
dignified. He was fond of society, and knew how to make himself
always agreeable in it. His style of preaching-was calm. His ser-
mons were brief, plain and practical, without ornament or even glow,
carefully written, but not adapted to excite fear, or strong desire, or
absorbing interest. While unsectarian in spirit himself, and disposed
to wccupy middle ground, so far as possible, between what is called
high Calvinism and the new Unitarian development of his day, and
associating freely with the principal clei'gymen of the times on both
sides, he could not be justly described as really Trinitarian in his
views or " orthodox " in his ideas of the atonement. He kept a diary
for 53 years (1761—1814), in reference principally to his domestic his-
tory, in interleaved almanacs, which has been recently published by
William Willis (Portland, 1849). From this book, containing also a
memoir of him, the facts above stated have been gathered.
[Fifth Generation.]
7355. vi. Deacon Daniel Deane (son of Samuel Deane of Norton and
Rachel Dwight), b. June 12, 1745, at Dedham, Mass., m. Sept. 27,
1770, Lydia Whitman (dan. of Ebenezer Whitman of Bridge water,
Mass.). He was selectman for 7 years, assessor 2, and representative
one year. He lived on the homestead of his father in Norton, and d.
act. 60, Feb. 7, 1805. She d. by her own hand, Jan. 3, 1813.
[Sixth Generation.] Children:
7356. i. Noah Deane of Fairhaven, Mass., b. Aug. 4, 1771.
7357. ii. Rachel Deane, b. Nov. 24, 1773, m. Oct. 20, 1791, Thomas
Forbes of Norton, and afterwards Major Ebenezer Tyler of Pawtucket,
but in each case without issue.
7356. i. Noah Deane, b. Aug. 4, 1771, m. Oct. 3, 1797, Hannah
Briggs, b. June 23, 1773. (dau. of Dea. Timothy Briggs of Norton).
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7358. i. Timothy Briggs Deane, b. Sept. 12, 1798, d. unmarried in
New Orleans, Jan. 25, 1838.
7359. ii. Rachel Forbes Deane, b. June 11, 1800, d. March 3, 1803.
7360. iii. Daniel Whitman Deane, b. Dec. 26, 1802, d. unmarried at
New Orleans, March 19, 1847.
7361. iv. Hannah Briggs Deane, b. Oct. 29, 1806, d. Aug. 11, 1861.
She m. Capt. Flavins Delano, Aug. 2, 1 832. They had one child :
7362. 1. Marcus Flavius Delano, M.D., a surgeon U. S. N., b. at
North Falmouth, Mass., July 15, 1833, m. Jessie Farwell of North
Son of Timothy, Son of John, ~both ofDedJiam, Mass. 1009
Leominster, Mass. He has had two children, Nos. 7363-4 ; Atlelia M.
and Annie R.
7365. v. Rachel Tyler Deane, b. Aug. 30, 1808, m. John Holliinan
Potter of Pawtucket, R. I., without issue.
7366. vi. George Robins Deane, b. June 8, 1813, m. July 12, 1837,
Deborah Toby Bourne (dau. of John Bourne of East Wafeham). He
lives at Fairhaven, Mass. They have had 2 children :
7367. 1. Daniel Whitman Deane, b. Jan. 13, 1841.
7368. 2. Helen Caroline Deane, b. May 20, 1847.
[23P50 Mr. Samuel Deane of Norton had 2 daughters, one of which
was " Sarah, received into communion Aug. 7, 1757," as the church-
records of Norton state.
Mrs. Hannah (Briggs) Deane of Fairhaven, Mass, (widow of Noah
Deane; see No. 7356. i.), wrote to the writer in 1865, when she was
92 years old, that, " he had 2 daughters, although she did not know
their names, the eldest of which m. Dea. Ebenezer Winslow of Berkeley,
without issue, and the other a Mr. Draper of Attleborough, Mass., with-
out issue."
These daughters were doubtless his children by one or both of his
two other wives, and not by Rachel Dwight.
The Deane Family is now extinct in Norton. Mrs. Hannah Deane
wrote that " all whom she knew of her husband's uncle's family are
now dead."
THE SHIRLEY DWIGHTS.
(PROBABLY DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL DWIGHT OF DEDHAM.)
In connection with the foregoing ascertained facts concerning the
D wights of the land, of all branches and generations, there must be
classified, as next in historic value, and as doubtless cognate in blood
with the descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, already presented,
the family of Dwights found in Shirley, Mass. They have lost all clue
to their early ancestry in this country, and have no records back of
their ancestor, John Dwight of Shirley, Mass., or even vague traditions
that go back of his father of the same name. The author has made
thorough search in various directions, to solve, if possible, the doubts
that hang over this subject ; and he has had various theories at differ-
ent times, from all of which his mind has invariably reacted after fur-
ther deliberation, except the one which he will now state, as covering,
in his view, all the known facts of the case. It is barely possible that
some records now unknown may hereafter come to light somewhere,
1010 The Dwight Family of Shirley, Mass.
•which will quite set aside the genealogical nexus with the family here
conjectured.
By turning to No. 38. iii., it will be seen that there was a John
D wight (son of Capt. Timothy Dwight of Dedham and Sarah Powell),
b. May 31, 16G2, who m. Dec. 3, 1696, Elizabeth Harding, and who
lived in Medfield, Mass., near Dedham. In the family-records that have
floated down in a casual way from that day to ours, it is stated that they
had no issue. But snch statements are often made in haste, and alto-
gether too strongly by those who make records in one generation of those
in a preceding one, if they were personally unfamiliar to them, and they
themselves do not happen to know of their having had any children.
Ignorance of the existence of facts is thus easily, and, if strangely yet
almost or qxiite unconsciously, converted sometimes into a direct decla-
ration of their actual non-existence.
It may be, therefore, that John Dwight and Elizabeth Harding did
have one child, who was afterwards Capt. John. Dwight of Boston, and
father of John Dwight of Shirley. He may have gone so early to sea
as to have been overlooked by those who first, in after years, undertook
to make up lists of their personal i-elatives. These possibilities are
all easj' to be supposed ; and so naturally and completely would they
explain to one regarding them as true all the points of difficulty in
question that, in the absence of all light from any other quarter, the
author would propose them to the family of Dwights most interested
in their presentation as amounting, in his view, well-nigh, if not fully,
to probabilities.
" Straws show which way the wind blows ; " and there is a slight
suggestion, which a genealogist would feel enough to notice, of the
probability of the supposition made in the names given to his first
children. His first child, a daughter, was named after her mother.
The next two children seem to have been named — the first by rule, in
succession for several generations, John ; and the next, a daughter,
Sarah, after Sarah Powell, the (supposed) grandmother of Capt. John.
The Powell family was an honorable one in Dedham, and was held in
honor in the Dwight family of that day. If John Dwight of Medfield
was the father of Capt. John Dwight, the fact of his two brothers,
Timothy and Seth, having lived in Boston, may account for the fact of
Capt. John's having been early drawn there.
It will therefore be at once understood that in connecting Capt.
John Dwight, in the fourth generation, as below, with the No. 38, iii.,
which represents John Dwight of Medfield, in the third generation,
the bond thus made has no higher merit than that of a mere good
genealogical guess. With these explanations and vindications of the
ground assumed, the author will proceed :
The D wight Family of Shirley, Mass. 1011
[Fourth Generation.]
Capt. John Dwight (supposed son of John D wight of Medfield), b.
about 1705, was a sailor and afterwards a sea-captain, and was lost at
sea by shipwreck in 1744 — leaving behind him a widow whose maiden
name was Foster, and one child only, then four years old, whose name
was, like his father's, John. His family it is said resided in Boston.
It is further stated that his widow m. for a 2d husband a Mr. Inckley
or Inchley. Such were the representations made to the writer in 1 866,
by Mrs. Priscilla Cowdery, then at the age of 84, his grand-daughter.
His only son, John, is said to have been brought up by one of the
Gould family in Boston.
[Sixth Generation.] Child :
7309. i. John Dwight, Jr., b. in Boston in 1740, in. about 1770,
widow Susanna Moore of Shirley, Mass., nee Harris, b. 1741 (widow of
Jonathan Moore of that place and dau. of Capt. Francis Harris and
Susanna Benjamin). By her previous marriage she had 2 children,
Abel and Eunice Moore.
John Dwight, was a stone-cutter at Shirley, an honest, industrious
man, and in comfortable circumstances. He was partially deaf from
the effects of a wound made in his head by a bullet at the battle of
White Plains, in the army of the revolution. He d. Oct. 6, 1816, aet.
76. She d. Sept, 6, 1816, aet. 75. Within less than three weeks'
time he and his son Francis and wife, Maria, all living under the same
roof, d. one after the other — having been poisoned by some corned
beef of which they ate that was diseased. These three deaths added to
that of Mrs. John Dwight in September, made a fearful change in the
family within a very brief period.
[Capt. Francis Harris was a member of the First Provincial Congress
in Oct. 1774, and of the Second in 1775. He was b. in Watertown,
Mass., Oct. 3, 1721, and was son of Capt. Asa Harris. He resided at
Shirley. His wife Susanna was the dau. of Jonathan Benjamin and
Susanna Norcross]. John Dwight came it is said from Dorchester,
Mass., to Shirley.
[Seventh Generation.] Children :
7370. i. Susanna Dwight, b. Dec. 2, 1771, m. Elisha Dodge, and d.
Dec. 22, 1838, aet. 67.
7371. ii. John Dwight, M.D., b. Dec. 22, 1773, d. 1852, aet. 79.
7372. iii. Sally Dwight, b. Feb. 18, 1776, in. Joseph Brown, and d.
Nov. 22, 1852, aet. 76.
7373. iv. Betsey Dwight, b. March 1, 1778, m. Edmund Page, and
d. Nov. 16, 1867, aet. 89.
7374. v. Francis Dwight, b. June 17, 1780, d. Sept. 29, 1816, aet.
36.
1012 The Dwiglit Family of Shirley, Mass.
7375. vi. Priscilla Dwight, b. May 31, 1782, m. Sherebiah Cow-
dery, and d. Jan. 20, 1868, aet. 8G.
7376. vii. Pannnilla Dwight, b. April 22, 1784, m. David Parker,
and d. 1861, aet. 77.
7377. viii. Col. Sullivan Dwight, b. March 29, 1785, d. June 12,
1853, aet. 68.
7370. i. Susanna Dwight, b. Dec. 2, 1771, m. Jan. 11, 1813, Elisha
Dodge, a blacksmith in Shirley, b. in Littleton, Mass., in 1770. He d.
Dec. 22, 1838, aet. 68. She d. Dec. 22, 1838. They had one child.
[Eighth Generation.] Child :
7378. i. Susan Dwiglit Dodge, b. March 3, 1814, m. as his 2d wife,
Sept. 29, 1852, Wilder S. Thurston, b. in Lancaster, Mass., in 1806.
He is a merchant in Lynn, Mass. (1874). No children. By a former
marriage he had 3 children.
[Seventh Generation.]
7371. ii. John Dwight, M.D. (son of John Dwight, Jr. of Shirley
and Susanna Moore), b. Dec. 22, 1773, grad. at Harvard, in 1800 (be-
ing a classmate of Judge Lemuel Shaw, Washington Allston and Rev.
Dr. Charles Lowell). He studied for the ministry but became a phy-
sician after studying medicine with the celebrated Dr. John Jeffries
of Boston, and established himself in that city.
" He was brought up in the strictest doctrines of Calvinism, against
which however his mind reacted afterwards strongly and he became a
very decided free thinker. He was exceedingly positive in his polit-
ical and religious opinions — which is one of the unmistakable Dwight
traits wherever found. In politics he was a Hartford federalist of the
most conservative type."
He was a man of superior mechanical genius and was continually
inventing and constructing various machines and instruments, as a
piano on a peculiar model of his own, a fire-engine and orreries.
He was very temperate in his habits, eating but little and very reg-
ularly, lie was a man of but moderate means.
He m. May 18, 1812, Mary Corey of W. Roxbury, Mass., who was
living in 1866 in Boston: a lady of a very simple, modest, child-like
nature, fresh in her feelings and instincts and of a lovely disposition.
He d. in 1852, aet. 79.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7378. i. John Sullivan Dwight, b. May 13, 1813, at Boston.
7379. ii. Mary Ann Dwight, b. April 4, 1816, resides unmarried, at
Boston. *
7380. iii. Frances Ellen Dwight, b. Dec. 13, 1819, resides unmarried
at Boston.
The Dwiglit Family of Shirley, Mass. 1013
7381. iv. Benjamin Franklin Dwight, b. Sept 5, 1824, an architect
in Boston.
7378. i. John Sullivan Dwight, b. at Boston, May 13, 1813, grad.
at Harvard in 1832, studied divinity at Harvard, and preached for 6
years — a year and a half of the time at Northampton, Mass.
He had always a great passion for music, " believing that it connects
itself in all its relations, large and small, with the destinies of this
country, and the higher instincts and sentiments of our common na-
ture, and of all true religion." He has given several courses of public
lectures on music, and published a volume of select minor poems of
Goethe and Schiller, translated by himself.
He gave up preaching from sympathy with the socialistic movements
of George Ripley and others at " Brookfarm," where he remained for
five years, teaching Latin, Greek, German and music, and took part in
several industries, as farming, chopping wood, cultivating trees, etc. In
1848 he returned to Boston, where he devoted himself for some years
to the preparation of articles for various papers as, " The Harbinger "
(a socialistic paper published first at Brookfarm and afterwai'ds at New
York), and " The Dial," published at Boston ; and also to public lec-
turing, especially in courses of lectures on music, and wrote many
articles as a musical critic for different papers.
In 1852 he established " Dwight' s Journal of Music" in Boston,
which was for several years the only musical journal in the country and
is quite generally regarded, it is believed, as unsurpassed by any other.
He m. Feb. 11, 1851, Mary Bullard (dan. of Silas Bullard of Boston,
a merchant and Mary Ann Barrett of New Ipswich, Mass.). She d.
of typhoid fever, Sept. 6, I860, leaving no issue.
[Seventh Generation.]
7372. iii. Sally Dwight (dan. of John Dwight and Susanna Harris),
b. Feb. 18, 1775, m. Nov. 4, 1802, Joseph Brown, b. May 16, 1777, a
stone-cutter in Westmoreland, N. II. (1802-43). He d. May 10, 1843,
aet. GO : she d. Nov. 22, 1852.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7382. i. John Dwiglit Brown, b. Feb. 12, 1804, m. April 4, 1833,
Betsey Wheeler, b. in Westmoreland, Nov. 29, 1 806. lie was a stone-
cutter and farmer there. He d. Sept. 24, 1870, aet. 66. They had
6 children :
**** 1. Frances Ellen Brown, b. Aug. 4, 1834, d. Aug. 3, 1835.
**** 2. Daniel Webster Brown, b. March 23, 1836, a sentinel at the
California State Prison in San Francisco, Cal. lie d. in 1867.
**** 3. Henry Clay Brown, b. Dec. 12, 1837, m. Lizzie A. Boynton
(dau. of John L. and Margaretta S. Boynton of Cambridge, Mass.).
1014 The Diuight Family of Shirley, Mass.
He is a musician at Boston ; has had one child, Carrie Langdon
Brown, b. in E. Cambridge, Oct. 28, 1864, and d. in Boston, Jan. 18,
1868.
**** 4. Lizzie Victoria Brown, b. Oct. 29, 1842, was a. teacher of
music, and d. in Westmoreland, July 29, 1873.
**** 5. John Madison Brown, b. Dec. 5, 1844, m. Dec. 5, 1872,
Mary Emmeline Shelley, b. in Westmoreland, Nov. 13, 1851 (dau. of
Joseph Shelley and Betsey Fuller), lie is a hardware merchant in
Chicago. They have one child, Ferdinand Kirk Brown, b. in Chicago,
Nov. 9, 1873.
**** 6. William Brown, b. March 8, 1847, is a farmer in West-
moreland.
7383. ii. Joseph Brown, M.D., b. Jan. 11, 1806, m. May 13, 1829,
Almina Smith of Boston. He is a physician residing formerly at Rock-
ford, 111., but for some years past at Chicago, 111.
7384. iii. Mary Longley Brown, b. Feb. 16, 1808, m. Oct. 14, 1833,
LeviWoodbury Hodge, b. Sept. 19, 1802, in Francestown, N. H. He
was a harness and trunk-maker at New Ipswich, N. H. (1880-1850),
where he d. June 28, 1850. His widow resides at Nashua, N. H.
(1874). They had seven children:
**** 1. Marietta Hodge, b. Sept. 14, 1834, m. Nov. 6, 1860, Caleb
B. White of Chelsea, Mass., a moulder. He has 2 children :
(1). Mary Josephine White, b. Nov. 23, 1861.
(2). Nathaniel Ruggles White, b. May 6, 1868.
**** 2. Frederic William Hodge, b. April, 15, 1836, d. Sept. 26, 1838.
**** 3. Frances Ellen Hodge, b. May 15, 1839, resides unmarried
at Nashua.
**** 4. Maria Josephine Hodge, b. Feb. 24, 1842, m. Nov. 6, 1868,
Nathaniel Sprague Ruggles, M.D., of Marion, Mass, (son of Charles
Ruggles and Violetta Hamlin). They have one child :
(1). Mary Violetta Ruggles, b. March 24, 1870.
**** 5. Luretta Sophia Hodge, b. July 23, 1844.
**** c. William Henry Hodge, b. May 19, 1847, d. June 28, 1850.
**** 7. Ella Brown Hodge, b. May 7, 1849, d. Sept. 21, 1851.
7385. iv. William Arnold Brown, b. March 20, 1811, d. March
22, 1829.
[Seventh Generation.]
7373. iv. Betsey Dwight (dau. of John Dwight of Shirley and
Susanna Harris), b. March 2, 1778, m. Feb. 1, 1806, Edmund Page of
Dunstable, Mass., afterwards of Nashua, N. H., b. in Shirley, March
3 1778 (son of Phineas Page and Hannah Stone). He was a mer-
chant for some years, and afterwards a farmer. He d. 1866 in Nashua.
She d. there Nov. 16, 1867, aet. 89.
The Dwicjlit Family of Shirley, Mass. 1015
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7a86. i. Mary Ann Page, b. July 6, 1806, m. May 22, 1831, Isaac
Kendall, b. Sept. 22, 1804 (son of Temple Kendall and Prudence Swal-
low of Dunstable, Mass.), a farmer at Dunstable now (1874), as all
his life. She d. there, July 5, 1870, aet. 64. Three children :
**** 1. A son iinnamed, b. March 10, and d. March 12, 1840.
**** 2. Mary Jane Kendall, b. Sept. 24, 1841, m. Feb. 14, 1865,
Francis F. Woods of Dunstable.
**** 3. Harriet Elizabeth Kendall, b. March 8, 1846, m. Nov. 18,
1869, Herman L. Parker of Dunstable.
7387. ii. Betsey Page, b. April 3, 1809, m. Oct. 30, 1831, James
Kendall, b. Oct. 2, 1806, in Dunstable (son of Temple Kendall and
Prudence Swallow), a farmer there still (1873). Five children:
**** 1. James Norman Kendall, b. Sept. 18, 1832.
**** 2. Alfred Page Kendall, b. Dec. 19, 1833, m. April 20, 1865,
Harriet A. Marsh of Hudson, N. H.
**** 3. Mary Ann Kendall, b. Nov. 5, 1838, m. Jan. 6, 1864, Isaac
Newton Cuminings of Nashua, N. ] I.
**** 4. Ellen Frances Kendall, b. Sept. 11, 1845, m. Oct. 6, 1868,
Willard E. Tolles.
**** 5. Lewis Howe Kendall, b. Nov. 13, 1851.
7388. iii. Edmund Dwight Page, b. Oct. 11, 1811, a mechanic in
Nashua, N. II., m. June 9, 1836, Rebecca Bancroft, b. Aug. 25, 1809
(dau. of Jonathan and Sarah Bancroft of Tyngsboro, Mass.). One
child :
**** lt Frances R. Page, b. Oct. 21, 1839, m. Feb. 25, 1865, Rufus
G. Sargenb of Nashua, N. II.
7389. iv. Albert Gallatin Page, b. March 13, 1814, m. Aug. 28,
1834, Sarah Cummings Swallow (dau. of Amaziah Swallow of Dun-
stable and Asenath Cummings), a mechanic at West Fitchburgh, Mass.
He d. of pleurisy, March 27, 1871, aet. 57. She resides now (1874)
at Fitchburgh, Mass. Children :
**** 1. Sarah Emily Page, b. May 28, 1835, m. Austin Farrar of
Springfield, N. H.
**** 2. Eliza Jane Page, b. Nov. 3, 1837, m. Edwin D. Atherton
of Conway, N. H.
**** 3. Albert Willis Page, b. Sept. 23, 1839.
**** 4. Frank Dwight Page, b. Feb. 9, 1855.
7390. v. John Page, b. June 22, 1816, a mason at Fitchburgh,
Mass., m. Aug. 21, 1844, Sarah Richardson Read, b. in Ilawley, June
4, 1821 (dau. of Calvin Read of Dunstable and Catharine Baxter).
Two children :
1016 Tlie Dwight Family of Shirley, Mass.
**** 1. Sarah Anjeanctte Page, b. May 25, 1848.
**** 2. George Austin Page, b. June 6, 1860, d. Nov. G, I860.
7391. vi. Norman Knox Page, b. Dec. 2, 1818, m. Sept. 3, 1856,
Mary II. Leavitt (dau. of William B. and Lucy Grace Leavitt). He
is a mechanic in Nashua. Two children :
**** 1. Charles Norman Page, b. July 11, 1857 in Nashua.
**** 2. John Dwight Page, b. there Aug. G, 18GO.
7392. vii. Harriet Page, b. Oct. 19, 1822, d. unmarried Jan. 4, 1845.
[Seventh Generation. ]
7374. v. Francis Dwight (son of John Dwight of Shirley and Su-
sanna Hai-ris), b. June 17, 1780, m. in 1804, Maria Blanchard, b. Jan.
21, 1781 in Jeffrey, N. H. He was a stone-cutter at Shirley and also
a teacher of music and commanded a military company. He d. Sept.
29, 1816, and she d. Oct. 19, 1816. See previous account under No.
7119, i.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7393. i. Thomas Dwight, b. July 10, 1805, was a bookbinder and
printer. He is supposed to have died about 1837 in S. America, un-
married.
7394. ii. Sullivan Dwight, b. Aug. 25, 1807, was a seafaring man
and after making several voyages was lost at sea.
7395. iii. Rev. John Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1810, d. Feb. 5, 1869.
7396. iv. Elizabeth Dwight, b. May 23, 1813, m. in 1830 (whom
not ascertained). She d. Jan. 26, 1865.
7397. v. Francis Dwight, b. July 10, 1815, is a house-builder at
South Acton, Mass, (since 1846), unmarried. From him much of the
information here given was obtained.
7395. iii. Rev. John Dwight (son of Francis Dwight of Shirley and
Maria Blanchard), b. Jan. 2, 1810, grad. at Amherst in 1835, m. April
14, 1837, Sally Ann Hastings, b. at Boston, Oct. 29, 1815 (dau. of
Benjamin Hastings and Sally Jarves). He was ordained at N. Bridge-
water, Mass., April 12, 1837, and installed at Plymouth, Mass., July
28, 1841 and June 23, 1853 a N. Wrentham, Mass., from which charge
he was dismissed at his own request April 1, 1866. He d. at Cam-
bridge, Mass., Feb. 5, 1869, aet. 59. He studied theology with Rev.
Jacob Ide, D.D. of Medway, Mass., where Mrs. Dwight now (1874)
resides.
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7398. i. Sarah Maria Dwight, b. in N. Bridgewater, Sept. 30, 1838,
m. Dec. 7, 1865, William Bradford Davis of Acton, Mass., a farmer.
7399. ii. Ann Eliza Dwight, b. in Medway, July 22, 1840, m.
July 22, 1865, Lewis Francis Dupee, a teacher and superintendent of
The Dioiglit Family of SJiirley, Mass. 1017
schools at Beverley, Mass., where he d. April 10, 1871. She resides
ill New York and teaches drawing.
7400. iii. Mary Elizabeth Dwight, b. in Plymouth, Mass., June 1C,
1842, m. Aug. 23, 1865, Jason Eugene Wilson, a manufacturer of
thread, batts and wadding at Medway, Mass.
7401. iv. John Francis Dwight b. there Aug. 20, 1844, grad. at
Harvard in 1870, is Principal and proprietor of " The Bah way Insti-
tute," a classical school at Rah way, N. J. He m. Dec. 18, 1873,
Helen ("Nelly") Louise Woodruff, b. Aug. 12, 1852 (dau. of John
Woodruff of Rahway and Joanna Randolph Rowland).
7402. v. Celia Adelaide Dwight, b. at Medway, Sept. 3, 1846, m.
Dec. 27, 1870, Joseph Baxter Thomas of N. Weymouth, Mass., a dry-
goods merchant in Boston.
7403. vi. Ellen Seabury Dwight, b. there Oct. 7, 1848, resides un-
married at Medway.
[Seventh Generation.]
7375. vi. Priscilla Dwight (dau. of John Dwight of Shirley and Su-
sanna Harris), b. May 31, 1782. m. Jan. 2, 1810, Sherebiah Cowdery,
b. in Ashby, Mass., Jan 2, 1782 (son of Thomas Cowdery, b. in Read-
ing, Mass, and Lydia Evans, b. in Woburn, Mass.). He was a carpen-
ter and joiner in Westmoreland, N. H., where he d. May 17, 1866,
aet. 84. She d. Jan. 20, 1868, aet. 86.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7404. i. John Cowdery, b. in Ashby, Sept. V9, 1810.
7405. ii. Philenia Cowdery, b. April 16, 1813, resides unmarried in
Westmoreland, N. H.
7406. iii. Sherebiah Cowdery, b. Dec. 28, 1815, d. July 7, 1816.
7407. iv. Albert Cowdery, b. Feb. 24, 1818, m. Sept. 1842, Caro-
line Holt of Weston, without issue. He \vas a carpenter and joiner
at AVeston, "Vt., where he d. April 24, 1846. His widow removed to
Boston, Mass. She d. June 13, 1854.
7408. v. George Washington Cowdery, b. July 3, 1821.
7401). vi. James Monroe Cowdery, b. Dec. 31, 1825.
7404. i. John Cowdery, b. Sept. 29, 1810, is a tinsmith in West-
moreland, N. H. He m. May 25, 1835, Amanda Goddard of Royal-
ton, Vt., b. Jan. 11, 1809 (dau. of Henry Goddard, b. March 5, 1778.
and Anne Davis, b. Oct. 12, 1776, both of Royalton.
[Xinth Generation.] Children :
7410. i. Henry Francis Cowdery, b. Nov. 12, 1837, a farmer in
Westmoreland, m. May 8, 1860, Lois Aldrich Knight. One child' :
**** 1. Fred. Henry Cowdery, b. Oct. 24, 1869.
7411. ii. Mary Ann Cowdery, b. Sept. 10, 1842, m. June 6, 1865,
05
1018 The Dwiglit Family of Shirley, Mass.
Joseph Henry Brown, b. in Cambridge, Mass., March 17, 1839, a
tradesman in Cambridgeport, Mass. They had a child :
**** 1. Major John Brown, b. June 11 and d. June 13, 1871.
[Eighth Generation.]
7408. v. George Washington Cowdery (son of Sherebiah Cowdery
and Priscilla D wight), b. July 3, 1821, a carpenter and joiner at Wai-
pole, N. II., m. Oct. 6, 1845, Fanny Sabin of Westmoreland, N. II., b.
Dec. 29, 1818 (dau. of Elisha Sabin, b. inAmherst, Mass., in 1770,and
d. July 10, 1863, and Lydia Davenport, b. in Dummerston, Vt., Nov.
14, 1783, and d. April 6, 1866). She d. March 1, 1862, act. 43, and
he m. for 2d wife, Sept. 4, 1862, Salina Putnam, b. in Springfield, Vt.,
Sept. 13, 1835 (dau. of George Putnam, a wheelwright, b. in Spring-
field, Vt., and Salina Thayer of Rockingham, Vt.).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
•By first wife :
7412. i. George Cowdery, b. June 19, 1847, d. July 4, 1847.
7413. ii. Charles Cowdery, b. March 22, 1849, d. June 29, 1849.
[Eighth Generation.]
7409. vi. James Monroe Cowdery (son of Sherebiah Cowdery and
Priscilla Dwight), b. Dec. 31, 1825, a carpenter and joiner in West-
moreland, N. H., m. Sept. 26, 1854, Elmina Elizabeth Bemis, b. in
Chesterfield, N. H., Feb. 11, 1836 (dau. of Daniel Bemis, b. in 1787
and Polly Sawin, b. in 1795).
[Ninth Generation.] Children :
7414. i. Stella Elmina Cowdery, b. Jan. 15, 1856, m. Nov. 9, 1872,
Thomas B. Bemis.
7415. ii. James Washington Cowdery, b. July 3, 1857.
7416. iii. Dwight Bemis Cowdery, b. Aug. 3, 1860, d. Feb. 11, 1861.
7417. iv. Fanny Priscilla Cowdery, b. March 9, 1862.
7418. v. George Daniel Sherebiah Cowdery, b. July 29, 1864.
[Seventh Generation.]
7376. vii. Pammilla Dwight (dau. of John Dwight of Shirley, Mass.,
and Susanna Harris), b. April 22, 1784, m. Jan. 1, 1805, David Parker
of Shirley. She d. Dec. 1861, aet. 77 : he d. July 1873.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7419. i. Leonard M. Parker, who m. Jan. 7, 1829, Paulina Thwing.
He is a resident of Shirley.
7420. ii. Pammilla Parker, b. June 16, 1807, m. Dec. 11, 1832,
Jeremiah C. Hartwell.
7421. iii. Catharine Parker, b. Nov. 22, 1808, m. in 1837 Gilman
Koby of D unstable. She was killed by lightning.
The Dwight Family of Shirley, Mass. 1019
7422. iv. David Parker, b. April 23, 1811, m. Nov. 12, 1835, Elea-
nor Wetherbee. He is a resident of Lancaster, Mass.
7423. v. Loring Parker, b. July 24, 1813, m. 1858, Pammilla Law-
rence. He resides in Shirley.
7424. vi. Harriet Parker, b. Feb. 23, 1816.
7425. vii. George Parker, b. Aug. 29, 1819, resides unmarried at
Shirley.
742G. viii. Daniel Parker, b. Jan. 3, 1821, d. Dec. 30, 1825.
7427. ix. Jane Parker, b. July 29, 1824, d. Jan. 7, 1825.
7428. x. Henry Parker, b.' about 1826, d. young.
[Seventh Generation.]
7377. viii. Col. Sullivan D wight (son of John Dwight and Susanna
Harris), b. March 29, 1785, removed about 1810 to Thomaston, Me.
He m. Aug. 18, 1820, Betsey Marsh of Bath, Me., b. Jan. 21, 1793
(dau. of Caleb Marsh and Rebecca Manning). He was a marble-
worker and manufacturer, and colonel of militia. He d. of consump-
tion June 12, 1853. He was a man much respected by all who knew
him. She d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 22, 1858, aet. 65, and was in-
terred at Thomaston.
[Eighth Generation.] Children :
7429. i. Caroline Fluker Knox Dwight, b. Dec. 12, 1821, in. Ed-
ward Calvin Selden, b. at Norridgewock, March 28, 1818 (son of
Calvin Selden and Sawtelle). He was a resident at Thomaston.
She d. Aug. 24, 1854: he d. April 3, 1862. Had one child:
7430. 1. Edward Dwight Selden, who lived, after their decease, at
Portland, Me., with relatives.
7431. ii. Henrietta Larkin Marsh Dwight, b. March 1823, d. of con-
sumption, March 31, 1843, aet. 20.
7432. iii. Francis Sullivan Dwight, b. March 21, 1825, d. of con-
sumption, June 2, 1842, aet. 17.
7433. iv. Helen Maria Dwight, b. Aug. 6, 1830, d. of consumption
Feb. 21, 1845, aet. 14
The whole number of descendants of Michael Dwight of Dedham,
here recorded is (with the Shirley D wights) 796.
I. Those regularly enumerated 606
II. Those added afterwards, and therefore starred 103
III. The Shirley Dwights 87
796
The entire number of Dwights presented in these pages as the
progeny of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass., is 8,105.
1020 The Dwight Family of Sliirley, Mass.
I. The descendants of Nathaniel D wight of Northampton. 3,050
II. Those of Rev. Josiah D wight of Woodstock, Ct 1,450
III. Those of Capt. Henry Dwight of Hatfield, Mass 2,809
IV. Those of Michael Dwight of Dedham, etc 796
Total 8,105
Add to the above number of lineal descendants $-ths of the whole
as the number of persons added to the family by marriage, and we
have in these pages the names of some 11,000 or more of the family.
Families that have assumed the Name Dwiglit. 1021
FAMILIES THAT BEAR THE NAME DWIGHT, WITHOUT
ANY RIGHT TO IT BY BLOOD.
I.
THAT OF WILLIAM MONK DWIGHT (ORIGINALLY WILLIAM DWIGHT
MONK), M.D., OF BERNARDSTON, MASS.
He was made Dwight in name at his own request, by act of the Mass.
Legislature in 1845, and apparently for no other reason than as a mat-
ter of taste.
The following letter from himself concerning the matter is of suffi-
cient interest to deserve a place here :
"DEAR SIR:
" In reply to your letter of inquiry concerning my connection with
the Dwight Family, I must say that I have not that honor. I bear
the name by act of legislature, through the wishes of friends of that
name residing in Berkshire Co., of this State.
" I fear that I shall be betrayed into egotism, which I thoroughly ab-
hor ; but if you will please excuse me, I will answer your questions as
follows : My name was William Dwight Monk ; place of birth, Wind-
sor, Mass. ; date, Jan. 7, 1822 ; names of parents, George and Amy
Monk. I was prepared to enter college, but was obliged to abandon it
on account of the failure of my health. I received my medical diploma
at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1843, and spent the following year in The City
Hospitai in New York. My name was changed by the Mass. Legisla-
ture during the winter session of 1845-6. The reason of the change
was the urgent solicitation of friends, as I before stated, and not be-
cause I was ashamed of the name ; for (and now for the egotism) I am
a lineal descendant of the old cavalier who marched his army from
Scotland for the restoration of Charles 2d, and I suppose that the pres-
ent Governor General of Canada is a relative. I married Aug. 9, 1846,
Helen Mary Clarke, b. in 1820 (daxi. of Rev. Eber L. Clarke, Cong, cler-
gyman at Richmond, Mass., and Mary Starkweather) b. at Feeding
Hills, Ct. She was a teacher at Mr. Wellington Tyler's school at Pitts-
field, Mass., for three years (1843-6).
" I was appointed postmaster at Bernardston in 1861, and still hold
the office, as also for 14 years past I have held a commission as justice
of the peace. I was, during the late war, the enrolling officer for this
and another town in this vicinity, and examining surgeon for this and
other towns near here. I am also Secretary and Treasurer of ' The
Franklin District Med. Society,' and have held the office for 4 years
past. I believe that this constitutes my history to the present time,
Make what use of it you choose.
1022 Families tliai have assumed the Name Dwiglit.
" The names of our children are :
"i. Mary Evelyn Dwight, b. in Deerfield, Mass., June 28, 1851.
[To which the writer adds that shem. in 1873, Edward Henry Perkins.
a banker in Hartford, Ct. (son of Henry Augustus Perkins of that
place) ].
" ii. William George Dwight, b. in Bernardston, Sept. 21, 1859.
" I am very respectfully and truly yours,
WILLIAM DWIGHT.
" BERNARDSTON, Dec. 4, 1866.
" P. S. I forgot to mention in its proper place, that I am Prest. and
Librarian of ' The Cushman Library' in this town, a library found-
ed by Hon. H. W. Cushman, who built a large two-storied fire-proof
building for the town, and made provision in his will for the future
prosperity of the library. It contains at present, 2,000 volumes, with
a fund which will purchase about 200 additional volumes each year.
It is a free library."
In a subsequent letter he states that " it was for pecuniary reasons
that he changed his name." He reed, the degree of A.M. from Ain-
herst Coll., in 1866.
II.
THE DESCENDANTS OP SERENO DWIGHT OF IRA, N. Y.
This very respectable family has abundant means of information in
its own possession, as known to the w liter, for being sure that it has
no historical connection with the descendants of John Dwight of Ded-
ham, Mass. Its first progenitor bearing the name Dwight, was Sereno
Dwight himself of Ira ; and how this name came to be given to him
by his parents, or what was the previous family-name, does not appear.
Their family-record is placed here as a mere matter of personal good
will. They will at any rate bear clown with us to future times our
family name, and let them see that they honor it by their own noble
lives. He was b. at Tyringham, Mass, (now Monterey), Dec. 10,
1773. His mother was Elizabeth Wheelock, dau. of Samuel Wheelock,
Jr., of Tyringham (b. in Mendon, Mass.), and Hannah Amidon. She
d. at Aurelius, N. Y., in 1820, aet. 60. He m. Jan. 27, 1796, Hannah
Benedict, b. Sept. 15, 1773 (dau. of Lt. Abel Benedict of Gt. Barring-
ton, Mass., and Hannah, dau. of Hezekiah Benedict). She was the
mother of all his children. She d. in Ira, Nov. 17, 1837, and he m.
for 2d wife, Oct. 26, 1848, widow Mary Fowler Canfield, nee Marcy
b. at Otis, Mass., April 18, 1798 (dau. of Lawton and Helpa Kosetta
Marcy), she has lived since his death at Collinsville, Ct.
Sereno Dwight of Ira, was a farmer and tanner at Monterey, Mass.,
previously to 1809, when he became a farmer at Homer, N. Y. He
removed about 1814 to Scipio, N. Y., and afterwards to Ira, N. Y.,
where he spent most of his subsequent life. He was an active member
of the Methodist Ch. and much respected as a man of thorough up-
rightness and honor. He d. at Lysander, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1857, aet. 83.
Second Generation. Children :
2. i. Samuel Benedict Dwight, b. at Tyringham, March 22, 1797, d.
Oct. 21, 1816, at Lysander, N. Y.
Families that have assumed the Name Dwiglit. 1023
3. ii. Hiram Dwiglit, b. there Oct. 6, 1799, d. (at what time not
ascertained).
4. iii. Eliza Dwight, b. there July 21, 1801, m. Andrew B. Squier.
5. iv. Abel Benedict Dwight, b. there Sept. 8, 1804.
C. v. Isaac Dwight, b. at Homer, N. Y., May 14, 1809.
7. vi. Alanson Dwight, b. there March 25, 1812.
8. vii. Almon Dwight, b. in Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Aug. 23,
1814.
3. ii. Hiram Dwight (son of Sereno and Hannah Dwight), b. Oct.
6, 1799, was a housebuilder and architect for several years in New
York City, and is said to have constructed several of its finest build-
ings. He m. in 1822 Melinda Graves of Ira, N. Y. He d. in New
Orleans, La. (date not given). He had 3 children :
1. Lafayette Dwight, who d. in New Orleans, about 1856. 2, Me-
linda Eliza Dwight. 3, Hannah Maria Dwight.
Second Generation :
4. iii. Eliza Dwight (dau. of Sereno Dwight and Hannah Benedict),
b. July 21, 1801, m. Nov. 12, 1820, Andrew Brown Squier, b. Aug.
17, 1794 (son of Andrew Squier and Lydia Durkee). He was a farmer
in Sherman, Mich., where he d. April 17, 1863. She resides in Mus-
kegon, Mich.
Third Generation. Children :
9. i. Fanny Ann Squier, b. Jan. 3, 1824, m. April 14, 1840, Zecha-
riah Umsteed, a blacksmith in Homer. Mich. She d. Oct. 2, 1841.
10. ii. Andrew D. Squier, b. April 2, 1832, a farmer in Cedar
Creek, Mich., m. June 20, 1838, Susan H. Milsee. Children:
11. 1. A child b. in 1838, that d. soon.
12. 2. Ella Jane Squier, b. in 1862.
13. iii. Hannah Maria Squier, b. March 26, 1834, d. Aug. 26, 1834.
14. iv. Benjamin Franklin Squier, b. Dec. 4, 1835, d. March 30,
1837.
Second Generation :
5. iv. Abel Benedict Dwight (son of Sereno Dwight and Hannah
Benedict), b. Sept. 8, 1804, was a cabinet-maker. He m. in 1823,
Fanny Parish of Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y. (daii. of David
Parish and Charlotte Bramer). She d. at Van Buren. He d. at New
Orleans, La.
Third Generation. Children :
15. i. Charlotte Dwight, b. Nov. 4, 1824, m. Anderson Poor.
16. ii. Emily Dwight, b. about 1827, m. Augustus N. Herrick of
Dunkii-k, N. Y.
15. i. Charlotte Dwight (dau. of Abel B. Dwight), b. Nov. 4. 1824,
m. about 1843, Anderson Poor, b. Aug, 13, 1819 (son of Edward and
Sarah Poor of Guilford Co., N. C.), a farmer in Valparaiso, Ind.
Fourth Generation. Children :
17. i. Emily Louisa Poor, b. May 18, 1844.
18. ii. Morris Poor, b. Sept. 10, 1846.
19. iii. Mary Ann Poor, b. Jan. 4, 1848.
20. iv. Frances Amelia Poor, b. April 8, 1850, d. June, 1866.
1024 Families that have assumed tlie Name Dwight.
21. v. Lafayette Dvvight Poor, b. June 11, 1852.
22. vi. Margaret Elizabeth Poor, b. June 26, 1857.
23. vii. Edward Egbert Poor, b. Feb. 22, 1865.
Second Generation.
6. v. Isaac Dwight (son of Sereno Dwight and Hannah Benedict),
b. at Homer, N. Y., May 14, 1809, m. Feb. 19, 1834, Elizabeth C.
Hardenbergh of Conquest, N. Y. (dau. of John and Jane Hardenbergh).
He has been a farmer near Jefferson City, Mo., since 1857. From
1850 to 1857 he resided at Fulton, N. Y., for the sake of there educat-
ing his children. He has long been a member of the Methodist Church,
and has held many official positions in it. His son writes of him with
honest pride " as a most honorable and upright man in his dealings,"
and adds that " this trait seems in truth to be inseparable from our
family throughout its whole lineage, and I am not aware of a single
exceptionable transaction ever having occurred in the history of it."
[John Hardenbergh is the descendant of a noble German family of
that name, now represented in Germany by the Baron Hardenbergh.
He had 9 children : William, John, Solomon, Margaret, Catharine
Elizabeth, Jane, Elsie, Ann and Deborah.]
Third Generation. Children :
24. i. Sereno Benedict Dwight, b. at Ira, N. Y., July 11, 1837, en-
listed in the 10th Missouri Cavalry, for the war, in which he remained
for 3 years. He and his brother Francis, in the same regiment, had
the i-eputation of being two of the best and bravest soldiers in the
regiment.
25. ii. Jane Hardenbergh Dwight, b. at Ira, Jan. 30, 1840.
26. iii. John Hardenbergh Dwight, b. at Ledyard, Cayuga Co., N.
Y., March 21, 1841, enlisted at Hudson, Mich., where he then resided,
in Co. C, First Regt. U. S. Sharpshooters, Col. Berdan. After 6
months' service he was transferred to the U. S. Military Telegraph
Corps, under the War Department, in which he remained until May,
1865, when he was assigned to duty at the summer residence of Hon.
Edwin M. Stanton, Sec'y of War, near Washington, D. C., and became
one of his family. He was, while with his Kegt., in the battle of
Fredericksburgh, Va.
He has been since 1858 a telegraph operator. His residence has
been for a few years past (1867-71) Leavenworth, Kansas. Since July,
1871, he has been connected with the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
in New York, and is the chief manager now (1873) of the night-depart-
ment of that company there.
He has been a large contributor of the facts here detailed concerning
the descendants of Sereno Dwight of Ira, N. Y.
27. iv. Francis Asbury Dwight, b. in Ledyard, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1842,
was a soldier in the late wai', in the 10th Mich. Cavalry, for 3 years.
The 3 brothers returned from their 3 years' service with not a scratch
upon their persons from the sword of the enemy.
28. v. Isaac Alanson Dwight, b. in Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1846.
Second Generation.
7. vi. Alanson Dwight (son of Sereno Dwight and Hannah Bene-
Families that have assumed the Name Dwight. 1025
diet), b. at Homer, N". Y., March 25, 1812, m. Harriet E. Reynolds of
Auburn, N. Y., b. May 11, 1819 (dau. of Henry Reynolds, b. July 2,
1785, and Lydia Russell, b. Axig. 11, 1787). He has been long and
largely engaged in the hide and leather trade in Chicago, 111. (since
1844).
Third Generation. Children :
29. i. William Benedict D wight, b. in Auburn, N. Y., April 28,
1840, engaged in mining in California.
30. ii. James Henry D wight, b. April 7, 1842, d. in Auburn, Oct.
5, 1843.
31. iii. Lydia Eliza Dwight, b. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 17, 1844, m.
Jan. 16, 1866, Henry A. Smith of Cleveland, O., a boot and shoe dealer
in Lincoln, 111.
32. iv. Lucia Ellen Dwight, b. there Jan. 6, 1848, d. March 11,
1866, act. 18.
33. v. Henry Smith Dwight, b. Jan. 30, 1854, in Chicago.
Second Generation.
8. vii. Almon Dwight (son. of Sereno Dwight and Hannah Bene-
dict), b. inScipio, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1814, m. May 1, 1843, Cyria White
of Auburn, N. Y., b. at Venice, N. Y., May 8, 1817 (dau. of Lawrence
White and Cyria Charge, an English lady). He is a cabinet-maker by
trade. He adopted some years since the Millerite doctrines. About
1857 he went to Philadelphia, and there joined a party formed for the
purpose of establishing an industrial school in Jerusalem, in the Holy
Land. He had charge of the mechanical department of the school, and
was in Jerusalem about 4 years. While there he visited many places
of historical notoriety on the coasts of the Mediterranean. He ac-
complished a feat also which was probably never accomplished before.
A conduit was made in the days of King Solomon, under the city, con-
necting the Pool of the Virgins with that of Siloam, being about half a
mile in length, and dug for a great part of the way through solid rock.
This subterranean passage, unknown for ages, he explored from end to
end, although so narrow in some parts as not to allow the passage of
his body without great exertion. For most of the way he had to
struggle through on his hands and knees — guiding himself by the little
stream of water flowing beneath him. The natives, ignorant of any such
hidden passage, were greatly amazed at seeing him emerge unharmed
at the Pool of Siloam. He has resided since his return at Lawrence,
Kansas. Mrs. Cyria Dwight's residence has been for years in Auburn.
Third Generation. Children :
34. i. Cornelius Wyckoff Dwight, b. Dec. 24, 1844, d. Dec. 7, 1847.
35. ii. Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight, b. at Auburn, N. Y., June
11, 1846, was for some years a clerk in a wholesale saddlery and hard-
ware house in Auburn, N. Y,, and afterwards (1867—71) was a clerk in
San Francisco, and active in the Y. M. C. Association of that city.
Since 1871 he has bean a clerk in the book store of G. P. Putnam &
Sons, New York.
-<') Sporadic Instances of the Name Dwigkt.
SPOHADIC INSTANCES OF THE NAME, FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR KNOWS
NOT HOW TO ACCOUNT.
I.
New York.
1. Stephen Dwight, a carver in New York, who m. Sept. 21, 1757,
Martha Glover. He had at any rate two children :
(1.) Ann Dwight, b. Sept. 5, 1759. Her birth is recorded among
the baptisms of the First Presb. Oh., of New York.
(2.) Ann Hadden Dwight, b. Dec. 30, 1761.
2. Joseph Dwight, a mariner, whose home was in New York, and
who m. Feb. 9, 1760, Margaret Peterson.
II.
Pennsylvania.
Jasper Dwight. In the N. Y. Hist. Soc. Lib. there is, according to the
catalogue, somewhere among its archives, a pamphlet thus described on
one of its pages :. " Dwight Jasper, a letter to George Washington,
Prest. U. S. ; containing strictures on his address of Sept. 17, 1796,
notifying his relinquishment of the Presidential office, 8 vo, pp. 48,
Philad., 1796." The writer has several times sought for this pamphlet ;
but the librarian has hitherto been unable to show it to him. The name
is probably an assumed one ; or it may be wrongly recorded for
Dwiglit Jasper (as the last name), among the Dwights.
III.
New Hampshire.
Cyrus Dwight (son of Henry Dwight) of Raymond, N. H. , was a
soldier in the last war. He knows nothing of his pedigree. The family
to which he belongs is described as of small means and little culture.
There is no gap known to exist anywhere in the records of the
Dwight Family in this country, that this N. H. family has any chance
to fill.
IV.
Masscu husetfs.
A Boston Family (so-called).
The writer met, Dec. 13, 1873, at Clinton, N. Y., a young man call-
ing himself Edward Dwight, acting as ticket-man at an exhibition given
there at the time. He had, he said, a brother William Dwight, a con-
fectioner, in New York.
His father was Henry Isaiah Dwight, a speculator in iron in New
York some years since ; and his mother, still living, was, before mar-
riage, Margaret Houston. His father died a few years since.
His grandfather Hai-ry Dwight of Boston, a coal dealer, had sons,
beside Henry Isaiah, named James, who lived in Utica, and was a
peddler of tinware, and d. in the late war ; George, a lawyer in Boston,
who d. of consumption, and Edward.
The writer took his address, and wrote him for further facts, which
he had promised to give, but has heard nothing in reply, and knowa
not what historical importance to attach to the statements made.
He believes that they are of little such value at the best.
BRIEF
COLLATERAL GENEALOGIES
OF A
FEW CONNECTED FAMILIES.
Most of the matter here furnished appears
now for the first time ;
or,
if having
appeared before in
print, it came from the
hands of the author,
and in not so com-
plete a form as
now.
The Families here presented are eleven in number : Stodtlard, Ed-
wards, Hooker, Pierpont, Gelston, Woodbridge, Woolsey, Sherman,
Breed, Tallmadge and De Forest.
f
J
A special feature of this work, and of " The History of the Strong
Family," peculiar to themselves, is the incorporation with the text of
each of them of a large number of brief collateral genealogies of many
connected families. These have generally involved, each of them, a
good deal of continued and careful research. They are offered here as
tokens of thorough good-will to the many associated families to which
they pertain.
They will thus have always at hand the outlines of their family-his-
tory in other directions than their Dwight lineage alone, and sufficient
hints in them of the directions in which to enlarge, at will, their ac-
quaintance with the lives and fortunes of their sires.
No narrow ideas were allowed to stint the contributions designed to
be made in this work to the historical gratifications of its readers.
To the many scores of collateral genealogical sketches scattered
throughout the body of this work, the special collection here grouped
together is superadded, as a free gift to its possessors, at no one's cost
but the author's. The direct outlay by him of two hundred dollars
and more, needful for putting it into print in this work, he considers
balanced by the pleasure of its preparation, alike, and of its permanent
preservation.
JHE POAT OF ^LRMES OF THE^.NTIENT ^AMILY OF ^TODDARD. OF
LONDON.
SA. 3, ESTOILES AND A BORDURE GU, pREST OUT A DUCAL CORONET
A DEMI-HORSE SALIENT, ERM.
MOTTO : — Festina Lente. Be in haste, but not in a himy.
THE STODDARD FAMILY.
Concerning the origin of the name and family of Stoddarcl, there is
the tradition, that the first of the family in England, came from Nor-
mandy, A. D. 1066, with WILLIAM the Conqueror, and was his relative
— that he was standard-bearer to the Viscomte de Pulesdon, a noble
Norman, who bore for arms three silver stars on a sable ground. The
name is derived from the office of standard-bearer, and was anciently
written De La Standard. This office conferred a high rank upon its
occupant, and was generally given to a near relative, in whose family
it frequently became hereditary. The Office of Heraldry in England con-
firms the above tradition by giving to the " coat of arms " of the Stod-
dard Family a very ancient date. This coat of arms is occasionally
found joined with that of other families with whom they ha^ve inter-
married. This is the case in England, Scotland and Ireland, in each
of which they had residence. Those families in this country, bearing
the name Stoddard, Stoddart, and Stodart, and each claiming the same
" coat of arms," are, so far as is known, from England and Scotland.
When the family emigrated to Scotland is not known, but they have
possessed estates in Selkirkshire and elsewhere for above three hundred
years.
The manor of Tickenhurst (in Northborne, County of Kent) became
the property of the Stoddards about 1430, and so continued till
about 1600. The Hamlet of Mottingham, in the Parish of Eltham
(County of Kent), about seven miles from London Bridge, also contains
a family estate of about 400 acres. This estate came into the family
about or before 1490, and so continued till the death of Nicholas Stod-
dard, a bachelor, in the year 1765. On this estate, in 1560, George Stod-
dard and Anne, his wife, built the mansion-house called Mottingham
Place. In the glass of the old mansion is the date 1560 ; and also in the
glass is the following " coat of arms," probably belonging to the family of
the wife : " Argent, a mullet pierced, sable, on a chief, embattled sable,
two mullets pierced, argent, party per chevrone embattled, sable and ar-
gent, three mullets pierced and counterchanged." There are also several
other residences found. Thomas, William and John Stoddard were
each a resident of Royston. John Stoddard was a resident of Grin-
don; Anthony, Gideon, Anthony, William and Anthony Stoddard,
each of different date, were residents of London.
Anthony Stoddard, last above named, and of the Mottingham fam-
ily, emigrated to Boston, Mass., about 1639. Many of his descend-
ants have honorable mention in their connection with the families of
this Genealogy.
An extended genealogy of Anthony Stoddard of Boston, (1639-
1873), and his descendants, both sons and daxighters, was published in
Nov. 1873, by Rev. E. W. Stoddard of Succasunna, Morris Co., N. J.
He also published at the same time Genealogies of John Stoddard of
Wethersfield, Conn., 1643-1873; and of Ralph Stoddard of Groton,
Conn., 1666-1873. He has also nearly ready for publication, John Stod-
dard of Hingham, Mass., 1638-1874, and Robert Stoddard of Groton,
Conn., 1652-1874.
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With what motives and for what ends the first generation of pil-
grims came to the wild shores of the New World, is made manifest by
the following letter, sent March 28, 1631, to the Countess of Lincoln,
by Gov. Thomas Dudley of Mass., the ancestor of many whose names
are found in these pages :
" Having some leisure to discourse of the motives for other men's
coming to this place or their abstaining from it — after my brief man-
ner, I say this: that if any come hither to plant for worldly ends, that
can live well at home, he commits an error of which he will soon re-
pent him ; but if for spiritual, he may find here what may well content
him, viz., materials to build, fuel to burn, ground to plant, seas and
rivers to fish in, a pure air to breathe in, and good water to drink till
wine or beer can be made; which, with the cows, hogs and goats
brought hither already, may suffice for food. For clothes and bedding —
they must bring them with them, till time and industry produce them
here. In a word, we yet enjoy little to be envied, but endure much to be
pitied, in the sickness and mortality of our people. If any godly men,
out of religious ends, will come over to help us in the good woik we are
about, I think they cannot dispose of themselves or their estates more
to God's glory and the furtherance of their own reckoning. But they
must not be of the poorer sort yet for divers years. And for profane and
debaiiched persons, their oversight in coming hither is wondered at,
where they shall find nothing to content them. If there be any endued
with grace and favored with means to feed themselves and theirs for
18 months, and to build and plant, let them come into our Macedonia
and help iis, and not spend themselves and their estates in a less pro-
fitable employment. For others — I conceive they are not yet fitted for
this business."
Here was no self-seeking, no spirit of self-indulgence, no unholy
greed for gold. How little was there to suggest the possibility of any
such general breaking away from the religious moorings of a true life
on earth, to the praise of God, as is largely prevalent among the de-
scendants of those old Puritans in our day.
When the author began, in 1861, to prepare the History of the
Dwight Family, he laid out for himself, instinctively, a plan which
should be equally comprehensive in its scope and complete in its de-
tails. His purpose was to traverse carefully all the records and tradi-
tions of the past which he could find, that in any decisive way illus-
trated the real development of the family in this country ; and to
gather out of them for permanent preservation whatever was in itself
and its relations worthy of being transmitted to posterity. As new
collateral connections kept converging, one after another, in his long
labor, on the final results of his investigations, he soon found himself
engaged in floating down the stream of time u large flotilla of historic
103:? Collateral Qencalogies of Connected Families.
alliances, so far as they served to illustrate effectively the great, main,
genealogical adventure upon which he had entered.
He had pursued to a considerable extent both the Stoddard and Ed-
wards genealogies, with the others which are here presented in more
detail than they ; but on finding that they were each already taken up
zealously by other hands, and in a larger way than he had meditated for
his purposes, he dropped them at once from all further plans of personal
research. The history of the Stoddard Family has been published, in
its general outlines on the masculine side of the house, by Rev. Eli-
jah W. Stoddard of Succasunna, N. J. From this brief work much of
the condensed account of the family here presented has been prepared.
From Jonathan Edwards of New Haven and his son, who have been
busy for several years in gathering what facts they can of Edwards
family-history, the writer hopes to receive ere long, with many others,
the welcome results of the long and wide research needful in such an
undertaking.
I.
BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE STODDAKD FAMILY IN ITS EAKLIEK RELA-
TIONS AND CONNECTIONS.
The family name (originally De La Standard) is traceable directly
back to William Stoddard, a knight who came from Normandy to Eng-
land in 10G6, with William the Conqueror, and was his cousin.
I. Anthony Stoddard, lineally descended from him, came from England
to Boston about 1639. He was for 20 years a representative of Boston
in the GenerarCouiicil (1665-84). He m. about 1642, Mary Downing,
dan. of Hon. Emanuel Downing of Salem, Mass., and Lucy Winthrop,
sister of Gov. John Winthrop of Mass. She d. in 1650-1, and he m.
twice afterwards. By his three marriages he had 14 children (8 of them
sons) — three by the first, two by the second, and nine by the last.
He d. March 16, 1686-7, aet. about 70. His three children by Lucy
Downing were Rev. Solomon, Samson and Simeon.
II. Rev. Solomon Stoddard (son of Hon. Anthony Stoddard of
Boston and Lucy Downing), b. Oct. 4, 1643, grad. at Harvard in
1662, was the first librarian of Harvard (1667-74). He was pastor at
Northampton, Mass., for 57 years (1672-1729). He m. March 8,
1670, widow Esther Mather, nee Warham, b. in 1644 (widow of Rev.
Eleazer Mather, his predecessor at Northampton, and dau. of Rev.
John Warham of Windsor, Ct.). He d. Feb. 11, 1729, aet. 85: she
d. Feb. 10, 1736, aet. 92.
Prest. Edwards wrote thus of him in a letter to a friend in Scotland,
July 1, 1751, from Stockbridge : "Mr. Stoddard, my grandfather,
was a very great man, of strong powers of mind, of great grace and
great authority, and of a masterly countenance, speech and behavioi*."
A letter written by Mrs. Esther Stoddard, 170 years ago, to her
daughter, Mrs. Esther Edwards, at E. Windsor, just after the birth of
her son Jonathan (b. Oct. 5, 1703), has recently come to light and been
given to the public by its possessor, Rev. H. C. Hovey of Florence,
Mass. It is as follows :
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NORTHAMPTON, Dec. 7th, 1703.
DEAR DAUGHTER: — God be thanked for your safe delivery, and rais-
ing you up to health again. We are tinder mixt dispensations ; we
have a great deal of mercy, and we have smart afflictions. Eliakim is
not, and Eunice is not, and it hath pleased God to take away your
dear brother Israel, also, who was taken by ye enemy and carried to a
place called Brest, in France, and being ready to be transported into
England, was taken sick of a fever and died there, as we understand
by a letter from the crews-master of the ship, now in London. It is a
heavy stroak to us, aded to ye former, and we, David-like, mourn
every day. I had not done mourning for ye former, but God hath
added grief to my sorrow. What shall I say ? It becomes me, Aaron-
like, to hold my peace. God grant yt I may, with Job, come as gold
out of the fire, when I have been tried. I hope you and ye rest of
my children will learn by these awful stroaks so to number your days
as to apply your hearts to wisdom. We see by these instances yt our
days may be very few here, and when and how we shall be taken out
of this world, God only knows. Therefore we had need to be ready,
seeing we know not what hour our Lord will come. Ye time is short,
and it may be very short to us yt remains, as was to your sister and
brother.. One day made a great change in my dear daughter's con-
dition. Son Williams is satisfied yt she is now in glory, as you may
see by the letter which I now send you, which, when you have perused,
I would have you let your' sister Mix read and enclose it in a paper,
and send to my son Warham, with ye news of my grandson, Steven
Williams, arriving safe with some other captives at Boston. But I
must be short, least I should miss of an opportunity of sending this. I
bid you farewell, and subscribe myself as your sorrowful mother.
ESTHER STODDARD.
P.S. — I would have sent you half a thousand of pins and a porrenger
of inarmalat, if I had an opportunity. If any of your town come up,
and would call here, I would send it. Give my love to son Edwards
arid your children.
III. — Solomon Stoddard had twelve children :
1. Mary Stoddard, b. Jan. 9, 1761, who m. Oct. 2, 1695, Rev.
Stephen Mix, grad. at Harvard in 1690, settled at Wethersneld, Ct.
Six children.
2. Esther Stoddard, b. June 2, 1672, m. Nov. 6, 1694, Rev. Timo-
thy Edwards, b. May 14, 1669, grad. at Harvard in 1691; pastor at
E. Windsor, Ct., for 64 years, and d. there Jan. 27, 1758, aet. 89. She
d. Jan. 19, 1771, aet. 98. See Edwards' lineage, on subsequent page.
3. 4, 5. Three — Samuel, Anthony and Aaron, b. and. d. within 2£
years (1674—6).
6. Christian Stoddard, b. Aug. 23, 1676, m. as his 2d wife, about
1718, Rev. William Williams, b. Feb. 2, 1665 (son of Isaac Williams
of Newtown, Mass., and Martha Peck), grad. at Harvard in 1683, set-
tled at Hatfield, Mass., 55 years (1685-1740). He d. Aug. 29, 1741,
aet. 75. She d. April 23, 1764, aet. 87. Four children.
7. Anthony Stoddard, b. Aug. 9, 1678, d. Sept. 6, 1760, act, 82.
He was grad. at Harvard in 1697, and was pastor at Woodbury, Ct., 60
years (1700-60). He m. Oct. 20, 1700, Prudence Wells of Wethers-
66
1 034 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
field, Ct. (dau. of Capt. Robert Wells and Elizabeth Goodrich). She
d. May 1714, and he m. May 31, 1715, for 2d wife, Mary Sherman,
bapt. March, 1691 (dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth Sherman of
Wooilbury). She d. Jan. 12, 1720, without issue, lie had 11 chil-
dren by his first marriage, seven of them sons.
8. Sarah Stoddard, b. April 1, 1680, m. March 19, 1707, Rev.
Samuel Whitman, grad. at Harvard in 1696, pastor at Farinington,
Ct. He d. in 1751, aet. about 73. Five children.
9. Col. John Stoddard, b. Feb. 17, 1682, grad. at Harvard in 1701,
m. Dec. 13, 1731, Prudence Chester of Wethersfield, Ct., b. March 4,
1699 (dau. of Major John Chester and Hannah Talcott, dau. of lion.
Samuel Talcott of that place). He was a lawyer at Northampton,
Colonel of a regiment, Judge of probate, Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, one of the Gov.'s council, etc. He was a man of very
superior intellect, high character and large wealth. He d. June 19,
1748, aet. 66. His inventory was nearly $180,000, viz. : real estate,
£18,238 ; personal estate, £17,194. His gold watch, the first one had at
Northampton, was appraised at £150. She d. Sept. 11, 1780, aet 81.
10. Israel Stoddard, b. April 10, 1684, d. in Brest, France, in 1703,
aet. 19, a prisoner of war.
11. Rebecca Stoddard, b. in 1686, m. Nov. 16, 1722, Lt. Joseph
Hawley of Northampton (son of Capt. Joseph Hawley). They were
the parents of Major Joseph Hawley, the cousin of Prest. Edwards,
who was so active at first in persecuting him, and afterwards so peni-
tent about his great misconduct in the matter. He m. Mercy Lyman
of Northampton, without issue. He had a brother, Elisha, who was
killed in battle at Lake George in 1755. As they both died childless,
this branch of the family became by their death extinct.
12. Hannah Stoddard, b. April 21, 1688, m. about 1712, Rev. Wil-
liam Williams, b. May 11, 1688 (son of Rev. William Williams of
Hatfield, Mass., and Eliza Cotton, his first wife, dau. of Rev. Seaborn
Cotton of Hampton, N. H.), grad. at Harvard in 1705, pastor at
Weston, Mass. (1709-50) for 41 jears. He d. March 6, 1762, aet. 72.
She d. Dec. 29, 1745, aet. 57. They had 9 children.
[Rev. John Warhatn, the father of Mrs. Solomon Stoddard, was too
noteworthy a man, in his life and history, not to deserve continued re-
membrance among his many descendants. He was eminent as a min-
ister in England, and came over to this country as the pastor and head
of a religious colony in 1630-1, arriving at Nantasket May 30, and in
June beginning a settlement at Dorchester. In 1636 the mass of the
Dorchester colonists, with accessions from Newtown (Cambridge) and
Watertown, about 100 in all, went through the wilderness in the sum-
mer, on a slow march of 14 days, singing and praying as they went,
and began, at what is now Windsor, the first white settlement in Con-
necticut. Thither Mr. Warhani soon followed them as their pastor,
and was their .faithful under-shepherd there for nearly 34 years (Sept.
1636- — April, 1670), as he had been at Dorchester for 5 years and
more, previously. Rev. John Maverick was settled with him, as col-
league at Dorchester, who d. at Boston, Feb. 3, 1635-6. Rev. Eph-
raim (Huit or) Hewett of Wraxall, Eng., " a man of superior talents
and eminent usefulness," who d. at Windsor, Sept. 4, 1644, was his
colleague for a few years (1639-44) at Windsor. He d. April 1,
Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families. 1035
1670. Whether he had other children than his dau. Esther (Mrs.
Stoddard) the writer has not discovered, but believes that he had.
Rev. Nathl. Chauncey, afterwards of Hatfield, Mass., was his col-
league in his last years, and successor at Windsor (1666-78). See
Hist, of Strong Family, p. 1 280. He was a vigorous preacher, and was
the first one that preached with notes in New England. He was the
first one also in the land who admitted members into the church on
the half-way covenant (Jan. 31, 1657) — holding that the children of
believers were, as such, at their very birth, members of the visible
church, and that the church of God on earth consisted in its constitu-
tion of a mixed people, godly and ungodly. In the history of the opin-
ions and preaching of these three men, related to each other as father-
in-law, sou and grandson, John Wai-ham, Solomon Stoddard and Jon-
athan Edwards — in a close circuit surely, both of relationship and of
residence — the great controversy which shook all New England to its
centre a century ago, had its historical beginning, middle and end.
None of their many titled descendants in church and state have surpassed
in wiudom, eloquence, grace and influence these untitled giants of the
elder days of this then rude new world. John Warham was regarded
by the whole colony of Connecticut as " the principal pillar and father
of the colony," so long as he lived. He was the victim frequently of
most fearful attacks of physical and mental depression. ]
IT.
EDWARDS LINEAGE IN Its EARLIER GENERATIONS.
The Edwards family is of Welsh origin ; and there is a tradition in
the family that it existed in Wales previously to the conquest of that
country by England, under Edward I., in 1282.
Rev. Richard Edwards, father of William Edwards, the settler, went
from Wales to London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth (somewhere, prob-
ably, about 1580), and was settled there as a clergyman of the estab-
lished church. His widow, Mrs. Anne Edwards, m. for a second husband
a Mr. James Cole, who came with her and her son, William Edwards,
about 1640, to America, and settled at Hartford, where she d. Feb.
20, 1679. He d. in 1652.
William Edwards, the settler, b. in London about 1620, was one of
the first settlers of Hartford. He m. about 1645, widow Agnes Spen-
cer. Her previous husband, William Spencer, was among the first
settlers of Hartford (as early as 1638-9): he was in 1639 a select-
man of the town, a deputy to the General Court, and one of a commit-
tee of three to prepare the first revisal of the laws for the infant colony
in that same year. He d. the next year (1640). For a brief enumera-
tion of some of his earlier descendants by his wife Agnes (afterwards
Mrs. William Edwards), see " Goodwin's Genealogical Notes, pp.
310-27. She became by her two marriages the mother of two noted
American families, Spencer and Edwards. It would be a matter of
real satisfaction to be able to learn who she was in her maidenhood,
and what was her parentage. All honor to her memory as the mother
of many noble men and women !
1036 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
She is said to have left two brothers behind her in England, both
mayors of cities — one of Exeter, and the other of Barnstable.
II.
William and Agnes Edwards had but one child only — Richard Ed-
wards, b. May 1647. He was a merchant at Hartford (as probably
his father was before him), and a man of standing. He m. Nov. 19,
16G7, Elizabeth Tuthill, dan. of William and Elizabeth Tuthill of New
Haven. She was the mother of 7 children, and d. about 1G90. He
m. for 2d wife, about 1092, Mary Talcott, b. in 16G1 (dau. of Lt. Col.
John Talcott of Hartford and Helena Wakemau, dau. of Kev. John
Wakeman of New Haven). He d. April 20, 1718, aet. 71. She was
the mother of six children, and d. aet. 62, April 19, 1723. His re-
mains rest in the yard of the first church of Hartford.
Among the 7 children born to him by his tirst wife, his second child
and only son was Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, Ct.
III.
Rev. Timothy Edwards, b. May, 14, 1669, grad. at Harvard in 1691,
rec'd on the same day in that year (July 4), the degree of A.B., in the
morning, and of A.M., in the afternoon — "an uncommon mark of re-
spect paid to his extraordinary proficiency in learning." He was pastor
for nearly 64 years at E. Windsor, Ct. (1694-1758), where he d. Jan.
27, 1758, aet. 88, having had a colleague (Rev. Joseph Perry) only
from June 1755, less than 3 years before his death. He preached ex-
tempore until within a few years of his decease. He was 5 feet 10
inches in height, of a full figure and of fair complexion and very at-
tentive to his personal appearance, and of polished manners. He had
11 children, all of them daughters but his one distinguished son, Jona-
than. These all he himself fitted for college — giving to each of his
daughters the same careful drill in Latin and other preparatoiy studies
as to his son ; and sending them one after the other to Boston, to
finish their education, as he did him to Yale, to complete his. In his
very quiet rural home at E. Windsor, he formed, and, with delighted
zeal filled to the full, the moulds of the future intellectual and moi'al
preeminence of his large and distinguished family. He d. Jan. 27,
1758, aet. 88.
He m. Nov. 6, 1694, Esther Stoddard, b. June 2, 1672, (dau. of Rev.
Solomon Stoddard of Northampton and Esther Warham). She d. Jan.
19, 1771, aet. 98. She had strong mental faculties, high personal cul-
ture, and great religious attainments. She did not make a profession
of religion publicly until 1716, when 44 years of age. Early piety
did not abound then. They lived together in wedded life for the re-
markable period of more than 63 years.
IV.
Their eleven children were, in the order of their births, as follows :
i. Esther Edwards, b. Aug. 6, 1695, who m. June 28, 1727, Rev.
Samuel Hopkins of W. Springfield, Mass., b. Dec. 27, 1693, (son of
John and Hannah Hopkins, of Waterbury, Ct.), grad. at Yale in 1718.
He d. Oct. 5, 1755, aet. 61. Shed. June 17, 1766, aet. 71.
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They had 4 children: Timothy; Rev. Samuel, D.D., of Hadley,
Mass. ; Hannah, wife of Hon. John Worthington, LL.D., of Spring-
field, Mass. ; and JZsther, who d. in childhood.
ii. Elizabeth Edwards, b. April 14, 1697, m. June 30, 1724, Col.
Jabez Huntington, of Windham, Ct., b. Jan. 26, 1691 (son of Dea.
Christopher Huntington, of Norwich, Ct., and Sarah Adgate). She d.
Sept. 21, 1733, aet. 36. He m. again. See Huntington Genealogy.
He d. Sept. 26, 1752, aefc. 60. They had 4 children : Elizabeth, who
in. Abraham Davenport, of Stamford, Ct. ; /Sarah, who m. Hezekiah
Wetmore, and for a 2d husband Samuel Beers ; Tryphena, who d. early ;
and Jerusha, who m. Dr. John Clark, of Lebanon, Ct.
iii. Ann Edwards, b. April 28, 1699, who m. May 8, 1734, Capt.
John Ellsworth, a wealthy farmer of E. Windsor, b. Nov. 7, 1697 (sou
of Lt. John Ellsworth, of Ellington, Ct., and Esther White). He d.
Jan. 4. 1784, aet. 86. She d. April 11, 1790, aet. 91. They had 4
children : John, Solomon, Frederic and Ann.
iv. Mary Edwards, b. Feb. 11, 1701, d. unmarried, at E. Windsor,
Sept. 17, 1776, aet. 75. She appointed to herself the pleasure of abid- .
ing to the end at the old family fireside, to enjoy the company of her
venerable parents to the full, and to solace their declining age with her
love.
v. Prest. Jonathan Edwards, b. Oct. 5, 1703, d. March 22, 1758,
aet. 54. See subsequent page for fuller notice.
vi. Eunice Edwards, b. Aug. 20, 1705, m. Oct. 1, 1729, Eev. Simon
Backus, b. Feb. 11, 1700-1 (son of Joseph Backus of Norwich, Ct., and
Elizabeth Huntington, — see Huntington Genealogy), grad. at Yale in.
1724, was pastor at Wethersfield, Ct., and d. as Chaplain of the Colonial
Army at Cape Breton, Feb. 2, 1746, aet. 45. She d. at E. Windsor,
June 1, 1788, aet, 83 — for 42 years a widow. They had 8 children.
vii. Abigail Edwards, b. Dec. 25, 1707, m. William Metcalf, of Le-
banon, Ct., Oct. 25, 1737, a farmer. She d. Sept. 24, 1764, aet. 56.
He d. June 15, 1773, aet. 64. They had 5 children.
viii. Jerusha Edwards, b. May 30, 1710, d. Dec. 22, 1729, aet. 19.
ix. Hannah Edwards, b. Feb. 8, 1713, m. Jan. 15, 1746, as his 3d
wife, Seth Wetmore, Jr., of Middletown, Ct. He d. of smallpox April
12, 1778, aet. 78 : she d. June 7, 1773, aet. 61. They had 3 children :
Lucy, who m. Chauncey Whittlesey of Wellingford, Ct. ; Oliver, who
m. Sarah Brewster of Middletown, where he lived, and d. Dec. 1, 1798,
aet. 46 ; and Hannah, who d. in infancy.
x. Lucy Edwards, b. May 25, 1715, d. Aug. 21, 1736, aet. 21.
xi. Martha Edwards, b. Jan. 5, 1718, m. in 1746, Rev. Moses Tut-
hill, b. June 25, 1715 (son of John Tuthill, of New Haven, Ct.), grad.
at Yale in 1745, pastor at Granville, Mass. (1747-53), preached after-
wards for a few years in Wappiug Society, E. Windsor. The rest of
his history not discovered. He d. at Southold, L. I., Oct. 1785, aet.
70. She'd, at E. Windsor, Feb. 1794, aet. 76. Both husband and
wife were eccentric and peculiar. See Holland's Hist. of. West Mass.,
vol. 2, p. 65. They had 4 children, all daiighters.
v. Prest. Jonathan Edwards (son of Rev. Timothy Edwards of E.
Windsor, and Esther Stoddard), b. Oct. 5, 1703, grad. at Yale in 1720,
preached in New York city for two years (1722-4), was tutor at Yale
for same time (1724-6), and was settled as pastor at Northampton for
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23 years (1727-50), the first two years of the time as colleague with
his aged father-in-law, Solomon Stoddard. He m. July 28, 1727, Sarah
Pierpont, b. Jan. 9, 1709-10 (dau. of Rev. James Pierpont of New
Haven, and Mary Hooker, dau. of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Fannington,
Ct.). See Pierpont lineage. Both Prest. Edwards and his remarkable
wife are so well known throughout the land for their superior excellence
of mind and character as to need no special characterization here. They
occupied the very summit of human exaltation possible \inder American
institutions or any other. Edwards went, Jan. 1751, to Stockbridge,
Mass., and there preached for 7 years as a missionary to the Indians,
and the small assembly of whites that could be gathered together with
them on the Sabbath, out of "the 12 families" of such a sort then
living there among the 100 and more families of Indians living around
them. On Jan. 1758 he accepted the appointment which had been
tendered to him of the presidency of Princeton College, and went on to
enter upon its duties as the successor to Prest. Burr, his son-in-law,
who had by his death, the preceding September, vacated the effice.
He lived only long enough to make all needful preparations for enter-
ing effectively upon the duties of his new office when he died (March
22, 1758) aet. 54, of small-pox, with which, as it was then prevalent in
Princeton, he had been inoculated, at his own request, as a measure
of anticipated protection. She d. at Philadelphia, Oct 2, 1758, aet. 48,
of dysentery.
Most of the great works which have immortalized his name, Ed-
wards wrote while at Stockbridge, where, three years since, many of his
descendants gathered together as the most fitting place in which to cele-
brate his praise. He had 11 children, of which 8 were daughters.
He and his wife also were buried at Princeton. He was of tall stature
and slender form, of about 6 feet in height, of a high, bread forehead,
eyes piercing and luminous, and a serene countenance, and of easy and
dignified manners. He was graceful in the pulpit, easy, natural and
earnest, though having but little action. He i-ested his left elbow on
the pulpit-cushion or Bible, and holding his sermon in his left hand,
used his right hand almost only for the purpose of turning over the
leaves of his manuscript. The first Puritan preachers who came to this
country all preached extempore. Rev. John Warham, of Windsor, Ct.,
his own great-grandfather, is said to have been the first of them to use
notes in pi-eaching; but by Edwards' time the new fashion had come
to be quite in vogue. Edwards had not any large flow of animal spirits
at any time, but was full, habitually, of deep and satisfying moral joy-
ousness of soul.
How the educated and better men of the land lived in his day will
appear from the inventory of his library and family silver at his de-
cease, when the latter had been probably somewhat distributed among
the children that had left the paternal roof for homes of their own.
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I.
His LIBRARY.
1. Books.
Value.
£ s. d.
(1). In Folio, 38 vols
26 30 0
(2). In quarto, 34 "
8 11 9
(3). In octavo, 99 "
, 26 16 6
(4). In duodecimo, 130 vols
8 15 3
(5). His own works, 25 "
4 16 7
2. Pamphlets, 536
4 13 0
3. Maps.
(1). 40
1 4 0
(2). 8
0 13 0
£83 0 1
4. Manuscripts.
(1). 15 vols. folio, )
(2). 15 " quarto, V On these the
world has set a great price.
(3). 1074 sermons. )
II.
His SILVER, as inventoried at
Stockbridge.
£ s. d.
1. A tankard
12 0 0
2. A can and porringer
9 10 0
3. A dish
300
4. A salver ..."
4 0 0
5. Nine spoons
5 17 0
6. Seven tea-spoons
1 6 0
7. Tea-tongs
0 14 0
8. Pepper-box
1 6 0
£37 13 0
How much the world has moved in this part of it since 1758 will ap-
pear at once when the statement is added that, among his other effects,
there was inventoried a negro boy, Titus, under the head of tl quick
stock," in company with horses, cows and other domestic animals, the
valuation set upon him being £30.
Y.
The children of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pierpont were :
I. Sarah Edwards, b. Aug. 25, 1728, m. June 11, 1750, Elihu Par-
sons of Northampton, and afterwards of Stockbridge and Goshen, Mass.
He d. at Stockbridge, Aug. 22, 1785, aet. 66. She d. at Goshen, May
15, 1805, aet. 76. They had 11 children,
II. Jeru.sha Edwards, b. April 26, 1730, was engaged to Rev.
David Brainerd, the distinguished missionary to the Indians, and d.
Feb. 14, 1747-8, aet. 17, but a short time after his own death, which
occurred, Oct. 9, 1747. She nursed him tenderly for several weeks
in his last sickness, which was very painful.
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III. Esther Edwards, b. Feb. 13, 1732, ra. June 29, 1752, Rev, y
Aaron Burr, b. Jan. 4, 1715-16 (son of Daniel Burr of Fail-field, Gt.),
grad. at Yale in 1735, pastor at Newark, N. J., for 10 years (Jan.
1737-8 to Nov. 1748), and Prest. of Princeton College (1748-57),
afterwards until his death, Sept. 24, 1757. She d. April 7, 1758-9,
aet. 26. They had 2 children :
1. Sarah BUT, b. May 3^1754-,- who m. Hon. Tapping Reeve, June
24, 1772. He resided at Litchfield, Ct., and was Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Conn. She d. March 30, 1797, aet. 42. He d. Dec.
13, 1823, aet. 79. Had but one child.
2. Aaron Burr, b. Feb. 6, 1756, grad. at Princeton in 1772, a lawyer
in New York, V. Prest. of U. S., but totally unlike, in his moral aims
and moral habits, both his father and mother, who were each illustrious
for their excellence. No personal integrity or private virtue was safe
from his attempts to pollute it forever, if he thought that he could gain
any, even temporary, advantage to himself as the result. He m. July 2,
1782, Theodosia Provost, of New York (dau. of Col. Prevost of the
British Army). They had but one child, Theodosia .Burr, who m. Genl.
Joseph Allston of Charleston, S. C., afterwards Gov. of the State. She
was lost at sea in 1812 ; he d. Sept. 10, 1816, aet. 38.
Aaron Burr d. in 1836, aet. 80, honored by none : everybody remem-
bered that he killed Alexander Hamilton.
IV. Mary Edwards, b. April 7, 1734 (dau. of Jonathan Edwards and
Sarah Pierpont), m. Nov. 8, 1750, Major Timothy D wight of North-
ampton, b. May 27, 1 726 (son of Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton
and Experience King), grad. at Yale in 1744, a merchant and a judge
of the Court of Common Pleas. He d. at Natchez, June 10, 1776,
aet. 52 : she d. at Northampton, Feb. 28, 1807, aet. 72. For a full
account of their children and children's children, see pp. 120-270.
V. Lucy Edwards, b. Aug. 31, 1736, m. June 7, 1764, .lahleel Wood-
bridge of Stockbridge, Mass.
They had 9 children, five of them sons. She d. Sept. 18, 1786, aet.
51 : he d. Aug. 13,1796, aet. 58.
VI. Hon.- Timothy Edwards, b. July 25, 1738, m. Sept. 25, 1760,
Rhoda Ogden, b. Sept. 28, 1741 (dau. of Robert Ogden of Eli/abeth-
town, N. J.). He was a merchant at Elizabethtown, N. J., and after
June 1771, at Stockbridge, Mass. He was grad. at Princeton in 1757.
He was a member of the Council of Massachusetts 1775-80) and judge
of probate (1778—87), and a man of superior intellect and worth. He
d. Oct. 27, 1813, aet. 75. Shed, at Litchfield, Ct., Nov. 2, 1822, aet.
80. They had 15 children :
1. Sarah Edwards, b. July 11, 1761, m. Benjamin Chaplin of Mans-
field, Ct., and for a 2d hnsband, a Mr. Tyler of Brooklyn, Ct.
2. Edward Edwards, b. Jan. 20, 1763, m. Mary Ballard and had 10
children. He d. in Michigan in 1846. He resided for some years
(1810-23) in Newark Valley, N. Y.
3. Jonathan Edwards, b. Oct. 16, 1764, m. Lucy, dau. of Jahleel
"Woodbridge of Stockbridge, Nov. 20, 1798, and had ]0 children.
4. Richard Edwards, b. March 5, 1766, m. a Miss Griffin. She d.
in Stockbridge Jan. 1, 1811. They had 4 children.
5. Phebe Edwards, b. Nov. 4, 1768, m. June 11, 1792, Rev. Asahel
Hooker of Goshen, Ct., and for 2d husband, Oct. 30, 1814, Samuel
Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families. 1041
Farrar, Treas. of Andover Theol. Sem. Shed. Jan. 22, 1848, aet. 79.
She had by her first marriage 3 children, a son and two daughters,
one of whom, Mary, was the wife of Rev. Dr. Elias Cornelius, Cor.
Sec. of the A. B. C. F. M. He d. Feb. 12, 1832, aet. 37.
6. Col. William Edwards, b. Nov. 11,1770, m. in 1793 Rebecca
Tappan of Northampton (sister of Arthur and Lewis Tappan of New
York). He was a tanner at Northampton, and at Hiinter, N. Y. He
d. at Brooklyn, Dec. 29, 1851. She d. there. They had 9 children.
7. Robert Ogden Edwards, b. Sept. 30, 1772, m. Miss Pomeroy of
Northampton, who after his death m. John Tappan, Esq., of Boston.
8. Timothy Edwards, b. July 12, 1774, m. Sarah Haigh of Hudders-
field, Eng.
9. Mary Ogden Edwards, b. April 9, 1776, d. Feb. 13, 1777, of a
malignant sore throat.
10. Rhoda Edwards, b. May 7, 1778, m. March 3, 1798, Col. Josiah
Dwight. He d. March 8, 1821. Shed. Nov. 13, 1864, aet. 86. They
had 15 children. See, for account of them, pp. 850-67.
11. A son, b. dead, Oct. 16, 1779.
12. Elizabeth Edwards, ) d. early.
Uwins, b. Oct. 11, 1780.
13. Mary Edwards, ) m. April 25, 1800, Mason Whiting, a law-
yer at Biughamton, N. Y. He d. Jan. 11, 1849. She d. about 2 years
since, venerable for her talents and piety. They had 8 children.
14. Anna Edwards, b. Feb. 2, 1784, m. Dea. Ashley Williams of
Dalton, Mass.
15. Robert Burr Edwards, b. Sept. 14, 1787, m. Hannah Pomeroy.
VII. Susanna Edwards (dau. of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah Pier-
pont), b. June 20, 1740, m. as his 2d wife, Sept. 17, 1761, Hon.
Eleazer Porter, Jr., b. June 27, 1728 (son of Justice Eleazer Porter
and Sarah Pitkin), grad. at Yale in 1748. His first wife was Anne
Pitkin of E. Hartford (dau. of Col. John Pitkin). He lived at Had-
ley, Mass., and was justice of the peace and judge of probate. He
d. May 27, 1797, aet. 69. She d. May 2, 1803, aet. 62. They had
6 children :
1. Major Eleazer Porter, b. June 14, 1762, m. Sarah Keyes of Am-
herst, Mass., and lived at Hadley and Hartford, Ct., and Sturbridge,
Mass. , and had 9 children.
2. William Porter, M.D., b. Dec. 9, 1763, was a physician at Had-
ley. He m. Dec. 9, 1788, Lois Eastman, b. Sept. 27, 1764 (dau. of
John Eastman of Hadley and Submit Belding). She d. Dec. 12, 1792,
aet. 28 ; and he m. for 2d wife, June 10, 1794, Charlotte, dau. of Hon.
William Williams of Dalton, Mass. He d. Nov. 6, 1847, aet. 88.
She d. Nov. 13, 1842, aet. 72. lie had 10 children, three of them by
his first wife.
3. Jonathan Edwards Porter, b. May 17, 1766, m. Jan. 16, 1793, his
cousin Fidelia Dwight, b. Aug. 7, 1768 (dau. of Major Timothy
Dwight and Mary Edwards). He d. March 24, 1821 : she d. Jan. 22,
1847. See full account of their descendants on pp. 241-4, under head
113. ix.
4. Col. Moses Porter, b. Sept. 19, 1768, m. Aug. 30, 1791, Amy
Colt, b. Feb. 7, 1773 (dau. of Lt. Benjamin Colt of Hadley and
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Lucretia Ely). He d. May 22, 1854, aet. 85: she. d. Feb. 14, 1843,
act. 71. They had 13 children. He resided at Hadley.
5. John Porter, b. July 27, 1772, d. Aug. 7, following.
6. Pierpont Porter, b. June 12, 1775, m. in 1796 Hannah Wiggins
of E. Windsor, Ct., and had 4 children. He d. Jan. 15, 1805, aet. 29.
She m. for a 2d husband a Mr. Abbott, and d. a widow in 1846.
VIII. Eunice Edwards, b. May 9, 1743, m. Jan. 1764, Thomas Pol-
lock of Newbern, N. C. He d. in 1777. She m. for a 2d husband,
about 1780, Robert Hunt of Elizabethtown, N. J. He d. March 1816.
She d. in Newbern, Sept. 9, 1822, act, 79.
She had by her first marriage five children, and by her second, one.
Of the first five, one, Frances, m. in 1790 John P. Devereux of New-
bern. They have several representatives now living in N. C. and else-
where. By her second husband she had a dau., Sarah Pierpont Hunt,
b. May 9, 1789, who m. Aug. 30, 1800, John F. Burgwyii of Wilming-
ton, N. C. She d. March 22, 1823. She had 8 children.
IX. Prest. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., b. May 26, 1745, grad. at
Princeton in 1765, and tutor there (1767-9), m. Oct. 4, 1770, Mary
Porter, b. at Hartford, Sept. 16, 1748 (dau. of Eleazer Porter, Senior,
of Hadley, and Sarah Pitkin). She was sister to Hon. Eleazer Porter,
who m. his sister Susanna Edwards, as above. She was drowned at
New Haven, Ct., June 10, 1782, aet. 33. He m. Dec. 18, 1783, Mercy
Sabin, b. in 1759 (davi. of Col. Hezekiah Sabin of New Haven). He
was pastor at New Haven, Ct., for 26 years (1769-95), and at Cole-
brook, Ct. (1796-99), for a short time, when he was appointed Prest. of
Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., which oifice he held, like his
illustrious father at Princeton, but a brief time (1799—1801), dying like
him on the very threshold of his work. See Sprague's Annals Am.
Pulpit, vol. i. pp. 653-60. His wife Mercy d. in Lenox, Mass., Feb.
23, 1823, aet. 64, by whom he had no issue. He had by his first wife
three children.
1. Jonathan Walter Edwards, b. Jan. 5, 1772, who m. Elizabeth
Tryon (dau. of Moses Tryon, Capt. U. S. N.). He d. April 3, 1831,
aet. 59. They had 10 children.
2. Mary Edwards, b. June 22, 1773, m. James Jauncey Hait, a
merchant in Schenectady, N. Y. (son of Rev. Benjamin Hait of New
Jersey). He d. at Colebrook, Ct., Sept. 30, 1812, aet. 42. They had
4 children.
3. Jerusha Edwards, b. Jan. 30, 1776, m. Feb. 2, 1795, Rev. Calvin
Chapin, D.D., of Wethersfield, Ct. She d. Dec. 5, 1847, aet. 71 : he
d. March 16, 1851, aet. 87. They had 4 children. See, for account of
Rev. Dr. Chapin, Sprague's Annals, vol ii. pp. 324-9.
X. Elizabeth Edwards, b. May 6, 1747, d. of dropsy Jan. 1, 1762,
aet. 14.
XI. Hon. Pierpont Edwards ^son of Jonathan Edwards and Sarah
Pierpont), b. April 8, 1750, grad. at Princeton Coll., in 1768, was a
lawyer at New Haven, Ct., a soldier in the revolution, a member of the
Continental Congress (1777-8), and judge of the U. S. Court for Conn,
at the time of his death. He was frequently a member of the Conn.
Legislature. He was a zealous opponent of high Calvinism. He was
also a zealous Mason, and the first Grand Master of the order in Con-
necticut. He d. at Bridgeport, Ct., April 1, 1826, aet. 76. He m. May
Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families. 1043
1769, Frances Ogden (dau. of Moses Ogden of Elizabeth town, N. J.).
She d. at New Haven, Jnly 7, 1800, aet. 50. He m. for 2d wife, Mary
Tucker of Bridgeport, Ct. By his wife Frances he had, beside 3 who
d. in infancy, 6 children that lived to adult years. They were :
1. Susan Edwards, b. Dec. 24, 1771, who m. about 1793 Hon.
Samuel W. Johnson of Stratford, Ct. Their son, Wm. Samuel John-
son, b; Dec. 13, 1795, m. Laura Woolsey (dau. of Wm. W. Woolsey
of New York and Elizabeth Dwight), see p. 256, under 359. v.
2. Col. John Starke Edwards, b. Aug. 23, 1777, grad. at Princeton
Coll. in 1796, M. C. elect, but d. before taking his seat, Feb. 22, 1813,
aet. 35. He m. Feb. 28, 1807, Louisa Maria Morris, b. April 13, 1787
(dau. of Major Genl. Lewis Morris and Mary Dwight). For full ac-
count of them and their descendants, see under head 110. vi.
3. Gov. Henry Waggerman Edwards, b. Oct. 1779, grad. at Prince-
ton Coll. in 1797, was a lawyer at New Haven ; M. C. for two sessions
(1819-23); U. S. Senator (1823-7); member of the State Senate
(1828-9) ; and Governor of the State in 1833, and from 1835 to 1838.
He m. Lydia Miller (dan. of John and Lydia Miller). He d. July 22.
1847, aet. 67. They had 6 children.
4. Hon. Ogden Edwards, b. Aug. 1781,m. Harriet Penfield of N.
Y., and had 10 children. He was a lawyer and judge in New York.
5. Alfred Pierpont Edwards, b. Sept. 1784, m. Deborah Glover
(dau. of John J. Glover of New York). He had one dau., who m.
Elisha Dyer Vinton.
6. Henrietta Frances Edwards, b. June 28, 1786, m. Jan. 6, 1817,
Eli Whitney of New Haven, the inventor of the cotton-gin, b. at West-
boro, Mass., Dec. 8, 1765. He d. Jan. 8, 1825, aet. 59. They h'ad
3 children.
III.
THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. THOMAS HOOKER OF HARTFORD, CT.,
FOR THE FIRST FEW GENERATIONS.
The Rev. Thomas Hooker, Jr., b. at Mai-field, Leicestershire, Eng.,
July 7, 1586, and graduated at The University of Cambridge (Emmanuel
College), preached for some years in London, and was chosen lecturer
and assistant to Mr. Mitchell at Chelmsford in 1626. He afterwards
kept school, and had John Eliot (afterwards " The Indian Apostle " in
America) for his usher. About 1630 he was obliged to flee to Holland,
and preached sometimes at Delft and sometimes at Rotterdam, as an
assistant to the noted Dr. Ames. He came to Massachusetts Bay Sept.
4, 1633, aet. 47, with Rev. Samuel Stone, and became co-pastor with
him at Newtown (now Cambridge) Oct. 11, 1633. In 1636 these two
devoted ministerial friends set out with a hundred others for the
Connecticut, with no guide but a compass, and, finding a fertile spot
of good promise for themselves and their cattle, settled down upon it
and called it Hartford. From the rude beginnings that they saw, what
grand results have come before the eyes of all men !
For 14 years the two ministers labored together as co-pastors of The
First Ch. of Hartford, until separated forever from each other on earth
by the death of Mr. Hooker, July 7, 1647, aet. 61. He fell a victim,
after but a short sickness, to a violent epidemic.
He was a truly great man in intellect, character and grace. Said
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Gov. Winthrop of him : " For piety, wisdom, zeal, learning and what
else might make him serviceable in the place and time he lived in, he
might be compared with men of greatest note. And he shall need no
other praise ; the fruits of his labors in both England* shall preserve
an honorable and happy remembrance of him forever."
There is a tradition afloat in the family — the writer knows not of
how much historic value — that his wife, Susanna, was a sister of the
celebrated Pyra. For a sketch of Hooker's life and character, see
Sprague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. i. pp. 30-7.
[The descendants of Leonard Chester of Wethersfield, Ct., now so
numerous in the land under the different names of Chester, Hunting-
ton, Mitchell, Noyes, Porter, Russell, Stoddard, Williams and Whiting,
will be interested to know that Mrs. Dorothy Chester, wife of Leonard
Chester, the settler, was sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford.
See " Goodwin's Genealogies," p. 8.] Rev. Thomas Hooker had 6
children.
Second Generation. Children :
2. i. Rev. John Hooker. He went to England to be married, and
remained there contrary to his father's preferences, and settled in the
established church in Maseworth, Bucks, Eng.
3. ii. Joanna Hooker, who m. as his 2d wife, Rev. Thomas Shepard
of Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 1637. " She was remarkable for her intel-
lect, discretion, loveliness and piety." She d. April 1646. They had
3 children, one of whom, Rev. Samuel Shepard, b. Oct. 18, 1641, grad.
at Harvard in 1658, was settled in Rowley, Mass. (1665-68), and d.
April 7, 1668, aet. 26. See, for a full account of Rev. Thomas Shep-
ard, Sprague's Annals Am. Pulpit, vol. i. pp. 59, 68.
4. iii. Mary Hooker, m. Rev. Roger .Newton, first pastor of the
church in Farmington, Ct. (1645-60), and afterwards of that in Mil-
ford, Ct. (1660-83), where he d. June 6, 1683.
5. iv. Sarah Hooker, who m. about 1648, Rev. John Wilson, b. in
London, Eng., Sept. 1621 (son of the Rev. John Wilson of Boston),
who was settled at Medfield, Mass., for 40 years (1651-91). He d.
Aug. 23, 1691, aet. 70. He was grad. at Harvard in 1642, in the first
graduating class. They had 8 children.
6. v. A daughter, who lived to be married and to become a widow,
but whose name, strange to say, has been wholly lost from the memories,
records and traditions of the family.
7. vi. Rev. Samuel Hooker, b. 1635, grad. at Harvard in 1653, m.
Sept. 22, 1658, Mary Willett, b. at Plymouth, Mass., May 4, 1643
(dau. of Capt. Thomas Willett of Swansea, N. H., and afterwards of
Seekonk, L. I., and Mary Brown). He succeeded Rev. Roger Newton,
his brother-in-law, as second pastor of the church at Farmington, Ct.
(1661-97). He d. Nov. 6, 1697, aet. 62. She m. for a 2d husband,
Aug. 10, 1703, Rev. Thomas Buckingham of Saybrook, Ct. He was
called, on account of his earnestness, " the fervent Hooker." He was
in the habit of committing his sermons to memory before delivering
them. He was a fellow of Harvard. In 1662 he was employed as one
of a committee of four to treat with New Haven in reference to an
Union with Connecticut under one colonial government. From him
also all of the descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who bear the family
name, are derived.
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Third Generation. Children :
8. i. Thomas Hooker, M.D., b. June 10, 1659, m. 1G8G widow
Mary Lord, nee Smith, widow of Richard Lord of Hartford, b. in 1G36
(who was lost at sea Nov. 1685, and left, as it was called at that time,
" the immense estate of six thousand pounds " to his child and widow),
whom she m. April 26, 1672, and dau. of Henry Smith, Esq., of Spring-
field, Mass., and Ann Pynchon, dau. of Hon. William Pynchon. See
Pynchon genealogy, p. 628 of this work. She was b. in 1643 and d.
May 17, 1702, aet. 59. They had no issue.
9. ii. Samuel Hooker, b. May 29, 1661, m. June 28, 1687, Mehit-
able Hamlin of Middletown, Ct., b. Nov. 17, 1664 (dau. of Capt. Giles
Hamlin and Esther Crow). He resided in Hartford, Ct., where he d. in
1730, and she in 1749. His estate was valued at £1,130, and was called
" a good estate." They had 7 children, the first six of whom were sons :
Samuel; Giles; Thomas, b. Feb. 5, 1693; William, b. Feb. 25, 1695;
Roger and Richard — and dau. Esther, who m. a Stiles.
10. iii. William Hooker, b. May 11, 1663, a merchant at Farming-
ton, Ct. He d. in 1689. His wife, Susanna, m. after his death Mr.
John Blackleach, a noted merchant. William Hooker had one child :
Susanna Hooker.
11. iv. Hon. John Hooker, b. Feb. 20, 1664-5, d. Feb. 1, 1746, aet.
81.
12. v. Hon. James Hooker, b. Oct. 27, 1666, lived at Guilford, Ct.
and represented the town in the General Court for 21 years (1702-23).
His children were William, Mary, Sarah, Mabel and Hannah.
13. vi. Roger Hooker of Hartford, Ct., b. Sept. 14, 1668, d. unmar-
ried in 1697-8, aet. 30.
14. vii. Nathaniel Hooker, b. Sept. 28, 1671, d. in 1711. He had
children: Nathaniel, Mary, Sarah and Eunice.
15. viii. Mary Hooker, b. July 3, 1673, m. as his 3d wife Rev.
Jarnes Pierpont of New Haven, July 26, 1698. He, b. Jan. 4, 1659,
was son of John Pierpont of Roxbury, the settler, and Thankful Stow.
It was their dau., Sarah Pierpont, b. Jan. 9, 1710, who became, July 28,
1727, the wife of Rev. Jonathan Edwards of Northampton, Mass., and
the mother afterwards of his large family of children. See, under
Pierpont Genealogy, in subsequent part of this Appendix, a fuller ac-
count of the Hooker-Pierponts.
16. ix. Hezekiah Hooker, b. Nov. 7, 1675, d. in 1686.
17. x. Daniel Hooker, M.D., b. March 25, 1679, grad. at Harvard
in 1700, was the first tutor at Yale (1702-3). He was a physician at
Wethersfield, Ct. He m. in 1706 Sarah Standley of Hartford. He
d. in 1742. They had a dau. Susanna, who m. Oct. 25, 1726, Ephraim
Goodrich, b. Sept. 12, 1699 (son of William Goodrich of Wethersfield
and Grace Riley).
18. xi. Sarah Hooker, bapt. May 8, 1681, m. Rev. Stephen Buck-
ingham of Norwalk, Ct. No issue.
Third Generation.
11. iv. Hon. John Hooker (son of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farm-
ington and Mary Willett), b. Feb. 20, 1664-5, m. Nov. 24, 1687, Abi-
gail Standley (dau. of Capt. John Standley). He was eminent for his
ability and usefulness. lie represented Farmingtoii in the General
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Court for 24 years (1G99-1723), during which time he was clerk for 3
sessions and speaker for six. He was " Assistant " for 1 1 years (1723-
34), and during 8 years of the time was judge of the Superior Court.
She d. Feb. 21, 1743 : he d. Feb. 1, 1746-7, act. 82.
Fourth Generation. Children :
19. i. Hezekiah Hooker, b. Oct. 14, 1688, d. Feb. 20, 1756, aet. 67.
20. ii. Abigail Hooker, b. May 25, 1691, d. Sept. 30, 1692.
21. iii. John Hooker, b. Dec. 17, 1693, d. Dec. 26, 1693.
22. iv. John Hooker, 2d, b. March 16, 1694-5, d. in 1766, aet. 71.
23. v. Abigail Hooker, b. Jan. 14, 1697-8, m. in 1719 Nathaniel
Hart (son of (-apt. John Hart of Farmington).
24. vi. Mary Hooker, b. June 11, 1700, m. Dec. 25, 1723, Samuel
Hart (son of Capt John Hart of Farmington).
25. vii. Sarah Hooker, b. Sept. 11, 1702, m. Jan. 7, 1724-5, Mat-
thew Hart (son of Capt. John Hart).
26. viii. Joseph Hooker, b. Feb. 15, 1704-5, d. Dec. 19, 1764.
27. ix. Ruth Hooker, b. April 16, 1708, m. Capt. Asahel Strong of
Farmington.
28. x. Roger Hooker, b. Sept. 17, 1710, d. May 25, 1774.
19. i. Hezekiah Hooker, b. Oct. 14, 1688, m. Dec. 18, 1716, Abigail
Curtiss of Stratford. He was a farmer at Kensington, Ct., and after-
wards at Bethlehem, Ct., among its first settlers, and was ever one of
its leading men. He d. suddenly Dec. 18, 1756.
Fifth Generation. Children :
29. i. Hezekiah Hooker, b. Oct. 30, 1717, a farmer at Bethlehem,
m. Jan. 20, 1746, Elizabeth Stone, and had 7 children.
30. ii. James Hooker, b. Jan. 30, 1720, m. March 31, 1754, Doro-
thy Parmelee, and had 4 children — a farmer at Bethlehem.
31. iii. Josiah Hooker, b. April 2,1722 — his history not discovered.
32. iv. Abigail Hooker, b. Sept. 25, 1724, d. unmarried Sept. 24, 1750.
33. v. Mary Hooker b. Jan. 8, 1727, m. June 5, 1755, Waitstill
Goodrich.
33. vi. William Hooker, b. June 20, 1729, a farmer in Bethlehem,
m. March 13, 1754, Rachel Waller. She d. Dec. 10, 1762, and he m.
for 2d wife, March 18, 1764, Mary Moseley, dau. of Increase Moseley.
He had 5 children, three by the first marriage.
34. vii. Jesse Hooker, b. April 27, 1732, d. unmarried, Sept. 24,
1750 — the same day with his sister Abigail.
35. viii. Eunice Hooker, b. Oct. 30, 1734, d. Sept. 17, 1750 — a
week before her brother Jesse.
36. ix. Asahel Hooker, b. Dec. 13, 1736, m. Feb. 15, 1759, Anne
Parmelee, and had 5 children — a farmer in Bethlehem.
37. x. Sarah Hooker, b. May 30, 1739, m. Jan. 26, 1763, Timothy
Judson of Woodbury, Ct., b. April 22, 1737 (son of Isaac Judson and
widow Rebecca IIollister,?iee Sherman). They removed to Greenville,
N. Y., and had 4 children.
Fourth Generation.
22. iv. John Hooker (son of Hon. John Hooker of Farmington and
Abigail Standley), b. March 16, 1694-5, m. about 1727, Mary Hart,
dau. of John Hart of Farmington. He was a farmer at Kensington,
Ct. and d in 1766, aet 71.
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Fifth Generation. Children :
38. i. Rev. John Hooker of Northampton, b. March 19, 1728-9, d.
Feb. 6, 1777, aet. 48.
39. ii. Seth Hooker of Berlin, Ct., b. in 1731, m. Sarah Burnham.
He d. in 1758, leaving one daughter; and she m. for 2d husband
Charles Dix of Wethersfield, Ct.
40. iii. Ashbel Hooker of Kensington, Ct., b. in 1737, m. in 1760,
Susanna Langdon. He d. leaving one son ; and she m. for a 2d hus-
band Moses Dickinson.
41. iv. Elijah Hooker of Kensington, b. in 1746, m. in 1767 Susanna
Seymour, dau. of Samuel Seymour. She d. in 1832, aet. 84. He lived
on the old homestead : had several children, one of whom was Rev.
Horace Hooker.
38. i. Rev. John Hooker, b. March 19, 1729, grad. at Yale in 1751,
was settled at Northampton, Mass., as the successor of Prest. Edwards,
for 24 years (1753-77). He m. Dec. 10, 1755,. Sarah Worthington, b.
in 1731 (dau. of Lt. John Worthington of Springfield, Mass., and
Mary Pratt). He was of medium size, and of a benignant aspect, and
lovely disposition and engaging manners. He was also a man of talent
and of graceful elocution as a preacher, and was both earnest and attrac-
tive in the pulpit. He d. of small-pox, Feb. 6^ 1777, aet. 48: she d.
April 5, 1817, aet. 85, a widow for 40 years.
It gives one a little loophole through which to look into the habits
of those times, to read in " Breck and Hunt's " Ledger (still preserved
at Northampton) concerning Rev. John Hooker, such a summary as
this of his trade with them in 1772—3: "Having had some coffee,
chocolate and tea — more than most others — not much rum, and many
dry goods."
Fifth Generation. Children :
42. i. Mary Hooker, b. Sept. 10, 1756, m. April 22, 1779, Rev.
Solomon Williams of Northampton, b. in 1752 (son of Rev. Dr.
Eliphalet Williams of East Hartford, Ct.), grad. at Yale in 1770, tutor
there (1773-5), settled at Northampton (1779-1834) where he d. aet.
82, Nov. 9, 1834.
43. ii. Sarah Hooker, b. Jan. 30, 1758, m. Nov. 29, 1777, Gov.
Caleb Strong of Northampton, b. Jan. 9, 1745 (son of Lt. Caleb Strong
of same place and Phebe Lyman). See for full account of their
Dwight descendants under heads 126-55, pp. 1 72-5, and for their Strong
and other descendants generally, Hist, of Strong Family, vol. ii., pp.
1187-1206. He d. Nov. 17, 1819 : she d. Feb. 12, 1817, aet. 59.
44. iii. Seth Hooker, b. Oct. 26, 1759, m. Abigail Gay of Hinsdale,
New Hampshire.
45. iv. Hon. John Hooker, b. Oct. 8, 1761, grad. at Yale in 1782, m.
Feb. 9, 1791, Sarah Dwight, b. Dec. 13, 1764 (dau. of Col. Josiah
Dwight of Springfield and Elizabeth Buckminster). See for account of
their descendants, under heads 5983-6015. pp. 845-8.
46. v. Lucy Hooker, bapt. Aug. 19, 1764, d. June 30, 1766.
47. vi. William Hooker, M.D., b. Nov. 26,|1766 (and bapt. Nov. 30).
48. vii. Thomas Hooker, bapt. May 20, 1770, m. Sarah Brown of
Pittsfield, Mass.
49. viii. John Worthington Hooker, bapt. April 12, 1772, d. with-
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out issue in Telicho, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1804, act. 32, superintendent of
public stores there.
50. ix. Lucy Hooker, bapt. July 16, 1775, in. Hon. Eli Pease Ash-
mun of Blandford, Mass., a lawyer of eminence, a member of the Mass.
Legislature in both houses at different times, and Senator in Congress
(1816-18). He d. at Northampton, Mass., May 10, 1819, aet. 48.
47. vi. William Hooker, M.D. (son of Rev. John Hooker of North-
ampton, and Sarah Worthington), b. Nov. 26, 1766, m. in 1789 Anna,
dan. of Hugh Thompson of E. Windsor, Ct. He was a physician at
Westhampton, Mass.
[Sixth Generation.] Children :
51. i. Capt. Henry Hooker, b. May 18, 1786, a farmer in West-
hampton, m. Sylvia Wales. Their dau. Emily m. Orrin Kingsley of
Northampton.
52. ii. William Hooker, Jr., b. Feb. 15, 1788. History not traced.
53. iii. Hugh Thompson Hooker, b. Sept. 9, 1789. History not
known.
54. iv. Almira Hooker, b. Nov. 10, 1792, m. Sept. 6, 1813, Enoch
Hale, M.D., b. Jan. 19, 1790 (son of Rev. Enoch Hale of Westhamp-
ton, and Octavia Throop). She d. in 1816, and he m. for 2d wife,
Sarah Hooker (dau. of Judge John Hooker of Springfield, Mass., and
Sarah Dwight). He was a distinguished physician at Boston.
55. v. Charles Hooker, b. April 25, 1797.
56. vi. Anson Hooker, M.D., b. July 17, 1799, grad. at Harvard
Med. School in 1822, a physician at E. Cambridge, Mass.
57. vii. Edwai'd Hooker, b. March 20, 1802, a merchant in Ro-
chester, N. Y., and afterwards in Cleveland, O., m. May 18, 1834,
Mary Ann Dwight (dau. of Dr. Elihu Dwight of S. Hadley, Mass., and
Lydia White). For account of them, see under heads 2501-2.
Fourth Generation.
26. viii. Joseph Hooker (son of Hon. John Hooker of Farmington
and Abigail Standley), b. Feb. 15, 1704-5, m. Jan 23, 1734-5, Sarah
Lewis (dau. of Nathaniel Lewis of Farmington). He was a farmer in
Farmington, where he d. in 1764, aet. 60.
Fifth Generation. Children :
58. i. Abigail Hooker, b. Feb. 5, 1735-6, m. a Mr. Cowles of Far-
miugton.. She d. Feb. 1 772.
59. ii. Col. Noadiah Hooker, b. Aug. 29, 1737, m. Jan. 1, 1765,
Rebecca Griswold. He was a farmer at Farmington. They had 1 0
children :
1. Sarah Hooker, b. Oct. 1765, d. soon.
2. John Hooker, } d. soon.
v twins, b. Oct. 1766.
3. Joseph Hooker, ) d. soon.
4. Sarah Hooker, b. Nov. 16, 1767, m. a Mr. Cooke. She d. in 1823.
5. Lucy Hooker, b. Jan. 16, 1771, d. in 1788.
6. John Hooker, b, June 21, 1774, a lawyer in Columbus, S. C.,
who d. July 1815.
7. James Hooker, b. Sept. 11, 1777.
8. Abigail Hooker, b. May 23, 1780, m. Sept. 6, 1804, Asahel
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Clarke, Jr., b. July 25, 1776 (son of Asahel Clarke of Lebanon, Ct.,
and Eleanor Strong, dau. of Lt. Caleb Strong of Northampton and
Phebe Lyman — sister of Gov. Caleb Strong).
9. Nancy Hooker, } m. a Mr. Cowles, and d. in 1808.
y twins, b. Sept. 1, 1782.
10. Wm. Griswold Hooker, M.D., }
He in. Oct. 20, 1807, Melinda Metcalf. He was a physician at
Middlebury, Vt., and afterwards at New Haven, Ct., where he d. Sept.
19, 1851. He had 3 children:
(1.) John M. Hooker, b. in 1809, d. in 1835.
(2.) Nancy Champion Hooker, b. in 1813, who m. in 1837 Edward
L. Hart, and had six children.
(3.) Samuel Hooker, b. June 11, 1817, a merchant at New Haven,
who m. May 28, 1844, widow Lydia Elizabeth Baldwin, wee Strong, b,
Aug. 16, 1816 (dau. of Shubael Strong of Lebanon, Ct. See Hist, of
Strong Family, vol. ii. p. 783).
11. Edward Hooker (son of Noadiah Hooker and Rebecca Gris-
wold), b. April 27, 1785, d. May 5, 1846.
60. iii. Nancy Hooker (dau. of Joseph Hooker and Sarah Lewis),
b. Jan. 17, 1741, d. Aug. 1814.
61. iv. Ruth Hooker, b. Feb. 21, 1743, m. a Mr. Langdon. She d.
Dec. 31, 1803.
62. v. Anna Hooker, b. Dec. 14, 1749, m. a Mr. Smith. She d.
Sept., 1822.
63. vi. Joseph Hooker, Jr., b. March 1757, d. June 1799.
Fourth Generation.
27. ix. Ruth Hooker (dau. of Hon. John Hooker and Abigail
Standley), b. April 16, 1708, m. Jan. 2, 1729-30, Capt. Asahel Strong,
b. Oct. 8, 1702 (son of Asahel Strong of Farmington, Ct., and Marga-
ret Hart), a lawyer at Farmington. He d. March 3, 1751, aet. 49.
For the history of their 8 children and their many noteworthy de-
scendants, see Hist, of Strong Family, vol. i. pp. 284-307.
28. x. Roger Hooker, a farmer at Farmington, b. Sept. 17, 1710,
m. 1740, Mercy Hart of Farmington, dau. of Josiah Hart. She d.
Aug. 26, 1745, aet. 26, and he m. for 2d wife Anna Kellogg, dau. of
Martin Kellogg of Newington, Ct. She d. Feb. 17, 1797, aet. 77.
Third Generation.
14. vii. Nathaniel Hooker (son of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farm-
ington, Ct., and Mary Willett), b. Sept. 28, 1671, was a merchant at
Hartford, Ct. He m. in 1698 Mary Standley, b. in 1677 (dau. of Na-
thaniel Standley of Hartford and Sarah Boosey, dau. of James Boosey
of Wethersneld, Ct.). He represented Hartford in the General Coiu-t
(1709-11). He d. in 1811, aet. 40.
Fourth Generation. Children :
64. i. Mary Hooker, b. about 1699, d. unmarried.
65. ii. Alice Hooker, b. about 1700, m. Samuel Howard.
66. iii. Sarah Hooker, b. about 1703, m. in 1728 Hon. Daniel Ed-
wards of Hartford, Ct., b. April 11, 1701 (son of Richard Edwards of
Hartford and Mary Talcott and half-brother of Rev. Timothy Edwards,
father of Prest. Jonathan Edwards), he was judge of the Supreme
67
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Court of Conn. He d. at New Haven, Sept. G, 1765: she d. July
31, 1775.
67. iv. Abigail Hooker, b. about 1704, m. Rev. Dr. Benjamin Lord
of Norwich, Ct.
68. v. Rev. Nathaniel Hooker of West Hartford, Ct., b. about 1706.
69. vi. Eunice Hooker, b. about 1707, m. a Mr. Ellery. There were
also 3 others, Nos. 70-2, James, Mary and Horace.
IV.
THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. JAMES PIERPONT OF NEW HAVEN, FOR
SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
John and Robert Pierpont, brothers, sons of James Pierpont of Eng-
land, came to Roxbury, Mass., to live, between 1640 and 1645. The
name was originally Pierre pont (the French equivalent for stone-bridge),
and is often written wrongly as Pierpoint. In a work entitled "An
Architectural Tour in Normandy, by H. G. Knight, Esq., London, 1836,"
occurs the following passage : " At two leagues distant from St. Sau-
veur is the hamlet of Pierrepont (Pierrepont derives its name from a
stone bridge, with which Charlemagne supplied the place of a ferry, and
which in his days was considered a great achievement), the cradle of
another ennobled English family. Remembrances of the kind abound
in Normandy." Robert De Pierrepont came to England from Nor-
mandy with William the Conqueror in 1066. The family is of Nor-
man origin.
Jauies Pierpont, father of John and Robert, who settled in Roxbury,
had three daughters, Mary, Anne and Martha, one of whom (it is not
certain which) m. Rev. William Eaton of Bridport, Dorsetshire, Eng.,
one of the ejected ministers in 1662.
The motto of the Pierpont Family, " Pie repone te," is an evident
imitation of the name in a Latin form.
Margaret, wife of James Pierpont, d. in London in Jan. 1664. He
came to this country on a visit to his two sons, while she was yet living,
and died here before she did in England, at Ipswich, Mass. ; but in
what year the writer has not ascertained.
John Pierpont, eldest son of James and Margaret Pierpont, b. in
London, Eng., in 1619, m. about 1651 Thankful Stow, dan. of John
Stow of Roxbury, and had 10 children, six of them sons : Robert Pier-
pont, his brother, b. in London about 1622, m. in Roxbury, Mass., Feb.
13, 1656-7, Sarah Lyndes of Charlestown, Mass., dau. of Dea. Thomas
Lyndes. They had 13 children, eight of them sons, and several of their
children d. young. She d. May 16, 1704.
r ,
L. i
[A few details of the English pedigree of the Pierpont Family.
Evelyn Pierrepont.
I. Robert de Pierrepont held large landed possessions under Wil-
liam Earl Warren, immediately after the Conquest. Among them were
the lordship of Hurst Pierrepont, in Sussex, Eng., and other lands of
great extent in that county, amounting to ten Knights' fees.
IE. Sir Robert de Pierrepont, one of his collateral descendants,
fought in behalf or* Henry III. ia the battle of Lewis.
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III. His son and heir, Sir Henry de Pierrepont, m. Annora, only
dau. of Michael de Manvers, who d. in 1254, and the sister and heir of
Lionel de Manvers — by whom he became possessed of several lordships
in Nottinghamshire, amongst them the lordship of Holme, which yet
retains the name of Holme Pierrepont.
IV. His son, Sir Robert, etc , a baron, and so a member of parlia-
ment, distinguished himself in the battle of Halidown against the Scots.
V. Sir Henry, one of his sons, knighted by Edward IV. for his valor
in the battle of Barton, near Tewkesbury, was a staunch adherent of
the house of York.
VI. Sir William, his nephew, was in the battle of Stoke, in Newark,
in 1486. He was made knight of the sword by Henry Prince of Wales,
in 1503, and a knight banneret for his bravery at the sieges of Thew-
nanne and Tournay in 1513.
VII. By his second wife (dau. of Sir Richard Empson), he was
father of Sir George Pierrepont who was made a knight of the carpet
at the coronation of Edward VI.
VIII. His son, Sir Henry, m. Frances, eldest dau. of Sir William
Cavendish, by Elizabeth, afterwards Countess of Shrewsbury, sister to
the first Earl of Devonshire.
IX. Robert, Sir Henry's son and heir, reed, the degree of LL.D. at
Oxford in 1642, and, being of excellent parts, ample fortune and great
reputation, was raised to the peerage by the titles of Baron Pierrepont
of Holme Pierrepont, and Viscount Newark of Com. Notts, by patent
June 29, 1627; and Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, July 25, 1628. By
his wife Gertrvide, daughter and coheir of Henry Talbot, third son of
George, Earl of Shrewsbury, he had two sons, Henry and William.
X. Henry, his successor, second Earl of Kingston, having attended
Charles I. at his garrison at Oxford, was advanced to the title of Mar-
quis of Dorchester, March 25, 1645. He was eminent for his learning,
and was a great reader and well versed in the laws. In 1658 he was
made Fellow of the College of Physicians in London, and was held in
great honor among them. He died without male issue.
XI. William, his brother, had died before him. He took an active
part in piiblic affairs and was called " Wise William."
XII. His youngest son, Gervaise, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Sir Thomas Harris, Bart., of Yonge Castle, in Shropshire, was made
Lord of Aidglass, in Ireland, in 1703, and Lord Pierrepont of Hanslope,
in Buckinghamshire, in 1714. As he died childless, these titles became
extinct in him.
XIII. Robert, grandson of William, succeeded his great-uncle as
third Earl of Kingston. He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his
brother,
XIV. William, fourth Earl of Kingston.
The Earl of Manvers. — (See No. III. of Pierrepont Pedigree above.)
"The Rt. Hon. Mary L , Countess of Manvers is" (copied from
La Belle Assemblee, Aug. 1827), " the eldest daughter of Anthony H.
Eyre of Grove Park, in the county of Nottingham — the representative
of a distinguished and very ancient family.
Her ladyship was m. Aug. 23, 1804 to the Rt. Hon. Charles Her-
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bert Pierrepont, second Earl of Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron
Pierrepont. He was b. Aug. 11, 1778, and succeeded his father as
Earl, June 17, 18lG.
(('apt. Charles Meadows) Pierrepont, first Earl Manvers, an officer
of distinction in the navy, was the second son of Philip Meadows, Esq.,
by Lady Frances Pierrepont, sister of Evelyn, last duke of Kingston,
who d. Sept. 23, 1773, all whose titles, as he left no issue, became extinct.
Capt. Charles Meadows, b. Nov. 14, 1737, succeeded as heir-at-law
to his uncle's (Pierrepout) estate by royal sign-manual in 1788, and
took the name of Pierrepont only. He was created, July 23, 1796,
Baron Pierrepont and Viscount Newark, and was advanced, April 9,
1806, to the dignity of Earl Manvers. He m. March 14, 1774, Anne
Orton, youngest dau. of John Mills, Esq., of Richmond.
His second son by this marriage, Charles Herbert, afterwards made
earl, as above, was educated for the sea, and at an early age distin-
guished himself in the naval service of his country. On. the death of
his elder brother, Evelyn Henry Frederic Pierrepont, Oct. 22, 1801,
he became representative in Parliament of the County of Nottingham,
and continued such until he succeeded to the peerage on the death of
his father.
By his marriage to the Countess of Manvers he had four children :
1. Charles Evelyn — Viscount Newark — b. Sept. 2, 1805.
2. Mary Frances, b. March 16, 1819.
3. Anna Charlotte, b. Sept. 11, 1822.
4. Sydney William Herbert, b. March 12, 1825.
The Meadows and Pierrepont families, of which Earl Manvers is
the representative now in England, are both of ancient standing.
Philip Meadows, Esq., grandfather of Charles Herbert Meadows (Earl
of Manvers), was deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and was descended
from a family of his own name seated at Witnesham (where some of
the family now remain), in the County of Suffolk, as early as the time
of Richard III." ]
Thus much is gathered and made permanent here concerning the
past and present status of the family in England for the gratification
in an historical way of any and all concerned.
Here belong historically the following letters, written by James Pier-
pont, Jr., of New Haven, to Prest. Wheelock of Dartmouth College:
Letter No. I.
REV. AND DEAR SIR : — I have long wanted an opportunity of per-
sonal discourse with you, principally with a view of craving your kind
assistance in an affair of the utmost concern to me and family, viz. : —
to obtain the favor of the Right Honorable the Earl of Dartmouth to
recommend me to his Grace the Duke of Kingston.
I am encouraged to hope that his Lordship will not refuse this my
request, when I am introduced to his knowledge by his own corre-
spondent. But what still strengthens my hope is that his Lordship is
Secretary of State for the American Department ; and must needs
have its private as well as public interest much at heart ; but what
heightens my hope is that I have heard that his Lordship is an emi-
nent Christian, and so has the same godlike disposition to do good to
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all as he has opportunity. And I more than partly believe it, inas-
much as his Lordship has taken you and your college under his patron-
age— which was instituted principally with a view to spread the gospel
among the poor savage heathen.
I perceive, dear sir, that it is a point with such great men not to
regard recommendations unless they come from those that they have
intimacy with, or are near upon a rank with themselves ; which I sup-
pose must be the principal reason that my past endeavors to obtain the
Duke of Kingston's smiles proved abortive : the message failed because
transmitted by unsuitable messengers.
I suppose that you are sensible, at least by common report, that I
am the eldest in the male line of the Pierpont Family in New Eng-
land, which sprang from a younger branch of that honorable family in
England. I am credibly assured that his Grace the present Duke of
Kingston, by the providence of God, is the only male of the family in
England, who is far advanced in life and lately intermarried with the
Hon. Miss Chadleigh, late maid of honor to the late dowager of Wales,
who was, at the time of marriage, of an age past child-bearing — so it is
very improbable that his Grace will have any legitimate offspring.
The Hon. Dr. Johnson, our late agent at the British Court, informs
me that his Grace had two natural daughters by Miss Chadleigh before
marriage ; and that his Grace is attempting to have them legitimated
by special Act of Parliament ; but he thinks that Parliament will not
do it.
I could, Rev. sir, very readily devise a natural and easy way to ef-
fect what his Grace desires as to having the honors and estate descend-
ing to his own natural issue, viz. :
Would he permit me and my eldest son, Evelyn, to wait upon him,
and in. person pay our devoirs to his Grace, by acknowledging us to
be of the family as well as name, and approve of my son, who is in his
19th year, marrying with one of his Grace's daughters — this would
unite the two branches of the family, and prevent the name and the
honors sinking into oblivion, and the estate going to strangers.
These things, Rev. and dear sir, are great, but not too great for the
great God to effect ; and it would undoubtedly afford you no small
pleasure and satisfaction to find that you have been an instrument in
the hand of God to bring them about. But what pleasure and satis-
faction can you conceive that my Lord Dartmouth woxald have, when
he finds that he has prevented a name being obliterated, which hath
been honorable in the English annals ever since William the Conqueror,
and transplanted a native of his American department into the British
Court ; whose affection for his native land will incline him to promote
its true interests to the utmost in prosecuting those plans of extensive
and lasting good to the plantations which his lordship's generous heart
has devised, while my lord is enjoying the glorious rewards of his gra-
cious labors.
Thus, Rev. sir, I have briefly hinted to you what I more especially
wanted to discourse with you about, and beg you to favor me with an
answer and your thoughts, and to advise me in the matter.
I am — wishing you health and prosperity in all things, but especially
in the great undertaking of training up for our dear Emmanuel those
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who in his name, and with his assistance, shall call his spouse from the
lions' den and from the mountains of leopards — Rev. sir,
Your sincere friend and most obedient humble servant,
JAMES PIERPONT.
NEW HAVEN, June 1, 1773.
The foregoing letter was enclosed in the one subjoined, of same date,
with same direction :
Letter No. II.
REV. AND DEAR SIR : — In the enclosed letter I haven't apologized
for the trouble that I tbei-ein put you to, well knowing your disposi-
tion of doing good to all, as you have opportunity ; especially when
therein yo\i may serve the public as well as private interests of man-
kind. But how you will apologize for troubling his lordship, the Earl
of Dartmouth, with my affairs, who am an entire stranger to him, and
should not dare to mention the matter to his lordship, but by your
mediation — whom I understand that he admits to a free correspond-
ence— I know not. I must leave it to you, who are acquainted with
his disposition; and seeing that it is a subject very diverse from what
you have been used to write to his lordship about, and also if, to give
him an idea of the affair, you should judge it convenient to enclose my
letter to you in yours to his lordship, or in any other way to use it for
promoting the design, I hereby give you liberty.
This day, sir, is my birthday, when I complete 74 years — a great
age, to think of crossing the Atlantic. But if, by prosecuting the plan
as above, his Grace the Duke of Kingston should permit me and son
to pay our duty to him, I should esteem the call clear to go ; yes ! and
do everything possible to prevent the name and honors of the family
from being extinct. I must judge myself unworthy of the name that
I bear, as well as wanting to posterity — who might, in that extensive
and exalted sphere, do inconceivably more for the glory of God and the
good of mankind than I possibly could in the narrow one that Provi-
dence has placed me in — if I did not.
I shall not add, but subscribe, with desiring that we may enjoy the
blessings of the new and everlasting covenant,
Your sincere friend and humble servant,
JAMES PIERPONT.
NEW HAVEN, June 1, 1773.
P.S. — What you do, do quickly, and consider that I am on the eve
of life ; and if I am to see England, the sooner the better.
To Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, D.D., Prest. of Dartmouth College, at
Hanover, New Hampshire.
Letter No. III.
[Written by the son Evelyn Pierpont, with a postscript added a few
days afterwards by the father.]
REV. SIR : — Agreeably to your desire, I sent to Mr. Davenport an ac-
count of some steps which have been taken by my father and me to be
owned as of the family of his Grace the Duke of Kingston ; which I
hope that you received and speedily on'd it, as I desired in the margin
of the newspaper which I also sent you. But I have not heard a word
from you since, and don't know but that my letter lies by you to this
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time — which I should be exceedingly sorry of; for you have heard, no
doubt, that the duke is dead, and many are claiming what of right be-
longs to me. If my Lord Dartmouth had but your letter, he had
doubtless sent in the claim for me and seen that the records were kept
open and that I had a fair chance.
If you sent speedily, I hope it won't be long before that I shall hear
something from his lordship, and possibly what may require me to go
with all speed to England.
In your letter you say that you have a number of friendly corre-
spondents in England besides his lordship, but do not mention any
names. I should be glad to know some of them which would be most
likely to assist me in matters that it would be proper to desire of his
lordship, who is crowded with such a multiplicity of public business.
Pray, sir, let me know as soon as possible, and you would greatly
oblige,
Your assured friend and humble servant,
EVELYN PIERPONT.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 12, 1774.
P. S. Yertez.
P. S. If you ha'nt sent, I beseech you to do it immediately ; for
letters which were writ, when I thought that his Grace was alive and
in health, with a view that his Grace himself should open the door for
me and son to pay our duty to him, will appear better than letters writ
after his death. I am sorry that in my narrative I did not mention
that my grandfather, John. Pierpont, who first came into New England,
was the son of James Pierpont, who fell into trade with a partner be-
tween London and Ireland, but in the troublous times they were bank-
rupt— which he hearing sent for his brother, Robert, and offered him
part of his farm at Roxbury. He came accordingly, and they lived as
brothers. They had 3 sisters, at least, one of whom was married to
Mr. Eaton, minister of Bridport, who was silenced for dissenting from
the Church of England. James, after he failed, came over here to see
his children, and died at Ipswich, in this country. I have heard that
my grandfather had often presents sent him by his friends in Derby-
shire.
Yours,
JAMES PIERPONT.
Jan. 20, 1774.
The original letters, of which the foregoing are copies, were, pre-
viously to his decease, among the private papers of the poet, Rev.
John Pierpont, once of Medford, Mass., and afterwards for several
years a resident of Washington, D. C.
The writer was kindly permitted by him, and afterwards by his son,
John Pierpont, Esq., of New York, to have free access to his papers
pertaining to Pierpont genealogy, and to copy what he would. From
them many of the dates that follow were gained.
The children of John Pierpont of Roxbury, the settler, and Thankful
Stow, were :
1. Thankful Pierpont, b. Nov. 2G, 1649, d. Dec. 1G, 1649.
2. John Pierpont, b. July 22, 1651, d. July 28, 1651.
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3. John Pierpont, 2d, b. Oct. 28, 1652, d. Dec. 30, 1690, without
issue.
4. Experience Pierpont, b. Feb. 4, 1054, m. March 12, 1678, John
Hay ward.
5*. A child, b. Aug. 4, and d. Aug. 9, 1657.
6. Rev. James Pierpont, b. Jan. 4, 1659, d. Nov. 22, 1714.
7. Ebenezer Pierpont. b. Dec. 21, 1660, d. Dec. 17, 1696.
8. Thankful Pierpont, 2d, b. Nov. 18, 1662.
9. Joseph Pierpont, b. Aug. 8, 1666, d. in 1686, unmarried.
10. Rev. Benjamin Pierpont, b. July 26, 1668, d. in Charleston,
S. C., Jan. 3, 1696-7, without issue.
DESCENDANTS OF REV. JAMES PIERPOST OF NEW HAVEN, CT.
I. Rev. James Pierpont (son of John Pierpont of Roxbury, the
settler, and Thankful Stow), b. Jan. 4, 1659, grad. at Harvard in 1681,
was settled at New Haven, Ct., for 29 years (July 2, 1685 — Nov. 22,
1714). He m. Oct. 27, 1691, Abigail Davenport, b. in 1671 (dau. of
John Davenport of New Haven and Abigail Pierson, dau. of Rev.
Abraham Pierson of Branford, Ct. Her grandfather was the dis-
tinguished Rev. John Davenport, the first minister of New Haven).
She d. of consumption, Feb. 3, 1691-2, aet. 20 — a victim, it is said, of
the fashion of the times, of wearing her bridal dress to church on the
Sabbath after her wedding. The record of her death reads thus in his
diary : " Feb. 3d, between 3 and 4, morning, my dear wife Abigail
died of hysteric fits : 4th, at night, buried."
He m. for 2d wife, May 30, 1694, Sarah Haynes, b. Sept. 1673 (dau.
of Rev. Joseph Haynes of Hartford and Sarah Lord). She d. Oct. 7,
1696, aet. 23. He m. for 3d wife, July 26, 1698, Mary Hooker, b.
July 3, 1673 (dau. of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farmington, Ct., and
Mary Willett, dau. of Capt. Thomas Willett of Seekonk, L. I., and
Mary Brown. Rev. Samuel Hooker was the son of Rev. Thomas
Hooker of Hartford, Ct., called "the Luther of New England "and
« the light of the Western Churches ").
He was a man of uncommon prudence, amiable manners and exem-
plary piety. He with two other ministers formed the plan, in 1698, of
founding a college, which resulted in the establishment of Yale in 1 700.
He, as one of the ten original trustees, all ministers, was very active in
promoting its newly begun life and growth. It was largely through
his influence that Mr. Yale was induced to make it the object of his
liberality.
He was a member of the famous Congregational Synod held in 1 708
in Saybrook, Ct. ; and " The Articles " adopted at the time, and since
well known as " The Saybrook Platform," are said to have been drawn
by him.
" In the pulpit he was distinguished among his contemporaries. His
personal appearance was quite prepossessing. He was eminent in the
gift of prayer. His doctrine was sound and discriminating ; and his
style was clear, lively and impressive, without anything of the affected
quaintness which characterized some of the most eminent men of that
day."
He d. Nov. 22, 1714, aet. 55 : she d. Nov. 1, 1740, aet. 68— a widow
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for 26 years. There are fine portraits of them both to be seen still at
New Haven, which were painted in Boston, in 1711, by a superior
English artist temporarily sojourning there. In " Hollister's Hist, of
Connecticut " he is described as having been " a man lofty and pure in
his aspirations, and of the most spiritual temper, whose words, like the
live coals from the hands of the angel, touched and purified the lips of
those who listened to his teachings. His moral nature was so diffused
over his church and people that they appeared to lose themselves in the
absorbing element as dark forms seem sometimes in pleasant days to
dissolve in an atmosphere of light."
Second Generation. Children :
Ity second wife :
2. i. Abigail Pierpont, b. Sept. 19, 1696, d. Oct. 10, 1768, aet. 72.
She m. Rey. Joseph Noyes of New Haven, Ct.
J3y third wife :
3. ii. James Pierpont, b. May 21, 1699, d. June 18, 1776.
4. in. Rev. Samuel Pierpont, b. Dec. 30, 1700, grad. at Yale in 1718,
was settled at Lyme, Ct., Dec. 1722, and was drowned March 15, 1722-3,
when crossing the Connecticut at Saybrook, in a canoe, with an Indian.
His remains were found and buried on Fisher's Island.
5. iv. Mary Pierpont, b. Nov. 23, 1703, in. Rev. William Russell of
Middletown, Ct.
6. v. Joseph Pierpont, b. Oct. 21, 1704, d. in 1748.
7. vi. Benjamin Pierpont, b. July 18, 1706, d. Dec. 17, 1706.
8. vii. Benjamin Pierpont, 2d, b. Oct. 15, 1707, grad. at Yale in
1725, d. at Virgin Gorda, W. I., unmarried, in 1733.
9. viii. Sarah Pierpont, b. Jan 9, 1709-10, m. Prest. Jonathan Ed-
wards, and d. Oct. 2, 1758, aet. 48.
10. ix. Hezekiah Pierpont, b. May 26, 1712, d. Sept. 22, 1741.
i. Abigail Pierpont, b. Sept. 19, 1696, m. Nov. 6, 1716, Rev. Jo-
seph Noyes, b. 1689 (son of Rev. James Noyes of Stonington, Ct., and
Dorothy Staiiton), grad. at Yale in 1709, and tutor there (1710-15).
He succeeded Rev. James Pierpont, his father-in-law, at New Haven
(July 4, 1716-1761). He d. June 14, 1761, aet, 72 : she d. Oct. 10,
1768, at Wethersfield, Ct., aet. 72. He had two sons :
1. Rev. John Noyes, grad. at Yale in 1753, who d. in 1767, having
never been settled in the ministry on account of poor health. He m.
Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph Fish of Stonington, Ct., and had 3 sons,
one of whom was Rev. John Noyes, £*rad. at Yale in 1799, who was
pastor at Weston, Ct. (1786-1846), where he d. May 5, 1846, aet, 83.
2. Rev. James Noyes, b. Aug. 4, 1764, grad. at Yale in 1782, was
pastor at Wallingford, Ct. (1785-1832), for 47 years. He d. Feb. 18,
1844. He had 14 children.
Second Generation.
3. ii. James Pierpont, Jr. (son of Rev. James Pierpont of New
Haven and Mary Hooker), b. May 21, 1699, grad. at Yale in 1718,
and tutor there (1722-4), was an apothecary at Boston, and after his
2d marriage at New Haven. lie m. in 1727 Sarah Breck, b. Nov. 23,
1710 (dau. of Nathaniel Breck of Boston and Martha Cunnabell) who
brought him, it is said, an estate of £20,000. She d. without issue
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Sept. 28, 1753, aet. 43. He m. for 2d wife, March 28, 1754, Anne
Sherman. lie d. June 18, 177G, at New Haven, whore he resided for
the last 22 years of his life, aet. 78. His three eldest sons married
three Collins sisters.
Third Generation. Children:
21. i. Evelyn Pierpont, b. at New Haven, March 16, 1755, d. Sept.
30, 1809, aet. 54.
22. ii. Kobert Pierpont, b. June 26, 1757, d. Aug. 16, 1835, aet. 78.
23. iii. James Pierpont, b. July 27, 1761, d. April 23, 1840, aet. 78.
24. iv. David Pierpont, b. July 26, 1764, d. Feb. 16, 1826, aet. 61.
25. v. William Pierpont,\b. Jan. 11, 1772, d. Feb. 16, 1841, aet. 69.
21. i. Evelyn Pierpont, b. March 16, 1755, m. about 1784 Pthoda
Collins, b. Oct. 5, 1764 (dau. of Charles Collins of Litch field, Ct., and
Ann Huntington). He was a farmer at Litchfield (Soxith Farms). In
his later years he lived at New Haven, where he d. Sept. 30, 1809,
aet. 54. She d. June 30, 1845. They had 11 children:
1. Sophia Huntington Pierpont, b. in 1785, who m. Nov. 1801,
Jacob Goodsell of Fair Haven, Ct., b. Oct. 15, 1778. He d. Aug. 15,
1828. They had 11 children.
2. Philena Pierpont, b. in 1787, who m. Ilezekiah Davenport of
New Haven. They had 8 children.
3. Anne Sherman Pierpont, b. in 1789, who m. Richard Janes of
Rochester, N. Y., who was b. in England. They had 6 children.
4. Evelyn Pierpont, Jr., b. in 1790, was a mariner and unmarried,
and was wrecked, Jan. 4, 1814, on the coast of Norway, on board the
American privateer " Scourge," in the war of 1812-15.
5. Rev. Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, b. July 28, 1792, m. May 29,
1814, Mary Mulloy (dau. of Edward Mulloy of New York). By his
brother Evelyn's death, he became, as the oldest son of the oldest son
in successive generations down to his day, the heir presumptive to the
estate and the titles of the Duke of Kingston. He pursued his claims
for some years with positiveness, but not with any gratifying success.
He had 7 children. He was a Presb. clergyman, settled at Hopewell,
Ontario Co., N. Y., and Avon, N. Y., and was quite recently living at
Watertown, Wis.
6. James Pierpont, b. Aug. 11, 1795, d. unmarried at New Orleans,
La., Oct. 14, 1823, killed in a duel.
7. William Pierpont, b. in 1797, settled on a plantation in Texas,
which he called " Pierpont Place," was postmaster and member of the
legislature one or more times. He m. Sophronia Frisbee of Burling-
ton, Ct., and had 7 children.
8. Frances Edwards Pierpont, b. in 1800, m. Luther 11. Laselle of
Troy, N. Y. They had 6 children.
9. Frederic Wolcott Pierpont, b. at New Haven in 1802, m. in 1825
Hannah Becker. He was a woolen manufacturer at St. Catharine's,
Canada. He had 6 children.
10. Lorenzo Pierpont, b. at New Haven in 1805, d. in the Florida
war in 1844, on board " The Cyane," unmarried. He was previously
a bookseller at Montpelier, Vt.
11. Elizabeth Collins Pierpont, b. in 1807, m. William McCoy of
Livonia, N. Y. ^They had 3 children.
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Third Generation.
22. ii. Robert Pierpont (son of James Pierpont, Jr., and Anna Sher-
man), b. at New Haven June 26, 1757, m. Oct. ll, 1780, Lois Collins
of Litchfield, Ct. (dau. of Charles Collins and Anne Huntington). He
was a clothier and afterwards a merchant, and lived successively at
Harwinton, Ct., and Manchester, Yfc., where she d. May 5, 1826. He
d. at Plattsburgh, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1835, aet. 78. They had 5 children.
1. Frances Pierpont, b. May 29, 1782, m. Sept. 18, 1803, Gov.
Richard Skinner, b. May 30, 1778 (son of Gen. Timothy Skinner of
Litchfield, Ct., and Susanna Marsh), a lawyer at Manchester, Vt., M.
C. (1813-15), Gov. of Vermont (1820-2) and Chief Justice of Supreme
Court of the State (1824-9). They had 5 children.
2. Nancy Pierpont, b. Oct. 24, 1784, m. June 21, 1801, Dr. Ezra
Isham, b. at Colchester, Ct., a physician at Manchester, Yt., b. March
5, 1773, where he d. Feb. 8, 1835. His widow removed to Dunkirk,
N. Y., where some of her children resided.
3. Esther Pierpont, b. May 14, 1787, m. Calvin Sheldon, b. in 1788
at Rupert, Yt. (son of Hon. David Sheldon and Sarah Harman), grad.
at Middlebury in 1806, a lawyer and State attorney. She d. inOswego,
N. Y., in 1833 ; and he in 1834.
4. Laura Pierpont, b. Jan. 30, 1791, m. Jan. 9, 1812, Col. Anson
J. Sperry, b. Sept. 8, 1784 (son of Philo Sperry of New Milford, Ct.,
and Mary Peet), a lawyer at Manchester, Yt., and afterwards at Platts-
burgh, N. Y. He d. Feb. 17, 1830. Five children.
5. Julia Pierpont, b. March 9, 1793, m. Richard Henry Warne of
Mayfield, N. Y., who d. in 1824. She m. for a 2d husband Elias
Marks, M.D., Prin. of the Female Coll. Inst. at Barhamville, S. C.
Five children.
Third Generation.
23. iii. James Pierpont (son of James Pierpont, Jr., of New Haven
and Anne Sherman), b. July 27, 1761, m. Sept. 18, 1782, Elizabeth
Collins of Litchfield, Ct., b. Sept. 25, 1755 (dau. of Charles Collins and
Anne Huntington). She d. July 28, 1815. He m. Dec. 16, 1817,
widow Lucy Grossman, nee Strong, widow of Rev. Joseph Grossman of
Salisbury, Ct., b. June 19, 1778 (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong of Coven-
try, Ct., and Lucy Bishop). She d. Feb. 20, 1835. lie was a clothier
at Litchfield, Ct., and "a most worthy and excellent man." He d.
there April 23, 1840, aet. 78. See Hist. Strong Family by the author,
vol. i. pp. 421-3. He had 9 children:
J}y first wife :
1. Sherman Pierpont, b. June 29, 1783, m. Dec. 1, 1807, Sidney
Humiston, b. April 22, 1786, at Plymouth, Ct. (dau. of Jesse Humis-
ton and Abby Blakesley) : a farmer at Litchfield and Farmington, Ct.,
and Avon, N. Y. He was drowned in Lake Erie, May 7, 1836. She
d. at Plymouth, Ct., May 16, 1841. They had 2 children :
2. Rev. John Pierpont, D.D., the poet, b. April 6, 1785, in Litch-
field, Ct., m. Sept. 23, 1810, Mary Sheldon Lord, b. Jan. 30, 1787
(dau. of Lynde Lord and Mary Lyinan). She d. Aug. 23, 1855, at
Medford, Mass. He m. for 2d wife, Dec. 8, 1857, widow Harriet
Louisa Fowler, nee Campbell, widow of Dr. George \V. Fowler (dau.
of Archibald Campbell of Pawlings, N. Y.). He was grad. at Yale
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in 1804, studied law (1809-12) and was admitted to the bar in 1812,
engaged during the war in mercantile business in Boston and Balti-
more ; studied theology (1817-19), was settled over the Hollis St. (Uni-
tarian) Ch. in Boston (1819-45). He spent some years in Troy. N.
Y., preaching (1845-9), and settled afterwards in Medford, Mass.
(1849- ). His latest years he spent in clerical work in one of the
department, at Washington, D.C. He d. suddenly at Medford, Mass.,
Aug. 26, 18GG, aet. 81.
He was a very earnest advocate of temperance and anti-slavery re-
form. He published in 1816 "Airs of Palestine," and afterwards
from time to time a large number of scattered poems. He had 6
children.
3. Sarah Pierpont, b. Jan. 14, 1787, d. July 11, 1794.
4. James Pierpont, b. March 2, 1789, d. Nov. 30, 1793.
5. Elizabeth Pierpont, b. May 28, 1792, m. March 5, 1817, Rev.
John Langdon, D.D., grad. at Yale in 1809, tutor there (1811-15),
preached in Bethlehem, Ct. (1816-25;. She d. Sept. 21, 1823. Four
children.
6. Sarah Breck Pierpont, b. July 21, 1795, m. Capt. George Cog-
geshall of Brooklyn, N. Y. She d. Oct. 1, 1822, leaving a child just
born that d. soon afterwards.
7. Abigail Pierpont, b. Oct. 13, 1797, m. Dec. 9, 1824, as his 2d wife,
Rev. John Langdon, D.D., previous husband of her sister Elizabeth.
He d. Feb. 28, 1830. She m. for 2d husband Samuel Church. She
d. Nov. 4, 1859. They had 4 children.
8. James Morris Pierpont, b. June 23, 1800, m. Nov. 5, 1823, Sila
Harrison (dau. of Roswell Harrison). He lived at South Farms, Ct.
He d. Nov. 27, 1839. They had 6 children.
J3y second wife :
9. Leonard Pierpont (son of James Pierpont and Lucy Strong), b.
Oct. 28, 1819, m. Jan. 28, 1841, Cynthia Turner, b. Sept. 20, 1815,
(dau. of Isaac Turner of Northfield, Ct., and Cynthia Mason). He is
a farmer at Paxton, 111., where he is also County Treasurer. He was
formerly a farmer at South Farms, Ct., and afterwards at Lacon, 111.
He has had 8 children.
Third Generation.
24. iv. David Pierpont (son of James Pierpont, Jr., of New Haven,
and Anne Sherman), b. July 26, 1764, m. June 12, 1787, Sarah
Phelps of Litchfield, b. Oct. 4, 1766.
He lived at Litchfield, Ct. He d. Feb. 16, 1826. Nine children :
1. David Pierpont, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1788, m. Sarah Palms of Litch-
field. He lived at Richmond, N. Y.
2. Judge Robert Pierpont, b. May 4, 1791, m. Abby Raymond of
Manchester, Vt. He resided at Rutland, Vt., and was Lt. Gov. of the
State, and judge of the Supreme Court.
3. Edward Pierpont, b. July 1, 1793, m. April 5, 1815, Olive
Blakeslee of Plymouth, Ct, b. May 1, 1789. He lived at Litchtield,
Ct., and had 4 children.
4. Warren Pierpont, b. June 7, 1795, m. Mary Blakeslee of Ply-
mouth, Ct. He lived at Richmond, Ct., and had 6 children.
5. Sarah Ann Pierpont, b. Aug. 21, 1797, m. James Greene.
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6. William Pierpont, b. July 31, 1800, lived at Litclifield, Ct. He
m. Elizabeth Tyrell of New Hartford, Ct. They had 5 children.
7. Charles Pierpont, b. May 22, 1802, lived at Richmond, N. Y.
He m. Candace Leach of Torrington, Ct., and had 2 children.
8. John Pierpont, b. Sept. 10, 1805, m. a Miss Lawrence.
9. Laura Pierpont, b. Sept. 12,' 1808, m. Warren Bancroft, and for
a 2d husband Philip Pope.
She has had 4 children — three by her first husband.
Third Generation.
25. v. William Pierpont (son of James Pierpont, Jr., of New Haven,
and Anne Sherman), b. Jan. 11, 1772, at New Haven, m. Huldah En-
sign of LitchfieJd, and for a 2d wife widow Abigail Smith. He lived
at Torrington, Ct. They had 8 children.
Second Generation.
5. iv. Mary Pierpont (dau. of Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven
and Mary Hooker, his 3d wife), b. Nov. 23, 1703, m. Aug. 19, 1719,
Rev. William Russell, b. Nov. 30, 1690 (son of Rev. Noadiah Russell
of Middletown, Ct., and Mary Hamlin, whom hem. Feb. 20, 1689-90),
grad. at Yale in 1709, tutor there (1713-14), settled at Middletown,
June 1, 1715. He d. there June 1, 1761, aet. 70. She d. July 24,
1740. He was his father's successor in the ministry at Middletown.
Third Generation. Children :
26. i. Mary Russell, b. Nov. 30, 1720, m. Col. Matthew Talcott of
Middletown.
27. ii. Esther Russell, b. Feb. 10, 1722-23.
28. iii. William Russell, b. July 23, 1725.
29. iv. Samuel Russell, b. July 7, 1727.
30. v. Rev. Noadiah Russell, b. Jan. 24, 1729-30, grad. at Yale in
1750, was settled at Thompson, Ct., for 38 years (1757-95). He d.
Oct. 27, 1795, aet. 65.
31. vi. Sarah Russell, b. April 5, 1732.
32. vii. Mehitable Russell, b. Nov. 19, 1734.
33. viii. Hannah Russell, b. March 20, 1736-7.
34. ix. James Russell, b. Dec. 26, 1739, d. April 14, 1740.
[Rev. Noadiah Russell, b. in New Haven, Ct., in 1659, grad. at Har-
vard in 1681, settled at Middletown for 25 years (1688-1713), d. there
Dec. 13. 1713. His wife, Mary Hamlin, b. Feb. 11, 1662, whom he
m. Feb. 20, 1689-90, was dau. of Capt Giles Hamlin of Middletown
and Esther Crow. See pp. 504-5, uu«?r head 2863. x. Their chil-
dren were :
1. Rev. William Russell, b. Nov. 30, 1690, who m. Mary Pierpont,
and so. was brother-in-law to Jonathan Edwards. Their dau. Mehita-
ble, b. Nov. 19, 1734, m. Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth of Hartford, Ct.,
b. July 12, 1743.
2. Noadiah Russell, Jr., b. Aug. 8, 1692.
3. Giles Russell, b. Nov. 8, 1693, d. Jan. 13, 1711-12.
4. Mary Russell, b. Dec. 30, 1695, d. Feb. 27, 1722-3.
5. John Russell, b. July 6, 1697.
6. Esther Russell, b. Aug. 14, 1699, d. March 27, 1720.
7. Daniel Russell, b. June 3, 1702.
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8. Mehitable Russell, b. May 27, 1704.
9. Hannah Russell, b. Feb. 23, 1705-6, m. Joseph Pierpont, b.
Oct. 21, 1704 (son of Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven and Mary
Hooker.)
USf" Mehitable .Hamlin, b. Nov. 17, 1664, who m. in 1687 Samuel
Hooker of Hartford, b. May 29, 1661 (son of Rev. Samuel Hooker
of Farmington, Ct., and Mary Willett), was sister of Mary Hamlin,
wife of Rev. Noadiah Russell. ]
Second Generation.
6. v. Joseph Pierpont (son of Rev. James Pierpont and Mary
Hooker), b. Oct. 21, 1704, m. about 1728, Hannah Russell, b. Feb.
23, 1705-6 (dan. of Rev. Noadiah Russell of Middletown and Mary
Hamlin, and sister to Rev. William Russell of Middletown). He was
a farmer in North Haven, Ct., where he d. 1748, aet. 44.
Third Generation. Children :
35. i. Samuel Pierpont, b. April 16, 1729, who had 3 children.
36. ii. Joseph Pierpont, b. Sept. 13, 1730, m. Oct. 21, 1756, Lydia
Bassett. He was grad. at Yale in 1751. He lived at North Haven,
Ct., where he d. aet. 93, Feb. 8, 1824. He had 4 children.
37. iii. James Pierpont, b. Oct. 2, 1732, had 4 children.
38. iv. Benjamin Pierpont, b. Jan. 7, 1734.
39. v. Hannah Pierpont, b. Nov. 12, 1736.
40. vi. Giles Pierpont, b. in 1738. He d. Jan. 16, 1832, aet. 94.
He had 3 children : 1. Joel. 2. A child unnamed that d. soon. 3.
Giles Pierpont, Jr. He m. a Miss Munson (dau. of Jonathan Munson
of New Haven, Ct.). Judge Edwards Pierpont of New York is their son.
41. vii. Abigail Pierpont, b. June 6, 1743.
42. viii. Hezekiah Pierpont, b. Sept. 27, 1745.
43. ix. Sarah Pierpont, b. about 1747.
44. x. Mary Pierpont, b. about 1749.
Second Generation.
9. viii. Sarah Pierpont, b. Jan. 9, 1709-10 (dau. of Rev. James
Pierpont of New Haven, and Mary Hooker), m. July 20, 1727, Rev.
Jonathan Edwards of Northampton, the great metaphysician of America.
For an account of their immediate descendants, see under the brief view
of Edwards' lineage on previous pages.
10. ix. Hezekiah Pierpont (son of Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven,
and Mary Hooker), b. May 26, 1712, m. in 1737, Lydia Hemenway,
b. in 1715 (dau. of Rev. Jacob Hemenway of East Haven, Ct., and
Lydia Ball). He lived in New Haven, in the old family mansion.
He d. Sept. 22, 1741, aet. 29 ; and she m. for a 2d husband, Theophilus
Morgan of Killingworth, Ct., to whom she bore two children, afterwards
known as Capt. William Morgan, and Mrs. Aurelia (Morgan) Wheeler,
M.D., of Salisbury, Ct. He had two sons.
Third Generation. Children:
45. i. Jacob Pierpont, b. in 1738, d. at Crown Point, while in the
army, March 1760, without issue.
46. ii. John Pierpont, b. at New Haven, June 1, 1740, m. Dec. 29,
1767, Sarah Beers, b. Oct. 29, 1744 (dau. of Nathan Beers of New
Haven and Hannah Nichols). He was a large landholder and lived in
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the old family-mansion at New Haven. He d. Oct. 7, 1805; she d.
April 15, 1835, aet. 90.
Fourth Generation. Children :
47. i. Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, b. Nov. 3, 1768, d. Aug. 11, 1838.
48. ii. Sarah Pierpont, b. June 22, 1770, d. Nov. 11, 1772.
49. iii. Sarah Pierpont, 2d, b. Feb. 27, 1773, d. March 3, 1773.
50. iv. Sarah Pierpont, 3d, b. April 30, 1774, d. Feb. 12, 1788.
51. v. Hannah Pierpont, b. Sept. 20, 1776, m. Rev. Claudius Her-
rick, and d. July 10, 1859, aet. 82.
52. vi_ Polly Pierpont, b. Sept. 20, 1776, d. Sept. 22, 1776.
53. vii. Polly Pierpont, 2d, b. April 3, 1778, m. Edward J. O'Brien,
and for a 2d husband Eleazer Foster, and d. Jan. 29, 1852.
54. viii. John Pierpont, b. Aug. 8, 1780, resided in New York, and
d. April 12, 1836, aet. 55.
55. ix. Nathan Pierpont, b. Oct. 18, 1782, d. in 1801.
56. x. Henry Pierpont, b. Jan. 19, 1785, d. Aug. 8, 1790, from the
kick of a horse.
47. i. Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, b. Nov. 3, 1768, m. Jan. 21, 1802,
Anna Maria Constable, b. March 10, 1783 (dau. of William Constable
of New York and Ann White, dau. of Townsend White of Philadel-
phia). He was a merchant in New York, and the inheritor and holder
of half a million of acres of land of great A'ahie in Northern New
York, which were purchased originally for but eight cents an acre.
He d. Aug. 11, 1838, aet. 69.
Fifth Generation. Children :
57. i. William Constable Pierpont, b. Oct. 3, 1803. is a large land-
holder at Pierpont Manor, Jeff. Co., N. Y. He m. June 1, 1830, Cor-
nelia Ann Biitler (dau. of Benjamin Butler of Oxford, N. Y.). Has
had 7 children.
58. ii. Anna Constable Pierpont, b. March 17, 1805, m. March 17,
1835, Gerrit G. Van Wagenen, grad. at Columbia Coll. in 1821, a
lawyer in New York, and Treas. Columbia Coll. (1849-58). He d.
Sept. 1858. She d. May 16, 1839.
59. iii. Caroline Theresa' Pierpont, b. Feb. 28, 1807, d. Aug. 17,1823.
60. iv. Henry Evelyn Pierpont, b. Aug. 8, 1808, m. Dec. ], 1841, a
Miss Jay, b. Sept. 12, 1819 (dau. of Peter A. Jay of New York and
Mary Ii. Clarkson). He is the proprietor of immense landed estates
in Northern New York, in developing which he has made more than
300 miles of road and executed more than 2,000 deeds. He has had 6
children.
61. v. Emily Constable Pierpont, b. Feb. 10, 181 0, m. May 21,
1834, Joseph Alfred Perry, b. May 1807.
62. vi. Frances Matilda Pierpont, b. July 6, 1812, m. Oct. 23, 1849,
Rev. Frederic S. Wiley, an Episcopal clergyman at Boston. He d. in
Florence, Italy, Jan. 1864.
63. vii. Robert Fulton Pierpont, b. March 7, 1814, d. Oct. 27, 1814.
64. viii. Harriet Constable Pierpont, b. July 17, 1818, m. Nov. 13,
183.S, Edgar John Bartow, of Brooklyn, a merchant in New York. She
d. July 6, 1855 : he d. Sept. 6, 1864.
65. ix. Mary Montague Pierpont, b. June 8, 1821, d. unmarried,
Feb. 17, 1853.
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. 66. x. Theresa Pierpont, b. June 7, 1823, m. May 17, 1848, Joseph
J. Bicknell, of Yonkers, N. Y.
67. xi. Julia Evelyn Pierpont, b. March 14, 1825, m. July 9, 1844,
John Constable, of Constableville, N. Y.
68. xii. Ellen I saphene Pierpont, b. May 2, 1828, m. Oct. 26, 1847,
James Munroe Miner, M.D., of Petersburg!!, Va.
Fourth Generation.
51. v. Hannah Pierpont (dan. of John Pierpont of New Haven and
Sarah Beers), b. Sept. 20, 1770, m. about 1802 Rev. Claudius Herrick,
b. 1775 (son of Henry Herrick of Southampton, L. I.), grad. at Yale
1798. He was settled for a short time at Woodbridge, Ct., and con-
ducted for more than 20 years a very successful school for young ladies
at New Haven (1808-31). He d. there May 26, 1831. She d. July
10, 1859, aet. 82.
Fifth Generation. Children :
69. i. Rev. Henry Herrick, b. at Woodbridge, March 5, 1803,
grad. at Yale in 1822, m. Feb. 19, 1835, Sarah Maria Wright, b. at
Windsor, Mass., July 29, 1814 (dau. of Asahel Wright and Lydia
Worthington). Has had 9 children.
70. ii. John Pierpont Herrick, M.D., b. at Woodbridge in 1805,
grad. at Yale in 1824, m. in 1856 Esther P. Foster, dau. of James
Foster of Southampton, L. I., where he was a practising physician.
He d. Jan. 28, 1848\ He had 3 children.
71. iii. Sarah Maria Herrick, b. at New Haven in 1809, d. Sept.
18, 1813.
72. iv. Edward Claudius Herrick, b. Feb. 24, 1811, d. unmarried
June 11, 1862. He was the librarian of Yale for 15 years (1843-
58), and its treasurer for 10 (1852-62). He was a man of versatile
genius, and ready wit, and comprehensive scholarship, and very genial
qualities.
Fourth Generation.
53. vii. Mary ("Polly") Pierpont (dau. of John Pierpont of New
Haven and Sarah Beers), b. April 3, 1778, in. Nov. 11, 1796, Edward
J. O'Brien. He d. May 18, 1799, and she m. for 2d husband, Jan.
12, 1806, Eleazer Foster of Union, Ct., grad. at Yale in 1802, a lawyer.
He d. May 1, 1819. She d. at New Haven, Jan. 29, 1852, aet. 73—
for 34 years a widow. She had by the first marriage 2, and by the
second 8 children.
[Fifth Generation.] Children:
J3t/ first marriage :
73. i. Henry O'Brien, b. Oct. 15, 1797.
74. ii. Eliza Maria O'Brien, b. Nov. 25, 1799, m. July 8, 1822, Eli
Whitney Blake, b. Jan. 27, 1795 (son of Elihu Blake and Elizabeth
Whitney, sister of Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton-gin), grad. at
Yale in 1816, a manufactm-er of hardware at Whitney ville, Ct., and
author of some useful inventions. They had 12 children.
By second marriage :
75. iii. Mary Ann Foster, b. Oct. 24, 1806, resides unmarried at
New Haven.
76. iv. Edward William Foster, b. June 12 and d. Aug. 9, 1808.
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77. v. Pierpont Beers Foster, b. Sept. 8, 1809, m. July 16, 1838,
Stella Law Bishop (dau. of Abraham Bishop of New Haven), who cl.
April 11, 1845, leaving one child, William Law Foster, b. April 26,
1841, grad. in 1865 at Yale Law School. He m. for a 2d wife, Dec.
20, 1849, Cornelia Augusta Miller, who d. without issue, Sept. 29,
1860. He m. for 3d wife, Oct. 22, 1863, widow Elizabeth A. Hug-
gins. He resides at New Haven.
78. vi. Jane Newell Foster, b. Aug. 16, 1811, resides unmarried at
New Haven.
79. vii. Eleazer Kingsbury Foster, b. May 20, 1813, m. Jan. 2,
1838, Mary Codrington (dau. of William Collins Codrington of Jamaica,
W. I., and Sarah Smith). He is a lawyer in New Haven, and has had
4 children. He was grad. at Yale in 1834.
80. viii. Harriet Smith Foster, b. March 4, 1815, resides unmarried
at New Haven.
81. ix. Caroline Hooker Foster, b. April 2, 1817, resides unmarried
at New Haven.
82. x. Edward William Foster, b. March 28, 1819, m. Nov. 16,
1843, Harriet Maria Partridge, b. Feb. 12, 1822 (dau. of Samuel
Partridge of Potsdam, N. Y., and Abigail Ladd), a merchant at Pots-
dam. Two children.
V.
THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDGE HUGH GELSTON OP SOUTHAMPTON, L. I.
Rev. Samuel and Hugh Gelston, brothers, came from Belfast, Ire-
land, to Southampton, L. I. Samuel was settled as a Presb. clergyman
there (1717-27), as colleague pastor with Rev. Joseph Whiting. Their
father is said to have owned mills on the river of Belfast, and to have
had a large family of children.
Judge Hugh Gelston, b. in Belfast in 1697, came with his brother in
1717 to Southampton, whei'e he became a merchant. He was an Irish
Presbyterian. In his later years he was for 21 years judge of the
Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk Co., L. I. (1752-73), having
been first appointed to that office, when 55 years old, in 1752, and reap-
pointed in 1764 and 1771, under the colonial government. He m. in
1717 Mary Maltby, b. about 1698 (dau. of John Maltby, Jr., of South-
ampton, L. I., and Susanna Clark). She d. July 23, 1737, and he m.
about 1745, for a 2d wife, Mrs. Maty, widow of Francis Pelletreau, and
herself the 2d wife of Mr. Pelletreau, whose daughter Hannah, by her,
b. Nov. 12, 1735, m. in 1757 Rev. Edward White of Southampton, L. I.
(son of Rev. Sylvanus White), and d. March 1, 18.10. Mrs. Mary
(Pelletreau) Gelston d. Sept. 1, 1775, act, 68. Judge Gelston d. Sept.
13, 1775, aet. 78.
[John Maltby, Senior, came to New Haven, Ct., about 1670, from
Yorkshire, Eng., as is believed, with his brother William. They had
the rank of gentlemen and were merchants. He m. about 1671 Mary
Bryan of Milford, Ct., dau. of Richard Bryan, who was son of Hon.
Alexander Bryan, who came from Ashton, Clinton, Bucks, Eng. She
was b. at Milford, Ct,, in 1654. He was lost at sea in 1676, as is sup-
posed, and his widow m. about 1680 Rev. Joseph Taylor of South-
68
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ampton, L. I., who d. aet. 31, April 4, 1G82. She m. for a 3d hus-
band, Jan. 30, 1690, John Howell, Jr., of Southampton, who d. aet.
44, March 8, 1692, and she was thus left 3 times a widow when but
38 years old. She had by her first marriage two children, twins : 1.
John Maltby, Jr., and 2. .Mary Maltby, b. at New Haven June 1,
1673. At the time of his mother's second marriage to Rev. Joseph
Taylor, John Maltby, Jr., went with her to Southampton, where he m.
Susanna Clark, and where he d. June 27, 1706, aet. 33. They had 2
children : 1. Mary Maltby, b. about 1698, who m. Judge Hugh Gels-
ton, and 2. Sarah Maltby, b. in 1705, who d. Sept. 8, 1723.
Mary Maltby (twin with John Maltby, Jr., b. in New Haven, June
1, 1673, m. Dec. 5, 1689, Major Joseph Fordham (son of Rev. Robert
Fordham of Southampton), and had 6 children : Mary, Joseph, Phebe,
Alexandei', John and Hannah. For some few further details concern-
ing the Maltby family, see article by the author in the N. Y. Geneal.
and Biog. Record, vol. ii, (1871) p. 131.
Judge Hugh Gelston had in all 13 children :
Second Generation. Children :
JBy first marriage :
2. i. Mary Gelston, b. Jan. 19, 1718, d. unmarried, aet. 22, Oct.
9, 1740.
3. ii. Susanna Gelston, b. March 28, 1721, m. Col. Josiah Smith of
Moriches, L. I.
4. iii. Dea. Maltby Gelston, b. March 20, 1723, d. Sept. 22, 1783.
5. iv. Sarah Gelston, b. March 10, 1725, d. April 14, 1784. She
m. Elias Pelletreau.
6. v. Samuel Gelston, M.D., b. March 24, 1727, was a physician at
Nantucket, Mass. His wife was a Miss Oliver of Boston.
7. vi. Jane Gelston, b. April 13, 1729, m. Rev. Joseph Strong, and
d. Sept. 21, 1811, aet. 82.
8. vii. Hugh Gelston, b. July 19, 1730, d. May 19, 1734.
9. viii. John Gelston, b. July 17, 1732, d. Feb. 26, 1734.
10. ix. Thomas Gelston, b. May 15, 1734, d. April 1,1752.
11. x. Hugh Gelston, 2d, b. Sept. 13, 1735, d. Dec. 1, 1815, aet. 80.
]3y second wife :
12. xi. Mary Gelston, 2d, b. Aug. 10, 1746, m. Dr. Israel Ashley,
Jr., and d. March 31, 1816, aet. 69.
13. xii. Jerusha Gelstou, b. Aug. 28, 1748, m. Capt. Howell, and for
a 2d husband Capt. Thomas Sanford. She d. Jan. 1837, aet. 88.
14. xiii. Thomas Chatfield Gelston, b. about 1750, d. aet. 16.
4. iii. Dea. Maltby Gelston, b. March 20, 1723, had a wife Mary
Jones (dau. of Dr. Thomas Jones of New York and Margaret Living-
ston). He lived at Bridgehampton, L. I., and was a deacon in the
church, and was much esteemed for his piety. He d. Sept. 22, 1783,
aet. 60. She d. Feb. 28, 1785. Mrs. Gelston's sister, Catharine, was
the wife of Gov. Dewitt Clinton.
Third Generation. Children :
15. i. He had a dau. Phebe Gelston, who m. Nicoll Floyd (only son
of Genl. William Floyd of Mastic, L. I., one of the signers of The
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Declaration of Independence and Hannah Jones), b. Oct. 4, 1762.
Their children were :
(1.) William Floyd, who m. Julia Wolcott.
(2.) David Gelston Floyd.
(3.) Augustus Floyd.
(4.) Hon. John G. Floyd, M. C. (1839-43 and 1851-3). He m.
Sarah Kirkland, dau. of Genl. S. Kirkland of Utica.
(5.) Catharine Floyd, who d. early.
(6.) Julia Floyd, who m. Edward Delafield, M.D. of New York.
(7.) Mary Floyd, who in. John Ireland of New York.
2. He had a son, Maltby Gelston, who was Prest. of the Manhattan
Bank. He had several children, one of whom was a daughter ; but
none of them were married.
16. ii. Elizabeth Gelston, b. Nov. 3, 1746, in. David Pierson of
Sag Harbor, L. I.
17. iii. Jane Gelston, b. Aug. 9, 1748, m. David Sayre, and d. Jan.
4, 1832, aet. 83.
18. iv. John Gelston, b. Aug. 1, 1750, m. about 1778 Mrs. Phebe
Morehouse, nee Foster, widow of Nathan Morehouse. He was a
grocer in New York, and for 20 years storekeeper of the port of N. Y.
She d. and he m. for a 2d wife Phebe Herrick of Southampton, L. I.
He d. in 1831, aet. 81. He had a son, John Gelston, b. June 24, 1779,
who d. July 22, 1779, at East Haddam, Ct. He had also a son James,
and a dau. Betsey, who both d. unmarried.
19. v. Thomas Gelston, b. April 7, 1752, m. Mary, dau. of David
Corwith of Bridgehampton, L. I. They had 3 children :
(1.) Sarah Gelston, who m. David Cook, and had 6 children.
(2.) John Gelston, who m. and left no children.
(3.) Richard Gelstoti, who m. twice and left 3 children. § 1. Laura
Gelston, who m. Capt. Jeremiah Ludlow of Bridgehampton. § 2.
Thomas Gelston, a merchant in St. Louis, Mo. § 3. Leander Gelston,
a merchant in St. Louis.
20. vi. Hugh Gelston, b. Nov. 19, 1754, m. Puah, dau. of David
Corwith of Bridgehampton. He was a merchant at Sag Harbor, and
d. without issue April 26, 1828.
21. vii. William Gelston, b. Sept. 3, 1756, d. June 24, 1840, aet. 83.
22. viii. Mary Gelston, b. July 29, 1758, m. James Green of East
Haddam, Ct., who was a mariner and lost at sea. She m. for a 2d
husband Caleb Rogers of Bridgehampton.
23. ix. Abigail Gelston, b. Sept. 28, 1763, d. Jan. 2, 1781, aet. 17.
17. iii. Jane Gelston (dau. of Dea. Maltby and Mary Gelston), b.
Aug. 9, 1748, m. about 1771 David Sayre of Bridgehampton, b. May
1, 1747 (son of Benjamin Sayre, b. in 1706, who d. aet. 84, in 1790).
He was a carpenter and fanner. He d. Sept. 11, 1830, aet. 83: she
d. Jan. 4, 1832, aet. 83.
Fourth Generation. Children :
24. i. Stephen Sayre, b. March 9, 1772, m. Sophia Rysam. He
.was a merchant and farmer at Bridgehampton. He d. July 2, 1822,
aet. 50. His children were Mary, Fanny, David, William and Caro-
line.
25. ii. Gelston Sayre, b. Oct. 28, 1773, d. Jan. 27, 1786.
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26. iii. Elizabeth Sayre, b. June 10, 1775, d. Oct. 31, 1831, aet. 56,
27. iv. Mary Say re," b. Jan. 8, 1778, d. Jan. 10, 1778.
28. v. Phebe Sayre, b. Sept. 24, 1779, d. Dec. 4, 1783.
29. vi. Jane Sayre, b. Dec. 6, 1781.
30. vii. Francis Sayre, b. Jan. 5, 1784, d. in 1868, aet. 84.
31. viii. Maltby Gelston Sayre, b. May 5, 1786, was a shipmaster.
He d. unmarried at St. Catharine's, W. I., Dec. 10, 1825, when home-
ward bound on a whaling voyage.
32. ix. Phebe Sayre, b. Aug. 2, 1787, was living very recently at a
great age at Bridgehampton.
33. x. David Sayre, b. Aug. 5, 1789, d. Sept. 29, 1792.
34. xi. Hugh Sayre, b. April 15, 1791, d. Oct. 11, 1793.
30. vii. Francis Savre (son of David Sayre and Jane Gelston), b.
Jan. 5, 1784, m. Feb. 15, 1810, Susan Taylor of Catekill, N. Y. (dau.
of Capt. George Taylor). He was a tin and stove dealer at Catskill,
and an active Christian ; and lived to a hale old age. He was the
fireman on board the first steamboat on which Robert Fulton went up
the river Hudson. The writer has heard him describe the singular,
and even humorous, experiences of the trip. She d. Oct. 5, 1861 : he
d. in 1868, aet. 84.
Fifth Generation. Children :
35. i. Jane Gelston Sayre, b. Dec. 2, 1810, lives unmarried at Cats-
kill.
36. ii. Sophia Sayre, b. Oct. 5, 1812, d. Oct. 24, 1819.
37. iii. James Maltby Sayre, b. March 4, 1814, grad. at Williams
Coll. in 1834, is a merchant at Catskill, where he lives unmarried.
38. iv. Samuel Penfield Sayre, b. Oct. 12, 1815, d. Oct. 4, 1816.
39. v. Mary Sayre, b. June 4, 1817, m. about 1S39, Charles B.
Pinckney, b. June 20, 1813 (son of James Pinckney, Esq., and Louisa
Bellamy), a merchant in Catskill. She d. May 31, 1855, aet. 38. They
had 3 children :
1. Francis Sayre Pinckney, b. Oct. 14, 1840.
2. A daughter, unnamed, b. and d. in 1844.
3. Mary Agnes Pinckney, b. Sept. 3, 1848.
Third Generation.
21. vii. William Gelston (son of Dea. Maltby Gelston of Bridge-
hampton), b. Sept. 3, 1756, m. July 1781, Scena Sears, b. July 11,
1760 (dau. of Matthew Sears and Martha Warner). He was a farmer
at East Haddam, Ct. He d. June 24, 1840, aet. 83. She d. March
7, 1846, aet. 85.
Fourth Generation. Children:
40. i. Abigail Gelston, b. Sept. 3, 1781, in. Joseph Sluman Brainerd
(son of Amasa Brainerd and Jedidah Osbome), b. Sept. 5, 1776, a resi-
dent of New York. He d. at E. Haddam, Ct., Dec. 24, 1840. No issue.
41. ii. Matilda Gelston, b. Feb. 14, 1783, m. Jan. 10, 1821, Timothy
Wright. No issue.
42. iii. Larissa Gelston, b. April 15, 1785, m. a Mr. Welles of East
Haddam, without issue.
43. iv. William Gelston, Jr., b. April 22, 1787, resided at East Had;
dam, Ct.
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44. v. Hugh Gelston, b. June 8, 1789, d. Sept. 30, 1790.
45. vi. Hugh Gelston, 2d, b. Aug. 30, 1794, m. Rebecca Durham
of Baltimore, Md., where he was a merchant, and where he d. Aug. 6,
1873, aet. 79, having resided in that city for more than 50 years, and
having been " one of its most influential and wealthy citizens."
4G. vii. Maltby Gelston, b. Nov. 23, 1797, d. at Charleston, S. C.,
March 23, 1828.
47. viii. Richard D. Gelston, b. June 21, 1800, m. Sept. 16, 1821,
Cavile D. Palmer, b. Dec. 17, 1802 (dau. of William Palmer of East
Haddam, Ct., and Dorothy Smith).
48. ix. Henry Gelston, b. Feb. 26, 1803, m. in 1832 Ann M.
Howell. He is a merchant in New York. Has had 4 children :
Helen, Emma A., Jessie and William.
49. x. George Sears Gelston, b. Aug. 13, 1805, m. Miss Minell. He
resides at Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
43. iv. William Gelston, Jr., b. April 22, 1787, m. Oct. 21, 1821,
Lucy Bigelow. He was a farmer at East Haddam, Ct.
Fifth Generation. Children :
50. i. Larissa Gelston, b. Nov. 3, 1822, d. March 10, 1825.
51. ii. Abby Ann Gelston, b. Jan. 16, 1825, m. June 9, 1846,
Henry E. West of New London, Ct.
52. iii. Maltby Gelston, b. Dec. 2, 1826, a jeweller in New York.
53. iv. Mary Jane Gelston, b. Sept. 26, 1829, d. Aug. 3, 1839.
54. v. John Bigelow Gelston, b. July 14, 1834, a farmer at East
Haddam, m. Oct. 29, 1862, Sarah Brainerd Ackley, b. April 14, 1840
(daii. of Isaac Ackley and Rebecca Cone).
55. vi. Lucy Gelston, b. Nov. 8, 1838, resides at East Haddam un-
married.
Second Generation.
5. iv. Sarah Gelston (dau. of Hugh Gelston and Mary Maltby), b.
March 10, 1725, m. Dec. 29, 1748, Elias Pelletreau, b. May 31, *1726
(son of Francis Pelletreau and Jane Osborne).
Third Generation. Children :
56. i. Jane Pelletreau, b. May 13, 1750, m. Judge Pliny Hillyer of
Connecticut.
57. ii. Francis Pelletreau, b. May 15, 1752, d. Sept 29, 1765.
58. iii. John Pelletreau, b. July 29, 1755, d. Aug. 26,1822, aet. 77.
59. iv. Elias Pelletreau, b. Aug. 29, 1757.
60. v. Hugh Pelletreau, b. Nov. 25, 1762, d. July 30, 1771.
58. iii. John Pelletreau (son of Elias Pelletreau and Sarah Gelston),
b. July 29, 1755, m. April 9, 1785, Mary Smith, dau. of Dr. William
Smith. She d. Dec. 2, 1817. He d. Aug. 26, 1822, aet. 77.
Fourth Generation. Children :
61. i. William Smith Pelletreau, b. June 8, 1786, d. March 15, 1842,
aet. 52.
62. ii. Nathaniel Pelletreau, b. Sept. 18, 1787, d. Jan. 5, 1823, aet. 35.
63. iii. Sarah Pelletreau, b. July 19, 1789, d. April 15, 1839, aet. 49.
64. iv. Charles Pelletreau, b. Dec. 19, 1791, d. Feb. 27, 1863, aet. 71.
65. v. Edwin Pelletreau, b. Jan. 11, 1795, d. in 1840, aet. 45.
66. vi. John Smith Pelletreau, b. Feb. 15, 1804, d. Dec. 1, 1824.
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61. i. William Smith Pelletreau, b. June 8, 1786,m. May 23, 1810,
Nancy Mackie (dan. of David Mackie). She d. and he m. for a 2d
wife, June 26, 1834, Elizabeth Wells (dau. of Col. Isaac Wells of West-
field, Mass.).
Fifth Generation. Children :
J3y first wife :
67. i. Albert Pelletreau, b. July 30, 1811, d. May 19, 1843.
68. ii. George Pelletreau, b. Oct. 9, 1812, d. Dec. 21, 1832.
69. iii. Jane Pelletreau, b. May 14, 1815, m. Oct. 1, 1835, Lyman
Lewis, and d. May 20, 1842, aet. 27.
70. iv. Mary Smith Pelletreau, b. April 1818, d. Oct. 9, 1819.
71. v. Gilbert Pelletreau, b. Dec. 7, 1819, m. May 14, 1849, Hannah
Westbrook.
72. vi. Hugh Gelston Pelletreau, b. Jan. 29, 1822, d. Feb. 24, 1826.
73. vii. Alexander Pelletreau, b. March 24, 1824.
74. viii. Mary Gelston Pelletreau, b. Dec. 18, 1826.
75. ix. Francis Pelletreau, b. Aug. 29, 1829.
Ity second ivife :
76. x. Helen Pelletreau, b. June 1, 1835.
77. xi. William Smith Pelletreau, b. July 19, 1840.
78. xii. George Wells Pelletreau, b. July 3, 1842.
Second Generation.
7. vi. Jane Gelston (dau. of Judge Hugh Gelston of Southampton,
L. I., and Mary Maltby), b. April 13, 1729, m. June 7, 1753, Rev.
Joseph Strong, b. March 19, 1728-9 (son of Capt. Joseph Strong of
Coventry, Ct., and Elizabeth, dau. of Preserved Strong of Coventry,
and Tabitha Lee), grad. at Yale in 1749, pastor at Granby, Ct., for
27 years (1752-79), and at Williamsburgh, Mass., for 22 (1781-
1803). He d. Jan. 1, 1803, aet. 75. She d. Sept. 21, 1811, aet. 82.
For full account of him and his kindred and family, see " Hist, of Strong
Family" by the author, vol. i.
Third Generation. Children :
79. i. Jane Strong, b. Oct. 5, 1754, m. in 1779, Rev. Reuben Hoi-
combe, b. Feb. 11, 1752 (son of Reuben Holcombe of W. Granby, Ct.,
and Susanna Hayes), grad. at Yale in 1774, settled at Sterling, Mass.,
for 35 years (1779-1814). She d. April 11, 1822, aet. 66. He m.
again. He had a daughter Susan, who d. before it was a year old.
He adopted two children. See Hist, of Strong Family.
80. ii. Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath, Mass., b. April 7, 1756, grad.
at Yale in 1784, m. May 20, 1786, Sophia Woodbridge, b. Oct. 16,
1761 (dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of S. Hadley, Mass., and Martha
Clark, his 2d wife). See, for full account of his descendants, subsequent
pages, under account of descendants of Rev. John Woodbridge of S.
Hadley.
81. ii. Gelston Strong, b. Nov. 15, 1758, m. in 1782 Deborah Rowe
of Granby, Ct., b. April 8, 1754 (dau. of Abijah Rowe and Deborah
Forward). He was a farmer and speculator at Granby. He d. about
1804 : she d. Sept. 30, 1808. He had 8 children, for account of whom
and their posterity see Hist, of Strong Family.
82. iii. Elizabeth Strong, b. April 27, 1760, m. Dec. 1, 1793, Loth-
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rop Mayhew, a farmer in Williamsburgh, Mass., and afterwards, for a
2d husband, Sherebiah Butts, a farmer in S. Hadley, Mass. She d. in
Goshen, Mass., Feb. 13, 1849, aet. 89. See Hist, of Strong Family.
83. iv. Mary Strong, b. May 24, 1762, m. Oct. 11, 1781, Perez Clapp
of Southampton, Mass., b. June 14, 1757 (son of Roger and Anna
Clapp), a merchant and taverner. She d. Oct. 31, 1802, aet. 40. He
d. April 4, 1818. Had 7 children.
84. v. William Strong, b. Jan. 11, 1766, m. Oct. 14, 1792, Rhoda
(dau. of John Skinner of Hartford, Ct.) : a farmer at Williamsburgh,
Mass. He d. Aprils, 1849, aet. 83. She d. April 11, 1853, aet. 83.
Had 6 children. See Hist, of Strong Family.
85. vi. Hannah Strong, b. March 19, 1768, m. Dec. 30, 1790, Seth
Dwight of Williamsburgh, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1769 (son of Josiah
Dwight of that place, and Tabitha Bigelow), a merchant there and
afterwards at Utica, N. Y., and Buffalo, N. Y. She d. at Utica, April
15, 1813, aet. 45. He m. again. He d. at Buffalo, April 3, 1825, aet.
55. They had 7 children :
1. Harriet Dwight, b. Feb. 21, 1792, m. May 7, 1812, James Dana,
a hardware merchant at Utica, N. Y. — the parents of Prof. James D.
Dana of Yale College, and eight other children. She d. Sept. 13, 1870,
aet. 78.
2. Delia Jane H. Dwight, b. March 8, 1794, m. Jan. 1, 1817, Rev.
John White of Dedham, b. Dec. 2, 1787, gracl. at Harvard in 1805, an
Unitarian clergyman; and, for a 2d husband, May 25, 1859, Benjamin
D. Emerson. Two children.
3. Emily Olcott Dwight, b. July 1796, d. Aug. 1803.
4. Mary Ann Dwight, b. in 1798, d. Aug. 1807.
5. Cornelia Strong Dwight, b. Dec. 8, 1801, in. about 1832, William
Justus Buck of New York, and d. there June 5, 1846, aet. 44. One
child.
6. Rev. Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, D.D., b. Nov. 22, 1803, the
distinguished missionary to Constantinople ; had nine children by two
marriages. He d. Jan. 25, 1862, aet. 58.
7. Maria Matilda Dwight, b. June 5, 1806, d. July 1, 1806.
For a full account of this family of Dwights, see pp. 794-807.
86. vii. Susanna Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong and Jane Gel-
ston), b. March 18, 1770, m. May 5, 1793, Thomas Mayhew, b. Nov.
12, 1767 (son of Payne Mayhew and Margaret Wass), a merchant at
Williamsburgh, Mass. He d. March 26, 1843 : she d. Sept. 12, 1842,
aet. 72. Five children.
87. viii. Sarah Pelletreau Strong, b. Sept. 11, 1772, d. Sept. 24,
1772.
For a full account of the Gelston-Strongs, here briefly presented, see
Hist, of Strong Family, vol. i. pp. 354-406.
Second Generation.
11. x. Hugh Gelston (son of Judge Hugh Gelston of Soiithampton,
L. I., and Mary Maltby), b. Sept. 13, 1735, m. Nov. 1763, Phebe
Howell, b. in 1739 (dun. of David IFowell and Phebe — — ). She d.
Sept. 18, 1772, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov., 1773, Mary Foster, b.
in 1730 (dau. of Hachaliah Foster and Mary Culver). She d. April
1803, aet. 73. He was a farmer at Southampton, L. I., on the old fam-
1072 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
ily homestead, but removed 9 years before his death to Sherman, Ct.,
where he d. Dec. 1, 1815, aet. 80. lie had but one child, and that by
his first marriage.
Third Generation. Child :
88. i. Rev. Maltby Gelston, b. July 17, 1776, studied theology with
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., of New Haven, Ct., afterwards Prest.
of Union Coll., N. Y. He preached in various places, as \V. Gran-
ville, Mass., Roxbury, Ct., and W. Rupert, Vt., and at Sherman, Ct.,
for 45 years (April 26, 1797-1842), " on a salary of £100 and a few
cords of wood." He was the only officer of the ch'urch for some years,
performing the duties of both pastor and deacon. Under his ministry
249 persons were added to the church. He was a man of feeble bodily
constitution, but of energetic and regular habits. He m. July 17,
1798, Jane Mills Bordwell, b. April 24, 1773 (dau. of Rev. Joel Bord-
well of Kent, Ct., and Jane Mills). He was a man of prudence and
patience, and was much valued as a presiding officer and counsellor in
ecclesiastical meetings. She d. April 26, 1850, aet. 77 : he d. Dec. 15,
1856, aet. 90.
Fourth Generation. Children:
89. i. Hugh Gelston, b. Dec. 17, 1799, m. May 21, 1828, Cornelia
Gaylord, b. Feb. 28, 1803 (dau. of David Gaylord of New Milford, Ct.,
and Arinida Giddings). He is a farmer at Sherman, Ct., and a deacon
in the Cong. Ch. They have had 5 children :
1. Mary Eliza Gelston, b. March 27, 1829, d. Aug. 5, 1834.
2. Jane Armida Gelston, b. Nov. 9, 1830.
3. Betsey Gelston, b. March 5, 1833, m. Sept. 21, 1859, Ferris
Leach, a farmer at Sherman.
4. Paulina Wildman Gelston, b. Oct 3, 1835.
5. Maltby Gaylord Gelston, b. Feb. 9, 1847, a farmer at Sherman.
90. ii. Betsey Gelston, b. March 7, 1801, m. Dec. 27, 1831, Hiram
Fairchild, a farmer at Brook field, Ct. Three children:
1. Sidney Hawley Fairchild, b. Nov. 3, 1835.
2. Sarah Lucia Fairchild, b. Aug. 18, 1837.
3. Eliza Gelston Fairchild, b. Feb. 11, 1839.
91. iii. Phebe Gelston, b. Sept. 15, 1803, m. Dec. 11, 1821, James
Addison Potter of Lansing, Mich. She d. April 29, 1841. Nine chil-
dren :
1. Clark Potter, b. Sept. 23, 1822.
2. Addison Potter, b. Feb. 8, 1825, d. Feb. 10, 1825.
3. Maltby Gelston Potter, b. March 23, 1826, d. Dec. 14, 1826.
4. Maltby Potter, b. Dec. 11, 1827.
5. Betsey Potter, b. July 23, 1830.
6. George Washington Potter, b. March 20, 1833.
7. Henry Martin Potter, b. Sept. 1, 1835.
8. James Addison Potter, b. Jan. 4, 1838, d. Oct. 22, 1860.
9. Phebe Jane Potter, b. Feb. 15, 1841, d. May 8, 1841.
92. iv. Rev. Maltby Gelston, b. April 30, 1805, grad. at Yale in
1827, and at the New Haven Theol. Sein. in 1830, m. Oct. 20, 1834,
Marcia H. Merwin.
He was pastor (Presb.) at Clyde, N. Y. (1831-5), Rushville, N. Y.
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(1835-55) and Albion, Mich. (1855-61). Since 1864 he has resided at
Ann Arbor, Mich., and preached at South Saginaw, Au Sable and Ply-
mouth, Mich., as a home missionary. Seven children :
1. Antoinette Brackett Gelston, b. Dec. 29, 1837.
2. Adelaide Merwin Gelston, b. May 9, 1840, d. July 5, 1850.
3. Gratia Mary Gelston, b. Aug. 9, 1842, d. Feb. 20, 1844.
4. Sarah Green Gelston, b. July 7, 1844.
5. Joseph Maltby Gelston, b. and d. Feb. 11, 1846.
6. Joseph Mills Gelston, b. June 27, 1847.
7. Henry Wisewc-11 Gelston, b. March 18, 1850.
93. v. Jane Gelston, b. Feb. 7, 1808, m. Sept. 18, 1827, Daniel
Waldo Northrop, M.D., of Sherman, Ct., b. March 6, 1802 (son of
Levi Northrop and Abigail Cable), grad. at Yale Medical School in
1825. They have had one child :
1. Charlotte Northrop, b. May 16, 1832, who m. Sept. 21, 1858,
Nelson William Northrop, a merchant at Sherman.
94. vi. Mary Gelston, b. May 3, 1812, m. March 1, 1864, Samuel
Curtiss Conn of Kent., Ct., a druggist.
95. vii. Rev. Mills Bordwell Gelston, b. Aug. 27, 1817, grad. at
Yale in 1843, and at New Haven Theol. Sem. in 1846. He has
preached as stated supply at Albion, Mich. (1847-55), and since 1855
at Naples, N. Y. He m. Sept. 10, 1851, Caroline Elizabeth Fanning,
b. at Rushville, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1827 (dau. of William Fanning and
Catharine ). Children :
1. Mary Catharine Gelston, b. May 4, 1853.
2. William Fanning Gelston, b. June 21, 1855.
3. Anna Bordwell Gelston, b. Aug. 15, 1857.
4. Arthur Mills Gelston, b. July 29, 1859.
5. Caroline Louise Gelston, b. Axig. 13, 1866.
Second Generation.
12. xi. Mary Gelston (dau. of Judge Hugh Gelston and Mary Pel-
letreau), b. Aug. 10, 1746, m. in 1774 Dr. Israel Ashley, Jr., of West-
field, Mass., b. June 15, 1747 (son of Dr. Israel Ashley of Westfield
and Margaret Moseley), grad. at Yale in 1767. He d. March 26,
1814, aet. 66 : she d. March 31, 1816, aet. 69. For Ashley genealogy
see p. 822.
Third Generation. Children :
96. i. Israel Gelston Ashley, b. Aug. 13, 1776, d. May 29, 1800.
97. ii. Mary Ashley, b. Aug. 21, 1778, m. Elijah Bates of Westfield,
and d. July 10, 1845, aet. 67.
98. iii. Margaret Ashley, b. Nov. 11, 1780, m. Lynmn Lewis of
Westfield, and d. Nov. 18, 1833.
99. iv. Harriet Ashley, b. in 1783, m. Jesse Farnam, without issue.
, She d. April 2, 1855.
100. v. Thomas Ashley, b. March 16, 1787.-
97. ii. Mary Ashley, b. Aug. 21, 1778, m. June 15, 1800, Hon.
Elijah Bates, b. July 27, 1770 (son of Nathaniel Bates of Granville,
Mass., and Hannah Church), grad. at Yale in 1794, a lawyer and State
Senator, and in his later years a farmer. She d. July 10, 1845, aet. 67.
He d. Feb. 4, 1850, aet. 79, at Westfield, Mass., where he resided.
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Fourth Generation. Children :
101. i. William Gelston Bates, b. Nov. 17, 1803, m. Oct. 30, 1830,
Jane Pelletreau Ashley of Sheffield, Mass., b. Jan. 21, 1808 (dau. of
Major William Ashley [son of Major Genl. John Ashley and Mary
Ballantine], and Jane Hillyer, dau. of Judge Hillyer of Granby, Ct.,
and Jane Pelletreau, dau. of Elias Pelletreau of Southampton, L. I.)
He was grad. at Yale in 1825, and is a lawyer at Westfield, Mass., and
has been a member of the Gov.'s Council. They have had eight chil-
dren, all but three of whom died in childhood. The three surviving
ones have been :
1. Jane Ashley Bates, b. Feb. 24, 1835, m. Nov. 27, 1860, James
Caruthers Greenough, a teacher in the State Normal School in West-
field. Their children are :
(1.) Jeanie Grace Greenough, b. June 8, 1863.
(2.) William Bates Greenough, b. Nov. 22, 1866.
2. Frances Buhler Bates, b. March 4, 1845.
3. Elizabeth Gelston Bates, b. in 1848.
102. ii. Mary Ashley Bates, b. May 29, 1809, m. as his 2d wife,
Horatio Lane Warner of Sheffield, Mass., b. Dec. 10, 1795, a trader
and manufacturer at Waterloo, N. Y., wheie he d. and where she still
resides. They had one child :
1. Margaret Warner, b. Oct. 9, 1847.
103. iii. Henry Webster Bates, b. July 25, 1811, m. Dec. 14, 1836,
Elizabeth R. Everughim. She d. and he m. for a 2d wife Augusta
Concklin of Rensselaerville, N. Y. He is a merchant in New York.
He had a son by his first wife :
1. Joseph Delaplaine Bates, who m. Hannah Lewis of Brooklyn.
He resides in New York.
Third Generation.
»98. iii. Margaret Ashley (dau. of Dr. Israel Ashley, Jr., and Mary
Gelston), b. Nov. 11, 1780, m. as his 2d wife, Jan. 20, 1805, Lyman
Lewis, b. April 17, 1776 (son of Samuel Lewis of Plymouth, Ct., and
Sarah Curtis), a merchant at Westfield. He d. Oct. 26, 1822, aet. 46.
She d. Nov. 18, 1835, aet. 55. [By his first wife, Elizabeth Clapp,
whom he m. Jan. 23, 1801, and who d. Aug. 26, 1803, he had a sou,
Samuel Clapp Lewis, b. July 26, 1803, a shipping merchant in Boston
and Rio Janeiro.]
Fourth Generation. Children :
104. i. Israel Ashley Lewis, b. Dec. 12, 1805, was a merchant at
Westfield, and d. there April 5, 1831.
105. ii._ Henry Lewis, b. Sept. 18, 1807, d. March 5, 1827.
106. iif. Lyman Lewis, b. May 2, 1801, m. Oct. 7, 1835, Jane Pel-
letreau of Southampton, L. I. She d. May 27, 1842, and he m. June
13, 1843, Jeanette Wells of Greenfield, Mass. He has been a mer-
chant in New York and Westfield. Children :
1. Margaret Ashley Lewis, m. Jason B,. Hanna of Railway, N. J. ;
2. Lyman Lewis, Jr. ; 3. Elizabeth Mackie ; 4. Jane Pelletreau ; and,
by second marriage, 5. Samuel Clapp.
107. iv. Frederic Lewis, b. June 23, 1812, a merchant in New York,
d. Jan. 7, 1842.
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108. v. Mary Gelston Lewis, b. Sept. 13, 1815, in. Aug. 30, 1843,
Robert Colt of Pittsfield, Mass, (son of Samuel D. Colt), a wool dealer
there. He d. Jan. 12, 1864. Three children : 1. Cornelia Gelston.
2. Robert Ashley. 3. Margaret Ciapp.
109. vi. Thomas Ashley Lewis, b. March 25, 1818, m. July 20,
1841, Maria Seymour of Hadley, Mass. Six children : 1. Maria
Seymour. 2. Thomas Ashley. 3. Orville B. 4. Frederic. 5. Henry
5. 6. Charles B.
Third Generation.
100. v. Thomas Ashley (son of Dr. Israel Ashley and Mary Gels-
ton), b. March 16, 1787, m. about 1834, Dolly Celestia Ives, b. Dec.
6, 1806 (dau of Major Matthew Ives). He was a merchant and banker
in Westfield.
Fourth Generation. Children :
110. i. Thomas Ashley, b. April 26, 1836, a merchant at Blooming-
ton, 111., m. June 3, 1863 (whom not stated). His children :
1. George Whitman Ashley.
2. Lucy T. Ashley.
111. ii. Sarah Hale Ashley, b. April 26, 1841, m. Sept. 11, 1861,
George R. Whitman, a merchant in Chicago, 111.
112. iii. Lucy Thorpe Ashley, b. Feb. 6, 1844.
113. iv. Susan Celestia Ashley, b. June 14, 1848.
Second Generation.
13. xii. Jerusha Gelston (dau. of Judge Hugh Gelston and Mary
Pelletreau), b. Aug. 28, 1748, m. about 1768, Capt. Arthur Howell of
Portland, Me., who came from Long Island. He d. in Holland in
1772-3 (the news reaching Portland, March 29, 1773). She m. about
Sept. 1773, for a 2d husband, Capt. Thomas Sandford, who administered
upon his estate, b. Aug. 7, 1 744, a sailing master in Portland, originally
from Long Island. He d. Feb. 19, 1811, aet. 66. She was a member
of Rev. Dr. Edward Payson's church. She d. iii Springfield, Mass.,
Jan. 1837, aet. 88.
Third Generation. Children :
J2y first 'marriage :
114. i. Francis Howell, b. March 30, 1769, who d. March 28, 1807,
aet. 38.
115. ii. John Gelston Howell, b. in 1771, who d. in 1772.
J3y second marriage :
116. iii. Mary Sandford, b. July 8, 1774, m. Sept. 21, 1794, James
Scutt Dwight of Springfield, Mass. For their numerous and honorable
descendants, see pp. 868-880, under heads 6115-6205.
117. iv. Sophia Sandford, b. March 13, 1776, in. Thomas Hovey of
Portland : she d. in 1832.
118. v. Frances Sandford, b. July 20, 1778, m. May 18, 1806, James
Waller Head of Warren, Me.
119. vi. Thomas Gelston Sandford, b. Jan. 17, i 781, d. Feb. 15, 1832.
120. vii. Laura Sandford, b. May 20, 1783, m. Dec. 30, 1805, Thomas
Cross of Portland, Me.
121. viii. Delia Sandford, b. March 23, 1786, m. Joseph Swift of
Portland.
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122. ix. Nathaniel Sandford, b. April 29, 1788, d. at Brookline,
Mass., July 1821, unmarried.
119. vi. Thomas Gelston Sandford, b. Jan. 17, 1781, m. about 1813,
Maria Halsey Head, b. April 22, 1796 (dau. of James Waller Head of
Warren, Me., and Sarah Olney of Providence, R. I.). She d. Feb. 15,
1832. ,He lived at Topsham, Me. He d. Feb. 15, 1832, act. 51.
Fourth Generation. Children :
123. i. James Head Sandford, b. Aug. 13, 1814, m. about 1839,
Dorothy Y. Burton. She d. and he m. for 2d wife Arabella .
He resides at Mazeppa, 111. He has had 3 children :
J3y the first marriage :
1. James Sandford, ) , . , A
i -vi A T > a TC j r twins, b. Aug. 23, 1840.
2. Capt. Edward T. Sandford, )
He was a Captain of Cavalry in the late war, and a brave and effi-
cient soldier.
By the second marriage :
3. George D wight Sandford.
124. ii. Thomas Hovey Sandford, b. April 11, 1816, was a merchant
for many years in New York City. He resides now (1873) in Pownal,
Vt. He m. Sept. 6, 1837, Caroline Mary Bond, 2 children :
1. Adelaide McKenzie Sandford, b. Dec. 18, 1841.
2. Lucretia Bond Sanford, b. May 4, 1844.
She d. Jan. 11, 1853; and he m. May 3, 1854, Ellenore Waller
Head, his cousin, b. Jan. 11, 1832 (dau. of James Head of Portland,
Me., and Jerusha Gelston Dwight). See previous page under head No.
6120, vi. Three children:
1. Edith Dwight Sandford, b. June 4, 1857.
2. Frederic Swift Sandford, b. May 16, 1862.
3. Parker Boyd Sandford, b. Dec. 7, 1865, d. Oct. 13, 1868.
125. hi. Frances Head Sandford, b. Nov. 12. 1817.
126. iv. William Sandford, b. June 30, 1819, drowned July 4, 1827.
127. v. Joseph Head Sandford, b. Sept. 17, 1820.
128. vi. Gelston Sandford, b. Oct. 12, 1826, drowned Nov. 30, 1837.
129. vii. Maria Head Sandford, b. Dec. 30, 1829.
VI.
THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHN WOODBRIDGE OF SOUTH HADLEY,
MASS.
Rev. John Woodbridge of S. Hadley was the son of Rev. John
Woodbridge of W. Springfield, Mass., and Jemima Eliot, and grand-
son of Rev. John Woodbridge of Killingworth and Abigail Leete, dau.
of Gov. William Leete of Conn. The parents of the last-named Rev.
John Woodbridge were Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury, Mass.,
the settler, b. in 1613, and grad. at Oxford, Eng., who came to this
country first in 1634, and Mercy Dudley, b. in England, Sept. 27, 1621,
dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley of Mass. For a succinct account of the
American Woodbridges, as descendants of Rev. John Woodbridge of
Stanton, England, and a dau. of Rev. Robert Parker, one of the chief
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scholars and non-conformists of his day, see notes by the "author in
his Hist, of the Strong Family, vol. i. pp. 358-61.
Rev. John Woodbridge of W. Springfield, b. June 10, 1678, d. June
10, 1718. His wife, Jemima Eliot, b. Nov. 14, 1679, was dau. of Rev.
Joseph Eliot of Guilforcl, Ct., and Mary Brenton, dan. of Gov. Wil-
liam Brenton of R. I., and Martha Burton, dau. of Thomas Burton of
Boston. Rev. Joseph Eliot of Guilford, b. Dec. 2, 1638, was a son of
Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury, Mass., " the Indian Apostle," and Ann
Mountfort, a lady remarkable alike for her talents and her piety. He
was grad. at Harvard in 1658, and settled at Guilford for 30 years
(1664-94), where he d. May 24, 1694, aet. 55.
Rev. John Woodbridge of S. Hadley (son of Rev. John Woodbridge
of W. Springfield and Jemima Eliot), b. Dec. 25, 1702, grad. at Yale
in 1726, was settled at S. Hadley for 41 years (1742-83), where he d.
Sept. 10, 1783, aet. 80. He m. Nov. 24, 1729, his cousin, Tryphena
Ruggles,* b. June 22,1707 (dau. of Rev. Benjamin Ruggles of Sutfield,
Ct., and Mercy Woodbridge, dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of Killing-
worth and Abigail Leete). She d. Jan. 10, 1749, aet. 41, and he m. for 2d
wife in 1750, widow Martha Strong, nee Clark*, b. April 10, 1726 (dau.
of Samuel Clark, Jr., of Northampton, Mass., and widow Mary Davis,
previous wife of John Davis, b. in 1690, who d. April 10, 1726, on the
day of the birth of her daughter Martha). Her previous husband was
Daniel Strong of Northampton (son of Nathaniel and Penelope Strong
of that place). She d. Aug. 20, 1783, aet. 57.
Second generation. Children :
By first wife :
2. i. Tryphena Woodbridge, b. July 31, 1731, m. Sarcmel Preston of
S. Hadley, and d. Aug. 18, 1777, aet. 46.
3. ii. Major John Woodbridge, b. July 24, 1732. He was the first
one of the eldest sons of ten successive generations, each bearing the
name John, that failed to become a minister. He d. Dec. 27, 1782,
aet. 50.
4. iii. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, b. Oct. 16, 1733. d. soon.
5. iv. Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, M.D., b. March 5, 1739,
d. unmarried March 8, 1819, aet. 80, a man of talent, energy, refine-
ment, property, piety and public spirit, and much in public life, and
for many years a member of the Mass. Legislature. Pie commanded a
regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, with which he covered the re-
treat of the continental army across Charlestowii Neck. He told the
writer's informant, Prof. Theodore Strong, LL.D., of Rutgers Coll., N.
J., his uncle, who was nephew to Col. Woodbridge and the chief heir
to his property, that " he was marching his men in good order across
the Neck to the battle-field while the British were firing ineffectively
at them, when Genl. Putnam, riding up hastily to him, said: ' Col.
Woodbridge, run with your men ! God curse you ! run ! ' ' — in doing
which, against his better judgment, under the orders of his superior
officer, he lost several of his men, as he would otherwise not have
done, and brought his troops in utter confusion to the field of action.
* She used to say sportively, now and then :
" Ruggles and Woodbridge came I from,
From Ruggles to Woodbridge changed I am."
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From this and some kindred facts he came to feel that the General's
military qualities were quite overrated.
Says Dr. J. G. Holland, editor of Scribner's Monthly, of him (Hist.
of West Mass., vol. ii. p. 274). " The name of Ruggles Woodbridge is
among the proudest associations of the town. He was a man of great
wealth and a Colonel in the Revolution, and for many years exercised
a commanding influence in the town." A fine portrait of him is in
possession of Hon. Maltby Strong, his nephew, of Rochester, N. Y.
_Z?y second wife :
6. v. Jahleer Woodbridge, b. Sept. 13, ] 75 lr was at first a trader at
S. Hadley and afterwards a farmer there, on the old homestead, where
hed. unmarried, Dec. 31, 1825, aet. 74. His epitaph reads thus : "He
was a man of much more than ordinary presence and dignity, a
gentleman universally respected, a man of excellent judgment — not
brilliant."
7. vi. .^Eneas Woodbridge ("old uncle Enos "), b. Sept. 29, 1752,
d. Jan. 6, 1832, aet. 79, was a farmer at S. Hadley. He was a shrewd
and quaint old bachelor, who always spoke of himself as " your uncle
I." in dress, speech and conduct he was humoi-ously peculiar. For
all his familiar relatives and friends he had special names of his own
that were notably suggestive of some striking point in their persons or
characters, their employments or their names. His epitaph is that " he
was the oddest man that ever lived, and of uncommon shrewdness. He
never said, yes or no, or used ordinary names from abo\it his 15th year
of age."
8. vii. Dr. Sylvester Woodbridge of Southampton, Mass., b. May
10, 1754.
9. viii. Caroline Woodbridge, b. Dec. 14, 1756, m. Ithamar Good-
man of S. Hadley, b. Feb. 1, 1757 (son of Noah Goodman and Abial
Smith). She d. without issue Feb. 27, 1785, aet. 28. He was a farm-
er. The date of his death was not ascertained.
10. ix. Sophia Woodbridge, b. Oct. 10, 17G1, m. Rev. Joseph
Strong.
2. i. Tryphena Woodbridge (dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of S.
Hadley and Tryphena Ruggles), b. July 31, 1731, m. about 1758,
Samuel Preston, b. Oct. 29, 1715 (son of John Preston of S. Hadley
and Mary Smith, dau. of Luke Smith) a farmer in S. Hadley. She d.
Aug. 18, 1777, aet. 46 : he d. Jan. 18, 1799, aet. 83. They had 5
children.
Third Generation. Children :
11. i. Samuel Preston, b. April 21, 1759. Nothing farther known
of him.
12. ii. Emereniana Preston, b. Dec. 5, 1760, d. young.
13. iii. Tryphena Preston, b. Nov. 29, 1762, d. young.
14. iv. John Preston, b. Dec. 26, 1764.
15. v. Mary Preston, b. Sept. 21, 1767.
Second Generation.
3. ii. Major John Woodbridge (son of Rev. Jolin Woodbridge and
Tryphena Ruggles), b. July 24, 1732, was a trader at S. Hadley. He
was a captain for 8 years in the French war, and was a major in the
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revolutionary war. He m. June 10, 1762, Mary Whitney of Water-
town, Mass. He d. of apoplexy Dec. 27, 1782, aet. 50 : she d. Aug. 1805.
Third Generation. Children :
16. i. Dorothy Woodbridge, b. May 2, 1763, d. unmarried at S.
Hadley.
17. ii. Lucy Woodbridge, b. Jan. 6, 1765, m. James Doane.
18. iii. John Woodbridge, b. July 12, 1769, was a farmer at S.
Hadley, where he d. Dec. 2, 1835, unmarried.
19. iv. Martha Woodbridge, b. Jan. 8, 1771, m. John Dunlap and
d. July 12, 1830.
20. v. Rev. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, b. June 1, 1775, grad.
at Dartmouth in 1795, was settled as a clergyman at Norwich, Mass,
(now Huntington), for 32 years (1799-1831). In 1832 he returned to
S. Hadley where he lived, unmarried, to his death, May 8, 1844, aet. 68.
17. ii. Lrucy Woodbridge (dau. of Major John Woodbridge and Mary
Whitney), b. Jan. 6, 1765, m. Sept. 27, 1790, James Doane, Jr., of W.
Springfield, b. May 13, 1763, a blacksmith at S. Hadley, Mass. He d.
May 28, 1838, aet. 75. She d. Dec. 29, 1835, aet. 70.
Fourth Generation. Children :
21. i. Allen Doane, b. at S. Hadley Dec. 18, 1791, m. in 1816 Me-
lissa Squires. He d. Jan. 23, 1835.
22. ii. Martha Ruggles Doane, b. July 7, 1793, m. Nov. 20, 1840,
Ezra Wood, who d. June 12, 1841.
23. iii. Louisa Doane, b. Jan. 3, 1799, d. unmarried Dec. 11, 1855.
24. iv. Lucy Woodbridge Doane, b. Aug. 14, 1800, m. Bardin Da-
mon.
25. v. William Doane, b. April 20, 1802, at S. Hadley.
26. vi. Mary Whitney Doaiie, b. March 3, 1804, d. Oct. 18, 1804.
27. vii. James Doane, b. at Hadley, March 2, 1806, m. Jan. 21, 1831,
Cordelia B. Sanford. He is a fanner at Hawley, Mass. He has had
5 children :
1. Martha A. Doane, b. June 20, 1832, m. in 1858 George W. Jotir-
dain of Lafayette, O.
2. J. William Doane, b. Sept. 26, 1833, m. May 1864 a Miss Butler
of Cold Spring, N. Y. He is a farmer.
3. Helen C. Doane, b. Jan. 10, 1838, m. Dec. 1857, Frank Beals.
4. Sylvia E. Doane, b. Dec. 24, 1847.
5. George Woodbridge Doane, b. May 4, 1848.
Third Generation.
19. iv. Martha Woodbridge (dau. of Major John Woodbridge and
Mary Whitney), b. Jan. 8, 1771, m. in 1794 or 5 John Dunlap, b. in
Jaffray, N. II., Jan. 19, 1768, a farmer at Huntington, Mass. He d.
Nov. 26, 1847, aet. 79. She d. July 12, 1830, aet. 59.
Fourth Generation. Children :
28. i. Polly Dunlap, b. Jan. 5, 1796, m. Feb. 7, 1827, Ephraim
Smith of S. Hadley, b. March 6, 1783 (son of Ephraim Smith and
— • — Nims). Shed. Dec. 16, 1856. They had a dau., Nancy Hooker
Smith, b. Sept. 17, 1828, who m. Sept. 11, 1849, Charles Addison Bard-
well of S. Hadley, b. Oct 8, 1826 (son of Alonzo Bardwell of that place
and Harriet White), a farmer at S. Hadley.
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29. ii. George Dnnlap, b. Oct. 31, 1798, m. Dec. 8, 1831, Electa Ed-
wards of Southampton, Mass. He was a farmer and trader. She d.
at S. Deerfield, Mass., April 1838. He d. Nov. 5, 1838. They had a son :
1. George Edwards Dunlap, b. Nov. 1832, grad. at Aniherst Coll. in
1855, a teacher for some years, and afterwards in the insurance business
in Boston. He m. Nelly Clapp of Worcester, Mass.
30. iii. Samuel Dunlap, b. March G, 1801, m. Sarah Field of Sun-
derland, Mass, lie is a trader and farmer in Sunderland.
31. iv. Sumner Dunlap, b. Oct. 28, 1802, m. March 14, 1833, Mary
Clapp of Worth ington, Mass. He is a farmer at S. Deerfield, Mass.
She d. July 1, 1861.
32. v. John Woodbridge Dunlap, b. July 17, 180G, m. May 3, 1837,
Juliette Judd of Westhampton, Mass., b. 1809 (dau. of Eleazer Judd
and Dorothy Lyman). She d. at S. Hadley, Aug. 19, 1841, leaving
one child that d. soon. He m. for 2d wife, Jan. 16, 1844, Rhoda Bar-
ber Phelps of Windsor, Ct., b. July 28, 1810 (dau. of Roger Phelps
and Rhoda Barber). He is a farmer at S. Hadley, living on the old
Woodbridge homestead. He has had by his last marriage 2 children :
1. George Woodbridge Dunlap, b. Aug. 19, 1845, d. April 1, 1847.
2. Edward Phelps Dunlap, b. March 5, 1848.
' Here ends the account of the descendants of Rev. John Woodbridge
of S. Hadley, by his first wife, Tryphena Ruggles. Of the children by
the second marriage, a descendant of one them, himself now 77 years of
age, says : " They were all above the ordinary standard of talents, and
especially fond of theological disputation, in which it was always diffi-
cult to conquer them." " They were hard nuts to crack," he says.
"They were all members of congregational churches."
Second Generation.
8. vii. Sylvester Woodbridge, M.D., b. May 10, 1754 (son of Rev.
John Woodbridge of S. Hadley and Martha Clark, his 2d wife), was a
physician of note at Southampton, Mass. He m. (pub. Sept. 6), 1777,
Mindwell Lyman, b. Nov. 1 749 (dau. of Elias Lyman of Northamp-
ton and Hannah Allen). He d. 1824, aet. 70.
Third Generation. Children :
33. i. Rev. John Woodbridge, D.D., b. Dec. 1784.
34. ii. Mindwell Woodbridge, b. Nov. 26, 1 787, m. Rev. Vinson
Gould.
35. iii. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, D.D., b. Nov. 11, 1790.
33. i. Rev. John Woodbridge, D.D., b. Dec. 2, 1784, grad. at Wil-
liams Coll. in 1804, m. in 1814 Mary Ann Seymour of Hartford, Ct.
(dau. of Thomas Y. Seymour). He was pastor atvHadley, Mass. (1810-
30), and afterwards of several churches in different places, as in New
York, Bridgeport, Ct., and New Hartford, Ct., and in 1842 was settled
again at Hadley (The Russell Society), which charge he retained until
1857, after which he continued to reside for some years at Hadley, and
in the end removed to Chicago, 111., where he d. His wife, Mary Ann,
d. Jan. 16, 1858.
Fourth Generation. Children:
36. i. Mindwell Woodbridge, b. March 20, 1815, m. Oct. 5, 1847,
George A. Gibbs of Chicago. She d. Oct. 3, 1849, aet. 34.
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36. ii. Mary Ann Woodbridge, b. July 13, 1817, in. Aug. 11, 1840,
Aaron Hawley, who d. Aug. 19, 1847. She m. for 2d husband Rev.
Parsons Cook, D.D., of Lynn, Mass., July 20, 1850.
37. iii. Susan Augusta Woodbridge, b. Aug. 30, 1819.
38. iv. Emmeline Woodbridge, b. Nov. 23, 1821, m. Feb. 2, 1848,
William P. Dickinson of Chicago.
39. v. Charlotte Woodbridge, b. March 6, 1824, m. Aug. 4, 1842,
Elisha S. Wadsworth of Chicago.
40. vi. Rebecca Woodbridge, b. March 22, 1826, m. Oct. 2, 1850,
Erastus S. Williams of Chicago.
41. vii. John Woodbridge, b. March 3, 1829, a lawyer in Chicago,
m. July 10, 1851, Elizabeth Butler.
42. viii. Louisa Christmas Woodbridge, b. Sept. 10, 1831.
43. ix. Elizabeth Octavia Woodbridge, b. Jan. 10, 1836, m. Sept.
10, 1853, Rev. Richard H. Richardson, D.D., then of Chicago, now of
Trenton, N. J.
Third Generation.
34. ii. Mindwell Woodbridge (dau. of Dr. Sylvester Woodbridge of
Southampton, Mass., and Mindwell Lyman), b. Nov. 26, 1787, in.
Sept. 9, 1808, Rev. Vinson Gould, b. Aug. 1, 1773, at Sharon, Ct. (son
of David Gould and Mary Brewster), grad. at Williams Coll. in 1797,
in the first graduating class of the college, tutor there (1799-1801).
He was settled at Southampton, Mass., for 31 years (1801-32), and
preached at Bernardston for a short time (1833-6). He d. at South-
ampton, April 6, 1841, aet. 67. She d. Oct. 1, 1839, aet. 52. Under
his ministry 715 additions were made to the church, and 46 young
men in that small farming town acquired a collegiate education, chiefly
under his influence and that of his talented and well-educated wife.
She was a superior scholar and teacher, and herself prepared students
for admission to college. Said Prof. Bela B. Edwards of Andover
Theol. Sem., one of the 46 young men alluded to: " Her intellectual
character was of a high order. Most of the 46 youth who went to
college from Southampton, were indebted to the friendly assistance and
thorough training of her husband. In his absence she frequently took
his place, and with much readiness and ability heard recitations in
Caesar, Virgil, Cicero and the Greek Testament — devoting much of her
time and strength to a cause which she ever had greatly at heart, the
preparation of young men for the gospel ministry." Prof. Edwards A.
Park of Andover also said of her : "Her praise is in all the churches."
They had six children.
[David Gould was the son of Job Gould, b. in Milford, Ct., and
Sarah Prindle. Mary Brewster was the dau. of James Brewster and
Faith Ripley, dau. of Joshua Ripley of Windham, Ct., and Hannah
Bradford, who was dau. of Gov. William Bradford, Jr.. and so grand-
daughter of William Bradford, Gov. of Plymouth Colony.]
Fourth Generation. Children :
44. i. Mary Brewster Gould, b. Dec. 23, 1810, m. Dec. 25, 1832,.
Rev. Alexander Wilson McClure, D.D., b. at Boston, Mass., May 8,
1808 (sou of Thomas and Mary McClure), grad. at Amherst in 1827,.
and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1830. He was stated supply at Mai-
den, Mass. (1830-2), and pastor there (1832-43). He preached at
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St. Augustine, Fla. (1844—6); and was editor of The Christian Ob-
servatory at Boston (1847-50); returned to Maiden, Mass. (1848-
51); was settled over Dutch Kef. Ch. in Jersey City (1851-4); was
Sec. Am. and For. Ch. Union (1855-7), and went afterwards to Rome,
Italy, as chaplain ; and secured the erection at Pai-is, France, of the
American Chapel there. He suffered from asthma greatly. He d. at
Canonsburg, Fa., Sept. 20, 1865, aet. 56. His widow has resided at
Middletown, Del., since his death. They had 8 children :
1. Thomas Vinson McClure, b. April 27, 1834, d. Aug. 17, 1841.
2. Mary Mind well McClure, b. June 11, 1835, m. Nov. 7, 1855, N.
Delaplaine Danforth of Jersey City, N. J., who d. in I860, and she m.
for a 2d husband, Aug. 15, 1865, S. H. Emory of Quincy, 111.
3. Alexander Wilson McClure, b. May 21, 1839, was a Major of
U. S. Cavalry in the late war. He m. 1865, Jeanie W. Patton, his
cousin (dau. of Rev. John Patton, D.D.).
4. Agnes Moorehead McClure, b. Feb. 7, 1843, m. June 8, 1865,
William L. Alden (son of Rev. Joseph Alden, D.D., Prest. of Jeffer-
son Coll., Pa.)
5. Edward Woodbridge McClure, b. in 1847.
6. Anna Eliza McClure, b: in 1849.
7. John Eliot McClure, b. in 1851, d. in 1852.
8. Margaret McClure, b. in 1854, d. in 1854.
45. ii.^Mindwell Lyman. Gould, b. in 1812, m. as his 2dwife, Sept. 1,
1842, Rev. John Patton, D.D., b. in Cecil Co., Md., 1808 (son of John
Patton and Eleanor Campbell), grad. at Jeff. Coll. in 1826, and at the
Union Theol. Sem., Va. (at Hampden Sidney, Va. ). He was pastor at
Philadelphia of "The Western Presb. Ch!" (1835-43), and of the
Logan Square Presb. Ch. (1855-65). He was, in the interval between,
Secretary of the Philadelphia Education Society. Since 1866 he has
been pastor of the First Presb. Ch. of Middletown, Del. Children :
1. John Woodbridge Patton, b. July 13, 1843, grad. at Princeton
Coll. in 1864, is a lawyer in Philadelphia.
2. Thomas Chalmers Patton, b. May 19, 1847, d. Nov. 1847.
46. iii. David Gould, b. July 8, 1814, grad. at Amherst Coll. in
1834, was a teacher at Washington, D. C., for several years, in the
classics and natural sciences. Jn 1839 he was admitted to the N. Y.
bar, and practised law in New Yoi'k until 1863, residing most of the
time in Jersey City. He was an earnest active member of the Dutch
Ref. Ch. In 1866, his health having greatly failed, he was commis-
sioned (May 18th) U. S. Consul to Leith, Scotland. For a year and
more he filled successfully and honorably the duties of that office, and
d. of disease of the heart at Edinburgh, Scotland, July 22, 1867, act.
53, with a heart full of sweet rest in Christ. He m. June 19. 1843,
Mary Catalina Vroom of New Brunswick, N. J., b. Oct. 11, 1821
(dau. of Guysbert Bogert Vroom and Catalina Maria Delamater). She
d. aet. 37, at Jersey City, N. J., June 19, 1859. He m. Aug. 1, 1860,
Julia Cantine De Witt, b. at Albany, N. Y., April 3, 1831 (dau. of
Ephraim De Witt and Ann Walsh). There was no issue by this mar-
riage. By his first wife he had one child :
1. Georgine Vroom Gould, b. at Brooklyn, L. L, Aug. 23, 1848.
47. iv. Rachel Gould, } resides at Norfolk, Va., unmarried.
v twins, b. about 1818.
48. v. Sarah Gould, ) resides unmarried at Norfolk, Va.
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49. vi. Margarette Gould, b. in 1822, m. Sept. 4, 1845, Orloff Mather
Dorman, b. in Wilbraham, Mass., in 1809 (son of Stephen Dorman
and Mather), grad. at Amherst Coll. in 1831, a lawyer at St.
Augustine, Fla. At the breaking out of the late war he came north,
and was appointed paymaster in the U. S. A., holding the office until
March 1866. He removed afterwards to Norfolk, "Va.
Third Generation.
35. iii. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, D.D. (son of Dr. Sylvester
Woodbridge of Southampton andMindwell Lyinan), b. Nov. 11, 1790,
m. in 1812, while in Williams Coll., Elizabeth Gould, b. July 14, 1786
(dau. of David Gould of Sharon, Ct., and Mary Brewster, and sister to
Rev. Yinson Gould, his brother-in-law). He went from Andover Theol.
Sem. in 1814: was settled in Greenfield, Mass. (1817—23), and at
Greenville, N. Y. (1824-31) : was agent of the Am. Tract Soc. (1831-
8), and afterwards of Auburn Theol. Sem., and of Oakland Coll., Miss. :
stated supply at Westhampton, L. I. (1841-8), and was pastor of the
Second Presb. Ch. of New Orleans, La. (1852-60). He d. there June
30, 1863, aet. 72. She d. in Woodville, Miss., Nov. 1851, aet. 65.
They had seven children, one of whom, Alrnira, b. about 1817, d. in
early childhood.
Fourth Generation. Children:
50. i. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, b. June 15, 1813, at Sharon, Ct.,
grad. at Union Coll. in 1830, and at Princeton Theol. Sem. afterwards,
m. May 8, 1836, Mary Foster, b. Aug. 3, 1816 (daii. of Cephas Foster
of Quogue, L. I., and Abby Rogers. The parents of Cephas Foster
were Josiah Foster and Esther Post. Josiah Foster was son of John
Foster, who was son of Christopher Foster, one of the first settlers of
Southampton, L. I.). He was pastor of the Presb. Ch. of Westhamp-
ton, L. I. (1836-7), of Hempstead, L. I. (1837-48), went Nov. 1848
to California as a missionary, and March 11, 1849, held the first wor-
ship ever had on the North side of San Francisco Bay, in California,
at Benicia, where he soon organized a Presb. Ch., over which he was
formally installed as pastor, Feb. 21, 1850, which relation he main-
tained until 1867. He has been for some years past editor of " The
Occident," a religious newspaper (Presb.), published at San Francisco,
Cal. His children, eleven in all, have been :
1. Sylvester Woodbridge, M.D., b. Feb. 26, 1837, asst. surgeon in
the U. S. Marine Hospital in San Francisco.
2. Mary Emma Woodbridge, b. April 19, 1839, m. June 25, 1863,
Prof. Paul Pioda, teacher in the High School of San Fi-ancisco.
3. Willie Woodbridge, b. Dec. 1, 1841, d. Aug. 13, 1842.
4. Grace Elizabeth Woodbridge, b. Jan. 5, 1843, m. May 13, 1865,
Frank 1 1. Skinner of San Francisco.
5. Rebecca Woodbridge, b. July 11, 1845.
6. Cephas Foster Woodbridge, b. Feb. 24, 1848, d. Aug. 25, 1849.
7. Lucy Abby Woodbridge, b. Feb. 23, 1854.
8. Alfred Foster Woodbridge, b. Sept. 29, 1855.
9. Fanny Woodbridge, b. June 26, 1858.
10. John Dudley Woodbridge, b. June 25, 1860.
11. Governor Bradford Woodbridge, b. Oct. 30, 1863.
51. ii. Rev. Jahleel Woodbridge, b. Feb. 19, 1815, grad. at Union
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Coll., N. Y., in 1832, and at Princeton Theol. Sena, afterwards, was
settled as a Presb. clergyman at Baton Rouge, La. (1840-54), ar.d at
Henderson, Ky. (1854—68 ?), and is now (1874) at Wesson, Miss. Hem.
April 30, 1840, Martha Jane AVitherspoou of E. Feliciana, La., b. .Ian.
15, 1824 (dau. of Samuel James Calvin Witherspoon and Margaret J.
D. Gordon^. She d. March 13, 1850, and he m. for 2d wife, March
2, 1852, Louisa Caroline Ligon of Lafoxirche Interior, La., b. at Wat-
kinsville, Ga., Feb. 10, 1824 (dau. of Robert Ligon and Wilhelmina
Ware Fill wood). He has had by both marriages nine children :
By first marriage :
1. Calvin Witherspoon Woodbridge, b. Aug. 13, 1841, m. Dec. 18,
1862, Mary Frances Cabell (dau. of John Cabell and Martha Posey),
b. Nov. 13, 1845.
2. Jahleel Woodbridge, b. Sept. 15, 1843, d. May 21, 1846.
3. William Gould Woodbridge, b. July 23, 1845.
4. Sylvester Woodbridge, b. June 4, 1847, d. July 25, 1852.
By second marriage :
5. Jahleel Ligon Woodbridge, b. May 6, 1853.
6. George Grant WTood bridge, b. Sept. 26, 1854.
7. Samuel Isett Woodbridge, b. Oct. 16, 1856.
8. Louise Woodbridge, b. Sept. 25, 1860, d. Nov. 19, 1860.
9. Mina Caroline Woodbridge, b. Jan. 12, 1866.
52. iii. Rev. Samxiel Merrill Woodbridge, D.D., b. at Greenfield,
Mass., April 5, 1819, grad. at N. Y. University in 1838, m. Feb. 4, 1845,
Caroline Bergen (dau. of Michael Bergen of Brooklyn, N. Y., and
Sarah Vanderbilt). She d. May 1, 1861. He m. Dec. 20, 1866, Anna
Whitaker Dayton, b. March 18, 1841 (dau. of Charles P. Dayton, of
New Brunswick, N. J., and Elizabeth B. Arrowsmith). He has been
since 1857 Prof, of Ecc. Hist, and Govt., and Pastoral Theology, at
Rutgers Theol. Sem. (Dutch Reformed) at New Brunswick, N. J. Child :
By first wife :
1. Caroline Woodbridge, b. Dec. 2, 1845.
53. iv. Fannv Coleman Woodbridge, b. at Greenfield, Mass., Sept.
3, 1822, m. Rev. Charles Beach, b. at Newark, N. J., April 9, 1819
(son of Isaac Newton Beach and Mary Meeker), grad. at Woodward
Coll., Cincinnati, O., and at Princeton Theol. Sem. in 1845, pastor of
the Woodville Presb. Ch., Miss. (1846-57), of the Presb. Ch. of South
Plains, in Charlottesville, Va. (1857- ), and is now (1873) settled at
Darnesville, Md. Children :
1. Charles Woodbridge Beach, b. at Woodville, Miss., Dec. 2, 1848,
grad. at The University of Virginia.
2. William Baldwin Beach, b. there Sept. 24, 1850.
3. Sylvester Woodbridge Beach, b. there July 24, 1852.
4. Edwin Meeker Beach, b. there April 15, 1854.
5. Mary Gould Beach, b. at Woodville, Oct. 30, 1855, d. Nov. 1, 1855.
6. Fanny Eliza Beach, b. there Jan. 8, 1859.
7. Emma Virginia Beach, b. in South Plains, Virginia (Albermarle
Co.), Dec. 29, 1858.
8. Elizabeth Gould Beach, b. March 23, 1860, d. April 1862.
9. John Newton Beach, b. Dec. 18, 1861.
10. Annie Lee Beach, b. June 14, 1863.
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54. v. Rev. John Woodbridge, D.D., b. May 9, 1824, grad. at
Union Coll. in 1842, m. March 8, 1850, at Hempstead, L. I., Mary
Lavinia Musereau, b. May 3, 1830 (dau. of Samuel Musereau and
Hannah Raynor). She d. Jan. 24, 1860. He in. Sept. 11, 1861, at
Ballston Spa, Helen Freeman, b. Nov. 1, 1824 (dau. of Samuel Free-
man, M.D., of Saratoga Springs, and Helen Yan Rensselaer Woodruff).
He was settled at Greenport, L. 1., and at Saratoga, over the Presb. Ch.
(1851- ), and since has been pastor of the Presb. Ch. of New Bruns-
wick, N. J. Has had 6 children :
By first ivife :
1. Elizabeth Woodbridge, b. Sept. 1, 1851.
2. An infant, that d. soon.
3. John Eliot Woodbridge, b. Aug. 14, 1855.
4. Samuel Musereau Woodbridge, b. April 26, 1857.
5. Gertrude Doe Woodbridge, b. March 10, 1859.
By second wife:
6. Freeman Woodbridge, b. June 2, 1866.
55. vi. Mary Rebecca Woodbridge, b. Oct. 29, 1828.
Second Generation.
10. ix. Sophia Woodbridge (dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of S.
Hadley and Martha Clark, his 2d wife), b. Oct. 16, 1761, m. May 20,
1786, Rev. Joseph Strong, b. April 7, 1756, at Granby, Ct. (son of
Rev. Joseph Strong of Williamsburgh, Mass., and Jane Gelston — for
full account of Strong pedigree, see Hist, of Strong Family by the
author, vol. i. pp. 1-375), grad. at Yale in 1784, settled at Heath, Mass.
(1790-1803), and at Eastbury, Ct. (1806-17), was a Home Missionary
in Maine for some years, and preached last of all in Preble, N. Y.
He d. at Clinton, N. Y., while on a visit, Dec. 19, 1823, aet. 67 : she
d. there June 27, 1832, aet. 72.
Third Generation. Children :
56. i. Hon. Joseph Strong, b. Aug. 28, 1787, was a gentleman-farmer
at S. Hadley, Mass., on the fine estate which he inherited from his
uncle, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge (see No. 5. iv.), 1819-30 ; and a
miller at Rochester, N. Y. (1830-47), where he d. Aug. 1847, aet. 60.
He was several times a member of the Mass. Legislature. lie m. in
1812 Harriet Whitney of Boston (whose parents resided at Watertown,
Mass.). She resided, after his death, at Boston. No issue.
57. ii. Prof. Theodore Strong, LL.D., b. at S. Hadlev, Mass., July
26, 1790, d. Feb. 1, 1869, aet. 78.
58. iii. Sophia Woodbridge Strong, b. Jan. 1, 1793, m. Benjamin
Woolsey Dwight, M.D., and d. Dec. 3, 1861, aet. 68.
59. iv. Woodbridge Strong, M.D., b. Aug. 24, 1794, grad. at Yale
in 1815, m. June 27, 1326, Elizabeth F. Wheaton, b. April 13. 1795
(dau. of Hon. Laban Wheaton of Norton, Mass., b. in 1754, who d.
aet. 92, March 23, 1846. He was grad. at Harvard in 1774, and was
M. C. for 4 successive terms [1809-17] ). She d. without issue March
25, 1834, aet. 39. He m. for 2d wife, May 28, 1840, widow Harriet
Torrey, nee Atwood, b. Nov. 18, 1813, an amateur artist, widow of
M. C. Torrey, an artist in Boston, who d. Sept. 24, 1837. He was a
physician at Boston for 40 years and more. He was fond to the end
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of classical studies, and of philosophical and theological speculations,
lie was once a member of the Mass. Legislature. She d. Dec. 28,
1851. He d. March 29, 1861, act. GG. One child :
1. Harriet Elizabeth Strong, b. March 2, 1849, who d. March 25,
1859.
60. v. Hon. Maltby Strong, M.D., b. Nov. 24, 1796, grad. at Yale
in 1819, m. Sept. 9, 1835, Eliza Bartlett Spragne of Salem, Mass., b.
Oct. 1, 1810 (dau. of Hon. Joseph E. Sprague and Eliza Bartlett). He
has been a resident for some 35 years past of Rochester, N. Y., of
which he was once mayor. No issue.
61. vi. Elbridge Strong, b. June 13, 1798, d. July 31, 1800.
62. vii. Delia Strong, b. May 18, 1800, m. Prof. Charles A very.
63. viii. Horatio Elbridge Strong, b. May 19, 1802, d. Jan. 24, 1803.
64. ix. Amanda Strong, b. Jan. 12, 1804, m. Dr. Stephen V. R.
Bogert.
57. ii. Prof. Theodore Strong, LL.D. (son of Rev. Joseph Strong
and Sophia Woodbridge), b. July 26, 1790, m. Sept. 23, 1818, Lucy
Dix, b. at Littleton, Mass., April 3, 1798 (dau. of John Dix and Hiil-
dah Warren). He was grad. at Yale in 1812, and was Prof, of Mathe-
matics and Nat. Philos. at Ham. Coll., Clinton, N. Y., for 11 years
(1816-27), and at Rutgers Coll.,N. J., for 35 years (1827-62). He
was the author of " A Treatise on Algebra," and of a veiy able work
on " The Differential and Integral Calculus," which he wrote at Clin-
ton, N. Y., when on a summer's visit there in 1867, when 76 years
old. He d. at New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 1, 1869, aet. 78. His
widow resides (1874) at Piermont, N. Y.
Fourth Genei*ation. Children :
65. i. Mary Dix Strong, b. July 1, 1819, m. Oct. 7, 1841, Hon.
John Van Dyke, b. April 3, 1807 (son of Abraham Van Dyke of Lam-
ington, N. J., and Mary Honeyman), a lawyer formerly in New Bruns-
wick and Trenton, N. J., and since 1868 in Wabasha, Minn. He was
M. C. (1847-51) and Judge of the Superior Court of N. J. (1859-66).
Nine children :
1. Theodore Strong Van Dyke, b. July 19, 1842, grad. at Princeton,
N. J., in 1863, a lawyer in Wabasha, Minn.
2. John Van Dyke, b. Feb. 15, 1844, d. July 28, 1845.
3. Abraham Van Dyke, b. May 25, 1847, d" March 23, 1848.
4. John Van Dyke, 2d, b. March 30, 1849, d. Oct. 28, 1850.
5. Frederic Wm. Van Dyke, b. Jan. 12, 1852.
6. Robert Van Dyke, b. Jan. 29, 1854.
7. John Charles Van Dyke, b. April 21, 1856.
8. Mary Augusta Van Dyke, b. Jan. 17, 1859, d. Jan 10, 1860.
9. Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, b. Aug. 26, 1862.
65. ii. Sophia Woodbridge Strong, b. April 5, 1821, m. Oct. 12,
1839, Richard Hasluck, Jr., b. in 1812 (son of Richard Hasluck of
Birmingham, Eng.), a merchant in New York. She d. May 13, 1842,
aet. 21. He d. in England, April 30, 1859, aet. 47. One child :
1. Richard Hasluck, b. Nov. 1840, who d. one week old.
66. iii. Sarah Bowers Strong, b. Nov. 18, 1823, d. May 23, 1839,
aet. 15.
67. iv. Harriet Strong, b. Feb. 18, 1825, m. Sept. 18, 1850, Hon.
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John William Ferdon, b. Dec. 13, 1826 (son of William Ferdon of Pier-
mont and Elizabeth Perry), grad. at Rutgers Coll. in 1847, a member
of the N. Y. Assembly in 1854 and of the State Senate in 1855, and an
elder in the Dutch Ref. Ch. He resides in Piermont, N. Y., where he
has a large estate. Five children :
1. Lucy Dix Ferdon, b. April 23, 1852, m. Dec. 1872 Hoffmann
Rogers of New York, b. July 9, 1846 (son of Benjn. Woolsey Rogers
and Helena Hoffmann).
2. William Ferdon, b. Jan. 14, 1854, now (1873) a member of Ham.
Coll., N. Y., class of 1877.
3. Elizabeth Perry Ferdon, b. Dec. 4, 1858.
4. Mary Van Dyke Ferdon, b. June 29, 1859.
5. Theodore William D wight Ferdon, b. Jan. 13, 1869.
68. v. (Benjamin Ruggles) Woodbridge Strong, b. Feb. 21, 1827, m.
Aug. 4, 1852, Harriet Annie Hartwell, b. Oct. 25,1827 (dau. of Jona-
than Hartwell of Littleton, Mass., and Elizabeth Briad), grad. at Rut-
gers Coll. in 1847, a lawyer in large practice at New Brunswick, N. J.
Has had 3 children :
1. Edward Woodbridge Strong, b. Dec. 7, 1853.
2. Allan Hartwell Strong, b. March 5, 1856.
3. Joseph Maltby Strong, b. Dec. 8, 1857, d. Jan. 22, 1858.
69. vi. Lucy Dix Strong, b. Jan. 1, 1832, d. May 3, 1833.
70. vii. Theodore Strong, Jr., b. April 7, 1838, grad. at Rutgers in
1857, was First Lieut, in the 30th N. J. Regt. in the late war, and d.
of typhoid fever at Belle Plain, Ya., Feb. 24, 1863.
Third Generation.
58. iii. Sophia Woodbridge Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong and
Sophia Woodbridge), b. at Heath, Mass., Jan. 1, 1793, m. May 7,
1815, Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D., b. Feb. 10, 1780 (son of Prest.
Timothy Dwight of Yale College and Mary Woolsey, dau. of Benjamin
Woolsey, Jr., and Esther Isaacs;, grad. at Yale in 1799, a merchant for
many years at Catskill, N. Y. (1817-31), and afterwards a gentleman
farmer at Clinton, N. Y., where he was also Treasurer of liamilton. Col-
lege (1831-50). He d. May 18, 1850: she d. Dec. 3, 1861, aet, 68.
For an account of their descendants, see previous pages (180-98).
Third Generation.
62. vii. Delia Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong and Sophia Wood-
bridge), b. at Heath, Mass., May 18, 1800, m. Oct. 1, 1822, Prof.
Charles A very, LL.D., b. July 29, 1795 (son of Gardner Avery of
Munson, Mass., and Amy Newell), grad. at Ham. Coll., N. Y., in 1820,
and Prof, of Chemistry and Nat. Philosophy there for 35 years (1834-
69). Since 1871 he has been Prof, of Chemistry in the Homoeopathic
College of New York City, and in the fall of 1872-3 became Prof, also
of the same in The Female Med. College of New York, beside giving
lectures in several leading schools in the city. In the winter of 1872-3
he gave in these different ways 270 lectures of an hour in length each
with experiments — all extempore, and each specially prepared for the
given occasion.
Fourth Generation. Children :
71. i. Delia Avery, b. March 17, 1824, m. Sept. 6, 1843, Hon. Oth-
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niel Samuel Williams, b. Nov. 27, 1814 (son of Othniel Williams and
Mary Eliot, descended from Rev. Joseph Eliot of Guilford, Ct., by his
2d wife, Mary Wyllis), grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1831, a lawyer at Clin-
ton, N. Y. ; judge of probate for two terms ( 1847-50); Treasurer
(since 1850) of Ham. Coll., and Prest. (since 1808) of the Clinton and
Waterville R. Road. Three children :
1. Eliot Strong Williams, b. July 5, 1845, grad. at Ham. Coll. in
18G7, m. July 22, 1868, Rachel Wood Squiers, b. at Troy, N. Y., Aug.
2, 184G (dau. of Gordon Newell Squiers of Geneva, N. Y., and Ruth
Wood). He is a farmer at Clinton, and coal dealer ; was supervisor in
1870-2. Two children.
2. Mary Delia Williams, b. May 28, 1847, m. June 30, 18G9, Henry
Everett Case Daniels, b. at Cayuga Bridge, N. Y., June 15, 1846 (son
of John Horton Daniels now of Chicago, 111., and Frances Louisa
Pomeroy), grad. at Ham. Coll., N. Y., at first a banker at Wilming-
ton, 111., but since 1871 a manufacturer of doors, sash, blinds and
house-finishings at Chicago, 111. Two children :
3. Sophia Louisa Williams, b. April 18, 1852, m. July 25, 1872,
Rev. Abel Grosvenor Hopkins, b. Dec. 5, 1845 (son of Prof. Samuel
Miles Hopkins, D.D., of Auburn, N. Y., and Mary Jane Heacock),
grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1866, and at Auburn Theol. Sem. in 1869, and
since 1871 Prof, of Latin in Hamilton College.
72. ii. Hon. Joseph Strong A very, b. at Fairfield, N. Y., Aug. 27,
1826, grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1848, a lawyer at Clinton; postmaster
for 3 years (1857-60), and Surrogate of Oneida Co. since 1864. He
m. May 8, 1856, Jenny Maria Wilcox, b. Nov. 25, 1835 (dau. of
Charles Wilcox and Louisa Benedict). One child :
1. Isabella Suinpter Avery, b. April 11, 1861.
73. iii. Charles Dwight Avery, b. March 25, 1830, grad. at Ham.
Coll. in 1850, m. Oct. 12, 1859, Elizabeth Crittenden Richey, b. at
Perth, C. W., May 8, 1837 (dau. of Josias S. Richey from Belfast,
Ireland, and Anna Matheson of Sussex, Eng. ). He resides at Chicago,
III. She d. there March 29, 1874. Four children:
1. William Henry Avery, b. Nov. 21, 1860.
2. Charles Herbert Avery, b. March 26, 1862.
3. Edward Woodbridge Avery, b. Oct. 29, 1863.
4. Delia Elizabeth Avery, b. March 4, 1866.
74. iv. Theodore Avery, b. at Clinton, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1832, m.
Jan. 8, 1858, Elmina Melissa White, b. Oct. 15, 1840 (dau. of Elias
Gilmore White of Clinton and Melissa Europa Moore). He was grad.
at Ham. Coll., in 1855, a lawyer in Clinton ; and Secretary and Treas.
of the Manchester Iron Works (2 miles from Clinton). Four children:
1. Alice Delia Avery, b. Nov. 22, 1858, d. Jan. 31, 1872.
2. Mary Lincoln Avery, b. Oct. 29, 1863.
3. Grace Elizabeth Avery, b. Jan. 11, 1867.
4. Theodora Ermina Avery, b. June 24, 1873.
75. v. Sophia Woodbridge Avery, b. May 25, 1835, d. April 26, 1836.
76. vi. Henry Newell Avery, M.D., b. April 30, 1838, grad. at
Ham. Coll. in 1858, and at the N. Y. Homoeopathic Coll. in 1866.
He practised medicine in Morristown, N. J. (1867-8), at New York
(1868-9), at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (1870-3), and has very recently es-
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tablished himself at Winona, Minn. He m. June 17, 1868, Catharine
Sebring Fowler, b. Dec. 17, 1844 (dau. of Jacob Van Benschoten Fow-
ler of ISTewburg, N. Y., and Sarah Jane Brinkerhoff). Three children :
1. Henry Brinkerhoff Avery, b. June 30, 1869.
2. Edward Woodbridge Avery, b. in 1871.
3. Fowler Brinkerhoff Avery, b. Feb. 1873.
77. vii. Edward Woodbridge Avery, M.D., b. Jan. 1, 1841, grad.
at Ham. Coll. in 1863, and at the Coll. of Physicians, etc., New York,
in 1866, was Asst. Surgeon in the late war, Surgeon U. S. A. at Fort
Sanders, Dacotah Territory (1&66-7), a homoeopathic physician at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (1868-70). Since 1872 he has been settled at
Mankato, Minn., as a lawyer and monev-lender. He m. Oct. 9, 1873,
at Leedsville, N. Y., Martha (E.) Adams, b. April 12, 1842, at Marl-
borough, N. Y. (dau. of Abel Adams and Phebe Hallock).
Third Generation.
64. ix. Amanda Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong and Sophia
Woodbridge), b. Jan. 12, 1804, m. March 7, 1826, Stephen VanRens-
selaer Bogert, M.D., b. March 14, 1804 (son of John Bogert of Albany
and Christiana Yought), a physician for several years at Geneva, N.
Y., and for some 35 years past the physician of " The Sailors' Snug
Harbor," atStaten Island, N. Y.
Fourth Generation. Children :
78. i. John Shankland Bogert, b. Dec. 7, 1826, d. Aug. 24, 1828.
79. ii. Mary Christiana Bogert, m. Samuel Day Flagg, M.D. (son of
Samuel D. Flagg of Buffalo, N. Y.), a physician at St. Paul, Minn.
No children.
80. iii. Harriet Sophia Bogert, m. Aug. 1859, William Minugh
Whittemore (son of John Whittemore and Mary Minugh), a gold bro-
ker in New York. No children. They reside on Staten. Island.
81. iv. Stephen Augustus Bogert, d. Dec. 1833.
82. v. Edward Strong Bogert, M.D., a surgeon in the U. S. Navy
on board " The Congress." He m. June 6, 1866, Helen Hart of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Two children:
1. Edward Strong Bogert, b. April, 30, 1867.
2. Rosalie Bates Bogert, b. Jan. 10. 1870.
83. vi. Grandin Augustus Bogert, d. Feb. 1838.
84. vii. Henrietta Evelina Bogert, resides unmarried at home.
85. viii. Catharine Eliza Bogert, m. June 4, 1868, Capt. Thomas
Melville (son of Allan Melville, a N. Y. merchant and Maria Ganse-
voort of Albany, N. Y.), Governor of " The Sailors' Snug Harbor " at
Staten Island.
86. ix. Isabella Lee Bogert, m. June 5, 1873, Rev. Francis Herbert
Bagley of Buffalo, N. Y., grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1870, and at Union
Theol. Sem., N. Y. in 1873.
87. x. Amanda Strong Bogert, lives unmarried at home.
VII.
THE WTOOLSEY FAMILY.
George Woolsey, the settler, b. at Yarmouth, England, Oct. 27,
1610, resided, it is believed, for some time in Holland, with his father,
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Benjamin Woolsey, son of Thomas. He came to this country, while
yet a mere boy, with Dutch emigrants, in 1G23. He was engaged in
trade for several years, in New Amsterdam, with Isaac Allerton, who
came as a passenger in the Mayflower.
He purchased, Aug. 10, 1647, a plantation at Flushing, L. I. He
m. Dec., 1047, at New York, his wife Rebecca (Cornell ?). He prob-
ably resided at New York as a trader until 1604. and may have used
his house and estate at Flushing during a part or all of the time as a
summer home. He became possessed of land at Jamaica, L. I., Feb.
15, 1G64, by deed from the town, whither it is believed that he soon
removed as one of its first settlers, and where he d., after a supposed
residence of some thirty years and more, Aug. 17, 1098, aet. 87. In
the year 1673 he was chosen town-clerk there, and his handwriting
is still freshly legible upon the town records. His Avill bears date
Nov. 2, 1091, and was proven Feb. 22, 1698-9, and reads as fol-
lows, as recorded in Queens Co. Records, Fol. A, p. 132, "George
Woolsey, of Jamaica, weak of body, gives his oldest son George his
land at Beaver Pond; to son Thomas, the 15-acre lot west of Anton
Waters' home-lot ; to his son John, his 30-acre lot by the Little Plains,
and 2 oxen after his decease, and all his wearing apparel ; to his
daughter Mary, 1 feather-bed and bolster, 2 pillows, 1 pr. sheets,
and 2 coverlets, to be delivered at her day of marriage, or when she
attains the age of 18, and 1 cow ; to his wife Rebecca, the remainder
of his lands and tenements, goods and chattels, during life. At her
decease, the lauds and tenements not already given he gives to his 3
sons, George, Thomas and John, to be equally divided, and his goods
and chattels to his 3 daughters, Sarah (Hallett), Rebecca (Wiggins),
and Mary Woolsey, equally."
The order of his children is believed to have been this, or like it :
Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1650, George, Thomas, Rebecca, John, Mary. His
son Capt. George (made Capt. in 1696), b. Oct. 10, 1652, d. at Dosoris,
L. I., Jan. 19, 1740, where his tomb is to be found to this day. Thomas
Woolsey, b. in 1655, had a wife Ruth. He removed in his later years
(not probably until after 1712) to Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y.
See Bolton's Hist. West. Co. for anything further known of him.
John Woolsey (brother to Capt. George and Thomas) had wife Abigail,
who d. about 1729. He appears in the Jamaica Records as a resident
there as late as 1711.
In 1722 Capt. George Woolsey, with wife Hannah, sold, as per
Jamaica Records, "to Benjamin Woolsey of Southold for £300, the
land at Beaver Pond, Jamaica, on which he (Capt. George) now lives."
Capt. George and Hannah Woolsey had two sons :
I. George Woolsey, b. Oct. 10, 1682, d. aet. 79, in 1762.
II. Rev. Benjamin Woolsey, b. Nov. 19, 1687, who d. Aug. 15,
1757, aet. 69.
[George Woolsey, 3d, b. Oct. 10, 1682, removed about 1710-12 to
Hopewell, N. J., and settled on a farm of about 218 acres there (now
Pennington, N. J. ) — his original homestead being still (1874) in pos-
session of his great-grandson, Dea. George Woolsey. His will, executed
Feb. 1, 1701, was proved March 11, 1762. He had 4 sons, Daniel,
tfc.remiah, Ifenri/ and Joseph, and a daughter Jemima, who m. Noah, son
of Major Ralph Hart, and cousin of John Hart, signer of the Declaration
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of Independence. She had 4 children : Jerusha; Dr. Noah ; Hannah;
and Elizabeth. Daniel Woolsey, had a son Benjamin, who had a son
Henry, and a dau. Nancy who d. unmarried. Henry Woolsey (son of
George) m. Mary Titus (da\i. of Ephraim Titus and Mary Armitage),
and lived in Pennington. He had a dau. Martha, who m. Philip Van
Cleve of Lawrence, N. J., who had by her 2 children, Henry and
Nancy, whose descendants now live in that locality. Joseph (son of
George, Woolsey, 3d) m. a Miss Montgomery and removed to Maryland.
Jeremiah Woolsey (son of George), b. about 1722, m. Dec. 15, 1753,
Mary, dau. of Joseph Hart. He lived on the old homestead. He
had 6 children: 1. Hannah, b. in 1755, and d. unmarried in 1788.
2. Ephraim, b. in 1757, who m. in 1791 Nancy Johnson, and had 5
children. He lived on the old homestead. 3. Mary, b. in 1759, m.
Lewis Perrine of Freehold, N. J., and had 3 sons and 2 daughters. 4.
Jemima, b. in 1761, d. unmarried in 1789. 5. Susanna b. in 17G3, d.
single. 6. Jeremiah Woolsey, Jr., M.D., b. June 16, 1769, grad. at
Princeton Coll., lived at Allentown, N. J., and d. in Cincinnati, Feb.
10, 1834.]
1. 1. Rev. Benjamin Woolsey (son of Capt. George Woolsey of Ja-
maica, L. I., and Hannah ), b. at Jamaica, L. 1., Nov. 19, 1687,
grad. at Yale in 1707, preached in different places until 1720, when
he became pastor for 16 years of the First Cong. Ch. in Southold, L. I.
He m. in 1714 Abigail Taylor, b. in 1695 (dau. of John Taylor of Oys-
ter Bay, L. L, and Mary Whitehead, dau. of Daniel Whitehead). She
was but 15 when married to Mr. Taylor, and m. for a 2d husband Joel
Barrow and had a dau. by him who m. Brinley Sylvester. She in-
herited from her father the valuable estate at Glen Cove, L. I. , of 300
acres, upon which they went to reside after his decease in 1735, and to
which he gave the name Dosoris (dos uxoris, the wife's dowry) that
it bears to this day. This estate, which has belonged for many years
to the descendants of Nathaniel Coles, has been enlarged in recent
years beyond its original ample dimensions. He was a man of superior
intellectual powers, and of generous ideas and of dignified mien and
bearing. For a fuller account of him and of his descendants than these
pages allow, see successive articles by the author in " The N. Y.
Geneal. and Biog. Record," vols. iv. and v., beginning with the July
number, p. 143 of vol. iv. (1873). While living at Dosoris he preached
gratuitously as he had opportunity (1736-56). He d. Aug. 17, 1756,
aet. 68 : she d. at Stamford, Ct., March 29, 1771, aet. 76.
Second Generation. Children:
2. i. Col. Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, b. June 8, 1717, d. Sept.
28, 1758, aet. 41.
3. ii. Sarah Woolsey, b. April 17, 1719, m. John Lloyd of Lloyd's
Neck, L. I., and d. Sept. 3, 1760, aet. 41.
4. iii. Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., b. Feb. 12, 1720, d. Sept. 9, 1771,
aet. 51.
5. iv. Hannah Woolsey, b. about 1724, m. Samuel McCoun, Jr., of
Oyster Bay, L. I.
6. v. Mary Woolsey, b. about 1726, m. Platt Smith, and for a 2d
husband Dr. George Muirson.
7. vi. Abigail Woolsey, b. Oct. 31, 1730, m. Rev. Dr. Noah Welles
of Stamford, Ct., d. Oct. 28, 1812, aet. 81.
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8. vii. Theodosia Woolsey, b. about 1733, d. Sept. 20, 1747.
2. i. Col. Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, b. June 8, 1717, m. Jan. 24,
1744, Rebecca Lloyd, b. Oct. 31, 1718 (dau. of Henry Lloyd and Re-
becca Nelson, dau. of Capt. John Nelson of Boston and Catharine
Taller, dau. of Gov. Wm. Taller). He d. Sept. 28, 1758, while engaged
against the French at Crown Point, N. Y., and was buried at Dosoris,
as were his three daughters also, Abigail, Elizabeth and Mary. She
d. at New Haven, Ct., Sept. 13, 1797, aet. 79.
Third Generation. Children :
9. i. Mary Woolsey, b. Feb. 18, 1745-6, d. Nov. 30, 1753.
10. ii. Theodosia Woolsey, b. Jan. 17, 1747-8, d. unmarried at New
Haven, Oct. 5, 1830, aet. 83.
11. iii. Abigail Woolsey, b. April 22, 1750, d. Nov. 13, 1753.
12. iv.. Elizabeth Woolsey, b. Jan. 9, 1753, d. Nov. 16, 1753.
13. v. Rebecca Woolsey, b. Aug. 22, 1755, m. Hon. James Hillhouse
of New Haven, and d. Dec. 30, 1813, aet. 58.
14. vi. Genl. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey, b. May 8, 1758, d. June
29, 1819, aet. 61.
13. v. Rebecca Woolsey, b. Aug. 22, 1755, m. Oct. 10, 1782, as his
2d wife, Hon. James Hillhouse of New Haven, Ct., b. Oct. 21, 1754
(son of Judge William Hillhouse of Montville, Ct., and Sarah Gris-
wold, sister of the First Gov. Griswold of Ct.), grad. at Yale in 1773,
member of the State Legislature, Treas. of Yale Coll. for 50 years
(1782-1832), M.C. for 3 successive terms (1790-6), and for 14
years (1796-1810) U. S. Senator. It was he who planted the
many venerable elms of New Haven. He d. Dec. 29, 1832, aet.
78 : she d. Dec. 30, 1813. His first wife was Sarah Lloyd, b. July
2, 1753 (dau. of John Lloyd of Stamford, Ct., and Sarah Woolsey).
[The father of Judge Wm. Hillhouse was Rev. James Hillhouse, b. in
1687, and grad. at the University of Glasgow, who came to this
country in 1719, and became pastor at Montville, Ct., where he d. in
1740, aet. 53. His wife, Mary Fitch, was dau. of Daniel Fitch, and
granddaughter of Rev. James Fitch of Saybrook, Ct., and Priscilla
Mason, dau. of Capt. John Mason, the hero of the Pequod war in
1637.J
Fourth Generation. Children :
15. i. Sarah Lloyd Hillhouse, b. July 17, 1783, d. unmarried June
28, 1833.
16. ii. Mary Lucas Hillhouse, b. Sept. 13, 1785 — " the Hannah
Moore of America" — d. unmarried at New Haven, aet. 85, March 22,
1871, venerable for her worth as well as her years.
17. iii. James Abraham Hillhouse, b. Sept. 26, 1789, grad. at Yale
in 1808, m. Nov. 23, 1822, Cornelia Ann Lawrence, b. Sept. 14, 1802
(dau. of Isaac Lawrence of N. Y., and Cornelia Beach). He was a
literateur and poet, residing at New Haven — the author of " Percy's
Masque," " Hadad," " The Judgment," " Demetria," etc. He d. Jan.
6, 1841, aet. 51. Four children.
18. iv. Augustus Lucas Hillhouse, b. Dec. 9, 1791, grad. at Yale in
1810, was devoted to literary pursuits. lie d. at Paris, France, un-
married, March 14, 1859, aet. 67.
19. v. Rebecca Woolsey Hillhouse, b. June 12, 1794, m. Sept. 26,
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1816, Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt, D.D., b. Aug. 28, 1788 (son of Nathaniel
Hewitt and Sarah Avery), grad. at Yale in 1808, a Presb. clergyman at
Plattsburgh, N. Y., Fail-field, Ct., and Bridgeport, Ct., where he d. in
1867. She d. June 4, 1831, aet. 37, and he m. for a 2d wife Susan
Eliot, dau. of Rev. Andrew Eliot and Mary Pynchon. He had by
Rebecca Hillhouse 6 children.
Third Generation.
14. vi. Genl. Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey (son of Col. Melancthon
Taylor Woolsey and Rebecca Lloyd), b. May 8, 1758, was Aid to his
Excellency George Clinton. He m. March 23, 1779, Alida Living-
ston, b. May 5, 1758 (dau. of Henry Livingston of Poughkeepsie and
Susan Conklin, dau. of John Conklin, and sister to Prest. John H.
Livingston of Rutgers Coll., N. J.). He left the army of the Revolution
in 1780, and was made Major Genl. of militia of the State of New York.
He was collector of customs at Plattsburgh, N. Y. (1787- ), and clerk
of Clinton Co. for many years. He d. at Trenton, N. Y., June 29, 1819.
She d. at Oswego, N. Y., July 12, 1843, aet. 85.
Fourth -Generation. Children :
20. i. Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, b. June 5, 1780, m.
Nov. 3, 1817, Susan Cornelia Treadwell,b. Dec. 8, 1796 (dau. of James
Treadwell of New York). He fought under Com. Decatur in the Tri-
politaii war, and in the war of 1812 under Com. Chauncey. He was
afterwards in command of the W. I. Squadron at Pensacola, Fla., and
of the Brazilian Squadron. He d. at Utica, N. Y., May 19, 1838, aet.
58 : she d. at Stamford, Ct., March 13, 1863, aet. 66. Seven chil-
dren.
21. ii. Henry Livingston Woolsey, b. April ]3, 1782, m. Feb. 18,
1805, Eunice Hubbell, b. Aug. 9, 1782 (dau. of Wolcott Hubbell of
Lanesboro, Mass., and Mary Curtis). She d. at Geneva, N. Y., April
2, 1830, aet. 47 : he d. Oct. 1848, aet. 68. Eight children.
22. iii. Susan Catharine Woolsey, b. Oct. 27, 1785, m. Samuel Over-
ing Auchmuty (son of Robert Auchmuty of Newport, R. I.), a mer-
chant in New York, where he d. May 19, 1828. She m. for a 2d
husband, Feb. 29, 1831, James Platt, b. Jan. 2, 1788 (son of Zepha-
niah Platt of Poughkeepsie and Mary Van Wyck), as his second wife.
He was a banker in Oswego for many years, and where he d. May 8,
1870, aet. 82. She d. Oct. 13, 1852. No issue.
23. iv. James Lloyd Woolsey, b. at Plattsburgh, N. Y., Feb. 25,
1788, m. Roxana Ackerman of Brown ville, N. Y., and had 10 children.
24. v. Catharine Amelia Woolsey, b. Aug. 3, 1796, d. March 9, 1815,
aet. 18.
25. vi. Cornelia Caroline Woolsey, b. June 23, 1790, m. Hersey De
Wolf of Guilford, Ct, She d. in 1865. Seven children.
26. vii. Charles Edward Woolsey, b. Nov. 17,' 1799, d. Dec. 6, 1799.
27. viii. Rebecca Nelson Woolsey, b. March 18, 1793, m. John Bor-
land of Boston, and d. Sept. 11, 1858. Five children.
Second Generation.
3. ii. Sarah Woolsey (dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey and Abigail
Taylor), b. April 17, 1719, m. Dec. 24, 1741, John Lloyd, b. Feb. 9,
1711-12 (son of Henry Lloyd of Lloyd's Neck, L. I., and Rebecca Nel-
son, and brother to Rebecca Lloyd, whom. Col. Melancthon T. Woolsey),
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a gentleman farmer living at Lloyd's Manor. lie was actively employed
as commissary for the State of Connecticut in the revolutionary war.
She d. Sept 3, 1760, aet. 41.
Third Generation. Children :
28. i. Henry Lloyd, b. July 22, 1743, at Stamford, Ct., d. \mmarried
at Lloyd's Neck, Jan. 14, 1825, aet. 41.
29. ii. John Lloyd, b. Feb. 22, 1745, d. Dec. 24, 1792.
30. iii. Rebecca Lloyd, b. Jan. 2, 1746, m. Lt. Gov. John Broome,
a wealthy N. Y. merchant.
31. iv* Theodosia Lloyd, b. Jan. 10, 1748, d. July 20, 1749.
32. v. Abigail Lloyd, b. Feb. 13, 1 750-1, m. Dr. James Cogswell of
New York, and d. at Lloyd's Manor about 1830. Four children.
33. vi. Sarah Lloyd, b. July 2, 1753, m. Hon. James Hillhouse of
New Haven, and d. Nov. 1779, without issue. See No. 13. v.
34. vii. Margaret Lloyd, b. Dec. 5, 1756, d. March 11, 1757.
29. ii. John Lloyd, Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1745 (son of John Lloyd and
Sarah Woolsey), m. April 1783, Amelia White, b. in 1700 (dau. of
Rev. Ebenezer White of Daribury, Ct.) He was a gentleman fanner at
Lloyd's Neck, and was actively engaged as a commissary for the State
of Connecticut. He d. Dec. 24, 1792: she d. Aug. 1818, aet. 58.
Fourth Generation. Children :
35. i. John Nelson Lloyd, b. Dec. 30, 1783, grad. at Yale in 1802, rn.
1815, Phebe T. Coles (dau. of Genl. Nathaniel Coles of Dosoris). He
managed with skill and earnestness the interests of his large manorial
esta.te at Lloyd's Neck (l',239 acres), and was a man of industry and
culture. He d. June 1, 1841, aet. 57.
36. ii. Angelina Lloyd, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. July 8, 1809, George
Washington Strong, b. Jan. 20, 1783 (son of Judge Selah Strong of Set-
auket, L. I., and Anna Smith, b. April 14, 1740, dau. of William Henry
Smith [grandson of " Tangier " Smith of St. George's Manor, L. I.,
and Martha Tunstall]. See Hist. Strong Family by the author, vol. i.
pp. 619-39). He was grad. at Yale in 1803 and was a lawyer of em-
inence in New York. She d. Sept. 20, 1814, aet. 29. He m. for a 2d
wife Eliza C. Templeton. He d. June 27, 1855. They had 2 chil-
dren :
1. Eloise Lloyd Strong, b. May 13, 1810, who m. Sept. 14, 1834,
Elias Hasket Derby, b. Sept. 24, 1803 (son of Gen. Elias H. Derby, of
Salem, Mass., and Lucy Brown), grad. at Harvard in 1824, a lawyer
in Boston : 7 children.
2. Mary Amelia Strong, b. Aug. 25, 1813, who resides unmarried
in New York.
37. iii. Mary Amelia Lloyd (dau. of John Lloyd, Jr., and Amelia
White), b. Feb. 19, 1791, d. Jan. 10, 1806. [A fuller view of the
Lloyd family history here given may be seen in the N. Y. Genealogical
Record prepared by the author, in vol. v. No. 1, pp. 17-19.]
Second Generation.
4. iii. Benjamin Woolsey, Jr. (son of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of
Dosoris and Abigail Taylor), b. Feb. 12, 1720, grad. at Yale in 1744,
resided at Dosoris, " in the commission of the peace," on the paternal
estate, until his death, Sept. 9, 1771, aet. 51. He m. about 1749,
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Esther Isaacs, b. July 19, 1730 (dau. of Ralph Isaacs, a merchant of
Norwalk, Ct., and a converted Jew, and Mary Kurnsey, dau. of Ben-
jamin Rumsey of Fairfield, Ct., whom he m. March 7, 1725-6). She
d. March 29, 1756, aet. 25. He m. for a 2d wife, in 1757, Anne
Muirson, b. Feb. 10, 1737 (dau. of Dr. George Muirsoii of Old Field,
Setauket, L. I., and Anna Smith, b. Dec. 20, 1706, dau. of Judge Henry
Smith, son of "Tangier" Smith of St. George's Manor, L. I.). She d.
Aug. 14, 1807.
Third Generation. Children :
JBy first wife :
. 38. i. Sarah Woolsey, b. in 1750, m. Moses Rogers of New York,
and d. July 24, 1816, aet. 66.
39. ii. Benjamin Woolsey, b. in 1752, d. Jan. 20, 1757.
40. iii. Maiy Woolsey, b. April 11, 1754, m. Prest. Timothy
Dwight, D.D., of Yale College, and d. Oct. 5, 1845, aet. 91.
J3y second wife :
41. iv. Major Benjamin Muirson Woolsey, b. Feb. 17, 1758, d. at
Bridgeport, Ct., Jan. 17, 1813.
42. v. Esther Woolsey, b. Dec. 1, 1759, m. Capt. Palmer of the
British army, and d. at Raphoe, Ireland, March 15, 1807, leaving 3
sons, John, Thomas and Benjamin.
43. vi. John Taylor Woolsey, b. Sept. 20, 1762, d. in the West
Indies, Dec. 9, 1778, leaving a son and daughter.
44. vii. George Woolsey, b. in 1763, d. Dec. 2, 1770, aet. 7.
45. viii. William Walton Woolsey, b. Sept. 17, 1766, d. Aug. 18,
1839, aet. 73.
46. ix. Elizabeth Woolsey, b. Sept. 22, 1768, m. William Dunlap.
47. x. George Muirson Woolsey, b. April 14, 1772, d. Jan. 13, 1840.
38. i. Sarah Woolsey (dau. of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., and Esther
Isaacs), b. in 1750, m. 1773, Moses Rogers b. in 1750-1 (son of whom
, the writer has searched much in vain to find). He was a large
hardware merchant in New York, of the firms of "Moses, Rogers «fe
Co." in Queen Street (1785-93), and of " Rogers & Woolsey" (1793-8).
He was an active member of several leading benevolent societies,
Governor of the New York Hospital (1792-9), Director of the U. S.
Bank (1793- ), Treasurer of the City Dispensary (1797- ), Director
of the Mutual Ins. Co. (1797-1807), and a vestryman of Trinity Ch.
(1787-1811). He and his two brothers, Henry and Nehemiali Rogers,
founded mercantile houses that lasted each of them for 40 years and
more. He d. Nov. 30, 1825, aet. 75. She d. July 24, 1816, aet.^66.
They had 5 children, one of whom, Heater, b. in 1778, d. in 1793,
aet. 15.
[On no point in the whole Woolsey family-history has the writer be-
stowed more determined and ingenious etforts for the discovery of
desired information than on that of the parentage of Moses Rogers,
one of the first men of New York in his day, and but recently
deceased. He has addressed the inquiry to at least a dozen of his
descendants among the leading people of the land, and he finds no
one that can tell him anything definite upon the subject. The prob-
abilities seem to be that his father was Moses Rogers, Senior, and that
he came from lluntington, L. L, and was private secretary for a time
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to Gov. Thomas Fitch of Noi-walk, Ct. His wife is believed to have
been Elizabeth Fitch, but how she was related to the Governor is not
clear. She was not his sister Elizabeth (for whose history see Hall's
History of Norwalk). She could not be his daughter Elizabeth, said to
have been born in Norwalk in 1 738, as Moses Rogers of New York was
born in 1750-1. She was probably a niece of Gov. Fitch. The broth-
era of Moses Rogers were Henry, Fitch and Nehemiah. He had a
sister Esther, who m. Archibald Gracie of New York, and another, who
m. David Lambert, also of New York. ]
Fourth Generation. Children :
48. i. Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, b. Feb. l,1774,m. Oct. 5, 1800, Hon.
Samuel Miles Hopkins, LL.D., b. at (Salem) Waterbury, Ct., May 9, 1772
(son of Samuel Hopkins of Goshen, Ct., and Mary Miles of Salem, Ct.),
grad. at Yale in 1791, a lawyer in New York (1800-9), who resided
afterwards at Geneseo and Moscow, N. Y. (1810-22), at Albany, N.
Y., 1822-32), and at Geneva, N. Y. (1832-7). He was a member of
Congress (1812-14). He laid out the village of Moscow, N. Y., and
was its founder. He was a man of high character and piety. He d.
Oct. 8, 1837, aet. 65. She d. Dec. 17, 1866, aet. 92. They had seven
children :
1. Mary Elizabeth Hopkins, b. April 13, 1802, m. Feb. 22, 1826,
William Gordon Verplanck, Director and Supt. of the Bloomingdale
Insane Asylum. "She d. at Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1859.
2. Prof. William Rogers Hopkins, b. Jan. 2, 1805, in. April 17,
1839, Mary Murray Gallagher of Geneva, N. Y. (dau. of George and
Ann Jane Gallagher) : Prof, of Chemistry for some years in the U. S.
Naval School in Annapolis, Md., biit for several years past a resident
of Geneva, N. Y. ; has had six children.
3. Julia Ann Hopkins, b. Feb. 22, 1807, m. Sept. 13, 1831, William
Eaton Sill, b. at Utica, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1806 (son of Elisha Eaton Sill
and Susan M. Hopkins, dau. of Samuel Hopkins of Goshen, Ct. ), her
cousin. He was grad. at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1825, and is a
lawyer at Geneva, N. Y. She d. March 5, 1849 ; had six children.
4. Hester Rogers Hopkins, b. Nov. 5, 1808, m. Ap-il 10, 1839,
Charles Alexander Rose, b. at Geneva, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1807 (son of
Robert Selden Rose and Jane Lawson), grad. at Ham. Coll., N. Y., in
1826 ; a farmer in Savannah, N. Y., since 1835. She d. at Geneva,
N. Y., Oct. 8, 1845. Three children.
5. Prof. Samuel Miles Hopkins, D.D., b. at Moscow, N. Y., Aug.
8, 1813, grad. at Amherst Coll. in 1832, and at Auburn Theol. Sem.in
1836, m. May 15, 1839, Mary Jane Heacock of Buffalo, N. Y.,b. Feb.
9, 1816 (dau. of Reuben B. Heacock and Abby Peabody Grosvenor).
He was settled as a Presb. clergyman at Corning, N. Y., in 1840, and
in Fredonia, N. Y., in 1844, and since 1847 has been Hyde Prof, of
Ecclesiastical History in Auburn Theol. Sera. Has had seven chil-
dren.
6. Woolsey Rogers Hopkins, b. July 14, 1816, grad. at Hobart Coll.,
Geneva, N. Y., m. Jan. 28, 1862, Mrs. Fanny Woolsey, nee Sheldon, b.
at Newport, N. C., April 9, 1832 (dau. of 'Israel Sheldon of Orange,
N. J., and widow of Win. Walton Woolsey, son of Wm. Cecil Woolsey
and Catharine Bailey) : a civil engineer, residing at Alexiindria, Va.
Has one child, Woolsey Hopkins.
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7. Sarah Elizabeth Hopkins, b. at Moscow, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1818,
m. May 15, 1839, John Melancthon Bradford, Jr., b. in 1813 (sou of
Rev. John M. Bradford of Albany and Mary Lush), grad. at Union
College in 1838. He d. at Chicago, 111., Feb. 18, 1860. She had
for several years a Family School for young ladies at Geneva, N. Y.
Has had six children.
49. ii. Benjamin Woolsey Rogers (son of Moses Rogers of New York
and Sarah Woolsey), b. May 13, 1775,m. Dec. 10, 1807, Susan Bayard
(dau. of William Bayard of New York and Elizabeth Cornell). She
d. at sea Oct. 11, 1814, and he m. for 2d wife, in 1819, Catharine Ce-
cilia Elwyn of Portsmouth, N. H., whose mother was a dau. of Gov.
Langdon of N. H. She d. March 14, 1833. He d. Dec. 12, 1859,
aet. 84. He was a large importer of hardware in New York. He was
for 38 years a Governor of The New York Hospital, and one of the
founders of " The Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane," and a large
landholder in W. New York (The Genesee District). He had five
children ; all but the last by his first wife :
1. William Bayard Rogers, b. Oct. 27, 1808, who resides unmarried
in New York.
2. Sarah Rogers, b. Oct. 29, 1809, m. April 4, 1839, William Pater-
son Van Rensselaer, b. March 6, 1806 (son of Stephen Van Rensselaer
of Albany, the patroon, and Cornelia Paterson, dau. of Judge William
Paterson of Amboy, N. J.). He is a resident of New York : has had
eight children.
3. Eliza Bayard Rogers, b. Aug. 17, 1811, d. March 20, 1835.
4. Benjamin Woolsey Rogers, b. Oct. 31, 1813, m. Helena Hoffman
(dau. of Dr. Richard Kissam Hoffman, a celebrated surgeon in New
York, who d. in 1861, and Jane Benson). He d. in 1852, aet, 34. Had
one son, Hoffman Rogers, b. July 9, 1846, m. Dec. 1872, Lucy Dix
Ferdon, b. April 23, 1852 (dau. of Hon. John Ferdon of Piermont,
N. Y., and Harriet Strong).
5. Thomas Elwyii Rogers, b. in 1820, d. in 1837.
50. iii. Archibald Rogers (son of Moses Rogers and Sarah Woolsey),
b. about 1782, m. in 1820, Anna Pendleton, dau. of Judge Nathaniel
Pendleton of Hyde Park, N. Y. (the intimate friend of Alexander
Hamilton, and his second in his duel with Aaron Burr), and Susan
Bard, dau. of Dr. John Bard of New York. They had four children :
1. Nathl. Pendleton Rogers, b. in 1822, a lawyer.
2. Edmund Pendleton Rogers, b. in 1827, the proprietor of " The
Quintard Iron Works," in New York.
3. Philip Clayton Rogers, b. in 1829.
4. Susan Bard Rogers, b. in 1835, m. Herman Livingston (son of
John T. Livingston), the owner of a line of steamers that sail out from
New York.
51. iv. Julia Ann Rogers (dau. of Moses Rogers and Sarah Wool-
sey), b. in 1788, m. Aug. 14, 1808, Francis Bayard Winthrop, Jr., b.
March 20, 1787 (son of Francis B. Winthrop and Elsie Marstou). She
d. April 14, 1814, aet. 26. He m. for 2d wife her cousin, Elizabeth
Woolsey, b, Oct. 6, 1794 (dau. of William Walton Woolsey and Eliza-
beth Dwight). She had three children :
1. Sarah Rogers Winthrop, b. Aug. 28, 1810, d. Feb. 12, 1812.
2. Rev. Edward Winthrop of Highgate, Vt.f b. Dec. 19, 1811, d.
70
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Oct. 31, 1865, aet. 54, grad. at Yale in 1831, m. Marian Penney, ami
for a 2d wife Elizabeth Andrus. He was Prof, of Sacred Literature
in the Kentucky Episcopal Theol. Sem. at Lexington, Ky., and rector
of St. Paul's Ch. at Cincinnati O., at Marietta, O., and Norwalk, O.,
and afterwards at Highgate, Vt., where he d.
3. Charles Archibald Winthrop, b. Jan. 25, 1813, resides in Cam-
bridge, Mass.
Third Generation.
29. iii. Mary Woolsey, b. April 11, 1754 (dau. of Benjamin Wool-
sey, Jr. of Dosoris, L. I., and Esther Isaacs), m. March 3, 1777, at the
house of Pierrepont Edwards, Esq., in New Haven, Ct., Prest. Timothy
Dwight, D.D., of Yale College, b. at Northampton, Mass., May 14, 1752,
(son of Major Timothy Dwight and Mary Edwards, dau. of Prest.
Jonathan Edwards), President of Yale College for twenty-two years
(1795-1817). He d. Jan. 11, 1817. She d. greatly revered for her
wisdom and worth, Oct. 5, 1845, aet. 91. "For full account of their
descendants, see pp. 171-211.
Third Generation.
41. iv. Major Benjamin Muirson Woolsey (son of Benjamin Wool-
sey, Jr., and Anne Muirson, his 2d wife), b. Feb. 17, 1758, m. about
1792 a Miss Prince (as is believed). He was (probably) a merchant
in New York. During the revolutionary war he was an officer in the
British service. He d. at Bridgeport, Ct., Jan. 17, 1813, aet. 54. He
had 3 children.
Fourth Generation. Children :
52. i. Abraham Minthorne Woolsey, b. in 1794, d. Nov. 12, 1836,
aet. 42.
53. ii. Hester Ann Woolsey, b. about 1798, m. a Mr. Rockwell, and
for a 2d husband a Mr. Napier, who d. soon afterwards. She d. in
1855. She had by her first marriage a dau. Emily Woolsey Rockwell,
who m. a physician in Augusta Ga. (name not given).
54. iii. William Woolsey, b. about 1800, who d. at sea, unmarried,
while on his way to Jamaica, W. L
52. i. Abraham Minthorne Woolsey (son of Major Benjamin M.
Woolsey), b. in 1794, m. Jan. 26, 1820, Emily Wingfield Sims, b. at
Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga., Nov. 20, 1798 (dau. of John and Mil-
dred Sims). lie was a prosperous merchant in Augusta, Ga., but in
the great financial crash of 1833 failed; under which trial his health
gave way, and in 1835 he removed to Mobile, Ala., and there d. Nov.
12, 1836, aet. 42. His widow m. Dec. 1, 1854, for a 2d husband, Bishop
James Osgood Andrew, b. in 1794, Bishop of the Meth. Ch. North
(1832-46), and of the Meth. Ch. South (1846-71). They resided at
Summerfield, Ala., where he d. March 1, 1871, aet. 77. She d. at
Selma, Ala., Jan. 24, 1872, aet. 73. She was remarkable for her force
of character and her personal beauty. She had by her first marriage 6
children :
1. William Sims Woolsey, b. Nov. 8, 1820, d. in Augusta, March
23, 1822.
2. Hon. Benjamin Minthorne Woolsey, b. Aug. 15, 1823.
3. John Frederic Woolsey, b. April 20, 1825, d. March 22, 1823.
4. Elizabeth Ann Woolsey, b. July 10, 1827, d. Nov. 27, 1831.
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5. Sarah Mildred Woolsey, b. Oct. 10, 1829, m. April 21, 1853,
Dr. William S. Mixson, b. July 10, 1827 (son of John Mixson, a large
planter in Ala., who d. aet. 90, in 1872), a planter in Dallas Co., Ala.
She d. without issue Dec. 4, 1859.
6. Juliet Frances "Woolsey, b. Dec. 17, 1832, m. at Summerfiehl,
Ala. Dr. Lewis D. Sturdivant (son of Robert Sturdivant of Dallas
Co., Ala.) She d. Feb. 2, 1859, leaving one child, Robert Minfchorne
Woolsey Sturdivant, living now (1874) with his uncle, Hon. Robt. D.
Sturdivant, in Dallas Co., Ala.
2. Hon. Benjn. Minthorne Woolsey (son of Abrn. M. Woolsey of
Augusta, Ga.), b. Aug. 15, 1823, m. Sept. 16, 1847, Lucinda Caroline
Swift, b. in 1829 (dau. of John and Susan Swift of Selma, Ala.).
He was grad. at Emery Coll., Meth., at Oxford, Ga., in 1044, at the
head of his class. He studied law, and practised it for a few years,
but, on account of the failure of his health, he relinquished the profes-
sion and settled as a planter near Selma (1848-64). He was at dif-
ferent times (1851 and 2, and also 1855 and 6) a member of the Alabama
legislature. In 1856 he received the nomination of the Union party
with acclamation in the Mobile Dist. for Congress, but declined the
honor. He opposed secession "as madness" when it was first pro-
posed at the South, and was recognized every whei-e among his Southern
friends as " a strong Union-man " (in their weaker sense of the phrase
than ours). He would neither enter the Confederate army nor act
as a Federal spy upon his Southern friends and neighbors. Under
Gov. Thomas H. Watts (1863-5), his personal friend, he became Com-
missioner of the entire saline region of the State, where a large force
was employed by the Government, and much money expended in the
manufacture of salt for the wives and children of deceased soldiers.
He is now (1874) a cotton-factor, with his two sons, at Selma, Ala.,
and is himself an insurance agent also. He has had five children:
(1). Susan Emily Woolsey, b. March 31, 1850, m. April 27, 1870,
Samuel William John, a lawyer in Selma (son of Chancellor Joseph
R. John of Selma, and now in partnership with him). She d. without
issue, March 7, 1873.
(2). St. George Lee Woolsey, b. Jan. 24, 1852, is a cotton factor at
Selma, in company with his father (Woolsey & Sons).
(3). Minthorne Woolsey, b. Dec. 24, 1853, is a cotton factor (1874),
with his father and brother, at Selma.
(4). William Swift Wooisey, b. Aug. 16, 1856.
(5). Frederic Woolsey, b. at Summerfield, Ala., Feb. 27, 1865, and
d. there June 23, 1867.
Third Generation.
45. viii. William Walton Woolsey (son of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr.,
and Ann Muirson, his 2d wife), b/Sept. 17, 1766, was a loading X.
Y. merchant, and held various important offices and trusts. He d.
Aug. 18, 1839. He m. Elizabeth Dwight, sister of 1'rest, Timothy
Dwight. She d. Dec. 8, 1813, aet. 41. For full account of their de-
scendants, see pp. 248-60.
46. ix. Elizabeth Woolsey (dau. of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., of Do-
soris, and Ann Muirson, his 2d wife, b. Sept. 22, 1768, m. about 1788,
William Dunlap, b. at Perth Aiuboy, N. J., Feb. 19, 1766 (son of
1100 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
Samuel Dunlap, from the north of Ireland), who was an artist and
author of considerable note. lie studied painting under the cele-
bi-atfd Benjamin West, and successfully adopted his style. He was
originally devoted to military matters, and bore the colors of the 47th
British Regiment, "Wolfe's Own," on "the plains of Abraham," and
was carried off, wounded, from the field on which his commander died.
He afterwards addicted himself variously, for some years, to painting,
literary enterprises, and theatrical management (the Park Theatre, N.
Y.), and miscellaneous undertakings; but in 1817, when 51 years old,
became chiefly and permanently a painter. He was the author of
several works, some of them of decided merit, as " A Biography of
Charles Brockden Brown," " The Memoir of George Frederic Cooke,"
the English actor, "The History of the American Theatre" (1832),
"The Arts of Design in the United States" (1834), «« Thirty Years
Ago" (a novel), in 1836, and "The History of the New Netherlands"
(pub. in 1840). He d. Sept. 28, 1839, aet. 73. He had two children,
Margaret and John Alexander Dunlap. Of their history the writer
knows nothing.
47. x. George Muirson Woolsey (son of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., of
Dosoris, and Ann Muirson), b. April 14, 1772, in. Sept. 27, 1797, Abby
Rowland, b. Aug. 27, 1776 (dan. of Joseph Howland of Norwich, Ct.
and Lyuia Coit, whom he m. May 27, 1772). He was a large shipping
merchant in New York. He owned Green Hook, L. L, as his personal
estate. She d. in London, Eng., March 4, 1833, aet. 56. He d. at his
country-seat, Casina, in Newtown, L. I., July 15, 1851, aet. 79.
Fourth Generation. Children :
55. i. George Muirson Woolsey, b. about 1798, d. unmarried, in
Liverpool, Eng., having been for twenty years and more a great invalid.
56. ii. Charles Alexis Woolsey, b. about 1799, d. in infancy.
57. iii. Edward Woolsey, b. about 1800, d. soon.
58. iv. Charles William Woolsey, b. March 4, 1802, m. June 28,
1827, Jane Eliza Newton, b. Nov. 9, 1801 (dau. of William Newton of
Virginia, and Jane Stuart). He perished in the " Lexington," 011 L. I.
Sound, Jan. 13, 1840, leaving behind him a young family of eight chil-
dren, seven daughters and a son, the eldest but twelve years old. His
widow still resides in New York. His children were :
1. Abby Howland Woolsey, who lives unmarried in New York.
2. Jane Stuart Woolsey, who resides there also, unmarried. '
3. Mary Elizabeth Watts Woolsey, who m. June 16, 1853, Rev.
Robert S. Ilowland, D.D., Episcopal, now of New York. She d. May
31, 1864, leaving behind her four daughters: Mary Woolsey, Abby
Roberta, Una Felice (b. in Rome, Italy), and Georgiana.
4. Georgiana Muirson Woolsey, who m: Dr. Francis Bacon, b. Sept.
5, 1831 (son of Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon of New Haven, Ct., and Lucy
Johnson), Prof, of Surgery in the Yale Med. School since 1864. No
children.
5. Eliza Newton Woolsey, who m. Joseph Howland, an amateur
farmer at Matteawan, Dutchess Co.,N. Y» No children.
6. Harriet Roosevelt Woolsey, who m. Jan. 7, 1869, Dr. Hugh
Lenox Hodge, Jr., LL.D., of Philadelphia, grad. at Princeton in 1814,
Prof, of Obstetrics in the University of Pennsylvania. They have one
son.
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7. Caroline Cai-son Woolsey, who m. Edward Mitchell, grad. at Co-
lumbia Coll. in 1861 (son of Judge William Mitchell of New York),
a lawyer in New York. They have one child, Eliza, b. Oct. 26, 1868.
8. Col. Charles William Woolsey, b. April 18, 1840, who m. April
25, 1867, Arixene Southgate Smith, b. Nov. 2, 1843 (dau. of Prof.
Henry B. Smith of Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., and Elizabeth Lee
Allen). He is a gentleman farmer at Briar Cliff, near Sing Siug, N.
Y. They have two children :
(1.) Charles Rowland Woolsey, b. in Rome, Italy, Jan. 1868.
(2.) Mary Malleville Woolsey, b. at Briar Cliff, Feb. 22, 1872.
59. v. Edward John Woolsey (son of George Muirson Woolsey and
Jane Abby Howland), b. Oct. 31, 1803, m. Emily Phillips Aspiriwall of
New York (sister of Wm. H. Aspinwall and John Lloyd Aspinwall,
Esqrs., of New York). He d. at Astoria, L. I., where his widow still
resides, June 30, 1873, aet. 71. He had four sons, one of whom is
now living, Edward John Woolsey, Jr., of Astoria. To him, says a
recent newspaper, " he gave by his will $100,000 and his real estate
in Newtown, L. I., with the furniture, books, pictures, wines, crops, and
farm utensils and stock, and a farm and island adjoining, with other
property ; and to his wife all the rest of his real and personal estate,
including a country-seat at Lenox, Mass. — one of the finest in the
State." More exact information was sought from the best sources for
procuring it, but without success. He m. Fanny M. Smythe, dau. of
Henry Smythe, late Collector of the port of New York.
Second Generation.
5. iv. Hannah Woolsey (dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris
and Abigail Taylor of Oyster Bay, L. I.), b. about 1724, m. about 1741,
Samuel McCoun, Jr., of Oyster Bay, b. in 1711 (son of Samuel Mc-
Coun, b. in 1674, and d. aet, 84, Dec. 9, 1758, and Martha Coles.
Samuel McCoun was son of John McCoun, the settler, of Westerley,
K. I.). Samuel McCoun, senior and junior, were, one or both of them,
land-surveyors appointed by the town, and were, as the records show,
large proprietors of land. lie d. May 4, 1749, aet. 38. She m. for a
2d husband, Oct. 24, 1760, Daniel Youngs of Oyster Bay Cove, as his
2d wife, without issue. He d. Dec. 13, 1783, aet. 65. She d. at
Nassau, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1792. He was a large farmer and a man of
great respectability, and a lineal descendant of Rev. John Youngs, the
first Episcopal minister of South old, L. I. Some of the descendants of
Daniel Youngs, by his first marriage, still occupy the old family man-
sion at Oyster Bay.
[John McCoun, the settler, came to Westerley, R. I., from Aber-
deenshire, Scotland, in Cromwell's day. In 1660-1 he, with others,
obtained, as the town records show, patents for lands which they had
purchased of the Indians. In 1671 and '79 he and others were sum-
moned before the Governor and Council, and took the oath of fidelity
to Charles II. He had four sons, Samuel, Daniel, Joseph and Wil-
liam. Samuel settled at Oyster Bay, and m. Martha Coles, by^whom
he had. several daughters and two sons, Samuel and John. William
McCoun (brother to Samuel and son of John, the settler) followed him
to Oyster Bay, where he m. Mary Townsend. They were the an-
cestors of Chancellor William T. McCoun of Oyster Bay, from whom
much of the information here given has been obtained.]
1102 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
Third Generation. Children :
60. i. Martha McCoun, b. about 1 742.
61. ii. John McCoun, b. Nov. 27, 1743, d. Feb. 16, 1812, act. 68.
62. iii. Violetta McCoun, b. about 1744.
63. iv. Samuel McCoun, b. about 1746, m. a Miss Thorne, and was
a farmer in Newburg, N. Y. He had two sons, Coles and Henry, who
lived in Newburg, and two other children.
64. v. Annie McCoun, b. about 1748, who m. Daniel Noble.
65. vi. Phebe McCoun, b. about 1749, in. John Bininger of New
York, who d. without issue, about 1839, in Belleville, Canada. She
also d. there.
With many efforts made in vain to trace the history of the other
children of Hannah (Woolsey) McCoun, the writer succeded only in
respect to one. The early records of most American families out of
New England are found by investigators generally to be sadly incom-
plete. Wherever they can be found they should be secured at once
with all diligence.
61. ii. John McCoun (son of Samuel McCoun, Jr., and Hannah
Woolsey), b. Nov. 27, 1743, m. March 20, 17G8, Elizabeth Townsend,
of Oyster Bay (dau. of Henry Townsend, afterwards of Chester, N. Y.,
and Elizabeth Titus). He removed from Nassau, N. Y., to Troy, N.
Y., where he was a merchant, and where he d. Feb. 16, 1812, aet. 68.
She d. Jan. 6, 1815. "She was very charitable and hospitable."
Fo\irth Generation. Children :
66. i. Townsend McCoun, b. Jan. 31, 1769, m. at Nassau, N. Y.,
Feb. 21, 1794, Sarah Vail, b. Oct. 2, 1775 (dau. of Moses Vail of Wash-
ington, N. Y., and Phebe Holmes. Aaron, father of Moses Vail, was
a noted Quaker preacher in Dutchess Co., N. Y.) He was a merchant
in Troy, where he lived for forty years (1794-1834), much respected
for his good sense, integrity and benevolence, and for his enterprise
and public spirit, and was one of the most prominent men of his day
in Troy. He d. Sept. 21, 1834, aet. 65. His widow resided still jn
Troy, in 1869, aet. 93. They had four children.
67. ii. Hon. Samuel McCoun (son of John McCoun of Troy and
Elizabeth Townsend), b. Sept. 18, 1772, and twin with John McCoun,
Jr., m. Feb. 7, 1801, Margaret Snow, b. June 18, 1780 (dau. of Joseph
Snow of Providence, R. I., and Sarah Badger). He was a merchant in
New York at first, and afterwards at Troy, N. Y., and was Mayor of
the city at the time of his death, March 25, 1830. " lie was a man of
culture and of extensive travel." She d. June 5, 1847. They had
three children, two of whom d. early. The surviving one, John Town-
send McCoun (son of Hon. Saml. McCoun arid Margaret Snow), b. May
22, 1803, m. Sept. 9, 1828, Angelica Rachel Douw Lane, b. Jan. 5,
1809 (dau. of Derrick Lane, b. April 30, 1755, and Angeliac Van
Rensselaer, b. at Claverack, N. Y., July 21, 1770). He was a mer-
chant at Troy, and, in his later years, president of a bank there. He
d. April 28, 1861. His widow has resided there since his death.
lie had seven children.
68. iii. John McCoun, Jr. (son of John McCoun and Elizabeth
Townsend), b. Sept 18, 1772, twin with Hon Samuel McCoun, m. Maria
Miller. He was a merchant at Troy, where he d. Aug. 5, 1812. His
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widow m. afterwards John Schuyler, Jr., of Watervliet, N. Y. They
had two children.
69. iv. Hannah McCoun (dau. of John McCoun of Troy and Eliza-
beth Townsend), b. Sept. 2, 1776, m. at Nassau, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1793,
Joseph Card, b. at Newport, R. I., July 5, 1766 (son of Richard Card
of that place, and Waite Tripp), a merchant at Troy, commonly called
" Capt. Card," from his habit of going down the Hudson to New York
in sloops belonging to his firm. He d. May 2, 1837, aet. 71. She d.
Dec. 1, 1849, aet. 73. They had five children.
70. v. William McCoun (twin with Sarah McCoun), b. Nov. 19,
1782, d. Sept. 7, 1809.
71. vi. Sarah McCoun (twin with William McCoun), b. Nov. 19,
1782, m. Sept. 30, 1803, Elisha Tibbits, b. at Cheshire, Mass., March
28, 1780 (son of John Tibbits and Waite Brown. He was b. at War-
wick, R. I., in 1737, and d. at Lisbon, N. Y. aet. 80, Jan. 27, 1817.
She d. March 10, 1809.), a merchant, shipowner and importer at New
York; Prest. for several years of the II. S. Trust Co., and of the Mer-
chants' Exchange, of which he was one of the active originators. He
was one of the commissioners for building the New York Custom
House. He was a leading Democratic politician, and was on his way to
Albany, to get a railroad bill through the Legislature, when he met his
death by the upsetting of a stage-coach near Newburg, N. Y. He d.
Feb. 15, 1835 : she d. July 25, 1835. They had six children.
Second Generation.
6. v. Mary Woolsey (dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris
and Abigail Taylor), b. about 1726, m. Platt Smith (son of Jonathan
Smith and Elizabeth Platt). So Mr. Theodore S. Woolsey of New
Haven (son of Prest. Woolsey), states the case, as the result of his re-
searches, instead of Daniel Smith, as Thompson (Hist, of L. I.) has it,
from whom the writer obtained the statement, as in the previous article,
p. 145, vol. iv. of The Record. After Mr. Smith's decease, she m. fora
2d husband, and as his 2d wife, Dr. George Muirson of Setauket,
L. I. (son of Rev. George Muirson of Hempstead, L. I., and Gloriana
Smith, dau. of Col. William Smith). He had to leave town, because
of his Toryism, in 1784. He d. in 1786.
Third Generation. Children :
J3y first marriage :
72. i. Elizabeth Smith, who m. Rev. Jeffreys Smith, who accident-
ally shot himself. They had one child, Elihu Smith, a merchant in
New York, who d. of yellow fever previously to his expected marriage
to a Miss Havens.
73. ii. Abigail Smith, who m. a Mr. Babcock, " both remarkably
handsome." They resided at New Haven, Ct. At their house Prest.
Dwight first formed the acquaintance of his future wife, Mary Wool-
sey. They had two children :
1. Joseph Babcock, who d. young.
2. Rev. William Babcock, a Baptist minister in Maine.
_Z?y second marriage :
74. iii. Mary Ileathcote Muirson, whose mere name is all that the
writer knows of her.
1104 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
Rev. George Muirson, b. in Scotland in 1G75, was " a zealous, devoted
and sound churchman, of winning manners and great natural »•!< tquence."
He came to this country in 1703, as a schoolmaster of " The Gospel
Propagation Society." In 1705 he returned to England and received
ordination from the Bishop of London, and in July 1706 became rec-
tor at Rye, N. Y., and Mamaroneck and Bedford. He m. about 1706
Gloriana Smith, b. at Brookhaven, L. L, June 21, 1G90 (dau. of IIoii.
William Smith of St. George's Manor, L. L, Chief Justice of the
Council of New York, known as " Tangier Smith," b. in 1655, who d.
in 1705. His wife was Martha Tunstall, whom he m. Nov. 6, 1675).
Rev. George Muirson d. at New Haven, Oct. 12, 1708. Dr. George
Muirson, Jr., his son, had a large landed property at Brookhaven be-
fore the Revolution, which was then all confiscated. He m. for his
first wife, his cousin, Anna Smith (dau. of Col. Henry Smith, son of
" Tangier Smith "), b. Dec. 20, 1706. They had three children : Anna,
Catharine and Heathcote. Anna, b. Feb. 10, 1737, was the second
wife of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr. — see No. 3, ii., pp. 148-9, vol. iv. of Re-
cord. Their dau. Catharine Muirson, b. at Brookhaven, June 8, 1742,
m. Cyrus Punderson, M.D. (son of Rev. Ebenezer Punderson of Rye,
N. Y.), b. at North Groton, Ct., April 17, 1737, and grad. at Yale in
1755. They had six children. Heathcote Muirson, b. about 1745,
grad. at Yale in 1776, d. in 1781 from wounds received in the attack
made by the British upon Lloyd's Neck.
Dr. George Muirson, m. after the death of Mary Woolsey, his 2d
wife (the date of which has not been found), Mary Longbotham for a
3d wife, who d. at Setauket, in 1799.
Second Generation.
7. vi. Abigail Woolsey (dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris
and Abigail Taylor of Oyster Bay), b. Oct. 31, 1730, m. Sept. 17,
1751, Rev. Dr. Noah Welles, b. Sept. 25, 1718 (son of Noah Welles,
a farmer in Colchester, Ct., and Sarah Wyatt, whom he m. April 15,
1716), grad. at Yale in 1741, and tutortherein 1745. He was settled at
Stamford, Ct., for thirty years (1746 -76). " He was a man of vigorous
intellect, poetic imagination, extensive learning, dignified bearing and
great religious and ministerial excellence." He did a chaplain's duties
in the revolutionary army, while also pastor, and " took the jail-fever
from the prisoners" in town, and d. Dec. 31, 1776 ; she d. Oct. 28,
1811, aet. 81. See notices of Dr. Noah Welles in " Dwight's Travels
in New England," vol. iii. p. 499 ; " Allen's Biographical Dictionary " ;
and Dr. W. B. Sprague's " Annals Am. Pulpit," vol. i. pp. 461-2. A
list of his publications is given by Allen, to which may be added an
" Election Sermon," delivered at Hartford, Ct. (New London, 1764),
entitled " Patriotism Described and Recommended." He also was the
reputed author of an ironical pamphlet, published anonymously in
1762 (47 pp. 8vo), entitled " The Real Advantages which Ministers
and People may Enjoy, especially in the Colonies, by Conforming to
the Church of England, faithfully Considered and impartially Repre-
sented, in a Letter to a Young Gentleman."
Third Generation. Children :
75. i. Sarah Welles, b. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1752, m. Henry Livingston
of Poughkeepsie, and d. Sept. 1, 1783, aet. 30.
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76. ii. Mary Sylvester Welles, b. Thursday, Oct. 17, 1754, m. John
Davenport of Stamford, Ct., and d. June 25, 1847, act. 92.
77. iii. Benjamin Welles, M.D., b. Monday, Nov. 22, 1756, d. April
13, 1813, aet. 56.
78. iv. Theodosia Welles, b. Monday, Oct. 16, 1758, d. unmarried,
at Poughkeepsie, July 27, 1776.
79. v. Abigail Welles, b. Thursday, Oct. 9, 1760, d. unmarried July
9, 1788.
80. vi. Noah Welles, M.D., b. Sunday, Oct. 3, 1762, d. Nov. 18, 1838,
aet. 76.
81. vii. Betsey Welles, b. Saturday, Feb. 23, 1765, d. July 28, 1780,
aet. 14.
82. viii. Rebecca Welles, b. Wednesday, July 1, 1767, m. John Wil-
liam Holly of Stamford, Ct., d. March 13, 1859, aet. 91.
83. ix/Capt. William Wells, b. Sunday, Jan. 22, 1769, d. at Lon-
don, Eng., July 31, 1805, aet. 36. He was captain of a merchant's
vessel.
84. x. Melancthon Woolsey Welles, b. Thursday, Dec. 6, 1770, d.
Feb. 7, 1857, aet. 86.
85. xi. Apollos Welles, b. Sunday, Oct. 10, 1773, d. Sept. 12, 1784,
aet. 11.
86. xii. John Welles (twin with James Wells), b. Wednesday, April
3, 1776, d. May 22, 1855, aet. 79.
87. xiii. James Welles (twin with John Welles), b. Wednesday,
April 3, 1776, d. Aug. 3, 1777, aet. 1 year.
For full account of the Woolsey- Welles Family and other facts of
Woolsey history, see a series of articles by the writer, on The History
of the Woolsey Family, in " The N. Y. Biog. and Geneal. Record " of
New York, vols. iv. and v. 1873-4.
VIII.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF SHERMAN GENEALOGY.
I. Capt. John Sherman came to this country from Dedham, England,
in 1634, with two of his first cousins, Samuel (from whom Gen. W. T.
Sherman and Senator Sherman of Ohio are descended), and Rev. John
Sherman. He was made a freeman in Watertown, Mass., May 1 7, 1637,
and m. Martha, dau. of William Palmer, who settled there in 1636.
He was selectman and town-clerk for many years, and three times a
deputy to the General Court. He d. Jan. 25, 1691, aet. 76. She d.
Feb. 7, 1701. Seven children: 1. John, b. Nov. 2, 1638, killed in a
battle with the Indians, Dec. 19, 1675. 2. Martha, b. Feb. 21, 1(541,
who m. Francis Bowman of Watertown, and had 9 children. 3. Mary,
b. March 25, 1G43, whom. Timothy Hawkins, Jan. IS, 1667, and had
one child. She d. Nov. 6, 1667. 4. Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1648, d. un-
married 1667. 5. Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1649, who m. July 20,
1681, Samuel Gascoyne of Charlestown, Mass., and afterwards, proba-
bly, of New I fa ven, Conn. 6. Joseph. 7. Grace, b. Dec. 20, 1653.
II. Joseph Sherman, 6th child of Capt. John Sherman, b. May 14,
1650, d. Jan, 20, 1731. He m. Nov. 18, 1673, Elizabeth, b. April 15,
1652, dau. of Edward Winship of Cambridge, Mass. He was a black-
smith in Watertown, Mass., and was once a member of the General
Court. 11 children: 1. John, b. Jan. 11, 1675, d. Oct. 31, 1756, m.
1 106 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
Mary Bullen, and had 7 children. 2. Edward, b. Sept. 2, 1677, m
Sarah Parkhurst, and had 6 children. 3. Joseph, b. Feb. 8, 1G80. 4.
Samuel, b. Nov. 28, 1681. 5. Jonathan, b. Feb. 24, 1684. 6. Ephraim,
b. March 16, Iti85, d. in infancy. 7. Ephraim, b. Sept. 20, 1686. 8.
Elizabeth, b. July 15, 1687. 9. William. 10. Sarah, b. June 2, 1694.
11. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 19, 1696, d. Jan. 20, 1731.
III. William Sherman, 9th child of Joseph and Elizabeth Sherman,
b. July 28, 1692, was a shoemaker at Newton, Mass, lie m. Rebecca
Cutler, dau. of Timothy Cutler and Elizabeth Hilton of Charlestown,
b. Feb. 16, 1690, and had one child, who d. in infancy. He m. for 2d
wife Mehitable Wellington, dau. of Benjamin Wellington of Water-
town. He had by her 6 children: 1. William, b. March 20, 1717, m.
Sarah Terrill of New Milford, Conn., and lived there. He had no chil-
dren. 2. Mary, m. John Brattle of Dedham, Mass., and had 5 chil-
dren. 3. Roger. 4. Elizabeth, m. James Breck of New Milford, and
had 8 children. 5. Rev. Nathaniel, of Bedford, Mass., and Mt. Car-
mel, Conn. 6. Rev. Josiah, grad. at Princeton 1754, a minister of
much ability, settled in Woburn, Mass., and in Milford and Goshen,
Conn. He m. Jan. 24, 1757, Martha, b. Feb. 1, 1738, youngest dau.
of Hon. James Minot of Concord, Mass., and had 6 children. His el-
dest child was Hon. Roger Minot Sherman, LL.D., b. May 2?, 1773, d.
Dec. 30, 1844. He grad. at Yale 1792, lived at Fairfield, Conn., was
one of the most distinguished lawyers in New England, Judge of the
Supreme Court of Conn., and was elected a member of the U. S. Senate,
but declined the office. He m. Elizabeth, sister of Judge James
Goxild of Litchfield.
IV. Hon. Roger Sherman, second son of William and Mehitable
Sherman, was b. April 19, 1721, at Newton, Mass. He was one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence, and was among the framers
of the U. S. Constitution. He was a shoemaker in Skmghton, Mass.,
but removed (aet. 22) to New Milford, Conn., where he kept a store,
devoting his leisure time to study. Before he was 30 years old he
prepared himself for admission to the bar. In 1761 he removed to
New Haven, and immediately became one of the most honored citizens
of that place. He was Treasurer of Yale (1765-76), for 23 years Judge
of the County, Superior and Supreme Courts of Conn., a member of
the Continental Congi-ess, and U. S. Senator 1789-93. In 1776 he
was associated with Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and Livingston on the
committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was one
of the foremost patriots of the Revolution. To him, more than almost
any other person, is to be ascribed the establishment of the new nation
as a Federal Republic rather than a consolidated and centralized State.
He d. July 23, 1 793. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Hartwell of
Stoughton, Mass., and had 6 children : 1. John, who m. Rebecca Aus-
tin of New Haven, and had seven children. 2. William, who m. Bet-
sey (?) Law of Milford, Conn., and had one child. 3. Isaac, who m.
but d. without issue. 4. Chloe. 5. Two, who d. in early life. She
d. Oct. 19, 1760, aet, 34, and he m. May 12, 1763, as 2d wife, Re-
becca, dau. of Benjamin Prescott, Jr. (son of Rev. Benjamin Prescott
of Salem, Mass.), and Rebecca, eldest dau. of Hon. Jaines Minot of
Concord. By his 2d wife he had seven children: 1. Rebecca, m.
Hon. Simeon Baldwin of New Haven. 2. Elizabeth, m. as 2d wife,
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Hon. Simeon Baldwin, and had five children : Simeon, who was a mer-
chant in New York City and d. in 1873, Elizabeth, Charles, and two
others who d. in infancy. 3. Mehitable, m. Daniel Barnes, and after-
wards Jeremiah Evarts of Boston, Secretary of A. B. C. F. M. She
had, by 1st husband, one child, Daniel, and by 2d husband, five
children: Mary, who ra. Rev. David Greene, Secretary of A. B. C. F.
M., John, Sarah, Martha, who m. liev. E. C. Tracy of Windsor, Yt.,
and William Maxwell Evarts, the distinguished lawyer of New York,
who was Attorney General of the U. S. during the latter part of the
administration of President Johnson. 4. Roger, who m. Susanna,
dau. of Rev. John Staples of Canterbury, Conn., and sister of lion.
Seth P. Staples of New York. He had eleven children : Martha, who
m. Henry White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., and had seven children,
John Staples, Sophia, who m. Robert L. Taylor of New York City,
Frederic, Edward, George, Benjamin Prescott, Elizabeth Baldwin,
who m. Prof. Thomas A. Thatcher of Yale College, as 2d wife, and
has four children, and three others who d. young. 5. Sarah, who m.
Hon. Samuel Hoar of Concord, Mass., and had six children : Elizabeth,
Sarah, Samuel, Edward, George Frisbie and Ebenezer Rockwood — the
last mentioned two being the well known members of Congress from
Massachusetts, and the last having been Attorney General of the U. S.
C. Martha, who m. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D.D., Prest. of Yale College
from 1817 to 1846. She had one child, Sherman, now living in Cali-
fornia. 7. Oliver.
V. Chloe Sherman, dau. of Hon Roger Sherman and his 1st wife,
Elizabeth Hartwell, m. Dr. John Skinner of New Haven, Conn., de-
scended from Dea. Joseph Skinner of Windsor, Conn. She was b. in
1757, and d. Dec. 6, 1840, aet. 83. He was b. in 1765, and d. June
25, 1850, aet. 85. They had three children : 1. Roger Sherman. 2.
Elizabeth Chloe, b. 1795, d. Sept. 20, 1806. 3. John Winthrop, b.
1798, d. Aug. 22, 1799. Dr. John Skinner was a man of integrity, of
determined purpose, and of a high sense of duty, and an energetic sup-
porter of order and of good morals. Pie was of a tall figure and a
striking presence. He was greatly interested in the histories of New
England towns and families. He was one of the founders and constant
supporters of " The Conn. State Hospital."
VI. Roger Sherman Skinner (son of Dr. John Skinner and Chloe
Sherman), b. in 1794, grad. at Yale in 1813, was a lawyer in New
Haven and New York. He was a gentleman of refined ideas, and fond
of study and literary pursuits, and of a generous disposition and a
warm heart. He m. Sept. 27, 1817, Mary Lockwood De Forest, b.
Feb. 17, 1797 (dau. of Lockwood De Forest of New York and Mehita-
ble Wheeler). He d. at Peru, 111., Dec. 6, 1838: 6 children. 1.
John, b. Nov. 30, 1820, m. Catharine T. Perry, d. Dec. 22, 1873,
and has had five children. 2. Eliza De Forest, b. Aug. 27, 1823, d.
Sept. 9, 1849. 3. Mary Sherman, b. Jan. 2, 1826, who in. Aug. 25,
1847, Rev. Samuel D. Marsh, a missionary in South Africa, who d. in
1853. She m. afterwards, in 1856, John W. Fitch (a nephew of Rev.
Dr. EleazerT. Fitch of Yale Coll.), Prest. of the Mechanics Bank in
New Haven, Conn. He d. Sept. 1861. She has one daughter, Helen
Eliza Marsh, b. March 11, 1851, who in. Nov. 25, 1873, Edward G.
Coy of Andover, Mass., grad. at Yale 1869. 4. Leonard Wales, b.
1108 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Families.
Nov. 12, 1827, d. in California, June 9, 1859. 5. William Wheeler, b.
Jan. 15, 1830. 0. Jane Wakeman, b. April 3, 1832, who m. Prof. T.
Dwight of Yale College, see page 202.
V. REBECCA SHERMAN, dau. of Hon. Roger Sherman and his 2d
wife, Rebecca Prescott, m. Hon. Simeon Baldwin of New Haven,
Conn., who was one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Con-
necticut, and was also for several years a representative in Congress.
He grad. at Yale in 1781. He d. May 26, 1851, act. 90. They had
four children: 1. Rebecca, b. May 30, 1788, d. Aug. 9, 18(51. She
was unmarried. 2. Ebenezer, b. May 20, 1790, grad. at Yale, 1808,
d. Jan. 26, 1837. 3. Gov. Roger Sherman Baldwin. 4. Simeon, b.
1794, d. 1795.
VI. Gov. ROGER SHERMAN BALDWIN (son of Simeon Baldwin and
Rebecca Sherman), b. Jan. 4, 1793, grad. at Yale in 1811, an eminent
lawyer in New Haven, and at one time Gov. of Conn. (1844-5), and
TJ. S. Senator (1848-51). He m. Emily, b. Jan. 1, 1796, dau. of
Enoch Perkins and Hannah Pitkin of Hartford, Conn. They had nine
children: 1. Edward Law, b. Oct. 1, 1822, grad. at Yale in 1842, d.
July 6, 1848. 2. Elizabeth Wooster, b. Aug. 8, 1824, m. Aug. 1856,
Prof. William Dwight Whitney of Yale College, arid has had six chil-
dren, see page 836. 3. Roger Sherman, b. July 4, 1826, grad. at Yale
in 1847, d. in California, Nov. 12, 1856. 4. Ebenezer Simeon, b.
March 4, 1828, d. April 28, 1836. 5. Henrietta Perkins, b. April 2,
1 830, m. Aug. 1 850, Hon. Dwight Foster of Boston, grad. at Yale in
1848, who was for four years one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Mass. She has had eight children, see page 656. 0. George Wil-
liam, b. April 24, 1832, grad. at Yale in 1853, and now a lawyer in
Boston. 7. Emily Frances, b. Dec. 13, 1834, d. April 27, 1836. 8.
Ebenezer Charles* b. Sept. 17, 1837, d. Dec. 1837. 9. Simeon Eben,
b. Feb. 5, 1840, grad. at Yale in 1861, m. Oct. 19, 1865, Susan, dau. of
Edmund and Harriet Winchester of Boston, and has had three chil-
dren. He is now Professor in the Law Department of Yale College.
IX.
BREED GENEALOGY.
First Generation.
Allen Breed (formerly, also, Bread and Brede), b. in 1601, came
with Gov. Winthrop to Salem, Mass., in 1630, and settled at Lynn,
Mass. In the division of lands in the town, 200 acres were assigned
to him. Some 250 of his descendants, bearing the name of Breed,
were to be found in that place, it is said, a few years since. The part
of the town where he lived (its northern portion), is still called Breed's
End. In 1639 he went with about 40 heads of families to Long Is-
land, and settled the town of Southampton. They entered into a
church covenant before they set out for their new home, and took
their minister with them, Rev. Abraham Piersou, whose son, of the
same name, was the first President of Yale College. Allen Breed, how-
ever, soon returned to Lynn again, and there spent the remainder of his
life.
Breed's Hill, in Chai'lestown, Mass., where the battle of Bunker Hill
was fought, was named, it is believed, from one of his descendants. He
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d. March 17, 1692, aet. 91. He had 4 children : I. Allen, Jr., b. in Eng-
land in 1626. II. Timothy, b. there in 1628, who m. Sarah, dau. of
John Newhall and Elizabeth Pay ton, March 3, 1680 ; and had one child
by her, Joseph, b. April 18, 1681. III. Joseph, b. in 1632, who had child
Mary, b. July 4, 1684. IV. John, b. in 1634, who m. Dec. 28, 1663,
Sarah, dau. of John Hathorne of Lynn, b. June 2, 1644, and had 4
children : 1. Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1667. 2. William, b. May 18, 1671.
3. Ephraim, b. Dec. 16, 1672. 4. Ebenezer, b. April 15, 1676.
His wife d. Nov. 22, 1676, and he m. for~2d wife, March 4, 1678,
Sarah Hart. He d. June 28, 1678.
Second Generation.
Allen J3reed, «7r., b. in England in 1626, had a wife Mary who d.
Nov. 30, 1671. He also lived at Lynn. He had 6 children: 1.
Joseph, b. Feb. 12, 1658. 2. Allen, 3d, b. Aug. 30, 1660. 3. John,
b. Jan. 18, 1663. 4. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1665. 5. Elizabeth, b. Nov.
1, 1667. 6. Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1669.
Third Generation.
John IZreed, son of Allen, Jr., b. Jan. 18, 1663, a shoemaker, re-
moved about 1687 to Stonington, Ct., where he m. June 8, 1690,
Mercy, dau. of Gershom Palmer of that place and Ann Denison. [He
was son of Walter Palmer, made freeman in Charlestown, Mass., in
1631, and Rebecca Short, his 2d wife. He was one of the founders of
Rehoboth, Mass., and represented it (1646-7) in the Genl. Court. In
1653 he removed to Stonington. His wife, Ann Denison, was dau. of
Capt. Geo. Denison of Stonington, and his 2d wife, Ann, dau. of John
Borrodill (or Borrowdale), Cork, Ii-eland. William, father of Capt.
Geo. Denison, A,me in 1631, with Rev. John Eliot, to this countiy, and
settled in Roxbury, with George and two other sons. Bridget Thomp-
son, 1st wife of George, d. in 1643, and he went back afterwards to
England, and served in the army of Parliament. In two y ears' time
he returned to his new home, and brought with him his 2d wife, Ann, a
woman of strong mind, well-cultured, and of polished manners and much
dignity, and called commonly " Lady Ann." Capt. Geo. Denison removed
in 1651 to New London. Says Miss Caulkins in her Hist. New London :
" Our early history presents to view no bolder and more active spirit
than Capt. Denison. He reminds us of the border men of Scotland."
He was honored with various public offices and trusts, and was a man of
property and great public spirit. He d. Oct. 23, 1694, aet. 76. She
d. Sept. 26, 1712, aet. 971
John Breed had, by his wife Mercy Palmer, 10 children: 1. Ann,
b. May 8, 1693. 2. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1697. 3. John, b. Jan. 26,
1700. 4. Eliza, b. Jan. 28, 1702. 5. Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1704. 6.
Zeruiah, b. Aug. 27, 1706. 7. Joseph, b. Oct. 4, 1708. 8. Beth-
blvah, b. Dec. 30, 1710. 9. Allen, b. Aug. 29, 1714. 10. Gershom,
b/Nov. 15, 1715. John Breed d. in 1751, aet. £8. She d. in 1752,
aet. 83.
Fourth Generation.
Gershom Breed (son of John Breed and Mercy Palmer), b. Nov. 15,
1715, at first a saddler, removed to Norwich about 1750, where he be-
came a merchant and an importer. The store which he built in Nor-
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wicli, in 1764, is still standing, as is his house built in 1758. These
liuiklings are the oldest in the city, and are still owned by the descend-
ants of his oldest son. He m. May 10, 1747, Dorothy (only child of
Patrick McLaren of Middletown, Ct., and Dorothy Otis), b. Sept. 25,
1728. He d. Jan. 5, 1777 : she d. Sept. 3, 1776, act, 48, at Branford,
Ct., on her return from a visit to her sick son at New Haven. They
had 10 children, all but the first two b. in Norwich, as fpllows :
1. John McLaren, b. April 28, 1748, in Stonington. 2. Susanna, b.
there Nov. 19, 1749, d. April 13, 1832, who m. Rev. Danl. Brewer of
Guilford, Ct., and afterwards Tauntpn, Mass., and had 6 children. 3.
Gershom, b. Oct. 2, 1751, d. July 1, 1753. 4. Gershom, 2d, b. Sept.
5, 1753, d. Aug. 20, 1755. 5. David, b. June 6, 1755, d. Dec. 7, 1783,
who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jei'emiah Clement of Windham, Ct., and
had 3 children. 6. Allen, b. Sept. 6, 1757, d. June 29, 1758. 7.
Shubael, b. April 20, 1759, grad. at Yale in 1778, d. in Norwich, where
he lived, act. 81, Feb. 24, 1840. He m. Lydia (dau. of Jabez Perkins
of Norwich and Anna Lathrop), who d. April 15, 1861, aet. 93. They
had 8 children. 8. Jesse, b. May 21, 1761, m. Cynthia Rogers Burr, and
d. in Norwich, where he lived, Nov. 12, 1831 : she d. July 30, 1855.
9. Simeon, b. July 17, 1763, grad. at Yale in 1781, a merchant, with
his brother Jesse, in Norwich, where he d. unmarried Aug 22, 1822.
10. Anna, b. May 14, 1767, m. Rev. Salmon Cone of Colchester,
Ct., d. Jan. 10, 1847.
Patrick McLaren (father of Mrs. Gershom Breed), son of Rev. John
McLaren of Edinburgh, Scotland (1711-34), was a merchant in Mid-
dletown, Ct., and d. Dec. 9, 1731. He m. his wife, Dorothy Otis
(dau. of Judge Joseph Otis of Montville Ct.,and Dorothy Thomas),
Nov. 8, 1727. Judge Joseph Otis was the grandson of John Otis of
Hingham, the settler there in 1635. Dorothy Thomas, his wife, was
dau. of Judge Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass, (whose estate
there was afterwards that of Daniel Webster), and Deborah Jacob.
Fifth Generation.
Hon. tTohn McLaren Breed (son of Gershom Breed and Dorothy
McLaren), b. in Stouington, April 28, 1748, grad. at Yale in 1768,
was a merchant at Norwich, and at one time mayor of the city. He
was a man of thorough integrity and honor, and of dignified bearing
and a kindly disposition, while also abounding in enterprise, benevo-
lence and public spirit. He d. aet. 50, May 31, 1798. He m. Nov.
14, 1771. Mary, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Devotion of Windham, Ct.,
and had 5 children bv her, who all d. early. She d. Dec. 3, 1779, aet.
32, and he m. for 2d wife, Feb. 13, 1781, Rebecca (dau. of Hon. Robert
Walker, grad. at Yale in 1730, and judge of the Superior Court of
Conn., residing at Stratford, Ct., and Rebecca Lewis). She d. June
27, 1824, aet. 71. They had 6 children :
1. Rebecca Breed, b. Sept. 10, 1781, d. July 24, 1782. 2. Rebecca
Breed, 2d, b. at Norwich, Sept. 12, 1783, d. unmarried Aug. 13, 1848,
aet. 65. 3. Susan Breed, b. Dec. 17, 1785, who m. James Dwight,
Esq., and d. Aug. 29, 1851, aet. 65. 4. Sarah Johnson Breed, b. Jan.
11. 1789, m. Dec. 2, 1831, as his 2d wife, Pres. William Allen, D.D.,
of Bowdoiri Coll., Me., without issue. For his children by his previous
marriage, see Hist, of Strong Family by the author, pp. 970-2. She
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d. Feb. 25, 1848, aet. 59. 5. Hon. John Breed, b. March 12, 1791,
m. Nov. 23, 1820, Amie Fitch Larrabee, b. April 9, 1789 (only child
of Lebbeus Larrabee of Windham, Ct., and Lucy Fitch, a descendant
of Rev. James Fitch of Norwich and Priscilla Mason, dan. of the
celebrated Capt, John Mason). He was a merchant at Norwich (1830
—65), and at one time mayor of the city. He was a man of great origi-
nality and independence, and positive in his convictions and positions.
He d. without issue Dec. 3, 1865, aet. 75 : she d. March 10, 1871.
6. Joseph Breed, b. Aug. 16, 1793, d. unmarried Oct. 8, 1847, a mer-
chant, associated with his bro. John. He was a man of strong mind,
much wit, great generosity, and of a most kindly disposition.
Although all the children of John McLaren Breed (with the excep-
tion of one who died in infancy) lived to advanced age, none of them,
except Mrs. James Dwight, had any children ; and the Breed name,
which is borne by large numbers in other branches of the Breed family,
has, in this particular branch, ceased altogether and passed into that of
Dwight— the sole survivors in the seventh generation, at the present
time, being James M. B. Dwight, Esq., and Prof. Timothy Dwight.
X.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF TALLMADGE LIXEAGE.
Major Charles Benjamin Tallmadge, U. S. A., b. in Warren, Ct.,
May 25, 1792, d. aet. 40, in New York, Dec. 31, 1832. He m. in
1830 Margaret Kennedy, b. Oct. 3, 1800, widow of Col. Saml. B.
Ai-cher, Inspector Genl. U. S. A., whom she m. in 1823, and who d. in
1825. She m. for a 3d husband, in 1835, Genl. Reubell (French),
Gov. Genl., under Louis Philippe, of Algiers. She d. at Bishop's
Teignton, Eng. Dec. 7, 1862, aet. 62. Major Tallmadge's children were
two : 1. J'ulia,}). Feb. 19, 1831, who m. Rev. William Ogle of Bishop's
Teignton, Devonshire, Eng., and d. Dec. 12, 1862, aet. 31, leaving 3
children: (1.) Ponsonby. (2.) Pelham. (3.) William. 2. Cora, b.
Oct. 17, 1833, who m. James M. B. Dwight, Esq.
His lineage is as follows :
I. Robert Tallmadge, the settler, came to New Haven about 1640-
5. He m. in 1648 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Nash of New Haven, and
had 6 children: 1. Abigail, b. in 1649. 2. Thomas, b. Oct. 17, 1650.
3. Sarah, b. Sept. 1652. 4. John, b. Sept. 11, 1654. 5. Enoch b.
Oct. 4, 1656. 6. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1659. He d. in 1662.
II. John Tallmadge, b. Sept. 11, 1654, m. in 1686 Abigail Bishop,
and d. in 1690.
III. James Tallmadge (son of John and Abigail Tallmadge) b. in
1689, m. in 1713 Hannah Harrison, and lived in New Haven.
IV. Rev. Benjamin Tallmadge (son of James and Hannah Tall-
madge), b. Jan. 1, 1725, grad. at Yale in 1747, was a Presb. clergy-
man at Brookhaven. L. I. (1 753-), and was long also devoted to
classical instruction — a man of superior ability and scholarship. He
m. about 1751 Susanna, dau. of Rev. John Smith of White Plains, N.
Y., and had 4 children: 1. William, b. June 9, 1752, who was taken
prisoner bv the British in the battle on Long Island, and d. in prison
in 1776. *2. Col. Benjamin, b. Feb 25, 1754, grad. at Vale in 1773,
was a brave and active revolutionary officer. Into his hands Major
1112 Collateral Genealogies of Connected Fam Hies.
AndrS fell after his interview with Arnold. He reed, the thanks of
Washington and of Congress for his gallant conduct on several oc-
casions. He was M. C. for many years (1800-10), and d. at Litch-
field, Ct., where he resided, March 7, 1835, highly esteemed for his
great public services. He in. Mary, dau. of Gen. William Floyd of
Mastic, L. I. See Hist, of Strong Family by the author, pp. 605-6.
One of his 7 children, Hon. Frederic Augustus Tallmadge, b. Aug. 29,
1792, grad. at Yale in 1811, was a lawyer in New York, State Senator,
Recorder of the city, M. C. (1847-8), and Clerk of the Court of Ap-
peals. He d. in 1869. 3. Samuel, b. Nov. 23, 1755, d. April 1,
1825. 4. John, b. Sept. 19, 1757.
Mrs. Susanna Tallmadge, d. April 21, 1768, and Rev. Benjn. Tall-
madge m. as his 2d wife, Zipporah, dau. of Thomas Strong of Brook-
haven, L. I., without issue. See Hist. Strong Family, p. 609. She
d. in 1836: he d. Feb. 5, 1786, aet. 61.
V. Hon. John Tallmadge (son of Rev. Benjamin), b. Sept. 19, 1757,
m. Jan. 8, 1788, Phebe (dau. of Quartus Pomeroy of Northampton,
Mass., and Phebe Sheldon), b. Feb. 9, 1766. See of her pedigree and
kindred a full view in Strong Hist., pp. 1126-9, etc. lie resided at
Warren, Ct. He was for 14 sessions a member of the Conn. Legisla-
ture, and a member of the State Convention in 1818. He d. at Warren,
Feb. 24, 1823, aet. 65 : she d. Dec. 13, 1842, aet. 77. They had 6
children : 1. Laura, b. Nov. 15, 1788, m. James Tallmadge of New
York, and d. aet. 48, Feb. 21, 1836. 2. Phebe Sheldon, b. April 7,
1790, m. Rev. Stephen Mason, and d. at Marshall, Mich., Sept. 28,
1839, aet. 49. 3. Major Charles J3enjamin,b. May 25, 1792, and d.
Dec. 31, 1832, aet. 40. 4. Frances Fowler, b. May 5, 1795, m. Rev.
John Marsh, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., Sec. Am. Temp. Union, Oct.
5, 1824, and d. Dec. 27, 1852* aet. 57. 5. John Smith, b. July 30,
1798, m. Ann Eliza Smith of Albany, N. Y., and d. at Lyons, N. Y.,
Oct. 17, 1825, aet. 27. 6. George Pomeroy, b. June 15, 1802, m.
Clarissa Bassett of Cornwall, Conn., and d. at Warren, Ct., May 1, 1861 ,
aet. 59.
XI.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF DE FOREST LINEAGE.
The De Forest Family (Fr., De La Foret) is of Huguenot extrac-
tion. Those who bore the name to this country went from France to
Holland, and thence to New Amsterdam (now New York).
I. Isaac De Forest settled there about 1645, and d. in 1721.
II. His son, David, settled in Stratford, Ct. He had 6 children: 1.
David, b. hi 1702. 2. Samuel, b. in 1704. 3. Isaac, b. in 1706. 4.
Edward, b. in 1708. 5. Henry, b. in 1710. 6. Benjamin, b. in 1716.
III. Samuel (son of David), b. in 1704, had 5 sons: 1. Joseph, b. in
1731. 2. Samuel, b. in 1739. 3. Nekemiah, b. in 1743. 4. David,
b. in 1745. 5. Josiah, b. in 1748.
IV. Nehemiah, b. in 1743, was a farmer in Huntington, Ct. He m.
Mary, dau. of Petor Lockwood of Norwalk, Ct., and had 5 sons: 1.
William, b. in 1773. 2. Lockwood, b. in 1775. 3. Philo, b. in 1779.
4. Delawzuu. 5. Charles.
V. Lockwood De Forest, b. March 5, 1775, was a merchant at New
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Haven, Bridgeport and New York. He m. July 12, 1793, Mehitable,
dau. of Nathaniel Wheeler of Huntington, Ct., b. Sept. 9, 1777. She
d. in New York, Jan. 23, 1864. He d. there Nov. 28, 1848, aet. 73.
They had 14 children: 1. William Wheeler, b. Dec. 24, 1794, a man
of great resources in himself, and was a most successful merchant, and
left a large estate at his death. He d. unmarried, Jan. 1865. 2. Mary,
b. Feb. 17, 1797, m. Roger Sherman Skinner, and now (1874) resides
in New Haven. 3. Susan, b. June 3, 1799, m. Daniel Lord, Esq.,
grad. at Yale in 1814, a lawyer in New York of great eminence and a
Presb. elder (Dr. Gardiner Spring's Ch.). 4. Eliza, m. Samuel Dow-
ner, a merchant in New York, who d. in 1844. 5. Jane, m. Burr
Wakeman, merchant in New York. 6. George Beach, b. Dec. 27,
1806, a N. Y. merchant, m. Margaret Eliza, dau. of Benjn. De Forest
of N. Y. He d. in 1863. 7. Ann Mehitable, m. Simeon Baldwin, a
N. Y. merchant, whod. in 1872. 8. Sarah, m. Walter (son of Jonathan
Walter) Edwards, a lawyer in New York. 9. Alfred Henry, b. Aug.
20, 1813, d. Dec. 31, 1816. 10. Frederic Lockwood,b. Aug. 8, 1816,
d. Sept. 8, 1817. 11. Louisa, m. Samuel Woodruff, a N. Y. merchant,
lost in " The Arctic," Sept. 1854, and for a 2d husband, in 1865, Dr.
Thomas F. Cock of New York. 12. Henry Grant, b. Aug. 3, 1820,
grad. at Amherst in 1839, m. Julia Mary Weeks (dau. of Robert
Doughty Weeks and Julia Hall Brasher). He is a lawyer in N. Y. 13.
James Goodrich, b. Oct. 13, 1822, a N. Y. merchant, m. Julia Hallett.
14. Frederic Lockwood, b. Dec. 2, 1825, grad. at Amherst in 1845, m.
Julia Desha, and lives in Paris, France.
VI. Mary Lockwood De Forest (dau. of Lockwood De Forest of New
York and Mehitable Wheeler), b. Feb. 17, 1797, m. Roger Sherman
Skinner. See Sherman lineage in Appendix for other genealogical
facts.
\
SUPPLEMENTARY FACTS.
THERE is by necessity a considerable reserve of facts, of a like
valuable kind, in themselves, with those which are here stated, that
the author has not been hitherto able to gather. As this book comes
under the eye of any one, who knows of any important additions that
can be made to the details of family -history that it furnishes, let him
communicate them carefully to the writer. Any desirable corrections
of dates wrongly given, or misprinted, in its pages, are especially
solicited. While the writer has no thought whatever of preparing
at any future time another edition of this work, he would be willing,
and even glad, to issue a small volume of further facts of an interesting
kind, if they can be obtained, which would serve to make the pre-
sentation here made more complete; and especially if he or others
should be able in future years to ascertain any facts of interest con-
cerning the original English history of the family.
71
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ODDS AND ENDS;
OR,
LAST ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
I.
IT will be at once apparent to any one who considers the style and
dimensions of this family-history, that the descendants of John Dwight
of Dedham, here presented to view, are in reality only those also of
his son Capt. Timothy Dwight of Dedhain. A complete account of
all those of Dwight extraction that have lived and died in this country
since its first settlement would include likewise the representatives, in
full succession, of the three families, Whiting, Phillips and Reynolds,
which in the second generation became united to them. These inter-
marriages, occurring at but one remove from the first settlement of
the family in Massachusetts Bay, would entail, each of them, upon
any one seeking to trace their historical results, the preparation of so
many separate family histories like, for volume, if thoroughly wrought
out, the one here furnished. Those threefold genealogical undertak-
ings the writer would affectionately remit to such as may arise with
spontaneous energy, sooner or later, in each of the families named, to
assume them. May they cherish in their hearts and in their records,
with all fondness, their own living, and bury there with all honor their
own dead. If any one should essay blindly the great and thankless
task of worthily commemorating their lives and virtues, it will not be
because he has been left uninformed, in these pages, of the vast aggre-
gate of demands that will be made upon his time and strength, and
his patience, purse and will, in such an endeavor.
II.
As the descendants of Capt. Timothy Dwight of Dedham are, by
Anna Flint, his wife, all as truly Flints as Dwights, it will naturally
be of as much interest to them, however slight, to learn what was the
Flint coat-of-arms, as the Dwight. It was, two eagles turned back to
back, with expanded wings.
III.
There is a serial publication,, not soon to be closed, of great genea-
logical value, now going forwards in " The N. Y. Genealogical and
Odds and Ends. 1115
Biographical Record," No. 64 Madison avenue, K Y., of both " The
Records of the Ret'. Dutch Ch. of K Y.," and those of "The First
Presb. Ch. of N. Y.," through the generous aid of a public-spirited
contributor of the quite considerable funds needed for the purpose.
From those records, as thus piiblished, some valuable facts and dates
have been gleaned, up to the very hour of going to press, concerning
the Loockermanns, Woolseys and Dwights. Of the Loockermanns
especially some interesting statements may be found on pages 69-70,
vol. v. (April, 1874), additional to those found on pages 207-8 of this
work. From these records, as they shall appear in continuance unto
the end ; and from " Original Lists of Emigrants to the American
Plantations," by John C. Hotten, Eng., promised soon to subscribers
by J. W. Bouton, 706 Broadway, N. Y., further light on various
details of historical interest may naturally be expected to be found by
those who wish to do so, and know how to improve their facilities for
the purpose.
IV.
In concluding his account of the Strong Family, the author stopped
with the feeling that, if he had been willing to have kept a year longer
at work upon the yet undeveloped facts of their history, and at his
own charges, he coxild have added at least five thousand more names
to the almost thirty thousand which he actually compassed in his re-
searches. It is with no such feeling that he closes his long and wide
survey of the Dwights. He knows of no branch of the family, ex-
cluding from view the three families that became, as already men-
tioned, connected with it in the second generation, where there is any
considerable unworked opportunity left for obtaining new historical
treasures.
V.
Quite a number of persons, fifteen or more, have kept sending facts
and dates (or rather have put off sending them), up to the very last
hours of the final printing of this book. All such facts have luckily
come to hand in time to be introduced into their proper places in these
pages, except the very few which are here added.
1. To the record of the descendants of Pliny D wight of Vershire,
Vt., on p. 926, may be added the following facts : —
i. Josiah Coburn (No. 6517. i.) was b. at Fairlee, Vt., May 10,
1804, and d. at Thetford, Vt. (Post Mills), Dec. 16, 1870. He had a
son, Henry Arthur Coburn, b. there Sept. 13, 1842, who m. Anna
Caroline Coburn, b. July 27, 1849, in Boston, Mass.
1116 Odds and Ends.
ii. Mary Ann Dwight (No. 6519. ii.), d. at Chelsea, Mass., Oct 11.
1868.
iii. Henry Cutler Dwight (No. 6521. iv.) was for several years en-
gaged in the boot and shoe trade in Boston, Mass. He d. Oct. 15,
1872. His first wife, Eunice Colton (dau. of Solomon Colton of Ver-
shire, Vt., and Eunice Titus), was b. Aug. 16, 1822. Mrs. Fanny M.
Dwight, his widow, resides now (1874) at Cambridgeport.
iv. Albert Sands Southworth (No. 6520. iii.) is an examiner, an
analyzer, and illustrator of questioned handwritings and signatures.
v. Silas Briggs Hahn resides now (1874) in Central City, Colorado.
2. Timothy Dwight of Medfield, Mass. (No. 31. 2. p. 90), b. Sept.
7, 1750, was grad. at Harvard in 1774, m. a dau. of a Dr. Fuller of
Medfield. He d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., by, or before, 1797.
3. Henry Dwight (No. 6393. i. p. 915), having taken a part of the
College course at Yale, went to Harvard in Nov. 1814, and was grad.
there in 1815. He d. at W. Springfield, Mass., May 1848, aet. 51 :
was a merchant.
4. While the publication of this book has been in progress, the
writer has seen announced as just appearing from the press a collection
of poems, in one volume, entitled " Poems of Twenty Years," by Mrs.
Laura Winthrop Johnson of Staten Island, N. Y. (No. 395. iv. p. 253).
5. Hon. David A. Wells, No. 6143, ii. (see pp. 871-2) has just been
chosen a foreign associate of The Institute of France, to fill the vacancy
made by the death of John Stuart Mill of England. He is the fifth
American who has received such an honor from " The Institute."
The four preceding him were Franklin, Prof. Bache, Count Rumford
and Prof. S. F. B. Morse. He has acquired within but a brief time a
world-wide reputation as an authority in financial statistics pertaining
to wise governmental and social policy.
VI.
Sixteen additional subscriptions have been received since the list of
subscribers on pp. 48-52 was put itito print. They are as follows : —
Copies.
Joseph D. Elliott, Newton Centre, Mass 3
Wm. H. Elliott, New York 2
Parker M. Child, Milwaukee, Wis 1
Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Parkville, Ct 1
Wm. C. Tilton, Spring Place, Ga 1
Alexander Napier, Brooklyn, N. Y 1
Mrs. Mary D. Atherton, Boston Highlands 1
D. Wms. Patterson, Newark Valley, N. Y 1
Cornelius Wickware, Detroit, Mich 1
Odds an cl Ends. 1117
Levi T. Griffin, Detroit, Mich 1
Mrs. \Vm. L. Eustis, Springfield, Mass 1
John C. Buttre, New York 1
Albert S. Southworth, Charlestown, Mass 1
The whole number of copies subscribed for to date of publication is
therefore 514.
Who, if any, of this considerable number of subscribers will prove
faithless to his subscription-pledge, whether large or small, does not
yet appear. Genealogists are not unfamiliar with such experiences.
Early in February last the author issued the following circular to
subscribers : —
CIRCULAR.
The History of The Dwight Family is now ready for the press, and sat-
isfactory terms have been made with the publisher. The sum required
for publication amounts to several thousand dollars, which neither
party, author or publisher, can himself advance. The publisher requires
at the outset a thousand dollars, in order to cover in part at least his
own outlay for paper ; and the rest of the amount due must be paid
shortly afterwards, that he may run no risks and meet with as little
delay as possible in return for his own large expenditures.
Each subscriber is therefore hereby specifically requested to send at
once the amount due on his subscription. Drafts on New York, P. O.
orders, or registered letters will each answer equally well.
If any prefer to have their copies bound in one volume, let them sig-
nify it plainly now. Any, also, who desire to give special directions
about the mode of 'expressing their copies to them, are requested to
state distinctly what their wishes are.
Direct, at once, to the subscriber,
BENJAMIN W. DWIGHT,
Clinton, Oneida, Co., AT. Y.
CLINTON, Feb. , 1874.
To this circular, issued full four months ago, about one-fifth of the
subscribers have made no reply. Time and fate alike necessitate the
writer's prompt response to the printers' just and pressing claims accord-
ing to the terms of the contract made with them. What but each
one's own individual conscience is to bring to the author's aid any
parallel promptness of action by subscribers to their obligations to
him ! And who does not know what a weak motor-force conscience is
often found to be in money-matters.
Some have already shown quite unmistakably a disposition to let the
writer meet as he may any and all risks, however great or cumulative
one upon the other, rather than perform with a little generous zeal their
small share of duty to the cause, yes ! the good cause. ^A genealogist
1118 Odds and Ends.
must always look on smilingly, if he can, or quietly at any rate, ar.d
see those standing around him in his work, as his natural friends and
allies in it, show, not a few of them, though belonging nominally to the
higher walks of life, that they value far more the fine appearance of
their garments than they do the moral demonstration that they make
of themselves to all eyes but their own.
What branches of the family, and what individuals belonging to them
have shown at any cost to themselves the most interest in the greatest
possible success of this historical endeavor by their contributions of
facts, subscriptions and pictures, any one who desires to know can read-
ily ascertain. Some who made no response whatever to repeated letters
of inquiry, or answered them only after three, four, or five years, and
then most meagrely, will easily discover if they choose to do so, how
many points of interest those were able to gather together for permanent
preservation who were thoroughly awake to the opportunity here offered
them for a worthy and lasting commemoration of their kindred. An
historian cannot make his facts, but only give to the facts which he pro-
cures their proper form and features, or their true relative scope and
combined significance and expression.
Every fact of any real general interest which the writer has ascer-
tained of any and every one of the large procession of persons whose
names have passed in continuous review before all eyes in these
pages, he has carefully treasured in this family-record, on the principle
of showing " honor to whom honor is due." The lives of farmers, mer-
chants and mechanics are so uniform in the types of their experience
that they furnish by necessity but very little material for historical
record. While many such in our family have been the honor and the
joy of the communities that they have graced with their presence, the
even tenor of their life has presented but few salient points on which
any one could fix his thoughts with special strength of admiration.
The more genuine the form and style of one's daily life, the more in
many circumstances and occupations will it be rounded into smooth
unobservedness in respect to any special demonstrations of novelty or
wonder.
The writer has now said in these many pages all that he has at any
time desired concerning the history of the Dwiglit family, since he first
took it into hand, having turned every face and angle of it to the read-
er's eye that has at any time attracted his own. And he has surely
paid in time, toil and money, a sufficiently large price for the privilege.
What not to say has been frequently a much harder question to deter-
mine as a matter of judgment or of taste than what to say.
With this work will end forever all thought of any further genealogi-
cal researches by the author.
Errata. 1119
VII.
ERRATA.
This dreaded page must at last be reached ! And here, if anywhere, the
spectres of forlorn mistakes of a typical sort must be "laid," by having had the
annihilating outcry, " Avaunt " shouted out in form after them. Else, how will
they stalk forever before some reader's vision, as if really entitled to a whole or
at least a half life of their own, where they appear. Fortunately for the
author's present comfort he does not know at this writing of any serious blunder,
or of any misprint that any ordinarily intelligent reader would not at once cor-
rect for himself. Scarcely any form of literary composition can be named that
is more aboundingly full of liabilities to mistakes of many varied kinds in the
mode and manner of its final rendering. The misprints which have been hitherto
discovered are but few.
One irrelevant preposition found in a line on page 2 necessitated the feeling
that the entire first two pages of " The Introduction " must be reprinted again
after the whole edition had been stricken off. On page 25 the word judgment,
in the 10th line from the bottom, should be in the plural. On page 29, philan-
throphy exhibits one h too much. On page 57, in the 16th line from the
top, the date 1837 should be 1637. On page 146, in the llth line from the top,
in his little manse should be on, etc. On page 193, in 6th line from the bottom,
Geo. Thomas Hinckley should be G-ov., etc. In 6th line from the top of p.
253, Frances B.. Winthrop should be Francis, etc. Nos. 903-7, on pp. 305-6.
are repeated. On p. 396, under 1843, No. *** iii. should have been expunged
by the printer in the press-form. Beside being placed where it should be, after
what is now No. iv., it was also left where it should not be, as No. iii. On p.
426, children Nos. 3 and 4 under 2168 were carelessly entered as Rents, instead
of Smiths — their names having been received with those of various others of the
Kent family of Richmond, as an addition to its record, when already prepared
for publication.
On p. 436, Recldy should be Beckley. Williams College is misprinted as
WiUwiw'*, etc. on p. 456. On p. 573, Ann Wbitting, No. 3004, has one t too many
in it. On p. 610, Col. SelfZcw, No. 4070, should be Selden. On p. 619, No.
4231 v. should be 4131. On p. 672, temperence looks unsightly with its third e.
On p. 889, good-by lacks a terminal e. On pages 894 and 901 the number of the
reference page for the two genealogical numbers 6096 vii. and G097 viii. is not
given. It should be in each case 865.
In a few instances some changes should be made in punctuation-marks and a
few missing parts of brackets and parentheses should be supplied— but a few
among many hundreds of them in all parts of the work.
It is pleasant to find as yet, at any rate, only such few and trifling specimens
of mistakes in the general make-up of the 1200 closely printed pages here fur-
nished among 500 thousand words, containing some three millions of letters,
arithmetical numbers, and varied punctuation -marks, every one of them present-
ing an open opportunity for some slip of the hand and eye. The fixed and
earnest purpose was ever present and powerful not to allow one orthographical,
grammatical, or typical error to creep into the book and find anywhere a hiding-
place there ; and such is the approximation made in the final result to the
intended achievement.
1120 Index of those of the Name Dwiyht.
INDEXES.
i. •
INDEX OF BRIEF NOTICES OF CONNECTED FAMILIES.
Alsop, 230
Ashley, 820
Bliss. 883
Bradford, 208
Breed, 1108
Bulkley, 948
Cabot, 577
Carriel, 950
Casey, 614
Child, 515
Crow, 112
Dana, 674, 796
Deane, 1006
Deforest, 1112
Denison, 1109
Dewey, 692
Edwards, 1035
Eliot, 178, 992
Everett, 457
Flint, 104
Foster, 634
Gelston, 1065 Marsh, 842
Shepard, 880
Hamlin, 504
Mattoon, 462
Sherman, 1105
Harris, 1011
McConihe, 487
Silliman, 798
Hawley, 624 i McCoun, 1101
Slosson, 189
Haynes, 366 Millard, 635
Stoddard, 1032
Hicks, 582 Muirson, 1104
Strang, 502
Hillhouse, 1092 Olmstead, 324
Strong, 1085
Hinckley, 193 Palmer, 1109
Swan, 586
Hooker, 1043 Partridge, 110
Tallmadge, 1111
Isaacs, 168
Pierpont, 1056
Taylor, 366
Johnson. 256
Pomeroy, 120
Terry, 365
Kellogg, 303
Porter, 244, 335,
Tillinghast, 638
Kent, 404
1041
Wadsworth, 377
King, 119. 953
Pynchon. 628
Washington. 553
Lathrop, 774
Ripley, 382
Wetmore, 531
Leavitt, 406
Rogers, 1096
Williams. 690
Lee, 871
Russell, 1061
Woodbridge, 1072
Lewis, 552
Sabin, 506
Woolsey, 1089
Loockennann, 207 Schermerhorn, 875
Wright, 220
Lyman, 447 j Sedgwick, 738
Wyllys, 366
Maltby, 1065 I Sergeant, 677
II.
INDEX OF THOSE OF THE NAME DWIGHT.
[Married ladies will find their record under the names of their husbands : minors not indexed
will find theirs under those of their parents. As families are placed together in their natural groups,
he who finds one of them can readily trace afterwards any and all of the rest. Titles and middle
mnmi are omitted. It is always to pages that reference is made.]
Abel,
New Orleans, La., 1023
Abiel,
Springfield, Mass., 313
Ada,
Brooklyn, 456
Adolphus,
Pike, N. Y., 729
Alanson,
Chicago, 1025
Albert,
Belchertown, Mass., 941
Boston, Mass., 318
Castalia, Ohio, 791
Hamilton, Mich., 731
New York, 271
Wilson, N. Y., 611
Alfred,
Agawam, Mass., 894
Detroit, Mich., 618, 619
Alice,
Northampton, Mass. ,
267
Springfield, Mass., 456
Almon,
Auburn, N. Y., 1025
Alamo,
Binghamton, 709
Alpheus,
Coxsackie, N. Y., 321
Rensselaerville, 321
Souiers, Ct., 319
Al/pJionzo,
W. Springfield, 314 •
Amanda,
German, N. Y., 731
Index of those of the Name Dwiglit. 1121
Amasa,
Chicago, HI., 619
Detroit, Mich., 383
Ambrose,
Courtland, N. Y., 699
Amos,
New York, 513
Ann,
New York, 1026
S. Hadley, Mass., 465
Anna,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 233
Dryden, N. Y., 699
Hatfield, Mass., 793
Anne,
Cuthbert, Ga., 318
Portsmouth, N. H., 484
Toledo, O., 463
Annie,
Boston, Mass., 318
Anson,
Chesterfield. Mass., 814
Coleraine, Mass., 816
Arthur,
S. Amherst, Mass., 938
Asahel,
Amherst, 938
Augustus,
Syracuse, 807
Austin,
Decatur, Mich., 942
Plainwell, Mich., 941
Somers, Ct., 316
Acery,
Martin, Mich., 942
Benjamin,
Barbadoes, W. I., 73
Boston, Mass., 1013
Clinton, N. Y., 175,
189
Bertha,
Clinton, N. Y., 189
Carrie,
Stafford, Ct., 921
Cecil,
Northampton, 260
Charles,
Auburn, N. Y., 756
Belchertown, 919, 921
Booneville, Mo., 395
Boston, 891, 927
Chicago, 111., 266
Grand Rapids, Mich. ,
717
Jackson, Mich., 610
Jamestown, Pa., 317
New York, 261
Pontiac, Mich., 263
Toledo, O., 722
Vermontville, Mich.,
922
Vicksburgh, Miss., 514
Waucoma, Iowa, 718
W.Springfield, Ms., 314
White Pigeon, Mich. ,
720
Chauncey,
Milan, O., 729
Vermontville, Mich.
922
Chester,
Kirkwood, N. Y., 715
Clara,
Belchertown, 462
Cornelia,
Constantinople, 804
Cory don,
Plainwell, Mich., 941
Cyrus,
Raymond, N. H., 1026
V Alton,
Adams, N. Y..,320
Daniel,
Charleston, S. C., 386,
390
Cincinnati, O., 890
Coleraine, Mass., 816
Dedham, Mass., 947
Dudley, Mass., 611, 615
Hartford, Ct., 385
Idaho City, 727
Johnstown, Wis., 360
Minnesota, 718
Scio, Mich., 361
Westmoreland, N. H. ,
462
Williamsburgh, Mass. ,
794, 815
Wilson, N. Y., 610, 611
Darius,
Jackson, Mich., 616
David,
Boston, Mass., 616
Enfield, Mass., 938
Delos,
Pennsylvania, 718
Dorr,
Pennsylvania, 718
Dorits,
Williamsburgh, Ms. 812
Ebmez&r,
Hatfield, Mass., 790, 2
Springfield, Mass., 463
Edmund,
Boston, Mass., 894,900
Halifax, N. S., 862
New York, 904
Philadelphia, 460
Western, Mass., 916
Edward,
Brooklyn, Wis., 197, 8
Chicago, 111., 613
Hadley, Mass.. 174
Hudson, Mich., 362
New Haven, Ct., 175
New York, 1026
Vermontville,Mich. ,922
Ed win,
Agawam, Mass., 894
Richmond, Mass., 754
Elihu,
Belchertown, 448, 452
Brooklyn, N. Y.,455
Fall River, Mass., 920
Springfield, Mass., 456
Stafford, Ct., 360, 1
Elijah,
Amherst, Mass., 483
Belchertown, 482
Dryden, N. Y.. 698
Gr. Barrington, 689
Elisha,
Hatfield, Mass., 624
Elizabeth,
Detroit, Mich.. 618
Northampton, Ms. , 267
Pleasant Green, Mo.,
395
Etta,
S. Amherst, Mass., 938
Ellen,
Medway. Mass.. 1017
Northampton, 267
Norwich, Ct., 871
Emily,
Castalia, O. , 791
Emma,
Plainwell, Mich., 941
Emory,
German, N. Y., 731
Enos,
Rockford, 111., 223
Ephraim,
Lincoln, Mo., 722
Erastus,
Northampton, 218
Estes,
Brookfield, Mass., 940
Esther,
Red Bank, X. J., 361
Everard,
Charlestown, Mass., 808
Ezra,
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 731
Fanny,
Toronto, C. W., 323
Fidelia,
New Bedford, 811
Flint,
Rye, N. Y., 496
Flora,
Battle Creek, 704
Frances,
Boston, Mass.. 1012
1122 Index of those of the Name D wight.
Chicago, 111., 729
Stockbridge, Mass., 755
Francis,
Albany, X. Y., 875
Charleston, S. C., 401
Clinton, N. Y., 189
Dalton. Ga., 392
Jefferson City, Mo.,
1024
Michigan, 1024
Northampton, Mass. ,
852
Reading, Pa., 317
Shirley, Mass., 1016
South Acton, Mass. ,
1016
Stafford, Ct., 921
Castalia, 0., 790
Toledo, O., 722
Franklin,
New York, 905
Scio, Mich., 361
Frederic,
Agawam, Mass., 893
Battle Creek, Mich., 704
Castalia, O., 791
New York, 513
Gamaliel, 1st, 2d, & 3d.
Providence, R. I., 484,
485
George,
Amherst, Mass., 938
Boston. Mass., 1026
Dunkirk, N. Y., 247
Idaho City. 362
German, N. Y., 731
Martin. Mich., 942
Morristown, N. J., 235
New York, 265, 271
Pensaukie, Wis., 717
San Francisco, 453. 938
Springfield, Mass., 878,
879
Vermontville, Mich.,
922
Gertrude,
Clinton, N. Y., 194
Gilbert,
Wethersfield, Ct., 248
Giles,
Clyde, O., 719
Glover,
Cincinnatus, 733
Grace,
New York, 513
Granvitte,
Brighton, Mich., 363
Harriet,
Cincinnatus. N. Y., 733
Kirkwood, N. Y., 715
Mechanicsville, N. Y.,
322
Harrison,
Belchertown, Mass. , 461
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 732
Constantinople, 801
Harvey,
Albany, N. Y., 322
Toronto, C. W., 323
Helen,
Cuthbert, Ga., 318
Henrietta,
Barre, Vt.,927
Henry,
Albany, N. Y., 314, 755
Belchertown, 916, 917,
921
Cambridgeport, Mass. ,
927
Charlestown, Ms., 915
Chicago, 111., 1025
Ciucinnatus, N. Y., 730
Constantinople, 804
Galion, 0 , 791
Geneva, N. Y. , 901
German, N. Y., 731
Gr. Barrington, 628
Hartford, Ct., 266
Hatfield, Mass., 620,792
Honduras, C. A., 268
Idaho Terr., 727
Ithaca, N. Y. , 268
Jamestown, Pa., 317
Melbourne, Aa., 82
Mississippi, 915
New Haven, Ct., 210
New York, 905
Northampton, 266
Philadelphia, 208
Pioneer City, Pa., 362
Royalton, N. Y., 727
Scio, Mich.. 363, 4
Sioux City, Iowa, 263
Somers, Ct., 316
Stockbridge, Mass. , 750
West Springfield, 915
Wethersfield, Ct., 247
Hiram.,
N. Orleans, 1023
Holden,
Berea, O., 612
Homer,
Chicago, 111., 361
Horace,
Cincinnatus, N.Y., 732,
733
Kirkwood, N. Y., 709
Onondaga, Mich., 732
Howard,
Boston, 890
Ida,
Cuthbert, Ga., 318
Ira,
McLean, N. Y.,731
Isaac,
Charleston, S. C., 394
Jefferson City, Mo.,
1024
Isabella,
Clinton, N. Y., 189
Israel,
Windsor, N. Y., 700
Jabez,
New Haven, Ct., 511
James,
Boston, Mass., 893
Englewood, N. J., 805
Jordan, N. Y., 753
Molokai, S.I., 221
New Bedford, 811
New Haven, 198, 201
New York, 753
Rockford, 111., 223
Springfield, 868.870,878
Utica, N. Y., 1026
Jason,
Rockford, 111., 938
Jasper,
Philadelphia, 1026
Jeanette,
New York, 514
JedediaJi,
Binghamton, 706
Jeremiah,
Dryden, N. Y., 698
John,
BartowCo., Ga.. 392
Belchertown, 937
Boston, 1012, 1013
Bronson, Mich., 362
Brooklyn, N. Y., 455
Charleston, S. C., 390
Chicago, 111., 610
Danville, N. Y., 483
Dedham, Mass., 91, 947
Dorchester, Mass., 1011
Fulham, Eng., 76
German, N. Y.,731
Jackson, Mich., 610
Medfield, Mass., 88
Montana Terr., 363
Needham, Mass., 1006
New Haven, 174, 201,
202, 514
New York, 247, 456,
1024
Rah way, N. J., 1017
Shirley, Mass., 1011
Springfield, Mass., 829
St. Louis, Mo., 457
Thompson, Ct., 503
Wrentham, Mass., 1016
Jonathan,
Amsterdam, N. Y., 458
Index of those of the Name Dwiglit. 1123
Belchertown, Mass., 448
Canajoharie, N. Y., 219
Halifax, N. S., 435
Madison, N. J., 882
Reading, Pa., 317
Sioux City, Iowa, 263
Springfield, Mass., 863,
879, 81
Joseph,
Barre, Vt., 305
Belchertovra, 918
Cincinnatus, 691, 699,
725
Fort Niagara, 917
Gr. Barrington, 625
Hallowell, Me., 929
Oxford. X. Y., 690
Windsor, N. Y., 706
Josephine,
New York, 270
Josiah,
N. Adams, Mass., 461
Cincinnatus, N. Y. , 715
Coleraine, Mass., 816
Concord, N. H., 462
Mt. Cove, Va., 811
Portsmouth, N. H., 484
Springfield, Mass., 828
Stockbridge, Mass., 848
"VVilliamsburgh, Mass. ,
793, 807
Woodstock, Ct., 492
Woodstock, 111., 861
Brooklyn, N. Y., 234
Toronto, C. W., 323
Justus,
Belchertown, 450. 465
Boston, Mass., 920
Maumee, O., 463
Laura,
Bartow Co., Ga., 392
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 725
Leonard,
Belchertown, 483
New Bedford, 810
Winnebago, Minn., 717
Lewis,
Dudley, Mass., 613
Lois,
Red Bank, N. J., 361
Lorenzo,
Sonora, Cal.,939
Louis,
Boston, 757, 760
Lyman,
Albany, N. Y., 314
Battle Creek, Mich.,
704
Enfield. Ct., 314
Mechanicsville,N.Y.,321
Toronto, C. W., 323
Troy Grove, 111., 703
Oliver,
Longmeadow, Mass.
Marcw,
358, 360
Cincinnatus, 725
Scio, Mich., 364
Margaret,
Orson,
Northampton, 852
Alleghany, Pa., 715
Mariette,
Oscar,
Hatfield, 793
Castalia, 0.. 791
Mary,
Andover, Mass., 209
Pamelia,
Bartow Co., Ga., 392
Hatfield, 790
Belchertown, Mass., 919
Peletiah,
Boston, 760, 1012
Henderson, N. Y., 320
Brooklyn, N. Y., 233
Peregrine,
Brooklyn, Wis., 198
Vermontville,Mich. ,921
Cincinnatus, N. Y. , 731
Philip,
Corning, N. Y., 714
Fulham, Eng., 60
Cuthbert, Ga., 318
Pliny,
Dryden, N. Y., 698
Belchertown, 483
Dudley. Mass., 615
Vershire, Vt. , 926
Enfield, Ct. , 314
Porter,
Hatfield, Mass., 790
German, N. Y., 731
Northampton, 262, 267,
Pynchon,
859
Royalton, N. Y., 726
South Hadley Falls, 857
Mason,
Quincy,
Elkader, Iowa, 248
Quincy, 111. ,' 615
Maurice,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 240
RalpJi,
Kempersville, Va., 236
Belchertown, Mass. ,921
Melatiah,
Cedar Falls, Iowa, 719
Onarga, 111., 457
Kirkwood, N. Y., 715
Michael,
Ray,
Dedham, 947
Hamilton, Mich., 733
Minerva,
Rensselaer,
Cincinnatus, 732
Lincoln, Mo., 722
Morris,
Reuben,
Ithaca, 807
Byron, 111., 698
Moseley,
Richard,
Chelsea, Mass., 318
Pleasant Green. Mo. ,396
Myron,
Scio, Mich., 363
Jordan, N. Y., 704
Robert,
Kirk wood, N. Y., 715
S. Hadley, 857
Stafford, Ct., 921
Roderick,
Coleraine, Mass , 816
Nathaniel,
Roswfll,
Belchertown, 445, 460, 1
Castalia, O., 791
Charleston, S. C., 390
Dryden, N. Y. , 698
Northampton, 109
Royal,
Wethersfield, Ct., 245
W. Springfield, 314
Nelly,
Ruth,
Clinton, N. Y., 194
Woodstock, Ct., 496
Stafford, Ct., 921
Nelson,
Salmon,
Springfield, 938
Tecumseh, Mich., 719
Norman,
Samuel,
Hebron, Pa., 715
Barre, Vt. , 305
Scio, Mich., 364
Belchertown. 931, 940
Centralia, 111., 614
Ogde.n,
Charleston, S. C., 390,
Ilockford, 111., 223
1, 2
Olive,
Enfield, Ct., 271
Dryden, N. Y., 698
Fulhain, Eng., 77
1124 Index of those of all other Names.
Molokai, S. I., 220
Murray Co., Ga.,391,2
Shaftesbury, Vt., 504
Somers, Ct., 304
Sutton, Mass., 948
Sarah,
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 733
Hatfield, Mass., 790
Mechanicsville, N. Y.,
322
Northampton, 262
Sereno,
Ira. N. Y.,1022
Jeff. City, Mo., 1024
New Haven, 203
Northampton, 212
Stafford, Ct., 921
Seth,
Ann Arbor, Mich., 364
Hatfield, Mass., 761
Medfield, Mass., 89
Somers, Ct., 303,8
Utica, N. Y., 704
Sidney,
Clyde, O., 719
Coxsackie, N. Y., 321
Hatfield, Mass., 792
Simeon,
Belchertown, Mass., 917
Chicopee, Mass., 920
Warren, 915, 926, 7
Solomon,
Cincinnatus, 726
Jordan, N. Y., 703
Sophia,
Clinton, N. Y., 189
Stanley,
New York, 513
Stephen,
Independence, Ks. , 941
New York, 1026
SuUican,
Shirley, Mass., 1016
Thomaston, Me., 1019
Sylvester,
Addison, N. Y., 708
Hersey, Mich., 708
Theodore,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 231
Hartford, Ct., 227
New York, 189, 268,
328, 1025
Quincy, III., 265
Thompson, Ct. , 608
Wethersfield, Ct., 247
Wilson, N. Y., 609
Boston, Mass., 893
Mexico, N. Y., 917
Preston, N. Y.. 716
Philadelphia, 209
Shirley, Mass., 1016
Springfield, Mass., 829
Timothy,
Ashburnham, Ms., 980
Boston, Mass., 105
Chicago, 111., 173
Dedham, Mass., 102
S. Evanston, 111., 173
Harlem, N. Y.,270
Medfield, Mass., 86
New Haven, 140, 171,
202
New York, 513
Northampton, 130, 262
North Haven, Ct., 509
S. Hadley Falls, 857
Titus,
Pike, N. Y., 729
Truman,
Johnston, Wis., 360
WaUon,
Binghamton, 710
Ward,
Binghamton, 710
Webster,
Windsor, N.Y., 711
Wilbur,
Keokuk, Iowa, 614
Wilder,
Boston, 887
Wittiam,
Bernardston, Mass. ,
1021
Boston, 852, 886
Brooklyn, 234
California, 917, 1025
Chelsea, Mass., 318
Cincinnati, O.. 886
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 732
Detroit, 617, 619
Franklin, La., 459
Hatfield, Mass., 792
Moscow, N. Y., 262,4
New Bedford, 811
New Britain, Ct., 805
New Haven, 514
Portland, Me., 205
Portsmouth, N. H., 484
Winnsboro, S. C.. 398
Winona, Minn., 795
Woodstock, 111., 862
Willis,
Coxsackie, N. Y., 321
Wilson,
Clyde, O., 721
Zebina,
Syracuse, 305
III. INDEX OF THOSE OF ALL OTHER NAMES.
Abbee, 357
Abbott,
Alice, 950
Anna, 774
Eliza, 805
Elizabeth, 777
Phebe, 871
Phila, 340
Abrahams, 499
Adams,
Alice, 365
Ann, 972
Ira, 645
Martha, 1089
Thomas, 575
Adreon, 298
Adrian ce, 508
Emily, 333
Alom, 637
Alden,
Esther, 372
Alsop,
Daniel, 688
Harriet. 905
Abigail, 230
Sarah, 980
Kate, 566
Clarissa, 482
Aldrich,
Luke, 359
Alton, 644
Andrew, 940
Maria, 938
Ames,
Asa, 935
Sarah, 525, 733
George, 816
Alexander,
AUin, 318
Lorin, 838
Asa, 559
AlUs,
Arnidon, 1022
John, 337
Abigail, 763
Anderson, 566
Josiah, 573, 4
Electa, 339
Andrew, 1098
Mary, 670
John, 305, 762
Andrews,
Sarah, 573
Lucius, 557
Alexander, 831
Allen,
Sophia, 764
Almira, 772
Abigail, 824, 32
Stephen, 345
Anne, 775
Elizab'h, 642,1101
AUyn, 522
Edmund, 376, 776
Index of those of all other Names. 1125
Elisha, 775
Averill,
Lois, 618
Charles, 375
Jane, 254
Chester, 739
Nancy, 281
Franklin, 873
Mary, 734
Henry, 323
Rebecca, 470
Lyman. 602
Seth, 775
Mary, 843
Roger, 1108
Mary, 1013
Thomas, 401
Avery,
Simeon, 1107
Peter, 602
Andrus, 1098
Charles, 1087
Susan, 423
Samuel, 221
Anthony,
Edward, 1089
Bad,
Seymour. 602
Charles, 197
Eleazer, 360
Julia, 837
Barren, 475
Elliott, 196
Joseph. 1088
Silas, 473
Barrows, 973
Sarah, 637
Mary, 1006
Ballfintine,
Barry,
Aplin, 615
Rachel, 947
Henry, 409
John, 282
Archbold,
Sarah, 1093
Mary. 823
Mary, 983
Charles, 663
Ayer, 710
BaUard,
Bartlett,
Israel, 662
Aytes, 710
John, 979
Ann, 881
John, 662
Josiah, 558
Bilota, 959
William, 662
Babb, 646
Nancy, 596
Darsa, 940
Arden, 379
Babcock,
Bancroft,
Harriet, 461
Armlin, 703
Amos, 342
George, 674, 885
Lois, 937
Arms,
Charles, 615
John, 886
Mary, 705
Eunice, 565
Luke, 171 i
Mary, 665
Sarah, 927
Joanna, 345
Martha, 703
Myron, 983
Barton,
Jonathan, 568
Pamelia, 844
Rebecca, 1015
Celinda, 637
Josiah, 569
Samuel, 961
Warren, 1061
Otis, 264
Sarah, 247
Backus, 429
Barber,
Polly, 725
Sophia 764
Bacon,
Adelaide, 722
William, 291
Armstrong,
Anginette, 997
Almira, 934
Bartow, 610
William, 696
Daniel, 302, 858
Edward, 922
Bascom,
William, 716
Edward, 382
Electa, 449
Aaron, 822
Arnold,
Francis, 381, 1100
Homer, 922
Eunice, 561
Julia, 733
Laurinda, 983
Rebecca, 456, 465
Reuben, 341,5
Mary, 598
Leonard, 381
Rhoda, 1080
Bassett, 1062
Nancy, 974
Mary, 869
Barclay, 726
Batchetter,
Arroicsmith, 1084
Samuel, 994
Bard, 1097
Abraham, 1000
Arthur, 252
Theodore, 283
Barden, 938
Charles, 1005
Ashburner, 744
William, 282
Bardicell,
Salathiel, 1005
AsJdey,
Badger, 1102
Amanda, 814
Silence, 1001
Betsey, 779
Bailey,
Charles, 1079
Susan, 260
David, 820
Almira, 280
Electa, 565
Bates,
Elizabeth, 693
Catharine, 879
Louisa, 764
Ann, 946
Israel, 1066,73
Lewis, 560
R e m e m b r ance,
Charles, 252
Margaret, 864
Mary, 255
764
Clement, 252
Mary, 441
Morris, 282
Barker,
Cornelia. 818
Noah, 819
Theodoras, 255
Elizabeth, 803
Elijah, 1073
Robert, 820
Baker,
Fordyce, 871
Ezekiel, 817
Thomas, 1075
Alice, 832
George, 343
Harriet, 818
Asp in watt,
Charles, 882
Hannah, 619
Henry, 1074
Elizabeth. 251
Emily. 371
Joseph, 675
Joshua, 252
Emily, 1101
George, 606, 708,
Barloic, 173
Josiah, 817
Atlierton,
1005
Barnard, 285
Susan, 819
Edwin, 1015
James, 343
Barnes,
William, 1074
Mary. 674
Jeremiah, 605
Abigail. 626, 827
BatMl, 298
William, 235
Jonathan, 951
Curtis, 730
Baum, 721
Atkins
Lewis, 1002
Daniel. 1107
Barter, 1015
Catharine, 895
Reed, 696
Julia, 925
Bayard,
James, 554
Susan, 528
Laura, 686
Catharine, 260
Atwood, 986
Bakh, 89
Sarah, 602
Susan, 1007
Auchmuty, 1093
Baldwin,
Ban; 476
Jbtylft/, 379
Aull, 739
Adeline, 545
BarrcH,
Baytoa, 486
Austin,
Elizabeth, 784,
Abigail, 598
Brarh,
Calvin, 542
836
Electa. 805
Alfred, 912
Harriet, 543
Jesse, 671
Jonathan, 561
Charles, 1084
Rebecca, 992
1106
Harvey, 427, 547 Barntf,
Henrietta, 656 Benjamin, 602
Cicero, 510
Heiiry, 912
1126 Index of those of all oilier Names.
Joseph, 912
Bigelow,
Hannah, 332
Boynton,
Melinda, 799
Lydia, 878
Henry, 772
Edward, 601
Moses, 911
Sarah, 756
Jonathan, 815
Margaretta, 1013
Nehemiah, 355
Tabitha, 793
Juliette, 485
Thomas, 600
BeaUie, 731
Bill, 417
Mary, 804
Brmfjiin/, 991
Beaumont, 585
Billings,
Phebe, 429, 766
lini'lford.
Beck, 460
Erastus, 763
Sarah, 884
Alice. 365
]i<fl.-rr, 894
Esther, 937
Zerviah, 841
Elizai 207
Beckley, 436
Israel, 771
Blodgett, 416
Hannah, 382,1081
Beckwith, 533
John, 313, 763
Blossom, 561
John, 1097
Beebe,
Lucy, 712
Boardman.
Lucy, 915,
Lucinda, 300
Mary, 856
Arthur, 286
Minerva, 811
Polly, 558
Silas, 763
Sarah, 689
Nancy, 814
Beecher, 709
Bingham, 264
William, 285
Bradley,
Beers, 1002
Bininger, 1102
Bodo, 960
George, 944
Belcher,
Bird,
Bogert, 1089
Joseph, 911
Charlotte, 784
Amanda, 813
Bond,
Braine, 531
Eliza, 485
Eli, 813
Anna, 984
Brainerd, 769,1068
Beklen,
Isaac, 709
George, 950
BranOey, 789
Abigail, 782
Sarah, 813
Julia, 469
Brattle, 1106
Amos, 170
Birdseye, 833
Henry, 432
Breck,
Eunice, 335
Birge,
Mary, 328
James, 1106
Samuel, 501
Backus, 430
Thomas, 194
John, 663
William, 189
Martha, 298
Bonesteel, 734
Rachel, 846
BeWng, 762
Biscoe, 982
Banner,
Sarah, 1057
BeU,
Bishop,
Harriet, 743
Breed,
Algernon, 240
Abigail, 1111
Henry, 645
Allen, 1108
Henry, 239
Harry, 755
Bontecue, 779
Gershom, 1109
Walter, 237
Stella, 1065
Booba, 970
John, 1110
William, 236, 8
BisscU,
Booth,
Susan, 198
Bellamy, 428, 514
Betsey. 465
Delilah, 471
Brennon, 650
BeUmcs, 290
Fanny, 921, 40
Walter, 418
Brenttm, 178
Bement, 456
George, 413
Borden, 255
Brecoort, 749
Bemer, 550
Isaac, 412
Bordwett, 1072
Brewer,
Bemis, 1018
Sophia, 916
Bosworth,
Brainerd. 929
Benedict,
Blfiine, 239
Abigail, 661
Frederic, 474
Hannah, 1022
Blair, 701
George, 730
Hiram, 929
Susan, 783
BlackweU, 610
Boucher, 894
Stephen, 908
Benjamin,
Blake,
Bourne, 1009
Brewster,
Abby, 508
Harriet, 899
Bouton, 416
Elizabeth, 780, 7
Jonathan, 1011
John, 828
Bow, 696
Henry, 608
Joseph, 509
Mary, 679
Boioen,
Lucilla, 909
Orsen, 290
Rachel, 299
Hannah, 635
Mary, 1081
Bennett,
Blakeslee, 1060
Susan, 724
Bridge, 866
Frances, 363
Blakesley,
Bowers,
Bridgeman,
Hiram, 714
Abby, 1059
Caleb, 281
Calvin, 491
John, 728
Sarah, 285
Charles, 279
Louisa, 340
Joseph, 939
Bouchard,
Dwight, 281
Lucretia, 936
Sarah, 741
Lucretia, 562
Harley, 278
Brigham, 996
Worden, 710
Maria, 1016
Henry, 279
Briggs,
Bendey, 712
Philonzo. 926
Luther, 279,81
Hannah, 1008
Benson, 968
Sarah, 980
Nathaniel, 278
James, 581
Bent, 943
Bland, 963
Stephen, 280
Thomas, 547
Bergen, 1084
Blankman, 474
William, 280
Brinley,
Berry,
Bkecker, 457,
Bowker, 475
Catharine, 555
Eleanor, 771
784
Bowles, 874
George, 382
Nicholas, 276 ' •
Blish, 546
Bowman, 1105
Briles, 991
Setts, 912
Bliss,
BowraU, 920
Brintnall, 266
BickneU, 1064
Alexander, 825
Boyce, 1003
Bristed, 854
Biddle, 380
Belinda, 844
Boyd,
Bristol,
Bidicett,
Caroline, 780"
John, 873
David, 432
Huldah, 913
Ellen, 846
Mary, 873
Lewis, 870
Roxa, 993
George, 882, 3
Susan, 873
Brittan, 434
Index of those of all other Names. 1127
Branson,
Bullock, 431
Susanna, 594
Thomas, 558
Henry, 785
Bunce, 741
CadweU,
Carver, 547
Jemima, 407
BunneU, 712
Timothy, 437
Case,
Nathan, 785
Burbank,
William, 439
Sarah, 999
Samuel, 785
Abraham, 428, 9
Cady,
William, 719
Brooke, 426
Daniel, 307
Almira, 682
Casey,
Brooks,
Peter, 306
Anna, 723
Mahala, 613
Hugh, 264
Samuel, 308
Rebecca, 698
Zadock, 614
James, 685
Shem, 434
Salome, 461
Castle,
Lucy, 598
Timothy, 429
Stephen, 312
Henry, 325
Broiick, 616
Burch, 675
CaldweU,
John, 818
Brown,
Burden, 959
Elijah, 838
Caswett,
Catharine, 983
Burkitt, 743
James, 427
Eva, 791
David, 503
lurlingham, 699
Cameron, 226
Sarah, 779
Henry, 943
Burnett, 477, 8
Camp,
Chaos, 983
Horatio, 943
Burnham, 594
Lorana, 364
Chaff ee, 811
John, 1014
Burnside, 654
Sally, 1005
Chalker, 430
Joseph, 1013
Burr,
Campbell,
Chamberlain,
Lucinda, 613
Aaron, 1040
Eleanor, 1082
Alpheus, 638
Lydia, 940
Cynthia, 1110
Harriet, 1059
Eliza, 482
Owen, 961
burton,
Minnie, 719
Harriet, 715
Sarah, 894
Margaret, 862
Sarah, 487
Nathan, 595
BrowneU, 647
Otis, 951
Sally, 997
Sally, 951
Brundige, 502
Thomas, 178,1077
Canfield,
Susan, 957
Bryan,
Bury,
Amanda, 715
Ctiamberlin,
Edward, 401
Joseph, 619
Clara, 842
Dwight, 510
Fanny, 169
Theodore, 221
Constant, 652
Erastus, 510
George, 397
Busch, 818
Lewis, 443
Hannah, 511
John, 398
Bush.
Cannon, 583
Timothy, 510
Michael, 401
David, 169
Capers, 403
Champion,
Richard, 1065
Elizabeth, 500
Card, 1103
Elizabeth, 780
Bryant, 807
Bushnell,
Carey, 561
Henry, 555
Bryden, 987
Eliza, 639
Carlisle, 600
Champlin,
Buckingham,
Jedediah, 977
Carlton,
Enos, 559
Bradford, 673
Mary, 905
Mary, 999
George, 361
Chloe, 912
Pamela, 680
Sally, 998
Chandler,
Gov. Win. 431
Butler,
Carmalt,
Francis, 344
Buckley, 437
Benjamin, 1063
Samuel, 255
Mehitable,358,592
Buckminster, 828
Charles, 749
William, 257
Chapin,
Budd, 208
Edward, 170
Carow, 256
Augustus, 352
Buett 782
Harriet, 905
Carpenter,
Charles, 352, 866
Bujftngton,
Jeremiah, 685
Amanda, 778
Daniel, 346
Cynthia, 940
Lafayette, 817
Emily, 732
Henry, 351
Hannah, 581
Buttolph, 953
Louisa, 731
Jabez, 357
Bugbee,
Butts, 723
Rhoda, 734
Japhet, 305
Charlea, 333
Byers, 894
Carrico, 932
Jemima, 599
Daniel, 312
Byington,
Car r id,
Moses, 334. 342, 8
Nancy, 943
Horatio, 740
Henry, 953
Phiueas, 341
Bidkley,
Lucy, 667
Hiram, 952
William, 357
Esther, 508
James, 951
Chaplin,
Jane, 948
Cabett, 1084
Rebecca, 952
Eliza. 727
Joseph. 948
Cable,
Carrier,
Tamisen, 687
Bull,
Abigail, 1073
Mary, 375
Chapman,
Caleb, 556
Maria, 279
Rachel, 454
Aaron. 052
David, 821
Cabot,
Carrington,
Alice, 591
Lucy, 547
Abigail, 582
Anna, 485
Charles, 409
Rebecca, 529, 68
Anna, 602
Edward, 293
Hannah, 533
Bullfird,
Frederic, 598
Carroll, 325
John, 453
Ann, 796
James, 900
Carson,
Jonathan, 893
Dwight, 943
Mary, 632
Laura, 749
Lydia, 418
Joel, 942
Marston, 576,7
Polly, 731
Mercy. 708
Mary, 1013
Norman, 598
Carter,
Miriam, 329
BuUis, 986
Sebastian, 581
Harriet, 687
Sherman, 760
1128 Index of those of all other Names.
Chase,
Delia, 474
Oliver, 933, 5
Rollin, 378
Frederic, 251
Elizabeth, 843
Rachel, 585
Sophia, 461
Gratia, 599
John, 277
Coleman,
William, 873
Hannah, 913
Hannah, 882
Harvey, 648
Cooley,
Lydia, 598
Harriet, 936 .
Nathan, 276
Charles, 327
Mary. 967
Helen, 1021
Seymour, 710
Charlotte, 754
Chatjit lit.
Henry, 657
Coles, 1094
Harriet, 846
John, 679
John, 284
Collamore, 772
Coolidge,
Thomas, 678
Joseph, 705
Collier,
Ellen, 900
Chaucer, 677
Lester, 274'
George. 238
Sarah, 481
Chauncey, 249
Lucy, 709
Jane, 813
Cooper, 684
Cfaatle. 788
Luther, 286
John, 239
Corbett,
Cheney,
Maurice, 267
Maurice, 239
Calista, 877
Foster, 674
Moses, 267
Thomas, 239
Lydia, 643
James, 673, 4
Oliver, 275
William, 239
Mary, 224
Chester, 1034
Renwick, 925
ColMns,
Corbin,
Chichester, 351
Revilo, 277
Abigail, 893
Charity, 582
Child,
Russell, 276
Almira. 248
Hannah, 332
Bradley, 521
Samuel, 1077
Ann, 288. 365
John, 582
Dudley, 521
Sarah, 321
Anna, 684
Martha, 587
Dwight, 519
Susan, 1065
Charles, 293, 1058
Royal, 592
Francis, 748
Thomas, 478
Elizabeth, 248
Corey,
John, 518
Walter, 294
Frances, 644
Fanny, 618
Jonathan, 521
Wareham, 277
Howard, 378
Henry, 939
Josiah, 516
Clay, 523
Martha, 564
Mary, 1012
Parker, 520
Clayton, 810
Mary, 503
Cornell,
Penuel, 515
Cleland, 1005
Colt,
Caroline, 719
Richard, 517
Clemens, 383
Robert, 1075
Latham, 489
Timothy, 517
Clement, 1110
Sarah, 378
Mary, 703
William, 519
Clifton, 349
Colton,
Rebecca, 1090
Childe, 878
Clinton, 1066
Ellen, 927
Corning, 756
Childs,
Ctosson, 381
Louisa, 311
CornweU,
Ann, 689
Clough, 596
Rebecca, 529
Francis, 480
Annie, 477
Clyde, 434
Sarah, 332
Julia, 781
Frederic, 487
Coan,
William, 819
Corwith, 1067
Levi, 327
Anna, 559
Cdvett, 703
Cotton, 111
Sarah, 276
Phebe, 381
Coivin, 1000
Couturier,
Sally, 972
Coates,
Compton, 666
Isaac, 403
Chitsey, 754
Calvin, 337
Comstock,
Joseph, 391
Christopher, 505
Prudence, 1005
Abigail, 697
Cowdery,
Church, 1073
Coburn, 857
Huldah, 596
George, 1018
Churchill,
Cochran,
John, 642
John, 1017
Edward. 239
Mary, 364
Conant,
Sherebiah, 1017
Eunice. 661
Robert, 951
Dolly, 963
Cowdrey,
William, 292
Codrinf/ton, 1065
Hosea, 964
James, 838
Chute, 561
Coe, 772
Condue, 347
Robert, 839
Claghorn, 560
Coffin, 209
Cone,
Cowles,
Clap,
Coghill, 420
Calvin, 729
Albert, 641
Daniel, 995
CoggswcU,
Elizabeth, 454
Alson, 793
Mary, 261
Eliza, 997
Salmon, 1110
Charlotte. 858
Clapp,
James, 1094
Congdon, 732
Chloe, 766
Elizabeth, 608
Martha, 814
Conger, 787
Elizabeth, 772
Hannah, 279
Samuel, 817
Conklin, 1093
Coy, 1107
Julia, 279
Coit,
Constable, 1063
Crafts, 592
Lyman. 763
Edward, 590
Convtrs, 254
Cragin, 455
Mehitable. 938
Eliza, 430
Converse,
Craig,
Rollin, 938
Frank, 291
Harriet, 912
Hannah. 930
Clark,
George, 799
Horatio, 651
Mary, 993
Benjamin, 273
Lydia, 1100
Pamela, 596
Crane,
Catharine, 690
Nancy, 835
Cook,
Achsah, 966
Charles, 267
Cole,
Elizabeth,. 605
Phineas, 806
Charlotte, 754
lanibhe. 129
Ellen, 454
Rachel, 959
Daniel, 274
Josephine, 527
Margaret, 761
William, 806
Index of those of all other Names. 1129
Crawford, 226
Dalton, 532
James, 598
Richard, 189
Creamer, 128
Damon,
Jeremiah, 1107
Samuel, 820
Cressey, 816
Bardin, 1079
Marv, 913
Sarah, 819, 23
Crocker,
Gershom, 813
Nancy, 911
Solomon, 694
Mary, 487
Hudson, 814
Sarah, 909
Wealthy, 188
Philander, 486
Martha, 814 Thankful, 366
De Witt,
Crookes, 817
Orpha, 814 Dayton, 1084
Julia, 1082
Crosby,
Reuben, 813 Dean,
Margaret, 236
John, 264
Dana,
James, 290
Dexter,
Mary, 550
Amanda, 666
Joseph, 788
Charity, 703
Cross,
Betsey, 413
Mercy, 729
Mary, 385
Irene, 1006
Charles, 661, 70
Deane,
Dickinson,
Thomas, 1075
Delia, 800
Charlotte, 825
Aura, 722
Grossman, 818
Edward, 799
Noah, 1008
Clarissa, 763
Crosswett, 796
Frances, 662
Samuel, 1006, 7
Electa, 449
Crow,
George, 799
De Forest,
Israel, 767
John, 112
Harriet, 799
Lockwood, 1112
Mabel, 771
Mehitable, 110
James. 795, 6
Mary, 1107
Mary, 462
Crowed,
John, 795
De Graff, 922
Thankful, 569
Albert, 385
Junius, 543
Ddafleld, 1067
Violet, 491
Sarah, 684
Luther, 671, 4
Delamater,
Diggins, 925
Cubbison, 226
Mary, 666
Catalina, 1082
Dike,
Cudworth, 814
Newell, 668
Edward, 586
Amelia, 775
CWj?, 975
Peregrine, 668
Delano,
George, 999
CWwr, 1071
Seraph, 665
Deborah, 830
DiUenbeck, 731
6"w»iwMW<7s,
Stephen, 665
Flavius, 1008
Dillon, 430
Isaac, 1015
Watson, 661
Joseph, 734
Dimond, 343
Mary, 415, 998
William, 659, 669,
Reuben, 734
Dinsmore, 950
Cunningham, 666
796
Deming, 874
Dixon, 564
Curran, 469
Danforth, 1082
Denison,
Doane,
Curtenius, 973
Daniels,
George, 1109
Abigail, 774
(Twrttlg,
Everett, 1088
Nathan.' 216
James, 1079
Eleazer, 414, 916
George, 960
Zina, 216
Dodge,
Henry, 812
Israel, 985
Dennis, 793
Andrew, 949
Joseph, 414
Maria, 716
Dennison, 293
Chauncey, 438
Lucian, 913
Danks, 319
Denny,
Israel, 675
Lucy, 345
Darby, 329
Louisa, 886
Lewis, 942
Maria, 932
Darling, 249
Mary, 615
Lucy, 603
Mary, 588
DarnweU, 960
Denver, 584
Dominick, 766
Sarah, 1074
Dauchy, 709
Derby,
Donaldson, 857
dishing,
Divenport,
Carrie, 777
Doney, 984
Elizabeth, 664
John, 1105
Elias, 1094
Donnell, 847
Fanny, 569
Lydia, 1018
Detamore, 647
Donohoe, 291
Mary, 928
Pamelia, 336
Demenbury, 711
Doolittle,
Mehitable, 861
Pardon, 359
Devotion,
Ann, 967
Cushman, 646
Davis,
Hannah, 406
Elizabeth, 514
Cutler,
Betsey, 885
Mary, 1110
Dor man, 1083
Abigail, 667
Catharine, 964
Rachel, 303
Doty,
Anna, 926
Henry, 169
Dewey,
Alfred. 322
Elizabeth, 955
Jerusha, 962
Aaron, 445
Wheeler, 322
Fanny, 281
Joshua. 413
Abigail, 820, 4
Douglas, 438
Joseph, 325
Martha, 968
Addison, 433
Dowd,
Rebecca, 1106
Moses, 1001
Ashbel, 441
Martha, 281
Phebe, 916
Charlotte, 955
Olive, 274
Daggett,
Sarah, 705
David, 337, 821
Rachel, 285
David, 205
Dawson, 688
Electa, 533
Doidey,
Susan, 203, 513
Day,
Elijah, 189
Henry, 877
Dakin, 679
Dale,
Abigail, 688
Ann, 778
Harvey, 188
H. F. 433
Ruth, 937
Downing, 1032
Hervey, 667
Jeremiah, 667
Theodore, 667
Benjamin, 908,
914
Drusilla, 910
Israel, 692
James, 821
Lydia, 691
Drake,
Catharine, 787
Eliza, 93(»
Dattiba, 910
Henry, 909
Mary, 821
Draper, 983
72
1130 Jii<kx of those of all other Names.
Dreteer,
John, 224, 544
Lydia, 1017
Jane, 912
Lucia, 607
Jonathan, 1039,
Roxa, 993
Nathaniel, 605
Mary, 242
42
Ecu rt.i.
Fiske,
l>r(',r, 724
Pierpont, 224, 256
Jeremiah, 1107
Amaryllis, 617
Dtrbk, 673
Rhoda, 849
William, 1107
Helen, 772
Dvdky,
Samuel, 220
Exdcth, 920
Julia, 941
Abigail, 404
Timothy, 851.
Everett, 514, 952
Mary, 234
William, 179
1036
Everett, 457
Fitch,
Dukehewt, 543
William, 225, 473
Anna, 434
Dunbar, 450
Edson, 702
Fairbanks,
Elizabeth, 366
Duncan,
Egbert, 648
Prudence, 647
John, 1107
Margaret, 285
Eygleston,
Sus»n, 999
Lucy, 1111
Silas, 956
David, 127
Fairchild, 818
Mary, 1092
Dunham,
Emily, 547
Fairfidd,
Sarah, 372, 599
Sarah, 526
Eicfthorn, 317
Mehitable, 437
Silence, 411
Truman, 781
Eldred,
Samuel, 360
Fitts, 970
Dunlrtp,
Leefie, 725
Fall, 472 j Fitzpatrick, 881
George, 1080
Samuel, 723
Fanning, Fitzximmonx, 584
John, 1079
Eldridge, 472
Caroline, 1073 Fleming, 287
William, 1099
Eliot,
Hannah, 532
Fletcher,
Dunn, 056
Catharine, 746
Farnsworth, 347
Betsey, 966
Durant, 414
Jared, 179
Farrar. 1015
Delia, 344
Durham, 894
Jemima. 178,1077
Farrell, 929
Hope, 497
Durkee, 1023
John, 179
Farrington, 325
Flint,
Dutton,
Mary, 89
Fancell, 950
Edward, 858
George, 909
Elledge, 990
Faulkner, 653
Eunice, 837
Mary, 910
EUery, 748
Fay,
Henry, 104
Sarah, 910
Elliott,
George, 469
Joseph, 857
William, 910
Joseph, 987, 93
Louise, 720
Josiah, 858
Direl/y, 987
Margaret, 739
Nancy, 960
Laura, 858
Dye, 667
Mary, 238, 776 Persis, 968
Mary, 858
Dyer,
Samuel, 989, 91 Fenner, 635
Flower,
Jeanie, 709
Sarah, 609, 16 Fenton,
Eleanor, 433
Margaret, 811
William, 992, 94
Abigail, 774
Harvey, 127
Samuel, 341
Ettis,
Joseph, 233
Floyd,
Sarah, 775
Benjamin, 312
Ferris,
Catharine, 796
Dynlin, 812
Rebecca, 571
Hannah, 992
John, 1067
Ellsworth, 779
Sherwood, 233
Mary, 1112
Eager, 843
Elhcood, 941
Ferry,
Nicoll, 1066
Eaman, 986
Elmendorf, 410,
Asenath, 311
Fluno, 702
Eamet,
1006
Margaret, 289
Foley,Q5Q
Eugene, 961
Elmer, 816
Field,
Folger,
Henry, 981
Ehcell, 793
Dudley, 170
Anna, 220
Judson, 960
Ely,
Flora, 792
Mary, 781
Sarah, 982
Edmund, 410
Helen, 919
Foote,
Timothy, 981
Gibson, 285
Lucius, 574
Emmerson, 879
William, 982
Henry, 548
Moses, 574
George, 222
Ear/tart, 819
Justin, 782
Robert. 567
Homer, 879
Earle, 470
Lois. 869
Submit, 570
John, 197
Eastham, 346
Mary, 909
Filkim, 610
Mary, 878
Eastman,
Emerson, 800
Finlay,
Samuel, 179
Abigail, 308 Emery,
Cornelius, 585
Sarah, 526
Jonathan, 420
Charles, 945
Sylvester, 699 Ford,
William, 420
Robert, 945
Fith,
Artemisia, 763
Eaton, 507
Engram, 815
Abigail, 715
Burton, 319
Eddy, 484 Erskine, 769
Charles, 586
EdVard, 332
Edgar, 684 Estes, 644
Lydia, 1002
Elijah. 331
Edgarton, 743 Emtis, 760
Mary, 798
John, 934
Edgerton, 669 Evans,
Fisher,
Sarah, 936
Edmonds, 966 Clara, 353
Abner, 607
Fordham,
Edwards, Eliza, 985
Catharine, 344
Annie, 912
Electa, 1080 Henrietta, 473, 543
Esther, 105
Joseph, 1066
Henrietta, 848 ; Henry, 370
Homer, 551
Maria. 912
Index of those of all other Names. 1131
Forrest, 990
Jaines, 560
Experience, 514 ' Goulding, 378
Foster,
Norman, 585
Levi, 724 (jtnirerneur, 532
Alfred, 649, 54
Fulkerstrn, 725
Mary, 610 Graham,
Betsey, 605
Fuller,
Semantha, 697
Edward, 128
Cephas, 1083
Desire, 450
Tamerson, 647
Isaac, 126
Dulcinea, 933
Eleanor, 315 '. Giles,
Nathan, 877
Dwight, 639, 053,
Elizabeth, 903
John, 998
Granger,
056, 1108
Mary, 251, 910
Nancy, 937 Mary, 428
Edgar, 545
Nathaniel, 909 GiU, 530 Matilda, 340
Edward, 040, 879
Theodore, 310 Gittum, 603 Grant,
Elijah, 047
Fullerton, 504 Gillette, 426 ; Benjamin, 995
Ephraim, 033
Furbish, 475 Gittingham, 380 ' Henry, 996
tsther, 1004
Furnace,
Gitmore, > Sally, 918
Frances, 641
Polly, 942
Caroline, 787 Samuel, 995
Frederic, 071
Ruth, 931
Charles, 003 GrareU, 615
George, 049
Dwight, 326 Graves,
Jedediah, 647
Gage, 618
Nathaniel, 326 Abby, 764
Lewis, 650
Gaillard, 396 Qleason, Elam, 339
Luther, 652
Gale, 284 Clara, 878 Electa, 557
Luzelia, 041
GaUagJier,
Margaret, 731 I Erastus, 339
Marie, 073
Joseph, 287
Mary, 782 Henry, 814
Mary, 050, 1071
Luther, 287 Glover, John, 338
Maxwell, 038
Gamewell, 471 Hannah, 820 Joseph, 466
Peregrine, 651,
Gardiner, Martha, 1026 Josiah, 476
657. 604, 673
David, 697 Goddard, Levi, 763
Phebe, 1067
Fanny, 491 Amanda, 1017 Lucina, 349
Polly. 659
Stephen, 730 Louisa, 835 Margaret, 273
Reginald, 634
Gardner, Robert, 515 Mary, 790
Ruth, 676
Daniel, 294 Samuel, 924 Moses, 832
Samuel. 639 -
Eugene, 294
Goetchius, 455 Penelope, 448
Sarah, 672, 9
Garrison, 817
Golden, 584 Perez, 406
Seraph, 603
Gaskett, 961
Goodale, 995
Sophia, 994
Seymour, 041
Gates,
Goodett,
Gray,
Sophia, 054
Elizabeth, 719
Amos, 594
Aurelia, 432
Susan, 053
Horace, 449
George, 596
Fairfax, 370
Theodore, 436,
Gaylord,
Harriett, 597
Greaves, 792
634, 640
David, 1072
Goading, 515
Green,
Theodosia, 630
Margaret, 385
Goodrich,
Abigail, 517, 953
Theophilus, 642,
Rhoda. 533
Catharine, 529
Amanda, 099
50
Gelden, 345
Nancy, 300
David, 1107
Foncard, 491
Gelston,
Wealthy, 281
Edward, 978
Foiclar,
George, 1069
William, 1045
Elizabeth, 522
Abigail, 437
Hugh, 1065, 9, 71
GoofoeU, 593
James, 1067
Elizabeth, 906
Jane, 1070
Goodwin, 112,926
John, 668
Frances, 752
Jerusha, 808,1075 Gookin, 945
Julia, 046
Julia. 419
Maltby, 1007, 72
Gordon,
Keunicott, 727
Samuel, 906
Phebe, 220, 1072
Harriet, 983
Peter, 712
Vox, 718
Samuel, 1066
Margaret, 1084
Phebe, 000
Francis,
William, 1068
Gorham,
Rebecca, 749
George, 443
Gerrixh, 473
Desire, 859
Samuel, 707
Luke. 442
Getman, 717
Selden,610
Sarah, 510, 642
William, 441
Gibbons, 788
Gormley, 421
Warhara, 727
FriJ.se r, 070
Qibb», 1080
Gould, <! /•'//.'/. !<22
Freeman,
Gibxon,
Amy, 467 Gregory, 730
Calvin, 129
Hepzibah, 285
David, 1082 (ir,ir, '.".M
George, 312
James, 789
Elizabeth, !>79,
Grey, 522
Melita, 87!)
Giddinffs, 1072
1083
Griffin, 413
French, 910
Gifford,
George, 970
(frijfiny, 861
Fi-ft/. 587
Emily, 81 1
James, 1100
drinifM,
Prink, 817
Fulton, 573
Jonathan, 980
Anna, 282
Fi-itrher, 079
Gilbert,
Mary, 977
Rebccca,922,104S
Fritz, 725
Anna, 279
Samuel, 970
Groneeintr,
Frost,
Esther, 785
Vinsoii, 1081 Hannah, 472
1132 Index of those of all otJier Names.
Sarah, 799
ll.mcock, 331
Haskin, 650
Joseph, 1034
(iinrnxtij, 563
Hand,
Haskins,
Lydia, 620
Guile, 516
Mehitable, 354
Alta, 714
JlmrtJiorne, 956
Guitenu, 613
Sarah, 1'n
Cordelia, 646
Jlnijtrard,
Gutzler, 713
Hani(rrd, 826
Dorothy, 438
James, 831
Hanks, 385
Jonathan, 653
Rebecca, ('49
ILickley, 823
Hanna, 730
H/txktine,
Hayworth, 650
Hadley, 961
Hannum.
Moses, 226
Head,
Ha/, 952
Hannah, 935
Robert, 226
Ellenore, 873,
7/cffirar, 1000
Ruth, 220
William, 226
1076
//«*», 927
Hanson, 470
Jlnxtings, 1016
James, 1075 •
Haight
Hapyood, 936
Hutltaicay,
Maria, 1076
Amy, 724
Hard, 369
Eliza, 418
Healy,
Mary, 702
Hardenbergh, 1024
Jael, 944
Elizabeth, 354
Hale,
Harding,
Mary, 743
Ellen, 878
Albert, 342
Lyman, 619
Sarah, 649
Sarah, 901
Anna, 481
Ruby, 771
Temperance, 649
Heaton,
Caroline, 129
Harkin, 479
Hutheway,
Anna, 676
Elizabeth, 643
Harlakenden, 374
Anne, 925
Lydia, 514
Enoch, 845
HarUttle, 624
Asahel, 924
Heath,
Mary, 673
Harman,
Thomas, 510
Charles, 811
Osmar, 529
Elizabeth, 693
Hatch,
Edwin, 955
Sarah, 586
Heman, 545
Abigail, 521
Elizabeth, 664
HaU,
Sarah, 1059
Cynthia, 474
Julia, 702
Abiah, 273
Harper, 831
Davis, 526
Phebe, 702
Anna, 439
Harrington
Lydia, 981
Hebard, 955
Betsey, 999
Elizabeth, 657
Tryphena, 673
Heemnance, 259
Daniel, 272
Isaac, 574
Hatfiorne, 1109
Heighton, 945
Elizabeth, 252
Nancy, 943
Haven,
Hetnenway,
Enoch, 283
Harris,
John, 608
Cynthia, 920
Esther, 959
Rachel, 360
Lois, 964
Lydia, 1062
Gardiner, 407
Robert, 632
Moses, 345
Hemple. 252
Henry, 983
Susan, 1011
Olive, 684
Hendee, 416
Jonathan, 301
Harrison,
Prudence, 595
Hendershot, 718
Julia, 768
Adolphus, 725
Havens, 587
Henderson, 841
Horace, 303
Anna, 723
Haviland, 500
Henkle, 1005
Horatio, 982
Chloe, 602
Hawes,
Henley, 252
Joseph, 858
Hannah, 1111
Calvin, 920
Henshaw,
, Josiah, 313
Horace, 724
Josiah, 562
Dolly, 938
Maria, 983
Jacob, 695
Lewis, 919
Elizabeth, 857
Miranda, 310
Joseph, 697
Samuel, 323
Joseph, 907
Oliver, 302
Roswell, 1060
Hawkins, 1105
Samuel, 907
Richard, 963
Salmon, 723
Hawks,
Herrick,
Seth, 303
William, 724
Almon, 338
Avery, 349
William, 224
Hart,
Amanda, 490
Charles, 563
Hallet, 858
Mary, 242
Hayden,
Claudius, 1064
HaUiday, 666
Sarah, 707
Amanda, 1004
George, 350
Hattock, 1089
Barter, 376
Mercy, 813
Phebe, 1067
Hals,y, 223
Hartxhorn, 987 Hayes,
William, 350
Hoisted, 650
HartweU,
Mary, 699
Herrington, 490
Ham,
Jeremiah, 1018
Statira, 780
Heraes. 970
Nancy, 719
John, 531
Haynes,
Hetzel, 713
William, 991
Joseph, 1106
Elizabeth, 1001
Hewes, 450
Hamilton,
Sarah, 807
Ruth, 366
Hewitt,
Henry, 291
Harvey, 460
Hays,
Charles, 776
Lucy, 921
Hasbrouck, 882
Abby, 353
Nathaniel, 1093
Mary, 740
Haseltine,
Abigail, 419
Haywood, 993
Hamlin,
Elizabeth, 1002
Hawks,
Hibbard, 521
Beulah, 703
John, 1001, 4
Elizabeth, 1005
Hibbert, 517
Jabez, 505
Joseph, 1003
John, 337
Hickman 991
John, 504
Haskett,
Sereno, 338
Hickox, 912
Mehitable, 1045
Charles, 660
Hawley,
Hicks,
Sibyl, 503
Pamelia, 661
Ann, 955
Samuel, 582
Index of those of all other Names. 1 1.°.3
Sylvester, 941
Harriet. 912
David, 579
Micah, 563
William, 583
Jared, 342
Joseph, 580
Orrin, 586
Higbee, 252
Higgins,
John, 594
Holcombe,
Sylvester, 647,810
Uriah, 505
Phebe, 302
Ruth, 771
Corydon, 352
Ann, 425
Hotchkiss, 709
Stephen, 282
Elizabeth, 1065
Chloe, 699
Houghton,
Hubbell,
Lydia, 975
HoMen, 611
Betsey, 732
Eliza, 408
Mary, 225
Holdron, 356
Jerusha, 695
Eunice. 1093
Higginson, 896
HoUister,
Houston, 357
Julius, 588
Higley, 711
Elisha, 281
Hover, 583
Loren, 587
HiU,
Horace, 952
Honey,
William, 529
Esther, 846
Josiah, 952
Augusta, 489
Hudson, 256
James, 462
Hotty,
Thomas, 1075
Hughes, 664
Sarah, 801
Hannah, 550
Howard,
Hulftt, 933
HUlard, 481
John, 1105
Alexander, 311
Hull, 277
HiUkouse, 1092
Holman,
Anna, 482
Huina&on, 662
HMman. 815
Alexander, 998
Bezaleel, 865
Humiston, 1059
Hills, 315
Judy, 598
Charles, 825, 31
Humphrey,
Hilton,
Julius, 955
George, 929
Mary, 892, 980
Elizabeth. 1106
Reuben, 955
Hannah, 830
Stella, 729
Susan, 944
William, 987
Mary, 638
Hungerford, 769
Hillyer,
Holmes,
Polly, 730
Hunt,
Jane, 824
Adeline, 416
Sarah, 958
Angela, 248
Pliny, 1069
Danforth, 316
• Thomas, 831
Anna, 569
Hinckley,
William, 672
Howe,
Curtis, 410
Abel, 318
Hdt, 1017
Benjamin. 466
Elisha, 570
Mary, 468, 933
Holton, 325
Chiliab, 479
Fanny, 375
Sophia, 175
Hook, 1002
Clarissa, 378
George, 415
Thomas, 193
Hooker,
Estes, 476, 9, 81
Jonathan, 407
Hind 794
Edward, 453
Fanny, 641
Leavitt, 408
Hinds, 928
Elizabeth, 847
George, 977, 8, 9
Martha, 907
Hitie, 226
George, 846
James, 482
Mary, 575
Hinsdale, 482
John, 846, 1047
Jonathan, 872
Richard, 408
Hitchcock,
Joseph, 1048
Lucretia, 616
Samuel, 570
Alfred, 604
Josiah, 845
Lucy, 657
Thankful, 775
Ethan, 239
Mary, 456
Rachel, 978
William, 408
Frances, 355
Richard, 200, 845
Samuel, 480
Hunter,
Henry, 569
Samuel, 505, 794,
Sarah, 978
Cyrus, 572
Lyrnan, 604
1044
William, 477, 977,
Sarah, 713
Susan, 991
Thomas, 201,
9
Uuntington,
//<>, 643
1043
HoweU,
Ann, 1058
Hoadley,
Worthington, 848
Arthur, 1075
Deborah, 545
Betsey, 709
Hooper,
David, 484
Erastus, 579
George, 250, 2
Dwight, 566
John, 1066
George, 580
Hour,
Hannah, 474
Laban, 526
Gurdou, 910
Jane, 613
Hopkins,
Nathan, 757
Hannah, 765,
Margery, 104
George. 861
Phebe, 1071
770
'Hobnrt,
Henry/788
Hoidand,
Henry, 549, 593
Elizabeth, 913
Huldah, 740
Abby, 1100
Hezekiah, 548
Mary, 819
Lydia, 636
Catharine, 408
Jerusha, 883
Hobbs, 607
Mark, 627
Joseph, 1100
John, 427
Hobby, 743
Mary, 738
Robert. 1100
Robert, 555
Hodge,
Samuel, 860, 109J
H'tyle, 590 Ruth. 431
Caspar, 379
Sarah, 881
Jfvyt, Samuel, 555
Hugh, 1100
Susan, 902
Amelia, 513 Hard,
Levi, 1014
Woolaey, 255
Anna, 512 Ann, 767
Hodgkins, 713
Hopping, 857 ' Stephen, 501 LIUMS. :>l^
H»ec1dey, 317
Hartford, 513 l[<i>,b,ir<l. Lydiii. :l I'J
Hiffman, 1097
Horton,
Betsey, 79:2 Pamela. 344
Ho/mire, 977
Edwin, 482
Elisha, 940 Samuel, 9*fi
H>>yabo»in, 823
Eunice, 356
Margaret, 631 Jl'irlburt. 378
H'tiaington, 419
Lydia, 127
Marv, 563, 601, Hnrlbiit, 278
Holbrwk,
Hosiner,
921 ' Uusacy, 607
1 134 InJex of those of all oilier Nan« >.
Huston,
Jarri*, 408
Joanna, 303
Clarissa, V27
Cephas, 719
Jay, 1063 Joseph, 405
I):ilii.-l. W2
Charles, 217
Jeniton, 969 Martha, 443
Edward, 4iil
Il'/fi'/iiiiM,
Jenks, Rachel, 405
Elizabeth. 407
Elizabeth, 881
Anna, 987 Sarah, 820
Emma, 457
Martha, 518
Betsey, 724 Ktlsei/, 330
Experience, 113
Samuel, 520
Mary, 847 , Kendall,
Henry, 550
HutcJunson, 705
Jenness, 417 Henry, 423
Isaac, 958, 60
Hyde,
Jerome, 1006 Isaac, 1015
John, 119, 843
Abial, 579
Jessup, 523 James, 1015
Leicester, 550
Edward, 371
JetceU, 913 Simon, 423
Luther, 959
Fanny, 927
Jeitett, Kennedy,
Mary, 397, 409,
Harvey, 371
Fayette, 284 Ann, 662
491
Mary, 905
Rachel. 596 t Charles, 233
Mind well. 417
Hyndshaw, 767
John, 1099 Margaret, 1111
Paulina, 209
Johns, 770
Nathaniel, 951
Putnam, 903
7<fo,284
Johnson, l\iititey,5&&
Rachel, 014
Ingersott,
Abel, 937 Kent,
Ruth, 950
Bathsheba, 477
Amelia, 688 Alexander. 547
Samuel. 954, 02
Daniel, 354
Caleb, 381 Charles, 426
Sarah, 417
Elizabeth, 431
Charles. 259 Elihu, 421, 542
Silence, 971
Harriet, 432
Eliza, 1005 Elijah, 405
Susan, 098
John, 081
Elizabeth. 928 Gamaliel. 545
Sylvia, 816
Jonathan, 171
Emily, 816 Henry, 411
William, 953, 9
Martha, 240
Esther, 617 Horace, 425
Kingmnn, 719
Mary, 848
William, 2(53,6, John, 404, 11
Kinysbury.
Inrin, 875
200, 1043 Rebecca, 542
Ebenezer. 577
Isaacs, 168, 1095
Johnston, Kenyan, 286
Esther, 970
Isbd, 719
Martha, 412 ,Ketchum,
George, 599
Ixenberg, 920
Thomas, 0(50 Alexander, 457
Tabitha, 429
Isham,
William, 700 i Phebe, 502 Ki»f/*l<-i/.
Ezra, 1059 Jones, ' William, 293 Abigail. 840
Joseph, 858
Abigail, 626 j Kettett, 800 ' George, 463
Ites,
Alpheus, 826 • /\>-i/c«, ; Orrin. 104S
Amanda, G79
Catharine, 485
Charles, 444 Wealthy, 845
Dolly, 1075
Daniel, 827
Mary, 597 William, 464
Elizabeth. 678
Eleanor, 616
Rebecca, 653 Kinnti/.
Nancy, 677
James, 800
Solomon, 653
Bridget. 720
Thomas, 676, 80
Mary, 866,1066
Kibbe,
Mary, 939
Sarah, 985
Caroline, 310
Kirby, 457
Jackson,
Sidney, 828
Emma, 663
Kirk,
Elizabeth, 690
Simeon, 826
Julia, 329
Charlotte. 402
John, 837
Thomas, 908
Margaret, 544
Emily, 391
Olive, 608
Wyman, 799 , Simeon, 289, 350
Philip, 404
Sarah, 913
Judd, William. 289
Kirkland,
Jacob, 1110
Althaea. 712 Kidd, 352
Samuel. 261
Jacobs,
Mary, 627
Kiddtr, 997
Sarah, 1067
Jesse, 238
Wealthy, 845
Kiersted, 911
Kirtland,
Sarah, 937
Kilbourn,
Jared, 225
Thomas. 972
Kean, 948
Benjamin. 932
Lucy, 772
James,
Keech, 814
Elizabeth, 933
Kitching, 434
Clarissa, 833
Keeler,
Moses. 932
Kittredye,
Henry, 918
Delos, 470
Ki*nbatt,
Elizabeth. 460
Lyman, 917
Sarah. 469
Abigail, 520
Rebecca, 810
Malachi. 918
Keep, 358
Betsey, 666
Knapp,
Mary, 748
Keith, 827
Henry, 347
Elizabeth. 741,789
Sarah, 978
Kelley,
Oliver. 996
Lewis, 651
Jameson,, 391
Emma. 580
Kincfiid, 420 Rachel, 789
Jamison, 815
Jane, 722
Kinq, Roxana. 050
Janes,
Susan, 945
Abigail, 410 Knedand. 458
Horace, 768
Kellogg,
Adolphus, 372
Knetttes, 973
Ruth, 334
Abigail, 750
Andrew, 963
Knight,
Jartes, 1016 Deborah, 942 Charles, 961 ' Emmeliiie, G15
Index of those of all other Names. 1135
Lois, 1017
John. 784 Leif/hton, 870
Locke,
Roswell, 791
Joseph. 772, 6, 8
Leland,
Eliza, 709
Knowlton, 701
Lomanda. 512
Alvan, 965
Jonas, 689
Koons, 583
Martha, 786
Jonathan, 964
Lockard, 663
Kraft, 670
Mary, 782
Silence, 984
Lockwood,
Paoli, 780
Susan, 966
Jesse, 611
Lacey, 967
Rowena, 781
Lentner, 778
Peter, 1112
Ladd,
Sarah, 785
Leonard,
Long,
Abigail, 1065
Seth, 774
Anna, 861
Elizabeth. 789
Sarah, 702
Solomon. 776
Daniel, 429
Louise. 975
Ladue, 251
Wells, 779
Edwin, 782
Sarah, 271
Lainy, 259
William, 784
Lucy, 636
Lonnon, 913
Lamb,
Latimer, 291 ,
Sarah, 547
Look, 557
Daniel, 454
Latserd, 708
Lester, 944
Loomis,
Polly, 701
Lavalley, 647
Lewis,
Andrew, 542
Sarah, 451
Law, 1106
Ellen, 552
Anna, 587
Lamson,
Lawrence,
Hannah, 842
Chloe, 360
Joseph, 501
Betsey. 841
Howell, 553
Henry, 418
William, 594 ; Cornelia, 1092
Ira, 514
Jemima, 407
Lane,
Henry, 415
John, 331
John, 129
Angelica, 1102
Julia, 882
Laura, 925
Lucy. 679
Elvira, 286
Maria, 860
Lucinda, 644
Luther, 409
Job, 947
Myron, 923
Lyman, 1074
William, 409
Mary, 803
Sarah, 843, 923
Mary, 720
Lord,
Robert, 341
Sophia. 924
Nathaniel. 820
Benjamin, 517
Lang,
Susanna, 305
Richard, 688
John, 252
Caroline, 519
Lawton,
Sarah, 1048
Lydia, 453
William, 518
Emily. 929
Liyon, 1084
Mary, 474
Langdon,
John, 928
Lincoln,
Lorimer,
Elizabeth, 818
Rebecca, 671
Annis, 974
George, 372
Huldah, 681
Leach, 372
Elizabeth, 345
Virginia, 426
John, 301. 1060
Lefi.chman, 661
Lucy, 937
Loitering,
Josephine, 697
Leake, 509
Lindsey.
Nancy, 806
Josiah, 299
Learned,
Benjamin, 741
William, 722
Mariette, 715
Emily, 298
Charlotte, 652
Low,
Melissa, 649
George, 519
George, 970
Catharine, 772
Susanna, 1047
Hannah, 937
Liriley,-25Q
Isabella, 740
Larber, 973
Robert, 835
Linn, 721
Mary, 615
L'irned,
Leacitt,
Limted, 68(5
Lowell, 994
Cornelia, 886
Edward, 412
Lippitt, 611
Luce,
Edward, 969
Freegrace, 421, 8
Little,
Betsey, 438
Hannah, 516
Humphrey, 412
Charles, 812
Lovev, 815
Horatio, 969
John, 406, 412
Henry, 812
Ltidlow, 224
Sylvanus, 968
Joshua, 410
Jane, 670
Lnfkiit, 454
Larrabee, 1111
Mary, 1016
John, 313
Luke, 843
Lasdl,
Thaddeus, 407
Molly, 771
LltU;
Chester, 966
Lee,
Robert, 584
Aiba, 600
Elizabeth, 705
Benjamin, 870
Livermore,
Mary, 197
Luther, 1058
Elizabeth. 870
Alonzo,^844
Lyiiutn,
Latham, 400
Harriet, 545
Edmund, 642
Aaron, 467, 557
Lathrop,
James, 986
E/.ra, 721
Augusta. 5i)5
Anna, 1110
Lavinia, 962
Henry, (J43
Caleb, 571
David, 310
Samuel, 579
Jairus, 64(5
Catharine, 575
Dwight, 787
Thomas, 287
Susan, 643
Charles, 945
Ebenezer. 579
Leeds,
Ltvirir/xt'in,
Daniel, 573,
Edward. 777
Hannah, 5)77
Henry, 1093,1104
638
Elizabeth.,775,786
Robert, 455
Herman. 1097
Electa, 5(50
Ellen. 788
Leete,
Margaret, 1066
Elihn, 567
Francis. 787
Abigail. 1076
Susan, 743
Elizabeth, 918
Frank, 788
William. 1076
JJsADdlyii, 319
Eunice, 5(58
Hannah, 431
Legtir!-, 401^
fitoyd,
Experience;. 126
Henry, 789
Li-i/'/ett, 457
John, 1093
Francis, 571
Jere., 790
Lehrmann, 209 Rebecca, 1092
Giles, 503
1136 Index of those of all other Names.
Hannah, 446, 765, Mason,
McDitt, 673
Metzgar, 818
70
Austin, 548
McDonald, 710
Jtofe»,
Hepzibah, 821
Ella, 449
McDowell,
James, 238
Huntington, 175
Jane, 816
Maria, 412
Mary, 902
Jemima, 752
John, 1092
Sarah. 687
M&urd, 635
John, 175, 218
Lemuel, 449
Me Gill, 403
Miller,
Joseph, 271, 906
Mary, 899
Me Grow, 283
Abigail, 645
Josiah, 556
Susan, 893
McGregor,
Anna, 579, 914
Louisa, 636, 781
Masters, 373
Susanna, 654
David, 339
Mary, 272, 293
Matthews,
Thankful, 360
Elizabeth, 784
Phinehas. 120
Anna, 394
Mclleaine, 910
Maria, 1102
Samuel, 907, 945
Lucy, 966
Mclver, 371
Oscar, 545
Sophia, 561
Lyman, 978
McKenney, 689
Susan, 646
Theodore, 568
Thomas, 978
McKibbon, 423
Mills,
Lyne#, 169 Mattocks, 587
McKinley, 226
Anna, 662
Lyons, 100 Muttoon, 462
McKinney,
Charles, 899
Maxam,
Jane, 972
Mary, 801
Macaulay, 843 John, 815
Sarah, 992
Miner,
Mack, 189 Patience, 816
McKnight, 289
James, 1064
Mackie, Maxwell, 635
McLaren, 1110
Maria, 263
John, 680 May,
McLauqhlin, 1002
Ovid, 588
Nancy, 1070
Emily, 937
McMvUen, 513
Minot,
Mni/oon, 850
Sidney, 312
McNair, 838
James, 1106, 7
M'llmr, 220
Maya, 597
McNavght, 686
Jane, 746
Matt>ry, 489
Maynard,
McPherson, 649
William, 854
Mult by, 1065
Edward, 933
MeacJutm,
MitcJiett,
MaiideciUe, 549
Eleanor, 902
Chloe, 730
Abigail, 689
Manlotf, 514
Eliza, 336
Deborah, 725
Edward, 1101
Mann, 897
Henry, 933
Olive, 732
Francis, 395
Manning,
McAlpine, 260
Mead,
Helen, 433
Henry, 225 McAmey, 553
George, 330
Laura, 418
Nancy, 966
McArthur, 928
Horace, 978
Mixfon,, 1099
Rebecca, 1019
McBride, 663
Mary, 489
Moffitt, 613
Mansfield, 512
McCatt, 991
Susan, 226
Montague,
Maples, 964
McCann, 718
William, 468
Harriet, 974
Marble,
McCartey, 546
Mears, 695
John, 339
Esther, 996
McCarthy, 826
jW^s, 528
Montgomery,
Palmer, 950
McCarty,
Metre, 255
Emily, 869
Polly, 996
Mary, 654
Mellen,
Lewis, 226
Marcy, 1022
Sarah, 791
Elizabeth, 234
Mary, 786
Marenus, 734
McCi-nry, 734
Mary, 455
Robert, 225
Marion,
McCleUan, 687
J>f<?%, 688
Moody,
Catharine, 402
McCleUa,nd, 509
Melross, 342
Caleb, 311
Francis, 402
McClure,
Melville,
Hannah, 939
Rebecca, 390
Alexander, 1081
Henry, 345
Mandana, 417
Marlette, 695
Rachel, 464
Julien, 819
Mariette, 419
Marsh,
McCoUum, 922
Robert, 819
William, 312
Abigail, 382
McConihe,
Merchant, 699
Mooers, 590
Betsey, 1019
Isaac, 487
Merrian, 994
Moore,
Clarissa, 843
John, 488
Merrick,
Abigail, 984
Dorcas, 335
Me Gannett,
Abigail, 780
Amasa, 590
Dwight, 842
James, 977
Louisa. 1004
Betsey, 989
Harriet, 1015
William, 437
Thomas, 215
Donald, 585
Henry, 841
McCoun,
Merrill,
Esther, 391
John, 1112
Hannah, 1103
Charles, 310
Isaac, 927
Samuel, 1107
John, 1102
Hannah, 723
James, 343
Marsfuttt,
Samuel. 1101, 2
Merritt. 503
John, 591
John, 465
McCormick, 611
Mervin, 469
Lewis, 928
Samuel, 624
McCracken,
Metcalf,
Minnie, 722
Marston, 253
John, 660
Abigail. 883
Oliver, 646
Martin, 848
William, 782
Ann, 877
Pliny, 587
Martindale. 441
McCrea, 378
George. 263
Reuben, 927
Mam it, 706
McCutcheon, 515
Meiatiah, 457
Royal, 590
Index of those of all other Names.
Sarah, 604, 929
Cotton, 814
Northrup,
Lydia, 343
Moreliead, 423
Emma, 912
Daniel, 1073
Manasseh, 950
Morehouse. 641
Murdock,
Sarah, 941
Osterhout, 721
Morford, 547
Abigail, 981
Norton,
Otis. 1110
Morgan,
Joshua, 987
Albert, 927
Owen,
Achsah, 355
Murray, 567
Charles, 745
Amy, 940
Algernon, 238
Muxgrave, 990
Elizabeth, 793
Elvira, 921
Augusta, 512
Muzzy,
Laura, 776
Emily, 663
Charles, 444
Edmund, 981
Lucy, 416
Frances, 718
Eunice, 908
Sarah, 981
Martha, 1005
James, 524
Thomas, 983
Noyes,
Packard,
Jeanette, 318
Myers,
Fanny, 927
Eleazer, 792
Lorenzo, 997
Joseph, 861
Joseph, 1057
Frederic. 847
Martha. 774
Peter, 772
Nutting, 582
John, 847
Sarah, 556, 744
Mygatt, 589
Nye,
Lewis, 847
Theophilus, 1062
Myron, 718
Bartlett, 588
Susanna, 642
Morons, 619
Daniel, 644
Paddock,
Morris,
Napier, 757
Deborah, 548
Joanna, 682
Edward, 515
Nash,
Edmund, 644
Maria, 286
George, 780
Daniel, 694
Henrietta, 860
Paqe,
Joseph, 301
Elijah, 341
Joel, 643
Albert, 1015
Junius, 426
Phineas. 810
Edmund, 1014
Louisa, 224, 1043
Sarah, 1111
Oakes, 812
Helen, 372
Martha, 679
Nason, 930
Oatman, 419
John, 1015
Morse.
Needham, 1001
Oatzman, 933
Paige, 552
Anna, 962
NeUis, 721
O'Brien, 1064
Paine,
Henry. 910
Nelson, 1092
O'Donnel. 566
Abigail, 543
Joseph, 995
Nettleton. 344
Ogden,
Caroline, 318
Melita, 879
Nevins, 905
Frances, 224,1043
Elizabeth, 803
William, 476
Newberry, 694
Lewis, 532
Hannah, 812
Morton,
Newbold, 401
Mary, 532
Palmer,
Erastus, 926
Neicell,
Rhoda, 849
Benjamin, 977
Jeremy, 340
Chauncey, 696
Olds, 129
Elizabeth, 516
Joseph, 767
George. 818
Oliver, 269
Harriet, 392
Helen, 7G7
Julia, 322
Olmstead,
Harvey, 360
Lucretia, 348
Seth, 666
Asa, 324, 8
Ira, 687
Moses, 7(56
Newhall,
David, 325
James, 277
Sophia, 767
John, 1109
Dwight, 328
John, 402
Moseley,
Thomas, 980
John, 326
Joseph, 403
Elizabeth, 308
Newman, 105
Joseph, 324
Mary, 594
Lydia. 694
Newtf/n,
Lawrence, 329
Sophia, 248
Margaret. 822
Charles, 669
Maria, 784
William, 1069
Mary, 1046
Ezra, 603
Mary, 193
Parish,
Moss,
Jane, 1100
Zalmon, 173
Amy, 517
Bethiah, 105
Orrin, 310
Olney, 873
Charlotte, 188
Dorcas, 171
Sarah, 1000
Omond, 963
Parker,
Mott, 427
Nichols,
O'Neal, 665
Augustus, 608
Moulton,
David, 596
Orne,
Betsey, 647
Charlotte, 521
Fanny, 591
James, 867
Charles, 443
Maria, 361
Hannah, 1062
Samuel, 865
David, 1018
Mount, 909
Lydia, 935
Timothy, 633
Hannah, 288, 757
Mountain. 238
Ruth, 647
William, 867
Harriet, 547
Muirson, 1103
Nims, 341
Orr,
Lydia, 885
MnUender. 687
Noble,
Samuel, 827
Mary, 573, 943
MuUoy, 1058
Daniel, 1102
Sarah, 345
Polly, 708
Munford. 426
Luke, 906
Orton, 692
Samuel, 740
Munro. 756
Sarah, 445
Osborne,
Sophia, 602
Munsell,
Thomas, 112
Electa. 581
Parkman.
Ambrose, 940
Noleman, 614
Ogden, 779
Henry, 899
Elijah, 359
Norcross, 1011
Salome, 764
Polly, 657
Zerah, 414
Norcutt, 696
Oxgood,
Samuel, 899
Malison,
Norris, 188
Dolly, 957
Parks,
Aeneas, 203, 881
North, 529, 31
Elihu, 956, 8
Anna. 584
1138 Index of those of all other
Elizabeth, 795
Zeno, 417
Sarah, 356, 792
Pocte, 9:;i
Philo, 670
Peck,
Phittipse, 380
Pond, 780
Parmthtj
Anna, 723
Phmp*,
Poor,
Abigail, 416
Elizabeth. 591
Henry, 101
Abigail, 633
Elizabeth, 593
Jemima, 425
Nathaniel, 101
Anderson, 1023
Fanny. 047
Julia, 843
Timothy, 101
Pope,
Parshatt, 510
Hannah. 880
Plwenix, 457
Abby, 235
Partonn,
Lucy, 740
Pickens, 479
Elizabeth, 998
'Amy, 458
Peckham, 637
Pierce,
Porcher,
Budd, 468
Pede, 890
Adelaide. 987
Charles, 402
Cephas, 792
Pert,
Amy, 813
Eliza. 403
Fidelis, 475
Elizabeth. 298
Jane, 672
Martha, 393
George, 545, 682
Mary, 1059
Lucy, 234
Porter,
Isabel, 792
Pierce, 946
Parnella, 775
Almira, 686
Myra, 348
Peiletreau, 1070
Pierpont,
Angeline, 580
Nathan, 467
Pelton.
Edwards. 1062
Barnabas. 330
Park, 475
Almena. 612
James, 1056, 9
Caroline, 370
Pliny, 473
Sally, 418
Henry, 1063
Chester, 341
Sarah, 770
Pendexter, 524
Hezekiah, 1063
Dwight, 243
Sherlock, 472
Pendleton,
Pierson,
Henry. 877
Sparhawk, 469
Anna, 1097
Daniel, 781
Jonathan, 241,
Pitrtn<l</i .
William, 554
Sarah, 297
335, 40
Abigail, 769
Pen-field, 277
PUkinrjton, 913
Man-, 209
Afred. 766
PenlwUow, 817
Pinckncy, 1068
Pamela, 280
Dwight, 765
Penney, 1098
Pinckham, 606
Reuben. 336
Elizabeth. 627
Pennington, 614 Pinney, 422
Rollin. 333
Esther, 762
Percival, Pioda, 1083
Sally, 790
Eunice, 767
Anson, 329 J'ftr/mr. 814
Sarah, 700, 860
Fanny, 769
Loren, 329
Pifkin,
Samuel. 313
> George, 770
Joseph, 768
Perl-inn,
Abigail, 687
Hannah, 1108 Sherman, SI 9
Solomon, 677 Theodore, 242
Hannah, 768
Anna, 910
Pitt, P»*t,
Harriet, 770, 1065
Eliza, 900
Mary, 870 , Abigail. 844
Hepzibah, 771
Emily, 1108
Farah, 701 Esther, 1083
Marv. 4! (5
Frances. 927
Pixlei/, 694 Jotham, 893
Mehitable, 109
Jabez, 1110
Platt, Richard, 379
/Samuel. 110, 761,
Joseph, 913
Dennis, 512 Potter,
771, 772
Louisa, 408
Hannah, 590 Elizabeth. 919
Sophia. 766
Martha, 774
James, 1093 Ephraim. 296
Theodore. 76G
Rawson, 222
Plumb,
James, 1072
Patchen, 359
Samuel, 847 '
Louisa. 302
John, 1009
Patrick,
William, 222
Seth, 302
Julia, 313
Matthew, 230
Perrine,
William, 282
Lyman, 543
Samuel, 601
Gertrude, 677
Plympton,
Maria, 703
Patton,
Lewis, 1091
Patty, 768
Mary, 715
Jeanie, 1082
Perry, William, 89
Syria, 313
John, 1082
Ann, 793 | Pollnrd, 552
Pot win, 311
Pay ton, 1109
George, 983 Pollock, 378 : Poi-er, 274
Pefibody, 611
John, 473 , Pomeroy,
Powell, 660
Peacock, 348
Joseph, 1063 Alexander, 786
Powers, 343
Pearson, 343
Laura, 687 Asenath, 463
Pratt,
Pease,
Mary, 252 Catharine, 740
Cyrenia, 961
Alpheus, 315
Persons, 320
Clara, 482
Eleanor, 510
Anna, 763
Pert, 679
Cynthia, 215
Emmeline. 962
Betsey, 363
Pettibone, 778
Fanny. 571
George, 867
Beulah, 811
Peyre, 393
Huldah, 410
Harvey, (504
Calvin, 356
Phelan, 419
Mary, 881
Levi, 769
Deborah. 725
Phelps,
Medad, 120
Mary, 235
Esther, 308
Abigail, 437
Rachel, 567
Sarah, 350, 976
James, 269
Elizabeth, 489
Sophia, 776
Predmore, 354
Newton, 812
George, 693
Thaddeus, 739
Prentice,
Sarah, 812
Pamelia, 196 Theodore.740,910
Anna, 297
Sophia, 486
Rhoda, 1080 Thomas, 251
John, 319
Index of those of all oilier Names. 1139
Prentm, 605
Rawson. 993
Ringer, 687 • Rowe, 924
Prescott,
/toy, 439
Ripley,
RoweH, 345, 8
Benjamin, 1105
^?y?«-owrf.
Dwight. 430
Rowland,
Cordelia, 337
Abby, 1060
Ebenezer, 429 Joanna. 1017
Preston,
Laura, 573
John, 382 Thomas, 665
Ann. 120
Liberty, 543
Lucy, 296 1 Rowley, 700
Melissa, 767
Louisa, 967
Mary, 813 ! Rudd. 669
Rebecca, 067
Mary, 932
William, 433
Rugf/len,
Samuel, 1078
Oliver, 992
Rising, 417
Nathaniel. 1014
Pnchard, 257
Rossiter, 235
Robards, 299
Timothy, 915
Pride, 696
Read,
Robb, 560
Rumsey,
Prime, 949
Herbert, 610
Robbins,
Benjamin. 168
Prime, 565
Sarah, 1015
Ann, 907
Marv, 1095
Prindle, 1081
Reckard, 951
Rebecca. 247
Rundlett, 484
Prior, 348
Redden, 1002
Sarah, 482
Russell,
Prosser, 986
Redfield,
Roberts, 707
Maria, 938
Pitnderson, 1104
Emily, 613
Robertson, 369
Noadiah, 505,1061
Piirdy, 502
Isaac, 288
Robeson, 886
Sarah, 530
Purinton, 551
Redway, 320
Robinson,
William. 376
Pufnam,
Reed,
Charles, 923
Ruxton, 291
Abby, 985
Abigail, 981
Henry. 282
Ryder, 613
Abigail, 984
Clarissa, 439
Julia, 705
Ry*am, 1067
Estes, 900
Emma, 455
Leila, 645
Micah, 949
Henry, 937
Marcus, 920
Sabin,
Salina, 1018
Joseph, 937
Mary, 643, 930
Charles, 507
Samuel, 885
Louisa, 781, 919
&jby, 1018
Emily, 491
Sarah, 958
Mary, 995
Rockwell,
Fanny, 1018
Pynchon,
Sarah. 900
Dana, 558
Henry, 508
Ann. 522
Reid, 756
Emily, 1098
Jesse, 508
Charles, 944
Reynolds,
Fenton, 233
Levina. 597
John, 621, 3,
Jane, 715
Jerusha, 334
Sally, 336
629, 30
John. 237
William, 530
Zebediah. 507
Margaret. 824
Mabel, 464
Rock wood, 485
Sackett, 444
Mary, 625, 883,
Mary, 985
Rodger*, 597
Sage, 444
945
Nathaniel, 101
Roe, 404
Saqer, 616
Sarah, 828
Rice,
Rrrffe, 715 Stilixlntry,
Edson, 430
Rogers,
Elizabeth, 257
Queseriberry, 127
George, 837
Abby, 1083
Mary. 732
Quick, 583
Jane, 943
Benjamin. 1097
Stillborn,
Qnincy.
Martha, 917
John, 716
Ebenezer, 517
Edmund, 105
Priscilla, 222
Joseph, 170 : Emily, 346
Nancy, 847
Reuben, 525
3Iargaret. 893
Sanders.
Rich,
Mary, 472, 793
Ann. 706
Racer,
Ruth, 916
909
Eliza. 7015
David, 670
Stephen, 952
Moses, 1095
Harriet. 705
Susan, 609
Richards,
Patience, 576
Spicer, 704
Rackem/inn, 854
Caroline, 935
Sarah, 1096
Sanderson,
Rfte, 589
Juliet, 008
Root,
Joel. 957
Ralston, 667
Susan, 333
Aaron, 440
John. 957
Randall,
Ric/tardswi,
Eleanor, 525
Lavelette, 957
Alonzo, 940
Helen, 265
George, 443
Sandford,
Betsey, 362
Mary, 603
Samuel, 442
Thomas, 873
Lemuel, 939
Paul, 728
Thomas, 694
1075, 6
Olive. 313
Richmond,
Roper, 1004
Snnford,
Sally. 518
Cyrus. 929
Roue,
Estes, 478
Randolph,
Susanna, 637
Gilbert. 1003
George. 478
Ellen, 900
Richer, 519
Henry, 127
Ichabod, 477
Juliana, 847 ,
Ridlf.y, 748
James, 127 M-u-v. siiS
Rnrrick, 665
Righton, 369
Lyman, 127 William, 478
Rnthbone,
Rilcy,
Ross, Sanr/er, 269
Harry, 718
Grace, 1045
Catharine, 507 Sdtlerlee, 489
Justus, 209
John. 601 Edwin, 817 Sif-nr/i.
Raveitel, 393
Ring, 894 Mary, 712 i Anna, 826
1140 Index of those of all other Names.
Catharine. 301
Shear, 765
Hannah, 980
Erastus, 533
Elliott, 527
Shekion,
John, 979
Giles, 530
Saiein. 1018
Calvin, 1059
Simoii*, 332
Henry, 523
SawteUe, 572
Elias, 327
Simpson, 918
Horace, 525
Sawyer,
Eugene, 327
Sims, 1098
Partridge. 532
Emilie, 591
Fanny, 255
Sitaton, 986
Samuel, 530
Ida, 404
James, 298
Skidmore, 791
William, 522, 3,
Sayre,
Mary, 906
Skinner,
6
David, 1067
Mindwell, 272
Frank, 1083
SmithwortJi,
Francis, 1068
Rachel, 883
Jane. 202
Albert, 926
Scarborough,
Shepard,
John, 1107
Mary, 974
Jared, 250
Edward, 880
Mary, 226
Sjmrling, 468
Robert, 251
Evelina, 914
Richard, 1059
Spaulding, 931
William. 251
John, 880
Roger, 1107
Spear, 432
•Schei'merhorn,
Nancy, 433
Thomas, 869
Spelman, 482
Catharine, 877
Rachel, 354
Slarjgy, 701
Spencer,
Cornelius, 875
Thomas, 1044
Slaughter. 615
Abby, 783
Henry, 874
ShepJierdson, 964
Stoston, 189
Anna, 466
Schneider, 805
Shepky, 237
Smiley, 969
Reuben, 643
JScofield, 914
Sherman,
Smith,
William, 189
Scollay, 605
Benjamin, 956
Almira, 1014
Sperry, 1059
Scott,
Charles, 925
Amasa, 561
Spofford, 924
Almira. 887
John. 1105
Benjamin, 234
Sprague,
Nancy, 6(56
Joseph, 1105
Charles, 351
Hannah, 704
ScocUle, 290
Roger, 1106
David, 601
William, 782
Scudder, 774
SherriU, 754
Eli, 351
Spurr, 971
Scutt, 862
Sherwood, 702, 756
Elihu, 1103
Squier,
Seaman, 699
Shield, 423
Elmon. 837
Andrew, 1023
Searle, 994
Shipman, 669
Gloriana, 1104
Miles, 903
Sears,
Shipperd, 421
Henry, 1101
Squire, 416
Catharine, 599
Shiterick, 857
Horatio, 306
Stafford, 783
Scena, 1068
Shoemaker, 216
James, 306
Stagg, 470
Seaver, 585
SJiort,
Jeffreys, 1103
Sttindiish, 698
Sedgwick,
Charles, 568
John, 415
Standley, 1045
Catharine, 749
James, 990
Joseph, 562
Stanford, 346
Elizabeth, 739, 748
Slunirds, 375
Josiah, 1066
Stanley,
Ellery, 749
Shumway, 935,
Margaret. 938
Celeste, 680
Frances, 741
997
Platt, 1103
Eliza, 376
Henry, 746
Sibley,
Samuel, 400, 705
George, 222
Susan, 745, 9
Azubah, 962
Seymour, 1004
Hannah, 335
Theodore, 735 ,
Fanny, 962
Tangier, 1094
Harriet, 512
743, 4
John, 950
Timothy, 415
Stanton,
William, 854
Huldah, 958
Smyth, 209
Dorothy, 1057
Selden, 1019
Sarah, 960
Smythe, 1101
Eliza, 817
Sergeant, 626
Sigler, 543
Snow,
Lucy, 781
Severance, 575
Sikes,
Azubah, 430
Staples, 925
SewaU, 632
Abel. 330
Barnabas, 941
Stark, 533
Seymour,
Edwin, 332
Betsey, 998
Starkweather, 1021
Abigail, 226
Horace, 329
Buckley, 999
Starr,
Alma, 639
Quartus, 340
Caroline, 347
Emily, 279
Frances, 641
Salmon, 329
Clarissa. 789
George. 440
Joseph, 641
Samuel, 333
Franklin, 997
William, 285
Mary, 1080
Warren. 333
Hannah, 999
Stearns,
Ruth, 508, 639
Silcox, 313
Henry, 997
Daniel, 443
Shane, 702
SOI, 216
Lawson, 997
Nathan, 342
Shattuck,
SiUiman,
Margaret, 1102
Stebbins,
Ruah, 575
Benjamin, 798
Warren, 996, 8
Benjamin, 820
Sarah, 330
Henrietta, 797
William, 815
Calvin, 300
SJiaver, 734
SUsbee,
Soule, 563
Clara, 789
Shaw,
Benjamin, 801
Southmnyd,
Edward. 813
Abigail, 748
Sarah, 890
Albert, 529
Lora, 787
Content, 815
Simmons,
Alfred, 528
Mary, 566, 788
Rhoda, 337
Benjamin, 979
Allyn, 528
Pama, 780
Index of those of all other Names.
1141
Sabra, 925 \ 1
Strecke, 830
Taber,
Edward, 378
Sarah, 459, 567^
Streeter,
Harriet, 706
Eliphalet, 288,
Steele,
Lydia, 939
Lydia, 638
292
Abigail, 841
Sereno, 685
Tuft. 372
Henry. 378, 382
Bethiah, 880
StrobeL 370
Tafts, 509
John, 298
Betty, 551 J>
Strong,
Taiter, 1092
Lucius, 298
Mehitable, 427
Abigail, 761
Taintor,
Lucy, 385
Melisent, 422
Amanda, 1089
Abby, 788
Nathaniel, 365,
Steere, 597
Caleb, 1047
Eliza, 882
376
Slephemton, 684
Clarissa, 172
TaXbot. 262, 5
Roderick, 296
Sterns, 943
Delia, 1088
Talcott,
Seth, 294, 5
Stecem,
Dorcas, 410
John, 638
Sibyl, 357
Henry, G04
Eleanor, 1006
Matthew, 1061
Tew, 391
Hiram, 728, 33
Electa, 415
Tallmadge,
Thayer,
Mary, 681
Frances, 486
Benjamin, 1111
Angelina, 893
Stevenson, 915
George, 440, 606,
Charles, 1111
Salina, 1018
Stewart,
1094
Frederic, 170
Thew, 252
Barbara, 729
Hannah, 794
Hannah, 357
Thomas,
Elizabeth, 708
Harriet, 287
John, 1112
Ambrose, 649
Stilts,
Henry, 489,
Rebecca, 255
Dorothy, 1110
Ezekiel, 955
593
Tappan, 1041
Joseph, 1017
Isaac, 367
Hezekiah, 486
Taylor,
Margaret, 663
Lydia, 654
Joseph, 339, 1070,
Abigail, 1091
Thompson,
"William, 955
1085
Adrian, 373
Ann, 456, 722,
Stillman, 247
Lois, 742
Alfred, 313
735
Stittson,
Margaret, 448
Ann, 788
Catharine. 875
Garry, 702
Martha, 275
Bathshua, 625
Charles, 469
Israel, 701
Mary, 593, 906
Charles, 311, 471,
Lydia, 860
Lyman, 702
Nancy, 921
680
Margaret, 703
Orrin, 701
Nathaniel, 466
Edward, 370, 6,
Susan, 484
Reed, 703
Sophia, 176
471
William, 356
Roswell, 701
Zipporah, 1112
Frank, 370, 5
Thomson, 809
St. John,
Stuart, 1100
George, 370
Tharndike, 801
Adelaide, 722
Sturdevant,
Gilbert, 372
Thorpe,
Joseph, 169
Ebenezer, 217
Henry, 369, 73
Jane, 957
StockweU., 960
Robert, 1099
Horatio, 371
Rachel, 100
Stoddard,
Sturtevant, 413
Jabez, 371
Sophia, 710
Electa, 341
SuMivan, 265
James, 368
Thrall,
Eliza, 408
Samner,
John, 366, 372
Lucy, 1004
Esther. 1032 •
Catharine, 556
Lewis, 310
Millys, 312
Fanny, 785
Frederic, 221
Lydia, 925
Roger, 696
John, 622
George, 595
Nathaniel, 375
Throop, 716
Mary, 830
James, 221
Oliver, 470
Thurber, 710
Rebecca, 624
SwaUow,
Ralph, 679
Thurston, 720, 997
Solomon, 1032
Prudence, 1015
Robert, 975
Tibbite, 1103
Stone,
Sarah, 1015
Sarah, 776, 985
Tickenor, 973
Elizabeth, 738
Swan,
Susan, 1068
Ticknor, 89(i
Hannah, 1014
Catharine, 571
Thirza, 357
Tiffany,
Harvey, 472
Gurdon, 559
Teed, 348
Charles, 315
Mary, 958, 99
Lavinia, 407
Tefft, 473
Helen, 964
Storrs,
Stceet,
Temple, 816
Julia, 327
Andrew, 428
Charles, 611
Tetnpleton, 253
William, 832
Harriet, 847
Nancy, 930
Ten Broeck, 240
Tilford,
Mary, 856
Sarah, 565
Tenney,
Elizabeth, 127
Stoughton,
Sweeting, 927
Abijah, 343
Margaret, 716
Martha, 531
Siceetser, 563
Ann, 696
Tittinghant.
Oliver, 428
Swift,
George, 413
Charles, 637
Stowe,
Charles, 830
Mary, 349
James, 637
Lucinda, 608
Emma, 644
Terry,
Stephen, 636
Rachel, 497
Joseph, 1075
Alfred, 378
Tinglet/, 610
Sarah, 993
William, 830
Arthur, 295
Tinsley, 426
Strait, 274
Syke», 919
Benjamin, 324
Tirrell, 355
Strang, 502
Sylvester, 343
Charles, 380
Tisdale, 959
1142 Lxltx of those of all other Barnes.
Titcomb, 930
Tyng, 896
Martha. 521
Nathaniel, 1000
Tittu,
Polly, 77?
Polly. '.)!).)
Elizabeth, 939,
Ufford,
Rebecca. 1110
Sophia, 965
1102
Edward, 781
Walter, 1046
Watson,
Mary, 1091
Mary, 781
Walsh,
Dorcas, 88
ToUes, 101.3
Underhi'l,
Catharine, 430
Ebenezer, 741
Tdman, 9(59
Eliza, 439
Eleanor, 323
Horace, 993
T'liupkiiis, 724
Milo, 419
Walter, 684
Lois, 844
Tooker, 256
UpdUce, 355
Walters, 804
Rebecca, 321
Torrey,
Ipham, 995
Walthour, 977
Roxa, 981
Anna, 00:3
Upp, 719
Walton, 470
Sally, 292
Erastus, 599
Ward,
Sarah, 696, 989
William. 235
Valentine, 574
Emily, 998
Watts, 747
Towne,
Van Bergen, 290
Esther, 350
Way,
Amasa, 565
Van Beuren, 251
George, 939
Alvin, 950
Mercy, 971
Van Cott, 500 Hannah, 685
Marvin, 950
Totcner, Oil
Vandecar, 650 i Henry, 349, 354
Wentherhead, 937
Townsend,
Vanderbilt, 1084 ! James, 861
Webb,
Elizabeth, 1102
Van. Emburrjh, 270 Kate, 255
Abner, 742
Sarah, 001
Van Name, 416 Lebbeus, 769
Francis, 930
Theodore, 783
Van Valkenburgk, Levi, 292
Hannah, 580
Tracy,
914 Lucy, 809
Michael, 601
Mary, 703
Van Renste'aer, Phebe, 272
Webber, 931
Susan, 480
Catharine, 874, 5 Samuel, 769
Webster.
Trask,
William, 1097 i Sarah, 667
Caroline, 647
Anna, 984
Van tichaack, 353 Willard, 769
Ellen, 597
George, 973
Van Solingen, 287 Warden, 976
Weeks,
Mehitable, 988
Van Winkle, 293 Wnie, 572, 807
John, 726
Treadwdl,
Van Zandt, 914
Waarhain, 1034
William, 359
Deborah, 515
Vaughn, 680
Warne, 1059
Wtlch,
Lyclia, 827
Veeder, 413
Warner,
Marianne, 892
Susan. 1093
Vermilye, 786
Clarissa, 523, 4
Mary, 687
Trim 1103
Vincent, 558
Eloise, 986
Weld, 962
Troicbridye, 525
Vininy, 3t>4
Horatio, 1074
I!'- '/< /•,
True, 77.)
Vrooin, 1082
James, 818
Charlotte, 973
Trueheart, 426
Lois, 907
Enoch, 437
Truesdett,
Wadleigh, 1003 Lucretia, 772
Welles,
Anne, 699
Wadsworth, 376 Mildred, 553
Abigail, 750
Bethiah, 790
Walks, 269 Rhoda, 261
Benjamin, 1105
Mary, 792
Waite, \ Roswell, 559
Elizabeth, 422
Ozias, 310
George, 767 Sarah, L2 J
Hannah, 324
Trumbull,
Hannah, 518, 982 Semantha, 311
Melancthon, 1105
Jane, 555
Walden, 518
Thomas, 677
Soah. 1104
Shadrach, 944
Waldo,
Warren,
Wellington,
Tryoit, 881
Calvin, 832
Charles, 810
Benjamin, 1106
Tucker,
Dwight, 837
Mary, 384, 893
Maria, 584
Charles, 685
Frances, 837
Pheoe, 489
Wells,
Edwin, 919
Harriet, 838
Susan, 807
Benoni, 677
Ruth, 800
Hiram, 933
Warriner, 700
David, 872
William, 983
Horatio, 837
Washburn, 886
Ephraim, 567
Turk, 455
Louise, 837
Washington,
Hannah, 681, 923
Turner,
Margaret, 838
Augustine, 552
Isaac, 1070
Abigail, 639
Ozias, 429
George, 552
Jeanette, 1074
Deborah, 684
Walker,
Wasson, Jeanie, 686
Jane, 688
Amasa. 935
Dolly, 730
John, 900
Tuttle, 911
Annie, 222
Robert, 169
Lois, 938
Tyler,
Asuhel, 936
Waterman,,
Moses, 815
Ebenezer. 1003
Caroline, £86
Clara, 460
Rowena, 778
Mary, 724. 879 . Emmeline, 016
Lucy, 174
Wemple, 413
Ransom, 436
George, 884
Waters,
Wentz, 420
Sarah, 478
Hannah, 950
Buikley, 996 Werden, 914
Ticbltt-m. 898
John, 936
David, 999 West,
Twist, 963 Leonard. 513
Joseph, 99j Andrew, 710
Index of those of all other Names. 1143
Caspar. 441
Fanny, 605
Wilkinson,
Mary. 756
Frederic, 438. 40
Isabella. 233
Eliza, 729
Winthrop,
John, 670
Jonathan, 100
Rufus, 729
Francis, 253, 1097
Polly, 559
Joseph, 630
WiUard,
Lucy, 1032
Weston,
Lucy, 950
Anna, 479
Theodore. 253
Susan. 706
Mary, 823, 883
Augustus, 687
William, 253
Theodore, 254
Mason, 1041
Harriet, 950
Wishart, 237
Wetherbee, 1019
Sarah, 605
Henry. 686
Witherell,
Wetmore,
Whitman i
John. 681, 6
Laura, 814
Abraham, 499
Lucy, 508
Joseph, 684
Roxana, 814
Anna, 533
Lydia, 1008
Julius, 682
Wither#poon,
Anne, 502
Whitmore,
Levi, 950
Martha, 1084
Catharine. 589
Harriet, 697
Louise, 685
Mary, 652
Chanty, 502
Isaac, 516
Samuel, 683, 7
Wit/iington, 806
Esther, 503
Ruth, 711
WiUinms,
Wofford, 392
Irene, 223
Whitney,
Anna, 689
Wolcott,
James, 497
Abel, 832, 44
Caroline, 849
Hannah, 457
Sophia, 531
Cordelia, 955
Elijah. 633. 824
Julia, 1067
Timothv, 500
David, 768
Ephraim. 626, 734
Lewis. 225
Wludey, 942
Edward. 844
Flora, 718
Mary, 984
Wheaton, 281
Eli, 1043
Frances, 688
Wood,
Wheeler,
Elizabeth, 835
Israel, 622
Artemas, 787
Betsey, 1013
Frances, 837
Lydia, 827
Charles, 986
Juliette, 510
Henry. 834
Martin, 393
Charlotte, 344
Mary, 413, 993
James, 834, 41
Othniel, 1088
Cyrenius. 560
Rebecca, 948
Josiah. 833, 4
Roxa, 726
Edward, 787
Sarah, 287
Louisa. 564
Thomas, 690,825,6
Elizabeth, 847
Whcelock,
Mary, 962, 1079
Warren, 173
Ezra, 1079
Elizabeth, 1022
Robert, 838
Willi*, 757
George, 984
Jefferson, 900
Rowena, 343
W'illiston, 833
Glen, 346
Matilda, G18
Sarah, 835, 41
Wiltoughby, 968
Henry 985
Whedicriyht, 866
William, 836,
Wttmerding, 262
Jane. 942
Whetten, 536
1108
Wilnict,
Joel, 337
WhMen, 371
Whittemore,
Adelia, 713
John, 984. 5
White,
Adeline, 235
Levi, 713
Joseph, 238, 598
Abigail, 1007
Benjamin, 980
Lyman, 712
Man-, 986
Amelia, 1094
Emma, 2»3
Virgil, 713
Mehitable, 986
Ann, 1063
Whittlesey,
Willett, 1044
Oliver, 779
Caleb, 1014
Francis, 925
Wilson,
Woodbrid(je,
Clarissa, 767
Henry, 525
Clara, 370
Anna, 1084
Curtiss, 800
Maria, 739
David, (540
Jahleel, 1078, 83
Delia. 801
Roger. 925
Helen, 533
John, 178, 1076,
Dollv. 964
WieMutm, 242
Jason. 1017
1080. 5
Electa, 940
Wicktcnre, 599
John, 1044
Julia, 380
Eliza, 814
Wifjht, 384
Mary, 603
Lucy, 544
Elizabeth. 886
Wilbur,
Nelson, 615
Ruggles, 1077
John, 530, 800,
Eleazer, 817
Olive, 663
Samuel, 1084
1002
Greenleaf, 928
Phineas, 112
Sophia, 1085
Julia. 713
Samuel, 589
Robert. 671
Sylvester, 1080,
Lois, 482
Wileox,
Zibeah, 768
3
Lydia, 452
Daniel, 347
Wilton, 624
Timothy, 622
Martha, 324
Edmund, 934
Wine/tell,
Woodbwy,
Mary, 616
Elias, 639
Abigail, 404
Aaron, 967, 70
Rebecca. 941
Giles, 285
Laura, 375
Albert, 972
Sarah, 489
Hezekiah, 274
Wine/tester, 1108
Caleb. 971, 4
William, 983
Ira, 765
Windnor, 616
Daniel. 973
White/tend, 1091
Wilder,
Winegar, 941
Dwight, 972
W/titelaic, 786
Josephine, 805
Wii'.H/tip,
Emmeline, 962
Whitejiide, 589
Mary, 886
Edward, 1105
Estes, 975
Whitford, 695
Prudence, 958
Francis, 566
George, 971
Whitin, 965, 6
Wiley,
Jonathan 565
James, 973
Whiting,
Emily, 792
Wiiinhw,
Jeremiah, 973
Betsey, 571 Frederic. 1063
Deborah. 1002
John, 975
1144 Index of those of all other Nanm.
Tyler, 969
Woohey,
Lydia, 1064
Sophia, 346
William, 967, 75
Abigail. 1104
Sarah, 557, 845
Woodcock, 508
Abraham, 1098
Wright,
Yale,
Woodford, 529
Benjamin, 1090, 8
Abigail, 681
Harriet, 280
Woodruff,
Charles, 1100
Aaron, 220
Lois, 225
Albert, 770
Edward, 1101
Chloe, 612
Lucretia, 911
Henry, 771
George, 1089,1100
Huldah, 799
Mary, 284
Louise, 1017
Hannah, 1101
Joseph, 230
Patience, 954
Lucius, 530
John, 254
Josiah, 374
Yard, 1006
Woods,
Mary, 144, 1103
Miriam, 219
Tardley, 254
Francis, 1015
Melancthon, 1092
Sarah, 1064
Yates, 877
Sarah, 998
Theodore, 257, 9
Zalmon, 358
Yeadon, 40i
Woodward,
William,248,1099,
Wyllys,
Younff,
Henry, 120
254, 5
Amy, 630
John, 974
Huldah, 923
Worcester, 287
George, 883
Harriet, 717
Mary, 460
Works, 929
Mary, 230
Henry, 905
William, 527
Worthington,
Ruth, 366
Mary, 846
Woodicorth,
Eunice, 872
Samuel, 179
Orange, 342
Clarissa, 878, 9
Hannah, 829
Wyman,
Semantha, 969
Sarah, 704
John, 830
Pamela, 345
Youmans, 704
The number of references in the three indexes which here close this
work are as follows : —
I. In the index of connected families 87
II. In that of those bearing the name D wight. . . 551
III. In that of all other names 4,509
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