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HISTORY 


OF  THE 


Town  of  Bernardston 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY,  MASSACHUSETTS. 

1736-1900. 


WITH  GENEALOGIES 


BY 

LUCY  CUTLER  KELLOGG. 


GREENFIELD,  MASS.; 

Press  op  E.  A.  Hall  &  Co., 

1902. 


HPeDicatton. 

As  A  SLIGHT  TRIBUTE    TO  THOSE    EVER    CHERISHED  FRIENDS  AMONG 

WHOM     THE     EARLIER     YEARS    OF     LIFE     WERE     SPENT,     AS 

AN        ACKNOWLEDGMENT        OF       THE       EXCELLENT 

EDUCATIONAL       FOUNDATIONS       RECEIVED 

IN    THESE    SCHOOLS, 


J\n  tlobing  Commemoration 


OF  THOSE    IMMEDIATE    FAMILY   FRIENDS  WHO   CHOSE   THIS  TOWN  AS 

THE  SCENE  OF  THEIR  EARTHLY  STRUGGLES   AND  TRIUMPHS,  AND 

AS  THEIR  FINAL  RESTING-PLACE,  AND   TO  THOSE  REMAINING, 

WHO,  IN  THE  COURSE  OF  A  COMPARATIVELY  FEW  YEARS, 

WILL  BE  TENDERLY  AND   REVERENTLY  LAID  BESIDE 

THOSE      GONE     BEFORE,      THESE     ANNALS     ARE 

MOST  AFFECTIONATELY  DEDICATED. 


PREFACE. 


The  history  of  this  town  is,  by  far,  of  much  greater  value  and 
interest  than  a  casual  observer  of  to-day  would  be  led  to  believe 
possible.  It  is,  therefore,  with  a  feeling  of  deepest  satisfaction 
that  the  completion  of  this  work  is  viewed, — all  the  more  intense 
because  undertaken  purely  from  motives  of  veneration  and  cher- 
ished remembrances  of  childhood  associations. 

As  is  well  known  to  many  residents  of  the  place,  this  is  the  third 
attempt  made  to  embody  in  permanent  form  the  history  of  our 
ancestors,  their  stru»-a-les  to  reclaim  the  land  and  establish  for 
themselves  a  home  on  the  frontier.  The  late  Lieut."  Governor 
Henry  W.  Cushman  began  making  notes  of  conversations  held 
with  older  inhabitants  as  early  as  1835.  A  native  of  the  place,  and 
thoroughly  interested  in  local  historical  research,  he  sedulously 
collected,  so  far  as  he  was  able,  each  and  every  item  of  information 
which,  by  any  possible  chance,  he  might  need  in  the  preparation 
of  the  history  he  some  day  expected  to  publish.  His  death  pre- 
vented the  fulfillment  of  his  hopes.  His  papers  were  all  bequeathed 
to  the  New  Ensfland  Genealoorical  and  Historical  Society  of  Boston 
(of  which  he  was  a  member),  and  for  twenty  years,  to  those  locally 
interested,  it  seemed  as  if  the  fruits  of  his  labors  were  lost. 

In  April,  1884,  the  town  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  the 
papers,  finish  up  the  work  as  might  be  necessary,  and  publish  the 
same.  It  had  been  said,  and  was  supposed  to  be  the  case,  that,  had 
Mr.  Cushman  lived,  a  month's  labor  was  all  that  would  have  been 
required  to  complete  the  manuscript  for  publication.  With  the 
aid  of  an  amanuensis,  this  might  have  been  pretty  nearly  correct, 
for,  to  one  who  had  been  studying  the  subject  and  collecting  mate- 
rial for  so  long  a  time,  the  general  plan  of  procedure  and  scope  of 
the  work  must  have  been  practically  arranged,  mentally  at  least, 
and  the  need  of  a  certain  date  or  fact  had  but  to  become  apparent 


VI  PREFACE. 


when  it  could  be  almost  instantly  produced.  As  it  was,  the  com- 
mittee, Rev.  Stillman  Barber,  Dr.  ().  A.  Wheeler  and  Mr.  Frederic 
Chapin,  procured  from  the  New  Enjjland  Society  rooms  in  Boston, 
about  1700  papers,  varying  in  size  from  a  piece  three  or  four  inches 
square  to  a  sheet  of  foolscap,  and  containing  not  only  items  rela- 
tive to  town  matters,  but  also  personal  and  business  letters,  invita- 
tions, notices  and  even  telegrams  ;  altogether  a  most  heterogeneous 
collection,  and  one  which,  without  a  thorough  perusal,  might  well 
seem  of  no  practicable  application  to  the  subject.  The  committee 
were  disheartened  by  the  presentation  of  so  many  and  unexpected 
obstacles,  and  the  matter  was  then  given  no  further  consideration. 

Under  the  stimulus  of  an  ever-growing  desire  to  learn  of  the 
days  of  old,  to  prove  or  disprove  the  many  traditions,  and  having 
these  desires  fostered  by  the  willing  relation  of  many  facts  and 
incidents  drawn  from  the  retentive  memories  of  family  friends, 
the  wish  grew  that  others,  too,  might  be  better  informed.  vSuch 
was  the  inception  of  this  volume.  As  the  work  progressed,  the 
fact  of  how  much  was  irrevocably  gone  by  the  passing  of  the  for- 
mer generation,  was  borne  home  with  overwhelming  force  and 
augmented  the  resolve  already  made,  that  all  which  was  at  pres- 
ent garnered  in  Memory's  storehouse  should  be  culled,  that  the 
harvest  might  be  golden. 

During  the  winter  of  1889  90  these  same  papers  of  Lieut.  Gov. 
Cushman  were  procured  from  the  late  Mr.  P.  L.  Cushman,  who  had 
accidently  found,  and,  recognizing  the  hand-writing  of  his  cousin, 
Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman,  taken  them  to  his  own  home  for  safety. 
A  discriminating  research  was  made,  and  all  in  any  way  relative 
to  the  work  proposed,  laid  one  side  ;  the  rest  were  returned  to  the 
Society  in  Boston. 

At  the  annual  March  meeting,  1900,  the  town  passed  a  vote  mak- 
ing an  appropriation  to  assist  in  the  publication  of  this  work,  ap- 
pointing Rev.  D.  H.  Strong,  Messrs.  O.  W.  Gray  and  R.  L.  Crowell 
as  a  committee  to  have  the  matter  in  charge. 

In  the  winter  of  1900  there  was  received  from  Rev.  C.  C.  Carpen- 
ter of  Andover,  a  few  pages  of  manuscript  "  History  of  T^ernard- 
ston,"  written  probably  about  18 14  by  Major  Stephen  Webster. 


PREFACE.  vii 


This  quaint  compilation  of  facts  had  been  found  among  the 
papers  of  the  late  Dr.  Carpenter,  and  further  reference  is  made  to 
it  on  pages  245,  6,  7. 

Careful  perusal  and  consideration  of  the  best  methods  of  pro- 
cedure followed.  It  soon  became  evident  that  everything  in  hand 
was  of  a  decidedly  fragmentary  nature,  and  that  the  only  systema- 
tized work  left,  was  that  embodied  in  the  lectures  delivered  before 
lyceums,  several  of  which  had  been  published  in  the  County 
papers  as  they  appeared.  Taking  these  as  a  basis,  verifying  and 
adding  to  the  notes  left,  by  careful  research  and  close  examination 
of  the  original  records  of  both  town  and  churches,  as  well  as  by 
an  extensive  correspondence,  the  result  is  herewith  presented. 
And  it  is  hoped  that  it  will  be  received  on  its  merits  as  an  at- 
tempted faithful  narration  of  what  has  been  endured  by  those 
sturdy  yeomen  who  gave  the  best  efforts  of  their  lives,  of  their 
free,  untramelled  spirit,  to  our  immediate  progenitors  that  they, 
in  turn,  might  enjoy  greater  blessings  and  still  further  pave  the 
way  for  a  life  of  comfort  and  comparative  ease  for  those  who 
should  come  after  them.  So  closely  were  the  people  allied  and  so 
dependent  was  each  upon  the  other  that  the  whole  record  is,  as  it 
were,  a  grand  mosaic.  Separate  the  lives  and  deeds  as  you  will, 
each  forms  a  small  section,  complete  in  itself,  ornamental  of  itself, 
and  furnishing  examples  worthy  of  emulation.  Fit  these  sections, 
cement  them  firmly — as  the  lives  and  common  interests  of  our 
people  have  always  been  'cemented — and  who  shall  say  that  ours 
does  not  express  a  living  panorama  of  bravery,  sufferings,  priva- 
tions and  hardships,  merging  finally  into  the  greatest  blessings 
that  a  cultured  civilization  can  bestow? 

It  remains  to  gratefully  acknowledge  the  cheerful  and  ready  co- 
operation which  has  been  everywhere  extended,  coming,  as  it  has 
in  many  instances,  from  entire  strangers.  Thanks  are  tendered 
to  Mr.  Wm.  P.  Greenlaw  and  the  New  England  Genealogical  & 
Historical  Society,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  for  the  loan  of  books 
and  manuscripts;  to  the  Town  Clerks,  Messrs.  Slate  and  Crowell, 
and  to  the  local  pastors  for  their  interest  and  kindness  in  looking 
up  and  loaning  books  and  papers  ;  to  Messrs.  O.  W.  Gray,  who 
has  generously  made  and  contributed  the  valuable  maps ;  and  to 


Vlll  PREFACE. 


George  E.  Burrows  for  his  patient  and  painstaking  work  in  the 
matter  of  illustrating.  Both  these  gentlemen  have  a  high  stand- 
ing in  their  professions  and  their  advice  and  disinterested  labor  in 
this  matter  has  been  of  the  greatest  assistance  in  the  preparation 
of  the  work.  To  Hon.  Geo.  Sheldon,  and  not  least  of  all  to  my 
dear  father  and  grandfather,  who  have  always  stood  ready  to  ad- 
vise and  revise,  and  to  give  from  retentive  memories  many  facts 
which  it  would  otherwise  have  been  difficult  to  obtain  ;  to  my 
mother,  who  has  always  lovingly  lightened  home  duties  that  needed 
time  for  research  might  be  secured,  and,  finally,  to  each  and  every 
one  who,  by  ready  response  to  inquiries  and  with  words  of  kindly 
encouragement,  have  thus  assisted  in  bringing  the  matter  to  a  suc- 
cessful termination. 


Few  words  will  suffice  to  place  this  work  before  the  friends  and 
former  townspeople,  as  well  as  those  of  future  generations,  for 
whose  perusal,  pleasure,  and  it  may  be  profit,  it  has  especially  been 
compiled. 

The  value  of  local  history  is,  year  by  year,  becoming  more  and 
more  apparent  in  this  section,  so  rich  in  historical  reminiscences. 
It  is  a  difficult  matter  to  find  a  place  so  secluded  that  careful  re- 
search does  not  disclose  some  fact  of  interest  to  the  general  public. 
In  the  primal  settlements  of  new  countries  there  is  always  a 
marked  similarity;  even  before  the  Christian  Era  we  see  the  same 
parallel.     The  "survival  of  the  fittest." 

From  the  days  when  pagan  Britain  surrendered  to  the  more 
dvilized  Roman  government,  through  the  so-called  dark  ages 
Town  to  the  time  of  Christ;  then  through  the  centuries  succeed- 
ng,  in  the  old  world,— the  then  only  known  world, — the  result  is 
he  same, — knowledge  and  strength  combined  triumph  over  ignor- 
nce  and  its  attendant  weaknesses.  So  in  the  early  settlements  in 
ur  own  country,  the  arts  and  means  employed  in  military  warfare 
ventually  overmatched  the  daring  cunning  of  the  uncivilized 
aces. 


PREFACE.  IX 


The  study  of  ancient  history  and  of  the  pre-historic  races  is  pos- 
sessed of  a  peculiar  fascination,  and  the  lives  of  many  of  our  most 
learned  men  are  expended  in  patient  research  and  writing  regard- 
ing the  same.  If,  then,  this  deeply  buried  matter  is  of  such  inter- 
est and  importance  as  to  thus  engage  the  wise  men  of  our  day,  is 
it  clainling  too  much  to  assume  that  each  and  every  one  of  us 
ought  to  have  some  definite  knowledge,  first  regarding  the  found- 
ing of  the  places  with  which  our  individual  lives  are  intimately 
connected,  and  secondly  concerning  the  lives  and  deeds  of  those 
to  whom  we  directly  owe  our  very  existence?  It  would  seem  that 
a  spirit  of  veneration  would  prompt  such  inquiry,  but  unfortu- 
nately this  has  not  always  been  proven  the  case.  The  general  his- 
tory of  countries  is  now  taught  in  the  schools.  Hence,  as  a  rule, 
the  young  people  of  to-day  are  better  informed  upon  such  topics 
than  were  those  of  fifty  years  ago.  On  the  other  hand,  formerly 
the  early  settlement  of  the  country  was  a  common  subject.  Had 
those  of  former  generations  realized  the  value  of  the  knowledge 
they  held  and  committed  the  main  facts  to  writing,  how  much  bet- 
ter instructed  might  we  of  to-day  be!  Much  is  now  irrevocably 
gone  and  much  that  remains  is  so  obscured  that  the  most  patient 
research  alone  will  separate  the  true  from  the  false,  and  not  im- 
possibly then  the  shadow  of  doubt  must  rest  upon  some  portion  of 
that  retained. 

In  the  time  that  is  left,  ere  our  aged  men  shall  have  passed  be- 
yond, let  us  each  strive  to  glean  all  which  their  retentive  memories 
have  thus  far  perpetuated,  and  then  see  to  it  that  the  same  is  re- 
corded somewhere  and  in  available  shape,  remembering  that, 
while  each  may  not  regard  prominence  in  the  literary  or  historical 
world,  it  is  the  sum  total  of  the  little  things, — common  every-day 
happenings  if  you  will, — which  must  enter  into  the  construction  of 
the  grand,  completed  whole.  The  chronological  table  is  filled  only 
when  each  fact  occupies  its  appropriate  niche. 

No  attempt  has  been  made  to  connect  the  events  transacted  here 
with  those  of  the  outer  world,  except  so  far  as  is  necessary  to  a 
proper  understanding  of  the  same,  and  it  is  in  the  hope  that  some 
degree  of  information  may  be  imparted  to  those  now  upon  the  stage 
of  action,  and  with  the  certainty  that  those  of  a  future  generation 


PREFACE. 


may  see  here  as  plain  a  record  as  possible,  that  this  work  is  placed 
before  the  public.  To  those  already  near  the  golden  gate  may  it 
revive  pleasant  memories!  As  it  has  been  undertaken  in  a  spirit 
of  kindly  affection,  that  its  many  shortcomings  may  receive  a 
kindly  criticism  is  all  that  is  asked. 

It  is  only  by  the  ready  assistance  of  friends  that  much  needed 
material  has  been  obtained.  To  them  and  to  others  let  it  here- 
with be  returned. 

Lucy  Cutler  Kellogg. 

Greenfield,  Mass. 
Feb.  1902. 


"1 


L.    C.    KELLOGG. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 
Location  and  Boundaries — Additional  Grants- — Colraine 
Gore — District  of  Leyden^Names  of  the  Town  and 
their  Origin—  Natural  Features — River,  Brooks, 
Mountains,  Glen,  Soil — Productions — Anecdote  of 
Samuel  Connable.  -  -       .      -  -  -  i-8 

CHArTF:R    II. 

Early  History  and  Origin — The  Falls  Fight — Petition  for 
a  Grant — The  Reply — Territorial  Grants — Proprie- 
tors— First  Proprietors'  Meeting — Division  of  Land 
— Numbers  of  the  Lots  Drawn — Josiah  Scott's  Set- 
tling Bond — Collectors — Plan  of  the  Town  Ordered 
— The  "Gore" — First  Families— Church  Matters.  8-27 

CHAPTER    III. 

First  Settlements — Location  of  the  Forts — Methods  De- 
vised for  Escape  from  the  Indians — Mr.  Norton's 
Dismissal — Indian  Hostilities — Burk  Fort  and  its 
Inhabitants — Records  of  Military  Service — Anec- 
dotes—  Letter  from  John  Burk  to  his  Wife — Resi- 
dents in  1760 — Rev.  Mr.  Wright's  Call  and  Accept- 
ance— Incorporation  of  the  Town — Pound  Ordered 
— First  Town  Meeting  and  Town  Officers — Petition 
for  Relief  from  the  Province  Tax— First  Represen- 
tative, Major  John  Burk — Extracts  from  his  Diary — 
His  Commissions.      -----  27-48 

CHAPTER    IV. 

Roads — Votes  relative  to  Roads  and  Bridges — Bridges — 
Mills  —  Taverns — Stages  —  Railroad  —  Industries  —  - 
vShoe-shops  —  Snath-shops  —  Lime-quarries  —  Black- 
smiths —  Stone-work  —  Rope- work  —  Tailers  —  Har- 
ness-making— Distilleries — Cutlery — Stores  -        48-72 


Xll  TADLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER  V. 

Political  and  Military  History — Patriotic  Position  Taken 
Durinof  the  Revoluticm — Committees  of  Inspection 
and  Safety  Appointed — Their  Duties — Case  of  Jacob 
Orcutt — Revolutionary  Soldiers — Captain  Joseph 
Slate — Action  in  regard  to  the  State  Convention — 
Amount  of  Supplies  Furnished — Votes  in  the  first 
State  Election — Valuation  of  the  Town  in  1780 — 
Shay's  Rebellion— War  of  iS  12— Civil  War— First 
Volunteers — Roll  of  Bcrnardston  Men  who  served 
in  the  Arm.y — Relief  Work  of  the  Ladies — Presenta- 
tion to  Lieut.  Hurlbert.         -  -  -  -  72-95 

CHAPTER    VI. 

District  of  Leyden — Fall  Town  Gore.  -  -  -       95-101 

CHAPTER    VII. 

Ecclesiastical  History — First  Parish — Organization  —  Pearly 
History — Early  Ministers — Ordination  Sermon  — 
Rev.  John  Norton — Rev.  Job  Wright — Rev.  i\masa 
Cook — Rev.  Timothy  Rogers — Society  becomes 
Unitarian — Unitarian  Pastors.         -  -  -         101-149 

CHAPTER    VIII. 

Baptist  Society — Pastors — Orthodox  Congregational  So- 
ciety —  Pastors  —  Universalist  Society  —  Pastors  — 
Methodist  Society — Pastors— Dorrellites.     -  -     149-190 

CHArrKK    IX. 

Bernardston's  Centennial  Aug.  20,  1862.  -  -         190-222 

CHAPTER    X. 
Cushman  Library — Schools.  .  -  -  -     222-245 

CIIAPTKR    xi. 
Historical  and  Local    Items — Rt)ll  of   those  who  vServed  in 
Wars  of  1744-1758 — Revolution — Shays  Rebellion  — 
War    of     1812  —  Civil     War  —  Postmasters  —  Town 
Officials.  ------         245-272 

CIIAPIKR    XII. 

Homes —  Park  -Public     Buildings —  Cemeteries  —  Town 

Farm— Conclusion.        -----     272-282 
Genealogical  Register.         -----         282-525 


ERRATA. 


Page  2,  line  23,  and  page  14,  line  16,  read  r>criiard  instead  of 
Ba7'nard. 

Page  2,  line  24,  read  Hampshire  instead  of  Franklin. 

Page  6,  line  3,  read  stratum  instead  of  strata. 

Page  29,  line  4,  read  as  instead  of  71s. 

Page  30,  line  32,  read  Rebecca  Perry,  Miriam  and  Moses  Scott 
instead  of  the  tliree  latter. 

Page  49,  line  3,  after  //pj,  insert  see  page  121. 

Page  65,  last  line,  omit  word  now. 

Page  82,  line  3,  read  under  Kin.gly  instead  of  uiikingly. 

Page  152,  line  14,  read  i2j  instead  of  ^9. 

Page  166,  line  11,  read  three  instead  oi  five. 

Page  296,  line  23,  read  Burk  instead  of  Brick. 

Page  379,  line  26,  read  5/(7^(?r^/ instead  of  Safford. 

Page  384,  last  line,  read  Euda  instead  of  Enda. 

Page  412,  line  5,  read  Miss  instead  of  Mrs. 

Page  422,  next  to  last  line,  read  Anson  instead  of  Alison. 

Page  436,  line  8,  read  Frank  E.  instead  of  Frank  J. 

Page  486,  line  20,  omit  Stebbins. 


ADDENDA. 


Here  are   to  be   found    some   families   whose  records  were  re- 
ceived too  late  to  go  into  the  Genealogical  Register  in  their  proper 
places,  also  two  or  three  unintentionally  omitted. 
Cutler,    Joel",    (James^    Abner',    Thomas',    Thomas^    James'    of 
Watertown),  b.  May  20,  1796;  m.  (i)  Apr.  10,  1828,  Charlotte, 
dau.  of  Abraham  Moore  of  Dover,  Vt.,  who  d.  Mch.  16,  1832, 
ae.  29  years;  m.  (2)  Mch",    1835,  Ruby    Haskins,  widow   of 
Andrew   A.   Rawson.      She   was   b.   in    Dover,  Vt.,  Feb.  14, 
1803;  d.  Nov.  28,  1888.     Mr.  Cutler  resided  many  years  in 
Dover,  purchasing  in    i860  a  small  farm  in  North    Bernard- 

ston,  the  place  now  owned  by Talbot,  and  where  he 

d.  Mch.  20,  1890.     Until  over  90  years  of  age  he  was  able  to 
look  after  his  work.     He  retained  a  vivid  recollection  of  the 
events  of  the  War  of  181 2.     Had  : 
i.    Ephraim  \V.",  b.  Aug.  13,  1829;  d.  Feb.  6,  1830. 

A  step-daughter,    Lucy    Maynard    Rawson,   b.   Feb.    19,  1825;   m. 
Mch.  17,  1853,  A.  Utley  Chase  of  Bernardston. 

Lanphear,  Charles  and  George,  brothers  who  came  from  the 
north  part  of  Colrain  to  town  some  years  ago.  Charles  re- 
sides near  the  iron  bridge  at  the  village  on  the  Lathrop 
Cushman  place,  George  on  the  Fox  Brook  road. 

Rice,  Arland  Fayette-',  (Jason  A.',  Jason  C),  b.  in  Rowe,  July 
16,  i860;  m.  Mch.  23,  1 89 1,  Mrs.  Ada  R.  Thayer,  dau.  of  Fay- 
ette Snow  of  Rowe.  She  was  b.  Oct.  25,  1863.  Mr.  Rice  re- 
moved from  East  Charlemont  to  Bern.,  Dec.  5,  1891,  pur- 
chasing the  Benjamin  F.  Hale  place  on  the  Gill  road,  his 
present  home.  Children: 
i.  Amy  Hannah^  b.  Mch.  24,  1898. 
ii.  Ari.and  Snow\  b.  Jan.   18,  1900. 

ToTTLN(;iiAM,  E.  H.,  is  l)y  trade  a  painter  having  his  shop  in  the 
old  Universalist  church  building.  •  His  home  is  the  place 
formerly  owned  by  George  Brooks,  north  of  the  New  Eng- 
land House. 


CHAPTER  I. 

LOCATION  AND  BOUNDARIES — ADDITIONAL  GRANTS — COLERAINE  GORE 

—  DISTRICT  OF  LEYDEN — NAMES  OF    THE  TOWN  AND  THEIR  ORIGIN 
— NATURAL     FEATURES— RIVER,    BROOKS,    MOUNTAINS,    GLEN,   SOIL, 

—  PRODUCTIONS — ANECDOTE  OF  SAMUEL  CONNABLE. 

Location  and  Boundaries. — Bernardston  is  situated  contiguous  to 
the  State  of  Vermont,  in  a  section  of  the  beautiful  Connecticut  Val- 
ley justly  famed  for  the  grandeur  and  variety  of  its  scenery.  One 
of  the  northern  towns  of  Franklin  County,  its  boundaries  are  :  On 
the  north,  the  State  line,  on  the  east,  the  towns  of  Northfield  and 
Gill,  on  the  south.  Gill  and  Greenfield,  and  on  the  west,  Leyden. 
It  is  distant  from  Boston  about  loo  miles,  west  by  north,  in  lati- 
tude 42  degrees,  43  minutes,  and  longitude  4  degrees,  19  minutes, 
east  of  Washington.  Its  shape  is  nearly  that  of  a  trapezium,  none 
of  its  four  sides  being  either  equal  or  parallel.  From  a  survey 
made  by  Lt.  (tov.  Cushman  in  1830  it  is  seen  that  the  west  is  the 
longest  and  the  north  the  shortest  side.  The  average  distance 
north  to  .south  is  five  miles,  east  to  west,  four  and  one-half  miles. 
At  that  time  it  contained  twenty-three  and  one-fourth  square  miles, 
or  14.895  square  acres. 

Florida  Grant. — When  the  town  was  first  laid  out  it  was  not  defi- 
nitely known  where  the  vState  line  was,  but  in  1763  the  line  was 
run,  and  it  was  found  that  a  strip  about  one-half  a  mile  in  width 
on  the  north  side,  belonged  to  New  Hampshire,  which  at  that  time 
included  Vermont.  .  To  compensate  the  proprietors  for  the  lo.ss 
thus  sustained,  the  Legislature  granted,  in  June,  1765,  about  7,500 
acres  on  Hoosac  mountain,  which  land  is  located  within  the  pres- 
ent town  of  Florida,  and  the  grant  was  confirmed  in  November  of 
the  same  year.  In  1779  trouble  began  with  regard  to  town  division, 
which  was  settled  in  1780  by  action  of  the  Legislature,  setting  off 
2,576  acres  lying  west  of  Green  river,  to  Colrain.  This  was  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  wishes  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  "  Gore,"  as  the 
land  thus  disposed  of  had  come  to  be  known.     March   12,  1784,  the 


NAME. 


town  was  again  shorn  of  her  possessions  by  the  district  of  Leyden 
being  set  off.  It  has  twice  received  small  annexations,  the  first 
time  in  1838  when  a  small  strip  of  land  located  near  Mr.  Hurlbert's 
factory  was  acquired,  and  the  second,  June  10,  1886,  when  the  south- 
east corner  of  Leyden  was  ceded  to  the  parent  town.  To-day  the 
town  of  Bernardston  comprises  but  about  one-half  of  its  original 
territory. 

Nauic. — Its  early  name  commemorated  the  event  to  which  it  di- 
rectly owed  its  existence, — the  Falls  Fight.  Doubtless  because  of  the 
length  of  the  name  "  Falls  Fight  Township"  as  it  was  first  called, 
came  the  gradual  contraction  to  "  Fall  Town,"  and  the  stream  "  Fall 
River  "  probably  took  its  name  from  the  town  and  the  circum- 
stances of  its  settlement,  rather  than  the  town  having  been  named 
from  the  river,  as  some  in  recent  years  have  asserted.  Up  to  1762, 
the  time  of  the  formal  inc(M'porati()n  of  the  hamlet  into  a  town,  this 
was  the  name  by  which  the  pioneer  settlement  was  known.  In 
January,  1762,  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay  set  its  official  seal  upon  the  petition  presented  by  the  in- 
habitants, and  the  name  of  Fall  Town  lingered  only  in  the  memo- 
ries of  those  to  whom  the  place  was  possessed  of  a  personal  interest. 
To  the  world  at  large  "  Barnardstown  "  suggested  the  little  village 
in  northern  Franklin  County.  This  name  was  bestowed  in  honor 
of  vSir  Francis  Ikirnard,  baronet  of  Nettleham,  Lincolnshire,  Old 
England,  and  Provincial  G(Jvernor  of  Massachusetts  under  George 
the  Third. 

The  fact  that  the  place  was  named  for  a  Tory  (lovernor  has,  at 
times,  aroused  the  ire  of  some  of  her  citizens,  but  some  measure  of 
consolation  may  be  gleamed  from  the  truism  that  the  man  could 
hardly  have  been  held  alone  responsible  for  the  age  in  which  he 
lived,  nor  yet  for  having  been  born  a  British  subject.  May  not  the 
circumstance  of  his  being  considered  by  his  king  worth}' to  assume 
such  a  position,  serve  in  some  degree  to  mitigate  this  feeling? 

The  sentiments  which  led  to  the  settlement  of  this  country  and 
the  subsequent  life  of  the  colonists, —  these  two  things  of  them- 
selves would  prevent  anyone  loyal  to  the  British  ruler  from  being 
acceptable  to  the  people.  The  independent  spirit  here  fostered 
was  directly  opposed  to  the  policy  of  the  English  government,  and 


KIVKRS    AND    liROOKS. 


Oppression  was  the  inevitable  result.  Had  Eng-land  realized  the 
strength  of  her  offspring  we  might  almost  have  looked  for  more 
diplomatic  measures.    Severe  indeed  was  the  lesson  she  had  to  learn! 

The  present  name,  Bernardston, —  Barnardstown  suffering  con- 
traction,— is  less  suggestive,  and,  to  the  casual  observer,  there  is 
nothing,  as  in  the  first  names,  to  indicate  anything  relative  to  the 
town's  history. 

River  and  Brooks. — Fall  River  bisects  the'  town  from  north  to 
south,  entering  the  Connecticut  at  Kiverside  a  little  below  the  Falls 
where  occurred  the  memorable  fight.  It  is.  a  beautiful,  placid 
stream  whose  waters  are  unusually  clear  and  cold,  owing  perhaps 
to  its  being  fed  by  innumerable  springs  and  small  streams.  The 
source  of  its  east  branch  is  just  south  'of  the  slate  quarries  in  Guil- 
ford, Vermont.  On  the  farm  of  Mr.  Abbott  Brown  in  North  Ber- 
nardston it  is  joined  by  the  north-west  branch,  coming  down  from 
the  mountain  west. 

As  in  all  places,  the  land  is  irrigated  by  brooks,  some  of  the 
larger  being  locally  known  as  the  "  Newcomb  Brook,"  the  "  Ceph 
Slate  "  or  "  Branch  Brook,"  "  Dry"  and  "  Mill"  brooks,  the  "Casey 
Brook,"  "  Moll's  Brook  "  and  "  Fox  Brook."  Many  of  these  names 
suggest  their  origin  and  application.  The  "  Newcomb,"  "  Casey," 
"  Fox  "  and  "  Slate  "  brooks  ran  near  or  through  the  farms  of  men 
bearing  those  names. 

"Moll's  Brook  "  owes  its  name  to  "Old  Aunt  Moll  Foster"  who, 
in  her  later  years,  became  a  town  charge.  She  lived  in  a  log  house 
in  "  Moll's  Hollow  "  (likewise  named  for  her)  east  of  the  Burk 
bridge  near  where  the  brook  empties  its  waters  into  Fall  River. 
"  Dry  Brook"  starts  on  "  Huckle  Hill,"  on  the  David  Severance, — 
afterward  David  Streeter  —  farm,  and  acquires  its  name  from  the 
fact  that  in  its  course  downward,  in  the  "  Purple  Meadow  "  back  of 
the  location  of  the  Lieut.  Sheldon  Fort  site,  it  is  invariably  dry  in 
summer. 

One  characteristic  of  the  brooks  here  is,  that  they  are  all  moun- 
tain brooks,  and  their  course  carries  them  down  through  gorge  and 
glen,  forming  by  the  roadsides  numberless  picturesque  scenes  and 
cool  retreats,  most  inviting  upon  a  summer  day,  or  most  beautiful 
to  behold  when  in  the  grasp  of  winter. 


NATURAL   FEATURES. 


Natural  Features. — The  natural  features  are  everywhere  varied 
and  pleasing.  The  town  is  nestled  in  the  valley  running  north  and 
south,  girt  about  with  rugged  hills,  offshoots  of  the  Green  Moun- 
tain range.  The  principal  elevations  are  locally  known  as  West 
Mountain,  Bald  and  Ragged  Mountain,  or,  as  the  latter  has  been 
designated  of  late,  "Tame  Cat."  West  Mountain  is  nearly  630  feet 
in  height,  the  others  but  little  less.  "From  the  top  of  West  Moun- 
tain, which  is  a  rock  but  a  few  feet  in  width,  there  is  a  beautiful, 
variegated  and  extensive  view  of  the  surrounding  country,  extend- 
ing south  as  far  as  Connecticut.  North  the  view  is  intercepted  by 
the  Green  Mountains  and  north-east  the  Monadnock  rises  like  an 
island  in  the  midst  of  an  ocean.  At  the  south-east  the  'deep  roll- 
ing Connecticut '  may  be  seen  winding  its  course  through  the  val- 
ley, as  a  poet  has  beautifully  expressed  it,  '  Giving  verdure  to  na- 
ture and  morals  to  man.' 

More  than  50  towns,  probably,  are  in  sight,  1 1  churches  can  be 
seen  with  the  naked  eye  and,  with  a  telescope,  more  than  20  can 
be  discovered,  and  a  tract  of  country  which  is  scarcely  excelled  in 
point  of  the  fertility  of  the  soil  and  the  virtues  of  its  inhabitants." 
Thus  Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman,  in  1861,  described  the  outlook. 

Passing  on  toward  North  Bernardston,  Wildcat  looms  above  the 
horizon  to  the  left.  This  grand  old  mountain  is  seen  to  its  best 
advantage  from  its  northern  approach,  where  its  densely  wooded, 
precipitous  sides  are  sharply  delineated,  and,  with  its  companion. 
Tame  Cat,  opposite,  and  the  beautiful  meadow  farms  and  peace- 
fully flowing  river  between,  it  presents  a  scene  of  rarely  equalled 
beauty.  From  the  wild  nature  of  the  place  rather  than  from  the 
ferocious  animal  has  the  name  been  applied,  and  many  have  been 
the  hunting  expeditions  planned  in  days  of  yore,  with  Wildcat  as 
the  objective  point. 

Upon  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  is  Tame  Cat  or.  as  it  was  ear- 
lier known,  "  Ragged  Mountain."  This  elevation  has  always  been 
much  more  accessible,  and  after  the  timber  was  cut  from  it,  the 
wood-choppers  gave  it  the  name  in  contrast  to  the  appearance  of 
Wildcat  opposite,  and  Tame  Cat  it  remains  to  the  present.  At 
North  Bernardston  the  mountain  at  whose  b'ase  lie  nestled  the  farm 
and  buildings  of  Myron  Corbett,  has  long  been  known  as  "  Crow- 


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NATURAL    F1':A  TURKS.  5 


berry  Hill,"  while  across  the  river  is  East  Mountain,  whose  south- 
ern elevation  is  "  Tame  Cat." 

Bald  Mountai)i.- — '•  Ball  Mountain  "  for  short, —  lies  a  little  farther 
east  and  south  of  Tame  Cat  and  is  said  to  derive  its  name  from  a 
bald,  rocky  spot  near  its  summit,  where  the  only  vegetation  ever 
found  is  a  little  moss  clinging-  here  and  there  to  the  crevices. 

On  the  east  side  of  this  mountain  is  "  Huckle  Hill,"  rendered 
memorable  as  being:  the  orio^inal  site  of  the  first  church,  and  hav- 
ing  located  thereon  also  one  of  the  first  dwellings,  the  "  Dea.  Shel- 
don Fort."  The  huckleberries  growing  there  in  such  profusion 
gave  it  the  name.  Stratton  Hill  is  the  name  of  a  gentle  rise  of 
ground  located  north-west  of  Grass  hollow,  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town,  north-west  of  the  Purple  place,  while  east  of  Dry  Brook  is 
"  Snow  Hill,"  the  early  home  of  the  vSnow  family.  In  that  portion 
of  the  town  incorporated  into  the  district  of  Leyden  are  found 
"  Frizzle  Hill,"  named  for  the  Mr.  Frizzle  who  settled  there,  and 
"  Beaver  Meadow,"  so  called  from  tlic  great  number  of  beaver  for- 
merly found  there,  while  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town  is  Shel- 
don Hill. 

Certain  districts  of  the  place  have  always  been  thus  denominated, 
and  the  older  people  of  today  will  tell  with  pride  how  the  great 
number  of  geese  kept  by  the  residents  on  South  street  caused  that 
road  to  be  known  as  "  Ctoosc  Lane,"  while  "  Burk  Flat  "  was  so  des- 
ignated because  of  its  containing  the  John  Burk  Fort  in  the  town's 
early  history  ;  and  how  one  of  the  village  worthies,  years  ago,  used 
to  facetiously  call  this  same  "  Flat"  "  The  plains  of  Abraham,"  for 
what  reason,  history  is  silent. 

There  are  no  very  remarkable  or  striking  curiosities  here  situ- 
ated. Perhaps  the  glen  upon  the  Newcomb  I]rook  merits  more 
than  a  passing  notice,  fr(nn  its  (nvn  natural  beauty,  and  also  l)e- 
cause  here  was  enacted  one  of  the  many  tragedies  incident  to  the 
Indian  warfares.  The  place  referred  to  is  near  the  site  of  the 
old  Connable  sawmill.  The  passage  is  not  more  than  12  to  15 
feet  in  width  and  from  60  to  70  in  depth.  The  water  here  falls 
over  the  solid  rock  to  the  basin  beneath.  Over  this  place  the 
Indians  passed  on  a  log,  en  route  to  Canada  after  the  pillaging  of 
Deerfield  in  1704.  One  of  the  captives,  (probably  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Carter,)  here  met  her  death. 


I'KOlJUCnoNS. 


The  soil  is  largely  composed  of  gravel,  and  it  is  due  to  this  that 
the  roads  are  so  easily  kept  in  so  good  a  condition.  In  sections  a 
strata  of  red  sandstone  appears.  There  are.  here  and  there,  some 
mineral  deposits,  but  not  in  sufficient  quantities  or  in  quality  pure 
enough  to  be  of  any  practicable  value.  On  the  mountain  on  the 
north  part  of  the  Levi  Park  place,  where  the  lime  and  iron  ores 
are  found,  there  are  .scattered  small  mineral  springs,  whose  waters 
are  impregnated  with  magnesia,  sulphur  and  iron,  and  that  to  such 
an  extent  that  the  soil  and  stones  are  covered  with  a  thick,  yellow 
sediment. 

Productions. — The  alluvial  meadow  lands  have  been  brought  to  a 
high  state  of  cultivation.  In  1828  it  was  estimated  by  persons  com- 
petent to  judge,  that  the  town  produced  8000  bushels  of  rye  and 
as  much  corn  ;  also  that  there  was  made  that  year  5000  barrels  of 
cider.  In  1862  Mr.  John  Sanderson  sent  to  the  New  York  market 
his  famous  ox,  "  Constitution  "  or  "  Hero,"  said  at  that  time  to  have 
been  the  largest  beef  creature  ever  dre.ssed  there.  He  was  of  a 
roan  color,  a  grade  Durham,  small  horn,  and  of  the  following  mea.s- 
urements:  height,  5  feet  9  inches,  largest  girth,  11  feet  5  inches, 
length  from  roots  of  horns  to  tail,  9  feet,  width  of  back,  4  feet, 
width  across  rump,  i  foot  1 1  inches,  across  shoulders,  3  feet  3  inches, 
between  forelegs,  1  foot  4  inches,  length  from  hip  to  root  of  tail, 
2  feet  1 1  inches,  length  from  ham  to  brisket,  7  feet  5  inches,  girth 
around  neck  forward  of  shoulder,  9  feet  5  inches.  His  dressed 
weight  was  2,473  pounds.  A  large  portion  of  this  w^as  purchased 
for  the  Enelish  market  and  the  sum  realized  was  invested  in  about 
12,000  pounds  of  other  good  meat  for  distribution  among  the  sol- 
diers' families.  Just  a  year  later,  in  February,  1863,  INIr.  Imla  K. 
Brown  slauofhtered  a  half-blood  Chester  hog,  age  17  months  and  1 


t)'    ■^'to 


week,  which  at  that  time  was  considered  a  remarkable  animal, 
weighing,  after  hanging  ten  hours,  752  pounds.  As  the  years  go 
by  the  Bernardston  farmers  keep  pace  with  the  times  and  take  a 
commendable  pride  in  their  vocation  and  productions.  The  latter 
are  of  a  nature  to  be  found  in  all  farming  communities.  An  abund- 
ance of  good  timber  abounds,  chestnut  being  now  predominant. 
Anecdote  of  Samuel  Coiinnl'Ie.—  li  is  a  fact  known  to  comparatively 
few,  probably,  that  the  inhabitants  of  Bernardston  were  among  the 


ANECDOTK    OF    SAMUEL    CONNARLE. 


first  to  make  to  any  great  extent,  what  has  now  grown  to  be  a  staple 
article  of  ci')mmerce  in  New  England,  namely  the  maple  products. 
To  whom  the  honor  of  discovery  belongs  or  whether  we  must  go 
back  to  the  old  Indian  legend,  we  cannot  tell.  In  "  Dodsley's  Reg- 
ister "  for  October,  1765,  it  is  stated  that  a  "  method  of  making  sugar 
and  molasses  from  the  sap  of  a  certain  tree  called  the  maple,  com- 
mon in  the  New  England  colonies,  has  just  been  discovered  and 
put  in  practice  at  several  portions  of  New  England,  but  especially 
at  Bernardston,  about  20  miles  from  Athol."  In  connection  with 
this  industry  is  an  anecdote  of  Mr.  Samuel  Connable,  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  the  place,  and  a  man  remarkable  for  his  ingenuity  and 
self  acquired  mechanical  skill.  Of  him  it  is  said  that  he  gathered 
"  the  sa])  in  a  basket  and  boiled  it  in  a  tub,"  which  is  literally  true, 
and  was  published  at  the  time  in  the  English  periodicals,  accord- 
ing to  Lieut,  (tov.  Cush man's  papers.  The  explanation  of  this 
seeming  impossibility  is  found  thus.  The  sap  was  gathered  in  a 
basket,  when  frozen.  The  boiling  in  a  tub  does  not  seem  quite  as 
admissable  as  truth,  but  in  those  days  one  article  was  required  to 
be  put  to  as  many  uses  as  possible,  and  among  the  possessions  of 
Mr.  Connable  was  an  old  fashicMicd  "  ]:)(^tash  kettle"  very  large 
round,  conical  in  shape,  but  withal,  shallow.  How  to  utilize  this 
became  a  study.  Finallv  his  ino-enuitv  KSusjo:ested  that  greater 
depth  might  be  acquired  h\  placing  a  tub  top  of  the  kettle,  so  pro- 
curiuij::  a  "  set  work  "  tub  with  cars  to  it,  in  which  a  handle  could  be 
inserted,  he  remx)ved  the  bottom,  placed  the  tub  within  the  top  of 
the  kettle  and  firmly  packed  the  two  together,  something  after  the 
manner  of  calking,  and  when  his  kettle  —  or  tub  —  call  it  as  you 
will  —  was  suspended  from  an  improvised  crane  of  crotched  sticks, 
over  an  open  fire,  he  was  ready  in  reality  to  "  boil  sap  in  a  tub." 
The  contrast  between  this  and  the  modern  methods  is  certainly 
suggestive. 

And  as  in  the  subsequent  pages,  we  see  most  plainly  the  vicissi- 
tudes experienced  and  successes  achieved,  and  the  many  obvious 
comparisons,  we  may,  in  the  same  proportion,  realize  that 

"  The  s^rcat  eventful  Present  hides  the  Past ;  but  through  the  din 
Of  its  loud  life,  hints  and  echoes  from  the  life  behind  steal  in 
And  the  lore  of  home  and  fireside,  and  the  legendary  rhyme 
Make  the  task  of  duty  lighter,  whicli  the  true  man  owes  his  time." 


CHAPTER  II. 

EARLY  HISTORY  AND  ORIGIN — THE  FALLS  FIGHT — PETITION  FOR  A 
GRANT — THE  REPLY  —  TERRITORIAL  GRANTS — PROPRIETORS— FI  RST 
proprietors'  meeting — DIVISION  OF  LAND— NUMBERS  OF  THE 
LOTS  DRAWN — JOSIAH  SCOTT's  SEI  TLING  BOND — COLLECT(JRS — 
PLAN  OF  THE  TOWN  ORDERED— THE  "  GORE" — FIRST  FAMILIES- 
CHURCH   MATTERS. 

The  early  history  of  Bernardston  is  so  closely  identified  with 
that  of  contiguous  towns,  that,  in  treatin<^  of  it,  that  of  Leyden,  a 
part  of  Colrain,  and  other  territory  must  necessarily  be  included. 

The  origin  of  the  township  properly  antedates  the  grant  of  land 
made  in  1735  by  the  General  Court,  58  years,  when  at  the  present 
site  of  Riverside,  near  Turners  Falls,  occurred  the  "  Falls  Fight." 
There  were  two  accounts  of  the  engagement  written  within  a  year 
of  its  occurrence.  One  by  Rev.  William  Hubbard  of  Ipswich,  the 
other,  anonymously,  and  signed  "  N.  vS."  Both  of  these  accounts 
are  well  worthy  perusal  and  vary  only  in  minor  details.  i\fter 
careful  research  Rev.  George  Bodge  prepared  the  following  ac- 
count for  the  Genealogical  Register  (April,  1887),  and  has  given 
it  in  a  full  and  accurate  manner. 

Falls  Fight. — "  A  company  consisting  of  volunteers  and  many  of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  towns  along  the  Connecticut  River  mounted 
upon  their  own  horses,  and  armed  as  each  might  be  able,  or  from 
the  garrison,  took  up  the  line  of  march  in  the  evening  of  May  i8th 
from  Hatfield  towards  the  Falls,  twenty  miles  away,  through  the 
woods.  Taking  their  way  northwards  through  Hatfield  meadows 
and  on  by  the  road  where  both  Lathrop  and  Beers  had  met  disaster 
and  death,  past  the  ruins  of  Ueerfield,  they  cro.ssed  the  river  at  the 
northerly  part  of  the  meadow  (a  late  high  authority  says  '  at  the 
mouth  of  Sheldon's  brook  ')  and  thus  eluding  the  Indian  outposts 
stationed  at  a  place  now  called  '  Cheapside  '  to  guard  the  usual 
place  of  crossing.     These  Indians,  it  is  said,  overheard  the  crossing 


FALLS    FIGHT. 


of  the  troops  and  turned  out  with  torches  and  examined  the  usual 
ford,  but  finding  no  traces  there,  and  hearing  no  further  disturb- 
ance, concluded  that  the  noise  was  made  by  moose  crossing,  and 
so  went  back  to  their  sleep.  A  heavy  thunder  shower  during  the 
night  greatly  aided  the  secrecy  of  the  march,  while  it  drove  the 
Indians  to  their  wigwams  and  prevented  any  suspicion  of  an  attack. 
This  danger  safely  passed,  the  troops  rode  forward  through  Green- 
field meadows  and  crossing  Green  River,  'at  the  mouth  of  Ash 
Swamp  brook  to  the  eastward,  skirting  the  great  swamp'  (says 
Mr.  Sheldon)  they  at  length,  about  daybreak,  reached  the  high  land 
south  of  Mt.  Adams,  where  the  men  dismounted,  and  leaving  the 
horses  under  a  small  guard,  pushed  on  through  Fall  River  and  up 
a  steep  hill,  and  halted,  silently  awaiting  daylight,  upon  the  slope 
above  the  sleeping  Indian  Camp.  Here  all  was  wrapped  in  pro- 
found sleep.  It  is  said  that  a  great  feast  had  been  celebrated  the 
night  before  by  the  Indians,  at  which  they  had  gorged  themselves 
with  fresh  salmon  from  the  river,  and  beef  and  new  milk  from  the 
Hatfield  cattle.  Not  a  guard  had  been  set  and  no  preparation  had 
been  made,  so  secure  were  they  and  unsuspicious  of  an  English 
raid.  And  now  with  advancing  daylight  the  sturdy  settlers  gath- 
ered silently  down  and  about  their  unconscious  foes,  to  whom  the 
first  warning  of  danger  was  the  crashing  of  a  hundred  muskets, 
dealing  death  in  at  their  wigwam  doors.  Many  were  killed  at  the 
first  fire,  and  scarcely  a  show  of  resistence  was  made.  The  savages 
who  escaped  were  terrified  at  the  thought  that  their  old  enemy 
was  upon  them  and  fled  towards  the  river  yelling  'Mohawks! 
Mohawks!'  and  wildly  threw  themselves  into  the  canoes  along 
the  banks,  but  many  of  these  overcrowding  the  canoes,  were  thrown 
into  the  river  and  carried  over  the  Falls  to  certain  death;  others 
were  shot  in  attempting  to  reach  the  other  side  ;  others  were  chased 
to  the  shelving  rocks  along  the  banks  and  there  shot  down.  It  is 
said  that  Capt.  Holyoke  there  dispatched  five  with  his  own  hand. 
Very  few  of  the  Indians  escaped  and  their  loss  was  computed  by 
contemporary  writers  at  300.  Only  one  of  the  English  was  killed 
and  he  by  mistake  by  one  of  his  own  comrades,  and  another  was 
wounded  in  this  attack.  The  soldiers  burned  all  the  wigwams  and 
their  contents,  captured  the  tools  of  the  Indian  blacksmiths  who 


lO  FALLS  FIGHT. 


had  set  up  two  forges  for  mending  arms,  and  threw  '  two  great 
piggs  of  lead  (intended  for  making  bullets)  into  the  river.'  But 
while  this  was  being  accomplished,  the  several  larger  bodies  of 
Indians  upon  the  river  above  and  below,  rallied,  and  from  various 
quarters  gathered  in  and  about  the  English.  A  small  party  acted 
as  decoys  and  showed  themselves  crossing  the  river  above,  and 
succeeded  in  drawing  a  portion  of  our  forces  away  from  the  main 
body  only  to  meet  a  large  force  and  regain  the  command  with  diffi- 
culty. Capt.  Turner,  enfeebled  as  he  was  by  disease,  collected  and 
drew  off  his  troops  towards  the  horses,  while  the  guards  were 
about  this  time  attacked  by  the  enemy,  who  hastily  withdrew  at 
the  coming  of  the  main  body.  Mounting  their  horses,  the  English 
began  the  march  for  Hatfield.  The  Indians  in  increasing  numbers 
gathered  upon  flank  and  rear  ;  Capt.  Turner  led  the  van,  though 
so  weak  from  long  sickness  as  scarcely  able  to  manage  his  horse. 
The  intrepid  Capt.  Holyoke  commanded  the  rear  guard,  but  in  ef- 
fect conducted  the  retreat.  The  Indians  advanced  upon  the  left 
and  rear  and  several  sharp  skirmishes  ensued,  while  they  tried  to 
separate  the  rear  guard  from  the  main.  Once  Capt.  Holyoke's 
horse  was  shot  down  and  he  narrowly  escaped  capture  by  the  In- 
dians who  rushed  forward  to  seize  him,  by  shooting  down  the  fore- 
most with  his  pistol,  till  his  men  came  to  his  aid.  On  the  left  of 
the  line  of  march,  nearly  all  the  way  to  Green  River,  was  a  swamp 
in  which  the  Indians  found  safe  cover.  A  rumor  was  started  (by 
an  escaped  captive  it  is  said)  that  Philip  with  a  thousand  warriors 
was  at  hand,  and  a  panic  ensued. 

The  guides  differed  as  to  the  course,  and  some  following  one  and 
some  another,  disorder  prevailed  and  the  command  was  broken  up. 
Two  parties  leaving  the  main  body  were  cut  off  and  lost.  Captain 
Turner  pushed  forward  with  the  advance  as  far  as  Green  River, 
and  was  shot  by  the  Indians  while  crossing  the  stream-  near  the 
mouth  of  the  brook  upon  which  afterwards  stood  '  Nash's  Mills.' 
His  body  was  found  near  the  place  by  a  scouting  party  a  short  time 
afterwards.  John  Chase  of  Newbury,  in  1735,  testified  that  he  was 
in  this  expedition  and  helped  to  bury  the  body  of  Capt.  Turner. 

The  whole  command  now  devolved  upon  Capt.  Holyoke,  who 
led  his  shattered  forces,  fighting  every  rod  of  the  way  to  the  south 


I'K'rrnoN  ok  samuei,  hunt.  ii 


side  of  Deerfield  meadow  to  the  place  now  known  as  the  '  Bars' 
(according-  to  Gen.  Hovt's  account).  That  the  retreat  did  not  end 
in  a  general  massacre  is  doubtless  due  to  the  skill  and  bravery  of 
Capt.  Holyoke  in  keeping  the  main  l)ody  together,  and  in  protect- 
ing flank  and  rear  while  pushing  forward  to  avoid  the  chance  of 
ambuscades;  as  it  was,  they  found  on  arriving  at  Hatfield,  that 
some  forty-five  or  more  of  their  men  were  missing.  Rev.  Mr.  Rus- 
sell's letter  of  May  22nd  gives  some  account  of  the  losses,  and  says 
that  six  of  the  missing  have  come  in,  reducing  the  number  of  lost 
to  thirty  eight  or  nine.  Of  the  Indian  losses  he  gives  the  report 
of  vSergt.  Bardwell,  that  he  counted  upwards  of  one  hundred  in  and 
about  tlie  wigwams  and  ah^ig  the  river  banks,  and  the  testimony 
of  William  Drew  and  others  that  they  counted  some  '  six  score  and 
ten.'  Hence  we  cannot  but  judge  that  there  were  above  two  hun- 
dred of  them  slain." 

Petition  of  Sanuici  Hunt. — The  services  and  sufferings  of  this  in- 
trepid band  of  Capt.  Turner's  certainly  merited  a  fitting  recognition 
from  the  government  they  sought  to  protect,  and  a  favorable  re- 
ply was  received  to  the  following,  presented  November,  1734. 
"  A  petition  of  Samuel  Hunt,  of  Billerica,  for  himself  and  other 
suri'i-i'ors  of  the  officers  and  soldiers  that  belonged  to  the  com- 
pany of  Capt.  Turner,  and  the  representatives  of  tho.se  that  are  de- 
ceased, shewing  that  the  said  company  in  1676  engaged  the  Indian 
enemy  at  a  place  above  Deerfield,  and  destroyed  above  three  hun- 
dred of  them,  and  therefore,  praying  that  this  Court  would  grant 
them  a  tract  of  land  above  Deerfield  suital^le  to  make  a  township." 

Reply. — The  reply  to  this  petition  shows  the  condition  which  our 
former  legislators  deemed  necessary  for  the  welfare  of  the  future 
town.  In  the  House  of  Representatives  Nov.  28,  1734,  "  Voted  that 
the  prayer  there-of  be  so  far  granted,  as  that  the  petitioners  have 
leave  by  a  surveyor  and  chain-man  upon  oath  to  lay  out  a  Town- 
ship of  the  contents  of  six  square  miles,  to  the  Northward  of  the 
town  of  Deerfield,  in  the  unappropriated  lands  of  the  Province,  and 
return  a  plat  there-of  to  this  Court  for  confirmation  within  twelve 
months,  and  that  the  said  township  is  granted  to  the  petitioners 
and  such  other  Officers  and  soldiers  that  were  in  said  fight  above 
Deerfield,  commonly  called  the  Falls  Fight,  and  to  the  descendants 


12  REPLY. 

of  any  of  the  ofificers  and  soldiers  that  were  in  said  fight  and  are 
deceased,  and  that  shall  be  admitted  by  the  committee  hereafter 
named  ;  provided  the  grantees  do  within  four  years  settle  sixty 
families  in  said  township,  and  have  each  of  them  an  house  eighteen 
feet  square  and  five  acres  of  land  brought  to  English  grass,  or  broke 
up  by  plowing,  and  also  build  a  convenient  Meeting  House,  and 
settle  a  learned  orthodox  Minister  among  them,  lay  out  a  home  lot 
for  the  first  settled  minister,  and  another  for  the  Ministry,  each  of 
which  to  draw  a  seventieth  part  of  said  township ;  also  a  lot  for  the 
school,  of  one  hundred  acres,  the  remainder  to  be  divided  into  equal 
parts  among  those  that  are  admitted,  and  that  John  Stoddard,  Jo- 
seph Dwight,  Charles  Church,  Samuel  Danforth,  Esqrs.,  with  such 
as  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Honorable  Board,  be  a  committee  to 
receive  the  claims  of  all  such  as  shall  challenge  by  this  grant,  and 
are  empowered  and  required  to  admit  all  such  Officers  and  Soldiers 
as  shall  within  a  twelve  months  from  this  time  put  in  their  claims 
and  give  satisfactory  accounts  of  their  being  in  the  fight,  and  shall 
also  admit  one  and  only  one,  of  the  descendants  of  each  of  the  Of- 
ficers and  Soldiers  that  were  killed  in  said  fight,  or  since  deceased, 
provided  they  put  in  their  claims  and  make  their  challenge  within 
twelve  months  as  aforesaid.  And  the  committee  are  further  di- 
rected always  to  give  preference  to  the  eldest  of  the  sons  of  each 
officer  or  soldier,  deceased,  that  shall  put  in  their  claims,  and  in 
case  no  son  puts  in  his  claim  within  twelve  months,  then  to  give 
preference  to  the  eldest  male  descended  from  any  such  Officer  or 
Soldier,  deceased,  that  shall  put  in  their  claims  as  aforesaid,  and 
all  others  shall  be  excluded." 

TJic  Grant.- — The  land  granted  included  what  is  now  within  the 
limits  of  Bernardston,  Leyden,  a  portion  of  Colrain,  and  a  small 
belt  which  was  afterwards  proven  to  have  belonged  to  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  all  a  tract  6  miles  square.  A  previous  grant  to  a  Mr.  Fair- 
weather  of  500  acres,  situated  in  the  east  part  of  the  new  township, 
together  with  the  inountainous  and  waste  lands  included,  so  reduced 
this  in  value  that,  in  1741,  as  the  proprietors  increased  numerically, 
they  petitioned  for  and  obtained  another  tract  not  yet  covered  by 
any  prior  grants. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  original  order  for  calling  the  first 


THE  GRANT.  I3 


meeting  of  the  "  Mantlers  of   Fall  Town  "'  and  the  return  thereof. 

'•In  the  House  of  Rep'tives,  Dec.  24,  1735. 
Ordered,  That  Thomas  Wells,  Esq'r,  be  empowered  and  directed  to  notifie 
the  Grantees  of  the  Tract  of  Land  or  Township  made  by  this  Court  to  the 
Officers  and  Soldiers  that  were  in  the  Fall  fight  above  Deerfield,  and  to 
their  Descendants,  that  they  appear  at  some  town  in  the  County  of  Hamp- 
shire as  soon  as  conveniently  may  beto  chose  a  Moderator  and  Proprietors' 
Clerk  and  to  agree  upon  effectual  methods  for  the  laying  out  and  fiulfilling 
of  their  grant  and  to  call  meetings  for  the  future. 

Sent  up  for  Concurance.  J.  Quincy,  Sp'kr. 

In  Council,  Dec.  26,  1735. 
Read  and  Concurred.  J.  Willard,  Sec'y. 

Consented  to.  J.  Belcher. 

A  true  copy. 

Examined  pr  Thomas  Mason,  Dep't  Secry." 

On  the  back  of  this  order  is  the  follovv^ing  in  the  handwriting  of 
Esquire  Wells. 

"  Hampshire  ss.  Dec.  26,  1735. 
Pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  the  Within  order  I  the  Subscriber  have  No- 
tified the  Grantees  of  the  Township  within  mentioned  by  posting  up  notifi- 
cations in  those  towns  where  any  of  the  porsons  concerned  Dwell  to  appear 
at  ye  house  of  Mr;  Benjamin  Stebbins  of  Northampton  in  sd  county  on 
Jan'y  ye  27,  1735-6,  for  ends  and  purposes  within  mentioned. 

Tho's  Wells." 

It  will  be  observed  that  this  order  was  signed  by  Gov.  Belcher 
Dec.  24,  and  the  return  made  Dec.  26.  The  grantees  dwelt  in  21 
different  towns  in  Massachusetts,  scattered  from  Amesbury  to 
Kingston  in  the  east  and  from  Deerfield  to  Suffield  on  the  Connect- 
icut River,  beside  13  towns  in  Connecticut.  Those  were  not  the 
days  of  fast  mails  and  Esquire  Wells  does  not  tell  us  how  he  exe- 
cuted his  commission. 

This  grant  of  500  acres  had  its  origin  as  follows  : — Nov,  24,  1720, 
in  Council  at  Boston  was  received  a  petition  from  John  Fayer- 
weather  in  behalf  of  himself  and  others,  grandchildren  and  heirs 
of  Jonathan  Payne,  late  of  Boston,  deceased,  shewing  that  about 
1673,  by  direction  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  the  latter 
did  run  the  southern  line  of  said  Colony  to  Hudsons  River,  having 
the  whole  charge  of  the  business  thereby  incurring  great  expense, 


14  FAVEUWKATHKR    GRANT. 

hardships  and  fatigue.  For  this  service  the  General  Court  granted 
him,  May  12,  1675,  1800  acres  of  land,  and  4000  acres  to  be  laid  out 
in  two  different  places.  Payne's  death  occurred  before  he  could 
procure  the  grant. 

The  "  Plat  "  of  the  survey  was  returned  Nov.  21,  1721,  Timothy 
Dwight,  Surveyor.  The  land  was  laid  out  between  Northfield  and 
Deerfield  upon  a  brook  known  by  the  name  of  Dry  Brook,  begin- 
ning 20  rods  west  of  the  ford  way  over  said  brook  and  running 
north.     By  this  we  see  that  Dry  Brook  received  its  name  at   least 

15  years  before  the  grant  of  Falls  Fight  township. 

Considering  the  circumstances  of  its  origin,  what  could  be  more 
appropriate  than  that  the  name  of  "  Fall  Town  "  should  be  be- 
stowed, thus  commemorating  the  "  Falls  Fight  "  of  a  half  century 
before!  This  name  the  hamlet  retained  until  its  formal  incorpora- 
tion as  a  town  in  1762,  at  which  time  the  name  of  "  Barnardstown  " 
was  adopted  in  honor  of  Gov.  Barnard,  a  Provincial  Governor  of 
Massachusetts  Colony  under  King  George  the  Third,  of  England. 

Claimants. — The  soldiers  and  descendants  of  those  deceased  who 
were  entitled  to  claims  in  the  township  granted  were  : 

Joseph,  only  son  of  Hope  Atlierton,  of  Dt'erlield. 

Nathaniel,  from  Nathaniel  Alexander,  Northampton. 

Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Alvord,  Middleton. 

John,  son  of  William  Arms,  Deertield. 

John,  son  of  Timothy  Baker,  Northampton. 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Bedortha,  Springfield. 

John  Field,  descendant  of  James  Bennett,  Decrlield. 

John,  son  of  John  Barbour,  Springfield. 

John,  son  of  John  Bradshaw,  Medford. 

Isaac,  son  of  John  Burnap,  Windham. 

Samuel  Clesson,  descendant  of  Peter  P>ushrod,  Northampton. 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Boltwood,  Hadley. 

Samuel,  son  of  Robert  Bardwell,  Ueerfield. 

John  Hitchcock,  descendant  of  Samuel  Ball,  Springfield. 

Stephen,  son  of  Stephen  Belden,  Hatlield  or  Northampton. 

Richard,  son  of  Klnathan  Beers,  Watertown. 

Samuel,  son  of  vSamuel  Beldin,  Hatlield. 

Preserved,  son  of  Preserved  Clapp,  Northampton. 

Thomas,  son  of  Japliet  Chapin,  vSpringtield. 

Samuel,  son  of  vSamuel  Crow,  Hadley. 

Joseph,  descendant  of  Joseph  Crowfoot,  Wethersfield. 

William,  son  of  William  Clark,  Lebauon. 


CLAIMANTS.  1 5 


Noah  Cook,  descendant  of  Noah  Coleman,  Hadley. 

Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  Chamberlain,  Colchester. 

Nathaniel,  descendant  of  Joseph  Chamberlain. 

Samuel,  son  of  John  Conniball,  Boston. 

John,  son  of  John  Chase,  Newbury. 

William,  son  of  Nehemiah  Dickeson,  Hadley. 

vSamuel  Jellett,  descendant  of  John  Dickeson,  Hatfield. 

Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  Edwards.  Northampton. 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  Fuller,  Newtown. 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Field,  Deerlield. 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  F'oot,  Colchester. 

John,  son  of  John  Flanders,  Kin«^ston. 

Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  Gleason,  Enfield. 

Richard  Chuch,  descendant  of  Isaac  Harrison,  Hadley. 

Simon,  son  of  Simon  Grover,  Maiden. 

vSanmel,  son  of  Joseph  Griffin,  Roxl)ury. 

John,  son  of  John  Hitchcock,  vSpringfield. 

Luke,  son  of  Luke  Hitchcock,  Springfield. 

Jonathan,  son  of  David  Hoit,  Deerfield. 

Jonathan  vScott,  descendant  of  John  Hawks,  Waterbury. 

Eleazer,  son  of  Eleazer  Hawks,  Deerlield. 

James,  son  of  James  Harwood,  Concord. 

John  Doud,  descendant  of  I^xpeiience  Hinsdell,  Middleton. 

vSamuel,  son  of  Samuel  Hunt,  Tewksbury. 

William,  son  of  Abel  James,  Lebannon. 

John,  son  of  John  Ingram,  Hadley. 

Sanmel,  son  of  vSamuell  Jellett,  Hatfield. 

William,  son  of  Robert  Jones,  Almsl)ury. 

Medad,  son  of  John  King,  Northampton. 

Francis,  son  of  F'rancis  Keet,  Northampton. 

Martin,  son  of  Joseph  Kellogg,  Sulield. 

John,  .son  of  John  Lee,  Westlield. 

John,  son  of  John  Lyman,  Northampton. 

Joseph,  son  of  Jo.seph  Leeds,  Dorchester. 

Josiah,  son  of  Josiah  Leonard,  vSpringlield. 

John,  son  of  Cornelius  Merry,  Long  Island. 

Stephen  Noble,  descendant  of  Isaac  Morgan,   formerly  of  Eiilield. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan  Morgan,  SpringfiehL 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Miller,  vSpringlield. 

James,  sou  of  James  Mun,  Colchester. 

Benjamin,  son  of  John  Mun,  Deerlield. 

John,  .son  of  Phillip  Matoon,  Wallingford. 

John,  son  of  Godfrey  Xinis,  Deerlield. 

F^benezer,  son  of  Medad  Puniroy,  Northam])ton. 

Sanmel,  son  of  Caleb  Pumroy,   N.  H. 

Sanmel,  son  of  Robert  Price,  Glastenbury. 

Samuel,  descendant  of  John  Preston,  Hadley. 


1 6  CLAIMANTS. 


Thomas,  son  of  John  Pratt,  Maiden. 

John,  son  of  John  Pressy,  Almsbury. 

Henry,  son  of  Henry  Rogers,  Springfield. 

John,  son  of  Thomas  Reed,  Westford. 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Sikes,  vSpringfield. 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Sutliff,  Durham. 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Stebbins,  Springfield. 

Luke  Noble,  descendant  of  Thomas  Stebbins,  Westfield. 

Ebenezer,  son  of  William  Smeed,  Deerlield. 

Joseph,  son  of  John  Smith,  Hatfield. 

James,  son  of  James  Stephenson,  Springfield. 

Thomas,  son  of  Joseph  Seldon,  Haddam. 

Josiah,  son  of  William  Scott,  Hatfield. 

John,  son  of  John  Salter,  Charlestown. 

William,  grandson  of  Capt.  Turner,  Swanzey. 

Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  Thomas,  Stafford. 

Capt.  Joseph  Winchell,  Jr.,  descendant  of  Jonathan  Tailer,  Suffield. 

Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Tyley,  Boston. 

Preserved,  son  of  James  Wright,  N.  PI. 

Cornelius,  son  of  John  Webb,  vSpringfield. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Richard  Webb,  vStamford. 

John,  son  of  Benjamin  Wait,  Hatfield. 

Pvleazer,  son  of  Kleazer  Webber  or  W^eller,  Westfield. 

Capt.  Thoinas,  son  of  Thomas  Wells,  Deerfield. 

Ebenezer,  .son  of  Joseph  Warriner,  Rnlield. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan  Wells,  Deerlield. 

William,  son  of  Nicholas  Worthington.  Colchester. 

John,  grandson  of  John  vScott,  Klbows. 

"  The  Committee  appointed  to  inlist  the  officei's  and  soldiers  in 
the  fight  called  the  falls  fight  under  the  Command  of  Capt.  William 
Turner  then  slain,  and  the  Descendts.  of  such  as  are  Deceased  and 
that  are  intitled  to  the  grant  of  this  great  and  general  Court  made 
them  of  a  township,  have  attended  many  times  that  service  &  re- 
turne  the  list  above  &  aforesaid  which  contains  the  persons  names 
claiming  &  from  whome  and  Which  the  Committee  have  accord- 
ingly allowed  all  which  is  Submitted." 

William  Dudley. 

Ezekiel  Lewis. 

John  Stoddard. 

Joseph  Dwight. 

John  Wainwright. 
Boston,  June,  1736. 

In  Council  June  23,  1736.     Read  and  ordered  that  this  Report  be 


PRni'KTETOkS     MEETINGS.  1/ 


accepted.  Sent  down  for  concurrence.  Simon  Frost  Dep'v  Secre- 
tary. (Mass.  State  Archives,  Vol.  114,  pag'e  610.)  To  this  list  Mr. 
Williams  in  the  "  Redeemed  Captive  "  adds  the  names  of  Samuel 
Colby  of  Almsbury  and  Iri^al  Newbury  of  Maiden. 

As  will  be  seen,  a  number  of  the  claimants  resided  in  Connecti- 
cut ;  also  some  of  the  soldiers  were  at  this  time  living,  and  person- 
ally applied  for  their  allotments,  as  in  the  cases  of  Nathaniel  Alex- 
ander, John  Chase,  vSamuel  Beldin.  John  Bradshaw,  Joseph  Fuller, 
vSamuel  Hunt,  James  Mun,  Jonathan  Wells  and  others. 

Proprietors'  Meetings. — The  grant  was  confirmed  Jan.  21,  1736,  and 
six  days  later,  Jan.  27,  according  to  a  notification  issued  by  the 
House  of  Representatives,  the  Proprietors  held  their  first  meeting 
at  the  house  of  Beniamin  Stebbins,  at  Northampton.  Ebenezer 
Pomeroy  was  chosen  moderator,  also  proprietors'  clerk,  Thomas 
Wells,  Esq.,  Samuel  Field  and  Jonathan  Hoit  of  Deerfield  were 
elected  a  committee  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  "  examine  ye  place 
agreeable  to  ye  Act  of  ye  Genii  Assembly  where  ye  Town  Shall 
Ly  and  when  They  by  viewing,  obtain  satisfaction  where  to  lay  sd 
town.  Then  to  Gett  itt  Laid  out  by  a  vSurveyor  and  chairman  under 
Oath."  They  were  further  instructed  to  prepare  a  plan  of  the 
township,  subject  to  the  acceptance  of  the  proprietors  and  ulti- 
mately to  confirmation  by  the  General  Court. 

The  second  Proprietors'  meeting  was  also  held  at  Mr.  Stebbins' 
home  the  succeeding  fall,  Oct.  6th.  In  the  notification  all  are 
warned  to  "  Come  prepared  to  Pay  ye  First  Charge  For  Laying  out 
sd  Township."  The  land  was  laid  out  in  four  divisions  ;  the  first 
was  planned  in  such  manner  that  each  proprietor  received  a  "Home 
Lot  ''  of  not  less  than  50  acres,  and  all  "  Entervail  or  meddow  Lands 
Should  not  be  Laid  out  In  ye  aforesaid  50  acre  Home  Lotts."  The 
committee  having  this  division  in  charge  was  Ichabod  AUice  of 
Hatfield,  William  Dickson  of  Hadley,  Hezekiah  Wright  of  North- 
ampton, Samuel  Field  of  Deerfield,  Benjamin  Munn,  Jonathan 
Hoit  and  Eleazer  Hawks  of  Deerfield.  A  commendable  spirit  of 
fairness  and  honorable  dealing  with  each  other  was  most  excel- 
lently portrayed  by  the  minute  instructions  given  this  committee. 
Among  other  things  they  were  particularly  requested  to  note,  in 
all  cases   the  quality  of   the   land,  and   wherever  they  found   that 


l8  DIVISION    OF    LOTS. 


which  seemed  inferior,  to  offset  the  same  by  an  additional  quantity, 
that  all  might  be  made  as  nearly  equal  as  possible.  The  first 
charges  made  were  for  3  pounds  a  person,  and  no  one  was  to  be 
admitted  to  a  draught  until  he  had  paid  that  sum.  About  this 
time  it  was  again  voted  to  petition  the  General  Assembly  for  an 
additional  grant,  upon  the  ground  that  the  grantees  were  more 
numerous  than  in  other  towns  granted  for  such  like  military  ser- 
vices. Thomas  Wells  was  invited  to  prefer  the  petition  :  but  if 
any  further  action  was  taken  in  the  matter  at  this  time  it  was  not 
recorded.  It  is  not  improbable,  however,  that  the  "  Gore  "  received 
in  1 741  was  the  result  of  a  revival  of  this  petition. 

In  1737  there  had  97  proven  their  claims  to  a  proprietorship  in 
the  new  town,  consequently  it  was  deemed  advisable  that  the  land 
should  be  divided  into  100  lots,  97  proprietary,  and  3  to  be  known 
as  Public  Lots,  i.  e.,  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  church  and  school. 
These  latter  were  to  be  "  Pitched  upon  by  ye  Committee  that  Laid 
Out  ye  Same  and  the  Lotts  Pitched  upon  by  ye  Committee  are  as 
foUoweth  ;  viz.  the  Minister's  Lott,  No.  6,  School  Lott,  No.  60.  The 
Ministry  Lot,  No.  26." 

Thus  we  see  that  amid  the  hardships  incident  to  the  settlement 
of  a  new  and  hostile  country,  our  sturdy  ancestors  did  not,  for  a 
moment,  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  in  a  religious  and  educational 
development  lay  the  means  of  facilitating  their  own  and  their  coun- 
try's progress. 

Having  taken  the  first  steps  tending  towards  future  moral  and 
mental  advancement,  their  attention  was  turned  to  the  disposition 
of  the  Home  Lands,  all  who  were  there  then  drawing  their  number 
or  "Ticket."  The  absentees  were  to  be  instructed  to  apply  to  the 
Clerk  who  kept  "  The  Remainder  of  ye  Tickets  not  now  drawn." 

"  And  here  followeth  a  Lift  of  ye  Proprietors'  Numbers  That 
each  proprietor  drew  "  those  marked  :{:  designating  the  ones  who 
gave  the  required  bonds  for  settling. 


Home  lot. 

Ml 

eadow  lot 

tjohn  Rurke,  from  Nathaniel  AlcxaiuUr, 

No.  9 

No.  67 

Thomas  Alvard, 

"  58 

" 

John  vShcldon,  from  John  Arms, 

"  36 

( ( 

John  Raker, 

"  59 

"    35 

Joscpli  Atherton, 

••  98 

I'KOl'RIKTORS.       NUMHKK    OF    LOTS    EACH    DREW. 


19 


Jonatlian  Wliite,  from  vSaniucl  Bcdortha, 

J0I111  Kly,  from  John  Barbour, 

John  Bradshaw, 

Jonathan  Wells,  P'sq., 

Sti.'])hen  Rehlin's  Heirs, 

Samuel  Tyky, 

Joseph  I'uller, 

Samuel  Hunt, 

William  Turner, 

tCa])t.  Thomas  Wells, 

Jo.seph  Iax'cIs, 

Isaac  Burna]) 

Samuel  Clesson, 

J  Aaron  vSmith,  from  .Samuel  Boltwood, 

t  Samuel  Bardvvell, 

John  Hitchcock, 

Richard  Beers, 

Ichahod  Allice,  from  Samuel  Beldin, 

Captain  Preserved  Cla]i]), 

+Shem  Cha])in,  from  Thomas  Chapin, 

Samuel  Colton,  from  Samuel  Crow, 

William  Clark, 

:Noah  Cook, 

James  vScovel,  from  Benjamin  Chamberlain, 

Nathaniel  Chamberlaiti, 

William  Dickeson, 

vSamuel  Jellett, 

Hezekiah  Wri<rht,  from  Benjamin   P'dwards, 

vSamuel  Field, 

X  Nathaniel  Foot, 

John  Hinsdell,  from  Isaac  Gleason, 

Kbenezer  Sheldin,  from  Richard  Church, 

tjohn  Hitchcock, 

Luke  Hitchcock, 

Jonathan  Hoit,  from  Judah  Wrij^ht, 

Simeon  White,  from  Jonathan  Scott, 

John  Doud, 

X  Eliezur  Hawks, 

John  Ingrams, 

F^henezer  Sheldon,  from  Samuel  Jellett, 

+  Joseph  Bascom,  from  Medad  Kinc;, 

+  Charles  vSheldin,  from  F'rancis  Keet, 

Josejili  Kello<i;j,(,  from  Martin  Kellojjg, 

John  Lee, 

Josiah  Leonard, 

:  Thomas  Miller, 


Home  lot. 

Meadow  lot" 

No.  79 

No. 

"    12 

"  42 

"  IOC) 

"   21 

"      6 

"    19 

■'  48,  46 

■'    92 

"  9.3 

"    3,0 

"  54 

"    12 

"  66 

"    78 

"     ?, 

"    41 

"   75 

••    16 

"  91 

"  .38 

"  94 

"  47 

"   14 

"  61 

"  40 

"  56 

"      1 

"    5" 

"  50 

"      -3 

"   18 

71 

7 
73 
78 

4 

15 
8 

87 

31 

80 

2 

76 
1 1 
82 

32 
16 

98 

13 
92 

17 
77 
72 
25 
55 


"  84 

"  20 

•'  87 

"  99 

■'  62 

"  5' 

■'  55 

"  96 


"    76 

"    52 

"    32 

No.  9.S:8i 


No. 


5 
74 
66 


20 


PROl'KIETORS.       NU.MliliR    OF    LOTS    EACH    DREW. 


vSanniel  Rennt'tt,  from  James  Mun, 
+  Benjamin  Mun, 
John  Motunc, 
+  Jolin  Nimes, 

Josc})li  Barnard,  from  I^benc/.L-r  I'umroN-, 
vSanmtl  Pumroy, 
Samuel  Preston, 

+  Aaron  .Stcbbins,  from  vSamuel  Stebhins, 
Aaron  Noble,  from  Luke  Noble. 
+  Ebenezer  Smead, 
Joseph  Smith, 
ijosiah  Scott, 
John  Lyman, 
Capt.  Joseph  Winchall, 

Joseph  Mitchell,  from   Preserved  W'rij^dit. 
:john  Wait, 
:  Klie/,er  Webljer, 

Shein  Chapin,  from  William  Worthint^ton, 
Thomas  Seldin, 
These  yt  follow  Drew  Lolts  ,'iftcr  yv   Mce 

iHezekiah  Wrij^ht,  from  John  l-'ield, 

t  Nathaniel  Sikes, 

Samuel  Cunnibell, 

Stephen  Noble,  from  Jonathan  Mori^an, 

John  Alexander,  from  John  Webb, 

Samuel  Blancliard,  from  John  Pratt, 

Samuel  Blancliard,  from  vSimon  (iruver, 

Kbenezer  Warriner, 

Timothy  Coo])er,  from  Henry  Roi^er.S, 

t  Charles  Coates,  from  James  Stevenson, 

William  James, 

William  Scott,  from  J(jlin  Scott, 

Nathaniel  Sutliff, 

Jonathan  Webl)er, 

Tile  Minister's  Lot, 

The  School  Lot, 

Charles  Clark, 

John  Pressy, 

benjamin  Thomas, 

Jonathan   Morj^an, 

Josiah  (irisvvold,  from  Jose])!)  Crowfoot. 

Thomas  Goodwin,  from  Samuel  Pierce, 

William  Jones, 

John  Reed, 

John   Salter, 


Home  lot. 

Meadow  lot. 

No.  68 

No. 

"  41 

"  30 

"  23 

"  35 

"  27 

"  39 

"  90 

■•  69 

"  21 

"  S3 

"  81 

"  35 

•  64 

"  24 

"  23 

"  33 

"  89 

"  37 

'■  48 

"  49 

No. 

29^^:56 

"  24 

No.  7 

"  27 

"  11 

"  51 

"  28 

"  34 

tinj^'  of  M 

IV  VL 

.4th,  1; 

Home  lot. 

Me 

cidow  lot. 

No.  86 

No.  72 

"  88 

"  40 

"  67 

"  97 

"  45 

"  1 00 

"  57 

"  95 

"  29 

"  22 

"  62 

•■  ,S8 

"  10 

"  44 

"  85 

"  53 

"  70 

"   6 

••  19 

"  6u 

"  70 

"  37 

•■  64 

■•  54 

"  94 

"  71 

■'  45 

"  74 

••  42 

••  84 

"  83 

"  52 

77 

'•  63 

"  10 

"   5 

"  48 

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ill 


I)|\1S[()N    OK    .MI':a1)<)\V    lots.  21 


oinc  lot. 

Mi 

L-adow  lot. 

No.  2(J 

No.    2 

"44 

"    28 
"    3« 

( ( 

"    53 

John  Mezz}-, 
James  Harwood, 

Okcs  Answer,  from  SaiiuR-l  ('.rifntli, 
John  MandL-rs, 
The  Ministry  Lot, 

(The  edi^es  of   the  leaves  upon  which  tlu-  nxnnhers  of  tin-   last  tliree  lots  were  re- 
coriled  have  been  worn  oft.  ; 

In  addition  the  followino'  drew  meadow  lots: 

Meadow  lot. 

vShem  Cha]:iin,  from  Cornelas  Webh,  No.  49 

Widdow  Beldin,  "      7, 

J  Ile/.ekiah   Ne\vconiI),  "  98 

Isaac  15ij.^elow,  "  86 

Charles  Case,  "  60 

Simon  Grover,  "  82 

I\l)ene/.er  Sheldin,  "  79 

Jndah  W'rii^ht,  from  Jonathan  Iloit,  "  36 

Jonathan  Scott,  from  .Simeon  Wait,  "  97 

F^lijah  Williams,  "  93 

John  Merry,  "  88 

:  Joshua  Wells,  "  8 

Kbenezer  Sheldin,  from  Samuel  Tumro}-,  "  68 

tjohn  Catlin,  3rd,  "  63 

Thomas  Pratt,  "  46 

After  the  dispo.sal  of  tlie  lot.s  a,s  above,  thi.s  meeting  was  ad- 
journed to  what  would  pc^.s.sibly  seem  an  unseasonable  hour,  seven 
of  the  morning  following;  to  tliose  of  whom  we  write,  however,  it 
was  of  no  uncommon  occurence,  for  tluring  the  succeeding  four 
years  mention  is  frequently  made  of  meetings  being  held  at  that 
hour,  and  in  one  instance,  at  six.  A  possible  explanation  may  be 
found  in  the  fact  that  many  of  the  proprietors,  being  non-residents 
of  Deerticld,  (where  the  most  of  the  meetings  were  held)  were  nec- 
essarily obliged  to  remain  over  night,  and  preferred,  or  rather, 
needed  the  most  of  the  dav  wendimr  their  wav  homeward,  through 
paths  which,  at  the  best,  were  fraught  with  many  and  unseen  dan- 
'  ''e  r.s 

At  this  adjourned  meeting  were  appointed  Ebenezer  Barnard 
and  Shem  Chapin  to  prevent  any  strip  or  waste  being  committed 
upon  the  land,  prosecution  being  the  penalty  of  all  such  depreda- 
tions. In  October,  1737,  this  action  was  so  modified  that  the  priv 
ilege   of   cutting  sizable  wood   and   timbjr  was  pjrmittel.      In  th'3 


22  SETTLING    BOND    OF   JOSIAH    SCOTT. 

spring  this  was  followed  by  a  vote   restricting  the   prerogative  to 
such  wood  as  was  used  upon  the  place. 

Prior  to  this,  no  really  definite  steps  had  been  taken  toward  set- 
tling within  the  limits  of  the  new  town.  All  that  had  been  accom- 
plished was,  necessarily,  work  of  a  preparatory  nature.  Now  it 
was  deemed  advisable  to  further  comply  with  the  conditions  of  the 
grant  and  procure  settlers  to  the  number  of  sixty,  and  a  committee 
was  chosen  for  that  purpose.  They  were  instructed  to  receive 
bonds  of  looij"  from  each  settler.  The  bond  taken  from  Josiah 
Scott  is  still  in  existence,  and  is  an  interesting  document  of  which 
the  following  is  a  copy  : 

Josiah  Scoffs  Settling  Bond. — "  Know  all  men  by  thefe  Prefents 
that  I,  Josiah  Scott  of  Hatfield  in  the  fd  County  of  Hampfhire  in 
Province  of  Mafsachufet  bay  in  New  England,  houfewright.  Am 
holden  &  Stand  firmly  Bound  &  obliged  unto  Samll  Field  of  Deer- 
field  In  fd  County  aforefd  Treafurer  for  the  Proprietors  of  the  fall 
fight  township  above  Deerfield  aforefd  So  Called,  to  his  Succefsors 
in  fd  office  in  the  full  &  juft  sum  of  one  Hundred  Pounds  Current 
Money  of  New  England  to  be  Paide  unto  the  fd  Samll  Field  in  his 
capacity  aforefd  or  to  his  Succefsors  in  fd  office  or  to  his  or  theire 
Certiani  Attorney  for  the  ufe  of  fd  Proprietore  to  the  which  Pay- 
ment well  and  truly  to  be  maide,  I  bind  myselfe  my  Heirs,  Excters 

(two  words  not  decipherable—  )  firmly  By  thefe  Prefents 

Sealed  with  my  Seal,  Dated  this  29  Day  of  April  in  the  Eleventh 
year  of  his  majesties  Reign  Anno  Domini  one  thoufand  Seven  Hun- 
dred &  thirty  Eight. 

The  Condition  of  this  obligation  is  such  that  whare  of  the  Grate 
&  General  Courte  have  Granted  a  tract  of  Land  for  a  township  to 
the  officers  &  Soldiers  and  theire  Defcendants  that  ware  in  the  fall 
fight  in  the  year  1676,  on  Condition  that  they  settle  vSixty  familcys 
in  fd  townfhip,  Each  to  Build  a  Houfe  18  feet  square  and  7  feet 
studd  &  clear  &  Bring  too  6  acres  of  Land  for  Plowing  or  to  Grafs. 
Reference  to  fd  Grant  Being  Had  will  more  fully  appear  &  the  sd 
Josiah  Scott  Being  a  Propriett)r  in  fd  townfhip,  if  therearefore  he 
the  sd  Josiah  Scott  do  by  Himselfeor  some  other  meet  Person  Buld 
a  Houfe  as  a  fore  sd  on  the  Lott  No.  33  In  the  firft  Devifsion  of 
Land  in  sd  townfhip  or  on  any  other  Parte  of  his  Propriaty  their 


THOSE    WHO    (lAVE    SETTLING    ISONDS.  23 


&  settle  a  family  clear  &  Bring  too  6  acres  of  Land  for  Plowing  or 
to  Grafs,  as  a  aforesd  &  do  all  that  is  required  of  a  Setlor  in  sd 
township  in  order  to  fulfill  the  Terms  on  which  sd  townfhip  is 
Granted  according  to  the  true  Intent  &  meaning  Their-of  within 
the  Time  Limited  By  Sd  Court  then  the  above  obligation  to  be 
voide  &  of  None  Effect  But  on  Default  of  any  Parte  theire  of  to 
abide  &  Remaine  in  full  force  &  vertue. 

Josiah  Scott.  (Seal.) 
Signed  Sealed  &  Delrd 
In  prefence  of  us 
John  Barnard 
Abner  Barnard." 

From  the  existing  records  it  would  seem  that  it  was  with  some 
difficulty  that  the  sixty  settlers  were  secured.  An  iS.^"  bond  was 
required  of  the  non-settlers  and  it  was  voted  to  take  this  of  Joshua 
Fuller,  Joseph  Fuller,  William  Turner  and  Thomas  Seldin,  at  their 
request.  Later  it  was  reported  that  the  thirty-seven  non-settlers 
paying  iS£  each,  it  was  impossible  to  secure  the  requisite  sixty, 
hence  it  was  decided  to  raise  the  non  settling  bond  to  22^^.  It  ap- 
peared that  five  had  been  dilatory  in  their  choice  of  lots,  and  had 
not  yet  paid  their  first  assessment  of  t,£.  Therefore,  at  the  next 
meeting  the  Clerk  "  in  open  meeting  "  was  to  draw  lots  as  to  which 
the  delinquents  should  be  of  the  number  to  settle,  or  to  give  a  22;^ 
bond.  There  were  but  42  who  expressed  themselves  ready  to  take 
up  their  abode  in  the  new  town,  therefore  the  Proprietors,  consid- 
ering that  27  of  their  number  had  failed  to  give  a  bond  either  way, 
and  that  there  remained  then  17  to  make  up  the  number  required, 
instructed  the  Clerk  to  draw  lots  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The  result 
was  that  these  were  to  settle  : 

Thomas  Alvard 
IchaVjod  Allice 
Jonathan  White 
Samuel  Cunuabell 
John  Ely 
William  Jones 
Stephen  Beldin 
John  Lyman 
Josiah  Leonard 
Henrj'  Rotters 


drew  lot  No. 

5S 

40 

79 

•67 

12 

52 

19 

89 

25 

22 

24  COI.l.KCinKS. 


Nathanifl  vSiitliff  drc-vv  lot  No.  53 

Joseph  MiU-liL-ll  49  &  29 

.Saiiiiicl  Iknnctt                                                              ' 68 

John  Rl'l(1  ....>.  ^, 

Capt.  JosL'])h  Wincliall  "       "     "  ^8 

William  .Scott                                                                 85 

Hcnjaniin  Rug<^                                                           51 

Now,  and  perhaps  to  their  surprise,  the  Proprietors  found  that, 
ineluding  the  Minister's  lot,  there  were  sixty-one  lots  taken.  This 
being  one  more  than  the  number  called  for.  permission  was  given 
Ebenezer  Barnard  to  become  a  non-settler  by  giving  the  usual  22i^ 
bond.  The  proceeds  of  these  bonds  were  to  be  devoted  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  house  of  worship  and  the  maintenance  of  a  Chris- 
tian minister.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  Samuel  Cunnabell  was  the  only 
one  of  these  positively  known  to  have  settled  in  town,  and  in  the 
excitement  of  the  perilous  Indian  warfare  which  so  soon  followed, 
it  is  more  than  probable  that  this  clause  in  the  conditions  of  the 
grant  was  soon  lost  sight  of. 

As  yet  the  people  resided  at  such  distances  that  it  was  consid- 
ered necessary  for  three  collectors  to  be  chosen  ;  they  were  Mr. 
Samuel  Blanchard  for  the  district  exclusive  of  Hampshire  County, 
John  Hinsdale  for  the  upper  part  of  that  County,  and  Aaron  Steb- 
bins  for  the  lower  part  and  any  other  place  not  before  mentioned. 

According  to  the  instructions  given  by  the  General  Court  a  plan 
of  the  township  was  prepared  by  Surveyor  Nathaniel  Kellogg  and 
presented  by  the  proprietors  to  Ensign  Jonathan  Hoit  for  safe 
keeping.  At  a  subsequent  meeting  it  was  ordered  to  be  passed  to 
Mr.  Elijah  Williams.  In  the  Mass.  State  Archives,  Vol.  35,  p.  21, 
is  a  plan,  drawn  in  1734. 

June  13,  1739,  Messrs.  Williams  and  Kellogg  were  desired  to  pre- 
pare a  plan  upon  parchment  of  the  first  division  Home  and  Meadow 
Lots.  July  2nd,  1807,  this  parchment  plan  was  referred  to  by  Ep. 
Hoyt  of  Deerfield  as  being  used  by  himself  in  preparing  a  plan  of 
that  portion  of  the  town  known  as  "  Frizzell  Hill,"  and  which  was 
a  part  of  the  territory  set  off  as  Leyden. 

A  plan  drawn  by  Dr.  Caleb  Chapin  was,  in  1893,  in  the  pos.session 
of  his  grandson,  Mr.  S.  W.  Chapin  (since  deceased),  and  is  an  inter- 
esting and  valuable  document,     'i^hat   this  plan   must  have  been 


rKi'irioN  voK  'I'liK  "  coRi':.  25 

made  at  a  much  later  date  is  evident  by  its  containing  all  the  font- 
divisions  of  land. 

Up  to  this  time,  173S,  the  Proprietors'  clerk  had  been  Ebenezer 
Pumroy,  whose  residence  was  at  Northampton;  now  tlie  most  of 
the  business  seemed  likely  to  be  manai^ed  at  Deerheld,  or  within 
the  limits  of  the  new  township,  therefore  it  was  decided  to  elect  a 
clerk  residino"  nearer,  and  I^vbenezei-  I'arnard,  a  resident  of  Deer- 
field,  was  chosen  by  a  great  majority.  The  succeedinLj  year  choice 
was  made  of  a  new  moderator  in  the  person  of  Elijah  Williams, 
who,  with  vSamuel  I'ield  and  Ii^benezer  Sheldon,  was  also  appointed 
to  lay  out  the  roads.  Hereafter  upon  the  application  of  7  proprie- 
tors the  clerk  was  instructed  to  call  a  meetiu'r,  notifications  beinof 
sent  to  Deerfield,  Hatfield,  Northampton,  Hadlev,  Spring-field, 
Wethersfield,  "Mauldin  (Maiden)  and  Watertown,  thirty  days  before, 
and  the  same  advertised  in  the  "  Public  Prints."  From  these  towns, 
doubtless,  the  most  of  the  first  settlers  came.  Mcjnday,  October  19, 
1740,  a  vote  was  passed  that  a  man  be  sent  with  a  petition  to  the 
General  Court  for  the  gore  of  land  lying  between  the  township  and 
Boston  township  No.  2,  above  Deerfield,  and  to  get  the  plat  of  the 
town  confirmed.  Thomas  Wells  was  asked  to  represent  their  claims 
and,  if  successful,  he  was  to  receive  for  his  services  150  acres  of 
land  anvwhere  in  the  gore.  Mr.  Wells  ol)tained  for  the  town  the 
additional  territory  sought,  but  for  some  unexplainable  reason  the 
t(^wn  later  rescinded  their  vote  regarding  his  payment,  and  ten- 
dered him,  instead,  the  sum  of  50/'. 

CliurcJi  listablisJicd. — In  the  meantime,  as  reference  to  the  eccle- 
siastical history  will  show,  a  church  had  been  erected,  and  Septem- 
ber 23,  1 74 1,  w\as  rendered  memorable  by  the  meeting  of  the  day 
at  which  it  was  voted  to  settle  a  Minister.  Out  of  the  48  votes  cast, 
Rev.  John  Norton  received  47.  A  committee  was  chosen  to  confer 
with  Mr.  Norton  and  draw  up  ])lans  for  his  settlement.  Eliezer 
Plawks,  Chairman,  submitted  the  following: 

"  As  to  a  vSettlement,  Mr.  Norton  Shall  have  a  70th.  Part  of  the 
Six  Miles  Square  which  is  the  original  Grant  of  sd  township,  or  an 
Equail  Part  of  the  whole  township  with  each  Proprietor,  the  ufe  of 
the  ministry  Right  During  his  abode  in  the  work  of  the  Ministry 
in  sd  Place   and   200^  to  be  paid  him   half  in   money  and   half  in 


26  FIRST    S F/n' I. KKS. 


Work  or  Materials  for  building",  within  one  year  from  the  time  of 
his  settlement  in  sd  work.  2nd,  As  to  his  sallery  he  shall  have  one 
hundred  and  thirty  pounds  pr  Annum  for  the  first  five  years,  and 
then  to  advanee  five  pounds  pr  Annum  until  it  Amounts  to  170^^ 
pr  xVnnum,  the  liills  to  be  equal  to  vSilver  at  29s.  pr  ounee,  or  Silver 
at  2(js  pr  ounee  and  his  firewood  brought  to  his  door."  These  pro- 
])()sals  were  aeceptcd  by  the  proprietors  and  idtimately  by  Mr.  Nor- 
ton. He  was  settled  November  25,  1741,  the  exereises  oeeurring 
at  Ueerfield,  and  at  tlie  same  time  the  present  Unitarian  ( then  ( )rtho- 
dox)  ehurch  of  Deerlield  was  organized.  To  defray  the  expenses 
of  this  oeeurrenee  a  tax  of  3/"  was  imposed  upon  eaeh  original 
right — publie  rights  exeepted. 

A  seeond  division  of  land  was  now  eontemplated,  and  presumably 
laid  out.  In  this  divrsion  each  proprietor,  in  turn,  had  the  privil- 
ege of  laying  out  his  property  wheresoever  he  eliose  in  the  undi- 
vided lands,  the  newlv  aecjuii'ed  gore  excepted.  15v  this  division, 
eaeh  had  his  possessions  increased  by  one  hundred  acres. 

I-irst  Settlers. — Thus  we  have  traced  the-  origin  and  foundation 
of  the  settlement,  its  history  as  revealetl  by  the  records  found  upon 
the  proprietors'  Ijooks.  The  conditions  of  the  grant  had  been  com- 
plied with,  the  church  established,  the  pastor  settled,  the  business 
meetings  of  the  jM'oprietors  held  at  home,  the  first  one  at  Mr.  K)ben- 
ezer  Sheldon's,  September  23,  1741,  and  the  first  one  held  at  a  pu.b- 
lie  nlace  haviuLT  Ijeen  convened  at  the  church  or  Meeting  House, 
vSeptember  2,  1742.  All  things  looked  auspicious  foi-  a  healthy 
growth  of  the  colony,  which  at  tiie  close  of  the  year  1743,  numbered 
17  families,  so  far  as  known  as  follows: 

1.  Saimicl  C()iiiui))Lil.  S.  IMosus  Scott. 

2.  Lt.  I'^ljciK/.L-r  vShchlon.  9.  Rev.  John  Norton. 

3.  Dca.          "                "  10.  John  Lcc. 

4.  Maj.  John  Ihirk.  1 1 .  James  Couch. 

5.  Calcl)  Chapin.  12.  Capt.  Kddy  Ncwconil). 

6.  IVtcr  Ncwconil).  i.V  I.<t.  David  Rider  or  Ryther. 

7.  Sihis  Newc-onih.  14.  John  Perry. 

Little  did  the  inli.abitauts  realize  that  harrassing  times  were  so 
near  at  hand.  The  recital  of  the  occui-rences  of  the  next  twenty 
years  is  one  of  almost  constant  warfare  and  a  struggle  for  e\'en 
existence. 


CHAPTER  III. 

FIRST  SETTLEMENTS — LOCATION  OF  THE  FORTS— METHODS  DEVISED 
FOR  ESCAPE  FROM  THE  INDIANS — MR.  NORTON'S  DISMISSAL — INDIAN 
HOSTILITIES  — BURK  FORT  AND  ITS  INHABITANTS— RECORDS  OF 
MILITARY  SERVICE — ANECDOTES  —  LETTER  FROM  JOHN  BURK  TO 
HIS  WIFE — RESIDENTS  IN  I  760 — REV.  MR.  WRIGHT'S  CALL  AND  AC- 
CEPTANCE—  INCORPORATION  OF  THE  TOWN— POUND  ORDERED — 
FIRST  TOWN  MEETING  AND  TOWN  OFFICERS — PETITION  FOR  RELIEF 
FROM  THE  PROVINCE  TAX — FIRST  REPRESENTATIVE,  MAJOR  JOHN 
BURK — EXTRACTS  FROM  HIS  DIARY — HIS  COMMISSIONS. 

Forts. — The  years  1744  to  1748  will  be  remembered  as  marking 
the  duration  of  King  George's  War  against  the  Freneb  and  Span- 
ish. Previous  to  this  time  there  had  been  a  few  settlements  made 
at  Fall  Town.  The  first  four  hcnises,  or  forts,  as  they  were  called, 
were  located  as  follows  :  At  what  is  now  North  Bernardston  stood 
Samuel  Connable's  fort.  The  site  of  this  is  the  late  Madison 
Ryther  Place,  the  ell  of  which  was  a  part  or  whole  of  the  fort  built 
by  Mr.  Connable  in  1739,  ^"^^  i-''  ^^ill  standing  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation,  as  is  also  the  large  addition  made  many  years  prior 
to  the  Revolution.  This  was  the  second  dwelling  erected  in  town. 
Major  Burk's  fort  being  the  first,  as  well  as  the  largest,  and  the  two 
Sheldon  Forts,  the  third  and  fourth  buildings  being  raised  in  1740 
or  early  in  1741. 

On  Burk  Flat  was  the  Burk  Fort,  on  the  site  of  the  place  built  by 
Russell  Bates,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Tenney,  a  widow, 
and  nearly  opposite  Mr.  Merick  Slate's,  the  barn  standing  over  the 
original  well.  Lt.  Ebenezer  Sheldon's  Fort  was  in  the  east  part  of 
the  town,  between  the  Huckle  Hill  road  and  the  Robert  Cushman 
farm,  or  more  accurately  speaking,  in  the  south-west  corner  of  the 
Purple  meadcjw,  the  location  being  now  pretty  nearly  marked  by  a 
knoll  a  few  rods  east  of  the  road  leading  to  Huckle  Hill.  The 
Deacon  Sheldon  fort  stood  upon  Huckle  Hill  near  the  Seorem  Slate 
place,  or  more  definitely,  on  a  slight  elevation  a  few  rods  east  of 


28  FOR'J'S. 

the  road  and  opposite  the  house  of  John  B.  Field.     The  construc- 
tion of  these  forts  was  much  the  same  as  of  others  of  the  colonial 
period  ;  they  were  built  of  hewn  logs,  provided  with  port-holes  and 
watch  towers.    The  Burk  Fcnt  is  described  as  being  six  rods  square, 
built  of  timbers  lo  to  12  feet  in  length,  pointed  at  the  top  and  placed 
perpendicularly  in    the  earth,  close  together.     At  each  corner  an 
elevated  watch   tcnvcr  was  provided   for   the  sentinels.     The   fort 
contained  eiirht  houses,  some  of  these  being  little  more  than  a  "lean- 
to,"  the  outer  walls  of  the  fort  constituting  the  outer  walls  of  the 
house.     Every  precaution  possible  was  taken  to  guard  against  the 
peculiarities  of  the  Indian  warfare  to  which  a  frontier  settlement, 
as  Fall  Town  then  was,  must  necessarily  be  exposed.     One  method 
of  escape  as  devised  by  Samuel  Cunnable  in  his  fort  was  told  by 
his  grandson,  Joseph   Cunnable.      In  the  north-east   room    of   the 
hou.se,  in  one  corner  of  the  floor,  were  certain  short  boards.    Origin- 
ally these  were  left  un nailed  and  were  concealed  by  a  bed,  so  that 
in  ca.se  of  a  sudden  Indian  attack,  the.se  boards  might  be  displaced 
at  a  moment's  warning,  a  secret  escape  made  into  the  cellar  and 
thence  by  a  private  way.     By  this  means  the  inmates  hoped  to  be 
saved  from  a  capture  and  merciless  destruction  by  the   Indian  foe. 
June    14,    1744,  war  having  been   declared  between   France   and 
England,  fcjrts  were  built  at  "  East  Iloosuck  "  the  location  being 
now  in  North  Adams  near  the  line  of   Williamstown,  named  Fort 
Mas.sachusetts  ;   on   the    high   countrv  in    Rowc,  Fort    Pelham  ;  in 
Heath,  Fort  Shirly.     There  were  built  in  Colrain,  two  block  houses, 
in  Fall  Town,  one,  in  Greenfield,  one  ;  Fort  Dummer  was  situated 
just  in  the   northern  limit  of  Vernon,  Vt.,  No.  4,  at  Charlestown, 
N.  H.     These   forts  formed  a  part  of  a  cordon  or  line   of  defence 
extending  from  Fort  Dummer  on  Connecticut  River  in  Vernon,  to 
I)ea.  vSheldon's   Fort  on  Iluckle   Hill,  thence  to  Morrison's   Fort  in 
Colrain,  across  lloosac  ^Mountain  to  Fort  Massachusetts. 

During  this  war  there  arc  no  records  either  of  meetings  or  settle- 
ments b)'  the  proprietors,  :ind  this  circumstance,  together  with  for- 
mer oral  testimony  and  the  known  hostility  of  the  Indians  through- 
out the  colonies,  confirms  the  conclusion  that  the  .settlers  either 
returned  to  moi'c  thickly  populated  districts,  or  betook  themselves 
to  tlie  forts   for  better  protection.     "  Jul\-  17,  1745,  1  have  ordered 


TROUHLES    (W   THE    TIMES.  29 


Corporal  Alexander  back  to  Fall  Town  by  reason  of  his  family  is 
there.  (Signed)  Ephraira  Williams."  In  tlie  j^etition  which  the 
people  in  1762  presented  to  the  General  Court  for  relief  from  the 
Province  tax,  they  give  us  evidence  of  the  hardships  endured,  that 
the  war  which  began  in  1744  was  very  disastrous,  one  house  was 
burned,  sundry  cattle  killed  and  all  the  people  save  two  families 
left  town.  Because  of  the  "troubles  of  the  times"  Mr.  Norton  was 
invited  to  "  remove  from  the  ministry  in  this  town  for  the  present." 
During  one  year  of  this  war  the  Government  stationed  a  Sergeant 
and  eight  men  at  both  Burk's  and  Deacon  Sheldon's  Forts.  Major 
Burk  held  the  office  of  Sergeant  and  had  the  command  of  a  fort 
and  soldiers.  During  an  attack  by  the  Indians  in  1747,  (Lt.  Gov. 
Cushman),  or  May  9,  1747,  (Doolittle's  narrative),  he  was  wounded, 
there  being  but  two  men  with  him  at  the  time.  Their  small  force, 
however,  did  not  prevent  their  repulsing  the  foe  and  mortally 
wounding  two.  During  this  struggle,  the  wives  of  Major  Burk 
and  Sergt.  Caleb  Chapin  each  loaded  two  guns  until  the  barrels 
were  so  hot  they  could  not  bear  their  hands  upon  them.  Thus  in 
times  of  war,  as  well  as  peace,  did  these  fearless  women  prove  them- 
selves indeed  helpmeets. 

There  seems  to  have  been  some  sort  of  a  company  organized  for 
the  protection  of  the  settlers  very  early,  for  upon  the  back  f)f  a 
notification  for  a  {proprietors'  meeting,  dated  March  S,  1 742-3,  is  the 
following  in  the  same  hand  writing  as  the  notification  : 

b'ORT  SHia.lJ(JX. 
Capt.  Wright.  Clerk  Chapin. 

Ensign  Hawks.  Drunimcr  Fuller. 

Sergt.  Burk.  Soldier  Eandlier. 

Corpr.  Newcouil). 

No  date  is  appended  to  this  note  and  it  not  improbably  refers  to 
the  eight  men  stationed  by  the  ( Tovernment  at  the  Fort  during  one 
of  the  years  of  the  Indian  warfare.  The  document  is  yellowed 
with  age  and  the  margin  a  little  ragged,  but  the  text  is  well  pre- 
served and  perfectly  legible. 

In  1746,  the  Deacon  Sheldon  fort  was  the  scene  of  hostilities. 
One  day  Lt.  Sheldon  heard  the  report  of  guns  and  rightly  concluded 
that  Deacon  vSheldon's  fort  was  attacked  by  Indians.  "There  being 
but  two  or  three   men  with   him,  thev  mounted    their  horses  and. 


V 


,■) 


O  ATTACK    ON    Dl'JA.    SHKLDOX    FORT. 


with  their  muskets,  their  eonstant  companions,  rode  hastily  to  the 
assistance  of  their  brethren  in  clanger.  Having  arrived  near  the 
place,  he  found  the  Indians  so  numerous  that  to  fight  them  openly 
would  be  folly  and  ensure  his  own  defeat.  Here  the  quick,  pene- 
trating mind  of  the  warrior  is  seen  in  the  stratasfem  he  laid.  Beinsf 
within  hearing  of  the  Fort  but  concealed  by  the  woods,  he  began 
to  give  his  commands  to  his  men  in  a  loud  voice,  and  to  ride  from 
one  direction  to  another  as  though  he  had  a  large  number  of  men 
with  him,  directing  the  other  men  that  were  with  him  to  do  the 
same.  The  stratagem  succeeded  admirably.  The  Indians,  suppos- 
ing that  they  were  attacked  by  a  force  superior  to  their  own,  soon 
began  their  retreat,  and  with  their  accustomed  war-w^hoop  and  set- 
ting fire  to  one  house,  left  the  brave  Lt.  Sheldon  and  the  people  in 
the  fort  free  from  further  molestation."  It  was  supposed  that  the 
Indians,  upon  this  occasion,  were  piloted  by  a  young  Indian  lad 
whom  Major  Burk  had  f(nind  upon  the  banks  of  Fall  River  near 
his  fort.  He  took  him  into  his  family,  tatight  him  to  read  and 
work,  giving  him  the  name  of  John  Harmon.  But  the  Indian  na- 
ture remained  unchangeable,  and  upon  reaching  manhood  the  lad 
ran  away  from  "Old  Aquilise,"  as  he  called  his  would-be  benefactor. 

July  15,  1747,  Eliakim,  son  of  Lt.  Sheldon,  while  at  work  in  a 
field  just  without  the  walls  of  the  fort,  w^as  fired  upon  by  an  Indian, 
receiving  wounds  from  which  he  died  the  following  night.  His 
body  was  buried  near  by,  on  the  east  side  of  the  present  road  lead- 
ing to  Huckle  Hill,  and  the  older  inhabitants  recall  a  rough  brown 
stone  as  formerly  marking  the  site  of  the  grave. 

The  surrender  of  Fort  Massachusetts  in  Adams  in  1746  is  of  local 
interest,  inasmuch  as  some  of  our  people  were  there  pre.sent,  as 
follows  : 

Chaplain  John  Norton,  fohn  Perry  and  his  wife  Rebecca,  Moses 
Scott,  his  wife  Miriam  and  their  children  Ebenezer  and  Moses. 
The  three  latter  died  in  captivity  in  Canada.  Constant  ward  and 
watch  only  brought  about  a  comparative  safety,  and  the  hai'dy 
frontiersmen  were  impressed  for  man v  and  perilous  tasks.  In  1747, 
James  Couch  received  7s.  6d.  for  three  days  scouting.  David  Rider 
or  Ryther  was  sent  upon  scouting  duty  to  l^'ort  Bridgman,  situated 
in  Vernon,  \"t.     In    1749,  rvbcnc/.cr   vShcldon,  vSgt.,  I'^benezcr   Sliel- 


WAR    OF    1755.      CAl.Kll    CIIAIMN.  3 1 

don,  Jr.,  "  Centinel,"  Remembrance,  Abner  and  Elijah  Sheldon  and 
Ebenezer  Severance  were  out  in  Col.  Israel  Williams'  Company. 

1755  marks  the  beginning  of  the  French  and  Indian  Wars  which 
broiiQrht  terror  and  desolation  to  so  manv  homes  in  the  Connecticut 
Valley.  Fall  Town  suffered,  as  did  many  other  places,  although 
not  to  so  great  an  extent.  In  so  much  danger  were  the  inhabitants 
that  they  again  removed  to  the  forts  for  better  protection,  most  of 
them  going  to  the  Burk  fort.  Those  who  lived  there  for  the  ensu- 
ing five  years  were  :  Major  John  Burk,  Samuel  Cunnable  and  James 
Couch  (one  family),  Lt.  John  Severance,  Zebulon  Allen,  David 
Rider,  Sr.,  Caleb  Chapin,  John  Foster,  Dea.  x\aron  Field  and  Dea- 
con Sheldon,  in  all  about  fifty  persons.  The  people  who  sought  ref- 
uge there  were  indeed  fortunate  in  not  being  molested. 

Anecdotes. — In  connection  with  this  war  there  are  two  well  authen- 
ticated incidents  worthy  of  perpetuation  ;  the  first  shows  the  self- 
sacrifice  and  forethought  for  others  so  often  required,  and  the  sec- 
ond, the  courage  so  often  displayed  by  the  mothers  of  the  race. 
In  1755  a  regiment  was  raised  in  Western  Massachusetts  by  Col. 
Ephraim  Williams,  the  founder  of  Williams  College.  In  one  of 
the  companies  of  that  regiment  were  Sergt.  Caleb  Chapin  and  his 
sons,  Joel  and  Hezekiah  Chapin  of  Fall  Town.  The  principal  seat 
of  the  war,  at  this  time,  was  in  the  vicinity  of  Lake  George.  Col. 
Williams'  Regfiment  was  ordered  to  make  an  attack  on  the  French 
forces  under  Baron  Dieskau.  In  passing  through  a  ravine,  the  reg- 
iment was  ambuscaded  by  French  and  Indians,  defeated,  and  Col. 
Williams  killed.  In  the  flight  which  succeeded,  Serg.  Chapin  and 
his  sons  kept  together  for  some  time,  but  being  wounded,  the 
strength  of  the  former  began  to  fail,  and  realizing  that  his  sons 
remaining  with  him  meant  for  them  certain  death,  he  sternly  com- 
manded them  to  leave  him  to  his  fate,  saying,  "Go!  Save  yourselves. 
Your  lives  are  more  useful  than  mine.  Go  and  take  care  of  your 
Mother  and  her  family.  Go  at  once  and  God  bless  you  all."  By 
this  most  noble  and  heroic  act  of  Sergt.  Chapin's  the  lives  of  his 
sons  were  saved.  They  returned  the  next  day  to  find  him  near 
where  they  had  left  him,  dead  and  scalped,  with  the  tomahawk 
buried  in  his  head.  The  instrument  of  death  was  preserved  and 
some  years  ago,  presented  to  Lt.  Gov.  Cushman,  who  in  turn,  de- 


32  TRICSKKVAIIOX    OF    M  US.    ALl.KN    AND    FAMILY. 


posited  it  at  the  rooms  of  the  American  Antiquarian  vSociety  at 
Worcester.  Among-  the  early  settlers  was  Zebulon  Allen,  who, 
with  his  familv  resided  in  a  loi^  house  near  the  Dalton  Newcomb 
place,  so  called.  One  day.  having-  loaded  his  gun,  he  went  out  to 
his  corn-field,  within,  as  he  supposed,  a  safe  distance  from  his  house, 
leaving  his  wife  and  two  or  three  small  children.  Having  com- 
pleted  her  household  tasks,  Mrs.  x\llen  began  spinning  flax.  Like 
the  good  wife  as  described  by  Solomon,  "She  layeth  her  hands  to 
the  spindle  and  her  hands  hold  the  distaff."  Upon  hearing  a  slight 
noise  at  an  open  window  behind  her.  she  turned,  and  to  her  horror, 
beheld  two  Indians  dressed  in  warrior's  costume  and  armed  with 
guns  and  knives.  Instantly  recognizing  the  utter  impossibility  of 
either  defence  or  flight,  also  the  uselessness  of  attempting  to  alarm 
her  husband,  she,  by  a  seemingly  superhuman  effort,  returned  to 
her  work,  apparently  as  calmly  as  before.  To  her  unspeakable  re- 
lief the  unwelcome  visitors  soon  glided  away  as  noiselessly  as  they 
had  approached.  Thus  by  sagacity,  heroism  and  self-control  did 
Mrs.  Allen  preserve  the  lives  of  herself  and  little  ones.  A  possible 
explanation  of  t!ie  unusual  conduct  of  the  Indians  may  be  found 
in  the  fact  that  they,  being  cunning  and  wary  themselves,  and  con- 
sequently looking  for  stratagem  in  others,  niay  have  imagined  from 
Mrs.  Allen's  unlooked  for  and  unusual  demeanor,  that  they  were 
menaced  by  some  near  ^ukI  unseen  danger  and  judged  discretion 
to  be  the  better  part  of  valor.  These  two  incidents  forcibly  illus- 
trate the  manv  and  great  dangers  through  which  the  inhabitants 
of    the  town  pa.'^sed  during  the  first  twenty  years  of  its  settlement. 

In  such  a  state  of  sieg-e  was  the  entire  region,  and  in  so  great 
danger  from  the  marauding  parties  of  French  and  Indians,  that 
frecjuent  petitions  were  sent  to  the  Massachusetts  Oovernment  for 
aid,  and  especially  from  the  cordon  of  forts  extending  from  No.  4 
(Charlestown)  on  the  north,  down  through  Hinsdale  and  Northfield, 
thence  to  those  lying  to  the  westward.  In  1756.  Lt.  Ebenezer  Shel- 
don wrote  that  his  "  Was  the  (;nly  garrison  in  the  place.  The 
enemy  were  here  several  times  last  summer  and  Repulsed.  His 
son  was  killed.  Have  expended  300^;"  O.  T.  in  relniilding  and 
picketing  the  fort,  which  was  a  place  of  security  for  himself  and 
his  neighbors.     This  your   petitioner  has  done,  being  determined 


SOLDIERS    IN    FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WAR    OF    1 755-  33 


not  to  flee  before  the  enemy,  if  he  can  possibly  help  it.  But  his  cir- 
cumstances are  such,  that  he  is  unable  to  bear  so  great  a  charge." 
He  especially  desired  pecuniary  assistance  repairing  his  fort.  Dur- 
ing this  year  Sgt.  Ebenezer  Sheldon,  Jr.,  and  seven  men  were  sta- 
tioned at  Sheldon's  Fort.  vSgt.  Remembrance  Sheldon  and  seven 
men  were  stationed  at  Burk's  Fort.  During  1757,  Sgt.  Remem- 
brance vSheldon  and  16  men  were  stationed  in  Fall  Town,  Col.  Israel 
Williams  being  in  command.  In  1758  the  line  of  forts  was  under 
Capt.  John  Catlin,  vSgt.  Remembrance  Sheldon  and  eleven  men 
were  at  Burk's,  and  Sgt.  Amasa  Sheldon  and  eight  men  were  at 
Sheldon's  Fort.  September  24,  1758,  Capt.  John  Catlin  of  Deerfield 
died  in  the  service  at  Burk's  Fort.  March  15,  1755,  Commissary 
(Elijah?)  Williams  charges  the  Province  for  "15  pounds  of  powder 
and  thirty  and  one  half  pounds  of  lead  and  three  dozen  flints  deliv- 
ered to  John  Burk  for  Burk's  Fort."  Among  other  supplies  given 
out  that  winter  were  nineteen  o-ailons  of  rum  to  Lt.  Burk  for  Shel- 
(Ion's  Fort. 

Military  Lists. — July   5.  1755,   IMajor  Williams  wrote  Col.  Israel 

Williams  that  thirty  scouts  report  making  frequent  discoveries  of 

Indians  at  Fall  Town,  Colrain  and  Charlemont  and  were  daily  seen 

at  Fort  ^lassachusetts.     In  Col.  Israel  Williams'  Company  scouting 

to  the  westward  until  October  18,  1756,  were 

Kbfiiezer  Sheldon,  Jr.,  .St^t.  Wareham  Smith. 

Noah  .Smith,  Ccntiiicl.  William  Harper. 

David  Rider.  Amasa  Sheldon. 

John  vSeverance.  Stephen  Coats. 

Nathaniel  Day.  Charles  Coats. 

Waitstill  .\l^er.  Elislia  vSheldon. 

.Samuel  Fri/.zell.  Samuel  F'airchild. 

John  15urk,  Sj^t.  Zebulon    Allen,  Centinel. 

Joel  Chapin.  Ichabod  Warner. 

(Gardner  Kello_t(i<.  David  Allen. 

Jonathan  INIoody.  James  Couch. 

Aaron  Field.  William  White. 

^Muster  R(j11  from  October  19.  1756,  to  January  23,  1757,  Aaron 
Field,  John  Severance,  Elijah  vSheldon,  Ichabod  Warner.  They 
were  engaged  in  scouting  to  the  westward.  A  scouting  party  un- 
der command  of  Lt.  Matthew  Cles.seon  was  out  from  March  to 
April  25,  1756,  among  whom  were   Mo.ses  Scott,  vSgt.   and  Amasa 


34  SOLDIERS,     1755—1760. 


Sheldon.  May  31,  1764,1110  former  made  solemn  oath  tliat  none 
had  received  any  pay  for  the  above  scout.  In  1756  John  I>urk  was 
captain  of  a  company  at  Fort  Ivlward,  mtistercd  October  1  i.  The 
same  year  vStephen  Webster  held  a  like  ])osition  in  the  late  intended 
expedition  ag'ainst  Crown  Point.  This  year  Ezekiel  Foster,  Cor- 
poral, was  out  twenty  days  on  the  western  frontier,  likewise  John 
Workman  for  twenty-three  days.  The  latter  was  also  out  from 
June  27  to  October,  1758.  "Feb.  24,  1760,  lehabod  Warner  ae.  26, 
born  in  Lebanon,  Ct.,  eidistcd  for  the  total  reduction  of  Canada" 
(vState  Archives.)  Capt.  John  Ihirk's  enlistment  roll,  endinp^  No- 
vember 30,  175S,  was  as  follows  fi'om  l^^all  Town  : 

John  l''ostcr,  vSj^t.  John  I'nrk,  Lt. 

Caleb  Chapin.  John  vSc\  crancc. 

James  Couch.  .\aron  I'icld. 

David  Riikr.  vSiniton  Hall. 

John  T'oster,  Jr.  Rufu.s  Sarycant. 

Joel  Cha])in.  Ze))ulon  Allen,  Sijt. 

John  h'oster.  .\niasa  Sheldon. 

Joshua  Wells.  Moses  vScott. 

vSaniuel  Friz/.ell.  W'arehani  vSniith. 

Charles  Coats.  Remembrance  Sheldon. 

Oliver  Medcalf.  Ichabod  Warner. 

Michael  Friz/.ell.  l^lijah  Sheldon. 

Capt.  Burk's  company  was  one  of  17  under  command  of  Col.  Jos. 
Frye.     The  regiment  was  composed  of  iSoo  men. 

Major  Ihirk. — Maior  r>nrk  also  particijiatcd  in  the  battle  of  Lake 
(ieoro-e,  and  the  followinu"  letter  to  hi.s  wife  <'"ives  an  idea  of  the 
terrible  experiences  of  Indian  warfare. 

''Lake  Sacrament,  now  called  bake  (ieorge,  Sept.  m,   1755. 
Dear  Wife:  — 

1  wrote  to  you  yesterday,  l)nt  was  not  allowed  to  say  any  more  than  that 
I  was  well,  and  that  we  have  had  a  battle  >.\;c.  The  |)articulars  of  the  en- 
gagement, 1  now  semi  you  by  ('aiH.  Wyman.  On  the  7  inst.,  our  Indians 
discovered  the  traek  of  a  large  body  of  the  enemy  east  of  us.  On  the 
eigiith,  Col.  Williams  with  a  Detachment  1000  strong,  marched  in  pursuit, 
or  to  make  discovery.  They  marched  in  the  road  3  miles  south,  and  being 
discovered  by  the  enemy,  (as  we  arc  told  by  the  krent  h  Oeneral  who  is 
taken  by  us)  were  wa\-laid  by  iSoo  l^'rencJi  and  Indians.  The  l''reiu'h  lay 
on  one  side  of  the  road  on  rising  grouiul;  the  Indians  on  the  other  side  in 
a  swamp.       I'aia  of   ihc  fi-eiuh  were  regular  troops:   these  lay  sonth.     Their 


LKTTER    FROM    JOHN    BURK.  35 


scheme  was  to  let  our  men  inarch  t}uite  to  the  south  end  of  the  ambush,  the 
regular  troops  to  give  the  first  fire,  then  all  to  fire  and  rush  out;  which  if 
they  had  done  they  would  have  cut  our  men  all  to  pieces.  But  the  general 
says  that  a  beady  Indian  who  was  very  eager,  fired  as  soon  as  they  entered 
the  ambush.  Then  the  enemy  pursued  and  fired  briskly,  and  having  the 
advantage  of  the  ground,  obliged  the  men  to  retreat,  which  the  French 
Creneral  says  they  did  very  regularly.  We  at  the  camp  heard  the  guns: 
were  not  suffered  to  go  out,  but  to  make  ready  to  receive  the  enemy,  lest 
they  should  rout  us  and  take  our  baggage,  for  we  knew  they  retreated  by 
the  guns,  (viz.  our  men.)  'I'he  enemy  drove  on  very  furiously,  but  while 
they  were  coming  we  placed  our  cannon,  felled  trees,  and  rolled  logs  to 
make  a  breastwork  all  around  the  camp,  but  it  was  a  poor  defence.  The 
regulars  marched  along  the  road  6  deep  till  they  got  near  our  camp,  then 
all  fired  upon  us  and  we  upon  them  with  cannon  and  small  arms.  They 
made  a  very  smart  push,  but  we  stood  firm,  and  I  believe  there  never  was 
such  firing  before  and  had  not  our  cannon  broke  their  regulars  and  affrighted 
their  Indians,  they  might,  perhaps,  destroyed  more  of  us  if  not  taken  the 
camp.  The  battle  began  between  10  and  11  and  continued  till  between  5 
and  6  afternoon  at  which  time  we  were  so  hot  upon  them  that  they  began 
to  draw  off.  Our  men  pursued  some  way;  we  were  so  fast  upon  them  that 
they  left  their  dead  and  wounded  on  the  spot.  The  enemy  all  drew  off  to 
where  they  ambuscaded  our  men  at  first.  While  we  were  engaged  the  peo- 
ple at  the  other  fort  at  the  carrying  place  heard  our  great  guns,  and  sent 
200  New  Hampshire  and  New  York  men  to  relieve  us.  These  met  the 
enemy  stripping  our  dead,  engaged  them  smartly,  drove  them  off  the 
ground.  They  fought  3  hours,  took  2  prisoners  and  2  scalps.  We  have 
taken  about  25  prisoners  in  all.  One  is  the  general  of  all  the  French  forces 
in  North  America.  Another  officer  called  aid-de-camp  who  was  stunned 
by  a  cannon-ball  and  lay  till  night,  came  in  and  surrendered  himself.  The 
French  General  is  wounded  in  the  knee  and  thigh,  and  like  to  recover. 
Some  of  the  captives  are  dead,  others  very  badly  wounded.  One  is  Mr. 
Thomas  French's  sisters  son,  cousin  to  Lue.  He  says  that  Lue  was  killed 
in  the  engagement.  We  have  had  a  very  smart  battle,  but  got  the  victory. 
The  French  general  says  we  have  broke  his  army  all  to  pieces.  We  have 
been  out  and  burietl  our  dead,  and  got  a  great  deal  of  plunder,  guns,  blank- 
ets, provisions  iS:c.  We  have  lost  some  famous  men  in  battle  a  *list  of  which 
1  send,  belonging  to  our  regiment,  and  also  of  the  wounded  and   missing 

*This  list,  if  sent  as  above,  must  have  been  detached  from  the  letter  and  long  since 
lost. 


T,6  PEACE. 

as  far  as  I  am  able.  This  is  the  best  account  I  can  get  at  present  uf  the 
dead,  wounded  and  missing.  Let  cousin  Chapin  know  that  her  dear  hus- 
band is  certainly  dead  and  buried.  Joel  and  Hezekiah  are  well.  I  can 
sympathize  with  her  for  it  is  a  great  loss  to  me  as  we  were  friends  and 
neighbors.  Pray  God  to  comfort  her.  Hope  our  friends  and  neighbors 
will  not  be  disheartened  at  this  news  and  so  fail  of  coming  to  assist  us. 
They  that  love  their  religion  and  liberty  I  hope  will  not  fail  to  come  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.       Now  is  the  time  to  exert  ourselves. 

P.  S.  1  have  wrote  you  in  great  haste,  not  so  well  as  otherwise.  1  re- 
ceived a  letter  frtnii  you  last  night.  Pray  send  as  often  as  you  can.  The 
army  is  in  high  spirits.  Hope  we  shall  have  Crown  Point  sooner  or  later. 
W'e  have  done  a  good  job  toward  it. 

Loving  wife,  since  the   scout  is  detained   till   to-morrow  1  add  something 

more.      Yesterday  we  buried  on  the  road  136  dead  corpses  of  ours;   to-day 

4  more.      I  believe  about  15  or  20  were  buried  at  the  camp.     Several  of  our 

Indians  were  killed.      King  Hendrick  is  killed.     The  day  after  battle  every 

captain  carried  in  an  account  of  dead,  wountled  and  missing.     The  whole 

of  the  dead  and  missing  was  191  and  about   224  wounded  in  our  regiment. 

Since  this  account  several   are   come  in  that  were   missing.      Col.     Titc  )m 

is   killed.      Capt.    Regas  is  dead  —  killed.      1  mention   those   because  some 

may  know  them.      The  account  carried  in  was  as  followeth:   Col.   Williams' 

regiment   50.      Col.  Ruggle's   regiment  and   others  1  must  omit;   I  cannot 

find    the    account.     The    French   general  is  a  very  great   man,  has  been  an 

old  warrior  in  Flanders.      He  says  his  army  consisted  of  some  of  the  chief 

men  in   Canada,  a  great   many  of   which   are  killed.      The   chief  man   that 

headed    the    army  at  Ohio  against   Praddock  is  killed  here.       I'his  general 

had  an  exact  account  of  all  our  proceedings,  our  numbers  antl  chief  officers 

and  als(j  a  list   oi  all    his  own  troo[)s  and   forces.      Perhaj)-.   this  may  be  of 

service  t(^  us.      This  is   the    best    account  I  can    semi;   it  is   not    alttjgelher 

perfect. 

Your  Icjving  husbaiul, 

John  PukKE." 

Peace. — Between  the  year.s  1755  and  1760  there  are  no  e.Kistin^;- 
record.s.  About  the  latter  date  peace  a;4-ain  rei<^ned  and  the  .settler.s 
resumed  their  wonted  occtipation.s,  reniovinj^'  from  the  fort  to  their 
own  homes  so  long  deserted.  In  1760  there  were  25  families  in 
town,  loeated  as  follows:  In  district  No.  i,  Sgt.  Joseph  (?)  Allen, 
Zebulon  Allen,  and  Caleb  Chapin;  No.  2,  Remembranee  vSheldon, 
Joshua  Wells  (on   vSeorim   Cushman's  place),  Lt.  Rider,  vSgt.  John 


REV.    JOB   WRIGHT.  37 


Foster,  Lt.  Howe  (on  G.  Kingsley's  place),  Capt.  Scott  and  Mr.  Friz- 
zell  ;  No.  3,  Samuel  Cimnable  and  James  Couch;  No.  4,  Maj.  Burk, 
Dr.  Ezekiel  Foster,  Benjamin  Green,  (a  settler  that  year) ;  No.  5, 
Job.  Wright,  Joel,  Hezekiah,  Selah  and  David  Chapin,  Dea.  Eben- 
ezer  Sheldon.  Aaron  Field,  Lt.  John  Severance;  No.  6,  Capt.  Amasa 
and  Elijah  Sheldon,  Charles  Coats  and  Moses  Tute  (spoken  of  else- 
where as  "  Old  Tute.") 

At  one  of  the  first  meetings  called  after  the  inhabitants'  return 
home  the  question  of  repairs  came  up.  After  so  long  a  period  of 
comparative  disuse  and  neglect,  bridges,  roadways,  &c.,  had  una- 
voidably fallen  to  decay,  hence  committees  were  appointed  to  at- 
tend to  all  neces.sary  repairs. 

AVt'.  Job  WrigJit. — Since  the  removal  of  Mr.  Norton  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Indian  troubles,  there  had  been  no  settled  pastor,  the 
pulpit  being  supplied  as  occasion  presented.  March  5,  1761,  it  was 
voted  to  extend  a  call  to  Rev.  Job  Wright  of  East  Hampton  and 
to  offer  him  in  addition  to  his  regular  salary  of  6(>£  13s.  8d.  in 
money  and  40  cords  of  firewood,  the  sum  of  133^^  6s.  8d.  The  suc- 
ceeding May  the  committee  reported  Mr.  Wright's  acceptance  of 
the  call  and  July  i,  1761,  was  chosen  as  the  date  of  his  ordination. 
One  committee  was  appointed  to  provide  entertainment  for  the  ex- ° 
pected  visitors  and  another  to  carry  and  lay  "3000  of  board  "  in  the 
galleries  of  the  meeting  house  that  people  might  "  set  with  more 
conveniency."  Although  but  23  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his 
settlement,  Mr.  Wright's  long  pastorate  proved  his  worthiness  for 
his  chosen  profession.  At  its  close,  he  remained  in  Bernardston, 
identifying  himself  closely  with  her  interests,  and  in  return  recog- 
nized by  her  citizens  as  one  of  their  most  useful  and  honored  resi 
dents. 

Petition  for  Toivii  Govcrnvient. — Up  to  this  time  the  territory  in- 
cluding Bernardston,  Leyden  and  a  part  of  Colrain  had  been  known 
as  "  Fall  Town."  Now  the  question  of  incorporation  arose  and 
speedily  found  many  adherents,  the  settlers  feeling  that  if  they 
were  invested  with  the  privileges  arising  from  such  a  form  of  gov- 
ernment they  would  be  materially  benefited  and  taxes  lightened. 
It  had  been  found  that  the  northern  boundary  of  the  township  was 
an  encroachment  upon  New  Hampshire's  territory  (then  including 


38  PETITION    FOR    TOWN    GOVERNMENT. 

the  present  State  of  Verment),  hence  a  belt  a  half  mile  in  width  had 
been  surrendered  to  that  State.  Consequently  the  following  peti- 
tion for  incorporation  and  an  additional  grant  was  presented  to 
the  General  Court  December  i6,  1761. 

"To  His  Excellency  Francis  Bernard    Esq.,  Capt.  General    (!s:c.     'To  ihe 
Honorable  his  Majesties  Council  and  House  of  Representatives. — 

The  Memorial  of  some  of  the  proprietfjis  of  Pall  town  Humbly  sheweth, 
that  whereas  the  Proprietors  of  ?"all  town  did  in  the  year  1744  settle  a 
Minister  who  was  obliged  to  leave  said  town  on  account  of  ye  War,  anti 
the  said  Proprietors  did  the  last  year  settle  another  minister,  which  has 
been  very  heavy  u])on  ye  said  [:)roprietors  your  Memorialists  therefore  hum- 
bly pray  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Fall  Town  may  be  incor[)()rated  into  a 
town  by  the  name  of  Barnard  and  be  invested  with  all  the  privileges  of  the 
rest  of  the  Towns  in  this  province  and  may  be  directed  to  raise  their  taxes 
and  defray  their  charges  as  the  rest  of  the  towns  do  excepting  a  reasonable 
tax  upon  the  unimproved  lands  for  the  present — and  considering  the  large 
number  of  the  proprietors  in  said  Township,  their  great  expense  in  settling 
two  ministers,  and  a  large  tract  of  land  falling  into  New  Hampshire,  your 
Memorialists  humbly  pray  the  proprietors  of  said  Fall  Town  may  have  a 
tract  of  land  granted  to  them  to  make  them  equal  with  other  grantees  of 
the  government  for  service  Done  and  Vour  petitioners  shall  as  m  duty 
bound  ever  pray  »S:c. 

Fall  town  Dec.  16,   1761.  Ebenezer  Sheldon,  Jr. 

John  Severance. 

Elijah  SHELt)ON. 

Joseph  Allen. 

John  Burk. 

Daniel  Dexter. 

Jonathan  Ashley. 

Thomas  Williams." 
The  Act  for  erecting  the  New  Plantation  called  Fall  Town,  in 
the  County  of  Hampshire,  into  a  town  by  the  name  of  Barnardstown 
was  passed  to  be  enacted  in  the  House  of  Representatives  and  also 
in  the  Council  on  the  fifth  of  March,  1762,  and  the  next  day  March  6, 
it  received  the  signature  of  Governor  Bernard.  Also  a  grant  ot 
7544  acres  was  made,  which  land  is  now  within  the  township  of 
Florida,  upon  Hoosac  Mountain. 

Barnardstown  now  took  its  place  beside  other  towns  in  the  State 
and  its  first  town    meeting  was  called   in   the  chtirch  on   Tuesday, 


TOWN    ORGANIZATION.  39 


May  II,  1762.  Mr.  Joseph  i\llen  was  chosen  moderator.  At  an 
adjourned  meeting,  held  14  days  later,  these  town  officers  were 
chosen: 

Town  Clerk,  Maj.  John  Burk,  (an  office  which  he  held  22  years.) 
Town  Treasurer,  Dea.  Ebenezer  Sheldon.  Selectmen  and  Assessors, 
Maj.  Burk,  Moses  Scott,  Remembrance  vSheldon.  Constable,  Aaron 
Field.  Tithingman,  Joseph  Allen.  Wardens,  James  Couch,  Re- 
membrance Sheldon.  Surveyors  of  highway,  David  Ryder,  Moses 
Scott,  vSamuel  Hastings.  Deer  reaves,  James  Tute,  Samuel  Hast- 
ings. Hog  reaves,  Moses  Scott,  John  Foster.  Joel  Chapin.  Fence 
viewers,  (for  which  office  it  was  customary  to  choose  the  tallest 
men),  Samuel  Cunnable.  Joel  Chapin.  Scaler  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures, Sgt.  John  Severance. 

At  the  second  annual  March  tuceting  in  1763  the  offices  of  sur- 
veyors of  wheat,  and  of  shingles  and  ckijiboards,  were  added  with 
Joel  Chapin,  Lt.  Sampson  Howe,  and  Lt.  Howe,  with  David  Rider 
as  the  respective  incumbents. 

The  next  year  a  pound  about  34  feet  square  was  projected,  but 
of  its  proposed  location,  or  as  to  whether  it  was  really  built,  there 
IS  nothing  to  determine.  Upon  it  was  to  be  e.Kpended  12  days'  work 
and  as  much  team  work  as  was  necessary. 

K  commendable  order  was  at  this  time  passed  ensuring  the  pres- 
ervation of  all  trees  bordering  the  roads,  and  as  we  enjoy  the  many 
beautiful  drives  abcnit  our  place  ought  we  not  to  hold  in  grateful 
remembrance  these  many  wise  acts  of  our  forefathers?  Truly  their 
deeds  live  after  them  ! 

In  1762  the  townspeople  petitioned  the  Legislature  for  relief 
from  the  Province  tax.  In  the  petition  they  give  as  reasons  that 
the  whole  of  the  land  under  improvement  was  but  34  acres.  Of 
the  20  years  which  had  elai)sed  since  the  first  settlements  were 
made,  12  had  been  spent  in  warfare.  The  war  began  in  1744,  when 
there  were  but  17  families  in  town,  and  proved  very  disa.strous. 
May  6.  1746,  Burk's  Fort  was  attacked  by  a  large  party  of  Indians, 
there  being  but  three  soldiers  within  the  fort  at  the  time.  They 
successfully  defended  it,  however,  till  a  man  some  40  rods  distant 
suceeded  in  giving  the  alarm  to  one  farther  away.  The  Indians 
seeing  that  their  presence  was  tliscovered,  quickly  withdrew,  leav- 


40  COMMISSIONS   i)V   JOHN    IIURK. 


ing  two  of  their  number  mortally  wounded.  Maj.  Burk  was  also 
slightly  wounded  near  his  shoulder  blade.  In  1747  Dea.  Sheldon's 
house  w^as  burned,  while  at  Lt.  Sheldon's  Fort,  Eliakim,  son  of  Lt. 
Sheldon,  was  shot  by  the  Indians,  10  cattle  were  killed  and  all  save 
two  families  fled  the  place. 

This  petition  portrays  most  vividly  the  hardships  our  progenitors 
experienced,  about  which  we  in  our  peaceful  homes  can  hardly 
form  an  adequate  idea.  In  1764  it  was  voted  that  Maj.  John  Burk 
should  represent  the  town  in  the  General  Court,  and  he  accordingly 
went  as  Bernardston's  first  representative. 

/o/m  Ihirk's  Commissions. — Bernardston  did  well  to  thus  honor 
one  of  her  founders  and  one  who  had  alwas's  done  so  much  for  her 
protection.  He  probably  did  "  more  for  the  improvement  of  the 
town  and  for  advancing  its  reputation  than  any  other  man.  He 
went  through  all  the  regular  grades  of  military  offices,  from  that 
of  corporal  to  that  of  major.  And  let  it  be  remembered  a  military 
title  in  those  days  was  a  mark  of  superiority."  His  first  commis- 
sion was  as  follows: 

"  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  ]>ay.    (Seal.) 

William  Shirley  Esq. — 
('aptain  General  and  Ciovernor  in  Chief  in  and 
over  his   Majesties  Province  of   the    Massachu- 
setts Pay  in  New  England  <S:c. 

To  John  Burk — Gentleman — Greeting: 

Py  Virtue  of  the  Power  and  Authority  in  and  by  His  Majesty's  Royal 
Commission  to  Me  granted  to  be  Captain  (reneral  <.S:c.  over  this  His  Majes- 
ty's Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Ba\\  aforesaid  I  do,  (by  these  presents) 
reposing  especial'l'rust  and  Confulence  in  your  Loyalty,  Courage  and  good 
Conduct,  constitute  and  a])point  Vou  the  saiti  John  liurk — to  be  Ensign  of 
a  Company  of  Volunteers  for  his  Majesty's  Service  for  the  Defence  of  the 
Western  Frontiers  under  the  command  of  ('apt.  Phineas  Stevans  to  be 
posted  at  the  l''ort  called  Nund)er  Four.  *  .1=  *  * 

You  are   therefore   carefully  antl  diligently  to  Discharge   the  Duty  of   an 

Lj^(..Q^.-»  ^  t!  -K  'T'  -t-  f*  -t*  T^ 

in  leacHng,  Ordering  and  e.xercising  said  Company  in  .Vrir.s,  both  inferior 
officers  and  .Soldiers,  and  to  kee|")  them  in  good  order  and  Disci]")line;  here- 
by commanding    them  to  obey  you   as  their   F^nsign and  yourself 

to  observe  and  follow  sucii  Orders  and  Instructions  as  you  shall  from  time 


IIOBK  S    FIGHT.  4I 


to  time  receive  from  Me  as  the  Commander  in  Chief  for  the  time  being,  or 
rather,  your  Superior  Officers  for  His  Majesty's  Service,  according  to  Mil- 
itary Rules  and  DiscipHne,  Pursuant  to  the  Trust  reposed  in  you. 

Given  under  My  Hand  and  Seal  at  Arms  at  Boston,  the  first  Day  of 
March  In  the  twenty  first  Year  of   the  Reign   of  His  Majesty  King 

George  the  Second,  Anno;    Domini  1747. 

W.  Shirley. 
By  His  Excellency's 
Command. 

J.  Willard,  Secr'y." 

In  1748,  Major  Burk  participated  in  what  is  known  as  "  Hobb's 
fig'ht,"  a  severe  skirmish  which  occttrred  on  Stmday,  June  26,  be- 
tween the  Indians  and  a  scouting  party  of  about  thirty  tinder  com- 
mand of  Capt.  Melven.  This  contest  took  place  some  35  miles  from 
Fort  Dumraer,  up  West  River,  (Vt.)  and  lasted  several  hours,  "man 
to  man  as  it  were — each  one  relying  upon  his  personal  skill  to  hide 
himself  behind  trees  and  logs,  and  to  kill  the  Indians,  who  were 
finally  compelled  to  retreat."  There  were  three  men  killed  and  four 
wounded.  Zebulon  Allen  of  Bernardston  was  also  in  this  affray, 
at  that  time  holding  the  of^ce  of  Sergeant. 

His  second  commission  appointed  him  "  an  Ensign  in  the  fort 
Company  in  Fall  Town  under  the  Command  &  Ebenezer  Shel- 
don Jun.  is  Lieutenant  in  the  northern  Regiment  of  Militia  in  the 
County  of  Hampshire  whereof  Israel  Williams  Esq.,  is  Colonel," 
and  is  dated  Aug.  14,  1754,  signed  by  W.  Shirley,  Governor. 

His  third  commission,  dated  the  loth  of  the  next  September  ap- 
pointed him  "  Ensign  of  the  forces  raised  and  posted  at  Greenfield 
and  Fall  Town  in  the  Regiment  of  Militia  under  the  Command  of 
Col.  Israel  Williams." 

March  29.  1755,  he  was  commissioned  as  "Capt;  Lieutenant  of  a 
company  of  foot  under  the  command  of  Col.  Ephraim  Williams  be- 
ing part  of  the  forces  raised  within  the  Province  for  the  defence 
and  protection  of  his  Majesties  territories  from  the  encroachments 
of  the  French  at  Crown  Point  and  upon  the  Lake  Iroquois  —  com- 
monly called  by  the  French,  Lake  Champlain  —  and  for  removing 
the  encroachments  already  made  thereof  which  forces  Col.  Wil- 
liams is  Commander  in  Chief." 

It  was  during  his  service  in  this  campaign  that  he  wrote  the  let- 


EXTRACTS    PROM    TOIIX    RURK  S    DTARV. 


ter  already  oiven.    From  his  diary  is  extracted  the  following,  which 
will  still  further  show  the  demands  made  upon  soldiers  at  this  time  : 

JOHN     r.URK's     DIARY. 

"  Thiiisday,  jjst.  (1755)  I  was  ordered  up  the  river  wilh  about  30  men  to 
see  what  1  could  discover,  but  saw  nothing.  Tarried  still  at  Saratoga. 
Our  men  went  out  to  Saratoga  Fort  and  dug  out  of  the  earth  1  114  cannon 
l)all.  The  men,  about  300,  went  u|)  the  river  to  make  the  road.  1  tarried 
in  the  camp. 

Friday,  ^iiii^.  Jst.  The  army  all  moved  to  the  second  falls  above  Saratoga, 
4  miles.  \\'e  drew  the  Batteaux  u[>  the  llrst  falls,  load  and  all;  it  was  fatigu- 
ing, but  the  men  worked  like  lions,  some  t(j  the  neck  in  water.  W'e  had 
about  180  batteau.x.  This  day  the  men  had  half  a  pint  of  rum  more  than 
tlie  allowance. 

Satiiyda\\  2nd.  We  tarried  at  the  falls  and  got  our  batteaux  in  the  river. 
'I'he  Dutch  came  u[)  wilh  t^2  wag(jns,  carried  all  our  provisions  by,  and  some 
tents.     Our  guard  that  went  U[i  the  river  to  make  ready,  saw  4  or  5  hulians. 

Sitnda\\  jrd.  We  moved  to  carrying  [)laje,  Col.  Lydies'  house,  about  45 
miles  from  Albany.      It  rained  hard  this  night:    some  provisions  g(Jt  wet. 

JSIonda\\  4ih.  I  was  ordered  to  attend  the  court,  which  adjourned  to  this 
day.  It  was  adjoui'ned  again  to  l'"riday  next  in  the  afternoon.  1  was  or- 
dered with  5  men  to  scout  round  the  cam|is,  but  made  no  discovery. 

Tiicsila\\  jt/i.  1  was  ordered  to  take  9  men  and  go  to  the  l>ake  Sacra- 
ment. I/ieut.  May,  Ensign  Siratton  ami  l^nsign  Stevens  went  to  make  the 
number.  .\s  we  marched  we  saw  3  deei",  1  bear,  and  an  old  mare  and  a 
wolf,  which  was  at  the  lake.  We  came  a  little  back  from  the  lake  and 
camped. 

IVcdiiesday,  61I1.  We  returned  to  our  camps,  brought  in  an  old  mare, 
pit;ked  some  huckleberries,  brought  some  to  (ieneral  Lyman.  Made  no 
discovery;  g(jt  baik  bv  3  o\lot  k.  This  dav  the  man  conlined  for  sodomy 
was  whipped   100  stri|)es  and  drummed  out  of  the  company. 

77ii/i sdtiv,  "///.  I  tarried  in  the  camps.  The  men  got  tind)er  foi-  a  store 
house  anil  bark  to  cover  it,  \'c.  .\  scout  was  sent  to  the  drowned  land,  at 
the  place  called  by  the  l)ulch  Zia/iortcr. 

Friday,  Sth.  'I'arried  at  the  caiuj);  hidp  about  the  fort  t'a[)tain  i'atler- 
son  set  out  for  \\ Ood  Creek  with  30  men.  He  was  orderetl  to  go  to  the 
mouth  of  the  creek. 

Siilurda\\  Ljtii.  1  lariit.d  at  tlu'  camps;  woikcd  at  drawing  lumbei',  \-c. 
'I'he  scout  that  went  for  the  diowned   land    returned,  hut  ilid  not  llml  it. 


EXTRACTS    FROM    JOHN    IJURKS    DIARV.  43 

Sunday,  lOth.  We  work  at  forting  our  company;  set  up  15  foot  of  stock- 
ades. Mr.  Williams  preached  two  sermons.  The  scout  returned  from 
Wood  Creek;  they  saw  signs  of  Indians,  viz.  a  piece  of  bread  stuck  up  in 
the  path.      Maj.  Hoar  and  Lieut.  Nixson  set  out  for  Albany. 

Monday,  1  ith.  I  help  get  some  timber.  1  tarried  at  the  camps.  A  scout 
set  out  for  Crown  Point,  another  fur  the  South  Bay,  and  another  for  Lake 
Sacrament.  'I'he  two  last  returned.  They  reported  that  they  saw  Lidians, 
but  upon  examination  it  was  their  own  men.  Some  men  went  to  Saratoga, 
to  kill  some  Dutch  cattle. 

Tuesday,  12th.  1  tarried  at  the  camp  and  hel[)  get  timber.  Some  went 
to  clear  roads.  The  men  that  went  to  Saratoga  returned,  brought  some 
beef,  and  brought  news  that  the  rest  of  the  army  was  coming  near  by. 

Wednesday,  ijth.  1  tarried  at  the  camps;  went  over  on  the  island  after- 
noon to  get  gate  timber.  Ceneral  Lyman  had  an  express  from  (iov.  Fitch, 
and  some  newspapers  which  gave  an  account  of  the  death  of  Gen.  Brad- 
dock,  and  that  the  army  was  defeated. 

Thursday,  14th.  Gen.  Johnson,  Col.  Titcom,  and  Col.  Williams,  with  a 
great  number  of  forces,  came  to  the  carrying  place,  with  some  Indians  and 
20  cannon,  2  of  which  were  thirty-two  poumlers,  and  a  great  many  wagons. 
The  general  was  waited  upon  with  a  number  oi  men,  and  (jn  his  arrival 
saluted  by  the  ofificers  and  the  discharge  of  field  pieces.  Connecticut  boys 
and  Rhode  Island  all  came. 

Friday,  J§th.  A  council  was  held;  it  was  determined  to  send  for  more 
men  to  join  us  at  our  head  quarters.  "Little  or  no  work  done  this  day.  A 
scout  from  Crown  Point  returned;  no  news. 

Saturday,  16th.  I  tarried  at  the  camps;  did  little  or  nothing.  A  scout 
came  from  Fort  Massachusetts.     I  heartl  from  home. 

Sunday,  ijih.  I  was  ordered  by  Gen.  Jcjhnson  to  scout,  with  1  i  men 
and  7  Indians,  to  the  Lake  Sacrament.  Capt.  Passore,  bound  for  the  So. 
Bay,  with  30  or  40  white  men  and  6  Indians,  marched  4  miles  with  us,  and 
turned  off.  I  marched  10  miles.  Connecticut  and  New  York  forces  ar- 
rived with  women;   a  man  was  drowned. 

Monday,  18th.  We  marched  to  the  Lake;  made  no  discovery  of  an  enemy. 
Six  of  the  Indians  went  farther  westward.  We  sat  out  from  the  lake  at 
orie  o'clock,  and  got  home  before  dark. 

Tuesday,  igth.  Tarried  in  the  camps;  did  ncjthing.  A  general  Court 
martial  was  held.  (}en.  Lyman,  C'ols.  Ruggels,  \\'illiams,  (ioodrich,  were 
ordered  to  be  ready  to  meet  at  all  hours. 


44  F.XTRAC'IS    FROM    JOHN    liURK  S    DIARY. 


]]'ednesday,  20th.  'I'arried  at  the  camps.  A  general  court  martial  was 
held  in  trial  of  Lieut.  Noble  and  others.  Capt.  Ayres  began  to  dig  a  trench. 
A  great  number  was  employed  at  digging. 

Thiirsiiay  2nt.  Tarried  in  camp.  Saw  Nelly  and  Polly,  in  great  taking 
for  the  women, — were  all  ordered  away.  Five  Indians  of  the  Six  Nations 
came  from  C'anada.  Oeneral  court  martial.  About  120  men  employed 
digging  in  the  trenches.  'I'he  Indians  brought  news  from  Canada,  that  17 
ships  were  at  Quebec,  600  regulars;  that  8000  were  exjiected  at  Crown 
Point,  300  out. 

Friday,  22nd.  I  tarried  at  the  camp.  A  council  sat;  determined  to  go 
by  Lake  Sacrament.  1  sent  a  letter  to  my  wife.  Trenching  yet,  sawing 
boards. 

Saturday,  2jrd.  Four  hundred  men  were  ordered  to  go  upon  the  road; 
1  went  |)ilot.  Cleared  6  miles.  'Ihe  women  were  sent  to  .Albany.  When 
they  went  off  there  was  a  great  lui/za.  Trenching  and  sawing  with  whip- 
saw  yet. 

Sunday,  24II1.  1  was  not  well;  I  had  a  bad  cold.  Kept  in  the  tent  all 
day.  Mr.  Williams  preat'hcd  two  sermons.  ;\  number  of  men  went  upon 
the  road.  Some  Indians  came  to  us;  informed  of  more  coming.  Lieut. 
Noble  read  his  acknowledgment  before  the  assembly. 

Monday,  2^tli.  1  tarried  at  home  in  the  cam]:)s.  A  scout  sent  to  Fort 
Massachusetts, — Serg.  .Avery,  who  was  one  ordered  to  Deerfield.  1  wrote 
to  my  wife.  'Prenching  and  sawing  and  making  a  powder  house.  All  go- 
ing forward  briskly. 

Tuesday,  26/h.  Cen.  Johnson,  Cols.  Ruggels,  Williams,  (jooilrich's  regi- 
ments, and  some  Rhode  Island  and  york  forces,  about  1500  men  and  200 
wagons,  marched  forward  for  Lake  Sacrament.     March  6  miles  and  camped. 

Wednesday,  2~tli.  We  all  marched  4  miles  and  camfKul.  We  h.id  some 
clearing  and  large  causeways  to  make  this  day. 

Thursday,  2Stli.  We  cleared  the  road  10  miles;  got  to  the  lake.  The 
men  worked  very  hard  this  day.  One  of  the  men  found  a  gun  and  Indian 
pack. 

Friday,  2i)lh.  Went  to  clearing  by  the  lake,  making  a  causeway,  ^vx. 
The  wagons  returned  for  more  stores.      .About  20  Lidians  came  to  us. 

Saturday,  jotlt.  1  was  matk;  captain  of  the  guard.  Ileihirick,  with  about 
170  Indians,  came  to  us,  they  were  saluted  with  a  round  of  guns,  and  the 
nuMi  all  drew  n]i  to  receive  them.  The  clc;aring  went  off  brisklv.  One 
man  killed,  1  taken,  3  escapc^l.  They  were  keepnig  cattle  at  tlu'  great 
carrying  place. 


EXTRACTS   FROM   JOHN    BURK  S   DIARY.  45 

Sunday,  jist.  A  number  of  wagons  and  cannon  came  up,  guarded  by  the 
Rhode  Islanders  and  Yorkers.  Clearing  carried  on  still.  At  night  the  In- 
dians had  a  great  dance. 

Monday,  Sept.  ist.  Capt.  Porter,  with  some  Indians  marched  to  the  So. 
Bay  to  intercept  the  enemy  that  did  st)me  mischief.  Some  canoes  were 
seen  by  our  Indians  up  the  lake.  I  tarried  by  the  camp  and  cleared  for 
tenting.     Alarm  at  night;  a  sentry  shot  at  a  horse. 

Tuesday,  2nd.  Capt.  Porter  and  men  returned.  The  Intlians  marched 
forward.  Five  Indians  that  went  out  five  days  ago,  that  went  to  the  carry- 
ing place  at  the  north  end  of  lake,  saw  15  of  the  enemy.  Could  not  come 
to  speech.  Our  scout  returned  from  Fort  Massachusetts.  I  tarried  at  the 
camps.     Moved  our  tents. 

Wednesday,  jrd.  Gen.  Lyman,  Col.  Titcomb,  Col.  Gilbert  came  to  us 
at  Lake  George.  Some  Indians  came  and  joined  us.  It  is  said  that  they 
came  1100  miles.  I  tarried  the  camps.  3  Indians  went  a  scalping  to  Cr(jvvn 
Point. 

Thursday,  4th.  I  was  ordered  to  go  up  the  lake  with  Capt.  Stodtiard  and 
Capt.  Ingersoll,  and  3  other  white  men  to  carry  3  Indians,  who  were  going 
to  Lake  West,  and  we  sailed  15  miles.  Landed  the  Indians;  returned  by 
II  at  night.     Began  to  build  a  fort. 

Friday,  §th.  I  was  very  bad  with  a  cold;  tarried  at  the  camps.  No 
news  this  day. 

Saturday,  6th.  I  went  to  get  a  cask  out  of  the  store-house,  &c.  Heard 
that  eight  or  nine  of  the  sick  were  dead  at  the  other  forts.  Batteaux, 
stores,  daily  coming  up.      Fort  building,  scows  making. 

Sunday,  jth.  A  scout  of  Indians  came  in  who  have  been  to  Crown  Point, 
and  inform  us  that  they  saw  as  they  returned  the  signs  of  a  large  army 
marching  south  in  3  files;  designed  as  they  suppose,  for  our  fort,  at  great 
carrying  place.  A  man  who  was  thought  to  have  deserted  was  found  dead 
at  the  other  fort;  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree  it  is  supposed. 

Monday,  8th.  Col.  Williams  was  sent  out  with  1000  men  in  search  of 
the  enemy;  determined  to  march  toward  the  south  bay.  They  marched 
so  in  the  road  3  miles,  when  they  were  waylaid  by  the  enemy  and  fired 
upon.  The  enemy  having  the  advantage  of  the  ground,  obliged  our  men 
to  retreat  to  the  camps;  killed  and  wounded  a  great  many  by  the  way. 
The  enemy  made  a  very  smart  attack  upon  the  camps,  but  we  stood  ground 
and  drove  them  back.  Took  the  general  and  aid  de-cam [),  and  about  25 
prisoners.      New  Hampshire  and  york  men  at  the  other  fort,  at  the  carry- 


46  FIl   ril    AM)    SIXTH    COMMISSION    OF   JOHN    r.UKK. 

ing-  phu.e,  heard  the  great  guns,  came  up  and  met  the  enemy  stripping  our 
dead;  drove  them  from  the  ground  and  took  2  prisoners.  'I'hey  fought 
them  three  hours,  ami  we  fought  them  from  between  10  and  11  till  between 
6  and  7  afternoon.      No  such  battle  before  in  North  America. 

Tuesday,  gth.  About  300  we  sent  out  to  bury  the  dead.  1  went  with 
them.  The  men  forward  took  a  start,  ran  back;  were  stopped  by  the  offi- 
cers. I''ound  it  too  late  to  do  the  business.  Returned  to  the  camp:;,  brought 
one  wounded  man  of  ours,  a  great  deal  of  plunder,  i\:c. 

Wediicsda\\  lolh.  We  went  out  again,  liuried  136  dead  (;f  ours,  and  some 
l''rench.  IJrought  in  a  great  deal  of  plunder  and  I'Vench  provisions,  and 
one  of  oiir  wounded,  a  scout  from  the  other  fort  and  from  Hoosuck,  Capt. 
Wyman.  1  sent  a  letter  to  my  wife.  All  a-fortifying  at  the  camps.  Col. 
W'illard,  Capt.  Symers.  came  up  with  a  nundjer  of  wagons  with  provi- 
sions, cVc.  The  wagoners  went  back,  the  Indians  went  off  home.  A  great 
number  of  men  went  plundering;  found  a  great  deal.  Buried  4  more  of 
our  men." 

Major  Bttrk  was  also  present  at  the  surrender  of  Fort  William 
Henry,  Ang-ust  10,  1757,  escapincr  from  that  massacre  clad  only  in 
his  "  deer  skin  breeches  and  his  watch,"  while  his  reported  losses 
inehided  328^^  8s.  continental  currency,  (or  about  $50),  and  a  "To- 
bacco box,  I  pound." 

His  fifth  comtnission  appointed  him  "  Lieutenant  of  the  Forces 
posted  at  Fall  Town,  Colrain,  Charlemont,  Northfield,  (xreenfield, 
Hunts  Town,  Pontoosuck  and  Stockbridge  under  Israel  Williams, 
Fsc|  ,  (who  has  the  Chief  Comtnand  of  the  Forces  in  the  Western 
Frontier.")  This  paper  was  dated  June  5th,  1758,  and  was  signed 
bv  T.  Pownall,  (lovernor,  and  Thos.  Clark,  Depty.  Secy. 

His  next  commission  appointed  him  "  Captain  of  a  Company  in 
a  Regiment  of  Foot  whereof  Brigadeer  General  Timothy  Ruggles 
is  Colonel,  raised  by  me  to  be  employed  in  his  Majesties  Service 
the  ensuing  Campaign,"  dated  March  31st,  1759.  His  seventh  com- 
mission appointing  him  Major  is  as  follows  : 

"I'rovince  of  the  Thomas  Pownall  Ksq. 

Massachusetts  ilay.  Captain  (leneral  and  (iovernor 

Seal.  in  ('hief,  in  and  of  His  Majesties 

Province  of  the  Massachusetts  JJay 
in  New  Kngland  and  \'ice  .Admiral 
of  t  lie  Same  ivc. 


COMMISSION    OF    MAJOR    I5URK.  47 

To  John  Burk  Esq.   Greeting. 

By  Virtue  of  the  Power  and  Authority  in  and  by  His  Majesty's  Royal 
Commission  to  Me  granted  to  be  Captain  General  &c.  over  this  His  Majes- 
ty's Province  of  the  Massachusetts  P>ay  aforesaid  I  do  by  these  Presents 
(rep(jsing  especial  Trust  and  Confidence  in  Your  Loyalty,  courage  and  good 

conduct)  constitute  and  appoint  You  the  said  John  Burk to  be  Major 

of    the    First    Batallion    of  a    Regiment  whereof  Timothy  Ruggles  Esq.  is 
Colonel. 

You  are  therefore  carefully  and  diligently  to  discharge  the  duty  of  a 
Major  in  leading  ordering  and  exercising  said  Regiment  in, Arms  both  in- 
ferior Officers  and  Soldiers  and  to  keep  them  in  good  order  and  Discipline 
and  they  are  hereby  Commanded  to  obey  you  as  their  Major  and  you  are 
yourself  to  observe  and  follow  Such  Orders  and  Instructions  as  you  Shall 
from  time  to  time  recieve  from  the  General  and  commander  in  Chief  of  His 
Majesties  Forces  in  North  America  1  your  Colonel  or  rather  your  Superior 
Officer,  according  to  the  Rules  and  l)isci[:)line  of  War  in  pursuance  of  the 
Trust  hereby  reposed  in  you.  

Given  under  my  H;ind  and  Seal  at  Arms  at  B(jston  the  day  of  February 
In  the  thirty  third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  His  Majesty  King  (reorge  the 
Second,  Anno,  Domini,   1760. 

T.     PoWNALL. 

By  His  Excellency's 

Command. 
A.  Olliver,  Sec." 

The  orii^inal  of  the  first,  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  commissions  are 
in  the  possession  of  tlie  "Ciishman  Library"  at  Bernardston  and 
the  others  vv^ere  presented  by  Gov.  Ctishman  to  the  American  Anti- 
qitarian  Society  at  Worcester,  Mass. 

Such  is  the  military  record  of  Major  John  Burk  prior  to  the  Rev- 
oltition.  In  that  crisis  he  was  "  ever  a  firm  and  unwavering  friend 
of  his  country,  and  by  his  influence  did  much  in  our  glorious  strug- 
gle for  liberty.  *  -  He  was  a  man  of  a  sotmd,  discriminating 
mind,  of  good  edtication  for  the  times, — a  judicious  politician — a 
practical  christian  —  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  church,  and  a  man 
much  beloved  in  private  life.  In  short,  as  a  man,  as  a  soldier,  as  a 
statesman,  and  as  a  Christian  he  was  eminent.  And  what  higher 
eulogiiim  can  be  pronounced  tipon  any  man?" 


CHAPTER   IV. 

ROADS — VOTES  RELATIVE  TO  ROADS  AND  BRIDGES — BRIDGES — MILLS 
—  TAVERNS  —  STAGES — RAILROAD  —  INDUSTRIES  —  SHOE-SHOPS  — 
SNATH-SHOI'S —  LIME-QUARRIES—  BLACKSMITHS  —  STONE-WORK  — 
ROPE-WORK  —  TAILORS  —  HARNESS-MAKING —  DISTILLERIES  — CUT- 
LERY—  STORES. 

HigJnvays. — As  in  all  places  settled  during"  the  colonial  period,  so 
here  the  first  roads  were  little  more  than  mere  bridle  paths  through 
the  forest.  The  proprietors,  when  they  came,  were  upon  the  very 
frontiers  of  civilization,  and  of  necessity  their  attention  centered 
UDon  their  homes  and  the  means  of  subsistence.  Later  more  time 
was  given  to  the  consideration  of  other  matters,  hence,  after  a  few 
years,  we  find  mention  made  in  the  records  of  their  annual  meet- 
ings, of  their  roadways. 

In  the  early  settlement  of  the  place,  the  inhabitants  were  located 
principally  upon  the  river,  north  from  the  present  iron  bridge, 
north-east  onto  Huckle  Hill,  east  to  the  Lt.  Sheldon  Fort,  later 
known  as  the  "  Purple  Place."  Why  the  Hill  should  have  been 
chosen  as  a  site  for  the  Meeting  House,  or  seemed  especially  desir- 
able for  a  home  location,  it  might,  perhaps,  seem  difftcult  to  under- 
stand, unless  because  a  path  from  Greenfield,  or  Deerfield,  as  the 
territory  was  then  called,  was  here  laid  out.  A  retrospective  glance 
toward  the  colonial  history  of  most  towns  in  Massachusetts  suggests 
striking  similarities,  showing  that  very  often  upon  the  hii^hest 
ground  were  the  first  buildings  erected.  This  may  be  tracable  to 
two  causes;  protection  from  the  dampness  of  the  more  marshy 
lowlands,  and  a  greater  degree  of  security  from  the  Indians.  Upon 
the  river,  the  superiority  of  the  land  and  its  ready  adaptability  to 
their  needs,  doubtless  had  its  influence.  Therefore  we  find  that 
the  earliest  roads  were  in  these  sections  of  the  town,  seemingly 
following  no  prescribed  plan  other  than  to  pass  by  the  dwellings 
of  the  inhabitants. 


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No  known  plan  of  these  early  roads  is  in  existence.  In  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Archives,  Vol.  12,  p.  i,  is  this  plan  protracted  Mch.26, 
1795.  It  would  almost  appear  that  this  was  a  vState  paper  prepared 
with  especial  reference  to  the  location  of  the  churches,  inasmuch 
as  many  roads  known  to  have  been  then  laid  out  are  not  therein 
delineated.  The  votes  taken  reg-arding  the  early  roads  are  here 
'given  at  length,  inasmuch  as  they  tend  to  show,  not  only  the  loca- 
tion of  the  roads,  but  also  who  were  the  families  in  town,  and,  to 
a  certain  extent,  the  places  of  their  habitation. 

Probably  the  first  recorded  action  on  highways  was  in  1740,  when 
it  was  ordered  that  highways  be  laid  out  wherever  the  committee 
should  deem  it  advisable.  The  old  "  King's  Highway  "  was  pre- 
sumably the  first  road  and  ran  from  the  Burk  Fort  east,  the  river 
being  forded,  through  a  portion  of  the  lot  known  now  as  the  "  Town 
Farm  "  to  Deacon  Sheldon's  Fort  upon  Huckle  Hill.  Thence  a 
road  ran  south-east  to  the  Lt.  Sheldon  Fort.  Some  of  the  other  ear- 
lier ones  were  from  Lt.  Sheldon's,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  to  the 
sawmill,  probably  what  was  called  the  county  road  ;  a  part  of  the 
way  this  nearly  concurred  with  the  present  Northfield  road,  one  of 
the  exceptions  being  that  it  ran  around  by  the  place  now  owned  by 
Mr.  George  Parmenter.  Other  roads  ran  from  the  county  road 
by  the  sawmill  to  Simeon  Hall's  ;  from  the  sawmill  to  Sg.  Allen's  ; 
from  Moses  Scott's  to  Deacon  Sheldon's;  from  Samuel  Hastings", 
probably  on  Huckle  Hill,  to  Dry  Brook  ;  from  the  county  road  to 
Amasa  Sheldon's  ;  from  Benjamin  Green's  southward  ;  from  Deer- 
field  to  Colrain  (which  road  passed  through  Fall  Town),  from  or 
near  Major  Burk's  north  as  far  as  Samuel  Connable's.  The  first 
road  to  Greenfield  ran  nearly  parallel  with  the  present  main  road, 
but  further  to  the  east,  down  by  Mr.  P.  L.  Cushman's,  and  is  to-day 
known  as  the  "  Back  Road  to  Greenfield,"  or  "  Lamp-black  Street." 

In  1764  it  was  voted  that  a  road  be  laid  out  from  the  bridge  by 
the  sawmill  to  Lt.  Sheldon's  ;  from  house  lot  No.  i6  down  by  Moses 
Scott's  house  ;  that  the  road  from  the  bridge  to  Lt.  Sheldon's  be 
established  ;  that  the  road  laid  from  the  county  road  by  the  saw- 
mill to  Simeon  Hall's  be  a  town  road. 

Dec.  31,    1765,  voted   that   Moses  Scott,  Deacon   Sheldon,  Major 


50  VOTES    RELATIVE    TO    HIGIIWAVS. 

Burk,  David  Rider,  Amasa  Sheldon,  be  a  committee  for  the  preser- 
vation of  timber  on  the  several  roads  in  town. 

1766.  Among-  the  existing-  roads  at  this  date  were  those  from 
Moses  Scott's  to  Sgt.  John  Severances';  Samuel  Hastings'  to  Daniel 
Slate's  ;  The  country  (county?)  road  to  Amasa  Sheldon's  ;  the  saw- 
mill east  to  the  country  road  ;  the  sawmill  to  Joseph  Slate's  and 
Sgt.  Allen's  ;  Deerfield  to  Colrain  ;  road  to  the  west  part  of  the 
town  ;  road  to  Elijah  Sheldon's  lot,  above  the  Fairweather  farm  ; 
from  the  country  road  the  west  side  of  Fall  River  to  Ichabod 
Warner's. 

1767.  Road  from  James  Couch's  to  Michael  Frizzell's  lot,  No.  73, 
ist  division,  be  confirmed  ;  from  the  sawmill  to  Joseph  Slate's,  and 
thence  toward  Sgt.  Allen's,  be  confirmed  as  far  as  the  "slow  at  the 
swamp;"  from  the  south-east  corner  of  Simeon  Hall's  lot.  No.  80, 
ist  division,  up  to  the  Province  line. 

1769.  Road  by  Simeon  Hall's  up  to  Thomas  Wooley's  and  from 
this  road  down  to  Ichabod  Warner's  house  be  confirmed. 

1770.  Road  from  David  Ryder's  corner  of  the  garden  fence  down 
to  ye  road  that  comes  from  the  sawmill  ;  from  the  corner  of  the 
garden  fence  west  25  degrees  S.  58  rods  to  Daniel  Dexter's  lot ; 
from  the  north-east  corner  of  Ezekiel  Foster's  house  to  the  south 
line  of  Benjamin  Green's  land. 

1 77 1.  Road  across  Aaron  Field's  and  Thomas  Gilley's  lot,  then 
across  Dry  Brook,  and  so  up  sd  Dry  Brook  to  vSamuel  Hastings' 
north  lot,  then  up  by  west  end  of  said  Hastings'  lot  and  the  west 
end  of  Daniel  Slate's  lot  to  Elias  Parmenter's  lot. 

1774.  To  confirm  road  up  to  David  Smalley's  and  so  to  David 
Page's  land  ;  to  confirm  the  road  from  Nehemiah  Andros's  log- 
house  up  to  his  lot,  through  David  Rider  and  William  Fox's  land, 
sd  Rider  to  have  $4.00,  and  wood  on  road  through  his  land  ;  con- 
firm the  road  to  Ichabod  Warner's  viz.,  from  Simeon  Hall's  to  Prov- 
ince line  ;  to  Moses  Smith's  land  so  as  to  leave  Samuel  Ellis's  house 
one  half  a  rod  to  the  west  of  the  road ;  to  build  a  bridge  over  Fall 
River  on  the  road  from  Major  Burk's  to  the  meeting  house,  to  be 
done  out  of  the  highway  work,  Major  Burk,  David  Rider  and  Moses 
Scott  to  be  a  committee  to  build  said  bridge  ;  voted  that  all  the 
men  that  live  north  of  the  north-west  branch  of  Fall  River  shall  be 


VOTES    RKT.ATIVK    TO    HIGHWAYS.  5  I 


allowed  to  do  their  quota  of  highway  work  towards  building  a  bridge 
over  said  branch  on  these  terms:  that  Hophni  Rider  will  give  two 
days'  work  ;  Ichabod  Warner,  four  days ;  Simeon  Hall,  two  days  ; 
Jacob  Orcutt,  one  day;  Samuel  Cunnable,  Jr.,  one  day;  David 
Smalley,  two  days'  work  toward  building  said  bridge  and  if  above 
mentioned  work  does  not  finish  it,  it  must  ly  by  till  further  order. 
Voted  that  John  Burk,  Moses  Scott  and  Remembrance  Sheldon  be 
a  committee  to  determine  where  Benjamin  Green,  Jr.,  shall  build 
a  house  on  the  sawmill  yard,  and  what  he  shall  give  for  the  land 
if  they  think  there  is  room  for  a  house  and  not  incommode  the 
mill  yard. 

1776.  To  confirm  the  road  from  the  slab  bridge  across  Dry  Plain 
to  the  road  west  of  Samuel  Hale's.  It  comes  into  said  road  at  the 
bridge,  a  little  north  of  Samuel  Hale's  house. 

1777.  To  confirm  the  road  going  by  Joshua  Wells'  house  to  the 
Guilford  line. 

1779.  To  confirm  the  road  laid  from  the  south  line  of  the  town 
east  of  Lemuel  Robbins'  house,  and  so  north  to  the  pole  bridge  on 
Dr.  Cushman's  land. 

1786.  That  a  road  be  laid  out  from  Zebulon  Allen's  west  to  Ley- 
den  ;  also  from  Ichabod  Warner's  to  the  sawmill  yard. 

1789.  To  lay  a  road  across  Fall  River  from  the  road  on  the  east 
side  to  the  road  on  the  west  side,  just  north  of  Daniel  Loomis'  ; 
to  build  a  bridge  across  James  Couch's  brook,  where  the  county 
road  is  laid. 

1803.  To  discontinue  the  road  from  Tute  Hollow,  so  called,  by 
the  Casey  house  to  the  Gill  line. 

1 8 1 1 .     To  discontinue  the  road  from  Dry  Brook  to  Deacon  Snow's. 

1 8 14.  Voted  to  procure  five  scrapers  and  that  it  be  left  with  the 
surveyors  to  purchase  them. 

Prior  to  the  Revolution  an  act  was  passed  which  in  some  degree 
anticipated  the  work  of  the  modern  rural  clubs  and  improvement 
societies,  inasmuch  as  by  it  all  were  prohibited  from  cutting  any 
trees  located  within  the  bounds  of  the  highway.  Had  it  not  have 
been  for  this  wise  regulation,  some  of  our  most  attractive  drives 
might,  probably  would,  have  been  despoiled  of  much  of  their  nat- 


52  BRIDGES. 


ural  beauty.  The  improvements  on  the  roads  have  been  continu- 
ous, and  to-day,  go  where  you  will  about  the  town,  they  are  found 
to  be  in  excellent  condition,  and  conceded  to  be  among  the  best  to 
be  found  in  the  county.  Winding  in  and  out,  following  the  trend 
of  river  and  brook,  between  and  over  the  mountains,  prettily  wooded 
in  many  places,  well  shaded  a  greater  portion  of  the  way,  one  needs 
but  a  soul  in  harmony  with  Nature  to  deeply  appreciate  the  ever 
changing  panorama  with  which  the  eye  is  constantly  greeted  on  a 
drive  about  our  beautiful  town. 

Bridges. — One  of  the  first,  if  not  tJic  first  bridge  to  be  built  in 
town,  was  across  Fall  River,  near  or  on  the  site  of  the  present  iron 
structure  at  the  village.  In  1740,  Caleb  Chapin,  John  Hitchcock 
and  Josiah  Scott  were  chosen  to  build  a  bridge  "  near  the  sawmill." 
Later  on,  in  1744,  the  committee  upon  bridge-building  was  Gershem 
Hawks,  Ebenezer  Sheldon,  Jr.,  Moses  Scott,  Noah  Wright,  John 
Burk  and  Peter  Newcomb.  Probably  the  first  bridge  was  built 
under  the  direction  of  one  or  both  of  these  committees.  In  the 
Connable  Genealogy,  mention  is  made  of  three  bridges  being  con- 
structed across  Fall  River  by  Samuel  Connable,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers. The  first,  built  in  1741,  was  the  first  in  town,  the  second,  in 
1750,  and  a  third  in  1760,  located  near  the  sawmill. 

During  the  period  of  the  Indian  wars,  and  the  subsequent  com- 
parative desertion  of  the  town,  ruin  and  decay  became  apparent  on 
all  sides.  Upon  the  dawn  of  peace  in  1760,  the  settlers  returning, 
devoted  their  attention  to  the  restoration  of  order,  and  Samuel 
Connable  and  Moses  Scott  were  chosen  to  rebuild  the  bridge,  the 
price  agreed  upon  being  2']£,  ($90.00.)  For  this  sum  they  were  to 
pitch  the  timbers  above  water  mark  and  take  any  further  precau- 
tions which  would  render  it  more  durable.  About  1780  it  became 
evident  that  further  repairs,  or  possibly  a  reconstruction  of  this 
structure,  must  be  soon  forthcoming,  and  March  3,  1783,  it  was  de- 
creed that  the  bridge  should  be  made  12  feet  in  width  between  the 
posts,  that  it  should  be  "  what  is  called  a  Hook  Bridge  and  planked 
with  sawed  planks  for  a  covering  3  inches  thick." 

March  7,  1774,  it  was  voted  to  build  a  bridge  on  the  road  from 
"  Major  Burk's  to  the  Meeting  House,"  which  has  been  since  known 
as  the  "  Burk  Bridge."  Hitherto  the  river  at  this  point  had  been 
forded.     Now  a  substantial  iron  bridge  spans  the  river. 


P.RIDGES.  53 


In  1800  there  is  mention  made  of  repairing  the  old  bridge  across 
Fall  River  near  Dr.  Ryther's  sawmill.  In  1774  there  was  one  also 
to  be  built  across  the  north-west  branch  of  Fall  River  upon  the  site 
of  the  one  now  near  the  home  of  Mr.  A.  C.  Brown.  The  26th  of 
the  December  following,  it  was  voted  to  build  a  part  of  the  bridge 
over  Fall  River,  on  the  Greenfield  line,  provided  that  Greenfield 
will  build  their  part,  the  building  to  be  done  the  ensuing  summer. 
Presumably  this  plan  was  not  then  put  into  execution,  from  the 
fact  that  July  26,  1781  — seven  j^ears  later  —  it  was  voted  to  "  Raise 
tlie  sum  of  4£  los.  to  pay  the  master  workman  for  framing  this 
town's  part  of  the  bridge  at  the  Iron  Works,  and  to  purchase  rum 
for  the  raising  of  the  Bridge."  The  iron  works  here  referred  to 
occupied  a  position  near  or  on  the  site  of  E.  S.  Hurlbert's  factory, 
the  territory  being  upon  what  was  then  the  boundary  line  between 
Bernardston  and  Greenfield.  This  bridge  was  once  the  scene  of 
what  would  have,  in  the  majority  of  cases,  proven  a  serious  acci- 
dent. In  April,  1797,  as  Mr.  Consider  Cushman,  with  a  cart,  yoke 
of  oxen  and  a  horse,  was  crossing  the  structure,  the  sleepers  gave 
way,  precipitating  Mr.  Cushman  and  his  teams  into  the  stream  some 
15  to  20  feet  below,  amid  the  fallen  timbers.  In  an  almost  miracu- 
lous manner  Mr.  C.  and  his  animals  escaped  unhurt,  and  his  cart 
was  found  to  be  intact.  So  says  Lt.  Gov.  Cushman,  who  also  adds 
that  Bethan  Dickinson  was  an  eye  witness  of  the  affair,  and  that 
P.  L.  Cushman,  ist.,  soon  appeared  with  proffered  assistance.  The 
bridge  was  not  immediately  repaired,  and  the  next  August  the  re- 
mainder was  swept  away  by  the  "August  Flood."  This  flood  caused 
much  devastation  along  the  course  of  the  river.  Heavy  and  pro- 
longed rains  quickly  raised  the  waters,  converting  them,  for  the 
time  being,  into  a  most  turbulent  torrent,  and  so  suddenly  did  this 
rise  occur  that  in  some  cases  it  is  said  that  cattle  were  surrounded 
and  carried  off,  while  the  mills  and  bridges  from  the  source  to  the 
mouth  of  the  river  were,  almost  without  exception,  swept  away. 
This  IS  the  only  occasion  upon  which  damage  to  so  great  an  extent 
has  been  wrought  by  our  ordinarily  peaceful  stream.  The  bridges 
were  soon  rebuilt  and  about  1870,  the  wooden  bridge  across  the 
river  at  the  village  was  replaced  by  the  present  substantial  iron 
one.  At  the  north  part  of  the  town,  across  Newcomb  brook,  iron 
has  also  superseded  the   wood,  and,   without  doubt,  as  the  older 


54  MILLS. 

bridges  yield  to  time  and  decay,  the  stronger  and  more  durable 
material  will  come  into  even  more  general  use. 

Mills. — The  proprietors  of  this  township  early  recognized  the 
advantages  to  be  derived  from  the  water  power  in  their  possession, 
hence  we  find  this  note  in  the  record  of  their  second  meeting,  held 
October  6,  1736,  at  the  home  of  Mr.  Stebbins  at  Northampton: 
"Att  ye  same  Time  itt  was  Voted  that  the  Committee  shall  take 
effectual  care  In  Laying  Sd  Home  Lotts  out  that  they  preserve  and 
not  Lay  out  any  Stream  or  Place  or  Places  sutuble  and  sufficient 
to  set  any  mill  or  mills  upon,  but  that  they  may  be  preferved  for 
ye  Good  and  benefit  of  ye  Proprietes  and  so  be  att  their  disposi- 
tion." 

Further  action  was  taken  at  a  meeting  held  May  5,  1737,  as  fol- 
lows :  Messrs.  Ichabod  AUice,  Jonathan  Hoit,  Samuel  Field,  Eben- 
ezer  Sheldon  and  Benjamin  Munn  were  chosen  a  committee  to 
"  Take  effectual  care  there  be  a  saw-mill  erected  in  sd  place  speed- 
ily upon  ye  Falls  In  Fall  River  In  That  Place  upon  sd  River  be- 
tween where  ye  entervail  or  Meddow  land  Is,  or  Lyeth  upon  sd 
River  and  yt  the  Man  or  Men  ye  committee  agree  with  to  Sett  up 
sd  Mill  Shall  have  ye  sole  benefitt  of  ye  sd  streem  half  a  mile  up 
sd  River  from  ye  Middle  Falls  in  sd  PLiver  for  ye  benefit  of  ye 
Proprietors,  for  a  sawmill  and  a  grist  mill,  and  that  no  man  shall 
erect  or  sett  up  any  mill  or  dams  ;  viz.  either  saw  or  grist  mill  be- 
low ye  Mill  or  Mills  the  man  or  men  The  sd  Proprietory  committee 
shall  agree  with  so  near  his  sd  mill  or  mills  so  as  any  way  to  dem- 
nifie  him  In  ye  Improvement  of  his  sd  Mills."  In  October  ensu- 
ing, it  was  voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  40^^,  the  same  to  be  applied 
toward  the  erection  of  the  sawmill,  and  the  above  mentioned  com- 
mittee were  empowered  to  agree  with  Joseph  Mitchell,  or  some 
other  person  to  undertake  the  work,  the  succeeding  summer.  A 
grist  mill  was  likewise  projected,  to  cover  the  cost  of  which  a  tax 
of  los.  a  person  was  imposed.  The  saw  mill  was  the  first  to  be 
completed,  but  at  what  date  there  is  nothing  upon  record  to  show. 
We  may  suppose  that  the  committee  having  the  matter  in  hand 
executed  their  commission  promptly.  That  some  portion  of  the 
work  was  speedily  accomplished  is  shown  by  the  entry  made 
June  13,  1799,  when  the  statement  was  made  that  certain  meadow 


MILLS.  55 

lands  were  overflowed  because  of  the  mill  dam  havmg  been  con- 
structed ;  those  whose  property  was  thus  inundated  were  granted 
the  privilege  of  making  an  exchange  for  any  undivided  lands  they 
might  prefer,  the  said  exchange  to  be  made  at  their  own  expense. 
Whether  any  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity  is  unknown. 
This  mill  was  located  just  south  of  the  present  iron  bridge,  and 
occupied  that  position  until  about  1870.  Among  the  later  owners 
was  Job  Goodale,  who  leased  the  property  to  his  son-in-law,  Zebina 
Newcomb.  September  15,  1879,  ^^e  Newtons  of  Holyoke  bought 
and  shipped  away  all  the  mill  machinery  from  this  old  sawmill, 
and  the  building  itself  was  torn  down  the  next  month. 

At  intervals  the  grist  mill  project  was  agitated,  but  with  no  defi- 
nite results  until  March  6,  1775,  when  Samuel  Connable  built  a 
"  Corn  Mill ''  upon  the  north-west  branch  of  Fall  River.  At  a  much 
later  date  one  was  put  in  and  run  in  connection  with  Mr.  Goodale's 
sawmill. 

The  second  sawmill  was  built  on  the  Newcomb  brook  by  Captain 
John  Connable,  and  in  the  raising  of  the  same  he  had  only  the 
assistance  of  his  daughter  Molly,  and  the  "Old  White  Mare."  This 
location  is  connected  in  a  most  vivid  manner  with  the  Indian  ter- 
rors experienced  by  the  older  town  of  Deerfield,  inasmuch  as  near 
here  one  of  the  Deerfield  captives  —  an  infant — was  most  cruelly 
thrown  down  into  the  gorge,  thus  meeting  its  death  at  the  hands 
of  its  captors,  they  being  en  route  to  Canada.  On  this  brook  was 
a  shop  owned  and  operated  by  Solomon  Newcomb  and  located 
about  a  half  mile  above  the  Connable  mill.  Here  was  made  almost 
all  articles  for  domestic  use,  from  turned  woods,  such  as  churns, 
cheese  presses,  chairs,  &c. 

A  short  distance  below  the  Connable  mill  stood  the  gin  distil- 
lery. Into  this  Ezra  Newcomb  put  gearing  and  started  a  saw  and 
shingle  mill.  He  sold  to  Ralph  Cushman,  and  he,  in  turn,  to  George 
Thompson.  The  latter  sold  the  gearing  to  wSheldon  Wright  and 
Gaines  Green,  who,  later,  transferred  it  to  a  mill  which  they  had 
built  on  Branch  brook,  near  Galusha  Newton's  farm.  The  mill  was 
sold  about  1846-8  to  Zenas  Cutler,  who  took  down  the  building, 
moved  it  to  his  place,  and  transformed  it  into  a  barn  and  hop  house. 

The  waters  of  West  Branch  turned  the  mill  wheels  owned  by 


56  MILLS. 

Socrates  Sheldon,  wlio  finally  sold  his  interests  to  Olivier  and  Rno^- 
j:^les  Bagg.  Hucklc  Hill's  representative  in  this  industry  was  John, 
son  of  Deacon  Daniel  Slate,  \vh(\  about  1840  or  1845,  built  a  saw- 
mill on  Dry  Brook  ;  this  only  had  an  existence  of  two  or  three 
years.  At  about  the  same  time,  Stephen  Gore  built  another  on 
Burk  Flat,  which  was  successively  sold  to  Joseph  Cheeny,  Col. 
Aretas  Ferry,  Henry  Park  and  Lucius  M.  Wcatherhead.  It  is  now 
owned  by  a  Mr.  Welcome  and  is  one  of  the  two  still  running". 
Oeorge  Alexander  had  a  sawmill  on  the  brook  north  of  P.  L.  Cush- 
man's  fishpond,  the  dam  being  where  the  present  one  is. 

In  the  west  part  of  the  town,  upon  Mill  brook,  Increase  Sumner 
Hale  owned  and  o]:)erated  a  sawmill.  As  the  weight  of  years  bore 
heavily  upon  him,  his  son,  Hartly,  succeeded  to  its  management  and 
removed  it  to  a  position  opposite  the  depot,  utilizing  steam  as  motive 
power,  and  combining  with  this  a  gristmill.  Later  another  change 
was  made,  purchasing  in  iS.So  the  mill  site  and  power  of  the  mill 
formerly  owned  and  operated  l)y  Chaunccy  vSlate,  whose  mill  had 
been  burned.  Here  a  good  water  power  was  available  and  Mr. 
Hale  steadily  increased  his  lousiness,  finally  removing  his  sawmill 
to  this  location.  These  mills  were  sold  from  his  estate  to  Chas. 
Barber,  by  whom  they  were  operated  until  destroyed  by  fire  July  22, 
1899.  Upon  this  site  he  has  erected  a  sawmill  whicli  is  now  oper- 
ated ])y  John  Chapin.  The  grist  mill  was  built  on  the  west  side 
of  the  road,  fitted  out  with  rdl  modern  improvements,  a  large  ele- 
Vcator  built  in,  the  power  being  transmitted  from  the  river  by  cables. 
To  the  milling  business  he  has  added  trade  in  flour,  grains  and 
coal. 

These  mills,  in  connection  with  the  one  now  owned  by  Mr.  Wel- 
come two  miles  north,  are  the  only  ones  which  check  the  eea.seless 
flow  of  the  streams  in  their  oceanward  course. 

V^nvcriis. — To  one  inclined  to  make  close  inquiry  regarding  the 
establishment  ;ind  ready  adaptrd)ility  of  houses  of  public  entertain- 
ment for  different  purposes,  in  former  times,  many  interesting 
facts  are  revealed.  Not  only  did  they  serve  to  provide  accommo- 
dations for  the  travelling  ])ublic,  l)Ut  also  as  a  place  iov  keeping 
relavs  of  horses  upon  the  v.irious  stage  routes,  as  a  conv'cnient  place 
of  assemblage,  at  which  all  the  absorbing  topics  of    the  day  were 


TAVERNS.  57 


discussed,  and  the  town,  lacking-  other  suitable  public  buildings, 
as  a  place  in  which  to  hold  their  annual  meetings.  Certainly  the 
old  time  taverns  in  this  place  were  used  for  these  very  purposes. 
And  who  that  has  read  Irving's  Rip  Van  Winkle,  does  not  recall 
the  peaceful  scene  there  depicted — the  venerable  white-haired, 
white-bearded  old  man,  sitting  calmly  smoking  beneath  the  spread- 
ing branches  of  the  old  tree  by  the  village  inn,  either  with  the 
children  by  his  side  or  else  discussing  the  political  situation  ?  And 
having  read,  who  is  there  so  lacking  in  imagination  as  not  to  be 
able  to  see  just  such  scenes  re-enacted  under  the  spreading  branches 
of  the  fine  old  trees  about  the  old  Chase  Tavern  at  North  Bernards- 
ton,  or  at  the  New  England  House  at  the  village?  Trees,  noble 
specimens  of  their  kind,  which  have  been  mute  witnesses  of  scenes, 
peaceful  and  warlike,  joyful  and  sorrowful !  Trees  lending  to  the 
place  a  charm  of  their  own  and  inseparably  associated  with  the 
places  in  memory! 

As  early  as  1760,  Elijah  (or  Elisha)  Sheldon,  kept  a  tavern  near 
Huckle  Hill  and  this,  no  doubt,  was  the  first  one  here.  Upon  the 
farm  now  owned  by  the  Frizzell  Bros.,  and  near  the  site  of  Burk 
Fort,  Major  John  Burk  kept,  in  1763,  a  tavern,  which  fact  was  an- 
nounced by  a  shield  shaped  sign,  having  painted  upon  its  centre  a 
decanter  and  glasses,  while  large  letters  surrounding  this  design 
declared  that  here  was  provided  "  Entertainment  for  Man  and 
Beast.  John  Burk."  This  sign  was  preserved  and  by  Mr.  Richard 
H.  Hoyt  presented  to  the  P.  V.  M.  A.  of  Deerfield,and  can  now  be 
seen  in  the  Society  room.  This  hotel  was  a  part  of  the  original 
Burk  Fort,  it  having  been  removed  from  its  first  location  and  a 
front  built  on. 

In  the  house  now  owned  by  Mr.  Abbott  Brown  in  North  Bernard- 
ston  is  recognized  what  was  for  years  known  as  the  "Connable  Tav- 
ern." For  many  years  this  house  was  kept  by  Mr.  Brown's  maternal 
grand-parent,  Capt.  Jonathan  Connable,  and  was  presumably  opened 
to  the  public  about  the  year  1800.  A  half  mile  further  north,  and 
the  same  distance  south  from  the  Vermont  line,  stands  the  old 
"  Chase  Tavern,"  long  used  as  a  po.st  for  changing  horses  upon  the 
Brattleboro  stage  route.  This  had  a  number  of  owners,  among 
others  being  a  Mr.  Root,  son  of  Major  Root,  Col.  Wright  of  South 


58  NEW    ENGLAND    ?K)USE. 


Deerfield,  Rufus  Chase  and  his  son  vSanford,  Sage  Newcorab  and 
his  son-in-law  Ford,  and  lastly  Mr.  E.  C.  Newton.  Since  about  1882 
the  house  has  been  closed  to  the  public  and  is  now  occupied  as  a 
private  dwelling.  About  1795  Ruel  Willard  came  from  Greenfield 
to  live  upon  his  landed  estates.  He  returned  to  Greenfield,  and 
again  in  1805  removed  to  Bernardston  to  his  farm  and  tavern  stand, 
where  he  died  May  24,  1806,  ae.  54.  This  was  located  on  or  near 
the  place  owned  by  the  late  Frederic  Chapin. 

The  present  hotel,  the  "  New  England  House  "  at  the  village,  had 
its  beginning  near  the  opening  of  the  ninteenth  century,  when  it 
was  kept  by  Major  Webster,  who  sold  it  to  P.  L.  Cushman,  who  was 
the  proprietor  many  years.  Among  those  who  succeeded  him  were 
Lt.  Gov.  Cushman,  John  N.  Purple,  P.  L.  Cushman,  2nd,  from  1847 
to  1850,  and  Willard  Owen.  The  latter  gentleman  was  born  July  10, 
1820,  died  November  29,  1892,  and  his  body  brought  back  to  Ber- 
nardston for  burial.  For  some  time  the  stand  was  kept  by  Eli  C. 
Fox,  who  sold  in  April,  1864,  to  Isaac  P.  Morrison  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  The  October  following  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  John  San- 
derson and  Col.  Ferry  and  by  them  leased  in  December  of  that 
year  to  William  Bascom.  vSucceeding  the  last  named  as  lessees 
were  Henry  C.  Uenham  and  Joseph  Scott.  The  later  lessees  have 
been  Mr.  O.  C.  Allen,  who  assumed  control  in  November,  1879,  '^^^^ 
by  whom  it  was  most  successfully  conducted  for  about  10  years, 
and  Mr.  H.  Taintor.  About  1888  or  1890,  the  property  was  sold  to 
Frederick  K.  Clough  and  was  leased  by  him  to  Mr.  Frank  Turner. 
The  present  owner  and  proprietor  is  Mr.  11.  B.  Reed,  who  came  here 
from  Vernon,  Vt.  He  has  taken  a  deal  of  professional  pride  in 
refitting  the  house  throughout  with  all  modern  conveniences  to  be 
found  in  large  places  and  the  same  spirit  of  improvement  has  been 
displayed  in  the  barns  and  ice  houses.  The  large  and  rapidly  grow- 
ing number  of  patrons  from  surrounding  towns  bears  ample  testi- 
mony to  the  luxurious  cuisine  and  service  there  provided.  The 
town  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having  one  of  the  best  hotels  in 
Franklin  County. 

Stag-iS  a)id  Railnxxd. — The  first  means  of  conveyance  succeeding 
the  primitive  method  of  horse  back  riding,  was  by  stages,  the  ad- 
vent of  which  was  hailed  as  a  marked  advancement.     The  appear- 


STAGES   AND    RAILROAD.  59 

ance  of  the  stage  was  the  signal  for  an  unwonted  activity,  and  when 
it  is  considered  that  all  communication  with  the  outside  world  came 
through  this  avenue,  can  it  prove  after  all,  a  source  of  wonder  ?  In 
the  thirties,  the  stage  line  between  Greenfield  and  Brattleboro, 
passing  through  Bernardston,  was  operated  by  Asher  Spencer,  a 
resident  of  Greenfield.  He  had  what  was  designated  as  the  "Tele- 
graph "  or  fast  line,  carrying  the  through  New  York  mail  north- 
ward. On  this  line  it  was  required  that  seven  miles  an  hour  be 
covered,  no  account  or  allowance  being  made  for  inclement  weather 
or  the  poor  condition  of  the  roads.  For  failure  in  this  direction  a 
forfeiture  of  $100.00  was  exacted.  For  this  service  the  best  of  horse 
flesh  was  procured  and  special  coaches  made  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  were 
used.  The  drivers  were  only  allowed  to  carry  six  inside  passen- 
gers and  an  extra  charge  was  made  for  travel.  The  ordinary  coach 
line  was  running,  in  addition  to  the  "Telegraph"  line  and  by  far 
the  largest  part  of  the  travel  was  done  by  means  of  the  latter.  The 
usual  rates  of  transportation  were  about  five  cents  a  mile.  In  sum- 
mer there  were  three  stages  daily  each  way  ;  during  the  winter 
but  two. 

This  was  the  manner  in  which  we  must  imagine  our  ancestors 
travelling  up  to  the  year  1846.  At  this  date  the  Connecticut  River, 
now  the  Boston  and  Maine,  railroad,  was  opened,  passing  through 
Bernardston,  and  from  thence  the  stage  was  an  institution  of  the 
past.  This  railroad  is  the  only  one  passing  through  the  place  and 
its  excellent  service  is  fully  appreciated  by  its  patrons. 

Industries. — Bernardston  has  always  been,  and  probably  will  be, 
essentially  an  agricultural  and  educational  town.  Its  natural  ad- 
vantages all  foretell  this.  From  time  to  time  manufacturing  indus- 
tries have  sprung  up,  suited  to  the  needs  of  her  inhabitants,  and 
this  is  something  traceable  in  the  early  history  of  all  pioneer  towns 
— the  very  demand  creates  its  fulfillment.  Towns  of  much  size 
being  remote  from  each  other,  and  far  from  Boston,  which  during 
the  1 8th  century  was  the  principal  market  place,  the  people  of  nec- 
essity made  for  themselves,  so  far  as  possible,  all  articles  needful 
for  common  or  daily  use.  Thus  we  see  why  so  many  tanneries  and 
shoe  shops,  scythe-snath  and  blacksmith  shops,  saw  and  grist  mills 
and  such  like  industries  had  an  existence.    In  the  following  account 


6o  TANNKRIKS    AND    SHOE-SllOl'S. 

of  those  established  in  this  town  only  approximate  dates  are  ^^iven. 
In  the  ag-gregate  it  seems  like  an  unusual  amount  of  business  for 
the  size  of  the  place,  but  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  one  fol- 
lowed the  other  in  the  majority  of  cases,  and  in  this  way  the  seem- 
ing paradox  is  explainable. 

Tanneries  and  Shoc-sliops. — Some  of  the  first  of  these  to  be  estab- 
lished were  the  tanneries  and  shoe-shops.  The  present  Cushman 
Hall  is  on  the  site  o'f  probably  the  largest  of  these  old  tanneries. 
It  was  owned  by  Izatus  Sheldon  and  Elizur  Chamberlain,  about 
1830  to  1840.  In  connection  with  this,  they  owned  and  carried  on 
shoe-shops.  Chamberlain's  shoe-shop  was  on  the  corner  opposite 
where  the  library  now  stands,  owned  at  present  by  Mrs.  Harriet 
Brown.  Tanninii;  their  own  leather,  employing  oftentimes  a  dozen 
men  in  working  it  up,  they  found  a  market  for  their  productions  in 
the  distant  vSouth.  Although  in  company,  they  each  hadaseparate 
shoe-shop.  They  also  employed  Mr.  Amos  Carrier,  who  had  a  shop 
just  south  of  the  present  residence  of  Mr.  Frank  Burrows  on  South 
street.  After  the  di.ssolution  of  their  partnership,  Mr.  Carrier  car- 
ried on  the  same  business  for  himself  at  his  old  stand.  Sheldon's 
shop  was  in  the  back  part  of  his  house,  on  the  site  of  the  one  now 
occupied  by  Mr.  vSumner  Stratton.  The  tannery  was  sold  out  to 
one  Joel  Fay,  who  came  from  the  vicinity  of  New  Salem.  He  ran 
It  for  three  or  four  years,  when  it  was  given  up,  and  a  part  torn 
down,  probably  not  far  from  1850.  A  second  part  was  moved  to 
the  present  library  location  and  converted  into  a  blacksmith  shop, 
which  was  occupied  by  the  Fox  brothers,  Selah  Wright,  and  Eli  C. 
This  was  later  owned  by  Mr.  J.  N.  Dewey,  and  moved  to  its  pres- 
ent position  back  of  the  Universalist  church  building.  Mr.  Dewey 
sold  about  1880  to  Wells  Bardwell,  and  he,  May,  1880,  to  A.  Kenney. 
It  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Cairns. 

A  third  portion  of  the  old  tannery  was  moved  to  a  position  on 
South  street,  standing  where  Dr.  Bowker's  barn  is  now  located  and 
was  occupied  by  Col.  Ferry  as  a  .scythe-snath  shop.  This  was  finally 
burned. 

A  second  tannery  was  situated  at  North  Bernardstoii,  east  of 
Charles  r>agg's  place  and  upon  the  river,  owned  by  Lewis  Prouty. 
About   i860,   lames   Linton   owned  and    ran  a  shoe-shop,  which  was 


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afterward  bought  and  run  by  Lucius  and  Marcus  Cook  in  the  old 
Goodale  Academy, later  transformed  into  a  dwelling  by  J.  N.  Dewey. 
These  shops  all  did  a  fair  amount  of  business  according  to  the  old- 
time  method.  In  1829  there  was  advertised  as  being  for  sale  a 
house,  wood  house,  tanner's  shop,  shoemaker's  shop  and  bark  mill 
on  a  fine  stream.  Quartus  vSheldon  was  then  living  on  the  prem- 
ises. About  1845  John  Allen  made  and  repaired  shoes,  his  place 
of  business  being  at  North  Bernardston.  In  1872  the  largest  in- 
dustry probably  in  this  line  the  town  has  ever  had  was  started  by 
N.  S.  Cutler,  in  the  manufacturing  of  women's,  misses'  and  chil- 
dren's shoes.  A  shop  was  built  upon  the  old  Ur.  Brooks  place  on 
vSouth  street  and  a  force  of  fifteen  hands  employed.  This  enter- 
prise steadily  grew  until  some  fifty  hands  were  busy,  and  with 
the  increasing  cares  and  needs,  partnerships  were  formed  with 
Capt.  George  Warner,  a  native  of  Bernardston,  now  resident  in 
Lynn,  and  with  George  T.  Cutler,  a  brother  of  the  senior  member. 
In  1880  the  business  had  assumed  such  proportions  as  to  render 
the  distance  from  a  more  desirable  shipping  point  and  banking 
facilities  a  most  serious  drawback ;  consequently  after  much  delib- 
eration and  careful  consideration,  the  business  was  transferred  to 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  July  ist,  1880. 

Scytlu'-snatJis. — About  1840,  Col.  Ferry  owned  a  scythe-snath  shop 
located  where  Dr.  Bowker's  barn  now  stands.  This  was  burned 
and  he  rebuilt  on  the  river  south  of  where  is  now  the  Barber  mill. 
Here,  until  1867,  a  prosperous  business  was  carried  on.  Col.  Ferry 
retiring,  sold  the  property  to  James  Haynes,  who  in  turn  disposed 
of  it  to  Alburtus  Weatherhead.  The  latter  converted  it  into  a 
wheelwright  shop,  carrying  on  that  business  until  his  death.  In 
the  settlement  of  his  estate,  E.  S.  Hurlbert  became  possessed  of 
the  property,  leasing  the  same  to  J.  Henry  Nichols  for  the  manu- 
facture of  cutlery. 

Blacksmiths. — In  a  shop  situated  between  the  present  iron  bridge 
and  the  old  sawmill  site,  vSelah  W.  and  Eli  C.  Fox,  brothers,  car- 
ried on  blacksmithiiig.  Here  they  made  the  snath  trimmings 
used  by  Col.  Ferry,  and  the  business  careers  of  these  two  firms 
were  nearly  or  quite  contemporaneous. 

Near  by  the  shop  of  Messrs.  Fox  was  located  another,  owned  by 


62  liLACKSMITIIS. 


Medad  Squires,  just  west  of  the  present  residence  of  Mr.  O.  W.  Gray. 
ITpon  the  site  of  the  present  brick  store  building  there  was.  at  an 
early  date,  one  owned  by  Horace  Atherton.  This  one  was  burned 
in  1S21,  but  was  soon  after  rebuilt,  used  for  a  time,  then  removed 
to  the  lot  upon  which  now  stands  the  house  recently  owned  by  the 
late  H.  N.  Porter,  upon  the  river  bank.  April  2,  1828,  Jared  Fox  and 
Jedediah  S.  Woodard,  blacksmiths,  dissolved  partnership  and  the 
business  was  continued  by   Fox,  who   in   October,   1829,  sold   the 

same  to  Pliney  Merrill,  whose  apprentices, Stratton  and  Frank 

vSnow,  carried  on  the  business.  Subsequently  Enoch  Moore  bought 
this  and  during;  his  ownership  it  was  again  devastated  by  fire.  In 
rebuilding,  Mr.  Moore  chose  a  site  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the 
south.  This  shop  he  sold  to  Josiah  P.  Day,  who  owned  and  oper- 
ated it  many  years,  finally  selling  the  same.  Mr.  Moore  soon  after 
built  another  forge  on  the  next  lot  south  of  Mr.  Day's.  The  build- 
ing is  still  standing,  but  has  long  since  fallen  into  disuse.  One  of 
the  last  occupants  was  William  Chase,  who  in  1879  removed  thence 
to  the  stand  owned  by  Mr.  Dewey.  Where  now  Mr.  ^Sanderson's 
ice-house  stands,  Joel  Doty  at  one  time  plied  his  trade.  In  the 
north  part  of  the  town,  near  the  location  of  the  recent  store.  Dea- 
con Gore's  forge  and  bellows  were  to  be  seen.  This  subsequently 
passed  to  the  ownership  of  Benjamin  Arnold  Streeter,  while  upon 
the  opposite  side  of  the  street  was  one  owned  by  a  Mr.  Lee.  The 
first  blacksmith  in  town  was  a  Mr.  Bailey,  who  had  a  shop  in  the 
old  Burk  Fort.  Mr.  Bailey  was  the  seccmd  man  to  be  buried  in  the 
old  burying  ground  in  or  about  1757,  a  soldier's  interment  there 
being  the  first. 

With  the  exception  of  Messrs.  Day  and  Dewey's  shops,  the  exist- 
ence of  most  of  these  antedate  the  war  or  the  year  1865  at  the  lat- 
est. The  precise  dates  relative  to  many  it  has  been  well  nigh  ini- 
possible  to  obtain,  and  the  same  applies  to  other  industries.  Close 
inquiry  from  the  older  inhabitants  elicits  the  information  that  "such 
a  one  had  its  beginning  when  I  was  a  boy,  and  might  have  been 
run  until  I  was  about  so  old."  No  doubt  there  were  tethers  in  the 
early  settlement  of  the  place  not  here  mentioned. 

Gravesto)ics.--\i  may  be  a  fact  not  generall}'  known  that  very 
many  of  the  black  slate  slabs  in  the  old  cemetery,  as  well  as  some 


(^)UAKRIKS    ANM)    MINERALS.  63 


in  the  new,  were  produced  from  native  soil,  and  were  quarried  and 
sawed  by  Samuel  and  Caleb  Chapin.  Their  quarry  was  situated 
on  the  top  of  West  Mountain,  very  nearly  opposite  the  hotel.  About 
1830  they  conducted  quite  a  business  in  this  line,  their  shop  being 
located  upon  the  banks  of  the  Blake  pond,  so  called,  a  little  above  the 
late  Mr.  P.  L.  Cushman's.  Here  they  did  their  sawing-  by  water 
power,  using  a  smooth  edged  piece  of  steel  for  a  saw, and  making  sand 
and  water,  slowly  sprinkled  and  poured  on  in  the  track  of  the  steel, 
do  the  work  of  sawing.  The  lettering  on  these  stones  was  done  in 
a  building  which  has  stood  until  within  the  last  twelve  to  twenty 
years,  just  north  of  Mrs.  Janette  Chapin's  place,  at  the  corner  of 
Depot  and  South  streets.  Mr.  Nelson  Blake  purchased  their  shop, 
thereby  securing  the  water  power,  and  here  he  established  a  wheel- 
wright shop,  which  he  conducted  until  his  death.  The  next  own- 
ers of  the  place  were,  .successively,  George  Green,  Mr.  Merrifield, 
and,  lastly,  C.  C.  Cook,  formerly  of  Turners  Falls. 

Minerals. — Among  the  minerals  here  found  are  lime  and  iron, 
and  with  varying  degrees  of  success  have  the  ores  been  mined. 
Lt.  Gov.  Cushman  is  authority  for  the  statement  that  in  the  year 
1769,  Major  Burk  dug  about  20  tons  of  limestone  at  the  Chapin 
quarry  which  he  sent  away.  Where,  was  not  recorded,  if  known. 
About  1830,  the  Chapin  brothers — Samuel,  Caleb,  Dana  and  Justin, 
built  a  lime  kiln  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  north  of  the  village, 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Brattleboro  road,  between  that  and  the 
bridge  crossing  the  river  to  the  old  cemetery.  Quite  a  mound  is 
discernible  there  to-day  and,  should  an  excavation  be  made,  the 
remains  of  this  old  kiln  would  be  revealed.  The  stone  was  obtained 
from  the  mountain  just  west,  on  the  farm  recently  owned  by  Harris 
Williams.  This  industry  was  carried  on  for  some  i  5  to  18  years,  but 
as  the  lime  produced  was  of  an  exceedingly  strong  and  inferior 
quality,  as  well  as  of  a  very  dark  color,  it  was  not  especially  succes.s- 
ful.  About  1780  the  iron  works  were  in  operation  on  the  present 
site  of  E.  S.  Hurlbert's  factory,  and  here  the  ore  obtained  on  West 
Mountain  was  smelted.  Ore  has  in  recent  years  been  dug  on  Mr. 
Harris  Williams'  farm,  the  right  being  sold  by  him  to  New  York 
parties.  This,  however,  had  no  marketable  value,  the  ore  being  so 
strongly  impregnated  with  sulphur.  There  is  also  a  slate  quarry 
at  the  north  end  of  the  Fairweather  farm,  so  called. 


64  CARDING    MACHINES.       ROPE-MAKINC}. 


Carding  Machmcs. — Up  to  1825  a  wool  carding  machine  was  run 
on  Fall  River,  east  of  Blake's  pond,  by  Simeon  Cushman.  From 
his  estate  it  was  purchased,  in  May  of  that  year,  by  P.  C.  Alexan- 
der and  Jason  Brown.  They  advertised  to  manufacture  wool  on 
shares.  Up  to  1828  John  Wait  and  Jason  Brown  were  in  company, 
then  the  business  was  advertised  as  being  for  sale,  also  a  sawmill 
on  the  premises.  This  was  later  owned  by  Richard  Montague, 
being  purchased  by  him  of  Truman  Shattuck,  and  this  was  the  one 
owned  by  Col.  Ferry  and  A.  Weatherhead.  About  1810  Oliver  and 
Ruggles  Bagg  began  to  run  a  carding  machine  and  fulling  mill  on 
the  west  branch  of  Fall  River,  west  of  the  old  Chase  tavern.  This 
was  an  enterprising  firm,  they  conducting,  in  addition  to  this  busi- 
ness, a  saw  and  grist  mill,  and  adding  the  branch  of  cloth  dressing 
in  1829.  In  18 1 8  George  Alexander  advertised  "  a  good  stand  for 
clothier,  also  a  carding  machine  in  good  repair."  August,  1801, 
Ebenezer  Hills  assumed  control — by  purchase  or  rental — of  cloth- 
ing shop  lately  owned  by  George  Mowry.  September  4,  1807,  John 
Purple  purchased  the  clothier's  works  formerly  owned  by  Ebene- 
zer Hills. 

Rope-making. — About  1800,  Israel  Slate  engaged  in  an  industry, 
which,  in  this  town,  has  never  had  a  rival,  that  of  rope  making. 
Formerly  large  quantities  of  flax  were  here  raised  annually.  Of 
this  Mr.  Slate  (aided  by  his  sons)  took  his  share,  returning  the  best 
of  flaxen  rope  in  the  shape  of  bed-cords,  clothes-lines,  halters,  or  in 
heavier  piece  rope  as  desired.  His  place  of  business  was  his  home- 
stead, the  present  residence  of  his  grandson,  Mr.  L.  A.  Slate.  Orig- 
inally the  house  was  in  the  shape  of  a  letter  L,  and  in  the  long  part 
running  at  right  angles  to  the  street,  he  used  to  stretch  and  twist 
his  rope,  or  failing  in  finding  the  requisite  length  there,  he  often- 
times used  to  stretch  it  across  the  road,  leaving  just  space  so  that 
a  team  might  pass  upon  the  further  side.  His  grandsons.  Deacon 
Henry  and  Mr.  Francis  L.  Slate,  have  both,  in  their  boyhood,  worked 
at  this  trade. 

Tailors. — 1830  or  there  abouts,  marked  the  advent  of  two  tailor 
shops  in  town.  One  was  kept  by  Lorenzo  Parmenter,  at  the  pres- 
ent home  of  L.  F.  Whithed.  The  second  by  Charles  Slate,  at  a 
house  which   stood  between   the   Ferry  and   Fontaine  places,  just 


HARNESS    AND    SADDLE-MAKING.  65 


north  of  and  opposite  the  hotel.  Both  of  these  gentlemen  were 
Bernardston  boys  who  learned  their  trade  at  Northfield.  Mr.  Par- 
menter  is  at  present  a  resident  of  Edgartown,  111.  Mr.  Slate  died 
some  years  since  at  his  home,  the  old  Baptist  meeting  house  across 
the  iron  bridge.  Another  tailor,  Mr.  L.  Pi.erce,  was  in  business 
about  i860  at  the  present  home  of  John  Chapin. 

Harness  tind   Saddle-Making. — The  harness  and  saddling  indus- 
tries have  been  represented  by  two  firms.     The  first  of  these  was 
in  1815,  in  which  year  Theodore  B.  Hoyt  came  here  from  the  older 
parent  town  of  Deerfield.     He  settled  in  North   Bernardston  and 
had  a  saddler's  shop  in  the  back  part  of  the  house  recently  occu- 
pied as  a  dwelling  by  Charles  Bagg.     After  remaining  here  three 
or  four  years  he  moved  to  the  place  since  owned  by  vSamuel  Conna- 
ble,  farther  south.      Thence  he   moved  to   the  village,  occupying 
the  Dr.  Carpenter  place,  and  having  a  room  for  his  business  over 
Horace  Atherton's  blacksmith  shop.     Here  he  remained  until  that 
building  was  burned,  when  he  was  again  forced  to  change  his  loca- 
tion, this  time  choosing  a  place  over  the  Zebina  Newcomb  store, 
then  situated  on  the  lot  owned  now  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Day,  just  east  of 
the   Unitarian   church.      In  the  spring  of   1821   he  purchased  the 
property  where  now  stands  the  Institute,  and  there  built  a  house, 
at   the   south-west  corner  of  which  was  the  well,  still  to  be  seen 
upon  the   Institute  grounds.     Here  the  business  remained  until 
1832,  when   another  change   was  made   to   the  place   now  owned 
by  Moses  Aldrich.     After  a  twelve   years'  residence  here,  he  re- 
moved to  the  present  Clogston  place  upon  Burk  Flat.    In  the  mean- 
time, harness  making  had  been  added  to  the  original  trade  of  sad- 
dle-making, and  Mr.  Hoyt's  son,  Richard  H.,  had  been  admitted  to 
a  partnership.      From    1842    on,   the   latter   successfully  a.ssumed 
charge  of  the  business,  and  in   1850,  the  father's  health  being  im- 
paired,  he    retired.       A    .shop    was    built  opposite    the    residence, 
and  here  the  business  was  carried  on  until    1873,  when  Mr.  Hoyt, 
changing  his  residence   to  the  Dr.  Brooks  place  on  South  street, 
transferred  it  thither.     So  long  as  he  lived  in  town,  until   1881,  he 
continued  to  work  for  a  greater  part  of  the  time  at  the  harness- 
maker's  trade.     The  second  representative   in  this  business  was 
Anson   Flint,  who,  about  1850,  had  a  shop  in  the  ell  of  the  house 
owned  by  the  late  Mr.  Albert  Hare,  on  South  street. 


66  DISTILLERIES. 


Distilleries. — Formerly  the  distilleries  were  common  throughout 
the  country.  Going  through  the  town  with  an  older  inhabitant, 
these  old  land-marks  are  frequently  pointed  out  and  spoken  of,  or 
perhaps  more  properly,  the  sites  they  used  to  occupy.  Of  the  cider 
mills  it  is  not  my  purpose  to  speak  at  length,  but  of  these  cider 
and  gin  distilleries  there  were  four  or  five,  and  they  being  in 
New  England,  comparatively  an  institution  of  the  past,  they  seem 
to  deserve,  at  least,  a  passing  notice. 

Probably  the  earliest  one  to  be  erected  was  the  one  still  standing, 
built  by  Joseph  (?)  Connable  not  far  from  1780.  This  was  later 
owned  by  Samuel  Connable,  always  by  some  member  of  the  family, 
and  remained  in  use  until  about  1865  to  1870.  Fifteen  years  ago 
this  distillery  formed  one  of  the  many  picturesque  scenes  with  which 
the  North  Bernardston  road  abounds.  The  old  building  at  the 
north  end,  painted  red,  with  "  skim  milk  and  redding,"  the  long 
trough  running  high  overhead,  to  the  large,  wooden,  unpainted 
tank,  the  long  roof  erected  over  it,  the  immense  wheel  near  at  hand, 
the  whole  overgrown  with  a  tangled  mass  of  vines,  while  a  profu- 
sion of  wild  flowers  relieved  the  more  dense  green  of  both  back 
and  foreground  of  overarching  trees  and  shrubs,  all  these  combined 
to  produce  as  quaint  and  charming  a  picture  as  could  be  imagined. 
Now  behold  the  change!  The  tank,  trough,  wheel  and  shed,  gone  : 
the  tangled  wildwood  and  flowers  cleared  away,  and  the  old  red 
building,  surrounded  by  a  smooth,  grassy  plot,  was  all  that  was  left 
to  attract  the  eye  of  those  passing  to  what  was  once  the  scene  of 
so  much  activity — and  now  that  is  gone. 

About  1800  a  gin  distillery  was  built  on  the  Newcomb  brook,  just 
to  the  west  of  the  present  bridge.  The  timbers  of  the  dam  across 
the  head  of  the  ravine  have  stood  until  within  a  very  few  years. 
This  distillery  was  run  by  Major  Samuel  Root.  This  was  the 
place  where  one  of  the  Deerfield  captives  met  death  at  the  hands 
of  the  Indians,  as  already  referred  to  in  this  chapter.  Cruel  as  the 
fate  seems,  may  not  the  little  one,  too  young,  probably,  to  realize 
danger  or  recognize  fear,  have  thus  been  spared  a  more  terrible 
torture. 

About  this  same  time  there  was  a  cider  distillery  built  on  Huckle 
Hill.     It  was  owned  by  a  kind  of  corporation  of  the  resident  farm- 


CIGAR    MAKINC.       CU'II.Kk\'.       \V1 1  EP:i,\V  KIGl  ITS.  67 


ers,  and  was  located  in  the  hollow  back  of  the  present  school  house, 
and  between  Elias  Parmenter's  and  Simon  Edwards'  houses.  This 
had  an  existence  of  about  35  years.  There  was  also  one  at  the  east 
part  of  the  town  operated  by  Squire  Hamilton,  and  another  on  Mill 
brook,  owned  by  Lieut.  Hale. 

Cigars. — At  different  times  within  the  past  15  years  there  have 
firms  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cigars.  The  first  was  George 
Lane  in  the  old  Goodale  Academy.  The  second,  Sanderson  and 
Hale,  who  occupied  a  part  of  the  Cutler  shoe-shop,  which  was  moved 
in  1880  by  John  Baker  to  a  i)osition  opposite  the  cemetery  at  the 
village,  and  by  him  fitted  up  as  a  wheelwright  shop.  They  were 
succeeded  by  a  firm  from  Westfield.  The  latter  remained  but  a 
short  time  and  the  shop  itself  was  finally  burned. 

Lntlc7-y. — The  only  manufactury  now  located  in  town  is  that  of 
E.  S.  Hurlbert  &  Co.; upon  the  site  of  the  old  foundry.  In  1853  Mr. 
Hurlbert  began  to  make  here  steel  hoes,  corn  knives  and  rakes,  in 
the  production  of  which  he  employed  15  hands.  This  business  he 
increased  greatly,  adding  thereto  the  making  of  brick  and  plastering 
trowels  and  corn-cutters,  also  a  fine  line  of  cutlery.  During  this 
time  he  formed  partnerships  with  John  Cushman  and  S.  N.  Brooks. 
About  1880  he  associated  with  him  Walter  E.  and  Henry  Nichols, 
who  later  succeeded  tcj  the  management  of  the  business,  Mr.  Hurl- 
bert being  in  poor  health,  hi  1892  the  Nichols  Brothers  bought  a 
factory  in  Greenfield,  moving  their  share  of  the  works  there,  and  Mr. 
Hurlbert  again  assumed  the  entire  charge  of  the  industry  he  has  so 
successfully  nurtured.  The  present  firm  is  comprised  oi  E.  S.  Hurl- 
bert, Henry  Crowell  and  x\lonzo  Alford. 

W'licclivrights. — At  different  times  there  have  been  a  number  of 
wheelwright  shops  here.  In  addition  to  the  ones  already  mentioned, 
George  T.  Cutler  had  one  a  little  south  of  the  Cutler  house,  at  the 
north  part  of  the  town.  ( )n  and  near  South  street  there  were  three, 
one  in  the  present  garden  of  Henry  Keet,  owned  by  Chester  Wright, 
one  at  the  Ziba  Newell  place,  which  was  later  moved  out  onto  the 
west  road,  and  to-day  stands  on  the  place  lately  owned  by  Hiram 
Norton.  At  the  old  stand  of  Nelson  Blake  is  now  Air.  C.  C.  Cook's 
shop. 

Stores. — For  many  years  this  place  has  supported  three  general 


68  STORES. 


Stores,  sometimes  four,  each  doing-  a  fair  amount  of  business.  Prob- 
ably the  one  which  brought  to  its  owners  the  greatest  wealth  was 
the  old  "Zebina  Newcomb  "  store  years  ago.  This,  in  its  first  loca- 
tion, stood  on  Mr.  J.  P.  Day's  lot,  just  east  of  the  Unitarian  church. 
About  1835  he  built  and  moved  into  the  brick  store,  and  later  the 
old  building  was  moved  back  on  the  original  lot  and  converted  into 
a  barn.  Succeeding  Mr.  Newcomb  in  the  management  of  the  busi- 
ness, came  his  two  sons,  John  C,  now  of  Chicago,  and  Richard  F., 
now  of  Quincy,  111.  Upon  the  death  of  the  elder  Newcomb.  the 
property  was  sold  to  Lorenzo  Park,  who,  in  two  or  three  years, 
rented  the  same  to  Messrs.  Allen  and  Lyman,  the  latter  a  son-in-law. 
Mr.  Allen  finally  bought  out  his  partner's  interest,  and  conducted 
the  business  alone,  until  failing  health  obliged  him  to  retire,  when 
Mr.  Park  sold  the  property  to  O.  W.  Gray,  then  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
The  latter  gentleman  leased  the  place  to  E.  K.  Burgess  of  Broad- 
brook,  Ct.,  whose  stay  in  town  proved  to  be  of  short  duration. 
From  the  time  of  his  departure  until  1894,  the  business  at  the  vil- 
lage was  divided  between  the  other  two  stores,  Mr.  Gray  convert- 
ing his  building  into  an  office  for  personal  use.  In  the  fall  of  1894 
it  was  refitted,  a  new  stock  of  goods  opened  up,  and  again  the 
"  Brick  store"'  took  its  place  beside  the  others.  Under  Mr.  Gray's 
efficient  management  its  success  is  assured. 

From  181 5  or  1820  to  1830,  vSamuel  Wells  Willard  kept  a  store  in 
one  room  of  his  dwelling,  the  house  owned  by  the  late  Hartley  Hale 
on  the  "  Green."  At  about  the  same  time,  Capt.  John  Hunt  suc- 
ceeded to  a  store  which  stood  opposite  the  hotel.  Who  the  first 
owner  of  this  was,  is  not  known.  About  1835,  Col.  Aretas  Ferry 
came  to  town  and  soon  bought  out  Mr.  Hunt.  In  1858  the  project 
of  forming  a  "  Union  Protective  Store  "  was  carried  out.  The  or- 
ganization of  this  association  was  perfected  on  the  fifth  of  Septem- 
ber of  that  year,  and  Col.  Ferry's  store  was  henceforth  known  as 
the  "Bernardston  LTnion  Store  of  Division  No.  50.  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Protective  LTnion."  The  object  of  this  association  as  stated 
in  their  constitution  was  to  "Provide  to  the  members  groceries 
and  provisions  at  the  lowest  possible  price,  by  means  of  an  agency 
established  in  Bernardston  and  conducted  on  a  Cask  basis  exclu- 
sively ^     Business  was  begun  on  the  24th  of  October  following  or- 


"  UNION    PROTECTIVE    STORE."  69 

ganization,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $860.00,  there  being  86  shares  at 
$10  each.  The  amount  of  goods  sold  during  the  first  eleven  months 
was  $6643.32,  a  net  profit  of  $187.00,  being  shown.  The  salesman 
employed  to  conduct  the  store  was  Gilbert  S.  Mattoon  of  North- 
field.  At  the  annual  report  it  was  given  out  that  the  amount  of 
capital  was  insufficient  to  successfully  carry  oa  a  business  of  that 
character.  The  second  annual  report  showed  but  little  improve- 
ment, the  capital  stock  having  been  increased  only  by  the  sale  of 
three  shares,  while  about  $50.00  worth  of  molasses  had  been  lost 
by  the  carelessness  of  a  teamster.  The  whole  affair  seemed  to  be 
devoid  of  success,  and  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  December  17, 
1855,  it  was  voted  to  accept  the  proposition  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Aid  rich  to 
assume  the  debts  of  the  corporation  and  pay  each  shareholder 
eleven  dollars  in  goods,  or  ten  dollars  in  cash  or  flour,  at  the  option 
of  the  shareholder.  Thus  the  end  came  for  the  Union  store,  and 
Mr.  Aldrich  w\as  the  next  owner.  Succeeding  him  was  L.  B.  Wright, 
who  conducted  the  business  successfully  until  his  death.  Upon 
the  disposal  of  the  real  estate  by  the  administratrix  the  stores  and 
fixtures  were  bought  by  Mr.  O.  C.  Allen,  who  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness for  a  time,  selling  to  Ransom  L.  Crowell.  Under  the  admin- 
istration of  the  latter  a  most  successful  business  has  been  built  up. 
At  the  present  time  his  son  Henry  is  in  partnership — R.  L.  Crow- 
ell &  Son — and  by  close  attention  to  business  and  the  wants  of 
their  patrons  they  have  won  their  way  into  the  fullest  confidence 
and  esteem.  x\nd  that  the  public  appreciate  their  efforts  is  shown 
by  their  prosperous  and  steadily  increasing  trade. 

A  younger  claimant  to  patronage  appeared  in  the  store  erected 
across  the  street  from  the  post  office  by  A.  M.  Stratton,  between 
1850  and  i860.  This  store  has  also  steadily  won  its  way  by  the 
careful  management  and  consideration  of  the  proprietors.  Messrs. 
Park  and  Gould  bought  out  Mr.  Stratton  and  eventually  Mr.  Gould 
purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner.  He  most  successfully  con- 
ducted the  business  until  his  death.  George  R.  Paige  of  New  Salem 
bought  the  property  at  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Gould's  estate,  and 
by  his  gentlemanly  bearing  and  careful  attention  to  all  the  details 
of  its  management,  sustained  the  excellent  reputation  which  this 
store  has  always  borne.     The  store  is  now  owned  and  successfully 


70  'NORTH  BERNARDSTON  STORE. 

managed  by  Sumner  S.  Stratton,   successor  to  W.   A.    Stratton   & 
Son. 

For  a  few  years  Lucius  and  Marcus  Cook  owned  and  carried  on 
a  store  in  the  old  Goodale  Academy  building.  At  the  north  part 
of  the  town  there  was  for  many  years  a  store  which  drew  its  pat- 
ronage not  only  from  its  own  territory,  but  much  from  the  neigh- 
boring towns  of  Guilford  and  Leyden.  The  first  store  here  kept 
was  in  the  room  of  the  old  hotel,  which  has  since  been  utilized  as  a 
dining  room.  George  Bugbee  of  Brattleboro  was  the  proprietor. 
The  Hinsdale  house,  so  called,  was  built  by  Luke  Gore,  who  had  a 
store  in  the  south  end  of  his  residence.  Further  to  the  south,  Mr. 
Alvin  Howe  built  a  store  opposite  his  dwelling.  He  sold  it  to 
Timothy  K.  Horton,  who,  as  did  his  predecessor,  had  there  a  good 
business.  The  third  owner  was  George  Temple;  he,  in  turn,  sold 
to Green.  This  building  was  finally  burnt.  The  store  occu- 
pied for  some  time  by  J.  O.  Bliss,  was  bought  bv  him  from  Messrs. 
Smith  and  Jaquith,  who  secured  it  in  1879  fi'<^m  A.  M.  Stratton, 
acting  for  the  creditors  of  G.  Plaisted.  Mr.  Bliss  closed  his  store 
at  North  Bernardston  in  1894,  having  taken  a  position  with  Mr. 
Gray  at  the  brick  store  at  the  village. 

Among  the  earlier  stores  was  one  standing  by  itself,  or  kept  in 
ahouse  which  did  stand  near  the  meetinghouse  in  1795,  owned  by 
John  Harte.  In  May,  1804,  Oliver  Cooley  removed  his  stock  of 
goods  from  the  store,  which  he  occupied  at  as  early  a  date  as  1801, 
to  the  store  near  Medad  Squires'  blacksmith  shop.  This  was  prob- 
ably the  store  kept  on  the  "Green"  in  a  log  house.  In  June.  1804, 
Mr.  Clement  vSmith  came  to  town,  opening  a  general  store  in  the 
building  vacated  by  Cooley.  From  about  181 2  to  about  1818,  Elijah 
A.  Gould  was  a  merchant  in  town.  July  22,  1818,  the  firm  of  Har- 
ris and  Maxwell  was  dissolved  by  mutual  consent,  the  latter  con- 
tinuing in  trade  in  town.  According  to  all  accounts  Henry  R. 
Sheldon  and  Samuel  Willard  also  "kept  store  "  in  the  log  house  on 
the  "Green,"  but  there  seems  to  be  a  confliction  in  the  few  dates 
obtain'able  concerning  them  and  their  business  transactions. 

Pockctbooks. — About  1S70  this  industry  was  established  in  town 
by  Mr.  Emil  Weissbrod,  remaining  for  two  or  three  years.  This 
was  located  in  the  house  just  north  of  the  late  Obed  Dickinson  on 


LAWYERS.       HOr-l'ICKINc;.  "J  \ 


Depot  street.  The  business  was  removed  to  Montague  and  later 
to  Greenfield,  in  which  place  it  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  one  of 
the  leading  industries. 

Lawyers. — The  lawyer's  profession  has  had  at  least  one  represen- 
tative here,  for  in  December,  1822,  Jonathan  A.  vSaxton  removed 
here  from  Deerfield  and  opened  a  law  office.  How  long  he  re- 
mained is  unknown. 

Among  the  agricultural  products  not  already  mentioned,  is,  or 
rather  was,  one,  the  harvesting  of  which  was  the  signal  for  a  good 
time  as  well  as  considerable  hard  work.  In  the  autumn  the  hop 
fields  presented  a  lively  appearance  with  the  young  men  and  maid- 
ens gathered  from  afar  and  near  for  the  hop  gathering.  The  fields 
of  Zenas  Cutler,  Joseph  Connable  and  David  Streeter  were  among 
the  first  to  be  devoted  to  hop-raising,  not  far  from  1S35,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  that  was  considered  a  most  profitable  product. 

The  beginning  of  O.  W.  Gray's  successful  career  as  a  publisher 
of  maps  was  in  town,  where  he  did  the  first  work  in  making  the 
same. 

In  closing  this  chapter  upon  Bernardston's  industries,  it  is  with 
a  feeling  of  deep  regret  that  it  may  be  that  much  has  been  left  not 
chronicled  ;  that  in  a  manner,  it  is  a  poorly  treated,  un.satisfactory 
one.  This  may  be  attributed,  in  part,  to  a  lack  of  sufficient  dates 
and  positive  information,  although  all  effort  has  been  expended  to 
secure  the  same.  Then,  in  form.er  times,  as  is  sometimes  the  case 
now,  one  business  was  so  interwoven  with  and  dependent  upon 
another,  especially  in  rural  communities,  that  classification  is  diffi- 
cult. It  is  hoped,  however,  that  enough  has  been  said  in  a  general 
way  to  give  an  idea  of  what  has  been  accomplished  here  in  a  busi- 
ness way,  and  to  arouse  enough  interest  in  the  matter,  so  that,  in 
the  future,  senile  one  better  qualified  can  take  up  the  research — the 
thread  here  broken  off — and  successfully  wind  up  the  narrative. 


CHAPTER  V. 

POLITICAL  AND  MILirARV  HISTORY  —  PATRIOTIC  POSITION  TAKLX 
DURING  TIIL  RLVOLUTION  —  COMMITTEKS  OF  INSPPXTION  AND 
SAFETY  APi'OINTED  —  THEIR  DUTIES— CASE  OF  IAC015  ORCUTT  — 
REYOLUTIONARY  SOLDIERS — CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  SLATE — ACTION  IN 
RE(;ARI)  to  the  state  CONYENTION— amount  of  supplies  FUR- 
NISHED—  YOIES  IN  THE  FIRST  STATE  ELECTION — VALUATION  OF 
'THE  TOWN  IN  1 780 — SHAY's  RE15ELLION  —  WAR  OF  l8l2 — CIVIL 
WAR — FIRST  VOLUN'TFERS —  ROLL  OF  PERNARDS'TON  MEN  WHO 
SERVED  IN  'THE  ARMY — RELIEF  WORK  OF  THE  LADIES — PRESEN- 
TATION   'TO    I.'T.    HURLPERT. 

Hitherto  the  transactions  of  the  town  meetings  so  nearly  repre- 
sent the  daily  lives  and  deeds  of  the  inhabitants  that  it  was  deemed 
best  to  give  them,  in  some  degree,  chronologically.  From  the  ear- 
lier records  many  abstracts  are  given  ■vcrbatiui,  in  the  hope  that  the 
quaint  orthography  may  prove  as  entertaining  to  the  reader  as  to 
the  writer.  Should  any,  perchance,  think  that  the  text  of  the  orig- 
inal records  has  been  too  closely  followed,  let  this  serve  as  an  ex- 
planation, and  if  need  be,  apology.  Not  only  do  these  quotations 
reveal  the  style  of  recording  the  proceedings  of  those  days,  but  to 
a  careful  observer,  much  as  to  the  educational  advantages,  and  the 
use  made  of  them  by  our  former  scribes.  From  this  date  forward 
the  work  is  arranged  in  topics  as  they  would  naturally  occur. 

The  annals  of  the  town  have  now  been  brieilv  broui^^ht  down  to 
the  momentous  Revolutionary  period,  a  period  fi'aught  with  dan- 
gers and  deeds  of  patroitism  never  to  be  obliterated.  The  begin- 
ning of  this  war  properly  luarks  the  commencement  of  a  new  epoch, 
and  perhaps  one  of  more  general  interest  to  us,  occurring  as  it 
does  within  the  recollection  of  some  of  our  childhood  associates. 
The  people  of  this  town  have  always  been  zealous  for  the  cyuse  of 
liberty,  and  in  the  colonial  struggle  we  can  but  recount  with  be- 
coming prid^^he  part   taken.     Although   the  town   had  scarcely 


COMMITTEES    OF    INSPECTION    AND    SAFETY.  73 


recovered  from  the  effects  of  the  Indian  wars,  it  raised  its  full  quota 
of  soldiers  and  furnished  largely  of  funds  and  provisions.  They 
were  among  the  first  to  resist  by  force  the  oppression  of  a  foreign 
power,  and  to  plant  the  tree  of  liberty  in  a  soil  which  they  had  de- 
fended by  their  arms  and  which  had  been  watered  by  their  blood. 
In  common  with  their  country  men,  their  motto  was  "We  determine 
to  die  or  be  free."  Truth  compels  us  to  record  the  existence  of 
six  Tories  in  town,  but  in  the  face  of  so  much  enthusiasm,  their 
sentiments  were  kept  to  themselves.  At  this  time,  Bernardston 
numbered  not  far  from  500  inhabitants.  January  30,  1775,  when 
war  was  an  almost  assured  event,  a  committee  of  inspection  was 
appointed,  consisting  of  John  Connable,  Elisha  Burnham,  Joseph 
Slate,  Joel  Chapin,  and  James  Couch.  The  committee  of  corre- 
spondence was  Aaron  Field,  Elisha  L.  Burnham,  Stephen  Webster, 
Jonathan  vSheldon  and  Hezekiah  Newcomb.  These  two  commit- 
tees were  later  united  and  for  the  succeeding  years  were  as  follows:^ 
1776.  1777. 

Capt.  Elisha  Bunihani.  Capt.  Elisha  Burnham. 

Aaron  Field.  Major  John  Burk. 

Lt.  Joseph  Slate.  Remembrance  vSheldon. 

Daniel  Newcomb.  .Stephen  Webster. 

Caleb  Chapin.  Joel  Chapin. 

James  Couch. 

Jonathan  Sheldon. 

In  May  of  this  year  a  second  committee' was  chosen  and  author- 
ity was  transferred  to  them.     They  were 

Capt.  Elisha  Burnham.  Lt.  Daniel  Newcomb. 

Sgt.  Elijah  Kingsley.  Lt.  Severance. 

1778.  1779. 

Lt.  David  Rider.  John  Connable. 

Thomas  Edwards.  Jason  Parmenter. 

Jason  Parmenter.  Elijah  Kingsley. 
Elijah  Kingsley. 
William  Fox. 

1780. 
Lt.  Joseph  Slate.  Lt.  Joel  Chapin.  Samuel  Hastings. 

These  committees  were  possessed  of  almost  unlimited  power ; 
they  could  cause  the  arrest  of  suspected  persons,  or  their  confine- 
ment within  the  limits  of  their  farms;  as  we  are  told,  in  some  cases 
they  did.     In   1776  they  made   an   example  of  one   Jacob  Orcutt, 


74  SOLDIERS    PAID    IN    1 786. 

who  was  found  guilty  of  altering  a  six  penny  bill  to  a  six  pound 
note.  He  was  tried  before  the  committee  of  safety  and  sentenced 
to  receive  thirty  lashes  on  the  bare  back  at  the  hands  of  the  consta- 
ble, Samuel  Connable.  The  courage  of  the  latter  proved  unequal 
to  the  task,  and  the  punishment  was  finally  administered  by  Lieut. 
Ezekiel  Foster.  This  occurred  in  May,  at  Major  Burk's  house. 
After  the  chastisement,  the  culprit  was  given  a  glass  of  rum  and, 
it  is  needless  to  add,  quickly  took  his  departure. 

I  li^  5s.  2d.,  a  sum  equal  to  the  province  tax,  was  ordered  raised 
and  paid  into  the  town  treasury,  there  to  remain  until  ordered  out 
by  the  town.  The  Provincial  Congress  urged  that  the  towns  and 
districts  within  the  State  hasten  to  comply  with  the  important  de- 
mands laid  upon  them,  therefore.  May  10,  1775,  the  collectors  in 
Bernardston  were  instructed  to  gather  the  Province  money  within 
three  weeks,  and  pay  it  over  to  Henry  Gardner,  Esq.,  of  Stowe. 
They  further  showed  their  patriotism  by  voting  that  the  province 
rate  of  all  enlisted  persons,  or  of  those  who  might  enlist  during  the 
year,  should  be  also  forwarded  to  Mr.  Gardner.  Sixteen  men  were 
to  be  secured  to  serve  in  the  Continental  army  in  addition  to  those 
already  in  the  service  at  Cambridge.  The  names  of  those  from 
our  town  given  collectively  cannot  be  found,  but  by  a  careful  peru- 
sal of  the  treasurer's  book  we  learn  of  some  who  served  their  coun- 
try at  this  time. 

March  6,  1786,  there  was  paid  to 

Jabez  Deiinison,  for  serving  as  a  continental  soldier,    12^. 

Henry  Lee,  "         "   "  "  "  12^. 

Samuel  Connable,         "         "   "  "  "  11/    2s.  6(1. 

Benjamin  Cook,  "         "   "  "  "  12/,". 

Rbenezer  Ninis,  "         "   "  "  "  12^. 

Kzekiel  Foster,  "         "  "         Militia  "  10/  10  s. 

Samuel  Green,  "         "  "  "  "  10/,"  ids. 

Lt.  John  Severance,  his  son  Daniel's  bounty,  10^. 

Daniel  Davis,  for  serving  as  a  continental  soldier,  12^. 

Owen  Rriggs,  "         "   "        Militia  "  6£.. 

Records  Wilbur,         "         "   "  "  "  6£. 

Daniel  Chapin,  "         "   "  "  "  9/. 

vSamuel  (xuild,  "         "   "  "  "  9/. 

Isaac  Smith,  "         "   "    Continental     "  12/. 

Joseph  Hale  or  Renoni  Hrown  ye  hire  of  soldier,  'iOjC- 

Moses  Scott,  "      "      "       "  10  ^  los. 


CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  SLATE.  75 


The  State  archives  add  to  this  list  the  names  of  Samuel  Barnard 
and  James  Merrett  as  being  six  months  men  for  1 780,  at  which  time 
Ebenezer  Nims  also  served  for  six  months. 

These  were  presumably  the  sixteen  men  secured,  and  this  only  a 
month  after  the  battle  of  Lexington.  It  was  also  voted  that  "those 
persons  who  took  powder  from  the  common  stock  last  spring  in  the 
alarm  (probably  the  Lexington  alarm),  and  returned  home  soon 
after  from  Cambridge,  are  to  be  accountable  for  the  same  to  the 
town."  Soon  after,  June  17,  1775,  occurred  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  the  news  of  which  rapidly  spread  throughout  the  colonies. 
All  the  peaceful  arts  were  laid  aside  and  every  one  assumed  the 
defensive.  Almost  every  man  old  enough  to  carry  a  musket  re- 
paired to  the  scene  of  action.  An  example  of  this  kind  occurred 
within  less  than  a  mile  from  this  place,  a  fact,  which,  though  it 
may  seem  to  border  on  the  marvellous,  is,  however,  well  authen- 
ticated. 

Capt.  Joseph  Slate,  a  hero  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  was 
ploughing  that  self-same  day  on  West  Mountain.  At  different 
times  during  the  day  he  heard,  or  thought  he  heard,  the  sound  of 
cannonading,  although  at  the  distance  of  100  miles.  Often  he  ap- 
plied his  ear  to  the  ground  to  satisfy  himself.  He  predicted  that 
that  day  blood  was  again  spilled  in  defense  of  his  country.  And 
he  was  right.  So  sure  was  he  that  he  heard  firing,  that  before 
night  he  left  his  ploughing  and  went  to  Deerfield  to  learn  the  fact, 
and  the  next  day  he  was  on  his  way  towards  Boston,  where  he  re- 
mained the  most  of  the  season.  Those  who  read  this  statement 
may  be  disposed  to  think  that,  in  this  instance,  "coming  events 
cast  their  shadows  before  "  and  that  something  akin  to  the  spirit 
of  prophecy  might  have  stirred  the  blood  and  quickened  the  ears 
of  the  brave  old  soldier.  I  content  myself  with  recording  the  fact 
without  undertaking  to  explain  it.  If  it  proves  nothing  else,  it 
proves  the  feverish  excitement  to  which  men's  minds  had  been 
worked  up.     (Lt.  Gov.  Cushman.) 

Appropriations  of  money  and  drafts  were  frequently  made  and 
in  the  aggregate  would  have  done  much  credit  to  an  older  and 
more  thickly  populated  community. 


'J^  MILITARY    ROLLS. 


The  roll  of  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  dated  April  20,  to  May  i, 
1775,  is  as  follows: 

Lieut.  Ezekiel  Foster,  out  ten  days. 

Serg.  Elijah  Kingsley,   "  " 

Corp.  Asaph  Alku,  "  " 

Corp.  Ebenezer  Scott,  "  " 

Samuel  Turner,  "  "       " 

John  Connable,  "  "       " 

Ezekiel  Foster,  Jr.,  "  " 

John  Coats,  "  " 

Nehemiah  Andrews,  "  "       " 

Reuben  Shattuck,  "  " 
Daniel  Chapin, 

Thomas  Hunt,  "  " 

David  Davis,  "  " 

William  Chad  wick.  "       " 

Lt.  Joseph  Slate,  "  fifteen  days 

vSgt.  Joel  Chapin, 

Caleb  Chapin,  "  thirty-nine  days. 

Samuel  Hasting.s,  "  fifteen  days. 

Samuel  Connable,  '-'         "         " 

Hezekiah  Chapin, 

Simeon  Allen, 

John  Severance,  "  thirty-three  days. 

Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment,  Capt.  A.  Wells'  company,  dismissed 
September  23,  1775,  contained  from  Bernardston 

Ensign  Ezekiel  Foster,  second  lieutenant.  Ezekiel  Foster. 

Elijah  Kingsley,  third  sergeant.  Jason  Parmenter. 

Asaph  Allen,  first  corporal.  John  Hunt. 

Robert  (Reuben?)  Shattuck,  3d  corporal.  Sanmel  Turner. 

John  Coats.  Zebadiah  Slate. 

David  (Daniel?)  Davis.  Hezekiah  Chapin. 

David  (Daniel?)  Chapin.  Nehemiah  Andrews. 

Ebenezer  Scott.  William  Chad  wick. 
Thomas  Hunt. 

The  payroll  of  the  above  men  credits  them  with  being  out  from 
May  first,  in  all,  three  months  and  eight  days,  and  travelling  i  12 
miles.  The  same  year,  for  eight  months'  service,  is  found  the 
name  of  Arad  Sheldon  upon  the  coat  roll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Stebbins' 
company,  Col.  J.  Brewer's  regiment.  The  company  was  made  up 
of  men  from  all  over  the  State.  September  28,  1775,  Capt.  David 
Cowden's  company  (of  Pelham)  Col.  Woodbridge's  regiment,  ser- 
vice near  Prospect  Hill.     Coat  roll,  James   McColoh,  Sgt.     On  the 


MILITARY    LISTS.  ']J 


coat  roll  appears  the  name  of  John  Workman,  May  24,  2£  i8s.  7d.  In 
Capt.  Wentworth  Stuart's  3Lst  reg.,  Sept.  29,  1775.  vSeptember  17, 
1776,  ration  or  mileage  money  for  company,  under  command  of 
Capt.  Samuel  Taylor  of  Roxbury,  out  three  months  to  Dec,  1776. 

Joseph  Slate,  Ensijjjn,  120  miles  at  one  penny,  total  lo/,"  ris. 

Joel  Chapin,  Sgt.,           "         "     "     "         "  "     10^,"  iis. 

Jacob  Webster,                 "         "     "     "         "  "     iq/. 

Jonathan  Slate,                "         "     -     "         "  -     10^. 

June  9,  1779,  in  Col.  Wells'  regiment,  were  Jonathan  Griffin,  ae. 
34  years  ;  Reuben  Whitcomb,  ae.  21  ;  Simeon  Cotes,  ae.  21.  When 
mustered  these  were  delivered  to  Ensign  Thomas  Clark. 

To  march  to  horse  neck  under  Col.  John  Mosely,  in  Capt.  Mc- 
Clellan's  company,  was  Silas  Green.  In  July,  1779,  in  Col.  Wells' 
regiment,  Capt.  Sheldon's  company,  were  Thomas  Wolloy,  ae.  50  ; 
Calvin  Weld,  ae.  16;  Thias  Johnson,  ae.  16;  vSamuel  Barnard,  ae.  16. 
From  September,  1777,  to  January,  1780,  there  was  due  the  town 
of  Bernardston  for  supplies  for  soldiers'  families,  152^^  i6s.  old  cur- 
rency, or  3^^"  i6s.  5d.  consolidated  sums.  Due  to  John  Burk,  6£. 
"Mustered  and  Received  of  Mr.  Samuel  Guild,  chairman  of  Class 
No.  —  for  the  town  of  Bernardston,  a  certain  Jacob  Orcutt,  a  re- 
cruit for  the  term  of  three  years. 

Seth  Bannister,  Capt. 
Springfield,  Sept.  18,  1782." 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  by  vStephen  Buckland, 
whose  descendants  resided  within  the  district  of  Leyden,  or  rather 
that  portion  of  Bernardston  afterward  incorporated  as  such.  It  is 
of  interest  in  connection  with  the  Revolutionary  war: 

On  board  the  Prison  Ship  N.  York,  April  9,   1782. 
Sir: — 

Before  this  comes  to  hand  you  doubtless  will  hear  of  our  fate.  We  ware 
taken  the  2nd.  just  by  the  Brige  perseverance  of  14  size  Kops  Com- 
mander.    Ezekel  Olmsted  is  slightly  wounded  but  will  be  well  in  a  few 

da3''s.  All  the  Rest  are  well,  poor  Mikel  was  drowned  by  the  over  Seting 
of  the  Boat  and  several  others  narrowly  escaped. 

Our  situation  you  can  guess,  if  you  can  do  anything  for  us  should  be  glad, 
if  you  Git  any  person  to  Exchange  for  any  of  us  you  must  Git  him  or  them 
paroled  and  send  them  in  on  condition  that  they  Git  the  persons  Exchanged 


78  LETTERS    OF    STEPHEN    AUCKLAND. 


that  you  Send  them  for  or  to  Return,  for  you  send  Ever  so  many  in  a  tlag 
they  will    not  be  Exchanged  for  us 

Remember  me  to  my  family  and  friends 

1  am  Sir  yours 

SrKl'HKN     liUCKLAN'O. 

Mr.  Aaron  Oi.MsrEAi). 
Capt.  Gideon  OtMsrHAD. 
Mr.  Abraham  Mii.lkr. 

P.  S.  April  22nd.  Ewd.  Leger  was  on  board  yesterday  and  informs 
that  their  will  be  no  exchange  for  privattears  men  that  he  had  got  Liberty 
to  take  twenty  prisoners  only  that  war  taken  in  Merchantmen.  Our  situa- 
tion is  truly  distressing  Espeshely  our  people  for  they  were  stri|)ed  of 
everything  even  to  the  Buckles  out  of  their  Shoes  and  Buttons  out  of  their 
Sleeves  hats  Coats  and  Jackets.  Many  of  them  have  got  the  small  i)ox  and 
must  all  have  it  that  have  not  had  it  and  have  not  a  fathing  of  money. 
You  would  do  well  to  inform  their  friends  tliat  if  they  are  Inclined  to  Send 
them  any  Relief  they  may  if  an  opertunity  presents.  'I'heir  is  on  bord  this 
ship  about  Seven  huiulred  prisoners  and  Increasing  all  most  livery  day. 
You  can  Esely  Gess  what  a  Life  we  must  Live  and  hot  weather  a  Cuming 
on — at  present  we  are  as  well  as  can  be  Expected,  what  [)r()visions  we  Git 
is  very  Good  it  is  an  Excellent  place  to  [prepare  a  man  for  (Erockelation?) 
Lieut  Warner  stood  in  the  Brige  that  took  us  and  had  the  promise  of  being 
put  ashore.      1  hop  he  is  got  home  before  this. 

If  you  can  think  of  any  way  by  which  you  could  git  us  out  Shold  be  very 
Glad,  for  my  part  I  cant  think  of  any  at  present  but  to  make  the  best  of 
a  bad  Bargain. 

StEPHN     l)UCKl.AM). 

To  Mrs.  Mary  Buck  land. 

Prison  Ship  of  N.  York  April  22th,   1782. 
M_y  Dear: — 

before  this  Cums  to  hand  you  will  doubtless  hear  of  our  Misft)rtune. 
1  have  nothing  to  Right  but  that  we  are  all  well  Except  some  have  got  the 
Small  pox,  poor  Mikel  was  drowned  by  the  overseting  of  the  WyaI  ami  sev- 
eral others  in  Great  Danger. 

1  hoop  it  wont  be  long  before  we  will  get  home  by  Sum  means  or  other. 

Give  yourself   ncj    uneasiness   about  me.      1  live  very  well  and   remain  yt)ur 

ever 

Efectent 

Stephen   Bucki.and. 

Mrs.  Buckland. 


I50UNTY    VOTED.  79 


On  the  reverse  side  of  this  letter  is  the  following-  in  explanation 
and  also  it  supplements  the  record: 

May  the  7,   1783. 
Stephen    13uckland    Dyed  in  the    Prison    Ship    garly  At  New  York  in  the 
39  year  of  his  age. 

And  Mammy  "as  in  her  37  year  of  her  Age 

Polly  Buckland  was  13    years   old.      Hannah  Buckhnul  was  i  i  years  old. 
Betsey  Buckland  was  3  years  old    Ral[)h  Buckland  Was  9  months  old 

When  our    Daddy  Dytle  A  time  that    never  will  l!ee  forgot  By  us  tho  we 
were  very  young. 

(Unsigned. ) 

This  was  evidently  written  by  one  of  the  (^Ider  daughters. 

Hannah  Buckland  m.  Alch.  24,  1779,  Capt.  Joncathan  Btidington. 
She  was  then  of  East  Hartford,  Ct. 

This  letter  portrays  a  different  side  of  the  Revolutionary  strug- 
gle, the  greater  part  of  those  engaged  in  service  from  this  section 
being  among  the  land  forces.  I  have  endeavored  to  find  some  clue 
as  to  the  identity  of  the  Lieut.  Warner  referred  to,  but  without  suc- 
cess. He  doubtless  belonged  to  some  of  the  Connecticut  families 
of  the  name  who  were  numerous  in  the  vicinity  of  Hartford. 

In  February,  1778,  the  town  voted  50  pounds,  nominal  value  $167, 
as  bounty  to  any  person  enlisting  for  a  term  of  eight  months.  Ow- 
ing to  a  depreciation  in  continental  currency  at  this  time,  the  real 
value  was  not  far  from  $35.  In  the  succeeding  May,  it  was  voted 
to  pay  for  all  rations  for  those  sent  from  town  to  serve  in  the  army. 
In  July  of  that  year  it  was  voted  that  Sgt.  Joseph  Allen  and  Corp. 
William  Fox  be  allowed  to  join  the  army,  also  that  Major  Stephen 
Webster  receive  the  sum  of  63^ — or  about  $50 — for  serving  eight 
months  in  the  militia;  that  the  west  part  of  the  town  make  Joshua 
Wells,  Jr.,  a  reasonable  satisfaction  for  serving  as  a  militia  soldier 
eight  months,  and  that  they  furthermore  find  one  man  as  a  military 
soldier  for  six  months  to  go  to  Albany,  as  their  proportion  of  the 
two  draughts  before  last  spring.  September  8,  1778.  a  company 
of  thirty  men  under  command  of  Major  John  Burk  —  he  then 
acting  as  Captain — was  ordered  to  be  ready,  equipped  with  arms 
and  ammunition  upon  any  emergency  to  oppose  the  enemy.     Again 


8o  MILITARY    LISTS. 


in  June,  1780.  it  was  decreed  that  nine  men  should  be  engaged  in 
the  war  six  months  and  that  they, should  each  receive  40  shillings 
($6.67)  per  month,  or  "  Wheat,  rye,  Indian  corn,  wool,  flax,  neet 
cattle,  or  sheep  at  silver  money  prices."  The  next  month — July — 
thirteen  additional  men  were  called  for,  but  who  they  were  is  un- 
known.     1 780- 1 78 1  there  were  enlisted  for  three  years 

Ebcnezer  Scott,   April   16,  ae.  37.  Edward  Dowidson,  June  i,  ae.  2\. 

William   Hegus,       "       20,     "   20.  Timothy  Stark,  May  24,        "     60. 

Levi  Duncan,  "       20,      "   24. 

In  1780,  fifth  regiment  of  foot,  Capt.  Alvord's  company,  Col.  Brew- 
er's regiment,  were 

Charles  King,   for  three  years.  John  Cotes,    for  cij^ht  months. 

Samuel  Mallin,  "  "  John  Evens,     " 

Joshua  Harding,         "  "  Moses  Tute,     "       "  " 

vSamutl  Kimpland,    "  " 

July  24,  1780,  Lt.  Col.  David  Wells'   regiment,  4th   and   5th  com- 
panies, 5th  regiment,  were 

Elijah      Rislcy,      ae.  22.  Eleazcr  Groover,  ae.  19. 


Amasa  Bus.sel,  "  19. 

Records  Wilbur,  "  17. 

Elijah  Walworth,  "  18. 

Amos  Williams,  "  16. 


Rufus  Foster,  "  19. 

Samuel  Green,        "  20. 

David  Wooley,         "  20. 

Daniel  Severance,  "  17. 

Owen  Briggs,  "  22. 

The  response  for  provisions  for  their  fellow  citizens  and  country- 
men was  equally  ready  and  generous.  In  1775-6  Moses  Scott,  Jr., 
carried  blankets  to  Cambridge  for  soldiers  belonging  to  this  town. 
In  1775  were  sent  445- pounds  of  bread  and  115  pounds  of  pork  to 
Capt.  A.  Wells'  company,  while  in  October,  1780,  in  accordance  with 
a  call  made  by  the  General  Assembly,  were  forwarded  3360  pounds 
of  beef,  and  the  ensuing  January,  6454  pounds  additional  were  sent. 
In  1779  the  town  voted  to  supply  Samuel  Farrer's  family  with 
provision,  he  being  then  in  the  army.  All  of  this,  added  to  the 
amount  of  the  Province  taxes  levied,  constituted  a  heavy  demand 
upon  the  resources  of  our  ancestors,  but  one  which  by  their  uncom- 
promising integrity  and  fervent  belief  in  their  country's  rights, 
they  were  enabled  to  meet  most  heroically. 

The  action  taken  by  the  town  regarding  the  formation  of  the 
new  government  is  on  record  as  follows,  September  30,  1776: 

"Then  the  question  was  put  Whether  they  will  give  their  consent 


ACTION   ON    STATE   CONSTITUTION.  8 1 

that  the  present  house  of  Representatives  of  this  State  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England  together  with  the  counsil  if  they 
consent,  in  one  body  with  the  House  and  by  equal  voice  Should 
consent,  agree  on  and  enact  a  constitution  and  Form  of  Govern- 
ment for  This  State  as  the  Said  House  of  Representatives  and 
Counsil  aforesaid  on  the  fullest  and  most  mature  consideration 
shall  judge,  will  most  conduce  to  the  Safety,  peace  and  happiness 
of  this  state  in  all  After  Successions  and  Generations,  and  if  they 
would  direct  that  the  same  be  made  Publick  for  the  Inspection  and 
Perusal  of  the  Inhabitants  before  the  satisfaction  thereof  by  the 
Assembly,  and  pafed  in  the  Affirmative  by  a  Great  Majority." 
Capt.  Elisha  Burnham  was  chosen  to  represent  the  town  in  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  State,  and  to  him  at  a  later  time  were 
given  instructions  respecting  the  Articles  of  Confederation  and 
Perpetual  Union  of  the  American  States.    Two  years  later,  Apr.  15, 

1778,  the  draft  of  the  constitution  was  received,  and  that  its  import 
was  foreign  to  the  views  of  the  people  is  shown  by  there  being  but 
15  votes  out  of  a  total   of  71    cast   for  its  acceptance.     August  19, 

1779,  the  question  of  voting  for  a  new  constitution  or  form  of  gov- 
ernment came  up  again,  and  this  time  there  were  68  for  and  two 
against  it.  The  representative  for  the  next  year  was  empowered 
to  vote  for  the  calling  of  the  State  convention  for  the  sole  purpose 
of  forming  a  new  constitution,  provided  that  when  one  is  formed 
it  shall  be  sent  back  to  the  people,  and  if  two-thirds  are  for  it,  it 
shall  be  established,  and  if  more  than  one-third  are  against  it,  then 
it  shall  become  null  and  void. 

The  fall  following,  a  convention  was  called  at  Cambridge  for  the 
purpose  of  forming  a  constitution.  To  this  convention  Bernard- 
ston  declined  to  send  a  delegate.  July  14  of  that  year  a  similar 
convention  had  been  held  at  Concord,  the  transactions  of  which 
were  obnoxious  to  our  good  people.  They  accordingly  chose  a 
committee  to  "write  the  committee  of  Convention  to  convene  at 
Concord  the  first  Wednesday  of  October  next,  and  shew  reasons 
for  their  disapproval  of  the  doeings  of  the  convention."  Capt.  Elisha 
Burnham,  Lieut.  John  Severance  and  Robert  Riddle  constituted 
this  committee.  May  10,  1780,  30  out  of  39  voted  for  the  "  third 
Article  m  the  bill  of  rights,"  and  26  out  of  29  favored  the  remain- 
ing articles  of  the  Constitution.     These  several  actions  of  the  town 


82  shay's  rebellion. 


delineate  the  jealousy  with  which  they  regarded  any  movement 
which  savored  of  an  encroachment  upon  their  civil  rights,  and 
viewing  their  grievances  as  endured  unkingly  rule,  can  we  wonder 
at  it? 

At  a  town  meeting  held  September  i,  Monday.  1780,  the  follow- 
ing vote  was  taken,  under  the  newly  formed  and  accepted  Consti- 
tution, for  Governor,  Lieut.  Governor  and  Senators.  Governors: 
John  Hancock,  16;  James  Bowdoin,  10.  Senators:  Col.  John  Bliss, 
13;  Caleb  Strong,  15;  Major  Joseph  Hawley,  13;  Capt.  McClel- 
lan,  4 ;  Gen.  Daniel  Danielson,  7  ;  Rev.  Job  Wright,  i  i  ;  Moses 
Bliss,  I. 

Thus  we  see  the  constant  self-sacrifice  and  the  ready  responses 
made  for  and  to  the  demands  of  the  war.  In  exchange  for  these 
came  the  merited  satisfaction  and  pride  in  a  self-formed  govern- 
ment. No  longer  must  the  people  bow  themselves  to  a  Monarch's 
caprice.  In  matters  social,  civil  or  religious  they  were  answerable 
only  to  their  own  people  and  the  officials  whom  they  chose  to  place 
in  power.  In  1780  the  assessors  returned  for  Bernardston  33,477 
acres,  from  which  a  deduction  of  5000  acres  was  made  for  ponds,  riv- 
ers and  unimproved  lands,  leaving  28,477  acres,  rateable  at  12,489^^" 
I2S.  The  value  of  the  grain  on  hand  was  i  \j£  4s.  The  polls  re- 
turned were  1 19,  while  the  houses  numbered  1 17.  Truly  a  record 
which  we  may  well  view  with  commendable  pride  and  satisfaction. 

Shay's  Rebellion. — Scarcely  had  peace  been  regained  after  the 
fiercely  contested  Revolution  before  Mas.sachusetts,  especially  the 
western  counties  of  the  State,  were  called  upon  to  suppress  the 
vShay's  Rebellion.  In  the  feverish  condition  of  mind  succeeding 
the  war,  many  did  not  comprehend  the  exact  situation  of  public 
affairs,  and  it  needed  but  one  bold  and  unscrupulous  enough  to 
assume  the  command  to  obtain  a  ready  following  of  insurgents, 
and  such  a  leader  was  found  in  the  person  of  Daniel  Shay,  who 
was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  in  1747,  ^^^^  di\Q^  at  Sparta,  N.  Y.. 
September  29,  1825.  Although  not  prominently  connected  with 
the  first  movements  of  the  rebellion,  he  was  finally  placed  in  com- 
mand, not  impossibly  because  of  his  having  become  somewhat  fa- 
miliar with  martial  duties  while  serving  as  sergeant  at  Bunker 
Hill,  and  afterward  as  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  army. 


shay's  rebellion.  83 


There  were  numerous  causes  assigned  by  the  insurrectionists  for 
their  action,  among  which  were  the  following:  that  the  salary  paid 
the  governor  was  too  high,  the  senate  was  aristocratic,  the  lawyers 
extortionate,  and  most  of  all,  the  existence  of  partial  taxation,  es- 
pecially as  applied  to  western  Massachusetts.    As  a  redress  of  their 
grievances   they  demanded   an   issue   of   paper   money  and   the  re- 
moval of  the  General  Court  from  Boston.     An  effort  was  made  by 
the  authorities  to  allay  their  discontent  by  the  abatement  of  certain 
back   taxes  and  debts,  but  without  success.     In    August,  1786,  the 
trouble  began,  the  malccjntents  having  as  one  of  their  primary  ob- 
jects the  abolishment  of  the   courts,  beginning  thus  early  to  assail 
the  power  of   the   Government  so  recently  established,  and   that, 
too,  at  such  a  cost  of  human  life.     Enough  of  victory  favored  the 
rebelling  forces  to  enable  them  to  carry  on  the  insurrection  until 
the   last   of  February  following,  when   the  movement  was  quelled 
and  the  leaders  fled.     This  affair  is  of  local   interest  inasmuch  as 
among  Shay's  followers  were  some   from   Bernardst(jn.      In  an  en- 
gagement at  Springfield   in   the  beginning  of    1787,  the  troops  for 
the  defense   under   command  of  General  Shephard,  fired  upon  the 
Shay's  party,  killing  f(jur  —  Messrs.  Spicer  of  Leyden,  Ezekiel  Root 
of  Bernardston,  Hunter  of  vShelburne,  and  Webster  of  Gill.     This 
repulse  followed  closely  by  the  retreat  to  Pelham,  and  the  destruc- 
tion of  many  of  their  number  dispersed  the  already  confused  mob. 
Their  leaders  lied  the    State   and   the  insurgents    themselves  were 
speedily  brought  in  by  the   cavalry.      In  attempting  to  secure  one, 
Jason  Parmenter  of  Bernardston,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  he 
fired  upon  the   capturing  party,  killing   Jacob  Walker  of  Whately. 
Parmenter  was  tried,  convicted  and  sentenced  to  the  gallows.     All 
the   preparations  were  made,  and  the  criminals  brought  out  ready 
for  execution,  in  accordance  with  Gov.  Hancock's  orders.     Then, 
and  not  until  then,  was  a  pardon  produced  and  read,  and  this  par- 
don was  afterward  extended  to  Shay  and  his  leaders. 

Thus  did  Massachusetts  receive  her  rebellious  sons  into  favor. 
It  was  during  this  rebellion  that  Capt.  Caleb  Chapin  commanded  a 
company  of  four  months  men  in  Col.  Ezra  Badlam's  regiment,  and 
from  the  old  payroll  formerly  in  the  possession  of  a  descendant, 
the  late  Lucius  P.  Chapin  of  Bernardston,  and  by  him  donated  to  the 


84 


CAPTAIN    CALFJ!    CHAPIN  S    COMPANY. 


P.  V.  M.  A.,  are  gathered  the  names  of  some  who  quickly  responded 
to  their  coimtrv's  summons: 


Caleb  Chapin,  Captain. 
David  Hoit,  Jr.,  Lieutenant. 
Elisha  Ransom,  Rnsifjn. 
Eliel  Gilbert,    Clerk. 
Abiathar  Joy,         " 
Robert  Bard  well,  " 
Samuel  Pollicy,     " 
Samuel     Hart,     Corporal. 
Stephen  Lawrence,     " 
Josiah  Osjijood,  Jr.,     " 
Thomas  Nichols,         " 
Ephraim  Williams,  P'ifer. 
Aretas  Lyman,  Drummer. 
Cornelius    Gilbert,    Private. 
Rosel  Alvord, 
Ebeuezer  Peck,  " 

Caleb  Thayer, 
John  Briggs, 
Timothy  Warren, 
Chester  Gunn,  " 

Phinea-s  Osgood ,  ' ' 

Joseph  Osgood,  " 

IsiahDow,  " 


Thomas     Rand,      Private. 
Nathaniel  Walker, 
Elias  Bardwell,  " 

Levi  Sartwell, 
Daniel  Bliss, 
Abiezer  Richmond,        " 
Jacob  Hollida}-,  " 

Gaius  Field,  " 

Miller  Mitchell, 
Simeon  Hastings, 
Walter  Stewart, 
Zepheniah  Jones,  " 

Elisha  P'oster,  " 

Eleazer  Lawrence,         " 
Setli  Denio,  " 

Timothy  Larraba,  " 

AbelTorrey, 
Ebenezer  Emes,  " 

Elijah  Scott, 
Burriell  Hay  ward,  " 

Erastus  Barnard,  " 

Nathaniel  Doakes,         " 
Elijah  Walker,  " 


David  Osgood,  " 

Among  these  there  are  comparatively  few  Bernardston  names  to 
be  found,  although  doubtless  most  of  them  came  from  this  vicinity. 
After  keeping  troops  in  the  western  counties  four  months,  they 
were  withdrawn,  and  white  winged  peace  sprang  up,  Phoenix  like, 
from  the  quickly  crushed  but  dangerous  insurrection.  Most  author- 
ities agree  that  had  Shay  po.ssessed  sufficient  knowledge  to  have 
skillfully  commanded  his  forces,  unlimited  success  might  have  at- 
tended his  movements.  In  the  civil  war,  some  few  writers  cited 
the  case  of  Shay's  insurrection  to  all  such  as  were  disinclined  to 
accept  the  tax  imposed,  and  it  certainly  seems  as  if  one  such  lesson 
would  be  all  that  was  needful  in  a  Government's  history. 

IVar  of  1S12. — Concerning  the  war  of  1812  there  is  nothing  upon 
the  records.  In  its  corporate  capacity  the  town  took  no  part,  and 
it  is  not  definitely  known  who  went  from  here,  although  at  dift'cr- 
ent  times  there  have  resided  here  survivors  of  that  war.  The  ab- 
sence of  any  action  of  the  town  at  that  time  is  explainable  by  the 


WAR    OF    l8l2.  85 


fact  that  Gov.  Strong,  then  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  was  opposed 
to  the  war,  and  when  upon  the  outbreak  of  hostilities,  President 
Madison  issued  a  call  for  troops,  he  requested  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Massachusetts  its  opinion  as  to  the  authority  of  the  President 
to  require  a  State  to  send  its  soldiers  outside  of  the  State,  subject 
to  a  general,  other  than  the  President  himself,  as  commander-in- 
chief  of  all  the  American  forces.  The  decision  of  the  court  was 
that  in  certain  coiitiugoicic's  the  President  might  call  out  the  State 
militia,  but  that,  as  there  was  no  power  given  the  President  or 
Congress  to  determine  when  those  contingencies  did  really  exist, 
the  Governor  of  a  State  must  determine  the  question  for  himself. 
Hence  the  President's  call  had  no  force.  Gov.  Strong  declined  to 
call  for  troops,  and  many  soldiers  went  to  New  York  State  and  en- 
listed, and  were  probably  credited  to  that  State  rather  than  to  the 
State  to  which  they  actually  belonged. 

According  to  a  letter  written  by  xA.lpha  Ryther  in  1863,  there 
were,  in  18 14.  fifteen  men  called  for  from  town,  and  thirteen  re- 
sjDonded.  Some  of  them  were,  besides  Mr.  Ryther,  Elijah  Tryon, 
fifer,  Hosea  Aid  rich,  Erastus  Ryther,  Ebenezer  Nightengale,  Gor- 
ham  Chapin,  David  Guellow  and  a  st)n  of  William  Newcomb  of 
North  Bernardston.  These  men  belonged  to  the  second  regiment, 
second  brigade,  fourth  division.  The  Captain  was  David  Strick- 
land of  Greenfield.  The  company  was  ordered  to  Boston  about 
September  1,  1814,  and  remained  for  three  months,  being  stationed 
successively  at  Cambridgeport  and  Commercial  Point  at  South 
Boston.  Mr.  Ryther  was  for  a  time  clerk  of  the  company,  but  hav- 
ing lost  the  roll,  could  only  give  this  much  from  memory.  Who 
were  the  other  members  of  this  company  is  not  known.  Had 
Massachtisetts  taken  any  concerted  action,  we  may  be  assured  that 
this  town  would  have  responded  in  a  ready  and  enthusiastic  man- 
ner. All  the  records  of  this  war,  or  in  any  way  pertaining  to  those 
who  went  from  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  are  to  be  found  in  Wash- 
ington. 

The  first  half  of  the  ninteenth  century  probably  passed  by,  in  a 
sense,  uneventfully.  The  country  was  at  peace  ;  the  inhabitants, 
prosperous.  Passing  events  interested  our  townsmen,  as  they  do 
to-day,  for  the    time   being;  the  morrow  furnished   fresh  food  for 


86  CIVIL    WAR. 


thought;  the  social  and  educational  side  of  life  received  its  full 
share  of  attention,  with  the  result  that  the  schools  were  built  up, 
the  lyceutn,  spelling  and  singing  schools,  now  almost  forgotten  in- 
stitutions, prospered  ;  days  were  taken  for  the  improvement  and 
beautifying  of  public,  as  well  as  private,  property.  In  short,  a  happy, 
prosperous  life  was  here  depicted,  such  as  is  only  attainable  in  a 
community  at  unity  with  itself  and  the  outside  world.  Each  pur- 
sued his  wonted  calling,  running  the  race  that  was  set  before  him, 
and  many  of  the  town's  patriarchs,  ap])roaching  their  time  appointed, 
were  tenderly  laid,  by  loving  hands,  within  "God's  Acre." 

Civil  War. — The  beoinningr  of  the  civil  war  marks  another  crreat 
epoch  in  the  Nation's  history,  and  one  which  cast  its  reflection  on 
every  town  in  the  country;  while  the  stirring  events  which  then 
transpired  are  mirrored  in  the  minds  of  all  the  passing  generation. 
Through  the  latter  part  of  the  fifties,  excitement  and  party  feeling 
ran  high  on  all  political  issues  of  the  day,  and  glancing  backward 
40  years,  we  can  see  our  town  eagerly  watching,  with  others,  the 
attitude  assumed  by  the  Southern  States,  and  in  imagination  we 
can  enter  into  the  feverish  excitement  which  everywhere  prevailed, 
and  dominated  men's  actions,  when  throughout  the  country  was 
flashed  the  news  that  Fort  Sumter  had  been  fired  upon  and  hos- 
tilities actually  begun.  Never  lacking  patriotic  enthusiasm,  Ber- 
nardston  now  fully  sustained  her  former  creditable  record  in  her 
ready  accession  to  the  demands  of  the  national  government,  and 
her  citizens  harbor  a  justifiable  feeling  of  pride  at  the  remembrance 
of  the  noble  deeds  performed  by  her  heroic  sons,  a  feeling  which 
is  tempered  and  saddened  by  the  loss  of  some  of  her  loved  ones 
who  fell  while  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

"  It  sintjcth  low  in  every  heart, 

We  hear  it  each  and  all, 
A  song  of  those  who  answer  not, 

However  wc  may  call." 

At  a  town  meel^ing  held  July  22,  1862,  for  the  express  purpcxse  of 
taking  action  relative  to  the  quota  called  for,  Mr.  I.  K.  Brown  was 
cho.sen  moderator,  and  the  following  resolutions,  presented  by  Ur. 
William  Dwight,  were  unanimously  adopted: 

"'I'hat  we,  as  citizens  of  the  town  of  licniardston,  with  a  view  t()  the 
suppression   of    the    most  atroci(Mis   rebelhon   of    modern    times,  do  hereby 


BOUNTY    VOTED.  87 


heartily  endorse  the  policy  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  hereby 
express  our  confidence  in  his  tried  patriotism,  his  integrity  and  devotion 
to  the  welfare  of  the  whole  nation. 

Resolved,  That  the  town  of  Bernardston  in  response  to  the  call  of  the 
President  come  forward  with  a  willing  heart  to  lay  upon  the  altar  of  our 
([lomnion  Country  the  lives  of  our  sons  and  the  treasures  of  our  jieople  in 
defense  of  that  noble  constitution  and  union,  the  preservation  and  perpet- 
uation of  which,  is  the  solemn  duty  of  every  individual  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  our  land. 

Resolved,  That  the  exigencies  of  the  hour  call  upon  old  i\nd  young,  rich 
and  poor  alike,  to  rally  around  the  old  flag  of  our  fathers  antl  consecrate 
our  energies  to  the  defence  of  this,  the  best  Government  that  a  kind  Provi- 
dence has  bestowed  upon  Man." 

It  was  voted  that  "a  bounty  of  $100.00  be  paid  to  each  of  the  eleven 
recruits  for  Massachusetts  Volunteers  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  that  may  enlist  in  Bernardston  agreeable  to  the  call  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States.  To  be  paid  when  such  recruits 
are  mustered  into  service — and  that  the  selectmen  be  instructed 
to  borrow  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  the  above  Bounty  and  use  the 
credit  of  the  town  for  that  purpo.se:  provided  that  a  sufficient  guar- 
antee fund  shall  be  raised  by  voluntary  subscription  to  indemnify 
the  selectinen  in  the  above  action,  if  the  action  of  the  town  in  pass- 
ing this  vote  shall  be  illegal  and  shall  not  be  legalized  by  future 
legislation."  This  guarantee  fund  was  immediately  raised.  The 
call  of  the  country  fell  upon  hearts  just  as  loyal  as  ever  beat  within 
human  breast,  and  to  Herbert  G.  Horton  must  be  given  the  honor 
of  being  the  first  volunteer.  Immediately  upon  the  adoption  of 
the  above  resolution,  he  presented  a  inuster  roll  headed  with  his 
own  name.  This  prompt  action  had  its  effect,  and  five  names  were 
soon  placed  beside  his  upon  the  roll.  At  the  motion  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Ruberg,  three  cheers  were  given  with  a  will,  after  which  the  meet- 
ing was  adjourned,  six  of  the  eleven  recruits  called  for  having  been 
quickly  secured,  and  the  number  was  soon  made  good.  During 
the  summer  of  1863  the  excitement  was  intense.  The  response  to 
calls  made  for  men  was  everywhere  less  ready  than  heretofore  and 
it  was  found  to  be  impossible  to  fill  the  ranks  by  voluntary  enlist- 
ments. Hence  a  draft  was  ordered,  beginning  in  this  county, 
Tuesday,  July   14,   1863,  at   10  a.  m.     All  males  between  the  ages 


88 


DRAFT  ORDERED  AND  TAKEN. 


of  20  and  35  years,  except  the  unmarried  (whose  limit  was  extended 
to  45  years)  were  subject  to  this  draft,  and  were  to  serve  three  years 
or  through  the  war.  The  draft  for  the  ninth  district  called  for 
3066  men,  including  exempts,  for  whom  50  per  cent  was  allowed, 
and  Bernardston  was  required  to  furnish  twenty-three.  Those 
drafted  from  here  were,  in  the  order  in  whicli  the  draft  proceeded: 

Ward  A.  Ferry,  Sumner  F.  Streeter,  Charles  P.  Cushman,  Henry 
L.  Lamb,  Moses  Nelson,  Edwin  C.  Burrows,  Joseph  Hatfield,  Zenas 
Butterfield,  David  Wells,  Charles  Lascoway,  H.  Duane  Fox,  Aaron 
W.  Field,  Almon  D.  Hale,  Galusha  Newton,  Henry  O.  Root,  Eze- 
kiel  Hale,  Eugene  Tern  pieman,  Francis  D.  Hale,  Joseph  W.  Cross. 
Chauncey  O.  Haley,  Timothy  B.  Carpenter,  Lucius  W.  Cook,  Henry 
Hale.  By  subscription,  the  citizens  raised  a  fund  to  pay  such 
drafted  men  the  same  bounty  as  was  paid  those  who  went  as  volun- 
teers in  1862.  Consequently  each  able  bodied  man  either  went  or 
sent  a  substitute.  Under  the  President's  call  of  March  14,  1864,  the 
quota  assigned  this  town  was  eight. 

Those  who  responded  to  their  country's  call  were  as  follows,  those 

whose  names  are  marked  with  an  asterisk  being  the  ones  who  lost 

their  lives  in  the  service  ;  those  marked  f  have  passed  away  since 

and  all  are  rightly  classed  as  among  the  honored  dead: 

2ist  Regimeut. 

Charles  O.  Frizzell.  *Lucius  C.  Hale. 

*James  W.  Hale.  *  Edward  Lachore. 

*George  E.  Hale. 

27th  Regiment. 

R.  C.  Briggs. 
Michael  Sullivan. 

loth  Regiment. 
William  H.  Scott. 
*Charles  C.  Harris. 
George  Thompson. 

31st  Regiment. 
A.  N.  Johnson. 

37th  Regiment. 
Bart.  Sullivan. 

4th  (Vt. )  Regiment. 
C.  O.  Haley.  John   Haley. 


John  Manning. 
W.  A.  Thompson. 

tOeorge  W.  Wells 
*M.  F.  Slate. 
I/.  B.  Streeter. 


J.  J.  Aldrich. 


Geoffrey  Vaile. 
tF.  D.  Hale. 
Dennis  Bartis. 

Dwight  A.  Reed. 
John  Albett. 

B.  R.  Morrison. 
D.  R.  vScott. 
Josiah  P.  Day. 

Henry  Baldwin. 

H.  A.  Wolf. 


MILITARY   ROLL    OF    CIVIL    WAR. 


89 


tHerbert  G.  Horton 
tEnos  H.  Burt. 
D.  L.  Fairman. 


33rd  Regiment. 

tT.  L.  Sheldon. 
tDavid  Newell. 
+J.  H.  Weeks. 

Mason  Drury. 

15th  (Ct).  Regiment. 

♦Charles  A.  Boyle. 

9th  Regiment. 

Z.  A. 

52nd  Regiment. 

R.  F.  Newcomb. 
William  F.  Oaks, 
tj.  S.  Slate. 
tE.  C.  Newton. 
*James  M.  Thompson. 
C.  R.  Gould. 
tA.  W.  Kingsley. 

6th  Regiment. 
Rev.  A.  N.  Field. 
56th  Regiment. 
William  Woodrough.  *George 

3rd  Regiment,  Cavalry. 
William  Vanall. 


J.  C.  Fairman. 
C.  J.  Hutchins. 
A.  F.  Thompson. 


*H.  J.  Hale. 

n.  S.  Hurlbert. 

tH.  P.  Lyons. 

+L.  P.  Chase. 

I.  L.  Thomas. 

tLucius  M.  Weatherhead. 

George  W.  Thorniley. 

L.  B.  Grout. 


Butter  field. 


tD wight  Park. 
tD.  H.  Wheeler. 
F.  R.  Park. 
H.  W.  Hale. 
F.  C.  Slate. 
Q.  W.  Benjamin. 
W.  S.  Whitcomb. 


W.  Woodrough. 


George  W.  Haskins. 


*  Henry  T.  Sheldon, 
tjoel  N.  Nash. 


tHenry  O    Streeter. 


4th  Regiment,  Cavalry. 

A.  L.  Haskins.  *Fred  Hale. 

57th  Regiment. 

Anson  Booter.  George  Norwood . 

14th  Regiment,  Battery. 

William  H.  Walbridge. 

2nd  Regiment,  Heavy  Artillery. 

Charles  T.  Scott.  *George   A.  Willey. 

William  Palmer.  James  Quinn. 

1st  Regiment,  Heavy  Artillery. 
George  Hughs. 

23rd  Regiment. 

tjohn  W.  Temple.  A.  T.  McClure. 

Joseph  Slate. 

Regiment  unknown. 

Charles  Huber.  Hector  Murphy. 


go  RERNARUSTON    MEN    ENLISTED    ELSEWHERE. 

Among  the  sons  of  Bernardston  who  served  under  enlistment 
from  other  places,  should  be  mentioned  Capt.  George  Warner,  now 
resident  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  who  went  from  Springfield,  Mass.,  attained 
the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  the  27th  regiment,  Co.  K,  and  at  the  bat- 
tle of  New  Berne,  lost  a  limb.  As  soon  as  the  wound  was  healed 
and  an  artificial  limb  fitted,  he  returned  to  active  duty,  afterwards 
becoming  captain  of  the  company.  He  was  also  for  a  time  con- 
nected with  the  subsistence  department  at  New  Berne.  Likewise 
from  vSpringfield  went  Laroy  Z.  Cutler,  who  enlisted  for  nine 
months  in  Co.  A,  46th  Reg.,  M.  V.  M.,  yet  saw  eleven  months'  ser- 
vice ere  his  return  home. 

The  existing  condition  of  alTairs  was  the  best  to  bring  out  the 
character  of  the  people  and  many  patriotic  examples  might  be  re- 
corded. At  the  time  Henry  W.  Hale  was  drafted,  his  father  gave 
him  $300.00,  the  sum  required  for  his  commutation.  This  he  re- 
turned with  the  remark  that  "The  government  wants  some  one  to 
take  my  place  and  I  may  as  well  go."  Mr.  Hale  served  his  country 
with  credit  to  himself,  passing  through  some  thrilling  experiences, 
and  as  a  reward  for  his  fidelity  then,  as  well  as  a  mark  of  the  re- 
spect in  which  they  hold  him  now,  his  former  comrades  have  be- 
stowed upon  him  the  position  of  commander  of  the  Edwin  E.  Day 
Grand  Army  Post,  in  the  town  of  his  adoption. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Green,  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  society,  connected  him- 
self with  the  sanitary  commi.ssion  for  some  time  and  rendered  val- 
uable aid  to  that  organization. 

In  1862,  October  27,  Lieut.  E.  S.  Flurlbert,  with  his  soldiers  from 
this  place,  also  some  others  in  the  same  company,  reached  here  on 
the  evening  train,  receiving  an  ovation  worthy  their  brave  spirits. 
The  ladies  had  procured  a  sword,  sash  and  revolver,  and  with  the 
citizens  generally,  repaired  to  the  hotel  then  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  E.  C.  Fox,  whither  Lieut.  Hurlbert  and  his  men  were 
escorted  by  a  large  procession  headed  by  a  band.  Here,  to  Lieut. 
Hurlbert  was  presented  the  articles  by  Master  Everett  Fox,  on  be- 
half of  the  ladies,  in  the  following  words: 

"I'o  you,  Sir,  the  honored  officer  of  a  band  of  patriots  from  our  own 
midst,  the  exercises  of  this  occasion  have  an  uncommon  interest.  To  us 
all,  it  will  be  a  matter  of  pleasant  memory:  and  the  presentation  of  an  ele-" 


PRESENTATION   OF   SWORD   AND    SASH    TO    LIEUT.    HURLBERT.       9I 


gant  sword  and  sash  by  the  ladies  of  Bernardston  to  our  l)eh:)ved  Lieut. 
Hurlbert,  to  be  used  in  the  salvation  of  an  afflicted  country  from  traitorous 
hands,  will  go  down  in  the  history  of  this  town  to  the  latest  times,  as  a 
worthy  deed  of  respect  to  one  of  her  noblest  sons. 

But,  Sir,  however  much  we  admire  the  business  energy  you  have  shewn 
in  years  now  past,  and  which  have  added  much  to  the  standing  and  growth 
of  our  place;  however  much  we  admire  your  intellectual  and  social  quali- 
ties, which  have  endeared  you  to  a  large  circle  of  friends,  that  earnest,  de- 
cisive, yet  courteous  demeanor  which  has  ever  marked  your  intercourse ; 
still,  your  history  even  now  begins;  your  sphere  of  highest  usefulness,  of 
patriotism,  such  as  will  give  honor  to  yourself,  and  mark-with  glory  the 
annals  of  our  community,  just  now  opens  before  you.  You,  with  your  brave 
companions,  are  to  write  with  the  death  dealing  edge  of  the  sword  and 
bayonet  in  the  hearts  of  our  foes,  lessons  of  terror  to  tyranny,  of  love  to 
freedom  and  humanity.  May  Ood  crown  you  with  the  highest  success. 
The  ladies  of  Bernardston,  in  whose  behalf  I  make  this  presentation,  thus 
express  their  confidence  in  you,  their  high  hopes  and  the  pride  which  they 
feel  in  the  noble  position  you  are  to  hold  in  our  country's  cause.  This 
honor  is  not  meant  for  you  alone.  The  ladies  thus  shew  their  regard  to 
every  noble  spirit  that  from  Iiernardston  has  enlisted  in  the  army  of  our 
common  country  as  compatriots  with  you.  They  and  we  alike  rejoice  that 
one  of  their  number  has  been  selected  for  a  post  of  so  great  importance. 
This  occasion  is  a  token  of  regard  for  them,  through  you,  as  their  lieuten- 
ant, and  well  may  we  honor  them.  You,  soldiers  of  Bernardston,  have 
shewn  your  patriotism,  your  courage.  While  some  trembled  and  cowered, 
you  stepped  nobly  forth.  No  man  of  Bernardston  can  sacrifice  more  than 
you  are  doing  for  a  noble  cause — -it  is  not  property,  it  is  home  and  life  you 
lay  upon  the  altar  of  our  country.  You  offer  to  live  or  die  for  her,  as  the 
god  of  battles  may  direct.  O,  haw  unlike  those  dastard,  coward,  cringing 
souls,  who  besiege  the  surgeon  for  exemption  papers,  yet  can  daily  labor 
for  themselves  or  charge  a  dollar  a  day  to  their  neighbors  for  their  work — 
dead  to  the  high  call  of  their  country — may  God  have  mercy  on  their  cow- 
ardly souls! 

In  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  Bernardston,  contributing  therefor,  I,  who 
would  gladly  be  of  age  to  accompany  you  in  your  perils  and  honor,  present 
to  you  as  a  token  of  their  esteem  and  high  hopes,  and  with  regard  for  the 
soldiers,  your  brave  associates,  this  beautiful  sword  and  sash:  and  in  the 
sentiment  of  the  Spartan  mother  to  her  brave  son,  to  whom  she  had  pre- 
sented a  shield,  saying,    'Return  either  with  this  shield  or  upon  it,'  so  say 


92  LIEUT.    HURLBERTS    RESPONSE. 

they  to  you,  reluni  to  us  bearing  this  in  triumph  from  many  a  gory  field 
of  battle,  or  if  you  are  destined  never  to  return,  we  trust  your  brave  heart 
will  never  tarnish  its  brightness,  except  in  honor  to  our  country's  flag." 

Lieut.  Hurlbert  responded  as  follows: — 

"Through  you,  Sir,  it  now  becomes  my  duty  to  thank  the  fair  donors  for 
this  valuable  testimonial  of  their  regard.  And  I  trust,  if  by  a  kind  provi- 
dence, 1  am  again  permitted  to  return  among  you,  I  may  bring  this  valued 
gift,  untarnished  by  any  act  of  mine,  or  its  lustre  dimmed  except  by  trait- 
or's blood. 

And,  Sir,  when  I  say,  thank  the  fair  contributors,  1  mean  all  that  that 
word  can  possibly  express,  I  think  I  feel  the  full  weight  of  the  responsibil- 
ity resting  on  me  in  accepting  it,  1  have  sworn  to  do  all  that  in  me  lies  to 
support  that  Ccjnstitution  and  that  Union  which  has  been  handed  tlown  t(j 
us  by  our  fathers  and  sealed  with  their  blood:  come  what  may,  I  shall 
strive  to  do  my  duty  in  maintaining  them. 

I  take  it  for  granted,  however,  that  not  only  to  me  is  this  token  pre- 
sented, but  to  all  who  from  this  town  have  taken  their  lives  in  their  hands 
and  present  them  as  a  freewill  offering  in  defence  of  the  dear  ones  they 
leave  behind.  We  know  we  are  leaving  those  dear  firesides  around  which 
so  many  pleasant  memories  cluster,  in  exchange  for  long  and  wearisome 
marches,  sleepless  nights,  and  all  the  wants  and  privations  of  an  army  in 
an  enemy's  country:  but  trusting  in  the  righteousness  of  our  cause,  we 
cheerfully  accept  them.  .And  1  trust,  God  helping  us,  the  fair  givers  shall 
never  have  cause  to  blush  for  any  act  of  those  whom  they  have  by  this  gift 
commissioned  to  battle  for  the  salvation  (^f  our  common  country." 

Upon  the  sword  was  inscribed,  "Presented  to  Lieut.  E.  S.  Htirl- 
bert,  by  the  ladies  of  Bernardston." 

Thtis  do  we  see  how  the  brave  and  independent  spirit  which  led 
the  women  of  the  pioneer  families  to  aid  their  husbands  and  sons 
in  the  treacherous  Indian  warfare,  shows  itself  in  their  descend- 
ants. A  hundred  and  fifty  years  later,  nearly,  the  women  were  ac- 
tively engaged  in  doing  all  in  their  power  not  only  to  stimulate 
patriotic  sentiments,  but  also  to  relieve  the  wants  and  sufferings  of 
those  who  were  so  dear  to  them.  Boxes  were  prepared  and  sent 
to  the  field,  and  the  benefits  derived  from  their  contents  would 
have  amply  repaid  all  denial  and  self-sacrifice  made,  could  the  con- 
tributors have  witnessed   the   same.     The   younger,  as  well  as  the 


CASUALTIES.  93 


older,  ladies  had  their  org'anization  and  worked  with  a  will,  prepar- 
ingf  delicacies  and  comforts  which  were  sent  to  the  different  com- 
missions  for  further  distribution.  And  who  shall  wonder  if  an 
occasional  written  word  of  encouragement  was  included  in  the 
"  comfort  bag-s  "  sent  ?  Or  that  the  recipient  of  such  should  most 
gratefully  acknowledge  the  favor,  as  did  one  young  man  who,  in 
one  of  his  communications  to  a  Bernardston  maiden,  thus  described 
himself:  "My  hair  is  red,  I  should  have  been  good  looking,  had  not 
the  Lord  unfortunately  set  both  my  eyes  watching  my  nose."  Such 
matters,  little  things  in  themselves,  no  doubt  helped  many  a  poor 
soldier  through  the  long  hours  of  weary  marching,  or  served  to 
vary  the  monotomy  of  camp  routine,  and  if,  by  such  means,  dis- 
heartened spirits  were  encouraged,  just  in  that  proportion  was  good 
rendered  to  the  cause  for  which  all,  at  home  and  abroad,  were  most 
earnestly  engaged. 

Of  those  who  lost  their  lives  while  in  the  service,  Lucius  C,  .son 
of  Allen  B.  Hale,  of  the  21st  regiment,  was  wounded  and  died  in 
the  hospital  at  New  Berne,  N.  C,  April  12,  1862.  James  W.,  son 
of  John  Valentine  Hale,  died  at  the  same  place  of  a  fever,  April  8, 
1862.  He  was  in  the  2  ist  Massachusetts  regiment.  Edward  Lachore 
was  killed  in  the  battle  of  New  Berne.  George  Hale  was  drowned 
in  the  Potomac  river.  James  Thompson  died  in  a  hospital.  Charles 
S.,  son  of  J.  S.  Slate,  died  in  the  Philadelphia  hospital,  November  5, 
1862.  He  was  aged  21  years,  a  member  of  the  4th  Vt.  regiment. 
Sergeant  Barnard,  son  of  Ziba  Newell,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Malvern  Hill,  near  Richmond,  July  28,  1864,  at  the  age  of  27.  He 
was  shot  in  such  manner  as  to  sever  a  main  artery,  and  bled  to 
death  immediately.  His  body  was  robbed  by  rebels,  into  whose 
hands  it  fell.  Sergt.  Newell  was  a  member  of  Co.  F,  ist  Massachu- 
setts cavalry,  and  although  but  27,  had  been  in  between  30  and  40 
battles  and  skirmishes.  He  had  a  brother  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Antietam.  William  Woodrough  and  son  George  were  killed  before 
Petersburgh.  Frederic  Hale  died  at  Fort  Magruder,  near  Williams- 
burg, Va.,  of  congestion  of  brain  and  lungs.  Charles  A.,  son  of 
William  Boyle  of  Bernardston,  died  at  New  Berne,  N.  C,  of  spotted 
fever,  October  10,  1864,  ae.  27.  He  was  a  member  of  the  15th  Con- 
necticut volunteers.     Henry  T.,  son  of   Russell  Sheldon,  died  at 


94  CASUALTIES. 


New  Berne,  October   12,  1864,  ae.  18,  a  member  of  the  2nd  Massa- 
chusetts heavy  artillery. 

"  Down  the  dark  future,  through  long  generations, 

The  sounds  of  war  grow  fainter  and  then  cease; 
And,  like  a  bell  with  sweet,  solemn  vibrations, 

I  hear  once  more  the  voice  of  Christ  say,  "Peace!" 
Peace  !  and  no  longer,  froift  its  brazen  portals. 

The  blast  of  war's  great  organ  shakes  the  skies; 
But  beautiful  as  songs  of  the  immortals. 

The  holy  melodies  of  love  arise." 


-'  V/.  - 


CHAPTER  VI. 

DISTRICT    OF    LEYUEN — FALL    TOWN    GORE. 

Up  to  the  year  1784,  the  history  of  Bernardston  is  the  history  of 
Leyden.  From  that  time  on,  it  is  as  the  record  of  mother  and 
daughter,  each  depending  upon,  and  assisting  the  other,  in  certain 
directions.  And  not  alone  in  municipal,  religious  and  educational 
matters,  but  by  the  strong  and  near  ties  of  kinship  existing  between 
the  inhabitants,  are  the  relations  more  closely  cemented,  as  a 
thoughtful  perusal  of  the  records  will  show. 

In  the  earlier  days  of  the  parent  town,  the  settlers,  branching 
out  from  the  north  part,  seemed  to  follow  the  water  courses,  and 
going  in  a  westerly  direction,  we  soon  find,  up  the  Newcomb  brook, 
the  homes  of  the  Connable,  Newcomb,  Willis,  Shattuck,  Foster, 
Bagg  and  Frizzell  families.  The  causes  leading  up  to  the  separa- 
tion were,  as  in  the  case  of  the  "Gore,"  natural  ones.  Up  to  the 
Revolutionary  period  it  is  supposed,  and  everything  substantiates 
the  supposition,  that,  dividing  the  town  into  equal  quarters  by  run- 
ning lines  north  and  south,  and  east  and  west,  at  right  angles,  by 
far  the  greatest  number  of  families  would  have  been  found  in  the 
north-east  quarter,  and  here  also  was  located  the  only  public  build- 
ing, the  meeting  house,  likewise  the  only  place  that  we  definitely 
know  to  have  served  the  purpose  of  an  inn.  Hence  when  settle- 
ments began  to  be  made  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  about  the 
year  1770,  the  people  were  obliged  to  travel,  probably,  two-thirds 
of  the  breadth  of  the  township  to  attend  divine  service.  This  one 
thing  must  have  been  a  powerful  factor  for  division,  for  in  those 
days,  if  one  was  absent  from  church,  the  question  put  was  not  where 
is  he,  but  hozv  is  he,  for  it  was  a  generally  accepted  fact  that  illness 
alone  would  cause  such  absence.  The  natural  features  of  the  coun- 
try presented  many  difhculties  to  be  overcome  in  the  making  of 
good  roads  at  a  time  when  the  men  not  in  the  service  of  their  coun- 
try, had  their  time  fully  occupied  in  clearing  the  land  and  erecting 
the  customary  log-house.     So  these  early  roadways,  many  of  them, 


96  EARLY  LEVDEN  SETTLERS. 

we  may  safely  conjecture,  were  little  more  than  bridle  paths  through 
the  densely  wooded  country,  and  full  of  unseen  dangers  to  the  un- 
wary traveller.  Imagining  ourselves  in  their  conditions,  can  we 
wonder  at  their  thoughts  turning  toward  a  nearer  township,  a 
nearer  civil  and  religious  home  ?  The  first  settlement  was  made 
in  the  east  part  of  Leyden  on  what  is  now  called  Frizzle  Hill,  by 
a  Mrs.  Frizzle,  and  the  next,  at  about  the  same  time,  a  little  distance 
north,  on  Beaver  meadow.  These  portions  of  the  town  were  com- 
paratively thinly  settled  for  a  number  of  years,  and  at  the  time  of 
its  division  by  the  Legislature  in  1784,  it  had  not  enough  inhabi- 
tants to  constitute  a  town,  hence  was  called  the  district  of  Leyden. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  in  1779.  it  was  voted  that  the  land  lying 
east  of  Green  River  be  divided  by  a  line  running  due  north  and 
south  into  two  towns  or  districts,  and  the- final  division  in  1784  was 
the  result.  After  this  they  united  with  Bernardston  in  choosing 
a  representative  to  the  General  Court,  but  chose  their  own  town 
officers.  Some  of  those  residing  in  Leyden  prior  to  this  time  were 
John  Connable  and  his  sons,  who  came  in  1772,  Oliver  Babcock, 
David  Page  in  1779,  Ezra  Shattuck  in  1780,  Capt.  Jonathan  Bud- 
dington   in  about    1783,  Caleb  and  John   Adams,  Andrew  Henry, 

Lieut.  Reuben   Shattuck,   Charles  Packer,  Ezekiel  Foster,    

Spicer,  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells,  Lieut.  Daniel  Newcomb,  Samuel  Guild, 
Alpheus  Barstow,  Selah  Chapin,  Lieut.  Joseph  Eason,  Nathaniel 
Eason.  Uriah  Wilbur  came  from  Rhode  Lsland  about  1780.  Li  1784 
the  following  persons  are  supposed  to  have  come  to  town:  John  B. 
Demontal  and  family  from  Shelburne,  John  Moore  and  family, 
Mary  Moore  and  family  from  Palmer,  Sylvester  Crandell  and  fam- 
ily from  Guilford,  Vt.,  John  Wells  and  family  from  Springfield, 
Vt.,  Jehial  and  Polly  Niles  from  Connecticut.  Oliver  Noyes  and  fam- 
ily from  Guilford,  Vt.,  Daniel  Edwards  and  family  from  Coventry, 
Ct.,  Solomon  Dimmock,  Bedgood  Bulfish  and  wife,  Ellen  and  Sarah 
Cole,  all  from  Enfield,  Ct.,  Levi  Brooks  and  family,  Thomas  Brooks 
and  wife  from  Guilford,  Vt.,  Benjamin  Grinnell  and  wife  from 
Rhode  Island,  James  Phillips  and  wife  from  vSpringfield,  Mass. 
In  1785  there  came  from  Guilford,  Vt.,  Jcxshua  Noyes  and  family, 
David  Dennison  and  family,  John  Burrows  and  family.  In  1787 
John  Saunders  and   family  from   Rhode  Island,  Peter   Brown  and 


I.EYDEN    AFFAIRS.  97 


family  from  Montague,  Jabez  Knapp  and  family,  Enoch  Childs  and 
family,  and  Joseph  Engley  from  Taunton,  Benjamin  Carleton  from 
Warwick. 

This  settlement  was  named  Leyden  after  the  town  of  Leyden, 
Holland,  and  the  residence  of  the  Puritans  for  a  time  prior  to  their 
emigration.  It  is  claimed  that  one  Coolidge,  probably  David,  came 
from  Rhode  Island  and  established  himself  on  a  farm,  the  first 
inhabitant.     If  so,  he  must  have  been  here  as  early  as  1770. 

The  act  of  division  was  passed  March  12,  1784,  Tristam  Dotham 
being  speaker  of  the  House,  Samuel  Adams,  president  of  the  Sen- 
ate, John  Hancock,  Governor,  and  John  Avery,  Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth.  The  first  meeting  was  called  by  a  warrant  issued 
by  David  Smead,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  dated  Greenfield,  April  22, 
1784,  and  directed  to  Caleb  Adams,  the  meeting  to  be  called  at  the 
dwelling  house  of  Lieut.  Joseph  Eason  on  the  26th.  The  meeting 
was  holden  accordingly,  and  David  Severance,  Esq.,  presided  as 
moderator,  Alpheus  Barstow  was  chosen  town  clerk,  Samuel  Guild, 
treasurer,  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells,  Charles  Packer  and  Lieut.  Reuben 
Shattuck,  selectmen  and  assessors,  and  Capt.  John  Adams,  consta- 
ble and  collector,  for  which  he  was  to  receive  3^^  is. 

At  the  time  of  Captain  Buddington's  settlement  in  town  the  place 
is  thus  graphically  described: 

"But  few  people  lived  in  this  hilly  wilderness.  Here  and  there 
the  smoke  of  the  log  cabin  struggles  through  the  thick  woods  of 
oak,  maple,  beach  and  chestnut.  The  Indian  still  lingered,  though 
his  dependence  on  the  whites  had  made  him  friendly.  The  deer 
was  plenty  in  the  woods  and  sometimes  the  childlike  wail  of  the 
panther  would  startle  the  mother  from  sleep."  The  log  school- 
house  soon  appeared.  One  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  used  often  to 
relate  her  experiences  in  teaching  in  those  early  times.  To  her,  it 
seemed  wonderful  how  the  children  came  out  of  the  woods  to  school 
and  how  they  would  return  to  the  woods,  and  she  be  left  alone. 

In  1789  it  was  voted  to  form  the  district  into  four  school  districts, 
and  in  1791  to  rai.se  60^  for  the  purpose  of  supporting  schools  the 
ensuing  year.  The  school  committee  made  their  first  appearance 
in  the  year  1803,  the  first  one  chosen  being  Samuel  Connable,  John 
Hunt,  Isaac  Bullock,  Paul  Babcock,  Benjamin  Baker.  Joseph  Bab- 


98  FALL  TOWN    GORE. 


cock  and  Nathan  Hastings.  A  committee  has  been  annually 
chosen  since,  with  one  exception.  In  1805  it  was  voted  "not  to 
Raise  a  School  Committee."  Comparatively  little  is  found  con- 
cerning the  earlier  schools,  and  the  cause  is  traceable  to  the  divi- 
sion of  the  district  into  the  four  school  districts  so  soon  after  the 
incorporation  of  Leyden,  and  each  district  was  charged  with  the 
care  and  expense  of  its  educational  interests. 

In  its  religious  history  the  place  is  at  marked  variance  with  most 
places,  in  that  the  first  church  organization  effected  was  not  of  the 
standing  order,  or  Congregational  denomination,  and  to  the  pres- 
ent time  no  society  or  church  of  that  faith  has  been  found  within 
its  bounds.  In  July,  1780,  nine  years  before  the  appearance  of  the 
Baptist  society  in  Bernardston,  a  Baptist  church  was  organized  in 
Leyden.  The  members  worshipped  presumably  in  private  houses 
or  in  Colrain  until  1797,  when  there  was  erected  by  several  persons 
in  company,  called  the  "  Meeting  house  proprietors,"  a  place  of 
worship. 

The  Methodists  early  formed  a  class  here,  and  in  18 10  a  church 
organization  was  effected.  In  1841  a  church  was  built,  and  for  the 
first  time  the  Methodists  found  for  themselves  a  permanent  home. 

In  1830  a  Universalist  society  was  organized,  but  had  an  exist- 
ence of  only  three  years.  In  1867  the  .society  and  church  was  re- 
organized with  24  members,  and  with  their  Methodist  brethren 
united  in  holding  services  in  the  one  church  at  Leyden  Centre. 

Fall  Toivn  Gore. — As  has  been  stated  in  a  preceding  part  of  this 
work,  this  "  Gore  "  of  land — so  called  —  was  early  applied  for,  and 
granted  to  the  proprietors  upon  their  representations  that,  numer- 
ically, theirs  exceeded  the  usual  number  of  grantees  proportion- 
ately to  the  size  of  the  township  granted.  Feeling  strongly  the 
reasonableness  and  justice  of  their  claims,  the  proprietors,  in  1736-7, 
began  the  agitation  of  a  petition  to  the  General  Court,  inviting 
Thomas  Wells  to  prefer  the  same  on  their  behalf.  Probably  no 
further  definite  action  was  then  taken,  if  so,  no  trace  of  it  is  to  be 
found  in  the  records  of  the  proprietors. 

On  Monday,  October  19,  1740,  a  vote  was  passed  that  a  man  be 
sent  with  a  petition  to  the  General  Court  for  the  gore  of  land  lying 
between  the  township  and  Boston  township  No.  2  above  Deerfield, 


Kol'OSKD     lOWN    DIVISION. 


99 


tliiis  sliowin^^  that  altliou^li  immediate  aetion  liad  been  suspended, 
the  jirojeet  liad  not  been  L^iven  over.  The  same  Thomas  Wells 
was  asked  to  represent  them  at  IJoston,  he  to  receive  for  his  ser- 
vices, if  suecessfnl,  150  acres  of  land  anywhere  within  the  (rore. 
His  mission  was  attended  with  favorable  results,  and  at  a  later  date, 
the  town  for  some  unknown  reason  ha\'ini^  rescinded  their  vote  con- 
cernini^;  his  payment,  tendered  him  the  sum  of  50/".  Just  the  rea- 
son for  the  inhabitants  desiring"  this  particular  gore,  it  would  seem 
hard  to  determine,  separated  as  it  was  from  the  town  by  natural 
boundaries.  The  only  theory  we  can  advance  is,  that  it  adjoined 
their  possessions  and  ]:)romised  to  become  marketable  ])ro]-)ertv.  It 
seems  to  have  been  a  bone  of  contention,  so  to  speak,  a  greater  part 
of  tlie  time  until  its  hnal  annexation  to  Colrain  in  1779.  As  apart 
of  the  parent  town  the  inhabitants  had  no  interests  in  common  with 
her  citizens.  The  latter  were,  as  we  have  seen,  located  principally 
tipon  Iluckle  Hill,  Hald  Mountain  .and  North  I>ernardston  sections. 
The  church  where  the  residents  of  the  (jore  were  expected  to  re- 
pair on  the  Sabbath  and  to  take  part  in  the  town  gatherings,  was 
on  the  highest  point  of  Huckle  Hill,  and  the  distance,  some  four- 
teen miles  as  the  road  was  then  laid  out,  and  it  was  to  this  fact  that 
some  of  the  agitation  concerning  "movin<^  the  meetin;^  h<->use"  may 
l)e  traced. 

At  one  time  an  attempt  was  made  to  divide  the  town  into  two 
districts  in  order  to  facilitate  the  transaction  of  town  affairs,  the 
part  situated  within  the  (rore  to  belong  to  the  sotith-west  district, 
but  without  success.  A  revival  of  this  project  resulted  in  the  sep- 
aration of  the  district  of  Leyden.  This  state  of  affairs  existed  un- 
til 1771,  and  we  may  presume  that  the  feeling  was  intensified  when 
the  inhabitants  of  the  (lore  preferred  a  petition  to  Governor  Hutch- 
inson setting  forth  their  grievances  as  follows:  "For  years  past  and 
now  labor  under  very  difficult  circumstances,  by  reason  of  being 
such  a  distance  from  the  meeting  house  of  iJernardston  aforesaid, 
which  is  not  less  than  fourteen  miles  from  the  nearest  of  us,  and 
then  we  are  obliged  to  go  through  a  part  of  Shelburne,  and  part  of 
(ireenfield  which  is  the  way  the  road  now  is,  and  the  only  way  that 
it  ever  can  go  as  your  petitioners  would  furtlier  inform  your  Hon- 
ours that  it  is  impossible  t(^  git  a  road  anv  other  way  by  reason  on 


lOO  GORE   ANNEXED    TO    COLKAIN. 

a  large  River  with  very  high  Banks  on  both  sides  and  the  water 
many  times  in  the  year  is  so  high  that  there  is  no  possibility  in 
eettino:  across  and  when  over  the  river  the  mountains  are  so  high 
&  Rocky  that  it  is  impossible  to  get  a  road  over  them;  and  whereas 
your  Petitioners  are  obliged  to  bear  their  proportionate  part  of  the 
burdens  of  the  Town  when  they  receive  no  benefit  therefrom  they 
therefore  petition  for  annexation  to  Colrain,"  which  town  was  but 
two  and  one-half  miles  distant.  The  petition  was  signed  by  John 
Workman,  George  Clark,  Andrew  Henry,  David  Morris,  Andrew 
Luck,  Robert  Riddle,  Abraham  Peck,  William  Stewart. 

The  defense  prepared  October  2,  1771,  set  forth  "that  four  of  thti 
petitioners  do  not  belong  to  Bernardston,  they  live  in  Colrain  and 
probably  will  never  live  upon  their  lands  in  Bernardston,  some  of 
them.  That  the  petitioners  have  not  represented  the  River  and 
Hills  in  a  true  lic^ht  ;  The  River  is  not  so  large  but  that  a  tree  will 
reach  across  and  a  bridge  may  easily  be  made  to  stand  on  said  river 
and  the  Banks  and  hills  are  passable  in  some  places.  That  it  will 
very  much  hurt,  if  not  spoil  another  parish  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town  finally." 

As  to  the  faithfulness  of  the  representations  of  the  defense  the 
existing  highways  and  bridges  to-day  bear  witness.  Colrain  citi- 
zens themselves,  although  carrying  the  vote  favoring  annexation, 
did  so  in  the  face  of  strong  opposition  from  those  resident  in  the 
west  portion  of  the  town.  The  parent  town  carried  on  the  opposi- 
tion to  the  movement  until  1779,  when  it  was  finally  voted  that  that 
portion  of  the  town  lying  west  of  Green  River  be  annexed  to  Col- 
rain, thus  surrendering  2576  acres  of  land.  At  this  date  it  is  sup- 
posed that  there  were  16  families  settled  within  the  limits  of  the 
Gore.  The  names  of  thirteen  (;f  them  were  as  follows,  and  doubt- 
less others  were  some  of  those  signing  the  petition  of  1771: 

Joliu  NcwfU.  William  Nelsou. 

Oliver  Newell.  John  Coffran. 

01(1  Roinus  (colored).  John  Matthews. 

Benjatuin  Carleton.  John  Hurlbert. 

John  Bolton.  Jolin  Workman. 

Thomas  vShearer.  Abraham  Peck. 
Moses  Ranger. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

KCCI.KSIASriCAI.  1IIST()R\'  —  FIKST  TARISII  —  O  R( ;  AM/AI'K  )X  —  KARI.N' 
11  IS  TORY  —  KARIA-  MINISTERS — ORDINATION  SKRMON  — RKW  JOHN 
NORTON — RKV.  joT,  WRICIIT — UFA".  AMASA  C(JOK  —  RKW  'TIMOTHY 
ROC  T:  RS — S(  )C  I  KT  V    1 !  !'X'(  » M  KS    U  N  I  T  A  R  I A  N —  I '  N 1  T  A  R 1  A  N    TAS  T( )  RS. 

Another  branch  of  our  history  now  confronts  us  in  the  record  of 
our  clmrchcs  and  tlicir  important  work  The  cliureh  and  school 
characterize  a  town  as  well  as  a  nation,  each  exertin;^'  in  a  similar 
manner  their  civilizini^  and  elcvatiuL^  influence. 

"  Above  the  forest's  flowing  shade 

The  Altar  and  the  School  appeared; 

On  titat  the  Kifts  of  faith  were  laid, 

On  ihis  their  precious  hopes  were  reared." 

The  importance  attached  to  the  early  establishment  of  a  place  of 
worship  is  shown  by  the  conditions  of  the  grant,  one  of  which  was 
that  a  meeting  hottse  should  be  built  within  four  years.  At  a  meet- 
ing held  in  Deerfield,  in  June,  1739,  the  proprietors  voted  to  build 
a  meeting  house  which  should  be  50  feet  long,  40  feet  wide  and 
23  feet  between  joists,  and  in  the  summer  of  1739,  two  years  after 
the  arrival  of  the  first  settlers,  it  was  built.  Although  the  place 
chosen  was  bleak  and  uninviting,  the  meeting  house  was  located 
on  the  south  part  of  Huckle  Hill  just  south  of  the  farm  of  John  B. 
Field,  upon  the  highest  point  of  land  and  a  few  rods  west  of  the 
present  road,  probably  near  the  centre  of  population  at  that  time. 
The  building  was  but  partially  finished  inside,  and  no  money  ex- 
pended in  what  would  now  be  considered  the  most  necessary  ad- 
jtincts.  The  original  locaticMi  is  thus  described:  The  building  was 
to  "Set  in  or  near  the  Road  between  the  26th.  and  the  6th.  houfe 
lotts  Somewhere  Between  the  South  Line  of  the  6th  lott  and  the 
North  line  of  the  5th  and  that  the  committee  that  shall  be  Ch<~)fe 
to  build  the  meeting  houfe  Determine  as  to  the  Perticular  Place 
whare  it  shall  vStand."  A  later  vote  authorized  the  committee 
already  chosen  to  prepare  the  material  "to  Gitt  the  sd  houfe  framed 
and  Raifed  and  Covered."     After  beginning  work  the  lot  selected 


I02  REV.    JOHN    NORTON    CALLED. 


was  found  to  be  very  inconveniently  located,  therefore  it  was  voted 
that  three  acres  from  lot  No.  3  be  utilized  as  bein^'  nearer  where 
the  lumber  was  framed.  A  committee  was  chosen  to  jxirtially  fin- 
ish the  buildini:^,  "to  Lay  the  Lower  Floor,  Build  a  Pulpit  and  make 
the  Body  Seats." 

In  October,  1740,  it  was  voted  that  "there  be  20^  paid  out  of  the 
Proprietor's  treasury  for  the  support  of  preaching  the  (xospel  in 
Fall  Town  the  ensuing  winter,"  and  at  an  adjourned  meeting  that 
"A  committee  be  chosen  tc;  cut  the  brush  and  burn  them,  ten  rods 
round  the  meeting  house."'  At  the  first  proprietors'  meeting  held 
in  Fall  Town  (at  the  house  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer  .Sheldon)  vSeptem- 
ber  23,  1 74 1,  it  was  voted  by  a  majority  of  47  out  of  48,  that  Rev. 
John  Norton  be  invited  to  settle  in  the  ministry.  His  answer  to 
the  call  appears  on  the  early  record  books  as  follows: 

"  To  the  Proprietors  of  fdll  town  aclj(jyiiinjj^  to  Dcerfield  —  Ocntlcmeii  — 
you  made  your  application  to  me  by  your  comtee  Laft  vviiUcr  tu  Preacli 
the  Gospel  with  you  and  in  the  Spring  1  reed  a  .Second  application  from 
another  comtee  to  ccnitinue  with  you  for  some  time  aiul  alfo  have  by  a 
comtee  chofen  by  you  on  the  23d  day  of  Sej)teml)er  batt  Reed  your  Invi- 
tation to  settle  in  the  ministry  among  you  and  the  olfers  you  made  me. 
1  thereupon  made  it  my  care  to  address  the  throne  of  (irace  for  direction 
in  this  affair  which  is  of  so  Great  lmi)ortance.  I  mu>t  i:onfess  my  un\vt)i- 
thiness  and  Inefficiency  for  so  Important  a  Work  aiul  it  is  with  'rrembling 
I  have  Entertained  thought  of  it  but  when  I  consider  how  Desirable  it  is 
to  serve  the  Enterest  of  Christ  and  of  Souls  and  of  being  Instrumental  in 
the  hands  of  Ciod  to  Lead  Souls  to  Chri>t  and  the  all  efficiency  of  Christ 
to  make  the  weakest  means  I'owerful  to  thet  Kiul  I  think  1  can  Say  1  I  )e- 
siree  in  the  fear  of  God  and  with  a  humble  Dependence  on  him  for  assist- 
ance to  Enter  upon  that  work  where  and  when  God  shall  ("all  me  t(j  it  and 
understanding  their  is  a  General  Desire  among  you  that  1  should  take  upon 
me  the  Work  of  the  Gospel  ministry  among  you  whiefi  I  must  Needs  Say 
Inclines  mv  hart  to  ycju  ami  Gives  me  a  Greater  Desire  of  Settling  wiili 
you  than  with  any  other  people. 

As  to  the  offers  you  have  made  me  1  don't  know  but  lli-y  are  sufficieiii 
to  support  me  if  they  are  not  1  conclude  it  i^  your  intention  to  I  )oo  moi^e 
for  me,  if  I  [a'eacdi  the  (/ospel  1  look  upon  it  Rea>onabk-  1  should  live  <if 
the  Gospel  I  purpose  no  other  iavtdyhootl  but  that,  and  then  1  should  lie 
unfaithfuU   to    you    shoiiKl    1  leave    the    ministry  to   se<.'k  a  i.ivelyhotid    any 


REV.    JOTTN    NORTON'S    SETTLEMENT.  IO3 


Other  way.  1  hope  I  shall  not  expect  Great  things  and  I  hope  you  will  not 
suffer  me  to  want  if  you  are  able  to  do  for  me.  as  to  the  seventieth  part 
of  the  Six  miles  Square  or  an  Equal  part  of  the  whole  Township  with  Each 
Proprietor  the  first  is  the  most  but  yet  I  think  it  will  be  the  least  trouble 
to  you  if  I  should  accept  of  the  h'.st.  I  therefore  do  it  yet  I  hope  you  will 
consider  it  and  Grant  me  a  wood  lot  Near  to  that  you  offer  me.  As  to  the 
Settlement  I  to  Live  with  it  and  be  Content  to  suffer  with  you  in  the  day 
of  your  Small  things  and  truft  you  will  Not  Suffer  me  to  want,  when  you 
Can  Relieve  me.  If  my  Necessities  Should  Call  for  more.  I  desire  your 
Prayers  that  if  God  should  bring  me  into  the  ministry  among  you  1  may 
come  to  you  in  the  fullness  of  the  blessing  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ  and  So 
1  Remain  yours  to  Serve 

Deerfield,  Oct.   13th.  day  John  Norton. 

.A  Domini  1741. 

Mr.  Norton  was  accord  in  j^ly  settled  with  a  salary  of  130^^  for  the 
first  five  years  and  afterwards  to  increase  5^^  annually  till  the  sum 
should  be  \'jo£  ($566.66)  annually,  and  his  firewood  brought  to 
his  door.  He  was  to  have  20oi^  settlement  money,  one-half  in 
money,  and  one-half  in  labor  or  materials  for  buildino;-. 

His  ordination  sermon  was  preached  by  Jonathan  Ashley,  A.  M. 
It  was  published  and  the  only  known  copy  is  to  be  found  in  the 
rooms  of  the  P.  V.  M.  Association  at  Deerfield,  and  through  the 
courtesy  of  Hon.  George  Sheldon  the  following  copy  has  been  ob- 
tained. It  has  been  said  that  a  copy  was  also  in  the  possession  of 
WcM-cester  Antiquarian  Society,  but  Lieut.  Governor  Cushman's 
research  proved  the  impression  to  be  erroneous: 

AN  ORDINATION   SERMON. 

Romans  XV.  jo. 

No2u  I  befeecli  you,  Bretliren,  for  the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift  Sake,  and  for  the 
Love  of  the  Spirit,  that  ye  ftrive  toj^ether  with  me,  in  your  Prayers  to  God  for  me. 

That  fame  Spirit  of  Pride  and  Malice,  which  the  Pharifees  manifefted 
towards  our  bleffed  Lord  himfelf,  whilft  fulfilling  his  Miniftry  in  the  Flefh, 
|)revailed  very  much  againft  his  Church  after  his  Death,  and  Afcenfion  into 
Heaven;  wherefore  the  Church  of  Chrift  at  Jerufalem  was  greatly  oppreffed, 
and  many  were  afraid  to  unite  themfelves  to  it,  for  fear  they  fhould  fall 
under  the  Displeafure  of  the  Rulers;  and  efpecially  were  the  Rich  and 
Great  unwilling  to  hazard    their   All  for   the  Sake  of  Religion,  fo  that  the 


104  ORDINATION    SERMON. 

Number  of  Believers  confifted  chiefly  of  the  poorer  Sort,  who  were  not  well 
able  to  fupport  the  Gofpel.  St.  Paul  therefore  the  Apoftlet  the  Gentiles, 
endeavors  to  ftir  up  a  Spirit  of  Charity  amongft  them ;  and  tells  them,  they 
were  Debtors  to  the  Jews,  and  ought  to  give  them  of  their  carnal  Things, 
fince  they  had  fo  largely  received  of  their  fpirit-ual  Things,  ver.  27.  (Such  was 
the  Temper  and  fuch  the  primitive  Spirit  in  the  days  of  the  Apoftles;  and 
would  to  God  there  was  more  of  it  handed  down  to  us  in  thefe  remote  Ages.) 
And  when  the  Apoftle  had  obtained  a  Collection  among  the  Gentiles,  and 
was  going  up  to  Jerufalem  to  deliver  the  fame  to  the  Saints,  he  writes  this 
Epiftle  from  Corinth  to  Rome;  wherein  he  informs  the  Chriftians  there,  that 
whem  he  fhould  Journey  into  Spain,  he  purpofed  to  come  to  them,  and  af- 
fures  them  he  fhould  come  to  them  in  the  Fulnefs  of  the  Bleffings  of  the 
Gofpel  of  Chrift  ver,  29.  And  therefore  he  befeeches  them  to  ftrive  in 
Prayer  for  him  to  (iod.     In  the  Words  we  may  obferve, 

1.  The  Duty  recommended,  and  this  is  ftriving.  And  he  lets  them  know 
he  was  engaged  in  it  himfelf.  Strive  together  with  me  He  does  indeed  tell 
us,  2  Tim.  2.  24.  That  it  is  not  lawful  for  a  Sefvant  of  the  Lord  to  ftrive. 
But  there  he  ufes  a  different  Word  (Macheftbai)  which  ffgnifies  to  contend 
in  Anger  and  with  Weapons:  But  the  Word  here  rendered  ftrive,  is  Agoni- 
shai  to  be  in  an  Agony,  or  to  agonize;  and  the  fame  Word  is  ufed, 
Luk.  13.  24. 

2.  The  Manner  of  ftriving;  and  that  is,  in  Prayer;  in  which  we  are  to  be 
in  an  Agony.  Thus  Jacob  wreftled  in  Prayer,  Gen.  32.  24.  So  Chrift  him- 
felf was  in  an  Agony  of  Prayer,  Luke  22.  44.  And  Epaphras  laboured  fer- 
vently in  Prayer,  Col.  4.  12.  Our  Prayers  fhould  all  be  fervent  and  in- 
wrought Prayers. 

3.  What  it  is  the  Apoftle  urged  them  thus  earneftly  to  ftrive  for  in  Prayer; 
and  it  was  that  he  might  come  unto  them  in  the  Fulnef  of  the  Bleffings  of 
the  Gofpel  of  Chrift;  that  he  might  come  to  them  with  Joy  by  the  Will  of 
God,  and  be  refrefhed  with  them,  verfef  29  c\:  32. 

4.  The  Motives  to  this  Duty  of  earneft  Prayer  for  him.  And  they  are 
the  Lord  Jefus  Chrift's  fake  and  the  Love  of  the  Spirit.  As  if  the  Apoftle 
had  faid;  be  it  fo  you  have  no  Love  for  me,  yet  if  you  have  any  Defire  to 
advance  the  Kingdom  of  your  Lord;  and  have  any  Defire  to  feel  the  bleffed 
Influence  of  the  Spirit  upon  your  own  Hearts,  and  fee  the  Operations  thereof 
upon  others,  then  pray  for  me,  that  my  Miniftry  may  be  profpered. 

Hence  the 

DOC  T.     That  it  greatly  concerns  both  Minifters,  and  People  to  unite 


ORDINATIOX    SKKMON.  I05 


their  eanieft  Kiuieavors,  and  moft   fervent    I'rayers  to  Ciod,  that  the  (ireat 
Ends  and  rurpofcs  of  the  Miniftry  may  be  anfwei'ed. 

When  our  Lord  had  purchafed  a  Church  here  with  his  own  lUood,  and 
was  about  to  defcend  up  on  hio;h;  lie  did  not  leave  it  comfoftlefs;  but  fent 
down  his  Holy  Spirit,  which  wonderfully  fdled  the  Hearts  of  his  People: 
nor  did  he  leave  his  Church  without  Means  and  Hel[:)s  for  its  (irowth  and 
Increafe;  but  gave  Gifts  to  Men,  Kph.  4.  8.  He  was  pleafed  to  conftitute 
an  Order  of  Men  to  teach  and  build  Men  up  ni  the  Faith,  and  gracioufly 
has  promifed  them  his  Prefence  to  the  End  of  the  \V\)rl(l. 

Now,  do  we  confider  what  their  lUifinefs  is,  who  it  is  that  fentls  them 
forth  to  it,  and  how  they  muft,  e're  it  be  long,  render  an  Account  to  him: 
how  does  it  concern  them  in  an  efpecial  Manner  to  be  fervent  in  S[)irit 
fervein  the  Lord?  xVLankind  are  ready  to  think  the  Work  of  the  Miniftry 
is  an  eafy  Employment,  very  much  freed  from  all  Difficulties;  and  many 
have  envied  them  their  Eafe;  yea  it  is  to  be  feared  fome  have  left  their 
fecular  Employments,  and  turned  into  the  Miniftry,  that  they  might  indulge 
greater  Sloth  and  Idlenefs:  But  fuch  Men  are  grofly  ignorant  of  the  fhar[) 
Conflicts  &  fevere  Agonies  which  attend  a  faithful  Difcharge  of  the  Minif- 
try.     Oftentimes  Earth  and  Hell  unite  againft  them. 

Wherefore  a  People  are  not  to  look  upon  themfelves  altogether  uncon- 
cerned about  the  Miniftry;  whether  it  be  fucceeded  or  not;  but  muft  do 
all  in  their  Power  to  promote  the  great  Defigns  of  it;  they  muft  do  nothing 
to  oppofe,  and  hinder  it  themfelves;  and  when  they  fee  it  laboring  under 
Difficulties,  and  Oppofitions,  they  may  not  fit  ftill,  and  leave  Minifters  to 
grapple  with  them;  but  muft  appear  for  their  Help,  and  fay  to  them  as  the 
People  once  did,  to  Ezra,  Chap.  10.  4.  Arife,  for  this  Matter  belongeth 
unto  thee:  we  alfo  will  be  with  thee,  be  of  good  Courage  and  do  it.  It  is 
of  great  Concern,  that  a  People  as  well  as  Minifters  do  what  they  can  to 
forward  the  Miniftry. 

But   in    handling    this    Doctrine  I  propofe    Firft,  To  fhow  what  it  is  that 
Minifters  cS:  People  are  to  endeavor  after  and  pray  earneftly  for. 

Secondly,  Point  out  the  Manner  in  which  they  are  to  feek  the  Advance- 
ment of  the  Miniftry. 

Thirdly,    Give  fome  Reafons  of  the  Doctrine. 
Laftly.  Apply  the  Truth  to  Minifters  and  People. 

Firft  then,  I  am  to  show  what  it  is  Minifters  and  People  are  to  endeavor 
after  and  pray  earneftly  for. 

And  in  general  it  is  the  Glory  of  God  by  the  Salvation  of  Men  in  the  Way 


io6 


ORDINATION    Si;UMON. 


of  ihe  ('r()f|)el.  The  (/lory  of  (ioti  is  the  great  ImkI  of  our  Creation,  ami  it 
is  what  we  fhoiiid  always  aim  at  in  our  Actions.  As  we  are  Men  we  shouUi 
endeavor  fo  to  live  that  Ood  may  be  honored  by  us:  and  as  we  are  Minif- 
ters  and  C^hriftains  we  are  efpecially  concerned  to  prcjinote  the  Honor  and 
Cilory  of  (lod,  by  feeking  cuir  own,  and  the  Salvation  of  (jthers,  in  that  Way 
revealed  by  Chrift  in  the   (fof[)eI:    And  in  order  to  this, 

I.      Minifters  muft  ftrive  and  even  be  in  an  Agony,  till  (thrift  be  formed 
in  their  own  Souls,  and  the  Souls  of  their  Hearers. 

Men  are  not  always  c<jnverted  when  they  enter  into  the  Miniftry  many 
Instances  there  have  been  of  their  Converfion  by  their  own  Miniftry.  lUit 
if  this  be  the  Cafe  of  any  Minifters  not  to  converted,  Iniw  fliouUl  they  cry 
to  God  Day  and  Night  for  pardoning  and  faiictifying  Mercy?  .\iid  give 
no  Peace  to  themfelves  till  tiiey  are  born  of  the  S[)irit  of  (iod;  left  while 
they  preach  the  (iofi)el  of  Clirift  to  <jthers,  they  be  a  Ccd'taway  themselves, 
I  Cor.  9.  27.  How  fhould  they  wreftle  in  Prayer  till  they  know  the  Work 
(.)f  (lod  upon  the  Heart,  aiul  can  feelingly  l)itty,  and  travail  in  iiirlh  with 
others  ?  .\iul  when  this  happy  C'hange  is  elTectcd  111  their  own  Souls;  how 
Miould  they  ftrive  and  agonize  in  I'rayer  till  CMirift  be  formed  in  the  Souls 
of  their  Hearers?   (l-al.  4.   19. 

And  if  Minifters  have  ever  felt  the  Terrors  of  the  Law,  ami  cxperieiu'ed 
the  Comforts  of  Ood's  S[)irit,  they  can't  be  eafy  till  their  l'co[)le  are  bro't 
out  of  a  State  of  Sm  and  Heath  into  the  I'avour  of  (iod,  they  will  not  reft 
till  they  have  refcued  them  from  the  Hands  of  the  Devil,  and  introduced 
them  int(J  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord  jefus  ('hrift.  .NLiiifter^  mult  take 
much  Tains  for  the  Converfion  of  their  Hearers;  and  efpecially  if  at  any 
Time  they  [Perceive  a  good  Work  begun  m  their  Souks;  they  thould  never 
give  over  till  it  end  in  a  thoro'  Converfion  to  Cod. 

And  at  the  fame  Time  that  Minifters  of  the  (iof|)el  are  travailing  in 
IJirth  for  their  own  and  the  Souls  of  others,  a  People  mufl  join  with  them 
anti  pray  earneftly  for  them.  Have  any  of  yon  an  unconverteil  Minitter, 
ycni  may  not  reject  him  even  for  that;  you  have  no  fuch  Warrant  from  the 
\V(;rd  of  (iod;  to  do  this  would  be  to  impeach  the  Wifilom  of  our  i.oid 
Jefus  Chrift,  who  commanded  the  Hearers  to  obferve  and  do  all  thai  ihc 
Scribes  and  Pharifees  taught  them.  Mat.  j;,.  2.  j,.  .\iid  it  would  be  to 
make  your  felves  wifer  than  the  Wifdom  of  (iod,  who  chotc  one  to  the 
Apofllefhip  whom  he  knew  was  in  a  State  of  Nature;  ami  at  that  very  Time 
forefaw  he  W(Uild  lift  up  his  Heel  againft  him. 

Your  Duty  m  fuch  a  Cafe  is  to  pray  earneftly  to  (iod  for  him;  that  he 
maybe  made  of  (iotl  a  faithful  experimental   Mmifter  of  Jefus  Chrift       Ami 


ORDINATION    SKRMON.  I07 


is  your   Minifter    labouring  for  the   Converfioii   (jf   you  or  yours,  can    you 

neglect  ftriving  with  him,  'till  fuch  a  bleffed  Work  be  effected  in  you  ? 

3.  Minifters  and  I'eople  are  unitedly  to  endeavor  to  u|)hokl  and  promote 
real   Piety  and  (jodiinefs  among  themselves. 

Minifters  must  ftrive  to  be  exemplary  themfelves,  to  be  Patterns  of  Pa- 
tience, Holinefs  and  heavenly  Mindenefs;  they  muft  refift  all  'Pemptations 
to  Lewdnefs  and  Vanity.  It  is  a  great  Reproach  t(J  Religion  when  Men, 
who  bear  the  C'haracter  of  C'hrift  Ambaffadors,  give  themfelves  up  to  Sen- 
suality, and  have  no  Government  over  their  Paffions  and  Appetites.  Put 
this  has  been  unhappily  fometimes  the  Cafe  to  the  great  Difhonour  of 
C'hrift.  Would  we  be  Minifters  of  our  afcended  Ltjrd  and  glorified  Re- 
deemer, we  muft  avoid  everything  which  tends  to  bring  ourfelves  and  his 
Doctrines  into  Contempt. 

And  all  fuch  as  profefs  themselves  Christians  muft  be  very  watchful  over 
themfelves,  ami  walk  circumfpectly,  not  as  Fools  but  as  Wife,  redeemein 
the  'I'ime,  Eph.  5.  15.  16,  'I'hey  muft  avoid  all  Appearances  of  Evil,  and 
live  up  to  the  Character  they  fuftain.  Nor  is  it  enough  here,  that  Minif- 
ters and  People  are  externally  f(jber  and  religious;  but  they  muft  kee[)  up 
the  Life  and   Power  of  Godlinefs,  as  well  as  the  Form  of  it,  Tim.  3.  5. 

And  do  Minifters  and  Pe(^ple  at  any  'Pime  observe  Religion  dying,  how 
fhould  they  ftrive  tcjgether,  to  revive  it?  Is  any  Sin  prevailing  and  grow- 
ing rampant;  they  must  awake  t(j  put  a  Stop  to  it  and  face  it  down:  It  is 
not  enough  that  Minifters  exert  themfelves;  but  a  People  muft  alfo  join 
their  ftrongeft  Endeavors  and  moft  fervent  Prayefs:  they  muft  ftrengthen 
the  Hands,  and  encourage  the  Hearts  of  Minifters;  as  they  in  Ezra  10.  4, 
forecited. 

3.  Minifters  and  People  are  concerned  to  do  all  in  them  lies  to  preferve 
Peace  and  good  Order  among  themfelves.  Chrift's  Bleffing  to  his  Church 
was  Peace,  joh.  14.  27.  And  the  Gofpel  often  enjoins  Peace  u[)on  the 
Followers  of  Chrift.  Hence  we  are  commanded  to  live  i)eaceably  as  much 
as  possible,  Rom.  12.  18  and  to  follow  the  'Phings  which  make  for  Peace, 
Rom.  14.  19.  And  Peace  amongft  a  People  is  very  neceffary  in  order. to 
the  flourifhing  of  Religion:  'Phe  Spirit  oi  Ciod  will  not  dwell  in  the  midft 
of  War  and  Contention.  How  watchful  therefore  fhould  Minifters  and  Peo- 
ple be  that  they  don't  fall  into  Strifes  and  Animofities?  Satan  is  always 
ready  to  cast  in  Bones  of  Contenti<jn:  Minifters  muft  ftrive  fo  to  live  that 
they  may  give  none  Offence  to  any;  and  that  Satan  may  have  nothing  to 
improve  againft  them  to  (.leftr(jy  their  Ufefulnefs:  .And  a  People  muft  avoid 
all  Occafions  of  Contention,  by  living   in    Love,  by  bearing  with,  and    for- 


I08  ORDINATION    SERMON. 

giving   one   another.       And  is  any  Keud  fpringing    up,  iiow  does  it  concern 
us  all  to  quench  the  Coals. 

4.  Ministers  and  People  muft  unite  their  Endeavors  and  Prayers  that  the 
Doctrines  of  Chrift  may  be  preferved  pure  and  unmixed  with  Errors.  We 
are  all  bound  earneftly  to  contend  for  the  Faith,  Jude  3.  And  efpecially 
fhould  it  be  of  a  great  Concern  to  fuch,  as  are  appointed  to  'Peach  the 
Truth  to  others,  to  be  well  grounded  themfelves  in  the  Truth.  Minifters 
may  not  indifferently  embrace  any  Tenets;  thinking  it  no  Matter  fo  their 
People  are  eafy  with  them;  but  they  muft  examine  the  'Pruth,  and  when 
they  are  well  inftructef  in  it,  muft  teach  it  to  others:  and  they  are  com- 
manded to  convince  Crainfayers,  Tit.  i.  9.  And  is  any  Herefy  fpringing  up 
at  any  'Pi me,  they  muft  make  a  vigerous  Oppofition;  and  a  People  muft 
affift  them  herein,  left  the  Corru|)tion  become  epidemical,  and  prove  fatal 
to  the  Souls  of  many. 

So  alfo  it  equally  concerns  APmifters  tS:  People  to  preferve  the  Worfhip 
of  Ciod  unmixed  with  the  Inventions  and  Superftions  of  Men,  Moses  in 
building  the  'I'abernacle,  was  to  follow  exactly  the  Pattern  fhown  him  in 
the  mount:  So  we  in  all  our  Worfhip  fhould  pattern  arter  the  Mind  of  God 
revealed  in  his  Word.  We  muft  keep  up  a  holy  Jealoufy  for  God's  Wor- 
fhip, and  be  always  ready  to  refcue  it  from  the  Impofitions  of  Men,  which 
however  pleafing  they  may  be  to  carnal  Reafon,  yet  are  condemned  by 
God,  and  unfafe  for  us. 

5.  Minifters  and  People  muft  do  all  they  can  to  fupport  Chrift's  Author- 
ity in  his  Church,  that  his  Paws  and  Government  may  take  i')lace  upon 
'I'ranfgrelTors.  'I'hat  Chnft  has  left  Authority  in  his  Church  is  certain, 
Mat.  iS  (S;  1  Cor.  5.  In  whofe  Hands  it  is  repofited,  1  fhall  not  now  attempt 
to  determine;  nor  is  it  neceffary  it  fhould  be  decided,  would  Minifters  and 
People  aftist  and  ftrengthen  one  another,  and  both  do  what  in  them  lies  to 
reclaim  Sinners  and  bring  them  to  Repentance;  but  fo  long  as  Minifters 
and  Pople  are  jealous  of  one  another  and  all  they  aim  at  is  to  ingrofs  the 
Power  into  their  own  Hands;  and  refufe  to  ftrengthen  one  another,  'Phings 
will  grow  worfe  and  worfe  if  poffible.  It  is  a  Reproach  to  Christians  that 
there  is  fcarce  fo  much  as  a  Shatlow  f)f  Government  in  the  Church;  and  it 
is  fo  hard  a  Matter  to  bring  Offenders  to  humble  themfelves;  and  obftinate 
Men  cannot  be  brought  to  fubmit  to  Order.  Hap])y  would  it  be,  Minifters 
and  I'eople  unite  to  recover  the  linking  .Authority  of  Chrift  in  particular 
Churches;  fuice  we  can't  have  anv  Help  from  Councils  of  Churches:  Au- 
thority is  as  necessary  in  a  CHiurch  as  in  a  Kingdom:  and  the  more  this 
finks,  the  more  will    Religion  die  with  it.      Minifters  therefore  muft  bear  a 


ORDIXATIOX    SERMUV.  I OQ 


Teftiinony  againft  Offenders;  inuft  boldly  call  them  t<^  Account;  and  a 
People  niuft  ftrengthen  a  Minifiers  Hands  and  encourage  his  Heart  herein; 
and  may  not  juftify  the  Wicked,  as  is  too  commonly  the  Cafe. 

6  It  concerns  Minifters  and  People  to  endeavor  to  fuppiM't  the  Honour 
and  Credit  of  the  Miniftry.  However  a  corrupt  and  degenerate  Age  may 
defpife  Men  of  a  facred  Character;  yet  certainly  the  Work  of  the  Miniftry 
is  the  moft  honourable  Employment  in  the  World:  and  Chrift  affures  us. 
that  fuch  as  defpife  them  defpife  him,  Luk  lo,  i6.  He  will  have  them  ef- 
teemed  highly  for  their  Works  fake,  r  1'ef.  5.  13,  and  accounted  worthy  of 
double  Honor,  i  Tim.  5.  17.  And  when  we  confider  how  much  the  Succefs 
of  the  Miniftry  depends  upon  the  Kfteem  Men  have  (jf  Minifters  them- 
felves,  fhall  not  both  they  and  a  People  l\o  all  they  can  to  advance  their 
Credit  and  Reputation?  They  nuift  themfelves  live  fo  holy  and  exem[)lary 
that  none  may  have  any  Reafon  to  cenfure  and  Reproach  them.  They 
muft  ajDprove  themfelves  to  the  Confiences  <jf  Men.  Their  Lives  and  Con - 
verfations  muft  be  fuch  as  will  command  Reverance  from  Men.  But  then 
Minifters  are  Men  of  like  PafiPions,  and  fubject  to  like  Temptations  with 
other  men,  Act.  14.  15.  And  if  they  do  any  Thing  inconfiftent  with  their 
Character  and  Calling;  a  People  muft  bear  with  their  Infirmities,  overlook, 
and  cover  their  Failings,  (iod  has  guarded  their  Reputation  better  than 
any  Mens  whatever,  i,  Tim.  5.  19.  How  afraid  then  fhould  you  be  to  f[)eak 
Evil  of  them,  as  is  the  common  Practice  of  Mankind?  As  tho'  they  hired 
them  into  the  Miniftry  t(j  let  loofe  reproachful  Words  of  them?  But  not- 
withstanding all  the  Care  God  has  taken  to  preferve  the  Reputation  of 
Minifters,  how  ready  are  Men  to  fpread  every  Failing  they  are  guilty  of  to 
the  greateft  Diftance?  But  when  Minifters  are  thus  wounded  in  their 
Reputations,  their  Ufefulnefs  is  greatly  deftroyed. 

And  in  order  to  your  upholding  the  Credit  (^f  the  Miniftry  you  muft  fup- 
port  them  honourably  whcj  labour  for  your  Souls.  God  commanded  that 
tlie  ().\  which  treadeth  (Hit  the  C(;rn  fhould  n(jt  be  muzzled,  Deut.  25.  4. 
Which  the  Apoftle  api)lies  to  the  [)refent  Cafe,  i  Cor.  9.  9.  10.  And  he 
lets  us  know  there  is  the  fame  Reafon  they  who  preach  the  (rofpel  fhould 
live  the  Gofpel  as  they  who  atteml  upon  the  Altar  fhould  be  Partakers  of 
the  Altar,  Verfes  13.  14.  ]]ut  it  is  certain,  the  Priefts  under  the  Law  were 
allowed  by  God  a  vaftly  greater  Maintenance  than  Men  are  willing  to  allow 
ALnifters  of  the  Gofpel.  It  is  a  vain  Imagination  fome  men  have,  that  if 
-Minifters  are  kept  poor  and  dependant,  they  will  be  more  faithful,  that  they 
may  not  be  rejected  by  the  l'eo|)le:  This  is  the  Way  to  make  them  Ser- 
vants to  Mens  Humours,  inftead  of  Servants  to  their  Scdvation;   if  thev  are 


I  lO  OkDINAIION    SKR.MON. 

kepi  mean  ami  low,  ihev  will  not  have  Courai^e  to  repi"ove  Men  Ix^ldly,  and 
face  tiowii  their  dailii^y  Sins:  their  Strength  is  not  the  Strength  of  Stones, 
nor  their  l''lefh  IJrafs.  |(j1).  6.  12.  And  if  tliey  are  kept  poor  and  depend- 
ant, when  Troubles  arife  and  Men  evil  intreat  them,  they  are  ready  to  fink, 
antl  know  not  how  to  [lerfift  in  their  Work.  And  it  is  to  be  feared  this  has 
overborn  and  wafted  the  Spirits  of  fome  of  the  faithful  Servants  of  our 
Lord  Jefus  Chrift. 

Secondly.  I  am  to  fhow  in  what  Way  and  Manner  Minifters  and  People 
are  t(J  endeavor  to  promote  the  great  Ends  of  the  Miniftry. 

And  the  [^articular  Way  the  Apoftle  points  out  to  us  all  is  Prayer:  Yet 
we  are  not  U)  fup[)ofe  this  is  the  only  Method  i\'Iinifters  and  People  are  to 
ufe,  for  the  Liglu  of  Nature,  and  the  Word  of  Ood  itfelf,  will  teach  us  to 
add  to  i'rayer  all  reafonable  Means  and  Endeavors;  but  as  we  are  intirely 
dependant  ui^on  God  and  Christ  for  our  Salvation,  and  can  do  nothing  for 
ourfelves;  fo  nothing  is  more  reafonable  than  this,  that  we  fhould  make 
known  all  our  Wants  to  God,  and  commit  all  our  Cares  to  him  by  Prayer; 
Me  alone  can  profiler  (jur  Endeavors,  and  grant  us  our  Defires.  And  ef- 
pecially  fhould  Minifters  of  C'hrift  be  fre(|uent  in  this  Duty  of  Prayer;  they 
are  altogether  of  themfelves  insufficient  for  this  Work,  and  all  their  Suffi- 
ciency is  (jf  God,  2  Cor.  3.  5.  And  how  earneftly  fhould  they  implore 
upon  their  Knees  the  compatfionate  Pretence  of  their  Eord,  and  the  gra- 
ciouf  Influences  of  his  Spirit,  to  conduct  them  into  the  Paths  of  Truth,  and 
fave  them  from  the  endlefs  Labyrinths  of  Error?  That  he  would  Sujiport 
and  Comfort  them  under  all  the  great  Diificulties  and  Difcouragements  they 
meet  with  in  their  Work?  How  fhould  they  agonize  in  Prayer,  and  j^lead  for 
the  Inlluence  of  the  S[)irit  in  all  their  more  private  or  [)ul)lick  Services? 
That  both  in  their  Studies,  and  in  the  Congregation  they  may  a[)prove  them- 
selves to  God,  and  l)e  faithful  Minifters  of  the  New  Teftament?  They  mufl 
alfo  l)e  much  in  Prayer  f(>r  their  People;  muft  carry  all  their  Cafes  to  (iod. 
They  nuift  i:onfefs  and  bewail  their  Sins  before  (ioil,  and  intreat  God  to  fpare 
them,  Joel  2.  17.  V'ea  they  muft  do  this,  when  (iod  feems  to  be  ready  to 
deftroy  them:  Minifters  may  not  hide  themfelves  in  the  Day  of  God's  .\n- 
gei.  Minifters  muft  plead  with  G  xl  for  all  the  Mercies  their  People  want; 
and  efpecially  for  the  Graces  of  his  Holy  Si)irit  u|)on  them. 

Minifters  muft  be:  well  accpiaiiited  with  the  St;ite  of  their  I'Mocks,  Prov, 
27.  23.       'I'hat  they  may  fmt  their  Prayers  to  their  various    C'ircumstances. 

And  at  the  fame  time  that  Minifters  arc  thus  wrestling  m  Prayer,  a  I'eo- 
ple  muft  alfo  lift  up  holy  Hands  to  God,  and  labour  earneftly  in  Pr;iyer  for 
their    Minifters   and    themfelves        It  is  not    enough    th;it    von  put  up  tome 


ORDINATION    SERMON.  Ill 


cold  Petitions  for  your  Minifters  on  Lord's  Days;  and  yet  perha[5s  this  is 
more  than  many,  who  would  be  accounted  Christians,  do.  You  muft  wret- 
tle  in  Prayer  for  them  that  Ood  would  be  with  them;  direct,  atfift,  fecceed 
and  profper  them  in  their  Work;  and  this  fhould  be  Matter  of  your  daily 
Prayer,  both  in  the  Clofet  and  Family;  fo  alfo  how  earneft  muft  you  be  in 
Prayer  for  yourfelves,  that  God  would  keep  you  from  Sin,  and  guide  you 
in  the  l-'aths  of  Life  and  Peace. 

But  as  Minifters  and  People  ftand  in  different  Relations  to  one  another, 
it  concerns  them  to  ftrive  in  different  ways  to  forward  and  fucceed  the 
Miniftry. 

I.  Then,  as  to  Minifters  they  muft  take  much  Pains  to  be  furnifhed  with 
Knowledge  for  their  Work.  They  muft  give  thenifelves  to  reading,  and 
attend  continually  upon  ihefe  Things,  i  Tim.  4.  13,  iS:  15.  'I'hat  they  may 
handle  the  Word  of  God  skilfully,  and  be  Workmen  that  need  not  be 
afhamed,  2  Tim.  2.  15.  They  muft  convince  Gainfayers,  'I'it.  i.  9.  and  give 
to  every  one  his  portion  in  due  Seafon.  which  they  never  can  do  unlefs 
they  are  Men  of  Knowledge  and  acquainted  with  Learning  of  diverfe  Sorts. 
It  is  in  vain  for  Minifters  to  pretend  they  need  not  take  Pains  for  their 
Difcourfes;  and  that  the  Spirit  of  God  will  fuggeft  Truths  while  they  are 
fpeaking.  We  are  not  fo  to  expect  the  Affiftance  of  the  S[)irit  at  the  pref- 
ent  day.  We  muft  fearch  out  acceptable  Words,  Reel.  12.  10.  However 
Men  of  fuch  a  Stamp  who  defpife  humane  Learning  and  Study  may  be  ad- 
mired and  followed  when  Men  are  over  heated  with  Zeal;  it  is  certain  they 
cannot  laft  long;  and  in  a  little  Time  their  Folly  will  be  known  to  all  Men; 
and  the  World  will  as  much  defpife  them  as  now  they  admire  and  carefs 
them.  .\  Minifter  may  at  fome  Times  have  a  call  to  enter  into  the  desk 
with  but  little  previous  Meditation  <S:  Preparation;  but  always  to  do  this 
is  Prcfumption  and  inexcusable  Arrogance. 

And  while  we  are  composing  our  Sermons,  we  muft  endeavour  to  fuit 
them  to  the  Confciences  of  Men,  and  not  to  their  itching  Ears;  We  muft 
ftrive  for  fuch  \\'ords  as  will  awaken  Mens  Hopes  and  Fears,  and  make 
them  engaged  for  the  Salvation  of  their  Souls;  and  not  ftudy  for  polifhed 
Words  and  Ftrains  of  Rhetorick,  which  will  foar  above  Mens  Understand- 
ings, and  make  no  lafting  Impreffion  upon  their  Souls. 

— And  not  only  must  Ministers  ftrive  to  compofe  their  Sermons  well;  but 
muft  take  Pains  in  the  delivery  of  them.  I  fhall  not  pretend  to  determine 
whether  it  ought  to  be  with  or  without  reading  their  written  Notes:  I  think 
there  is  much  needlefs  I)if|Hite  in  this  Matter;  and  after  all  there  is  Lib- 
erty of    Confcience.       J!ut  let  the  Way  and  Manner  be  what  it  will,  Minif- 


112  ORDINATION    SERMON. 


ters  inuft  fpeak  in  the  Name  of  God  and  with  Authority.  Their  Words 
their  (refture,  and  very  countenance  niuft  difcouver  them  in  earneft  for 
the  Salvation  of  Souls.  Minifters  muft  not  be  cold  andlifelefs  in  the  Defk; 
but  fhould  be  Flames  of  Fire,  Heb.  i.  7.  When  they  addrefs  themfelves 
to  Sinners  they  muft  be  Sons  of  Thunder,  denouncing  the  Terrors  of  the 
Law  in  fuch  a  Manner  that  Fear  and  Trembling  may  take  hold  on  them. 
And  when  they  fpeak  to  awakened  and  waery  Sinners,  it  muft  be  with  fuch 
tendernefs  and  Compafion  that  they  may  be  drawn  to  Chrift  for  Life  and 
Reft,  If  Minifters  are  cold  and  lifelefs  in  their  Delivery,  they  will  make 
carelefs  and  dead  Hearers. 

So  alfo  they  muft  take  much  Pains  in  their  publick  Prayers  and  manifeft 
fuch  earneftnefs  and  fo  fuit  themfelves  to  the  State  of  their  Flocks,  that 
they  may  command  the  AttentitMi  of  the  People.  And  in  all  their  Conver- 
fation  they  muft  endeavor  fo  to  behave  themfelves,  fo  to  teach,  e.xhort,  and 
reprove  Men  privately  that  all  may  profit  by  them  as  well  as  in  their  pub- 
lick  Miniftry. 

2.  On  the  other  hand  a  People  muft  (according  to  the  Relation  they 
ftand  in  to  Minifters)  take  much  Pains  that  the  Miniftry  may  be  fucceeded. 
A  People  muft  then  take  due  Care  to  attain  to  a  fuitable  preaching  of  the 
Word  of  Ciod.  You  muft  break  up  the  fallow  ground  of  your  Hearts,  Jer.  4, 
3.  That  the  Seed  to  be  fown  may  be  received  into  good  Ground.  If  you 
come  to  the  publick  Worfhip  without  any  Preparation  of  Soul,  you  cannot 
e.xpect  to  profit  by  what  is  delivered  to  you:  It  will  be  no  more  than  a  dead 
letter.  And  is  not  this  ona  great  Reafon  why  Multitudes  have  heard 
'Fhoufands  of  Sermons,  and  never  profited  by  them?  If  Hearers  do  not 
awake  the  Powers  of  their  Souls  with  Metlitation  and  Prayer  to  hear  the 
Word  preached,  Minifters  may  ordinarily  preach  to  elead  Walls  and  lifelefs 
Images,  to  as  much  Advantage. 

You  muft  alfo  embrace  all  Ojiportunities  to  hear  the  Word  preached,  and 
not  neglect  affembling  your  felves  together,  Heb.  10.  25.  What  will  all  the 
Study  and  Pains  of  a  Minifter  avail,  if  you  will  not  attend  upon  their  .Min- 
iftry. \'ou  muft  willingly  mifs  no  0|)portuiiity  of  hearing,  left  you  mifs  of 
fome  Truth  that  might  awaken    convince  ami  c(.)mfort  your  Souls. 

And  you  muft  ftrive  to  hear  aright  what  is  preached  to  you.  Mar.  4.  24. 
You  muft  take  Pains  to  underftand  it,  and  not  allow  your  Tho'ts  to  wan- 
der to  the  ImuIs  of  the  I'^arth;  nor  your  felves  drowned  111  Sleep,  while 
Truths  of  the  greateft  Importance  are  delivered  to  you. 

.And  you  muft  take  nuu  h  Tains  to  treafure  u|)  in  your  Memories;  that 
you  may  pray  over  what  you  hear.     It  is  unhappily  the  C'afe  of   many  Hear- 


ORDTXATION    SERMON.  I  13 


ers,  thev  never  carry  any  Thins^  from  the  Houfe  of  God.  Hut  would  you 
profit  bv  the  Miniftry,  you  muft  often  think  of  what  you  hear,  and  pray 
(A'er  it,  that  Crod  would  blefs  it  to  your  Salvation. 

And  you  muft  l)e  careful  to  practice  what  y<m  hear  from  Time  to  Time; 
otherwife  it  will  be  of  no  .Vdvantage  to  you.  Mat.  7.  24 — 27.  Many  think 
if  they  hear  good  Difcourfes  and  commend  them  they  anfwer  their  Duty; 
and  are  eafy  if  they  never  put  them  in  Practice;  but  the  Knd  of  Hearing 
is  to  Practice;  and  how  careful  fhould  you  be  to  Practice  what  you  hear, 
left  the  wicked  One  take  it  from  you. 

And  to  fum  up  all  here  with  refpect  to  a  Peaple,  would  you  ftrive  together 
with  Minifters  to  promote  their  Miniftry;  you  muft  govern  your  own  Fam- 
ilies. And  herein  yini  will  make  their  Work  much  eafier,  ami  more  happy; 
Hereby  you  may  do  much  towards  the  Peace  of  a  Church,  and  flourifhing 
of  Religion;  but  if  you  are  negligent  m  this  Point,  you  will  ley  a  Founda- 
tion for  Rebellion  i.\:  Trouble  in  the  C'hurch.  If  Children  are  not  bound 
to  obey  at  Home,  they  will  not  fubmit  eitlier  to  Minifters  or  Magiftrates. 
It  is  what  Crod  mention^  of  Aliraham  to  his  Honour,  that  he  governed  his 
Houfehold,  Creii.  18.  ly.  .And  a  Want  of  this  has  been  the  Caufe  of  fo  much 
Trouble  and  \'e.\ation  to  Minifters  and  fuch  a  World  of  Diforder  and  Con- 
fufion  in  Church  iV  State,  Would  you  then  help  and  encourage  Minifters 
of  the  Crofpel,  yt)u  muft  tram  up  your  Children  in  the  Nurture  and  Admo- 
nition of  the  1  .ord. 

Thirdly,   Proceed  we   now  to  give  fome  Reafons  oi  the  Doctrine. 

1.  Then,  when  we  (  onfider  how  very  great  ant!  noble  the  Ends  and  De- 
figns  of  the  Miniftry  are:  it  is  enough  to  animate  Minifters  and  People  to 
do  all  they  can  to  promote  the  fame;  Xow  thefe  are  nothing  fhort  of  the 
Cilory  of  (iod,  and  the  eternal  well  being  of  immortal  Souls.  W'hat  can  we 
better  employ  our  souls  about,  and  fpend  our  Strength  for,  than  thefe? 
Thefe  are  worthy  our  higeft  Ambitn^n,  and  well  deferve  our  warmeff  En- 
deavours. Can  we  do  to  much  for  (rod's  Honour,  or  the  Salvation  of  our 
own  Souls.'      .And  thefe  arc  what  the  Miniftry  is  aiming  at 

2.  The  greateft  and  weightinefs  of  this  Work  oi  the  >[iniftery  calls  for 
the  mutual  Endeavors  of  Minifters  anil  People.  Have  Minifters  fo  much 
u[)on  their  Hands,  and  will  they  not  be  concerned  U)  acccjmplifh  the  fame? 
Can  they  loiter  and  indulge  Sloth'  And  have  a  People  any  Pity  for  Minif- 
ters, and  know  how  great  a  liurden  they  fuftain,  can  they  refufe  to  affift, 
encourage  and  ftrengthen  them?  Cod  commanded  his  People  to  help  even 
an  .\fs  labouring  under  a  Ikirdcn,  E.\.  23.  5.  And  can  you  omit  bearing 
with  the  Minifters,  and  ftriving  with  them' 


IT4 


OROIXATTOX    SERMON. 


3.  The  fucceefs  of  the  Miniftry  depends  very  much  upon  the  joint  En- 
deavors of  Minifters  ami  People  to  j^romote  it.  What  ran  either  Minifters 
or  I'eople  tlo  ah)ne'  If  Minifters  are  zealous  and  laborious  in  their  Work; 
vet  if  a  People  remain  c:arelefs  iV  slothful,  they  will  have  Reafon  in  com- 
|)lain  they  labour  in  vain:  So,  if  a  I'eople  are  ftriving  in  I'rayer,  and  Minif- 
ters are  void  of  Life,  there  will  be  but  little  Fruit:  Hut  when  they  both 
unite  their  Kndeavors  and  Prayers,  there  is  a  Profjiect  of  a  ,y[lori()Us  Har- 
veft. 

4.  The  Confideration  that  Mmifters  are  emplcjyed  to  advance  the  King- 
dom of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  ought  to  invigorate  Minifters  and  People  to 
ufe  their  beft  Endeavors  and  promote  the  iXHniftry.  If  we  have  any  Love 
t(;  the  L()rd  Jefus  Chrift,  who  has  loved  us  to  the  Death,  fhall  we  not  feek 
the  Advancement  of  his  Kingdom  of  Peace  in  the  AVorld?  His  (govern- 
ment is  moft  happy  eS:  reafonable:  His  Laws  are  all  juft  and  good.  And 
fhall  we  not  feek  to  promote  fuch  a  Kingdom  in  the  World  ?  Which  the 
more  it  prevails,  the  more  hai)py  it  will  make  Men;  for  his  \'oke  is  eafy, 
and  his  Burden  light,  Mat.   29.  30. 

5.  Have  Minifters  and  People  any  Love  to  the  Spirit  of  Ood,  they  will 
ftrive  together.  If  they  have  any  Defire  to  feel  the  bleffed  influences  of 
the  Spirit  of  (rod  upon  their  own  Hearts;  or  do  thev  long  to  fee  the  blelted 
Fruits  and  Effects  of  it  upon  the  Souls  of  others,  they  will  ftrive  together 
herefor;  The  more  faithful  and  labourious  .Minifters  are,  ami  the  more  a 
Fec.iljle  ftrive  to  [M"oht,  fo  much  the  more  is  the  godd  Spirit  (jf  (iod  t:herifhe(l 
amongft  a  People:  Hut  if  NLnifter^  are  unfaithful,  and  a  People  are  care- 
lefs  and  flothful,  they  will  quench  the  Spirit  of  (iod,  and  drive  him  from 
them. 

6.  The  perfect  circumstances  of  Religion  in  the  Country  reciuire  the  moft 
vigorous  F'.ndeavors  of  ^Lnifters  aiui  People  to  fupp(Ul  the  fame.  (lod  has 
been  |)leafed  remarkably  to  revive  his  Works  m  our  Laud:  Hut  by  Reafon 
of  the  Lnprudencr  ;md  over  heated  Zeal  of  one  Set  of  Men;  and  the  CoUl- 
nefs  and  Lulifference  of  another  towards  Religion;  il  is  dying  in  many 
I'arts  of  the  Land:  and  we  are  in  the  utmoft  Danger  of  falling  into  the 
wildeft  Confufion  in  our  religious  Affairs.  Some  are  haftening  on  the  great - 
eft  Ivxtravegante  in  Religion,  and  others  growmg  into  a  Coldiiefs  aiul  Con- 
tempt of  the  Work  of  (iod.  And  it  is  now  high  Time  for  Minifters  and 
People  to  ufe  their  beft  Endeavors  to  guaril  Religion,  and  fave  themfelves 
from  the  a|)proaching  Calamities? 

7.  Hoth  Minifters  and  Pi'o|)le  are  accountable  to  Chrift  their  Judge  for 
what    thev  do.      We  niuft    all    ftand  before    the     ludgmeiit    Seal    of    Chrift. 


ORDIV ATION    SKKMOX. 


11^ 


Rnni.  14.  10.  And  iimft  _L,M.Vf  an  account  of  ourselves,  vcr.  12.  Miiiifters 
for  what  tlicy  have  ])rcache(l,  ami  \'ou  for  what  you  have  heard,  and  how 
you  have  profited  bvit:  And  what  Account  cm  we  i(ive,ifwe  have  not  done 
our  }'auleavors  to  advance'  the  Kingdom  of  our  Lord  lefus  ("hrift'  If  Min- 
ifters  are  not  faithful  to  thi^  charge  then-  Truft,  and  a  l'eo|")le  don't  take 
("are  to  profit  undei'  their  Miniftrv,  lunv  ama/.mi;  will  their  account  be' 

What  remains  is  to  appl_\-  What  has  been  fa:d  to  Minifters  and   l*eo|)le. 

rsi^  I.  (.)f  Information-  And  what  vou  have  heard  fhews  you  how  falfely 
they  jutlge  of  'rhino's,  who  env\-  Minifters  their  Work  becaufe  it  is  attended 
with  i^reater  Kafe  than  other  l->mployinen ts.  Tiiex'  know  not  what  'I'rials 
and  Sorrows  the_\'  are  i-xercifed  with,  who  attend  u|)oii  thr  Miniftry:  Wdiile 
you  eat  and  llee[)  tweetly,  Minifters  {ci-^\  u]")on  the  liread  of  '{"ears,  and 
Sleep  (lies  from  tiieni:  'I'ln')-  have  Agonies  aiul  Strugi^les  whu  h  the  Workl 
know  not  of. 

So  alfo  what  has  been  faid  fhews  us  what  Reafon  both  Minifters  and  Peo- 
ple have  for  Ihimiii.Uion  and  Self-Abafement  :  We  have  all  chme  too  little 
U>r  C'hrift;  Have  not  Itroven  together  as  we  on^ht  to  liax'e  done;  The  beft 
and  inoft  faithful  Minifters  have  Reafon  to  be  afhamed  thev  have  ftroven 
no  miM-e  to  advance  the  KiiiL^rdom  of  ("hrift,  and  the  Salvation  of  Souls  and 
may  juftly  fay,  they  have  been  unprofitable  Servants,  I.uk.  17.  10.  Ami 
that  I'eople  who  have  ftrove  mofl  to  advance  the  Kin^alom  of  C'hrift,  and 
the  Salvation  of  their  Souls,  ma_\-  juftly  fay  in  many  'I'hinj^s  we  have  of- 
fendetl  all,    jam    3.  2. 

We  ma_\-  alfo  from  what  has  been  faid,  account  for  it  that  the  Mimftry  is 
attended  with  no  better  Succefs.  Minifters  and  People  don't  ftrive  to- 
gether, and  are  not  tiiitably  concerned  to  promote  Religion;  would  they 
ftir  up  themfelves  and  put  their  Hands  to  the  Work,  would  nut  a  merciful 
("lotl  do  for  them  what  thev  c.in't  do  themfelves' 

We  alfo  learn  from  what  has  been  faid  it  fhould  be  Matter  (_)f  great  re- 
joycmg,  when  Ood  pours  out  his  Spirit,  to  both  Minifters  \:  People,  for  now 
Minifters  may  expect  much  Suc(  efs  m  tlu'ir  Work,  and  a  Peeple  hope  for 
the  SalvatuMi  of  Souls.  So  on  the  other  Hand  how  fhould  they  mourn 
when  ("rod  takes  away  his  Spirit  from  them;  for  then  .Minifters  will  labinir 
very  much    m  vam;   and  a  i'eoj)le  will    grow  cokl,  and    draw  back    in   Reli- 


USE.    II.   Of  Direction  to  Minifters  and   I'eople.      Would  'I'hey  mutually 
ftrive  together : 

I,    Ret  both    Minifters   and   People   endeavor  to  entertain    jufl    Thoughts 


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nlU»INAT10\    SKKMC^N. 


(if  one  another.  It  has  too  oftfii  happened  becaufe  Minifters  and  a  People 
have  entertained  wroiiLi;  Tliouiihts  of  ea(  h  other,  iii  a  little  Time  they  have 
fallen  into  a  fhaiiiefiil  coldnefs  and  null fferenc\'  towards  each  other:  Thus 
a  I'eoplc  fomelinies  when  they  call  a  Mmifter  aiiion^  them  exalt  him  above 
Meafure;  and  frareely  will  allow  luimaiie  Frailties  in  him;  lUit  this  is  only 
to  prejjaie  him  for  the  i^reater  [''all:  lake  a  Pendulum  the  farther  it  is 
ftretihed  on  one  iHle;  will  m  its  return  fwint:;  as  far  on  the  <j[:)[)ohte  Side. 
And  even  fuch  a  People  are  eommonlv  as  readv  to  debafe  him  as  before 
to  e.xalt  him  Pet  a  Peo[)le  therefore'  look  upon  their  Mmifter  as  a  Man 
of  the  fame  Paftioiis  and  Infirmities  with  I liemfeKa's;  and  exjieet  he  will 
fail  111  fome  '1'hini.js  as  well  as  they 

S(;  let  a  Mmifter  look  upon  his  People  as  Mrii  who  have  manv  Remaiu- 
ilers  of  (."orriipt  ion,  from  whom  he  mufl  expect  to  receive:  Injuries  and 
Abufes,  Miniftcrs  li.ive  fometimes  been  ready  to  look  upon  then  People 
wholly  free  from  thefe  'I'hmi^s,  and  when  thev  luive  evilly  mlre.ited  them, 
have  been  ready  to  fink  under  it. 

2.  Let  Miniflers  and  Peo[)le  take  |)ains  to  i^row  and  mcreafe  m  their  I.ove 
for  one  another;  and  then  they  will  ftrive  to,L,^ether;  and  will  not  (;p|)ofe 
one  another. 

Minifters  mufl  lo\-e  their  Peo|)le  as  their  fpei  lal  ("hari^e,  whofe  Souls 
thev  :ire  accountal)le  for.  And  if  ihcv  [lerifli  thru'  their  Neglect,  the\'  iiiuft 
anfwer  for  them  to  dod.  .And  let  a  Peo|)le  look  upon  their  Mmifters  af 
fpetial  blehm^s  bcftowed  l)V  (.'hrift  the  i.::reat  lltMd  >  >\  the  C^hurch,  l-lpli.  4, 
II.   I  J     \  ].  ;iiul  a  Peo|)!e  ought  to  love  them  m  a  high    IK'grec  as  fuch 

,V  W'oukl  Mmifters  and  People  flrive  togctluT,  let  them  le.irii  to  bear 
with  and  cover  over  one  another's  bailings,  .\  Mmifter  mutt  be  very  fpar- 
ing  in  fi)reading  abroad  tin;  W'caknefs  or  Sins  of  his  People;  and  a  Pc'ople 
muft  always  conceal  as  much  as  pothble  the  Infirmities  of  tluir  Mmiflcrs 
Pet  not  the  [•ailings  of  Minifters  be:  the  Subject  of  vour  ("onversatiou,  :ind 
the  Xews  you  Ccirrv  abroatl  with  you.  A  want  of  this  mutUid  bearing  be- 
tween Minifters  :ind  Peo[)le  has  greatly  hindered  the  Mimftrv  and  the  Sal- 
vation of  Souls. 

.|.  Pet  Minifters  and  Peojile  make  the  .\dvancement  of  Religion  their 
ijreat  Pufinefs.  Poth  Minifters  ;ind  I'eople  are  too  cold  in  the  Service  of 
("hrift,  by  lveaf(m  of  their  being  too  much  engaged  m  worldly  AM.iirs.  .\ 
I'eople  think  hard  to  fiip|)ort  the  Mimftrv,  and  do  much  to  |)romote  it;  be- 
caufe they  are  more  com  erned  to  pnimoir  fomething  elfe.  N'mv  if  tlu' 
Advancement  of  Chrift's  Kmgilom  lies  nearefl  the  llearts  of  Minifters  and 
People,  they  will  ftnve  together. 


ORDINATION    S1':UM()N.  11/ 


USE.  111.  Of  Motive  to  Miiiifters  and  People  to  ftrive  toi^ether.  Aixl 
I.  Let  us  all  'confider  how  much  the  Lcjrd  jefus  Clirift  has  done  for  us. 
He  freely  undertook  for  our  Reilemptioii ;  left  the  (rlories  of  I  leaven;  c;anie 
down  and  dwelt  in  Flefh;  He  who  was  rich  eiii|)tied  hiinfelf  and  betanie 
poor,  that  we  might  be  made  rich.  2  Cor.  8.  9.  He  obeyed  the  Law  which 
we  had  broke;  and  has  [laid  the  Debt  we  owed  to  l)i\inc  juftiie  He  fuf- 
fered  the  fhameful  and  cruel  Death  of  tlie  Oofs,  and  is  afcendcd  into 
Heaven,  ther  to  make  Literceffion  for  Sinners:  And  now  can  we  be  unwil- 
ling to  do  all  we  can  for  Chrift.  who  has  done  fo  much  for  us' 

2.  Let  Mmifters  and  I'eople  confider  how  awful  it  will  be  to  pcrifh  after 
they  have  lived  under  the  (lofpel,  the  one  preaching  and  the  other  hearing 
the  glad  Tidings  of  Salvation  Barely  preaching  the  Word  of  (rod,  or  hear- 
ing the  Gofpel  preached,  will  not  intitle  Men  to  SalvatiDu;  and  many  who 
now  preach,  and  hear  the  Gofpel  preached,  will  another  Day  hear  Chiift 
fay  to  them,  I  know  you  not,  Mat.  7.  22.  23.  Luk.  15  25  liut  can  .\Lri- 
ifters  or  People  bear  the  'I'hots  of   being  thus  difowned  bv  Clirift. 

3.  Often  think  what  Joy  and  Satisfaction  it  will  yield  you  m  the  great 
Day  of  Acc(.)unts  to  be  found  together  at  the  right  Hand  of  Chnft.  What 
pleafure  will  it  be  to  Minifters  to  fee  m  that  Day  great  Xumbers  of  their 
People,  whom  they  travailled  in  Birth  for,  ftaiuling  with  them  at  the  right 
Hand  of  Chrift  cloathed  in  white  Rainment,  This  will  afford  mutu.il  and 
inexprelfible  Joy  to  Minifters  and  I'eoj^le. 

To  conclude.  Let  us  all  keep  in  view  the  (jlories  of  the  upper  World, 
and  that  unfpeakable  Reward  which  will  be  given  both  to  Minifters  and 
People  who  are  faithful  and  ftrive  together  to  promote  the  Kingdom  of  our 
Lord  Jefus  Chrift.  Eye  has  noi.  feen,  nor  Ear  heard,  nor  can  it  enter  into 
our  Hearts  to  conceive  of  the  great  Things  God  has  prepared  for  fuch, 
I  Cor.  2.  9.  And  both  Minifters  and  People  wh(j  ftrive  together  to  [)romote 
the  Ringdom  of  Chrift:  and  are  made  the  happy  Inftruments  of  recovering 
Souls  from  Sin  to  God,  will  fhine  as  the  Brightnefs  of  the  Firmament,  and 
and  as  the  Stars  for  ever  and  ever." 

The  charge  was  given  Mr.  Norton  by  Rev.  Reniamin  Doolittle 
and  was  as  follows: 

"When  our  bleffed  Lord  afcended  up  on  high,  he  gave  Gifts  to  Men; 
and  this  was  one  of  the  precious  gifts  of  our  afceniled  Redeemer,  even  a 
fettled  Miniftry,  an  Order  of  Men  feparated  and  ordained  to  the  Office  and 
VVork  of  the  Ciofpel  Miniftry,  to  teach  and  inftruct  Men  in  the  Way  of  Sal- 
vation: And  God  having  in  his  wife  Providence  inclined  the  Hearts  of  this 


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ciiak(;k. 


l'eo[)le,  to  call  vou  to  this  Li;rt:at  aiui  ^Dod  Work  amon^i  llu-in;  ami  your's 
alfo  tt)  accept  their  InvitatiDii  :  We  the  I'Jclers  aiul  Metfiiigers  now  prcfciit, 
being  fatifified  of  your  (iifts  and  (^ualilicalions  therefor,  do  now  hcarldy 
join  together  to  feparate  and  ordain  you  to  the  Ciofpel  Miniftry  according 
to  Chrift's  Appointment,  aiul  particularly  a  I'.iftor  over  this  Cluirch,  whofe 
Call  you  have  now  accepted:  And  we  give  thee  Charge  in  the  Sight  of  (iod, 
anil  before  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  who  fhall  judge  the  C2uick  and  the  Dead, 
at  his  Appearing  and  Kingdom,  to  take  the  Overfight  thereof,  not  for  lilthy 
Lucre  fake;  but  of  a  ready  Miiul.  And  we  truft  the  great  Lord  of  the 
Harveft  will  be  with  yt)u;  who  calls  you  to  Labour  iii  hi>  \'ineyard,  and 
make  you  an  able,  faithful,  aiul  fiu-cefsful  .NLiiifter  of  the  New    Teflanient. 

And  we  folemnly  Charge  you  before  (rod,  to  [ireach  the  Word;  be  iii- 
ftant  in  Seafon,  antl  out  of  Seafon :  Repnn'e,  Rebuke,  t*'-.\hort,  with  all 
l^ong  fuffering  and  Doctrine. 

Take  Care  to  fhow  thyfelf  approved,  a  Workman  that  needeth  not  to  be 
afhamed,  rightly  dividing  the  Word  of  'I'ruth;  and  give  to  everyone  hif 
Portion  in  due  Seafon.  Crive  Attendance  to  Reading,  to  ivvhortation,  to 
Doctrine;   holding  faft  the  faithful  Word  as  thou  haft  been  taught,  ai;cor(l- 

7  0  ■— ^  1 

ing  to  the  Scriptures  of  Truth;  that  thou  mayft  be  able  to  exhort  and  con- 
vince Gainfayers. 

Take  care  alfo  to  inftruct  the  ignorant,  convince  the  erroneous;  coiuend 
earneftly  for  the  Faith  once  delivered  to  the  Saints;  \'ou  nuift  rebuke  the 
obftinate,  and  comfort  the  feel)le  minded. 

Make  full  Proof  of  thy  ALniftry;  Meditate  ui)oii  thefe  Things;  give  thy- 
felf wholly  to  them;   that  thy  profiting  may  a[)pear  to  all  .Men. 

Take  heed  to  thy  felf,  and  thy  Doctrine;  that  thou  mayft  both  fave  thy 
felf,  and  them  that  hear  thee. 

\'ou  muft  pray  ior  this  People  both  in  publick  and  (ii-ivate  and  be  iheir 
daily  Interceffor  at  the  Throne  of  (irace. 

Do  thou  alfo  now  receive  .\uthority  to  admmifter  the  Sacraments,  and 
Seals  of  the  New  Teftament,  to  perfons  fiiitabiy  (pialilied:  taking  Care 
always  to  diftinguifh  between  the  precious  and  the  vile;  remembring  that 
Holinefs  becomes  God's  Houfe  for  ever. 

Unto  thee  are  now  committed  the  Keys  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  the 
Key  of  Doctrine,  and  the  Key  of  Difcipline;  them  that  Sin  rebuke  before 
all. 

And  we  now  folemnly  Charge  thee  before  the  great  Ci(M),  the  Lord  Jefus 


Kicirr  iiANM)  OK  ri-:i,i.()\vsiiir.  i  19 

Chrift,  ami  the   elect  Aiifjels,  that    thou   obferve  tliefe  'rhini^s  without  pre- 
ferring (Mie  before  aiujther;   doing  nothing  by  I'artiality:  keep  thy  felf  pure. 

Let  no  Man  defpife  thee;  but  be  thou  an  ICxaniple  to  the  JJelievers,  in 
Word,  in  Converfation,  in  Charity,  in  Spirit,  m  I'aith,  \n  I'urity. 

Confider  alfo  that  a  JJifhop  must  be  blauielefs,  and  the  Servant  of  the 
Lord  muft  not  ftrive,  but  be  gentle  tt)\vards  all  Men. 

He  nuift  be  patient,  m  Meeknefs  inftructing  th(jfe  that  opiiofe  theni- 
felves,  if  peradventure  God  may  give  them  Repentance  to  the  acknowledge- 
ment of  the  Truth. 

Carefully  thus  feed  the  Flock  of  CHRlS'l'  now  committed  to  your  Charge; 
not  as  being  a  Lord  over  (rod's  Heritage,  but  as  an  exam|ile  to  the  l-'lock: 
And  when  our  bleffed  L(jrd,  the  great  Shepherd  fhall  api)ear  you  shall  re- 
cieve  a  Crown  of  Olory  that  fadeth  not  away. 

The  Right  Hand  of  Fellowship  was  given  by  Rev.  Joseph  Ashley: 

Dear   Sir, 

We  now  declare  you  a  Mmifterof  jKFUS  CHRIST,  and  a  Taftor  of  this 
Church,  over  which  y(ju  have  now  recieved  a  f(.»lemn  Charge,  regularly  in- 
trcjduced  into  the  Miniftry,  and  c(jnfecrated  there'to  as  CjOD,  Angels,  and 
this  Affembly  now  Witnefs;  and  therefore  with  hearty  Affection  we  ncnv 
recieve  you  into  the  Fellowfhip  of  our  >Lniftry;  ami  acknowlege  you  as  a 
Brother  and  Fellow  Labourer  therein;  which  beuig  attended  with  many 
and  great  Difficulties,  we  may  juftly  fay  with  the  Apoftle,  Who  is  fufficient 
for  thefe  Things?  There  is  alfo  much  Need  of  the  mutual  Prayers  and  Af- 
fiiftance  of  all  employed  in  the  Miniftry;  and  therefore  we  both  promife 
the  fame  to  you;  and  ex[)ect  it  from  you;  And  as  a  Teftimony  hereof  we 
give  you  our  Right  Hand  ever  wifhing  (Irace,  Mercy  and  Peace  from  Gotl 
the  Father,  and  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift,  may  be  multiplied  to  you,  and  this 
little  Flock,  over  which  the  Holy  Ghoft  has  now  made  you  an  Overfeer. 

Mr.  Norton's  ministry  lasted  about  four  years,  when  he  was  asked 
to  "remove  froin  the  Ministry  in  this  town  for  the  present,"  proba- 
bly on  account  of  the  wars  which  were  then  beginning",  a  request 
with  which  he  complied.  From  this  time  until  1761,  there  was  no 
settled  minister  in  the  place,  althottgh  from  the  records  we  learn 
that  the  pulpit  was  occasionally  supplied,  Rev.  Mr.  Ashley  having 
preached  several  times,  also  others.  The  Indians  were  constantly 
harassing  the  settlers,  and  carried  on  a  continuous  warfare  until 
1760.     For  twenty-two  years  our  forefathers  were  subjected  to  pri- 


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vations,  toils  and  sufferino^s,  of  which  wc,  in  our  present  peaceful 
homes,  can  form  no  accurate  idea,  homes  too,  that  were  obtained 
only  through  their  courage,  perseverance  ;ind  lihjod. 

In  April,  1760,  the  Proprietors  voted  "to  chose  a  Committee  to  see 
that  the  meeting  house  be  not  burned  or  otherwise  damaged."  The 
reason  of  this  vote  was  found  in  the  fact  that  hunters  fretjuently 
set  fires  in  the  forest  for  the  purpose  of  starting  game,  and  in  this 
way  often  burned  over  many  acres,  sometimes  endangering  dwell- 


ings. 


In  January,  1761,  a  call  was  given  to  Rev.  Job  Wriglit  [\lv.  Nor- 
ton being  then  settled  over  a  parish  in  Connecticut,  i  1  le  accepted, 
and,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  was  ord.iined,  in  July,  1761.  Mis 
salary  was  fixed  at  66£"  13s.  4d.,  and  133^  6s.  Sd.,  as  settlement 
money. 

In  1768,  the  qtiestion  of  moving  the  meeting  house  was  agitated. 
As  the  west  part  of  the  town  became  more  thickly  settled,  such  in- 
habitants felt  that  their  convenience  ought  to  be  consulted  in  some 
degree.  Practically  the  town  was  dudded  into  two  districts,  each 
striving  for  the  supremacy.  They  were  unable  to  reach  a  decision 
at  that  time,  althougli  a  committee  was  appointed.  In  1772,  the 
subject  was  revived  and  a  committee  chosen  "from  al)road."  The 
gentlemen  constituting  this  committee  were  Capt.  Joseph  Root  of 
Montague,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Dwight  of  P)elchertown  and  Capt.  Wil- 
liam Lyman  of  Northfield.  They,  having  no  personal  interests  to 
consult,  chose  a  spot  about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  original  site, 
near  the  house  recently  owned  by  Albert  Chapin,  and  thither  the 
building  was  removed  in  December.  As  the  original  records  put 
it,  "Mr.  Samuel  Connable  Shall  have  the  whole  ordering  of  the  af- 
fair with  respect  to  drawing  the  meeting  house."  It  was  moved 
whole,  by  means  of  capstans  and  rollers,  and  by  men  alone,  the 
time  occupied  being  about  a  month.  The  ground  over  which  it 
was  moved  was  hilly  and  rough,  ill  suited  in  every  way  for  such  a 
work,  and  much  credit  was  dtie  Mr.  Connable's  mechanical  skill  in 
bringing  the  affair  to  so  successful  a  termination.  One  of  the  pow- 
erful agencies  in  olden  times  is  shown  by  the  following:  "1772, 
Voted,  that  Major  John  P)urk  be  allowed  for  the  rum  he  has  found 
the  Town  while  drawinir  the  Meetinu'  house." 


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REMOVAL    OF    TIIE    MEETINCi    HOUSE.  12  1 


The  meeting  house  now  stood  about  fifty  rods  west  of  the  Rev. 
Job  Wright's  residence,  and  here  it  remained  until  1791,  in  the 
meantime  having  the  interior  nearly  finished.  In  1779,  it  was  voted 
to  nail  up  the  windows,  put  on  the  boards  that  had  come  off  the 
building  to  "make  if  more  comfortable,"  also  that  "ye  windows  in 
the  lower  part  to  be  made  so  as  to  slip  up." 

As  the  town  grew  and  became  more  evenly  populated,  the  ques- 
tion of  a  second  remove  was  brought  forward,  and  in  1788  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  determine  the  center  of  the  town.  March, 
1791,  saw  a  new  location  agreed  upon,  and  150^  raised  to  carry  on 
the  work  of  removal,  the  mone}'  to  be  payable  in  beef,  wheat,  rye, 
Indian  corn,  flour,  wood,  neat  cattle  and  sheep  at  current  cash  prices. 
This  time  the  building  was  taken  down,  moved,  and  put  up  again 
in  the  same  shape  and  size.  Deacon  Jonathan  Sheldon,  Hezekiah 
Newcomb,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  James  Couch  were  the  ones  having  the 
matter  in  charge.  x\t  this  time  Rev.  Amasa  Cook  was  pastor  and 
"for  the  convenience  of  a  Common  around  the  House  of  public 
worship,"  he  deeded  June  2;  1794,  one  acre,  two  roods  and  34  perches 
of  land  whereon  the  meeting  house  stood,  to  the  church  and  so- 
ciety. This  plot  was  bounded  north  bv  land  of  Barnice  Foot,  west 
by  town  road,  and  east  by  his  own  land.  This  was  the  first  re- 
corded gift  to  the  .society. 

Reference  to  the  plan  on  the  following  page  will  show  its  location 
more  definitely.  Just  the  reason  for  the  making  of  this  plan  must  re- 
main a  matter  of  conjecture.  It  is  of  interest  to  us  in  that  it  re- 
veals the  location  of  some  of  the  roads,  and  the  names  by  which 
they  were  then  known,  and  gives  a  definite  location  to  the  two  then 
existing  "Meeting  houses,"  also  the  saw  and  grist  mill  at  the  vil- 
lage. This  plan,  protracted  March  26,  1795,  is  found  in  Vol.  12,  p.  i 
of  the  Mass.  State  Archives. 

It  was  now  located  near  the  point  of  intersection  of  three  roads, 
and  near  the  subsequent  residence  of  two  of  its  ministers,  Revs. 
Cook  and  Rogers.  It  was  finished  off  inside,  and  furnished  with 
a  pulpit  and  thirty  square  pews.  There  was  also  a  gallery  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  choir  and  children.  The  latter  were  not  al- 
lowed places  by  their  parents,  that  being  considered  highly  im- 
proper.    They  were  accordingly  placed  in  the  gallery,  the  boys  on 


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one  side,  the  oirls  on  the  oilier,  and  (jrder  was  enforeed  by  ihe 
tithinoinan.  Wlietliji"  the  \-oung-er  portion  of  the  eongregation 
l^leaned  more  of  benelit  from  the  sermons  of  those  days  and  under 
such  discipline,  is  an  ethical  problem  easily  solved  in  most  minds. 
Among-  Lt.  Gov.  Cushmairs  papers  is  found  this  comment  on  the 
structure: 

"The  niL'fliiiu;  house,  ;ls  al  last  coiiipleled,  had  one  apperulajjje  which  we, 
111  ihis  possibl)-  (Ic.t^eiicratc  ai.^c  (')  have  ciitircl}"  omitted.  1  refer  to  the 
circuhii'  'Sountling  board'  siispcndeti  ovet"  the  preacher's  he<'ul  111  the  i)ul- 
pit.  1  reiiieinbei"  it  well  in  my  early  days,  the  ver\'  natural  incjiiiry  for 
what  possible  pur[)ose  that  could  be  placed  thei'c.  And  the  only  satisfac- 
tory answer  (the  science  of  acoustics  I  was  not  (juite  old  enough  to  then  un- 
derstantl)  was,  that  if  the  Minister  did  not  preach  sound  doctrine,  it  would 
fall  on  him  and  crush  him  to  atomsl  How  far  it  k.e|)t  the  clergy  of  that 
period  from  the  adoption  of  any  heresy,  neither  the  church  records  nor  the 
traditions  of  the  time>  give  any  reliable  information." 

For  tliirt}-  three  years  the  nieetino  house  remained  untouched 
b\-  the  builders'  hand,  except  that,  in  accordance  with  a  vote  passed 
in  1794,  it  was  "colored  yellow." 

In  17.S2,  at  his  own  request,  Rev.  Mr.  Wright  was  dismissed,  and 
Lt.  John  Severance,  Deacon  Zebulon  Allen,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Cush- 
man,  Mr.  Sheldon,  fames  Couch,  Elijah  Sheldon  and  Capt.  Joseph 
Slate  were  chosen  a  committee  to  determine  with  Mr.  Wright  his 
terms  of  dismission;  a  further  account  of  this  will  be  found  latter 
on  in  his  biography.  The  Council  for  his  dismission  met  March 
13,  1782,  and  "dissolved  the  union  between  the  Rev.  Job  Wright 
and  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Bernardston,"  where  Mr.  Wright  had 
been  past(U"  for  21  \-ears.  His  successor  was  Rev.  Amasa  Cook; 
whose  answer  to  the  call  extended  is  as  follows,  and  now  for  the 
first  time  do  we  find  the  name  "Church"  applied. 
""To  the   Church  of  Chiist  m   Bernaydston. 

As  you  under  your  (^resent  circumstances,  being  destitute  of  any  spirit- 
ual guide  or  Teacher  regularly  settled  over  you  in  the  Lord  have  been 
[)leased  to  Manifest  a  gotnl  and  baudable  disposition  for  a  regular  resettle- 
ment of  the  (iospi'l  in  the  Ordinances  thereof  among  you,  according  to  the 
(ios|)el  rule  iV  the  usage  of  the  standing  churches  in  this  Land,  you  did  at 
a  meeting  helil  on  the  '8ih  day  (jf  Sept.  A.  ]).  1  7S3,  elect  me  as  your  pastor 
>S:  gave   me  a  call  to  settle    among  you  m  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry. 


124  SKITLKMliN' r    OF    RK,\  .     lIMurilV    RoiJKUS. 


And  as  the  other  inhabitants  of  the  saitl  town  of  liernardston  in  Legal 
Town  meeting,  on  the  15th  clay  of  September,  A.  1).  17^3,  concurred  with 
)'ou  in  making  choice  of  me  t(j  serve  as  a  Gospel  Minister  in  this  Town,  and 
have  shewed  a  commendable  disposition  freely  to  contribute  of  their  Tem- 
poralities to  the  support  iS:  M  iintenance  of  the  Oospel  Ministry. 

brothers  of  tlie  Church  and  other  inhabitants  of  said  Town,  I  cannot 
but  acknowledge  the  great  respect  and  high  esteem  that  you  have  herein 
manifested  for  me,  unequal  as  1  know  1  feel  myself  to  be  for  such  an  Im- 
portant undertaking  ;  what  you  have  dcjiie  has  Commanded  my  most  Ser- 
ious attention.  1  have  advised  with  my  friends  upon  the  subject,  and  after 
the  most  deliberate  and  mature  consideration,  depending  entirely  upon  the 
Cjrace  and  strength  of  Christ  to  qualify  ine  to  the  right  discharge  of  the 
work  to  which  1  am  now  called.  Provided  that  the  'Town  without  any  care 
of  mine  provide  me  with  40  cords  of  fire  wooti  annually  so  long  as  I  shall 
continue  to  be  Minister  in  said  Town,  the  other  articles  which  the  town 
have  voted  considering  their  circumstances  and  the  difificulties  of  the  times, 
1  am  satisfied  with,  in  case  the  salary  be  paid  me  annually  while  1  shall  con- 
tinue your  minister,  Providing  this  my  answer  shall  be  accepted  by  both 
Church  and  Town,  1  lIo  consent  and  agree  to  settle  with  you  in  the  work 
of  the  Ministry,  who  am  with  sincere  love  d\M\  esteem,  yours  to  serve  in  the 

Lord. 

A.MASA   Cook. 
Pernardslon,  Oct,   17,  1  7<S3. 

To  the  Church  of  Christ  aiul  other  inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Jk'rnard- 
ston  \-c, " 

December,  1S03,  it  wa.s  x'oted  to  number  the  pews  in  the  meeting' 
hon.se,  and  that  it  .should    be   done    in  the  pi'esenee  of  the  meetint^. 

In  1S05,  Mr.  Cook  was  dismissed  with  some  ditiieulty.  and  in 
1S09,  tlie  Re\-.  Timolli)-  Rollers  was  settled.  The  names  of  tliose 
])LTS()ns  wlio  attended  the  town  meetino'  called  to  eonsidei"  the  set- 
tlement of  Mr.  lioL^ers  were  as  follows.  They  are  g'iven  as  show- 
ing who  some  of  the  residents  of  the  }:)laee  were  at  that  time: 

Dr.  S.  I'rcntiss.  Mhen  S.  iMeld.  James  Couch. 

Thoiuus  Snow.  Capt.  Josei)h  Slatt-.  Tliomas  W.  Ripley. 

J()se])li  Sanderson.  Dr.  C.  Clia])iii.  Daniel  Looniis. 

l.t.  iM.  S(|uires.  Dca.  J .  I'leld.  Tim.  Shelilon. 

William  Newromli  Oeorge  I'armenter.  Capt.  Jonathan  Slate. 

Israi  1  .Slate.  I",.  I'arment(.r.  IClias  rarmeiitcr. 

Ivnsi;.^]!  ('• .  .\lL\an(ler.  Tim.  Slate.  Major  S.  Wclister. 


CHrRCir    REMOVED    TO    PRESENT    LOCATION.  1 25 


John  Purple.  Major  S.  Root.  Gideon  Ryther. 

Dea.  P.  Snow.  John  Hale.  Ezra  Connable. 

Et   T.  Hale.  Joel  Smith.  P.  Newconib. 

Thomas  L.  P-dwards.  N.  Fox.  Moses  vScott. 

Simon  PM wards.  John  Burke.  David  Dennison. 

Samuel  Williams.  Ral])li  Cushman.  Chester  Wrij^hl. 

Dalton  Newcoml).  vSimeon  .\lj;jer.  Joel  Warner. 

Jo.seph  Smith.  P^  Chaml)erlain.  Capt.  Chapin. 

Jona.  .-Mien.  P>.ra  Purple.  R.  Hastinj^.s. 

David  R\ther.  C.  Hastinj.js.  Gamaliel  Kinj.^sley. 

Timothy  F.Roger.s,  to  the  Church  and  vSociety  in  Bernardston. 
"Brethren  and  beloved. 

S'our  attention  aiul  candor,  your  kindness  and  liberality  towards  ine, 
merit  niy  grateful  acknowledgments  and  strongly  attach  me  to  you.  The 
recent  exertions  which  have  been  made  in  my  favor,  will,  I  hope,  justify 
me  in  accepting  ytuir  invitation  aiul  enable  me  to  devote  myself  to  the  work 
to  which  you  have  called  me.  'I'his  is  infinitely  important.  Who  is  ade- 
ciuate  to  the  discharge  of  the  arduous  and  solemn  duties  of  the  Christian 
Ministry!  I  am  not  sufficient  of  myself;  my  sufficiency  must  come  of  God. 
Go  to  Him,  my  brethren,  antl  pray  for  me.  If  God  Almighty  own  and 
strengthen  and  guide  me,  then  will  I  lead  you,  and  guide  you  to  Jesus. 
Bernardfton,   24th,  July,   1809." 

In  1824,  settlement.s  had  been  made  .so  as  to  bring  the  centre  of 
])opulation  nearer  to  the  present  village,  and  as  the  church  was  in 
some  degree  removed,  it  was  again  taken  down  and  rebttilt  on  its 
present  site,  Major  Orra  Sheldon  being  the  architect  and  builder. 
It  was  dedicated  Jan.  12th,  1825,  a  .sermon  was  preached  from  Ro- 
mans XV.  5-6-7  verses  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  T.  F.  Rogers,  under 
whose  teachings  the  society  changed  from  the  Calvinistic  to  the 
Unitarian  doctrine.  Kl  this  time  the  belfry  was  added,  and  in 
June,  1824,  it  was  voted  to  purchase  a  bell.  The  next  year,  1825, 
it  was  voted  to  exchange  the  bell,  althottgh  no  cause  for  so  doing 
is  recorded.  Yet  it  is  probable  that  its  being  imperfect  may  have 
been  the  motive,  for  from  the  Gazette  and  Herald,  under  date  of 
Augttst,  1828,  we  learn  that  the  bell  was  purchased  of  Revere  &  Co. 
of  Boston,  but  the  tone  was  never  considered  satisfactory.  Owing 
to  the  failure  of  the  firm  from  whom  the  purchase  was  made,  no 
exchange  was  possible.  In  May.  1828,  close  observation  revealed 
a  small  crack  in   the  side  of  the  bell  where  the  tongue  struck.     A 


126  iTRrnASR  C)y  A  ciirRCii  m-:ij.. 

j^enius  of  the  place  proposed  to  remedy  this,  and  with  that  in  view, 
cut  out  the  crack  about  one-half  an  inch  in  width,  and  it  was  claimed 
that  the  bell  was  as  i^ood  as  new.  The  records  show  that  in  1829 
it  was  prop(jsed  to  raise  money  by  subscription,  and  to  add  to  the 
avails  of  the  broken  bell  and  procure  another  as  larg'e  as  the  fund 
would  buy.  P.  L.  Cushman,  Hatsell  Purple  and  OHver  Root  were 
to  superintend  the  hang'ing-  of  the  bell.  This  bell  is  the  one  in 
present  use. 

To  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers  must  also  be  given  the  honor  of  founding 
the  Sunday  vSchool  library.  He  originated  the  idea  and  gave  five 
dollars  as  a  nucleus  of  the   library   fund,  and   asked   the  society  to 

contribute  the  sura  of  ten  dollars,    which   they    did.      In  1S47, 

Snow,  Col.  Ferry,,!.  K.  Brown,  J.  F.  Hale  and  Zenas  Cutler  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  investigate  and  report  whatever  repairs 
were  needful,  and  a  second  committee  consisting  of  Dalton  New- 
comb,  J.  F.  Hale,  Jason  Brown,  John  Sanderson  and  Daniel  Slate 
was  chosen  to  make  all  such  repairs  as  the  judgment  of  the  first 
named  committee  might  deem  advisable. 

On  the  second  committee  Mr.  Sanderson  declined  to  serve  and 
the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman  was  chosen  in  his  stead. 

The  interior  of  the  building  was  essentially  altered  by  the  re- 
moval of  the  circular  gallery,  the  high  pulpit  and  the  division  of 
the  large  room  into  two,  the  upper  one  being  fitted  for  an  audito- 
rium, while  the  lower  one  was  to  be  sometime  finished  as  a  vestry, 
at  this  time  it  was  left  ver\-  plain.  The  building  was  re-dedicated, 
Oct.  31,  1850,  with  a  sermon  by  Rev.  John  F.  Moors — then  of  Deer- 
field — text,  John  xvii-3.  This  dedicatory  sermon,  also  that  preached 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  is  in  print.  In  1852,  a  reed  organ  was  purchased, 
which  did  good  service  for  a  number  of  years.  In  187 1  it  was  re- 
placed by  a  double  bank  pipe  organ  of  sweet  tone. 

In  1879,  the  building  underwent  another  season  of  change  ac- 
cording to  the  plans  of  Messrs  Almon  Newcoml),  P.  L.  Cushman 
and  N.  S.  Cutler,  this  time  more  especially  in  the  interior.  An  ad- 
dition was  ])laced  upon  the  south  end,  making  room  for  the  (U*- 
gan  and  choir  behind  the  pulpit,  while  the  vestry  downstairs  gave 
way  to  the  pleasant  Sunday  School  rooms,  parlor,  kitchen,  etc. 
Could   the   original  builders  of   the  church  view  it  to-day  with  its 


GIFTS    TO    THE    SOCIETY.  1 2/ 

modern  conveniences  and  comforts,  great  would  be  their  astonish- 
ment, and  with  their  strict  puritanical  ideas,  it  would  be  doubtful 
if  they  would  consider  some  of  our  modern  places  of  worship  as 
justifying  the  end  sought.  When  we  consider  that  in  former  times 
such  a  thing  as  heating  the  House  of  God  was  unheard  of,  the  dif- 
ference between  past  and  present,  is  the  more  striking.  The  near- 
est neighbors  were  expected  to  furnish  coals  for  the  foot  stoves  at 
noon  during  the  moderatel}'  cold  weather,  while  in  midwinter, 
when  the  cold  was  too  mtense,  services  were  held  at  private  dwell- 
ings, and  at  the  annual  town  meetings,  places  were  appointed  for 
that  purpose.  Many  such  obvious  comparisons  might  be  depicted 
would  space  permit. 

The  next  record  of  any  gift  to  this  society,  aside  from  Mr.  Rogers" 
contribution  to  the  library  fund,  is  dated  Nov.  21,  1828,  when  the 
society  voted  to  "accept  of  the  Present  made  by  Miss  Rachael  C.  Pur- 
ple, which  was  a  note  held  by  her  father,  John  Purple,  against  this 
parish  at  his  decease,  valued  at  $87.10." 

In  1850,  at  the  time  of  the  re-dedication  of  the  church,  the  society 
was  most  generously  remembered  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Perkins 
of  Hartford  with  a  large  and  beautiful  bible  for  their  desk,  and  by 
Hon.  Edward  Epps  Powers  of  Columbus,  Ga.,  with  a  silver  com- 
munion service.  Upon  the  acquisition  of  the  latter,  the  old  service 
was  donated  to  their  Methodist  brethren,  and  is  used  by  them  at 
the  present  time.  How  this  first  service  was  procured  the  records 
are  silent. 

In  July,  1880,  Rev.  J.  B.  Green,  a  former  pastor,  caused  to  be 
placed  upon  the  walls  of  the  parlor  a  handsomely  framed  portrait 
of  Channing,  the  Eminent  Unitarian  Divine.  Other  portraits  now 
ornament  the  walls,  being  gifts  of  different  friends  interested  in 
the  welfare  of  the  society. 

In  Lt.  (tov.  Cushman's  death  the  church  lost  one  of  its  most 
able  supports.  His  interest  in  his  church  he  demonstrated  by  his 
bountiful  remembrance  of  her  needs.  In  his  will  he  bequeathed 
his  residence,  valued  at  $4000,  to  the  society  for  a  parsonage,  also 
fifty  shares  in  the  Franklm  County  National  Bank,  valued  at  $5000 
par,  and  $500  to  be  called  the  Cushman  Library  Fund.  The  Bank 
shares  were  to  be  called  the  Cushman  Religious  Fund,  the  income 


128  EARLY   CHURCH    RECORDS. 


to  be  used  for  the  support  of  an  able  pastor,  provided  the  society 
shall  annually  raise  not  less  than  $200.  Thus  the  church  as  well 
as  the  town  has  g-ood  reason  to  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  one 
(jf  her  illustrious  sons. 

In  Mr.  J.  P.  Hale,  late  of  New  York,  is  recognized  another  of  the 
benefactors,  not  only  of  this  society,  but  in  some  degree  of  all  in 
town.  April  2,  1S71,  he  gave  to  the  Sunday  school  the  sum  of  $100 
to  be  used  to  replenish  its  library.  Several  years  ago  he  gave  the 
income  of  $1000,  to  be  devoted  to  the  maintenance  of  an  annual 
"union  picnic,"  and  at  his  decease  it  was  found  that  to  the  society 
with  which  he  was  wont  to  worship  in  former  davs,  he  had  be- 
queathed the  sum  of  §10,000.  From  such  examples  ought  not  all 
to  learn  "To  crowd  the  narrow  span  of  life  with  wise  designs  and 
virtuous  deeds." 

Just  wlio  were  the  original  niembers  of  this  church  it  is  difficult 
to  determine.  The  earliest  records  now  extant  are  embodied  in 
tlie  first  town  records,  and  llicrc  being  at  tiial  time  Ijut  the  one  so- 
ciety.  all  were  ta.xed  alike  for  its  support.  The  earliest  church 
record  comes  down  to  us  m  the  call  for  a  council  to  settle  Rev.  T.  F. 
Rogers.  Sept.  19,  1809  The  church  being  called  the  Church  of 
Christ.  The  treasurer's  book  of  accounts  commences  March,  18  17, 
at  the  time  of  the  separation  of  church  and  town  affairs.  The  first 
record  of  the  first  clerk,  Elijah  A.  Gould,  Jan.  29,  1817,  is  for  a  call 
for  a  meeting  of  the  "Congregational  Society  to  assemble  at  S. 
Perrins'  Inn."  The  first  mention  in  the  society  records  of  the  word 
Unitarian  is  in  a  call  June  i,  1835.  ^^^  ^  meeting  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  pews  in  the  Unitarian  church.  That  name  was  retained 
until  1842,  when  the  name  of  the  First  Congregational  society 
again  appears.  In  the  warrant  for  the  meeting  in  1850,  the  name 
is  Unitarian  Congregational  society.  Afterwards,  for  some  years 
it  is  given  as  the  I'nitarian  society.  The  name  Congregational 
Unitarian  society  appears  in  1855,  for  that  year  only.  From  that 
time  the  name  V\rs\.  Congregational,  or  Unitarian  society,  was  used 
up  to  the  time  of  the  final  settlement  of  the  name  as  "Congrega- 
tional Unitarian  Society"  by  act    of   the  Legislature,  Feb.  19,  1891. 

At  the  first  ])arish  meeting  held  .March  3,  1817.  jobGoodale,  Caleb 
Chapin  and  Major  vSamucl  Root  were  chosen  a  committee  to  select 


One  of  Bernardston's  Benefactors. 


(  ON  ( ,  Ri:( ;  A  1  1  ( ).N  A  L    L'  X  I  lA  R 1  AX    SOC I  KTV. 


129 


those  papcfs  rclntive  to  the  eoncerns  of  the  first  parish,  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  tcnvn  treasurer,  Ralph  Cushman,  and  transfer  them 
to  Z.  C.  Newcomb,  the  parish  treasurer.  In  a  warrant  for  the 
March  nieetiuL^  held  that  )'ear  is  found  an  article  to  see  if  the  so- 
ciety would  examine  the  expediency  of  holding-  parish  meetings 
separately  from  the  town  meetings,  but  the  minutes  of  the  meeting 
state  that  it  was  voted  to  pass  over  this  article.  If  the  early  rec- 
ords were  kept  apart  from  the  town  records  it  is  to  be  deeply  re- 
gretted that  they  were  not  more  carefully  preserved.  The  first 
existing  record  upon  the  parish  register  bears  the  date  of  Jan.  29, 
1817,  at  which  time  the  society  had  had  an  existence  of  75  years. 
In  17S3,  the  vote  for  Rev.  Mr.  Cook  is  on  file  as  follows: 

Vcas. 
Capt.  Cushman. 
Jaiiic-s  Couch. 
Ca])t.  Caleb  Cliapin. 
Iknjauiin  Green,  Jr. 
L,t.  Joel  Chapin. 
Thomas  Hchsards. 
Joseph  Allen. 
vSamuel  Hastini^s. 
William  Newcomb. 
Ensign  John  Connal)le. 
Joseph  .Atherton. 
Prince  Snow. 
Reiil)en  l-'ri/.zell . 
William  Orris. 
Ilezekiah  Newcomb. 
Ivt.  Jona.  Severance. 
Asaph  .\llen. 

Nays. 
Klijah  .Sheldon. 
Caleb  .Sheldon. 

In  all,  iift\-  for  and  six  against  the  vote. 

If  the  above  were  not  all  actually  church  members,  they  were 
probably  so  connected  with  the  parish  as  to  be  considered  as  hav- 
ing a  legal  voice  in  the  g-cwernment. 

In  February,  1S91,  by  act  of  the  Legislature,  the  name  of  the  so- 
ciety was  changed  to  "  Congregational  l^nit.arian  Society  of  Ber- 
nardston,"  thus  legalizing  all  be([uests  as  well  as  proving  itself  an 
incorporated  st^ciety. 


Remembrance  .Sheldon. 
Daniel  Loomis. 
Ca])t.  Joseph  .Slate. 
.Samuel  Connable,  Jr. 
Joseph  Denio. 
John  I'oster. 
Joseph  Hale, 
laisha  B.  Sheldon. 
Reuben  Ingram 
Kbenezer  .Slate. 
.Stejihen  Webster,  Jr. 
William  Ilawes. 
William  Vox. 
.Scba  Allen. 
Doctor  Cushman. 
Lt.  Neliemiah  Andros. 
John  Burk. 

Zebulon  .Allen. 
Jonathan  .Sheldon 


Capt.  Moses  .Scott. 
Aaron  Field. 
Ilezekiah  Chapin. 
Daniel  Slate. 
Jesse  Field. 
John  Pinks. 
Moses  .Scott,  Jr. 
Lt.  Jona.  Slate. 
FClias  Parmenter. 
Lt.  Michael  Frizzell. 
John  Rurke,  Jr. 
Lt.  Fzekiel  Foster. 
Calvin  Bliss. 
Israel  Bagg. 
David  Rider,  Jr. 
Jona.  llurlbert. 


Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon. 
Klijah  Kingsley. 


130  KE\  .    JfHIN    NORTON. 

Rev.  John  Norton,  born  November  16,  1715.  in  the  parish  of  Ken- 
sing^ton.  llien  a  pai't  of  Farniinirton.  now  within  the  present  town  of 
Berlin,  Ct.,  was  the  fourtli  son  and  child  of  John  and  Anna  (Thomp- 
son )  Norton  of  Kensington,  g'randson  of  fohn  and  Rtith  (Moore) 
Norton  of  Farmington.  and  great  ij;randson  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Norton  of  Hranford,  Ct.  The  family  is  of  Norman  descent,  and 
the  first  of  the  name  La  Seur  Norville  (afterward  changed  to  Nor- 
ton I,  came  to  Fmgland  from  Normandy  with  William  the  Conqueror 
in  1066,  as  his  constable,  then  a  military  (office  of  high  rank.  The 
family  in  lingland  settled  in  Sharpenhow.  a  hamlet  of  Bedfordshire. 

John  Norton  graduated  at  Yale  college,  class  of  i"]})"],  probably 
sttidied  theology  in  vSpringfield,  settled  as  pastor  in  Fall  Town,  at 
Deerfield,  November  25.  1741,  ().  vS.,  at  which  time  a  church  for 
that  town  was  also  founded.  Owing  to  the  condition  of  the  coun- 
try and  the  l"'rench  and  Indian  wars  his  ministry  here  was  of  short 
durcHtion.  ^After  his  dismissal  from  the  ministry  in  this  town  he 
passed  his  time  among  the  cordon  of  forts  extending  through 
Franklin  County,  liaving  been  appointed  chaplain  of  them  in  Feb- 
ruary, 174*^.  His  wife  and  three  small  children  resided  in  Fort 
Shirley  in  the  town  of  Heath,  which  fort  he  seems  to  have  made 
his  headquarters.  In  August,  1746,  he  was  taken  captive  at  Fort 
Massachusetts  and  with  the  rest  of  the  garrison  carried  to  Quebec, 
where  he  remained  about  a  year,  was  then  exchanged  and  returned  to 
Boston.  In  January,  1748,  he  a{:)pears  again  as  a  resident  of  vSpring- 
field, at  which  time  he  petitioned  and  received  from  the  General 
Court  i" £,  los.  for  his  services  and  sufferings  while  in  captivity. 
November  30,  i74<S,  he  was  installed  as  the  first  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  East  Hampton,  Ct.  Here  he  remained  until 
his  death  with  the  exception  of  a  few  months  in  1755-56,  during 
which  time  he  was  chaplain  of  the  forces  raised  by  the  colony  tt) 
go  to  Crown  Point.  In  1760  he  served  as  chaplain  of  the  third  reg- 
iment raised  for  the  expedition  against  Canada;  the  length  of  this 
time  of  service  is  unknown,  but  it  was  doubtless  a  short  one.  Mr. 
Norton  died  of  small-])ox  March  24,  177S.  In  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  included  a  library  of  29  volumes  and  96  pam})hlets. 

He  married  hvunice,  daughter  of  Luke  and  ICli/.abeth  (Walker) 
Hitchcock    of   Springlicld.     She   was  born    ^Llrch    2.    1712    I3,died 


REV.    JOHN    NORTON'S    FAMILY.  I3I 

Mav  27,  1796.  A  great-great  grand-daughter  of  Rev.  John  Norton 
is  now  living  in  Bernardston  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  Jonathan  Field 
Cushman.  So  far  as  can  be  learned,  Mr.  Norton  was  a  man  of  fair 
abilities,  pious  and  devoted  to  his  calling. 

CHILDREN. 

Asenath,  b.  in  Springfield,  October  13,  1738;  m.  July  13,  1758,  James 
Bill  of  Lebanon,  Ct.;   She  d.  January  2,   1810;  eleven  children. 

Elizabeth,  b.  in  Springfield,  December  19,  1740;  m.  November  6,  1766, 
Nathaniel  Clark;   She  d.  May  18,   1770,  leaving  a  dau.  Eunice. 

John,  Jr.,  b.  1743,  probably  in  Fall  Town;  ni.  September  19,  1765,  Ede, 
dau.  Jabez  Clark;  d.  May  11,  180S;  had  nine  children.  His  widow  m.  a 
second  time. 

Anna,  b.  Fall  Town,  September  22,  1745;   d.  at  Fort  Shirley,  August  26, 

1747- 

Jacob,  b.   December    15,   1748;   d.    in    a    prison  shi[)  in  New  Ycjrk  during 

the  Revolution. 

Elias,  b.  October  21,   1750;   d.  Novembers,   1750. 

Anne,  b.  March  29,   1752;   no  positive  further  record. 

Eunice,  b.  October  23,   1754;  d.  unm.  October  12,  1845. 

Elias,  b.  also  October  23,  1754;  eventually  became  a  loyalist  and  for  a 
time  lived  in  the  provinces.  Retarned  and  d.  in  Addison,  Me.,  about 
1846;   left  a  widow  but  no  other  known  family. 

Rev.  Job.  Wright,  second  minister  of  Fall  Town,  was  born  at 
Easthampton,  Mass.,  October  13,  1737,  graduated  at  Yale  college 
in  1757,  and  was  ordained  as  minister  of  this  town  the  first  day  of 
July,  1761.  He  continued  in  the  ministry  nearly  21  years  —  to 
March  13,  1782,—  when  he  was,  at  his  own  request,  dismissed  on  ac- 
count of  the  financial  troubles  of  the  times,  and  perhaps,  also,  from 
some  disrelish  of  parochial  duties.  The  council  for  his  dismission 
consisted  of  Rev.  John  Hubbard  and  Deacon  Samuel  Root  of  North- 
field,  Rev.  Judah  Nash  and  Joseph  Root,  Esq.,  of  Montague,  and 
Rev.  Roger  Newton  and  Deacon  Ebenezer  Graves  of  Greenfield. 
The  terms  of  his  dismissal  were  "that  he  shall  be  freed  from  pub- 
lic taxes,  both  poll  and  land  tax  for  five  years  from  the  date  hereof, 
and  longer  in  case  arrears  due  to  him  from  the  town  for  services 
are  not  paid  up  by  that  time,  and  furthermore,  that  he  shall  enjoy 
all  the  other  civil  privileges  during  his  residence  in  town,  that  be- 
long to  settled  ministers  of  the  Gospel." 


132  REV.    JOB    WRIGHT. 


As  an  example  of  the  difficulty  of  procuring  money,  the  follow- 
ing vote,  passed  in  1781,  will  serve:  "To  raise  sixty  six  pounds,  thir- 
teen shillings  and  four  pence  silver  money,  to  pay  Mr.  Wright's 
sallery  and  to  be  paid  in  silver,  wheat,  rye,  Indian  corn  or  flax  at 
silver  money  price — or  paper  money  at  the  common  exchange." 

After  Mr.  Wright  left  the  ministry  at  the  age  of  45  years,  he 
was  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  his  farm  and  in  public  duties. 
He  was  for  three  years  one  of  the  selectmen  and  assessors  of  Ber- 
nardston,  five  years  town  clerk,  and  two  years  town  treasurer,  and 
was  frequently  appointed  to  fill  other  public  offices.  He  was  sev- 
eral times  a  candidate  (but  not  elected)  for  the  office  of  Senator  in 
the  Legislature.  He  also  received  a  commission  as  justice  of  the 
peace. 

As  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel  his  sermons  were  chaste  and  in- 
structive. As  a  man  he  was  kind  and  affectionate  and  as  a  Chris- 
tian he  exemplified  the  doctrines  of  the  Bible  in  a  high  degree. 
His  piety  was  ardent  and  exemplary,  and  his  qualities  in  the  circle 
of  domestic  and  social  life,  endearing.  His  mind  was  quick  and 
his  judgment  rapid  in  the  attainment  of  its  object.  He  was  seldom 
engaged  in  polemic  tlieology,  was  no  dogmatist,  believing  as  many 
others  do,  that  but  little  good  can  result  from  religious  controver- 
sies; that  a  good  life  is  the  best  preparation  for  death  and  the  fu- 
ture world,  and  that  Christians  should  devote  their  whole  attention 
to  the  practice  of  the  religion  they  profess. 

In  his  politics  (and  he  devoted  considerable  attention  to  that  sub- 
ject) he  was  ever  a  firm  friend  to  liberty  and  equal  rights  for  all 
men.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  a  Whig  in  heart  and 
deed. 

One  of  his  contemporaries,  the  late  Hon.  Samuel  C.  Allen  of 
Northfield,  thus  spoke  of  him:  "I  loved  Mr.  Wright  for  the  sim- 
plicity of  his  manners  and  his  highly  intellectual  attainments, 
combined  in  so  great  a  degree  with  the  Christian  character  and 
conduct.  It  always  afforded  me  a  feast  to  hear  that  good  old  man 
converse.  He  was  very  sociable  and  his  mind  was  well  stored  with 
correct  and  useful  ideas  of  men  and  things  which  he  communicated 
to  others  with  a  great  deal  of  ease  and  pleasure.  The  talents  and 
usefulness  of  Mr.  Wright  were  much  underated  by  his  parishoners 
and  the  people  of  Bernardston." 


REV.    AMASA    COOK.  I  33 


He  died  in  the  town  January  24,  1823,  aged  85  years.  Of  him 
we  may  truly  say  in  the  language  of  Holy  Writ.  "  Blessed  are  the 
dead  that  die  in  the  Lord;  yea  saith  the  Spirit  for  their  works  do 
follow  them." 

Rev.  Amasa  Cook,  the  third  minister  of  Bernardston.  was  born 
in  Hadley,  Mass.,  in  June,  1 750,  graduated  at  Brown  University, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  in  i776,studied  theology  with  Rev.  Dr.  Hopkins 
of  Hadley,  Mass.,  was  licensed  to  preach  August  2,  1780,  b)^  the 
Hampshire  Association,  and  preached  for  a  time  at  Rowe.  In  Au- 
gust, 1783,  he  "was  hired  to  preach  on  pr()batif)n  of  settlement  in 
the  work  (^f  the  ministrv  "  in  Bernardston,  and  in  September  of 
the  same  year  it  was  voted  to  "settle  him  and  give  a  salary  of  sixty 
pounds  ($200),  and  to  raise  three  pounds  every  year  until  it  should 
amount  to  75  pounds  per  annum.  Also  to  give  him  140^^  settle- 
ment money  ($466.66)."  Mr.  Cook  accepted  these  propositions  and 
was  ordained  November,  1783.  According  to  Governor  Cushman 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Hopkins  of  Hadley  preached  the  sermon,  but  refer- 
ence to  a  paper  prepared  by  A.  H.  Washburn,  Esq.,  of  Vernon,  Vt., 
and  by  him  read  before  the  P.  V.  M.  A.  in  1872.  shows  that  the 
ministers  assemblimr  the  eveniny;  before  the  ordination  was  to  oc- 
cur,  It  was  discovered  that  the  one  who  had  been  selected  to  preach 
the  ordination  sermon  was  absent.  This  duty  was  placed  upon  the 
Rev.  Bunker  Gay.  Said  he,  "  I  have  made  no  preparation  for  this 
occasion."  As  it  was  voted  not  to  excuse  him,  he  accepted.  From 
his  previous  acquaintance  with  Cook,  he  selected  for  his  text, 
"There  is  death  in  the  pot,"  found  in  ii  Kings,  4th  Chap.  40. 

For  several  years  previous  to  1805,  disaffection  had  arisen  in  the 
society  of  which  Mr.  Cook  was  pastor,  principally  because  of  his 
growing  intemperate  habits,  and  some  had  left  and  joined  the  Bap- 
tist. In  March  of  that  year,  a  committee  was  chosen  to  "settle  the 
difficulty  with  Mr.  Cook."  They  reported  that  they  were  unable 
to  settle  with  him.  But  the  objectionable  conduct  of  Mr.  Cook  and 
the  consequent  dissatisfaction  of  his  society  were  both  increasing. 
Mr.  Cook  wrote  a  letter  to  the  selectmen,  in  which  he  stated  that 
he  had  understood  that  there  was  a  dissatisfaction  in  town  and 
that  he  would  agree  to  the  calling  of  a  mutual  council  and  abide 
by  its  decisions.  Previous  to  that  time,  Mr.  Cook  having  been  set- 
tled for  life  agreeable  to  the  usage  of  that  period,  had  objected  to 


134  REV.    AMASA    cook's    DISMISSION. 

the  calling  of  a  council.  The  council  to  which  Mr.  Cook  finally, 
with  great  reluctance,  agreed,  which  was  to  decide  all  questions 
both  civil  and  ecclesiastical,  consisted  of  Rev.  Roger  Newton  of 
Greenfield,  Rev.  Thomas  Mason  of  Northfield,  and  Rev.  John  Tay- 
lor of  Deerfield.  After  a  protracted  hearing  in  which  both  Mr. 
Cook  and  the  society  were  represented  by  able  lawyers,  Hon.  R.  E. 
Newcomb  of  Greenfield  for  the  society,  and  Hon.  George  Bliss  of 
Springfield  for  Mr.  Cook,  the  council  finally  advised  that  Mr.  Cook 
be  dismissed  and  it  was  accordingly  done  in  May,  1805. 

The  former  pastor,  Mr.  Wright,  and  some  of  his  ministerial  col- 
leagues were  present  at  this  council,  although  not  members  of  it. 
Of  Mr.  Wright  some  of  his  friends  inquired,  at  that  time,  if,  "  in 
their  opinion,  he  ought,  with  other  members  of  his  church  and 
congregation  to  clothe  himself  in  sackcloth  and  sprinkle  dust  on 
his  head  in  mourning  at  the  prospect  of  their  being  left  destitute 
of  a  minister,  or  whether  he  was  not  entitled  to  a  song  of  exulta- 
tion over  his  neighbors  in  remembrance  of  the  circumstances  of 
his  separation  from  them."  Rev.  Bunker  Gay  replied,  "Sing!  Sing!" 
Mr.  Wright  observed  that  he  was  no  singer,  but  only  spoke  meta- 
phorically, and  had  no  song  prepared  for  the  occasion.  Said  Mr. 
Gay,  "Then  sing  this,  and  we  will  assist  you:  " 

"Reduced  to  want,  with  lantern  jaws, 

My  people  I  forsook; 
And  to  avenge  my  righteous  cause, 

God  sent  them  Parson  Cook." 

The  objections  to  Mr.  Cook  were  on  account  of  his  moral  char- 
acter and  conduct.  He  had  strong  intellectual  and  logical  powers 
and  considerable  ability  as  a  preacher.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
ministry  of  22  years,  he  was  successful  and  acceptable  to  the  peo- 
ple. But  one  of  the  besetting  sins  of  the  times  overcame  him. 
"The  wine  when  it  is  red  "  was  a  temptation  which  sensitive  na- 
tures and  a  character  broken  by  suffering  and  disease,  impelled  by 
the  common  habits  of  the  people  of  that  day,  could  not  resist.  The 
unfortunate  close  of  his  ministry  had  many  palliating  circumstancs 
which  would  not  be  admissible  at  this  age  of  the  world.  He  died 
in  Bernardston,  June  11,  1816,  in  his  66th  year.  The  following  is 
the  epitaph  on  his  gravestone  in  the  north  burial  ground  of  the  town: 

"If  all  my  life   I  tried    in  vain   to  save, 

Hear,  O  hear  me  speaking  from  the  grave." 


SETTLEMENT   OF    REV.    TIMOTHY    ROGERS.  '     1 35 


His  wife  was  Mary  Dorothea,  daughter  of  Captain  Obed  Foote 
of  Gill.  She  was  born  in  Waterbury,  now  Plymouth,  Ct.,  June  ii, 
1764,  married  Mr.  Cook  at  Gill,  in  1783.  Mr.  Cook  was  born  June, 
1750.     Their  children  were 

Amasa,  b.  February  6,  1788. 

Amanda,  b.  March  ^,  1790;  d.  October  25,  1794. 

Payton  Randolph,  b.  January  i,   1792. 

Mrs.  Cook  m.  (2)  a  Mr.  McCloud,  and  died  at  Persia,  Erie  Co., 
N.  Y.,  April  17,  1835.  ae.  71. 

From  1805  to  1809,  several  persons  supplied  the  pulpit  of  that 
society,  among  whom  were  Revs.  Caleb  Atwater  and  Elihu  Rock- 
wood. 

Rev.  Timothy  Foster  Rogers  was  the  fourth  Congregational  min- 
ister of  Bernardston,  born  in  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  March,  1791.  "It 
was  his  happiness  to  be  the  son  of  pious  parents  whose  example  and 
prayers  had  a  powerful  influence  upon  him  in  childhood  and  in 
after  life.  His  mother  was  endowed  with  the  most  excellent  qual- 
ities of  mind  and  heart."  He  w^as  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  university  in  1802. 
A  classmate  thus  spok-e  of  him  while  in  college  :  "  During  the 
whole  of  his  college  life,  it  was  his  firmly  fixed  purpose  to  make 
theology  his  future  profession.  He  had  been  bred  up  in  the  Ortho- 
dox faith,  in  the  most  rigid  form,  and  brought  within  the  walls  of 
the  university  his  attachment  to  its  principles  and  his  earnest  zeal 
in  their  advocacy  and  defense.  Yet  on  further  inquiry  into,  and  a 
closer  investigation  of  religious  subjects,  he  was  led  gradually  to 
abandon  the  doctrines  of  his  early  adopted  creed,  for  those  of  a 
more  liberal  and  heart  cheering  faith." 

Mr.  Rogers  pursued  his  theological  studies  with  Rev.  Asa  Pack- 
ard of  Marlboro,  Mass.,  and  completed  them  with  Rev.  Dr.  Lothrop 
of  West  Springfield.  He  commenced  preaching  in  1806,  and  deliv- 
ered his  first  sermon  in  Bernardston,  February  26,  1809.  The  so- 
ciety invited  him  to  become  their  pastor  on  the  27th  of  April  fol- 
lowing, and  he  was  ordained  the  20th  of  September,  1809.  The 
ordaining  council  consisted  of  Rev.  William  Wells.  D.  D.,  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt.,  Rev.  Asa  Packard  of  Marlboro,  Mass.,  Rev.  John  Foster 


136  DIVISION   OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

of  Brighton;  Rev.  Jacob  Coggin  of  Tewksbury,  Rev.  Samuel  Wil- 
lard,  D.  D.,  of  Deerfield,  and  Rev.  Jason  Chamberlain  of  Guilford, 
Vt.     The  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Mr.  Foster. 

May  29,  1 8 10,  Mr.  Rogers  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Jacob  Pierce 
of  Woburn,  Mass.  For  about  thirty  years  she  was  afflicted  with 
a  very  painful  insanity,  which  continued  until  her  death,  July  5,  1846, 
at  the  age  of  60  years.     Their  children  were 

Mary,  b.  December  17,  1812;  m.  John  Mowry  of  Leyden,  resided  in  Ber- 
nardston.    She  died  May  3,  1872,  aged  59;  he  died  August  26,  1878,  ae.  76. 

Timothy  Pierce,  b.  November  18,  1814. 
William,  b.  August  6,  1823;  removed  to  Canada. 

For  about  12  years  after  his  ordination,  Mr.  Rogers  lived  in  great 
harmony  with  his  people.  But  that  was  a  period  of  theological 
controversy,  and  it  could  not  be  expected  that  his  society  should 
be  exempt  from  the  spirit  of  division  then  so  common,  especially 
in  the  Congregational  denomination.  The  ablest  minds  among 
the  clergy  of  New  England  were,  in  the  early  part  of  this  century, 
engaged  in  discussing  the  great  doctrines  of  the  Trinity,  the  atone- 
ment. Total  Depravity,  Election,  Regeneration  by  the  special  influ- 
ence of  the  HolySpirit  and  kindred  tenets  of  the  Calvinistic  faith  ; 
and  the  result  was  a  division  of  the  Congregationalists  into  parties 
or  denominations  called  the  "Unitarians,"  and  the  "Orthodox."  In 
1882  Mr.  Rogers  and  his  society  being  of  the  Unitarian  faith,  nine 
of  his  church  members  left  and  formed  the  "Orthodox  Congrega 
tional  Society."  Others  also  left  and  joined  a  newly  formed  Uni- 
versalist  society.  As  a  consequence,  his  society  became  much 
weakened.  But  such  trials  of  his  faith  and  patience  only  made 
him  firmer  and  truer  to  his  conviction  of  duty.  He  would  not  leave 
his  people  in  the  days  of  their  adversity.  For  several  years  he  sup 
plied  other  pulpits  one-half  of  the  time,  being  employed  by  the 
"Massachusetts  Evangelical  Society  "  and  also  by  the  "Society  for 
Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and  others  in  North 
America"  in  that  service,  preaching  the  other  half  of  the  time  to 
his  own  people.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Parkman  of  Boston,  secretary  of 
the  latter  society,  in  his  report  of  Mr.  Rogers'  services,  remarked 
of  him  that  "he  fulfilled  his  work  with  characteristic  fidelity,  godly 
simplicity  and  in  a  spirit  of  faith  unfeigned,  commending  himself 


REV.    A.    M.    BKIDGK.  1 37 


wherever  he  went,  as  a  good  steward  of  the  manifold  grace  of  God." 
Thus  Mr.  Rogers  sacrificed  much  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel  as 
he  understood  it,  in  the  town  of  his  adoption  and  among  a  people 
he  greatly  loved.  The  result  in  after  times  showed  the  wisdom  of 
his  course. 

In  January,  1825,  Mr.  Rogers  preached  a  sermon  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  meeting  house  which  had  been  removed  and  rebuilt  by 
his  society,  which  was  printed,  the  only  one  he  ever  published. 

In  the  autumn  of  1843  he  had  a  paralytic  affection,  from  which 
he  never  recovered,  but  he  continued  to  perform  his  parochial  du- 
ties, although  greatly  enfeebled  in  body  and  mind,  till  a  year  or 
two  before  his  decease,  which  took  place  February  26,  1847,  ^t  the 
age  of  66  years.  About  a  year  prior  to  his  death,  he  had  the  great 
satisfaction  of  witnessing  the  settlement  of  a  colleague  and  to  see 
his  beloved  society  so  far  increased  in  numbers  and  wealth  as  to 
be  able  to  support  regular  ministrations  of  the  Gospel  each  Sab- 
bath, which  had  not  been  done  for  the  preceding  twenty-four 
years. 

Rev.  Asarelah  Morse  Bridge,  fifth  minister,  was  born  in  Lancas- 
ter, January  21,  1810,  and  was  the  son  of  Josiah  Bridge.  His  early 
education  was  acquired  at  the  common  schools  of  that  town  and  at 
the  academy.  When  14  he  entered  a  store  in  Boston,  where  he 
remained  6  years.  He  then  studied  two  and  one-half  years  at  New 
Salem  academy,  and  in  1832  entered  the  Divinity  school  at  Cam- 
bridge, graduating  July,  1835.  August  2nd  of  that  year  he  com- 
menced preaching  as  a  candidate  in  Norton,  and  his  service  proving 
acceptable,  he  was  unanimously  invited  by  the  Congregational 
(Unitarian)  parish  in  that  town  "to  settle  with  them  as  their  pastor 
in  the  Gospel  Ministry."  He  was  accordingly  ordained  the  27th  of 
January,  1836.  At  a  meeting  of  the  parish  in  August,  1840,  Mr. 
Bridge  was  dismissed  by  "the  mutual  consent  of  all  parties,",  and 
on  November  1st  of  the  same  year  he  preached  his  valedictory  ser- 
mon to  that  society. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  September  30,  1842,  it  was  '"Resolved 
that  we  have  full  confidence  in  Rev.  A.  M.  Bridge  as  a  pious,  faith- 
ful and  devoted  Christian  Minister  ;  and  that  we  cordially  recom- 
mend him  as  such  to  those  with  whom  he  may  be  called  to  labour." 


138  REV.    THOMAS    WESTON. 

Mr.  Bridge  was  installed  colleague  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  soci- 
ety with  Rev.  Timothy  F.  Rogers  of  Bernardston  February  18, 
1846.  Sermon  on  that  occasion  by  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins  of  Bos- 
ton from  the  text  John  x.  16.  The  other  services  were  as  follows: 
Introductory  prayer,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Barlow  of  Warwick;  reading  of 
the  Scripture,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Moors  of  Deerfield  ;  prayer  of  installa- 
tion, by  Rev.  Mr.  Harding  of  New  Salem:  charge  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Livermore  of  Keene,  N.  H.  ;  address  to  the  people,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Willis  of  Walpole,  N.  H.,  and  the  concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Stearns  of  Rowe.     The  sermon  was  printed. 

Having  remained  in  Bernardston  about  four  years,  he  asked  for 
a  dismission  and  preached  his  farewell  sermon  March  31,  1850. 

May  I,  185  I,  Mr.  Bridge  was  settled  in  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  at 
which  place  he  resided  in  February,  1863,  but  was  then  in  very 
poor  health,  and  is  since  deceased.  He  was  twice  married,  the  sec- 
ond time  to  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  David  and  Sophia  Fullom;  she 
was  born  in  Boston,  December  5,  1819.     His  children  were 

Mary  Ellen,  b.  at  Bernardston,  July  31,  1846. 

Charles  Lee  Fullom,  b.  at  Bernardston,  January  16,   1849. 

Emma,  b.  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  .August  19,  1853. 

Next  came  Rev.  Thomas  Weston,  the  son  of  Capt.  Coomer  and 
Mrs.  Hannah  (Doten)  Weston,  born  in  Plymouth,  Mass  ,  August  30, 
1 82 1.  His  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town.  Being  of  studious  habit  he  continued  to  study 
even  while  engaged  in  other  occupations,  and  thus  fitted  himself 
to  enter  the  Meadville  (Penn.)  theological  school.  Beginning  his 
attendance  there  in  1846,  he  pursued  the  regular  course  of  study, 
graduating  in  June,  1849. 

After  supplying  various  pulpits  for  short  periods,  he  became  pas- 
tor of  the  church  in  Bernardston,  December,  1850,  and  continued 
there  until  the  spring  of  1852. 

He  was  married  April  29,  1852,  to  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Cushman  of  Bernardston.,  She  died  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  Decem- 
ber, 1889.  They  had  one  daughter,  Mary  Kay  Weston,  born  at 
Bernardston,  September  12,  1855. 

In  the  autumn  of   1852,  Mr.  Weston  became  pastor  of  the  Unita- 


REV.    WILLIAM    \V.    HEBBARD.  1 39 


rian  church  in  Northumberland,  Penn.,  where  he  remained  two 
years.  Returning  to  Massachusetts,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
First  Congregational  church  in  New  Salem,  April  18,  1855.  After 
four  years  of  service  here,  he  assumed  a  like  charge  at  Farming- 
ton,  Me.  ;  here  he  resided  for  five  years,  then  transferred  his  min- 
isterial labors  to  the  society  at  Barnstable,  Mass.,  where  he  remained 
nine  years,  being  in  addition  to  his  ministry,  librarian  of  the 
Sturgis  (Free)  library.  In  1872  he  removed  to  Warwick,  Mass.,  re- 
maining here  for  six  years.  In  1878  he  became  pastor  of  the  first 
church  in  Stowe,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  seven  years.  Becom- 
ing permanently  lame — -from  the  effects  of  a  fall — he  relinquished 
parish  work,  and  in  the  summer  of  1885,  took  up  his  residence  at 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  where  with  his  daughter  he  now  resides. 

Mr.  Weston  has  always  been  much  interested  in  the  cause  of 
education,  and  has  served  as  superintendent  and  school  committee 
in  most  of  the  towns  in  which  he  has  resided.  He  has  occasionally 
preached  as  a  supply  since  his  retirement.  A  sermon  preached  at 
the  funeral  of  Dr.  Elijah  W.  Carpenter  of  Bernardston  was  pub- 
lished in  November,  1855,  accompanied  by  an  obituary  and  an  ex- 
cellent lithographic  engraving  of  Dr.  Carpenter.  He  has  also  had 
published  a  Fast  day  sermon  at  Farmington,  in  April,  1861,  and  a 
Thanksgiving  day  sermon  delivered  at  the  same  place,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1 861,  was  published  in  the  "Franklin  Patriot,"  a  newspaper 
printed  in  that  town. 

Mr.  Weston  has  now  in  composition  an  interesting  history  of 
his  native  place,  Plymouth,  teeming  with  valuable  historic  reminis- 
cences, and  containing  an  extended  and  vivid  account  of  the  Pil- 
grims. This  is  not,  however,  prepared  with  any  definite  plan  for 
publication,  Mr.  Weston  expending  his  leisure  in  the  study  and 
research  so  congenial  to  his  taste. 

As  a  pastor,  he  has  always  been  devout  and  faithful;  as  a  writer, 
he  is  concise  and  entertaining.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  in  whose  gatherings  he  takes  a  keen  interest. 

Rev.  William  Wallace  Hebbard  followed,  preaching  for  the  First 
Congregational  (Unitarian)  society  for  three  years,  commencing  in 
April,  1852,  and  ending  the  25th  of  April,  1855,  but  was  not  installed. 
He  was  born  in  Lisbon  or  Topsfield,  Me.,  March  9,  1823-4,  and  was 


I40  REV.    DARWIN    HARLOW    RAXNEY. 

the  son  of  Timothy  Merrick  and  Mary  (Dyer)  Hebbard  ;  wa.s  mar- 
ried in  Granby,  Ct.,  January  29,  1845,10  Martha  Sybil,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Daniel  Benjamin  of  that  town.  vShe  died  in  Bernardston, 
July  28,  1854. 

Mr.  Hebbard  was  educated  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  preached  as  a 
Universalist  in  Sheffield,  Ma.ss.,  in  1843,  subsequently  at  Granby, 
Ct.,  and  afterwards  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  in  1846-7.  He  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Lee,  a  homeopathic  physician  of  Hartford,  Ct., 
and  graduated  at  the  medical  college,  Brunswick,  Me.,  in  1848, 
practiced  medicine  as  a  homeopathist  in  Attleboro  and  Waltham, 
Mass.,  studied  theology  at  the  Divmity  school  at  Harvard  univer- 
sity, graduated  in  July,  1851,  preached  about  four  years  as  a  Unita- 
rian, then  relinquished  the  ministry  and  took  up  the  practice  of 
medicine.  He  was  a  political  lecturer  of  the  anti-slavery  and  Re- 
publican parties,  afterwards  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in 
Boston.     In  1864  he  resided  at  "Swango."  Richmond,  Me. 

He  was  con.sidered  an  eloquent  preacher  and  lecturer,  and  some- 
times wrote  poetry,  but  his  frequent  changes  diminished  his  use- 
fulness. During  the  Fremont  campaign  in  1856,  he.  by  invitation, 
delivered  his  great  poem  "The  Patriot's  Hope,"  in  nearly  every 
State  in  the  Union.  He  died  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  December  10,  i8g- 
where  he  had  resided  for  a  number  of  years.  One  son,  Dr.  E.  C. 
Hebbard  of  Boston,  survives  him. 

Rev.  Darwin  Harlow  Ranney  preached  for  the  First  Congrega- 
tional (Unitarian)  society  from  December,  1855,  to  April,  1861,  five 
years  and  four  months,  but  was  not  installed  anrl  resided  during 
that  time  with  his  family  at  West  Brattleboro,  Vt.  He  was  the 
son  of  Hon.  Waitstill  Ranney  of  Townshend,  Vt.,  and  was  born  at 
Chester,  Vt.,  December  13,  1812.  He  obtained  his  preliminary 
education  at  Chester  (Vt.)  academy,  was  graduated  at  Middlebury 
college,  Vt.,  in  the  class  of  1835.  He  was  ordained  as  an  evangel- 
ist of  the  Baptist  denomination  at  Westport,  N.  Y.,  the  same  year, 
and  was  employed  at  Westport  and  Ludlow,  Vt.,  and  at  Claremont. 
N.  H.,  for  five  years  as  a  preacher  of  that  denomination.  Becotn- 
ing  dissatisfied  with  the  exclusiveness  of  the  Baptists,  and  think- 
ing it  his  duty  to  maintain  the  doctrine  of  open  communion,  and 
that  all  professed  Christians   in   any  locality  should  unite  in  one 


RKV.  JOHN  i;.  (;reen  s  settlement.  141 

church  on  the  basis  of  discipleship  with  Jesus  Christ,  he  adopted 
independent  views  of  Christian  fellowship  and  discipline  and  pub- 
lished a  small  volume  and  some  tracts  on  Christian  Union. 

Hence  for  fifteen  years  he  was  called  a  "Unionist  "  and  preached 
to  different  s(^cieties  on  this  basis  at  R(^ckingham.  Vt.,  and  subse- 
qtiently  at  Dover  and  Wilmington,  \"t.,  where  he  assisted  in  organ- 
ing  three  churches  with  the  Bible  c/z/j' for  a  creed  and  the  recog-ni- 
tion  of  the  personal  right  of  judgment  in  the  interpretation  of  the 
Scriptures.  During  the  latter  part  of  that  time  he  preached  to  the 
Unitarian  society  of  (Trcenheld,  Mass.,  where  he  had  an  invitation 
to  settle  in  the  ministry,  but  for  prudential  reasons,  declined  it. 
In  February,  1855,  he  removed  to  a  farm  at  West  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
where  he  resided  fc^r  a  long  time.  In  1860-61,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  \"ermont  House  of  Representatives  from  Hrattleboro, 
where  he  distinguished  himself  as  an  able  debater  and  a  judicious 
statesman.  He  married  vSybil  Hale  McKinne\-  of  Westport,  N.  Y., 
January,  1836,  and  had  six  children.  He  ])reached  his  farewell 
sermon  to  the  society  in  Hernardston,  March  31.  1861,  subsequently 
preaching  in  Wal[)olc,  N.  H.,  and  Vernon,  Vt.  Upon  his  departure 
from  town,  appropriate  resolutions  were  drafted  expressing  the 
appreciation  of  his  labors  in  the  behalf  of  the  society.  He  died  in 
New  York  (?)  and  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Townshend,  Vt. 

Rev.  John  Bremner  (Treen  was  a  pastor  greatly  endeared  to  this 
society,  a  native  of  vScotland.  When  cjuite  young  he  came  to  this 
country,  and  received  his  theological  educati(jn  from  the  Meadville 
Divinity  school,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1861.  In  August  of 
that  year  he  became  pastor  of  this  church  and  was  ordained  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1862.  It  was  during  Mr.  Green's  pastorate  that  the  stirring 
events  of  the  first  part  of  the  civil  war  took  place,  and  he  was  soon 
found  in  the  front  ranks  joining  the  sanitary  commission  with 
which  he  was  connected  some  time  and  where  he  rendered  most 
excellent  service.  In  1864  he  resigned  his  pastorate  here,  imme- 
diately accepting  a  call  from  the  church  in  Leominster,  where  he 
remained  about  three  years,  going  thence  to  Chelsea.  In  Febru- 
ary, 1876,  he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  a  church  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  remaining  there  three  and  a  half  years;  thence  he  went  to 
Brattleboro,  Vt.     Succeeding  his  residence  and  work  there,  he  be- 


142  REV.    CHARLES    T.    CANFIELD. 

came  for  two  years  agent  for  the  American  Unitarian  association 
and  the  Christian  Register  association  in  the  matter  of  their  pub- 
lications. He  then  preached  in  Louisville,  Kv-,  for  a  year,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  time  he  was  settled  in  Gloucester,  Mass.  Six 
years  were  spent  in  the  Master's  service  there,  when  a  resignation 
was  tendered  that  he  might  take  the  charge  of  a  mission  in  the 
"North  End,"  Boston,  carried  on  by  the  Boston  Benevolent  Frater- 
nity of  Churches.  Here  he  remained  two  years,  during  which  time 
the  population  had  become  changed  to  such  an  extent  by  the  ad- 
vent of  the  Hebrews  in  that  section,  that  the  mission  was  abandoned 
and  Mr.  Green  was  obliged  to  seek  a  new  field  of  labor.  In  June, 
1 89 1,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Christian  Union  church  in 
Reading,  Mass. 

He  has  been  twice  married.  Of  his  children,  one  son  has  followed 
in  the  footsteps  of  his  father,  in  that  he  has  cho.sen  the  ministry 
for  his  life  work. 

Mr.  Green  is  a  most  pleasing  speaker,  sincere  in  his  convictions 
and  earnest  in  his  efforts  to  impart  the  truth  of  Holy  Writ  to  his 
people,  and  upon  his  occasional  ministrations  here  to  his  former 
parishioners,  is  eagerly  welcomed  by  those  who  hold  him  in  fond 
remembrance.     He  is  now  settled  in  Newberg,  N.  Y. 

The  next  pastor,  Rev.  Charles  T.  Canfield,  was  born  in  Danby, 
N.  Y.,  April  13,  1833,  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1852,  from  the  Har- 
vard Divinity  school  in  1855.  His  first  settlement  was  at  Lock- 
port,  111.,  in  1856.  From  this  he  was  forced  by  illness  to  resign  in 
the  second  year  of  his  pastorate.  He  came  east,  settling  in  Ux- 
bridge,  Mass.,  where  he  was  ordained  in  1859.  ^^  '862  he  left  to 
enter  the  36th  regiment,  Massachusetts  volunteers,  as  chaplain. 

February  12,  1861.  he  married  Louisa  B.  Haywood  of  Walpole, 
N.  H.  In  1864  he  came  to  Bernardston,  remaining  here  until  1866, 
when  he  assumed  charge  of  the  Divinity  school  in  Boston.  LTpon 
the  transfer  of  that  school  to  Cambridge,  he  remained  in  Boston, 
being  engaged  for  about  three  years  in  teaching.  Subsequently 
he  assumed,  for  several  years,  the  agency  for  different  charitable 
institutions.  In  1891  he  was  settled  over  the  Unitarian  church  in 
Ellsworth,  Me.,  but  owing  to  illness,  remained  only  about  a  year. 
In   November,  1893,  he  went   to  Bath,  N.  H.,  where  he   now  is  in 


REV.    STILLMAN    BARBER.  I43 


charge  of  the  Unitarian  society.  His  pastorate  here  was  of  short 
duration,  and  as  pastors  he  and  Rev.  Mr.  Campbell,  on  that  account, 
were  among  the  least  known,  perhaps,  of  any  who  have  occupied 
the  pulpit  of  this  society. 

Rev.  Stillman  Barber,  the  son  of  Azariah  and  Rhoda  Temple 
Barber,  was  born  in  Warwick,  Mass.,  July  21,  1818.  His  father 
was  a  farmer  and  he  was  early  called  upon  to  perform  such  duties 
about  the  farm  as  his  years  would  admit,  consequently  the  educa- 
tional advantages  afforded  were  limited,  the  amount  of  schooling 
received  being  ten  weeks  in  summer  and  winter  until  the  age  of 
ten  years,  and  for  the  succeeding  six  years,  ten  in  winter  only. 
Possessed  by  a  great  love  of  study,  and  realizing  the  need  of  judi- 
cious use  of  the  time  allowed  for  that,  he  was  enabled  to  master 
the  common  English  branches,  adding  thereto  enough  of  the  sci- 
ences, United  States  history  and  the  higher  mathematics,  so  that 
fourteen  weeks  attendance  during  the  two  succeeding  years  at  a 
private  school,  served  to  qualify  him  for  teaching.  This  vocation 
he  pursued  during  the  winter  months  for  seven  succeeding  years. 

In  1840,  he  attended  two  terms  of  school  at  New  Salem  academy. 
From  the  age  of  sixteen  on,  it  was  his  custom  to  devote  at  least 
one  hour  daily  to  study,  more  if  possible,  and  in  order  to  do  this 
and  facilitate  the  end  so  eagerly  sought,  namely,  the  acquisition  of 
a  thorough  education,  all  amusements  and  recreations  enjoyed  by 
others  of  corresponding  age,  were  of  necessity  given  over.  When 
sixteen  years  old,  he  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  public  speaker, 
delivering  a  lecture  before  the  district  school  lyceum.  Two  years 
later  he  began  the  study  of  Latin,  carrying  his  books  with  him  to 
the  hayfield  in  order  to  secure  the  coveted  time. 

April  22,  1841,  he  was  joined  in  wedlock  to  Mary  C,  daughter 
of  Moses  and  Lydia  Fisher  of  Warwick,  and  they  immediately  be- 
gan housekeeping,  she  aiding,  by  adding  dressmaking  to  her  other 
duties.  ]\Ir.  Barber  cultivated  a  small  farm  and  at  the  same  time 
increased  his  income  by  devoting  all  spare  time  to  the  perform- 
ance of  whatever  other  work  came  to  his  hands  to  do.  There  have 
been  three  children  born  to  them:  Charles  S.,  the  eldest,  Frank- 
lin wS.,  who  died  August  29,  1856,  and  Carrie  A.,  a  graduate  of  the 
Framingham  Normal  school,  and  now  a  teacher  in  Plainfield,  N,  J. 
Mrs.  Barber  died  February  21,  1898. 


144  •<>"-'^'-    HENRY    F.    CAMPBELL. 

Mr.  Barber's  relig-ious  convictions  were  formed  at  the  early  age 
of  sixteen,  and  with  slig^ht  modifications,  always  existed  practically 
the  same.  At  this  time  h6  had  an  ardent  desire  to  enter  the  Chris- 
tian ministry,  but  was  dissuaded  from  making  the  necessary  prep- 
arations. When  the  Meadville  Divinity  school  was  established  in 
the  year  1844,  determination  to  enter  it  came  also,  and  the  opening 
of  its  second  year  saw  him  enrolled  as  a  student.  The  three  years 
course  ended  in  graduation  in  the  summer  of  1848.  Immediately 
he  began  his  ministerial  labors  at  Como,  111.,  a  town  upon  Rock 
River,  where  he  remained  during  the  summer  of  1848,  preaching 
also  for  a  time  at  Rockford,  111.,  and  returning  east  in  the  late  fall. 
The  succeeding  year  was  spent  largely  in  Massachusetts,  preach- 
ing whenever  and  wherever  occasion  presented.  In  the  winter  of 
1849-50,  he  was  called  upon  to  candidate  in  Rowe,  Mass.,  and  after 
preaching  two  Sundays,  received  a  unanimous  call  to  settle  over 
that  society,  a  call  which  was  accepted.  He  was  ordained  June  1 1, 
1850,  the  now  Bishop  Huntington  preaching  the  sermon. 

After  a  three  years  pastorate,  he  was  successively  a  resident  and 
pastor  over  the  societies  at  Hubbardston,  Townsend,  Mendon  and 
Tyngsboro,  Mass.  In  the  spring  of  1868  he  received  and  accepted 
a  call  to  assume  a  pastoral  relation  over  the  Unitarian  society  in 
Bernardston,  which  relation  continued  in  force  three  years. 

After  1873,  the  time  was  largely  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits, 
in  which  he  always  took  a  deep  interest.  He  was  president  of  the 
Franklin  Farmers'  institute,  frequently  lecturing  before  it,  and 
was  in  1893  a  vice-president  of  the  Franklin  Agricultural  Society. 
He  was  also  greatly  interested  in  historical  matters,  following 
closely  the  matter  presented  by  the  local  historical  society,  the 
P.  V.  M.  A.  of  Deerfield.     He  died  February  15,  1901. 

Rev.  Henry  F.  Campbell  occupied  the  Unitarian  pulpit  here  for 
a  time  in  1871.  Upon  leaving  his  charge  here,  he  removed  to  the 
eastern  part  of  the  State,  where  in  1881,  he  perfected  some  inven- 
tions and  successfully  engaged  in  business  at  Cambridge.  He  in- 
vented a  machine  for  making  barrel  hoops,  which  proved  an  un- 
qualified success,  and  Mr.  Campbell  was  able  to  dispose  of  a  part 
interest  in  the  same  at  a  sum  which  rendered  him  financially  in- 
dependent. 


REV.    SAMUEL    P..    FLAtlG.  I45 

In  1884,  it  is  understood  that  he  was  preaching  for  a  Unitarian 
church  and  society  at  Francestown,  N.  H.,  where  he  had  devoted 
some  $2,000  to  the  improvement  of  the  church  building.  For  some 
years  his  time  was  wholly  given  up  to  secular  pursuits.  He  was 
in  1894  in  Boston,  and  one  of  the  company  owning  Lookout  Moun- 
tain hotel  in  Tennessee. 

Rev.  Samuel  B.  Flagg  was  born  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  August  6, 
1828,  where  he  died  November  16,  1900.  He  is  descended  from 
one  of  the  original  settlers  of  that  place.  His  primary  education 
was  supplemented  by  attendance  at  the  Friends  school  in  Bolton, 
then  Leicester  academy  and  (Juaboag  seminary,  Warren.  He  en- 
tered upon  a  collegiate  course  at  Brown  university,  from  which 
institution  he  graduated  in  1850.  Designing  to  become  a  member 
of  the  medical  fraternity,  he  studied  for  that  profession  with  Dr. 
H.  Parker  at  Grafton,  continuing  his  studies  at  Woodstock,  Vt., 
and  Boston,  Mass.,  after  which  he  enrolled  himself  as  a  student  at 
the  Berkshire  medical  school  in  Pittsfield,  completing  the  course 
and  graduating  in  the  class  of  1855.  He  successfully  engaged  in 
practice  in  Boston.  Convinced  that  his  duty  to  his  Maker  called 
him  in  other  paths,  and  following  the  dictates  of  his  conscience, 
he  soon  made  a  second  choice  in  the  matter  of  his  life  work,  elect- 
ing the  ministry.  He  entered  the  Meadville  Theological  school, 
graduating  therefrom  in  1859.  His  first  pastorate,  of  six  years' 
duration,  was  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  where  he  was  instrumental  in 
organizing  a  church  and  society.  Returning  east,  he  was  in  1865 
installed  over  the  society  at  Waltham,  Mass.,  remaining  there  un- 
til 1868,  when  he  resigned.  For  a  year  and  a  half  he  acted  as  stated 
supply  at  Sandwich,  Mass.,  to  which  parish  he  was  again  called  in 
January,  1893,  and  where  he  for  some  years  resided,  a  much  loved 
pastor  among  a  cherished  people. 

December  29,  1869,  he  married  Anna  B.,  daughter  of  William  W. 
Allcott  of  Kalamazoo,  and  grand-daughter  of  the  late  Osias  Bangs 
of  Cambridgeport,  Mass.  vShe  died  May  8,  1900,  in  Grafton,  Mass. 
There  are  two  sons,  Charles,  who  was  for  a  time  a  tutor  in  Bowdoin 
college,  Brunswick,  Me.,  then  in  the  library  at  the  Capitol,  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  now  in  the  Congressional  library,  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
George,  now  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


146  REV.    WILLIAM    JENKINS. 

In  1 87 1  Mr.  Flagg  came  to  Bernardston,  remaining  there  for 
eleven  years,  a  term  of  service  equalled  by  none  since  Mr.  Rogers' 
death  in  1847.  During  his  stay  the  society  experienced  a  healthy, 
steady  growth,  and  the  wonderful  example  of  steadfast  faith,  cour- 
age and  devotion  there  displayed,  not  only  cemented  more  closely 
the  existing  relations  between  pastor  and  people,  but  also  exerted 
an  influence  for  good  over  the  best  interests  of  the  community. 
Not  alone  for  his  own  church  did  he  labor,  but  his  usefulness  was 
extended  to  the  sister  churches  and  the  schools,  and  all  have  reason 
to  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  the  deep  and  abiding  interest  man- 
ifested, and  the  harmonious  results. 

After  leaving  town,  and  before  returning  to  Sandwich,  he  min- 
istered at  several  places,  chief  among  them  being  Marshfield,  Mass.. 
and  Dixfield,  Me.,  and  wherever  his  lot  was  cast,  to  an  unusual  de- 
gree did  we  find  him  enjoying  the  esteem  and  respect  of  those 
with  whom  he  was  brought  into  contact,  and  as  was  also  his  wife, 
active  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  both  society  and  Sunday  school. 

Rev.  William  Jenkins  was  born  in  Boston,  February  7,  1827.  His 
collegiate  education  was  acquired  at  Harvard,  whence  he  graduated 
in  1848.  Designing  to  make  the  ministry  his  profession,  he  en- 
rolled himself  a  student  at  the  Cambridge  Divinity  school,  com- 
pleted the  course  and  graduated  therefrom  in  the  class  of  1855. 
The  19th  of  the  September  following,  he  was  ordained  at  Law- 
rence, Mass.,  where  he  remained  until  July,  1864,  a  pastorate  of 
nine  years.  June,  1865.  he  was  settled  at  Northampton,  going 
thence  in  1870  and  locating  the  succeeding  June  at  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Here  he  remained  several  years.  In  November,  1884,  he  was  called 
to  the  church  in  Bernardston,  and  his  ministrations  here  lasted  un- 
til June,  1892 — in  all  eight  years. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  wherever  Mr.  Jenkins  has  been  called, 
there  he  has  remained  for  a  considerable  time,  having  had  but  four 
settlements  in  his  thirty-seven  years  of  ministerial  work.  This  cir- 
cumstance is  an  eloquent  testimony  of  his  moral  worth  and  intel- 
lectual ability,  also  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  has  been  held  by  his 
parishioners.  His  present  residence  is  in  Dorchester.  He  has  re- 
tired from  active  service,  feeble  health   obliging  him  so  to  do,  and 


REV.    FRANCIS    W.    HOLDEN.  H? 


in  his  retirement   he   can  look  back   upon  a  life  well   and  happily 
spent  in  a  noble  calling. 

Rev.  Francis  Wilder  Holden  is  the  son  of  Josiah  Holden  of  Waits- 
field,  Vt.,  where  he  was  born  July  28,  1862.  His  academical  edu- 
cation was  received  at  the  Barre,  Vt.,  academy,  graduating  in  the 
class  of  1885.  He  prepared  himself  for  the?  ministry  at  the  Mead- 
ville  Theological  school,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1891.  He  be- 
gan his  professional  duties  while  pursuing  his  theological  studies, 
preaching  during  different  summers  at  Strawberry  Point,  la.,  Ar- 
cadia, Wis.,  and  Grand  Haven,  Mich.  A  year  was  spent  in  Roches- 
ter, N.  H.,  and  during  that  time  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
a  society  organized  and  take  its  place  beside  sister  churches  in  the 
denomination.  Thence  he  came  to  Bernardston,  where  his  ordina- 
tion occurred  January  10,  1893.  the  sermon  being  preached  by  Rev. 
R.  A.  Griffin  of  Northampton.  His  connection  here  was  terminated 
January,  1896.  He  married  August  18,  1896,  Gertrude,  daughter 
of  Leander  Lynde  of  Gardner,  Mass.  Began  preaching  in  Norton, 
Mass.,  September  i.  1896.  During  his  pastorate  here  he  closely 
allied  himself  with  the  young  people  of  the  society  and  the  Young 
People's  Fraternity  bears  evidence  of  his  zeal  in  that  direction. 

Rev.  Richard  Elliott  Birks,  the  present  pastor  of  this  society, 
was  born  at  Stowey  Middleton,  Derbyshire,  England,  in  1846,  the 
son  of  Rev.  William  Birks,  whose  busy  parochial  life  furnished  a 
worthy  example  to  the  three  sons,  all  of  whom  became  Unitarian 
ministers.  Originally  the  Birks  family  were  Scotch,  but  during 
the  days  of  the  first  Stuarts,  settled  in  England, "Being  always  lib- 
eral in  Theology  and  politics."  The  Elliotts  were  a  well-known 
puritan  family,  and  Richard  Elliott,  the  ancestor  of  Richard  Elliott 
Birks,  was  a  contemporary  of  John  Wesley,  and  entered  the  min- 
istry at  the  personally  expressed  wish  of  the  latter.  "  The  Unita- 
rian Chapels  or  Meeting  houses  in  the  county  of  Derby,  were  mostly 
founded  by  the  old  English  Presbyterians,  who  might  be  justly 
called  the  liberals  of  the  Puritans.  They  built  their  churches  and 
left  them  free  from  fetters  of  creed  or  covenant,  in  trust  for  the 
worship  of  Almighty  God.  Many  of  the  first  pastors  were  of  the 
noble  2000 — ministers  who  were  ejected  from  the  parish  churches 
in  1662  (Charles  the  Second's  Reign)  because  they  objected  to  swear 


148  REV.    RICHARD    ELLIOTT    BIRKS. 

to  be  loyal  to  a  '  bad  '  King  (not  believing  in  the  divine  rights  of 
kings)  and  also  refused  to  give  their  assent  and  consent  to  every- 
thing in  the  book  of  common  prayer.  It  was  of  such  stock  and  in 
the  old  meeting  houses  and  manses  still  largely  supported  by  the 
descendants  of  those  sturdy  and  independent  puritans,"  that  Mr. 
Birks  was  reared  and  it  is  evident  that  he  freely  imbibed  of  the 
spirit  of  intelligence,  thrift  and  manly  independence  of  the  people 
of  that  locality.  From  his  father,  a  disciple  of  Dr.  Channing,  he 
received  his  early  education  and  teachings  in  Unitarianism. 

When  just  ready  for  the  university,  his  father's  death  obliged 
him  to  change  his  plans,  and  his  latter  education  was  obtained 
wholly  by  his  own  efforts,  but  by  self-sacrificing  perseverance  he 
was  enabled  to  prepare  himself  for  the  ministry,  and  was  ordained 
at  Topsham,  Devon,  England,  in  1872.  He  was  afterwards  minis- 
ter at  Northampton,  Tan  worth,  Chichester,  Gloucester,  Douglas, 
Isle  of  Man  and  finally  at  Rawtenstall,  near  Manchester,  in  all  of 
which  places  he  rendered  good  work,  being  especially  successful 
in  building  up  and  restoring  societies  in  those  pnrishes  where  there 
had  existed  a  lack  of  religious  enthusiasm  and  life.  He  was  in 
this  country  during  the  last  years  of  the  civil  war,  returning  for  a 
brief  season  to  London  in  1866.  His  marriage  occured  in  Boston 
in  1867,  and  he  kept  his  residence  there  until  1871,  when  he  again 
crossed  the  water,  returning  in  1892,  and  coming  to  Bernardston 
in  1896. 

Besides  his  ministerial  labors,  Mr.  Birks  has  always  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  and  part  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  improvement  and 
education,  being  always  found  upon  the  liberal,  progressive  side, 
and  his  record  since  coming  among  the  people  of  Bernardston  is 
but  a  rounding  out  and  completion  of  the  busy,  useful  life  he  spent 
in  England.  He  numbers  among  his  transatlantic  acquaintances 
some  of  the  foremost  writers  and  leaders  in  reform,  who  hold  him 
in  grateful  remembrance.  Although  having  been  here  but  a  short 
time,  the  .society  have  recognized  his  sterling  qualities  and  are  glad 
to  thus  number  him  among  their  cherished  pastors. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

IJAl'TIST  SOCIETY  —  I'AS  r(  )RS— ORTl  K  )!)( ).\  CONdRKC.A  TIONA  L  SOCIETY 
—  PASTORS  —  UNIVKRSAl.IST  SOCIETY — I'ASTORS — METIIOIJIST  SOCI- 
ETY—  I'ASTORS—  DOR  RE  ELITES. 

Chronolog'ically  the  Baptist  society  ranks  second.  January  7,  1782, 
the  town  "  Voted  that  those  persons  who  are  professed  Baptists 
and  have  attended  that  particular  form  of  worship  shall  be  freed 
from  payinjr  ministers  taxes  so  loni^  back  as  they  have  been  of  the 
Baptist  persuasion  and  have  attended  sd  worship." 

Up  to  this  date  there  having  been  but  the  one  religious  society, 
all  were  taxed  for  the  support  of  the  common  church.  This  vcjte 
of  the  town  shows  their  willingness  to  extend  to  others  what  they 
themselves,  or  their  fathers,  sought  in  their  emigration  from  Eng- 
land,— freedom  to  worship  according  to  the  dictates  of  one's  con- 
science. Such  toleration  of  new  sects  or  denominations  was  not 
then  so  common,  and  this  fact  renders  the  incident  all  the  more 
praiseworthy. 

"  Ay,  call  it  holy  j^round, 

The  soil  where  hrst  they  trod, 
They've  left  unstained  what   there  they  found, — 

Freedom  to  worship  God." 

In  1789  a  liaptist  society  was  organized,  and  the  year  following 
a  church  built  on  the  east  corner  of  meeting  house  and  church 
street,  near  the  place  lately  owned  by  Philander  M.  vSlate.  The 
same  year  Elder  Levi  Hodge  was  ordained  as  their  first  pastor. 
wSubsequently  the  church,  a  small  one-story  building,  was  sold,  the 
society  having  become  much  smaller  because  of  internal  dissen- 
sions, and  the  meetings  were  finally  discontinued.  January  i, 
1808,  an  ecclesiastical  council  met  at  the  house  of  William  Fox. 
Jeremy  Parker  was  chosen  moderator,  and  John  Noyes,  clerk — 
both  members  of  the  church  in  Conway.  After  prayer  and  delib- 
eration it  was  decided  to  organize,  and  January  i  i  the  following 
named  persons  subscribed  themselves  members  of  the  P)aptist 
church  in  Bernardston: 


150  BAPTIST   CHURCH    AND    SOCIETY. 

Reuben  Park.  William   Fox.  Moses  Smith. 

Samuel  Sikes,  Jr.        Jonathan  Sanderson.  Selah  Hastings. 

Reuben  Alj^er.  Eunice  Smith.  Mary  Park. 

Susanna  Hastings.        Abigail  Green.  Rachael  Carey. 

Lovice  Darling. 

A  considerable  deofree  of  interest  must  have  existed  in  the 
church,  for  the  rest  of  that  year  saw  30  members  added  to  the 
original  thirteen.  As  evidence  of  their  prosperity,  in  1817  a  new 
church  was  built  a  few  rods  west  of  the  former  one.  The  interior 
of  this  remained  unfinished  until  about  1835.  This  may  be  ac- 
counted for  in  some  degree  by  the  parish  records,  which  show  that 
from  1822  until  1831  the  society  was  without  a  settled  pastor,  and 
during  this  time  the  Congregational  society  met  with  them,  each 
furnishing  preaching  half  of  the  time,  when  they  could  so  do. 
About  1835  the  building  was  completed,  and  used  until  185 1,  when 
it  was  sold  and  i.s  now  owned  by  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Ashley  and  oc- 
cupied as  a  dwelling. 

In  the  summer  of  185 1  the  present  house  of  worship  was  erected, 
and  dedicated  December  10  of  that  year.  The  dedicatory  sermon 
was  preached  by  Rev.  Mr.  Baldwin  of  Brooklyn,  from  the  text, 
"God  is  Love."  In  January,  1842,  a  revival  was  experienced,  con- 
ducted by  Elder  Coles  of  South  Reading.  It  lasted  four  weeks 
and  resulted  in  much  good,  adding  about  20  to  the  church.  In  1853 
the  society  membership  was  93.  For  the  past  ten  years  services 
have  been  held  a  greater  part  of  the  time.  The  society  is  known 
as  the  Clo.se  Communion  Baptist,  and  in  1888  there  were  46  mem- 
bers, of  whom  16  were  non-resident.  During  the  Rev.  Mr.  Worth- 
ington's  pastorate  in  1880,  the  audience  room  was  repaired  and 
partially  refurni.shed,  adding  much  to  the  attractiveness  thereof. 
Mr.  J.  V.  Hale  has  also  done  quite  a  good  deal  for  the  .society  in 
different  ways,  proving  himself  a  friend  in  time  of  need. 

Elder  Jeremy  Parker  of  Guilford,  Vt..  supplied  one-quarter  of 
the  time  for  one  year,  commencing  March  20,  1809.  George  Stock- 
well  alternating  for  a  time.  During  the  nine  year.s  the  society 
worshipped  with  the  Congregationalists,  some  of  the  supplies  were 
Linus  Austin,  Rufus  Fitts,  E.  Montague  and  Tristam  Aldrich.  In 
1834  and  1836,  Rev.  Edward  Davenport  of  the  2nd  Congregational 


REV.    A.    A.    DAVIS'    HISTORICAL   SKETCH.  15I 

church  in  Colrain  supplied  one-half  of  the  time,  and  in  1837  the 
pulpit  was  supplied  in  the  same  manner  by  James  Parsons  of  the 
State  convention. 

Since  completing  the  above,  through  the  courtesy  of  Rev.  A.  A. 
Davis,  pastor,  his  manuscript  history  of  the  Baptist  society  in  this 
place  was  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  writer.  There  are  in  ex- 
istence two  record  books,  one  of  the  church  and  one  of  the  parish. 
He  has  endeavored  to  bring  into  reconciliation  the  accounts  con- 
tained in  both,  and  has  woven  them  into  a  continuous  history,  and, 
of  course,  was  enabled  to  give  a  much  more  minute  and  graphic 
description  than  would  be  permissible  in  a  work  of  this  nature. 

He  places  the  origin  of  the  church  and  society  in  the  year  1806, 
taking  the  ground  that  whatever  may  have  existed  prior  to  this 
date  was  wholly  traditionary,  and  not  supported  by  any  recorded 
evidence,  hence  must  have  related  wholly  to  a  Baptist  society,  and 
that  up  to  1806,  the  Baptist  church,  as  an  organized  ecclesiastical 
body,  did  not  exist.  In  this  it  would  seem  that  he  may  have  erred, 
for  upon  the  old  proprietors'  record  book  under  date  of  January  7, 
1782,  is  the  following:  "Voted  that  those  persons  that  are  professed 
Baptists  and  have  attended  to  that  particular  form  of  worship  shall 
be  freed  from  paying  ministerial  taxes  so  long  back  as  they  have 
been  of  the  Baptist  persuasion  and  have  attended  sd  worship." 
This  vote  alone,  and  it  is  a  recorded  action  of  the  town,  would 
tend  to  show  that  there  was  enough  of  a  band  of  Baptist  brethren 
to  enable  them  to  carry  on  their  own  form  of  worship  whether  in- 
corporated as  a  distinct  society  or  church,  or  otherwise.  Gov.  Cush- 
man  goes  still  farther  and  says  in  his  historical  lectures  upon  the 
town's  early  history,  which  was  published  in  the  Franklin  Mercury 
in  1833,  that  "In  1789  the  Baptist  Society  was  organized  in  this 
town  and  in  1790  their  first  meeting  house  was  built  and  the  same 
year  Elder  Hodge  their  first  minister  was  ordained.  This  meeting 
house  stood  on  the  corner  west  of  Gamaliel  Kingsley's  and  was  in 
shape  and  size  something  like  the  Universalist  Meeting  house. 
Elder  Hodge  remained  about  ten  years  and  a  few  years  afterward 
the  meetinghouse  was  sold.  After  this.  Elder  Rogers  preached 
to  the  Baptist  society  a  few  years,  but  was  never  ordained.  Elder 
Green  was  the  next  settled  minister."    Gov.  Cushman's  father  was 


152  ORGANIZATION    OF    BAPTIST    SOCIETY. 

a  lifelong  resident  of  this  place  and  his  birth  antedates  the  forma- 
tion of  the  first  society  by  1 1  years,  and  of  the  present  society,  in 
1806  or  1808  as  the  two  church  and  parish  books  record  it,  by  28 
or  30  years.     Had  there  been  no  Baptist  society  and  church  in  ex- 
istence until  he  had  reached  that  age,  would  he  not  have  been  cog- 
nizant of  the  fact,  and  saved  his  son,  who  aimed  to  be  the  town's 
historian,  from  making  any  such  misstatement  ?    It  would  certainly 
appear  so,  for  he  was  an  educated  man,  interested  and  well  informed 
relative  to  town  affairs.     Furthermore  Gov.  Cushman  has  the  cor- 
roboration of  Rev.  Erastus  Andrews,  a  former  Baptist  pastor,  who 
writes  in  a  letter  dated    June  22,  1863,  "  Elder  Levi  Hodge  was  or- 
dained in  Bernardston."     Now  is  it  supposable   that  a  man  can  be 
ordamed   over  a  society  and  church  which   does  not   exist?     And 
again,  the  plan  of  the  town  protracted  in  1795,  found  opposite  page  49 
and  deposited  in  the  State  Archives,  gives  the  exact  location  of  both 
Baptist  and    Orthodox   meeting   houses.     This   church   was  but   a 
small  one-story  structure  and  as  the  society  as  a  society  and  the 
church  so  far  as  is  known,  as  a  church,  went  out  of  existence  soon 
after  Elder  Hodge's  departure  to  Warwick,  (his  next  charge)  it  was 
sold. 

The  church  and  parish  records  vary  by  two  years  in  placing  the 
organization  of  the  present  society,  or  the  reorganization  of  the 
original  one,  as  the  case  might  be.  The  book  per.sonally  examined 
placed  the  date  of  organization  as  1808.  Mr.  Davis  gives  it  as  1806. 
That  there  were  meetings  held  with  a  view  to  organization  at  both 
times  is  evident,  from  the  fact  that  these  two  meetings  are  recorded 
as  being  held  at  different  places  and  with  different  presiding  offi- 
cers. The  church  was  not  built  until  a  subsequent  date,  as  hereto- 
fore stated,  and  prior  to  its  erection,  meetings  were  held  at  Mr. 
Samuel  Green's,  or  as  a  life-long  resident  of  the  place  said, "In  Sam 
Green's  kitchen,"  and  the  said  Samuel  Green's  home  went  by  the 
name  of  the  "  Baptist  Tavern,"  from  the  fact  that  all  the  supplies 
of  the  Baptist  society  found  there  a  temporary  shelter. 

The  rest  of  the  record  as  given  by  Mr.  Davis  coincides  practically 
with  the  account  given,  only  as  already  noticed,  carried  out  much 
more  minutely.  It  might  be  added  that  the  society's  method  of 
raising  funds  has  in  several   instances   nearly  proven  a  Scylla  and 


KAKLV    ISM'TIST    I'ASTORS.  153 

Charybdis,  the  steerini^  clear  of  which  has  been  well  nij^h  an  im- 
possibility. The  society  did  not  submit  readily  to  direct  or  com- 
pulsory taxation,  and  the  methods  of  discipline  which  some  at- 
tempted to  exercise  caused  such  men  as  Deas.  John  Burk  and 
Uaniel  Slate  to  be  excluded,  and  for  no  t^reater  sins  than  that  they 
saw  fit  to  occasionally  attend  services  held  in  other  churches.  This 
seems  a  restraint  upon  the  freedom  of  worship  sou^-ht  by  the  pil- 
grims in  their  emigration  to  this  country  wholly  t(j  be  unlooked 
for  in  their  descendants,  and  especially  in  a  town  where  the  first  ac- 
tion in  religious  matters  taken  by  the  town  beyond  the  establish- 
ment and  maintenance  of  its  first  society  was.  to  extend  freedom  of 
worship  to  those  who  felt  they  could  no  longer  ally  themselves  with 
the  existing  forms  of  the  country. 

Concerning  the  earlier  Baptist  ministers  comparatively  little  can 
be  obtained.  Elder  Levi  Hodge,  who  was  early  ordained  over  the 
Baptist  society,  was  a  native  of  (ylastenbury,  Ct.,  and  brother  (jf 
Wm.  Fox's  first  wife.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Upon 
the  organization  of  this  church  he  was  sectired  as  pastor,  coming 
here  from  Easterly,  Ct.,  retaining  the  relationship  until  iSor,  when 
he  became  pastor  of  the  Warwick  and  Royalston  churches,  being 
installed  o\^er  the  church  in  Warwick  in  June,  1802,  which  engage- 
ment he  fulfilled  until  his  death  in  18 19.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he 
was  a  great  worker  in  both  secular  and  religious  enterprises;  not 
an  educated  man,  but  one  highly  esteemed  as  a  useful  and  good 
minister  in  the  Master's  service. 

Peter  Rogers,  the  pastor  of  the  society  upon  its  reorganization, 
was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  came  to  Bernardston  from  Kil- 
lingly;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revoluti(ni,  being  appointed  as  one 
of  Gen.  Washington's  Life  Ouards  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth, 
going  out  from  New  London,  was  in  many  important  battles,  win- 
tered at  Valley  Forge  and  was  discharged  at  Yorktown. 

He  went  into  the  war  a  rich  man  ;  at  its  close  he  literally  begged 
his  way  home,  continental  bills  having  depreciated  so  that  they 
were  not  accepted  long  before  he  reached  New  London,  where  he 
found  that  his  property  had  been  burned  with  the  burning  of  the 
city.  He  therefore  learned  the  cabinet  maker's  trade,  but  soon 
gave  it  up  and  studied  for  the  ministry.     Prior  to  his  settlement  in 


154  EARLY    15APT1ST    PASTORS. 


Bernardston  in  1815,  he  was  pastor  of  one  or  more  churches  in 
Connecticut,  and  also  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Leicester,  Mass.  He 
remained  in  Bernardston  until  18 19,  when  he  removed  to  Swanzy, 
N.  H.,  going  thence  to  Waterloo,  111.,  where  he  died  at  the  extreme 
age  of  nearly  100  years.  His  ministry  in  Bernardston  was  marked 
by  an  extensive  revival,  80  being  added  to  the  church  by  baptism 
one  winter.  It  is  said  that  "  a  hole  was  cut  in  the  ice,  the  people 
immersed,  and  not  one  took  cold." 

Elder  Edward  Green,  who  was  early  of  Halifax,  Vt.,  was  ordained 
over  the  Baptist  society  here  November  25,  1819,  the  sermon  being 
preached  by  Rev.  George  Witherel.  He  continued  here  in  the 
ministry  about  three  years,  and  at  a  much  later  date  resided  in 
Pownal,  Vt. 

Elders  Davenport  of  Colrain  and  Lamb  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  each 
supplied  the  pulpit  between  1822  and  1831.  They,  however,  did  not 
claim  Bernardston  as  their  residence,  and  the  opinion  has  been  ex- 
pressed by  some  of  the  later  pastors  of  the  society  that  they  should 
not  be  properly  counted  as  ministers  of  tJiis  Baptist  society. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Franklin  Remington  of  Adams  came  here  in  1831, 
remaining  three  years.  In  1863  he  was  supposed  to  be  in  New 
York  City. 

Rev.  Aaron  Burbank's  ministry  here  covered  one  year.  He 
came  in  1838,  from  the  eastern  part  of  this  State  (?). 

Rev.  Erastus  Andrews  was  born  in  Templeton,  May  19,  1805. 
His  father,  Rev.  Elihu  Andrews,  was  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church 
in  that  town.  In  18 16  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Hinsdale, 
N.  H.,  where  he  spent  his  minority.  In  1827  he  received  a  license 
to  preach  and  was  ordained  as  pastor  over  the  Baptist  church  in  Mid- 
dlefield  (N.  H.?)May  20,  1829.  The  next  year  he  spent  as  a  supply 
in  Agawam.  In  April,  1831,  he  removed  to  North  Sunderland,  tak- 
ing pastoral  oversight  of  the  church  known  as  the  Sunderland  and 
Montague  Baptist  church.  In  1855  this  charge  was  resigned  and 
his  residence  changed  to  Shelburne,  where  through  that  year  he 
supplied  half  the  time,  the  other  half  being  devoted  to  Bernard- 
ston. In  1836  a  unanimous  call  came  to  him  to  return  to  North 
Sunderland  to  his  former  parish,  which  he  finally  accepted.  In 
1839,  his  health  being  impaired,  he  again  resigned  and  an  absence 


REV.    ERASTUS    ANDREWS.  155 


of  5  years  ensued.  During^  this  time  he  preached  from  the  fall  of 
1839  to  the  spring  of  1S41  at  Bernardston,  also  about  the  same 
length  of  time  at  Hinsdale,  X.  H..  and  the  remainder  of  the  time 
was  spent  in  traveling  through  the  New  England  and  Western 
States. 

With  returning  health  his  old  parishioners  in  Sunderland  again 
extended  to  him  a  third  call,  thus  showing  how  closely  he  had  en- 
twined his  life  with  theirs.  This  call  he  heeded,  remaining  with 
his  beloved  people  until  1857,  in  all  a  period  of  20  years.  In  1858 
he  assumed  charge  of  the  church  in  Suffield,  Ct.,  remaining  there 
for  three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  returned  to  his 
old  home  in  Montague,  where  he  had  lived  during  the  greater  part 
of  his  last  pastorate  at  North  Sunderland,  and  this  became  his  final 
earthly  home. 

In  185 1  and  again  in  1832,  Mr.  Andrews  ably  represented  the 
town  of  Montague  in  legislative  halls  as  Representative,  while  in 
1855  he  was  sent  as  Senator  from  Franklin  County.  For  seven 
years  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Shel- 
burne  Falls  Academy.  In  1859  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  Brown  University.  Thus  we  see  that  Mr. 
Andrews  labored  for  the  best  interests  of  mankind,  not  only  in  the 
lines  prescribed  by  his  ministerial  calling,  but  also  in  advancing 
educational  and  legislative  mea.sures  in  accordance  with  his  nat- 
ural good  judgment  and  excellent  business  capabilities.  He  mar- 
ried ]\Iay  10,  1829,  Almira,  daughter  of  John  and  Martha  Bartlett 
of  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  who  died  in  Montague,  in  January,  1891. 

Their  children  were 

Emory  Pearl,  b.  March  28,  1830;  was  ist  Lieut,  of  Co.  C,  31st  Reg. 
Mass.  Vol.  Also  provost  sheriff  of  New  Orleans  under  (ren.  Butler.  Prior 
to  the  war  he  was  preceptor  of  Hollis  Institute  at  So.  Braintree,  Mass. 

Charles  B.,  b.  November  4,  1830;  graduated  at  Amherst  in  1858;  became 
a  lawyer  of  Kent,  Ct.,  and  afterwards  governor  of  the  State. 

Martha  Ann,  b.  September  3,  1833;  m,  Dr.  E.  P.  Alden  of  Hoosick 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  December  1,  1858. 

Erastus,  C,  b.  May  17,  1835. 

John  L,  b.  April  i,  1837;  died  September  29,  1839. 

Thomas  D.,  b.  September  26,   1839;  d.  May  5,  1856. 

Augustus  P.,  b.  April  30,   1841. 


156       REVS.  FARR1:R,  CRKEN.  P'ULLER,  baker,  CROWLEY, 


E.  Benjamin,  b.  January  10,  1S44;  was  a  nun-cuinniissioned  (officer  of 
I  St  Reg.  C't.  Artillery;  [iresident  of  Brown  University  of  Providence,  R.  1.; 
now  superintendent  of  schools,  (Chicago,  111. 

Joseph  I..,  b.  November  27,  1S45;  was  a  member  of  Co.  F,  52nd  Reg. 
Mass.  Vol. 

Arthur  K.,  b.  March   i,   1849. 

FK)ra  N.,  b.  August  23,   1850. 

Rev.  Charles  Farrer  settled  in  Bernardston  in  1S42,  and  remained 
there  three  vears,  removini^  thenee  to  Tennessee. 

Rev.  John  Green  was  born  in  Belchertown,  Mass.,  June  17,  iSoi. 
His  education  was  acquired  at  the  Amherst  academy,  and  at  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Madison  University  of  Hamilton.  N.  Y.,  (grad- 
uating from  the  latter  June  2,  1830.  While  a  theological  student 
at  Hamilton  he  preached  one  year  as  a  sttpply  to  the  New  vStock- 
bridge  Baptist  church  in  Peterborough,  N.  Y.  During  the  month 
succeeding  his  graduation  he  began  his  labcjrs  in  the  Leicester. 
Mass.,  Baptist  church,  and  by  request  of  the  society  was  ordained 
as  an  evangelist   August    19,  1830.  and   recognized   as  pastor  ISIay, 

1831. 

August  2,  1830,  he  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Thomp- 
son of  Munson,  .Mass.  His  ministry  in  Leicester  terminating 
April  I,  1840,  he  next  went  to  Shutesbury,  reinaining  there  5  years. 
He  came  to  Bernardston  in  April,  1845,  and  closed  his  connection 
with  this  society  April  i,  1848.  During  the  next  six  years  he  was 
stationed  at  Florida  and  Huntington,  four  and  two  years  respec- 
tively. Owing  to  failing  health  the  duties  of  his  profession  were 
abandoned  the  most  of  the  titne  until  i86[,  when  in  April  he  be- 
came pastor  of  the  church  in  North  Leverett,  Mass. 

Rev.  George  Edwin  Fuller  came  from  Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  to 
Bernardston  in  1848,  remaining  four  years  and  going  thence  to 
Ware. 

Rev.  Calvin  Baker  was  of  Cornish,  N.  H.  He  came  to  this  place 
in  1852,  but  remained  only  a  year. 

Rev.  Harvey  Crowley's  pastorate  lasted  from  1855  to  1858.  He 
later  resided  in  New  York  State,  and  died  in  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
December  23,  1862,  ae.  59. 


RKVS.    STOCKWKl.L    AND    RUliKRC.  I  57 


Rev.  George  L.  Stockwell  was  born  in  Lnnenberg-,  Vt.,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1818,  and  there  his  early  education  was  obtained;  later  he 
studied  in  Massachusetts.  He  was  ordained  in  the  ministry  in 
Weston,  Vt.,  June  17,  1844.  In  1858  Mr.  Stockwell  was  settled  in 
Bernardston,  and  continued  there  until  March,  1861,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  was  engaged  with  others  in 
endeavoring  to  found  an  agricultural  college,  which  enterprise  had 
its  origin  in  efforts  previously  made  b}'  Hon.  H.  W.  Cushman  to 
establish  an  agricultural  department  at  Powers  Institute  in  Ber- 
nardston. 

Rev.  George  L.  Ruberg  was  born  May  28,  1828,  on  Nantucket 
Island.  He  was  of  Swedish  extraction,  his  father,  b^hn  Georfre 
Ruberg,  being  born  in  vStockholm,  vSweden,  October  2],,  1793.  He 
emigrated  to  Nantucket,  which  was  his  home  for  forty  years.     Here 

he  married,  his  wife's  name  being  Nancy ;  she  was  a  native 

of  Nantucket,  being  born  there  May  lo,  1803.  Until  the  age  of  15 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  regularly  attended  school,  going  as  high 
as  the  grammar  department.  During  the  next  year  the  time  was 
necessarily  divided  between  work  and  instruction  from  a  private 
teacher.  When  17  years  old  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  dry  goods 
trade,  his  employer  being  a  man  who  allowed  many  opportunities 
for  study,  and  who  did  all  possible  to  expand  and  develop  his 
clerk's  ideas  concerning  the  meaning  and  aims  of  worthy  living. 
Prior  to  this  time,  in  Mr.  Ruberg's  own  words,  "I  had  failed  to  com- 
prehend the  ends  and  object  of  life  ;  could  not  see  why  it  was  that 
one  like  myself  should  have  an  existence  at  all."  His  opportuni- 
ties for  theological  study  were  as  nothing.  Such  time  as  could  be 
spared  from  business  was  spent  in  studying  the  Gospel,  and  at  the 
age  of  1(9  years  he  felt  that  his  life  work  must  be  associated  with 
the  diffusion  of  its  teachings.  A  lack  of  means,  however,  prevented 
his  giving  the  time  to  preparation  that  he  considered  necessary  to 
successful  work.  Hence  for  some  years  he  kept  on  in  his  secular  pur- 
suits. In  May,  1861,  having  fitted  himself  as  best  he  could,  he  be- 
gan to  supply  the  pulpit  here  for  the  Baptist  society,  with  the  result 
that  in  July  of  the  same  year  the  church  extended  a  unanimous 
call  for  his  settlement.  This  he  accepted  and,  by  a  council  called 
for  the  purpose,  he  was  publicly  set  apart   for  work  in  the  Gospel 


158  LATER    BAPTIST    PASTORS. 

ministry  October  23,  1861.  Mr.  Ruberg-  was  in  char^je  of  his  par- 
ish here  for  four  years,  leaving  September.  1865.  In  the  year  1852 
he  married  Mary  Abby,  daughter  of  Capt.  Henry  J.  vStarbuck  of 
Nantucket.  She  was  born  at  the  latter  place  March  21,  1S31.  They 
had  three  children,  Nelson  Curtis,  born  February  12,  1855:  vSusie 
Maria,  born  March  6,  1859;  Henry  Jud.son,  born  May  28,  1861.  He 
died  in  North  Egremont,  March  6,  1901. 

Rev.  Thomas  Wrinkle  was  the  pastor  of  this  .society  from  1866 
to  August  2T,,  1868. 

Until  1 87 1  there  was  no  settled  pastor.  In  June  of  that  year 
came  Rev.  B.  F.  Tuck.  He  ministered  to  the  wants  of  the  people 
for  six  years,  removing  from  this  place  in  1877.  In  July,  1884,  he 
was  stationed  at  Acworth,  N.  H. 

Rev.  A.  \V.  Goodnow  came  in  1877,  and  was  dismissed  in  May, 
1878.  He  was  followed  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Parmalee,  born  in  Wilming- 
ton, Vt.,  May  4,  1823.  He  was  the  son  of  Dennis  Parmalee,  a  dea- 
con of  the  Baptist  church  of  that  place,  as  was  also  his  grand- 
father. 

His  education  was  obtained  by  attendance  at  the  academies  of 
Townshend  and  Ludlow,  Vt.,  supplemented  by  a  college  cour.se  at 
Waterville  college,  now  Colby  University,  Maine,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1850.  A  year  was  then  spent  in  teaching,  as  princi- 
pal of  the  North  Conway  academy,  succeeded  by  a  two  years'  course 
at  the  Theological  seminary  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.  His  ordination 
to  the  ministry  took  place  soon  after  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  for  several 
years  he  preached  in  the  States  of  Iowa,  Illinois  and  Wisconsin. 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  had  charge 
of  the  Christian  commission  work  at  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

About  1871  Mr.  Parmalee  came  to  Bcrnardston,  making  this  town 
his  home  for  the  next  sixteen  years,  and  preaching  here  as  well 
as  in  the  neighboring  towns.  His  pastoral  charge  of  the  Baptist 
society  here  extended  from  May,  1878,  to  October,  1879. 

In  1887  he  removed  to  De  I'^uniak  Springs,  Fla.,  where  he  is  en- 
joying the  relaxation  to  be  obtained  from  a  small  vineyard  and  fruit 
grove.     He  also  devotes  his  time  to  such    ministerial    calls  as  arc 


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159 


made  upon  hiin.  His  family  consists  of  a  wife,  daug-hter  and  son, 
Frank.  The  latter  is  married  and  a  resident  of  the  east  part  of 
Bernardston. 

Rev.  J.  Shephardson  came  in  April.  1880,  and  was  dismissed  in 
June,  1881. 

Rev.  W.  A.  Worthington  preached  here  most  acceptably  from 
June  18,  1 88 1,  to  May,  1883.  He  was  later  stationed  at  Groton,  Vt., 
(1883)  and  in  May  or  June,  1884,  died  suddenly  in  Concord.  Vt. 

The  following  named  gentlemen  succeeded  Rev.  Mr.  Worthing- 
ton,  but  no  biographical  notices  have  been  obtainable: 

O.  L.  Shephardson,  ]May,  1883,  dismissed  October  i,  1884.  J^hn 
Randlett  supplied  until  April  i,  1885.  W.  vS.  Walker.  May  i,  1885, 
dismis.sed  April  i.  1888.  William  F.  Newton  of  Mt.  Hermon  school 
supplied  until  June,  1889.  Sumner  Latham,  September,  1889. 
A.A.Davis.  1892,  dismissed  1895.  Rev.  Mr.  Everett  supplying 
since  1897. 

THE  ORTHODOX  COXGREGATIONAL  SOCIETY. 

The  greater  number  of  the  original  members  of  this  society  be- 
longed to  the  P^irst  Congregational  church,  and  withdrew  from  that 
when  it  became  identified  as  being  of  the  Unitarian  faith.  Clin<'-- 
ing  to  the  religion  endeared  to  them  by  long  asscjciation  and  train- 
ing, they  soon  sotight  a  new  h(jme  where  they  might  carry  out  its 
observance.  With  this  end  in  view  a  council  was  called  at  the 
house  of  Hon.  Job  (loodale—  now  owned  by  Mr.  Willis  Stratton,  at 
which  Rev.  Samuel  Taggart  was  chosen  moderator,  and  Rev.  James 
Taylor  scribe,  and  resulting  in  the  formation  of  a  society  January  9, 
1823,  with  15  members: 

Mrs.  Phoflit  Hastinj^s. 

Mrs.  Mary  I).  Cook.  (  Rev.  A.  Cook's  wife. ) 
Anna  Scarle. 
George  Parnienter. 
vSaniuel  W.  Chapin. 
Joseph   Slate. 
Mrs.  Syhia  E.  Slate. 
Rufns  Hastings. 

Not  owning  a  place  of  worship,  an  arrangement  was  made  with 
the  Baptist  society  whereby  they  obtained  the  use  of  that  church 
alternate  Sabbaths.     In  1831  Judge  Goodale  erected  a  small  build- 


Jonathan  vSlate. 
Job  Goodale. 
Mrs.  Lydia  Cjoodale. 
Timothy  Slate. 
iVIrs.  Tirzah  Slate. 
Samuel  Hastings. 
Mrs.  Olive  Hastings. 


l6o  ALTliRATlONS    IN    TIIK    CHURCH. 

ing  just  east  of  his  residence,  securing  to  them  the  land  by  will. 
It  was  dedicated  August  i8,  i83i,a  sermon  being  preached  by  Rev. 
Aretas  Loomis  of  Colrain. 

Judge  Goodale  also  gave  to  the  society  the  parsonage,  together 
with  the  adjacent  building,  then  known  as  Goodale  Academy.  The 
latter  was  disposed  of,  together  with  the  greater  portion  of  the  land 
bequeathed.  In  1846  the  church  was  thoroughly  repaired  and  en- 
larged, some  of  the  alterations  being  executed  in  a  novel  manner. 

According  to  the  Rev.  D.  H.  Strong  the  building  was  removed 
and  the  foundations  relaid  on  a  larger  scale.  Restored  to  its  posi- 
tion the  old  church  was  split  "through  the  middle,  lengthwise,  cut- 
tine  ridcre  and  gable,  wall  and  floor  alike  as  one  might  saw  a  box 
in  two.  Then  the  two  sections  were  moved  apart  to  the  outer  walls 
and  the  space  built  up  between."  A  belfry  was  added,  within  which, 
tiirough  the  generosity  of  Mrs.  Lydia  Goodale  (widow  of  Judge 
(Toodale)  a  bell  was  soon  placed.  The  church  was  rededicated 
July  2,  1846.  Sermon  by  the  pastor.  Rev.  Willard  Janes,  from  the 
26th  psalm.  8th  verse. 

In  1890,  through  the  munificence  of  Mr.  Richard  F.  Newcomb  of 
(^uincy.  111.,  a  native  of  Bernardston,  and  a  descendant  of  Judge 
Cxoodale,  the  building  was  materially  changed,  Mr.  R.  L.  Crowell, 
chairman  of  the  committee,  having  charge  of  the  work.  An  addi- 
tion was  placed  upon  the  north  end,  thus  admitting  in  tasteful 
arches  the  pulpit,  organ  and  choir  loft  and  speakers'  platform. 
The  windows  of  the  auditorium  are  of  cathedral  glass 

"Through  which  the  lights,  rose,  amber,  emerald,  blue," 

glow  in  soft  radiance  upon  the  assembled  worshippers. 

Downstairs  in  place  of  the  old  vestry  one  beholds  everything 
which  gofxl  judgment  could  suggest  pertaining  to  convenience  and 
comfort.  The  Sunday  school  rooms  are  pleasant  and  well  adapted 
to  their  use,  while  for  the  social  gatherings  of  the  parish,  parlor 
and  kitchen  supply  every  need.  Furnaces  have  supplanted  the  old 
stoves;  in  fact  all  bespeaks  the  sound  taste  and  judgment  expended 
upon  the  different  capartments,  and  in  these  accessories  and  the  ren- 
ovation, free  from  del^t  practically,  the  society  arc  to  be  congratu- 
lated. Tlie  rededication  occurred  December  12,  1890,  the  sermon 
being  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cowan  of  South  Deerficld,  from  tlic 


GOODALE  MEMORIAL  CHURCH.  l6l 

text  "Thy  kingdom  come."  The  interest  of  the  occasion  was  en- 
hanced by  the  presence  and  participation  in  the  exercises  of  the 
resident  pastors,  also  of  those  of  the  neighboring  towns.  An  in- 
teresting account  of  the  founding  of  the  society  was  given  by  the 
pastor,  Rev.  Mr.  Strong,  and  letters  filled  with  kindly  expressions 
from  absent  friends  were  read. 

"Two  large  revivals  have  been  experienced,  one  in  1841,  when 
41  were  admitted  to  the  church  in  one  year,  one  in  1852,  and  11 
were  admitted.  In  1839  ^^  accession  to  the  church  was  made  by 
members  from  Gill." 

For  a  considerable  portion  of  the  time  since  1840  missionary  aid 
has  been  received. 

The  society  has  been  designated  as  the  "First  Presbyterian," 
later,  in  1831,  as  the  "Evangelical  Congregational,"  and  since  1833 
as  the  "Orthodox  Congregational."  In  1891,  at  the  first  annual  par- 
ish meeting  after  the  repairs  were  made,  the  following  was  resolved: 

"That  we,  members  of  the  Orthodox  Congregational  society  of  Bernard- 
ston,  hereby  express  their  heartfelt  thanks  to  Mr.  Richard  F.  Newcomb  of 
Quhicy,  111.,  for  his  very  generous  gift  towards  reconstructing  and  reno- 
vating their  house  of  worship.  This  gift  is  the  more  appreciated  since  it 
comes  from  one  representing  the  family  of  the  original  donor  of  the  church 
property — the  Hon.  Job  Goodale,  whose  devotion  and  support  while  the 
church  was  in  the  weakness  of  its  infancy,  makes  his  name  inseparable 
from  its  history. 

Voted,  That  the  foregoing  resolution  and  votes  be  placed  upon  the  rec- 
ords of  the  society  and  a  copy  of  the  same  be  forwarded  to  Mr.  Richard 
F.  Newcomb. 

Voted,  That  the  church  building  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Ortho- 
dox Congregational  society  of  Bernardston  be  hereafter  known  as  the 
"Goodale  Memorial  Church." 

At  present  there  are  about  sixty  church  members. 

DEACONS. 

Timothy  Slate,  chosen    1824.     Died    1847. 


Perrin  M.  Richards, 
Samuel  \V.  Chapin, 
Lymau  Griswold, 
Curtis  Chapin, 
Henry  Slate, 
Arthur  F.  Wells, 


1839 
1841 

1849 
1852 
1862 

1875 


Dismissed  1849. 
Died  1 85 1. 
(?)  "     1863. 
"     1875- 


l62  REV.    VINSON    GOULD. 

Rev.  Vinson  Gould,  the  first  settled  minister  of  the  Orthodox 
society,  was  installed  October  30,  1833,  ^^"^  the  sermon  on  that  oc- 
casion was  by  Rev.  Artemas  Boise.  Mr.  Gould  was  born  in  Sharon, 
Ct.,  August  13,  1773,  graduated  at  Williams  College,  in  1797;  was  a 
tutor  two  years  at  that  college  ;  studied  divinity  with  Dr.  Backus 
of  Somers,  Ct.,  and  was  ordained  at  Southampton,  Mass.,  August  21, 
1801,  as  colleague  with  Rev.  Jonathan  Judd,  first  minister  of  that 
town.  Dismissed  from  Southampton,  January  5,  1832.  He  was 
dismissed  from  the  society  in  Bernardston,  December  21,  1836, 
after  a  ministry  of  a  little  more  than  three  years.  He  resided  af- 
terwards at  Southampton,  and  died  there  April  4,  1841,  ae.  about 
68  years.  In  1808  he  married  Mindwell,  daughter  of  Dr.  Sylvester 
Woodbridge  of  Southampton.  She  died  in  1837.  During  his  min- 
istry in  Bernardston  he  was  preceptor  of  "Goodale  Academy." 
Mr.  Gould's  ministry  continued  at  Southampton  till  the  fifth  of 
January,  1832,  a  period  of  31  years.  Among  his  qualifications  for 
sermonizing,  was  a  remarkable  power  for  illustration.  Very  few 
ministers  made  more  pertinent  use  of  passing  events.  The  lead- 
ing characteristic  of  his  mind  was  quickness  of  apprehension.  He 
seized  with  the  rapidity  of  instinct  or  intuition  upon  any  casual 
incident  Which  could  throw  any  light  upon  the  subject  in  hand. 

He  gave  much  time  and  thought  to  the  promotion  of  the  interests 
of  the  common  school.  His  peculiar  talents  had  here  a  fine  opportu- 
nity for  employment.  The  ease,  the  perfect  facility  with  which 
he  could  adapt  his  remarks  to  the  capacities  of  those  whom  he  ad- 
dressed, have  been  acknowledged  by  all  who  were  familiar  with 
the  circumstances.  The  same  interest  in  children  was  manifest 
in  the  annual  catechetical  instruction  which  he  superintended.  In 
the  summer  of  every  year,  nearly  all  the  children  and  youth  in  the 
place  between  the  ages  of  six  and  sixteen  assembled  in  two  par- 
allel rows  in  the  aisles  of  the  meetinghouse,  and  recited  to  the  pas- 
tor in  the  hearing  of  many  of  the  congregation  in  four  or  five  suc- 
cessive Sabbaths,  the  whole  of  the  assembly's  shorter  catechism. 
The  considerateness  with  which  Mr.  Gould  put  the  more  difficult 
questions  to  the  trembling  catechumen  so  that  he  could  not  miss, 
will  long  be  remembered. 

"  Early  in    his  ministry  he  labored  for  some  months  with  good 


REV.    I5ANCROFT    FOWLER.  1 63 


success  as  a  missionary  in  the  destitute  portions  of  Maine.  When 
it  was  proposed  to  remove  Williams  college  to  Northampton,  Mr. 
Gould  acted  with  gratifying  success  as  an  agent  in  raising  the  large 
fund  which  the  trustees  of  the  college  named  as  a  condition  of  the 
removal.  Of  the  old  and  very  useful  Harnpshire  Missionary  Soci- 
ety he  was  a  trustee  and  active  friend.  The  Hampshire  Education 
Society  also  found  in  him  an  intelligent  and  warm  supporter.  The 
dawn  of  the  foreign  missionary  enterprise  in  i<Sio  he  hailed  as  the 
indication  of  a  brighter  era  to  the  church.  Of  the  property  which 
God  had  given  him  (larger  than  most  clergymen  are  favored  with) 
he  was  a  liberal  almoner.  At  a  day  when  comparatively  few  Chris- 
tians were  awake  to  their  great  duty  of  laboring  for  the  conver- 
sion of  the  world,  he  entered  with  characteristic  ardor  into  the  va- 
rious plans  of  benevolence." 

After  his  dismission  from  the  church  in  Southampton  in  1832, 
Mr.  Gould  taught  a  high  school  in  South  Hadley.  He  subsequently 
preached  for  some  time  in  Bernardston.  He  then  returned  with 
his  family  to  his  house  in  Southampton,  continuing  to  preach  as 
occasion  offered,  m  the  neighboring  towns,  and  still  feeling  the 
deepest  interest  in  the  progress  of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom. 

Rev.  Bancroft  Fowler  was  installed  as  the  second  pastor  of  this 
church  December  21,  1836,  and  the  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev. 
Roger  G.  Hatch  of  Warwick.  Mr.  Fowler's  ministry  here  was  of 
two  years'  duration,  he  being  dismissed  December  31,  1838.  He 
was  born  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  September  12,  1775  ;  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1796;  studied  law  at  Northampton  two  and  a  half 
years;  was  tutor  at  Williams  College  from  1799  to  1801  ;  then  as- 
suming the  same  position  at  Yale,  where  he  remained  until  1804. 
May  22,  1805,  he  was  settled  as  pastor  at  Windsor,  Vt.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  there  in  1819;  from  this  time  until  1825,  he  occupied 
the  chair  of  professor  of  sacred  literature  at  Bangor  seminary,  then 
took  up  his  residence  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.  In  1828  he  took  charge 
of  a  female  seminary  at  West  Brookfield,  remaining  there  until 
1 83 1.  He  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Second  (Orthodox)  Con- 
gregational church  in  Northfield,  April  21,  1831,  and  after  a  pastor- 
ate of  about  five  years,  was  dismissed  July  20,  1836.  He  then  took 
charge  of  Goodale  Academy  in  Bernardston,  and  was  installed  pas- 


164  REV.    FREDERICK   JANES. 

tor  of  the  church  there,  as  before  mentioned.  November  20,  1839, 
he  was  settled  at  Greenfield,  N.  H.,  and  dismissed  from  there 
April  22,  1845.  His  final  residence  was  at  Stockbridge,  where  he 
died.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Lucretia  Curtis,  who  died  at 
Bernardston,  October  12,  1837,  aged  49  years;  second,  to  Miss  Ripley 
of  Greenfield,  Mass.  (?)     She  was  buried  at  Greenfield,  N.  H. 

Rev.  Frederick  Janes,  the  third  minister  of  this  society,  was  born 
in  Northfield,  Mass.,  May,  1808.  His  collegiate  studies  were  pur- 
sued at  Yale  and  Amherst  colleges,  but  he  did  not  graduate,  al- 
though he  spent  several  years  in  teaching  and  studying  theology. 
November  8,  1837,  he  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  in  New  York 
City  by  Rev.  Joshua  Leavitt.  Until  1838  he  preached  in  North 
Walton,  N.  Y.,  then  until  1840  in  Colchester,  N.  Y.  November  4, 
1840,  he  was  installed  as  pastor  over  the  society  in  Bernardston, 
the  sermon  being  by  Rev.  Charles  Wiley  of  Northampton;  he  was 
dismissed  after  a  pastorate  of  three  years,  November  9,  1843.  In 
1844  he  was  installed  in  Pelham,  where  he  remained  but  a  year. 
The  three  succeeding  years  he  was  agent  for  the  American  Protes- 
tant Society,  then  assumed  charge  of  a  female  seminary  in  West- 
ern New  York.  After  remaining  here  a  year  he  preached  some 
time  in  Michigan,  then  (1854)  took  up  his  residence  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  became  the  editor  of  the  "Christian  Parlor  Maga- 
zine." He  was  the  author  of  the  genealogy  of  the  Janes  family. 
His  last  years  were  spent  at  the  home  of  a  daughter  in  Willing- 
ton,  Ct.,  where  he  had  at  one  time  preached,  and  his  decease  oc- 
curred there  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1890,  at  the  age  of  82  years. 
His  father  was  Deacon  Xenophon  Janes  of  Northfield,  and  his  an- 
cestor, William  Janes,  who  came  from  England  in  1637.  Wm',  Sam- 
uel", Jonathan',  Ebenezer',  Xenophon".  He  married  September  15, 
1833,  Paulina  Burnell,  who  died  November  20,  185 1,  married  (2) 
January  18,  1853,  Rachel  B,  Truesdale,  who  died  1874. 

CHILDREN. 

Margaret  P.,  b.  September  17,  1834. 

Mary  S.,  b.  June  28,  1836. 

John  C,  b.  July  6,  1839. 

Lucy  A.,  b.  June  10,  1841;  m.  Albert  Leffer. 

Josephine  A.,  b.  December  10,  1854. 


REV.    CHARLES    KENDALL.  165 


VVm.  A.,  b.  November  11,  1856. 

Anna  F.,  b.  April  3,  1858. 

Isabella,  b.  June  10,  1861;  d.  May  9,  1864. 

Charles  H.,  b.  October  23,  1865. 

Rev.  Charles  Kendall  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1 81 3,  and  was  a  son  of  Edward  and  Polly  (Gerrish)  Kendall. 
His  early  life  was  passed  in  his  native  place,  serving  as  clerk  in  a 
country  store  six  years.  When  1 8  years  of  age  he  became  personally 
interested  in  the  subject  of  religion  and  he  chose  at  once  the  min- 
istry as  his  department  of  labor  through  life.  In  1832  he  entered 
Westminster  Academy,  and  began  his  preparatory  course  under 
Wm.  C.  Clark,  finishing  the  same  under  Josiah  Clark,  (who  was 
later  of  Easthampton).  In  the  fall  of  1834  he  entered  Amherst 
College,  remaining  there  two  years,  when  the  failure  of  his  health 
compelled  him  to  leave.  In  1837,  having  in  a  measure  regained 
his  health,  he  returned  a  second  time  to  Amherst,  and  graduated 
in  1839,  i^  ^  class  of  57.  That  fall  he  taught  a  select  school  in 
Oakham,  entering  the  Union  Theological  seminary  in  New  York 
in  December  of  that  year.  From  here  he  graduated  June  24,  1842. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  third  Presbytery,  N.  S.  in  New 
York,  April  8,  1842,  and  the  succeeding  August  began  his  labors 
in  the  ministry  at  South  Hadley  Falls.  He  left  there  in  Febru- 
ary, 1843,  after  fulfilling  an  engagement  of  6  months.  In  the  au- 
tumn of  1843  he  received  an  invitation  to  settle  over  the  Orthodox 
Congregational  society  in  Bernardston,  which  he  accepted,  and 
was  ordained  January  24,  1844,  Rev.  T.  Packard,  Jr.,  preaching  the 
sermon.  He  remained  in  town  until  1853,  when,  on  account  of  im- 
paired health,  he  left  for  a  residence  in  East  Tennessee,  but  was 
taken  ill  on  the  way,  which  induced  a  change  of  plans.  He  was 
for  six  months  engaged  in  teaching  a  female  seminary  in  Mercers- 
berg,  Pa.,  where  also  he  supplied  for  the  greater  part  of  that  time 
the  pulpit  of  the  O.  S.  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  dismissed 
from  his  pastorate  charge  in  Bernardston,  July,  1854,  having  been 
there  ten  years.  The  same  year  he  began  to  labor  with  the  church 
in  South  Royalston,  Mass.,  and  continued  until  January,  1856.  The 
following  May  he  was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  Trinitarian 
church  in  Petersham  ;  here  he  remained  until  October,  i860,  when 
he  removed  to  Auburn,  Mass.,  to  take  charge  of  the  church  in  that 


l66  REV.    CHARLES    KENDALL. 

place,  and  where  he  remained  six  years.  From  conscientious  mo- 
tives Mr.  Kendall  was  never  installed  over  but  one  church.  As  a 
supply  he  felt  that  he  could  accomplish  more  good  and  he  always 
identified  himself  with  the  church  where  he  labored,  thus  becom- 
ing responsible  to  his  own  church.  He  was  married  July  25,  1842, 
to  Maria,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  Howe  of  Marlboro, 
who  died  September  28,  1858,  in  Petersham.  Mrs.  Kendall  was 
educated  at  i\mherst  and  Mt.  Holyoke  seminary.  She  had  the 
care  of  the  female  department  in  New  vSalem  academy  one  or  more 
years,  and  was  also  associate  principal  in  the  academy  in  Mexico, 
N.  Y.  She  left  five  children:  Harriet  E.,  born  vSeptember  2,  1843, 
in  Marlboro;  Charles  Henry,  born  July  15,  1845,  ii^  Bernardston  and 
Agnes  Maria,  born  September  15,  1858,  in  Petersham.  Possessed 
of  a  quick,  well-balanced  mind  and  a  kind  and  benevolent  spirit, 
she  was  always  greatly  Vjcloved  by  every  people  among  whom  her 
lot  was  cast. 

On  June  21,  1859,  ^^-  Kendall  married  (2)  Sarah  E.,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  Gilbert  of  Stamford,  N.  Y.  vShe  was  educated 
at  the  female  seminary  in  Mercersberg,  Pa.,  and  for  some  time  was 
teacher  in  the  Collegiate  Institute  in  her  native  place. 

Mr.  Kendall  was  a  man  who  won  his  way  into  the  hearts  of  the 
people  in  a  manner  given  only  to  a  few,  and  not  only  his  old  parish- 
ioners, but  the  townspeople  as  well,  all  hold  him  in  loving  remem- 
brance. Throughout  the  county  he  was  well  known  for  his  constant 
interest  in  all  good  reforms,  in  education,  music  and  temperance. 
That  he  possessed  a  keen  sense  of  the  humorous,  is  illustrated  by 
the  following  incident :  While  preaching  in  town  he  borrowed  one 
Saturday  afternoon  a  five  dollar  bill   from   the  parish  treasurer. 

Monday  morning  he  promptly  paid  it  back,  and  upon  Mr.  N 's 

remarking  that  it  was  the  same  bill  which  he  had  borrowed,  Mr. 
Kendall  replied  Yes!  He  had  simply  borrowed  it  because  he  thought 
that  he  could  preach  better  with  the  knowledge  that  he  had  a  little 
money  in  his  pocket,  from  which  we  may  conclude  that  in  those 
times,  in  the  smaller  places  at  least,  money  was  not  at  all  times  any 
too  plenty.  Likewise  it  may  have  illustrated  a  truism  in  that  the 
sense  of  possession  even  of  a  little,  enters  largely  into  the  element 
of  success. 


REV.    WILLARD    BRIGHAM.  167 

Mr.  Kendall  died  March  19,  1873,  in  Windham  Center,  N.  Y,, 
where  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Congregational  Society.  "He  passed 
away  as  he  had  lived,  with  a  perfect  trust  in  the  Lord." 

Rev.  Willard  Brigham  was  born  May  4,  181 3,  in  Marlboro,  Mass., 
where  his  paternal  ancestors  had  resided  since  the  first  settlement 
of  the  town.  His  collegiate  education  was  obtained  at  Williams 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1838.  Pursuing  his  studies 
further,  he  completed   the  Andover  Theological  course  in  June, 

1842.  For  one  year,  1839-40  he  taught  the  academy  at  Pepperell. 
In  the  winter  of   1842-3  he  went  to  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  and   May  24, 

1843,  was  installed  over  the  Congregational  church  in  North  Wards- 
boro. Here  he  remained  12  years,  being  dismissed  March  20,  1855. 
The  two  succeeding  months  he  supplied  for  the  church  at  Plain- 
field,  Mass.,  receiving  a  call  to  settle  there  and  to  which  a  negative 
answer  was  returned.  From  June  i,  1855,  to  March,  1856,  he  sup- 
plied at  Bernardston,  removing  thence  to  Ashfield,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  formally  installed  March  12,  1856. 

Mr.  Brigham  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Maria  Dav- 
enport of  Boylston,  with  whom  he  united  himself  May  4,  1843  J  she 
died  in  Ashfield,  September  21,  1857.  His  second  was  a  Miss  Cleve- 
land of  Medford,  Mass.  His  children  were  Helen  F.,  Albert  J., 
Herbert  W.  and  Mary  M.  Brigham. 

Succeeding  Rev.  Mr.  Brigham,  came  Rev.  Harrison  Greenough 
Park.  He  was  ordained  August  12,  1856,  and  dismissed  April  26, 
1858.  Mr.  Park  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Calvin  Park  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  and  a  brother  of  the  distinguished  Andover  theologian.  He 
was  educated  at  Brown  University  and  Princeton  vSeminary. 

Prior  to  his  pastorate  here,  he  had  been  engaged  in  ministerial 
work  at  South  Dedham,  South  Danvers  and  Burlington,  and  had 
also  been  engaged  in  the  publication  of  a  family  magazine. 

After  leaving  town  he  had  a  short  pastorate  at  Westminster,  Vt., 
and  was  for  several  years  agent  of  the  Massachusetts  Temperance 
Alliance,  residing  at  Norwood,  Mass.,  where  he  died  June  28,  1876, 
in  his  seventieth  year. 

In  1854  he  published  a  book,  entitled  "A  Voice  from  the  Parson- 
age."    He  was  a  talented  and  able  preacher,  but  his  connection 


l68  REV.    HARRISON    G.    PARK. 


with  a  business  establishment  —  which  he  entered  into  with  the 
hope  of  bringing  new  residents  into  the  town  and  so  advancing 
the  interests  of  his  charge — interfered  with  his  pastoral  success. 
One  of  his  daughters — Julia,  was  married  to  Henry,  son  of  Mr. 
John  Valentine  Hale  of  this  place. 

Rev.  Theodore  Jarvis  Clark  has  twice  been  connected  with  this 
society,  the  only  pastor  thus  honored. 

He  was  the  son  of  Dea.  Enos  and  Susan  Allen  Clark,  and  was 
born  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  February  14,  18 15.  His  collegiate 
education  was  obtained  at  Williams,  graduating  from  that  institu- 
tion in  1836.  The  succeeding  year  was  spent  as  a  teacher  at  Ken- 
yon  College,  Ohio.  His  theological  studies  were  begun  at  East 
Windsor,  Vt.,  remaining  there  one  year,  then  teaching  a  year  at 
Northampton,  and  finishing  his  studies  at  the  Andover  Theolog- 
ical school  in  1841. 

October  5,  1842,  he  married  Julia  Pierpont,  daughter  of  Alvah 
and  Mary  HoUister  of  Manchester,  Vt.  October  1 1  of  that  year  he 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  at  Cummington,  Mass.,  received 
his  dismission  May  26,  1852,  but  continued  to  preach  there  as  a  sup- 
ply until  April  11,  1859.  J^^^  ^9  following,  he  was  installed  over 
the  church  in  Bernardston,  continuing  in  that  relation  till  May  i, 
1861.  June  II,  1862,  he  took  pastoral  charge  of  the  second  church 
in  Ashfield,  Mass. 

In  1885  he  returned  to  Bernardston  to  reside.  Soon  after,  the 
pulpit  of  the  Orthodox  society  was  left  vacant  by  the  resignation 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Grimes,  and  Mr.  Clark  was  invited  to  supply,  which  he 
did  until  May,  1888,  nearly  three  years. 

His  ministry  here  was  characterized  by  a  feeling  of  good  fellow- 
ship with  all  his  ministerial  colleagues,  and  an  earnest,  hearty  co- 
operation on  the  part  of  his  parishioners.  He  died  1896,  at  North- 
field. 

Rev.  Daniel  H.  Rogan  was  the  pastor  of  this  society  from  1861 
to  1863.  He  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  where  he  was  preaching 
at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion.  Ardently  supporting  the 
Union's  cause,  he  was  obliged  to  sacrifice  all  that  he  had  and  flee 
to  the  northern  States,  a  section  with  which  he  was  acquainted,  as 


REVS.    D.    H.    ROGAN    AND    A.    B.    FOSTER.  169 

he  had  graduated  at  Amherst  college  and  his  wife  was  an  Amherst 
lady,  Miss  Hunt.  He  preached  his  farewell  sermon  in  Bernardston, 
March  23,  1863,  and  was  ordained  over  the  north  parish  at  Green- 
field, Mass.,  the  next  Sabbath,  March  30.  He  was  a  man  cordially 
remembered  by  all,  an  excellent  preacher  and  devoted  to  the  best 
interests  of  the  cause  in  which  he  labored. 

Rev.  Andrew  Butler  Foster  was  the  son  of  Andrew  Butler  and 
Clarissa  (Davenport)  Foster;  he  was  born  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  De- 
cember 6,  1 8 19.  Four  years  later  his  father  died,  and  his  mother 
returning  to  her  former  home,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  it  was  there  that 
his  boyhood  was  spent,  and  his  primary  education  received.  In 
1833  he  entered  Phillips-Andover  Academy,  three  years  later — 
1836 — he  entered  Amherst  College,  where  he  remained  for  the  four 
years'  course,  graduating  in  1840. 

He  first  connected  himself  with  Dr.  Codman's  church  in  Dorches- 
ter in  1836.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  collegiate  course  in  1840, 
he  began  his  ministerial  studies  at  the  Connecticut  Theological 
institute  at  East  Windsor.  His  ordination  took  place  in  1844  at 
Orford,  N.  H.  Here  he  remained  for  seven  years,  asking  for  and  re- 
ceiving his  dismission  because  of  a  throat  trouble,  which  obliged 
him  to  abandon,  for  the  time  being,  his  professional  work.  During 
this  time  he  was  associate  principal  of  Thetford,  Vt.,  academy.  In 
1852  he  resumed  ministerial  labor,  being  installed  at  Petersham, 
Mass.,  and  remaining  there  three  years.  His  succeeding  pastorates 
were  at  Erving,  Gill,  Hanson,  Westminster,  Vt.  In  1863,  he  as- 
sumed charge  of  the  Congregational  parish  in  Bernardston,  going 
thence  in  1865  to  Orange,  Mass. 

In  1872  a  return  of  the  throat  trouble  formerly  experienced  com- 
pelled him  to  again  give  up  his  chosen  vocation,  and  he  accordingly 
engaged  in  business,  purchasing  an  interest  in  a  drug  store  in 
Orange.  He  later  succeeded  to  an  entire  ownership.  In  1889  ^^il" 
ing  health  obliged  him  to  retire  from  any  active  labor.  His  death 
occurred  at  Orange,  February  25,  1891. 

Mr.  Foster  was  married  October  3,  1844,  to  Irene  C.  Cooley  of 
Amherst,  Mass. 

Rev.  Truman   Allen  Merrill  is  a  native  of  Maine,  born  in  Pros- 


170  REV.    TRUMAN    A.    MERRILL. 


pect  in  1 8 18.  His  father  was  Rev.  Thomas  Merrill,  a  pastor  of  the 
Baptist  church  in  Prospect  from  the  year  18 14  until  his  death  in 
1824. 

Mr.  Merrill  early  engaged  in  teaching,  which  avocation  he  most 
successfully  pursued  for  three  years  in  the  city  schools  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  also  in  the  country  towns  in  his  native  vState.  His  theolog- 
ical study  was  obtained  at  Bangor  Theological  seminary,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1855.  His  ordination  in  the  gospel  minis- 
try took  place  at  Bristol,  Me.,  July  14,  1858.  He  served  brief  pas- 
torates in  Richmond  and  Belfast,  then  in  May,  1865,  took  up  his 
work  in  Bernardston,  where  he  labored  most  successfully  for  eight 
years.  Upon  his  arrival  the  society  seemed  in  a  weak  condition, 
but  hard  work  soon  developed  an  interest  in  religious  work,  and 
during  the  years  that  followed,  Mr.  Merrill  had  the  satisfaction  of 
seeing  the  church  established  once  more  upon  a  firm  and  progres- 
sive foundation.  The  church  edifice  was  thoroughly  repaired  and 
the  organ  purchased,  thus  adding  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  place 
of  worship.  Especially  was  a  fraternal  spirit  inculcated,  and  union 
meetings  with  other  denominations  were  carefully  arranged  and 
most  successfully  carried  out,  thus  bringing  about  a  spirit  of  re- 
ligious harmony  throughout  the  town,  and  a  brotherly  interest  each 
for  his  neighbor,  was  excited  to  an  unusual  degree. 

The  interest  instilled  by  early  teaching  and  educational  work 
accomplished  in  Maine,  led  Mr.  Merrill  to  immediately  identify 
himself  with  all  educational  movements  here,  and  a  valuable  acqui- 
sition he  proved  himself.  For  seven  years  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board,  having  as  his  coadjutors  the  foremost  men  of 
the  place.  At  the  time  of  his  removal  from  town  he  was  secretary 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Powers  Institute,  and  had  previously 
served  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  Cushman  Library.  Public  sen- 
timent concerning  temperance  reform  made  remarkable  progress 
during  his  residence  here,  and  Mr.  Morrill  was  always  to  be  found 
earnestly  advocating  its  importance  and  furthering  the  cause  by 
all  possible  clean,  business  like  methods. 

After  his  departure  from  town,  he  served  successful  pastorates  of 
eight  years  in  Wayland,  Mass.,  four  in  Chesterfield,  and  two  each  in 


RE\'.    TRUMAN    A.    MERRILL.  I71 

New  Braintree  and  Southville,  Mass.  He  then  had  charge  of  a 
mission  in  the  town  of  Industry,  Me.,  where  a  large  part  of  his 
boyhood  was  spent. 

In  1840,  when  the  country  was  beginning  to  be  shaken  with  the 
anti-slavery  agitation,  Mr.  Merrill  decidedly  arrayed  himself  on  the 
side  of  right  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  depositing  his  first  presi- 
dential ballot,  in  company  with  one  other  young  man,  for  James  G. 
Birney,  the  abolition  candidate.  This  was  in  Industry,  Me.,  and 
was  the  beginning  in  that  town  of  the  Republican  movement. 
Two  votes  for  liberty  and  righteousness  against  200  for  the  spoils 
of  office  and  slavery,  for  there  seemed  to  be  no  principle  at  stake 
in  nearly  all  cases.  Five  years  later  he  was  chosen  to  represent 
the  town  in  the  State  legislature  on  the  abolition  platform,  winning 
the  election  against  the  two  candidates  of  the  other  parties.  He 
had  no  taste  for  political  life,  but  was  always  a  fearless  defender 
of  honesty  and  riglit  in  political  principles  and  methods,  and  to-day 
is  not  ashamed  of  his  first  vote  or  of  the  part  he  bore  in  the  forma- 
tion of  public  sentiment  that  bore  fruit  in  the  election  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  to  the  Presidency,  and  in  the  latter 's  proclamation,  issued 
January  i,  i<S63,  which  emancipated  three  and  a  half  millions  of 
human  beincjs  and  made  our  nation  free. 

Mr.  jNIerrill  brought  with  him  to  his  life  in  Bernardston  a  wife 
and  three  daughters,  who  were  most  helpful  to  him  in  parish  work. 

"Mrs.  Merrill  was  a  model  minister's  wife,  wise,  kind,  efficient. 
With  such  a  wife  as  she  no  minister  could  help  being  successful. 
When  tidings  came  of  her  death  in  1890,  there  was  sorrow  in  many 
homes  in  Bernardston  as  in  other  parishes  where  her  influence  had 
been  felt,  and  where  her  memory  is  cherished  with  high  esteem. 
The  beloved  daughters  now  reside  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  where  Mr. 
Merrill  makes  his  home  when  not   engaged  in  the  mission  work." 

These  twenty  years'  absence  have  not  weakened  the  interest 
always  felt  in  our  beautiful  town,  and  the  social,  religious  and  edu- 
cational history  of  the  place  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Merrill  for  much 
of  his  fostering  care  and  deep  forethought  expended  while  in  this 
parish. 

Rev.  L.  M.  Pierce,   although   born   in    Olney,  111.,  in   1842,  is  de- 


172  REV.    L.    M.    PIERCE. 

scended  from  New  England  ancestry.  His  parents  removed  to  Illi- 
nois from  Londonderry,  Vt.,  and  when  Mr.  Pierce  was  but  a  few 
years  old,  returned  to  their  earlier  home  in  Vermont.  Here  he 
spent  his  boyhood,  receiving"  his  elementary  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools.  He  finished  his  preparatory  studies  at  the  Spring- 
field, Vt.,  seminary,  and  in  1861  entered  the  Middlebury,  Vt.,  col- 
lege. The  Civil  War,  which  caused  such  a  change  in  the  plans  of 
nearly  every  one,  was  responsible  for  a  cessation  of  his  studies  dur- 
ing the  year  1864;  a  portion  of  that  tune  was  expended  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Christian  Commission  in  the  hospitals  of  Washington, 
U.  C,  and  the  rest  in  the  army  of  the  Potomac. 

In  the  spring  of  1865,  collegiate  work  was  resumed.  Graduation 
occurred  in  1866,  with  the  honors  conferred  of  being  salutatorian 
of  the  class,  and  of  the  Waldo  prize  for  scholarship  and  good  con- 
duct. While  in  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society. 

In  early  manhood,  while  attending  the  seminary  at  vSpringfield, 
Mr.  Pierce  experienced  religion,  soon  after  uniting  with  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Springfield.  Conscientious  in  his  motives 
and  most  sincere  and  earnest  in  his  convictions,  he  from  the  first 
was  drawn  to  ministerial  labor  and  soon  made  choice  of  work  in 
that  direction  as  being  the  means  by  which  he  could  best  serve  his 
Master's  cause.  His  theological  studies  were  pursued  at  Andover 
Theological  seminary,  beginning  in  the  fall  of  1866,  and  graduat- 
ing in  1869.  He  immediately  began  to  labor  as  a  home  missionary 
in  Glenwood,  Miss.,  remaining  until  1871,  when  returning  East,  he 
became  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Provincetown,  Mass. 
After  a  year  spent  here,  nervous  prostration,  resulting  from  typhoid 
fever,  necessitated  a  complete  rest. 

Some  months  later  a  call  was  received  from  the  Congregational 
church  in  Bernardston,  which  was  accepted,  and  his  pastorate  there 
began  November  i,  1873,  terminating  July  i,  1883.  Upon  his  re- 
moval from  town,  a  vacation  was  taken,  three  months  being  spent 
in  travel  abroad,  the  countries  of  ICngland,  .Scotland,  Belgium,  Ger- 
many, Switzerland  and  France  being  visited.  May  i,  1884,  he  was 
settled  over  the  church  at  Blackstone,  Mass.,  which  has  continued 
to  be  his  charge  and  residence. 


REV.    D.    STRONG. 


REV.    D.    H.    STRONG.  1 73 

May  24,  1876,  Mr.  Pierce  married  Catherine  Billings  of  East 
Arlington,  Vt.    Mrs.  Pierce  is  a  graduate  of  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary. 

During  Mr.  Pierce's  able  pastorate  of  nearly  ten  years  here,  the 
time  was  one  of  great  prosperity  to  the  church,  the  membership 
having  been  increased  over  75  per  cent.,  which  fact  bespeaks  in 
most  favorable  terms  the  eloquence  and  wise  discharge  of  the 
duties  devolving  upon  the  head  of  the  organization. 

Rev.  Frank  J.  Grimes  supplied  the  pulpit  from  1883  to  1885'.  at 
which  time  Rev.  Theodore  J.  Clark  entered  upon  his  second  pas- 
torate, remaining  until  May,  1888. 

In  October  following  came  Rev.  David  Humphrey  Strong,  a  son 
of  the  late  Rev.  David  A.  Strong.  He  is  a  native  of  South  Deer- 
field,  being  born  there  May  7,  1856.  His  boyhood  was  spent  there 
and  at  Colrain,  whither  his  parents  removed  in  1866,  and  it  was  at 
these  places  that  he  laid  the  foundations  of  his  education.  In  1873 
he  entered  the  Williston  Academy  at  Easthampton,  intending  to 
complete  the  course  therein  prescribed,  at  the  same  time  engaging 
in  amateur  printing.  The  close  of  the  first  year,  however,  neces- 
sitated a  change  of  plan,  as  broken  health  caused  for  the  time  be- 
ing a  suspension  of  both  study  and  work.  Not  to  be  thus  foiled, 
he  continued  a  little  later,  as  his  physical  condition  would  admit,  a 
course  of  private  study,  by  supplementing  which  with  one  or  two 
terms  of  schooling,  he  was  enabled  to  enter,  on  examination,  Wil- 
liams College  in  1878.  Graduating  here  in  1882,  he  immediately 
entered  the  Hartford  Theological  seminary,  where  he  remained 
three  years,  graduating  in  1885.  While  here,  during  the  intervals 
of  study  he  engaged  in  work  for  the  Home  Missionary  Society. 
The  summer  of  1883  was  spent  in  Freedom,  Maine,  as  acting  pastor 
of  a  church,  although  not  licensed  as  a  preacher.  Twelve  months 
later,  receiving  papers  of  license  from  the  Hartford  Central  Asso- 
ciation, he  went  West,  choosing  for  his  station  the  town  of  Dwight, 
situated  upon  the  Dakota  prairies,  and  preaching  in  a  schoolhouse, 
the  only  church  known  in  too  many  of  the  Western  villages.  Here 
he  numbered  as  among  his  workers  in  the  Sunday  school,  John 
Miller,  who  afterwards  became  the  first  governor  of  the  new  State 
of  Dakota.  His  work  prepared  the  way  for  a  church  organization, 
and  recently  a  church  has  there  been  erected. 


174  UNIVERSALIST    "RESTORATION       SOCIETY. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  studies  in  1885,  Mr.  vStrong  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Abbie  Hardy  of  Colrain  ;  soon  after  he  went 
to  the  State  of  Vermont  to  serve  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
churches  at  Weston  and  Londonderry,  and  it  was  while  here  that 
he  was  regularly  ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry.  Three  years 
were  here  spent,  but  the  arduous  duties  necessitated  by  a  double 
parish  proving  too  great  a  strain,  he  withdrew  from  that  field  of 
labor,  and  in  October,  1888,  formed  a  connection  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  this  place.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the  con- 
stant prosperity  and  increased  interest  in  the  society  well  attested 
the  popularity  of  Mr.  Strong,  and  at  the  same  time  bears  witness 
to  his  capabilities  for  his  chosen  profession. 

Mr.  Strong  was  also  the  efficient  librarian  of  Cushman  Library, 
a  position  he  held  since  September,  1889. 

In  1900  he  resigned  his  pastorate,  much  to  the  regret  of  both  the 
society  and  townspeople,  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  Congregational 
church  at  Williamstown,  Orange  County,  Vt.,  his  present  residence. 

The  present  pastor  is  Rev.  Edward  Day,  a  graduate  of  Andover 
Theological  seminary,  and  a  man  much  intere.sted  in  and  devoted 
to  literary  pursuits. 

UNIVERSALIST  SOCIETY. 

This  society  was  organized  as  a  "Restoration  Society."  Au- 
o-ust  20,  1820,  a  warrant  was  issued  by  Jonathan  Allen  for  a  meet- 
ing  of  those  interested  in  and  inclined  to  this  form  of  worship  and 
belief.  The  petition  for  this  warrant  was  signed  by  George  Alex- 
ander, Eliezer  Chamberlain,  Horace  Atherton,  Izatus  Sheldon, 
Charles  J.  Ryther,  Stephen  Webster,  Dr.  Gideon  Ryther,  David 
Ryther,  Joseph  Pickett,  Francis  Munn.  Doubtless  these  were 
among  the  first  church  members.  September  4,  1820,  a  meeting 
was  held  at  the  village  schoolhouse.  Of  this  meeting,  Samuel  Pick- 
ett was  chosen  Moderator,  James  Doty,  Clerk,  E.  Chamberlain, 
Treasurer,  Stephen  Webster,  Samuel  Pickett  and  Dorus  Bascom, 
Committee.     Roswell  Purple,  Collector. 

The  first  service  recorded  was  held  November  5,  1820,  at  the 
schoolhouse.  Rev.  Jacob  Wood  being  the  officiating  clergyman. 
In  June,  182 1,  use  was  made  of  the  Baptist  church,  in  which  services 


EARLY    PASTORS.  175 


were  held.  Oct.  7,  1822,  Samuel  Pickett,  Joab  vScott,  Eliezur  Cham- 
berlain, James  Doty,  Jr.,  and  Jona.  Connablc  were  chosen  a  com- 
mittee "to  get  the  wherewith  to  build  a  meeting  house"  and  a 
constitution  was  adopted. 

Feb.  4.  1823,  it  was  voted  to  build  a  church  :  money  ($800)  was 
raised  by  subscription  for  that  purpose,  and  4S  rods  of  land  pur- 
chased from  Job  Goodale,  Esq.  The  building  committee  was  Sam- 
uel Pickett,  Isaac  Burrows,  Roswell  Purple,  Horace  Atherton  and 
Izatus  Sheldon.  May  17  of  that  year,  by  action  of  the  legislature, 
the  society  took  the  name  of  the  First  Universalist  society,  having 
changed  their  creed  somewhat,  led  by  Rev.  John  iJrooks,  then 
pastor. 

In  1852  the  building  was  thoroughly  repaired  and  a  belfry  added, 
the  rededication  taking  place  December  22  of  that  year.  At  this 
time  many  who  were  regular  attendants  joined  the  society  in  Ley- 
den,  withdrawing  to  a  membership  with  the  Bernardston  church 
at  the  time  of  its  formal  organization  (or  reorganization)  June  2, 
1872,  at  which  time  there  were  16  church  members. 

The  society,  always  a  small  one,  continued  to  hold  services  at  in- 
tervals until  about  1884-5,  when  it  was  finall}^  deemed  advisable  to 
dispose  of  the  church  property,  and  in  1888  the  society's  real  estate 
was  deeded  to  the  Mas.sachusetts  Universalist  convention.  The 
building  was  accordingly  sold,  and  was  about  1890  converted  into 
a  carriage  and  paint  shop.  The  Universalist  society,  as  such,  ceased 
to  exist,  and  its  few  members  found  for  themselves  a  religious  fel- 
lowship with  the  other  societies. 

Rev.  Jacob  Wood  was  for  a  time  the  acting  pastor  upon  the  first 
establishment  of  the  society,  but  was  never  formally  settled  so  far 
as  is  known. 

Rev.  John  Brooks  was  the  first  settled  pastor,  he  being  ordained 
as  an  evangelist  in  1823.  He  continued  to  preach  about  five  years, 
then  returned  to  his  original  profession,  that  of  a  physician,  and 
as  such  was  much  better  known.  Further  account  of  his  life  will 
be  found  in  that  part  devoted  to  genealogy. 

The  society  was  not  able  to  continue  a  settled  pastor,  at  all  times 
being  small,  and  the  necessary  aid  financially  not  being  forthcom- 


176  REV.    ORREN    PERKINS. 

ing.  Hence  it  is  that  there  are  so  many  intervals  between  the  set- 
tled pastors,  when  either  services  were  discontinued  entirely  or 
held  occasionally  as  a  supply  could  be  procured.  Much  of  the 
time  it  was  voted  to  procure  preaching  one  quarter  or  one-half  of 
the  time  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  the  funds  which  could  be 
raised. 

Rev.  Orren  Perkins  was  the  third  pastor  of  the  Universalist  so^ 
ciety,  which  relation  he  sustained  from  1847  to  185 1,  four  years. 
He  was  the  son  of  William  Perkins,  a  farmer  of  Savoy,  Mass., 
where  he  was  born  August  11,  1823.  Of  a  naturally  slender  con- 
stitution, his  efforts  to  obtain  the  rudiments  of  knowledge  were 
required  to  surmount  various  difficulties.  But  a  small  portion  of 
his  time  could  be  devoted  to  learning,  at  the  best,  his  father  requir- 
ing his  assistance  upon  the  farm  a  greater  part  of  the  time  when 
bodily  health  and  strength  admitted  much  activity.  With  passing 
years,  however,  his  health  improved,  and  by  making  the  most  of 
the  time  allotted,  he  found  himself  at  the  age  of  19  years  sufficiently 
advanced  to  be  able  to  assume  a  position  as  teacher,  which  vocation 
he  followed  the  most  of  the  time  for  the  three  succeeding  years, 
attending  to  farm  work  during  his  vacations,  and  devoting  all  his 
leisure  hours  to  study.  It  was  during  these  years  that  he  made 
choice  of  his  profession,  and  immediately  set  about  preparing  him- 
self for  it  by  studying  theology  with  the  pastor  of  the  Universalist 
society  in  Adams,  and  reciting  in  Greek  to  L.  O.  Sayles,  Esq.,  of 
the  same  place. 

His  ministerial  labors  began  in  Bernardston  in  June,  1847;  here 
he  was  ordained,  and  in  December  of  that  year  he  married  Miss 
Sarah  M.  Clinton  of  Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  and  by  whom  he  has  three 
children.  In  1851  he  was  invited  to  take  pastoral  charge  of  the 
society  in  Wilmington,  Vt.  Here  he  remained  three  years,  meet- 
ing with  good  success,  and  the  society  were  unanimous  in  desiring 
his  services  retained.  Owing  to  the  ill  health  of  Mrs.  Perkins,  how- 
ever, this  course  seemed  inadvisable.  He  next  preached  for  a  time 
at  Shirley  Village,  Mass.,  and  in  June,  1855,  he  accepted  an  invita- 
tion extended  by  the  Universalist  society  of  Winchester,  N.  H.,  at 
which  place  he  was  still  stationed  in  1862. 

Although   devoting  himself  largely  to  his  profession,  he   still 


REV.    II.    B.    BUTLER.  1 77 


found  time  to  accomplish  a  good  deal  in  the  line  of  educational 
and  literary  work.  In  i860  he  publi.shed  selections  from  the  writ- 
ings of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Chapin,  entitled  "  Living  Words." 

In  1861  he  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  of  New  Hampshire 
as  school  commissioner  for  Cheshire  County,  receiving  a  reappoint- 
ment the  next  year.  In  1862  he  was  chosen  as  representative  to 
the  State  Legislature. 

Rev.  H.  B.  Butler,  son  of  Moody  and  Lydia  (Burt)  Butler,  was 
born  in  Greenfield,  N.  H.,  January  i ,  1 827.  His  father  was  a  farmer, 
and  like  others  of  that  calling,  needed  his  son's  assistance.  Con- 
sequently no  regular  course  of  study  was  pursued,  although  allowed 
the  privileges  of  the  district  .school.  An  eager  desire  to  learn  and 
a  resulting  determination  to  make  the  most  of  each  and  every  op- 
portunity, made  possible  what  would  have  been  otherwise  unob- 
tainable. He  was  permitted  in  his  leisure  moments  to  recite  Latin 
to  a  physician  of  the  place.  When  nearly  18  years  old  he  was  en- 
abled to  spend  three  years  at  the  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  Academy,  and 
one  year  at  school  at  Swanzey  and  Marlowe,  N.  H.  During  this 
time  the  winter  months  were  spent  in  teaching.  Attaining  his 
majority,  he  gave  up  his  studies  for  the  time  being,  and  entered  a 
paper  mill  at  Bennington.  N.  H.  August  27,  1849,  he  married  Mil- 
licent  K.,  daughter  of  Caleb  C.  and  Lydia  (Simmons)  Dagget  of 
Westmoreland,  N.  H. 

In  1 85 1,  Mr.  Butler  began  his  ministerial  studies  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Rev.  N.  R.  Wright  of  Washington,  N.  H.  The  latter  is  now 
(1892)  residing  at  Lynn,  Ma.ss.,  aged  nearly  90  years.  While  here 
he  also  studied  Greek  with  Prof.  Sanborn,  author  of  Sanborn's 
Grammar.  In  1852,  he  began  as  a  Universalist  preacher,  still,  how- 
ever, continuing  his  studies.  In  April,  1853,  he  began  his  labors 
in  Bernardston,  preaching  also  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H., — one-half  of 
the  time  being  given  to  each  place.  His  pastorate  here  lasted  for 
14  years,  6  months,  and  not  only  was  he  endeared  to  the  people  of 
his  parish,  but  also  to  the  citizens  generally,  and  faithfully  did  he 
serve  their  interests  in  the  offices  he  was  called  upon  to  fill. 

For  nearly  three  years  he  was  selectman,  and  for  12  years  chair- 
man of  the  school  board.  While  living  here,  there  were  five  chil- 
dren born  to  him.     In  1867  he  removed  to  Munroe,  Wis.,  where  he 


\/S  LATER    UNIVEKSAl.IST    I'ASTORS. 


labored  six  years  in  his  ])rofession,  then  he  went  to  Algona,  Iowa, 
his  present  residence.  For  three  years  he  had  charge  of  a  parish 
at  ()wattonna,  Minn.  He  is  now  living  on  a  farm  with  his  son,  his 
wife  and  daughter  having  both  passed  to  their  final  re.st,  the  for- 
mer in  December,  1889,  the  latter  in  April,  1889. 

To  the  people  of  the  passing  generation  in  town,  the  mention  of 
]\Ir.  Butler's  name  recalls  both  vivid  and  pleasant  remembrances 
of  his  association  here,  and  the  gO(jd  he  so  worthily  rendered  in 
his  Master's  calling. 

Concerning  the  Revs.  White,  Thompson  and  Danforth,  but  little 
has  been  learned.  Their  pastorates  here  extended  over  but  a  short 
time  each.  Following  came  the  last  settled  pastor  the  s(;cicty  had. 
Rev.  Ezekiel  AV.  Coffin.  His  pastorate  here  extended  over  some 
two  or  three  years.  He  was  an  invalid  when  he  came,  and  in  No- 
vember, 1879,  1^^  resigned  because  ui  increasing  infirmities.  His 
death  occurred  December  11,  1S79,  "^  paralysis,  aged  69  years, 
3  months  and  27  days.  "Though  nearlv  a  stranger  when  he  came 
to  reside  in  town  as  pastor  of  the  l^nix'crsalist  church,  yet  b_\-  ear- 
nestness, patience  and  large  sympathy,  though  an  invalid  and  a  suf- 
ferer all  the  time,  he  endeared  himself  to  all  with  whom  he  became 
acquainted,  and  to  his  parish,  for  his  Christian  work,  he  was  the 
object  of  its  richest  reverence  and  love  and  it  never  seemed  weary 
in  ministering  to  his  wants."  He  left  a  wife,  Mary  l\.  \V.  Coffin, 
and  one  son,  Frank  H.  Coffin. 

THF  ^HnTI()DIST   EPISCOPAL  .SOCIETY. 

The  carl)-  history  of  this  society  it  is  well-nigh  impossible  to  ob- 
tain, from  the  fact  that  the  first  church  records  were  destroyed  by 
the  burning  of  a  dwelling  within  which  they  were  kept.  This  loss 
is  greatly  to  be  deplored,  as  much  of  value  and  interest  is  irrevoca- 
bly gone.  It  is  known  that  a  Methodist  class  was  formed  in  town 
as  early  as  1799,  but  of  its  prosperity  iraclition  does  not  say.  From 
that  time  to  181  r  all  facts  are  lost.  Doubtless  from  the  memory 
of  some  older  inhabitants  one  might  glean  some  information,  could 
we  know  to  whom  to  a])ply.  Probably  there  were  some  devotees 
of  that  denomination,  although  not  enouuh  to  enable  them  to  found 
a  church. 


METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    SOCIETY.  1 79 


According  to  the  historical  notes  now  extant  the  first  record  of 
Methodism  in  town  is  found  as  follows: 

"Coppy  of  the  Doings  of  the  Society  called  Methodis.  liern.  Dec.  6.  181 1. 
At  a  society  meeting  of  the  methodis.  proceeded  as  follows. 
I  St  chose  Samuel  Hoges  moderator. 
2nd      "      Peter  Jacobs.  Clerk. 

3rd  "  Zadoc  Briggs  ^:  Asap.  Munn,  committee,  "who  certified  that  the 
following  persons  belonged"  to  the  Methodis  Religious  Society  in  Bernard- 
ston. 

Peter  Jacobs,  Teacher.  Frederic  Thomas. 

Samuel  Hoges.  Sara  Briggs. 

Ansel  Brij^gs.  Elijah  Kiu,t(slcy. 

Lymau  Jacobs.  Chileab  Hale. 

BKI.OXGIXC  TO  CtILI-. 
Zebediah  Darling.  Asaliel  Wrisley. 

Stephen  Kenney.  John  Chace." 

Asaph  Munn. 

From  an  old  class  book  bearing  the  date  183 1,  at  which  time 
Humphrey  Hains  and  Philo  Hawks  were  the  ministers,  is  found 
the  names  of  Orange  Scott,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Joseph  Connable, 
leader.  In  May,  1842,  Philo  Hawks  still  in  charge,  the  members 
and  friends  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Bernardston  met 
according  to  previous  notice  at  the  house  of  Hosea  Aldrich  and 
fonned  themselves  into  a  society  with  21  members.  The  meeting 
was  opened  by  prayer  by  Rev.  Philo  Hawks,  and  Timothy  K.  Hor- 
ton  was  chosen ■  moderator,  Timothy  P.  Slate,  clerk.  "Voted  to 
form  ourselves  into  a  society  to  be  called  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Society  of  Bernardston.  We  who.se  names  are  hereunto  annexed 
acknowledge  ourselves  as  belonging-  to  said  society: 

Levi  Park.  Hepsibah  Atherton. 

John  Nelson.  Amasa  Sheldon. 

Gamaliel  Kingsley.  Freedom  A.  Hale. 

Timothy  P.  Slate.  Parmelia  Hastings. 

Timothy  K.  Horton.  John  Wells. 

Ruggles  Bagg.  Elvira  Hartvvell. 

Anson  Flint.  Reuben  Park,  Jr. 

Seth  Field.  Hiram  Whitcomb. 

Hosea  Aldrich.  Charles  P.  Guillow. 

Albert  Corbet.  Charles  S.  Park." 
Moses  Aldrich. 


l8o  METHODIST   EPISCOPAL   SOCIETY. 

William  Gordon  was  in  charge  of  Gill  circuit,  to  which  Bernard- 
ston  then  belonged,  and  Rev.  Asa  Haynes,  a  highly  esteemed  local 
preacher  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  supplied  the  pulpit.  In  1844,  Rev.  Icha- 
bod  Marcy  was  appointed  pastor,  having  charge  of  the  district  lying 
between  Northfield  Mountain  and  North  River,  Colrain.  The  ser- 
vices were  held  in  the  Universalist  church,  and  a  Sunday  school 
was  organized.  Rev.  John  S.  Day  and  Rufus  P.  Buffington  came 
next.  During  the  pastorate  of  the  latter,  the  society  for  some  rea- 
son found  it  difficult  to  hold  its  own,  and  for  a  time  after  his  dis- 
mission the  pulpit  was  supplied.  In  1852  the  church  was  built, 
during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Solomon  Cushman.  The  land  upon 
which  the  church  stood  was  purchased  of  Miss  Mary  Chamberlain, 
and  the  church  erected  by  Mr.  Phillip  Traver  of  Greenfield.  It 
was  completed  and  presented  July  i,  1852,  to  the  following  named 
gentlemen,  trustees  of  the  society:  John  Nelson,  Charles  S.  Park, 
R.  Park,  "Jr.,  T.  P.  Slate  and  H.  Smith.  The  dedicatory  sermon 
was  preached  by  Dr.  Terombly  of  Brooklyn.  Dr.  William  Butler 
was  present  and  also  took  part  in  the  exercises.  Mr.  Horace  Smith 
was  ordained  local  deacon  by  Bishop  Baker  at  Westfield,  April  23, 
1854,  and  often  preached  as  supply,  thus  aiding  much  at  a  time 
when  the  society  stood  in  need  of  support.  In  1856-7  there  was  an 
average  membership  of  about  50.  In  1873  the  parsonage  was  built. 
About  1874  a  revival  of  much  interest  was  experienced,  led  by  the 
"  praying  band  "  of  Springfield.  As  a  result  a  large  number  were 
added  to  the  church.  In  1881  the  church  was  enlarged,  the  inte- 
rior thoroughly  repaired,  and  rededicated  free  from  debt  Decem- 
ber 9,  1 88 1,  Rev.  I.  G.  Ross  being  the  pastor.  At  the  present  time 
the  society  membership  is  about  75  ;  much  interest  is  manifested 
and  the  Methodist  Episcopalians  are  recognized  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing societies  of  the  place.  The  officers  of  the  church  embrace  two 
class  leaders,  seven  stewards  and  five  trustees.  The  steward's  duty 
is  to  see  that  the  pastor's  claim  is  met  for  his  support,  and  to  report 
at  each  quarterly  conference  the  financial  affairs  of  the  church. 
The  board  of  trustees  hold  the  church  property  in  trust  for  the 
benefit  of  the  church.  They  are  required  to  see  that  all  needful 
repairs  are  made  and  are  accountable  to  the  quarterly  conference, 
to  which  they  report  annually. 


METHODIST    PASTORS. 


I8l 


The  pastors  of  the  church  have  been  : 

William  Tod,  ------- 

Oliver  K.  Rosworth,  in  charj^r,  D.  K.  Tiaiinister  a  supply, 
William  Kimball  in  charge,  Wni.  Wilcut  a  supply, 
Moses  Stoddard,  -  -  -  - 

Pliilo  Hawks  in  cliarge,  David  Winslow,  associate, 

Asa  Haj'nes  of  Guilford,  ------ 

David  Todd,  -..-..- 

Icliabod  Marcy,  ....--- 

John  vS.  Day,  m.  Int.  rec.  July  r2,  1S45,  Anna  1'.  I'rostof  Newl)ury,Vt 
Rufus  P.  lUiffington,  ------ 

John  Rickets,     -------- 

William  Clapp,        ------- 

Solomon  Cushman,      ------- 

J.Jones,         -------- 

John  Capen,        -------- 

John  Noon,  ------- 

Amos  Bowker,  -------- 

Rufus  Gerrish,         ------- 

A.  N.  Field,  (went  to  the  war)  .  .  .  _  . 

G.  N.  Merrilield,     ------- 

Osmon  W.  Adams,        ------- 

J.  F.  Crowl,  ----... 

A.  Baylies,  -.-...-- 

W.  WMgnall,  --..--- 

M.  C.  Chapin,    -------- 

J.  Cadwell,  ^  .....  . 

N.  F.  vStevens,  died  here  June  8,  1879,  .  -  -  - 

Ichabod  Marcy,        ------- 

C.  H.  Vinton,  ....... 

I.  G.  Ross,  ------- 

T.  C.  Martin,  -.--.-- 

F.  M.   Miller,  ------- 

A.  W.  Baird,      -------- 

James  Sutherland,  -  -  -  -  .  . 

Frank  H.  Wheeler,       ------- 

Wm.  Von  Best,         ------- 

Rev.  Long,        ---_.... 

F.  Bell,  --..-.-. 

Rev.  L.  I.  Holloway,  ------ 

The   greatest  number  of  members  recorded  in  one 
i860  is  108,  during  Mr.  Vinton's  pastorate. 
Concerning  the  very  early  ministers  of  this  denomin 


1 83 1 

1832-3 

1834-5 
1836 

1841 
1842-3 

1843-4 
1844-5 
,  1846 
1846-7 
1848-9 
1849-50 
1852 

1854-5 
1855-6 
J856-7 

1857-9 

1859-60 

1861 

1862-4 

1864-6 

1866-8 

1868-70 

1871-2 

1872-3 

1873-5 

1875-6 

1876-9 

1879-80 

1881-3 

1883-4 

1884-7 

1887-90 

1890 

1893. 

1894 

1895-96 

1897 

I 899- I 900 

year  since 
ation  there 


1 82  REV.    D.    K.    ILVNXISTER. 

is  comparatively  little  to  be  learned  for  the  most  part.  Upon  the 
establishment  of  the  church  in  1831,  Rev.  William  Tod  ministered 
to  its  needs  for  a  year. 

Following  him  came  Oliver  E.  Bosworth  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
D.  K.  Bannister  as  a  supply, 

David  Kingsley  Bannister  was  born  in  Chesterfield,  ]Mass., 
March  23,  1808  ;  he  was  one  of  nine  children,  the  oldest  son,  and 
next  to  the  oldest  child.  When  nine  years  of  age  he  left  home  to 
earn  his  own  way  in  the  world,  consequently  his  educational  ad- 
vantages were  very  slight,  but  they  were  improved  to  the  utmost 
When  14  years  old  the  death  of  his  father  rendered  it  necessary 
that  he  should  contribute  to  the  support  of  the  family.  From  this 
time  on,  he  labored  in  the  summer  and  taught  school  in  the  winter. 

At  the  age  of  23  he  took  a  decided  religious  stand,  and  soon  af- 
ter devoted  himself  to  the  ministry,  receiving  an  exhorter's  license 
.signed  by  Ephraim  Scott.  For  nine  months  he  gave  himself  wholly 
to  study,  preaching  as  occasion  presented.  In  1833  ^^  received 
his  first  appointment  under  the  presiding  elder,  Orange  Scott.  His 
work  was  on  the  Gill  and  Colrain  circuit,  and  included  several 
towns,  Bernardston  being  one  of  the  number;  this  was  a  six  weeks' 
circuit.  In  1834  he  joined  the  conference  on  trial,  was  sent  to  Lit- 
tle Compton,  R.  I.,  and  the  succeeding  year,  to  the  Barnstable  cir- 
cuit. His  success  from  the  very  beginning  was  most  marked, 
everywhere  winning  the  love  and  confidence  of  his  people,  and  his 
power  and  influence  for  Ihe  Master's  cause  was  most  decided.  Ac- 
cording to  the  custom  of  the  times,  during  the  first  five  years  of 
his  professional  life  he  received  his  board  and  lodging  largely  from 
his  parishioners,  and  in  addition,  from  $66.00  to  $80.00  yearly.  In 
1836-7  he  married  Harriet  Newel  Steele,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joel 
Steele.  They  had  seven  children,  of  whom  three  are  living.  He 
died  at  Ludlow,  Mass.,  June  27.  1886.    His  family  still  reside  there. 

As  reference  to  the  list  of  pastors  will  show,  there  were  a  num- 
ber who  mini.stered  to  this  church  during  the  next  ten  years,  most 
of  them  remaining  but  a  year  or  so. 

Rev.  Ichabod  Marcy  has  twice  been  appointed  to  lead  this  soci- 
ety in  worship;  first  in  1844-5  and  again  in  1876-9.  He  is  descended 
from  John  Marcy,  who  came   to   this  country  April   13,  1686,  from 


REV.    ICIIAI'.OD    MARCY.  1 83 


England.  He  settled  between  1686-9  i^  Woodstock,  Ct.  ;  married 
Sarah  Hadlock,  who  was  born  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  December  16, 
1670,  had  eleven  children. 

Mr.  Marcy  was  born  in  Leyden,  Mass.,  July  16,  181 1.  Until  the 
age  of  16,  he  attended  district  schools  for  about  two  months  each 
year.  For  the  next  five  years  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  a 
hat-maker.  He  was  converted  in  Colrain,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
in  organizing  a  ^lethodist  church  in  that  town.  His  ministerial 
studies  were  begun  at  Shelburne  Falls  in  the  spring  of  1833  ;  there 
and  a  year  spent  at  Wilbraham,  prepared  him  for  college,  and  his 
further  education  was  obtained  at  the  Wesleyan  University  at  Mid- 
dletown,  Ct.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1839.  ^^  '^4^  ^^  began 
preaching,  and  in  1844-5  '^^'^s  located  at  Bernardston,  Gill  and  Ley- 
den (which  constituted  a  circuit),  as  he  was  also  in  1876-9.  He 
saw  46  years  of  active  work,  more  than  is  allotted  to  most  pastors. 
Mr.  Marcy  was  the  first  preacher  appointed  to  the  charge  in  Ber- 
nardston ;  the  circuit  then  included  Gill,  Leyden  and  Northfield, 
at  which  places  one-half  the  time  was  spent,  the  other  half  being 
devoted  to  the  Bernardston  parish.  At  this  time  there  was  neither 
church  nor  parsonage  owned  by  the  society,  and  services  were  held 
at  the  Universalist  church. 

Mr.  Marcy  has  been  long  known  in  this  community,  and  has  en- 
deared himself  to  many  outside  of  his  denomination.  He  died 
March  20,  1899,  i'^  Dorchester,  Mass.  He  married  Sarah  Haws, 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Rebecca  Gill  of  Chesterville,  Me.,  June  23, 
1841. 

CHILDREN. 

Charles  De  Witt,  b.  October  24,  1842. 

Harriet  Eliza,  b.  May  26,  1846;   m.  W.  D.  Murdock. 

Rev.  A.  N.  Field  was  here  only  a  short  time  by  reason  of  his  tak- 
ing part  in  the  great  civil  conflict  then  engaging  the  nation.  His 
wife,  Nellie,  died  August  9,  1862,  at  the  age  of  25  years. 

Rev.  F.  M.  Miller  was  here  from  1884  to  1887. 

Rev.  Solomon  Cushman  was  born  in  Southwick,  July  28,  1804, 
and  was  the  son  of  Capt.  Simeon  Merritt  Cushman.  His  lineage 
is  traceable  to  Rev.  Robert  Cushman,  the  Puritan  ancestor,  through 


184  METHODIST   PASTORS. 


Simeon  M.,'  Solomon,'  Benjamin,"  Thomas,'  Elder  Thomas,'  Rev. 
Robert.'  He  married  November  i,  1824,  Betsev  Williams,  dauofh- 
ter  of  William  Prentice.  His  was  not  a  collegiate  education,  but 
rather  such  as  a  hard  working  student  could  obtain  in  the  common 
schools.  In  1838  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry,  and  preached 
in  various  places  in  New  Hampshire  and  Massaohusetts.  He  was 
in  Bernardston  two,  and  Gill  one  and  one-half  years.  While  sta- 
tioned at  the  latter  place,  he  died  suddenly  October  8,  1853.  He 
was  an  able,  earnest  preacher,  winning  for  himself  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  all. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Baird  was  the  son  of  a  farmer,  and  born  in  Lysan- 
der,  N.  Y.,  January  13,  1846.  His  minority  was  passed  in  farm  and 
shop  work,  acquiring  such  knowledge  as  was  available  in  the  dis- 
trict schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  became  possessed  of  a  de- 
sire to  acquire  a  better  training  preparatory  to  entering  the  minis- 
try, and  accordingly  entered  the  Falley  Seminary,  N.  Y.,  through 
which  he  finally  worked  his  way,  and  entered  the  theological  de- 
partment of  the  Boston  University,  graduating  after  a  four  years' 
course  in  1872,  since  which  time  he  has  had  various  appointments. 
Mr.  Baird  made  it  his  home  in  Bernardston  from  April,  1887,  until 
April,  1890. 

Rev.  N.  F.  Stevens  resided  in  town  until  his  death,  June  8,  1879, 
ae.  48.     He  was  in  feeble  health  for  a  number  of  years. 

Rev.  Horace  Smith  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  at  Hadley, 
February  27,  1822,  and  went  to  Trumbull  County,  Ohio,  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Hampshire  Missionary  Society.  Many  of  the  latter 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  town  as  a  carpenter,  his  last  home 
being  in  North  Bernardston,  and  later,  the  site  of  the  old  Brick 
Fort. 

THE  DORRELLITES. 

In  various  parts  of  the  country  one  frequently  reads  accounts 
of  and  wonders  at  the  strange  so-called  religious  zeal  manifested 
Fanaticism  seems  oftentimes  a  more  appropriate  term.  While 
we  see  and  wonder,  how  many  of  the  younger  generation,  surely, 
realize  that  about  the  year  1794,  there  sprang  up  here  in  our  midst, 
a  sect,  whose  teachings  were  just  as  fanatical  and  just  as  foreign 


THE    DORRELLITES.  185 


to  all  civilized  Christian  practises  as  was  possible  for  them  to  be. 
From  the  name  of  the  founder  of  this  order,  William  Dorrell,  came 
the  name  of  these  strange  believers,  "The  Dorrellites."  In  1882 
F.  M.  Thompson,  Esq.,  read  a  most  excellent  paper  upon  this  sub- 
ject before  the  P.  V.  M.  A.,  and  free  reference  has  been  made  to 
his  production  for  much  of  the  following,  supplemented  by  notes 
of  the  conversations  held  by  Gov.  Cushman  with  both  Mr.  Dorrell 
and  some  of  his  followers. 

On  Monday,  January  27,  1834,  in  company  with  Geo.  T.  Davis,  Esq., 
of  Greenfield,  Gov.  Cushman  writes  that  he  visited  "William  Dor- 
rell— alias — the  famous  imposter,  Dorrell."  He  was  the  son  of  an 
English  farmer,  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  March  15,  1752.  He  be- 
came in  early  life  a  soldier,  serving  through  three  campaigns  in 
Ireland  ;  after  this  he  emigrated  to  America  and  served  through 
two  campaigns  here,  being  under  Burgoyne  at  his  surrender  in 
1777. 

Upon  his  resumption  of  civil  life,  he  settled  at  Petersham,  Mass. 
Here  he  married  Polly  Chase,  a  woman  ten  years  his  junior.  At 
the  expiration  of  two  years  he  moved  to  Warwick  ;  his  home  for 
some  succeeding  years  was  in  Northfield,  in  1784  going  thence  to 
Leyden. 

In  appearance  he  was  described  as  being  large  of  stature,  six 
feet  or  more  in  height,  his  forehead  full  and  sloping,  eyes  quick, 
"and  having  the  phrenological  development  of  firmness  very  full 
indeed."  He  was  in  many  respects  a  most  remarkable  man,  al- 
though a  most  ignorant  and  intemperate  one.  Intoxicated  to  the 
worst  degree,  or  perfectly  sober,  he  was  never  known  to  make  an 
engagement  which  he  did  not  fulfill  to  the  letter.  Uneducated, 
not  even  able  to  read  or  write,  he  nevertheless  possessed  an  unusu- 
ally retentive  memory,  being  able  to  repeat  a  large  portion  of  the 
Bible  from  hearing  it  read  by  his  wife.  He  was  possessed  of  a  pleas- 
ing address,  which,  combined  with  good  native  talent,  must  have 
constituted  an  important  factor  of  his  power. 

His  home  at  the  time  of  Gov.  Cushman's  visit,  was  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  Leyden,  in  a  poor  old  smoky  house,  situated  away 
from  the  traveled  road  and  remote  from  any  residence  of  human 
beings.     The  furniture   consisted  of  a  table,  loom,  bed,  crockery 


l86  THE    Df)RRP:LLITES. 


shelves  and  two  or  three  chairs.  There  at  the  age  of  82  or  83  he 
lived  alone,  possessed  of  remarkably  good  health.  Although  he 
then  had  no  followers,  he  still  clung  to  his  belief,  saying  that  the 
Bible  was  "all  wrong,  all  wrong!"  He  thought  that  some  of  the 
old  Dorrellites  still  clung  to  the  religion,  even  though  they  might 
not  publicly  acknowledge  it.  Even  at  that  age  he  took  a  pride  in 
telling  his  callers  that  he  would  persist  in  getting  drunk  occa- 
sionally. 

With  his  beliefs  and  the  teachings  he  sought  to  instill  into  the 
minds  of  his  followers,  it  seems  unparalleled  that  so  many  promi- 
nent men  of  the  time  should  class  themselves  as  among  his  adher- 
ents. Asa  rule  the  Dorrellites  were  respectable,  churchgoing  men, 
several  of  them  town  officials,  and  numbered  some  20  or  30  families. 
Among  them  we  find  the  names  of  Hezekiah  Newcomb,  Samuel 
and  John  Connable,  Ezra  vShattuck,  Charles  Packer,  Messrs.  Dewey 
and  Eddy,  Zenas,  Reuben  and  Michael  Frizzell,  Capt.  Parmenter, 
Joshua  Wells,  Abner  Evans,  Mr.  Paige,  Amos  Burrows,  Reuben 
Sheldon,  James  and  Pitts  Phillips,  Charles  Stearns,  David  Potter, 
Jedediah  Fuller  and  John  Dixon:  Probably  the  greater  part  of 
these  were  residents  of  Leyden. 

The  first  revelation  which  led  to  the  founding  of  the  faith  came 
to  Dorrell  while  he  was  "chopping."  He  did  not  .seem  to  be  able 
to  recall  it  exactly,  but  in  his  conversation  gave  it  as  "Render  your- 
self an  agreeable  sacrifice,"  or  something  similar.  There  were 
many  subsequent  ones  pertaining,  no  doubt,  to  the  practises  to  be 
put  in  execution.  "His  first  success  as  a  preacher  was  about  1794, 
and  gaining  a  few  followers  the  strange  doctrines  soon  spread  from 
neighborhood  to  neighborhood  and  quite  a  number  of  respectable 
people  were  attracted  by  them  and  cast  in  their  lot  with  their  hu- 
manitarian leader,  for  the  doctrine  as  first  declared  was  founded 
upon  the  principle  that  man  should  not  eat  of  flesh,  and  should  not 
cause  the  death  of  any  living  creature.  The  doctrine  was  carried 
to  that  extent  that  no  member  might  wear  shoes  or  use  harne.sses 
made"  of  leather,  or  use  the  skins  of  animals  for  any  domestic  pur- 
pose." The  majority  of  his  followers  wore  wooden  shoes  made  by 
one  of  their  number,  Ezra  Shattuck.  To  this  rule  Mr.  Amos  Bur- 
rows was  an  exception,  and  from  the  fact  that  his  blacksmith  bel- 


THE   DORRELLITES.  18/ 


lows  were  first  covered  in  the  usual  manner  with  leather,  and  a 
covering  of  painted  cloth  put  on  outside  so  that  he  nominally  con- 
formed to  the  custom  merely,  we  may  conclude  that  he  was  not  as 
enthusiastic  a  member  of  the  fold  as  some.  The  harnesses  were 
made  of  rope,  and  much  of  the  cloth  used  for  domestic  purposes 
was  a  coarse  tow  cloth. 

"With  his  success  in  obtaining  followers,  his  inspiration  increased 
and  he  was  led  to  preach  that  every  generation  of  men  had  its  Mes- 
siah ;  that  He  was  the  Messiah  of  Ids  generation  ;  that  no  arm  of 
flesh  could  hurt  him;  that  there  was  no  resurrection  from  the  dead; 
that  when  'resurrection'  was  spoken  of  in  the  Bible  its  meaning 
was  a  resurrection  from  a  state  of  sin  to  spiritual  life;  that  Jesus 
Christ  was  a  spirit ;  that  he  took  a  body  ;  that  he  died,  but  that  he 
never  was  raised  from  the  dead  ;  that  all  who  are  raised  from  a 
state  of  sin  to  this  spiritual  life  become  perfect ;  that  they  can  then 
do  no  sin,  and  are  no  more  responsible  to  the  civil  law,  and  are  be- 
yond all  'principalities  and  powers.'  There  was  no  future  judg- 
ment, no  knowledge  after  death  of  what  passed  in  this  world  ;  that 
God  had  no  power  over  man  to  control  his  actions,  therefore  there 
was  no  need  of  prayer.  He  had  no  hope  for  the  future,  but  he  had 
an  abundance  of  assurance  that  all  was  well.  He  was  perfect,  his 
body  being  in  perfect  obedience  to  the  spirit,  and  his  followers 
were  comparatively  perfect,  as  the  members  of  the  body  are  per- 
fect when  compared  with  the  head ;  that  all  covenants  made  by 
God  with  men  were  ended,  and  he  was  the  head  of  a  new  cove- 
nant ;  that  neither  Moses  nor  Christ  wrought  miracles,  and  that  Jie 
stood  precisely  the  same  as  Jesus  Christ,  and  that  while  no  person 
might  worship  his  human  body  yet  he  might  be  worshiped  as 
Christ  was  worshipped,  as  God  united  to  human  flesh." 

This  is  the  substance  of  a  "confession  of  faith,"  if  it  might  be  so 
called,  obtained  from  the  lips  of  Dorrell  by  the  Rev.  John  Taylor 
of  Deerfield  in  1798,  the  interview  being  had  for  that  purpose. 
As  the  freedom  of  sin  arrived  at  by  the  followers  of  this  new  seer 
led  them  into  the  commission  of  acts  condemned  by  the  majority 
of  people  as  grossly  immoral,  Dorrell  was  very  cautious,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Taylor  says,  about  committing  himself  on  those  subjects,  but 
upon  the  subject  of  marriage  he  declared  that  when  a  husband  or 


I  88  THE    DORRELLITES. 


wife  became  perfect,  by  being  raised  to  the  spiritual  life,  the  other 
party  was  not  holden  by  the  old  covenant  or  the  civil  law  ;  and  if 
both  were  raised,  still  the  parties  were  not  holden  to  each  other 
and  had  perfect  right  to  promiscuous  intercourse. 

The  sect  had  no  meetings  for  worship,  as  they  considered  all 
days  alike,  one  day  as  holy  as  another,  and  according  to  report  their 
later  meetings  were  scenes  of  most  outrageous  and  beastly  conduct, 
interspersed  wiih  the  singing  of  "bacchanalian  songs  and  lascivious 
addresses."  At  one  time  seven  Dorrellites  were  complained  of  for 
raising  a  building  on  Sunday.  Securing  Richard  F.  Newcomb  of 
Greenfield  as  their  attorney,  all  were  cleared  but  one. 

The  sect  had  a  common  treasury,  and  the  office  was  filled  by  a 
shrewd  business  man,  and  it  is  a  common  report  that  the  Dorrellite 
treasury  was  the  foundation  of  the  fortune  of  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  influential  families  in  this  portion  of  the  county,  but 
whether  there  is  more  truth  in  the  story  than  the  fact  that  the 
founder  of  one  of  our  most  highly  respected  families  was  the  treas- 
urer of  the  sect,  I  know  not. 

The  sect  was  at  the  height  of  its  prosperity  about  1798,  but  Dor- 
rell  having  become  addicted  to  habits  of  intemperance,  his  influ- 
ence with  the  more  respectable  portion  of  his  followers  began  to 
wane,  while  he  more  vigorously  proclaimed  his  possession  of  supe- 
rior powers  and  his  immunity  from  all  bodily  weaknesses  and  harm, 
to  the  disgust  of  the  better  portion  of  the  community,  who  believed 
that  he  was  the  representative  of  the  evil  spirit  rather  than  the 
good. 

The  final  meeting  of  the  sect  is  described  by  Thomp.son,  in  his 
gazetteer  of  Vermont,  in  the  following  language  :  "At  length,  at 
one  of  their  meetings,  a  goodly  number  having  assembled,  Dorrell 
opened  with  music,  and  began  to  deliver  a  discourse.  Among  the 
spectators  was  one,  Capt.  Ezekiel  Foster,  a  man  of  good  sense,  of  a 
giant  frame,  having  a  countenance  which  bespoke  authority.  When 
Dorrell,  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  uttered  the  words  '  No  arm 
of  flesh  can  harm  me,  Foster  arose,  indignant  at  the  blasphemy 
and  boasting  of  Dorrell,  and  stretching  forth  his  brawny  arm, 
knocked  him  tlown  with  his  fist.  Affrighted  and  almost  senseless, 
Dorrell  attempted  to  rise,  when  he  received  a  second  blow,  at  which 


THE    DORRELLITES.  I  89 


he  cried  for  mercy.  F'oster  promised  to  forebear  on  condition  that 
he  would  renounce  his  doctrine,  yet  continued  to  beat  him.  A 
short  parley  ensued,  when  Dorrell  yielded  and  renounced  his  doc- 
trines in  the  hearing  of  all  his  astonished  followers."  They,  ashamed 
of  having  been  the  victims  of  such  duplicity,  quickly  departed,  and  it 
is  a  remarkable  fact  that  none  of  them  were  afterwards  known  to 
form  any  connection  with  any  religious  society.  Dorrell  himself 
was  made  to  promise  that  his  own  life  should  pay  the  penalty  of 
any  future  impositions. 

In  the  practices  of  his  religion  he  claimed  the  assistance  of  his 
black  fiddler,  Jack,  who  was,  he  said,  possessed  of  plenty  of  both 
ignorance  and  cunning.  When  asked  why  he  had  set  up  a  religion 
of  his  own,  his  reply  was  "To  see  what  fools  I  can  make  of  people." 
He  admitted  himself  to  be  an  ignorant  old  countryman,  and  that 
he  had  led  the  people  a  wild  goose  chase  long  enough. 

Dorrell  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  Leyden,  nearly  50 
years,  but  for  many  years  prior  to  his  death  he  was  maintained  as 
a  town  charge.  He  died  Aug.  28,  1846,  aged  94  years,  5  months,  13 
days.  He  had  literally  starved  himself  to  death  by  refusing  any 
food,  saying  that  he  had  lived  long  enough,  and  that  if  he  con- 
tinued to  eat  he  never  should  die.  He  has  descendants  living  in 
and  near  the  territory  which  witnessed  the  scenes  brought  about 
by  Dorrellism,  who  are  numbered  as  being  among  our  intelligent, 
respected  citizens. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

HKRNARDSTOX'S  CENTENNIAL,  Al'C.    20.  1 862. 

The  history  of  no  nation  or  race  would  be  complete  without  an 
account  of  its  festive  days.  They  are  to  be  fcmnd  in  some  form  in 
every  known  country,  the  manner  of  their  celebration  differing, 
not  only  on  account  of  the  kind  of  an  event  to  be  commemorated, 
but  also  in  direct  proportion  to  the  character,  intelligence  and  civ- 
ilization of  the  participants.  A  little  thoughtful  retrospect  will  in- 
controvertibly  establish  this  truism.  In  the  aboriginal  tribes  of  a 
country,  the  highest  motives  ascribed  for  any  celebration  are  usually 
found  either  in  the  rites  attendant  upon  the  offerings  to  their 
heathen  deities,  the  intensity  of  their  observance  being  proportion- 
ate to  the  imaginary  blessings  conferred,  or  which  they  wish  to 
receive;  or  perhaps  in  feasting  because  of  a  victory  recently  ac- 
quired over  some  neighboring  tribes.  Usually  a  superstitious  relig- 
ious tendency  pervades  it  all,  and  the  observance  is  typical  of  a 
people  whom  scientists  would  place  upon  almost  the  lowest  plane 
of  civilization.  Through  all  the  so-called  heathen  races  this  man- 
ner of  celebration,  modified  in  one  way  or  another,  is  apparent.  As 
we  advance  in  the  civilized  scale,  notice  the  pace  assumed  and  main- 
tained by  the  mind,  until  in  the  intelligent  civilized  races  of  to-day, 
the  character  of  the  celebrations  is  such  that  it  is  as  well  the  in- 
tellect to  which  food  is  administered.  And  in  the  progress  which 
present  generations  are  making  in  this  direction  may  be  found 
striking  illustrations  of  the  increasing  power  constantly  being  ac- 
quired by  mind  over  matter. 

In  the  lives  of  individuals,  the  rapidly  passing  years  bring  to 
each  many  days,  the  ob.servance  of  which  are  attended  with  feel- 
ings pleasurable;  and  then  again,  with  emotions  too  sacred  to  be 
shown  even  to  the  most  intimate  and  sympathizing.  And  to  many, 
days  come  and  their  celebrations  in  which  the.se  conflicting  emc^tions 
are  each  striving  for  the  supremacy,  for  it  often  happens  that  in  the 
keenest  pleasure  there  is  a  trace  of  pain  impossible  to  be  eliminated. 


CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION.  19I 

So  it  is  in  a  town's  and  a  nation's  history.  They  each  have  their 
days  of  mourning  and  of  gladness;  but  in  such  cases  these  ele- 
ments are  kept  more  distinct.  As  our  country  grows  older,  how 
manv  places  do  we  know  and  read  of  which  are  celebrating  their 
festive  days,  days  which  are  peculiarly  their  own,  in  that  they  are 
anniversaries  of  their  natal  days,  and  by  their  records  such  towns 
show  that  they  have  reason  to  take  a  pride — and  a  just  pride — in 
what  they  have  accomplished,  and  with  the  prospect  of  doing  still 
more  in  future  years. 

With  such  feelings  do  we  imagine  the  inhabitants  of  our  town  to 
have  been  stirred. as  they  realized  that  very  soon  would  be  here  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  her  incorporation.  And  when  we 
recall  that  at  this  time  the  whole  nation  was  in  the  midst  of  a 
fiercely  contested  civil  war.  that  her  existence  was  seriously  threat- 
ened, and  that  in  spite  of  all  these  things  which  the  feeble  spirited 
might  have  termed  discouragements  at  the  beginning,  these  towns- 
men following  in  the  late  Gov.  Cushman's  lead,  got  up  such  a  mag- 
nificent one  hundredth  birthday  gathering,  and  one  which  in  its 
results  has  exerted  such  lasting  beneficial  influences,  is  it  any  won- 
der that  we  experience  such  feelings  of  pride  and  exultation  at  the 
remembrance  ? 

As  early  as  1861,  the  matter  was  agitated  and  it  was  voted  that 
"this  town  will,  in  its  municipal  capacity,  at  such  time  during  the 
next  year  as  shall  hereafter  be  determined  upon,  in  a  suitable  and 
proper  manner,  celebrate  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  its  in- 
corporation as  a  town." 

The  town  of  Leyden  entered  enthusiastically  into  the  matter,  and 
appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  committee  chosen  by  the 
parent  town.  On  the  i  ith  of  January,  1862,  these  committees  met 
in  the  town  hall  at  Bernardston,  chose  Hon.  Henry  W.  Gush  man  as 
chairman,  and  voted  to  have  the  celebration  on  Wednesday,  the 
20th  day  of  August,  1862.  vSub-committees  were  appointed  and  the 
committee  separated,  agreeing  that  this  celebration  should  be  one 
"  worthy  the  descendants  of  the  old  '  Falls  Fight  Township'  and 
which  will  be  creditable  to  those  towns  a  hundred  years  hence," 
and  how  nobly  this  committee  fulfilled  their  mission,  the  event 
proved.     The  following  invitation  was  issued  : 


192  INVITATION. 


"CENTKNNIAI,  CELKIi  K  A  1  loX  OK    1' H  K  I  NCORl'OR  A  1  ION'  OK  HERN  A  RDSTON,   MASS. 

To  all  the  people  of   Bernaicistoii   and   Leyden, — to  all  who  have  resided 
in,  or  are  natives  of  either  of  those   towns,  and  to  all  who   are  connected 
with  them  by  ties  of  consanguinity  or  marriage:  — 
Brethren  and  Friends: 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Town  of  Bernardston,  held  on  the  5th  day  of 
November,  1861,  the  following  Preamble  and  Votes  were  unanimously 
adopted: — 

WHEREAS,  the  territory  now  contained  in  the  TOWNS  OF  BER- 
NARDSTON, LEYDEN,  and  a  part  of  COLERAINE,  was  granted  by 
the  Legislature  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  in  1734,  to  those  and  the 
descendants  of  those  whcj  were  in  the  battle  fought  on  the  18th  of  May, 
1676,  at  Turners  Falls  on  the  Connecticut  River, — between  the  Indians 
and  the  English  settlers, — which  grant  for  about  25  years,  was  called  "The 
Fails  Fight  Township,"  or  "Fall  Town." 

AND  WHEREAS,  said  territory  was  incorporated  as  a  Town  by  the 
name  of  Bernardston,  in  1762,  and  therefore,  the  first  Centennial  Anniver- 
sary of  said  town  occurs  during  the  next  year: 

AND  WHEREAS,  the  remembrance  of  the  important  eras  in  the  life 
of  individuals  and  of  communities  furnishes  a  good  opportunity,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  higher  principles  of  our  nature  and  of  an  enlightened  and 
Christian  civilization,  to  review  their  past  history  and  experience,  and  form 
resolutions  for  the  future; 

THEREFORE  VOTED,  That  this  Town  will,  in  its  municipal  charac- 
ter, at  such  time  during  the  next  year  as  shall  hereafter  be  determined  on, 
in  a  suitable  and  proper  manner,  celebrate  the  One  Hundredth  Anniver- 
sary of  its  Incorporation  as  a  town: 

VOTED,  That  a  Committee  of  Twelve,  consisting  of  the  present  select- 
men, Town  Clerk,  School  committee  and  Constable  of  the  town,  and  five 
others  at  large  be  appointed  to  make  all  the  arrangements  and  take  such 
measures  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  cnit  the  object  contemplated  in  this 
celebration : 

VOTED,  That  the  district  and  other  schools  be  invited  to  attend  the 
Celebration  in  a  body,  wiih  their  teachers  and  friends, 

.'\N1)  W  i  n''J\.i-',AS,  The  Town  (;f  Leyden  was  for  many  years  a  part  of 
Bernardst(Hi 

THEREFORE  VO  TED,  I'hat  the  inhabitants  of  Leyden  be  invited  to 
join  with  us  in  this  celebration. 


I'KEPARATIONS    FOR    CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION.  I93 


The  following  committee  was  appointed  agreeable  to  the  foregoing  vote, 
viz. — S.  N.  Brooks,  Town  Clerk;  S.  J.  Lyons,  I.K.  Brown,  P.  L.  Cushman, 
Selectmen;  Rev.  H.  B.  Butler,  B.  S.  Burrinvs,  School  committee;  E.  C.  Hale, 
Constable;  Hon.  H.  W.  Cushman,  Prof.  L.  F.  Ward,  Hon.  John  Sander- 
son, R.  F.  Newcomb,  Dea.  David  Streeter,  at  large. 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  town  of  Leyden  held  the  same  day,  the  follow- 
ing vote  was  passed:  — 

VOTED,  To  unite  with  the  town  of  Bernardston  in  celebrating  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  that  town,  and  to  choose  a 
committee  of  five  to  confer  with  a  like  committee  from  said  town,  in  fur- 
therance of  that  object;  and  that  DAVID  MOWRY,  HORACE  POTTER, 
F.  W.  CARLTON,  CHESTER  SEVERANCE,  and  OLIVER  CHAPIN, 
constitute  said  committee. 

And  at  a  meeting  of  the  aforesaid  committees  of  Bernardston  and  Ley- 
den held  in  the  town  hall  in  Bernardston  on  Saturday,  the  irth  day  of  Jan- 
ary,  1862,  Hon.  HENRY  W.  CUSHMAN  having  been  chosen  Chairman, 
and  Silas  N.  Brooks  Esq.  Secretary,  it  was 

VOTED,  That  whereas  the  6th.  day  of  March,  on  which  the  Act  In- 
corporating the  town  of  Bernardston  was  passed,  and  the  i  ith.  day  of  May, 
on  which  said  Act  was  accepted  by  the  town,  are  inconvenient  days  for  a 
general  ^meeting  of  the  people,  the  Celebration  of  the  Centennial  Anniver- 
sary of  the  Incorporation  of  Bernardston  be  appointed  on 

WEDNESDAY,   THE  20th   DAY  OF   AUGUST,  1862. 
And  on  that  day  all  the   descendants   of  "Fall   Town"  and  all  who  are  in 
any  way  connected  with   them,  be  invited  to  assemble  at   the  town  hall  in 
Bernardston,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  and  join  in  such  Public  Exercises  as  may 
be  appropriate  to  such  an  occasion. 

Come,  then,  Kinsmen  and  Friends: — Come  one  and  all,  to  this  gathering 
of  the  lineage  of  a  common  ancestry — this  meeting  of  an  historic  era — this 
One  Hundredth  Jubilee  of  our  natal  or  adopted  town.  Come  once  more 
to  the  home  of  your  Fathers;  to  the  hearth  stone  where  you  first  saw  the 
blessed  light  of  Heaven.  Quench  your  thirst  again  from  'the  old  oaken 
bucket,'  which  hangs  in  the  well.  Stand  once  more,  if  never  again,  at  the 
graves  of  your  ancestors  and  the  monuments  which  commemorate  their 
memory. 

Another  event  of  this  kind  none  of  us  will  ever  attend.  So  far  as  we  can 
learn,  there  is  now  no  person  living  who  was  born  in  'Fall  Town,'  one  hun- 
dred years  ago;  and  in  all  human  probability  the  child  is  not  yet  born  that 


194  PREPARATIONS     FOR    CKNTENNTAL    CELEBRATION. 


will  be  present  at  another  Celebration  of   this  kind  a  hundred  years  hence. 
It  is  then,  a  rare  occasion, — a  glorious  era — an  event  of  no  common  interest. 

Let  all  who  by  consanguinity,  by  marriage  or  by  residence  are  in  any 
way  connected  with  the  towns  of  IJernardston  and  Leyden  meet  on  that 
day  in  the  Spirit  of  a  Common  Brotherhood  and  a  Sympathizing  Christian- 
ity; and  with  Music,  with  Prayer  and  Praises  to  the  Criver  of  every  good 
and  perfect  gift,  with  Speeches  and  Sentiments,  and  a  Union  at  the  festive 
board  let  the  day  be  spent  joyfully,  and  h()|)cfully,  in  commemoration  of 
the  past,  ami  in  memory  of  the  trials,  the  virtues,  the  piety  and  the  intel- 
ligence of  our  Common  Ancestry. 

And  although  the  present  year  may  be  clouded  and  rendered  less  auspi- 
cious by  a  rebellion  of  the  slave  holding  States  against  the  best  government 
ever  devised  by  ?Nan,  and  many  of  our  brethren  and  friemls  may  be  engaged 
in  the  patriotic  duty  of  sustaining  the  Flag  of  our  Lhiion,  its  Constitution 
and  Laws;  yet  while  we  do  not  forget  our  country  and  its  brave  Defenders 
in  our  prayers  and  by  our  contributions,  let  us  also  obey  the  injunctions  of 
sacred  writ:  '  Remember  the  days  of  old,  and  consider  the  years  of  many 
generations.' 

And  while  standing  thus  at  this  central  p(jint  in  the  great  Cycle  of  Ages, 
and  looking  back  through  the  vista  of  a  hundred  years,  we  may  draw  les- 
sons of  wisdom  from  the  history  of  the  past  and  form  resolutions  for  a 
higher  walk  in  the  path  of  duty  in  the  coming  years.  ' 

All  of  a  kindred  birth  and  a  kindretl  spirit  are  then  cordially  invited  to 
join  in  this  Centennial  Celebration.  Our  Hearts  and  our  Homes  shall  be  wide 
open  to  receive  and  hospitably  entertain  all  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the 
'Old  Falls  Fight  Township."' 

Such  was  the  cordially  v^orded  invitation  issued  by  the  commit- 
tee of  arrangements,  and  according  to  the  published  reports,  was 
readily  accepted  by  2500  to  3000  persons.  At  about  ten  in  tlie  morn- 
ing a  procession  was  formed  near  the  town  hall  under  the  guid- 
ance of  S.  J.  Lyons  and  F.  \V.  Carlton,  assisted  by  T.  B.  Carpenter, 
P.  L.  Cushman,  E.  S.  Hurlbert,  Marcus  Cook,  B.  vS.  Burrows,  C.  W. 
Severance,  Capt.  F.  R.  H.  Allen,  Jason  Brown,  H.  O.  Root,  J.  N. 
Dewey,  L  K.  Brown,  J.  Buddington,  Jr.,  R.  H.  Hoyt,  R.  F.  New- 
comb,  L.  A.  Slate,  A.  W.  Carpenter.  S.  P.  Chase,  Asa  Fisk.  S.  R. 
Hills,  D.  N.  Carpenter  and  Charles  Cushman.  It  consisted  of  chief 
marshals,  band,  committee  of  arrangements.  President  and  Vice- 
Presidents,  orator  and  poet,  tt)astmaslcr  and  reporter,  invited  speak- 


ORDER   OF    EXERCISES.  IQS 


ers,  clergy,  choir,  selectmen  and  ex-selectmen  of  Bernardston  and 
Leyden,  people  over  80  yeans  in  carriages,  people  over  70  years, 
sons  and  daughters  of  Bernardston  who  reside  abroad,  visitors  from 
neighboring  towns,  district  schools  of  Leyden,  district  schools  of 
Bernardston  and  adjoining  schools,  teachers  and  scholars  of  Pow- 
ers Institute,  Goodale  Academy,  citizens  of  Leyden,  citizens  of  Ber- 
nardston. 

Under  the  escort  of  a  band  from  Hatfield  the  procession  wended 
its  way  around  the  square  near  the  depot,  thence  to  the  Institute 
grounds,  where  upon  the  north  end  of  the  lot  a  bower  had  been 
erected  and  seats  provided  for  1500  people.  The  seats  were  soon 
filled,  and  hundreds  were  obliged  to  stand  throughout  the  exercises 
which  followed.  The  choice  of  President  of  the  day  fell  upon  Hon. 
John  Sanderson  of  Bernardston.  For  Vice-Presidents,  upon  Jon- 
athan Buddington,  Dr.  T.  S.  Vining,  Daniel  L.  Morgan,  Zadoc  King, 
E.  W.  Packer,  A.  O.  Buddington,  Briggs  Potter  of  Leyden  ;  Lsaac 
Barton  of  Greenfield;  Dorus  Bascom  of  Gill;  Ralph  Cushman, 
Simon  Edwards,  Isaac  Burrows,  Col.  Aretas  Ferry,  John  Nelson, 
Dr.  Noyes  Barstow,  Seorim  Cushman,  Z.  C.  Newcomb,  Capt.  Jos- 
eph Slate,  Dr.  William  Dwight  of  Bernardston.  The  exercises  of 
the  day  then  took  place  in  the  following  order: 

1st.  Music  by  the  Hatfield  Band. 

2nd.  Selections  from  the  Scriptures,  by  Rev.   T.  J.   Clark  of  Ashfield,  (a  former 

pastor  in  Bernardston. ) 

3rd.  Prayer  by  the  oldest  Ex-Clergyman  present. 

4th.  Original  Hymn,  by  Rev.  John  B.  Green. 

5th.  Historical  Address,  by  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman. 

6th.  Original  Hymn,  by  Rev.  George  h-  Ruberg. 

7th.  Poem  by  Dr.  John  Brooks,  the  Octogenarian  Poet  of  Bernardston. 

8th.  Anthem,  Creation. 

9th.  Concluding  Prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Brigham. 

loth.  Benediction. 

Upon  the  conclusion  of  these  exercises  a  procession  was  formed 
and  marched  to  what  is  now  known  as  Cushman  Park,  where  all 
were  entertained  at  dinner  by  E.  C.  Fox,  proprietor  of  the  hotel. 
The  noon  hour  passed,  the  people  again  adjourned  to  the  Institute 
grounds,  where  the  after-dinner  exercises  were  opened  by  brief 
and  appropriate  address  of  welcome  by  the  President,  Hon.  John 
Sanderson.     Mr.  S.  N.  Brooks  performed  the  duties  of  toastmaster, 


196  TOASTS. 


in  a  manner  most  appropriate  and  pleasing.      The  first   toast  an- 
nounced was 

Leyden. —  "Sixty-eight  years  ago,  as  our  Daughter  she  left  the  parental 
hearth-stone.  To-day,  as  our  Sister,  with  a  warm  greeting,  she  returns 
to  it." 

Rev.  Thomas  Marcy  of  Framingham,  a  native  of  Leyden,  replied 
to  this  sentiment,  paying  a  noble  tribute  to  his  native  town  and 
her  sons.  He  stated  that  Leyden  had  produced  among  her  other 
noble  children,  1 1  clergymen,  four  doctors  and  three  lawyers. 

Former  residents  of  Bernardston. — "Scattered  from  Labrador  to  the 
Pacific  Isles.  Living,  they  honor  their  aged  Mother,  Dying,  they  bequeath 
her  tokens  of  their  life-l<jng  regard.  We  have  gratitude  for  the  dead — a 
welcome  for  the  living  " 

Responded  to  by  Justice  Willard,  Esq.,  of  Springfield,  in  one  of 
the  most  spirited  and  telling  speeches  of  the  day.  Among  the 
other  old  residents  of  Bernardston,  he  gave  a  biography  of  old  Nat, 
the  negro  fiddler,  who  was  present  with  his  fiddle  at  all  the  merry- 
makings of  his  boyhood  days,  and  whose  proficiency  upon  that  in- 
strument was  superior  to  that  of  the  Ole  Bulls  and  other  modern 
musicians. 

Ex-Clergymen  of  Bernardston. — "In  former  years  have  they  sown  here 
the  'good  seed  which  is  the  dread  of  life.'  Though  some  may  have  fallen 
by  the  wayside,  some  been  choked  with  them,  still  may  the  harvest  pro- 
duce an  hundred  fold." 

Rev.  Erastus  Andrews  of  Montague  responded  to  this  sentiment. 
He  spoke  of  the  early  history  of  the  Baptist  society  in  Bernardston. 
He  stated  that  Capt.  Turner,  the  hero  of  the  Falls  Fight,  was  a 
Baptist,  and  that  his  services  were  at  first  refused  by  the  Governor 
of  Massachusetts  on  account  of  his  religious  belief.  He  also  gave 
as  an  incident  of  the  respect  other  denominations  in  Bernardston 
had  felt  for  the  Baptists  of  that  time,  that  upon  the  occasion  of  the 
funeral  of  one  of  its  early  pastors,  as  the  procession  was  passing 
the  house  of  a  good  Orthodox  deacon,  he  left  his  work  in  the  field, 
stopped  the  procession  and  treated  it  to  pailsfuU  of  the  best  toddy 
of  the  day.  This  the  speaker  thought  was  at  least  true  "  Cogniac 
hospitality." 

Rev.  Charles   Kendall   also   spoke  in  response  to  the  sentiment, 


TOASTS.  197 


referring  to  the  ex-clergymen  and  the  good  feeling  that  generally 
existed  in  the  town  towards  their  religious  teachers.  He  spoke  of 
some  of  the  ex-pastors  as  being  "fast  drivers,"  but  could  not  drive 
fast  enough,  however,  to  get  out  of  the  town  as  soon  as  their  pa- 
rishioners wanted  to  have  them. 

Rev.  A.  M.  Bridge  and  Rev.  Rufus  Gerrish  also  replied  to  the 
toast.     Mr.  Gerrish  gave  as  a  sentiment : 

The  Growing  Beauties  of  Beniardston. —  "  May  their  lustre  never  be 
dimmed. " 

Residents  abroad  who  have  married  daughters  of  Bernardston  — 

"  Our  loss  has  been  their  gain; 

And  never  will  we  forget — 
'  Ev"n  while  we  sigh  for  those  blessings  gone  '  — 

We've  'more  of  the  same  sort'  yet." 

The  American  Antiquarian  Society  of  Worcester. —  "Located  at  the 
'Heart  of  the  Commonwealth,'  and  aided  by  the  wealth  and  guided  by  the 
talent  of  an  enterprising  city,  it  is  doing  a  great  and  good  work  in  '  Con- 
sidering the  days  of  old — The  years  of  ancient  times.'  " 

Responded  to  by  Hon.  Isaac  Davis  of  Worcester. 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society  of  Boston.— "Venerable  for  its  age,  for 
the  ability  of  its  members,  and  for  the  great  amount  of  its  historical  col- 
lections.      We  honor  it  as  the  Pioneer  m  the  domain   of  historic  research." 

Responded  to  by  Hon.  George  T.  Davis  of  Greenfield,  who  spoke 
of  the  syinpathy  the  society  felt  with  celebrations  of  this  kind,  of 
our  former  and  present  struggles  for  a  national  existence,  and  of 
the  prominent  part  Bernardston  had  taken  in  the  first  and  was  now 
taking  in  the  last.     He  gave  as  a  sentiment: 

Descendants  of  the  First  Settlers. — "All  the  more  dutiful  to  the  demands 
of  the  present,  that  they  are  not  forgetful  of  the  past." 

Education — Our  Common  Schools  and  Powers  Institute. — "Our  children 
will  well  obtain  the  first,  while  over  the  second  and  last  we  keep  strict 
watch  and   Ward." 

This  sentiment  was  responded  to  by  Prof.  L.  F.  Ward,  who  gave 
as  a  sentiment : 

The  'I'own  of  Bernardston,  its  Characteristics — Prosperous  Educational 
Institute;  Flourishing  Christian  Churches  and  Enterprising  People. — "May 
the  next  Centennial  anniversary  find  these  characteristics  none  the  less 
worthy,  but  increased  and  enlarged  proportionately  by  time." 


198  TOASTS. 


Goodale  Academy. —  "The  memory  of  its  usefiiUness  as  an  educational 
institution  is  yet  green  in  the  hearts  of  its  graduates." 

Responded  to  in  a  pleasant  three  minutes  speech  by  Pliny  Fisk, 
Esq.,  of  Shelburne,  a  former  principal  of  the  academy. 

Soldiers  of  Bernardston  and  Leyden  Who  Have  Fallen  in  Defence  of  Their 
Country's  Honor  and  Their  Country's  Flag — Martyrs  in  the  Noblest  Cause ! 
— "While  we  weep  with  their  friends  who  mourn  their  early  loss,  we  rejoice 
in  the  thought  that  this  sealing  of  their  courage  and  their  patriotism  with 
their  heart's  blood  x'i  not  in  vain.  By  such  sacrifices  was  our  Liberty  bought 
— by  such  shall  it  be  preserved." 

Responded  to  by  the  band. 

Major  Stephen  Webster,  Major  Samuel  Root,  Capt.  Joseph  Slate,  Capt. 
Stephen  Buddington,  Capt.  Caleb  Chapin,  Sergt.  Joseph  Allen,  Samuel 
Green  and  their  numerous  comrades  who  sustained  the  name  and  honor  of 
Bernardston  in  the  dark  hour  of  our  Revolutionary  struggle. — "In  the  pres- 
ent dark  hour  may  their  descendants  emulate  their  bright  example  with 
the  same  glorious  results." 

Responded  to  by  the  band. 

The  Ladies — Invariably  toasted  at  every  American  gathering.  — "The 
wonder  is  that  they  are  not  yet  done  brown,  but  diV&  fairer  than  ever." 

Responded  to  by  Jtidge  Tyler  of  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  in  a  pleasant 
and  patriotic  speech. 

Three  cheers  were  then  given  for  the  Bernardston  and  Leyden 
boys  who  have  gone  abroad  and  so  ably  represented  their  native 
towns. 

Lieut.  George  Warner  of  Bernardston. — "One  of  whose  limbs  is  now  on 
Southern  soil,  on  the  battle-ground  at  Newbern,  and  who  is  present  to-day 
— a  fit  representative  of  the  old  Puritan  pluck." 

Three  cheers  were  then  given  for  Lieut.  Warner.  The  toast- 
master  then  proposed  three  cheers  for  the  star  spangled  banner; 
three  more  for  the  music  the  Yankees  fight  under,  and  three  more 
for  the  band,  which  were  heartily  given. 

The  following  volunteer  sentiments  were  then  given  : — 
"Long  live  the  Republic.     Death  to  secession  and  no  resurrection.     May 
the  time  of  our  redemption  speedily  arrive.     We  need  some  more  effective 
weapon    than   administering  the   oath   of  allegiance.      We   call  it  not  inhu- 


TOASTS.  199 


man  to  put  every  rebel  and  rebel  sympathizer  out  of  the  United  States. 
Put  true  men  in  office  and  not  graven  images.  In  the  words  of  Benton, 
'we  have  been  bamboozled  long  enough!'  " 

Maintain  Constitutional  Liberty,  Framed  by  Our  Fathers. — "The  storm 
which  shakes  the  oak,  only  loosens  the  earth  around  its  roots,  and  its  vio- 
lence enables  the  tree  to  strike  its  roots  deeper  into  the  soil.  So  shall  it 
be  with  the  crisis  of  the  Union." 

The  Town  of  Bernardston — "Fortunate  in  having  in  its  very  few  rich  men 
those  who  are  disposed  to  promote  the  cause  of  education." 

The  Past  Century  and  That  which  is  Coming. — "The  one  has  seen  our 
country  materially  prosperous,  with  slavery,  and  may  the  other  see  it  both 
materially  and  morally  prosperous  without  slavery." 

His  Excellency,  Abraham  Lincoln.  —  "A  second  Washington,  sentof  God, 
as  we  trust,  to  conduct  the  nation  thrcnigh  a  war  which  is  to  result  in  es- 
tablishing the  truth  of  the  declaration,  that  'all  men  are  equal,'  m  regard 
to  'certain  inalienable  rights.'  " 

Bernardston's  Share  of  Soldiers  in  the  Present  War. — 

"  All  trials,  thus  far,  prove  of  courage  no  lack. 
For  none  who  are  wounded  are  hit  in  the  back." 

Hon.  E.  Kirkland  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  who  married  his  wife  in 
Bernardston,  btit  who  was  prevented  from  attending  the  celebra- 
tion by  illness,  sent  the  following  sentiment; — 

The  Town  of  Bernardston,  whose  Natal  Day  We  Now  Celebrate. — "May  its 
ne.xt  anniversary  find  it,  not  as  now,  a  member  of  a  nation  torn  with  war, 
but  of  a  free,  united  and  happy  people,  with  every  evil  and  bitter  thing  re- 
moved from  its  borders." 

Hon.  William  A.  Prenti.ss,  late  mayor  of  the  city  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  a  former  resident  of  Bernardston,  sent  the  following:  — 

Bernardston.  —  ''Settled  more  than  a  century  since  by  an  intelligent  and 
industrious  class  of  people,  noted  for  their  independence  of  opinion  on  all 
political  and  religious  matters  —  may  its  present  and  future  inhabitants  con- 
tinue to  maintain  a  like  independence  on  all  questions,  thereby  manifesting 
to  the  world,  that  freedom  of  thought  and  speech  is  not  dangerous  to  civil 
or  religious  institutions  when  reason  is  left  free  to  combat  it." 

H.  D.  Newcomb,  Esq.,  a  distinguished  merchant  of  Louisville, 
Ky.,  a  native  of  Bernardston,  sent  the  following  : 

"During  the  past  ten  years  I  have  been  interested  in  the  manufacture  of 


2CK)  HYMN   BY    REV.    J.    K.    GREEN. 


cotton,  on  the  banks  of  the  Ohio,  which  has  suggested  to  my  mind  the  fol- 
lowing sentiment  which  I  beg  leave  to  offer: — The  Cotton  Manufacturing 
Interests  of  New  England — The  splendid  result  of  sixty  years  persistent 
labor  and  skill  directed  to  that  object— now  periled  by  the  loss  of  its  trained 
operatives,  increased  burdens  on  its  capital,  and  the  prospective  diminu- 
tion in  the  cultivation  of  raw  material." 

It  now  being  half  past  four,  the  rest  of  the  day  was  given  to  the 
students  of  Powers  Institute.  Aaron  W.  Field  of  Bernardston,  a 
student  of  Williams  College,  delivered  an  address,  and  M.  D.  Col- 
lister  of  Sullivan,  N.  H.,  a  student  of  Middlebury  College,  deliv- 
ered a  poem,  and  thus  closed  the  exercises  of  a  day  which  was  des- 
tined to  become  by  reason  of  the  pleasant  associations  revived, 
and  the  valuable  and  interesting  commemorative  exercises,  not  to 
speak  of  the  attendant  gift  of  one  of  her  most  noble  and  best  be- 
loved sons,  a  red-letter  day  in  the  town's  history. 

ORIGINAL  HYMN. 

(By  Rev.  John  B.  Green,  Pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Society  ) 

We  meet,  the  sons  of  honored  sires, 

Around  one  altar  here, 
To  sing  and  venerate  their  deeds 

And  shed  a  passing  tear. 

We  sing  those  deeds  of  daring  bokl, 
Where,  joyous,  leaps  yon  wave. 
They  fought— some  crowned  with  glory,  fell 
And  filled  a  warrior's  grave. 

And  surely  we  can  ne'er  forget 

The  debt  we  truly  owe  — 

While  clothed  in  green,  these  hills  are  seen, 

Or  wrapt  in  spotless  snow. 

A  place  and  home  their  deeds  have  won 
To  us,  their  children,  here; 
And  while  we  emulate  their  lives, 
What  foe  have  we  to  fear  ? 

Their  first  desire,  to  worship  God 
And  act  His  holy  will; 
For,  ere  themselves  a  shelter  found, 
A  church  was  ou  the  hill. 


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And  now  we  meet  with  grateful  hearts 
For  what  the}'  did  forego, 
Who  planted  here  the  seeds  of  truth 
A  hundred  years  ago. 

And  when  the  sun  forgets  to  rise, 
And  stars  their  place  resign. 
Will  we  forget  the  debt  we  owe 
The  sires  of  "Auld  Lang  Syne." 

Now  may  the  God  our  Fathers  loved 

Grant  us  the  gift  divine, 
To  guide  us  in  the  better  way 

As  He  did  THEM,  lang  syne. 

Then  welcome,  welcome,  one  and  all. 

To  this  our  festal  day; 
We  open  wide  our  hearts  and  homes, 

Let  care  be  far  away. 

Lt.  Gov.  Cushman's  address  was  a  most  excellent  one,  of  an  histor- 
ical nature,  covering  the  more  important  happenings  of  the  past. 
To  repeat  it  in  full  would  be  but  to  repeat  much  which  has  already 
been  given  in  the  earlier  pages  of  this  work;  hence  it  has  been 
deemed  best  that  the  incidents  and  early  records  stand  in  their  re- 
spective places.  Indeed  they  are  so  closely  interwoven  with  the 
daily  lives  and  deeds  of  our  forefathers,  as  to  render  a  separation 
out  of  the  question  only  by  breaking  the  thread  of  the  narrative. 
And  because  of  this,  is  given  extracts,  rather  than  the  address  in 
the  form  delivered. 

''Felloiv  Citizens  and  Friends: — We  are  assembled  to-day  in  accordance 
with  some  of  the  purest  and  noblest  impulses  and  principles  of  humanity. 
The  love  of  'home  sweet  home,' and  of  kindred  and  friends,  is,  not  merely 
an  innate  desire  of  our  natures;  it  is  more  than  that;  it  is  an  indication  of 
a  cultivated  and  refined  sentiment, — it  is  obedience  to  'the  higher  law'  of 
the  Christian  life. 

And  connected  with  this  principle  is  the  feeling  of  regard  and  veneration 
for  the  place  of  our  birth; — for  the  home  of  our  childhood  or  our  maturer 
years;  for  the  spot  where  our  eyes  first  saw  the  blessed  light  of  heaven 
and  the  glorious  works  of  God;  for  the  scenes  that  were  familiar  to  us  'in 
days  of  Auld  lang  syne  " — for  the  old  oaken  bucket  which  hangs  in  the 
well,  from  which  we  have   often   quenched  our   thirst  in    years  long  since 


202  HTSTOKTCAT,    ADDRESS. 


passed  and  for  the  graves  of  our  ancestors,  who  years  ago,  finished  their 
work  on  earth  and  have  gone  to  their  eternal  reward. 

'  Lives  there  a  man  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said, 
This  is  my  own,  my  native  land?' 

Such  views  are  common  to  all  in  a  greater  or  less  degree;  but  they  are, 
in  a  particular  manner,  the  feelings  and  guiding  sentiments  of  the  educated 
and  thoughtful,  of  those  who  have  seen  many  years  come  and  go  and  whose 
heads  are  whitened  with  the  frost  of  three-score  years. 

Animated  by  such  sentiments,  we  have  met  to-day,  a  band  of  brothers 
and  friends, — not  to  plan  schemes  for  our  material  wealth;  not  to  select 
candidates  for  political  promotion;  not  even  to  celebrate  the  independence 
or  victories  of  our  country;  but  we  meet  to  review  the  past  ;  'to  consitler 
the  years  of  many  generations  ';  to  attend  to  the  neglected  and  remember 
the  forgotten;  to  renew  the  recollections  of  our  early  days  and  bring  to 
mind  the  toils,  the  sufferings  and  the  virtues  of  our  fathers.  We  have 
come  together  on  this  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of 
this  little  municipality,  not  to  celebrate  the  great  things  of  earth;  but  with 
deep  feelings  of  veneration  for  the  past,  to  take  old  friends  by  the  hand 
once  more,  perhaps  never  again;  U)  look  back  on  our  journey  of  life,  and 
thus,  by  the  contemplation  of  the  good  or  the  evil  we  have  done  to  be 
guided  in  the  future  of  our  mortal  course.  Says  another,  'it  is  a  privilege 
to  learn  what  shall  be  from  what  has  been,  to  turn  experience  into  proph- 
ecy;  to  view  in  the  mirror  of  the  Past,  the  vision  oi  the  Future." 

And  you  will  permit  me,  Ladies  and  Crentlemen,  on  this  pleasant  occa- 
sion  tinged  as  I  know  it  must   be  with   sadness  when  we   remember  many 

dear  friends  who  have  passed  the  dark  waters  before  us; — permit  me  to 
extend  to  you  all  a  most  cordial  and  hearty  welcome.  As  a  true  son  of  the 
old  'Falls  Fight  Townshij"),'  I  offer  you  all  the  salutations  of  this  anniver- 
sary. It  gladdens  the  heart  to  meet  so  many  cheerful  countenances  on 
the  one  hundredth  j  ubilee  of  the  independent  municipal  existence  of  our 
town. 

And  in  a  particular  manner  would  I  extend  the  hand  of  friendship  and 
fraternal  regard,  to  those  who  have  come  from  distant  States,  to  join  with 
us  in  the  services  of  this  joyous  d.iy.  Welcome  all,  from  the  prairies  and 
the  cities  of  the  great  west;  from  the  Green  mountains  of  Vermont,  and 
from  States  and  homes  more  or  less  distant  from  us — welcome  to  this  gath- 
ering of  the  descendants  of  a  common  ancestry,  welcome  all  who  by  birth 
or  residence,  by  ties  of  consanguinity  or  marriage,  all  who  have  come  here 


HISTORICAL    ADDRESS.  203 


today  because  you  cared  for  Bernardston  and  Leyden  for  what  they  con- 
tain or  have  contained.  In  behalf  of  my  fellow-citizens,  1  bid  you  all  a 
hearty  welcome.  And  I  would,  also,  with  a  like  cordiality  welcome  those, 
who  by  a  love  of  historic  studies  and  who  feel  a  deep  interest  in  genealog- 
ical researches  are  attracted  to  commemorations  of  this  kind.  Sympathiz- 
ing with  us  in  the  sentiments  of  antiquity,  we  are  most  happy  to  meet  you 
all  on  this  historic  era — this  one-hundredth  standpoint  in  the  cycle  of 
ages! 

And  I  must  not  forget  to  receive  with  an  open  hand  and  heart  this  large 
concourse  of  children  and  youth  who  have  assembled  to  join  in  the  services 
of  this  anniversary  occasion.  I  see  before  me,  a  numerous  band  of  teach- 
ers and  pupils  of  Powers  Institute,  of  every  school  district  in  Bernardston 
and  Leyden  and  several  schools  from  the  adjoining  towns.  Most  happy 
am  I  to  greet  you  with  joyful  salutations  on  an  anniversary  which  none  of 
you,  in  any  probability,  can  ever  attend  again.  Your  smiling  faces,  your 
gay  dresses,  your  beautiful  bouquets  and  waving  banners,  all  show  me  how 
much  you  enjoy  and  how  long  you  will  remember  the  services  of  this  day. 
Welcome,  my  voung  friends  to  the  instructive  events  of   the  passing  hour. 

One  hundred  years  ago !  Who  can  understand  the  mighty  past?  Who 
can  fathom  the  years  of  a  century!  What  immense  changes  in  the  condi- 
tion of  the  human  race;  what  vast  results  have  come  from  the  progress  of 
civilization  by  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  in  America,  during  that  period  !  Think 
for  a  moment  of  the  condition  of  things  in  Europe,  in  America,  on  this 
spot,  even,  in  1762  and  in  1862.  Then — and  now.  One  hundred  years 
ago  the  people  who  had  settled  along  these  pleasant  valleys  and  on  these 
hillsides,  were  few  and  far  between.  Now,  a  pleasant  village  is  near  us 
where  the  arts  and  amenities  of  civilized  life  are  cultivated  and  where  the 
school  houses  and  the  church  are  among  the  most  prominent  institutions 
of  the  place.  And  more  than  all  the  railroad  and  telegraph,  the  most  strik- 
ing indications  of  the  mechanical  inventions  of  this  epoch  with  their  im- 
mense power  to  promote  the  comfort  and  facilitate  the  business  of  man, 
are  both  of  them  in  our  midst. 

One  hundred  years  ago  and  not  one  of  us  had  seen  the  cheering  light  of 
day;  not  one  of  this  large  assemblage  were  then  among  the  living.  And 
so  far  as  we  know  there  is  now  no  person  alive  who  was  born  in  Fall  Town 
a  hundred  years  ago.  And  but  one  person  is  living  who  was  born  within 
13  years  after  the  incorporation  of  Bernardston.  And  that  one — Mr.  Dan- 
iel Hale — the  oldest  living  person  who  was  born  in  the  Falls  Fight  Town- 
ship is  not  here   to-day.      Another  venerable  form   sits  by  my  side — Mr. 


204  HISTORICAL   ADDRESS. 


Edward  Nelson^now  in  his  98th  year,  who  made  Leyden  his  adopted  town, 
more  than  60  years  ago.  We  rejoice  that  by  the  blessing  of  God  he  is  with 
us  to-day,  a  living  memorial  of  the  year  1765,  the  year  of  his  birth;  the 
senior  by  more  than  ten  years  of  any  person  in  Bernardston  or  Leyden. 
His  trembling  form  shows  the  decaying  influence  of  almost  a  hundred  win- 
ters; and  the  solemn  fact,  that  though  many  years  may  be  granted  us,  yet 
the  time  of  departure  to  another  and  better  life,  must  come  to  all ! 

With  these  introductory  remarks  I  now  propose  to  take  a  topic  which 
has  engaged  my  attention  more  or  less  for  many  years  and  which  seems 
peculiarly  pertinent  to  the  object  for  which  the  day  is  set  apart — A  com- 
memoration of  the  beginning  and  the  history  of  this  town,  including  Ley- 
den. 

And  here  perhaps,  a  word  of  apology  may  be  proper.  It  was  with  much 
reluctance  that  I  took  the  place  of  the  distinguished  gentleman  who  was 
expected  to  address  you  at  this  time.  Residing  in  a  distant,  foreign  State, 
of  eminent  abilities  and  official  position,  connected  by  consanguinity  with 
many  of  this  audience,  we  were  of  course  much  disappointed  that  Hon. 
Elisha  H.  Allen  could  not  have  been  here  as  the  principal  speaker  to-day. 
The  short  time  1  have  had  to  prepare  what  1  have  to  say,  must  be  an  apol- 
ogy for  any  shortcomings  of  this  address. 

The  history  of  this  town,  unlike  that  of  many  other  towns,  who  were  off- 
shoots from  a  mother  town,  runs  back  to  and  is  connected  with  the  early 
events  and  wars  in  New  England.  If  our  origin  is  not  as  romantic  and 
apocryphal  as  that  of  Romulus  and  Remus,  the  founders  of  ancient  Rome, 
we  are  nevertheless,  indebted  to  some  of  the  important  and  startling  events 
of  the  early  Indian  wars  for  the  first  idea  of  the  settlement  of  this  town. 
In  order  therefore  that  we  may  understand  the  origin  of  the  grant  of  this 
territory  by  the  Legislature  of  the  province  of  Massachusetts  bay  in  New 
England,  in  1734,  it  is  necessary  to  cast  our  minds  back  to  prior  events. 

In  the  first  settlement  of  New  England  at  Plymouth  in  1620  our  Pilgrim 
fathers  were  influenced  in  no  small  degree,  in  connection  with  other  great 
principles,  with  a  strong  desire  to  carry  the  gospel  to  the  heathen.  Ani- 
mated by  that  high  and  God-like  motive,  they  brought  with  them  and  car- 
ried into  practice,  in  their  intercourse  with  the  aborigines  of  this  country, 
the  noble  principles  of  justice  aqd  integrity;  granting  to  them  their  origi- 
nal right  to  the  soil,  and  taking  nothing  irom  them  except  by  a  fair  bar- 
gain and  equivalent.  Hence  it  was  that,  for  more  than  50  years  after  the 
first  Puritan  had  stepped  on  Plymouth  Rt)ck,  to  a  great  extent,  peace  and 
harmony  existed  between  them  and  the  Indians. 


HISTORICAL    ADDRESS.  205 


But  half  a  century  had  passed  away  and  Bradford,  Winslow,  Brewster 
and  Standish  and  their  contemporaries  had  gone  to  their  eternal  rest. 
Massasoit,  Samoset,  Squanto  and  the  other  Indian  chiefs  had  also  died, 
and  in  the  places  of  these  just  and  peaceable  men,  another  generation  had 
come  forward,  whose  civilization  and  Christian  life  did  not  equal  that  of 
their  fathers.  The  red  men  became  enraged  at  the  frequent  acts  of  injus- 
tice by  the  English  settlers;  and  influenced  by  jealousy  and  revenge,  the 
natural  attributes  of  the  race,  commenced  a  series  of  pillage  and  murder 
on  the  unprotected  white  men.  'King  Phillip's  War,'  as  it  is  usually  called, 
was  the  consequence,  in  which,  under  that  famous  and  noble  chieftain — for, 
as  an  uncivilized  Indian  he  certainly  had  heroic  and  noble  qualities — a  war 
of  extermination  was  commenced  about  the  year  1675,  in  which  nearly  all 
the  New  England  Indians  were  united  and  the  Mohawks  of  New  York, 
also  joined  them.  Eew  and  feeble  as  were  the  military  defences  of  our 
people,  the  Indians  supposed,  with  considerable  reason,  that  they  could 
cut  off  and  entirely  destroy  their  enemy,  who  they  had  sagacity  enough  to 
perceive,  were  gradually  occupying  their  most  valuable  corn  lands  and 
their  fishing  and  hunting  grounds.  *  *  *  * 

It  will  be  observed  that  there  are  three  prominent  ideas  running  through 
that  act  (referring  to  the  grant,  and  its  provisions,)  each  of  them  indica- 
tions of  the  public  sentiment  and  the  average  civilization  of  the  best  men 
of  that  period.  First  the  grant  was  based  upon  the  principle  of  justice. 
It  was  a  consideration  for  the  valuable  service  of  the  grantees  of  their  pred- 
ecessors. It  was  of  compensation  so  far  as  it  could  be,  for  the  labors, 
sufferings  and  losses  of  the  soldiers,  who,  at  a  very  critical  period  of  'King 
Phillip's  War,'  volunteered  their  services  and  periled  their  lives  for  the 
safety,  yea,  for  the  very  existence  of  the  colony.  Though  late,  yet  justice 
was  done  to  those  heroic  and  self-sacrificing  men.  I  trust  in  God  that 
equal  justice  may  in  due  time,  be  done  to  the  patriotic  and  brave  men  who 
are  now  risking  their  lives  in  defence  of  the  government  of  our  beloved 
country.  Then,  it  was  an  Indian  enemy,  who,  perhaps,  had  some  reason 
for  their  conduct, — that  sought  to  destroy  and  thus  blot  out  the  entire  col- 
ony. Now  a  base  and  wicked  set  of  rebels  are  seeking  to  destroy  the  best 
government  ever  devised  by  man  and  to  base  it  on  a  slave  holding  oligarchy. 
As  in  the  course  of  Providence,  the  Indians  disappeared  from  the  country, 
and  civilization,  with  all  its  manifold  benefits,  have  spread  over  the  land, 
so,  at  an  early  day,  if  a  God  of  justice  reigns  on  high,  I  trust  that  the 
power  and  influence  of  the  secession  rebels  will  be  swept  off,  to  return  no 
more  forever. 


206  HISTORICAL   ADDRESS. 


Second,  the  provisions  for  education  and  religion,  the  school  and  the 
church,  m  the  act  granting  this  town  is  another  evidence  of  the  far-sighted 
wisdom  and  sagacity  of  the  leading  minds  of  that  age.  One  thirty-fifth 
part,  amounting  to  600  acres,  was  thus  set  apart  by  the  original  act  and 
subsequently  confirmed  by  the  proprietors  for  the  support  of  the  Christian 
ministry;  and  it  is  a  fact  which  should  be  mentioned  in  this  connection 
that  a  part  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  this  land  set  apart  for  ministerial 
purposes  at  that  time,  is  yet  held  by  one  of  the  religious  societies  of  this 
town,  the  successor  of  the  first  religious  organization  in  Fall  Town;  and 
the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  schooling  lands  is  yet  held  by  the  town, 
and  the  income  is  used  annually  for  the  support  of  the  district  schools. 
More  than  a  hundred  years  have  elapsed  since  those  lands  were  sequestered 
for  the  education  of  the  people,  and  the  money  for  which  they  were  sold 
yet  remains.  In  view  of  such  good  judgment  and  prudence  in  our  fathers, 
we  may  very  properly  be  proud  of  their  memories. 

It  will  also  be  noticed  that  the  original  grant  required  the  erection  of  a 
'convenient  Meeting  House  and  the  settlement  of  a  learned,  orthodox  min- 
ister within  four  years.'  As  we  shall  see  hereafter,  that  condition  was 
more  than  complied  with;  for  a  meetinghouse  was  erected  the  year  after 
the  first  settlement  commenced,  and  was  the  first  framed  building  in  town; 
and  a  minister  was  settled  soon  after.  Another  provision  of  the  original 
grant  required  the  land  to  go,  when  the  father  was  deceased,  to  the  oldest 
son;  and  in  case  there  was  no  sons,  then  to  the  oldest  male  descendant, 
thus  excluding  by  the  law  of  primogeniture  all  daughters  from  any  right 
to  their  father's  land,  a  law  which  we,  at  this  time,  should  consider  very 
unjust. 

Our  local  history  then  runs  back  to,  and  is  connected  with  an  important 
battle  in  an  early  Indian  war,  without  which,  this  town,  in  all  probability, 
would  have  been  settled  by  an  entirely  different  class  of  men.  How  mys- 
terious are  the  ways  of  Providence!  These  broad  and  beautiful  fields,  this 
pleasant  village  and  this  large  collection  of  kindred  and  friends  might 
never  have  been  without  the  terrible  death-struggle  at  Turners  Falls  on 
the  i8th  of  May,   1676. 

Struggling  on,  year  by  year,  through  trials  and  difficulties  which  we  can 
poorly  appreciate  we  now  see  a  fair  and  goodly  land,  covered  with  com- 
fortable dwellings  and  inhabited  by  an  intelligent  and  moral  people.  For 
all  these  blessings — for  the  example  of  wise  and  pious  ancestors — for  these 
broad  acres  and  this  goodly  laml,  'Let  us  praise  the  Lord;  for  his  goodness 
and  mercy  endureth  forever.' 


HISTORICAL   ADDRESS.  20/ 


And  now,  m  view  of  the  past,  what  are  the  duties  and  responsibiUties  of 
this  day  and  of  coming  time  ? 

Men  and  Women  of  Bernardston  andLeyden;  all  that  is  worth  living  for 
in  life — or  hoping  for  in  death  depends  mostly  on  you.  This  large  con- 
course of  children  are  soon  to  take  our  places  and  to  be  the  fathers  and 
mothers  of  coming  generations.  With  them  is  the  hope  of  the  future.  As 
the  child  is,  so  is  the  man.  Four  great  principles  cover  the  whole  ground 
of  their  future  lives,  ist.  Education;  2nd.  Religion;  3rd.  Pecuniary  pros- 
perity and  4th.  A  free  and  good  government.  A  people  that  have  these, 
have  all  that  is  necessary  for  prijsperity — for  success — for  hap[)iness  in  life. 

I  entreat  you  then,  Brethren  and  Friends,  looking  forward  into  the  great 
future  which  no  man  can  fathom;  1  entreat  you  to  consider  well  the  inter- 
ests of  the  rising  generation.  By  the  blessing  of  Ood  you  can  make  this 
town  'The  home  of  the  gootl  and  the  land  of  the  free.'  .Standing  on  this 
high  point  in  the  cycle  of  ages  and  with  a  prophetic  eye  looking  forward 
a  hundred  years  I  charge  you  to  cultivate,  and  try  every  means  in  your 
power,  to  diffuse  the  inestimable  blessings  of  Education  and  Religion, — of 
successful  industry  and  a  Free  Government.  'I'hen  you  may  be  assured 
your  children  and  your  children's  children — through  a  long  line  of  genera- 
tions'will  rise  up  and  call  you  blessed.' 

But  before  1  close  I  must  for  myself  and  in  behalf  of  this  large  assem- 
blage of  friends,  pay  my  respects  to  the  20th  day  of  Aug.  1962; — Far  down 
in  the  long  vista  of  years  1  see  a  large  gathering  of  men,  women,  and  chil- 
dren— not  one  of  whom  is  here  to-day — assembled  t<:)  celebrate  the  second 
Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation  of  Bernardston.  A  large 
crowd  is  here.  The  sun,  like  to-day,  shines  brightly  on  their  cheerful  faces. 
They  talk  freely  of  us— who  long  since  have  been  known  only  by  the  mar- 
ble monument  or  the  sculptured  granite.  They  think  and  speak  of  us  and 
of  what  we  do  and  say  to-day.     To  them  1  have  a  few  words  to  say. 

Men  and  Women  who  may  meet  here  on  the  20th  of  August,  1962,  we 
send  you  greetings  of  a  Universal  Brotherhood  and  of  a  Sympathizing 
Christianity.  That  you  will  do  more  and  better  than  we  have  done  or  can 
do,  we  fully  believe.  A  hundred  years  of  labor  and  of  experience  must  add 
much  to  your  advancement  and  must  place  you  much  higher  in  the  scale 
of  Christian  civilization  than  we  are.  Look  kindly  then,  we  beseech  you, 
on  the  shortcomings  of  this  generation  and  of  the  services  of  this  day.  If 
we  send  down  to  you  the  blessings  of  a  republican  government,  you  must 
improve  and  perfect  it.  If  we  leave  you  schools  and  churches  you  must 
make  them  better.     We  know  well  and  we  regret  it  greatly,  that  'the  Chris- 


208  HYMN    BY    REY.    (lEORGE    L.    KUHERG. 

tianity  of  Christ,'  is  yet  i)ut  poorly  understood,  and  less  perfectly  practised 
by  us.  Ikit  we  believe  in  the  progress  and  ultimately  in  the  high  jiosition 
of  the  human  race.  If  we  have  done  little,  you  must  (.\o  more,  and  thus 
the  great  design  of  our  Heavenly  Father,  m  the  creation  of  us,  his  children, 
will  be  accomplished. 

Kinsmen  and  Friends,  the  path  of  a  higher  destiny  is  yours.     Peace  and 
the  blessing  of  God  be  with  you. 

And  finally,  may  this  large  assemblage — and  an(nher  that  will  meet  a 
hundred  years  from  this  day,  for  a  similar  purpose — and  all  who  in  coming 
ages  may  attend  Centennial  Celebrations  of  the  Incorporation  of  this  their 
native  or  adopted  town — all — all  finally  meet  in  'the  great  hereafter  of  the 
blessed,'  and  sing  praises  'unto  Him  that  sitteth  on  the  throne  and  to  the 
Lamb  forever  and  ever.'  " 


ORIGINAL  HYMN. 

(By  Rev.  George  L  Riibcrg,  Pastor  of  the  Baptist  Society.) 

Kindred  and  friends,  'tis  here  we  meet, 
•With  kindly  welcomes  each  to  greet; 
With  cheerful  hearts  we  join  in  praise 
For  this  review  of  other  days. 

'Tis  of  the  past  we  join  to  sing, 
A  fresh  memorial  here  to  bring — 
United  in  one  gladsome  throng. 
Singing  a  Centennial  Song. 

A  hundred  years!  all,  all  have  fled. 
Our  Fathers  gone,  they  all  are  dead, 
They,  every  one,  have  passed  away. 
Who  first  beheld  our  natal  day. 

The  savage  now  no  longer  roams 
These  groves  and  fields,  our  hill-side  homes, 
With  treacherous  eye  and  wary  breath. 
The   loved  and  loving  threatening  death. 

The  lovely  scenery  around — 
The  winding  streamlet's  gentle  sound — 
All  speak  the  blessings  and  the  praise 
Secured  and  won  in  former  days. 


roEM.  209 


What  glorious  thoughts  our  hearts  inspire  ! 
What  patriot  words  our  bosoms  fire! 
As  we  now  stand  and  here  incline 
Our  thoughts  to  scenes  of  olden  time. 

We  stand  to-day  the  past  review, 
The  present  brings  us  conflicts  new, 
The  memory  of  the  honored  brave 
Should  stimulate  our  flag  to  save. 


EXTRACTvS    FROM  DR.  JOHN  BROOKS'  POEM. 

In  my  own  self-defence, 

Christian  ladies  and  gents. 

Who  have  gathered  before  me  a  host, 

I  begin  by  proclaiming 

I'm  no  poet  worth  naming. 

But  merely  a  rhymer  at  most. 


Don't  take  it  amiss 

If  I  pass  over  this 

To  sketch  here  and  there  other  things. 

As  I  chance  to  find  means 

From  the  ends  and  betweens 

Of  history,  gathered  in  strings. 

I  must  talk,  I  suppose. 

As  one  who  well  knows. 

For  a  century  now  that  is  past, 

Of  the  town  and  the  race 

Occupying  this  place, 

And  which  lately  is  changing  so  fast. 

Till  within  a  few  years, 

For  aught  it  appears, 

The  most  to  excite  admiration 

Was  our  excellent  roads. 

And  the  pleasant  abodes 

'Tween  the  east  and  the  west  elevation. 

On  what's  called  Huckle  Hill, 

(As  is  true  even  still) 

Some  go-ahead  farmers  resided, 

And  up  there  stood  the  church. 

As  if  left  in  the  lurch. 

With  all  of  religion  one-sided. 


2IO  DR.    JOHN    BROOKS. 


There  they  gathered  each  week, 

Dressed  up  tidy  and  sleek, 

To  listen  to  sermons  and  prayers, 

But  in  winter  half  frozen, 

As  if  all  were  supposin' 

'Twas  wicked  in  church  to  have  fires. 

To  complete  self-denial, 

Neither  orgati  nor  viol, 

Noraught  that  would  make  a  sweet  sound, 

Was  allowed  for  a  minute, 

Lest  the  De'il  might  be  in  it, 

And  pleasure  thus  carnal  abound. 

When  for  singing  all  ripe. 

Leader  blew  the  pitch-pipe. 

And  he  and  the  choir  took  the  sound. 

And  the  singing  that  followed, 

Not  artfully  mellowed. 

Would  a  sensitive  ear  quite  astound. 

Then  the  parson  did  preach, 
(Meaning  hard  hearts  to  reach) 
For  never  much  less  than  an  hour. 
Till  some  hearers  were  mad, 
And  others  were  glad, 
Declaring  the  sermon  a  power. 

When  the  sermon  was  done, 

Up  they  rose  every  one. 

All  turning  their  seats  back  with  a  noise, 

There  to  stand,  as  in  fear, 

A  long  prayer  still  to  hear. 

Postponing,  at  least,  half  their  joys. 

Like  of  this  was  the  fashion, 

Through  much  of  the  nation 

In  times  we  call  early  and  rude, 

And  it's  fair  to  presume. 

When  such  customs  found  room. 

They  were  hailed  as  becoming  and  good. 

But  as  time  passed  away, 

And  the  people  grew  gay. 

Or  more  and  more  generally  pious, 

They  moved  the  church  down 

Tow'rds  what  now  is  the  town. 

Though  it  didn't  then  come  very  nigh  us. 


I'OEM.  211 


By  and  by,  with  some  pain, 

They  moved  it  again, 

And  once  more  again  even  later, 

And  they  then  built  up  more. 

E'en  the  fifth  of  a  score 

To  prove  the  town  quite  a  sin  hater. 

There  they  stand  all  in  sight, 

Each  a  lantern  of  light. 

To  guide  the  poor  traveler  benighted, 

So  that  all  with  fair  gait 

Cannot  fail  to  go  straight, 

Or  if  not  may  be  speedily  righted. 


These  five  sects  as  they  grew, 

Sought  for  something  to  do, 

To  make  all  around  them  to  flourish, 

So  they  built  up  the  schools. 

Unlike  bigoted  fools, 

Such  as  virulent  party  doth  nourish. 

No  schools  far  around 

Can  be  easily  found 

That  show  in  a  better  condition. 

And  from  them  have  up-grown. 

And  them  almost  alone. 

Our  men  who  sustain  high  position. 


And  since  here  in  our  town. 
Besides  schools  of  renown 
We  have  a  far-famed  Institute, 
'Twere  a  pity  our  sons 
Shouldn't  prove  useful  ones, 
As  of  fair  education  the  fruit. 

Our  daughters  we  trust. 

If  not  marked  as  the  first 

For  external  polish  and  show. 

Would  be  chosen  for  wives. 

To  make  happy  the  lives 

Of  husbands,  as  faithful  and  true. 


212  DR.    JOHN    BROOKS. 


When  our  town  was  he^un. 

Scarce  a  work  could  be  done 

Unguarded  l)y  musket  and  sword, 

For  the  Indian  was  near 

To  inspire  all  with  fear 

I^est  his  murderous  yell  should  be  heard. 

The  children  and  spouses 

Were  kept  in  block  houses, 

Of  which  two  stood  up  east  on  the  hill, 

And  so  great  was  the  care 

To  protect  them  up  there, 

That  the  Indians  no  one's  blood  did  spill. 

I'P  north  stood  a  fort, 

To  which  all  could  resort 

In  case  of  a  savage  surprise; 

And  the)'  lived  year  by  year. 

Thus  familiar  with  fear 

As  where  safety  in  watchfulness  lies. 


When  our  town  'gan  to  flourish, 
And  the  virtues  to  nourish, 
vSome  half  of  a  centurj-  ago, 
The  old  serpent  came  in, 
With  temptations  to  sin 
So  as  Kden,  our  town  to  undo. 

All  at  once,  with  a  will. 

Alcohol  to  distil, 

From  the  cider,  the  corn  and  the  rj-e, 

The  old  serpent  began, 

Through  his  instrument,  man, 

To  carry  his  schemes  bold  and  high. 


vSad  times  then  were  known. 

And  such  seeds  then  were  sown 

As  by  this  time  had  wrought  complete  ruin, 

Rut  a  grand  reformation 

Took  place  in  the  nation 

And  kept  us  our  town  from  undoin'. 


In  politics  most 

Of  our  peo])le  can  boast 

They  are  democrats  (juite  to  the  core. 


POEM.  213 


But  they're  called  by  such  names 
As,  in  false  cheating  games, 
Might  really  cheat  twice  in  four. 

We  all  are  the  friends 

Of  each  measure  that  tends 

The  mass  of  the  people  to  bless 

So,  called  what  you  will 

We  are  democrats  still. 

And  not  a  whit  more  or  whit  less. 


L.A.DIRS   .A.ND   GENTLHMEN. 

Full  forty  years  ago  I  came, 

With  sober,  unambitious  aim 

To  Beruardston  to  dwell; 

The  houses  then  were  brown  and  sparse, 

The  signs  of  elegance  were  scarce, 

And  signs  of  wealth  as  well. 

From  place  of  business  called  the  Green, 

Three  houses  only  could  be  seen, 

Or  four,  I  think,  at  most. 

Whose  tops  ascended  tow'rds  the  sky 

To  what  is  called  two  stories  high. 

At  very  moderate  cost. 

No  church  near  by  could  then  be  seen 
And  all  was  silent  on  said  Green 
And  through  the  district  round; 
For  days,  except  that  stages  run, 
You  saw  no  stir,  except  for  fun, 
And  scarcely  heard  a  sound. 

The  village  seemed  no  business  place. 
The  people  seemed  a  quiet  race. 
With  comforts  at  command; 
The  mountains  tow'ring  in  their  pride, 
And  all  the  verdant  vales  beside, 
Displayed  a  prospect  grand. 

Those  mountains  and  those  vales  remain, 

And  now  are  clothed  with  grass  and  grain, 

As  we  admiring  see; 

The  houses  also  where  they  stood. 

By  care  and  painting  have  kept  good. 

And  grown  as  twelve  from  three. 


214  ^^-    JOHN    BROOKS. 


Some  mansions,  even  now  appear, 

And  some  are  added,  year  by  year, 

Our  village  to  adorn: 

No  blacksmith's  shop  or  tanner's  yard, 

Which  once  our  lovely  church  street  marred, 

Now  stands  there  "all  forlorn." 

Instead  of  one  store,  high  up  stairs, 
With  but  a  few  ^mercantile  wares, 
As  once  by  Newcoinb  kept. 
We  now  in  town  have  three  or  four, 
From  each  of  which  as  much  or  more 
Is  often  cleanly  swept. 

Near  Newconib's,  now,  where  once  so  still, 
There  runs  a  famous  working  mill. 
Thousands  of  boards  to  saw; 
And  up  the  stream  there  stands  one  more. 
Built  on  dry  land  by  Stephen  Gore, 
That  works  without  a  flaw. 

Three  other  saw'mills  long  have  stood, 
Besides  one  lost  in  whelming  flood, 
A  long,  long  time  ago; 
Two  grist  mills  grind  our  rye  and  corn 
As  fast  as  those  that  eat  are  born. 
And  streams  with  water  flow. 

Three  blacksmiths  keep  our  horses  shod. 
And  each  would  think  it  truly  odd 
Had  he  no  work  to  do; 
Three  doctors,  also,  go  the  rounds. 
When  any  sickness  much  abounds, — 
And  undertakers,  too. 

Five  ministers  attempt  to  live 
On  what  the  people  choose  to  give 
To  have  them  preach  and  pray; 
Five  carpenters,  perhaps,  are  here. 
Who  lay  up  money,  year  by  year. 
Unless  too  much  they  play. 

Some  lawyers,  I  believe,  have  tried 

In  our  good  village  to  abide. 

But  never  tried  it  long; 

They  found  at  law  we  scarce  would  sue. 

E'en  if  we  lost  what  might  be  due. 

Or  took  it  in  a  song. 


POEM.  215 


Two  hundred  farmers,  more  or  less, 
Preserve  from  hunger  and  distress 
Themselves  and  all  around. 
By  grain  and  grass,  and  things  that  grow. 
From  what  thev  plant  and  what  they  hoe. 
And  gather  from  the  ground. 

We  have  shoemakers  here,  'tis  said, 
Who  rank  as  masters  of  the  trade, 
And  in  good  times  must  thrive; 
We've  one  machine  for  carding  wool. 
While  some  cut  garments  out  by  rule. 
And  all  to  live,  contrive. 

But  finally,  to  crown  the  whole. 
Nought  comes  so  near  perfection's  goal, 
Except  what  perfect  grows, 
Considered  in  all  points  of  view. 
For  qualities  both  good  and  new. 
As  do  the  modern  hoes. 

A  modern  hoe  put  side  by  side, 
With  such  a  hoe  as  was  supplied 
An  hundred  years  ago. 
Would  be  so  much  a  sight  to  see 
That  Barnum  would  demand  a  fee 
And  keep  them  for  a  show. 

A  modern  hoe  would  hardly  weigh 
A  third  of  one  of  former  day. 
Nor  much  more  like  it  look 
Than  finest  needle  to  be  found 
Looks  like  a  bar  that  weighs  a  pound. 
Or  wafer  like  a  book. 

I've  seen  the  hoes  that  then  were  made. 

And  partially  once  learnt  the  trade 

With  such  to  hoe  the  corn; 

Their  weight  alone  did  little  lack 

Of  breaking  shoulders,  arms  and  back. 

And  made  one  look  forlorn. 

Their  shovels  tallied  with  their  hoes, 

And  took  the  strength,  we  may  suppose, 

A  common  cart  to  fill, 

That  'twould  to  haul,  through  mud  and  mire, 

A  load  at  which  a  horse  would  tire, 

Or  turn  a  cider-mill. 


2l6  DR.    JOHN    BROOKS. 


A  dumped  thing,  all  made  of  wood, 
Except  a  point  of  iron  good, 

That  shovel,  firm  and  strong; 

The  man  who  used  it  proved,  no  doubt, 

Because  he  used  it  he  was  stout. 

If  not  to  be  so  long. 

Their  axes,  too,  with  dangling  blades, 
Fashioned  as  if  begun  for  spades. 
Were  mean  wherewith  to  chop; 
The  handle  seemed,  as  if  in  spite. 
Where'er  it  crooked  to  not  crook  right. 
As  rise  when  it  should  drop. 

Their  plows  were  also  wooden  tools. 
Plated  with  iron  by  no  rules. 
And  hard  to  draw  or  hold; 
A  man  and  yoke  of  oxen,  now, 
Would  do  as  much  a  field  to  plow. 
As  three  of  each  of  old. 

And  thus  it  was  with  nearly  all 

Of  what  a  farmer's  tools  we  call, 

An  hundred  years  ago; 

We  old  folks  know,  for  they  remained 

Till  some  of  us  had  manhood  gained. 

When  they  were  here  to  show. 

The  women  then  had  cards  and  reels. 
Their  great  and  little  spinning  wheels. 
And  looms  the  cloth  to  weave; 
They  then  were  busy  all  the  day. 
Sometimes  out  door  a  raking  hay, 
Their  husbands  to  relieve. 

With  health  most  women  then  were  blest. 

But  not  so  flattered  and  caressed 

As  in  these  modern  times; 

Much  exercise  in  open  air, 

Some  hardship,  with  rustic  fare. 

With  highest  health  most  chimes. 

'Twere  matter  once,  of  boast  and  pride 
How  well  a  farmer's  wife  could  ride. 
With  husband,  on  one  horse; 
The  man  got  seated  well  before, 
While  just  behind  the  pillion  bore 
The  wife,  two-thirds  across. 


POEM.  217 


Thus  oft  to  church  they  passed  along, 
Among  the  Sabbath-keeping  throng, 
To  join  in  prayer  and  praise; 
And  if  this  service  something  cost. 
To  them  'twas  far  from  being  lost. 
Or  heirs  they  chanced  to  raise. 
»  *  *  *  * 

On  such  occasions  women  all 

Wore  shoes  whose  heels  stood  up  so  tall 

Their  weight  fell  on  their  toes; 

The  shoe  was  pointed,  like  a  skate. 

The  heel  ran  down  the  toe  to  mate, 

And  both  were  dangerous  foes. 

Cocked  hats  and  wigs,  about  those  days, 
Fashioned  and  dressed  in  various  ways. 
By  men  of  grace  were  worn. 
And  breeches  buckled  at  the  knees. 
Looking  by  far  too  tight  to  please, 
All  comfort  seemed  to  scorn. 

When  men  of  hair  did  show  no  lack. 

They  had  it  cued  up  in  the  back. 

Some  like  a  rat-tail  file; 

And  cued  with  eelskin,  it  was  said 

Its  slender  length  has  sometimes  made 

A  portion  of  a  mile. 

These  hints  of  men's  and  women's  dress. 

Show  what  prevailed  in  every  place. 

Say  seventy  years  ago; 

And  then  these  fashions  were  not  new, 

(If  memory  is  correct  and  true,) 

But  through  the  century  flow. 

Whether  in  minor  things  of  taste 
Our  modern  fashions  are  more  chaste 
Than  those  of  olden  time, 
May  be  a  question  of  such  doubt. 
That  prudence  prompts  to  leave  it  out, 
And  thus  commit  no  crime. 
«  ♦  «  *  * 

As  God's  good  angel  from  on  high 

Who  brought,  at  first,  the  gospel  nigh. 

As  tidings  good  to  all. 

So  in  the  future  shall  it  prove, 

Inciting  men  to  deeds  of  love, 

Not  daily,  few  nor  small. 


2i8  A.  w.  field's  address. 


A  century  hence,  if  we  shall  know 
The  gains  in  wisdom  here  below, 
Through  a  pure  gospel's  aid, 
The  town  of  Bernardston,  I  trust, 
Will  take  full  rank  among  the  first, 
Perfect  in  wisdom  made. 

Mr.  Aaron  W.  Field,  then  a  student  in  Williams  College,  and 
representing  the  Institute,  addressed  the  audience  upon  "The  three 
fundamental  means  of  acquiring  an  education.''  In  an  instructive 
and  entertaining  paper  he  demonstrated  that  the  first  of  these 
methods  was  self-help.  Contrasting  the  body  and  mind  in  their 
respective  seasons  of  activity  and  rest,  their  voluntary  and  invol- 
untary powers,  and  deducing  therefrom  the  fact  that  in  order  to 
increase  in  knowledge  and  perfection,  we  must  exert  ourselves, 
intellectually  and  physically  to  the  uttermost.  Application  is  the 
one  thing  which  determines  success.  "If  therefore  we  would  live, 
we  must  think  ;  we  must  send  out  our  thoughts  on  foraging  expe- 
ditions to  gather  in  provisions  for  our  moral  and  intellectual 
growth."  The  second  means  cited  was  assistance  from  others. 
"The  human  race,  is  as  it  were,  a  web,  every  person  of  which  is  a 
thread.  Our  characters,  wealth,  learning  and  social  condition  are 
the  stripes  and  checks  of  the  fabric.  Every  step  we  take  jars  the 
whole  earth.  Every  thought  we  utter  influences  all  succeeding 
generations.  If  these  things  are  so,  what  great  opportunities  there 
are  for  obtaining  knowledge  from  each  other  !  One  way  of  learn- 
ing from  others  is  by  means  of  schools.  They  are  an  institution 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  race.  No  country  can  arrive  to  any 
degree  of  civilization  without  them.  They  are  the  foundation  of 
all  democratic  and  republican  constitutions,  the  roots  of  the  tree  of 
liberty.  The  prohibition  of  them  is  the  direct  road  to  tyranny. 
Their  establishment  and  maintenance  the  direct  road  to  liberty. 
Therefore,  it  becomes  legislators  and  statesmen,  and  the  public 
generally,  to  see  that  every  child  has  its  share  of  schooling,  for  by 
neglect,  minds  may  be  allowed  to  slumber  in  forgetfulness,  that 
otherwise  would  arise  and  shine  and  be  a  blessing  to  themselves 
and  the  world.  *  *  *  The  third  means  of  acquiring  an  educa- 
tion is  instruction  from  God.  Education  is  something  more  than 
the  enlightening  of  the  intellect.     The  affections  need  educating 


GIFT    OF    PUBLIC    LIBRARY.  2T9 

as  well  as  the  intellect.  That,  and  that  only,  is  true  education, 
that  enlightens  the  mind  and  purifies  the  affections.  God  does  not 
delight  in  a  great  intellect  unless  it  is  governed  by  a  great  heart, 
beating  in  unison  with  His  own.  *  *  *  Would  you  be  educated 
in  the  true  signification  of  the  term,  then  help  yourselves,  obtain  all 
the  assistance  you  can  from  other  people  and  receive  the  instruction  of 
God.  The  two  last  means  require  study  and  self-exertion.  There- 
fore activity  is  an  attribute  of  the  true  man,  without  it  there  can  be 
no  progression." 

After  reading  letters  of  congratulation  from  former  residents  of 
Bernardston,  who  were  unable  to  be  present,  S.  N.  Brooks,  Esq., 
read  the  following : 

To  the  Inhabitants  of  Bernardston  : — ■ 

Fellow  Citizens: — The  observation  and  experience  of  my  whole  life  have 
satisfied  me  that  education  and  religion  are  the  great  and  fundamental 
principles  on  which  the  prosperity  and  happiness  of  all  communities  must 
depend,  and  that  it  is  the  duty  of  all  men  to  promote  those  objects  by  all 
the  means  within  their  power. 

Your  religious  institutions  consist  of  five  religious  societies,  all  in  suc- 
cessful operation;  of  five  church  buildings,  all  pleasant  edifices,  and  in 
good  repair,  with  five  pastors,  all  men  of  ability  and  zeal  in  the  sacred 
calling,  of  five  Sabbath-schools  for  the  religious  education  of  the  young. 
and  as  many  Sunday  school  libraries.  Thus  your  arrangements  for  pr(j- 
moting  religious  principles,  and  spiritual  attainments  are  ample  and  suffi- 
cient. 

Your  institutions  for  educational  purposes  consist  of  six  school  districts 
with  as  many  school  houses  and  schools  all  well  endowed,  where  the  pri- 
mary branches  of  education  are  well  taught.  In  Powers  Institute  you  have 
a  high  school  in  successful  operation,  with  a  fund  for  its  support,  and  with 
a  convenient,  tasteful  and  eligible  building,  where  your  children  can  ac- 
quire the  higher  branches  of  education. 

But  in  order  to  render  your  means  of  education  and  social  progress  com- 
plete, you  need  a  public  library;  a  want  that  has  often  been  felt  and  ex- 
pressed by  the  people  of  your  town.  To  supply  that  deficiency,  I  propose 
to  give  to  the  town  of  Bernardston  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  to  es- 
tablish a  free  public  library  therein  and  one  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  ten 
years,  (if  I  shall  so  long  live)  for  its  enlargement.  Also  the  sum  of  five 
hundred  dollars  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  fire  proof  library  building. 


220  GIFT   OF   PUBLIC    LIBRARY. 

Provided^  however,  that  the  town  shall  at  a  legal  meeting  accept  of  such 
donations,  with  the  following  conditions,  viz.,  ist.  That  said  library  shall 
be  forever  free  for  the  use  of  all  the  people  of  Bernardston,  for  the  teach- 
ers and  students  of  Powers  Institute,  and  for  those  families  who  reside  in 
the  adjoining  towns  who  are  regular  and  paying  members  of  any  religious 
society  in  Bernardston. 

2nd.  That  said  library  shall  be  controlled  and  managed  by  a  board  of 
trustees,  consisting  of  the  town  clerk,  school  committee  and  selectmen, 
ex  officio,  of  the  town  of  Bernardston  ;  of  all  the  resident  clergymen  and 
physicians  of  said  town  and  of  twelve  other  persons  to  be  chosen  by  ballot 
at  a  legal  meeting  of  the  said  town  of  Bernardston,  and  after  the  first  elec- 
tion to  be  chosen  at  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March,  and  to  hold  their 
offices  for  three  years,  one-third  of  said  number  to  be  elected  annually,  six 
of  them  shall  be  from  the  respective  school  districts,  and  three  at  large, 
and  any  person  who  shall  give  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  en- 
largement of  said  library  shall  be  an  honorary  trustee  for  life. 

3rd.  That  the  town  of  Bernardston  shall  authorize  the  selectmen  to  pay 
annually  for  the  services  of  a  competent  librarian  who  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  board  of  trustees  aforesaid;  to  pay  for  a  full  insurance  against  loss 
by  fire  of  said  library,  library  building,  and  the  furniture  therein,  and  to 
pay  such  a  sum  as  the  trustees  shall  deem  sufficient  for  the  repairs  of  the 
library  building,  and  the  books  and  furniture  therein,  so  that  the  same  shall 
be  kept  in  a  good  condition. 

4th.  That  no  religious  sect,  political  party,  or  any  other  combination  of 
that  kind,  shall  ever  pervert  said  library  to  its  own  particular  uses,  the  pro- 
motion of  literature,  art,  science,  religion  and  human  happiness  being  the 
main  objects  of  its  foundation. 

Hoping  that  the  foregoing  donation  with  the  conditions  annexed,  may 
be  acceptable  to  the  people  of  Bernardston,  and  that  the  library  thus  estab- 
lished on  the  first  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation  of  the  town, 
may  prove  of  inestimable  value  to  all  the  people  for  ages  to  come,  is  the 
devout  prayer  and  ardent  wish  of  your  friend  and  servant, 

Henry  W.   Cushman. 
Bernardston,  Aug.  20,  1862. 

Amid  the  applause  which  followed  the  reading  of  this  communi- 
cation, but  one  feeling  and  sentiment  was  expressed.  Thankful- 
ness and  appreciation  of  the  magnitude  of  the  gift,  coupled  with 
a  just  feeling  of  pride  that  in  its  author  was  a  true  son  of  the  noble 
old  town.     Could  anything  have  been  more  appropriate  to  com- 


CLOSE   OF    CELEBRATION.  221 

plete  the  festivities  of  the  day  than  that  such  an  institution  as  this 
was  designed  to  be,  and  so  handsomely  endowed,  should  be  pre- 
sented in  such  manner  as  not  only  to  be  a  benefit  to  those  of  the 
present  generation,  but  also  to  their  children's  children? 

There  was  a  notable  number  of  old  people  present,  the  oldest 
person  present  from  Leyden  was  Mrs.  Nancy,  wife  of  Capt.  Ezra 
Foster,  ae.  8i  years;  Briggs  Potter  and  Chester  Hastings,  over  70 
each,  also  represented  that  town. 

From  Bernardston  the  following  named  persons  over  70  years  of 
age  were  present :  Rufus  Guellow,  90;  Mrs.  D.  Hale,  87;  Mrs.  Lydia 
Goodale,  86;  Letitia  Field,  83;  Lydia  Mitchell,  86;  Reuben  Park,  81; 
Phoebe  Merriam,  82;  Widow  Clark,  80;  Mrs.  Sanderson,  Israel 
Bagg,  85;  Mrs.  Ormilla  Marsh,  70;  Marian  Scott,  75;  Phoebe  Good- 
rich, 75;  Anna  Parmenter,  74;  Mrs.  Bradley,  75;  Margaret  Wells,  70; 
Tartia  Dickinson,  ']-];  Doci.  John  Brooks,  79;  Joseph  Slate,  "jy, 
James  Butler,  72;  Cyrus  Briggs,  73;  Jesse  Field,  70;  Z.  C.  Newcomb. 
70;  Horace  Atherton,  71:  Simon  Edwards,  75;  wife,  72;  Simon  Shel- 
don, 75;  Ralph  Cushman,  79;  T.  B.  Hoyt,  76;  Mrs.  Lucinda  Slate, 
75;  George  Thompson,  75;  vSamuel  Howe,  "jy;  Levi  Park,  76;  Mrs. 
Eunice  Slate,  79;  Lurena  Chapin,  "jd;  Lovina  Hale,  78;  Triphena 
Pratt,  'j'j\  Caroline  Root,  Seorim  Cushman  and  wife,  Mrs.  Jason 
Brown,  Mrs.  Thomas  Snow,  Alpha  Ryther,  over  70. 

During  the  delivery  of  Mr.  Cushman's  address,  just  as  he  uttered 
the  words,  "might  makes  right,"  the  platform  upon  which  he  was 
standing,  and  the  president  and  several  others  sitting,  went  down 
with  a  crash.  Fortunately  no  one  was  injured,  and  after  a  hearty 
laugh  the  speaker  proceeded,  and  it  is  only  safe  to  suppose  that 
such  incidents  but  added  zest  to  the  occasion. 

The  celebration  surpassed  the  expectations  of  even  the  most  san- 
guine, and  not  one  in  the  large  audience  but  felt  the  better  for  the 
revival  of  old  associations  and  the  renewal  of  old  acquaintances, 
and  as  they  separated,  each  to  his  or  her  own  home,  resuming  once 
more  the  duties  which  led  them  in  greatly  diversified  paths,  they 
could  but  have  felt  that  they  were  the  better  off  for  having  once 
more  revisited  the  home  and  recalled  the  old  familiar  scenes  of 
their  childhood  days.  Each  could  but  exclaim,  "It  was  good  to 
have  been  there." 


CHAPTER  X. 

CUSHMAN    LIBRARY — SCHOOLS. 

In  the  present  age  of  progression,  one  of  the  important  factors 
in  education  is  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  thoroughly 
good  collection  of  volumes,  not  only  from  the  current  literature  of 
the  day,  but  also  such  from  the  pens  of  older  writers  as  seem  best 
adapted  to  the  needs  of  those  for  whose  benefit  the  library  is  de- 
signed. Especially  is  this  true  of  a  town  which  is  in  any  degree 
an  educational  town.  Among  the  first  to  recognize  this  truism  in 
this  place  was  Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman,  and  with  characteristic  disin- 
terestedness he  determined  that  those  with  whom  he  was  daily 
associated,  those  who  had  become  so  near  and  dear  to  him,  should 
reap  the  benefits  accruing  from  the  establishment  of  such  an  insti- 
tution in  their  midst.  A  perusal  of  the  preceeding  chapter  reveals 
the  definite  form  assuined  by  his  thought.  Such  a  magnificent 
gift  could  but  have  deeply  touched  the  hearts  of  the  townspeople, 
especially  as  mature  consideration  must  have  shown  not  only  how 
much  it  meant  to  them,  but  also  to  future  generations. 

On  the  sixth  of  September  following  the  announcement  of  the 
gift,  a  town  meeting  was  held.     It  was  unanimously  voted: 

"That  whereas  a  com'municatioii,  proposing  a  gift  of  money  for  the  pur- 
pose of  establishing  a  free  public  Town  Library,  was  presented  to  the  in- 
habitants of  Bernardston,  by  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman,  on  the  occasion 
of  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  Aug.  20, 
1862,  therefore, 

Voted,  by  the  inhabitants  of  Bernardston,  in  town  meeting  assembled  as 
follows, — 

1st.  That  we  accept  the  aforesaid  valuable  present  of  'One  thousand 
dollars  to  establish  a  Free  Public  Library  in  Bernardston,  and  one  hundred 
dollars  annually  for  ten  years  for  its  enlargement;  and  five  hundred  dollars 
for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  fire  proof  library  building,'  (making  a  total 
of  twenty-five   hundred   dollars)  with    the    conditions  and  provisions  there- 


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unto  annexed;  and  we  hereby  engage  faithfully  and  truly  to  abide  by  and 
carry  out  the  same,  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  the  gen- 
erous donor  thereof. 

2nd.  That  we  hereby,  for  ourselves  and  our  posterity,  who  are  to  be  long 
benefited  by  this  judicious  liberality,  tender  our  gratitude  and  thanks  to 
the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman  for  this  munificent  gift  which  does  so  much 
to  render  our  'means  of  education  and  social  progress  complete.' 

3rd.  That  future  generations  may  be  reminded  of  the  origin  of  an  insti- 
tution from  which  they  as  well  as  ourselves  will  obtain  so  much  that  con- 
duces to  true  improvement  and  lasting  happiness,  we  hereby  direct  that 
the  library  thus  estabhshed,  shall  forever  be  called  the  'CUSHMAN  LI- 
BRARY.' 

4th.  That  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushma.n  be  an  honorary  Trustee  for  life, 
of  the  Cushman  Library. 

5th.  As  we  recognize  the  wisdom  and  sagacity  of  dispensing  bounties 
like  the  present  during  the  life  time  of  the  giver,  we  will  endeavor  so  to 
conduct  the  management  of  the  Library  as  shall  conduce  most  effectually 
to  the  good  to  be  derived  from  it  by  ourselves  and  our  children,  and  most 
evince  our  constant  gratitude  to  its  donor. 

6th.  That  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  votes  be  presented  by  the  Town  Clerk 
to  the  Hon.  Henry  W.  Cushman,  and  also  furnished  to  the  Greenfield  Ga- 
zette and  Courier  for  publication." 

The  building  i.s  of  brick,  36  feet  and  eight  inches  long,  and 
twenty-five  feet  wide,  two  stories  in  height,  and  in  its  design  is 
well  adapted  for  its  purpose.  The  lower  story  is  occupied  by  the 
library  proper,  a  small  reference  or  reading  room,  and  a  safe  built 
into  the  walls  near  the  entrance,  furnishing  a  fire-proof  reposi- 
tory for  books  and  papers.  Through  the  liberality  of  Hon.  John 
Sanderson,  the  upper  story  was  added  and  done  off  into  a  hall 
known  as  Sanderson  Hall,  and  by  his  heirs  presented  to  the  town 
in  April,  1900.  This  for  several  years  was  utilized  for  small  gath- 
erings, and  may  be  still  so  used,  or  as  additional  library  room,  as 
circumstances  should  require.  The  window  caps  and  sills,  also  the 
pilaster  capitals  are  of  brown  sandstone,  while  over  the  door,  in 
letters  of  the  same  appears  "Cushman  Library."  Others  became 
actively  interested  in  the  enterprise  so  that  upon  the  completion 
of  the  building  contributions  to  the  books  purchased  out  of  the 
fund  given  had  increased  the  number  to  nearly  two  thousand,  and 


224  DEDICATORY    PROGRAM. 


by  the  yearly  additions  made,  that  number  has  been  increased  to 
6690,  (1901),  works  of  fiction,  juvenile,  history,  travels,  miscellan- 
eous, science  and  mechanics,  poetry,  theology;  moral  and  religious, 
agriculture,  art  and  architecture,  reference.  Government  records, 
reports,  messages  and  documents,  law.  being  included. 

The  dedicatory  services  were  held  upon  the  first  anniversary  of 
the  gift,  August  20,  1863,  and  were  as  follows: 

ist.  Singing  by  the  choir,  Anthem. 

2nd.  Reading  of  the  Scriptures,  by  Rev.  D.  Wright. 

3rd.  Prayer  of  Dedication,  by  Rev.  H.  B.  Butler. 

4th.  Singing  by  the  choir  of  the  original  hymn  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Green, 

THE  DAWN  OF  BETTER  DAYS. 

Welcome,  dawn  of  better  days, 
Welcome  to  our  glens  and  braes. 
Welcome  Knowledge,  claim  thy  bays, 

Claim,  and  wear  for  aye. 
Let  us  raise  a  joj-ous  song, 
Let  the  hills  the  sound  prolong. 
Rising  frona  a  grateful  throng, 

Welcome,  Wisdom's  sway! 

Now  let  darkness  backward  flee, 
P'olly  here  must  homeless  be. 
Error,  exiled,  none  may  see, 

In  the  coming  light, 
Better  days  for  truth  have  come. 
She  with  us  shall  find  a  home. 
Bigot  hate  shall  soon  lie  dumb. 

Baffled  by  the  Right. 

Now  let  grateful  thanks  ascend. 
Thanks  to  Him  our  Heavenly  Friend, 
Who  a  generous  soul  did  send 

Here  to  bless  us  all. 
Bless  us  here  with  knowledge  free. 
Bless  the  race,  if  faithful  we; 
Better  friend  we'll  never  see, 

Blessings  on  him  fall. 

5th.  Address,  by  Hon.  Geo.  T.  Davis. 

6th.  Singing  by  the  choir  of  an  original  hymn  by  Dr.  John  Brooks. 

7th.  Poem,  by  P'red  P.  Brown,  of  Williams  College,  formerly  of  Powers  Institute. 

8th.  Prayer  by  Rev.  G.  L.  Ruberg. 

9th.  Singing  by  the  choir. 

loth.  Benediction  by  Rev.  C.  N.  Merrifield. 


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CUSHMAN    LIBRARY.  225 


The  townspeople  can  but  realize  the  sentiments  so  beautifully 
expressed  by  Dr.  Channing.  when  he  wrote  : 

"It  is  chiefly  through  books  that  we  enjoy  intercourse  with  superior 
minds,  and  these  invaluable  means  of  communication  are  in  the  reach  of  all. 
In  the  best  books  great  men  talk  to  us,  give  us  their  most  precious  thoughts, 
and  pour  their  souls  into  ours.  God  be  thanked  for  books.  They  are  the 
voices  of  the  distant  and  the  dead,  and  make  us  heirs  of  the  spiritual  life 
of  past  ages.  Books  are  the  true  levelers.  They  give  to  all,  who  will  faith- 
fully use  them,  the  society,  the  spiritual  presence  of  the  best  and  greatest 
of  our  race.  No  matter  how  poor  I  am,  no  matter  though  the  prosperous 
of  my  own  time  will  not  enter  my  obscure  dwelling.  If  the  Sacred  Writers 
will  enter  and  take  up  their  abode  under  my  roof,  if  Milton  will  cross  my 
threshold  to  sing  to  me  of  Paradise,  and  Shakespeare  to  open  to  me  the 
worlds  of  imagination  and  the  workings  of  the  human  heart,  and  Franklin 
to  enrich  me  with  his  practical  wisdom;  I  shall  not  pine  for  want  of 
intellectual  companionship;  and  I  may  become  a  cultivated  man,  though 
excluded  from  what  is  called  the  best  society  in  the  place  where  I  live." 

Nobly  have  our  people  testified  their  appreciation  of  their  valu- 
able library  by  choosing  and  placing  where  it  cannot  fail  to  catch 
the  eye  of  all  who  enter,  this  most  appropriate  expression  of  Chan- 
ning's,  "God  be  thanked  for  books."     The  librarians  have  been: 

1.  Noyes  Barstow,  M.  D., 

2.  Rev   G.  L.  Ruberg, 

3.  Rev.  T.  A.  Merrill, 
t4  William  D wight,  M.  D., 
fS-  Rev.  Stillmau  Barber, 
t6.  Mrs.  A.  R.  Cushman, 
t7.  Mrs.  M.  D.  Bardwcll, 

8.  Fannie  A.  Bardwell  (Mrs.  Chas.  Parsons), 

9.  Nellie  M.  Hale  (Mrs.  Walter  E.  Nichols), 

10.  Carrie  M.  Slate, 

11.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Kenney, 

12.  Nellie  R.  Haskell, 

13.  Rev.  D.  H.  Strong, 

14.  Rev.  R.  E.  Birks. 

+  Deceased 

SCHOOLS. 

As  in  their  emigration  to  this  country,  the  Pilgrims  sought  lib- 
erty of  thought  and  action  in  religious  and  eventually  in  civil  mat- 


elected 

1863. 

Apr. 

1865. 

Aug. 

1865. 

Apr. 

1866. 

Mar. 

1873- 

Apr. 

1874. 

1  t 

1876. 

),  " 

( i 

1877. 

),  " 

ti 

1884. 

i  i 

1886. 

Aug. 

1888. 

Apr. 

1889. 

Sept. 

1889. 

Apr. 

1900. 

226  SCHOOLS. 


ters,  so  one  of  their  first  duties  subsequent  to  their  settlement  was 
the  establishment  of  their  church  and  schools.  In  the  one  they 
and  their  children  might  enjoy  without  alloy,  the  expounding  of 
doctrines  concurrent  with  their  own  train  of  thought ;  in  the  other 
the  youth  might  receive  an  education  unbiased  by  such  sectarian 
influences  as  were  exerted  to  a  greater  or  less  degree  in  their  trans- 
atlantic home.  And  still  further  extending  their  liberal  ideas,  they 
resolved  that  the  schools  should  be  equally  approachable  by  all,  in 
a  word  that  they  should  be  free.  Into  such  channels  of  thought 
and  action  did  the  tyranny  to  which  they  had  formerly  been  sub- 
jected, turn  their  thoughts.  Free  schools  had  their  origin  in  our 
grand  old  Bay  State.  In  marked  contrast  to  the  stand  so  early 
taken  by  her  puritanic  settlers,  were  the  sentiments  expressed  in 
1 67 1  by  Sir  William  Berkley,  first  Governor  of  Virginia,  in  a  letter 
to  the  English  King,  "I  thank  God  there  are  no  free  schools  nor 
printing  presses  here,  and  I  trust  there  will  not  be  this  hundred 
years;  for  learning  breeds  up  heresies  and  sects  and  all  abomina- 
tions. God  save  us  from  both."  What  an  eloquent  plea  for  the 
introduction  of  the  very  things  he  so  strongly  condemns,  for  what 
is  more  to  be  desired  than  that  knowledge  should  be  as  freely  dif- 
fused as  the  very  air  we  breathe  ?  As  the  latter  in  its  purity  is 
essential  to  bodily  well-being,  so  is  absolute  purity  and  freedom  of 
thought  conducive  to  highest  mental  condition,  and  upon  what 
more  than  this  does  the  true  establishment  an^  maintenance  of  the 
best  principles  of  our  State  and  National  governments  depend? 
The  dissimilitude  of  puritanical  and  tory  ideas  on  this  subject  is 
most  excellently  portrayed  by  a  comparison  of  this  quotation  from 
Sir  William's  letter  with  the  words  of  Rev.  John  Robinson  to  the 
Pilgrims  before  they  left  Leyden  for  their  future  and  unknown 
home.  Above  all  things  he  charged  them  to  build  churches,  estab- 
lish .schools,  and  read  the  Bible  without  sectarian  prejudice,  for, 
said  he,  "  I  am  convinced  that  God  has  more  light  yet  to  break 
forth  out  of  His  holy  word.     Receive  such  light  gladly." 

In  many  places  the  first  instruction  imparted  was  by  the  minis- 
ter upon  secular  as  well  as  religious  subjects.  Doubtless  this  was 
true  in  our  town  in  some  measure.  The  first  discussion  relative 
to  the  foundation  of  a  school  system  arose  in  1769.     In  1770  there 


FIRST    SCHOOLS.  22/ 


was  granted  to  the  several  school  districts  of  the  town  the  stim  of 
two  pounds,  proportioned  as  follows: 

School    at  Connable's,  7  shillings. 

'■  Hasting's,  13 

"  Dea.  Sheldon's,  26 

"  "  Lieut.  vSeverance's,  14 

At  a  town  meeting  held  in  December,  1770,  six  pounds  were  ap- 
propriated for  the  use  of  a  .school,  and  the  town  fathers  were  in- 
structed to  provide  a  place  and  appoint  a  time  for  keeping  the 
school.  In  1 77 1  it  was  ascertained  that  there  were  "90  cliildren  in 
town  who  want  schooling,"  hence  one  shilling  four  pence  each  was 
voted,  or  a  total  of  si.\  pounds.  Again  in  December,  1772,  there  is 
recorded  that  the  town  voted  "to  raise  one  shiling  and  six  pence 
for  each  schoolar  in  town  for  schooling,  whicli  is  seven  pounds  ten 
shillings,  and  that  boys  from  six  to  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  girls 
from  six  to  twelve  years  of  age  shall  be  reckoned  as  schoolars,  and 
that  the  schoolars  at  ye  south  end  of  ye  town,  up  as  far  as  Major 
Burk  and  Daniel  Loomis  on  ye  river,  and  on  ye  east  side  of  ye  town 
up  as  far  as  Amasa  Sheldon's,  shall  go  to  Mr.  Remembrance  Shel- 
don's house  to  school;  and  that  all  ye  schoolars  on  ye  hill  from  Mr. 
Wright's  north,  shall  goto  Sergt.  John  Severance's  house  to  school; 
and  that  all  ye  schoolars  from  Benjamin  Green's  north,  and  so  out 
to  Simon  Edwards,  shall  go  to  Samuel  Connable's  house  to  school 
and  that  those  people  in  ye  west  part  of  ye  town  may  have  a  school 
where  they  can  agree,  and  if  the  money  that  has  been  raised  and 
is  now  being  raised  for  schooling  is  not  expended  for  that  purpose 
in  the  term  of  one  year  from  this  time,  the  schoolars  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  said  money." 

What  a  contrast  is  here  presented  to  the  methods  in  vogue  at 
the  present!  In  the  majority  of  cases,  school-life  is  hardly  consid- 
ered as  much  more  than  thoroughly  begun  at  what  is  here  set  down 
as  the  limit  of  scholarship.  Very  narrow  minded  and  penurious 
would  the  youth  of  to-day  consider  those  in  authority  should  they 
see  a  vote  so  restricting  what  they  have  come  to  consider  as  their 
just  rights  and  privileges;  and  yet,  it  was  with  just  such  advan- 
tages as  the.se  that  many  of  the  foremost  men  of  former  times  ac- 
quired  their  educations.      Knowing  how   precious   was  the   time 


228  SCHOOLS    PRIOR   TO    THE    REVOLUTION. 

allotted  them,  they  were  taught  to  and  did  utilize  it  to  the  utmost. 
A  little  later  on,  in  early  manhood,  supplementing  it,  perhaps,  by 
an  hour  of  study  snatched  here  and  there  from  the  performance 
of  a  hard  day's  work,  or  possibly  either  late  at  night  or  by  rising 
at  an  earlier  hour  than  that  prescribed  by  the  traditional  early  ris- 
ers of  olden  time. 

Another  fact  is  here  noticeable  which  shows  the  spirit  of  liberal- 
ity which  prevailed  in  our  town.  From  the  very  first,  girls  were 
admitted  to  the  privileges  of  the  schools.  In  colonial  days,  many 
contended  that  their  education  should  be  limited  to  a  thorough 
mastery  of  domestic  duties.  Book  learning  was  considered  super- 
fluous. Take  the  town  of  Medford  for  instance.  It  was  not  until 
1776  that  the  subject  of  female  education  was  noticed,  then  only 
in  this  manner:  "Voted  that  the  master  instruct  girls  two  hours 
after  the  boys  are  dismissed,"  and  at  this  time  their  schools  had 
had  an  existence  of  80  years.  Ten  years  later  girls  were  granted 
the  privilege  of  attending  schools  during  the  three  summer  months. 
It  did  not  take  our  town  anv  such  leng^th  of  time  to  realize  the 
need  of  educated  women,  hence  we  find  boys  and  girls  up  to  a 
certain  age  sharing  the  same  educational  advantages,  and  the  re- 
sulting facts  proved  the  efficacy  of  the  method. 

At  a  meeting  held  by  adjournment  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Elijah 
Sheldon,  December  20,  1773,  it  was  voted  "that  all  the  Schoolers 
South  of  Ens'n  Sheldon's  and  Daniel  Loomis's  shall  go  to  one 
School,  also  that  all  the  schoolers  from  Mr.  Wright's  north  on  ye 
hill  shall  go  to  one  school,  that  all  the  schoolers  from  Benjamin 
Green's  north  shall  go  to  one  school,  that  all  the  schoolers  at  Beaver 
Meadow  and  Frizzell  Hill  go  to  one  school,  also  that  those  school- 
ers joining  on  Colraine  be  allowed  their  proportion  of  money  for 
Schooling."  April  17,  1772,  for  his  services  as  teacher,  Zebulon 
Allen  received  the  sum  of  1-12-0-O;  May  29.  1773,  Widow  Shad- 
dock, 1-17-4-0;  June  22,  1774,  there  was  paid  to  Mary  Cunnabell 
for  "keeping  school,"  i- 15-0-0;  to  Huldah  Sheldon,  for  the  same, 
2-8-0-0.  These  four  persons  were  undoubtedly  the  instructors  of 
the  youth  of  the  town  prior  to  the  Revolution. 

From  this  time  until  1784,  nothing  appears  upon  the  records  to 
indicate  that  anything  was  done  in  the  matter  of  education.     Ow- 


DIVISION    INTO    SCHOOL    DISTRICTS.  229 


ing  to  the  unsettled  condition  of  the  country,  and  the  active  part 
which  the  town  assumed  during  the  Revolutionary  strife,  is  it  not 
safe  to  suppose  that  the  money  hitherto  appropriated  for  educa- 
tional purposes  was  now  freely  given  to  the  support  of  the  colonial 
cause,  which  as  we  have  seen,  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  so  warmly 
espoused  ?  Another  reason  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  in  many 
cases,  the  fathers  of  the  families  being  away  in  the  service  of  their 
country,  so  many  of  the  youth  may  have  been  obliged  for  the  time 
being  to  have  assumed  the  duties  usually  devolving  upon  their 
elders,  as  to  render  the  number  of  scholars  too  small  to  continue 
the  schools  advantageously.  After  the  beginnings  made  in  educa- 
tional matters,  we  can  hardly  explain  a  cessation  only  by  some 
such  hypothesis.  As  we  consider  the  probable  financial  condition 
of  the  most  of  the  residents  at  this  time,  we  can  readily  understand 
how  they  might  not  be  able  to  meet  all  the  demands  for  outside 
matters.  Be  that  as  it  may,  there  must  have  been  a  good  and  suffi- 
cient reason  for  even  a  temporary  suspension. 

As  we  have  seen,  the  custom  hitherto  prevalent  was  for  the 
schools  to  be  kept  at  private  houses,  the  financial  standing  of  the 
town  not  being  such  as  to  warrant  the  erection  of  school  buildings. 
An  effort  toward  progression  was  made  when,  in  1784,  it  was  or- 
dered that  the  town  be  divided  into  four  school  districts,  and  that 
each  should  build  a  school  house,  or  provide  a  place  in  which  to 
keep  the  school  at  its  own  expense.  The  division  was  as  follows  : 
the  south-east  part  of  the  town  as  far  west  as  Joseph  Denio's  and 
Capt.  Burnham's,  taking  in  Mr.  Wright's,  Hezekiah  and  Joel  Chap- 
in's,  Jonathan  Sheldon's  and  Ebenezer  Slate's  families,  should  con- 
stitute one  district,  and  their  school  house  should  stand  in  the  road 
by  the  south-west  corner  of  Caleb  wSheldon's  farm.  The  north-east 
district  extended  west  to  Ball  Mountain,  south  to  Calvin  Bliss's. 
The  school  house  was  to  stand  in  the  road  south  of  Lieut.  Sever- 
ance's where  Elias  Parmenter's  road  comes  into  the  road  that  leads 
from  Lieut.  Severance's  to  the  meeting  house.  The  north-west 
district  was  to  contain  all  north  of  John  Burk's  west  of  the  river, 
and  all  north  of  Daniel  Loomis's  on  the  east  side,  to  Ball  Mountain. 
The  school  house  was  to  be  located  south  of  the  lane  that  leads  from 
the  road  to  Samuel  Connable's.    The  school  house  in  the  south-west 


230  FIRST   SINGING   SCHOOL. 

district  was  assigned  a  position  in  the  sawmill  yard.  At  this  time 
it  was  also  voted  that  the  public  money  be  divided  by  the  assessors 
on  the  common  list  of  each  district,  and  that  each  district  have  their 
proportion  by  this  rule.  The  districts,  as  will  be  noticed,  coincide 
very  closely  with  the  present  division.  Two  years  later  a  little 
change  was  made  in  this  plan,  owing  probably  to  some  little  dissat- 
isfaction having  arisen.  The  south-west  district  was  to  divide  and 
•become  two  districts  "provided  they  can  agree  among  themselves, 
otherwise  the  whole  of  the  west  street  from  Joseph  Hale's  south 
and  west  inclusive,  shall  be  one  district."  The  inhabitants  from 
Oliver  Parmenter's  to  William  Thayer's  and  John  Coat's  on  those 
roads,  and  all  east  and  south  of  those  roads,  are  to  comprise  one  dis- 
trict and  the  place  for  their  school  house  is  at  the  cross  of  the  road 
leading  "to  Northfield  on  the  one  hand  and  Caleb  Sheldon's  on  the 
other."  Capt.  Burnham  and  Joseph  Denio  were  to  be  annexed  to 
the  south-west  district.  "Hill  from  Mr.  Wright's  north  make  two 
districts,  Mr.  Edwards'  house  to  be  the  dividing  line  and  he  shall 
have  liberty  to  annex  himself  to  which  district  he  shall  choose  and 
that  the  centre  from  Mr.  Wright's  to  Mr.  Edwards'  of  the  south  dis- 
trict shall  be  the  place  for  their  school  house.  The  north  district 
school  house  shall  be  set  under  the  hill  on  the  road  leading  to  Mr. 
Daniel  Slate's,  if  the  majority  choose  it,  if  not  on  the  top  of  the 
hill." 

In  1796  the  school  tax  was  $261.1 1.  Three  years  later  the  "Sing- 
ing School  Committee  "  brought  in  a  bill  in  behalf  of  Elias  Par- 
menter  for  $10. 

April  7,  1800,  the  first  school  committee  was  appointed  as  follows  : 
Samuel  Flagg,  Dr.  G.  Ryther,  Ensign  T.  Hale,  Nehemiah  Wright, 
David  vSeverance  and  Thomas  Horseley,  one  member  for  each  dis- 
trict, and  thereafter  the  choosing  of  such  a  committee  was  an  an- 
nual affair.  In  addition  to  this  committee,  there  was,  in  1815,  a 
second  one  appointed,  viz. :  Job  Goodale,  Esq.,  Capt.  Oliver  Root, 
David  Severance,  Dr.  Chapin  and  Joseph  Connable,  with  the  rever- 
end pastor,  to  visit  the  schools  at  their  beginning  and  ending,  to 
inspect  their  regulations  and  to  see  that  the  money  raised  for  that 
purpose  be  properly  applied,  and  to  encourage  the  "schoolars." 

Thus  do  we  see  what  our  ancestors  with  their  limited  means  were 


F.XDr)\vMr,\TS.  231 


able  to  accomplish,  and  considering  the  difficulties  under  which 
they  labored,  could  we  expect  them  to  do  more?  Many  towns  set- 
tled by  a  different  class  of  people,  would  have  done  much  less  and 
then  felt  proud  of  the  result.  As  a  town  or  country  is  first  popu- 
lated by  people  whose  natural  tendencies  lead  them  toward  peace 
or  war,  so  do  we  find,  almost  invariably,  those  particular  character- 
istics in  their  descendants,  and  that,  too,  in  a  marked  degree.  Ber- 
nardston  has  always  been  an  educational  and  religious  town,  those 
two  elements  being  unusually  developed  in  her  inhabitants,  and 
her  schools  take  high  rank.  There  was  a  fund  of  $716.00  derived 
from  the  sale  of  the  school  lands,  which,  as  will  be  recalled,  were 
included  in  the  original  one  hundred  lots  as  first  appropriated  by 
the  proprietors,  and  the  interest  of  this  fund  was  to  forever  be  de- 
voted to  the  public  schools.  They  also  receive  the  income  of  $5,000 
bequeathed  by  Edward  Epps  Powers,  who  also  endowed  the  insti- 
tute bearing  his  name,  and  who  has  thus  generously  remembered 
the  place  of  his  nativity,  the  one  condition  annexed  being  that  the 
town  shall  annually  raise  the  sum  of  $300.  By  the  will  of  Judge 
Goodale,  the  sum  of  $200  was  bequeathed  to  be  loaned  at  interest, 
and  both  principal  and  interest  to  be  an  accumulating  fund  until 
the  amount  reach  twenty  thousand  dollars,  after  which  time  the 
annual  interest  of  the  said  twenty  thousand  dollars  "shall  be  ap- 
propriated by  the  town  for  the  support  of  the  poor  so  far  as  neces- 
sary and  the  residue  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools,  and  a 
public  library,  if  that  should,  by  said  town,  be  then  thought  expe- 
dient."    This  is  now  about  $7,000. 

Probably  the  greatest  number  of  pupils  were  enrolled  between 
the  years  1840  and  i860.  At  this  time  the  attendance  in  district 
No.  3,  for  example,  was  in  winter  habitually  60  to  70  in  number;  now 
not  over  a  quarter  as  many,  and  what  is  true  of  this  in  a  great  meas- 
ure, is  true  of  all.  This  is  accounted  for  in  two  ways.  First,  be- 
cause of  a  slight  decrease  in  population,  and  second,  a  decided  de- 
crease in  the  size  of  the  families.  Look  in  what  portion  of  the 
town  you  will,  one  acquainted  with  the  families  of  yore,  and  of  to- 
day, can  but  note  the  contrast !  And  what  is  true  of  this  town,  in 
this  respect,  is  equally  applicable  to  others. 

The  town  makes  an  annual  appropriation  for  its  schools,  which 


232  GOODALE   ACADEMY. 

with  the  income  of  the  funds  before  mentioned,  is  a  sum  sufficient 
not  merely  to  maintain  the  former  grade,  but  to  constantly  raise 
the  standard. 

The  wants  of  the  higher  departments  have  always  been  met  in 
the  two  institutions  so  generously  established  by  the  former  resi- 
dents, and  since  fostered  by  the  citizens,  Goodale  Academy  and 
Powers  Institute. 

GOODALE  ACADEMY. 

The  first  advancement  made  from  the  district  school  system  had 
its  origin  in  the  generosity  of  Hon.  Job  Goodale,  who,  in  his  will, 
proven  December  17,  1833,  says: 

"Whereas  I  have  in  contemplation  the  erection  of  an  .\cademy  in  Ber- 
nardston  to  be  called  a  school  of  useful  science,  and  free  from  all  sectarian 
theology,  and  whereas  in  pursuance  of  said  plan  on  the  tenth  day  of  June, 
A.  D.  1832,  I  contracted  in  writing  with  one  Orra  Sheldon  to  erect  the  nec- 
essary buildings  for  the  accommodation  of  said  school  as  will  appear  by 
the  contract  aforesaid.  Now  therefore  to  provide  for  carrying  my  wishes 
into  full  effect  in  case  of  my  decease  I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath 
to  Zebina  C.  Newcomb  and  Joseph  Slate  and  the  survivor  of  them,  all  my 
right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  the  contract  made  with  the  said  Orra  Shel- 
don as  aforesaid  in  trust  and  for  the  use  of  the  said  academy  as  hereinafter 
expressed  and  devised.  I  also  give  and  devise  to  the  said  Zebina  C.  New- 
comb  and  the  survivor  of  them  about  five  acres  of  land  and  the  house  on 
the  same  lying  south  of  the  highway  and  between  the  Unitarian  and  Uni- 
versalist  meeting  houses  in  said  Bernardston  and  south  of  the  same  being 
all  the  land  lying  there  which  I  purchased  of  Zebina  C.  Newcomb,  in  trust 
and  for  the  use  of  Said  Academy,  upon  which  land  the  said  Sheldon  is  to 
construct  and  erect  the  buildings  specified  in  his  said  contract.  In  the  fur- 
ther execution  of  this  trust,  it  is  my  will  that  the  said  Zebina  C.  and  the 
said  Joseph  or  the  survivor  of  them  shall  as  soon  as  may  be  procure  an  act 
of  the  Legislature  incorporating  themselves  and  their  associates  as  propri- 
etors of  said  academy,  with  the  usual  provisions  and  privileges  in  such 
cases.  1  also  request  in  addition  thereto  a  special  provision  authorizing 
and  directing,  that  the  annual  net  income  of  said  corporation  over  and 
above  paying  all  necessary  expenses  shall  be  annually  appropriated  toward 
the  support  of  preaching  the  gospel  in  the  Orthodox  Congregational  soci- 
ety as  aforesaid." 


MR.    PLINY   FISK.  233 

In  pursuance  with  the  instructions  herein  given,  the  buildings 
were  erected,  and  in  the  present  residence  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  N. 
Dewey,  is  seen  the  Goodale  Academy  building.  It  was  Mr.  Good- 
ale's  design  that  the  pastor  of  the  Orthodox  Congregational  society 
should  also  act  as  preceptor  of  this  school,  but  this  did  not  prove 
successful  and  was  speedily  abandoned  as  being  impracticable. 
Mr.  Pliny  Fisk  of  Shelburne  was  the  teacher  of  this  institution 
for  many  years  ;  under  his  tutorship  the  school  acquired  a  promi- 
nent position  among  the  educational  institutions  of  the  day,  and  it 
is  estimated  that  fully  1900  pupils  profited  by  his  capable  instruction. 

In  pursuance  with  Mr.  Goodale's  design  the  first  teachers  of  this 
institution  were  the  pastors  of  the  Congregational  society:  Rev. 
Vinson  Gould,  from  its  foundation  in  November.  1833.  until  1836, 
Miss  Mary  Strong,  assistant;  Rev.  Bancroft  Fowler,  1836 until  1839; 
Pliny  Fisk,  from  1840  until  February  21,  1857. 

Concerning  the  lives  and  works  of  the  two  first  preceptors,  a  full 
account  will  be  found  in  another  portion  of  this  volume,  they  both 
being  pastors  of  the  Orthodox  Congregational  society. 

Mr.  Fisk  was  by  far  the  longest  associated  with  this  institution, 
and  to  the  majority  of  people  the  mention  of  Goodale  Academy 
brings  to  mind  the  familiar  face  and  form  of  the  man  so  long  its 
principal.  He  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Shelburne,  Mass.,  born 
July  30,  1817.  Being  the  son  of  a  farmer,  his  boyhood  was  spent 
in  the  routine  duties  which  that  calling  demands,  attending  school 
as  occasion  presented,  and  the  cessation  from  labor  would  admit.  In 
September,  1836,  he  entered  Amherst  College,  graduating  in  1840. 
His  standing  while  a  member  of  this  institution  was  indicated  at 
his  graduation  by  receiving  from  the  faculty  an  appointment,  show- 
ing that  in  scholarship  he  ranked  among  the  seven  first  in  a  class 
of  44. 

Immediately  after  graduation,  he  assumed  charge  of  Goodale 
Academy,  remaining  two  and  a  half  years  :  then  he  accepted  the 
principalship  of  the  high  school  in  Greenfield,  remaining  there  a 
year  and  a  half.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  was  urgently 
requested  to  return  to  his  first  school  in  Bernardston.  This  be  did, 
retaining  his  connection  with  that  school  during  the  remainder  of 
its  existence. 


234  POWERS    INSTITUTE. 


He  married  in  vSlielburne,  August  29,  1844,  Orilla  H.  Peck,  who 
was  born  in  Leverett.  Mass..  February  21,  1822.  They  had  five 
children: 

Harriet  Amelia,  born  in  Beniardston,  May  17,   1847. 

Son,  born  in  Shelburne,   November  3,  i86r;  d.  November  5,  1861. 

Pliny,  Jr..  born  in  Shelburne,  October  26,  1862. 

Mary. 

John. 

Mr.  Fisk  was  always  interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  serv- 
ing as  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  Bernardston  several  years, 
and  in  a  like  capacity  in  Shelburne  from  March,  i860,  to  March, 
1863.  During  the  years  1861-2-3.  he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of 
Shelburne,  two  years  chairman  of  the  board,  also  chairman  of  the 
board  of  assessors  in  1862-3.  In  1858  he  was  chosen  representa- 
tive to  the  Legislature  from  the  First  Franklin  District. 

Retiring  from  teaching,  he  devoted  his  energies  to  farm  life, 
achieving  here  success  as  well  as  in  his  professional  work.  The 
confidence  and  respect  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  townsmen  and 
the  community  at  large,  was  well  illustrated  by  his  repeated  elec- 
tion to  responsible  positions  of  public  trust.  He  died  in  Shelburne, 
after  a  long  illness,  December  12,  1872.  His  family  removed  to 
Greenfield,  where  they  resided  until  the  fall  of  1892,  when  the  son's 
business  interests  being  in  Boston,  they  removed  to  Arlington, 
Mass. 

POWERS  INSTITUTE. 

As  is  indicated  by  the  name  "Powers  Institute,"  this  school  owes 
its  origin  to  the  love  of  the  old  town  which  existed  in  the  breast 
of  one  of  her  sons,  who  by  the  following  provision  in  his  will,  thus 
sought  to  do  her  honor. 

"To  the  town  of  Bernardston,  State  of  Mass.,  I  give  and  devise  one  hun- 
dred shares  in  the  capital  stock  of  the  Franklin  County  Bank,  at  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  the  par  value  of  which  is  ten  thousand  dollars,  the  income  of  which 
shall  forever  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  education  in  said  town  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner,  viz:  One-half  of  the  annual  income  of  said  stock  shall  be 
expended  by  said  town,  for  the  support  of  common  or  public  schools  therein, 
in  the  same  way  and  for  the  same  purposes  that  the  money  now  raised  by 


POWERS    IXSTITUTb;.  235 


taxation  for  the  support  of  the  schools  is  used  provided  that  said  town  shall 
annually  raise  and  expend  for  the  support  of  the  comaiDU  schools  therein, 
a  sum  not  less  than  three  hundred  dollars. 

And  the  other  half  of  the  annual  incc^me  of  said  bank  stock  shall  be  used 
and  expended  by  said  town  to  maintain  and  supp<jrt  a  grammar,  or  high 
school  therein." 

In  meeting  assembled  March  22,  1856,  the  inhabitants  most  grate- 
fully accepted  this  legacy  of  Mr.  Powers,  expressing  by  appropriate 
votes  and  resolutions  their  thanks  for  the  same,  and  directing 
"That  a  good  education  for  the  mass  of  the  people,  being  of  the 
highest  value  and  importance  as  well  in  reference  to  our  temporal 
interests  as  to  otir  ftiture  welfare,  we  will  honor  the  name,  the 
memory  and  the  wisdom  of  the  benevolent  donor,  by  directing  that 
his  legacy  shall  forever  be  called  the  'Powers  vSchool  Fund.'  "  The 
school  which  was  founded  by  means  of  his  generosity  was  to  be 
called  also  by  his  name,  and  the  executor  of  the  estate  was  requested 
to  inscribe  upon  his  monument,  which  was  erected  in  the  cemetery 
at  the  village,  his  body  being  brought  thither  for  burial,  "He  was 
the  Donor  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  to  the  Town  of  Bernardston 
for  Schooling." 

The  control  of  the  fund  and  the  management  of  the  Institute  is, 
under  the  plan  adopted  by  the  town,  vested  in  21  trustees,  of  whom 
the  school  committee  are  members.  Eighteen  of  the  trustees  hold 
office  for  three  years,  one-third  of  the  number  retiring  and  one- 
third  being  elected  annually.  Of  these,  six  are  chosen  from  the 
respective  school  districts,  seven  at  large,  two  from  Greenfield,  one 
from  Leyden,  one  from  Gill  and  one  from  Northfield.  In  the  early 
spring  of  1897  a  change  was  made  in  the  trustee  board  reducing 
the  number  of  trustees  to  twelve,  and  electing  only  inhabitants  of 
Bernardston.  It  was  declared  by  the  authorities  "That  it  is  a  school 
conducted  according  to  law,  under  the  order  and  superintendence 
of  the  authorities  of  the  town  of  Bernardston  and  as  such  is  a  high 
school  within  the  meaning  of  the  statute,  relating  to  the  payment 
of  tuition  by  towns  for  scholars  attending  therein."  Now  the  tui- 
tion of  pupils  from  outside  Massachusetts  towns  having  a  valuation 
of  less  than  $500,000,  is  paid  by  the  State,  making  the  advantages 
of  this  school  free  to  all  such. 


236  DEDICATION   OF    POWERS    INSTITUTE. 


The  Institute  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Church  street,  some 
15  rods  from  the  street.  The  plan  is  that  of  a  cross,  the  main  part 
of  the  building  is  65  feet  long,  34  wide  and  two  stories  high,  with 
two  entrances,  one  from  the  north  and  one  from  the  south.  On 
either  side  wings  are  attached,  one  story  in  height,  and  16x33  feet, 
so  that  the  entire  width  is  just  equal  to  the  length,  65  feet.  Sur- 
mounting the  whole  is  a  cupola,  upon  which  is  an  observatory,  af- 
fording line  and  picturesque  views  of  the  surrounding  country. 

The  interior  of  the  building  is  both  pleasant  and  convenient. 
The  lower  floor  is  devoted  to  recitation  and  ante-rooms  ;  the  school 
rooms  are  of  equal  size,  connected  by  sliding  doors,  and  directly 
accessible  from  the  entrance  halls.  They  are  each  32x33  feet  and 
13  feet  in  height.  Smaller  recitation  rooms  are  in  immediate  con- 
nection. The  upper  story  is  devoted  to  a  large  hall,  or  rather  was 
originally,  for  within  a  few  years  it  has  been  subdivided,  so  that 
the  space  now  devoted  to  a  hall  is  much  smaller  than  in  the  orig- 
inal plan. 

Belonging  to  the  Institute  is  a  large  and  well  selected  philosoph- 
ical apparatus,  the  gift  of  Hon.  H.  W.  Cushman,  who  was  a  most 
active  and  efficient  agent  in  carrying  out  the  instructions  of  Mr. 
Powers  in  regard  to  the  school ;  during  his  life  he  always  took  a 
personal  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  school,  giving  freely  of  both 
his  time  and  money  for  its  advancement. 

The  cost  of  the  grounds  was  about  $750.00.  Of  this  sum  Mr.  John 
Sanderson  paid  $300,  Col.  Ferry  $250  and  the  town  $250. 

The  Institute  was  dedicated  with  appropriate  and  interesting  ex- 
ercises September  r,  1857.    The  order  of  exercises  was  as  follows: 

Music  by  the  Band. 

Prayer  by  Rev.  H.  G.  Park. 

Original  Poem  by  J.  D.  Canning. 

Address  by  Hon.  George  S.  Boutwell,  Secretary  Massachusetts  Board  of  Education. 

Original  Ode  by  Mrs.  P\  H.  Cook.  (Tune  America.) 

Poem  by  E.  W.  B.  Canning,  A.  M.,  Principal  of  the  Stockbridgc  High  School. 

Anthem  by  the  Choir. 

Prayer  by  Rev.  D.  H.  Rauney. 

Closing  Hymn.  (Tune  Old  Hundred.) 

Benediction,  Rev.  H.  G.  Park. 

Within  three  years   Henry  W.  Cushman  built  and  gave  to  the 


ENDOWMENTS.  237 


town  the  use  of  Cushman  Hall  and  the  ground  whereon  it  stands. 
Cushman  Park.  The  Hall  has  always  been  used  as  a  residence  for 
the  principal  and  his  family,  while  the  two  upper  stories  are  de- 
signed as  dormitories  for  students  attending  from  other  towns. 
Thus  is  a  pleasant  home  afforded  and  where  the  personal  care  and 
oversight  of  the  principal  can  be  secured.  The  cost  of  the  Hall 
was  about  $5,000.  and  in  honor  of  its  giver  has  always  been  known 
as  Cushman  Hall. 

From  the  catalogue  of  Powers  Institute,  recently  published,  we 
gather  that  within  the  more  recent  history  of  the  school,  several 
gifts  have  been  received  which  merit  acknowledgment.  Through 
the  generosity  of  Rev.  George  H.  Clark  and  Mrs.  Susan  Ferry  Clark 
of  Hartford,  Ct.,  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  for  the  equipment  of 
the  department  of  physics  and  of  chemistry  has  been  donated,  and 
these  departments  are  to-day  equal  to  any  of  similar  schools  in  this 
section.  In  addition  to  this,  several  public  spirited  gentlemen, 
assisted  by  the  town,  have  purchased  and  given  to  the  school  a  fine 
binocular  microscope  of  high  cost,  and  the  class  of  '89  added  a  re- 
fracting telescope  of  the  value  of  seventy-five  dollars.  Classes  in 
natural  science  have  donated  sundry  pieces  of  apparatus  from  year 
to  year.  In  1895  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark,  always  the  generous  friends 
of  the  school,  added  to  their  other  gifts  a  fund  of  $5.000 — a  sum 
equivalent  to  the  original  endowment  of  the  Institute  by  Mr.  Pow- 
ers— to  be  called  the  Aretas  Ferry  Fund,  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Clark's 
father.  The  interest  of  this  fund  is  to  supplement  the  town's  an- 
nual appropriation  for  teachers'  salaries.  A  fine  portrait  of  Col. 
Ferry  accompanied  the  gift,  and  hangs  in  Chapel  Hall. 

A  number  of  other  portraits  adorn  the  walls  of  the  Hall :  one  of 
Prof.  Ward,  presented  by  the  Tri  Kappa  society:  of  Prof.  Hunt, 
presented  bv  himself  (together  with  a  valuable  collection  of  min- 
erals for  the  school  cabinet),  and  portraits  of  Profs.  Sanborn,  Jack- 
son and  Underwood,  also  of  Mrs.  E.  C.  Jenness,  an  assistant  teacher 
for  seven  years,  given  by  their  respective  pupils.  To  these  the 
town  in  '95  added  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Powers, 

In  November,  1890,  an  alumni  association  was  formed,  the  out- 
growth of  a  series  of  re-unions  extending  over  a  period  of  more 
than  ten  years.     Prof.  Lucien  Hunt,  of  Gorham,  Me.,  was  elected 


238  PRINXIPALS. 


president — 3.  position  which  he  still  holds — and  the  time  for  the 
triennial  re-unions  was  fixed  for  the  third  Wednesday  in  August, 
the  next  coming  lu  1901. 

The  principals  have  been  : 

I.     H.  D.  Foster,  A.  B.,      -             -            -  Sept.     9,  1857,                    1858. 

L.  F.  Ward,             ...            -  peb.    22,  1858,     March,  1863. 

Joseph  W.  Cross,  Jr.,    -            -            -  March  3,  1863,     March,  1864. 

Lucien  Hunt,                       -            -            -  1864,     July,       1868. 

h.  F.  Ward,        -            -            -             -  July,         1868,     Aug.,      1871. 

Sylvester  Dixon,  acting  principal  one  term,  by  proxy.  Under  Prof. 
Ward's  regime.  Profs.  S.  C.  Smith  and  R.  C.  Barrett  occupied  the 
principal's  chair  one  year  each. 

7.  A.J.Sanborn,         -            -             -            -  Aug.,         1872,     Aug.,      1877. 

8.  Frederick  E.  Stratton,             -            -  1877,     July,       1879. 

9.  L.  McL.  Jackson,                -            -            -  July,          1879,                    1883. 

10.  B.  A.  Goodridge,  -  -  -  June  11,    1883,  1885. 

11.  Miss  Rllen  Bradley,  acting  principal  for  spring  term  of  1885. 

12.  E.  L.  Underwood,         -  -  -  1885,  1890. 

13.  C.  L.  Mitchell,       -  -  -  -  1890,  1892. 

14.  F,  S.  Brick,  -  -  -  1892,  1896. 

15.     Bixby,  -  -  -  -  1896,  1898. 

16.  E.  E.  Sawyer,  -  -  -  1898. 

Henry  D.  Foster,  A.  B.,  who  was  the  first  principal  of  Powers 
Institute,  began  his  work  here  September  9,  1857,  and  remained 
for  two  terms.  Prior  to  his  coming  here  he  had  held  a  position 
as  teacher  in  what  was  then  the  Brattleboro  Academy.  He  contin- 
ued his  work  of  teaching  until  1864,  when  he  became  the  editor  of 
the  Ludlow  Gazette,  at  Ludlow,  N.  H.  He  was  also  register  of 
deeds.     He  died  at  Grafton,  Vt.,  in  October,  1869. 

L.  F.  Ward  was  the  youngest  of  the  five  children  of  Nathaniel 
and  Cynthia  (Clark)  Ward  and  was  born  in  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1824.  His  father  was  born  in  Holliston,  Mass.,  July,  1777  ; 
removed  to  Vermont  when  17  years  of  age,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Wardsboro  (that  portion  which  has  since  been  set  off  to 
Dover),  where  he  was  a  successful  farmer. 

Mr.  Ward  enjoyed  the  best  educational  advantages  to  be  derived 
from  the  common  schools,  and  being  wholly  devoted  to  his  books, 
and  assisted  by  his  mother,  herself  an  excellent  and  successful 
teacher  until  her  marriage,  he  had  at  the  age  of  12  advanced  him- 
self to  an  enviable  position  in  point  of  scholarship.     In  mathemat- 


L.    F.    WARD.  239 


ics  he  was  especially  proficient,  and  it  was  always  a  branch  of  which 
he  was  particularly  fond  and  in  the  expounding-  of  which  he  was 
remarkably  clear  in  his  later  professional  work.  "One  of  the  high- 
est of  all  the  means  of  youthful  improvement,  he  enjoyed  in  his 
native  town  a  library  of  choice  history  and  biography.  To  the  ex- 
istence of  this  library  more  than  to  any  other  single  influence  may 
be  attributed  his  love  of  study  and  familiarity  at  an  early  age  with 
the  best  models  of  the  English  language."  His  academical  educa- 
tion was  largely  received  in  the  higher  schools  of  Townshend  and 
Chester,  and  two  terms  at  Burr  Seminary,  where  he  finished  his 
preparatory  studies.  During  this  time  he  rarely  attended  more 
than  two  terms  of  the  school  year,  but  kept  up  with  his  classes  by 
close  and  continuous  application  at  home  as  his  relaxation  from 
farming  duties  would  admit. 

He  took  the  four  years'  collegiate  course  at  Dartmouth,  graduat- 
ing in  1847  with  a  cla.ss  of  young  men  of  excellent  ability.  Upon 
his  graduation  he  took  charge  of  Saxton's  River  Seminary, Vermont, 
which  he  continued  with  good  success  until  the  spring  of  1850, 
pursuing  in  the  meantime  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  General 
Kellogg  of  that  town. 

February  28,  1850,  he  married  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Jerusha  Leach  of  Saxton's  River.  That  spring  he  removed  to 
Westminster,  where  for  a  year  he  taught  the  Westminster  Semi- 
nary. At  the  expiration  of  this  period,  through  the  urgent  request 
of  the  trustees  of  Saxton  River  school,  seconded  by  a  largely  signed 
petition  of  the  citizens,  he  returned  to  his  first  charge,  remaining 
until  the  spring  of  1854.  He  was  also  engaged  during  this  time  at 
Saxton's  River  in  the  mercantile  business,  conducting  the  same  by 
the  aid  of  assistant  while  he  gave  his  chief  attention  to  the  .school. 

Influenced  by  the  earnest  solicitations  of  his  Westminster  friends 
and  the  better  railroad  facilities  there,  he  returned  to  that  place 
in  1854,  built  a  home  for  himself  and  determined  to  make  that  his 
permanent  residence.  To  his  pupils  he  had  so  endeared  him.self 
that  they  accompanied  him  in  a  body.  In  1855  he  was  elected  for 
Windham  county  as  a  member  of  the  council  of  censors  of  the  State 
of  Vermont;  this  position  he  held  for  two  years. 


240  PRINCIPALS   J.    W.  CROSS   AND    LUCIEN    HUNT. 


In  1858  he  resigned  his  position  and  assumed  the  principalship 
of  the  Institute  in  this  town,  and  his  advent  here,  as  in  other  places, 
was  marked  by  his  bringing  nearly  a  hundred  former  pupils.  Prob- 
ably the  greatest  number  ever  registered  here  was  during  Prof. 
Ward's  administration.  The  average  attendance  for  the  first  five 
years  was  over  1 50  a  term,  and  one  term  it  is  recalled  that  it  reached 
the  number  of  270.  His  first  engagement  here  extended  over  five 
years.  Upon  his  retirement  from  this  school  he  returned  to  his 
former  home,  Westminster,  where  he  had  always  owned  the 
home  built  in  early  manhood.  He  died  in  April,  1882,  in  West- 
minster, Vt. 

His  children  were 

LaFayette  Joseph  Nathaniel,  born    in  Saxton's  River,  .August    11,    1851. 

Arthur  Allen,  born  at  the  same  place,  May  11,  1854. 

Joseph  Warren  Cross,  Jr.,  the  successor  of  Prof.  Ward,  was  a  na- 
tive of  West  Bo.ylston,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of  Amherst  College. 
Prior  to  coming  to  Bernardston  he  was  for  five  years  a  popular  and 
acceptable  principal  of  the  Chatham,  Mass.,  high  school.  He  mar- 
ried in  Keene,  N.  H.,  February  26,  1863,  Jennie  L.,  daughter  of 
Francis  Foster  of  Keene.  January  18,  1864.  he  advertised  to  open 
a  family  school  in  Sterling. 

Lucien  Hunt  is  a  descendant  of  the  so-called  "Amesbury  Line  " 
of  the  Hunt  family.  Of  the  three  brothers  of  the  line,  one  Phillip 
removed  to  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  into  what  came  to  be  later  known 
as  the  "Hunt  neighborhood."  His  children  numbered  twelve,  and 
Phillip  Jr.,  the  eldest  of  these,  was  the  grandfather  of  the  subject 
of  our  notice.  His  father,  Anthony  Colby  Hunt,  was  the  seventh 
of  eleven  children,  and  when  only  eighteen  years  of  age  married 
Mary  Chase  of  Deerfield,  N.  H.  "She  was  a  woman  of  strong  char- 
acter, industrious,  careful  and  conscientious."  Mr.  Anthony  Hunt, 
after  successive  residence  in  Gilmanton,  Sanbornton  and  Weirs, 
N.  H.,  removed  to  the  neighboring  State  of  Vermont,  being  one  of 
a  little  colony  which  settled  the  town  of  Woodbury.  Here  Mr. 
Lucien  Hunt  was  born.  His  father  remained  in  Vermont  17  years, 
then  returned  to  vSanbornton,  and  the  town  which  he  had  helped 
to  found  was  deserted.  Mr.  Hunt  was  not  slow  to  appreciate  the 
advantages  afforded  by  his  residence  at  Sanbornton  Bridge,  and 


I'KOF.    LUCIEN    HUNT.  24I 


every  opportunity  for  securing  an  education  was  most  eagerly  em- 
braced. He  was  fortunate  likewise  in  having  the  best  of  teachers. 
He  began  teaching  in  the  Bay  Hill  district,  Northfield,  when  but 
sixteen.  He  next  pursued  the  vocation  at  Natick  and  Kingston. 
During  all  this  time  he  earnestly  devoted  himself  to  study.  "He 
had  read  Latin — his  favorite  study — far  beyond  the  college  course  ; 
a  suitable  amount  of  Greek  ;  many  volumes  of  French  and  German  ; 
beside  most  of  the  English  branches  required  by  the  college  cur- 
riculum." 

In  1863  Wesleyan  University  (Middletown,  Ct.)  conferred  the  de- 
gree of  A.  M.  His  work  as  principal  of  the  Marlow,  N.  H.,  Acad- 
emy met  with  phenomenal  success.  His  engagements  in  his  chosen 
work  of  teaching  called  him  successively  to  Castine,  Me.,  Standish, 
Me.,  and  Bost(m.  Mass.  While  in  the  latter  place,  his  health  be- 
came impaired  to  such  an  extent  as  to  induce  him  to  take  a  two 
years'  vacation,  and  it  was  during  this  period  that  he  took  as  his 
partner  in  life.  Miss  Caroline  Higgins  of  vStandish,  Me.  Her  "so- 
cial nature,  executive  ability,  kindness  and  the  happy  faculty  of 
making  the  best  of  everything,  have  procured  hosts  of  friends 
wherever  their  lot  has  been  cast,  and  lightened  the  toils  and  per- 
plexities incident  to  a  most  laborious  profession." 

Mr.  Hunt  next  engaged  with  the  trustees  of  Powers  Institute  for 
five  years  and  soon  his  magnetic  influence  became  apparent  in  the 
remarkable  and  healthy  growth  of  that  institution.  At  the  expi- 
ration of  his  term  of  service  he  was  invited  and  urged  to  renew 
the  contract,  but  preferred  to  respond  to  a  loud  call  from  Falmouth, 
Mass.  Here  he  remained  for  twelve  years.  His  last  service  was 
as  principal  of  McCoUom  Institute,  Mount  Vernon,  N.  H.,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years.  F'rom  this  he  resigned,  purposing  to 
expend  the  time  left  in  literary  labor,  a  pursuit  most  congenial  to 
his  tastes.  He  is  a  trustee  of  McCollom  Institute,  also  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Conference  seminary  at  Tilton,  N.  H.  Mr.  Hunt's  pres- 
ent residence  is  Gorham,  Me. 

R.  C.  Barrett,  '70-'/ 1,  was  born  in  1830  in  Webster,  Mass.,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  in  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass.     He  began  teaching  when  21  years  of  age,  and  ex- 


242  LATER   TEACHERS. 


cepting  three  years'  service  in  the  civil  war,  has  followed  it  contin- 
uously. He  is  now  principal  of  the  "Advanced  Business  Depart- 
ment "  of  Euclid  Ave.,  Business  College,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

S.  C.  Smith,  ^-jx-Ti,  studied  at  Worcester  high  school  and  grad- 
uated at  Amherst  in  1866.  He  taught  continuously  as  principal  of 
high  schools  until  1874,  when  he  became  a  master  in  the  English 
high  school,  Boston,  Mass.,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

A.  J.  Sanborn,  '72-77,  was  born  in  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  in  1830.  He 
studied  at  Craftsbury  and  Dartmouth  College,  graduated  from  the 
college  in  Cincinnati  in  1858,  taught  as  principal  of  high  schools  or 
seminaries,  or  served  as  superintendent  of  schools  until  1877.  He 
compiled  a  volume  of  poetry  entitled  "Green  Mountain  Poets." 
Upon  giving  up  his  position  here,  he  retired  to  a  farm  in  New- 
port, Vt.,  where  he  died  in  1880. 

Frederick  E.  Stratton  was  born  July  5,  1847,  ii^  Athol,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  until  the  age  of  16  years.  He  entered  Williams 
College  in  the  fall  of  '67  without  a  condition.  In  the  winter  of  '66-67 
he  taught  his  first  school,  and  was  called  upon  the  next  winter  to 
take  charge  of  the  same  one.  During  his  sophomore  year  he  took 
first  prize  for  excellence  ip  mathematics,  graduating  in  1871.  Dur- 
ing both  freshman  and  junior  years  he  taught  one  term.  He  was 
also  during  his  senior  year  selected  as  one  of  six  by  his  college  and 
the  lyceum  of  natural  history  connected  therewith,  to  go  on  a  sci- 
entific expedition  to  Central  America,  he  to  act  as  treasurer  of  the 
expedition  and  to  have  charge  of  the  botanical  researches.  In  1871 
he  was  principal  of  the  Orange  high  school ;  in  1873-6,  of  the  New 
Salem  academy,  from  which  he  came  to  Bernardston  in  1876. 
While  here  he  was  president  of  the  Franklin  and  Hampshire  Coun- 
ties Teachers'  Association.  In  1879  he  went  to  Boston,  securing 
from  the  supervisors  a  first  grade  certificate  of  qualification,  mak- 
ing him  eligible  to  teach  in  Boston  schools  in  any  position.  For 
the  next  four  years  he  taught  in  and  about  that  city.  In  1883  he 
accepted  the  principalship  of  the  Davenport,  la.,  high  school,  at 
that  time  the  largest  high  school  in  the  State,  and  the  first  to  intro- 
duce, under  his  nine  years'  administration,  departments  in  cooking 
and  manual  training.  For  five  years  he  was  president  of  the  city 
Y.  M.  C.  A.     He  was  one  of  the  first  board  of  directors  of  the  Iowa 


MESSRS.    JACKSON   AND    GOODRIDCIE.  243 


State  Teachers  Reading  Circle,  and  was  for  several  years  the  State 
secretary.  In  1890  he  was  offered  a  professorship  in  Iowa  College, 
but  remained  in  Davenport  until  1892,  when  he  accepted  the  prin- 
cipalship  of  the  academy  connected  with  Carleton  College.  He 
married  in  1874,  Mary  T.  Goddard  of  Davenport,  and  they  have 
one  daughter. 

Lewis  McLellan  Jackson.     Disabled  soldiers  of  the  late  war  who 
were  so  unfortunate — or  fortunate — as  to  be  sent  to  Amory  Square 
hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C,  have  pleasant  recollections  of  the 
chaplain's  interesting  group  of  children,  who.  by  their  engaging 
prattle  and  pretty  ways,  whiled  away  many  hours  that  would  oth- 
erwise have  been  very  monotonous.     Only  two  of  these  little  ones 
lived   to  reach   mature  years,  one  of  whom  was  Lewis  McLellan 
Jackson.     He  was  the  son  of   Rev.  E.  W.  and   Abbie  (McLellan) 
Jackson,  born   in  1854,  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  where  his  father  was 
at  that  time  stationed  as  pastor  of  the  Methodist  church.     Upon 
the  maternal  side  he  claims  vScottish   ancestry.      His  early  years 
were  spent  in  Washington  and  Maine  preparing  for  college  at  Gor- 
ham.  Me.,  and  taking  a  four  years'  course  at  Wesleyan  University, 
at  Middletown,  Ct.,  graduating  m  1875.     He  then  spent  four  years 
in  teaching  and  newspaper  work.     He  came  to  Bernardston  in  1879, 
having  as  an  assistant  Miss  Annie  Hedge  Noble — now  Mrs.  Penrose 
L.  Baldwin,— and  in  1880,  Miss  E.  O.  Putnam  of  Danvers,  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Salem  Normal  school.     In    1883  he  removed  to  Athol, 
where  until  1886,  he  was  principal  of  the  Athol  high  school,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  life  insurance,  locating  in  Wor- 
cester.    On  account  of  failing  health,  he  removed  thence  in  1891 
to  St.  Paul.  Minn.,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1895,  when  he 
was  appointed  manager  for  the  Northwestern  Ohio,  for  the  Ohio 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  with  headquarters  at  Toledo. 

He  married  first  in  1880  or  1881,  Estelle  A.  Fisher  of  Springfield, 
Mass.  She  died  in  1887,  leaving  one  child,  Harold  F.  Married 
second,  October,  1893,  Linna  E.  Rider  of  Worcester.  Mass. 

B.  A.  Goodridge,  '83-'85,  born  in  Lyndeboro,  N.  H.,  in  1857; 
studied  at  Tilton,  N.  H.  ;  graduated  from  Boston  Seminary  in  1881; 
engaged  in  teaching  and  lecture  work  ;  took  a  course  of  study  in 


?44  LATER    TEACHERS. 


Harvard  Divinity  school ;  was  in  Europe  in  1 890-1;  settled  as  a 
minister  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  in  1892 ;  is  now  pastor  of  Christ  church, 
Dorchester,  Mass. 

Ellen  L.  Bradley,  spring  of  1885:  graduated  Wheaton  seminary; 
a  teacher  most  of  the  time  since  ;  resided  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where 
she  died  in  July,  1901. 

Edward  L.  Underwood,  1885-90,  born  in  Boston;  graduated  Brim- 
mer grammar  school  1874,  B(xston  Latin  school  1878,  Harvard  Col- 
lege 1882;  became  principal  of  the  Canton  high  school  1890,  and 
in  1892  took  the  position  of  instructor  in  science  and  mathematics 
in  the  John  P.  Hopkins'  classical  school,  which  he  still  holds,  hav- 
ing his  residence  in  Canton,  Mass. 

Clarence  L.  Mitchell.  1890 -2,  graduated  Bowdoin  College  in  1889; 
is  now  teaching  at  Warham,  Mass. 

Francis  wS.  Brick,  1892-6.  Born  in  Lowell,  Mass.;  graduated 
Maine  State  college  in  1888;  superintendent  in  1889,  of  schools  m 
Berlin  Falls,  N.  H.,  prior  to  his  service  here.  He  went  thence  to 
Belfast,  Me.,  where  he  took  a  position  as  superintendent  of  schools 
in  March,  1900.  He  accepted  alike  superintendency  of  the  district 
including  Agawam,  South  wick  and  Granville. 

For  the  sketches  of  Messrs.  Barrett,  Smith,  Sanborn,  Goodridge, 
Underwood,  Mitchell,  Brick  and   Miss  Bradley,  I  would  acknowl 
edge  indebtedness  to  the  catalogue  of  Powers  Institute. 

Prof.  J.  H.  Bixby  was  here  for  some  two  years,  going  thence  to 
Granby  in  the  fall  of   1898,  where  he  died  August  4,  1901. 

E.  E.  Sawyer,  the  present  principal,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Bates 
college,  class  of  1888.  Subsequently  he  held  the  position  of  pro- 
fessor of  science  at  vSaratoga,  N.  Y.,  then  principal  of  the  high 
school  in  Pepperill,  and  later  superintendent  of  schools  in  the  town 
of  Maynard,  which  position  he  resigned  to  become  principal  of  the 
Institute  here.  The  present  success  of  the  school  testifies  as  to  his 
abilities  in  his  work.  A.ssociated  with  him  are  Missc-s  M.  K.  White, 
and  Ida  Chapin,  the  latter  in  tht;  prej:)aratory  department. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

HISTORICAL  AND  LOCAL  ITEMS — ROLL  OF  TIIOSI':  WHO  SERVED  IN 
WARS  OF  1744-I758  — REVOLUTION — SIIAY'S  REI'.ELLION  —  WAR  OF 
18  I  2  — CIVIL  WAR  —POSTMASTERS  — TOWN  OFFICLM.S  —  COLLEOE 
ORADUATES. 

It  appears  from  a  few  pages  of  manuscript  now  in  the  possession 
of  Rev.  C.  C.  Carpenter,  that  the  earliest  attempt  made  toward  pre- 
paring a  history  of  this  place  was  not  far  from  i(Si4  presumably, 
when  Major  Stephen  Webster  took  the  matter  in  hand.  All  that 
he  wrote  would  not  exceed  four  or  five  pages  of  foolscap,  and  the 
substance  has  been  herein  incorporated  ;  nevertheless  the  interest 
which  gathers  about  these  old  documents  and  their  value,  has  led 
to  a  few  extracts  being  made.  It  will  be  noticed  that  for  the  times, 
the  spelling  was  evidently  phonetically  exact.  The  first  paper  is 
thus  headed:  "Fall  Town — vSence  Rernardston."  Then  follows  a 
very  brief  reference  to  the  "  99  men  or  their  Heirs  who  Cut  off  and 
destroied  a  large  tribe  of  indians  at  the  Grate  falls  "  *  *  *  "for 
other  events  of  that  refair  to  Hebords  History." 

Mention  is  next  made  of  Ebenezer  Sheldon  and  John  Burk  as 
"distinguished  carrictors."  In  succession  is  noticed  the  extent  and 
boundaries,  surface  under  which  latter  heading  is  mentioned  Craggy 
Mountain  in  the  neighborhood  of  Bald  Mountain,  soil  and  produc- 
tions.    In  speaking  of 

"The  grains  of  rie  in  pertilur  of  which  it  produces  from  10  to  30  bushels 
per  acre  of  which  kind  of  grain  it  may  be  Computed  that  the  Town  rases 
7000  Bushels  pr  Annum,  and  may  be  sed  to  be  the  Staple  Comedty;  and 
will  make  more  than  8  Bushels  pr  Sole  of  its  poperlation  but  their  is  but 
verey  littel  Beaf  or  pork  for  markit  nor  Butter  and  cheas  for  E.xportation ; 
S'heap  air  raised  verey  Considerable  and  in  perticlucr  the  merino  or  Spanish 
and  grateley  increased  sence  the  troubles  and  difuculteys  of  Commerce 
they  prove  to  be  helthy  and  thrive  well  and  have  added  grateley  to  the 
welth  and  Independence  of  the  town  for  which  its  inhabitants  are  strongly 
attached." 


246  STEPHEN    WEBSTER'S    HISTORY. 


RELIGION. 

"The  inhabitants  are  all  Lutherans  or  Calvinists  their  air  too  Socierties 
in  Town;  what  is  Called  prisperterians — or  Standing  order  and  an  Incor- 
perated  Society  of  Baptists.  The  Standing  order  or  first  Societey  *  *  * 
have  settled  the  Revd  Mr  Timothy  F.  Rogers  who  has  ben  with  them  more 
than  five  years  to  their  inteer  satisfaction  being  a  verey  E.xampley  man; 
and  of  liveley  tallents.  The  Baptists  or  Second  society  air  rather  in  a 
broken  Situation  not  having  aney  Settled  minister  with  them,  but  still  they 
attend  Constantley  on  Set  days  for  the  most  part  have  the  Gospill  explained 
to  them  by  Some  teacher  of  Chrischanety  in  privat  Buildings  not  having 
aney  hous  bult  in  purticler  for  this  purpos  but  gineraly  they  air  good  inhab- 
itants and  much  given  to  devotion." 

He  then  g-oes  on  to  speak  of  road.s,  mentioning  county  roads  from 
(jreenfield  to  Brattleboro.  from  Greenfield  through  Bernardston  to 
Northfield  "and  .so  on  to  keen  m  New  Hatnshire,"  one  from  Gill 
to  Bernardston,  and  one  from  Montague  through  the  "Easte  parte 
of  Bernardston." 

"At  present  in  town  U)o  grist  mills  .S:  two  Sawmills  one  clothers  worke  iS: 
one  ('arding  machine  on  fall  river  all  of  which  do  business  and  some  of 
them  largeley;  on  mill  Hrook  is  a  Sawmill — and  on  Couches  Brook  is  a 
sawmill  such  is  the  situation  of  this  mill  Seat  that  the  Warter  falls  in  a  verey 
short  distance  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  feat  its  fall  is  like  going 
down  a  [)air  of  Stairs  \:  is  one  of  natures  (!ureyoseteys  the  warter  being 
forced  through  as  it  wair  a  s(;lacl  mountain  of  roks  the  banks  being  of  solad 
roks  &  forced  as  by  the  hand  of  arte  iV  not  more  than  ten  or  twelve  feat 
wide  at  top  over  this  aStonashin  gulf  we  are  told  the  Indians  passed  with 
their  Captives  after  destroying  Deerfield  on  a  log.  *  *  *  Their  air 
fore  distiireys  but  onley  one  at  present  which  works  grain  which  Consumes 
about  15  bushels  pr  day  of  ne  and  corne  and  manufactures  about  45  galh^ns 
of  gin  pr  day." 

In  treating  of  the  forts  and  the  Indian  troubles,  he  mentions 
many  things  already  given,  and  gives  the  information  that  in  their 
attempt  to  fire  the  Deacon  Sheldon  fort  the  Indians  burnt  a  house 
belonging  to  Remembrance  Sheldon,  and  standing  without  the  fort. 
The  last  topic  treats  of  manners  and  customs  and  is  as  follows  : 
"The  Inhabitants  air  princepley  from  Connecticut  or  descendants  of  Par- 
ents from  that  State — yet  their  air  some  of  the  desendance  of  the  first  Sel- 
lers who  wair  from  Hatfield  (.V  dearfield  iv  some   from  the  Eastward  in  this 


GLEtl    AND    NEWCOMIB    BROOK. 


AJVECDOTE    OF    MESSRS.    CUSHMAN    AND    BURROWS.  247 

State — the  state  of  Society  may  be  said  to  be  Good  as  its  iniiabitants  air 
nearley  on  a  levil  as  to  present  Support  their  not  being  one  of  its  Inhabi- 
tants who  air  dependant  on  the  Town  for  Assistance;  their  air  no  lordlings 
hear  to  look  down  its  sufrages  but  all  are  open  and  bold,  tenasious  of  their 
Wrights;  Grate  lovers  of  Contrey  and  strongley  attached  to  the  Constitu- 
tion &  government  of  the  United  States,  their  air  no  persons  who  indulg 
themselves  in  rioting  &  drunkardness  as  is  the  case  in  some  places;  their 
is  but  too  or  three  casses  among  its  poperlation  of  its  inhabitants  indulging 
themselves  in  drunkardness  &  they  air  held  in  contempt,  theving  is  al- 
most unnone  as  is  allmost  all  breaches  of  the  peace — their  has  not  ben  a 
Conviction  found  against  aney  of  its  inhabitants  for  breaches  of  the  pese 
of  aney  magnitude  for  more  than  twenty  years  and  onley  one  for  more  than 
forty — the  Females  air  plaine  in  their  manners  industrious  hospitable  Char- 
itable Curtious  to  Strangers  Virtuous  fond  of  their  husbands;  and  good 
mothers  &  profrolic." 

In  the  presidential  contest  in  November,  1844.  party  feeling  ran 
high,  and  the  interest  taken  therein  was  well  demonstrated  by  the 
action  of  two  of  the  then  Bernardston  boys  temporarily  employed 
in  Springfield,  P.  L.  Cushman,  2nd.,  and  George  H.  Burrows. 
These  men  held  opposite  views,  and  on  election  day  Mr.  Cushman 
returned  to  town  to  vote;  upon  learning  of  this  fact,  Mr.  Burrows 
drove  to  Bernardston,  arriving  there  about  a  half  hour  later  than 
his  fellow  townsman,  and  it  was  said  by  those  conversant  with  the 
facts,  that  it  was  a  heated  race  between  the  two  in  covering  the 
distance  between  the  two  places. 

A  copy  of  the  original  Proprietors'  records  has  just  been  found 
in  the  attic  of  the  home-of  the  late  William  Boyle  on  South  street. 
This  was  made  in  1762  by  Jonathan  Ashley,  probably,  a  son  of 
"Parson"  Ashley.  Until  found  by  the  administrator  of  Mr.  Boyle's 
estate,  its  existence  was  unknown  or  forgotten.  Fortunately  it  is 
in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  and  should  be  in  the  future  prop- 
erly preserved. 

The  shape  of  the  lots  as  delineated  upon  the  plans  given  in  the 
old  Proprietors'  books  is  most  irregular,  curious  and  interesting. 
In  some  cases  the  form  given  is  that  of  a  triangle,  and  in  others 
the  number  of  sides  vary  from  this  to  one  whose  boundaries  are 
marked  by  22  lines.  Quite  a  number  were  found  bounded  by  16 
and  18  lines. 


248  EARLY    PLANS. 


One  lot,  No.  3,  of  the  third  division,  was  laid  out  to  Reuben  Dick- 
inson, Joseph  Smith  being  the  original  owner.  The  east  side  of 
this  was  on  common  land,  which  in  turn  bordered  on  "Rattlesnake's 
Den,"  and  the  latter  upon  the  mountain.  The  end  of  the  lot  joined 
Peter  Newcomb's  lot. 

Two  lots.  No.  80  A  and  R,  were  laid  out  to  Azariah  Van  Horn. 
A  was  the  corn  mill  lot,  and  lav  west  of  said  mill.  H  was  the  sec- 
ond part  of  the  draft  Iving  between  the  Great  Mountain  and  Fall 
River  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  n(^rth  of  meadow  lot  No.  70. 
The  S.  W.  corner  stood  by  the  S.  side  of  a  pond.  This  lot  was 
doubtless  near  the  present  iron  bridge,  and  it  is  an  easy  matter  to 
fancy  that  in  the  meadow  north  are  traceal)le  the  outlines  of  this 
old  pond. 

Lot  No.  27,  laid  out  February  22,  1743.  "This  lay  on  th(^  plain 
called  Dry  Plain  the  N.  E.  corner  being  about  W.  30  rods,  E.  of 
S.  E.  corner  of  the  Mill  lot  No.  i  1." 

Lot  No.  40, — 50  acres — "Beginning  at  a  Chestnut  tree  at  a  place 
called  Chestnut  Hill  in  the  north  part  of  the  townslii[)." 

Recorded  March  28,  1763,  p.  243,  on  tlie  back  of  Uie  plan  of  lot 
No.  190,  A.,  is  this  note:  "Plan  of  ye  Gore  yt  takes  in  some  of  ve 
Ore." 

This  plan  was  in  the  third  division,  laid  out  to  David  Ryder. 

"April  12,  1777,  Major  Noah  Goodman  of  vSouth  Hadley,  writes 
to  the  Board  of  War,  concerning  large  deposits  of  IrcMi  Oar  in  Ber- 
nardston,  on  land  belonging  to  Maj.  Timothy  Dwight,  who  has 
fled  to  Mississippi  :  The  'oar'  could  be  brought  about  seven  miles 
to  the  landing  on  the  Connecticut  and  taken  to  where  the  furnace 
should  be  set,  for  about  $6  per  tun." 

Joseph  Nash  of  South  Hadley  also  writes  to  the  Board  of  War 
that  there  is  large  quantities  of  "oar  "  there,  very  handy  to  ship  by 
river  to  the  propo.sed  furnace   at   South  Hadley.    (State  Archives.) 

These  little  descriptions  of  ])lans  are  of  interest  in  that  they  show 
the  names  given  in  olden  time  to  certain  localities  and  in  some  in- 
stances the  names  of  original  or  early  owners. 

John  D.  Bouker  of  the    Registry  of    Deeds.  Greenfield,  has  blue 


SOLDIERS    IN    FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


249 


prints  of  the  early  maps  and  plans  i)f  the  town.  They  are  well 
worthy  of  study,  and  accessible  at  his  office.  A  copy  will  also  be 
found  in  Cushman  Library. 

The  names  of  those  engaged  in  service  during  the  French  and 
Indian  wars  of  1744-55  are  as  follows: 


Alger,  Waitstill. 
Allen,  Joseph,  Sergeant. 

"       Zebulon,  Corporal  and  Lieutenant. 
Bolton,  John.     (Fall  Town  Gore). 
Burk,  John,  Major. 
Carey,  Richard. 
Chapin,  Caleb,  Serg. 
"         Hezekiah. 
Joel,  Lt. 
Catlin,  John. 
Coats,  Charles. 
Stephen. 
Couch,  James. 
Cushman,  Consider. 
Day,  Nathaniel. 
Denio,  Joseph. 
Evans,  John. 
Field,  Aaron. 
Foster,  John,  Serg. 
"      Jr. 
Ezekiel. 
Frizzell,  Michael. 
"         Samuel. 
Fuller,  Drummer. 


Hawks, 


Ensign. 


Kingsley,  Dea.  F^lijah. 

Landfier.  

Medcalf,  Oliver. 
Newcomb,  Corp. 
Rider,  David,  Lt. 
Sargeant,  Rufus. 
Scott,  Moses,  Capt. 
Severance,  John. 

"  Ebenezer. 

Sheldon,  Abner. 
"         Auiasa. 

Ebenezer. 

Jr.  Centl. 
Elijah. 
Elisha. 
"         Remembrance. 
Smith,  Noah. 

"        Warham. 
Warner,  Ichabod. 
Webster,  Stephen,  Capt. 
Wells,  Joshua. 
Workman,  John. 
Wright,  Capt. 


Hall,  Simeon. 

Samuel  Connable's  house  is  described  as  being  on  the  west  side 
of  "The  great  Chestnut  Hill." 

Sergeant  Foster,  Jr.,  died  in  the  Burk  Fort,  and  was  buried  in 
the  old  burying  ground. 

The  first  woman  who  died  in  town  was  Dea.  Foster's  first  wife. 

Among  those  resident  in  town  in  1752  were  Jo.seph  Barnard,  Dan- 
iel Dexter,  Moses  Scott,  John  Hooker,  Aaron  Denio,  John  Sever- 
ance, Samuel  McClalin  on  the  home  lot  No.  6,  through  which  a  road 
was  propo.sed,  Matthew  Clesson  and  Capt.  Elijah  Williams. 

Fall  River  was  called  by  that  name  as  early  as  January  1 1,  1755. 

Capt.  Caleb  Chapin  being  about  to  make  a  journey  to  Boston,  was 
commissioned  to  trade  for  his  neighbors: 


250 


CAPT.    CALEB   CHAPIN  S    TRADING. 


"The  account  of  Articles  Which  1  must  get  at  Boston.  For  my  Self, 
One  Sadie,  Salt,  Rum.  Pepper,  Spice  Pins  Darning  Needles  One  Tunnel 
One  Silk  Handkerchief  Bohe  tea  Putte  for  my  Window  Gun  Powder  Flints 
one  file  one  scain  of  Black  Sewing  silk  Ginger  Indigo  one  scain  of  Read 
Sewing  Silk. 

For  Lemuel  Martindale  Shot  and  Tea  and  Salt. 

For  Abner  Smead,  i  gross  of  awls,  i  gross  Tacks  i  pair  of  Cards  i  thou- 
sand of  Pins  \  of  Shuger  2  lbs.  of  Tea  i  Candlestick  half  pound  of  Indigo 
2  pound  of  Copras. 

Dr.  Cushman.  (la?)  tches  3  pair  all  2  shillings  a  Pair — 5  Brass  Nuts,  one 
Small  lock  and  Key-Lach  Nails  5000  Rum  and  pound  of  Tea. 

For  Timothy  Bascom  half  bushel  of  Salt,  i  lb.  of  Tea. 

For  Caleb  Alvord  -|  Box  of  glass  6x8  —  i  set  of  Tea  dishes,  2  Pr.  of  H. 
(IL.)  2  Pr.  of  H.  (Door  hinges). 

For  Sheldon  &  Chapin  One  Barriel  of  Rum  One  too  Quart  and  one  Gill 
measure  tea  &(***?)  One  Spelling  Book." 

The  following  is  the  minister's  rate  for  the  year  1764-5  made 
February,  1765. 


Sergt.  Joseph  Allen. 
Major  Burk. 
Richard  Bailey. 
John  Bolton. 
Joel   Chapin. 
Caleb      " 
Hez 

Daniel    ' ' 
James  Couch. 
John  Chambers. 
Charles  Coats. 
George  Clerk. 
Samuel  Cunnabell. 
John    P'oster. 
Ezekl.      " 
John 

Nathl.      " 
Jacob 

John  Frizzell. 
Aaron  Field. 
Thomas  Gillis. 
Benjamin  Green. 
Mi.  Frizzel. 
Colo.  Hawks. 
Sampson  Howe. 


Samuel  Hastings. 
Simo.  Hall. 
George  Lyons. 
Abem.  Peck. 
David  Rider. 
Deacon   Sheldon. 
Lieut. 

Rememce      " 
Amasa  " 

Elijah 

Joseph  Slate. 
Daniel      " 
Moses  Scott. 
Wido.  Luce. 
John  Severance. 
James  Tute. 
Moses     " 
John  Workman. 
Joshua  Wells. 
David  Wood. 
Ichabod  Warner. 
Majr.  Williams. 
Thom.  Pomeroy. 
Daniel  Newcomb. 


REVOLUTIONARY    SOLDIERS.  25  I 

At  one  time  Major  Burk  found  a  young  Indian  along  Fall  River, 
whom  he  took  and  attempted  to  bring  into  a  civilized  state.  He 
called  him  John  Harmon,  taught  him  to  read,  write  and  work. 
John  designated  Major  Burk  as  "  Old  Aquilise,"  which  freely 
translated  from  the  Indian  would  have  something  the  meaning  of 
having  the  keen  qualities  of  perception  peculiar  to  the  eagle. 
When  the  Indian  reached  manhood  he  ran  away,  still  retaining 
the  Indian  traits  to  a  marked  degree.  It  is  supposed  that  he  piloted 
the  Indians  who  attacked  the  Deacon  Sheldon  Fort  and  who  were 
repulsed  with  some  loss. 

March  4,  1771-  William  Peat  had  the  smallpox  the  previous  sum- 
mer. The  charges  at  this  March  meeting  were  assumed  by  the 
town  and  amounted  to  eight  pounds,  four  pence  two  farthings. 

March  7,  1777.  "Then  the  question  was  brought  before  the  meet- 
ing as  to  whether  Doctor  Polycarpus  Cushman  and  family  should 
remain  in  his  own  house  and  have  the  smallpox,  and  it  passed  in 
the  negative.  Then  the  question  was  put,  whether  the  town  would 
provide  any  other  house  for  him,  and  that  also  passed  in  the  nega- 
tive." Then  natural  inquiry  would  be,  where  were  they  allowed 
to  stay  during  their  illness?     All  records  are  silent. 

The  Revolutionary  soldiers  credited  to  and  who  have  lived  in 
Bernardston  are,  so  far  as  has  been  ascertained  : 

Alger,  James.  Coats,  John. 

"        Roger.  "        Reuben. 

Allen,  Asaph  Dea.  First  Corp.  "        Simeon. 

"       Joseph.  Connable,  John. 

"       Simeon.  "           Samuel. 

Andrews,  Nehemiah,  Lieut.  "                " 

Atherton,  Joseph.  Cook,  Benjamin. 

Barnard,  Samuel.  Cushman,  Artemas,  Capt. 

Bolton,  John  from  Colrain  Gore.  Davidson,  Barnabas. 

Briggs,  Owen.  "           Edward. 

Bussell,  Amasa.  Davis,  Daniel. 

Chad  wick,  William.  "       Jonathan. 

Chapin,  Caleb,  Capt.  Dennison,  Jabez. 

"           Daniel.  Evans,  John. 

"           Hezekiah.  Farrar,  Samuel. 

"          Joel,  Serg.  Foster,  Ezekiel,  Lieut. 

Selah.  "             "        Jr. 


25; 


TOWN    RATK    FOR    I  78 1 


I 


I'ostcr,  Rufus. 
Fox,  William,  Corporal. 
Green,  Samuel. 
Griffin,  Jonathan. 
Groover,   I^leazer. 
Guild,  Samuel. 
Harding,  Joshua. 
Hunt,  John. 

Thomas. 
Hastings,  vSamuel. 
King,  Charles. 
Kingsley,  I)ea.  Ivlijah. 
Kimpland,  vSamucl. 
Lee,  Henry. 
Mallin,  vSamuel. 
Merritt,  James. 
Neweomh,  William. 
Nims,  Plbenezer. 
Parmenter,  Klias. 
Jason. 
Pinks,  John,  a  Tory. 
Risley,  PZlijah. 
Root,  Samuel,  Major. 


Scott,  Rbenezer. 
Moses,  Jr. 
Severance,  Daniel. 

"  John,   Lieut. 

Shattuck,  Reuben,   Lieut. 
Sheldon,  Arad. 

"         Reuben. 
Slate,  Joseph,  Capt. 

"       Jonathan,  Capt. 

"       Zebulon  or  Zebadiah. 
Smith,  Isaac. 
Turner,  vSamuel. 
Tute,  Moses. 
Walworth,  Elijah. 
Webster,  Jacob. 
Weld,  Calvin. 
Whitcomb,  Reuben. 
Wilbur,  Records. 
W^illard,  Ruel. 
W^illiams,  Amos. 
Wolley,   David. 

"  Thomas. 

Workman,  John. 


Ryther,  Hophni. 

In  1780  the  assessors  returned  the  number  of  acres  in  Bernard- 
ston  as  33,477,  from  which  a  deduction  of  5000  acres  was  to  be  made 
for  ponds,  rivers  and  unimproved  lands.  The  rateable  estate  was 
valued  at  1 2489^  12s.,  value  of  the  g-rain  on  hand  was  117/^48., 
number  of  polls,  i  19,  houses  i  17. 

The  names  of  those  appearing-  on  the  town  rate  for  the  year  1781, 
Charles  Packer  collector,  together  with  the  number  of  polls,  is  here 
given  as  being  the  most  authentic  record  of  the  inhabitants  at  that 
time.  Those  residing  in  that  part  afterwards  Leyden,  are  marked 
:J:;  in  the  (joref,  so  far  as  is  known.  It  is  evident  that  this  relates 
more  particularly  to  that  section  afterward  incorporated  as  Leyden 
and  Col  rain  : 


Adams,  Johu.  one    poll. 

Caleb. 
Alexander,  vSolomon.  "         " 

:;:Barsto\v,  Alpheus. 
tRurnhani,  PUijah,  Capt. 
+  Bro\vn,  I'eleg. 
Hriggs,  Knoeh,  three  polls. 


tBabcock,  Joseph,  Capt. 
Bigelow,  Noah. 
+Babcock,  Peleg. 
tBarstow,  Hezekiah. 
Clark,  Klisha. 
Crumb,  Phineas. 
tCateley,  John. 


two  polls, 
one     poll. 


TOWN    RATE    FOR    1 78 1. 


253 


Clark,  Joseph.  one    poll. 

JCorse,  Asher. 

+Chapen,  Daniel. 

:       "         Selah. 

tCrandell,  Jared,  Capt. 

Crumb,  Billington. 

Crowfoot,  Thomas. 

Coolidge,  Daniel. 

Craudall,  Joseph. 

tDavenport,  John. 

+Eson,  John. 

JEsen,  Richard,  Jr. 

tEsen,  Joseph.  " 

Elliott,  Joseph. 

tFrizzell,  Reuben.  two  polls. 

Fish,  James.  one    poll. 

tPrizzell,  Michael.  two    polls. 

+Foster,  Ezekiel,  Jr.  one    poll. 

Hunt,  John. 

Gates,  David. 

Peter. 
Green,  Jepthah. 

tGuild,  Samuel.  three  polls. 

Green,  Paul.  one    poll. 

Morgan,  Timothy.  "         " 

iNoyes,  Amos.  "         " 

JNewcomb,  Daniel,  Lieut.       "         " 
Orvis,  William. 

Samuel. 
Bagg,  Israel.  "         " 

Potter,  David. 

Palmer,  Humphrey,  one    poll. 

itPacker,  Charles. 
Pembleton,  "         " 


t Wilbur,  Uriah.  two  polls. 

Wheat,  Samuel.  one     poll. 

tWalsworth,  William. 
W^ells,  Joshua,  two  and  one-half  polls, 
t Wells,  Ner.  one-half  poll. 

Wells,  Asa.  one  poll. 

Walsworth,  James,  Capt.        two  polls. 
"  Amos.  one     poll. 

Wilson,  James.  "         " 

Whitman,  Benjamin.  "         " 

Wells,  Agrippa,  Capt.  "         " 

Vining,  Ebenezer  "         " 

tHarris,  Benjamin,   Dr.  " 

Baker, 

McCumber,  Jonathan.  "         " 

tCunnabell,  Jonathan,  Ensn.  two  polls. 


Dewey,  David. 
Matthew,  John. 
Weson,  Henry. 
tLucey,  Deacon. 
tStuart,  William. 
tCochran,  Thomas 
tCarlton,  Benjamin. 
tRiddle,   Robert. 
tPeck,  Abraham. 
tWorkman,  John. 
tShearer,  Thomas. 
tClark,  George. 
tMorris,  David. 
tFolton,  Roljert. 
tFolton,  William. 
•♦•Ranger,  Moses. 
Wilson,  Widow. 
Fish,  Joseph. 
Walsworth,  James,  Jr. 
Graves,  Deacon. 

John. 
+Babcock,  Oliver. 


one-half   poll, 
one     poll. 


iSpicer,  Jabez.  "         " 

tShattuck,  Reuben,  Lieut.      " 
t         "  Ezra. 

tWalsworth,    Nathan. 

The  sum  total  of  the  tax  was  ^^1857,  ys. 

"In  assessing  the  above  tax  we  have  laid  £\i   i  i  s.  4(1.  on  the  poll 
&  Two  farthing  &  i  i-ioo  of  a  farthing  on  each  pound  of  Estate. 

Aaron  Field,  ) 
Moses  Scott,  f 

In  1782  the  undivided  land  was  then  divided  among  the  original 
proprietors. 


Assessors. 


254  HISTORICAL   ITEMS. 


1782.  At  the  raising  of  Major  John  Burk's  house,  after  the  frame 
was  raised,  an  anthem  was  sung.  The  words  were  found  in  the 
13th  verse,  of  the  14th  chapter  of  Revelations,  and  were  set  to  the 
tune  of  "The  Judgement  Anthem  ": 

"And  I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven  saying  unto  me,  Write  blessed  are 
the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth,  yea,  saith  the  Spirit  that 
they  may  rest  from  their  labor;  and  their  works  do  follf)w  them." 

(So  said  Israel  Slate,  November  7,  1857.) 

May  7,  1783,  mention  is  made  of  land  on  Dry  Plain,  so  called,  near 
the  Hackmetack  swamp.  It  was  bounded  on  two  sides  by  land  of 
Chileab  Hale,  third  by  that  of  Dr.  Cushman,  fourth  Mr.  Phillips. 
This  swamp  was  probably  the  one  east  of  the  schoolhouse  in  dis- 
trict No.  I. 

Israel  Slate  paid  a  visit  in  1783  to  his  father's  old  acquaintancies 
in  Chatham,  Ct.  Among  other  places,  he  stopped  at  Gideon  Hurl- 
bert's,  who  had  a  "dozen  children — three  daughters,  asked  leave 
to  keep  coinpany  with  Phoebe, — that  was  in  March  ;  agreed  to  go 
down  again  ;  went  in  November,  stayed  three  or  four  days,  agreed 
to  marry  her,  asked  leave,  saw  her  again  in  December,  and  was 
married  in  February.  I  had  a  pine  table,  a  pine  chest  and  two 
old  beds;  no  bedsteads.  Moved  in  where  I  now  live.  Had  no  bed- 
stead in  here  for  some  time."  Mr.  Israel  Slate  stated  that  during 
the  Shays  Rebellion,  the  principal  government  men  in  town  were 
his  father,  Capt.  Slate,  Capt.  Chapin  and  Esq.  Newcomb;  that  Ma- 
jor Webster  and  Lieut.  Andrews  both  had  to  get  bonds.  Jonathan 
Hale,  Lieut.  Ryther,  Joseph  Atherton  were  among  the  Shays  men. 

Jason  Parmenter  of  Shay's  Rebellion  fame,  expected  to  be  hung, 
and  it  is  said  that  the  night  before  the  appointed  day  for  execution 
he  spent  in  prayer.  When  his  pardon  was  read  to  him  at  the  gal- 
lows, he  was  so  overcome  that  he  fainted.  He  was  a  brother  of 
Elias  Parmenter  of  Gill. 

In  the  Shay's  Rebellion  were  : 

Chapin,  Caleb,  Capt.  Nelson,  Edward,  from  the   District  of 

"  Cyrenius.  Leyden. 

Foster,  Ezra.  Root,  Ezekicl. 

Parmenter,  Jason,  Capt. 


THE   "YORKERS."  255 

The  following  copy  of  a  letter  from  John  Burke,  Jr.,  to  his  father 
may  not  be  uninteresting-. 

Bernardston,  March  14,  1784. 

Honored  father  Sir  I  Received  your  letter  the  ninth  Instent  which  In- 
forms me  that  you  are  well  and  that  you  want  your  horse  and  Some  money 
in  which  I  had  a  Very  Good  Opportunity  to  Send  the  horse  and  money  by 
Mr.  Seba  Allen  I  Sent  three  Gines  in  Gold. 

We  are  all  well  and  in  good  helth  the  winter  has  been  Very  Surveer  and 
we  was  Like  to  be  Short  ont  for  hay  and  I  had  an  Oppitunity  to  Sell  the 
Old  Oxen  and  I  thought  Best  to  let  them  go  and  took  the  money. 

The  New  State  man  and  Yorkers  keep  quareling  yet  One  Spicer  of  this 
Town  Sot  out  to  goo  to  Gilford  with  a  Yorker  and  the  New  State  man  well 
Lade  the  road  and  Shot  Spicer  through  So  that  he  r3ied  in  a  few  ouers  So 
know  more  at  present  So  1  Remain  your  Son  John  Burke  Jr. 

To  Major  John  Burke 
Boston. 

This  letter  shows  that  at  this  date  the  spelling  of  the  name  Burke 
was  with  an  e  final.     Up  to  this,  the  e  was  seldom  used. 

Concerning  the  tragedy  referred  to  in  the  letter,  Hall's  History 
of  Eastern  Vermont  states  that  Daniel  Spicer  of  Bernardston,  a 
young  man  of  good  repute,  started  to  accompany  David  Goodenough 
of  Guilford,  to  the  latter  town  to  visit  the  family  of  Goodenough, 
and  that  Goodenough  was  a  "Yorker"  ;  that  they  were  stopped  by 
soldiers  and  Spicer  killed.  A  letter  from  Timothy  Church,  Wil- 
liam White,  Nathaniel  Carpenter  and  Samuel  Bixby,  four  refugees 
who  had  removed  to  Bernardston,  was  dated  this  town  March  10, 
1784,  and  by  them  sent  to  Gov.  Clinton  of  New  York,  narrating  the 
murder  which  occurred  March  5,  1784.  This  letter  was  also  printed 
in  the  Massachusetts  Spy  under  date  of  April  8,  1784. 

I  am  of  the  impression  that  Spicer  was  an  inhabitant  of  that  part 
of  the  town  incorporated  that  year  as  the  district  of  Leyden.  Of 
his  family  nothing  has  been  learned. 

November  12,  1785,  we  find  the  first  mention  on  record  of  a  per- 
son being  warned  from  town,  notice  being  then  served  on  Abraham 
Briggs.  In  1797  was  warned  one  Ross,  stopping  at  Samuel  Green's 
and  the  same  year  on  one  Hill  "who  resides  in  the  house  owned  by 
Simeon   Hall,  lately  deceased."      January,  1790,  there  was  warned 


256  PERSONS   WARNED    FROM    TOWN. 


from  town  Nathaniel  Cuiiice,  negro  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  a  labourer 
"who  has  lately  come  into  town  for  the  purpose  of  abiding  therein 
and  not  having  gained  the  town's  consent  therefor."  No  further 
mention  is  made  of  him  upon  the  town  records,  but  the  suggestion 
comes  that  he  may  have  been  the  "Nat  the  fiddler,"  who  about  1800 
lived  on  the  present  Institute  grounds.  This  custom  of  warning 
people  out  of  town  had  its  origin  in  the  fact  that  according  to  the 
then  existing  laws,  no  one  so  warned  could  ever  become  a  town 
charge,  nor  were  any  discriminations  made  in  the  practice. 

February  9,  1790,  Stephen  Webster,  constable,  presented  a  bill  for 

36  services,  ■2£    8s.     od. 

20  miles  travel,  3.       4. 

Total.  2£     IIS.   4d. 

in  discharge  of  this  duty  of  warning  persons  from  town.  The  list 
is  appended  as  presenting  evidence  of  the  former  residence  of 
some  of  the  older  inhabitants: 

Reuben  Parmenter  of  Sudbury. 

William  Haws,  a  transient  person. 

Nathan  Nichols  of  Connecticut. 

Timothy  Wilcox  of  Greenfield. 

Benjamin  Cook,  a  transient  person. 

Samuel  vShattuck  of  Greenfield. 

William  Larking,  a  transient  person. 

Simeon  Alger  and  Simeon  Alger,  Jr.,  both  of  Connecticut. 

Moses  Smith,  a  transient  person. 

Jeptha  Green  of  Springfield. 

Jonathan  Hurlbert  of  So.  Hadley. 

Samuel  James  and  Isaac  Turner  of  Charlestown. 

Oliver  Newhall  of  Colrain. 

David  Town  of  Williamstown. 

Captain  John  Brooks  of  Connecticut. 

Parley  Streeter  of  Guilford,  Vt. 

William  Wise  of  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Samuel  Nichols  of  Greenfield. 

ICbenezer  Severance  of  Greenfield. 

William  and  John  Ritter  of  Luenburg,  Worcester  Co. 

Levi  Wells  of  Greenfield. 

John  Sanderson,  a  transient  person. 

Thomas  Loveland  of  Greenfield. 

John  Evans  and  John  Flvans,  Jr.,  transient  persons. 

I<<])hraini  P<dwards  of  Guilford,  Vt. 

George  Morely  of  Glastenbury,  Ct. 


TOWN    RATE    FOR    1 787. 


257 


Noah  Fox  of  Glastenbury,  Ct. 

Xvilliam  Brooks  of  Connecticut. 

Jonathan  Rich  of  Athol. 

David  Squires,  a  transient  person. 

Joseph  I'tter,  late  of  Greenfield,  labourer. 

Joseph  Wood,  late  of  Greenfield,  labourer. 

The  following-  town  rate  made  March.  1787,  John  Burke  Collector, 
gives  approximately  the  names  of  the  heads  of  families  in  Bernard- 
ston  proper  at  that  time  : 


Allen,  Seni.  one    poll. 

"        Asaph,  Dea.  two  polls. 

"       Joseph.  one    poll. 

Audrus,  Neheniiah,  Lt. 
Atwell,  Oliver. 
Allen,  Seba. 
Alvord,  Joseph. 
Brown,  Abraham. 
Brooks,  John,  Capt.  two  polls. 

Burk,  John.  one     poll. 

Bell,  John. 

Cushman,  P.  Dr.  three  polls. 

Chapin,  Caleb,  Capt.  one     poll. 

Couch,  James.  "         " 

Cunnabell,  Saml.  Jr. 
Chapin,  Zalmuna. 

Consider.  ."         " 

Cunnabell,  Saml. 

Chapin,  Dr.  .... 

Evans,  John.  two  polls. 

Esen,  Richard.  one    poll. 

Euda,  John.  "         " 

Fox,  William. 

"      Noah. 
Foster,  F^lisha.  "         " 

Green,  Bjenjamin,  Jr. 
Hale,  Joseph. 

"         Jonathan.  " 

"         Chileab.  two  polls. 

John. 

"         Widow  Lucy. 


Hale,  Asahel. 
Elijah. 
Kene,  Reuben. 
Leach,  Ephraim. 
Loveman,  Thomas. 
Newcomb,  Hezekiah. 

William. 
Pinks,  John. 
Rider,  David,  Lieut. 

Jr. 
Robbins,  Lemuel. 
Ritter,  William. 
Root,  Samuel. 
Slate,  Joseph,  Capt. 

Israel, 
.Sheldon  Remembrance. 
Sanderson,  John. 
Sheldon,  Elihu. 
Smith,  David. 
Stebbins,  Joseph. 
Town,  David. 
Wolley,  Thomas. 
Webster,  Stephen. 

Jr. 
Warner,  Ichabod. 
Wright,  Thaddeus. 

George. 
Wood,  .Samuel. 
Whetten,  Robert. 
Curlice,  Nathaniel. 
Allen,  Widow. 


one     poll. 


two  polls, 
one    poll. 


one-half  poll, 
one    poll. 


real  estate, 
one     poll. 

real  estate, 
one  poll, 
two  polls, 
one    poll. 


real  estate. 

one    poll. 

real  estate. 


Of  several  of  these  it  has  been  impossible  to  obtain  any  further 
record.  Presumably  they  may  not  have  resided  here  for  any  great 
length  of  time. 


258  HISTORIC    ITEMS. 


At  this  time  the  unimproved  land  belonging  to  non-resident  pro- 
prietors was  as  follows : 


Joshua   Fuller, 

No. 

75. 

1st. 

division, 

50  i 

acres 

(1                          1  ( 

28, 

3rd. 

(  i 

if 

((                          (( 

173. 

f  ( 

(  1 

1  ( 

((                          (( 

187, 

4th. 

(  ( 

25 

it                    a 

14, 

'  ' 

*  * 

25 

Major  vSelah  Bar 

Hard 

197. 

3rd. 

'* 

20 

Cook,   Noah. 

7I: 

45, 

156, 

J  J 

- 

5o 
50 
50 

Belding.  David. 

25- 

'• 

'* 

50 

1 1                            a 

4. 

4th. 

*' 

25 

May  12,  1788.  "Voted  to  restrain  rambs  from  running  at  large 
from  September  first  until  the  fifteenth  day  of  November." 

The  first  census  taken  in  town  was  by  Mr.  David  Saxton  of  Deer- 
field  in  1790,  in  accordance  with  an  order  issued  by  the  Govern- 
ment. At  this  time  the  population  was  691  persons,  the  number 
of  families  108.  At  that  time  Leyden  contained  991  persons,  ju.st 
300  more  than  the  parent  town.  In  1800  the  census  was  again  taken. 
It  then  contained  780  persons,  a  gain  of  89  in  ten  years.  In  1830 
it  had  increased  to  945,  and  from  that  time  to  about  1875,  the  num- 
ber fluctuated  between  that  and  990.  At  no  time  has  it  quite 
reached  1000  inhabitants.     It  is  now  considerably  less. 

June  20,  1793.  "Land  on  Hoosac  Mountain  was  taxed  one  and  a 
half  penny  an  acre,  to  be  paid  in  three  months  for  the  purpose  of 
making  a  road  across  the  grant." 

March  17,  1795.  "Moses  Scott,  Jr.,  carried  the  chain,  his  father 
being  blind  and  confusing  thereto." 

March  23,  1796.  A  gentleman  came  to  Boston  from  Vermont  in  a  sleigh 
drawn  by  two  /arge  dogs  owned  by  Dr.  Cushman  of  Kernardston.  They 
traveled  upwards  of  forty-five  miles  daily,  and  the  owner  had  been  offered 
$50  for  them,  an  offer  which  he  refused. — Gazette. 

1798.  "Voted  to  empower  the  selectmen  to  provide  a  pall  cloth." 
This  vote  was  evidently  carried  out,  as  a  year  later  we  find  direc- 
tions given  that  it  be  entrusted  to  the  po.ssession  and  care  of  Mrs. 
Levina  Burke. 


HISTORICAL   ITEMS.  259 


In  the  year  1798,  there  was  so  great  a  scarcity  of  grain  that  for 
many  weeks — from  February  until  the  harvest — the  people  ate  but 
very  little  bread,  subsisting  chiefly  upon  meat  and  potatoes. 

Friday,  February  26,  1802.  "The  dwelling  house  of  Ichabod  War- 
ner was  consumed  by  fire  together  with  its  contents.  A  quantity 
of  flax  had  been  placed  in  a  room  to  dry,  which  took  fire  in  the 
absence  of  the  family  and  set  the  house  in  flames  immediately. 
This  is  the  second  accident  of  the  kind  Mr.  Warner  has  met  with." 

This  house  stood  a  few  rods  south  of  the  present  home  of  Mr. 
Albert  Warner,  in  the  south-east  corner  of  the  home  lot.  The  cel- 
lar hole  is  still  to  be  seen. 

June  17,  1803.  Friday.  About  4  p.  m.  the  inhabitants  of  the  north-east 
part  of  the  town  experienced  a  most  violent  storm  of  rain  attended  with 
wind,  hail,  sharp  flashes  of  lightning  and  tremendous  thunder.  The  clouds 
rushed  together  from  all  quarters  in  confusion  and  the  rain  fell  in  torrents 
for  about  one  half  an  hour.  It  then  began  to  hail,  which  fell  in  such  size 
and  force  as  to  destroy  almost  all  the  grain,  fruit,  grass  and  vegetables. 
The  hail  was  adjudged  to  be  half  as  big  as  hens'  eggs.  The  farms  of  the 
late  Deacon  J.  and  T.  Sheldon  received  greater  injury  from  washing  than 
by  hail.  Have  not  learned  that  the  inhabitants  suffered  much  by  lightning, 
though  it  made  its  way  into  the  top  of  a  tree  standing  within  three  rods  of 
Deacon  J.  Field's  house,  and  taking  the  grane  ran  to  the  roots.  A  son  of 
Mr.  Field  standing  within  12  paces  of  this  tree  was  knocked  down  but  re- 
ceived inconsiderable   injury.     Remarkable. — Gazette  and  Courier. 

In  1 8 10  it  was  voted  to  "Vendue  the  Town  Poor  to  the  lowest 
bidder,"  the  first  mention  made  of  such  a  proceeding. 

In  the  north-east  corner  room  of  the  Ryther  house  is  a  remark- 
able specimen  of  mural  decoration  which  was  applied  about  18 10 
to  181 5.  A  man  came  to  town  from  parts  unknown,  doing  the  work 
in  payment  for  board.  He  likewise  painted  the  walls  in  a  room  of 
the  ^/^Aldrich  house  opposite  the  lime  kiln  site,  now  torn  down, 
and  a  room  in  the  Burk  tavern.  He  was  here,  so  far  as  can  be 
learned,  for  some  months.  One  day  men  arrived  suddenly  from 
the  east  part  of  the  State  of  New  York,  some  say  from  Albany,  de- 
parting with  this  man  as  their  prisoner,  and  it  was  always  supposed 
that  he  was  arrested  as  a  spy,  the  War  of  1 8 1 2  being  then  in  progress. 

The   design    upon   the    Ryther   house  was  painted   free  hand  in 


26o  HISTORICAL    ITEMS. 


water  colors,  or  something  of  a  kindred  nature,  and  in  blocks  or 
squares,  each  containing  a  spray  of  strawberries  with  leaves.  At 
the  top  of  the  base  boards  is  an  arrangement  of  draped  flags  done 
in  panel  form.  Over  the  fire  board  is  an  elaborate  representation  of 
Boston  harbor  with  ships,  and  on  the  other  half,  of  Boston  common. 
To  be  appreciated  it  should  be  seen.  The  colors  to-day  are  as  fresh 
apparently,  and  the  walls  in  as  good  a  condition,  as  when  the  work 
was  done  nearly  a  century  ago.  The  design  in  the  old  Aldrich 
house  was  similar,  there  cherries  being  combined  with  the  straw- 
berry patterns. 

Bernardston  was  represented  in  the  War  of  1S12  by 

Chapin,  Cyrenius.  Newcomb,  Samuel. 

Gorham.  Nightengale,  Ebenezer. 

Aldrich,  Hosea.  Ryther,  Alpha,  Clerk. 
Guellow,  David.  '■         Erastus. 

Newcomb, Tryon,  Elijah. 

Charles  Jarvis. 

October  29,  1812.  "Advertised  in  the  Publick  Prints  of  ye  day. 
An  Elephant  show  at  Major  Webster's  Inn.  Probably  the  only 
chance  many  will  ever  have  of  seeing  this  great  natural  curiosity." 

May,  181 3.  ".Died  in  town  an  Indian  ae.  about  35."  [Unitarian 
church  Rec] 

January  i,  1834.  "During  the  25  years  preceeding,  there  has  oc- 
curred 302  deaths  in  town." 

"MAMMOIH    TURNIP." 

"An  English  Turnip  was  raifed  in  the  garden  of  Joseph  Conable  of  Ber- 
nardfton,  in  this  county,  meafuring  46  inches  round  the  middle  weighed 
thirty  pounds  with  the  tops  attached  to  it;  &  when  the  tops  were  removed 
and  the  turnip  wafhed,  it  weighed  23  pounds!!!!" — Franklin  Herald,  Tues- 
day, Nov.  12,  1816. 

In  1 8 16  the  only  place  in  town  where  any  seed  corn  was  raised 
was  on  the  Samuel  Wright  place,  at  the  north  end  of  the  Bald  Moun- 
tain road.  The  next  year  his  seed  corn  sold  at  a  high  price.  The 
summer  of  18 16  is  known  locally  as  the  cold  .summer.  It  is  said 
that  snow  flew  every  month  during  that  year. 

On  Tuesday,  January  20,  1829,  a  man  called  at  the  inn  of  Henry  W. 
Cushman,  in    Bernardston.       He    lodged    there   that   night,  and  remained 


CUSHMAN    PARK,  261 


about  there  the  next  day,  and  again  lodged  there  Wednesday  night.  Thurs- 
day morning  he  was  called  to  breakfast,  but  did  not  appear,  and  Mr.  Cush- 
man  went  to  his  room  where  he  found  him  with  his  throat  cut  from  ear  to 
ear.  He  gasped  two  or  three  times  after  the  room  was  entered,  and  ex- 
pired. A  coroner's  inquest  was  held  upon  the  body — verdict,  Fel-o-de-se. 
The  name  of  the  person  and  his  place  of  residence  are  unknown.  There 
was  nothing  about  him  by  which  the  jury  could  ascertain,  either.  His 
height  was  about  five  feet  eight  inches,  his  complection  light,  brown  hair, 
and  he  appeared  to  be  about  40  years  old.  His  dress  was  a  black  coat  and 
pantaloons,  striped  vest,  snuff  colored  frock  coat,  cowhide  shoes,  black  fur 
hat,  high  crown.  He  came  from  the  north  on  foot,  with  a  small  bundle 
done  up  in  a  striped  cotton  handkerchief.  No  money  or  papers  were  found 
upon  him.  —  Gazette  and  Herald,  Jan.  27,   1829. 

In  1836  there  were  located  in  town  "Two  grist  mills,  four  saw- 
mills, two  carding  machines  and  clothier's  shops,  one  factory  for 
making  cotton-batting,  one  card-board  factory,  three  stores,  two 
'Public  Houses,'  four  churches,  one  high  school,  six  district  school- 
houses,  one  harness  "maker,  several  shoe-makers,  one  wagon-maker, 
one  tannery,  one  scythe  snath  factory,  two  shingle  machines,  one 
cabinet  maker,  one  blacksmith,  three  distilleries  ;  about  160  dwel- 
lings." 

Tuesday  morning,  June  lo.  1856.  "Mr.  Israel  Slate  is  94  years 
old  to-day.  But  four  persons  have  lived  in  town  to  his  age.  James 
Couch,  99th  year.  Elijah  Kingsley,  the  eldest,  looth  year.  Mehit- 
able  Burk,  (widow  of  Major  John  Burk),  ae.  97  when  she  died. 
Major  Burk's  sister,  Mrs.  Remembrance  Sheldon,  ae.  97  years. 
Mrs.  Burk  was  a  little  the  oldest." 

Originally  the  site  of  the  present  boarding  house — Cushman 
Hall — and  the  land  adjoining  both  south  and  east,  was  included  in 
one  large  farm,  bounded  as  at  present  on  the  north  and  west  by 
roadways,  one  of  which  was  spoken  of  as  the  "  stage  road  to 
Dartmouth  College,"  and  the  other  as  the  "County  road  to  North- 
field."  On  the  north  side  of  the  latter  road,  the  land  was  bare  of 
buildings  save,  possibly,  one  log  hut.  The  present  Institute  grounds, 
on  the  east  side  certainly,  were  covered  with  a  dense  growth  of 
pines,  whose  tops  stretched  far  upward  toward  the  bltie  above,  and 
whose  roots  were,  many  of  them,  submerged  by  the  waters  of  the 
present  pond,  which  then   rose  much  higher  than  now.      In  1760 


262  CUSHMAN    PARK. 


there  were  but  seven  families  living  within  the  limits  of  District 
No.  2,  the  now  central  part  of  the  village,  and  the  growth  of  the 
town  during  the  next  thirty  years  was  not  sufficiently  rapid  to  lead 
us  to  think  that  the  inhabitants  had  any  more  than  doubled  during 
that  time. 

Between  1760  and  1762,  there  appears  in  town  one  Samuel  Hast- 
ings. If  not  immediately,  within  a  few  years,  probably,  he  pur- 
chased the  large  farm  situated  south  of  the  so-called  County  Road, 
and  during  the  next  twenty-five  years  became  quite  a  prominent 
man  in  town  affairs.  In  18 13,  being  advanced  in  years,  he  sold  his 
farm  to  his  son,  Rufus.  About  this  time  there  must  have  been  built 
upon  the  present  boarding  house  site,  a  tannery,  which,  with  the 
tanyard,  occupied  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre,  and  which  was  ex- 
cepted in  the  12-acre  tract  which  Rufus  Hastings  sold,  in  18 19,  to 
Thomas  Snow  and  Gamaliel  Kingsley,  who  in  turn  sold  it  at  a  later 
date  to  the  late  Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman,  by  whom  it  was  given  to  the 
town. 

During  these  earlier  years,  the  brook  running  through  the  park 
was  not  the  placid  little  stream  of  the  present,  but  was  tumultously 
hurrying  along  on  its  course  to  the  pond  which  was  then  to  be  found 
west  of  the  tanyard,  forming  two  or  three  little  water  falls  on  its 
way.  The  outlet  of  this  pond  was  into  the  meadow,  or  rather  swamp 
land,  south,  as  the  present  meadow  land  then  was.  This  swamp 
was  covered  with  a  thick  growth,  largely  alders,  and  was  the  favor- 
ite lurking  place  of  the  speckled  beauties  of  the  brook.  People  of 
an  earlier  generation  would  have  told  you  that,  in  the  days  when 
"Gill  pork  "  was  in  common  use,  it  was  no  unusual  sight  to  see  the 
mothers  of  the  families  wending  their  way  to  the  Fox  brook,  as  it 
flowed  on  its  course  through  the  present  park,  and  in  the  falls  there 
firmly  secure  the  salt-fish  destined  for  the  family  dinner,  return- 
ing in  the  morning  for  the  fish  then  freshened. 

At  the  tanyard  a  busy  industry  was  carried  on,  and  the  tan  vat 
proved  tempting  to  the  youth  of  the  day,  who  then,  as  now,  were 
full  of  the  spirit  of  mischief,  and  at  least  one  impromptu  bath  was 
taken  therein,  followed  by  an  unexpected  plunging  into  the  pond 
conveniently  situated  near  by,  after  which  the  dripping  culprit  was 
sent  home  to  receive  the  maternal  chidings. 


ROLL    OF    HONOR.  263 


The  first  building  on  the  present  Institute  grounds  was  probably 
the  log  hut  built  there  among  the  pines  between  the  years  1790  and 
1800.  The  first  hint  of  the  occupant  of  the  same  is  found  in  the 
recorded  action  of  the  town  relative  to  warning  Nathaniel  Curlice 
from  town,  January,  1790.  The  town  had  done  its  duty  and  no  fur- 
ther town  record  of  him  do  I  find,  but  in  the  year  1800,  or  therea- 
bouts, there  appears  in  the  hut  among  the  pines,  one  who  was 
familiarly  termed  "Nat  the  Fiddler,"  a  negro  whose  services  as  fid- 
dler were  much  sought  for  in  the  evening  gatherings  of  the  young 
men  and  maidens  of  the  place.  His  daily  occupation  was  a  prosaic 
one.  Turning  his  attention  to  the  natural  products  of  his  home 
lot,  the  tar  he  produced  from  the  pine  trees  we  may  presume  to 
have  rivaled  the  color  of  his  face.  Quite  a  little  work  did  he  in  his 
line,  but  after  a  few  years  Nat,  the  fiddler,  disappears,  and  the  only 
thing:  we  know  of  him  further  is  contained  in  the  record  of  death 
found  in  the  Unitarian  church  book,  under  date  of  August  11,  1818, 
his  age  being  given  as  63  years. 

This  property  on  the  north  side  of  the  County  Road  was  origi- 
nally a  part  of  the  farm  of  P.  L.  Cushman,  the  right  which  he  pur- 
chased of  Medad  Pumroy.  The  present  Institute  site,  after  its 
occupancy  by  Nathaniel  Curlice  or  "Nat  the  fiddler,"  was,  in  1821, 
sold  by  Mr.  Cushman  to  Theodore  B.  Hoyt.  Mr.  Cushman  repur- 
chased the  place  of  Mr.  Hoyt,  and  later  sold  to  Mr.  Obed  Dickin- 
son, the  next  owner  of  the  land,  and  at  the  time  of  the  building  of 
the  school  house  the  site  was  purchased  by  Col.  Ferry,  John  San- 
derson and  the  town,  the  two  gentlemen  paying  $550  out  of  $750. 

The  roll  of  those  credited  to  Bernardston  who  served  their  coun- 
try in  the  Civil  strife: 

"Albett,  John.  Brings,  R.  C. 

Aldrich,  Dwight.  Burt,  Euos  H. 

J.  J.  Butterfield,  Z.  A. 

Bagg,  Frederick  L.  Chase,  L.  P. 

Baldwin,  Henry.  Day,  Josiah  P. 

Bartis,  Dennis.  Drury,  Mason. 

Benjamin,  Quartus  W.  Fairman,  D.  L. 
Boyle,  Charles  A.  "  J.  C. 

Booter,  Anson.  Field,  Aaron  W.  Rev. 


264 


ROLL   OF    HONOR. 


Frizzell,  C.  O. 
Gould,  C.  R. 
Grout,  L.  B. 
Hale,  Francis  D. 

"      Fred. 

George  E. 

"       Henry  W. 

"       H.J. 

"       James  W. 

"       John  Henry. 

"       Lorenzo. 

"       Lucius  Cushnian. 
Haley,  C.  O. 

"        John. 
Harris,  Charles  C. 
Haskins,  George  W. 

A.  L. 
Horton,  Herbert  G. 
Huber,  Charles. 
Hughes,  George  H. 
Hutchins,  C.  J. 
Hurlbert,  Ebenezer  H.  Lt. 
Johnson,  A.  N. 
Kingsley,  A.  W. 
Lachore,  Edward. 
Lyons,  H.  P. 
Manning,  John. 
McClure,  A.  T. 
Morrison,  B.  R. 
Murphy,  Hector. 
Nash,  Joel  N. 
Newton,  E.  C. 
Newcomb,  R.  F. 
Newell,  David. 
Oaks,  William  F. 
Park,  Dwight. 

"       F.  R. 


Palmer,  William. 
Quinn,  James. 
Reed,  Dwight. 
Scott,  Charles  T. 

Dwight  R. 

William. 
Slate,  Charles. 

Marshall. 

;'    J-  s. 

"       F.  C. 

"       Joseph. 
Streeter,  Henry  O. 
Sheldon,  Henry  T. 
Streeter,  L.  B. 
Sheldon,  T.  L. 
Sullivan,  Bart. 

Michael. 
Temple,  John  W. 
Thompson,  James  M. 
"  George. 

W.  A. 
Thomas,  I.  L. 
Thornily,  George  W. 
Vaile,  Geoffrey. 
Vanall,  William. 
Weather  head,  L-  M. 
Walbridge,  William  H. 
Weeks,  J.  H. 
Wells,  George  W. 
Wheeler,  D.  H. 
Woodrough,  William. 

George  W. 
Whitcomb,  W.  S. 
Willey,  George  A. 
Wolf,  H.  A. 
Thompson,  A.  T." 


Of  these  it  should  be  said  that  some  were  substitutes  and  from 
other  places. 

In  Gov.  Cushman's  will  is  the  following : — 

"After  the  decease  of  my  said  wife,  1  order  and  direct  that  the  sum  of 
$10,000  shall  be  paid  to  the  first  town  in  Massachusetts,  of  not  less  than 
one  thousand  inhabitants,  which  shall  take  and  forever  retain,  by  an  act  of 
incorporation,  by  competent   authority,  the   corporate    name  of   Cushman; 


SOCIAL   INSTITUTIONS.  265 


but  the  town  of  Bernardston  may  take  said  legacy  as  aforesaid,  without 
having  one  thousand  inhabitants;  and  if  no  town  in  Massachusetts  shall 
take  said  legacy  within  five  years  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife,  then 
any  town  in  the  United  States  of  not  less  than  one  thousand  inhabitants, 
which  shall  comply  with  the  conditions  of  this  legacy  by  taking  the  name 
of  Cushman,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  said  sum  of  Ten  Thousand 
Dollars  and  the  interest  that  shall  have  accumulated  thereon;  said  sum  to 
be  safely  invested  in  General  Government  or  State  Stocks  or  Bonds,  and 
the  annual  income  and  income  only,  shall  be  forever  used  by  said  town  of 
Cushman  for  the  maintenance  and  support  of  a  High  or  Grammar  School 
in  said  town." 

Among-  the  flourishing  institutions  of  the  days  past  there  was  in 
Bernardston  a  "Farmers'  Club  and  Agricultural  Library  Associa- 
tion." This  was  a  fully  officered  association,  meeting  weekly  for 
discussion  and  study  of  the^best  methods  in  vogue  as  pertaining 
to  farming.  The  members  seem  to  have  been  enthusiastic,  and  to 
have  enjoyed  exceptional  advantages  in  the  way  of  having  talented 
speakers  and  lecturers  from  those  who  stood  high  in  the  vState  as 
experts.  It  was  in  existence  during  the  years  1859,  '^O-  61  and  '62, 
surely,  and  the  meetings  were  largely  attended  by  the  citizens  and 
their  wives. 

Of  an  entirely  different  nature  is  the  Bernardston  Thief  Detect- 
ing Society,  which  has  now  had  an  existence  of  69  years.  This  is 
also  a  society  firmly  established  on  a  business  basis,  and  which  has, 
as  occasion  presented,  done  efficient  work  within  its  sphere.  An- 
nual meetings  are  held,  at  which  officers  are  elected  and  necessary 
business  transacted,  after  which  the  time  is  given  up  to  entertain- 
ment and  sociability.  The  ladies  are  always  present  at  these  gath- 
erings, and  the  annual  meeting  and  supper  of  this  society  is  one  of 
the  established  social  functions  of  the  place. 

The  following  is  taken  from  Gov.  Cushman's  scrap  book  and 
may  prove  of  interest.     1856: 

"We  learn  from  the  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Daily  Union  that  two  splendid 
locomotives  recently  placed  on  the  Toledo  (Ohio)  Wabash  and  St.  Louis 
R.  R.,  of  which  road  George  H.  Burrows  of  Bernardston  is  Supt.  and  John 
E.  Carpenter  of  Bernardston  is  Paymaster,  have  been  named  the  'George 
H.  Burrows,' and  'John  E.  Carpenter.'  Two  beautiful  headlamps  for  these' 
locomotives    have   recently  been  made    at    Rochester.      Their  immense  re- 


266  ANECDOTES. 


flectors  are  plateci  with  gold  over  silver  and  copper,  and  the  cases  are  hand- 
somely painted  and  mounted  with  brass.  On  either  side  of  the  cases  are 
portraits  of  the  gentlemen  whose  names  the  locomotives  bear  of  the  size 
of  life,  and  so  accurate  that  those  who  know  the  original  will  have  to  take 
a  second  look  or  they  may  be  deceived  by  the  counterfeit.  While  the  above 
gentlemen  were  connected  with  the  Rochester  and  Niagara  Falls  R.  R., 
they  had  sent  to  them  daguerreotype  likenesses  of  their  fathers,  Isaac  Bur- 
rows and  Dr.  E.  W.  Carpenter  of  Bernardston.  One  night  an  unknown 
artist  at  Rochester  got  hold  of  the  daguerreotypes,  and  before  morning, 
painted  them  as  large  as  life  on  the  head  lamp  of  the  locomotive  which 
was  to  take  out  the  morning  train.  In  the  morning  the  engineer,  Frank 
Burrows,  another  son  of  Isaac's,  came  out  to  start  his  machine  and  in  pas- 
sing the  head  of  it  was  startled  to  see  Dr.  Carpenter  staring  at  him.  Upon 
going  around  to  the  other  side,  his  father  was  seen  looking  down  at  him 
with  a  stern  visage,  upon  which  it  is  reportetl  Frank  was  so  startled  that  he 
took  to  his  heels  and  it  was  some  time  before  he  could  be  convinced  that 
they  were  nothing  but  painted  likenesses  of  the  above  gentlemen." 

An  antique  round  topped  window  sash,  now  crammed  into  the  gable  end 
of  a  building  at  the  cutlery  works,  belonging  to  E.  S.  Hurlbert,  once  shone 
resplendent  behind  the  altar  and  sounding  board  of  the  Congregational 
church,  while  it  st(Kjd  near  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers'  homestead,  occupied  to-day 
by  IrVin  Barbffr.  When  the  church  was  taken  down  and  its  parts  to  some 
extent  incorporated  into  the  new  church,  Unitarian,  erected  during  the 
pastorate  of  said  Rogers,  the  old  sash  was  discarded  and  I'educed  to  less 
dignified  service.  —  Gazette  and  Courier,  Aug.,   igoo. 

Aug.  15,  1 88 1.  Mr.  George  Wells,  ae.  81  years,  completed  a  copy 
of  the  old  Proprietors'  book,  having  expended  two  years  upon  the 
work.  The  copy  was  deposited  in  the  P.  V.  M.  A.  rooms  at 
Deerfield.  The  original  is  in  the  town's  possession  in  Bernardston. 
The  copy  was  made  in  accordance  with  a  law  passed,  having  in  inind 
the  preservation  of  old  town  records  in  more  than  one  place,  so 
that  loss  by  fire  would  not  obliterate  the  only  existing  record. 

Concerning  Mr.  Isaac  P.  Morrison,  who  was  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  at  one  time  kept  the  hotel  here.  At  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Rebellion,  he  was  a  resident  of  Georgia,  but  sympathized 
strongly  with  the  north.  His  union  sentiments  endangered  his 
life  there,  an'd  after  many  futile  attempts,  he  succeeded  in  reaching 
the  sea  coast,  where  obtaining  a  skiff,  he  hazarded  his  own,  his 
wife's  and  children's  lives  by  boldly  pushing  out  to  sea.     For  seven 


ANECDOTES.  267 


days  they  floated  and  rowed  about,  when  they  were  picked  up  by 
a  northern  bound  vessel.  Mr.  Morrison  when  rescued  had  worn 
the  flesh  from  his  hands  by  his  constant  endeavors  to  row  to  land 
farther  north. 

One  of  the  residents  of  the  town,  Joseph  Warner,  died  in  1883. 
There  was  always  an  air  of  mystery  about  him,  and  from  the  fol- 
lowing provisions  of  his  will  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  he 
was  not  understood  by  his  neighbors: 

"First.  My  will  is  that  whether  I  have  one  dollar  or  a  million  at  my 
decease  there  must  not  one  cent  go  to  help  along  religious  craft,  that  relic 
of  barbarism  that  Kingcraft  and  Priestcraft  have  managed  to  keep  the 
world  in  mental  slavery  enough  to  torture  and  put  to  death  millions  for 
their  honest  opinions. 

Fourth.  I  direct  that  there  must  not  be  a  bell  struck  at  my  death  or 
burial,  and  no  man  or  woman  acting  in  the  capacity  of  a  priest  is  to  have 
anything  to  do  with  the  matter,  but  my  executor  is  to  lay  me  after  death 
where  my  niece,  Mary  E.  Kimball  shall  direct,  provided  she  does  not  di- 
rect him  to  lay  me  in  any  cemetery  in  Bernardston. 

Sixth.  If  at  my  death,  after  settling  the  provisions  of  this  will  there  is 
any  remainder,  the  interest  of  said  remainder  is  to  be  used  for  the  support 
of  my  wife,  but^  not  one  cent  for  any  religious  purpose,  and  at  her  decease 
whether  in  the  hands  of  my  executor  or  my  niece,  M.  E.  Kiinball,  it  is  to 
be  used  to  oppose  that  horrid  old  monster  of  Kingcraft  and  Priestcraft 
called  Religion." 

REMARKABLE   LONGEVITY. 

Died  April  i,  1884,  David  Pratt,  aged  103  years,  4  months,  i  day. 
He  was  born  in  Shutesbury,  Mass.,  November  27,  1780;  removed 
when  a  young  man  to  Greenfield.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  181 2, 
served  his  time  in  the  Company  of  Captain  Jeremiah  Green  of  Guil- 
ford, Vt.,  and  was  honorably  discharged.  While  in  this  service  he 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg,  also  witnessed  the  naval 
"fight"  between  McDonough  and  Coinmodore  Downey  on  Lake 
Cham  plain.  He  came  back  to  Greenfield  in  18 13,  and  in  18 14  mar- 
ried Lucinda  Bertlett,  who  died  in  1878.  They  had  eight  children. 
He  had  resided  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  Leyden,  and  for  the  last  years  of 
his  life,  in  Bernardston. 

POSTMASTERS. 

The  first  government  postmaster  in  town  was  Dr.  Gideon  Ryther, 


268  POSTMASTERS. 


who  had  the  office  located  in  the  south-east  room  of  the  house  of 
the  late  William  Eaton  Ryther.  Here  it  was  kept  for  many  years. 
Gov.  Henry  W.  Cushman  succeeded  Dr.  Ryther,  and  during  his 
administration  the  office  was  moved  to  the  Cushman  hotel. 

D.  W.  Temple  was  the  next  postmaster,  his  location  being  upon 
the  present  site  of  the  Stratton  store.  He  was  postmaster  for  some 
time.  1 86 1  being  one  of  the  years  which  he  served. 

By  Dr.  William  M.  Dwight  it  was  kept  in  a  building  south  of  the 
Goodale  Academy.  He  had  it  moved  to  the  present  location,  the 
office  building  then  being  new. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Israel  Putnam  of  North  Bernardston  was 
postmaster,  he  driving  to  the  village  to  attend  to  his  duties. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  A.  M.  Stratton,  and  he  in  turn  by  Mr. 
Wells  Bardwell,  the  present  incumbent. 

The  town  now  has  rural  delivery,  a  convenience  much  appreciated 
by  the  patrons  of  the  office. 

In  connection  with  the  office  should  be  mentioned  the  efficient 
service  which  was  for  so  many  years  so  faithfully  rendered  by  Ar- 
nold Scott.  Although  blind,  he  for  many  years  regularly  made 
two  trips  daily  through  South  street,  and  rarely  did  he  make  a  mis- 
take in  the  delivery  of  the  mails.  His  service  was  rewarded  by 
those  whom  he  served  so  long  and  well. 

At  North  Bernardston  not  far  from  1850,  the  Government  ap- 
pointed Miss  Lucy  Cutler  as  postmistress,  and  as  long  as  health 
permitted,  she  distributed  the  mails  at  her  father's  home.  Upon 
her  giving  up  the  position,  the  office  was  transferred  to  the  store 
kept  by  T.  K.  Horton,  where  it  remained  until  the  decrease  in  the 
amount  of  business  caused  its  suspension. 

The  officials  of  a  town  are  usually  some  of  her  representative 
men  ;  the  names  of  those  who  have  been  called  upon  to  take  charge 
of  her  affairs  are,  therefore,  of  both  value  and  interest  as  showing 
who  the  prominent  ones  were,  and  to  whom  the  present  prosperity 
of  the  place  is  indebted  for  the  former  judicious  management  in 
municipal  matters,  while  incidentally  it  gives  a  clew  to  whom  were 
the  inhabitants. 

The  first  town  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer 


SELECTMEN. 


i6g 


Sheldon,  May  ii,  1762.     At  this  the  selectmen  chosen  were  John 
Burk,  Moses  Scott  and  Remembrance  Sheldon. 

Those  since  then  have  been 


Zebulon  Allen,  Moses  Scott,  Remembrance  Sheldon, 

John  Burk,  Zebulon  Allen,  Remembrance  Sheldon,     - 

John  Severance,  Aaron  Field,  Amasa  Sheldon,        -  -  - 

John  Burk,  Remembrance  Sheldon,  Zebulon  Allen,     - 

John  Burk,  Ebenezer  Sheldon,  Sampson  Howe, 

John  Burk,  Ebenezer  Sheldon,  Remembrance  Sheldon, 

John  Burk,  James  Couch,  John  .Severance,    .  -  -  - 

John  Burk,  Aaron  Field,  John  Severance,  -  -  .  - 

John  Burk,  Elijah  .Sheldon,  Joel  Chapin,      .  .  -  . 

John  Burke,  Elijah  Sheldon,  James  Couch,       -  .  .  . 

John  Burk,  Samuel  Hastings,  Moses  .Scott,  -  -  - 

Elisha  Burnham,  Elijah  Kingsley,  Caleb  Chapin,        -  -  - 

Elisha  Burnham,  David  Rider,  Ezekiel  F'oster,       -  -  . 

John  Burk,  Aaron  Field,  Jonathan  .Sheldon,      -  -  -  - 

John  Burk,  Elisha  Burnham,  Amasa  Sheldon,         -  -  - 

Moses  Scott,  Ezekiel  Foster,  Samuel  Hastings,  .  -  . 

Hezekiah  Chapin,  Hezekiah  Newcomb,  John  Burk,  Joseph  Slate,  James 
Aaron  Field,  Moses  Scott,  Elisha  Burnham,      .  -  -  - 

Caleb  Chapin,  .Samuel  Guild,  Daniel  Loomis, 
Amasa  .Sheldon,  Joseph  Slate,  Hezekiah  Chapin,  Jared  Crandall, 
David  Rider,  Hezekiah  Chapin,  Alpheus  Barstow,  Hezekiah  Newcomb, 
Packer,     -------- 

Aaron  p-ield,  Reuben  .Shattuck,  Zebulon  Allen,  -  -  - 

Job  Wright,  Jonathan  Sheldon,  Zebulon  Allen,       -  -  - 

Job  Wright,  Asaph  Allen,  Artemas  Cushman,  -  .  -  - 

Job  Wright,  Joseph  Slate,  Hezekiah  Newcomb,       -  -  - 

Elisha  Burnham,  .Samuel  Hastings,  Artemas  Cushman, 

Job  Wright,  Hezekiah  Newcomb,  Joseph  Allen,      -  -  - 

Jonathan  Sheldon,  Artemas  Cushman,  Seba  Allen,      -  -  - 

Jonathan  .Sheldon,  Caleb  Chapin,  Jr.,  Seba  Allen, 

Joseph  .Slate,  Artemas  Cushman,  .Seba  Allen,  -  -  -  - 

Joseph  Slate,  Caleb  Alvord,  Seba  Allen,        -  -  -  - 

Asaph  Allen,  Caleb  Alvord,  .Samuel  Hastings,  -  -  - 

Elias  Parmenter,  Caleb  Alvord,  .Samuel  Hastings, 

Elias  Parmenter,  Caleb  Alvord,  Seba  Allen,      -  -  .  - 

David  Severance,  Prince  .Snow,  Seba  Allen, 

David  Severance,  Stephen  Webster,  Gideon  Ryther,       -  -  - 

Samuel  Hastings,  Caleb  Chapin,  2nd,  Jonathan  Allen, 

Thomas  Hoseley,  Gideon  Ryther,  David  Severance,    -  -  - 

.Samuel  Flagg,  Stephen  Webster,  David  Severance, 

Samuel  Flagg,  .Stephen  Webster,  Samuel  Sykes,  Jr., 

Thomas  Hoseley,  Gideon  Ryther,  Jonathan  Allen, 


1763 

-  1764 

1765 

-  1766 
1767 

-  1768 
1769 

-  1770 
1771 

-  1772 

1773 

-  1774 

1775 

-  1776 

1777 

-  1778 
Couch,  1779 

-  1780 
1781 

-  1782 
Charles 

1783 

-  1784 

1785 

-  1786 
1787 

-  1788 
1789 

-  1790 
1 791 

-  1792 
1793 
1794 
1795 

-  T796 
T797 

-    1798-9 
1800 
1801 
1802 

-  1803 
1804 


270  SELECTMEN. 


Samuel  Sykes,  Jr.,  Gideon  Ryther,  David  Severance,  -  -  -       1805-6 

Samuel  Sykes,  Stephen  Webster,  Jonathan  Allen,  .  .  .  jgo^ 

John  Hamilton,  Stephen  Webster,  Oliver  Cooley,         .  -  -  -       1808 

John  Hamilton,  Gideon  Ryther,  George  Alexander,  -  -  -  1809 

Samuel  Root,  P.  L-  Cushman,  George  Alexander,       -  -  .  -       1810 

Samuel  Root,  S.  Webster,  Ezra  Purple,  Jr.,  -  -  -  -  181 1 

John  Hamilton,  Samuel  Green,  Ezra  Purple,  Jr.,  -  -  -  -       1812 

John  Hamilton,  S.  Webster,  Jonathan  Allen,  -  .  -  -  1813 

John  Hamilton,  S.  Webster,  Socrates  Sheldon,  .  .  -  -       1814 

John  Hamilton,  Job  Goodale,  David  Dennison,       -  .  -  .  1815 

John  Hamilton,  Jonathan  Allen,  P.  L-  Cushman,         -  -  -  -       1816 

P.  L.  Cushman,  Jonathan  Allen,  Rufus  Hastings,  -  -  -  .  1817 

Job  Goodale,  Ralph  Cushman,  Orra  Sheldon,  -----       1818 

Jonathan  Allen,  Hatsel  Purple,  George  Parmenter,  -  -  -  18 19 

Jonathan  Allen,  Hatsel  Purple,  John  Hamilton,  -  -  .  .       1820 

Jonathan  Allen,  Hatsel  Purple,  Oliver  Root,  -  -  -  .  1821 

Pliney  Warner,  Hatsel  Purple,  John  Hamilton,  -  -  -  -       1822 

George  Parmenter,  Joseph  Connable,  John  Hamilton,        -  -  -  1823 

George  Parmenter,  Joseph  Connable,  Z.  C.  Newcomb,  -  -  -       1824 

Hatsel  Purple,  Elizur  Chamberlain,  Samuel  Root,  -  .  -  1825 

Hatsel  Purple,  Elizur  Chamberlain,  Jonathan  Allen,  -  -  -       1826-28 

Hatsel  Purple,  Isaac  Burrows,  Joseph  Slate,  -  -  -  .  1829 

Oliver  Root,  Isaac  Burrows,  AdoJphus  Hale,     -----       1830 

Ralph  Cushman,  Isaac  Burrows,  Hatsel  Purple,     -  -  -  -  183 1 

Ralph  Cushman,  Isaac  Burrows,  Adolphus  Hale,         -  .  -  -       1832 

Oliver  Root,  Joseph  Slate,  Rufus  Chase,       -----  1833 

Oliver  Root,  Adolphus  Hale,  Rufus  Chase,       -----       1834 

Isaac  Burrows,  Adolphus  Hale,  Rufus  Chase,  -  -  -  -  1835-37 

Ralph  Cushman,  Adolphus  Hale,  Joseph  vSlate,  -  -  -  -       1838 

Luke  Gore,  Adolphus  Hale,  Isaac  Burrows,  -  -  -  -  1839 

Otis  Warner,  Adolphus  Hale,  S.  B.  Slate,  -----       1840 

Otis  Warner,  Adolphus  Hale,  Isaac  Burrows,  -  -  -  -  1841 

A.  E.  Parmenter,  A.   Hale,  D.  W.  Temple,         .  -  .  -  -       1842 

A,  E.  Parmenter,  Isaac  Burrows,  D.  W,  Temple,     -  -  -  -  1843 

A.  E.  Parmenter,  A.  R.  Kingsley,  John  H.  Burk,  -  -  -  -       1844 

D.  W.  Temple,  Rufus  Chase,  John  E.  Burk,  -  -  -  -  1845 

D.  W.  Temple,  John  S.  Allen,  John  E.  Burk,    -----       1846 

D.  W.  Temple,  John  S.  Allen,  A.  E.  Parmenter,     -  -  -  -  1847 

D.  W.  Temple,  Isaac  Burrows,  Richard  Montague,      -  -  -  -       1848 

John  E.  Burk,  vSamuel  I.  Green,  Ed.  H.  Snow,        -  -  .  -  1849-51 

John  E.  Burk,  Joel  N.  Dewey,  L.  H.  Sprague,  -----       1852 

D.  W.  Temple,  Israel  P.  Hale,  R.  R.  Park,  -  -  -  -  1853 

D.  W.  Temple,  Israel  P.  Hale,  S.  B.  Slate,         .  .  -  -  -       1854 

S.  B.  Slate,  Israel  P.  Hale,  Zenas  Cutler,      -----  1855-56 

S.  B.  Slate,  S.  J.  Lyons,  I.  K.  Brown,     ------       1857 

Marcus  Chapin,  P.  L.  Cushman,   I.  K.  Brown,         -  -  -  .  1858-59 


SELECTMEN. 


271 


Lathrop  Cushmau,  P.  L.  Cushman,  Samuel  J.  Lyons, 

Tmla  K.  Brown,  P.  L.  Cushman,  S.  J.  Lyons, 

J.  M.  Slate,  P.  L.  Cushman,  G.  J.  Green, 

J.  M.  Slate,  P.  L.  Cushman,  J.  F.  Hale, 

J.  M.  Slate,  B.  S.  Burrows,  J.  F.  Hale, 

H.  B.  Butler,  B.  S.  Burrows,  J.  F.  Hale, 

H.  B.  Butler,  R.  H.  Hoyt,  Henry  O.  Root, 

Almon  Newcomb,  R.  H.  Hoyt.  Henry  O.  Root, 

E.  S.  Hurlbert,  S.  H.  Atherton,  H.  O.  Root,      - 

E.  S.  Hurlbert,  C.  R.  Hills,  H.  O.  Root, 

H.  O.  Root,  E.  S.  Hurlbert,  C.  R.  Hills, 

H.  O.  Root,  E.  S.  Hurlbert,  A.  B.  Warner, 

R.  L.  Crowell,  C.  R.  Hills,  John  B.  Field, 

H.  O.  Root,  John  B.  Field,  Myron  L.  Corbett, 

A.  M.  Stratton,  Myron  L-  Corbett,  L.  H.  Gould, 

O.  W.  Gray,  Myron  L.  Corbett,  E.  L.  Field, 

Fvdwin  B.  Hale,  Charles  Bowker,  Myron  L-  Corbett,    - 

Charles  Bowker,  E.  B.  Hale,  Willis  A.  Stratton,      - 

Charles  Bowker,  E.  B.  Hale,  A.  S.  Atherton,     - 

E.  B.  Hale,  M.  L.  Corbett,  J.  W.  Chapin,     - 

M.  L.  Corbett,  E.  B.  Hale,  E.  C.  Martindale,     - 

E.  C.  Martindale,  E.  B.  Hale,  L.  Dwight  Slate, 


i860 

1861 

1862 

1863 

1864 

1865 

1866 

1867-72 

1872-78 

1878 

1879-81 

1882-83 

1884-85 

1886 

1887-89 

1890-91 

1892-93 

1894 

1895. 
1896-97 

1898 

1899-01 


In  very  many  instances,  if  not  at  all   time,  the   selectmen   have 
also  assumed  the  duties  of  overseers  of  the  poor,  and  assessors. 


The  town  clerks  have  been 


Major  John  Burk, 
Job  Wright, 
Seba  Allen, 
Job  Wright, 
Seba  Allen, 
Gideon  Ryther, 
Jonathan  Allen, 
Gideon  Ryther, 
Jonathan  Allen, 
Ralph  Cushman, 
Jonathan  Allen, 


I 763- I 785 
1 785 -1 788 
1 788- 1 790 

1790 
1791-1798 
1 798-1801 

1801 
1802-1810 
1810-1813 
1813-1819 
1819-1822 


Ralph  Cushman,  1822 

Jonathan  Allen,  1823 

Zebina  C.  Newcomb,  1824 

Jonathan  Allen,  1852 

Ralph  Cushman,  1826-1834 

Henry  W.  Cushman,  1834- 1853 

Silas  N.  Brooks,  1853- 1872 

S.  J.  Green,  1872-1877 

Henry  Slate,  1877-1893 

Henry  L.  Crowell,  1893-1901 


Bernardston  sent,  in  1764,  as  her  first  representative  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  Major  John  Burk.  In  1784,  Leyden  was  set  off  as  a  dis- 
trict, and  in  1809,  became  a  town.  During  the  intervening  years 
the  two  places  joined  in  the  choice  of  a  representative.  In  1857, 
Bernardston  was  incorporated  as  a  part  of  District  No.  i,  and  now 
the  representatives  are  cho.sen  from  the  towns  in  the  district.     Up 


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REPRESENTATIVES. 


to  this  time,  those  who  have  gone  to  look  after  the  town's  interests 
in  legislative  halls,  have  been  as  follows : 


John  Burk. 
Elisha  Burnham. 
Hezekiah  Newcomb. 
Alpheus  Barstow. 
Caleb  Alvard. 
Jonathan  Budingtou. 
Lemuel  Foster. 
Gideon  Ryther. 
Stephen  Webster. 
George  Alexander. 


P.  L.  Cushman. 
Hatsel  Purple. 
John  Brooks. 
Jonathan  Allen. 
Henry  \V.  Cushman. 
Adolphus  Hale. 

D.  W.  Temple. 
Isaac  Burrows. 
John  H.  Burk. 
Samuel  S.  Wright. 

E.  S.  Hurlbert. 


John  Hamilton. 

Since   its  incorporation  into  District   No.  i,  the  representatives 
from  town  have  been  for  the  District : 


Pliney  Fiske,  1858 

Silas  Brooks,  1866 

Almon  Newcomb. 


Richard  Hoyt,  1879 

Dr.  O.  A.  Wheeler,  1883 
Myron  L.  Corbett,    1890 


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CHAPTER  XII. 

HOMES — PARK— PUBLIC       BUILDINGS — CEMETERIES — TOWN      FARM — 

CONCLUSION. 

Already  have  we  seen  the  care  exercised  over  the  education  of 
the  youth'of  the  place.  It  remains  for  us  to  look  for  a  moment  at 
the  homes  of  education,  and  not  only  by  this  expression  is  meant  the 
schoolhouses,  but  as  well,  the  homes  from  which  the  young  people 
are  sent  out.  In  the  different  districts  are  seen  comfortable  wooden 
buildings,  in  good  repair  and  of  neat,  attractive  appearance,  wherein 
are  spent  the  hours  set  apart  for  education.  They  are  furnished 
throughout  with  the  needful  appliances  for  the  branches  designed 
to  be  there  taught,  and  are  in  keeping  with  the  needs  and  means 
of  the  scholars  and  town.  As  we  pass  through  the  town  on  our 
way  from  one  of  these  schoolhouses  to  another,  we  can  but  notice 
the  universally  neat  and  comfortable  appearance  of  the  homes. 
Good  taste  and  a  spirit  of  order  is  the  rule,  and  from  such  homes, 
protected  by  all  that  quiet.  Christian  influence  can  suggest,  do  the 
young  people  go  forth  to  their  daily  tasks.  The  schools  and  the 
homes  alike  are  of  a  high  order,  and  most  creditable  to  the  place. 
Thriftiness  is  plainly  inscribed  on  all  sides. 

At  the  village  is  located  the  greater  part  of  the  town  property. 
Near  by  the  churches  stand  the  library,  the  Institute  and  di- 
rectly opposite  the  boarding  house,  Cushman  Hall,  and  adjoining 
the  latter,  Cushman  Park,  a  tract  of  land  containing  two  and  one- 
half  acres.  This  land  was  bequeathed  to  the  town  by  Henry  W. 
Cushman  and  occupies  the  corner  opposite  the  hotel.  Much  has 
already  been  done  toward  beautifying  and  improving  this,  and  in 
time  it  is  destined  to  become  a  most  beautiful  spot.  In  the  spring 
of  1877  it  was  set  over  with  trees  of  different  kinds  and  the  occa- 
sion was  made  a  gala  day.  Conspicuous  in  the  history  of  the  day, 
was  the  setting  of  a  circle  of  trees  by  eight  men  over  80  years  of 
age,  about  one  tree  which  was  held  by  Mr.  Israel  Bagg,  aman  then 
in  his  loist  year.     A  most  impressive  sight  was  this,  of  the  nine 


274  PUBLIC    PROPERTY 


oldest  men  in  town  thus  gathered,  their  heads  whitened  by  the 
frost  of  more  than  the  allotted  threescore  and  ten  winters,  their 
forms,  many  of  them,  bent  and  withered  as  if  typical  of  what  the 
young  trees  they  planted  might  become  after  exposure  to  the  ele- 
ments for  the  number  of  years  represented  by  the  years  of  their 
lives.  These  gentlemen  were  as  follows  :  David  Pratt,  ae.  97,  Jesse 
Field,  85,  Horace  Atherton,  87,  Lucius  Chapin,  85,  Joel  Cutler,  82, 
Silas  Fox,  81,  Ruggles  Bagg,  81. 

The  Fox  brook,  so  called,  runs  through  the  park,  and  across  it 
there  are  two  neat  bridges;  paths  have  been  opened,  flower  beds 
laid  out,  a  well  and  well  house  and  band  stand  constructed,  and  as 
the  advancing  years  render  the  shade  greater,  and  the  improve- 
ments now  made  annually  more  pronounced,  Cushman  Park  cannot 
but  become  a  "Thing  of  beauty  and  of  joy  forever." 

On  the  second  lot  east  of  the  library  stands  the  town  hall,  the 
one  place  of  size  sufficient  to  supply  the  needs  of  the  town  for  a 
place  of  public  gathering.  It  is  a  large  two-story  structure,  pro- 
vided with  a  large  hall  upstairs,  and  a  smaller  hall  below ;  connected 
with  the  latter  are  dressing-rooms  and  kitchen,  the  whole  combin- 
ing to  supply  the  wants  of  all.  The  present  building  was  dedicated 
January  8,  1878.  The  old  hall,  which  had  done  duty  for  so  many 
years,  was  moved  from  the  lot  around  the  corner  to  a  location  north 
of  the  postoffice,  and  is  now  used  as  a  dwelling  house.  Recently 
the  town  has  built  near  this  a  brick  fire  proof  vault  for  the  better 
preservation  of  the  records. 

In  the  spring  of  1901  a  benefaction  came  to  the  town  from  Mrs. 
Abbie  Burrows  Coy  (daughter  of  Isaac  Burrows)  of  Little  Rock, 
Ark.  She  offered  a  clock  to  cost  $600  to  the  town,  provided  a  suit- 
able tower  should  be  built  for  its  reception.  This  gift  was  grate- 
fully accepted  by  the  town,  and  measures  taken  to  have  the  same 
placed  within  a  tower  to  be  placed  upon  the  town  hall. 

The  town  has  two  cemeteries,  the  old  and  the  new  one.  The 
former  is  situated  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  north  of  the  vil- 
lage, east  of  the  river,  on  a  gentle  rise  of  land.  It  was  laid  out  at 
the  time  of  the  town's  settlement,  or  soon  after,  and  it  is  said  that 
Mr.  Baily,  the  first  blacksmith  in  town  whose  shop  was  within  the 


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walls  of  the  Burk  Fort,  was  the  second  man  buried  in  this  old  cem- 
etery. The  interment  took  place  in  1757.  "A  soldier  was  buried 
before  him.     Name  unknown."     [Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman.] 

Dec.  2,  1776,  the  town  voted  to  fence  the  burying-  ground;  the 
posts  were  to  be  four  and  one-half  feet  high,  and  there  were  to  be 
five  rails  to  a  length.  At  present  there  is  no  fence  about  the  ground. 
The  space  originally  allotted  for  the  yard  has  nearly  all  been  taken 
up,  and  many  curious  inscriptions  are  here  decipherable.  The 
stones  are  in  a  fair  state  of  preservation,  for  the  most  part  of  slate, 
and  probably  the  greater  number  of  them  were  gotten  out  by  the 
Chapins  from  their  quarry. 

In  1782  it  was  voted  to  purchase  one-half  acre  of  land  of  either 
Lieut.  Daniel  Newcomb  or  Selah  Chapin  for  a  burial  place  to  accom- 
modate those  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  and  this  is  the  yard  now 
known  as  the  Beaver  Meadow  cemetery.  The  new  cemetery,  as 
the  one  at  the  village  was  designated,  was  laid  out  in  1826.  Orig- 
inally it  contained  one  acre  and  three  rods,  and  was  divided  into 
1 10  lots  measuring  25x7,  feet  with  walks  three  feet  in  width.  The 
tomb  was  built  by  the  town  in  1 83 1 .  the  proprietors  of  the  yard  giv- 
ing five  lots  for  that  purpose.  According  to  the  constitution  of 
the  corporation,  the  association  is  called  the  "  Proprietors  of  the 
Bernardston  Cemetery  Corporation."  By  purchase  in  recent  years, 
the  original  size  of  the  yard  has  been  doubled.  It  is  kept  neatly 
fenced,  and  the  income  of  $1,000  bequeathed  by  Lieut.  Gov.  Cush- 
man in  1863,  is  devoted  to  its  care  and  improvement.  Many  hand- 
some and  expensive  stones  are  here  to  be  seen,  and  the  owners  of 
the  lots  all  take  a  commendable  pride  in  rendering  the  last  resting 
place  of  departed  friends  as  attractive  as  possible.  Quite  a  num- 
ber of  bodies  were  removed  here  from  the  old  cemetery  when  the 
present  yard  was  laid  out. 

Let  us  now  pay  a  short  visit  to  these  last  earthly  resting  places  of 
the  dead.  Do  some  shrink  from  entrance,  thinking  it  a  gruesome 
place,  and  that  mournful,  melancholy  feelings  are  portended  ?  Or, 
perchance,  it  may  seem  suggestive  of  morbidness  of  spirit.  If  so, 
pray  you  strive  to  banish  the  idea,  and  once  within  the  portals,  see 
if  therein  are  not  recorded  "Thoughts  which  fix  themselves  deep 
in  the  heart,  as  meteor  stones  in  earth,  dropped  from  some  higher 


276  CEMETERIES. 


sphere."  By  any  one  who  will  enter  an  old  yard  reverently,  and  with 
a  mind  intent  upon  gaining  some  knowledge  relative  to  those  whose 
mortal  remains  are  therein  contained,  how  much  may  be  learned! 
To  a  real  lover  of  history  such  a  place  is  always  attractive.  Many 
and  curious  inscriptions  are  found,  and  it  is  a  noticeable  fact  that 
preceding  generations  were  wont  to  place  upon  the  stones  inscrip- 
tions which  should  bear  to  the  passerby  either  a  vivid  idea  of  the 
characteristics  of  the  departed,  or  an  admonition  for  better  prepa- 
ration for  death.  Inquiry  among  those  remaining,  has  served  to 
convince  me  that  in  the  majority  of  cases,  the  epitaphs,  seemingly 
crude  and  uncouth,  or  marked  for  their  apparent  inappropriateness, 
in  reality  reveal  beneath  the  casual  reading  a  hidden  meaning  in- 
dicative of  the  real  life  passed  here.  Such  seems  especially  true 
of  many  to  be  found  in  the  burying  ground  in  our  town,  viewed  in 
the  light  which  the  genealogical  research  expended  has  revealed. 
Whether  our  predecessors  were  governed  by  pedantic  motives  in 
their  choice  of  inscriptions,  or  merely  conformed  to  the  custom  of 
the  times,  we  can  only  conjecture. 

Not  with  irreverent  feelings,  then, — albeit  there  may  be  a  strong 
appeal  to  our  sense  of  the  ludicrous  at  times — let  us  enter,  nor  yet 
with  reluctance,  but  freely,  with  a  desire  to  study,  with  all  our  mind 
concentrated  upon  supplementing  the  delineation  of  the  character 
of  those  already  referred  to  in  these  pages,  by  such  grains  of  knowl- 
edge herein  obtainable. 

As  we  enter  we  read  of  a  man  who  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent of  his  time  in  both  civil  and  military  affairs: 

"  Were  I  so  tall  to  reach  the  pole, 

Or  grasp  the  ocean  with  iiiy  span; 
I  must  be  measured  by  my  soul, — 

The  mind's  the  standard  of  the  man." 

Concerning  a  good  deacon  of  the  place,  likewise  prominent  in 
town  matters,  it  is  recorded : 

"He  possessed  in  an  eminent  degree  the  social,  civil,  and  moral  virtues; 
his  religion  was  reason,  his  morality,  benevolence  and  his  political  senti- 
ments dictated  by  a  love  to  his  country.  His  talents  were  good,  his  man- 
ners engaging  and  his  conversation  a  just  mixture  of  manly  sentiments 
and  Attic  Humour.  His  last  moments  were  calm  and  serene  and  his  exit, 
dignity  in  ruins." 


EPITAPHS.  277 


Was  one  of  the  g-ood  dames  of  the  town  possessed  of  a  shrewish 
disposition  ?     Who  shall  say,  when  from  the  grave  she  says  : 

"My  friends,  remember  my  hard  fortune,  live  in  harmony,  union  and 
unanimity." 

By  the  widow  of  one  of  our  early  settlers  was  composed  the  fol- 
lowing : 

"In  justice  to  his  character  it  may  be  said,  If  the  profession  and  visible 
signs  of  religion  and  piety,  together  with  the  amiable  virtues  of  sobriety, 
temperance,  truth,  economy  and  discretion,  constitute  a  worthy  character, 
we  may  place  them  to  his  credit." 

"While  at  my  calling  as  I  wrought. 

By  God's  supreme  decree 
Rapacious  death  rushed  quick  as  thought 
And  snatched  my  life  from  me." 

The  poetical  part  refers  to  the  manner  of  demise,  the  man  dying 
instantly  while  sitting,  resting  on  his  plow  in  the  field. 

The  stone  erected  for  the  earliest  physician  bears  the  following : 

"Vain  censorious  beings  little  know 
What  they  must  soon  experience  below. 
Your  lives  are  short,  eternity  is  long, 
O  think  of  death,  prepare,  and  then  begone. 
Thus  art  and  nature,  powers  and  charms, 
And  drugs  and  receipts  and  forms 
Yield  us  at  last  to  greedy  worms, 
A  despicable  prey." 

The  tribute  paid  to  the  son  of  a  worthy  deacon  of  the  place  is  in 

part  in  Latin  : 

"Quod  cuique  temporis  advidentum 

datur,  es  debet  esse  contentus, 
Breve  enim  tempus  aetates  fatis  est, 

longum  ad  bene  honesteque  vivendum." 


"Death's  near  approach  with  calmness  thou  couldst  view; 

And  cheerful  bid  life's  many  scenes  adieu, 

And  feel  without  a  groan  thy  frame  decay. 

And  patient  wait  the  glad  expiring  day. 

But  while  thy  earth  with  native  earth  combines, 

Thy  mind  celestial  seeks  celestial  climes 

Where  nobler  scenes  unfold  bright  proof  of  poet's  rise; 

And  new  born  beauties  charm  thy  ravished  eyes." 

Here  is  a  stone  simply  marked  "  T.  E."  As  it  is  near  some 
erected  for  members  of  the  Edwards  family,  we  conjecture  that 
this  marks  the  resting  place  of  another  Edwards. 


278  EPITAPHS. 


Upon  the  stone  erected  to  a  venerable  captain,  aged  83,  we  read  : 

"  Tho'  age  must  die,  youth  also  may. 

O  then  prepare  without  delay 

For  death  and  for  the  judgment  day." 

Turning  again  we  encounter  the  grave  of  a  worthy  woman,  wife 
of  one  of  the  early  deacons  of  the  place.  The  following  exhorta- 
tion appears : 

"Mortals,  attend  for  you  must  die 
And  sleep  in  dust  as  well  as  I ; 
Repent  in  time  your  souls  to  save. 
There's  no  repentance  in  the  grave. 

Concerning  another  of  Bernardston's  physicians  the  stone  asserts 
that  he  "  was  born  of  wealthy  and  respectable  parents  at  Hart- 
ford, Ct." 

One  of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  the  place  died  in  1840.  Read 
his  epitaph ! 

"His  hour  had  come  and  angels  round  him  wait 
To  take  him  to  their  glorious  happy  state 
Where  free  from  sickness,  death  and  every  pain 
He  does  with  God  in  endless  pleasure  reign. 

Transporting  tho't !  dear  partner  now  adieu  ! 
I  feel  no  sorrow  but  to  part  with  you: 
O  thou,  my  comfort,  thou't,  and  only  care. 
In  these  last  words  thy  kindness  I'll  declare. 
The  time  is  short  till  we  shall  meet  again 
With  Christ  to  share  the  glories  of  his  reign." 

Upon  a  stone  placed  at  the  grave  of  a  son  of  the  preceding,  is 
this : 

"  The  grave  is  near  the  cradle  seen. 
How  swift  the  moments  pass  between  ! 
Unthinking  man,  remember  this, 
Though  midst  of  sublunary  bliss." 

The  epitaph  placed  upon  the  stone  of  an  aged  person  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

"  Marbles  and  urns  can  never  mark  the  spot  where  the  soul  is  destined  to  dwell." 

"To  live  and  die  is  the  lot  of  man." 

The  headstone  placed  at  the  grave  of  the  wife  who  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-eight  years  asserts  that : 

"From  sorrow,  distress  &  pain,  She  soon  ran  her  round  of  virtues,  then 


EPITAPHS.  279 


full  of  faith,  devoted  to   God,  She   left  us  to  mourn    her  early  departure." 
At  the  grave  of  an  infant  we  read  that 

"When  the  archangles  trump  shall  blow 

And  souls  to  bodies  join, 
Millions  may  wish  their  days  below 

Had  been  as  few  as  thiue." 

As  we  prepare  to  retrace  our  steps,  yet  one  more  attracts  us: 

"Hear  O  my  friends  the  solemn  call 
Death  is  pronounced  upon  you  all, 
Be  wise  in  time  your  state  to  see 
Before  your  called  to  follow  me." 

With  this  admonition  ringing  in  our  ears  we  depart,  having  taken 
but  a  hasty  glance  through  the  yard,  picking  out  here  and  there  a 
bit,  and  may  we  feel  none  the  worse  for  having  spent  a  half  hour 
in  the  "  city  of  the  dead." 

The  town  farm,  or  the  charity  farm  as  it  is  oftentimes  called, 
is  located  on  Bald  Mountain  and  is  the  gift  of  Hon.  Job  Goodale, 
in  accordance  with  the  eighth  item  of  his  will,  which  reads  as  fol- 
lows : 

"I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  town  of  Bernardston  a  certain  farm  in  said 
town  which  I  bought  of  Hatsel  Purple  at  auction  called  the  Loomis  Place, 
and  of  the  heirs  of  the  late  Stephen  Webster,  containing  about  100  acres 
also  about  one  and  one  half  acres  which  I  bought  of  Saxton  Kingsley  ad- 
joining the  same,  near  the  buildings.  It  is  my  will  that  the  premises  afore- 
said shall  belong  to  the  town  under  the  care  and  superintendance  of  the 
overseers  of  the  poor  for  the  time  being,  who  shall  appropriate  and  dis- 
tribute the  net  income  of  the  same  annually  among  such  industrious  and 
deserving  poor  in  said  town  as  shall  fall  into  sickness  and  distress  as  they 
shall  judge  proper  without  reference  to  religious  sects  or  denominations." 

Near  the  depot  was  a  pretty  grove,  which  was,  in  1870,  purchased 
by  the  Connecticut  River  Railroad  Company  and  fitted  up  as  a  pic- 
nic ground.  A  considerable  sum  of  money  was  expended,  with  the 
result  that  it  in  times  past  attracted  large  numbers  of  pleasure  par- 
ties. In  October,  1900,  the  timber  in  "The  Grove,"  also  the  pavil- 
ion, was  sold  by  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  to  Baxter  P.  Bur- 
rows, by  whom  the  fine  trees  were  felled. 

To  an  unusual  degree  has  our  town  been  favored  with  gifts. 
The  men  of  the  generations  past  were,  as  has  been  seen,  of  sterling 


28o  TOWN    PROPERTY. 


integrity  and  modest  worth,  who,  realizing  from  their  personal 
youthful  struggles  the  hardships  which  might  beset  the  path  of 
their  successors,  have  sought  to  pave  the  way  for  all,  by  contribut- 
ing generously  from  their  accumulated  wealth.  As  most  enduring 
monuments  to  the  names  of  some,  do  we  see  the  Institute,  Library, 
Cushman  Hall  and  Park,  the  town  farm,  while  to  the  religious  so- 
cieties much  substantial  aid  has  been  rendered  as  noticed  in  that 
portion  of  the  work  devoted  to  the  ecclesiastical  history  of  the  place. 
It  is  a  fact  worthy  of  note  that  wherever  an  old  resident  of  the 
town  is  to  be  found  to-day,  and  Bernardston's  sons  and  daughters 
are  scattered  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  our  grand 
United  States,  they  all  express  unanimously  their  love  and  vener- 
ation for  the  place  of  their  nativity,  and  their  appreciation  of  the 
lessons  inculcated  by  the  lives  of  their  progenitors. 

"Brave  men  and  faithful !  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  present 
generation,  now  quietly  reaping  the  fruit  of  your  heroic  endurance, 
should  see  eye  to  eye  with  you  in  respect  to  all  your  testimonies 
and  beliefs,  in  order  to  recognize  your  claim  to  gratitude  and  ad- 
miration." 

And  those  of  the  present  generation  !  Do  they  not  deserve  a 
passing  notice?  Look  for  a  moment  into  the  colder  north,  the 
east  with  its  bracing  sea  breezes,  into  the  south  where  the  balmy 
air  is  ever  redolent  with  summer  sweetness,  or  enter  the  portals 
of  the  far  reaching  west  of  our  country,  and  can  you  find  a  section 
to  which  our  town  has  not  sent  a  representative?  No!  In  all  the 
various  callings  of  life,  useful  and  honored  in  their  chosen  voca- 
tions, filling  a  niche  here,  a  corner  there,  with  varying  degrees  of 
prominence  in  the  religious  or  secular,  social  or  political,  profes- 
sional or  mercantile  life,  do  these  now  resident  in  our  beloved  town 
look  for  and  find  those  who  are  bound  to  them  by  the  ties  of  early 
association  or  a  close  and  abiding  kinship. 

And  no  less  sincere  and  deep-rooted  is  the  affection  and  loving 
remembrance  entertained  by  these  absent  ones  for  those  whose 
privilege  it  is  to  maintain  the  high  standard  which  Bernardston 
has  so  long  enjoyed.  No  merely  idle  assertion  is  this.  Ample 
substantiation  is  found  by  the  ever  recurring  visits  to  childhood 
scenes  and  in  more  than  all  else,  the  feeling  that  inspires  the  senti- 


CONCLUSION.  281 


ment  of  so  many  that  when  their  earthly  lamps  are  extinguished 
and  their  spiritual  lamps  brightly  burning,  all  which  then  remains 
of  the  body  be  committed  to  the  dust  of  that  town  in  which  the 
eye  was  first  opened  upon  the  beautiful  world  of  nature  and  of  God. 
Could  more  silent,  yet  speaking,  testimony  be  adduced  ! 

Those  now  upon  the  stage  of  action,  residents  of  our  honored 
town  !  In  their  lives,  in  the  quiet  performance  and  conscientious 
discharge  of  daily  recurring  duty,  in  the  self-denying,  self-develop- 
ing Christian  lives,  spent  in  perfect  accordance  with  nature's  handi- 
work and  her  manifold  designs,  can  we  not  trace  the  spirit  of  those 
who  have  gone  before,  and  who  expended  the  best  of  their  lives 
that  the  present  might  become  what  it  is? 

And  in  the  generations  to  come  will  not  this  same  latent,  inde- 
pendent, noble  and  self-sacrificing  motive  prove  dominant,  so  that, 
down  the  ages,  those  looking  backward  upon  these  annals  shall 
be  moved  as  by  a  common  impulse  to  exclaim  with  one  of  our  loved 
Massachusetts  poets: 

"Sternly  faithful  to  duty,  in  peril  and  suffering  and  self-denial,  they 
wrought  out  the  noblest  of  historical  epics  on  the  rough  soil  of  New  Eng- 
land.    They  lived  a  truer  poetry  than  Homer  or  Virgil  wrote." 


LANDSCAPE. 


'TO  TRACE  LINEAGE,   TO   LOVE   AND   RECORD    THE    NAMES    AND   ACTIONS    OF  THOSE 
WITHOUT   WHOM   WE   NEVER   COULD   HAVE   BEEN,  WHO   MOULDED   AND   MADE 
US   WHAT  WE  ARE,  AND  WHOM  THE  VERY  GREATEST  OF  US  ALL  MUST 
KNOW  TO  HAVE    PROPAGATED   INFLUENCES  INTO  HIS  BEING 
WHICH  MUST  SUBTLY  BUT  CERTAINLY   ACT  UPON  HIS 
WHOLE  CONDUCT  IN  THIS  WORLD— ALL  THIS 
IS  IMPLIED   IN   ANCESTRY   AND   THE 
LOVE   OF    IT,    AND     IS    NAT- 
URAL   AND    GOOD." 
Moreover, 
"he  who   DOES  NOT  TAKE  AN  INTEREST  IN  HIS 
ANCESTORS,  DOES   NOT   DESERVE   TO 
BE  REMEMBERED  BY  HIS 
POSTERITY." 


GENEALOGICAL  REGISTER. 

Herein  will  be  found  the  genealogical  record  and  biographical 
notices  of  those  who  first  settled  our  town,  also  their  descendants 
within  reasonable  limits,  so  far  as  it  has  been  possible  to  obtain 
them.  To  these  have  been  added  the  names  of  many  who  have 
in  later  years  become  prominently  identified  with  town  affairs. 
No  work  of  this  kind  has  ever  been  or  ever  can  be  published  with- 
out errors  or  omissions,  and  it  is  too  much  to  claim  perfection  for 
the  work  herein  recorded,  but  all  that  painstaking  inquiry  and  re- 
search can  do  to  obviate  omissions  or  errors  has  been  patiently 
done  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  result  will  bear  the  test  of  close  scru- 
tiny. Many  visits  have  been  made,  town,  church  and  family  rec- 
ords examined  at  length  and  reconciled  to  each  other,  and  a  large 
correspondence  entered  into,  in  the  attempt  to  embody  a  record 
which  shall  be  correct. 

The  plan  used  by  the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Society  is  the  one  here  followed. 

Succeeding  a  sketch  of  the  heads  of  the  families,  will  be  found 
the  names  of  children  in  the  order  of  birth,  so  far  as  ascertained, 
numbered  by  Roman  numerals.  The  figures  preceding  individ- 
ual names  indicate  that  the  record  is  subsequently  continued,  and 
will  be  found  later  on,  with  the  corresponding  figures  the  starting 
point  of  a  new  family.  If  the  information  is  limited,  or  the  person 
leaves  the  family  by  marriage,  or,  in  many  cases,  if  they  have  re- 
moved from  this  locality,  their  record  is  given  at  once.  The  ances- 
tors of  each  head  of  a  family  are  given,  enclosed  in  parentheses 
at  the  beginning  of  his  family  record,  the  generation  of  the  same 
being  indicated  by  the  exponent  figures. 

The  frequent  repetition  of  common  words  such  as  born,  married, 
died,  baptized,  etc.,  has  led  to  the  use  of  ordinary  abbreviations. 
The  interrogation  is  used  to  express  doubt  or  uncertainty.  Where 
no  state  is  mentioned,  Massachusetts  is  to  be  understood. 

The  biographical  notices  have  been  placed  in  this  portion  of  the 
work,  believing  that  not  only  is  this  their  proper  place,  but  also 
that  their  interspersion  among  the  genealogical  data  will  enhance 
the  interest  of  that  portion  of  the  work,  and  incidentally  enable 
the  reader  to  more  readily  trace  out  the  ancestral  connection,  than 
if  placed  in  the  first  part  of  the  volume. 


GENEALOGIES. 

Adams,  Benjamin,  (Joseph  of  Hadley),  came  to  town  from  Hadley 
in  1882,  carrying  on  a  lumber  business,  and  it  is  a  little  re- 
markable that  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  his  ancestors 
had  engaged  in  a  like  business.  He  m.  Luthera  Bangs,  dau. 
of  Charles  H.  Wheeler  of  Hard  wick,  in  1841.  She  d.  Sept.  19, 
1900.  A  few  years  before  his  death,  Mr.  Adams  purchased 
the  J.  N.  Dewey  place,  originally  the  Goodale  Academy, 
which  he  made  his  home,  as  does  now  his  son,  Joseph  H. 
He  d.  Mch.  19,  1900.  They  are  buried  in  Bernardston. 
Children  : 

i.  Joseph  H.,  b.  in  Hadley,  in  1845,  grad.  Amherst  Col.,  1870;  was 
for  many  years  teacher  in  New  York,  afterward  in  the  School 
of  Technology,  Brooklyn.  Since  residing  in  Bernardston  he 
has  been  correspondent  for  the  local  papers,      unm. 

ii.  Charles  Wheeler,  b.  in  Hadley,  in  1848;  resides  in  Putney,  Vt., 
a  lumber  dealer. 

1.  Aldrich,  Joseph',  according  to  the  records  of  the  Proprietors' 
book,  was  of  Guilford,  Vt.  Among  the  records  of  marriages 
returned  by  Elder  Levi  Hodge  (Baptist)  May  29,  1793,  is  that 
of  Joseph  Aldridge,  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  and  Tamar  Hale.  At 
this  time  Tamar  Hale  was  a  widow,  her  husband  having 
been  drowned  at  Turners  Falls  while  fishing.  Her  maiden 
name  was  Scott;  her  husband's  given  name  is  unknown. 
She  had  sons  by  her  first  husband  who  either  removed  to, 
or  at  one  time  resided  at  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  whence  they 
came  to  visit  their  mother  and  relatives  in  Bernardston.  By 
the  Proprietors'  records,  Joseph  Aldrich  and  Tamer  Hale 
were  married  Feb.  14,  1793,  he  then  being  21  years,  and  she 
38  years  of  age.  She  died  June  5,  1823,  at  the  age  of  6-]  years. 
Mr.  Aldrich  m.  (2)  Anna,'  dau.  of  Israel'  Bagg  of  Bernard- 
ston.    She  died  Aug.  8,  1847,  ae.  69  years.     He  was  born  in 


286  GENEALOGIES. 


1763,  and  died  May  15,  1850.  He  lived  on  the  place  now- 
owned  by  George  Parmenter  on  the  old  road  to  Northfield, 
about  a  mile  east  of  the  village.     Children  : 

2.  i.  HosEA^,  b.  Dec.  4,  1793,  in  Guilford,  Vt. 

ii.    MosES^,  b.  Oct.  22,  1795;  ^-  Sept.   14,  1820,  Lucy^  dau.   of  Reu- 
ben'^ Park.    She  was  b.  Feb.  7,  1805.     They  rem.  to  Vernon,  Vt., 
where  he  died.     She  afterwards  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minn, 
iii.   Rachael^,  b.  Sept.    17,    1797;  m.  Loren^  Hale   of   Gill,  Nov.  11, 
1819.     She  d.  Oct.  21,  1869. 

2.  Aldrich,  Hosea',  (Joseph')  b.  Dec.  4,  1793,  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  m. 
(i)  Betsey\  dau.  of  Jonathan'  Park,  Sept.  7,  18 [5.  She  was 
b.  Aug.  21,  1797,  and  d.  Sept.  13,  1861;  m..(2)  April  15,  1864, 
Harriet   Whiting  of  Northfield.     She  d.  Nov.    19,   1864,  ae. 

52  years ;  m.  (3)  widow  of  John  Potter  of  Gill ;  m.  (4) 

Streeter  of  Vernon,  Vt.  He  died  Apr.  25,  1881.  He  resided 
east  of  the  iron  bridge  where  the  Huckle  Hill  road  branches 
from  the  main  road.     Served  in  the  war  of  1812.     Children: 

i.   Rachael  Almeda^,   b.   May  30,  1816;  m.   Oct.   30,  1834,  Asa   C. 
Wheelock  of  Greenfield;  res.  Waltham. 

ii.  AsENATH  Pamela^,  b.  Apr.  27,  1818;  m.  Apr.  9,  1840,  Warren 
Randall  of  Pelham;  died  in  Springfield. 

iii.  Consider^,  b.  Aug.  15,  1820;  m.  Mch.  18,  1846,  Caroline,  dau.  of 
John  Wells;  rem.  to  Plymouth,  New  York  State,  where  she  died. 

iv.  Tamar  Climena^,  b.  Jan.  21,  1823;  m.  (i)  Aug.  17,  1843,  Calvin 
Field  of  Leverett;  m  (2)  Henry  Russell;  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

V.  Jonathan  Joseph^,  b.  Jan.  12,  1825;  m.  June  6,  1847,  (i)  Lucy 
Arlin;  m.  (2)  Emeline  Weatherhead  of  Guilford,  Vt.;  res..  Nat- 
ural Bridge,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  vol.  in  the  37th  Reg.  Mass.  Vol. 
for  three  years  in  the  Civil  War. 

vi.  Moses^,  b.  Jan.  27,  1827;  m.  Nov.  26,  1850,  Lurancy-  S.*,  dau. 
of  Oliver''  Bagg.  She  was  b.  Dec  31,  1825,  and  d.  Feb.  16, 
1888.  He  resides  with  his  son  about  a  mile  north  of  the  village 
on  the  place  he  purchased  of  Henry  Park.  The  prior  owners 
were  George  Tyler,  Zebina  Newcomb  (who  came  into  posses- 
sion of  the  property  through  the  Goodale  estate)  and  Amasa 
Rogers.  Is  a  farmer.  Has:  i.  Oliver  Freemont^,  b.  Aug.  29, 
1856;  isunm.;  resides  with  his  father. 


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vii.   Ira^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1829;  m.  Aug.  21,  1853,  a  dau.  of  Abraham  Mil- 
ler of  Southampton;  resides  in  Holyoke. 
viii.   Patience'^  Aurilea,  b.  Dec.  12,  1834;   m.  Aug.  21,  1853,  Dwight 
S.  Elliott  of  Southampton. 
ix.    Elvira    Mary^    b.   Sept.    18,  1836;    m.  (i)  Nov.    6,    1864,  Daniel 

Haney;   (2)  Edward  Twiss;  resides  Northampton. 
X.    Lewis^,  b.  Oct.  14,  1838;  d.  Oct.  23,  1900,  unm. 
xi.   Phoebe^  Melinda,    b.    Aug.    23,    1S42;   m.  Horace    Bartlett;  res. 
Springfield. 
1.  Aldrich,  Joel'  (probably  Peter',  Peter',  Peter',  Jacob",  George' 
from  England)  b.  Feb.    11,  1796,  in  Guilford,  Vt.      It  i.s  sup- 
posed that  there  is  a  connection  between  this  and  the  family 
of  Joseph  preceding  on  the  Aldrich  side.      His  mother  was 
a  sister  of  Joseph's  wife.  Tamar  Scott  Hale  Aldrich.     Joel 
m.  (i)  Feb.  15,  1818,  Almeda' dau.  Samuel'  Hale  of  Gill.    She 
was  b.  Feb.  22,  1 794,  and  d.  Nov.  11,  1850.     He  m.  (2)  Apr.  24, 
1852,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann',  widow  of  Joab   Fairman,  and   dau.  of 
Oliver'  Sheldon.     She  died  Feb.  10,  1862.     He  resided  in  the 
south-east  part  of  the   town  ;  died  Aug.  13,  1870.     A  farmer. 
Children : 
i.   Diana   Almeda'',  b.  Jan.  22,  1819;  m.    May  30,  1840,   Lorenzo  C. 

Holton  of  Gill;   d.  Sept.  18,  1873. 
ii.   Lusina  Ann^,  b.  Dec.  19,  1820;  m.  Nov.  16,  1843,  William  Wood- 
ruff  of   Northfield;  she  d.  1885.     Resided  nearly  opposite    Joel 
Aldrich's,  near  Gill   line.       He  and  his  son  George   enlisted  in 
Civil  War  and  were  both  killed  in  battle  of  Petersburg.     Other 
children  were  James  and  Joel,  both  of  whom  reside  in  Florida, 
a  dau.  who  d.  young,  and  Joseph  who  lives  in  Boston, 
iii.   Samuel  Hale',  b.  Feb.  5,  1823;   m.  May  8,  1862,  Martha  A,*,  dau. 
of  Otis'"  Chapin.     She  was  b.  Oct.  17,  1834;  he  d.  Mch.  21,  1892. 
His  widow  resides  in    East  Bernardston.     Had:    i.      Otis^  J.,  b. 
July  4,    1861;  res.  Milton.      2.      George   W.**,  b.    Oct.  24,    1864; 
res.  Bern,  on  the  home  place.      3.     Dwight  Lyman*,  b.  Dec.  29, 
1865;  res.  Bern.     4.     Julia  S.*,  b.  June;  d.  July  6,  1867.    5.  Cora 

Bell*,  b.  May  24,  1868;  m. Sommers;  res.  Orange. 

iv.  Julia  Salmira^,  b.  Dec.  30,  1825;  m.  Jan.  29,  1846,  John  B.  Slate 

of  Ware;  res.  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
v.   Stephen  Joel'',  b.  June  4,  1828;  m.  Jan.  24,  1853,  Abigail  B.  Jones 
of   Brattleboro,  Vt.     He   died    Oct.  6,  1867.     She  purchased  in 


288  GENEALOGIES. 


1901,  the  Alvan  Alexander  place  on  South  st.  Had:  i.  Em- 
ma J**,  b.  July  21,  1853;  res.  Bern.  Unm.  2.  Herbert  J*,  b. 
Dec.  21,  1854;  d.  Oct.  15,  1885,  in  North  Adams.  3.  Susie  Al  b. 
July  22,  1856;  d.  July  2,  1877.  4.  Minnie  B^  b.  July  2,  1858; 
m.  (i)  John  Bemis,  m.  (2)  Nelson  \V.  Simons;   res.  (jill. 

vi.  VViLLARD  Lyman",  b.  July  30,  1830;  m.  May  29,  1851,  Salmira 
Jones  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.  He  resides  in  Greenfield.  Had: 
I.  Ella  E^  b.  Apr.  28,  1852;  m.  Dec.  21,  1870,  Charles  L. 
Frink  of  Greenfield;  d.  Feb.,  1872.  2.  Etta  Ml  b.  July  4, 
1854;   m.  Aug.  16,  1883,  Lyman  \V.  Cooley;   res.  Greenfield. 

vii.  James  Proctor'',  b.  Nov.  12,  1832;  m.  in  the  West;  resides  now 
in  West  Northfield;   has  several  children. 

L  Alexander  George",  traces  his  ancestry  through  Thomas', 
Ebenezer',  John',  George",  to  John'  who  came  to  this  country 
from  Scotland,  according  to  a  family  tradition,  before  the 
year  1644,  and  settled  in  Windsor,  Ct.  George'  Alexander 
was  b.  May  26,  1769;  m.  (i)  Feb.  14,  1795,  Sophronia',  dau.  of 
Dr.  Polycarpus"  Cushman  of  Bernardston.  She  was  b.  May  7, 
1775;  d.  Aug.  3,  1814;  m.  (2)  Apr.  13,  1815,  Mary,  dau.  of 
vSeth  Lyman  of  Northfield.  She  was  b.  June  2,  1783.  Mr. 
Alexander  was  a  clothier  by  trade,  residing  on  the  "Green." 
He  was  ensign  and  lieutenant  of  a  militia  company  in  town; 
served  as  selectmen  and  assessor  in  1809  and  18 10,  as  repre- 
sentative in  1809  and  1812.     He  d.  Oct.  12,    1829.     Children: 

i.  PoLYCARPUs  Cushman'.  b.  May  7,  1802;  m.  Sophronia*^,  dau.  of 
David*  Severance  Sept.  22,  1829;  she  d.  May  6,  1844,  ae.  39. 
He  resided  in  the  house  north  of  the  Institute.  By  trade,  a 
machinist.  "A  highly  intelligent  and  respected  man;"  d.  No- 
vember I,  1870.  Had:  i.  Ralph  Cushman**,  b.  Oct.  10,  1834; 
d.  Sept.  7,  1835.  2.  Seth  S.**  d.  ae.  i  yr.  8  mos.  3.  Loring 
C.  m.  and  resides  in  Holyoke. 

ii.  George  Austin'',  b.  Mch.  27,  1809;  m.  'rry[)hena'',  dau.  of  Thomas 
L.^  Edwards,  Mch.  27,  1832.  She  was  b.  Jan.  29,  1815;  d. 
Sept.  9,  1836.  Mr.  Alexander  was  by  trade  a  brick-mason,  re- 
siding on  the  Field  place  on  Huckle  Hill.  His  residence  (1897) 
was  Northfield.  Had:  i.  Sylvia  Tryphena,**  b.  Mch.  [9.  1834. 
2.  Maria  Edwards**,  b.  Aug.  29,  1836;  d.  July  24,  1837.  By 
second  wife: 


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iii.   SoPHRONiA  C/,  b   Jan.  9,  1S16;   m.  1835,  Stephen  W.  Kenney. 

iv.   Lucy',  b.  Oct.  4,  1817;  d.  Apr.  20,  1818. 

V.  Seth  Lyman',  b.  Jan.  11,   1819;  d.  in  Erie,  Pa.,  Mch.  27,  1851. 
vi.    Elias',  b.  Apr.  23.  182 1. 

"Luther  Skinner  of  the  family  of  Mr.  Alexander,  b.  Jan.  13,  1801." 

Alexander,  Alvan',  b.  1807;  m.  Martha  Houghton,  who  d.  No- 
vember 13,  1900.  He  came  to  thi.s  place  from  Brattleboro, 
Vt.,  locating  on  South  street,  where  for  many  years  he  car- 
ried on  the  shoe-making-  bitsincss.  He  died  Jan.  26,  1891. 
Children  : 
i.  Martha    Henrietta^,    b.    Dec.    10,    1843;   m.    (i)   July   5,    1865, 

Leroy   M.  Stearns  of    Readsboro,   Vt. ;   m.   (2)  in   1876,   Walter 

Gould;   res.  Minneapolis,   Minn. 

Alfurd,"  Alonzo  a.,  was  born  near  Burlington,  Vt.  ;  was  for  many 
years  a  resident  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Upon  his  removal  to 
Bernardston  he  purchased  and  refitted  the  place  formerly 
owned  by  N.  S.  Cutler,  and  earlier  by  S.  N.  Brooks  and  his 
father.  Dr.  John  Brooks.  This  is  now  known  as  Cedar  Lawn. 
He  m.  Feb.  i,  i860,  Chloe  Cornelia",  dau.  of  Dea.  Henry' 
Slate.  She  was  b.  Feb.  18,  1842.  She  has  been  and  is  a 
prominent  worker  in  charitable  and  temperance  societies, 
she  w^as  president  of  the  Non-Parti.san  National  Branch  of 
the  W.  C.  T.  U.  Mr.  Alford  is  interested  in  the  civil  affairs 
of  the  place,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  E.  S.  Hiirlbert  & 
Co.     No  children. 

Alger,  James,  b.  about  1760.  The  dates  of  birth  would  indicate 
that  he  and  Rogfer  miijht  both  have  been  brothers  of  Simeon 
mentioned  below.  He  enlisted  for  Revolutionary  service  No- 
vember 14,  1776,  at  which  time  his  residence  was  given  as 
Fall  Town,  ae.  21  years.  His  term  of  enlistment  was  "dur- 
ing the  War."  He  seems  to  have  been  in  various  commands, 
serving  as  private;  he  also  "  reported  on  command  with  sap- 
pers and  miners."  He  was  twice  recorded  as  having  deserted, 
the  first  time  being  gone  two,  and  the  second,  six  months. 
He  enlisted  into  the  Continental  army  from  Capt.  Amasa 
Sheldon's  company. 


290  GENEALOGIES. 


Alger,  Roger,  b.  about  1758-9  ;  residence  Bernardston;  enlisted 
for  the  town  of  Hadley  May  28,  1777  ;  term  of  enlistment, 
three  years  ;  ae.  27  years.  His  record  likewise  reads  "  De- 
serted July,  1779." 

Alger  Simeon,  b.  1762.  In  1790  there  was  warned  from  town  Sim- 
eon Alger  and  Simeon  Jr.,  both  from  Connecticut.  He  lived 
northeast  of  the  Torrey  farm,  at  the  e.nd  of  a  now  abandoned 
road.  This  location  was  east  of  Dry  Brook  ;  died  Aug.  4, 
1822,  ae.  60.  A  Lucinda  Alger  was  pub.  to  Jona.  Shndrefs 
of  Northfield,  June  14,  1801,  probably  of  this  family.  Among 
the  children  of  the  family  was  : 

i.  Simeon^,  Jr. 

ii.    RoxY^,  who  m.   Horace    Thompson. 

iii.  Reuben^,  b.  1787;  m.  Mch.  24,  1810,  Rhoda  Allen  of  GreenfieKJ. 
She  d.  in  V^ernon,  Vt.,  Nov.  22,  1853,  ae.  68  years.  He  died 
Jan.  I,  1849,  ae.  62.  He  resided  on  Huckle  Hill.  A  daughter 
Alice'',  m.  Israel'  Bagg. 

1.  Allen,  Joseph',  Sgt.,  (Benjamin/  Edward',  a  weaver  of  Ipswich, 

Mass.,  in  1658.  According  to  a  family  tradition,  came  from 
Scotland,  where  he  was  a  soldier  under  Cromwell,  upon  the 
Restoration,  and  was  probably  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
Suffield,  Ct.)  was  b.  in  Suffield,  Ct.,  1701  ;  removed  to  Ber- 
nardston in  1757  or  1759  from  Deerfield,  settling  on  place 
later  known  as  Dalton  Newcomb  place,  now  owned  by  W. 
Wight.  Hem.  x'Vpr.  24,  1727,  Hannah,  dau.  of(Capt.  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Arms)  Clesson.  She  was  b.  at  Deerfield,  July  5, 
(705,  and  d.  at  Bern.  May  13,  1790.  Sgt.  Allen  became  a 
prominent  man  in  town,  holding  a  number  of  town  offices. 
He  d.  in  Bern.  July  17,  1785,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  ceme- 
tery.    Children  : 

2.  i.   Zebulon\  b.  Oct.  or  Nov.  22,  1727,  at  Deerfield. 

ii.   Simeon'',  b.   1728,  at  Deerfield,  where  he  died  in  infancy. 

iii.   SEM^  b.  Feb.  9,  1730-1;  d.  July  24,  1754. 

iv.    MarV*,  b.  Nov.  5,  1732;  d.  ol  the    "Throat  Distemper,"    May  15, 

1744,  ae.  1 1  years. 
V.   Seba'',  b.  Sept.  16,  1736;  d.  May  20,  1744. 


ALLEN.  291 

vi.  Joseph^,  b.  Mch.  14,  1739-40;  d.  Apr.  30,   1744. 
vii.    AsAPH^,  b.  Sept.  16,  1742;   d.  June  24.   1744. 
viii.    Marah\  b.  June  12,  1747;   d.  June  30,   1747. 

'l"he  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  children  died  at  about  the  same  time 

as  their  sister,   Mary,  and  of  the  same  disease. 

2.  Alt. EN  Zehulon',  (vSgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin",  Edward',)  b.  at  Deer- 

field,  Oct.  or  Nov.  22,  \72j\  m.  Nov.  21',  1751,  by  Rev.  Jona. 
Ashley  to  Freedom  Cooley  of  Sunderland.  vShe  was  born 
at  vStinderland,  Mch.  12,  1734,  and  died  at  her  son  Simeon's 
in  Leyden,  Sept.  16,  1801.  Mr.  Allen  probably  came  to  Ber- 
nardston  about  1756,  and  as  did  his  father,  made  his  home 
on  the  present  Wight  place  near  the  railroad  crossing".  He 
was  always  prominently  connected  with  military  affairs,  ser\^- 
ing  as  corporal  and  lieutenant  in  tlie  French  and  Indian  War 
of  1755-8.  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  he  was  stationed 
at  Colrain  in  Capt.  Israel  William's  regiment,  about  which 
time  he  saw  much  service  in  scouting  in  the  westward. 
Earlier,  from  Dec.  \  i,  1755,  to  Oct.  18,  1756,  he  was  sentinel. 
His  name  appears  on  John  Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending 
Nov.  30,  1758,  at  which  time  he  held  the  rank  of  sergeant. 
He  was  engaged  in  several  sharp  skirmishes,  among  others, 
Hobbs  Fight,  and  at  which  one  of  the  Indians.  Sackett, 
boasted  that  he  "knew  old  Zeb  Allen  and  that  he  had  killed 
him  at  the  first  shot,"  but  the  truth  of  this  statement  Mr. 
Allen's  safe  return  to  town  disproved.  He  took  his  part  in 
the  civil  affairs  of  the  day,  serving  for  the  years  1763,  1764. 
1784,  as  selectman.  Was  also  one  of  the  early  school  teach- 
ers of  the  place.  (See  ante  228.)  He  died  at  Bernardston, 
Feb.  15,  1786.     Children  : 

3.  i.  Asaph"',  b.  in  the  fort  at  Deerfield  Oct.  22,  1752.  (T.  R.) 

4.  ii.   Simeon"',  b.  Apr.  6,   1755. 

5.  iii.   Joseph'',  b.  in  Hurk  Fcjrt,  Mch.  29,  1757. 

6.  iv.    Seba^,  b.  in  Bern.  Aug.   16,  1759. 

V.   Mary"',  b.  Feb.  2,  1762;  m.  Thaddeus  Wright  of  Waterbury,  Vt. 
where  she  d.  Mch.  5,  1801. 

7.  vi.  Jonathan^,  b.   Apr.  20,  1766. 

8.  vii.  Samuel  Clesson%  b.  Jan.  5,  1772. 


292  GENEALOGIES. 


viii.  Electa^,  b.  Feb.  26,  1775;  ^^e  d.  at  Derry,  N.  H.,  at  her  tlau. 
Mrs.  Ordways.  She  m.  Dec.  21,  1797,  Ellsworth,  son  of  Capt. 
Hunt  and  brother  of  Samuel  C.  Allen's  second  wife.  They  had 
two  children. 

3.  Allen,  Asaph',  Deacon,  (Zebulon*,  Sgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin',  Ed- 

ward',) b.  in  the  fort  at  Deerfield,  Oct.  22,  1752;  m.  about 
1773  or  1774,  Persis",  dau.  of  Remembrance'  Sheldon  of  Bern. 
She  was  b.  in  Bern,  in  1757,  and  d.  Feb.  13,  1852.  Mr.  Allen 
served  in  the  Revolution,  going  out  as  corporal  in  Capt.  A. 
Wells'  Co.  vol.,  Saml.  William's  reg.,  which  marched  Apr.  20, 
1775  ;  service  10  days,  and  again  as  first  corporal  May  i,  1775, 
in  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Whitcomb's  regiment  ;  was 
discharged  Sept.  23,  1775  ;  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  drew 
a  pension.  Served  1786  and  1794  as  selectman  and  town 
treasurer.  In  Feb.,  1796,  he  removed  to  Waterbury,  Vt., 
where  he  died  Mch.  19,  1841.  He  was  a  man  much  respected, 
and  for  many  years  officiated  as  deacon  in  the  church,  being 
first  appointed  to  that  office  in  Bern,  when  19  years  old. 
His  children  were,  most  of  them,  born  in  Bern.,  and  their 
births  are  there  recorded.     Children  : 

i.   RoxANNA^  b.  Aug.  10,  1778;  m.  Mch.  25,  1795,  Jared  George  of 
Greenfield,      'I'he  next  year  they  rem.  to  Vt.,  where  they  died, 
ii.   Zebulon'',  b.  May  9,  1780. 
iii.  Sophia'^,  b.  Dec.  26,  1781;  d.  May  23,  17S3. 
iv.   Sophia'',  b.  Dec.  20,  1783;  ni.  David  Harrington  of  Vt. 
V.    Eliakim'',  b.  Feb.  24,  1785;  m.  and  had  seven  children, 
vi.   Asaph,  Jr**.,  b.  Mch.  13,  1788;  was  twice  m.;   rem.  to  Ohio, 
vii.    HoRis,  b.  July  3,   1790;  d.  Jan.  15,  1791. 

viii.   Horace",  b.  Aug.  15,   1792;  m.  and  resideti  in  Waterbury,  Vt. 
ix.    Charles  S^,  b.  Feb.  24,  1795;   '"•  ^'^^'  I't^sided   in  Waterbury,  Vt. 
X.   Persis*,  b.  July  2,  1797,  in  W^aterbury;   m. 
xi.   Seba*,  b.  Aug.   16,   1801,  in  Waterbury. 

4.  Allen,  Simeon',  (Zebulon',  vSgt.  Joseph",  Benjamin',  Edward',) 

b.  Apr.  6,  1755;  m.  Experience",  sister  of  Ner"  and  dau.  of 
Joshua'  Wells  of  Leyden,  where  he  d.  in  1819.  He  probably 
lived  in  or  near  Beaver  Meadow,  at  a  place  near  the  point  of 
intersection  of  the  town  lines  of  (aiilford,  Leyden  and  Bar- 


ALLEN.  293 


nardston.  Served  in  the  Revolution,  going  out  as  private 
in  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Saml.  William's  regiment. 
Children  : 

i.    Martha",  b.  Sept.  14,  1775;   m.  Seba  Dean  of  Guilford,  Vt  ;  rem. 

to  Windhall,  Vt.,  where  they  both  died, 
ii.    Erastus",  b.   Nov.  2,  1777;  emigrated  to  New  York   State  where 
he  m.  Paulina  Wilder  and  had  a  family. 

9.  iii.    Solomon*,  b.  Jan.  5,  1780. 

IV.  Experience'',  b.    Nov.  3,1783;   m.  Socrates'' Sheldon    of   Leyden. 

10.  V.  Simeon",  b.  Oct.  i,  1786. 

vi.   OziAs'',  b.  Mch.  5,  1791;  d.  unni.  in  the  U.S.  Army  about  1814. 

5.  Allln,  JosEPFd",  (Zebulon\  Sgt.  Joseph",  Benjamin",    Edward'), 

b.  in  Burk  Fort.  Mch.  29,  1757.     He  m.  (i)  Eunice  -.  She 

d.  Feb.  6,  1808,  ae.  47  ;  he  m.  (2)  Anna  Sophronia,  widow  of 
Joseph  vSinith  in  1814.  She  d.  Jan.  14,  1818,  ae.  58.  Mr.  Allen 
was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  enlisted  again  for  one 
year,  Jan.,  1776,  under  Capt.  Thomas  Alexander.  For  many 
years  he  received  a  pension  ;  was  selectman  in  1789.  He  d. 
Dec.  28,  1828;  he  lived  on  Huckle  Hill.     Children: 

i.    Robert",  b.  Feb.   13,  1781;  d.  July  8,  1803. 
ii.    Richard  Willard',  b.  Jan.  22.  1783;  d. 
iii.    Dorothy",  b.  Feb.  4,  1785. 
iv.   Edward'^,  b.  May.  i,  1787. 

V.  Eunice",  b.  Mch.  15,  1790. 
vi.   Electa",  b.  Oct.  12,  1792. 

vii.  Joseph",  b.  Sept.  16,   1795;  ^^-  ^Q^-  28,  1805. 

viii.   Roxanna",  b.   July   20,    1798;   m.   Caleb^  Chapin,    Dec.    10,   1816; 
she  d.  Jan.  14,  1866. 
ix.  Charles®,  b.  Feb.  3,  1801. 

0.  Alle.m,  Seb.\',  (Zebulon',  Sgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin",  Edward'),  b. 
Aug.  16,  1759;  he  m.  Joanna",  dau.  of  Aaron'  Field  in  Aug., 
1786.  He  died  July  10,  1798,  and  she  m.  (2)  Salmon  Clapp 
of  Montague.  Mr.  Allen  was  town  clerk  nine  years,  select- 
man and  assessor  five  years.  Had  : 
i.  Clymene  Emiransa",  b.  Nov.  20,  1786;  d.  Sept.  11,  1802,  ae.  16. 

7.  Allen,  Jon.\than\  (Zebulon',  Sgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin",  Edward'), 


294  GENEALOGIES. 


b.  Apr.  20,  1766;  he  m.  (i)  Chloe°,  dan.  of  Moses'  Ba.scom  of 
Gill,  May  1 8,  1 788.  She  was  b.  July  1 8.  1 770.  d.  May  2,-1815; 
m.  (2)  Betsey",  dau.  of  Joseph^  Bascom  of  Greenfield,  to  whom 
he  was  published  May  10,  18 17.  She  was  b.  Mch.  30,  1792  ; 
d.  in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  Nov.  4,  1865.  Mr.  Allen  was  promi- 
nent locally,  being  justice  of  the  peace,  for  eight  years  town 
clerk,  eleven  years  selectman  and  as.sessor,  three  years  repre- 
sentative to  the  General  Court;  also  held  manv  minor  offices. 
He  was  one  of  the  committee  elected  to  revise  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  State  about  1836  or  37.  In  earlier  life  he  lived  in 
a  house  now  gone,  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  leading  west 
to  Frizzell  Hill,  just  beyond  Mill  Brook.  Later  his  home 
was  the  old  "Tavern  stand,"  the  site  of  the  present  E.  C.and 
E.  D.  Hale  place.  His  final  home  was  on  the  farm  occupied 
by  the  late  Frederick  Chapin,  now  by  R.  Harris.  His  trade 
was  making  grave  stones  :  it  is  said  that  he  made  his  own 
stone.     He  died  Aug.  28,  1836.     Children: 

i.  Alfred  Bascom",  b.  June  5.  1789;  m.  Vilate',  dau.  of  Capt.  .\rte- 
mab'' Cushman,  Dfc.  22,  181 1.  She  was  b.  Mch.  30,  1791;  re- 
sided Colchester,  Vt.;  d.  July  25,  1872. 

ii.   Aurellia",  b.  Nov.  17,   1791:  d.  June  12,  1794 

iii.  Lewis  Capet'',  b.  May  20,  1793;  m.  Mary  D.  Hoyt  of  New  York 
City,  Aug.  12,  1833;  resided  Stratford,  Ct. ;  d.  Oct.  29,  1873. 

iv.  Charles  Jarvis^,  b.  Feb.  6,  1795;  ni.  Maria  Bliss  of  Northamp- 
ton, May  29,  1816;  resided  New  Haven,  Ct.,  where  he  d.  No- 
vember 21,  1882. 

v.  George  Anson",  b.  May  17,  1797;  m.  Chloe' dau.  Capt.  Arte- 
mas"  Cushman,  May  26,  1818.  He  d.  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  where 
they  resided,  Sept.  4,  1846.  She  d.  there  July  30,  1832;  was  b. 
May  30,  1793. 

vi.    Patrick.   Wells",    b.    Feb.   4,    1800;    d.    Aug.    26,    18 19,    in    New 
Haven,  Ct. 
II.     vii.   Frederick  Ellsworth  Hunt",  b.  Oct.  i,  1801. 

viii.  Albert  G.",  b.  Feb.  28,  1804;  d.   Oct.  17,  1834,  on  a  boat  on  the 
Ohio  River. 

ix.  Harriet  (^hloe",  b.  Dec.  4,  1805;  ul  Joel  Spaulding  then  of  Green- 
field, Oct.  3,  1830;  he  d.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  in  1858;  she  d. 
Dec.  5,  1886. 


Jt^NATHAN    Al.LKN. 
The  original  portrait  was  painted  in  1835. 


ALLEN.  295 


X.  Clymene  Sophronia*',  b.  Dec.  25,  1807;  m.  Levi  Gilbert  of  New 
Haven,  Ct.,  Oct.  4,  1830.  Mr.  Gilbert  was  a  member  of  the 
Legislature   and  of  the  Common  Council.      She  d.  Jan.,  1892. 

xi.  Jonathan  Cooley^,  b.  July  24,  1812;  d.  at  Columbus,  Ga.,  Sep- 
tember  II,  1833. 

By  second  wife : 

xii.  Paul  Jones",  b.  Nov.  10,  1826;  m.  Sarah  R.,  dau.  of  William  Boyle 
of  Bern.,  May  13,  185  i.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion 
he  enlisted  in  the  Conn.  vol.  for  three  years,  and  participated 
in  the  b.ittle  of  Fredericksburg.  He  lived  for  many  years  in 
New  Haven,  Ct. ;  is  now  resident  of  Bernardston  on  South  st., 
on  place  he  purchased  of  Silas  Brooks  in  1867.  Had:  i.  Liz- 
zie", b.  Feb.  2,  1854;  d.  young.  2.  Sarah  Louise',  b.  Nov.  5, 
1859;  m.  Frank  O.''  Root  of  Bern.,  Dec.  8,  1885;  resides  in 
Rochester,  N.  V.  3.  Grdce  Eliza',  b  Aug.  15,  1861;  m.  Charles 
Barber  Dec.  19,  1883. 

S.  Allen,  Samuel  Clesson',  (Zebtilon',  Sgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin^ 
Edwai'd',)  b.  Jan.  5,  1772;  111.(1)  Sarah",  dan.  of  Hezekiah" 
Newcomb  of  Bern.  She  was  b.  Aug.  8.  1774;  d.  Jan.  22, 
1797;  m.  (2)  Apr.  10,  1797,  Mary,  daiu  of  Elisha  or  Capt.  Sam- 
uel Hunt.  She  d.  Feb.  13,  1833,  ae.  58  !  ™- (3)  Aug.,  1841, 
Rosannah  Smith,  widow  of  x-Abner  Ferry  of  Granby.  She  d. 
in  Princeton,  111.,  June  9,  1867,  ae.  83.  "Mr.  Allen  wa.s  a  man 
of  active  habit  and  a  vigorou.s  intellect  and  his  opinions  had 
great  weight  in  the  part  of  the  country  to  which  he  belonged." 
He  was  a  clergyman  and  lawyer,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  1794;  representative,  1806-10;  State  wSenator, 
1812-15;  member  of  Congress,  1817-29  ;  executive  councilor, 
1829-30;  again  vSenator  in  1831  ;  resided.  New  Salem,  Green- 
field and  Northfield,  at  the  latter  place  "Bennett's  Meadows." 
He  d.  Feb.  8,  1842.     Children: 

i.   Samuel  Clesson*^,  b.  in  Bern.,  Sept.  11,  1793. 
ii.    Joseph  Priestly'^,  b.  May  3,  1795;  d.  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  1838. 
iii.    Infant",  b.  and  d.  Jan.  i.  1797. 
By  second  wife: 

iv.  Martha  Hunt",  b.  .Apr.  28,  1798;  m.  Oct.  23,  1817,  David  A. 
Gregg. 


296  GENEALOGIES. 


V.  James  Bowdoin",  (twin)  b.    Dec.  26,  1799;  d.  at  Saginaw,  Mich., 

U.  S.  military  station,  Aug.  21,  1823,  unm.,  a  lieutenant  in  U.  S. 

Army, 
vi.    John  Jay®,  b.  also  Dec.  26,  1799;  (twin)  d.  at  Bennetts  Meadow, 

Nov.   15,  1857. 
vii.  Zebulon^  b.  Jan.  6,  1802;   m.  Martha,  dau.  Luther  Holton,  1838, 

resided  Northfield,  (Bennetts  Meadows).      Had:    i.      Fannie,  m. 

2.  Fred  Z..  m.  Hicks  of  Greenfield;  resides  on  the  home  farm. 

3.  Lillian,  m. of  Westfield. 

viii.   Elisha    Hunt^,  b.  Jan.    28,  1804;   rem.  to  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
wheie  he  was  made  chief  justice  in  1863. 
ix.   F'rederick    HuNr'',  b.  Feb.   3,   1806;   m.  Harriet,    dau.   of   Oliver 

Cooley  and  widow  of  Jackson  Dickinson  of  Deerfield. 
X.   DwiGHT*,  b.   Mch.   20,  1808;  d.  Jan.    24,  1891;  was  judge  of   the 

Supreme  Court. 
xi.  Sarah  Newcomb®,  b.  Aug.  8,  1810;  m.  Feb.  6,  1834,  Hon,  Joseph 

Appleton  of  Bangor,  Me. 
xii.   Mary  Lyman®,  b.  Apr.  8,  181 2;  d.  unm.  July  2,  1868. 
xiii.  Arthur®,  b.  Sept.  7,  1814. 
xiv.    Edward*,  b.  Aug.  5,   1818;  d.  in  Australia.  Aug.,  i860;   m. 

9.  Allen,  Solo.mon',  (Simeon',  Zebtilon",  Sg-t.  Joseph',  Benjamin^ 

Edward',)  b.  Jan.  5,  1780  ;  m.  (i)  AbigaiT,  dati.  of  Selah'  and 
Jerusha  Chapin  of  Leyden.  She  d.  Mch.  24,  1833  ;  m.  (2)  Bat- 
sey  Enos.  He  d.  Dec.  23,  1856.  Both  are  buried  in  the  cem- 
tery  at  Beaver  Meadow.     Children  : 

i.   John',  b.  Feb.  25,  181 1;  d.  young, 
ii.   Martin^  b.  Dec.  15,  1814. 

iii.   John^,  Feb.  11,  1815;  m  ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1858,  in   Patriot,  Ind. 
iv.  Jerusha^,    b.   June    29,    181 7;    res.    Cincinnati,    Ohio;    m.    Mack 
Murphy. 

V.  Simeon^,  b.  Sept.  3,   1S19;   m.  and  rem.  to  Virginia, 
vi.   James^,  b.  June  9,   1823;  d.  in  the  West. 

10.  Allen,  Simeon',  (Simeon",  Zebulon",  Sgt.  Joseph',  Benjamin^ 

Edward',)  b.  Oct.  i,  1786;  m.  in  1806,  Mary,  dau.  of  David  or 
Jonah  Wyles,  and  widow  of  Dr.  Samuel  Flagg.  She  was  b. 
in  Colchester,  Ct.,  Mch.  25,  1767  ;  d.  in  Bern.  Aug.  11,  1845. 
Their  intention    was  published    Aug.   30,    1806.      He   lived 


ALLEN.  297 

north-east  of  the  present  Keet  mills,  on  an  old  road  leading 
off  from  the  present  Beaver  Meadow  road.  He  d.  Mch.  20, 
1830.     Children: 

i.    Franklin    Mattoon',  b.  in    Bern.    Apr.     i,  1807;   m.  in    PVanklin 
Mills,  Ohio,  Dec.  15,  1833,  Clarissa  Root.     She  d.  there  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1843,  and    he,   June    i,  following,   in   Kent.   Ohio.     They 
had  five  children,  two  of  whom  were  living  in   1861. 
12.       ii.   John  .Sanford",  b.  in  Bern.,  Sept.  19,  1809. 

11.  Allen,  Frederick  Ellsworth  Hunt",  (Jonathan',  Zebulon*, 
Sgt.  Joseph",  Benjamin^  Edward',)  b.  Oct.  i,  1801  ;  m.  Mari^ 
M.  Grover  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  Nov.  29,  1827.  For  several  years 
he  was  captain  of  a  company  of  cavalry.  He  resided  on 
the  place  now  owned  by  R.  Harris.  By  trade  he  was  a  brick 
mason.  For  many  years  he  was  the  popular  and  efificient 
chorister  of  the  choir  connected  with  the  Unitarian  church. 
He  is  also  remembered  as  often  being  called  upon  to  act  as 
moderator  at  the  town  meetings,  and  likewise  as  an  auction- 
eer. His  home  was  always  noted  as  a  hospitable  place  where 
generous  entertainment  of  the  finest  quality  was  always 
forthcoming.  Then  he  bought  the  Doty  shop  and  moved  it 
from  back  of  the  brick  store  to  a  position  south  of  the  then 
Universalist  church  ;  he  d.  Feb.  3,  1871.  His  widow  resided 
in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  with  her  dau. ;  d.  Jan.  29,  1899.    Children  : 

i.   Lucinda^,  b.  Sept.  29,  1828;  d.  Dec.  30,  1831. 

ii.  Luke'',  b.  May  18,  1832;  m.  Antoinette  Maria,  dau.  of  Philander 
M.  Slate,  Jan.  14,  1867.  They  have  always  resided  in  Bernard- 
ston,  where  Mr.  Allen  has  followed  the  mason's  trade  together 
with  farming.  Had:  i.A  Frederick*  Ellsworth  Hunt*,  b.  Apr.  5, 
1872;  m.  July  4,  1901,  Lucy  F.,  dau.  of  John  Chapin.  He  is  a 
blacksmith,  having  his  shop  just  north  of  the  Barber  mill.  2. 
Anna  Maria*,  b.  Dec.  27,  1880. 

iii.  Catherine  Maria^,  b.  May  18,  1837;  m.  June  9,  1881,  John  Mc- 
Carty;  resides  in  New  Haven,  Ct. 

iv.  Jonathan  Hunt'',  b.  Aug.  23,  1840;  m.  (r)  Mch.  7,  1867,  Ori- 
anna  Elvira*,  dau.  of  Enoch^  Moore  of  Bern.  She  d.  Dec.  4, 
1873,  ae.  30;  m.  (2)  Jan.  r,  1879,  Jennie  Z.,  dau.  of  Munroe  Cur- 


298  GENEALOGIES. 


tis,  now  of  Millers  Falls.  Mr.  Allen  resides  in  Bernardston  and, 
like  his  brother  Luke,  combines  the  trade  of  a  mason  with  farm- 
ing. Had:  i.  SusanMV right**,  b.  Apr.  12,  1871;  m.  Frederick 
Bertine,  Jan.,  1898;  resides  New  Haven,  Ct. 

By  second  wife: 
2.     Olive  Jennie^,  b.  Nov    19,  1879. 

12.  Allen,  John  Sanford',  (Simeon',  Simeon',  Zebulon\  Sgt.  Jos- 
eph", Benjamin',  Edward',)  b.  Sept.  19,  1809;  m.  Elizabeth 
W.,daii.  of  Jo.seph  and  Ro.xanaCapron  of  Leicester,Vt.,  v^'here 
she  was  b.  Apr.  19,  1813.  They  were  m.  in  Hudson,  Ohio, 
May  18,  1836.  He  was  selectman  of  Bern.,  1846-7;  was  by 
trade  a  mason,  and  all  his  efforts  in  life  were  characterized 
by  frugality  and  energy.  In  1839  he  removed  to  No.  Bern.; 
in  1850,  to  his  newly  purchased  farm  in  the  northern  part 
of  Greenfield,  where  bed.  Jan.  26,  1892  ;  she  d.  July  19,  1896. 
Children  : 

i.  Oscar  Capron^  b.  in  Franklin,  O.,  Mch  8,  1837;  ni  Sept.  18, 
1867,  Louisa  Jane*,  dau.  of  Lucius^^  and  Hannah  Chapin,  and 
widow  of  Edward  K.  Smith;  she  was  b.  Dec.  18,  183  i.  In  early 
manhood  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  mason,  later  engaging  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Greenfield.  He  then  kept  a  general 
store  in  Bernardston,  and  later  succeeded  to  the  management  of 
the  New  England  House,  and  afterward  to  the  Elm  House  in 
Greenfield.  He  is  now,  in  company  with  his  son,  proprietor  of 
the  American  House,  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Hattie  Louise", 
b  Mch.  6,  1869;  m.  Oct.  28,  1890,  Adam  VVolfskiel  of  Greenfield, 
where  they  reside;  hasone  dau.,  Gretchen  A.  2.  John  Lucius", 
b.  Dec.  21,  1872;  m.  Feb.  22,  1893,  Mae  A.,  dau.  of  James  Lang- 
don  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  res.  Greenfield;  is  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness with  his  father  under  the  firm  name  of  O.  C.  Allen  &  Son. 
No  children. 

ii.  Mary  Elizabeth'*,  b.  in  Franklin,  O.,  Apr.  26,  1838;  d.  Feb.  27, 
1839. 

iii.  Mary  Eliza*,  b.  in  Bernardston  Jan.  2,  1840;  m.  Charles  Emer- 
son Ballou  Nov.  16,  1864;  resides  in  South  Shelburne;  has  five 
children. 

iv.  Charles  Flagg*,  b.  Jan.  4,  1842;  m.  Dec.  9,  1880,  Lizzie  M.,  dau. 
of   Henry  Handforth.     He  was  a  member  of  Co.  A,  52nd  Reg. 


ALLEN — ANDREWS.  299 


Mass.  Vol.,  during  the  Civil  War.  In  early  life  he  learned  and 
followed  the  trade  of  a  mason;  he  now  resides  in  (Ireenfield, 
where  he  has  been  several  years  foreman  of  the  cutting  de- 
partment in  the  shoe  factory.  Had:  f.  Graced  d.  Mch.  17, 
1889.     2.     Charles^  d.  Apr.  6,  1889. 

V.   Isabella    Maria^,  b.   Sept.    23,    1843;   m.   Nov.    27,  i860,  Edwin 
Connablc*  Burrows  of  Bernardston,  where  they  reside. 

vi.   Sarah  Elizabeth'*,  b.  Sept.  23,  1845;  res.  with  her  brother  Frank; 

unm. 
vii.  Julia  Wyles^  b.  Oct.  29,  1847;  m.  Sept.  7.  1869,  Meric  Philander 

Slate  of  Bern.,  where  they  reside;  no  children, 
viii.  John  Frank^,  b.  in  Cireenfield,  Apr.  10,  1850;  m.  in  Leyden, 
May  I,  1878,  Lottie  L.'-*,  dau.  of  Ransom'*  Foster.  She  was  b. 
Sept.  24,  1854.  They  reside  in  the  north  part  of  Cireenfield,  on 
the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father.  Had:  i.  J(jhn  Fos- 
ter'*, b.  Mch.  6,  1879,  in  Greenfield.  2.  Gertrude  May",  b. 
Sept.  17,  1882;  d.  June  17,  1885.  3.  Nellie  Elizabeth^  b. 
June  14,  1886;  d.  Apr.  27,  1887.  4.  Herbert  Frank^  b.  Sep- 
tember 14.  1888. 

ix.    LuciNDA  Ella^,  b.  in  Greenfield,  May  25,  1852;  m.  Isaac  C.  Bar- 
ton of  Greenfield,  where  they  reside. 
X.   Emma   Gertrude*,  b.  Nov.    16,  1854;   m.    Jan.  i.  1874,  PVank   \V. 
'I'yler  of  Riverside;  she  d.  Apr.  26,   1875. 

xi.    MiLiA    Helena*,    b.    Sept.    5,    1857;  m.    Nov.    2,    1876,    Adelbert 
S."  Atherton  of  Bernardston,  where  they  reside. 

Andrews,  Andros,  Andross  or  Andrus  family.  Upon  the  early 
records  we  find  all  ofthe.se  spellings  for  the  same  name.  Lieut. 
Nehemiah'  Andros  was  the  first  representative  in  town. 
He  first  built,  about  1779,  the  old  house  on  the  Dr.  Carpenter 
place.  In  its  original  location,  it  stood  where  the  Geo.  W. 
Brooks  house  was  later,  north  of  the  New  England  House. 
It  was  "moved  by  Benj.  Green,  around  by  the  old  postoffice, 
and  across  lots."  In  1774  it  was  voted  "to  confirm  the  road 
from  Nehemiah  Andros's  log-house  up  to  his  lot  through 
David  Rider's  and  William  Fox's  land."  He  is  descended 
from  John'  (of  Farmington,  Ct.,  in  1672.)  through  John^ 
Stephen',  Charles'.  The  latter  (Charles)  was  in  the  Revolu- 
tion from  Glastenbury,  Ct.,  and  had  quite  a  family  of  chil- 
dren.    The  fourth  son  was  Nehemiah,  b.  May  28,  1746,  and 


300  GENEALOGIES. 


m.  (i)  in  1775,  Hannah  Fox  of  Glastenbury,  Ct  ;  m.  (2)  in 
1778,  Elizabeth  Scott  of  Bern.  She  was  b.  about  1754,  and 
d.  Mch.  18.  1842. 

1.  Andrews,  Neii em iah",  served  in  the  Revolution  in  Capt.  Agrippa 
Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Saml.  William's  reg.,  Apr.  19,  1775,  service 
10  days,  and  also  as  private  May  i,  1775,  in  Capt.  Agrippa 
Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  reg.  He  also  had  the  title 
of  lieut.,  but  whether  acquired  in  Revolutionary  service,  \I 
know  not.  In  1786  he  was  surveyor  of  highways.  He  must 
have  come  to  town  not  far  from  1770,  and  removed  thence  to 
Guilford,  Vt.,  probably  to  the  place  since  known  as  the  "Sol 
Andrews"  place  about  1790.  Hed.  Mch.  8,  18 13,  at  Guilford. 
Children  : 

i.    Hannah*,  probably  that   one  who    m.  Oct.   17,   1792,  Elihu  Scott. 

ii.    Elizabeth". 

By  second  wife : 

iii.  Solomon",  b.  in  Bern.  Oct.  6,  1779;  m.  Betsey  Gaines,  who  was 
b.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  Nov.  23,  1780,  and  d.  Aug.  16,  1856.  He  moved 
from  Bern,  to  Guilford, Vt.. with  his  parents  when  ten  years  of  age; 
became  an  extensive  land  holder  at  one  time,  owning  it  is  said, 
one  thousand  acres.  He  d.  Mch.  24,  1867.  Had:  i.  Lu- 
rancy',  b.  Feb.  7.  1804;  m.  Mch.  13,  1828,  Pliny  R.^  Warner  of 
Bern.  She  d.  Sept.  26,  1857.  2.  Luther',  b.  June  24,  1805; 
m.  .Aug.  14,  1828,  Matilda,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Tyler  of  Guilford. 
3.  Lester',  b.  Apr.  7,  1807;  m.  Delilah  Gore  of  Halifax,  Vt.  4. 
Solomon',  b.  Mch.  6,  1809;  m.  Minerva  Session.  5.  Sanford', 
b.  July  31,  1810;  m.  Jan.  21,  1839,  Mary  A.  Haynes  of  Guilford. 
He  d.  in  Guilford,  July  7,  1897.  6.  Abigail',  b.  Jan.  13,  1812; 
m.  1833,  David  P.  Colgrove;  m.  (2)  Neri*  Chapin  of  Chicopee, 
Mass.  7  Nehemiah',  b.  May  25,  18(3;  d.  Aug.,  1817,  8. 
Otis',  b.  June  23,  1814;  d.  Aug.  11,  1814.  9.  Elizabeth',  b. 
Sept.  6,  1815;  m.  (1)  Jan.  28,  1833,  Richard  (rains;  m.  (2)  No- 
vember I,  1858,  Pliney  R.' Warner  of  Bernardston.  She  died 
June  18,  1896,  in  Michigan.  10.  MarduUa  Lucina',  b.  Jan.  15, 
1817;  m.  Nov.  27,  1839,  Daniel  McClure  of  Guilford;  resides 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  11.  Nehemiah',  b.  June  5,  1818;  m.  Apr.  to, 
1849,  Abbie  Weatherhead;  m.  (2)  Sept.,  18C8,  Lizzie  Guellow. 
Both  are  dead.     12.     Clarissa  Elvira',  b.  Jan.  16,  1820;  m.  No- 


ANDREWS — ATHhlRTON.  WI 


vember  14,  1849,  Joshua  Stafford;  resides  GuiKord.  13.  Ches- 
ter'', b.  Feb.  25,  1827;  d.  Feb.  26,  f82i.  14.  Kmily  .Mehssa'',  b. 
July  15,  1822;  m.  Mch.  25,  1840.  Charles  H."  Bagg;  d.  July  20, 
1849.     15.      Delight  Pemelia',  b.  Aug.  11,  1824;   d.   Feb.  4.   1826. 

iv.   Gracia®,  b.  in  Bern.  July,  1781;  n\.  W'heelock  Aldrich. 

V.    Elijah*^,  b.  in  Bern.  May  6,  1783. 

vi.    Nehemiah^,  b.  in  Bernardston,  July,  1785;  m.  1806,  Olive  Aldrich. 

vii.  Otis*,  b.  in  Bern.,  May  12,  1788;  m.  Mch.  21,  181 6,  Susan  Ellis. 
viii.  Chester'',  b.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  May,  1790. 

ix.   Chloe",  b.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  June  15,   1792;   ni.  Aniasa  Aldrich. 

X.  Luther  C.^  b.  1794;  d.  1796. 

Arms,  Seth\  traces  his  descent  throug-h  Thoma.s^  William^  to  Wil- 
liam\  who  first  appears  in  this  country  about  the  year  1676. 
He  was  b.  July  7,  1757,  published  to  Joanna,  dau.  of  Joseph 
Wright.  Mch.  10,  1781.  Mr.  Arms  resided  here  for  a  time 
about  1800,  later  at  Bloody  Brook,  vSouth  Deerfield,  Mass. 
Had  eight  children. 

Ashley,  Mrs.,  came  here  from  Fall  River,  purchasing  the  old  Bap- 
tist church,  which  had  been  converted  into  a  dwelling.  Her 
second  husband  was  Israel  Phillips.  vShe  d.  in  1900.  The 
place  is  now  owned  by  her  son  Edward  of  Waterbury,  Ct., 
and  by  him  used  as  a  summer  residence.     Children  : 

i.    Daughter,  who  m.  Mr.  Robertson  of  Fall  River, 
ii.    Edward,  has  been  twice  m.;  is  a  dentist  residing  in  Waterbury,  Ct. 
iii.   Hattie  M.,  ni.  \Villiam   A.  Robbins   of  Waterbury,  Ct.,  1884;  d. 
iv.   Jennie  F.,  m.  James  H.  Clarke  in  1892;  res.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
V.    Eben  L.,  was  for  five  years  with  the  Scovil   Manufacturing  Co.  of 
Waterbury,  Ct.;  snice    1884   has    been  engaged  in  stock    raising 
in  Montana;   m.    Mch.    12,    1901,  Sadie  Henrietta-^  dau.  Edwin 
C  "^  Burrows;   resides  Flat  Willow,   Mont. 

Atherton.  The  Athertons  of  this  place  are  directly  descended 
from  Humphrey',  who,  perhaps,  came  from  Preston  in  Lanca- 
shire, where  the  name  continued  as  late  as  1780.  He  was 
of  Dorchester,  Ma.ss.,  in  1636.  In  1650  he  was  major  general 
of  the  Massachusetts  militia,  and  captain  of  ancient  and  hon- 
orable artillery;  was  representative  nine  years.  He  was 
thrown  from  his  horse  by  riding  over  a  cow,  receiving  inju- 


302  GENEALOGIES. 


ries  from  which  he  died  the  next  day,  Sept.  17,  1661.  His 
son,  Rev.  Hope^  Atherton  was  chaplain  under  Capt.  Turner, 
Through  Joseph^  Adonijah\  Oliver^  and  Joseph',  is  the  line 
of  descent  traced. 
Atherton,  Joseph",  was  b.  Apr.  28,  1758.  He  was  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  going  out  as  private  in  1776,  and  serving  in 
several  commands  until  1780.  In  Capt.  Newton's  Co.,  Col. 
S.  Murray's  Hampshire  Co.  reg.,  he  held  the  rank  of  cor- 
poral. He  resided  for  quite  a  time  in  Bern.;  in  1800  in 
Greenfield.  He  m.  Mch.  29,  1780,  Meriam\  dau.  of  Capt. 
Mo.ses^  Scott.  vShe  was  b.  May  12,  1760;  d.  Mch.  3,  1844. 
He  d.  Apr.  6,  1834.  and.  as  is  his  father,  is  buried  in  the 
cemetery  on  Log  Plain,  in  the  north  part  of  (jreenfield. 
Children : 

i.   Olive',  b.  Sept.  26,  1781;  m.  July  2,  1807,  John  Ea.son. 
ii.   Allen',  b.    Nov.    2,  1783;   111.    Feb.    5,    1810,  Ruth    Grinnell;  died 
Auy:.  1845. 
iii.    Ralhh^,  b.  Sept.  3,  1785;   d.  Mch.    22,  1803. 

iv.  MEkkV\  b.  Apr.  26,  1787;  m.  (i)  Apr.  12,  1806,  Lieut.  Enos  H. 
Burt.  He  d.  Feb.  23,  1814;  she  m.  (2)  Joab  Scott.  She  died 
Feb.  20,  1876. 

V.  Joseph',  b.  Aug.  3,  1789. 

vi.  Horace',  b.  July  14,  1791 ;  m.  Apr.  29,  1817,  Rhoda^,  dau.  of  Con- 
sider'^ Cushman.  She  was  b.  Feb.  17,  1798,  and  d.  Sept.  14, 
1830.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  occupation,  and  resided  just 
south  of  the  present  residence  of  Rodney  Park.  He  lived  the 
last  years  of  his  life  on  the  south-east  corner  of  .South  and  Depot 
streets.  He  d.  P'eb.  6,  1879.  Had:  i.  Lucinda  Submit**,  b. 
Oct.  3,  1817;  m.  Nov.  28,  1844,  Justin  Slate.  She  d.  Septem- 
ber 7-8,  1889.  2.  Marian  Sophia*,  b.  June  26,  1819;  m.  (i) 
Oct.  27,  1839,  Jason  H  Plummer  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  by  whom 
she  had  two  sons;  he  d.  Jan.  29,  1862;  she  m  (2)  Nov.  28.  1882, 
Samuel  H.*"  Atiierton ;  resides  in  Bern.  3.  Rhoda",  b.  Jan.  10, 
1821;  d.  Nov.  24,  1821.  4.  Rhoda**,  b.  Ntjv.  9.  1822;  m.  Poly- 
carpus  Loring**  Cushman,  Apr.  14,  1847;  resides  Bern.  5.  Knos 
Buri^  b.  May  31,  1826;  d.  Oct.  12,  1826.  6.  Clesson  Chani- 
berlain'*,  b.  Nov.  22,  1827:  res.  Clareniont,  N.  H.  7.  Josc()h 
Burt'\  b.  Mch.  5,   1830. 


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vii.   Hepsibah",  b.  July  17,  1793;   d.  Apr.  11,  1877;    unin. 
viii.    Henry'',   b.   Sept.    8,    1795;  ''^-    M'^h.    27,    1819. 
ix.   Oliver',    b.Mch.  6,  1799;  d.  Mch.  15,  1799. 

2.  Atherton.  Joseph',  (Joseph",  Oliver",  Adonijah',  Jo.seph^  Hope'', 

Humphrey\)b.  Aug.  3,  1789;  m.  Martha  Chamberlain.  Mch.  14, 
181 1.  She  d.  about  1853.  H!e  was  resident  of  Leyden  ;  he 
d.  Aug.  9,  1841.     Children  : 

i.  Joseph-,  who   in.  Mi.ss  Allen   of    Windsor,  Ct.      He  resided  and  d. 

in  Hartford,  Ct. 

ii.  Martha^,  who  m.  Charles  Webster  of  Hartford;   res  .\kr(Mi,  O. 

iii.  Newion  C,  who  ni.  Harriet  Hall  of  Windsor,  Ct.;  d.  in  Hartford, 

iv.  Bartlett-,  who  ni.  and  d.  in  Hartford. 

3.  V.  Samuel  H.**,  b.  May  25,  1S20. 
vi.  Harry*;     d.  young. 

vii.  John**,  b.  Mch.  about  1825;   m;  d. 

viii.   Elizabeth**,  ni.  George  L.  Burr;  res.  Hartford,  Ct. 

3.  Atherton,  Samuel  H.*  (Joseph',  Joseph',  Oliver',  Adonijah\  Jos- 
eph^  Hope^  Humphrey',)  b.  May  25,  1820  ;  m.(i)Oct.  2.  1842, 
Roxanna  M.^  dau.  of  Gamaliel-  Kingsley  of  Bern.  ;  she  was 
b.  July  3,  1822  ;  d.  Aug.  18,  1845  :  ^^-  (2)  Sept.  24,  1846,  Abi- 
gail, dau.  of  Chester  Taft  of  Townsend,  Vt.  She  d.  July  5, 
1881  ;  m.  (3)  Nov.  28,  1882,  Marian  Sophia",  dau.  of  Horace' 
Atherton  and  widow  of  Jason  Plummer.  Mr.  Atherton  re- 
sided for  several  years  at  the  village,  where  he  was  looked 
upon  as  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the  passing  genera- 
tion. He  held  the  office  of  selectman  for  the  years  1872  — 
1878,  inclusive,  and  has  always  worked  for  the  promotion  of 
the  town's  interest  in  public  affairs.  For  many  years  he  car- 
ried on  the  farm  until  recently  occupied  by  his  son,  Adel- 
bert,  on  Burk  Flat.  He  in  1901  removed  to  the  home  of  his 
son  on  the  old  John  Burk  place.  Some  years  ago  in  com- 
pany with  the  latter,  he  engaged  in  soap  manufacttiring, 
which  business  has  proven  successful,  the  firm  name  being 
S.  H.  Atherton  and  Son.     Children  : 

I,  Adelbert  Samuel^,  b.  Oct.  13,    1850;   m.   Nov.  2,  1876,  Milia*  H., 
dau.  of  John  S.  Allen   of   Greenfield.      She  was  b.  Sept.  5,  1857. 


304  GENEALOGIES. 


Mr.  Atherton  carried  on  the  farm  on  Burk  Flat  formerly  owned 
by  his  father,  with  whom  he  is  associated  in  the  business  of  soap 
making,  one  of  the  town's  successful,  enterprising  men.  In 
1895  he  served  as  selectman;  in  the  spring  of  1901  he  removed 
to  the  site  of  the  old  John  Burk  place,  having  built  thereon  a 
modern  house.  For  several  years  he  has  been  the  town's  choice 
as  moderator  at  their  annual  meetings,  and  is  also  a  popular 
auctioneer.  Had:  i.  Lila  Gertrude'",  b.  July  8,  1878.  2.  Fred 
Samuel"*,  b.  Jan.  27,  1881;  d.  F'eb.  5,  1901.  3.  John  Chester'", 
b.  July  15,  1884.  4.  Raymond  Allen'",  b.  May  30,  1886.  5. 
Abby  Elizabeth'",  b.  Mch  23,  1888. 
ii.  Fred  Albert^,  b.  Apr.  18,  1853:  d.  in  Colrain,  Feb.  16,  1S62. 

1.  Bagg,  Israel',  (Thomas^,  John^  John',  who  i.s  supposed  to  have 

emigrated  from  Plymouth,  England,  and  died  in  Springfield, 
Mass.,)  was  b.  Apr.  16,  1752  ;  m.  Jan.  11,  1776,  Sarah^  Green. 
She  was  probably  a  sister  of  Samuel,  and  dau.  of  Benjamin' 
Green,  b.  1754;  d.Jan.  13,  1832.  He  came  from  West  Spring- 
field to  town  about  1756,  settling  in  the  north-west  part  of 
the  town,  at  the  end  of  a  road  leading  north  from  the  Ley- 
den  or  "Newcomb  road."     He  d.  July  10,  1838.     Children  : 

2.  i.    Israel^  b.  Apr.  14,  1777,  in  West  Springfield. 

ii.   Anna^,   b.    1778;   m.    Joseph'    Aldrich,  his   second    wife.     She   d. 

Aug.  8,  1847,  ae.  69. 
iii.  Chi.oe*,  whose    marriage    intention  with    Aaron-'  Fox  was   entered 

Feb.  28,  1807. 
iv.   Maugritta^  m.  Asa  Wells  of  Leyden,  June  9,  1816. 
V.   Sarah',    whose    marriage   intention    with    Eber    Barker    of    West 

Springfield,  was  entered  Jan.  2,  1807. 
vi.  dau.^,  who  d.  young. 

3.  vii.   Luther*,  b.  1790. 

4.  viii.  Oliver*,  b.  Aug.  1793. 

5.  ix.   RuGGi.ES*.  b.  Aug.,  1796. 

2.  Ba(;g,  Israel',  (IsraeT,  Thoma.s-',  John',  John',)  b.  Apr.  14.  1777, 
in  West  wSpringfield  ;  m.  (i)  Rachael  Felt  of  West  Springfield. 
She  d.  Jan.  21,  ICS35.  ae.  61  years  ;  m.  (2)  Alice,  dau.  of  Reu- 
ben Alger  of  Bern.     Mr,  Bagg  was  a  farmer,  always  living 


BAGG.  305 

upon   the  ancestral  home   in  the   north-west  part  of   Bern. 

He  d.  July  28,  1878,  having  reached  the  unusually  great  age 

of  loi  years,  six  months.     Children: 

(The  order  of  birth  is  uncertain.) 

i.   Harriet^    b.  1797;  m.  Mch.,  1822,    Chester^   Ryther.     She  d.  in 

Aug.  or  Dec,  1847. 
ii.   Clarissa*',  m.  Rufus  Wells  of  Leyden,  to  whom  she  was  published 

Aug.  9,  1819.     They  rem.  to  New  York  State, 
iii.  Ann*\  m.  (i)  Edwin  Lyndes  of  Guilford ;   (2)  Noah  Ball  of  Brattle- 

boro,  Vt. 
iv.  Sarah'^,  m.  Timothy  Proctor  Slate  of  Bern.,  Mch.  13,  1825. 
V.    LuciNDA*',   b.    1805;  m.    John   Wells;  res.  Bern.      She  d.  Feb.  27, 

1862;  he  d.  July  27,  1855,  ae.  57. 
vi.  Chloe*^,  m.  Phineas    Page;   resided  for  a  time  in  the  north  part  of 

Greenfield,  but  later  rem.  west, 
vii.  Justin*^,   b.    1814;  m.  Livonia  M.',  dau.    of   Daniel'*  Sanderson   of 
of  Bern.      He  resided   just  south    of    Hendrick  Slate's  place;  d. 
Mch.  4,  1852,  ae.  38.     She   died   Sept.    21,    1887,  ae.  80   years, 
1 1  mos. 

3.  Bagg,   Luther'   (Israer,   Thomas'\    John',    John',)  b.    1790;  m. 
Thankful  C.  Hale  of  New  York  State.     Their  intention  was 
recorded   July  21,  18 16.     Mr.  Bagg  resided  with   his  father; 
d.  Oct.  22,  1841  ;  Mrs.  Bagg  m.  (2)  Nov.  15,  1843.  Seorem'  Hale 
of  Bern.     He  d.  July  2,  185  i  ;  she  m.  (3)  Mr.  Tracey  of  Sun- 
derland.    She  d.  May  i,  1870,  in  Montague.     Children: 
i.    Richard'',  m.  Apr.  5,    1842,  Emily  J.^  dau.  of  George   W.^  Hale. 
She  d.  Jan.  5,  1848;   m.  (2)  Mch.  6,  185 1,  Mary  H.,  dau.  of  Jesse 
Field.     She   d.  May  30,  1888.     He  resided   on  or   near  the  old 
homestead  until  after  his  second  marriage,  when  he  removed  to 
Montague.      He  d.  in  1894.      Had:    1.      Mary  Ellen',  b.  June  20, 
1843;    m.    Henry    Dickinson   of   Montague,    where  they   reside. 
2.     George',  res.    Montague;    unm. 
ii.  Sylvira  R.'^,  b.  1820;  d.  Oct.  20,    1843;  unm. 
iii.   Margaret   M.",  m.  Wm.  W.  Easton,    Nov.  i,  1841;  res.    Feeding 

Hills, 
iv.   James  M.'^,  b.  Sept.  10,  1824;   m.  Mary  Ann,  dau.  of   Rufus  Friz- 
zell  of   Leyden.     Their  intention  was  recorded    Mch.  29,  1848. 
She  d.  Oct.  28,    1876,  ae.   55  years.     For  a  few  years  after  her 


306  GENEALOGIES. 


death  Mr.  Bagg  continued  to  reside  on  the  old  Bagg  farm  off 
the  Newcomb  road,  adding  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  to  the  du- 
ties of  a  farmer.  The  last  of  his  life  was  spent  in  Greenfield. 
He  d.  suddenly  in  Bern.,  Oct.  12,  1898.  Had:  i.  Francis  A.^, 
b.  Jan.  26,  1849;  m.  Hattie  J.,  dau.  of  Mrs.  M.  D.  Bardwell  of 
Bern.;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt.  2.  Henry  A.",  b.  Sept.  26,  1850; 
m.  Mary  Ann.,  dau.  Samuel  Connabell,  who  d.  Feb.  25,  1899. 
He  d.  Dec.  28,  1893;  one  dau.,  Susie^.  3.  Sabry  Ella",  b.  De- 
cember 24,  1855;  m.  Wells  T.  Bardwell;  d.  Feb.  i,  1885.  4. 
Angle  S.^,  b.  July  26,  1859;  m.  Irving  Whitney;  res.  Fitchburg. 
5.  Mary  S.^,  b.  Aug.  17,  1861;  m.  Henry  L.  Stiles;  res.  West- 
field.  6.  Alice  L.",  b.  Mch.  12,  1866;  m.  Harry  E.  White;  res. 
Brightwood. 
V.  Israel^  m.  and  rem.  to  Conn.,  where  he  d. 

vi.   Sarah*,  m.  Silas  ?.■*  Hale,  Apr.  20,  1848;  she  d.  Apr.  1893. 

vii.  Laura^,  m.  (i)  Geo.  Walman;  (2)  Silas  Morgan;  res.  Orange. 

viii.  Frederick  Luther*',  m.  Abbie  Thomas  of  Sunderland.  He  was 
in  the  Civil  War,  serving  three  years  in  the  32nd  Mass.  Reg. 
He  participated  in  16  battles;  res.  South  Deerfield. 

Of  the  Bag-g  brothers,  Oliver  and  Ruggles,  a  record  of  the  life  work 
of  one  is  practically  that  of  the  other.  They  were  married 
on  two  consecutive  days,  and  immediately  moved  into  the 
house  owned  by  Theodore  B.  Hoyt  at  North  Bernardston, 
which  is  the  one  recently  owned  by  Chas.  Bag-g,  the  three 
families  having  their  own  apartments  and  using  one  cook 
stove  in  common.  In  about  a  year  they  bought  of  Socrates 
Sheldon  his  mills  and  property  located  on  the  west  branch 
of  Fall  River.  Here  an  extensive  business  at  the  saw  and 
grist  mills  was  carried  on,  and  they  soon  after  increased 
their  plant  by  the  addition  of  a  carding  machine  and  fulling 
mill  until  that  was  one  of  the  busiest  places  to  be  found  in 
the  entire  section,  people  coming  from  miles  around.  With 
increasing  prosperity  they  built  the  substantial  two-story 
double  house,  the  north  and  south  halves  being  exact  coun- 
terparts, and  here  the  two  families  resided.  A  daughter  of 
Oliver,  Miss  Rosella  Bagg,  now  lives  there  entirely  alone, 
and  to  her  the  location  must  suggest  many  thoughts  of  the 


BAGG.  307 

former  times  when  in  place  of  the  now  wild  growth  of  brush 
on  the  old  mill  sites,  and  the  solitude  of  the  wooded  road 
and  river  bank,  there  was  once  so  much  life  and  activity. 

4.  Bagg,  Oliver^  (Israer.  Thomas^  John",  John',)  b.  Aug.  1793  ;  m. 

Oct.  20,  18 1 7,  vSarah  B.,  dau.  Edd}^  Chapin  of  Guilford,  Vt. 
She  was  b.  June  29,  1796;  d.  Mch.  28,  1872;  he  d.  Mch.  13, 
1878.     Children: 

i.    Ri)])Y  C",  b.  Nov.,  1818;   m.  Nancy,  dau.  Chas.  Babcoclc  of  Ouil- 

ford.      He  d.  Mch.  8,  1876. 
ii.    Rosei.la",  resides  on  the  old  homestead;  unm. 
iii.    LuRANCV  S.*,  b   Dec.  31,  1825;   m.  Moses^  Aldrich,  Nov.  26,  1850. 
She  d.  Feb.   16,   1888,  ae.  62. 

5.  Bagg,  Ruggles^  (Israel',  Thoma,s^  John^  John',)  b.  Aug.,  1796; 

m.  (i)  Hester,  dau.  of  Elder  Peter  Rogers  of  Leyden,  Oct.  19, 
18 1 7.  vShe  d.  Oct.  5,  1877,  ae.  83  years;  m.  (2)  Sarah  A., 
(Gooderich)  Treadwell.  She  d.  in  Greenfield,  Oct.  6,  1896, 
ae.  82  years.     He  d.  Jan.  11,  1892.     Children: 

i.  Henry  R.^  b.  Aug.  i,  1818;  m.  Lucretia  Johnson  of  East  Med- 
way  in  1839;   res.  West;  had  a  dau.  Abbie. 

ii.  Charles  H.*^,  b.  Mch.  26,  1820;  m.  (i)  Mch.  25,  1840,  Emily  Me- 
lissa^, dau.  of  Solomon'^  Andrews  of  Guilford.  She  was  born 
July  15,  1822;  d.  July  20,  1849;  m.  (2)  Dec.  31,  1851,  Betsey 
VV.  Burnett  of  Guilford,  Vt.  Shed.  Feb.  20,  1897,  ae.  71  years, 
II  mos.  Mr.  Bagg  was  a  clothier  by  trade,  carrying  on  also  a 
small  place.  He  until  recently  resided  at  North  Bernardston; 
now  lives  with  his  dau.,  Mrs.  Davis,  in  Providence,  R.  I.  Had: 
I.  Clarissa  F.',  b.  Jan.  30,  1841;  m.  Nov.  30,  1865,  Emory  L. 
Tubbs  of  Guilford,  Vt.;  res.  Providence,  R.  I.  2.  Hester  Rog- 
ers', b.  July  6,  1843;  m.  Schuyler  N.  Davis;  res.  Providence, 
R.  I.  3.  Charles  Henry',  b.  Aug.  15,  1848;  was  for  a  time  an 
Episcopal  minister,  residing  at  Naporville,  111.,  but  is  now  en- 
gaged in  secular  pursuits.  4.  Hollis  Boyden^  b.  June  29,  1857; 
is  m.  and  res.  in  VVaterbury,  Ct. 

iii.  Hester  Maria*,  b.  Oct.  23,  1833;  m.  (i)  Feb.  i,  1853,  Field 
VV.*  Cushman;  (2)  Frederick  Chapin,  both  of  Bern.  She  resides 
with  her  dau.,  Mrs.  Pember,  in  Boston. 


308  GENEALOGIES. 


Bailey,  Richard.  Oct.  22,  1764,  voted  "that  Mr.  Richard  Bailey 
be  improved  to  git  the  Town  eased  of  the  Country  tax." 
A  Mr.  Bailey  was  the  first  blacksmith  in  town,  and  his  shop 
was  in  the  old  Burk  Fort.  He  was  the  second  person  interred 
in  the  old  burying  ground. 

Barber,  Azariah',  (Azariah',  Zachariah',  Elisha*,  Zachariah^  Zach- 
ariah^  George',  b.  in  England,  161 5,  emigrated  to  this  coun- 
try in  1635.  "Was  a  Puritan  of  distinction,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  in  Dedham  and  Medfield.  He  was  the  chief  Military 
officer  of  the  district  and  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Govern- 
ment,") b.  in  Warwick,  Sept.  9,  1823;  m.  Elmina  M.,  dau.  of 
Henry  Ball  of  Warwick,  Nov.  19,  1859.  ^^  soon  after  took 
up  his  residence  in  town,  residing  successively  on  the  pres- 
ent Frizzell  place  and  at  the  village,  in  all  about  seven  years. 
He  then  removed  to  Northfield,  which  place  he  made  his 
home  until  1898,  when  he  returned  to  town,  purchasing  the 
home  of  the  late  Andrew  Wood,  just  east  of  the  iron  bridge 
at  the  village.     Had: 

i.    Ellsworth  Williams*,  b.  Mch.  10,  1864;  d.  June  6,   1892. 

Barber,  Rev.  Still.man',  (brother  of  Azariah',)  b.  in  Warwick, 
July  21,  1818  ;  m.  Apr.  20,  1841,  Mary  C,  dau.  Moses  Fisher 
of  Warwick.  She  d.  Feb.  21,  1898.  He  d.  Feb.  15,  1901. 
(For  further  account,  see  page   143.)     Children  : 

i.  Charles  Sumner**,  b.  Aug.  22,  1852;  m.  Dec.  19,  1883,  Grace 
EYizaJ,  dau.  of  Paul  J.*' Allen.  For  many  years  he  was  a  success- 
ful traveling  salesman  for  the  jobbing  firm  of  Cutler,  Macintosh 
&  Co.  of  Springfield.  About  1896  he  gave  up  traveling  and  re- 
turned to  Bernardston,  and  bought  out  the  milling  business 
owned  by  the  late  Hartley  Hale.  Has  two  children  :  i.  Edith 
Louise^  b.  Feb.  27,  1885.     2.      Mary  Elinor',  b.  Dec.  5,   1888. 

ii.    Franklin  S.**,  b.  Nov.  27,  1855;  d.  Aug.  29,   1857. 

iii.  Caroline  A.**,  b.  Jan.  18,  1859,  a  most  successful  teacher  in  I'lain- 
field,  N.  J. 

Barber,  Gilbert  A.,  came  to  town  not  far  from  1885.  from  Guil- 
ford, Vt.      Resided  at  several  places,  finally  purchasing  the 


BARDWELL — BARTON.  309 


old  "Priest  Rogfers "  place,  later  owned  by  John  Mowry. 
This  is  now  occupied  by  his  son,  he  having-  removed  some 
distance  south,  nearer  the  village. 

Bardwell,  Mrs.  Mary  D.,  widow  of  Guy  Bardwell,  came  here  in 
1868  from  Montague,  Mass.,  and  purchased  the  place  now 
owned  by  Miss  Mariette  Chapin;  is  now  living  in  Maynard, 
Mass.     Children  : 

i.  Hattie  J.,  m.  Francis  A.'  Bagg  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  where  they 
now  reside. 

ii.    Fred  W.     He  is  postmaster,  being  appointed  in  1885;   unm. 

iii.  Wells,  T.  B.,  m.  Sabra  Ella,  dau.  of  James  Bagg.  She  d.  Feb.  i, 
1885;  m.  (2)  Jessie  Wet  here  11;  is  a  blacksmith  residing  in  Brattle- 
boro, Vt. 

iv.  Fannie  A.,  m.  Charles  H.  Persons,  1884,  of  Bern.  They  now  re- 
side in  Maynard,  Mass. 

Barstow,  Alpheus,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Newcomb  Barstow, 
was  b.  in  Norwich  (now  Franklin)  Ct.,  or  in  Canterbury,  Ct., 
in  1748.  Elizabeth  Newcomb  was  the  seventh  child  of  Heze- 
kiah,  who  was  the  original  owner  of  the  Newcomb  lands  in 
Bernardston  and  Leyden,  and  a  sister  of  Silas  and  Peter,  the 
first  Newcomb  settlers.  Alpheus  Barstow  m.  Content  Car- 
ter;  was  selectman  in  1783,  lived  within  the  territory  after- 
ward Leyden,  where  he  was  prominently  connected  with 
town  affairs  ;  d.  about  1840,  ae.  92  years. 

Barstow,  Noyes,  Dr.  He  succeeded  Dr.  Dwight  in  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  town.  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Caldwell  of 
Northfield.  She  was  b.  July  20,  1821.  He  is  now  a  resident 
of  Springfield,  where  his  sons  are  engaged  in  business.  A 
dau.,  Eloiene  Frances,  d.  Aug.  11,  1858,  ae.  8  yrs.,  11  mos. 

1.  Barton,  Isaac,  b.  Mch.  21,  1768,  is  supposed  to  have  been  line- 
ally descended  from  that  Samuel  Barton  who  early  in  the 
1 8th  century  removed  from  Fratningham  to  Oxford,  from 
which  place  Isaac  is  supposed  to  have  removed  to  this  sec- 
tion, purchasing,  Apr.  24,  1809,  the  John   Hall  farm,  located 


3IO  GENEALOGIES. 


in  that  part  of  Leyden  since  annexed  to  Bern.  Sept.,  1815. 
he  sold  this  place,  moving  to  the  Burk  farm  upon  Burk  Flat, 
where  for  one  or  two  years  he  made  his  home  with  his  son 
Benjamin.  With  this  same  son  he  bought  a  farm  in  New 
Salem,  May  30,  181 7.  Here  he  resided  until  the  spring  of  1 833, 
when,  with  his  son  David,  he  bought  and  moved  to  the  pres- 
ent Henry  Barton  farm  in  Riverside,  Gill,  Jan.  13,  1838;  he 
sold  this,  removing  thence  and  purchasing,  Mch.  12  follow- 
ing, a  farm  in  the  north  part  of  Greenfield,  the  place  now 
owned  by  Mrs.  Leonard.  He  m.  Hannah  Pierce,  who  was 
b.  Mch.  10.  1766,  and  d.  Apr.  5,  1856,  He  d.  Dec.  2,  1840. 
Children  : 

i.  Benjamin,  b.  Aug.  3,  1789.  About  1825  purchased  the  Barton 
farm  at  Riverside,  Gill,  which  is  now  owned  by  his  grandson, 
Henry;  m.  (i)  Sarah  Parsons;  (2)  Asenath  Hoseley  Day.  Had: 
I.  Leonard,  b.  Dec.  21,  1814,  in  Bern.;  res.  Riverside;  d.  unm., 
Oct.  22,  1897.  2.  Bradford,  who  m.  Mary  Frost.  Children: 
George  L.,  d.;  Edward  B.,  d.;  Henry,  who  m.  Emma,  dau.  Lu- 
cius Weatherhed  of  Bern.;   Hattie  L. 

ii.   Joseph,  b.  Sept.  27,  1791;  settled  in  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
2.        iii.  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  8,  1794. 

iv.  Nehemiah  Pierce,  b.  June  30,  1796;  was  twice  m. ;  settled  in 
Monson. 

V.    Hannah,   b.  Apr.  10,  1798;  m.  Lucius'' Chapin;  d.  Apr.  21,  1885. 

vi.  David,  b.  Mch.  31,  1801:  m.  Olive,  dau.  Warren  Horr;  she  d. 
June  12,  1849;  he  d.  Oct.  9,  1845.  Had:  i.  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  27, 
1828;  m.  Alonzo  Megrath  of  Greenfield  Oct.  30,  1859;  resides 
in  Greenfield.     2.     Hannah,  b.  Dec.  30,  1830;  m.  Mark  Streeter; 

res.    Denver,   Col.     3.      Lucy,    b.    1832;  m. May    13, 

1857;  d.    Apr.    15,    1859.     4.     Warren,    b.    1834;  res.   Ohio.     5. 
Isaac  Rich,  b.  1836;   res.  Batavia,  N.  Y. 
vii.   Sarah,  b.  June  5,  1804;  m.   Chas.^  Scott  of  Gill — his  second  wife, 
viii.   Louisa,  b.  Jan.  8,  1808;  m.  Jan.   1836,  Salem  Rich  of  Greenfield. 
(Factory  Hollow).     She  d.  May  9,  1881;   he  d.  Apr.,  1901. 

2.  Barton,  Isaac',  (Isaac',)  b.  Feb.  8,  1794;  m.  Matilda^  dau.  John' 
Hale  Mch.  23,  18 18.  She  was  b.  May  26,  1792;  d.  Mch.  17,  1866. 
He  d.  Apr.  12,  1867.     He  resided  in  the  north  part  of  Green- 


BENJAMIN — BIXBY.  3II 


field,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  tanner.     He  and  his  family 

were  always  identified  with   the  Unitarian  society  in  town. 

Children  : 

i.   Son.  b.  and  d.  Jan.  3,  1819. 
ii.   Ophelia,  b.    Oct.  15,  1821;   m.  Apr.  20,  1843,  Sanford    P. ^  Chase 

of  Bern.;  d.  Sept.  2,  1858. 
iii.  I.YMAN  G.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1827;  m.  Apr.  29,  1852,  Lucy  R.^  dau.  of 
Ralph^  Cushman  of  Bern.  He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  farm 
and  tannery  in  the  north  part  of  Greenfield;  now  resides  at  the 
street.  He  is  a  civil  engineer,  was  county  commissioner  and 
has  been  prominently  connected  with  town  affairs.  Had:  r. 
Isaac  C.,  b.  Mch.  13,  1853;  m.  L.  Ella,  dau.  John  S.  Allen;  res. 
Greenfield;  two  children.  2.  Alice  M.,  b.  July  21,  1863;  d. 
Nov.  20,  1863.  3.  Walter  L.,  b.  July  3,  1869;  m.  Julia  Mar- 
tin; res.  Greenfield;  one  dau. 

Benjamin,  E.  Everett,  b.  in  Montag-ue  ;  purchased  about  1895  the 
Col.  Ferry  place,  which  was  earlier  owned  by  Polycarpus  L. 
Cushman  and  his  son,  Henry  W.  This  farm  comprised  the 
original  grant  made  to  Medad  Pumrey  of  Northampton  who 
was  in  the  Falls  Fight.  Under  Mr.  Cushman's  ownership 
the  farm  comprised  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres.  To 
this  Mr.  Benjamin  has  added  until  his  landed  estate  now 
consists  of  over  three  hundred  acres,  one  of  the  largest  farms 
in  town.  Here  Mr.  Benjamin  spends  a  portion  of  his  time, 
the  rest  being  devoted  to  the  shoe  business,  he  traveling 
for  and  being  a  considerable  owner  in  the  Thomas  G.  Plant 
factory.  In  this  venture,  as  in  his  farming,  he  has  met  with 
remarkable  success,  and  on  his  place  here  is  to  be  found  all 
that  pertains  to  the  most  progressive  agriculture. 

BiXBY,  George  H.,  son  of  David  and  Lydia  Bixby,  was  b.  in  Hav- 
enhill,  N.  H.,  Mch.  12,  1827.  About  1883-5,  he  took  up  his 
residence  in  town,  purchasing  the  place  formerly  owned  by 
Samuel  Green,  and  later  by  Henry  W.  Hale,  on  the  North- 
field  road.  He  has  come  to  be  recognized  as  one  of  the 
town's  most  methodical  farmers.  He  m.  Sept.  7,  1856,  Sarah 
Eliza",  dau.  of  Thomas  J."  Newcomb.  Has: 
i.  Eleanor  Lydia,  b.  Apr.  4,  1859;  m.  June  15,  1887,  Hendrick 
A.5  Slate. 


312  GENEALOGIES. 


Bolton,  Dr.  W.  J.,  was  for  a  few  years  a  practicing-  physician  here, 
succeeding  Dr.  W.  H.  Pierce.  While  here  he  m.,  Jan.  17, 
189-,  Annie,  dau.  of  Harris  Williams,  then  of  town.  They 
now  reside  in  Athol. 

BOWKER,  Ch.'VRLES",  M.  D.,  (Melvin',  Liberty'  of  Pembroke)  is  one 
of  the  two  medical  practitioners  of  the  town.  He  was  born 
in  Savoy,  Mass.,  Sept.  16,  1824.  His  earlier  studies  were 
pursued  at  the  common  schools  and  at  Wilbraham.  Some 
time  was  also  devoted  to  teachinof.  His  medical  studies  were 
furthered  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  College  in  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1854.  His  earlier  years 
of  practice  were  spent  in  Savoy  and  Wilbraham,  four  years 
in  each  town.  During  the  war  he  was  in  the  service  one 
year  as  acting  assistant  surgeon.  Upon  the  close  of  the  war 
in  May,  1865,  he  settled  in  Bernardston,  where  he  has  since 
successfully  followed  his  profession,  gaining  many  friends 
and  life-long  patrons.  He  is  a  meinber  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society.  He  and  his  family  have  always  been  ear- 
nest and  devoted  members  of  the  Methodist  church,  also 
much  interested  in  the  temperance  movements  and  cause. 
Was  selectman  1892-3-4-5.  He  m.  (i)  in  1847,  Delcy  D. 
Dunham  ;  she  d.  1852  ;  (2)  Harriet  P.,  dau.  of  Samuel  Dawes, 
in  1853.     Children  : 

i.    Delcet  H.,  m.  George  T.  Swazey;  res.  Vt. 
ii.  Alphonzo  v.,  a  physician  residing  in  Athol,  Mass. 
iii.  Samuel  D.,  a  physician  residing  in  Rowe,  Mass. 
iv.   Effie   L.,  m.  Aug.  4,  1896,  Theodore  C.  Forbes;  res.  Greenfield. 
V.   Arthur  H.,  res.  Athol. 

vi.   Rose  E.,  resides  in   Greenfield;  a  teacher  of   music;   m.  Aug.  25, 
1900,  Frank  H.  Maxwell. 

Boyle,  James,  was  first  located  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  m.  Miss 
Van  Dusen,  of  Dutch  descent.     Their  children  were  : 

i.  James. 

ii.  Susan. 
iii.   Nancy, 
IV.  Charles. 


BOYLE — BROOKS.  313 


2.  V.   William,  b.  in   Troy,    N.  Y.,  May  2,    1798;  m.    (i)    in   Warwick, 

Mary  Rand;  she  d.  in  Woodstock,  N.  Y.,  Mch.  14,  1824,  aged 
24  years;  m.  (2)  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Apr.  26,  1826,  Betsey  Rugg. 
She  d.  in  Bern.,  Dec.  3,  1879.  He  d.  Sept.  30,  1866.  Their 
home  was  on  South  street,  the  place  now  owned  by  James  Shippee. 
Had:  i.  William  Alexander,  b.  June  1816,  at  Keene,  N.  H.; 
d.  Dec.  18,  1817.  2.  Mary  Priscilla,  b.  Apr.  26,  1823;  m.  (i) 
Nov.  14,  1844,  Nathan  Wyart;  (2)  John  Glazier  of  Stratton,  Vt. 
She  d.  in  Greenfield,  Mch.  1901.  By  second  wife:  3.  Elias 
James,  b.  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27,  1827;  d.  Sept.  4,  1892.  4. 
Sarah  Rugg,  b.  Oct.  7,  1828;  m.  Paul  J.  Allen,  May  13,  1851; 
res.  Bern.  5.  William  Sidney,  b.  Jan.  7,  1830;  m.  Laura  Hast- 
ings of  Gill,  Apr.  19,  1856;  d.  July  4,  1871.  5.  George  Henry, 
b.  Apr.  19,  1831;  d.  Nov.  4,  1831.  6.  George  Alvin,  b.  Oct.  25, 
1832;  m.  Emily  Green  of  Alstead,  N.  H.  7.  Matilda  Jane,  b. 
Jan.  5,  1834;  d.  Jan.  20,  1853.  8.  Elizabeth  E.,  b.  Apr.  2, 
1835;  d.  Jan.  27,  1856.  9.  Charles  Alex,  b.  July  3,  1837;  d. 
Newbern,  N.  C.,  Oct.  10,  1864;  he  was  a  member  of  the  15th 
Conn.  Vol.  10.  Anne  K.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1838;  m.  Albert  Frank 
Totman  June  23,  1864;  she  d.  at  Easthampton,  June  22,  1901. 
Ti.  Susan  Edna,  b.  July  30,  1840;  m.  Joseph  Gray,  i860;  res. 
New  Haven,  Ct.  12.  Ada  Harriet,  b.  in  Greenfield,  Feb.  10, 
1842;  m.  Simeon  B.  Childs  of  Iowa,  Mch.  29,  1865.  13.  Grace 
Wellman,  b.  in  Bern.  Feb.  18,  1845;  m.  Sept.  18,  1869,  Edward 
P.  Pomeroy. 

Brewster,  Oliver,  was  early  of  Lebanon,  Ct.,  coming  thence  to 
town  in  1765.  Dec.  1769,  it  was  voted  to  meet  at  his  house 
"eight  sabbaths  of  the  winter  ensueing."  This  action  was 
taken  in  accordance  with  the  then  prevailing  custom  in  Ber- 
nardston  to  thus  provide  for  a  place  of  worship  during  the 
most  severe  portion  of  the  winter  season,  the  meetinghouse 
being  probably  a  little  more  frigid  than  even  puritanical 
training  could  endure.  He  also  held  one  or  two  minor  town 
offices  as  late  as  1776.  Of  his  family  little  is  known.  A  dau. 
Ruby  m.  about  1749,  Henry  Bliss,  and  resided  later  in  Col- 
rain  ;  had  Calvin  Bliss,  who  was  a  resident  of  Fall  Town 
Gore. 


314  GENEALOGIES. 


Briggs,  Owen,  b.  about  1758;  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  army- 
July  24,  1780,  for  three  months;  was  discharged  Oct.  10,  1780. 

Brooks,  Daniel,  m.  Patty",  dau.  of  Samue?  Green.  She  was  born 
May  4,  1799.  He  first  appears  in  Gill,  settling  near  the  Ber- 
nardston  line  ;  d.,  ae.  about  51  years.     Children: 

i,  George  VV.,  m.  Jane  S.  Donelson  of  Colrain.  She  d.  Jan.  30, 
1877.  ae.  51  yrs.  He  was  a  carpenter,  residing  north  of  the 
New  England  House.  Had:  i.  Maria  L.,  m.  Frank  O.Pike; 
resides  Athol.  2.  Mary  C,  m.  Myron  T.  Graves  of  Montague, 
where  shed.  June  14,  1882,  ae.  24  years.    3.     Fred,  who  is  dead. 

ii.    Martha,  m.  Chauncey  Lincoln  of  Montague. 

iii.    Eunice,    b.   Sept.    12,  1827;  m.   Samuel   Connable,   Oct.  6,    1848; 
she  d.  Sept.  20,  1886. 

iv.   Electa,  m.  Erastus  Wood  of  Monson. 

Brooks,  JoHN^  Dr.  (Nathaniel'  Capt.  of  Worcester,)  b.  in  Worces- 
ter Jan.  12,  1783.  When  about  sixteen  years  of  age  he  be- 
gan teaching  winters,  which  occupation  he  followed  for  eight 
winters.  In  the  interim  he  learned  the  trade  of  bookbind- 
ing, and  followed  this  with  his  teaching.  In  the  fall  of  1802 
he  went  to  Walpole,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  two  or 
three  years.  In  1804  he  engaged  in  the  study  of  medicine 
at  Westminster,  Vt.,  spending  some  three  years  with  differ- 
ent physicians  and  in  attending  medical  lectures,  then  began 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  in  Newfane,  Vt.,  where 
he  resided  fourteen  years  and  built  up  an  extensive  business. 
He  represented  that  town  in  the  legislature.  In  1819,  on 
account  of  an  extremely  distressing  illness  of  his  wife,  he 
relinquished  his  practice  and  removed  to  Dummerston,  Vt., 
remaining  about  two  years.  During  this  time  he  began 
preaching  the  doctrine  of  universal  restoration,  and  in  re- 
sponse to  a  call  from  the  First  Restorationist,  afterwards  the 
Universalist  church  in  Bernardston,  removed  thence  in  1822, 
and  settled  there  as  a  preacher  of  that  doctrine.  During  his 
long  residence  in  town  he  was  honored  by  election  and  ap- 
pointment to  various  positions  of  trust.  In  1824  he  was 
representative  to  the  General  Court,  and  re-elected  for  seven 


BROOKS.  315 


consecutive  terms.  After  a  residence  here  of  about  five 
years,  he  was  called  upon  to  such  an  extent  as  a  physician 
that  he  abandoned  the  ministry,  intending-  to  resume  preach- 
ing, however,  at  some  future  time,  but  this  was  prevented 
by  a  chronic  throat  difficulty,  and  thereafter  until  past  the 
age  of  eighty  years,  he  was  favorably  known  as  one  of  the 
leading  physicians  of  the  place.  Dr.  Brooks  acquired  a  con- 
siderable local  reputation  as  a  writer  both  of  prose  and  poetry. 
A  portion  of  a  poem  upon  the  Centennial  celebration  of  the 
place  is  found  in  the  earlier  pages  of  this  volume,  while  sev- 
eral of  his  sermons  and  some  controversial  writings  upon 
religious  subjects  were  published  as  they  appeared.  The 
last  years  of  his  life  he  became  convinced  of  the  benefits  of 
total  abstinence  and  accordingly  gave  up  the  use  of  ardent 
spirits,  tea,  coffee  and  tobacco,  after  a  moderate  use  of  all 
for  more  than  sixty  years.  "And  I  only  wonder  that  I  in- 
dulged in  their  use  so  long."  Dr.  Brook's  home  was  for 
many  years  on  the  site  of  the  present  Alford  place.  Cedar 
Lawn,  on  South  street.  He  m.  (i)  Mch.  19,  1807,  Nancy  Red- 
ington  of  Walpole,  N.  H.  vShe  d.  Mch.  30,  1823,  and  Sept.  28 
following,  he  m.  (2)  Mary,  dau.  of  Moses  Bascom  of  Gill. 
She  d.  Mch.  9,  1862,  aged  66  years.  He  died  vSept.  9,  1866. 
Children : 

i.    Mary  Caroline^,  b.  Mch.  6,  1808,  in  Newfane,  Vt.;  m.  1843,  Col. 
Jesse  Smith  of   Philadelphia,  N.  Y.     She  d.  in  Janesville,    Wis., 
Feb.  10,  1896. 
ii.   Sidney  Reddington\  b.  Aug.  25,  1809;  d.  Dec.  15,  1813. 

iii.    JoHN^,  b.  July  31;  d.  Aug.  15,   181 1. 

iv.    Nancy'\  b.  Dec.   16,   1812;  d.  Feb.,   1813. 

V.   John  Prentiss'',  b.  Dec.  22,  1813;  d.  Feb.   11,  1823. 

vi.  Nancy^,  b.  May  7,  1816;  in,  Apr.,  1847,  Stephen  Core  of  Bern. 
She  d.  189-. 

vii.  Catherine^,  b.  Aug.  21,  1818;  m.  1844,  Linus  Yale,  Jr.,  the  in- 
ventor of  the  Yale  lock;  resided  in  Shelburne  Falls.  She  d.  in 
Deerfield,  Mch.  22.  1900.  "Mrs.  Yale  had  an  excellent  literary 
faculty  and  a  beautiful  and  delicate  imagination.  She  wrote 
much  for  the  Home  Journal  of  N.  Y.  when  Nathl.  P.  Willis  was 
editor.      With  her  unusual  talents,  Mrs.  Yale  might  easily  have 


3l6  GENEALOGIES. 


been  a  figure  in  American  literature;  as  it  is,  aside  from  her 
'Story  of  the  Old  Willard  House' — the  Manse  (Deerfield), 
which  was  her  last  home — and  a  very  charming  wonder-book 
published  two  or  three  years  ago,  she  had  sent  out  to  the  read- 
ing world  no  evidence  of  her  ability." 
viii.   Elizabeth^,  b.  June  14,  1821,  in  Dummerston;   m.  1844,  Charles 

Carter  of  N.  Y.  City;  d.  Oct.  17,  1859. 
ix.    Fannie^,  b.  Jan.  25,  1823;  d.  Apr.  12,  1823. 
By  second  wife: 
X.   Jane  Center^,  b.  July  i,  1824;  d.  Sept.  26,  1825. 
2.         xi.  Silas  Newton^,  b.  Dec.  30,  1825. 

xii.  Jane  Frances^  b.  Oct.  i,  1831;  m.  June  24,  1853.  Halbert  S. 
Greenleaf,  Col.  of  the  52nd  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  in  the  late  war; 
resides  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

2.  Brooks,  Sila.s  NEWTON^  (Dr.  John'  Capt.  Nathaniel',)  b.  Dec.  30, 
1825;  m.  Apr.  24,  1849,  Melissa,  dau.  Isaac  and  Rebecca  L. 
(Connable)  Burrows  of  Bern.  She  was  b.  Mch.  8,  1829.  Mr. 
Brooks'  earlier  life  was  spent  in  his  native  town  where  his 
wide  spread  infltience  was  always  exerted  for  her  best  inter- 
ests. His  business  in  addition  to  his  agricultural  pursuits 
was  that  of  manufacturing  farm  tools  in  company  with  Mr. 
E.  S.  Hulbert.  He  also  found  time  for  and  successfully 
devoted  himself  to  the  civil  affairs  of  the  place.  For  about 
thirty  years  he  most  satisfactorily  filled  such  positions  as 
town  clerk  and  treasurer,  trustee  of  Powers  Institute,  and 
one  of  the  school  board,  for  three  years  representing  his  con- 
stituents in  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  two  years  in  the 
House,  and  one  in  the  Senate,  besides  being  an  actively  in- 
terested member  of  the  Franklin  County  Agricultural  Soci- 
ety. He  had  the  settlement  of  many  sizable  estates,  among 
others  the  Cushman  estate,  of  which  he  was  executor  and 
trustee,  and  which  he  had  in  charge  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  1 87 1  he  removed  to  Chicago  to  engage  in  the  lock  manu- 
facturing business,  in  the  firm  of  Sargeant.  Greenleaf  and 
Brooks.  In  his  new  home  he  was  quickly  looked  upon  as  a 
man  of  mtich   intelligence  and  business  ability.     He  was  a 


BROOKS— BROWN.  3^7 


prominent  and  highly  respected  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Society  of  Chicago.  He  d.  in  Chicago,  111.,  April  15, 
1897.     Children: 

CORRECTED  RECORDS  OF  THE  BROOKS  FAMILY. 


i.    Mary  Amelia"*,  b.  Apr.  29,  1850;  d.  Feb.  11,  1857. 
ii.  John'*,  b.  May  31,  1852;  tn.   Feb.    19,  1889;   firm   name   Tower  & 
Brooks  Company.     Had:    i.     John    Bernard^,    b.  June  8,  1891. 
2.      Kenneth   Burrows^  b.  June  23;  d.  Oct.  23,  1893. 

iii.  Halbert  Greenleaf^,  b.  Mch.  13,  1858;  m.  Sept.  13,  1S83, 
Emma  J.  Hinchman.  She  was  b.  May  10,  i860;  resides  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y.,  where  he  is  assistant  manager  of  the  Sargeant  and 
Greenleaf  Co.,  lock  manufacturers.  Had:  i.  Clara  E.^,  b. 
July  ID,  1884;  d.  Apr.  14,  1890.  2.  Edwin  H.^,  b.  Oct.  19, 
1886.  3.  Florence^,  b.  Apr.  25,  1891.  4.  Bryant  ].\  h. 
June  23,  1893.     5.      Frederic  O^  b.  Mch.  4,  1898. 

iv.  Bryant  Butler"*,  b.  Feb.  5,  1861;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Judge  VVil- 
lard  of  Alexandria,  Neb. 

V.  Jeannie  MELlssA^    b.    Dec.   27,  1868;  m.  (i) Somers;  (2) 

Feb.  6,  1900,  Frederick  H.  Jones  of  Chicago,  111.,  where  she  re- 
sides; two  children. 

Brown,  Benoni,  was  surveyor  of  clapboards  and  shingles.  1782  ; 
m.  Feb.  11,  1784,  Mercy,  dau.  Nathaniel  Dickinson  of  North- 
field.     She  was  b.  Dec.  22,  1742. 

Brown,  Jason,  b.  in  1802;  m.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  Mary,  dau.  of  Arte- 
mas  Sheldon,  and  widow  of  Simeon  Cushman.  She  d.  Oct.  25, 
1875.  He  m.  (2)  Lucy  (Gaines)  widow  of  Silas  Scott.  He  d. 
Jan.  30,  1890.  He  resided  near  E.  S.  Hulberfs  factory. 
Children  : 

i.    Henry2,  5_  Mch.  27,  1828;  d.  Feb.  3,  1830. 
ii.   Henry  Cummins^,  b.  Jan.  8,  1830;  d.  Aug.  17,  1831. 

Brown,  Imla  K.\  (Isaac  and  Delinda  Keep.  Isaac  Brown  was  b. 
in  Dover,  Vt.,  in  1793,  removing  to  Guilford  when  10  years 
of  age;  he  m.  Delinda  Keep,  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  in    1790,) 


3l8  GENEALOGIES. 


b.  in  Guilford,  Vt ,  May  4,  181  5  ;  m.  (i)  Mch.  27,  1838,  Eunice 
Emeline",  dau.  Capt.  Jonathan'  Connable.  She  d.  June  4, 
1872;  he  m.  (2)  Nov.  17,  1874,  Hattie  Cook,  dau.  of  Hart 
Larrabee  of  Greenfield.  During  the  winters  of  1837  and  8, 
he  taught  in  Bernardston  and  while  there  married,  immedi- 
ately after  taking  up  his  permanent  residence  in  town,  locat- 
ing on  the  place  then  owned  by  his  father-in-law  in  North 
Bernardston,  and  which  he  afterward  purchased.  He  brought 
to  his  work  energy,  intelligence  and  good  judgment,  and 
soon  became  one  of  the  town's  most  successful  farmers.  He 
held  many  positions  of  trust,  served  as  selectman  for  several 
years,  was  a  trustee  of  Powers  Institute  from  its  establish- 
ment, likewise  of  Cushman  Library,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent after  Mr.  Cushman's  death  in  1866,  a  member  of  the 
New  England  and  Franklin  County  Agricultural  Societies, 
for  two  years  president,  of  the  latter,  and  for  three  years 
represented  the  county  in  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 
Mr.  Brown  was  a  constant  attendant  at  and  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Unitarian  church.  He  d.  Jan.  10,  1892.  Mrs. 
Brown  resides  on  Church  street.     Children  : 

i.  Laura  Keep'',  b.  Jan.  16,  1841 ;  m.  Jan.  16,  1861,  Henry  Clay**  Cush- 
man; resides  South  street. 

ii.  Emma  Wright^,  b.  Apr.  2,  1846;  m.  Mch.  6,  1866,  J.  Howe  Demond. 
She  d.  in   Northampton,  1894.     Had  two  daughters. 

iii.  Abbott  Channing'',  b.  Apr.  23,  1849;  m.  Dec.  17,  1873,  Nellie 
Susan,  dau.  Charles  C.  and  Chastina  (Hardy)  Noyes,  born  in 
Franklin,  N.  H.,  Feb.  6,  1854.  Mr.  Brown  has  been  actively 
interested  in  educational  matters,  both  as  a  teacher  in  his  early 
manhood,  and  for  a  long  time  as  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
He  owns  the  fine  ancestral  farm  at  North  Bernardston.  Mrs. 
Brown  is  and  has  always  been,  since  her  residence  in  town,  ac- 
tively interested  in  music.  She  has  been  for  many  years  the 
much  appreciated  organist  of  the  Unitarian  church.  Had:  i. 
Susie  Noyes*,  b.  Mch.  16,  1875;  m.  Oct.  17,  1894,  William  Tyler 
of  Vernon,  Vt. ;  res.  Boston;  two  children.  2.  Emma  Nellie'', 
b.  Apr.  1890;  d.  Mch.  11,   190 1. 

1.  BURK,  John  Maj."',  b.  Nov.  28,  1717,  in    Hatfield,  and  was  son  of 


BURK.  319 

John  Burk  and  Mehitable  Hastings.  John  Burk,  the  father, 
was  b.  in  Northampton  in  1689,  and  was  the  son  of  Richard 
Burk  and  Sarah  (Woodford)  Allen.  The  origin  of  the  family 
is  not  positively  known,  but  one  Richard  Burk,  whose  wife 
was  Mary  Parmenter,  d.  at  Sudbury,  in  1693-4;  m.  Sarah", 
dau.  Lieut.  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Field)  Hoyt  of  Deerfield, 
Dec.  6,  1740.  She  was  born  July  9,  1719;  d.  Aug.  16,  181 5. 
Major  Burk  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  town,  and  a  fuller 
account  of  his  life  than  it  is  possible  to  give  here,  is  embodied 
in  the  preceding  pages.  His  home  was  the  Burk  Fort  upon 
Burk  Flat.  He  bought  Lot.  No.  43,  2nd  division.  Nov.  27, 
1761,  he  bought  of  Widow  Ruth  Burnham,  Elisha  Burnham, 
Widow  vSarah  Hooker  of  Farmington,  John  Allen  and  Ruth, 
his  wife,  of  Windsor,  all  of  Hartford  Co.,  Conn.,  Lot  No.  71, 
2nd  division  of  meadow  land.  May  10,  1749,  he  purchased 
of  Remembrance  and  Mehitable  Sheldon  the  "original  site 
No.  43."  He  also  owned  Nos.  49  and  152,  3rd  division,  laid 
out  in  1743.  To  this  plan  is  annexed  this  note:  "No.  152 
joyns  on  Fath  Sheldon  96  R  on  M.  Scott  -j^  next  to  Coats 
Swamp  57  ye  N  end  64  Rods."  Of  Josiah  Griswold  of  Weth- 
ersfield,  Ct..  he  bought  No.  42,  2nd  division  of  meadow  lots, 
June  23,  1749.  Apr.  14,  1781,  he  secured  13  acres,  a  part  of 
Draft  No.  68,  4th  division.  "  It  jynes  Southerly  on  Land 
Belong  to  Doc  Williams  and  weft  on  Land  Belonging  Alfees 
Beftow."  (Alpheus  Barstow).  His  life  was  one  of  continued 
activity.  In  1742  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  committee  to  lay 
out  highways.  In  1766  he  was  assessor  and  collector,  sur- 
veyor of  highways  1775,  selectman  from  1766  to  1780,  the 
years  1765,  1774-5  and  8  excepted ;  Committee  of  Correspond- 
ence Inspection  and  Safety  1777,  town  treasurer  1782,  83,  84, 
and  for  many  years  her  representative  to  the  General  Court. 
He  died  at  Deerfield  while  there  attending  a  convention, 
Oct.  27,  1784.     Children: 

i.   Sarah*,  b.  at  Hatfield;  m.  Joel  Chapin. 
ii.   Ruth'*,  bap.  at  Deerfield  May  31,  1752. 

iii.   Mehitable'*,  b.  at  Bernardston,  July  15,  1753;  m.  Capt.  Jonathan 
Slate;  d.  Feb.  8,  1823. 


320  GENEALOGIES. 


iv.   Lydia^,    b.   April  4,  1755,  in   Bernardston;  m.  Dea.   Jesse'   Field. 
She  d.  May  26,  1808. 
2.         V.   John*,  b.  Sept.  15,  1760. 

2.  BuRK,  John*,  (Maj.   John',  John^  Richard',)  b.  Sept.  15,  1760  ;m. 

Lovina .     He  d.  July  17,  1796.    She  m.  (2)  Feb.  i,  1809, 

Solomon  Smead  of  Greenfield  (his  second  wife).  She  died 
Mch.  28,  1829,  ae.  64  yrs.  He  built  and  lived  in  the  house 
on  Burk  Flat  formerly  on  the  site  of  the  present  Atherton 
place,  opposite  the  road  leading  across  Burk  bridge.  Children: 

3.  i.   John\  b.  May  8,  1785. 

ii.   Horace'"',  b.  Oct,  25,  1788;  m.  Lovina  F.'^,  dau.  Lieut.  Israel'^  Hale, 
Oct.  22,  1812.     He  d.  Nov.  26,  1815.     She  m.  (2)  Alpheus^  Chapin 
Nov.  14,  1816.     She  d.  Aug.  21,   1843. 
iii.    Daniel  LooMIS^  b.  Nov.  9,  1791,  d.  May  12,  1822. 
iv.   LoviNA^,  b.  Oct.  6.  1793;  d.  Aug.  21,  1794. 

3.  Burk,  John',  (John\  Major  John^  John^,  Richard',)  b.  May  8,  1 785; 
m.  Roxy  Merely  of  Gill.  Their  intention  was  published 
Sept.  27,  1806.  She  d.  July  15,  1816,  ae.  28.  He  d.  June  7, 
1813.     Children: 

i.    Levina®  Rowena,  b    Aug.  19,  1807;  d.  July  18,  1824. 

ii.  John  Erie'*,  b.  1810;  m.  Elvira  L."*,  dau.  Elias  Parmenter  June  7, 
1829.  She  was  b.  Aug.  10,  1807;  d.  Nov.  16,  1897.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church;  was  selectman 
1844-5-6-9-50;  a  representative  in  the  Legislature;  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  had  just  been  elected 
one  of  the  trustees  of  Powers  Institute.  He  was  a  man  greatly 
beloved  and  his  death,  which  occurred  Mch.  23,  1858,  was  deeply 
regretted.  Had:  i.  Infant  dau.',  d.  Mch.  2,  1831.  2.  John 
E.^,  b.  1838;  d.  young.  3.  (]orisann  Elvira'^,  d.  Dec.  11, 
1 84 1,  ae.  3  years. 

BuRN.i.wi,  Eliphas,  was  in  town  in  1769.  In  1772  he  was  chosen 
warden. 

BURNHAM,  Elisha,  Capt."  (Capt.,  William'  of  Farinington,  Ct.,  Rev. 
William',  William',  Thomas'  of  Kensington,  Ct.,)  b.  Feb.  12, 
1730  ;  m.  Sept.  7,  1749,  Jerusha  Lee.     He  was  quite  a  promi- 


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/  nent  man  in  town,  serving  as  selectman  1774-75-77-80-88; 
'~  .4^  a  member  of  the  Committee5of  Correspondence  and  Inspec- 
/  tion  1775,  of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety  1776-77; 

was  warden  1782-83.  He  resided  in  Leyden  at  the  foot  of 
Frizzell  Hill.  For  some  years  after  the  incorporation  of  the 
district  of  Leyden,  the  mail  for  that  place  was  carried  by 
Mr.  Burnham  from  Greenfield,  he  making  the  trip  on  foot. 
He  d.  May  28,  181 5,  and  is  buried  in  Beaver  Meadow. 
Children  : 

i.   William**,  b.  Oct.  14,  1750;  d.  young. 

ii.  Jerusha^,    b.  May  27,    1752;  m.    Oct.  15,  1772,    Selah   Chapin  of 

Leyden;  she  d. 1817. 

iii.   RoxALiNDA**,  b.  May  i,  1754;   m. 
iv.   Abigail*,  b.  June  7,  1756;  m. 
V.   Chloe^,  b.  Dec.  28,  1757;  in. 
vi.   Sylvia^,  b.  Jan.  7,  1760;  d.  Mch.  3,  1769. 
vii.  William^  b.  Dec.  25,  1764;   m. 

viii.  RuTH*^,  b.  Dec.  5,  1766;  m.    Dec.    22,  1789,  Hezekiah^  Newcomb; 
d.  Apr.  9,  1846. 
In  addition  to  these  children  as  given  in  the  Burnham  genealogy, 
there  were  also : 
ix.   Sylvia'*,    b.    about    1767;    m.   about  1790,    Dr.    Cyrenius"  Chapin; 
"said  to  be  the  handsomest  girl  ever  married  in  the  Congrega- 
tional meetinghouse."     She  resided  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  she 
d.  Oct.  I,   1863. 
X.   Elisha*,    b.    about    1772;    m.    Mehitable   Caswell,  1797;    he   died 
Nov.  14,  1841,  ae.  69. 

Burrows:  The  earliest  account  of  this  family  dates  from  the  lat- 
ter part  of  the  tenth  century,  they  being  descended  from  the 
Normans  and  people  of  distinction.  The  first  known  ances- 
tor was  Fulbert,  an  officer  under  Robert  2nd,  fifth  Duke  of 
Normandy.  The  family  dates  from  the  year  978,  located  at 
Falaise,  the  Norman  name  being  DeBurghe.  At  the  con- 
quest of  England  by  William  the  Conqueror  in  1066,  Herohir 
DeBurghe,  Lord  of  Contraville,  "  by  Profession  a  tanner  and 
engaged  extensively  in  the  business  "  was  granted  large  es- 
tates in  England,  where  the  family  name  extending  over  six 


322  GENEALOGIES. 


centuries  and  a  territory  from  the  vicinity  of  London  to 
Manchester,  received  three  spellings,  becoming  Anglicized 
from  the  Normon  form  DeBurghe  to  Burrows,  Burrowes  and 
Burroughs,  The  English  history  of  the  family  runs  through 
thirty-six  generations.  Their  family  have  a  coat  of  arms, 
crests  and  heraldic  insignia,  the  motto  being  "  Audaces 
fortuna  jurat" — "Fortune  favors  the  Brave",  and  this  has 
been  admirably  illustrated  in  the  Bernardston  branch  of  the 
family.  With  the  Pilgrims  in  1635,  it  is  claimed  that  there 
came  from  Manchester,  England,  three  brothers,  John,  Wil- 
liam and  Robert.  The  two  former  settled  in  Pennsylvania 
and  New  York.  Robert  removed  early  from  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Boston  settling  at^Wethersfield,  Ct. ;  thence,  about 
1643,  with  a  few  others,  he  went  to  and  made  a  settlement  at 
Pequoit,  now  New  London.  His  grant  of  land  there  situated 
on  the  west  bank  of  the  Mystic  river  dates  1651,  "Goodman 
Robert  Burrows  was  chosen  first  ferryman  to  ferry  horse 
and  man  across  Mystic  river  for  a  groat "  (four  pence.) 
From  this  Robert  Burrows  is  descended  Joshua  of  Groton, 
Ct.,  the  ancestor  of  the   Bernardston  branch  of  the  family. 

He  m.  Jane ,  and  d.  Dec.  31,  1775,  at  the  age  of  26  yrs. 

She  m.  (2)  a  Mr.  Davis  of  Leyden,  where  they  resided  and 
had  a  large  family  of  children.  She  d.  Aug.  12,  18 18,  ae. 
70  years.     Children : 

i.   Joshua^. 

ii.    VViLLSwoRTH^;  one  of  these  sons  were  drowned.      The  other  was 
the  ancestor  of    Mrs.  Lurancy  Burrows,  wife  of  Horace  Smith. 
2.        iii.   Amos^,  b.  Aug.  16,  1772. 

In  several  families  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  there  are  marked 
characteristics  running  down  the  generations,  and  it  seems 
well  to  note  these.  Following  out  the  motto  of  their  trans- 
atlantic kinsmen,  the  Burrows  family  have  acquired  for  them- 
selves a  more  than  local  name.  Always  hearty,  they  dis- 
played cordiality  and  hospitality  to  an  unusual  extent. 

2.  Burrows,  Amos',  (Joshua),  b.  Aug.  10,  1772.  When  twelve  years 
of  age  he   was  bound  otit  to  learn  a  blacksmith's  trade  in 


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323 


Groton,  Ct.  When  a  young  man  he  came  to  Leyden,  settling 
south  of  the  Beaver  Meadow  cemetery.  The  cellar  hole  is  still 
to  be  seen.  Here  he  resided  until  18 14,  when  he  removed  to 
Gill,  settling  on  the  place  recently  owned  by  his  son,  the  late 
Nelson  Burrows.  While  in  Beaver  Meadow  he  was  promi- 
nent among  the  Dorrellites,  being  treasurer  of  that  sect. 
See  ante,  pages  186-8.  He  m.  Nov.  17,  1794,  Phoebe',  dau. 
of  John'  Hunt  of  Leyden  or  North  Bernardston.  She  was 
b.  in  Bern.  Oct.  3,  1776.  She  was  a  remarkable  woman,  a 
type  of  energy,  endurance,  enterprise  and  power,  and  withal 
a  strongly  religious  woman.  She  d.  Apr.  24,  1862.  Mr.  Bur- 
rows d.  Dec.  31,  1855.     Children  : 

i.   John  Hunt\  b.  June  7,  1795;  d.  young, 
ii.   IsAAC^  b.  Mch.  24,  1797,  in  Leyden. 

iii.  Erastus^,  b.  Aug.  24,  1800;  m.  Fanny,  dau.  John  Hamilton,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1820.  She  was  b.  Oct.  17,  1802,  d.  July  15,  1885. 
He  resided  near  Mt,  Hermon  station;  d.  Apr.  10,  1869.  Had: 
I.  Asenath*,  b.  Apr.  8,  d.  Apr.  13,  1822.  2.  Jane  A.*,  born 
July  9,  1823;  m.  Orren  Slate.  She  d.  Apr.  i,  1865.  3.  Jo- 
anna M.^  b.  June  12,  1825;  m.  (i)  George  K.  Butterfield;  (2) 
David  Bunnell;  res.  Greenfield.  4.  Amos*,  b.  Feb.  19,  1828; 
d.  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  5.  John  H.^  b.  May  23,  1830;  res.  Bos- 
ton. 6.  Washington  I.'*,  b.  Dec.  24,  1833;  res.  Pennsylvania. 
7.  Andrew  Ashley*,  b.  Jan.  25,  1837;  res.  Greenfield.  8.  Fanny 
Ellen*,  b.  July  19,  1839;  m.  Mr.  Fish;  res.  111.  9.  Isabel  A.*, 
m.  Lewis  Morse;  res.  Boston.  10.  Mary*,  m.  Ed.  Felton; 
res.  Northampton, 
iv.  Salmon  Hunt^,  b.  Dec.  11,  1802. 

V.  Amanda  Martha^,  b.  Mch.  5,  1805;  m.  Phineas  D.  Keyes  Apr.  8, 

1834. 
vi.   Lura    Maria^,   b.  Sept.  13,    1807;  m.    Eliphalet   Sawtell,    Dec.  9, 
1823;  res.  Greenfield,  where  their  children  and  grand-children 
still  live, 
vii.    Horace^,    b.  Aug.  5,  1809;  m.  Martha    Remington,    Jan.  2,  1838; 
d.  Oct.  3,  1864;  resided   Gill;  had   son   George,  who  res.  Conn, 
viii.   Jarvis  Fish^,  b.  Jan.  16,  1812. 
ix.   Martha   Almira^,  b.  July    22,    1814;  m.   George    W.^  Newcomb, 
Jan.  I,  1824;  res.  Bolton,  Mass. 


324  GENEALOGIES. 


X.  Nelson^,  b.  Mch.  12,  1817;  m.  Feb.  11,  1840,  Phoebe  L.,  dau. 
Levi  Park.  She  was  b.  Sept.  22,  1818;  d.  June  5,  1901.  Mr. 
Burrows  inherited  a  part  of  and  resided  in  the  home  of  his  father, 
Amos.  He  was  a  man  prominently  connected  with  civil  affairs, 
being  one  of  the  leading  men  of  Gill,  where  he  held  town  offices. 
Was  County  commissioner  several  years,  president  of  the  Frank- 
lin Mutual  Insurance  Company,  director  in  the  Greenfield  Sav- 
ings Bank.  His  Masonic  affiliations  were  with  the  fraternity  at 
Greenfield;  d.  Feb.  28,  1900.  Had:  i.  Martha  M.^  b.  Oct.  21, 
1841;  m.  (i)  Park  D.*  Shattuck,  Jan.  3,  1865.  He  d.  Dec.  5, 
1868;  m.  (2)  John  Sprague,  Oct.  14,  1874,  who  d.  Sept.  8,  1879; 
m.  (3)  in  1890,  Horace  Bailey;  res.  at  her  old  home,  the  Nel- 
son Burrows  place.  2.  Uau.*,  b.  and  d.  Aug.  9,  1846.  3.  Baxter 
P. ^  b.  Aug.  21,  1847;  m.  (i)  Jan.  19,  1870,  Josie  R.  Johnson,  whod. 
Nov.  II,  1878;  m.  (2)  Dec.  16,  1880,  Abbie  I.  Pickett,  who  d. 
Sept.  18,  1887;  m.  (3)  Oct.  2, 1888,  Lucy  F.  Field.  He  resided  sev- 
eral years  with  his  father,  and  later  on  the  Salmon  Burrows  place, 
as  a  farmer.  He  now  resides  on  South  street,  Bernardston,  be- 
ing extensively  engaged  in  lumbering.  Children:  i.  Nelson 
Park^,  b.  Jan.  8;  d.  Apr.  28,  187 1.  2.  Mabelle  ].\  b.  Aug.  20, 
1872;  d.  Apr.  29,  1888.  3.  Beulah  M.\  b.  March  22,  1875;  m. 
James  T.  Downs;  res.  New  Haven,  Ct.  She  d.  July  19,  1898. 
4.     Burton  N.',  b.  Jan.  17,  1878.     5.     Leon  0.\  b.  July  9,  1883. 

Burrows,  Isaac',  (Amos^  Joshua',)  b.  Mch.  24,  1797;  m.  Rebecca 
Louisa",  dau.  Capt.  Jonathan^  and  Asenath  (Wright)  Conna- 
ble,  Oct.  30,  1 82 1.  She  was  b.  June  13,  1803,  and  d.  Apr.  6, 
1874.  He  resided  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life  on  what 
was  a  part  of  the  old  David  Ryther  farm,  afterwards  owned 
by  E.  C.  Burrows,  and  more  recently  by  Frank  Burrows. 
Later  he  built  and  resided  in  the  house  nearly  opposite, 
now  owned  and  occupied  as  a  summer  residence  by  his  grand- 
son, George  E.  Burrows.  He  was  selectman  for  eleven 
years  ;  d.  Dec.  4,  1865.  Children  : 
i.   George  Hunt*,  b.  Dec.  21,  1822. 

ii.  Julia  Louisa^  b.  Sept.  21,  1826;  m.  Apr.  22,  1845,  Barnabas^ Snow, 
iii.    Melissa  Minerva*,  b.  Mch.  8,  1829;  m.  Apr.  24,  1849,  Silas'*  New- 
ton, son  of  Dr.  John^  Brooks. 
iv.  Frank  Lorenzo*,  b.  Aug.   11,    1831;   m,  Nov.  28,  1855,  Josephine 
Sarepta^,  dau.  Amos^  and  Sarepta  (Cushman)  Carrier.     She  was 


FRANK    BURROWS. 


BURROWS.  325 


b.  Nov.  3,  1834;  d.  Sept.  15,  1892.  For  many  years  Mr.  Bur- 
rows was  engaged  in  railroading  in  the  west.  Upon  his  retire- 
ment from  that  work  he  came  back  to  town,  whither  his  family 
had  preceded  him,  and  purchased  his  father's  old  place,  which 
he  greatly  improved.  His  own  residence  was  on  South  street, 
the  place  formerly  owned  by  Amos  Carrier.  He  d.  Oct.  3,  1901. 
Had-  I.  Maveret  Philena^  b.  Aug.  10,  1867;  m.  Harry  A. 
Perry,  May  28,  1890;  res.  Manhattan,  Kansas.  Three  children. 
v.  Edwin  Connable'*,  b.  Feb.  6,  1834;  m.  Nov.  27,  i860,  Isabelle 
Maria^  dau.  of  John  S.  and  Elizabeth  Allen.  She  was  b.  Sep- 
tember 23,  1843.  Until  1885  they  resided  on  the  old  Burrows 
homestead.  This  they  then  sold  to  O.  W.  Gray,  and  rem.  to 
their  present  home,  the  Sumner  Hale  place.  Had:  i.  Charles 
Edwin^  b.  Oct.  23,  1862;  m.  Nov.  14,  1894,  Florence  Maude,  dau. 
of  William  Atherton  of  Gill.  Has:  Ruth  Augusta'',  b.  Sept.  7, 
1895.  They  now  reside  in  Gill.  2.  Elizabeth  Rebecca^,  born 
Apr.  7,  1865;  m.  Apr.  19,  1883,  John  William  Handforth  of 
Greenfield.  She  d.  Feb.  3,  1895;  four  children.  3.  Abby  Ma- 
ria^, b.  Apr.  28,  1869;  m.  June  12,  1899,  John  G.  Bryant  of  Wind- 
sor, Vt. ;  res.  Greenfield,  Mass.  4.  Sadie  Henrietta\  b.  July  29, 
1871;  m.  Mch.  12,  1901.  Eben  Learned  Ashley;  res.  Flat  Wil- 
low, Montana.  5.  Ellen  Louise^,  b.  July  18.  1874;  m.  Wallace 
J.  Harrington,  Dec.  21,  1892;  res.  Riverside,   Gill. 

vi.  Henrietta  Wright*,  b.  Feb.  26,  1837;  m.  Dec.  23,  1856,  Ezekiel 
C.*,  son  of  Horace^  Hale. 

vii.  Frederick  Albert",  b.  July  12,  1839,  went  West. 

viii.  Abbie  Maria",  b.  Feb.  7,  1841;  m.  Mch.  13,  1866,  Lucien  W.  Coy, 
a  banker  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.  Prior  to  her  marriage  she  was  a 
teacher  and  superintendent  of  schools  at  Winchester,  N.  H. 
In  commemoration  of  the  place  of  her  nativity  and  the  home 
of  her  ancestors,  she  has  recently  donated  to  the  town  a  clock 
which  is  to  be  placed  on  the  town  hall.  Had:  i.  Jennie  Eve- 
lyn, b.  July  8,  1868;  is  m.  and  lives  in  Brookline.  2.  Julia 
Louisa,  b.  July  22,  1870;  is  m.  and  lives  in  Bethlehem,  Pa.  3. 
Lucien  W.  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1879;  was  professor  in  Institute  of 
Technology,  Boston;  is  now  in  the  Phillipines,  serving  in  the 
Red  Cross  hospital  corps. 

4.  Burrows,  Salmon  Hunt',  (Amos^  Joshua',)  b.  Dec.  11,  1802  ;  m. 
Miranda  A.^  dau.  of  Levi'  Park,  May  27,  1829.     She  was  b. 


326  GENEALOGIES. 


May  25,  1809,  and  d.  Oct.  15.  1875.     He  resided   in  the   east 

part  of  Bernardston,  the  farm  adjoining  his  farther's,  Amos 

Burrows.     The  buildings  have  been  destroyed  by  fire.     He 

d.  Feb.  20,  1855.     Children: 

i.  Barnard  Hunt^  b.  July  17,  1831 ;  m.  Susie  Gould,  Dec.  14,  1858; 
rem.  West,  making  his  home  in  Cambridge,  111.  He  d.  Apr.  3, 
1896. 

ii.  Bryant  Salmon"*,  b.  June  26,  1834;  m.  Mary  E.,  dau.  of  Lyman 
Griswold,  May  3,  i860.  She  was  b.  Jan.  31,  1835.  He  was 
selectman  1864-5,  niany  years  a  member  of  the  school  commit- 
tee; taught  many  years;  resided  in  the  east  part  of  the  town. 
He  d.  Oct.  12,  1880,  of  injuries  received  by  falling  trom  a  load 
of  hay.  Had:  i.  Willie  S.^,  b.  July  13,  d.  July  21,  1862.  2. 
Clayton  H.'',  b.  Nov.  3,  1864;  drowned  at  Shelburne  Falls  Sept  5, 
1884.  3.  Urania^  b.  Oct.  19,  1863;  res.  Shelburne  Falls, 
iii.  Levi  Park^,  b.  Mch.  4,  1836;  m.  (r)  Nancy  M.  Bascom,  Nov.  28, 
1857.  She  d.  May  30,  1863.  He  m.  (2)  Phedora^,  dau.  Robert 
Cushman,  Apr.  25,  1865.  She  was  born  Nov.  23,  1839;  d.  July  1 1, 
1899.  He  resides  in  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Stella  N/,  b.  Jan.  4, 
1868;  m.  Harry  Beebe;  res.  Greenfield.  2.  Levi  C,  b.  Mch.  22; 
d.  May  27,  1878. 
iv.  Phoebe  Josephine",  b.  Mch.  26,  1839;  m.  Charles  H.  Tyler, 
Apr.  26,  1857.     She  d.  in  Shelburne  Falls,  June  8,  1896. 

V.  Emergene  M.*,  b.  July  4,  1845;  m.  Henry  B.  Green  of  Vernon, 
Vt.,  May  4,  1864;  d.  Sept.  27,  1875. 


5.  Burrows,  Jarvis  FISH^  (Amos',  Joshua',)  b.  Jan.  16,  1812;  m. 
Beulah  Minerva  Wright,  Mch.  31,  1835.  She  was  b.  May  17. 
1804;  d.  Feb.  24,  1889.  He  resided  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  where  for 
many  years  he  was  the  popular  landlord  of  the  Burrows 
hotel.     He  d.  Sept.  23,  1875.     Children  : 

i.  Hunt  W.",  b.  Jan.  28,  1836;  m.  Isabella  J.,  dau.  of  Pliney  R.  War- 
ner, Apr.  29,  1858;  resided  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  July  3, 
1874.  She  still  lives  in  Vernon,  Vt.  Had:  i.  Silas  F'.paphro*, 
b.  Jan.  27,  d.  Sept.  i,  1859.  2.  J-arvis  Fish\  b.  Feb.  26,  1861; 
res.  Vernon.  3.  George  Warner*,  b.  Apr.  25,  1863;  d.  Apr.  2, 
1864.     4.     Warner  Hunt' Wright*,  b.  July  24,  1865;  res.  Vernon. 

ii.   Beulah  M.^  b.  Feb.  11,  1840;  d.  Feb.  8,  1842. 

iii.  Infant  son,  d.  1844. 


AMOS. 
GBUKGE  H. 


GURROWS    FAMILY    GROUP. 


CHILUREN    OH    riEOHtiK    E. 


ISAAC. 
GEUKGE   E. 


BURROWS — BURT.  327 


6.  Burrows,  George,  Hunt',  (Isaac',  Amos',  Joshua',)  b.  Dec.  21, 
1822  ;  m.  Sept.  11,  1850,  Mary  Elizabeth,  dau.  Gen.  B.  F.  Cook 
of  Northampton.  She  d.  July  19,  1881.  Mr.  Burrows  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Connecticut  River  railroad  for  ten  years, 
being-  the  first  conductor  of  passenger  trains  to  run  into 
Greenfield  and  Northampton.  In  1852  he  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  Rochester,  Lockport  and  Niagara  Falls  road,  re- 
signing in  1855  to  becone  general  superintendent  of  the 
Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Railway.  He  continued  in 
the  service  of  different  roads  until  1873,  when  he  assumed 
control  of  the  western  division  of  the  New  York  Central, 
when  the  best  known  work  of  his  life  began.  In  1893  he 
tendered  his  resignation;  the  management  of  the  Central 
road  refused  to  listen  to  his  proposition,  but  instead,  pre- 
vailed upon  him  to  accept  a  leave  of  absence  for  one  year. 
During  this  time  he  visited  Europe,  the  Holy  Land  and 
Egypt.  He  returned  in  the  spring,  but  did  not  again  take 
up  active  business  employments.  He  d.  Mch.  9,  1896,  and  is, 
as  is  also  his  wife,  buried  in  Northampton.     Children  : 

i.  George  Ely^  b.  Sept.  30,  1861;  m.  June  19,  1894,  Fanny  Brun- 
dage.  Mr.  Burrow's  home  is  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  is  a 
member  ot  the  firm  of  Matthews  Northrup  Publishing  Co.,  being 
assistant  treasurer.  He  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  suc- 
cess of  this  work,  and  much  of  interest  concerning  the  earlier 
generations  of  the  Burrows  family  was  by  him  contributed. 
His  father's  old  home  in  town  he  owns  and  occupies  as  a  sum- 
mer residence.  Had:  i.  Gordon  Hunt",  b.  Jan.  10,  1896.  2. 
John  Bi-undage*^,  b.  Nov.  15,  1897.  3.  Frank  Ely*".  4.  George 
Matthews",  b.  Feb.  6,   1901. 

ii.  M.ARY  Elizabeth^  b.  Nov.  24,  1866;  m.  George  E.  Matthews; 
res.  Buffalo.  Had:  i.  George  .Matthews.  2.  Harriet  Mat- 
thews.     3.     Burrows  Matthews. 

Burt,  Enos  H.,  Lt.,  b.  1785;  m.  Merry',  dau.  Joseph'  Atherton, 
Apr.  12,  1806.  She  was  b.  Apr.  26,  1787.  He  d.  Feb.  23,  1814, 
and  she  m.  (2)  Joab  Scott.     She  d.  Feb.  20,  1876.      Children  : 

i.   Joseph  Atherton,  b.  1807;  d.  July,  1810. 
ii.    Enos  Bartlett,  b.  1809;  d.  Oct.  11,  1810. 


328  GENEALOGIES. 


iii,    Enos,  m;  d.    in   Bern.     His  wife   d.  in   Cortland,  N.  Y.     Had:    i. 

Kate  M.,  m. Cherry;  resides  in  Cortland,  N.  Y. 

iv.  Catherine   C,  b.  Sept.  28,  1813;  m.    Mch.    29,  1835,  Charles  S. 

Park.     She  d.  Oct.  12,  1881. 

Cairns,  Egbert'  E.,  (Hugh',  who  was  b.  in  Ireland,  Hugh',  who 
was  b.  in  Scotland,  Robert',  (?)  of  Scotland)  b.  Sept.  i,  1854; 
m.  Sept.  16,  1885,  Eva  M.  Mayo  of  Johnville,  P.  Q.  She  was 
b.  Feb.  I,  1864.  Mr.  Cairns  is  a  prosperous  blacksmith,  own- 
ing the  old  Dewey  shop  at  the  village.  He  came  to  town  in 
Apr.,  1 89 1,  from  East  Clifton,  P.  Q.  About  1894 he  purchased 
his  present  home  of  Mrs.  Perry  nee  Cobleigh,  on  the  street 
running  north  from  the  library.  Children  : 
i.   Ethel  Irene*,  b.  May  19,  1888. 

ii.    Earl  Harold*,  b.  May  5.  1890;  d.  Apr.  3,  1891. 

iii.  Harold  EGBERT^  b.  June  4,  1893. 

iv.  Leland  Mayo*,  b.  Feb.  5,  1898. 

Cairns,  Justin  A.\  (Hugh',  Hugh',  Robert',  (?))  brother  of  Egbert, 
b.  June  II,  1857;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Joseph  Taylor,  June, 
1882.  She  was  b.  Nov.,  1857.  Mr.  Cairns  came  here  in  the 
fall  of  1890,  and  about  1897,  purchased  the  farm  of  the  late 
Hartley  Hale,  "  on  the  Green,"  which  he  successfully  carries 
on.     Children ; 

i.   Ethel*,  b.  Sept.  23,  1885:  d.  Oct.,  1885. 
ii.   Bernice  a.*,  b.  Oct.  28,  1887. 
iii.  Son,  b.  July  4,  d    July  — ,  1897. 

Carey,  Richard,  was  of  Deerfield  in  1747,  Bernardston  1753,  Green- 
field 1759,  Northfield  1760,  Newberry,  N.  H.  1765,  but  soon 
returned  to  Northfield.  He  was  b.  1717;  m.  June  19,  1759. 
Mary  Frizzell  of  Bernardston.  He  was  a  soldier  on  the  fron- 
tier 1755  to  1758.  He  d.  Mch.  30,  1799.  Children: 
i.  Dorothy^,  b.  June  30,  1760. 
ii.  Lydia^,  b.  Nov.  7,  1763. 

iii.   Patience^,  b.  Nov.  7,   1766;  d.  young. 

iv.  Son^,  b.  Mch.  8,  d.  Apr.  2,  1777. 

V.    Patience^,  bap.  Aug.  8,  1773. 

vi.   Huloah^,  bap.  May  14,  1775. 


CARPENTER    HOMESTEAD,    DR.    CARPENTER    AND    WIFE. 


CARPENTER.  329 


Carpenter,  Dr.  Elijah  Woodward',  (John',  John*,  David',  David*, 
SamueP,  Wi^lam^  William',)  was  b.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1788  ;  m.  (1)  Sophia  Field  of  Northfield.  Dec.  i, 
1814.  She  was  b.  July  14,  1783  ;  d.  May  18,  1822.  He  m.  (2) 
Vallonia,  dau.  of  Dea.  Timothy  Slate,  Dec.  5,  1822.  She  was 
b.  Dec.  25,  1798;  d.  Aug.  23,  1873. 

Dr.  Carpenter  came  of  good  New  England  stock.  The  son 
of  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  who  was  with  Washington  at  Val- 
ley Forge,  and  who  emigrated  to  Vermont  from  the  ances- 
tral home  at  Rehoboth  immediately  after  the  war,  he  inher- 
ited to  a  marked  degree  those  qualities  which  characterized 
the  men  and  women  of  that  period,  and  which  won  such  suc- 
cess for  him  in  after  life.  Working  on  a  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  old,  he  mastered  the  common  branches  by 
himself,  and  by  attending  one  term  at  Brattleboro  Academy, 
taught  successfully,  and  then  studied  medicine  for  three 
years  with  Dr.  Cyrus  Washburn  of  Vernon,  Vt.,  attending 
lectures  also  at  Yale  Medical  College,  and  later  at  Berkshire 
Medical  Institute.  He  began  practice  here  in  18 14,  at  first 
in  North  Bernardston,  where  he  taught  the  district  school 
in  the  winter  of  18 14- 15.  He  soon  removed  to  Bernardston 
village,  living  for  a  short  time  in  the  house  of  Hon.  Poly- 
carpus  L.  Cushman,  then  settling  on  the  site  of  the  familiar 
homestead  (built  1829)  on  the  corner  of  "the  Green,"  a  cut 
of  which  is  herewith  shown.  Here  he  continued  to  live  and 
to  practice  his  profession  in  this  and  the  neighboring  towns 
until  his  death,  Nov.  28,  1855.  His  funeral  was  held  in  the 
Unitarian  church.  Rev.  Thomas  Weston  preaching  the  ser- 
mon, and  the  other  pastors  of  the  town  assisting  in  the  ser- 
vice. The  sermon  was  published,  together  with  a  tribute 
from  his  life-long  friend,  Lieut.  Gov,  Cushman,  extracts  from 
which  follow  : 

"For  upward  of  forty  years  past,  Dr.  Carpenter  has  continued  un- 
interruptedly, night  and  day,  in  storm  and  in  sunshine,  the  practice 
of  the  profession  to  which  he  has  given  his  whole  attention  and  de- 
voted all  his  energies.  Success  has,  therefore,  crowned  his  efforts. 
But  few  men  have  stood  better  with  the  community  in  which  they  have 


330  GENEALOGIES. 


lived  for  so  long  a  period,  or  with  the  brethren  of  their  profession. 
For  many  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Med- 
ical Society  and  recently  a  Councillor  of  that  society,  and  was  Presi- 
dent at  the  organization  of  the  Franklin  County  Medical  Society, 
being  the  senior  member  present.  As  a  physician,  he  was  neither 
a  radical  reformer  nor  an  unyielding  conservative,  but  early  applied 
to  his  profession  the  injunction  of  Scripture,  'prove  all  things,  hold 
fast  that  which  is  good.'  Hence  he  was  all  his  days  a  close  student 
of  Nature  as  well  as  Art.  In  his  practice  he  was  cautious  and  care- 
ful, believing  that  good  nursing  and  the  operation  of  nature  were 
the  great  restorative  remedies.  He  therefore  had  the  entire  love 
and  confidence  of  his  patients.  *  *  *  jp,  ^w  j-j^g  relations  of  life 
he  was,  emphatically,  a  true  man.  No  one  ever  even  suspected  his 
integrity,  for  honesty  and  reliability  were  his  most  marked  character- 
istics. He  was  for  many  years  an  active  and  valuable  member  of 
the  school  committee  of  Bernardston,  and  held  other  offices  of  honor 
and  respectability. 

Although  Dr.  Carpenter  was  never  a  member  of  any  church,  yet 
the  religious  element  in  his  character  was  marked  and  decided.  He 
was  a  constant  attendant  (when  his  professional  duties  would  per- 
mit) on  the  services  of  the  Unitarian  society,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  teacher  or  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  of  that  soci- 
ety. *  *  *  j^jg  v^rhole  life  of  threescore  and  seven  years  was  a 
perfect  commentary  of  what  a  good  man  and  a  Christian  physician 
should  be.  But  in  the  nearer  relation  of  husband  and  father,  Dr. 
Carpenter  was  most  respected  and  beloved.  There,  at  his  own  fire- 
side, no  one  was  ever  truer  or  better.  There,  where  a  man  will  ever 
show  his  true  character,  he  was  a  pattern  of  goodness  and  parental 
love,  mingled  with  prudence  and  discretion." 

Dr.  Carpenter  was  an  "  old  line  Whig  "  in  politics,  but  at  the 
breaking  up  of  that  party,  he  promptly  followed  the  anti- 
slavery  movement,  sending  word  by  his  neighbor  Newcomb 
to  a  political  convention  at  Greenfield,  which  he  was  unable 
to  attend  :  "Tell  them  I  am  a  true  Free  Soil  Whig  temper- 
ance Republican!"     Children : 

i.  Edward  Jenner",  b.  Aug.  4,  1825;  m.  Mary  Jane,  dau.  of  Lyman 
Frink  of  Greenfield,  Feb.  14,  1850;  she  d.  May  16,  1900.  From 
1849  proprietor  of  periodical  bookstore  in  Bratileboro,  Vt.,  and 
for  twenty-seven  years  librarian  of  the  Brattleboro  library.     He 


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removed  to  Amherst  in  1896;  d.  there  June   16,  1900.      Had:   i. 
Clarence  E.,  b.  Mch.  31,  1851;  civil   engineer,    Topeka,  Kansas. 
2.     Edward  VV.,  b.  July  i,  1856;  printer  and  publisher,  Amherst; 
m.  Ester   M.  Hastings,  Apr.  25,  1882;  two  children.      3.     Allan 
Lawrence,  b.  Oct.   31,    1858;    d.    Feb.  25,  i860.      4.     Maud,  b. 
Oct.  II,  1867;   m.  Malcolm    A.  Carpenter,    Mt.   Auburn,  Mass., 
Feb.  24,  1896;  one  child. 
ii.   John  Erasmus",  b.  March  n,  1827;  m.  Elvira  Homer  of  Chicopee 
Falls,  July  8,  1851;  she  d.   June  5,    1869.     In   early  days   clerk 
for  Z.  C.  Newcomb,   Bernardston,   and  also   in   Greenfield   and 
Chicopee  Falls;  then  bookkeeper  for  the  C    R.  R.  R.,  at  Spring- 
field, and  station   agent  at  Northampton;   went  with   George  H. 
Burrows- to   Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1853,  as  paymaster  on  xN.  Y. 
Central    R.  R.;  in  1855  to  Toledo,  O.,  as  paymaster  on  Toledo. 
Wabash  and  Western  R.  R.,  filling  that  position  until  his  death 
(the  result  of  an  accident,  when  on  his  pay  train),  Nov.  29,  1875. 
The   following  is  quoted  from   the  funeral   sermon  preached  by 
his  pastor  at  Toledo:   "  Reared  by  parents  in  whom   the  sturdi- 
est truth  and  virtue  bloomed  and  fruited  in  sunniest  kindliness 
and  most  active  charity,  and  spending  his    life  in  a  calling  that 
gave  him  an  extended  and  intimate  acquaintance  with  his  fellow- 
men,  Mr.  Carpenter  inherited    both   in   his  blood  and  in  the  de- 
veloping circumstances  of  his  life,  a  large  and  true  heart,  which 
he  suffered  no  trials  or  temptations  ever  to  narrow  or  to  harden, 
but  which  he  preserved  without  change,  except  towards  increas- 
ing generosity  to  the  very  end  of  his  life.     With  that  filial  affec- 
tion which  cared   for  an   aged   mother  even  as  she   once  cared 
for   him,  with   that   generous  charity  that   moved   so  freely   at 
every  call  of  suffering,  with  that  openness  and  kindness  of  soul 
which  in  so  many  ways  nobly  distinguished  him,  he  had  a  fixed- 
ness of   moral  principle,  a  discriminating  judgment,  a  sensitive 
conscience,  a  sterling  sense   of  honor,  right   and  propriety,  an 
intelligent  and  orderly  habit  of  thought,  a  painstaking  industry 
and  an   independent    self-reliance   that   gave  strength,   solidity 
and   reliability  to  his  convictions,  his  purposes   and   his  work." 

Had:    i.      John  Albert,  b.  Oct.  13,  1853;  d.  (drowned)  May  21, 

1870.     2.     Charles  H.,  b.  Sept.  21,  1858;  d.  Dec.   12,  1863.     3. 

Minnie  H.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1863;  d.  Jan.  15,  1864. 
iii.  Timothy    BROWN^  b.  June  13,  1829;  m.  Jennie   Swail  of  Detroit, 

Mich.,  Feb.  2,  1887;  in  earlier  years,  cabinet  maker  with  Miles 


332  GENEALOGIES. 


and    Lyons,  Greenfield;   lived   with   his  mother   in  Bernardston 
until  her  death;   has  since  resided  in  Toledo,  O. 

iv.  Cyrus  Washburn^,  b.  Jan.  6,  183  .  In  early  life  clerk  for  Z.  C. 
Newcomb,  Bernardston,  and  for  S.  Allen's  Sons,  Greenfield; 
then  clerk  in  dry  goods  business  in  Springfield  and  Rochester, 
N.  Y.;  from  1854  to  1858  conductor  on  N.  Y.  Central  R.  R. 
between  Rochester  and  Niagara  Falls;  afterwards  in  hotel  busi- 
ness at  Rochester,  St.  Johnsville,  N.  Y.,  Staten  Island,  and 
Newark.  N.  J.,  being  proprietor  in  latter  city  of  the  Continen- 
tal hotel,  1874-86;  has  since  resided  in  Dover,  N.  J.,  where  he 
is  interested  in  real  estate  matters. 

V.  Charles  Elijah^,  b.  Nov.  9,  1833;  d.  May  18,  1834. 

vi.  Mary  SoPHIA^  b.  Jan.  24,  1835;  a  young  lady  of  lovely  character 
and  of  marked  success  as  a  teacher  in  the  town,  until  her  early 
death,  Mch.  30,  1856. 
vii.  Charles  Carroll^  b.  July  9,  1836;  m.  Feronia  N.,  dau.  of  Ezra 
and  Luthera  (Knowlton)  Rice  of  Auburn,  Mass.,  May  i,  1862. 
When  a  boy  he  was  clerk  in  Major  H.  Tyler's  "periodical  de- 
pot" and  telegraph  office,  Greenfield,  and  several  years  later  in 
Merriam's  bookstore.  He  began  attending  Goodale  Academy 
under  the  principalship  of  Pliny  Fisk  when  nine  years  old,  and 
afterwards  fitted  for  college  there,  at  VVilliston  Seminary,  and 
at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H.  Feeble  health, 
however,  prevented  him  from  entering  college.  In  a  summer 
trip  to  the  coast  of  Labrador,  taken  for  the  benefit  of  his  health, 
he  became  interested  in  the  unprivileged  condition  of  the  shore- 
men of  that  wild  country,  and  afterwards  (1858)  went  there  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  Canada  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of 
Montreal  to  explore  the  region  with  reference  to  the  beginning 
of  missionary  work.  A  station  was  located  at  Caribou  Island, 
in  the  Straits  of  Belle  Isle,  and  lumber  taken  down  the  St.  Law- 
rence for  a  mission  house  there,  convenient  to  the  fishing  fleets. 
Another  station,  with  church  and  school,  was  subsequently  es- 
tablished on  Eskimo  river,  for  the  benefit  of  the  native  popula- 
tion, who  wintered  in  the  interior.  There  being  no  physician 
on  the  coast,  the  young  missionary,  having  taken  two  courses 
of  lectures  at  Harvard  Medical  College,  was  able  to  be  of  ser- 
vice to  the  sick,  both  sailors  and  shoremen.  The  severity  of 
the  climate  compelled  him  and  his  wife  to  leave  the  coast  in  the 


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fall  of  1864,  although  he  returned  to  his  mission  for  the  follow- 
ing summer.  In  the  winter  intervening,  he  was  in  the  service 
of  the  U.  S.  Christian  Commission  at  City  Point,  Va.,  acting 
as  cashier  of  the  commission  for  the  "Armies  operating  against 
Richmond,"  entering  Petersburg  on  the  morning  of  its  capture, 
and  being  at  Richmond  a  few  days  later  when  General  Charles 
Devens  reviewed  the  Union  troops  in  front  of  the  Confederate 
Capitol,  and  a  hundred  guns  were  fired  in  honor  of  Lee's  sur- 
render. 

From  1866  to  1872.  Mr.  Carpenter  was  superintendent  of  the 
"Lookout  Mountain  Educational  Institutions"  on  Lookout 
Mountain,  Tenn.,  established  by  Christopher  R.  Robert  of  New 
York,  with  the  design  of  furnishing  a  loyal,  Christian  education 
to  the  white  youth  of  the  South,  impoverished  by  the  long  war. 
From  1872  to  1875  he  resided  at  Andover,  Mass.,  engaged  in 
theological  study;  was  pastor  of  the  Rockville  Congregational 
church,  Peabody,  Mass.,  1875-80,  and  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  H,, 
1880-85.  He  then  retired  from  the  active  ministry,  and  has 
since  resided  at  Andover,  Mass.  He  was  the  first  editor  of  the 
Andover  Townsman,  1887-89,  and  since  1886,  has  been  a  con- 
tributing editor  of  the  Congre<;aiionalist,  writing  in  part  over  the 
non  de  plume  of  ''Mr.  Martin."  For  ten  years,  1890-1900,  he 
has  been  the  secretary  of  the  alumni  of  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  publishing  its  annual  necrologies  and  address  lists. 
He  has  also  worked  for  several  years  on  a  biographical  catalogue 
of  the  Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  While  in  Essex  County  he 
he  was  a  member  of  Essex  Institute,  Salem,  and  has  been  since 
1885  a  resident  member  of  the  New  England  Historic  Geneal- 
ogical Society.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  from 
Hamilton  College  in  1869,  and  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1887. 
Had:  i.  George  Rice,  b.  Oct.  25,  1863,  at  Eskimo  River, 
Labrador;  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover; 
graduated  at  Harvard  University  1886,  being  assistant  instructor 
in  English,  1885-86;  studied  in  Paris  and  Berlin,  under  a  fel- 
lowship from  the  University,  1886-88;  post-graduate  student  at 
Harvard,  1888-89;  instructor  in  English  there,  1889-90;  asso- 
ciate professor  of  English,  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technol- 
ogy, 1890-93;  non-resident  lecturer  at  VVellesley  College,  1892- 
93;  professor  of  Rhetoric  and  English  Composition,  Columbia 
University,  New  York,  from  1893.     Author  of  several  text-books 


334  GENEALOGIES. 


in  English  Grammar  and  Rhetoric;  editor  of  "Translation  of 
Dante's  Fleven  Letters,"  "  Selections  from  Steele,"  "Selections 
from  American  Prose,"  "Longman's  English  Classics,  etc.;  m. 
Mary  Seymour  of  New  York  City,  June  ii,  1890;  one  child.  2. 
Charles  Lincoln,  b.  June  17,  1867,  at  Amherst,  Mass.;  fitted  for 
college  at  McColIom  Institute,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  H.;  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  Chandler  Scientific  Department,  1887, 
and  at  the  Thayer  School  of  Engineering,  1889;  assistant  engi- 
neer on  Nicaragua  Canal  (chief  of  hydrographic  party.  Grey- 
town),  1889-91;  Boston  Board  of  Survey,  1891-98;  connected 
with  an  exploring  and  mining  expedition  in  Northern  Alaska 
(the  Koyukuk  River)  since  1898;  m.  Charlotte  F.  Sullivan  of 
Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  Dec.  15,  1892;  two  children.  3.  William 
Bancroft,  b.  Feb.  10,  1869,  at  Lookout  Mountain,  Tenn.;  fitted 
for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover;  studied  three  years 
in  Amherst  College,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  University,  1890, 
where  he  took  a  post-graduate  year,  1890-91;  instructor  at 
Southboro  (St.  Mark's  School)  and  Taunton;  sub-master  of 
high  school,  Woonsocket,  R.  L,  1893-1900;  instructor  in  math- 
ematics, Mechanic  Arts  High  School,  Boston,  from  1900;  m. 
Katherine  M.  Hoyt  of  Newfane,  Vt.,  Dec.  21,  1893;  one  child. 
4.  Jane  Brodie,  b.  Nov.  4,  187 1,  at  Lookout  Mountain,  Tenn.; 
fitted  for  college  at  Punchard  High  School  and  Abbot  Academy, 
Andover;  graduated  at  Mt.  Holyoke  College,  1897;  assistant 
instructor  in  English  there,  1897-1900;  post  graduate  student 
at  Teachers' College,  Columbia  University,  1900-01.  5.  Miriam 
Feronia,  b.  Sept.  21,  188 1,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  H.;  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  Punchard  High  School,  Andover;  now  in  Mt.  Holyoke 
College,  class  of  1903. 
viii.  Sarah  Alexander,  b.  Jan.  26,  1839;  m.  June  29,  1865,  Henry 
Martyn  McCloud,  son  of  Lewis  and  Minerva  (Slate)  McCloud 
of  Amhert,  Mass.,  editor  and  printer;  later,  insurance  and  real 
estate  agent.  Had:  i.  Mary  Carpenter,  b.  Nov.  28,  1867;  d. 
Jan.  19,  1868.  2.  Mabel,  b.  and  d.  Aug.  14,  1868.  3.  Albert 
Carpenter,  b.  May  24,  1870;  in  business  with  his  father;  in.  Edna 
A.  Carter,  Aug.  8,  1894. 

Carrier,  AMOS^  (Kneeland'  of  Gill,)  b.  1792  ;  m.  (i)  Mary',  dau.  of 
Con.sider'  Ctishman,  Oct.  28,  1817.     vShe  was  b.  Nov.  5,  1799; 


CARRIER — CATLIN.  335 


d.  Nov.  2,  1829.  He  m.  (2)  1831,  Mrs.  Sarepta",  widow  of 
Stillman  vSpurr,  and  dau.  of  Consider'  Cushman.  She  was 
b.  Feb.  19,  1795;  d.  Jan.  11,  1889.  Mr.  Carrier  resided  on 
South  street,  at  the  place  now  owned  by  his  son-in-law,  Mr. 
F.  L.  Burrows.  Here  he  had  a  shoe-maker's  shop  which  was 
located  south  of  the  house.     He  d.  May  26,  1862.     Children  : 

i.   Consider  Cushman^,  b.  Jan.  17.  1818;  d.  Aug.  22,  1852. 
ii.   Benjamin  Nelson^,  b.  Sept.  29,  1819. 
iii.    Delia    Elmina^,    b.   Aug.  26,  1821;  m.  S.  RusselF    Hills,  May  27, 

1845.     She  d.  Nov.  6,  1891. 
iv.   DwiGHT  A.^,  b.  Nov.   10,  1823. 
V.   Ralph  A.^,  b.  Nov.  i,  1827. 
vi.   Mary  C.^,  b.  Oct.  7,  1829;  d.  in  Covington,  Ky.,  July  12,   1850. 

By  second  wife: 
vii.  George  Albert^,  d.  Aug.  8,  1832,  ae.   16  mos. 
viii.   George  Albert,  2nd.^,  d.  Jan.  25,  1834,  ae.  seven  months, 
ix.  Josephine   S.^  b.  Nov.  3,  1834;   m.   Frank    L."  Burrows,  Nov.  28, 
1855.     She  d.  Sept.  15,  1892. 

Catlin,  John",  (Joseph^  John^  John'  of  Wethersfield,  Ct.,)  b.  1704. 
He  early  entered  the  military  service,  attaining  the  rank  of 
captain.  Served  under  Captain  Kellogg-  in  Father  Rasle's 
War;  was  lieutenant  of  a  company  of  snow-shoe  men  in  1743  ; 
in  command  of  Fort  Shirley  from  Dec.  10,  1747  to  Apr.  3, 
1749  ;  in  the  summer  of  1749,  was  in  command  of  a  company 
above  Northfield ;  Sept.  13,  1757,  he  led  a  company  of  52  men 
from  Deerfield  to  Fort  Massachusetts.  In  1758  he  was  in 
command  of  the  cordon  of  twelve  forts  extending  from  North- 
field  to  Pontoosuc  on  the  West,  with  headquarters  at  Burk's 
Fort  in  Bernardston,  where  he  d.  Sept.  24,  1758.  He  m. 
June  15,  1727,  Mary,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Munn.  She  d.  Nov.  10, 
1763,  ae.  58  years.     Children: 

i.   JoHN^,  b.  Aug.  8,  1727;  d.  Aug.  9,  1727. 
ii.   Catherine^,  b.  Jan.  8,  1728-9;   na.  Jan.  10,  1750,  Ebenezer  Clapp 

of  Northampton, 
iii.    Rachael^,    b.  Sept.  9,    1730;  m.  June    i,  1749,  Abner  Barnard  of 

Northampton, 
iv.    Joseph^,  b.  Aug.  4,  1732;  settled  in  Connecticut. 


33^  GENEALOGIES. 


V.   Seth^,  b.  July  i6,  1734;  settled  in  Deerfield. 

vi.    Mary\  b.  Nov.  27,   1736;   m.  Oct.  5,   1758,  John  P.  Bull. 

vii.  Oliver*,  b.  Jan.  16,  1738-9. 

viii.   Mercy*,   b.  Sept.  13,  1741;   in.  Dec.    11,  1765,    Consider   .Anns  of 
Conway. 

ix.   UoROTHY^  bap.   Dec.  18,  1743;  m.  Dec.  29,  1763,  Phineas  iMunn. 

Chadwick,  William.  Went  out  as  a  minute  man  Apr.  19,  1775  ; 
was  discharged  from  the  service  Aug.  12,  1777,  having  served 
several  enlistments. 

Chamberlain,  Eliezur,  came  to  town  from  Durham,  Ct.,  in  i8o<S, 
lived  in  the  log  house  on  the  Institute  grounds  two  years, 
then  built  and  removed  to  the  house  recently  owned  by  his 
nephew,  Samuel  Atherton,  between  the  library  and  town  hall. 
He  m.  Content,  dati.  of  Samuel  Pickett.  She  d.  June  27, 
1862,  ae.  74.     Had  : 

i.   Mary  M.,  b.  June,  1808;  d.  Apr.  5,  1878;  unm. 

Chapin,  Calebs  The  progenitor  of  those  bearing  this  name  in 
New  England  is  believed  to  have  been  Dea.  Samuel  Chapin. 
who  removed  from  Dorchester  or  Boston  to  Springfield  in 
1642.  He  d.  in  Springfield,  Nov.  1 1,  1675;  had  eight  children. 
Of  these,  a  son,  Japhet^  was  b.  in  1642.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, settled  in  Chicopee,  and  was  in  the  Falls  Fight.  His 
son,  Thomas^  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of  the  Falls 
Fight  Township,  but  sold  his  right  to  his  nephew,  Caleb', 
the  fifth  child  of  his  oldest  brother,  Samuel.^ 

1.  Chapin,  Caleb',  (SamueP,  Japhet',  Samuel',)  was  b.  May  29,  1701  ; 
m.  Catherine  Dickinson  of  Hatfield,  Dec.  9,  1726.  He  re- 
moved from  Springfield  to  his  purchase  of  his  Uncle  Thomas'' 
right  in  this  township,  in  or-  about  the  year  1740,  having 
then  four  living  children.  He  was  in  the  expedition  against 
the  French  and  Indians,  and  was  killed  in  battle  near  Lake 
George,  Sept.,  1755,  as  heretofore  described,  during  the 
French  and    Indian  War.     His   wife  d.  July  16,  1791,  ae.  86 


CHAPIN.  337 

years.  He  resided  on  the  west  side  of  South  street,  the  house 
being  back  quite  a  distance  from  the  road  and  between  the 
farms  of  Messrs.  Root  and  Barber.      Children  : 

i.   Catherine'^  b.  Oct.  27,  1727;  d.  Oct.  22,  1734. 
ii.   Caleb^,  b.  Nov.  13,  1729;  d.  Sept.  17,  1734-5. 

2.  iii.  Joel*,  b.  Apr.  22,  1732. 

iv.   Catherine^  b.  May  2,    1734;  m.  Elias  Sheldon  of   Northampton. 

3.  V.   Caleb^  b.  July  2,  1736. 

vi.  Hezekiah",  b.  Nov.  11,  1738;  m.  Eleanor  Smith,  who  d.  Nov.  28, 
1818,  ae.  74  years.  He  was  selectman  and  assessor  1779,  82,  83. 
He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  War  in  Col.  VVhitcomb's 
Regiment,  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  stationed  at  Colrain,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757.  In  the  Revolutionary  service  he 
went  out  as  private  in  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Saml. 
Williams'  regiment  of  minute  men,  which  marched  Apr.  20,  1775. 
The  latter  part  of  his  life  his  residence  was  in  Guilford,  Vt. 
He  d.  Mch.  24,  1820.  Had:  i.  Catherine**,  m.  Feb.  14,  1795, 
Seth  Shattuck;  settled  in  Vermont.  2.  Hezekiah*^,  b.  July  8, 
1779;  m.  Widow  Lydia  EUenwood,  Dec.  5,  1810;  d.  May  30,  1862. 

3.  Cynthia*.  4.  Sally*.  5.  Nelly«,  m.  in  Guilford,  Vt.  Per- 
haps that  Eleanor  who  m.  Dec.  6,  1809,  Henry  Lawrence. 

vii.  Daniel^  b.  Sept.  30,  1741;  m.  Susanna  Wells.  He  was  tithing- 
man  in  1772,  surveyor  of  highways  1774-78,  constable  and  col- 
lector 1780.  Went  out  as  a  private  May  i,  1775,  in  Col.  Asa 
Whitcomb's  regiment,  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.  He  later  re- 
sided in  Leyden.  Had:  i.  Hepzibah^  2.  Ruth*,  m.  twice, 
and  had  two  sons  who  became  Mormons.     3.     Sabra",  d.  young. 

4.  Daniel'^,  d.  in  Leyden.  5.  Ezra*,  d.  in  Vermont.  6.  Su- 
sanna*, m.  Salem  Baker;  d.  in  1852.  7.  Calvin",  resides  in 
Black  River  Country,  N.  Y. 

viii.   Hannah*,  b.  Sept.  21,  1744. 
ix.   Submit*,  b.  1747;  d.  1815.  t>^    J^TrJ--^.  GWytf)^ 

4.  X.  Selah\  b.  Aug.  18,  1750,  in  BurK  Fort. 

2.  Chapin,  Lieut.  Joel',  (Caleb',  SamueF,  Japhet',  vSamuel',)  born 
Apr.  22,  1732,  in  Springfield;  m.  (i)  Sarah  Burk,  who  died 
Apr.  16,  1 78 1,  ae.  40.  His  marriage  intention  with  Widow 
Rhoda  Scott  of  Winchester  was  recorded  Dec.  26,  1790.  He 
was  selectman   in    1771,  also  held   other  minor  town  offices. 


338  GENEALOGIES. 


He  had  quite  a  military  record,  serving  with  his  father  in 
the  French  and  Indian  War,  acquiring  there  the  title  of 
lieutenant.  Dec.  ii,  1755,  to  Oct.  18,  1756,  he  was  out  "to 
the  westward"  ;  in  Capt.  Israel  Williams'  Co.,  stationed  at 
Colrain,  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757.  His  name  appears  on 
John  Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758.  At  the 
time  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  on  the  Committee  of 
Inspection  1775,  and  of  Inspection,  Correspondence  and 
Safety  1777  and  1780.  He  was  out  in  active  service  as  ser- 
geant in  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Samuel  Williams' 
regiment  of  minute-men,  which  marched  iVpr.  20,  1775,  three 
months,  to  Dec,  1786,  at  which  time  his  mileage  money  for 
120  miles,  at  id.,  was  10  pounds,  ir  shillings.  He  d.  Mch.  17, 
1803,  according  to  his  gravestone,  or  1805,  as  given  in  the 
town  records.     Children  : 

i.  Joel",  b.  Sept.  7,  1763;  m.  June  14,  1797,  Alice  Penfield.  He  d. 
June  27,  1803;  is  buried  in  old  cemetery.  Had:  i.  William'', 
b.  Feb.  20,  1798.  2.  Henry",  b.  Oct.  20,  1799;  d.  Oct.  6,  1800. 
3.     Joel,  d.  Aug.  17,  1803. 

ii.  Eddy  Eurke^,  b.  Jan.  30,  1765;  m.  Sept.  3,  1795,  Ruth  Parmenter 
of  Bernardston  or  Sudbury.  They  resided  in  Guilford,  Vt., 
where  he  d.  Mch.  12,  1818.  Had:  1.  Sally  Burk",  b.  June  29, 
1796;  m.  Oliver  Bagg,  Oct.  20,  1817.  She  d.  Mch.  28,  1872. 
2.  Sophia  Parmenter',  b.  May  22,  1800;  m.  Charles  Babcock 
of  Guilford,  Vt.,  where  they  resided. 
5.        iii.  Israel^,  b.  Apr.  23,  1767. 

iv.  Solomon'',  b.  Dec.  27,  1769;  m.  about  1799,  Rebecca  Porter  of 
Rhode  Island.  She  d.  Nov.  26,  1854,  ae.  78.  Resided  in  Guil- 
ford, Vt.,  where  Mr.  Chapin  d.  Feb.  9,  1822. 

V.  Sarah'',  b.  Aug.  9,  1772;  d.  Sept.  15,  1777. 

vi.  Thankful^,  b.  Nov.  11,  1774;   m.  Joel**  Warner,  Apr.  27,  1799;  d. 

Apr.  5,  1812. 
vii.  Oliver",  b.  Mch.  22,  1778;  d.  in  'I'homsbn,  Ct. 
viii.   Gratia",  m.  Joel  Warner. 

3.  Chapin,  Caleb',  (Caleb',  SamueF,  Japhet',  Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  July  2, 
1736  ;  m.  Rebecca^  dau.  of  Ezekier  Bascom  of  Gill.  She  was 
bap    Dec.  24,  1740;  d.  Feb.    14,  1825,  ae.  84  years.     His  occu- 


CHAPIN.  339 


pation  was  making  mill  stones,  laying  stone  and  farming. 
After  leaving  his  father's  farm,  where  he  spent  a  portion  of 
his  early  manhood,  he  located  on  a  farm  around  West  Moun- 
tain, now  owned  by  Mr.  Pratt.  He  was  selectman  1774,  81, 
91.  He  began  his  military  career  under  Major  Burke,  his 
name  appearing  on  the  enlistment  roll  of  the  latter,  ending 
Nov.  30,  1758.  At  the  Revolution,  he  was  Committee  of  Cor- 
respondence, Inspection  and  Safety  for  1776,  was  in  the  ser- 
vice at  Cambridge,  and  later  made  captain  of  the  fourth  Co., 
5th  Reg.,  2nd  Brigade  of  the  4th  Division  of  Militia,  July  i, 
1781.  His  captain's  commission  is  still  preserved  in  the 
family.  He  was  captain  of  the  military  Co.  in  town,  and 
went  with  the  Hampshire  troops  under  Gen.  Shephard  to 
Springfield  at  the  time  of  the  Shays  Rebellion.  He  died 
Nov.  10.  1815.     Children: 

6.  i.   Caleb*',  b.  Aug.  20,  1759,  in  Burk  P'ort. 

ii.   Rebecca^  b.  Nov.  26,  1761;  d.  May  12,  1766. 

7.  iii.    Zalmuna^,  b.  Apr.  3,   1764. 

iv.  Consider^,  b.  Aug.  26,  1766;  resided  Elk   Creek,  Tenn.;  d.  i860. 

V.  Cyrenius^,  b.  Feb.  7,  1769;  went  as  waiter  to  liis  father  in  the 
Shays  Rebellion.  He  m.  Sylvia**,  dau  Elisha^  Burnhain,  about 
1790.  She  d.  Oct.  I.  1863.  He  resided  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  d.  Feb.  20,  1838;  was  a  physician  and  surgeon;  in  the  war 
of  I  81  2  was  Col.  of  the  militia;  taken  prisoner  when  Buffalo  was 
taken  by  the  British,  but  by  great  skill  and  daring,  escaped  with 
his  men  while  being  taken  under  a  guard  to  Kingston ;  was  again 
taken  prisoner,  sent  to  xMontreal  and  kept  nine  months.  He 
returned  to  find  his  home  burned  by  the  Indians  in  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  town  in  1813,  and  his  family  scattered.  In  1818  he 
returned  vyith  his  reunited  family  to  Buffalo,  and  was  reimbursed 
by  the  Government  for  the  loss  he  had  sustained. 

4.  Chapin,  Selah',  (Caleb',  Samuel^  Japhet^  Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  in 
Burk  Fort,  Aug.  18,  1750;  m.  Oct.  15,  1772,  Jerusha,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Elisha  Burnham.  She  was  b.  Mch.  27,  1752;  d.  June  30, 
1 8 17.  He  served  in  the  Revolution  two  months  at  Cam- 
bridge ;  was  hayward  1775  ;  surveyor  of  highways  1780  ;  con- 
stable 1782.  He  d.  May  30,  1830;  resided  in  that  part  of  the 
town  set  off  as  Levden.     Children  : 


340  GENEALOGIES. 


i.   Selah^,  b.  Sept.  lo,  1773. 

ii.  Abner^,  b.  July  22,  1775;  m.  and  had  four  children, 
iii.  Hannah^,  b.  Aug.  29,  1777;  m.  Apr.  29,  1798,  Benjamin  Green  of 
Leyden. 

iv.    JERUSHA^ 

V.  Elisha\  b.  May  24,  1782;  m.  (i)  July  13,  1808,  Ann  Ward,  who 
was  b.  Jan.  28,  1782;  d.  July  24,  1812;  m.  (2)  Abigail  Judd. 
He  resided  in  Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden,  where  he  was  promi- 
nently connected  with  town  affairs,  being  justice  of  the  peace 
73  years;  on  the  board  of  selectmen  13  terms;  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  four  years,  and  in  1820  assisting  in  the  revision  of 
the  State  Constitution.  He  d.  June  23,  1835.  Had:  i.  Den- 
nis^, b.  June  10,  1809;  grad.  Amherst  College,  1837;  m.  Annie 
R.  Smith;  resided  in  Vermont;  was  a  minister.  2.  Oliver',  b. 
Feb.  12,  181 1;  ni.  June  13,  1843,  Louisa  Caroline',  dau.  James 
Coach*  Root.  x'\fter  his  death  she  resided  several  years  in  Ber- 
nardston,  later  with  her  nephew,  Herman  Root.  Mr.  Chapin 
was  selectman  of  Leyden  for  11  years.  By  second  wife:  3. 
George'',  b.  Apr.  19,  1817.  4  Harriet^,  b.  Sept.  25,  1818;  m. 
John    E.  Shattuck,  Mch.   1845.     5.     William'',  b.  May  22,  1820. 

vi.  Abigail*,  m.  Solomon^  Allen  of  Leyden;  d.  Mch.  24,  1833. 

vii.  Sylvia^  b.  1787;  d.  Jan.  20,  1794. 
viii.   Manly*^,  b.  1790;  d.  Apr.  10,  1800. 

ix.  Lorenzo^,  b.  Jan.  20,  1793. 

X.  Leonard  B.",  b.  Apr.  i,  1795. 

Chapin,  Israel',  (JoeP,  Caleb',  SamtieP,  Japhef,  Dea.  Samuel',) 
b.  Apr.  23,  1767  ;  m.  July  27,  1788,  Esther  Webster,  (perhaps 
dau.  of  Stephen)  of  Bernardston.  She  d.  June  11,  1810.  He 
resided  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Moses  Nelson  ;  went  by 
the  name  of  "  Col."  although  in  what  way  the  title  was  ac- 
quired is  unknown.  He  d.  either  June  14,  or  July  30,  1837. 
Children: 

i.   Israel",  b.  Aug.  26,  1787. 

ii.  Anah^,  b.  Nov.  17,  1788;  m.  Jeremiah  Packer,  Jr.,  June  23,  1818. 
iii.   Otis',  b.  March  21,  1791. 

iv.  Alpheus',  b.  Sept.  16,   1792;  m.  Nov.  14,  1816,  Lovina  H.^,  widow 
of  Horace  Burk,  and  dau.  of  Lieut.  Israel-' Hale.     She  d.  Aug.  21, 

1843. 


CHAPIN.  341 


Accordino^  to  the  Chapin  genealogy  there  was  also 
V.    Eunice",  b.   1805;  m   Silas  G.'^  Fox;  d.  Dec.  i,  1888. 

0.  CnAPiN,  Caleb',  (Caleb',  Caleb\  Samuel',  Japhef ,  Dea.  vSamuer,) 
b.  Aug.  20,  1759,  in  Burk  Fort,  his  parents  having  taken  up 
their  residence  within  the  fort  some  time  before  because   of 
the  Indian  wars  then  being  waged,  removing  a  year  or  two 
after  his  birth  to  a  farm  in  the  south  part  of  the  town.     On 
account  of  feeble  health  in  childhood,  it  was  decided  that  he 
should   become  a  physician.     He  was  the  second   physician 
and  the  first  native  physician  of  the  place,  and  his  early  edu- 
cation was  obtained  at  the  first  school  house  erected  in  town, 
near  the   Zebina   Newcomb  store.     He  was  subsequently  a 
private  pupil  of  the  Rev.  Job  Wright,  under  whose  instruc- 
tion he  remained  until  he  had  mastered  such  English  studies 
as  were  then  taught.     He  acquired  a  knowledge  of  geometry 
and  its  application  to  surveying,  and  had  pursued  the  study 
of  Latin  so  far  as  was  deemed  necessary  preparatory  to  the 
study  of  medicine.     The  latter  he  pursued  with  Dr.  Todd  of 
Northfield,  and  a  physician   in  Whately.     He  began  practis- 
ing in  town  about  1785,  continuing  it,  and  in  connection  with 
it,  surveying,  in   his   own   and  adjoining  towns   until    18 17, 
when  he  removed  to  Caledonia,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  nine 
years,  adding  to  the  duties  of  his  profession,  those  of  post- 
master.    He  then  returned  to  Bernardston,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  Nov.  28,  1839.     He  m.  about  Sept.  1786,  Mary, 
dau.  of  Rev.  Job  Wright  of  Bernardston.     She  was  b.  Janu- 
ary 28,  1765,  and  d.  July  10,  1827.     His   residence  was  at  the 
corner  of  Depot  and  South  streets,  the  place  owned  by  the 
late  Wright  Chapin.     In  person  he  was  tall  and  well  propor- 
tioned, in  manner  courteous,  which  combined  with  attractive 
conversational  powers,  and  in  later   years  a  fondness  for  re- 
lating  the   incidents  and   experiences  of  his  early  life,  ren- 
dered him  an  agreeable  member  of  society.     He  was  gener- 
ous to  a  fault,  and  as  a  consequence,  old   age,  after  a  life  of 
remarkable  activity  found  him  with  small  pecuniary  posses- 
sions.    In  politics  he  identified   himself  with    the   "Federal 
Party  "  and  being  of  an  ardent  temperament  and  zealously 


342  GENEALOGIES. 


advocating  the  principles  of  that  party,  in  those  times  of 
bitter  political  controversy,  he  was  frequently  brought  into 
discussions  with  his  political  opponents,  the  Democrats  of 
that  period.  But  he  lived  long  enough  to  see  that  while 
there  was  much  true  and  wise  in  both  these  parties,  there  was 
also  some  portion  of  error  in  each.  He  was  a  firm  believer  in 
the  Christian  religion,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  for  many 
years  members  of  the  Congregational  church.  He  showed  his 
interest  in  the  town  by  making  a  survey  and  plan  of  the  same, 
the  latter  being  among  the  effects  of  the  late  Wright  Chapin, 
his  grandson.  vSo  far  as  is  known  it  is  the  only  complete  plan 
of  the  town  in  existence.  Recently  c(^pies  of  this  have  been 
made.  In  making  this  survey  he  found  many  small  trian- 
gular pieces  of  land,  especially  among  the  more  moimtainous 
portions  of  the  town,  which  in  the  original  assignments  were 
unappropriated.  He,  taking  into  consideration  the  fact  that 
he  was  a  direct  descendant  of  one  of  the  original  proprietors, 
by  a  kind  of  "right  of  discovery  "  took  up  the  land,  no  one 
raising  objections.     Children  : 

9.  i.   Samuel   Wright',  b.  Dec.  25,  1787. 

ii.   Seth",  b.  Jan.  26,  1790;  ni.  Sylvia,  dau.  of  Dr.  Cyrenius®  Chapin  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

10.  iii.   Caleb',  b.  Aug.    18,  1792. 

iv.   Gorham".  b.   Mch.    16,  1795;  d.  Oct.  15,  1841.      He  was  a  lawyer 

residing  in   Ohio. 
V.    Marshall',  b.  Feb.    27,  1798;  d.    Dec.  26,  1838;  was  a  physician 

residing  in   Detroit,  Mich. 
vi.   Dana",  b.  Aug.  22,  1800;  removed  to  Penn.,  where  he  had  a  large 

family, 
vii.   Horatio',  b.  June  16,  1803;  was  twice  married;   resided  at  South 

Bend,  hid.,  where  he  was  a  bank  cashier, 
viii.  Jon  W.^,  b.  Aug.  12,  1806;  d.  July  12,  1808. 
ix.   Justin',  b.  Sept.  16,  1808;   resided  Greenfield,  where  he  died  .-Vu- 

gust  22,  1874. 

7.  Chai'IN,  Zalmuna",  (Caleb',  Caleb\  SamueF,  Japhet',  Dea.  Sam- 


CHAl'IN.  343 


uel',)  b.  Apr.  3,  1764;  tn.  Lydia  Wallis.  She  d.  Nov.  15,  1835, 
ae.  70  years.  He  resided  upon  his  farm  around  the  moun- 
tain on  place  now  owned  by  Mr.  Pratt.  He  d.  May  20,  1854. 
Children  : 

11.  i.    Lucius',  b.  Sept.  23,  1792. 

ii.  Marcus',  b.  Aug.  22,  1795;  m.  June  5,  1830,  P.unice,  dau.  of  John 
Bangs,  and  widow  of  Alvah  Cushman  of  Bernardston.  She  d. 
Nov.  17,  1856,  ae.  60  years.  He  was  selectman  for  the  years 
1858-59.  He  d.  |an.  30,  1866.  He  lived  around  the  mountain 
on  the  place  now  owned  by  A.  F.  \Vells. 

12.  iii.   Zalmon',  b.  June  18,   1798. 

iv.   Isabel',  b.  June  25,  1801;  res.  Bern.;   unm.  ;  d.  Sept.  23,  1870. 
V.   EzEKiEL^,  b.  Oct.  21,   1802;  d.  June  14,   1813. 
vi.    Margaret',  b.  Mch.  30,    1805;   d.  Oct.  25,  1884;   unm. 
vii.    Lydia',  b.  Nov.  7,  1S07;   d.  June  14,  1818. 

S.  Chapin,  Otis',  (Israel",  Joel",  Caleb',  SamueP,  Japhet',  Dea.  Sam- 
ueP,)  b.  Mch.  21,  1791;  m.  Elizabeth  Stephen,  Dec.  29,  1814. 
She  d.  Aug.  4,  1879,  ^^-  '^'^  years,  8  months,  and  was  the  last 
of  the  original  members  of  the  Baptist  church  as  reorganized 
in  1814.  He  was  a  farmer  residing  on  the  place  since  owned 
by  his  son  Albert,  on  the  south  part  of  Huckle  Hill.  He  d. 
July  24,  1871.     Children: 

i.  Esther**,  b.  Dec.  8,  1815;  m.  1849,  Cyrus  W.'^  Hale.  She  died 
June  10,   1893. 

ii.  Margaret**,  b.  April,  1818;  ni.  De.xter  G.  Barnes  of  West  Brook- 
field,  May  31,  1843. 

iii.  Gorham  G.**,  b.  Jan.  26,  1821;  d.  Dec.  2,  1840. 

iv.   Catherine  E.*,  b.  Apr.  8,  1825. 

V.    Tryphenia**,  b.  Apr.  10,  1827;  m.  April  22,  1851,  Rodney  R.^  Park. 

vi.    Ezekiel  M.**,  b.  July  27,   1829;  d.  Oct.  31,   1855. 

vii.  HoYT  Otis'*,  b.  July  21,  1831;  d.  Sept.  29,  1896,  in  So.  Deerfield. 
viii.   Martha  A.**,  b.  Oct.  17,  1834;  m.  May  8,  1862,  SamueF  Aldrich. 

ix.  Albert  G.^  b.  Oct.  12,  1839;  m.  Oct.  24,  1865,  Mary  Ann  Clem- 
entine, dau.  of  Warren  Osgood  of  Greenfield;  m.  (2)  Amelia 
Miner.  He  owned  and  lived  for  many  years  on  his  father's 
place,  then  removed  to  Montague,  where  he  made  his  home  for 
a  few  years.      The  very  last  of  his  life  he  returned  to  town  and 


344  GENEALOGIES. 


bought  the  place  on  South  street,  built  by  L.  Pierce  Chapin  and 
later  owned  by  Walter  Nichols.  Several  children.  He  died 
March  19,  1900. 

9.  Chap.in,    Samuel,   Wright',   (Caleb",   Caleb',   Caleb^   SamueP, 

Japhet^  Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  Dec.  25,  1787;  m.  Apr.  10,  18 16,  Me- 
linda  Smith  of  Hadley.  She  was  b.  July  15,  1794  ;  d.  July  2, 
1872.  He  was  by  trade  a  stone  cutter,  residing'  on  the  place 
later  owned  by  his  sons,  vS.  Wright  and  Curtis  on  South 
street.  He  was  deacon  in  the  Orthodox  Congregational 
church  ;  d.  Nov.  4,  185  i.     Children  : 

i.   Samuel   Wright*,  b.    Dec.   30,    i8r6.     He  was   a    farmer,  a   man 
much  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  early  history  of  this 
place.     He  d.  Dec.  31,  1893;   unm. 
13.       ii.   Curtis^,  b.  April  4,  1818. 

iii.  Elizabeth  M.*,  b.  Aug.  22;  d.  Nov.  19,  1833. 

10.  Chapin,  Caleb',  (Caleb\  Caleb\   Caleb\  SamueF,  Japhet^,  Dea. 

Samuel',)  b.  Aug.  18,  1792  ;  m.  Dec.  10.  18 16,  Roxanny°,  dau. 
of  Joseph'  Allen.  She  was  b.  July  20,  1798  ;  d.  Jan.  14,  1866. 
By  trade  he  was  a  stone  cutter.  He  resided  the  latter  part 
of  his  life  on  a  farm  in  the  north  part  of  Greenfield  in  the 
Lampblack  district,  but  prior  to  that  upon  the  place  now 
owned  by  Henry  Root.  For  many  years  he  was  deacon  of 
the  Unitarian  church.     Children  : 

i.    Eunice",  b.   Sept.   30,  1817;  m.  Jan.    16,  1859,  Stephen    P.   Flagg 

of  Wilmington,  Vt.  She  d.  Jan.  31,  1876. 
ii.  John**,  b.  May  28,  1820;  m.  (i)  Oct.  6,  1845,  Charlotte  V.,  dau. 
of  Silas  and  Lucy  Harmon  of  Bern.,  who  d.  Aug.  31,  1850;  m. 
(2)  Sept.  5,  1854,  Julia  E.  Pierce.  He  resided  in  Greenfield,  a 
farmer  and  stone  cutter.  He  d.  Apr.  23,  1892.  Shed,  at  North 
New  Salem,  Mch.  7,  1901,  ae.  80.  Had:  i.  Charles  E.**,  born 
December  i,  1847;  <■'■  J"'"'^  29,  1869.  2.  Ralph  H.'',  b.  .\ug  10. 
1850;  d.  Mch.,  1893.  By  second  wife:  3.  Daughter,  b.  Sep- 
tember i;  d.  Sept.  9,  1856.  4.  John  P.^,  b.  June  25,  1862. 
iii.  Horace**,  b.  Aug.  28,  1822;  m.  Aug.  23.  1849,  Susan  F.  Wilder  of 
Hingham.  He  resides  in  Lincoln,  Neb.  Had:  i.  Herbert  A.\ 
b.  June  6,    1851.     2.     Helen    VV.',  b.  Mch.  9,   1854.     3.     Alice", 


CHAPIN.  345 


b.  Nov.  3,  1856.     4.      Walter  F.',  b.  Nov.  27,  1861. 
14.      iv.   Frederick*,  b.  Oct.  5,  1824. 

V.   Mary^,  b.  July  5.  1827;  d.  unm.,  May  31,  1894. 
vi.   George*,  b.  Aug.  28,  1830;  m.  Aug.,  1862,  Lucy  Munyan;  resided 
Northampton.      He  d.  Jan.  31,  1901. 

11.  Chapin,  Lucius',  (Zalmuna',  Caleb^  Caleb*,  Samuel',  Japhet', 
Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  Sept.  23,  1792;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Isaac 
Barton  of  Bernardston.  She  d.  Apr.  21,  1885,  and  was  born 
Apr.  10,  1798.  He  was  a  machinist,  tnillwright  and  carpen- 
ter ;  d.  June  12,  1878.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived  on 
South  street  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Arthur  Wells. 
Children  : 

i.  Lucius  Pierce*,  b.  July  19,  1820;  m.  Martha  L.**,  dau.  of  Eras- 
tus^  Ryther,  Sept.  i,  1853.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  For 
many  years  his  residence  was  "around  the  mountain"  now 
owned  by  Frank  Putnam.  He  d.  May  2.  1894.  Mrs.  Chapin 
m.  (2)  Dec.  6,  1900,  Alfred  M.  Stratton.  Had:  i.  George 
Dwight^,  b.  June  15,  1856;  ni.  (i)  June  5.  1882,  Belle  C,  dau. 
Thomas  Metcalf  of  Northfield  Farms.  She  d.  July  21,  1890, 
ae.  31  years;  m.  (2)  Oct.  14,  1897,  Ella  Sophia  Potter  of  Bom- 
bay, N.  Y.  He  resides  in  Springfield;  is  a  traveling  salesman 
for  a  lumber  company. 

ii.  Hannah  Adeline*,  b.  Dec.  23,  1821;  m.  Richard  H.*  Hoyt,  No- 
vember 28,  1844;  d.  in  Greenfield,  Feb.   15,  1892. 

iii.  Harriet  Lydia*,  b.  Oct.  15,  1823.  For  many  years  she  success- 
fully carried  on  the  business  of  dressmaking  both  in  Greenfield 
and  Bernardston;  d.  in  Greenfield,  Feb.  22,  1897. 

iv.  Martha  Amelia*,  b.  August  3,  1826;  m.  Jan.  7,  1852,  Ezra  L. 
Holton  of  West  Northfield,  where  she  resides.  He  d.  Febru- 
ary 23,  1895. 

V.  Norman,  (twin)  b.  Nov.  7,  1828;  m.  Eufana  Messenger  of  Penn. 
He  resided  in  and  d.  in  Pittston,  Peon.,  Dec.  7,  1862.  She  m. 
(2)  Mr.  Marcy;  res.  Wilkes  Barre,  where  she  d.  187-.  Had-  i. 
Hattie  J.^  b.  Jan.  17,  1855;  m.  187-,  Bradford  G.  Crawford; 
res.  Wilkes  Barre,  Penn.  2.  Ella  Norman^,  b.  March  17,  1863; 
m.  Harry  Posten  of  Wilkes  Barre,  where  they  reside. 

vi.   Harmon,  (twin)  b.  Nov.  7,  1828;  d.  Sept.  27,  1848. 

vii.   Louisa   Jane*,   b.  Dec.    18,    1831;   m.   (i)  Edward    K.   Smith,    by 


346  GENEALOGIES. 


whom  she  had   one    child,  Josie   A.,  b.  Apr.   19,   i860;   m.  Frank 
E.  Marsh,  Jan.  i,  1880.     He  d.  Mch.  27,  1862;  she  m.  (2)  Sep- 
tember 18,   1867,  Oscar  C.  Allen;   res.  Greenfield, 
viii.   Is.abel'*,  b.   March  7,   1834;   d.  Sept.  20,    1835. 
ix.   Son"*,  (twin)  b.  and  d.  Feb.  7,  1836. 
X.   Daughter"^,  (twin)  b.  and  d.  Feb.  7,   1836. 
xi.   Isaac  Ward*,  b.  Feb.  7,  1838;  d.  Sept.  27,  1842. 

12.  Chapin,  Zalmon',  (Zalmuna",   Caleb',  Caleb',   SaraueP,  Japbet', 

Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  June  18,  1798  ;  m.  Clymene  Eraerancy,  dau. 
of  Elihu  Scott,  Apr.  27,  1824;  she  d.  Jan.  20,  1885,  ae.  81  yrs. 
He  resided  "around  the  Mountain  "  on  the  place  opposite  the 
one  owned  by  his  son  David  ;  d.  Nov.  1 1,  1869.     Children  . 

15.        i.   Alanson*^,  b.  May  i,  1825. 

ii.   David**,  b.  Nov.  30,   1826;  m.  (i)  Maria  Chandler  Vincent  of  Col- 
rain,  Jan.  16,  1861.      She  died  June  i,  1862,  ae.  2^  years;  m.  (2) 
Lucy   Emily*,  dau.  of   Sumner'^  Hale,    Jan.    3,  1872.      He    owns 
the  farm  formerly  his  father's, 
iii.   John**,  b.  Nov.  5,  1828;  d.  unm.  April  18,  1869. 

iv.    Philena*,  b.  Feb.  21,  1831;  m.  Ira  Whitman  of  No.  Adams,  May  24, 
1869;  res.  Bernardston. 

v.    Marietta**,  b.  March  9,  1835;  resides  Bernardston;   unm. 

vi.   Lvdia  Eliza-,  b.  July  18,  1837;  d.  Sept.  21,  1849. 

13.  Chapin,    Curtis",    (Samuel',    Caleb",    Caleb?  Caleb',    SamueP, 

Japhet',  Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  Apr.  4.  181 8;  m.  Janette  H.,  dau. 
of  John  Nelson,  Aug.  25,  1857.  She  resides  on  South  street, 
Bernardston.  Mr.  Chapin  was  for  many  years  deacon  in  the 
Orthodox  Congregational  church.  He  died  March  28,  1875. 
Children  : 

i.  Homer  Curtis',  b.  Nov.  24,  1858;  m.  Nov.  27,  1889,  Nellie  F. 
Cobleigh  of  Bernardston.  He  graduated  from  .\mherst  College 
in  1881;  then  went  to  India,  where  he  remained  as  a  teacher 
for  four  years.  He  studied  law  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  practis- 
ing the  same  for  a  time  in  South  Dakota.  He  is  now  resident 
of  Florence,  Mass.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  newspaper  work. 
Had:  i.  Bryant  Francis'",  b.  December  24,  1890.  2.  Mar- 
guerite'", b.  July  7,  1892. 


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ii.  Ida  Rosanna^,  b.  March  14.  1869.  Is  a  teacher  residing  in  Bern. 
iii.  Clifford  Samuel**,  b.  Jan.  25,  1873.  After  graduating  from  the 
local  schools,  he  has  pursued  his  studies  in  New  York,  graduat- 
ing from  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College  in  New  York 
City,  class  of  1896,  and  from  the  City  Hospital,  Blackwell's 
Island,  1897;  m.  June  29,  1899,  May  Redfield,  dau.  \Vm.  Wight 
of  Bern.;   res.  Great  Barringion. 

iv.   Cora  Janette",  b.  Sept.  12,  1866;  d.  Feb.  14,  1868. 

14.  Chapin,  Frederick",  (Caleb',   Caleb',   Caleb',  Caleb\  SamueP, 

Japhef',  Dea.  Satnuel',)  b.  Oct.  5,  1824;  m.  (i)  Lizzie",  dau.  of 
William  Eaton' Ryther,  Mch.  12,  1863;  she  d.  May  14,  1865; 
rn.  (2)  Hester  Maria",  dati.  of  Ruggles'  Bagg,  and  widow  of 
Field'  Ciishman,  Oct.  4,  1868.  Mr.  Chapin  was  a  man  of 
strong  religious  convictions,  and  for  some  thirty  years  the 
efficient  superintendent  of  the  Unitarian  Sunday  school.  His 
residence  was  on  South  street,  the  old  Allen  place  now  owned 
by  R.  Harris.  He  d.  Jan.  29,  1887.  Mrs.  Chapin  resides  in 
Somerville.     Children  : 

i.  Charles  Edwards",  b.  Aug.  8,  1869;  m.  June  i,  1892,  Annie  E., 
dau.  of  Charles  J.  Sauer  of  Turners  Falls;  res.  Greenfield;  was 
a  paper  maker  by  occupation.  He  enlisted  as  sergeant  in  Co.  L., 
2nd.  Mass.  Volunteers,  for  two  years,  April,  1898,  in  war  with 
Spain;  d.  at  Montauk  Point,  L.  I.,  on  his  way  home,  Aug.  30, 
1898.  He  was  a  prominent  member  and  officer  of  Mechanics 
Lodge  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  Turners  Falls.  Had:  i.  Frederick 
Charles'*',  b.  Feb.  12,  1895.  2.  Hester  Rogers'",  b.  June  20, 
1896. 

ii.  Elizabeth  Maria'-*,  b.  Sept.  9,  1870;  graduated  successively  from 
Powers  Institute,  Northfield  Seminary,  and  the  special  Latin 
course  at  Wellesley  College;  is  now  principal  of  the  Pollard 
School  in  Billerica. 

iii.    Frederick  Field^,  b.  March  29,  1876;  d.  July  9,  1889. 

15.  Chapin,  Alansoin",  (Zalmon',  Zalmuna',  Caleb',  Caleb',  vSamuel', 

Japhef,  Dea.  Samuel',)  b.  May  i,  1825  ;  m.  Patience  Lovina, 
dau.  William  Fox  of  Colrain.  She  d.  Nov.  15,1893.  They 
resided  around  West  Mountain  on  the  place  now  owned  by 
Mr.  Pratt.     He  d.  Oct.  22,  1867.     Children: 


348  GENEALOGIES. 


i.   Clarence',  b.  Sept.,  1856;  is  dead. 

ii.  John  W.**,  b.  Jan.  28,  1859;  m.  Harriett  E.**,  dau.  of  Josiah 
GJ  and  Fidelia  (Hale)  Woods,  1880.  She  was  b.  April  7,  1862. 
Mr.  Chapin  resides  at  the  village  where  he  was  selectman  1896- 
1897.  He  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  milling  business;  is  a 
member  of  Republican  Lodge  F.  and  A.  M.  of  (ireenfield.     Had: 

1.  Lucy  F.'",  b.  Sept.,  1882;  m.  July  4,  1901,  Fred  E.  H.  Allen. 

2.  Evelyn'",  b.    Dec.    7,    1884.     3.      Harry'",   b.    Feb.    27,  j886. 
4.      Warren'",  b.  April  1893;  d.  May  10,  1893. 

iii.   Eliza  M.^  b.  April  15,   1861;  m.  Albert  L.  Wright,  April  3,  1879; 

resides  Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden. 
iv.   Frank  W.^,  b.  Oct.  26,  1862;  d.  Sept.  13,  1865. 
V.   Maria**,  m.  William  Wright;  res.  Bernardston. 
vi.    Edgar",   m.   May   26,    1890,    Etta,    dau.    Philo  Sibley  of    Munroe 

Bridge;  resides  Bern.;   Has:   i.     Blanche'". 

Chase,  Loren  P.,  b.  about  1830;  m.  Jan.  5,  1858,  Emma  Stebbins 
of  Bern.  Mr.  Chase-  upon  his  coming  to  town  settled  in  the 
Bald  Mountain  District  near  the  old  Rogers  place,  where  he 
d.  June  7,  1899.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War.  A  dau., 
Mary  E.,  m.  May  12,  1878.  Edson  C.  Doolittle  of  Northfield. 
Other  children. 

1.  Chase,  Rufus,  the  first  of  the  name  in  town,  is  a  descendant  of 

Capt.  Aquila  Chase,  and  was  b.  June  10,  1784.  He  was  a  son 
of  James  Chase,  who  came  from  Conn,  in  1766.  The  early 
home  of  this  branch  of  the  Chase  family  is  supposed  to  be  in 
Pomfret,  Ct.  Rufus  Chase  m.  (i)  Feb.  15,  181  5,  Mirian,  dau. 
of  Dea.  Ezekiel  Gore.  She  was  b.  in  Halifax,  Vt.,  Feb.  9, 
1796.  She  d.  Aug.  12,  1840.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Sylvia  P.  (Wil- 
lard),  widow  of  Ezra^  Connable,  Mch.  10,  1843.  She  d.  Sep- 
tember 29,  1855  ;  m.  (3)  Julia  Munsell,  Mch.  19,  1857.  ^^e  d. 
187-.  Mr.  Chase  removed  to  Bernardston  from  Halifax, 
Vt.,  in  1829.  He  was  selectman  1833-34-35-36-37  and  45. 
He  d.  Apr.  18,  1858.     Children  : 

2.  i.   Sanford  Plumb^,  b.  July  14,  1817. 

ii.    Rufus    Dudley'',  b.    in    Halifa.x,    Vt.,  Mch.    27,  1823;  graduated 
Dartmouth    College,    1845;   m.    (i)  July   8,  1858,    Catherine    O., 


CHASE — CLARK.  349 

dau.  John  Putnam;  (2)  Jan.  18,  1886,  Mrs.  Sophronia  W.  (Carll) 
Thompson.  He  became  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Orange,  Mass., 
where  he  d.  May  10,  1891,  and  where  his  family  now  reside. 

iii.  AzEL  Utley^,  b.  also  March  27,  1823;  m.  March  17.  1853,  Lucy 
Maynard,  dau.  of  Andrew  A.  Rawson.  Mr.  Chase  resided  in 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  several  years  after  his  marriage,  later  owned 
the  present  Myron  Corbett  place  at  North  Bernardston,  where 
he  died  Jan.  24,  1880.  Before  his  marriage  Mr.  Chase  was  for 
many  years  one  of  the  last  of  the  old  time  stage  drivers  between 
Greenfield  and  Brattleboro.  Mrs.  Chase  resides  at  the  village. 
.She  has  always  been  actively  interested  in  educational  work. 
Her  early  life  was  spent  as  a  teacher  in  Maryland.  After  her 
return  North  she  had  a  private  school  in  North  Bernardston  and 
later  successfully  conducted  a  school  for  young  ladies  at  Brattle- 
boro, Vt.  Since  coming  to  Bernardston  she  has  rendered  good 
service  as  a  member  of  the  school  board;  is  the  local  corre- 
spondent of  the  Gazette  and  Courier. 

iv.   Mary  Eliza^,  b.  July  16,  1828;  d.  May  5.  1845. 

3.  Chase,  Sanford,  Plumb',  (Rufus',  James',)  b.  July  14,  1817;  m. 
Apr.  20,  1843,  Ophelia  M.,  dau.  of  Isaac  Barton.  She  was  b. 
Oct.  15,  1821  ;  d.  Sept.  2,  1858.  He  resided  at  the  old  Chase 
Tavern,  being  engaged  in  fanning,  and  later  became  well 
known  throughout  Franklin  Co.  as  agent  for  various  agri- 
cultural implements.     He  d.  Mch.  8,  1879.     Children: 

i.   Mary  Eliza^,  b.  March  28,  1845;  m.  Newton  C.  Phillips,  Mch.  28, 

1 866.     They  reside  in  Killingly,  Ct. 
ii.   Fred  Barton^,  b.  Sept.  29,  1854;  m.  Sept.  i,  1885,  Lucy  L.,  dau. 

of   Josiah  Gleason    of   Marlboro.     They  reside   on  the  old  Dea. 

Snow  farm    just  east  of  the  village.      Had:   i.      Burton  F.**,  b. 

April  14,  1889;  d.  Jan.  i,  1890.     2.     Bertha  E.^  b.  also  Apr.  14, 

1889. 

Clark,  Anna,  mar.  intention  recorded  Oct.  5,  181 1,  with  Tartus 
Ballard  of  Gill. 

Clark,  Daniel,  m.  Fanny .     Had  : 

i.   George,  b.  Nov.  6,  1843. 


35°  GENEALOGIES. 


Clark,  Matilda,  mar.  intention  recorded  Aug.  5,  1822,  with  Henry 
Williams  of  Bernardston.  She  d.  Sept.  i,  1823,  ae.  20  years. 
He.  m.  Nov.  29,  1823,  for  a  second  wife  Thankful  Clark  of 
Bernardston. 

Clark,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  27,  1777,  in  Medfield  ;  settled  in  Vernon, 
Vt.  ;  m.  Dec.  15,  1806,  Rachael  Stone,  who  was  b.  Nov.  19, 
1782,  in  Thompson,  Ct.  He  d.  July  29,  1858.  Among  his 
children  were  : 

I.  i.   Justice,  b.  Oct.  i,  1817. 

ii.   Wyman,  b.  Jiily  21,   1820;   m.  Sarah    Blanchard    of    Marlboro,  Vt. 
He  d.  Oct.  22,  1869. 
iii.    Noah,  b.  Nov.  24,  1826;  m.  Phoebe  Varney  of  Vt.;  d.  March  20, 
1876.     These  all  settled  in  Bernardston. 

1.  Clark,  Justice,  m.  Cecelia  L.  (Stoddard),  widow  of  Gardner  Oaks. 
She  d.  Sept.  25,  1891.  He  resides  on  Huckle  Hill  on  the 
George  Parmenter  place.     Children  : 

i.   Solomon  J.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1847;  d.  Sept.  12,  1848. 

ii.  Henry  M.,  b.  June  28,  1848;  m.  (i)  Mary  E.  Nash  of  Warwick, 
1870;  m.  (2)  Jan.  7,  1892,  Alta  C.  Wheeler  of  Vernon,  Vt.  He 
res.  with  his  father  on  Huckle  Hill.  Has:  i.  Julius  H.,  born 
Nov.  9;  d.  Nov.  23,  1877.  2.  Terry  J.,  b.  Jan.  22,  1877.  3. 
Newman  H.,  b.  Nov.  7,  1882.      4.      Alta  C,  born  Jan.  16,  1895. 

iii.  Charles  .M.,  born  April  28,  1851;  m.  Mary  L.  Fairman  of  Ber- 
nardston, Aug.  27,  1873;  resides  Huckle  Hill  on  the  Guy  Sev- 
erance place.  Has:  i.  Lila  May.  2.  Ralph  N.  3.  Net- 
tie B.     4.      Delia  V.      5.      Walter  A.      6.      Harry. 

Clark,  Wilkins  B.,  (Joel,  Alexander  who  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tion) b.  in  Shelburne,  where  he  m.  Catherine  F.,  dau.  of  John 
and  grand-daughter  of  Lieut.  John  Stewart  of  East  Shel- 
burne, whose  grand-father  likewi.se  saw  Revolutionary  ser- 
vice. Wilkins  B.  Clark  was  an  only  son;  two  sisters  removed 
West.  He  came  to  Bern,  in  or  about  1836,  settling  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town  near  the  "Purple  Meadow."  He  died 
Jan.  27,  1877.  She  d.  Apr.  25,  1889.  ae.  92  yrs.,  three  months. 
Children  : 


CLARK— CLOGSTON.  35  I 


i.   Catherine   F.,   b.  Jan.,   1823;  m.    D.  W.  Temple,  April    18,  1838. 
She  died  Oct.  30,  1875. 

ii.   Charlotte  F.,  m.  George  Keith  of  Greenfield,  where  she  d. 

iii.   Caroline  A.,  b.  July  15,  1828;  m.  March  8,  1849,  Lorenzo''  Park; 

res.  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 
iv.    Dexter    \V.,  b.  April  12,   1834;   m.    Fannie    Langdon   of   Torring- 
ton,  Ct.,  where  they  reside. 
V.   Isabel    A.,    b.  Sept.    24,  1837;   m.    Lucius    VV.   Cook,    formerly   of 

Bern.  They  now  reside  in  Orlando,  Fla. 
vi.  J.  Darwin,  b.  A|-)ril  12,  1844;  m.  April  8,  1867,  Minnie,  dau.  of 
Austin  T.  Saunders  of  Montpelier,  Vt.  They  reside  on  Huckle 
Hill  on  the  "old  Elias  Parmenter  Place."  Had:  i.  Henry  D., 
b.  Sept.  30,  1868.  2.  Earnest  W.,  b.  Sept.  24.  187  i.  3.  Isa- 
bella, b.  Sept.  30,  1878. 

Clogston,  Henry  Ward',  (Wiliiatn  H/,  John  Glasford',  William^ 
John',  who  was  b.  in  vScotland  in  1741,)  b.  in  Springfield, 
Mass.,  June  22,  1859.  His  ancestor,  John',  m.  in  1765  in  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.,  Anna  Glasford,  also  a  native  of  Scotland.  She 
d.  in  Marietta,  O.,  he  in  Goffstown,  N.  H.  He  saw  Revolu- 
tionary service,  being  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  John 
Glasford^  who  tn.  Eunice  Roberts,  and  d.  in  Tunbridge,  Vt., 
was  a  veteran  of  the  War  of  1812.  The  father,  William  H.\ 
was  b.  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  July  15,  1831  ;  m.  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Poor  of  Robinson,  Me.,  July  4,  1852.  He  was  for  many  years 
connected  with  the  Powers  Paper  Co.  of  Holyoke.  Always 
fond  of  books,  he  has  become  an  expert  in  the  matter  of  col- 
lecting rare  and  quaint  volumes  and  manuscripts. 

Clogston,  Henry,  Ward',  m.  at  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Sept.  12,  1881, 
Eva  L.,  dau.  of  Freeman  and  Jane  O.  Ross  of  Northfield, 
Vt.  He  came  hither  from  vSpringfield,  purchasing  the  farm 
formerly  owned  by  R.  H.  Hoyt  and  later  by  Hiram  Deane 
on  Burke  Flat.  Like  his  father,  he  is  much  interested  in 
books,  of  an  historical  nature  especially,  and  has  devoted 
many  years  study  to  the  compilation  of  his  family  genealogy. 
Children  : 

i.   William  Henry'',  b.  in  Kern.  July  3,  1882. 


352  GENEALOGIES. 


Coats,  Charles,  came  to  this  town  from  Deerfield,  locating'  upon 
the  so  called  "Thompson  Farm  "  just  north  of  Burk  Flat. 
He  was  of  Deerfield  in  1744,  and  was  a  soldier  in  both  French 

and  Indian  Wars.     He  m.  Thankful  ,  who  d.  Sept.  22, 

1822.  Nov.  28,  1762,  he  sold  to  George  Lyons,  a  weaver  of 
Bern.,  for  £6,  fifty  acres  which  was  a  part  of  a  tract  pur- 
chased of  Col.  Timothy  Dwight's  lot,  No.  180,  in  the  third 
division,  and  which  was  bounded  south  by  the  country  road. 
October  19,  1756,  to  January  23,  1757,  he  was  stationed  at  Col- 
rain  in  Capt.  Israel  Williams'  Co.  His  name  appears  on  John 
Burk's  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758;  in  Israel  William's  Co., 
Dec.  II,  1755  to  Oct.  18,  1756,  "scouting  to  the  Westward." 
Children  : 

i.   Miriam^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1749. 

ii.   Charles',  b.  Apr.  20,  1751;  d.  Dec.   16,  1823. 

ill.    Esther^,  b.  Mch.  26,  1753. 

iv.   Simeon^,  bap.    Feb.    11,    1759;  served   during   the    Revolution   six 
different  enUstments  from  Sept.  i,  1776,  to  1780,  being  stationed 
the  most  of  the  time  at  Ticonderoga  and  in  the  northern  army 
and  campaigns. 
V.   (Probably)  P^lizabeth^,  m.  Benjamin  Green;  d.  ae.  38  years. 

vi.  (Probably)  John^.  He  served  four  enlistments  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, seeing  service  from  xApril  19,  1775,  until  Jan.,  1778.  For 
100  days  he  was  at  Ticonderoga. 

vii.    Reuben'',  enlisted  for  one  year,  and  date  not  given,  into  the  Con- 
tinental Army  from  Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon's  Hampshire  Co.  reg. 

The  following  are   more  or  less  nearly  connected  with  the 
family  : 

Charles  Henry,  b.  in   Bern.,  July  16,    1814;  was  a  farmer;  d.  in 

Woodstock,  111.,  leaving  a  family  of  five  children. 
David,  b.  Mch.  i,  1788;  m.  Elizabeth^,  dau.  John^  Connable,  Jan- 
uary 12,  1810;  d.  in  Wisconsin. 
Charles  Jr.,  brother   of  David,  m.  Mch.  22,  1813,  Prudence'"',  dau. 
John*  Connable.    She  died  July  18,  1815,  ae.  19.     He  d.  in  Ohio. 

CONNABLE.  Those  of  this  name  who  have  resided  in  town  are  de- 
scended from  John  Connabell,  the  emigrant  ancestor  who 
came  to  this  country  from  London,  England,  in  1764,  to  Bos- 


CONNABLE.  353 


ton,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1724.  He  was  a 
member  of  Capt.  Turner's  Co.,  and  for  his  services  he  re- 
ceived the  sura  of  £2  4s.  6d.  His  grant  in  the  Falls  Fight 
township  was  heired  by  his  son  Samuel",  his  oldest  son,  John", 
having-  d.  in  1705.  Mr.  Connabell  did  not  settle  in  Fall 
Town,  but  in  June,  1730,  gave  his  son  Samuel'  the  power  of 
attorney  to  protect  and  look  after  his  interests  there.  Two 
of  his  children  settled  in  town,  Samuer\  who  was  baptized 
Apr.  7,  1717,  and  Sarah',  b.  Feb.  22.  1718-19,  wife  of  James 
Couch.  Another  dau.,  Elizabeth^  made  it  her  home  here 
with  Samuel  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  John  Lee,  and 
was,  at  her  decease,  buried  here  in  the  old  cemetery.  The 
youngest  child,  Hannalr',  b.  Oct.  13,  1729,  m.  (i)  James  Max- 
well, May  18,  1749.  After  his  decease  she  removed  about 
the  time  of  the  blockade  of  Boston,  to  Bern.,  where  she  m. 
(2)  Michael'  Frizzle,  and  resided  on  "Frizzle  Hill,"  where 
she  d.     She  had  six  children  by  her  first  husband. 

L  CONNABLE,  Samuel',  (Samuel-,  John',)  b.  in  Boston  and  bapt.  at 
the  Old  North  Church,  Apr.  7,  171 7;  m.  in  New  Haven,  Ct., 
about  1740,  Mary,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Brown) 
English.  According  to  tradition  they  set  out  for  their  new 
home  in  Fall  Town  immediately  after  their  marriage,  riding 
the  same  horse,  and  carrying  their  household  goods.  In 
this  tnanner  did  they  make  the  entire  trip  to  town.  She  d. 
Dec.  29,  1 79 1,  ae.  76  years.  Mr.  Connable  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  town.  The  meeting  house  which  he  built 
was  the  first  framed  building  in  town,  and  according  to  the 
Connable  genealogy,  his  house  was  the  second  dwelling. 
He  built  the  first  bridge  in  town  in  1741  over  Fall  River, 
another  in  1750,  one  in  1760  over  the  river  at  the  saw  mill. 
1784,  it  was  voted  "'that  a  bridge  be  built  by  Mr.  Samuel 
Connabell's  Old  Saw  Mill."  He  served  as  private  Apr.  20,  to 
May  i,  1775,  also  went  out  July  10,  to  Aug.  12,  1777,  in  an 
expedition  in  the  northern  department,  receiving  i6s.  8d.  for 
100  miles  travel,  and  ^i  5s.  4d.  for  time.  Mr.  Connable  held 
various  town  offices.  As  heir  of  his  father  and  by  agree- 
ment with   his  brothers  and  sisters,  he   received  about  230 


354  GENEALOGIES. 


acres  of  land  in  Fall  Town,  which  amount  he  subsequently 
increased   by  purchase.     A  part  of  the   house  built  by  Mr. 
Connable  in  1739  is  still  standing,  as  is  also  a  large  addition 
to  it  built  many  years  before  the  Revolution,  both  in  a  good 
state   of  preservation.     This  is  the  place  owned  by  the   late 
Madison  Ryther  in  North  Bernardston.    The  farm  and  house 
have  been   owned  by  son  John',  and  grandsons  Joseph'  and 
SamueP,  since  then  by  Hannibal  Hadley,  Elbridge  Wheeler, 
Frank  Temple,  Laroy  Cutler,  a  Mr.  Look.    It  contains  a  unique 
feature  in  the  way  of  a  trap  for  rats  built  into  the  partitions, 
and  shows  the  ingenuity  of  the  builder.     At  the  time  of  the 
building  of  the  fort  in  1739  there  was  no  road  or  travel  be- 
yond his  home.     The  old  shingles  and  clapboards  were  se- 
cured with  wrought   nails  made   upon  the  anvil  of  a  neigh- 
boring blacksmith.     At  the  time  of  the  blockade  in  Boston, 
Mr.  Connable  went  there  and  brought  back  his  sisters,  Mrs. 
Lee,  and  Mrs.  Maxwell  and  her  four  children.     That  year  it 
was  judged  that  he  raised  a  double  crop  of  grain.     This  was 
noticed  by  the  people  and  it  was  generally  believed   that 
Providence  had  thus  rewarded  him  for  his  care  of  his  sisters. 
He  d.  Dec.  3,  1796.     Children: 

2.  1.   Samuel*,  b.  Nov.  11,  1743. 

ii.  Mary*,  b.  about  1747.  After  the  death  of  her  father,  she  lived 
with  the  family  of  her  brother  John*,  and  after  his  decease  in 
1813,  with  his  son  Joseph^,  occupying  as  her  own  the  south 
lower  room  of  her  father's  house,  the  use  of  which  was  given 
her  by  her  father's  will  "so  long  as  she  shall  live  single,  or  be 
disposed  to  reside  at  my  house."  She  always  lived  in  the  same 
house  in  which  she  was  born,  and  died  unmarried,  Apr.  i,  1S21. 
She  was  a  remarkably  ingenious,  enterprising  and  industrious 
woman.  It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  her  suggestions  to  her 
brother  Samuel  respecting  the  best  methods  of  moving  the 
meeting  house  in  1773  were  adopted  by  him.  She  constructed 
a  waterwheel  near  the  house  by  which  she  could  spin  five  "run  " 
of  linen  in  one  day.  She  was  one  of  the  school  teachers  of  Ber- 
nardston. Sept.  29,  1774,  the  town  paid  her  ^i  15s.  "for  keep- 
ing school." 

3  iii.    John'',  b.  1749. 


CONNABLE.  355 


iv.  Sarah*,  born  in  Sunderland  May,  1751;  m.  (i)  May  6,  1773, 
Hophni'*  Ryther;    (2) Ingraham;  d.  1804. 

V.  Rebecca"*,  b.  1755;  m.  Ezra'''  Shattuck,  Jan.  22,  1778;  res.  Beaver 
Meadow,  Leyden;  d.  Mch.  i,  1816. 

vi.  Elizabeth'',  b.  about  1757;  m.  William*'  Newcomb  in  1779;  died 
Nov.  14,  1821. 

vii.    Phoebe'*,  b.  about  1760;  d.  young. 

2.  CoNNABLE,  Samuel*,  (SamueP,  SamueP,  John',)  b.  Nov.  11,  1743; 
m.  Nov.  13,  1770,  Rebecca',  dau.  of  Lieut.  David''  Ryther. 
She  was  b.  May  23,  1753;  m.  (2)  Judge  John  Bridgman  of 
Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  to  whom  she  was  published  Feb.  24,  1799. 
She  d.  in  Bern.,  Apr.  20,  1837.  Mr.  Connable  resided  on  the 
Myron  Corbett  place,  it  being  the  farm  adjoining  his  fath- 
er's on  the  north.  From  1770  on  he  held  various  town  of- 
fices, in  1783  being  town  treasurer;  in  1789-90,  he  was 
employed  by  the  town  in  building  bridges.  He  d.  instantan- 
eously Apr.  29,  1794.     Children: 

i.   Anna^  b.  July   30,   1772;  m.    Nehemiah  Wright,  June  5,  1794;  d. 
June  16,  1853. 

ii.  Eunice^  b.  Jan.  27,  1774;  m.  Nov.  19,  1793,  Dr.  Simon  Stevens 
of  Guilford,  Vt.,  where  she  d.  Nov.  30,  1797. 

iii.  Jonathan",  b.  Aug.  13,  1776;  m.  Oct.  22,  1801,  Asenath  Wright 
of  Easthampton;  she  died  Dec.  13,  1839.  Mr.  Connable  for 
many  years  had  the  title  of  captain,  being  captain  of  the  militia. 
His  homestead  is  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Abbott  C.  Brown, 
where  he  long  kept  a  hotel.  In  1816  and  1818  he  was  one  of  a 
committee  to  build  bridges;  in  182 1  he  was  on  the  school  com- 
mittee. He  d.  Jan.  5,  1841.  Had:  i.  Rebecca  Louisa®,  b. 
June  13,  1803;  m.  Isaac^  Burrows,  Oct.  30,  1821;  d.  April  6, 
1874.  2.  Edwin  Wright\  b.  March  27,  1805;  drowned  June  3, 
1807.  3.  Edwin  Wright**,  b.  May  25,  1807;  d.  Apr.  23,  1833, 
unm.     4.     Samuel  Lorenzo**,  b.  June  8,  1809;  d.  Dec.  29,  1823. 

5.  Mary  Asenath*.  b.  May  27,  1812;   m.  (i)  Feb.  24,  1830,  Ben- 
jamin   H.   Carleton;   (2)    Dr.  Isaac   Jencks;   (3)    Daniel   Joslyn. 

6.  Eunice   Emeline'^,    b.  July   2,    1814;   m.  Imla   Keep   Brown, 
March    27,    1838.      7.      Laura   Clarissa®,    b.    Feb.    14,    1817;  m. 


356  GENEALOGIES. 


Charles   Pomeroy,   Aug.   28,   1844;  resided    in   Northfield;  died 
Mch.    19,    1900.     8.     Jane  Amanda^,  b.   Sept.    15,    1819;  d.  Au- 
gust 7,  1829. 
4.        iv.    EzRA^,  b.  Nov.  12,  1779. 

V.   Amelia^,  b.  Dec.  29,  1781;  m.  Ebenezer  Sereno  Field  about  1800; 

resided  in  Gill;  d.  Aug.  15,  1831. 
vi.  Caroline",  b.  June   24,   1784;  m.  William  Felton,    Dec.  27,  1806; 

res.  in  Franklin,  Vt.;  her  oldest  dau.,  Eunice,  m.  Otis  Warner, 
vii.   Rebecca^  b.  July  22,  1787;  d.  Aug.  17,  1800. 

3.  CONNABLE,  John',  (vSamueP,  Samuel',  John',)  born  1749;  m.  (i) 
about  1779,  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  Amy  Edwards.  She  d.  July  7, 
1785;  m.  (2)  in  Leyden  Nov.  8,  1786,  Sarah  Dewey;  shed. 
Oct.  25,  1806,  ae.  36;  m.  (3)  Mrs.  Abigail  Cong-don  of  Hadley, 
who  survived  him.  Mr.  Connable  was  chosen  to  various 
town  offices;  Committee  of  Inspection  1775.  Reference  is 
made  to  him  as  "Ensign  John  Connable,"  and  it  is  likely 
that  he  served  as  ensign  in  the  Revolution.  He  was  private 
from  Apr.  20  to  May  i,  1775,  in  Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.  ; 
July  10,  to  Aug.  12,  1777,  in  Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon's  Co.,  Col. 
Elisha  Porter's  Reg.,  on  an  expedition  to  the  northward  ; 
Sept.  23  to  Oct.  18,  1777,  in  Capt.  Joseph  Stebbins'  Co.,  Col. 
David  Wells'  Co.,  on  an  expedition  in  the  northern  depart- 
ment; Mch.  25,  1779,  he  was  chosen  chairman  of  Committee 
of  Safety  and  Correspondence.  Mch.  14,  1773,  he  bought 
of  his  father  for  ^"40,  six  acres.  Lot  No.  69,  2nd  divi- 
sion, a  five-acre  lot  No.  52,  lying  near  the  east  branch  of 
Fall  River,  originally  drawn  by  John  Ingrahara  ;  50  acres, 
lot  No.  92,  3rd  division,  together  with  one-third  part  of  the 
sawmill  standing  on  the  premises,  one-half  of  mill  pond  and 
mill  yard.  He  d.  Aug.  26,  181 3.  Children: 
i.   Philenda\  b.  Jan.  29,  1781;  m.  William   R.  Eddy  about  1804;  d. 

in  Concord,  Ohio,  June  10,  1841. 
ii.  Joseph^  b.  Nov.  2,  1782;   m.  Polly  Maxwell  of  Ouilford,  Vt.,  De- 
cember 4,  181 1 ;  removed  Xenia,  O. 
ill.  Amv^,    b.   Sept.   23,    1784;  m.    Richard  W.   Allen,    May    18,    1806. 

By  second  wife: 
iv.   Sarah',  b.  1787;   m.  Ebenezer  Carpenter  about  1807;  d.  in  Wind- 
sor, Vt.,  about  1 813. 


CONNABLE.  357 


V.   David^,  b.  June  2,  1789. 

vi.  Elizabeth^,  b.  Dec.  17,  1790;  m.  David  Coats,  Jan.  12,  1810. 
vii.  Mary^,  b.  July  18,  1793;  m.  Zebina  Carpenter  July  30,  1817. 
viii.   Lydia^,  b.  April  23,  1795;  m.  Obed  Gaines,  Sept.  28,  1815. 

ix.    Prudence^  b.   Jan.   22,    1797;   m.  Charles    Coats,    Jr.,  March  22, 

1813;  she  d.  July  18,  1815. 
X.  Lucy*,  b.  May  27,  1799;  m.  Mansier  Thomas,  May  16,  1828. 

xi.  Ann'\  b.  Oct.  2,  1801;  m.  John  Kenny,  Aug.  26,  1819. 

xii.  JoHN^,  b.  Oct.  16,  1803;  m.  Eleanor  Millerd,  Dec.  27,  1832. 
xiii.  Samuel^,  b.  Nov.  16,  1805;  m.  Oct.  18,  1837,  Susan,  dau.  Timothy 
Martin.  She  d.  Nov.  8,  1889,  ae.  76  years.  In  the  summer  of 
1829  he  was  codfishing  off  the  Labrador  coast.  In  1837  he 
bought  his  father's  farm,  the  same  upon  which  his  grandfather 
settled  about  17^9.  This  he  sold  to  Mr.  Hadley  and  took  up 
his  residence  nearly  opposite  theschoolhouse,  where  he  d.June  21, 
1890.  For  many  years  he  had  a  cider  distillery  at  North  Ber- 
nardston.  Had:  i.  Celestia  Edwards^  b.  July  10,  1838;  d. 
July  14,  1861;  unm,  2.  Son",  b.  Sept.  15;  d.  Sept.  20,  1839.  3. 
Susan  Jane^  b.  Apr.  7,  1842;  m.  March  17,  1863,  S.  A.  Sawyer 
of  Peru,  Vt.  4.  Dwight  Norris*',  b.  Aug.  21,  1843;  m.  Almeda 
Betsey  Coon,  Jan.  i,  1878;  res.  Wayne,  Neb;  one  dau.  5.  Sarah 
Dewey",  b.  March  22,  1845;  m.  Sahiuel  Stiles  of  Peru,  Vt., 
Sept.  21,  1864;  she  d.  in  1877.  6.  Abby  Bontecou^  b.  Feb.  26, 
1847;  m.  Charles  Hosley  of  Gill.  Sept.  12,  1871.  7.  Mary  Ann 
Ashbury**,  b.  Aug.  13,  1849;  m.  Henry  A.  Bagg,  Sept.  19,  1877; 
d.  Feb.  25.  1899.  8.  Harriet  Augusta^  b.  July  18,  185 1;  m. 
June  19,  1878,   Samuel  Stiles,  her  deceased  sister's  husband. 

4.  CoNNABLE,  Ezra',  (Samuer,  SamueP,  Samuer,  John',)  b.  Nov.  12, 
1779.  He  always  resided  in  the  house  in  which  he  died, 
Mch.  31,  1840,  and  which  was  sold  to  Zenas  Cutler.  He  was 
published  with  Abigail  Stevens  of  Warwick,  Oct.  22,  1808. 
She  d.  Oct.  23,  1812;  published  Apr.  16,  1814,  with  Mary  Den- 
nison  of  Leyden  ;  she  d.  Nov.  7,  1836;  m.  (3)  Sept.  3,  1838, 
Mrs.  Sylvia  P.  Willard  of  Swanzey,  N.  H.  She  m.  (3)  Rufus 
Chase,  Mch.  10,  1843;  ^-  Sept.  29,  1855.  His  farm  is  now 
owned  by  Mr.  Myron  Corbett.  Mr.  Connable  served  the 
town  as  school  committee  and  surveyor  of  highways. 
Children: 


358  GENEALOGIES. 


i.   Caroline  Abby^,  b.  Jan.  5,  1810;  m.  Dr.  A.  R.  Sabin. 
ii.  Elbert  Lee",  b.  Aug.  10,  181 1. 

iii.  Charles  Dennison^,  b.  March  i,  1815;  d.  Aug.  21,  1818. 
iv.   Mary  Ann   Dennison*,  b.  May  26,  181 7;  m.  Rev.  Ashbury  Low, 

Sept.  5,  1842. 
V.  Elizabeth   Frances",    b.    Apr.  27,    1819;  rn.  Nathan    Hornaday, 

July  18,  1848. 
vi.  Augusta   Sophronia",   b.  Oct.    7,  1823;  m.  (i)  George  Wheeler, 
March,  1840;   (2)  Alexander  B.  Fulton,  Nov.  20,  1853. 
5.       vii.  Samuel  Charles",  b.  Jan.  3.  1826. 

5.  CONNABLE,  Samuel',  (Ezra'.  Samuer,  Samuel',  Samue?,  John',) 
b.  Jan.  3,  1826;  is  a  carpenter  and  farmer;  m.  Oct.  6,  1848, 
Eunice  Amanda,  dau.  Daniel  and  Martha  Brooks.  She  was 
b.  in  Gill,  Sept.  12,  1827  ;  d.  Sept.  20,  1886  ;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Mat- 
tie  B.  Harris,  Apr.  8,  1893.  Resides  in  Gill  near  the  factory 
of  E.  S.  Hurlbert  &  Co.     Children  : 

i.    Hollis  Ezra',  b.  Aug.  19,  1849;  d.  Aug.  7,  1851. 

ii.  Hollis  Ezra",  b.  Aug.  6,  1852;  m.  May  22,  1878,  Emma  Jane, 
dau.  Elihu  C.  Osgood  of  Greenfield.  They  reside  in  Greenfield, 
where  he  follows  the  trade  of  shoe  trimmer;  former  occupation 
that  of  a  carpenter.  Had:  i.  Charles  Elihu^,  b.  Mch.  9,  1879. 
2.  Mary  Brooks**,  b.  Aug.  3,  1880.  3.  Edna  Osgood",  born 
March  13,  1882.  4.  Hollis  Ezra^  b.  July  3,  1884.  5.  Walter 
Dennison*,  (twin)  b.  Nov.  29,  1887.  6.  William  Crreen*,  (twin) 
b.  Nov.  29,  1887.  7.  Ruth*,  b.  May  15,  1892.  8.  Emma^  b. 
Apr.  23,  1894. 

iii.    Daniel  Brooks'",  b.  May  27,   1854;  d.  July  24,  1859. 

iv.  Mary  Dennison',  b.  May  23,  1861;  d.  Dec.  28,  1861. 
V.  Kate  Allen^,  b.  Dec.  29,  1862;  d.  Apr.  15,  1864. 

vi.  Samuel  Wright^,  b.  Dec.  6,  1864;  d.  Jan.  15,  1892. 

vii.  Willie  Severance",  b.  Oct.  20,  1867;  d.  Dec.  i,   1887. 
viii.  Charles'',  b.  July  25,  1872;  d.  Aug.  15,  1872. 

Cook,  Benjamin,  b.  about  1736,  served  for  the  town  of  Bernardston 
two  or  three  terms  in  the  Revolutionary  service.  Was  dis- 
charged from  the  service  in  1780. 

Cook,  C.  O.,  came  from  Turners  Falls  about  1890-94,  purchasing 
the  wheelwright  business    carried   on   by  the   late    Nelson 


COOLEY — CORRELL.  359 


Blake,  which  he  successfully  conducts.  He  resides  on  the 
place  owned  by  the  late  George  Green.  Has  been  twice 
married.     A  dau.  married  Marshall  F.  Whithed. 

CooLEY,  Oliver,  was  a  trader  and  inn-holder.  He  was  early  of 
this  place,  where  the  births  of  some  of  his  children  are  re- 
corded. He  removed  to  Deerfield  about  1806,  purchasing 
there  the  old  tavern  lot;  m.  (i)  Jemima,  dau.  of  Eleazer 
Wells.  Their  intention  was  published  May  25,  1794  ;  she  d. 
June  5,  1820  ;  m.  (2)  Hannah,  dau.  Eliakim  Field,  and  widow 
of  Samuel  Grimes  of  Whately.  His  store  was  where  the  late 
Hartley  Hale  resided.    He  was  selectman  in  1808.    Children: 

i.  Jemima  Harriet^,  b.  Mch.  22,  1795;  m.  May  24,  1814,  Jackson 
Dickinson;   (2)  Judge  Frederick  Allen  of  Boston,  Feb.  26,  1829. 

ii.   Rodney  Oliver'^,  b.  Nov.  24,  1805. 

iii.  Charlotte  Augusta^  m.  June  5,  1828,  Cyrus  W.  Clark  of  Tur- 
ner, Me. 

iv.  Lucinde  Eliza2,  5  Sept.  21,  1796;  rn.  Sept.  5,  1825,  George  Dick- 
inson. 

V.   George^,  b.  July  28,  1810;  was  a  lawyer  in  Maine. 

vi.    Mary^,  b.  June  6,  1818. 

COOLIDGE,  JosiAH,  was  oue  of  the  early  inhabitants,  being  sur- 
veyor of  highways  here  in  the  year  1776. 

CooLiDGE,  Daniel,  was  warden  in  1781. 

1.  CORBETT,  Moses,  Sr.,  b.  1769,  came  here  from  Wilmington,  Vt., 
to  live  with  his  son  Joseph;  m.  Polly  Loomis.  She  d.  Mch.  19, 
1838,  ae.  64  years.  He  died  in  Hartsville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1853, 
ae.  84.  He  resided  on  what  is  known  as  the  Bellows  place 
on  the  old  Leyden  road,  selling  the  same  to  John  Lyons  of 
Greenfield  upon  his  removal  from  town  with  his  son  Joseph. 
Children  : 

i.  Joseph^,  m.  Jane  Babcock  of  Leyden.  He  came  here  from  Wil- 
miogton,  Vt.,  settling  on  the  "Bellows  Place"  on  the  old  road 
to  Leyden.  As  his  wife  was  a  Leyden  woman,  and  the  births 
of  his  children  are  here   recorded,  it  is  probable  that  he  came 


360  GENEALOGIES. 


here  prior  to  1820.  With  his  family  he  removed  West.  Had: 
I.  Jane^,  b.  Sept.  10,  1818.  2.  Joseph  B.^,  b.  Oct.  18,  1820. 
3.  James  W.^^  b.  Feb.  27,  1823;  settled  in  Illinois.  4.  Nancy^, 
b-  July  3,  1827.  5.  George  R.^,  b.  Dec.  31,  1830.  6,  David 
C.^,  b.  Jan.  12,  1834.  7.  Darius  C.'',  b.  Jan.  12,  1834.  These 
last  two  probably  removed  to  California  in  the  early  fifties.  8. 
Mary  Eliza^,  b.  Dec.  21,  1838. 
ii.  JosiAH^. 

iii.   Sally^. 

Iv.    LuciNDA^,  m. Blodgett;  res.  Wilmington.  Vt. 

2.         V.  MosES^,  b.  Feb.  4,  1812. 

2.  CoRBETT,  Moses',  (Moses',)  b.  Feb.  4,  1812;  m.  Betsey  Carpenter 
of  Rowe,  Mass.,  Sept.,  1839.  She  d.  Jan.  i,  1875,  ae.  55  years. 
They  resided  in  the  south-east  part  of  Guilford,  on  the  road 
leading  to  the  Sol.  Andrews  place.  The  last  of  his  life  he 
resided  with  and  d.  at  his  son  Myron's.     Children: 

i.  Lizzie  A.^,  b.  Sept.,  1840;  m.  June,  1859,  S.  P.  Sherwin;  residence, 
Brattleboro. 

ii.  Theresa  P.^,  b.  Sept.,  1842;  m.  H.  C.  Ingraham;  res.  West  Spring- 
field. 

iii.  Myron  L.^,  b.  Oct.  28,  1844;  m.  Mch.  19,  1867,  Mary  S.,  dau.  of 
Hiram  Johnson  of  Vernon,  Vt.  Mr.  Corbett  served  in  the  Civil 
War,  enlisting  as  a  private  in  Co.  K,  9th  Vt.  Vol.,  June,  1862.  In 
spring  of  1864  was  promoted  to  corporal,  and  the  succeeding  fall, 
to  the  ofifice  of  sergeant;  was  mustered  out  of  service  June,  1865. 
In  July,  1882.  he  came  to  town  from  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  purchasing 
the  old  Connable  place,  later  owned  by  Zenas  Cutler,  afterward 
by  A.  U.  Chase,  at  North  Bernardston,  his  present  home.  In 
1886  he  was  chosen  selectman,  and  has  served  in  that  capacity 
for  eleven  years.  In  1891  he  went  as  representative  from  the 
ist  Franklin  Co.  district.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Had:  i.  Cora  E.,  m.  Mr.  Eastman.  2. 
Daughter,  d.  Dec.  25,  1881. 

iv.  Jerome'^,  m.  Rose  Corey  of  Wardsboro,  Vt. ;  res.  West  Springfield. 

V.  Clarence  C.^,  m.  Mary  E.  Ground;  is  a  dentist  residing  in  Ed- 
wardsville.  111. 

vi.   David  C,  m.  and  resides  in  Denver,  Col. 


COUCH — CROWELL.  361 

vii.   Jennie  L.,  m.  W.  W.  Bradbur,   June  29,    1887;  resides   Mt.  Ver- 
non, N.  Y. 
viii.  Apollos  E.,  d.  June,  1891;  was  a  dentist  of  Cincinnati,  O. 
ix.  Leroy. 
X.  Myrtie  M.;  res.  West  Springfield,  Mass. 

Couch,  James,  was  b.  in  1718.  He  m.  (i)  Sarah^  dau.  of  SamueP 
Connable.  She  was  b.  in  Boston,  Feb.  22,  171 8-19,  and  died 
May  7,  1799;  m.  (2)  Sept.  14,  1801,  Mrs.  Mehitable  Alexander, 
their  united  ages  being  at  that  time  166  years.  Mr.  Couch 
was  a  house  joiner  by  trade,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  town, 
coming  here  before  1747,  and  probably  before  1744  ;  resided 
on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Ralph  Cushman.  He  took  quite 
a  prominent  part  in  the  very  early  history,  holding  many 
civil  offices.  Was  selectman  1769,  72,  79,  Committee  of  In- 
spection 1775,  to  which  office  was  added  that  of  Correspond- 
ence and  Safety  in  1777.  During  the  Indian  wars  he  was 
one  of  those  who  removed  to  the  Burk  Fort  for  protection 
when  not  engaged  in  active  service.  From  Dec.  11,  1755, 
to  Oct.  18,  1756,  he  was  out  in  Israel  William's  Co.  in  an  ex- 
pedition to  the  westward.  His  name  also  appears  on  Capt. 
John  Burk's  roll  ending  Nov.  30.  1758.  He  d.  without  chil- 
dren, Jan.  4,  1816,  ae.  98. 

Cronyn,  Rev.  David,  b.  Feb.  27,  1839,  ^^  N.  Y.  State;  attended  the 
Meadville  Theological  School ;  is  a  retired  Unitarian  minis- 
ter, residing  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  Amos  Carleton; 
m.  1874,  Zella  R.  Reid,  who  is  a  native  of  Indiana.  Chil- 
dren : 

i.   Ruth  R.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1875;  m.  1901,  Arthur  Cairns;  resides  Saw- 

yerville,  P.  Q. 
ii.   Zella  R.,  b.  May  5,  1877. 

iii.   Thoreau,  b.  Nov.  25,  1880;  now  a  student  in  California, 
iv.  Fredrika,  b.  Dec.  9,  1883. 

V.  Theodore,  b.  June  13,  1887. 

Crowell,  Ransom,  Levi',  (Levi',  Levi',  Christopher',  Christopher', 
John^  John",  John'.     The  original  name  was  Crowe.     John', 


362  GENEALOGIES. 


b.  in  England  or  Wales,  was  an  inhabitant  of  Charlestown 
1635,  7,  8  ;  of  Yarmouth,  1638,  where  he  died  1673.  In  the 
third  generation  the  name  assumed  the  present  form  of 
Crowell.)  b.  May  24,  1829,  in  Westminster,  West,  Vt.  He  re- 
moved from  Putney,  Vt.,  to  Bernardston,  about  1875,  where 
he  purchased  the  store  opposite  the  New  England  House, 
and  has  carried  on  a  most  successful  business.  Since  resid- 
ing in  town  he  has  identified  himself  strongly  with  the  social, 
educational  and  religious  interests  of  the  place.  In  1880  he 
received  the  appointment  of  justice  of  the  peace  ;  has  also 
been  selectman  for  the  years  1884  and  1885,  assessor  and 
trustee  of  Powers  Institute.  He  has  always  been  an  active 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  for  several  years 
its  Sunday  school  superintendent.  He  m.  May  23,  1850, 
Emily',  dau.  of  Rev.  i\ber  Cutler  of  Northampton.    Children: 

i.  Homer  Cutler'*,  b.  Jan.  14,  1852;  m.  Anna  A.  Fiske  of  Chazy, 
N.  Y.  He  graduated  at  Middlebury,  Vt.,  College,  practiced 
medicine  two  years,  and'after  graduating  at  the  medical  college 
in  New  York,  he  was  for  a  time  in  South  America;  since  then 
he  has  resided  at  East  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  Kansas  City. 

2.  ii.   HiLAND  Ransom^  d.  Dec.  9,  1853. 

iii.  Henry  Lincoln^  b.  Oct.  13,  i860;  m.  June  6,  1888,  Kate^  dau. 
of  Dea.  Henry*  Slate.  He  was  of  the  firm  of  R.  L.  Crowell  and 
Son.  He  \^  actively  interested  in  church  and  town  affairs,  and 
is  the  present  town  clerk,  being  chosen  to  that  office  in  1893. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  firm  of  E.  S.  Hurlbert  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  cutlery. 

3.  iv.  Preston  Ranney'*,  b.  June  12,  1862. 

V.   Jennie  Sophia'*,  b.  Nov.  10,  1869;  died  June  25,  1872. 

2.  Crowell,  Hiland  Ransom',  (Ransom  L.',  Levi',  Levi",  Christo- 
pher', Christopher',  John',  John',' John',)  b.  Dec.  9,  1853;  m. 
Lillian  P.,  dau.  of  William  Esterbrooks  of  Susquehanna  De- 
pot, Pa.,  May  7.  1878.  He  has  been  successfully  engaged  in 
business  in  West  Northfield,  also  at  East  Northfield.  He 
disposed  of  his  interests  there  and  has  now  taken  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Southern  California.     Children  : 


R.  L.  Cruwell. 


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i.  Willie,  b.  June  2,  1879;  now  a  student  in  Massachusetts  Institute 

of  Teciinology,  Boston, 
ii.    Daisy  E.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1884. 

3.  Crowell,  Rev.  Preston  Ranney',  (Ransom  L.',  Levi',  Levi', 
Christopher',  Christopher',  John',  John',  John',)  b.  June  12, 
1862.  He  graduated  at  Powers  Institute,  also  Williston  Sem- 
inary 1882,  at  the  University  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  class  of  1886, 
and  from  the  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  1890.  In  1887 
he  accepted  a  position  as  instructor  of  Latin  and  Greek  in 
Rockland  College  at  Nyack,  N;  Y.  Since  finishing  his  pro- 
fessional studies  he  has  been  pastor  of  churches  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyo,  and  Greenfield,  N.  H.  He  is  now  at  Phillipston, 
Mass.     He  m.  in  1891,  Olivia  S.  Murray  of  Bern.     Children  : 

i.   Jennie  0.'°,  b-  1892. 
ii.  Ruth  \?°,  b.  1895. 

CusHMAN,  Nathaniel',  (Lieut.  Isaac\  Rev.  Isaac^  Elder  Thomas^ 
Robert',  the  Puritan  who  came  in  the  Mayflower,)  b.  May  28, 
1712;  m.  (i)  Sarah,  dau.  of  William  Coomer  of  Plympton, 
Nov.  22,  1733.  She  died  April  14,  1753  ;  m.  (2)  Aug.  23,  1753, 
Temperance  Sims.  She  died  Feb.  27,  1774.  About  1740 
Mr.  Cushman  removed  to  Lebanon,  Ct.;  thence  between  1774 
and  1778  to  Bernardston,  residing  with  his  son.  Dr.  Polycar- 
pus°  Cushman.  He  was  a  captain  of  the  militia,  and  a  man 
of  great  importance  in  those  days.  He  d.  at  Montague,  Oct  i. 
1793.     Children: 

i.   IsAAC^  b.  Oct.   20,  1734;  resided   Stafford,  Ct.,  where  he  d.  1813. 
ii.  Sarah'',  b.  Nov.  12,  1736;  m.;  d.  Apr.  12,  1812. 
iii.   Nathaniel*',  b.  Sept.  2,  1738;  in.  (i)  Phoebe^  dau.  of  Peter^  New- 
comb. 

2.  iv.  Consider®,  b.  July  6,  1740. 

V.  Simeon^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1744;  settled  in  So.  Carolina, 
vi.  William®,  b.  Jan.  29,  1746;  d.  in  New  York  State, 
vii.   Ambrose®,  b.  July  27,  1748;  d.  in  Lebanon,  Ct. 

3.  viii.   Polycarpus®,  b.  Nov.  14,  1750. 

ix.  Artemas*,  b.  July  28,  1752;  m.    Sarah  Willianis  of   Lebanon,  Ct. 
He  was  selectman  and  assessor   1786-88  and  90.     By  trade  he 


364  GENEALOGIES. 


was  a  clothier.  He  was  captain  in  the  militia,  and  served  in  the 
Revolution.  He  died  Oct.  18,  1841,  at  Colchester,  Vt.,  at  his 
daughter's.  Had:  i.  John  Williams^,  b.  June  4,  1778;  d.  De- 
cember 8,  1779.  2.  Roxalena^  b.  Nov.  18,  1779,  (T.  R.);  m. 
Ebenezer^  Bardvvell  of  Shelburne,  Mch.  27,  1803.  3.  Anna^,  b. 
May  21,  1782;  m.  William  Granger  of  Greenfield.  4.  Arte- 
mas',  b.  July  6,  1783;  res.  and  d.  in  Ohio.  5.  Thylura^  b. 
July  6,  1787;  m.  Rufus  Parmilee  of  VVeybridge,  Vt.,  1810.  6. 
Sarah'',  b.  Sept.  4,  1788;  m.  May  28,  1816,  Peter'  Newcomb  of 
Colchester,  Vt.,  formerly  of  Bern.  7.  Vilate^,  b.  March  30, 
1791;  m.  Alfred  B.,  son  of  Jonathan  Allen,  Dec.  22,  181 1; 
rem.  to  Colchester,  Vt.  8.  Chloe',  b.  May  30,  1793;  m.  George 
A.^  son  of  Jonathan^  Allen,  May  26,  1818;  resided  Burlington, 
Vt.  She  d.  July  30,  1832.  9.  Sophronia^,  b.  Mch.  16,  1798; 
m.  Samuel  Whiting  of  Bern.  She  d.  in  lonawanda  Creek,  N.  Y., 
1835.  ]o.  Fanny'',  b.  July  16,  1801;  d.  unm.,  in  Colchester, 
Vt.,  Sept.  27,  1848.  II.  Harriet",  m.  1817,  Jonathan  M.  Bis- 
sell  of  Bern.;  d.  in  Illinois  in  1852. 
By  second  wife: 
X.  Temperance^,  b.  Aug.  31,  1754;  d.  in  Ct. 
xi.   Rebecca'',  b.  Nov.  28,  1755;  d.  young. 

xii.   Abigail",  b.  Mch.  22,  1757;  d.  young. 

xiii.  Mercy*',  b.  Feb.  10,  1760;  d.  Feb.  24,  1760. 

xiv.  Joab",  b.  Feb.  27,  176 1;  d.  Nov.  4,  1824,  in  Ct. 

2.  CUSHMAN,  Consider",  (Nathanier,  Lieut.  Isaac',  Rev.  Isaac', 
Elder  Thomas^  Rev.  Robert',)  b.  July  6,  1740;  m.  Submit 
Newcomb.  She  d.  Feb.  29,  18 14,  ae.  69.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  War;  resided  in  Lebanon,  Ct., 
Bernardston,  Greenfield.  He  d.  in  the  north  part  of  Green- 
field, Apr.  4,  1819,  and  with  his  wife,  is  buried  in  the  ceme- 
tery on  Log  Plain.     Children  : 

i.  Azel'',  b.  1765,  in  Brookfield;  d.  July  12,  1816,  in  Chester,  Vt. 
ii.  Submit",  b.  1767,  in  Brookfield;  d.  1821,  in  Halifax,  Vt. 
ill.  Consider',  b.  Oct.  27,  1768;  m.  Rhoda  Gaines  of  Gill,  Jan.,  1791. 
She  was  b.  July  25,  1769;  d.  Nov.  13,  1853.  He  was  a  farmer, 
residing  at  Bernardston,  Greenfield  and  Gill;  at  the  latter  place 
he  d.  Aug.  13,  1850.  Had:  i.  Lucinda^  b.  Feb.  18,  1792;  d. 
May  2,  1803.     2.     Calvin  Newcomb**,  b.  July  25,  1793;  d.  Mch.  19, 


CUSHMAN.  365 


1847,  at  Marcy,  N.  Y.,  unm.  3.  Serepla'',  b.  Feb.  19,  1795; 
m.  (1)  Stillman  Spurr,  Feb.  27,  1816,  and  had  Clarissa,  who  m. 
Allen  B.'*  Hale;  she  m.  (2)  1831,  Amos^  Carrier  of  Bern,  (second 
wife).  4.  Zorah*,  b.  Nov.  12,  1796;  d.  Apr.  15,  1803.  5. 
Rhoda^  b.  Feb.  17,  1798;  m.  Horace-  Atherton,  Apr.  29,  1817; 
she  d.  Sept.  14,  1830.  6.  Mary^  b.  Nov.  5,  1799;  m-  Oct.  28, 
1817,  Amos^  Carrier.  She  d.  Nov.  2,  1829.  7.  Sarah^  b.  No- 
vember 30,  1801;  m.  Apr.  29,  1823,  Horace^  Hale;  d.  July  10, 
1846.  8.  Aurelia  Lucinda^  b.  Sept.  5,  1803;  in.  May  26,  1829, 
Israel  P.^  Hale;  d.  July  14,  1892.  9.  Carpus^  b.  Sept.  11,  1805; 
d.  Apr.  5,  1808.  10.  Harriet^  b.  July  30,  1807;  m.  John''^  Nel- 
son of  Leyden,  Jan.  27,  1828;  d.  Oct.  5,  1862.  11.  Lathrop^  b. 
May  23,  1809;  m.  Achsah  W.,  dau.  Jeremiah  Dean  of  Gill,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1839.  She  d.  in  1886.  Mr.  Cushman  was  selectman 
in  i860,  was  also  assessor  and  overseer  of  the  poor  in  Gill.  The 
last  of  his  life  he  lived  on  the  "Green"  in  Bern. 

iv.   Sally'',  b.  in  Bern.;  m.  (i)  Calvin  Stratton  of  Montague;  (2)  Capt. 
Howes  of  Ballston,  N.  Y. 

V.   Hannah^,  b.  in   Bern.;  m.  Capt.  Ephraim   Upham  of   Montague. 

vi.   SiLAS^,  b.  in  Bern.,  March  5,  1778;  resided  at  Westville,  N.  Y. 

vii.  Ambrose'',  b.  in  Bern.;   d.  in  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y. 
viii.  Rebecca^,  m.  William  Lord;  resided  Ballston  Springs,  N.  Y. 

ix.  Orilla',  m.  Major  Wright;  removed  to  Ohio. 
X.   LuciNDA^,  d.  young. 

3.  Cushman,  Dr.  POLYCARPUs',(Nathanier,  Lieut.  Isaac',  Rev.  Isaac', 
Elder  Thotnas',  Rev.  Robert'.)  Of  the  professional  men, 
Bernardston's  physicians  easily  assume  a  place  in  the  first 
ranks.  The  first  one  in  town  was  Dr.  Polycarpus  Cushman, 
who  took  up  his  residence  here  about  1772.  Prior  to  that 
time  the  people  had  depended  for  medical  aid  upon  the 
physicians  of  Deerfield  and  Northfield,  and  at  a  later  period 
on  Greenfield.  As  will  be  seen.  Dr.  Cushman  was  of  full 
blooded  Puritan  descent.  The  ancestor,  Robert  Cushman, 
was  a  member  of  Rev.  Mr.  Robinson's  church  in  Leyden, 
Holland,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1621.  The  maternal 
ancestor  of  Dr.  Cushman  was  Mary,  dau.  of  Isaac  Allerton, 
who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower  in  1620.  Dr.  Cushman  was 
born  in  Columbia,  Ct.,  Nov.  14,  1750,  and  was  one  of  14  chil- 


366  GENEALOGIES. 


dren.  His  education  was  obtained  in  or  near  the  place  of 
his  nativity.  When  about  22  years  of  age  he  removed  to 
Bernardston  and  purchased  175  acres  of  land,  the  original 
grant  being  to  Medad  Poraeroy.  He  built  a  large  two-story 
house,  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  continu- 
ing until  his  death.  In  1774  he  m.  RachaeF,  dau.  of  Aaron* 
Field.  She  was  b.  175 1,  and  d.  Sept.  I,  1812.  Dr.  Cushman's 
practice  as  a  physician  was  extensive  in  Bernardston  and 
the  adjacent  towns.  He  was  noted  for  his  activity,  industry 
and  enterprise,  accumulating  a  large  estate.  He  was  treas- 
urer of  Bernardston  in  1784  and  85,  and  also  held  other  town 
offices.  His  remains  were  consigned  to  the  old  burying 
ground,  where  to-day  may  be  seen  the  old  headstone,  bear- 
ing this  inscription,  which  certainly  might  be  commended 
upon  the  ground  of  oddity,  as  well  as  for  the  self-apparent 
truths  contained  therein  : 

TO  THE  MEMORY 

OF  DOCTOR 

POLYCARPUS 

CUSHMAN 

WHO    DIED    15TH.    DECEMBER. 

A.    D.    1797    AETATE  47. 

Vain  censorious  beings  little  know. 
What  they  must  experience  below. 
Your  lives  are  short,  eternity  is  long, 
O  think  of  death,  prepare  and  then  be  gone. 
Tuus  art  and  natures  powers  and  charms, 
And  drugs  and  receipts  and  forms 
Yield  at  last  to  greedy  worms, 
A  despicable  prey. 

Mors  absque  morbo  vorax 
Mortalium  rapuit  nedicum. 

Of  the  Latin  a  literal  translation  is  difficult  :  "Barber's  His- 
torical collections  of  Massachusetts  "  gives  the  following  : 
"Rapacious  death,  without  disease,  has  snatched  away  the 
healer  of  mortals."  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  the  following 
is  more  nearly  the  meaning  of  the  author:  "By  disease,  de- 


CUSHMAN.  367 


voiiring  death  has  even  snatched  away  the  healer  of  mortals." 
This  inscription  is  supposed  to  have  been  composed  by  Dr. 
Gideon  Ryther,  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Cushman's.  Another  transla- 
tion and  one  still  more  liberal,  which  is  sometimes  made,  is : 
"He,  who  by  his  skill  has  saved  others,  himself  has  fallen  a 
prey,  through  disease,  to  insatiable  death."  Children  : 
i.  Sophronia'',  b.  May  7,  1775;  d.  Aug.  3,  1814;  m.  Feb.  14,  1795, 
George^  Alexander  of  Bern. 
4.        ii.   PoLYCARPUs^,  b.  Sept.  21,  1778. 

iii.  Simeon',  b.  Oct.  13,  1780;  m.  Nov.  10,  1818,  Mary',  dau.  of  Dea. 
Jonathan"  Sheldon.  He  d.  July  9,  1824,  and  she  m.  (2)  Feb.  2, 
1826,  Jason  Brown  of  Bern.  She  d.  Oct.  25,  1875.  Mr.  Cush- 
man  was  a  farmer  and  clothier  by  occupation,  residing  on  the 
place  now  owned  by  Jonathan  Cushman,  his  mill  being  now 
owned  by  E.  S.  Hurlbert.  Had:  1.  Simeon  Sheldon",  b.  Jan.  6. 
1821;  m.  (i)  May  16,  1850,  Sybil  S.^  dau.  Dea.  Thomas  Snow, 
She  d.  Dec.  10,  1855;  m.  (2)  Widow  Parmenter;  (3)  Amanda^ 
dau.  of  George^  Parmenter.  She  d.  Mch.  5,  1862.  He  resides 
Fairfield,  la.  2.  Jonathan  Field*,  b.  Feb.  4,  1822;  m.  Dec.  29, 
1855,  Armenia  B.,  dau.  of  James  and  Lucinda  (Norton)  bishop 
of  New  York  State;  no  children.  Mr.  Cushman  is  a  farmer, 
residing  on  his  father's  place.  Mrs.  Cushman  is  a  great-great- 
grand-daughter  of  Rev.  John  Norton,  the  first  pastor  of  Fall 
Town,  her  descent  being  as  follows:  Rev.  John  Norton^  John 
Norton^,  Capt.  John  Norton^,  Lucinda  P.*  (Norton)  Bishop, 
Armenia  B.^  (Bishop)  Cushman.  3.  Mary",  b.  Dec.  2,  1823;  d. 
Sept.  4,  1848;  unm. 

5.  iv.   Ralph'',  b.  Feb.  22,  1783. 

6.  v.  Seorim',  b.  May  30,  1785. 

vi.   Rachael',    b.  September    i,    1787;    d.    May    10,    1810;    m.    1808, 

John*  Purple, 
vii.   Isaac'  Dr.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1790;  d.  Mch.  25,  1850,  in  Shclburne,  N.  Y. 

Of  the  Cushman  families  down  to  the  present  generation, 
there  were  many  characteristics  in  common.  They  were 
men  of  quiet  dignity,  rather  inclined  to  a  pleasing  reserve 
of  manner,  of  sound  judgment  and  strict  business  integrity, 
which  enabled  them  to  accumulate  considerable  property. 
Almost  without  exception  they  were  zealous  supporters  of  the 
Unitarian  church   and  among  the  most  constant  attendants. 


368  GENEALOGIES. 


4.  CuSHMAN,  Hon.  Polycarpus  Loring',  (Dr.  Polycarpus',  Nathan- 
iel', Lieut.  Isaac',  Rev.  Isaac^  Elder  Thomas\  Rev.  Robert',) 
b.  Sept.  21,  1778;  m.  Sally,  dau.  of  David  Wyles  of  Colches- 
ter, Ct.,  Nov.  27,  1804.  She  d.  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y., 
Aug.  13,  1845;  m.  (2)  July  21,  1846,  Abigail  (Barnard),  widow 
of  Thaddeus  Coleman  of  Greenfield.  She  was  b.  in  Sterling, 
Nov.  29,  1786.  Mr.  Cushman  was  a  prominent  public  spirited 
man,  one  who  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  fel- 
low townsmen,  as  was  shown  by  his  repeated  election  to  im- 
portant town  offices.  For  fourteen  years  he  was  justice  of 
the  peace.  For  the  years  18 10,  16  and  17,  he  was  overseer 
of  the  poor,  selectman  and  assessor;  in  1816  and  1840,  he 
went  as  representative  to  legislative  halls;  in  1844  he  was 
one  of  the  senators  from  Franklin  Co.  He  was  an  enthu- 
siastic farmer,  progressive  in  the  true  sense  of  the  term,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  and  most  active  members  of  the  Frank- 
lin County  Agricultural  Society.  He  d.  May  16,  1855,  ae.  -j"] 
years.  His  home  was  the  place  now  owned  by  E.  E.  Ben- 
jamin.    Child  : 

i.  Henry  Wyles^,  b.  Aug.  9,  1805;  m.  (i)  June  16,  1828,  Maria 
Louisa,  dau.  of  Thomas  Dickman  of  Greenfield.  She  d.  Oct.  11, 
1855;  m.  (2)  June  2,  1858,  Anne  Williams,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Fettyplace  of  Salem.  She  now  resides  in  Greenfield.  Mr. 
Cushman  supplemented  his  common  school  education  by  courses 
of  study  at  Ueerfield  and  New  Salem  academies.  When  eigh- 
teen years  of  age  he  entered  the  military  school  of  Capt.  Alden 
Partridge  in  Norwich.  Vt.,  pursuing  his  studies  there  for  two 
years,  and  from  this  institution  he  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  in  1827.  After  leaving  school  for  some  time  he 
worked  upon  his  father's  farm  summers,  teaching  during  the 
winter  season.  He  later  assumed  control  of  the  hotel,  which 
under  his  management  was  most  prosperous.  "Then  and  to 
the  close  of  his  life,  he  devoted  himself  to  political  and  public 
trusts,  to  the  care  of  his  own  means  and  the  means  of  others, 
to  literary  and  antiquarian  researches,  to  a  round  of  recurring 
duties,  public  and  private,  which  he  discharged  with  unfailing 
precision,  honesty  and  judgment."  For  nineteen  years  he  was 
clerk  and  treasurer  of  his  town,  for  fifteen   years  a  member  of 


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the   school   committee.       In  1837,  39,  40  and  44  he  represented 
his  town  in  the  State  Legislature;  in  1844  he  was  chosen  by  the 
Legislature  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  senate  caused  by  the  death 
of  his  Franklin  County  colleague,  and  by  a  singular  coincidence 
he  was  seated  side  by  side  with  his  father,  Hon.  P.  L.  Cushman, 
of  opposite  political  views.     The  latter  had  been  elected  to  the 
Senate  for  that  term  by  the  peoples  vote.      In  1847.  and  for  five 
years  after,  he   was  the  Democratic   candidate  for  Lieutenant- 
Governor;  and  in   1851-52,  there   having  been  no  choice  by  the 
people,  he  was  chosen  to  that   office  by  the    Legislature.     He 
was  a  director  of  the  State  Life  Assurance  Company  at  Worces- 
ter, and  of  the   Conway  Fire  Insurance   Co.,  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Agriculture,  which  he  actively  aided  in  founding 
in  1852.     He  was  a  resident  member  of  the   New  England  His- 
toric and  Genealogical   Society  of  Boston,  and  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin.     In  1849 
he  was  chosen  the  first  president  of  the  Franklin  County  Bank, 
Greenfield,  an  office  he  filled  through  life.      For  many  years  he 
was  trustee  of  the  Franklin  Savings  Institution,  and  at  his  death, 
its  president,  as   he  was  also   of  the    Franklin   County  Agricul- 
tural Society.     In  educational  matters  he  was  always  interested 
and  actively  so,  being  all  that  in  his  power  lay,  to  promote  such 
interests  in  his  own  and  other  towns.     His  various  bequests  as 
heretofore  noted,  bear  testimony  to  how  much  the  town  of  Ber- 
nardston    is  indebted  to   him   in  this   as  well  as  in  other  ways. 
And  for  a  fuller  account  of  his  good  deeds,  the  reader  is  referred 
to  the  foregoing  pages.     In  historical  matters  he  was  intensely 
interested.     It  is  to  him   that   the   Cushman  family  owe  thanks 
for   their  excellent  genealogy,  and  had  he  been  spared  longer, 
Bernardston   annals  would   have   been  in  print  at  least   twenty- 
five  years  earlier.     The  Unitarian   society  lost  in  him  an  active, 
useful  member,  one  whose  interest  and  helpfulness  were  always 
to  be  relied  upon,  and  in  accordance  with   the  provisions  of  his 
will,  his  home  opposite  the  park  became  the  parsonage  for  that 
society.     For  years  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school. 
The  work  he  did  toward  planning  and  superintending  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Institute  buildings,  Cushman    Hall,  Cushman   Park, 
and  Library,  attest  his  love  and  goodwill  toward  his  fellow  towns- 
men, who  have  every  reason  to  hold  his  memory  in  grateful  re- 
membrance.   He  d,  in  the  midst  ot  his  usefulness,  Nov.  21,  1863. 


370  GENEALOGIES. 


5.  CusHMAN,  Ralph',  (Polycarpus',  Nathaniel',  Lieut.  Isaac*,  Rev. 
Isaac',  Elder  Thomas',  Rev.  Robert',)  b.  Feb.  22,  1783;  m. 
Sarah",  dau.  of  Major  Samuel'  Root,  Sept.  19,  1809.  She  d. 
June  24,  1834;  m.  (2)  Nov.  4,  1835,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  D.,  widow 
of  Rev.  Charles  Richardson  of  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  and  dau. 
of  David  Dennison  of  Leyden.  Shed.  Mch.  11,  1878.  Mr. 
Cushman  was  a  man  of  good  general  information,  having 
been  a  school  teacher  in  his  younger  days,  and  retaining 
throughout  life  his  cultured  refinement  and  interest  in  pass- 
ing events.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  town  clerk  for  16 
years,  treasurer  for  21,  and  selectman  and  assessor  four  years. 
He  successfully  carried  on  a  farm  of  400  acres.  His  early 
home  was  on  the  place  now  owned  by  H.  O.  Root.  Upon 
the  death  of  his  wife's  father,  Major  Root,  he  removed  to 
his  farm,  the  one  now  owned  by  Ralph  Cushman.  He  died 
on  his  eightieth  birthday,  Feb.  22,  1863.     Children: 

i.   Sylvira  Sophronia^,  b.  Jan.  31,  181 1;  d.  July  29,  1840;  unm. 
ii.   Sarah  Racheal*,  b.  July  9,  1813;  m.  Barnard  W.  Field,  Oct.  27, 

1835;  resided  Gerry,  N.  Y. 

iii.   Alonzo  Ralph",  b.  Feb.  14,  1816;  m.  Sarah  Selina,  dau.  of  Lorin 

Munn  of  Greenfield,  Oct.  i,  1839.     She  was  b.  Jan.  7,  1819;  d. 

Aug.  6,  1876.      Mr.   Cushman   was   a   farmer,   residing  opposite 

"'^nathan  Cushman's.     The  latter  part  of  his  life  was  spent  at  the 

je,  where  he  was  for  some  years  assistant  postmaster.      He 

Dot.  I  or  17,    1880.      Had:   i.     Rachael  Field",  b.  April  11, 

•  m.  Feb.  24,  1864,  Henry  F.  Capen  of  Hadley;  resides  New 

(Cain,  Ct.     2.     Clara  Sylvira",    b.   Feb.   7,  1846;   m.  John    M. 

Morse  in  1875;   resides  Guilford,  Vt.      He  d.  Jan.,  1901. 

iv.  Lucinda",   b.  Mch.  14,  1820;  m.  Rev.  Thomas   Weston,    Apr.  29, 

1852;  d.  in  Greenfield. 
V.   Mary  Ann*,  b.  Aug.  4,  1822;  d.  Sept.  21,  1824. 
vi.  Mary  Ann",  b.  April  5,  1825;  d.  Dec.  11,  1833. 
vii.  Lucy  Root",  b.  Apr.  20,  1828;  m.  Lyman  G.  Barton,  Apr.  29,  1852; 

resides  Greenfield, 
viii.  Samuel   Root*,    b.    Feb.    15,  1831;  m.    and   d.  in  Lake   City,  la., 
March  10,  1898. 
7.         ix.  Henry  Clay*,  b.  Aug.  20,  1836. 


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6.  CusHMAN  Seorim',  (Dr.  Polycarpus*,   Nathanier,   Lieut.  Isaac*, 

Rev.  Isaac^  Elder  Thomas^  Rev.  Robert',)  b.  May  30,  1785  ;  m. 
Huldah^  dau.  Elias'  Parmeuter,  1 8 1 1 .  She  was  b,  Feb.  15,1 787; 
d.  Mch.  21,  1879.  ^^-  Cushman  was  a  successful  farmer, 
residing  on  the  place  now  owned  by  heirs  of  his  son,  the  late 
P.  L.  Cushman,  2nd.  Like  the  others  of  his  family,  he  was 
a  true  man,  striving  for  the  best  interests  of  all.  He  died 
Feb.  17,  1875.     Children: 

8.  i,   Robert  Seorim®,  b.  May  27,  181 2. 

ii.  Emerancy  Jane*,  b.  June  17,  1814;  m.  Nathaniel  J.  Bangs  of 
Montague,  Sept.  6,  1837;  resided  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

iii.  Hui.DAH  Parmenter^  b.  Aug.  20,  1816;  m.  Joseph  Chauncey^ 
Slate,  Mch.  6,  1839;  she  d.  Sept.  3,  1897,  in  Sufifield,  Ct. 

iv.  Isaac  Erasmus*,  b.  July  n,  1818;  d.  Oct.  27,  1843;  unm. 

V.  RoxANA  Harriet*,  b.  July  23,  1820;  m.  George  Robbins,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1848;  resided  West  Deerfield,  where  she  d. 

9.  vi.  Polvcarpus  Loring*,  b.  Nov.  8,  1822. 

vii.  Sophronia   Rachael*,   b.   Jan.   3,  1825;  m.  Oct.   24,  1847,  Major 
Houghton  Tyler  of  Greenfield,  where  she  resides. 

10.  viii.  Field  Wells*,  b.  Feb.  14,  1827. 

7.  Cushman,  Henry  Clay*,)  Ralph',  Dr.  Polycarpus',  Nathaniel', 

Lieut.  Isaac',   Rev.  Isaac^  Elder  Thomas',  Rev.  Robert^)  b. 
Aug.  20,  1836;  m.  Jan.  16,  1861,  Laura  Keep,  dau.  of  Imla  K. 
Brown.     Mr.  Cushman  has  always  been  a  successful  farmer, 
residing  until  within  a  few  years  upon  his  father's  large  farm 
at  North  Bern.,  of  which  he  became  possessed  by  inheritance 
and  purchase.     This  he  sold  to  his  son  Ralph,  and  is  now  a 
resident  at  the  village  on  the  old  Col.  Ferry  place.    Children: 
i.   Hope  Elizabeth^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1862;  res.  Bern.;  unm. 
ii.  Ralph   Henry',    b.  Sept.    30,    1864;  m.  May  5,  1891,  Lizzie   M., 
dau.  of  John  Burrington  of  Shelburne,  Mass.     Mr.  Cushman  re- 
sides at  North  Bernardston,  and  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  best 
farms  in  town,  being  owned  respectively  by  James  Couch,  Maj, 
Samuel  Root,  Ralph  and  Henry  C.  Cushman.     He  has  devoted 
considerable   time  to  the   raising  of  fancy  poultry,  in  which   he 
has  been  most  successful.     He  has  been  for  several  years  trus- 
tee of  the    Franklin  Co.  Agricultural  Society.     Had:   i.     Julien 
Henry^",  b.  Feb.  22,  1892. 


372  GENEALOGIES. 


iii.   Emma    Laura^,    b.  April   3,    1867;  m.  Sept.    16,    1890,   Lewis   R. 
Holden  of  Bondsville  (Palmer),  Mass.,  where  they  reside. 

iv.  Alfred  Brown^,  b.  Aug.  28,  1869;  m.  Oct.  13,  1897,  Elizabeth 
C,  dau.  of  Edson  Hale.  Mr.  Cushman  was  one  of  the  young 
business  men  of  the  place,  with  the  brightest  of  prospects.  His 
death  was  peculiarly  sad,  occurrifig  Nov.  18,  1897,  five  weeks 
after  his  marriage.     He  was  proprietor  of  a  meat  market. 

V.  Lucy  Barton'',  b.  Dec.  13,  187 1;  m.  Nov.  29,  1889,  Charles  M. 
Deming;  res.  Schnectady,  N.  Y. 

vi.  Charlotte  Nellie^,  b.  June  30,  1879. 

8.  Cushman,  Robert SEORiM',(Seorim',  Dr.  Polycarpus',  Nathanier, 

Lieut.  Isaac*,  Rev.  Isaac",  Elder  Thomas',  Rev.  Robert\)  b. 
May  2  7,  1812  ;  m.  Sophronia  Brainard,  dau.  of  Alvah  Cush- 
man of  Montague,  May  6,  1835.  She  was  b.  Mch.  7,  181 5  ;  d. 
Mch.  4,  1865.  Mr.  Cush man's  farm  was  near  the  site  of  the 
old  Lieut.  Sheldon  Fort,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  now 
owned  by  Gardner  Oaks.     He  d.  Jan.  7,  1894.     Children  : 

i.  Charles  Parmenter^,  b.  Apr.' 15,  1836;  m.  Nov.  27,  1866,  Mary 
Jane^,  dau.  Levi^  Park.  He  resided  on  his  father's  farm  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town,  where  he  d.  Feb.  11,  1887.  Mrs.  Cush- 
man resides  in  Springfield.  Had:  i.  Theo  Robbins'",  b.  1870; 
d.  Feb.  5,  1896. 

ii.  Emma  Phedora",  b.  Nov.  23,  1839;  m.  Apr.  25,  1865,  Levi  P.*  Bur- 
rows.    They  resided  in  Greenfield.     She  d.  July  11,  1899. 

9.  Cushman,  Polycarfus  Loring',  2nd,  (Seorim',  Dr.  Polycarpus', 

NathanieP,  Lieut.  Isaac',  Rev.  Isaac",  Elder  Thomas\  Rev. 
Robert\)  b.  Nov.  8,  1822;  m.  Apr.  14,  1847,  Rhoda*,  dau.  of 
Horace'  Atherton.  'She  was  b.  Nov.  9,  1822.  In  early  life 
Mr.  Cushman  kept  a  hotel  in  Somers,  Ct.,  and  the  present 
New  England  House  in  town.  He  later  owned  and  carried 
on  his  father's  large  farm  upon  Fall  River.  He  always  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  social,  political  and  religious  life  of 
the  place.  From  1858  to  1864  he  served  as  selectman,  in 
fact  held  most  of  the  important  town  ofifices,  and  was  always 
officially  connected  with   the   Institute,  Cushman    Hall  and 


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Library.  He  and  his  wife  have  both  been  prominently  iden- 
tified with  the  Unitarian  society  for  many  years.  He  died 
suddenly  Feb.  6,  1901.     Children  : 

i.  Thomas  Loring'',  b.  in  Somers,  Ct.,  May  11,  1851;  m.  July  8, 
1873,  Mary  Belle  Tracy.  She  was  b.  Nov.  13,  185  i.  P'or  many 
years  Mr.  Cushinan  was  connected  with  the  firm  of  Mackintosh 
&  Co.,  shoe  jobbers  of  Springfield,  he  spending  the  most  of  his 
time  in  traveling.  In  the  meantime  he  devoted  all  spare  time 
to  the  cultivation  of  his  voice,  always  commanding  a  good  posi- 
tion in  the  church  choirs  of  that  city.  His  love  for  and  success 
in  music  finally  induced  him  to  relinquish  his  business,  and  for 
quite  a  time  he  gave  himself  up  to  study,  spending  some  months 
abroad,  thoroughly  fitting  himself  for  the  adoption  of  music  as 
a  profession,  and  in  which  he  has  achieved  good  success,  both 
as  a  solo  singer  of  merit  and  a  teacher.  His  residence  is  Mel- 
rose Highlands.  Had:  i.  Loring  Tracy^",  b.  May  12,  1874. 
2.  Thomas  Atherton'",  b.  May  26,  1884. 
ii.   Ellen   Sophia',  b.    Apr.   8,  1848;  m.   Oct.    8,  1874,  Laroy  Zenas 

Cutler^  They  reside  in  Springfield,  Mass. 
iii.  Arthur  Isaac*,  b.  Jan.  22,  1854;  m.  Dec.  15,  1880,  Alice  Kate 
Sprague.  She  was  b.  Oct.  29,  1857.  Like  the  other  members 
of  his  family,  Mr.  Cushman  has  good  musical  talent,  and  has 
been  connected  with  the  choirs  in  Springfield.  He  is  with  the 
wholesale  house  of  Cutler  cS:  Porter,  shoe  dealers,  Springfield, 
where  he  resides.  Had:  i.  John  Arthur'",  b.  Oct.  14,  1881; 
student  at  Institute  of  Technology  at  Terre  Haute,  Indiana. 
2.  Laroy  Cutler'",  b.  Dec.  7,  1884.  3.  Elliott  Sprague'",  b. 
Jan.  28,  1887;  d.  May  10,  1889.  4.  Louise'",  b.  Dec.  31,  1891. 
5.     Burt  Atherton'",  b.  Jan.  i,  1894. 

10.  CusHMAN,  Field  Wells',  (Seorim',  Dr.  Polycarpus',  NathanieF, 
Lieut.  Isaac',  Rev.  Isaac^  Elder  Thomas",  Rev.  Robert',)  b. 
Feb.  14,  1827;  m.  Hester  Maria',  dau.  of  Ruggles'  Bagg, 
Feb.  I,  1853.  Mr.  Cushman  d.  Dec.  31,  1863.  Mrs.  Cush- 
man m.  (2)  Frederick  Chapin,  Oct.  4,  1868.  He  died  Jan- 
uary 29,  1887.  She  resides  with  her  dau.  in  Somerville,  Mass. 
Children  : 

i.   RuGGLES  Allerton^,  b.  Sept.  i,  1856;  m.  Etta  M.  Dexter,  July  22, 


374  GENEALOGIES. 


1884.  He  graduated  from  the  Bridgewater  Normal  School  in 
1880,  from  the  Hanover  Medical  College,  Dartmouth,  1882, 
standing  second  in  a  class  of  21.  He  is  now  division  surgeon 
for  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad.  Is  also  a 
member  of  the  pension  board,  chairman  of  the  board  of  health 
in  Sanborn,  Iowa,  where  he  resides.  Had:  i.  Dexter  Aller- 
ton'o,  b.  Jan.  20,  1888. 
ii.  Nettie  Maria'',  b.  June  15,  1858;  m.  Apr.  5,  1893,  George  W. 
Allen;  res.  Somerville.  Mrs.  Allen  took  the  teacher's  course 
at  the  Quincy  Training  School,  and  taught   until  her  marriage. 

iii.  Agnes  Jean^,  b.  Nov.  16,  1861;  m.  John  Edward  Ross  Pember, 
Dec.  25,  1894.  He  is  one  of  the  night  editors  of  the  Boston 
Journal;  resides  in  Somerville,  Mass.  Mrs.  Pember  received  a 
liberal  education,  graduating  from  the  Bridgewater  Normal 
School  and  successfully  teaching  until  her  marriage.  She  was 
for  seven  years  principal  of  the  Bates  School,  Boston. 

iv.    Field  W.^,  b.  Sept.  19,  1864;  (posthumous),   d.  Aug.  14,  1866: 

Cutler,  Dea.  Zenas',  (Thomas',  Thomas^  Abner\  Thomas^ 
Thomas^  James',  who  early  settled  in  Watertown),  b.  Mch.  18, 
1804,  in  Wilmington,  Vt.  ;  m.  Dec.  5,  1826,  Lucy,  dati.  of 
Thomas  and  Dorothy  (Sawin)  Wood.  Mr.  Ctitler  was  a 
farmer,  although  before  the  days  of  the  railroads  he  engaged 
in  boating  on  the  Connecticut  river  between  Turners  Falls 
and  Brattleboro,  Vt.  In  1841  he  removed  from  his  farm  in 
Vernon,  Vt.,  to  Bernardston,  purchasing  what  was  known  as 
the  Ezra  Connable  farm  in  North  Bernardston.  This  he 
brought  to  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He  served  the  town 
as  selectman  and  assessor ;  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church,  and  for  thirty  years  one  of  its  deacons.  In  1870  he 
sold  his  farm  to  A..  U.  Chase,  and  ever  after  made  it  his  home 
with  his  son,  N.  S.  Cutler.  He  d.  in  Greenfield,  Dec.  29, 
1880.     Mrs.  Cutler  d.  in  Springfield,  Apr.  14,  1 88 1.     Children: 

i.    Lucy  Jane**,  b.  Oct.  14,  1828.     Her  life  was  an  incentive  to  all  for 

a  holier  walk  with  God.     She  d.  Dec.  4,  1863;  unm. 
ii.   George  Thomas^  b.  Oct.  9,  1830;  d.  Aug.  25,  1843. 

2.  iii.    Daroy  Zenas^,  b.  Aug.   14,  1834,  in  Vernon,  Vt. 

3.  iv.   Nahum  Sawin^,  b.  Apr.  7,  1837,  in  Vernon,  Vt. 


LUCY  J.  CUTL^/^ 


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V.  Laura  Susanna^  b.  Dec.  i6,  1840,  in  Vernon,  Vt. ;  m.  July  8, 
1857,  Dwight  Charles'*  Warner;  resides  Springfield. 

vi.  George  Thomas^  b.  Aug.  18,  1844;  m.  Nancy  Sophia  Goodenough 
of  West  Brattleboro,  Vt.  Removed  about  1878  from  Bernard- 
ston  to  Greenwood,  Neb.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  milling  and 
mechanical  pursuits. 

vii.    Ella  Brigham",  b.  Nov.  21,  1847;  d.  Oct.  28,  1851. 

2.  Cutler,   Laroy   Zenas",   (Zenas',   Thomas',   Thomas',   Abner', 

Thomas',  Thomas',  James',)  b.  Aug.  14,  1834.  When  of  age, 
he  entered  the  shoe  business  in  Springfield,  which  he  has 
alv^ays  followed  either  in  retail  or  wholesale  branches.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  the  46th  Reg.  Mass.  Vol., 
and  was  made  sergeant  of  Co.  A.  He  has  also  served  as  a 
member  of  the  city  government.  Mr.  Cutler  takes  a  high 
rank  among  the  business  men  of  Springfield  where  he  re- 
sides. Is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Cutler  &  Porter, 
wholesale  boot  and  shoe  dealers.  He  m.  (1)  July  26,  1865, 
Harriet  Lillian,  dau.  of  Albert  Bly  of  Whitinsville,  Mass., 
who  d.  Mch.  2,  1873;  m.  (2)  Oct.  8,  1874,  Ellen  vSophia',  dau. 
of  P.  L.  Cushman",  2nd.,  of  Bern.     Children: 

i.  .'\lice  Lillian'',  b.  Nov.  16,  1869;  m.  Dec,  1892,  Edwin  B.  Woodin. 
Mr.  Woodin  was  teacher  of  chemistry  in  a  military  school  in 
Chester,  Pa.,  for  several  years;  is  now  purchasing  agent  for  Cut- 
ler &  Porter,  wholesale  shoe  merchants  in  Springfield,  Mass, 
Res.  Springfield;  two  daughters,  Dorothy,  b.  Dec.  7,  1893,  and 
Ruth,  b.  Nov.  8,  1897. 

ii.    Mabel  Laura",  b.  Dec.  21,  1872;  d.  Jan.  27,  1874. 
By  second  wife: 

iii.   Grace  Lucy^,  b.  June  19,  1876. 
iv.    Daughter''*,  b.  and  d.  Nov.  i,  1881. 

3.  Cutler,   Nahum   Sawin",  (Zenas',  Thomas",   Thomas\  Abner\ 

Thomas',  Thomas',  James',)  b.  Apr.  7,  1837,  in  Vernon,  Vt. 
Upon  attaining  his  majority  he  entered  the  boot  and  shoe 
business  in  Springfield,  remaining  there  until  1872,  the 
greater  part  of  that  time  being  associated  with  his  brother. 
At  the  latter  date  he  returned  to  Bernardston,  engaging  in  the 


3/6  GENEALOGIES. 


manufacture  of  ladies',  misses'  and  children's  shoes,  his  home 
and  factory  being  on  the  site  of  the  Dr.  John  Brooks  home- 
stead. In  1880  he  removed  to  Greenfield,  his  present  home, 
where  he  is  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Cutler,  Lyons  and 
Field,  shoe  manufacturers.  During  his  residence  in  town 
he  was  actively  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Unitarian  church,  of  which  he  is  a  member.  In 
1889  he  served  as  representative  to  the  lyCgislature,  being 
returned  the  next  year.  He  has  also  served  six  terms  as 
selectman  in  Greenfield  ;  is  a  director  in  the  Franklin  Co. 
National  Bank,  and  Greenfield  Electric  Light  Company  ;  a 
trustee  of  the  Masonic  Hall  Association.  He  has  always 
taken  a  deep  interest  in  local  historical  matters.  Some  years 
ago  he,  with  the  assistance  of  his  wife  and  daughter,  com- 
piled and  published  the  Cutler  Memorial.  He  m.  Nov.  24, 
1864,  Harriet  Isabella',  dau.  of  Richard  H."  Hoyt,  a  most 
efficient  co-labourer  and  sympathizer  with  her  family  in  their 
undertakings.     Children: 

i.  Lucy  Jane^,  b.  Oct.  3,  1866,  in  Springfield;  m.  Nov.  24,  1885, 
Harry  Whiting*  Kellogg;  res.  Greenfield;  was  for  some  years 
organist  at  the  Congregational  and  Unitarian  churches,  Green- 
field; elected  member  of  school  committee  in  1898,  serving  three 
years,  declining  a  renomination;  has  been  always  much  inter- 
ested in  historical  work;  is  the  author  of  this  work.  Has:  i. 
Henry  Cutler^  Kellogg,  b.  Oct.  4,  1886.  2.  Earle  Nahum 
Whiting^  Kellogg,  b.  Oct.  21,  1888.  3.  Evelyn  Kellogg",  b. 
June  10,  1893. 

ii.  Hknry  Hoyt",  b.  Oct.  15,  1868;  m.  June  8,  1892,  Lizzie  May, 
dau.  of  Sumner  Perkins.  They  reside  in  Greenfield;  have  one 
son,  Nahum  Sumner'",  b.  Apr.  30,  1893. 

Daventort.  Martin  Van  Buren",  (Calvin  N.\  Oliver',  Oliver', 
Thoma.s^,  Thomas',  who  came  from  England  about  1635,  set- 
tling in  Dorchester),  b.  Sept.  26,  1834;  m.  May  2,  1864, 
Maria  A.,  dau.  of  Austin  Miner.  She  d.  Jan.  14  or  19,  1901. 
He  resided  for  many  years  "  around  the  Mountain,"  remov- 
ing thence  to  the  Alonzo  Cushman  place  near  the  Hurlbert 


DAVIDSON — DAY.  377 


factory,  and  not  far  from  1895,  to  his  present  home  south  of 
the  Baptist  parsonage.  He  has  been  a  most  successful  farmer. 
No  children. 

Davidson,  Barnabas,  b.  about  1739.  He  enlisted  for  the  town  of 
Bernardston  in  1781  for  the  term  of  three  years,  but  was 
later  reported  discharged  for  disability  ;  received  a  bounty 
for  his  service. 

Davidson,  Edward,  b.  about  1760;  enlisted  in  1781  to  serve  three 
years.  The  commands  in  which  he  served  were  in  New 
York  State. 

Davis,  Daniel,  b.  about  1762;  enlisted  1780  for  the  town  of  Ber- 
nardston, his  birth  place  being  given  as  Connecticut,  and 
residence  Guilford,  Vt.    He  was  reported  as  deserted  in  1781. 

Davis,  John,  residence,  Brimfield;  enlisted  for  the  town  of  Ber- 
nardston, Apr.  2,  1760,  "for  the  total  reduction  of  Canada." 
Service  expired  Nov.  30,  1760. 

Davis,  John  Edward',  (Jacob',  NathanieP,)  born  in  Dorchester, 
June  14,  1853;  m.  July  8,  1875,  Jane  Tower  of  Florida.  She 
was  b.  in  Florida,  Sept.  18,  1853.  Mr.  Davis  came  hither 
from  Rowe,  Oct.  i,  1889,  purchasing  the  place  owned  by  Rev. 
J.  H.  Parmalee,  his  present  home.     Children  : 

i.  Roy  Allison\  b.  Apr.  11,  1876. 

ii.  Nettie  Tower*,  b.  Mch.  10,  1878. 

iii.  Floyd  Earle*,  b.  Mch.  18,  1880. 

iv.  Walter  Edward'',  b.  Apr.  30,  1886, 

Davis,  Jonathan,  date  of  enlistment  not  given  ;  term,  "during  the 
war  "  ;  enlisted  from  Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon's  Co.,  for  the  town 
of  Bernardston,  where  he  resided. 

Day,  Robert', (James',  Joel',  John',  Thomas^  Robert'  of  Newtown, 
now  Cambridge,  1634,)  was  b.  in  West  Springfield,  Aug.  18, 
1800;  m.  Adaline,  dau.  Josiah  Pomeroy  of  Gill,  Nov.  13,  1823. 
She   was  b.  in   Warwick;  d.  in  West  Killingly,  Ct.,    Feb.  11, 


378  GENEALOGIES. 


1877.  Mr.  Day  came  to  Bernardston  in  1850,  living  for  a  time 
in  the  old  Zebina  Newcomb  house  just  across  the  iron  bridge, 
now  owned  by  Mrs.  Harriet  Hale,  later  in  the  first  house 
south  of  R.  R.  Parks.     He  d.  in  town.     Children: 

i.  Ellen  Clayton'',  b.  July  i,  1829;  m.  Joseph  Snow  of  Danielson- 
ville,  Ct.,  Dec,  29,  1852;  is  dead. 

11.   Frances  Pomeroy",  b.  Nov.  i,  1832;  d.  unm.,  in  Conn. 

iii.  Josephine  Field'',  b.  May  22,  1835;  m.  Frank  Foster,  and  resided 
in  Cleveland,  O.     She  is  dead. 

iv.  JosiAH  Pomeroy",  b.  Aug.  4,  1837,  in  Perrysburgh,  N.  Y.;  m. 
Lucy  A.  Haskell  of  Wendell,  Jan.  2,  1867.  When  i  i  years  of 
age  he  came  here,  attending  the  district  schools  and  Goodale 
Academy,  later  learning  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  saw  much 
active  service  in  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  Aug.  14,  1862,  as  a 
member  of  Co.  H,  10th  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.;  was  honorably  dis- 
charged July  I,  1864.  Mr.  Day  established  himself  in  the  black- 
smith business  in  1867,  which  he  has  followed  until  recently. 
His  home  is  the  place  formerly  owned  by  Richard  F.  Newcomb, 
east  of  the  Unitarian  church.  Has:  i.  Josephine  Esther**,  b. 
May  17,  1872;  a  graduate  of  Child's  Business  College,  Spring- 
field; m.  Aug.  3,   1901,  John  E.  Edgar;  res.  Springfield. 

v.  Susan  Ferry',  b.  Oct.  16,  1843;  'i^-  Henry  Andrus  of  Hartford, 
Ct.,  where  she  died. 

Dean,  Charles,  (Hiram,)  resided  for  some  time  after  his  marriage 
on  his  father's  farm,  the  present  Clogston  place,  removing 
thence  to  his  present  home,  the  place  he  purchased  of  the 
Spragues  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town.  He  m.  (i)  Bercia 
Moore,  the  adopted  dau.  of  Joel  Cutler;  (2)  Miss  Sprague. 
Several  children. 

Denio  Joseph-',  (Aaron-,  James',)  b.  1734.  James,  the  grandfather, 
was  a  Frenchman  from  Canada,  who  m.  Abigail,  dau.  of 
John  Stebbins  of  Deerfield.  Jo.seph'  settled  in  Bernardston  ; 
was  out  as  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War  from 
1756-9,  serving  as  corporal  under  Lord  Loudon  in  1757;  m. 

Anna .     He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in  1777,  78,  86; 

d.  Mch.  24,  1820.     Children: 


DENNISON — DICKINSON.  379 

i.   Joseph*,  b.  Mch.  25,  1761;  m.  Charity  Brown, 
ii.   William'*,  b.   Aug.   14,    1762.      His   inteniion   was   publislied  with 

"Anth}'"  Larkin  of  Greenfield,  Apr.  27,  1788. 
iii.   Anna'',  b.  Feb.  23,  1764;  m.  June  9,  1785,  John  Sawtelie. 
iv.  Sarah*,  b.  Aug.  24,  1765. 

V.    David*,  b.  Sept.  20,  1767;  settled  in  Gill. 

Dennison,  a.  L.,  is  a  comparatively  recent  inhabitant  of  the  town, 
having  purchased  the  farm  north  of  school  house  No.  4, 
formerly  owned  by  Frank  Green.  Of  his  family  two  daugh- 
ters are  numbered  as  among  the  most  successful  teachers  of 
the  place. 

Dennison,  Jabez,  b.  about  1761  ;  enlisted  for  the  town  of  Bernard- 
ston  for  the  term  of  six  months,  June,  1780,  "to  re-inforce 
the  Continental  Army." 

Dewey,  Joel  N.,  b.  May  19,  1815  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Wardwell.  He 
was  a  blacksmith,  residing  for  many  years  in  the  first  house 
east  of  Cushman  Hall,  his  shop  then  being  on  the  present 
library  site.  His  later  years  were  spent  in  the  old  Goodale 
Academy,  now  the  Adams  place.  He  died  Nov.  18,  1892. 
Children  : 

i.   Charles  S.,  m.  Aug.  28,  1862,  Henrietta  L.,  dau.  Charles  Osgood 

of  Northfield;  one  dau. 
ii.  Sarah  J.,  b.  1840;   m.  Gardner  Greenleaf,  Dec.  5,  1861;  d.  May  7, 

1886. 
iii.   Mary,  m.  Leslie  Belding;  res.  Northampton. 

iv.   Margaret  E.,  b.  1845;  m.  William  E.  Safford;  d.  Mch.  30,  1886. 
V.    Frederick   J.,  b.  July  14,  1846;   m.  Anna,  dau.   Apollos    Morgan 

of  Northfield  Farm;  one  dau.     He  d.  Feb.  16,  1879. 
vi.   Henry  L.,  b.  1848;  d.  Oct.  4,  1868;  unm. 
vii.  Frank  A.,  b.  1851;  d.  Dec.  22,  1885. 

Died  Feb.  13,  1804,  Sarah,  wife  of  David  Dewey,  ae.  61,  "leaving 
a  husband  and  numerous  children.'' 

Dickinson,  Bethan  Henman,  (Ozias,  who  came  to  town  for  two  or 
three   years,   then   returned  to   his  earlier  home),   b.    1782. 


380  GENEALOGIES. 


When  some  nine  or  ten  years  old  he  came  here  from  Weth- 
ersfield,  Ct.,  although  his  young  manhood  was  spent  in 
Waterbury,  Vt.,  whence  he  enlisted  for  active  service  in  18 14 
against  the  British  on  Lake  Champlain.  He  m.Tartia",  dau. 
of  Dea.  Jesse'  Field,  in  1804.  He  resided  just  east  of  the 
Unitarian  church,  where  he  d.  Mch.  27,  1853.  His  early 
home  in  town  was  in  the  east  part  of  Bernardston.    Children: 

i.   Emily^,  b.  Dec.  15,  1804;  m.  Jabez  Kenney;  d.  West. 

i.   Jesse  Field^,  b.  Oct.  14,  1806;  d.  Dec.  28,   1807. 

i.    Lydia  Burk^,  b.  Nov.  10,  1808;   m.  May,  1825,  Orin  Park  of  Gill. 

V.  Charles^,  b.  Aug.  15,  1810;  d.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  about  1890. 

V.  Obadiah^,  b.  May  i,  1814;  m.  Amoret  H.',  dau.  of  Rufus**  and 
Camilla  (Church)  Marsh,  May  19,  1841.  Mr.  Dickinson  was 
one  of  the  oldest  railroad  men  in  the  country,  being  agent  for 
the  Connecticut  River  road  for  44  years,  resigning  his  position 
when  that  road  passed  to  the  control  of  the  Boston  and  Maine. 
For  a  greater  part  of  his  service,  he  acted  as  telegraph  operator, 
express  agent,  freight  and  baggage  clerk.  He  d.  Oct.  13,  1897. 
Mrs.  Dickinson  still  resides  in  Bernardston.  Had:  i.  Laura*, 
b.  June  4,  1842;  d.  Aug.  9,  1891;  unm.  2.  Everett  Newell*,  an 
adopted  son;  res.  Bern. ;  is  a  clerk  for  O.  W.  Gray, 
vi.  Fidelia^,  b.  Feb.  22,  1816;  m.  Joseph  Wright,  Jr.,  of  Weathers- 
field,  Ct.,  1845;  resides  Hartford,  Ct. 
vii.  Albert'^  b.  Oct.  18,  1818;  d.  Nov.  23,  1822. 

viii.   Mary^,    b.  Sept.  25,  1822;  m.   Sept.  20,  1864,  Chandler   H.  Steb- 
bins  of  Vernon,  Vt.,  where  they  reside, 
ix.   Louisa^,  b.  Apr.  14,  1831;  d.  Apr.  19,   1852. 

DOOLITTLE,  Edward,  came  to  town  about  1880.  settling  on  the 
Simon  Edwards  place  on  Huckle  Hill.  He  was  preceded 
here  by  his  brother  George,  the  families  being  descended 
from  the  Vernon  Doolittles.     He  is  married  and  has  children. 

DoRRELL,  William,  was  a  soldier  in  the  army  of  Burgoyne;  son  of 
an  English  farmer;  b.  in  Yorkshire,  England,  Mch.  15,  1752. 
For  a  time  he  was  a  resident  of  Petersham,  where  he  m. 
Marv  Chase.     Thence  he  went  to  Warwick  and  from  there, 


DOTY.  381 

about  1794,  removed  to  Leyden  ;  has  descendants  living-  in 
adjacent  towns.  For  further  account  of  him  see  the  account 
of  the  Dorrellites,  pages  184-189. 

Doty,  originally  Dotey,  Dote  or  Doten.  Edward  was  a  London 
youth  in  the  service  of  Stephen  Hopkins ;  came  thither  in 
the  Mayflower,  landing  at  Plymouth,  Dec.  22,  1620,  when  17 
years  of  age.  He  is  said  to  have  outwitted  the  captain  of 
the  Mayflower  in  his  design  of  making  a  formal  landing,  by 
jumping  from  the  boat  and  wading  or  swimming  ashore, 
thus  reaching  land  first,  for  which  offense  he  was  flogged. 
He  was  also  put  in  the  stocks  for  fighting  the  first  duel  in  New 
England.  (See  Early  History  of  New  England.)  He  was 
one  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Pilgrim  Guard  under  command  of 
Miles  Standish.  John"^  resided  Plymouth,  John^  John'  both 
resided  Plympton,  Edward'  at  Plympton,  James'  at  Leverett, 
was  a  Revolutionary  pensioner.  James'  d.  in  Bernardston, 
May  3,  1826,  ae.  74.  His  sons,  James',  and  Joel',  settled  in 
town.     Children  : 

i.  JoEL^,  m.  Oct.  29,  1822,  Celestia  Broderick  of  Conway.  He  had 
a  blacksmith's  shop  near  where  Miss  Maria  Sanderson's  ice- 
house now  stands. 

ii.  James^,  b.  Nov.  3,  1795,  '"i  Leverett.  When  at  the  age  of  14,  he 
came  to  town  to  learn  the  carpenter's  and  joiner's  trade  of  Major 
Orra  Sheldon;  served  his  seven  years  of  apprenticeship,  and  at 
the  age  of  21,  received  a  full  set  of  joiner's  tools  and  his  "free- 
dom suit  of  clothes."  He  was  a  remarkably  well  informed  man 
for  his  time  and  circumstances,  for  as  to  the  latter — owing  to 
an  accident  which  happened  in  his  youth  making  him  lame  for 
life,  he  never  had,  as  he  used  to  say,  but  si.x  weeks  of  common 
schooling.  From  his  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Eliza- 
beth Gilbert,  he  received  those  strong  intellectual  traits  which 
all  his  family  traditions  agree  were  hers  to  an  unusual  degree. 
He  was  a  great  reader  and  a  deep  and  liberal  thinker.  Though 
hard  working  and  industrious,  he  yet  found  time  to  gratify  his 
inherent  love  for  reading,  in  the  pursuit  of  the  best  information 
on  all  practical  subjects,  and  but  few,  if  any,  could  equal  him  in 
town  in  his  knowledge  of  history,  geography  and  mathematics, 


382  GENEALOGIES. 


and  the  general  sciences  of  the  times.  At  one  time  he  was  said 
to  have  the  largest  and  most  valuable  library  in  town  relating 
to  his  favorite  studies.  Liberal  in  his  religious  views,  he  be- 
came one  of  the  founders  and  the  first  clerk  of  the  Universalist 
society  of  Bernardston.  He  m.  Oct.  10,  1818,  Sophronia  Cush- 
man  King  of  Hartland,  Vt.  She  was  b.  July  i,  1800;  d.  Apr.  18, 
1836.  Mr.  Doty  d.  Jan.  9,  1857,  at  Shelburne  Falls.  Had:  i. 
Louisa  Maria^,  b.  May  11,  1819;  m.  Dan  P.  Foster,  May  10, 
1837;  resides  Walthani.  2.  James  Edward*,  b.  May  5,  1821; 
d.  Shelburne  Falls,  1855.  3.  Adelia  Sophronia**,  b.  Oct.  10, 
1823;  m.  (i)  Frederick  Townsley;  (2)  Benjamin  F.  Goodwin. 
She  d.  July  i,  1846,  at  Shelburne  Falls.  4.  Thomas  Franklin**, 
b.  Jan.  5.  1826;  d.  Oct.  27,  1827.  5.  Mary  Elizabeth^  b.  May  2, 
1828;  m.  Robert  Fellows  of  Shelburne,  where  she  d.  6.  Har- 
riet Elvira**,  b.  Sept.  i,  1830;  m.  Harvey  Edwards;  d.  in  Guil- 
ford, Vt.,  June  18,  1862.  7.  Thomas  King*,  b.  June  6,  1833; 
was  adopted  by  his  uncle  Joel.  Entered  the  ministry  in  the 
M.  E.  denomination;  resided  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

DwiGHT,  Dr.  William  Monk,  the  eighth  physician  here,  was  a 
native  of  Windsor,  Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  where  he  was 
b.  in  1822.  His  father  was  one  of  the  old  tavern  keepers  on 
the  direct  stage  line  between  Pittsfield  and  Albany.  He 
early  chose  the  study  of  medicine,  and  by  his  own  exertions 
won  his  way  through  a  course  at  the  Pittsfield  Medical  School, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1841  with  high  honors.  While 
here  he  met  Helen  M.,  dau.  of  Rev.  Eber  L.  Clark.  vShe  was 
then  engaged  in  teaching  at  the  Maplewood  school.  This 
acquaintance  resulted  in  marriage  in  August,  1846. 

After  brief  settlements  in  different  localities  in  Berkshire, 
Dr.  Dwight  located  in  So.  Deerfield,  remaining  there  eight 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Bernardston,  which  place  he 
made  his  residence  for  18  years.  In  1873  he  removed  to 
East  Douglass,  going  thence  in  1875  to  North  Amherst, 
where  his  death  occured  Nov.  13,  1892,  his  I'emains  being 
taken  to  Bernardston  for  interment. 

Dr.  Dwight  was  a  most  successftil  physician,  being  thor- 
oughly posted  in  all  professional  matters,  and  taking  a  great 


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pride  in  keeping-  pace  with  the  new  methods  and  ideas  as 
advanced  in  medical  literature.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Franklin  Medical  Society,  and  upon 
taking-  up  his  residence  within  the  limits  of  Hampden  Co., 
he  was  called  upon  to  fill  a  like  position  in  the  Hampden 
County  Medical  Society.  For  forty  years  he  had  been  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  vSociety.  Although 
in  no  way  connected  with  Amherst  College,  he  nevertheless 
received  from  that  institution  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1866. 
While  in  Bernardston  he  found  time  to  devote  himself  to 
outside  duties,  being  for  12  years  postmaster  of  the  place, 
also  one  of  the  trustees  of  Cushman  Library,  and  one  of  the 
earnest  workers  for  the  founding  of  Powers  Institute.  He 
was  always  well  read  upon  the  general  literature  of  the  day, 
and  took  pride  in  so  keeping  himself.  Possessed  of  reten- 
tive mind  he  profited  by  what  he  read.  Mrs.  Dwight  resides 
in  North  Amherst.     Children  : 

i.    Mary^,  m.  Edward    H.  Perkins.     He   is   dead;  she   resides  Hart- 
ford, Ct. 
ii.  Nellie^,  d.  young 

ill.  William  G.^,  m.  Miss  Ryan,  Nov.,  1896,  of  Holyoke.  They  re- 
side in  Holyoke,  where  he  is  the  editor  and  pubHsher  of  the 
Holyoke  Transcript. 

Edwards,  Thomas,  b.  about  1748;  is  presumably  descended  from 
Alexander  Edwards,  who  in  1640  came  from  Wales  and  set- 
tled  in   Springfield.     He  m.   Ruth  .     She  d.   Mch.  5, 

1832,  ae.  84  years.  He  held  several  minor  town  offices. 
His  home  was  on  Huckle  Hill,  on  the  place  now  owned  by 
John  B.  Field.     He  d.  Aug.  7,  1808. 

i.   Luther^,  b.  Apr.  30^  1775;  d.  Oct.  3,  1792. 

ii.   Olive^,  b.  July  14,  1777;  m.  Dec.  6,  1821,  Jesse  Billings  of  South 
Deerfield.  (3rd  wife)     She  d.  Sept.  20,  1848. 
2.        iii.    Thomas  Lyman^,  b.  Apr.  22,  1779. 

iv.  Elizabeth^,  b.  Jan.  23,  1782;  d.  Oct.  21,  1843. 
V.  SiMON^,  b.    Sept.   3,    1786;  m.  Tryphena    H.  Nash   of   Greenfield. 
Intention  recorded  Sept.  5,  1812.     She  d.  Dec.  29,  1814;  m.  (2) 


384  GENEALOGIES. 


Mary of   New   York   State.     She   d.  May  24,  1865.     He 

resided  on  the  Doolittle  place  on  Huckle  Hill.  Selling  this  he 
bought  and  removed  to  the  Col.  Ferry  place  now  owned  by 
Henry  C.  Cushman.  He  d.  Mch.  11,  187  i.  Had:  i.  Jonas  N., 
or  Jonathan  N.'^,  b.  1814;  d.  Oct.  10,  1819. 
vi.  Lathrop-,  b.  July  20,  1790;  m.  Lendy  M.  Melendy  of  Guilford, 
Vt.;  resided  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Lorenzo  Hales,  removing 
thence  in  the  autumn  1856  to  Sullivan,  Jefferson  Co.,  Wis., 
where  he  d.  Oct.  7,  1873.  Had:  i.  George^,  b.  July  30,  1815; 
m.  Nov.  21,  1850,  Mrs.  Ruth  C.  Melendy  of  Eagle,  Wis.;  resided 
Sullivan,  Wis.  2.  Henry  L.'\  b.  Aug.  12,  1818;  m.  Jan.  8,  1852, 
Eliza  A.  Gilbert  of  VVis.  3.  Jonathan  L."',  b.  Oct.  24,  1820;  d. 
Oct.  2.  1823.  4.  Harriet  Elvira,  b.  1822;  d.  Feb.  28,  1823.  5. 
Mary  Gale^  b.  1824;  m.  Nov.  28,  1850,  Monroe  A.  Webster  of 
Montague,  where  she  d.  Oct.  13,  1851.  6.  William  Simon.  7. 
Elizabeth  Helen'^  8.  Sarah  Jane'.  9.  Charles  L  •',  b.  1836; 
d.  Mch.  2,  1841.      10.      John  Melendy'*,  res.  Sullivan,  Wis. 

The  order  of  birth  is  uncertain  in  the  above  family. 

2.  Edwards,  Thomas  LYMAN^  (Thomas',)  b.  Apr.  22,  1779;  ^■ 
Thankful  Alexander.  Their  intention  was  published  June  2. 
1804.     She  d.   May  16,  1842.     He  d.  Jan.  6,  1819.     Children  : 

i.    RuTH^,  b.  Apr.  23,  1805;  d.  Sept.  6,   1805. 

ii.   RuxH  F.^,  b.  July  19,  1806;  m.  Alvah''  Hastings  of  Gill;  d.  July  1 1, 

I 
iii.   'I'homas  L.^  b.  Nov.  i,  1808;  d.  June  28,   181 7. 

»wiGHT  A.'',  b.  May  7,   1810;   m.  Mary  W.  Prouty  of  Halifa.x,  Vt., 
Sept.  14,  1831.     Had:    i.      Lyman  I)wight\  b.  May  i,  1832.     2. 
Martha    Dickinson-*,  b.  Aug.  12,  1833.     3-      Austin  Lorcnzo^  b. 
Feb.  25,  1835. 
v.  Thankful  M.'*,  b.  Apr.  11,  1812;  d.  in  (iill,  Dec.  15,  1865. 
vi.  Trvphena''',  b.  Jan.  29,  1815;   m.  Mch.  27,  1832,  George  A.'  Alex- 
ander;  d.  Sept,  9,   1836. 
vii.   LuTHKR  L.'',  b.  Nov.  28,  1817;  d.  Sept.  26,  1823. 

The  records  of  the  Edwards  families  are  not  very  complete. 
Enda,  John,   by   birth   a  Hessian,  was  a   member  of  Burgoyne's 


EVENS — FERRY.  385 


army,  and  upon  its  disbanding,  settled  in  town  on  the  place 
now  owned  by  H.  Weimers,  formerly  by  Dea.  Arthur  Wells. 
He  has  descendants  living  in  this  vicinity. 

Evens,  John.  The  Evens  farm  lay  on  the  top  of  West  Mountain, 
west  of  Lewis  Slate's,  one  part  of  whose  land  is  to-day  known 
as  the  "Evens  Orchard."  John  and  John  Evens,  Jr.,  were 
warned  from  town  Feb.  9,  1790,  at  which  time  they  were  re- 
corded as  being  "Transient  Persons."  They  had  then  been  in 
town  at  least  12   years.     It  is  supposed  that  he  m.  a  sister  of 

Israel  Slate's   wife, Hurlbert  of  Chatham,  Ct.  ;  held 

some  minor  town  offices  ;  was  out  for  eight  months  in  Capt. 
Alvord's  Co.,  Col.  Brewers'  Reg.     Had:  John  ;  perhaps  others. 

Ferry,  Aretas\  (Noah  Jr.',  Noah',  Charles',  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try from  Holland  about  1660,  settling  finally  at  Springfield,) 
b.  m  Granby,  Mass.,  June  19,  1800.  In  June,  1825,  he  began 
trade  in  his  native  place,  four  years  later  engaging  in  a  like 
business  in  Montague,  remaining  there  until  his  removal  to 
Bernardston  in  the  fall  of  1837.  Here  he  continued  business 
for  16  years.  For  about  15  years  he  also  manufactured 
scythe  snaths,  as  noticed  in  another  portion  of  this  volume. 
In  1867  he  retired  from  business,  and  purchased  the  P.  L. 
Cushman  farm,  nearly  opposite  the  hotel.  He  held  various 
town  offices  both  in  Montague  and  Bernardston.  Was  ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  peace  Mch.,  1834  ;  chosen  to  represent 
Montague  in  the  Legislature  in  1836,  and  in  1868  represented 
his  district  a  second  time.  He  was  a  member  of  the  State 
militia,  and  there  obtained  his  title,  declining  a  proffered 
promotion  to  the  office  of  brigadier-general. 

He  donated  the  ground  upon  which  stands  Powers  Insti- 
tute, and  was  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  both  that  institu- 
tion and  Cushman  Library.  He  m.  in  1821,  Mary  J.,  dau.  of 
William  Ward  of  Shutesbury.  She  d.  Dec.  18,  1884;  was  b. 
Mch.  30,  1797.  He  d.  Oct.  7,  1879.  ^  ™^^  *^^  strong  and 
natural  intellect,  he  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  good  educa- 
tion, and  by  his  gifts  served  to  render  aid  in  the  cause  that 
others  might  glean  those  things,  the  need  of  which  he  per- 
sonally experienced.     Children : 


386  GENEALOGIES. 


i.  Susan  Sanderson^,  b.  Jan.  13,  1822;  m.  (i)  June  12,  1844,  Judge 
Henry  Perkins  of  Hartford,  Ct.  He  d.  Feb.  7,  1862;  m.  (2) 
Rev.  Dr.  George  H.  Clark  of  Hartford;  she  d.  Dec,  1897.  A 
noble  woman  who  did  much  for  the  Institute  here,  and  to  make 
smooth  the  rough  places  in  the  lives  of  others.  At  the  settle- 
ment of  the  Ferry  estate  she  donated  the  sum  received  from  the 
sale  of  her  father's  farm  to  the  Institute, 
ii.  Ward  Aretas^,  b.  Aug.  21,  1829;  resided  on  the  homestead 
U[)til  his  death,  Mch.  8,  1891;   unm. 

Field,  Aaron',  (Ebenezer^  Samuel',  Zachariah',  the  English 
progenitor  of  the  American  Fields.)  Samue?  lived  at  Hat- 
field, was  sergeant  in  the  Falls  Fight ;  SamueP  inherited  his 
father's  right  in  the  Falls  Fight  Township ;  Aaron,  born 
Mch.  17,  172 1,  settled  in  town  on  Huckle  Hill,  about  1753, 
just  north  of  the  present  John  B.- Field  place.  The  house 
has  been  burned  ;  m.  Eunice,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Frary  of 
Deerfield,  May  26,  1743.  She  was  b.  Nov.  30,  1721  ;  d.  Oct.  28, 
1813.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  his 
name  appearing  on  John  Burk's  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758. 
During  the  Revolution  he  served  as  Committee  of  Corre- 
spondence in  1775,  to  which  office  in  1776,  was  added  that  of 
Inspection  and  Safety.  He  began  his  career  as  town  officer 
in  1762,  and  in  1774  was  selectman,  and  treasurer  1776  to  81. 
He  d.  Mch.  17,  1800.     Children  : 

i.  Chloe^,  b.  Dec.  29,  1743;  m.  1764,  Samuel  Shattuck  of  Greenfield, 
ii.  Eunice^,   b.  also   Dec.  29,  1743;  m.  about    1761,    Joseph  Wells  of 

Greenfield. 
iii.   Irene'^,  b.  Sept.  11,  1745;  m.  in  1769,  Lieut.  Daniel  Newcomb  of 

Leyden. 
iv.   Joanna   or  Anna^,  b.  1747;   m.  (i)  Seba^  Allen,  Aug.,   1786.     He 
d.  July  10,  1798;   m.  (2)  Salmon  Clapp  of  Montague. 
V.   Mehitable^,  b.  1748;  m.  Dea.  Jonathan"  Sheldon.     She  d.  Jan.  16, 

1787. 
vi.  Jesse\  b.  Mch.  15,   1749. 
vii.    Rachael^,   b.    1751;    m.    1774,    Dr.    Polycarpus'^   Cushman;  died 

Sept.  I,  1812. 
viii.   AzuBA^,  b.  1762;  d.  Jan.  6,  1831;   unm. 


FIELD.  387 

ix.  Olive^,  m.  Reuben  Sheldon  of  Leyden. 
X.    Maria^,  d.  in  infancy. 

xi.  Dfxime^  m.  Shubal  Fuller  of  Windhall,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  i,  1790, 
(T.   R.);  rem.  to  Ohio. 

2^.  Field,  Dea.  Jesse",  (Aaron',  Ebenezer',  SamueF,  Zachariah',)  b. 
Mch.  15,  1749;  m.  Lydia',  dau.  Major  John'  Burk.  She  was 
b.  Apr.  4,  1755;  died  May  26,  1808.  Dea.  Field  served  as 
tithingman  in  1779,  and  warden  1786.  He  d.  Jan.  15,  1823. 
Children : 

i.    Letiiia'',  b.  Dec.  16,  1779;  d.  .May  20,  1864;   unm. 

ii.  Aaron*^,  b.  Aug.  3,  1780;  m.  Lovina^  dau.  Moses*  Scott,  Jr.,  1804. 
He  d.  Feb.  14,  1807;  she  m.  (2)  Timothy^  Hale,  Nov.  26,  1812. 
She  d.  Sept.  12,  1863,  in  Wales.  Had:  i.  Augustus  Rodney'^, 
b.  Feb.  22,  1805;  m.  Theola,  dau.  of  Isaac  Plummer  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt.;  deceased.  Had  three  children.  2.  Aaron  Wesson**, 
b.  Jan.  13,  1807;  m.  Harriet,  dau.  John  Hamilton,  and  had  four 
children.     He  d.  in  East  Hartford,  Ct.,  Dec.  26,  1872. 

iii.  Eunice'*,  b.  Aug.  25,  17S2;  m.  John  Reuben^  Slate,  1805.  She  d. 
Nov.  18,   1864. 

iv.  Tartia**,  b.  Apr.  19,  1785;  m.  Bethan  H.^  Dickinson,  1804. 

V. "  Lucinda'',  b.  Jan.  11,1787;  m.  Josephus^  Slate,  1805;  d.  Mch.  13. 
1883. 

vi.    Lydia**,  b.  Apr.  20,  1788;  d.  Aug.  7,  1855;  unm. 
3.        vii.   Jesse^  b.  Aug.  25,  1792. 

viii.  Sarah^,  b.  Apr.  11,  1795;  ^-  -^^S-   ii'  1871;   unm. 

ix.  LoviNA^,  b.  Dec.  1,  1798;  in.  Nov.  22,  1821,  Thaddeus*  Parmen- 
ter;  d.  Dec.  8,  1871. 

3.  Field,   Jesse*,  (Dea.   Jesse',  Aaron',  Ebenezer^  Samuel",  Zach- 

ariah',)  b.  Aug.  25,  1792;  m.  Lurancy*,  dau.  of  Elias'  Par- 
menter,  Dec.  31,  1818.  Slie  was  b.  Jan.  30,  1798;  d.  Oct.  13, 
1876.  He  d.  May  6,  1883.  His  home  was  on  Huckle  Hill, 
just  north  of  the  Seorim  Slate  place.     Children: 

i.    Mary   Hoyt',  b.  ]Mch.  30,  1820;   m.  Mch.    6,  185 1,  Richard  Bagg 
of  Montague,  (second  wife);  d.  May  30,  1888.     He  d.  June,  1893. 
ii.  Aaron  Wesley",  b.  Apr.  5,  1822;  d.  Aug.  16,  1825. 

4.  iii.    John  Burk^,  b.  June  27,   1824. 


388  GENEALOGIES. 


iv.  Harriet  Lovina",  b.  Oct.  i,  1826;  m.  Oct.  9,  1866,  Otis  Chitten- 
den, her  deceased  Aunt  Sybil  Parmenter's  husband;  res.  North 
Leverett. 

V.  SoPHRONiA  LuRANCY^,  b.  Dec.  26,  1829;  m.  Mch.  4,  1855,  Alonzo 
Graves;  resides  Pine  Grove  Farm,  Cxreenfield. 

vi.  Aaron  Wesley",  b.  Oct.  31,  1837.  Began  studying  for  college 
1859  under  Prof.  Ward;  entered  Williams  186 [,  but  left  to  serve 
in  the  Civil  War.  Returning,  he  graduated  from  that  Institu- 
tion in  1865,  and  from  the  Theological  School  in  1870;  m.  (i) 
June  12,  1867,  Jennie  S.,  dau.  of  Jonas  Raymond;  m.  (2)  No- 
vember 19,  188^,  Alice  Breman.  She  d.  Aug.  14,  1891.  He 
resides  New  Marlboro,  Berkshire  Co.;  three  children; 

4.  Field,  John  Burk',  (Jesse",  Dea.  Jesse\  Aaron*,  Ebenezer',  Sam- 
uel", Zachariah',)  b.  June  27,  1824:  m.  Sarah  Huey,  dau.  of 
Obee  and  Hanah  (Littlefield)  Hubbs  of  Brooks,  Me.,  June  10, 
1857;  resides  on  Huckle  Hill,  just  north  of  the  original 
"Meeting  house  site,"  and  opposite  the  site  of  the  Dea.  Shel- 
don Fort.     He  was  selectman  in  1884-5  ^^'^  ^-     Children  : 

1.  John  Erie  Burk**,  b.  Oct.  7,  1858;  m.  Apr.  29,  1885,  Sarah,  dau. 
of  William  Bain  of  Northfield.  He  resides  on  his  farther's  farm 
upon  Huckle  Hill.  Had:  i.  William",  b.  Apr.  24,  1887.  2. 
Edith",  b.  Aug.  23,   1890.    3.     Harriet  Eveline'*,  b.  Jan.  19.   1895. 

ii.  Harriet  Lurancy**,  b.  Jan.  30,  1862;  m.  Marcus  L.  Southworth, 
May  I,  1884;  resides  Brockton,  Mass.;  one  son. 

Field,  Edmund  Longley',  (Theodore",  Elijah'.  Joseph',  Joseph^ 
Joseph",  Zachariah',)  b.  in  Hawley,  July  27,  1831  ;  m.  June  5. 
1872,  Harriet  W.  Grisvv^old  of  Greenfield  ;  resides  East  Bern., 
on  the  place  formerly  owned  by  B.  S.  Burrows:  no  children. 

Field,  Morris  Edwin',  (Elijah',  Theodore',  Elijah'.  Joseph\  Jos- 
eph", Joseph',  Zachariah',)  b.  Sept.  30,  1857;  removed  from 
Charlemont  to  town  1899,  residing  on  the  old  Dr.  Wheeler 
place  north  of  the  Institute,  now  owned  by  George  R.  Paige  ; 
m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Dea.  Jason  Rice  of  Greenfield.    Children: 

i.   Evelyn  L.^ 
ii.   Genevieve  R." 


FLAGG — FOSTER.  389 


Flagg,  Dr.  Samuel  Jr.,  the  fourth  physician  in  town,  was  b.  in 
'East  Hartford,  Ct.,  Apr.  2,  1766,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Flagg  of  that  place.  He  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Jonah  or  David 
Wyles  of  Bolton,  Ct.,  Nov.  23,  1790.  He  resided  a  few  years 
in  East  Hartford,  removing  thence  to  Greenfield,  and  about 
the  year  1798  to  Bernardston,  settling  in  the  north  part  of 
the  town,  and  practising  as  a  physician  until  his  death, 
July  30,  1804.  In  1801  it  was  noted  that  he  kept  a  hotel. 
He  was  buried  with  Masonic  ceremonies,  and  judging  from 
the  published  obituaries,  must  have  been  a  man  much  re- 
spected. His  widow  m.  (2)  Simeon'  Allen  in  1806.  vShe  was 
b.  in  Colchester,  Ct.,  Mch.  25,  1767,  and  d.  Aug.  11,  1845. 
Children: 

i.   Charles^  b.  Nov.  8,   1791,  in    East    Hartford,  Ct.;  d.  at  Dedham, 

Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1847. 
ii.   Mary   Sophia'^  b.  in   Greenfield,  May  i.  1797;  m.  Dec.  10,  1820, 

Capt.  Samuel^  Root  of  Bern.;  d.  Aug.  16,  1827. 
ill.    Patty  Eliza^,  b.  in  Bern.  May  8,  1800;  m.  J.  B.  Prentice  of  New 

York  State;  d    in  Bern.,  Oct.  7,  1829. 
iv.  Samuel   Griswold^,    b.    Mcli.   8,    1802;  in.    Harriet    Maxwell    of 
Guilford. 

Flint,  Anson,  m. —  Phila.     She  was  b.  1803  ;  d.  June  7,  1859, 

ae.  56.  He  was  a  harness  maker  by  trade,  coming  here  from 
Townshend,  Vt.,  or  vicinity,  his  home  and  place  of  business 
being  on  South  street,  the  place  belonging  to  the  Hare  es- 
tate.    Children  : 

i.    Lucy  Maria^,  b.  Feb.  24,  1826;  d.  Jan.  15,  1844. 

ii.  Louisa  Cornelia^,  b.  Oct.  4,  1828;  d.  June  15,  1857. 
iii.   Benjamin  O.-,  b.  June  6,   1830;  d.  July  25,  i860, 
iv.  John  Hayden'^,  b.  Feb.  21,  1832;  d.  June  30,  1854. 

Foster,  Jacob,  b.  1731  ;  d.  June  30,  181 3,  ae.  82  years.  He  is  re- 
corded as  being  the  first  "grave  digger"  employed  by  the 
town. 

Foster,  John'  Sergeant,  (Jacob\  Isaacl  Reginald',  of  Ipswich, 
Mass.,)   b.    Ipswich,    in    1702.      His   name   appears   on    John 


390  GENEALOGIES. 


Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758.  He  was  in 
Capt.  Williams'  Co.,  stationed  at  Colrain,  Oct.  19,  1756,  to 
Jan.  23,  1757.  In  1760  he  resided  on  Gamaliel  Kingsley's 
place,  east  of  the  present  iron  bridge  at  the  village.  Sept.  2  i , 
1764,  he  had  laid  out  to  him  the  draft  No.  26,  3rd  division, 
with  two  acres  added  for  roads.  The  house  which  he  owned 
at  one  time  is  still  standing  upon  the  Newcomb  road,  North 
Bernardston.  He  was  of  Deerfield,  1741.  He  m.  in  Lebanon, 
Ct.,  1724,  Hannah  Thorp;  resided  successively  at  Lebanon, 
Ct.,  Deerfield  and  Bernardston.     Children  : 

i.   Isaac',  b.  1725;  m.  (i)  July  11,  1754,  Jane  Allen;  she  d.  Dec.  13, 
1762;  (2)   1794.    Editha    Miller.      Finally  settled    in    Greenfield, 
where  he  became  a  prominent  citizen;   d.  Mch.  13,  1796. 
2.  ii.   EzEKiEL^  b.  1727,  in  Lebanon,  Ct. 

iii.  John'*,  b.  in  Deerfield;  m.  Mindwell  Atherton  of  Greenfield,  .Apr.  24. 
1781.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars  of 
1746-57.  He  rem.  from  Bern,  to  Hancock,  N.  H.,  where  his 
wife  d.,  and  he  m.  (2)  Lydia  Foster  of  'i'emple,  N.  H.  He  d.  in 
Hancock  in  1810.  Had:  i.  John".  2.  Sarah*'.  3.  Mercy''. 
4.     Josiah".     5.     Joshua**.     6.     Rebecca**.     7.     Silas".     8.     Betsey**. 

There  were  probably  other  children,  names  not  known. 

2.  Foster,  Lieut.  Ezekiel',  (Sgt.  John',  Jacob',  Isaac',  Reginald',) 

b.  in  Lebanon,  Ct.,  1727;  m.  May,  1751,  Margaret  Henry,  at 
which  date  he  was  a  resident  of  Deerfield.  He  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  Wars.  Ezekiel  Foster  was  out  on  the 
western  frontier  for  20  days  in  1756.  had  the  title  of  corporal. 
He  was  in  Capt.  Israel  Williams"  Co.,  stationed  at  Colrain. 
Oct.  ig,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  for  which  service  he  received 
£4,  I2S.,  5d.     He  d.  Apr.  17,  1805.     Children: 

i.    Ephraim^. 

3.  ii.  Capt.  Ezekiel,  Jr.^,  b.    1752. 

3.  Foster,  Capt.  Ezekiel,  Jr.",  (Ezekier.  Sgt.  John\  Jacob\  Lsaac^ 
Reginald',)  b.  in  1752;  m.  Chloe",  dau.  of  Capt.  William' 
Burnham,  and  sister  of  Capt.  Elisha'  Burnham.  She  was  b. 
in  Connecticut  in    1757;  d.   in    Leyden,  July  9,    1849.      ^^ 


FOSTER.  391 


served  in  military  affairs,  going  out  May  i,  1775,  as  second 
lieutenant  in  Capt.  A.  Wells'  Co.,  traveled  112  miles,  being 
discharged  Sept.  23,  1775;  served  again  in  1778.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  Shays  Rebellion,  and  he  it  was  who  took  an 
active  part  in  the  breaking  up  of  the  Dorrellite  sect.  He  d. 
June  17,  1824,  in  Leyden.     Children: 

i.    Ezra',  b.  Sept.  21,  1779. 

ii.    Rliakim',  b.  17S6;   m.  Wealthy  A.  I).  Phelps;   d.  in  Ohio. 
iii.    Horace',  went  to  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada, 
iv.   J()siah\  b.  1784. 
V.   RuFUs",  went  to  Hamilton,  Ontario. 

vi.    EzEKiEL,  Jr'.,  went  to  Hamilton,  Ontario;   served  with  his  father 
in   the    Revolution.      He   d.  s.  p.,  and    his  property  was  divided 
between  the  Canadian   Crovernment  and  his  heirs  in  Leyden. 
vii.    Electa',  b.   June    12,  1796;  m.  Major  Samuel  Eason   of  Leyden. 

viii.   Lurancy',  m. Babcock;  resided  Caledonia,  N.  Y. 

ix.    Chioe',  m. Cately;   res.  New  York  State. 

Fos'iKR,  Ezra',  (Capt.  Ezekiel,  Jr".,  EzekieP,  vSgt.  John',  Jacob', 
Isaac",  Reginald',)  b.  vSept.  21,  1779.  He  was  captam  in  the 
State  militia,  selectman  and  overseer  of  the  poor;  m.  Nancy, 
dau.  of  Joseph  Smith,  1807.  She  was  b.  Oct.  25,  1781;  died 
Feb.  21,  1875.     He  d.  Mch.  i,  1864.     Children: 

I.    Nancy-,  b.    May  6,    1808;  m.  Charles    Hebard;  res.    Mich.;  died 

July  14,  1849. 
ii.    PoLLY^,  b.  Oct.  30,  1809;  d.  Nov.  12,  1809. 
iii.   Sylvia*,  b.  Feb.  12,  181 1;  d.  Feb.  25,  1857. 
iv.   Mary^  b.  Mch.  2,  1813;  d.  July  8,  1852. 
v.    EzRA*^,  b.  Feb.  2,  181 5;  m.  (0  ^^Y  6,  1846,  Sarah  A.  Wilbur,  who 

was  b.  1818;  d.  June  4,  1862;   (2)  May  17,  1863,  Susan  A.,  dau. 

Manly  Mowry.      She  was  b.  Sept.  15,  1840.     Mr.  Foster  was  for 

many   years  a  teacher;  resided   the  latter  part  of   his  life  on  a 

farm  in  Leyden.     He  d.  Sept.  8,  1897.     Had:    i.      Frank  W.^  m. 

Martha  Pond,  1873;  was  for  many  years  in  the  clothing  business; 

res.  Greenfield;  s.  p.     2.      Edgar  S.'';  d.     3.     Charles'*;  d. 
vi.   Joseph   S.*,   b.  Dec  18,  1816;  m. Newton.     They  resided 

on    Frizzle    Hill,    Leyden.     Both  are   dead.      Had:    i.     Leroy', 

resides  Vermont.     2.      Newton^,  res.  just  above  "Keet's  Mills," 

Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden. 


392  GENEALOGIES. 


vii.  Sally  Maria^,  b.  Apr.  2,  1819;   m.  Nelson  J.  Warner, 
viii.  Louisa  Sophia^  b.  May  4,  1824;  d.  Feb.  5,  1848. 
ix.   Ransom^,  b.  Feb.  9,  1826;   m.  Feb.  18,  1852,  Climena,  dau.  Rufus 

and  Sabra  (Wells)  Frizzell.     She  was  b.  Apr.  19,  1828;  d.  June  16, 

1897.     He  res.  Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden;  a  farmer;  d.  Sept.   10, 

1899.     Had:  i.     Mary  C.^,  m.  Henry  Potter  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.; 

d.  ae.  27  years.     2.     Sara  S.^,  d.  ae.  21  years.     3.      Lottie  L.^,  b. 

Sept.  24,  1854:  m.  Frank   J.  Allen  of  Greenfield,  May  i,  1878. 

4.     Nora   H.",  m.  F.  A.  Cowan;  res.   Natural  Bridge,   N.  Y.      5. 

Nancy  S.^,    m.    Ur.  Daniel   Griffin;   res.    Lynn.      6.      Frank    R.'*, 

resides  at  home.     7.      Lila  E.^,  is  a  teacher. 

5.  Foster,  Josiah',  (Capt.  Ezekief,  EzekieF,  Sgt.  John',  Jacob', 
Isaac",  Reginald',)  b.  1784  ;  m.  Anna  Eustis.  She  d.  Aug-.  26, 
1846;  he  d.  Oct.  20,  1826.     Children: 

i.   Washington   B.*,  b.  1812;   m.  Theoma  G. .     He  d.  in  New 

Haven,  Ct.,  Aug.  24,  1836.  Had:  i.  Washington  Wells'",  b. 
Feb.  8,  1833;  brought  up  by  his  uncle  in  Bernardston. 

ii.   JosiAH**,   b..  1816;  ra.    Mary    M., who   d.    in   Albany,  N.  Y., 

Apr.  22,  1851,  ae.  42;  he  d.  Mch.  31,  1853. 

iii.    Daughter*,  who  m. Gilbert;  res.  Hartford,  Ct. 

iv.   George*. 

V.  William  Winchester'*,  b.  Aug.  23,  1820;  m.  Apr.  6,  1842,  Susan, 
dau.  Nathan  Robbins  of  Deerfield.  He  d.  May  22,  1855.  She 
m.  (2)  Thomas  Jefferson*  Foster.  He  and  his  brother  resided 
on  the  north  side  of  the  Newcomb  road.  Had;  i.  Freder- 
ick W.^,  b.  July  22,  1843;  d.  July  9,  1846.  2.  Luette  Louise^  d. 
Aug.  21,  1850.     3.      Nathan  W.^,  d.  Sept.  15,  1850. 

vi.  Thomas   Jefferson^,    b.    Dec.   6,    1822;  m.   (i) Potter  of 

Frizzell  Hill;  m.  (2)  Susan,  dau.  Nathan  Robbins,  and  widow 
of  his  brother,  William  W.  Foster.  After  her  death,  he  m,  a 
woman  from  Ohio.  He  d.  in  Bern.,  on  the  Israel  P.  Hale  place. 
Had:    i.     Daughter,  m.  Jenner  Jones  of  West  Deerfield. 

Fox,  Noah,  came  hither  with  his  brother  William  from  Glaston- 
bury, Ct.,  about  the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolu- 
tion.    He   m.  Content .     He  was  one  of  the  persons 

warned  from  town  Feb.  9,  1780,  at  which  time  he  had  prob- 
ably lived  here  at  least  15  years.     Children  : 


FOX.  393 

i.   Wealthy''^,  b.  Feb.  13,  1780;   m.  Oct.  14,  1800,  Joseph  Wise,  Jr., 
of  Deerfield. 

ii.   Delight^,  b.  Sept.  12,  1781. 
iii.    NoAH^,  b.  Aug.  12,  1783. 
iv.   L.EONARD^,  b.  May  31,  1785. 

V.  Tenty'^,  b.  Oct.  25,  1786. 
vi.  Sally^,  b.  Nov.  21,  1788. 
vii.  Ira~,  b.  May  24,  1791. 

viii.  Chester^,  b.  May  19,  1793;  drowned  Aug.  10,  1803. 
ix.    Anna^,  b.  July  13,  1795. 

1.  Fox,  William,  b.  about  1750;  came  hither  in  company  with  his 

brother  Noah  from  Glastonbury,  Ct.  ;  m.  (i)  Sarah,  sister  of 
Elder  Levi  Hodges.  Shed.  Apr.  2,  1783,  ae.  32  years;  m.  (2) 
Elizabeth^  dau.  of  Benjamin'  Green;  she  d.  Mch.  20,  1839, 
ae.  82  years.  In  1778  he  served  on  the  Committee  of  Corre- 
spondence, Inspection  and  Safety.  That  year  his  name  ap- 
pears on  the  town  records  with  the  title  corporal,  prefixed. 
His  home  was  on  the  Fox  Brook  road,  north-west  from  the 
hotel.     He  d.  July  12,  1823,  ae.  73.     Children  : 

i.   Sarah'^,  b.  Feb.  25,  1771;  d.  May,  1797.     Perhaps  that  Sarah  Fox 

who  m.  Nov.  20,  1793,  Ruggles  Green, 
ii.   Patience^,  b.  Sept.  2,  1773;  (twin)  m.  Jonathan^  Park,  in  1792-3. 
iii.   William^,  b.  Sept.  2,  1773;  (twin), 
iv.   Roger2,  5   June  2,  1775;  d.  Apr.  15,  1795. 
V.  Fileta^,  b.  Apr.  i6,  1777;  m.  Woodbridge^  Green,  1799. 
vi.  Gad^,  b.  Nov.  28,  1778. 

vii.   Lydia'',  b.  Aug.  22,  1780;  m.  Thomas  Allis,  1804. 
viii.   Aaron",    b.    June    18,  1782;   (twin)    m.  Chloe',  dau.   Israel*  Bagg; 
Intention  rec.  Feb.  28,  1807. 
ix.   Miriam-,  b.  June  18,  1782;  (twin)  m.  Daniel  Sanderson  of  Sunder- 
land, Nov.  2,  1805.     She  d.  Dec.  7,   1854. 
By  second  wife,  Elizabeth. 
X.    Ruel^,  b.  Mch.  12,  1784;  d.  Sept.  19,   1784. 
xi.    Eli^,  b.  Feb.  9,  17S5;   in.  Harriet  Briggs,  Sept.  5,  1810. 

2.  xii.   Jared'^,  b.  July  11,  1786. 

xiii.   Eunice-,  b.  June  ro,  1788;  d.  Aug.  25,  1803. 

xiv.  Chloe'"^,   b.    Mch.    i,  1790;   m.  Sept.    18,    181 1,    John^   Hale,    2nd. 
She  d.  Dec.  23,  1840. 


394  GENEALOGIES. 


XV.   Sena^,  b.  June  3,  1792. 

xvi.  Sylvia^,  b.  Dec.  2,  1793;  m.  May  6,  1814,  Darius  Nichols, 
xvii.  Terah^  b.  June  22,  1795;  m.  Nov.  2,  1823,  Sophronia^  dau.  of 
Elias^  Parmenter.  She  was  b.  Nov.  3,  1802.  He  d.  Oct.  26, 
1837,  ae.  42.  She  m.  (2)  Moses  Wait,  Jr.,  of  Hubbardston,  1838; 
d.  Oct.  21,  1891.  Had:  i.  Sheldon  Snow^,  d.  Sept.  8,  1825. 
2.  Terah^,  d.  young.  3.  Sophronia^  d.  young, 
xviii.  Silas  Green^  b.  Nov.  12,  1796;  m.  (i)  Oct.  10,  1824,  Phinanda, 
dau.  Zebediah^  Slate;  d.  Apr.  29,  1825,  ae.  21  years;  m.  (2) 
Eunice  F.^  da-u.  Israel*  Chapin.  She  d.  Dec.  i,  1888,  ae.  83. 
He  d.  Mch.  23,  1883.  Had:  i.  Frederick  P.^  b.  Apr.  12,  1825; 
d.  May  10,  1831.  2.  Amerus  Goodsir\  b.  Feb.  24,  1827;  d. 
May  9,  1831.  3.  Julia  Ann-',  b.  Nov.  26,  1829;  d.  June  21, 
1845.  4.  Solomon  Chapin^,  b.  July  4,  1836;  res.  Montague, 
where  he  m.  and  d.     5.     Celestia  Ophelia'^  b.  Oct    17,  1839;   in. 

Mack;  res.  Bratlleboro.     6.      Edmund  Burk\  b.  Mch.  2, 

1842;  resides  Nantucket,  where  he  has  been  for  a  long  time 
principal  of  the  Coffin  Academy.  He  is  prominent  in  both  social 
and  civil  affairs  of  the  place,  and  has  taken  an  active  interest 
in  advancing  the  welfare  of  all  who  have  been  his  pupils;  unin. 
7.     Luke  Gilmore^,  b.  Aug.  4,  1845;  d.  Mch.  29,  1868. 

xix.   Elizabeth*,  b.  May    16,  1798;  m.  Apr.   i,  1819,   Seorim'^  Hale;  d. 
May  18,  1843. 

There  are  one  or  two  others,  names  not  known. 

2.  Fox,  Jared^  (William.)  b.  July  11,  1786;  tn.  (i)  Oct.  24,  1810, 
Lucinda,  dau.  of  Carmi  Wright  of  Adams.  She  d.  May  8, 
1840,  ae.  54  years ;  m.  (2)  Jan.  12,  1842,  Lucinda  A.  Mitchell  of 
Charlemont.  He  d.  Apr.  9,  1844,  ^^^  she  m.  (2)  May  17,  1845, 
Reuben'  Park.  She  was  b.  Sept.  27,  1798,  and  d.  Oct.  lo,  1875. 
Children: 

i.  Selah  WrictHT^,  b.  June  13,  1812;  was  twice  m.;  a  blacksmith 
and  mechanic;  resided  Whately,  where  he  d.  Nov.  3,  1881. 

ii.  Horace  B.'*,  b.  May  r,  1813;  was  a  blacksmith,  removing  in  1834 
to  Whately;   m.  and  d.  Apr.  12.  1881. 

iii.  Silas  G.'*,  b.  July  14,  1815;  resided  New  York  State. 

iv.  Eli  C.'\  b.  Mch.  8,  1817;  m.  Mrs.  Margaret  F.  Newell  Strickland 
of  Greenfield,  sister  of  the   late  Barnard  Newell,  and  widow  of 


FOX— FRIZZ  EL.  395 


Russell  F.  Strickland.  Shekel,  in  Burlms^ton,  la..  Mch.  22,  1895, 
ae.  86  years.  For  a  number  of  3'ears  Mr.  Fox  kept  the  New 
England  House.  About  1865,  he  went  VVest,  where  a  few  years 
later  he  died.  Had:  i.  Herbert  Duane"*,  b.  Aug.  6,  1842;  re- 
sided in  the  West.  2.  Everett  C.*,  is  ticket  agent  of  the  Bur- 
lington railroad  at  Kansas  City. 
V.  F)dward  VV.'^,  b.  Mch.  12,  1819;  ni.  Betsey  W  Thayer  of  Monta- 
gue, Apr.  13,  1841;  resides  Brattleboro,  Vt.  Had:  i.  Havil- 
lah  R.\  b.  Aug.  16,  1843. 

vi.  Salmon  H.'"*,  b.  Nov.  25,  1822;  tn.  twice;  resided  in  VVest  Swan- 
zey,  N.  H.,  where  he  had  been  a  successful  merchant;  d  Apr.  27, 
1891. 

vii.  LuciNDA  S.\  b.  Nov.  12,  1824;  m.  July  4,  1845,  Benjamin  A.  Ed- 
wards of  Chesterfield.  She  d.  Sept.  6,  1847.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  H,  67th  Reg.,  Ohio  Vol.;  d.  May  14,  1888,  ae.  65, 
and  was  buried  in  Bern. 

viii.   Mary  Janf;',  b.  Apr.  6,  1826;  d.  Sept.   17,  1826. 
ix.  George  F.^,  b.  June  10,  1829. 

Fr.anklin,  Mrs.  E.  M.,  came  to  town  recently  from  Guilford,  Vt., 
residing  on  South  st.     Has  children. 

1.  Frizzel,  Samuel',  (Samuel",  James',  who  was  b.  in  1626,  came 
to  this  country  about  1652,  settling  in  Roxbury,  and  died 
Feb.  6,  1 7 16.  ae.  90  years.  The  family  is  supposed  to  have 
been  of  Scotch  origin,)  b.  1700;  m.  Prudence  Flagg  of  Water- 
town,  Feb.  I,  1727.  Six  of  their  children  were  b.  in  Shrews- 
bury.    Children: 

i.   Samuel*,    b.  Apr.  5,  1729,   in    Fratningham,  said   to  have  gone  to 

Salem  and  joined  the  Shakers  or  Quakers, 
ii.  John'*,  b.  Sept.  20,  1730,  in    Framingham;  d,  in  Northfield,  1815. 
iii.   Prudence*,  b.  1732;  m.  Moses  Dickinson.  1756;  d.  May  15,  1790. 
iv.   Abigail*,  b.   1734;  ni.  Jason  Parmenter. 
v.    Mary*,  b.  1736. 

vi.   Lucy*,  perhaps,  m.  Nathaniel  Brooks;   resided  Vernon,  Vt. 
vii.  Susanna*,  b.  1739. 

viii.  Michael*,  b.  1740,  in  Leicester.  He  became  a  resident  of  Ber- 
nardston  in  or  before  1746,  so  presumably  Michael  Frizzel  was 
one  of  the  17  families  settling   in   town.      He  m.  Hannah'*,  dau. 


396  GENEALOGIES. 


of  Samuel*  Connabel,  and  widow  of  James  Maxwell.  They  set- 
tled on  "Frizzel  Hill."  She  was  said  to  be  a  great  story  teller. 
Mr.  Frizzel  was  constable  1778.  He  was  a  soldier  against  the 
Indians  in  1757,  and  his  tombstone  has  the  title  captain  upon  it. 
He  had  no  children,  but  adopted  his  nephew,  Elijah,  son  of  his 
brother  Benjamin,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  a  part  of  his  prop- 
erty. He  d.  1815. 
2.        ix.  Reuben*,  b.  1742. 

X.   Benjamin*,  b.  1758;  rem.  from  Vernon   to  Canaan,  Vt.,  ab.  1793. 

2.  Frizzel,  Reuben*,  (SamueF,  SamueP,  James',)  b.  1742;  with  his 

brother  Michael  was  a  pioneer  in  town ;  m.  (i)  Rachael  Orvis; 
(2)  Widow  Lydia  Stebbins  of  Deerfield  ;  (3)  Oct.  11,  1786, 
Esther,  dau.  of  Joshua  Lyman  of  Northfield.  She  was  born 
June  12,  1752;  d.  Mch.  18,  1826.  He  was  constable  and  col- 
lector 1779.  He  served  in  both  the  French  and  Indian  War 
and  the  Revolution.  He  built  one  of  the  first  frame  houses 
in  that  part  of  the  town  afterwards  Leyden,  in  which  he  d. 
Oct.  31,  1822.     Children: 

i.  Michael",  b.  1770;  m  1792,  Sally,  dau.  David  Page;  removed  to 
New  York  State  and  took  the  name  of  Frazier,  which  he  be- 
lieved to  be  the  original  spelling  of  the  name. 

3,  ii.  Reuben,  Jr.',  b.  1771. 

iii.    Levi;  left  no  descendants. 

iv.  Zenas,  changed  his  name  to  that  of  Frazier;  res.  Luzerne,  N.  Y. 

V.  Susanna^,    m.  Mch.    3,    1785,  Samuel   Connabel  of   Leyden;  res. 
New  York  State, 
vi.   Rachael^ 

3.  Frizzel,  Reuben,  Jr.",  (Reuben*,  SamueP,  Samuel',  James',)  b. 
1771;  m.  Anna ;  d.  June  20,  1818.     Children: 

Rufus",    m.   Almeda^    dau.    John^   Nelson;    she   d.  Feb.  5,   1901. 

Res.  on  south  end  of  Frizzell   Hill. 
Calvin^,  rem.  to  Jefferson,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d. 
Amelia    L).\  b.   1790;   m.  Jan.    15,  1822,   Abel    Shattuck.     She  d. 

Mch.  14.  1838. 
Rachael",  b.  Aug.,    1796;  m.    James'  Shattuck,   Aug.,  1818.     She 

d.  May  6,  1829. 


P^RIZZEL — GOODALE.  397 


Bency*^,  b.  June   19,  1801;   m.  James'   Shattuck,    1832;  d.  Oct.  27, 

1853- 
Marcus*',  b.  July  27,  1805;  m.  Mch.  22,  1832,  Cynthia  Potter. 
She  was  b.  Jan.  13,  1810;  d.  Sept.  29,  1898.  He  d.  July  24, 
1877.  He  resided  on  Frizzel  Hill  until  about  1870,  then  rem. 
to  Bernardston,  settling  on  the  place  now  owned  by  his  son  on 
Burk  Flat.  Had:  i.  Elizabeth  A.',  b.  Jan.  19,  1833;  m.  Nov.  9, 
1856,  George  R.  Williams  of  Chicopee.  2.  Lucia  A.',  born 
Nov.  13,  1834;  m.  May  31,  1858,  Robert  Williams  of  West 
Springfield.  He  d.  Feb.  19,  1898.  She  resides  in  Easthampton. 
3.  Joseph  S.'.  b.  Mch.  2,  1836;  res.  California.  4.  Henry  C.\ 
h.  Mch.  19,  1838;  m.  Mch.  6,  i860,  Angelia  C.^  dau.  Charles^  S. 
Park.  He  d.  Aug.  7,  1867.  She  m.  (2)  Oct.  19,  1873,  Arthur 
C.  Brooks;  res.  Greenfield.  5.  Emma  V.',  b.  Sept.  2,  1841;  d. 
Oct.  15,  1841.  6.  Frederic  M.',  b.  Aug.  24,  1841;  resides  on 
place  formerly  owned  by  Willis  Gray,  and  later  by  O.  W.  Gray, 
Burk  Flat.  7.  Rufus  A.",  b.  Feb.  14,  1846;  m.  Jan.  i,  1877, 
Anna  M.  Strangford.  She  d.  Feb.  2,  1887.  He  d.  Oct.  17, 
1887.  8.  Edwin  C.'',  b.  Feb.  14,  1848;^  resides  Northampton. 
9.  George  W.'',  b.  Nov.  1,  1850;  d.  Aug.  18,  1870.  10.  Hat- 
tie  A.'',  b.  June  1,  1853;  resides  Bern,  with  her  brother  Freder- 
ick. II.  Emma  C.',  b.  Sept.  10,  1855;  m.  Apr.  26,  1882,  Rich- 
ard E.  Spencer  of  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.      She  d.  July  8,  1890. 

Climena'',   m.  (1)  Newton;   (2)  James'  Shattuck,  Dec.  18, 

1853- 
Ann^,  m.  Jabez  Weaver. 

Miranda'',  m.  Justin  Salisbury. 

Elizabeth'',  m.  Allen  Eason;  res.  Leyden,  1886. 

Gilbert,  Joshua,  b.  1758;  m.  Elizabeth ;  resided  on  Huckle 

HiU.     She  was  b.  1769;  d.  Feb,    i,  1814.     He  died   Mch.  17, 
1825.     Children: 

i.   Abigail,  b.  1799;  d.  Mch.  4,   1857. 
ii.   Lucy,  b.  1803;  d.  Mch.  12,  1813. 
iii.    Henry,  b.  1805;  d.  Mch.  9,   18x3. 

GoODALE,  Hon.  Job',  (Nathan',  John^  Zachariah',  Robert',)  b.  in 
Marlboro,  Mass.,  or  Plymouth,  Ct.  He  m.  Apr.,  1794,  Lydia, 
dau.   of  Obed   and   Mary  (Todd)   Foote   of   Waterbury,  Ct., 


398  GENEALOGIES. 


where  she  was  b.  May  15,  1774;  d.  Mch.  30,  1863.  Mr.  Good- 
ale  settled  in  Bernardston  in  18 14,  residing  in  the  house  now 
owned  by  Willis  Stratton.  His  principal  business  was  that 
of  a  drover.  He  also  owned  the  grist  and  saw-mill  formerly 
located  near  the  iron  bridge,  which  later  passed  into  posses- 
sion of  his  son-in-law,  the  late  Z.  C.  Newcomb. 

During  the  winter  and  spring  months  it  was  here  the  cus- 
tom to  grind  wheat  and  rye   into  flour,  also  plaster  brought 
from    Maine   or  Nova  Scotia  for  fertilizer.      vSummers   the 
pond  was  drawn  off,  the  land  fertilized  and  grown  into  grass. 
.It  is  related  of  Judge  Goodale  that  upon  one  occasion  he  in- 
structed his   hired    man  to  sow  plaster  upon   this  land  ;  the 
latter  went   to  work  ;  only  too  late  was  the  discovery  made 
that  a  hogshead  of  rye  flour  had  been  sown  instead  of  the 
intended  plaster.     This  incident  was  the  cause  of  considera- 
ble good   natured  railery  at  the  expense  of  the  Judge.     He 
was  judge  of  the  old  Court  of  Sessions  and  was  a  prominent 
man  in   his  day.     Was  the  founder   of  Goodale   Academy. 
He  made  various  bequests  to  religious  societies,  noticeably 
to  the  Congregational  societies  in   Marlboro,  and   in   town. 
To  the  Congregational   society  here   he  gave   the  land  and 
meeting  house  so  long  as  they  should  be   used  for  no  pur- 
pose except  religious  worship  or  occasional  public  meetings 
of  a  social  and    moral  nature.      The  income  of  $1,000  was 
given  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  an  able  orthodox  divine 
to  annually  preach  a  sermon  in  that  church  upon  the  import- 
ance of  early  piety  and  early  Christian  education   for  the 
benefit  of  the  young  people  of  the  place,  also  the  parsonage. 
He  gave  to  the  town  $200  to  be  loaned  at  six  per  cent,  or  the 
legal  interest  paid   annually,  both  principal   and  interest  to 
be  an  accumulating  fund  until  the  whole  amounts  to  $20,000, 
after  which  time  the  annual   interest  shall  be  appropriated 
to  the  support  of   the  poor  of   the   town  so  far  as  the  same 
may  be   necessary,  and  the   residue  for  the  support  of   the 
common  .<?chools,  and  a  public  library  if  that  should  be  then 
thought  expedient.     Dr.  William    Goodale  in  the   "  Old  and 
the  New"  says  of   him:  "I  have   attended  prayer  meetings 


GORE — GOULD.  399 


with  him  in  Marlboro,  where  he  exhorted  like  a  judge,  and 
prayed  like  the  Publican."  He  served  the  town  as  select- 
man in  181 5- 16-18.     He  d.  Oct.  25,  1833.     Children: 

i.    Feronia^  b.  Feb.  9,  1795;  d.  Apr.  4,  1798,  at  Gill. 

ii.  Lydia  Maria",  b.  Dec.  22,  1796;  m.  Feb.  27,  1817,  Zebina  Cur- 
tis^ Newconib.     She  d.  Sept.  28,   1853. 

Gore,   Dea.   Ezekiel,  b.  1771;  m.  Marian .     He  came  here 

from  Vermont,  settling  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Meric 
Slate  on  Burk  Flat;  d.  May  14,  1847.  ae.  ^6  years.  She  d. 
Jan.  12,  1852,  ae.  81.     Children:  order  of  birth  uncertain. 

i.  Marian-,  b.  in  Halifax,  \'t.,  Feb.  9,  1796;  m.  Feb.  15,  1815,  Rufus 
Chase;  d.  Aug.  12,  1840. 

ii.    John-,  resided  Brattleb{^ro,  Vt. 

iii.  Stephen'^,  b.  1809;  m.  (i)  .Ann  Whitcoinb  of  Winchendon,  Mass. 
She  d.  Feb.  27,  1847,  ae.  37;  m.  (2)  Nancy',  dau.  Dr.  John 
Brooks,  Apr.,  1847.  She  d.  in  Shelburne  Falls,  189-.  He  d. 
in  Mitchell,  la.,  Jan.  21,  1861.  Had:  i.  Frances'',  m.  Dr. 
Hazlett  of  Nevada.  He  is  dead.  2.  Charles',  resides  Califor- 
nia. 3.  Emma'',  m.  Jasper  A.  Gale  of  Warwick;  resides  Win- 
chester, N.  H.  By  second  wife:  4.  Mary  R.'',  d.  Jan.  i,  1853^ 
ae.  4.     5.      John,  who  d.  young. 

iv.    Mila'^,  m.  Jan.  19,  1834,  Luke   Gore   (a  cousin)   of   Black    River, 

N.  Y.,  "after  a  long  and  tedious  courtship  of  three  days." 
V.  Lucinda^,  d.  Nov.  11,  1834,  ae.  34. 

vi.  Sarah',  m.  in  1827,  Col.  Arnold  J.  Hines  of  Guilford,  Vt.  She 
d.  March  14,  1835. 

Gould,  Gideon,  d.  Mch.  12,  1840,  ae.  79;  perhaps  the  father  of 
Gardner. 

Gould,  Elij.a.h  A.,  m.  18 16,  Sophia  Earl  of  Phillipston.  She  died 
Jan.  29,  18 1 8. 

Gould,  Gardner,  b.  1790;  m.  Mary  Hills,  Nov.  4,  18 10.  She  died 
July  24,  185 1,  ae.  66.  He  resided  on  the  original  Beaver 
Meadow  road  the  first  house  north  of  the  old  carding  machine. 
The  home  site  was  afterward  owned  by  D.  W.  Temple, 
J.  Smith  and  J.  O.  Bliss:  suicide  by  hanging,  Apr.  10,  1859, 
ae.  69.     Children  : 


400  GENEALOGIES. 


George  \V.,  b.  Feb.  28,  1813;  m.  Charlotte  Burnett  of  (iuilford, 

Vt.;  had  two  children,  Susan  A.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1837;  m.  (i)  

FoUett  of  Readsboro,  Vt.;  (2)  Rufus  Amidon  of  Readsboro.  2. 
Chandler,  m.  and  resides  Springfield. 

William,  d.  Sept.  11,  1868. 

Lewis  F.,  (twin  to  George)  b.  Feb.  28,  1813;  d.  in  Vernon,  Vt. 

Hannah  M.,  b.  June  25,  1816. 

Gould,  Sally,  sister  of  Gardner  of  Bernardston,  m.  Silas  Hills  of 
Guilford,  Sept.  i,  18 10. 

Gould,  James,  m.  Eunice  Wright,  Sept.  30,  1811. 

Gould,  Lovina,  of  Bern.,  m.  July  9,  1835,  Capt.  Aaron  Streeter  in 
Guilford. 

Gould,  Mary,  d.  Nov.  15,  1864,  ae.  68. 

1.  Gray,  Amos',  (Jonas',)  b.  in  Pelham,  Mass.,  1761  ;  m.  Betsey  Reed 

Tyler,  who  was  b.  Sept.  5,  1766,  and  d.  in  Bern.,  June  25,  1843. 
He  joined  the  Revolutionary  Army  when  16  years  old,  and 
served  some  time  in  the  vicinity  of  West  Point  and  White 
Plains.  He  lived  in  town  for  a  number  of  years  between 
the  years  of  1840  and  1850,  and  is  believed  to  have  been  the 
last,  and  for  some  time  the  only  Revolutionary  pensioner  in 
the  place.  Betsey  Reed  Tyler  was  the  daughter  of  Hon. 
Joseph  Tyler,  who  also  served  in  the  army,  being  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Bennington,  where  he  was  severely  wounded.  Later 
he  commanded  the  local  artillery  company,  and  was  for  many 
years  prominent  in  town  and  county  affairs.  Amos  Gray  d. 
in  Townshend,  Vt.,  Mch.  3,  1850.     Children  : 

2.  Wyllis*,  b.  Aug   29,  1789,  in  Townshend,  Vt. 
Betsey^,  m.  Samuel  Fessenden;  res.  Townshend,  Vt. 
Lydia'*,  b.  Nov.  27,  1795;  ^-  Abijah  Pierce  of  Jamaica,  Vt. 
Mehitable'*,  m. Bellamy;  d.  in  Ohio. 

Tyler\  Sophia'',  Ruth'',  Polly';  all  d.  unm.  in   Townshend,  Vt. 

2.  Gray,  Willis',  (Amos^  Jonas',)  b.  Aug.  29,  17S9,  in  Townshend, 
Vt. ;  m.  Mch.  23,  1819,  Emily  Newell  of  Newfane,  Vt.,  who 


l>~~eyvu 


GRAY.  401 

was  b.  Feb.  7,  1796;  d.  in  Bern.,  Feb.  26,  1872.  Mr.  Gray 
moved  to  Bernard.ston  in  Mch.,  1835,  residing- there  until  his 
death.  Oct.  16,  1857.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  an  up- 
right and  useful  citizen,  and  a  life  long  and  consistent  mem- 
ber of  the  Orthodox  Congregational  church.  His  home  was 
upon  Burk  Flat,  the  present  Frizzell  place.     Children: 

i.    Marcia  MARIA^  b.    in   Townshend,   Vi.,  Apr.   11,   1823;   m.  Reu- 
ben'' Park,  Apr.   16,   1846;   res.  East  Bern. 
2.  ii.   Ormanuo  Wyllis*,  b.  in  Townshend,  Vt.,  Mch.  3,   1829. 

2.  Gray,  Ormando  Wvllis',  (Wylli.s'',  Amos',  Jonas',)  b.  in  Towns- 
hend. Vt.,  Mch,  3,  1829;  moved  with  his  parents  to  Bern,  in 
1835  ;  was  educated  at  Goodale  Academy  and  Norwich,  Vt., 
Military  Academy,  graduating  in  the  scientific  and  engineer- 
ing department  of  the  latter  in  1849.  ^^i"-  ^ray  m.  Sept.  5, 
185  I,  Roxcena  L.,  dau.  of  Capt.  Gideon  Arnold  of  Dexter, 
Mich.  She  was  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  Nov.  10,  1829,  and  died 
June  13,  1901.  Mr.  Gray  is  by  profession  a  surveyor  and 
civil  engineer  ;  has  been  engag^ed  mainly  in  the  construction 
and  publication  of  maps  and  atlases.  From  1857  to  about 
1870,  in  an  association  with  the  late  Prof.  H.  F.  Walling,  with 
offices  in  New  York  and  Boston,  was. extensively  engaged 
in  making  county  maps  from  special  surveys  throughout 
New  England,  the  Middle  vStates  and  Canada,  and  during 
this  time  a  number  of  State  and  general  maps  were  issued, 
including  an  edition  of  the  Massachusetts  State  maps  in  atlas 
form,  the  plates  of  which  are  now  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth. In  1870  he  moved  to  Philadelphia,  where,  in  part- 
nership with  his  son,  the  late  Frank  A.  Gray,  a  general  sur- 
veying and  geographical  ptiblishing  business  was  maintained 
for  some  years,  operations  extending  over  nearly  the  entire 
country.  Returning  to  Bern,  from  Philadelphia,  he  bought 
the  Dr.  Carpenter  place,  and  later,  of  Lorenzo  Park,  the 
Zebina  Newcomb  place,  opposite.  Upon  this  he  made  exten- 
sive repairs  and  alterations,  fitting  it  into  a  model  residence, 
which,  for  some  years,  he  made  a  summer  home.  Retiring 
generally  from  business  in    1890,  he  took  up  his  permanent 


402  GENEALOGIES. 


residence  in  Bernardston,  where  he  has  served  the  town  as 
one  of  the  selectmen,  president  of  the  trustees  of  Cushman 
Library,  president  of  the  cemetery  corporation,  and  in  vari- 
ous other  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  has 
always  taken  an  interest  in  matters  historical,  and  acknowl- 
edgment is  made  to  him  for  the  use  of  historical  papers 
consulted  in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  and  for  his  con- 
tribution of  the  valuable  maps  of  the  town.  In  1881  the 
University  conferred  upon  him  the  degrees  of  B.  S.  and  C.  E. 
He  is  the  present  owner  of  the  brick  store.     Children  : 

i.  Frank  ARNOLD^  b.  in  Bern.,  Sept.  4,  1852;  d.  in  Camden,  N.  J., 
Sept.  17,  1886;  (buried  in  Bernardston).  Was  educated  at 
Powers  Institute  and  VVilbraham  Academy;  traveled  extensively 
in  Europe  and  elsewhere;  was  in  business  with  his  father  for  the 
latter  years  of  his  life,  having  special  charge  of  the  drawing  and 
engraving  departments  of  the  business;  m.  Sallie  J.  Paulson  of 
Camden,  N.  J.,  Sept.  i,  1885,  who  d.  July  i,  1888;  had  one 
child,  Ella  Paulson*  Gray,  b.  in  Camden,  Nov.  15,  1886;  died 
Feb.  3,  1889. 

ii.  Mary  Swift'\  b.  Aug.  26,  1857;  m.  Dec.  12,  1877,  Irvine  Chittick 
Beatty,  a  manufacturer  of  Camden,  N.  J.  Had:  i.  Infant\  b. 
Mch.  7;  d.  Mch.  10,  1879.     2.     William^  b.  Jan.  15,  1883. 

iii.  Nellie  May\  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  Dec.  7,  t866;  m.  Sept.  5,  1888, 
Dr.  Willard  Henry'"  Pierce;  resides  Greenfield,  Mass. 

iv.  Annie  Newell^,  b.  in,  Camden,  N.  J.,  March  3,  1873;  res  at 
home;  unm. 

Green,  Benjamin',  came  to  Bernardston  in  June,  1760  or  1761,  set- 
tling on  the  Woodbridge  Green  place,  or  where  Galusha 
Newton  now  lives.  He  was  a  native  of  Salem,  Mass,  or  of 
Rhode  Island.  En  route  from  the  latter  place,  the  hostility 
of  the  Indians  became  so  pronounced  that  he  stopped  at 
West  Springfield,  where  for  a  few  years  he  inade  it  his  home. 
He  m.  (i)  Elizabeth  Coats,  who  d.  at  the  age  of  38  years  ;  m. 

(2)  Hannah  Robinson,  widow  of Ruggles.     Mr.  Green 

d.  Dec.  28,  1806.  There  were  probably  sisters,  surely,  who 
came  to  town  with  him.     Children,  order  of  birth  uncertain: 


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GREEN.  403 


i.    Eunice^,  b.  1747;   m.  Moses  Smith. 

ii.  Benjamin^,  m.  Martha  Wells.  He  was  in  town  as  late  as  1780, 
up  to  which  date  he  held  town  offices.  He  must  have  gone  soon 
after  to  Gill  or  the  south-east  part  of  Bern.  He  d.  Dec.  27, 
1796.  His  death  is  here  recorded,  but  his  body  is  buried  in 
the  cemetery  near  the  brick  school  house  on  the  Gill  road,  as  iS" 
also  that  of  his  brother  JepUthah.  Had:  i.  Aaron",  b.  Aug.  11, 
1775.  2.  Clarinda^  b.  Oct.  28,  1777;  m.  Noah  Allen  of  Gill. 
3.  Claras  b.  Nov.  23,  1779.  4.  Martha'',  b.  Aug.  13,  1782. 
5.  Thomas^  b.  Feb.  11,  1784.  6.  Wells^  b.  Sept.  10,  1785. 
7.     Frederic',  b.  Oct.  30,  1788.     8.     Jonathan^,   b.  Jan.  2,  1791. 

iii.  Anna^,  m.  Jona.  Hurlbert. 

iv.    Esther^,  m.  Simons. 

V.   Thomas^,  d.  young  in  Springfield,  from  the  effects  of  a  snake  bite. 

vi.  Sarah^,  b.  1754;  m.  IsraeH  Bagg,  Jan.  11,  1776;  d.  Jan.  13,  1832. 

vii.  Jephthah^,  m.  Margaret,  dau.  of  Thomas,  and  sister  of  Israel 
Bagg  of  West  Springfield.  She  was  b.  1758.  Jephthah  Green 
was  warned  from  town,  Feb.  9,  1790,  at  which  time  he  was  re- 
corded as  belonging  in  Springfield.  He  moved  to  Gill,  residing 
with  his  son,  Elijah.  Is  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the  Gill  Greens. 
Had:  i.  Lucy'\  b.  Feb.  24,  1777.  2.  Barthasheba\  b.  Sep- 
tember 29,  1779.  3.  Polly^  b.  Apr.  17,  1782.  4.  Elijah^  5. 
Horatio", 
viii.  Betsey^,  b.  1757;  m.  William  Fox  (second  wife);  d.  Mch.  20, 
1839,  ae.  82. 

ix.  Pattv^,  m.  Ebenezer^  Slate;  res.  Gill,  Mass. 

X.   Samuel^,  b.  Mch.  21,  1760. 
By  second  wife: 

xi.  WooDBRiDGE^,  b.  1 773;  m.  1799,  Fileta,  dau.  William  and- Sarah 
Fox.  He  had  the  title  of  captain;  d.  July  2,  1848,  ae.  75.  (G.  S.) 
no  children. 

xii.  RuGGLES^,  b.  1794. 

There  were  probably  also  by  this  marriage  children  born 
between  Woodbridge  and  Ruggles,  some  of  whom  were 
Silas,  who  m.  Jan.  22,  1795,  Polly  Severance,  Sarah,  who  m. 
1797,  Eleazer  Risley  of  Gill,  and  d.  May  1797,  ae.  26  years. 
Silas  Green  was  in  Capt.  McClellan's  Co.  to  march  to  Horse 


404  GENEALOGIES. 


Neck  under  Col.  John  Mosely.  An  Ira  Green  died  in  town 
August,  1816,  ae.  65  years.  He  may  have  been  an  older  child 
by  the  first  marriage. 

2.  Green,  SAMUEL^  (Benjamin',)  b.  in  West  vSpringfield,  Mch.  21, 
1760;  m.  AbigaiP,  dau.  Daniel'  Slate.  She  was  b.  1766;  d. 
Aug.  21,  1845.  With  others  from  this  town,  Samuel  Green 
went  to  the  battle  of  Lexington.  When  17  years  of  age  he 
went  as  a  soldier  to  Ticonderoga,  thence  over  the  mountain 
and  organized  a  company  at  Bennington,  marched  to  White- 
hall, and  down  the  lake.  He  was  gone  two  months,  receiv- 
ing for  his  services  40s.  a  month.  He  was  out  in  four  cam- 
paigns ;  the  second  was  in  1778,  in  Vermont,  the  third  in 
1779,  for  a  month  to  New  London  at  the  rate  of  40s.  per 
month,  and  the  fourth  to  West  Point.  He  was  hired  by  the 
town  for  three  months  at  the  rate  of  10  pounds  specie  and 
forty  shillings  continental  currency.  He  d.  Aug.  18,  1841, 
ae.  81.     Children: 

i.   Abigail^,    b.    Dec.   5,    1785;    m.    Dec.    19,    1810,    Eli   Wright   of 
Adams,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Elizabeth^,   b.  May  29,  1787;  m.  Apr.  3,  1810,  Hatsel^  Purple;  d. 
Nov.  25,  1857. 

iii.   Anna^,  b.  Sept.  14,  1788;  m.  Nov.  27,    1807,  George'  Parmenter; 
d.  Sept.  20,  1863. 

iv.  RoDOLPHUS^,  b.  Apr.  i,  1790;  m.  Nellie,  dau.  of  "Si"  Parmenter 
of  Northfield.  He  d.  suddenly  Dec.  4,  1842.  She  d.  Dec.  10, 
1841.  Had:  i.  Siba  A.*,  m.  Martha  S.^  dau.  Samuel'  Wright, 
May  23,  1849.  He  d.  Jan;  20,  1888.  Shed.  Dec.  11,  1897,  s.  p. 
2.  Philanders.*,  m.  and  resided  in  Ct. ;  d.  3.  Anna  A.*,  b. 
1825 ;  m.  Samuel  M.  Caldwell  of  West  Northfield,  Mch.  16,  1848; 
d.  May  23,  1878.  4.  Elon  R.*,  m.  Augusta  J.,  dau.  of  Asa  Bar- 
ber of  Guilford.  He  d.  July  12,  1888.  She  d.  Feb.  6,  1893. 
5.  Samuel  G.'',  b.  1833;  d.  unm.,  Nov.  27,  1868. 
4.  V.  Benjamin^,  b.  Oct.  27,  1791. 

vi.  Seba  Allen'',  b.  Sept.  6,  1793;  d.  Apr.  14,  1807, 

vii.   Sally',  b.  Aug.  4,  1795;  d.  unm. 

viii.  Amanda',  b.  Apr.  3,  1797;  m.  Feb.  25,   1818,  Ruggles^  Green;  d. 
Nov.  9,  1885. 


GREEN.  405 


ix.   Patty^,  b.  May  4,  1799;  m.  Daniel  Brooks. 

X.  Samuel  Jefferson",  b.  Oct.  21,  1800;  m.  Patty  Williams,  Sep- 
tember II,  1823.  He  d.  Mch.  15,  1865,  and  she  m.  (2)  Emory 
Miller.  He  d.  July  25,  1888.  Mr.  Green  resided  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Northfield  road,  on  the  place  now  owned  by  George 
H.  Bixby.  Had:  i.  George  P.\  b.  Oct.  14,  1827;  d.  aged 
14  months.  2.  George  P.^  b.  1828;  m.  (i)  May  19,  1853, 
Martha,  dau.  Otis  Root.  She  d.  June  3,  1864;  m.  (2)  Amanda 
Coolidge.  He  d.  July  18,  1891.  He  was  a  wheelwright,  and 
resided  on  the  place  formerly  owned  by  Field  Cushman,  south 
of  the  railroad  bridge.  3.  Sarah  A.^  b.  Sept.  19,  1830;  m.  Rev. 
George  E.  Fuller,  Aug.  3,  1852;  d.  in  Ware,  Mass.,  Mch.  1 1,  1855. 

xi.  Eunice  L.^  b.  June  28,  1804;  m.  Xenophon  Williams;  resided 
in  Gill;   both  are  dead. 

3.  Green,  Ruggles',  (Benjamin',)  b.  Aug.  29,  1794;  m.  Amanda^ 
dau.  SamueP  Green,  Feb.  25,  18 18.  She  wa.s  b.  Apr.  3,  1797  ; 
d.  Nov.  9,  1885.  He  d.  Oct.  18,  1849;  resided  first  house 
north  of  Bald  Mountain  school  house.     Children  : 

i.  Samuel  Jefferson^,  b.  Oct.  7,  1819;  m.  Sarah  K.  Merrifield  of 
Brookline,  Vt.  Mr.  Green  during  his  residence  in  town  occu- 
pied positions  of  honor  and  trust.  He  was  for  six  years  select- 
man, and  for  a  long  time  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  While  here,  his  home  was  for  many  years  on  the  Bald 
Mountain  road,  later  on  the  old  Snow  place  now  owned  by  Fred- 
erick Chase.  He  now  resides  in  Grafton,  Vt.  One  son,  Wil- 
liam, resides  in  Amboy,  111. 
ii.  Francis  Blake^,  b.  June  29,  1821;  m.  Elizabeth  J.  Hartsough  of 
Gorham,  N.  Y.  He  d.  Mch.  11,  1887;  she  m.  (2)  Albert  Hare; 
d.  Sept.,  1901. 

iii.  Hatsel  Purple"',  b.  Dec.  9,  1822;  m.  Adelaide  A.  Forbes  of  Vt.; 
resided  the  later  years  of  his  life  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  where  he 
d.  Mch.  17,  1891. 

iv.   Elon   Ruggles^,  b.    Feb.    18,    1824;  m.    Celinda   D.  Brown;  died 

July  6,  1882. 
V.  Frank   Benjamin^,   b.   June   23,    1825;  m.    Mary   E.^   dau.    Ben- 
jamin^  Green,  1849;  one  dau.,    Minnie\  who  d.  young.     He  d. 
Mch.  10,  1895. 

vi.  Alanson  J.^,  b.  Oct.  8,  1826;  resides  Ware,  Mass. 


406  GENEALOGIES. 


vii.  S"ARAH  Amanda^,  b.  Oct.  i,  1828;  d.  July  9,  1831. 

viii.  AzRO   K.^,  b.  Sept.  29,    1830;   m.  Jennie    Bliss  of   Brattleboro,  Vt. 

For  some   time  Mr.  Green  was  assistant  postmaster,  resigning 

his  position    in    1880,  at   which   time   he    moved   to   Greenfield. 

He  d.  Aug.  23,  1887.      Had:   i.     Cora  A.\  b.  Dec.  26,  1864;   m. 

Frank  Gaines,  Aug.  i,  1892;  resides  Orange,  Mass. 
ix.    Myron  R.^,  b.  June,  1832;  d.  Aug.  22,  1852. 
'x.   John  B.^,  b.    Jan.  4,   1835;   m.  Ruth   J.  Taylor.     She   d.  April  17, 

1876;  m.  (2)  Ella  M.  Cushman  of  Ware,  where  they  reside, 
xi.   Victoria  A.^,  b.  June   30,  1837;  m.  George  E.  Taylor;  res.  Shel- 

burne. 
xii.   Elizabeth   J.^,   b.  Feb.  r,  1839;  m.  Lawrence   W.  Dole;  resided 

Gill;  she  d.  Aug.  13,  1900. 

4.  Green,  Benjamin',  (Samuer,  Benjamin',)  b.  Oct.  27,  1791  ;  m. 
18 16,  Electa,  dau.  Joseph  and  Abby  Gaines  of  Guilford.  She 
d.  Apr.  5,  1879.  H^  resided  on  the  Capt.  Woodbridge  Green 
place;  d.  Mch.  11,  i860.     Children  : 

i.   RuGGLES^  b.  Feb.,  1826;  d.  June  15,  1829. 

ii.  Lucina  Minerva",  b.  Sept.  11,  1817;  m.  Samuel  Sheldon  Wright, 
Apr.  II,  1838;  d.  Apr.  26,  1856. 

iii.  Joel  Gaines",  b.  March  11,  1819;  m.  Evelina  A.",  daughter  of 
Enoch^  Moore,  1845;  resides  in  Minn. 

iv.  Benjamin",  b.  May  28,  1821;  m.  May  i,  1844,  Mary  A.^  dau.  of 
Samuel'  Wright.  He  d.  Jan.  3,  1894.  She  d.  in  Holyoke,  No- 
vember 12,  1900,  ae.  78.  Had:  i.  Coralinn  M.',  b.  Apr.  17, 
1850;  d.  Apr.  5,  1856.  2.  Ada  M.\  b.  Feb.  4,  1852;  d.  Sep- 
tember 20,  1852. 

V.   Dennison   W.",  b.  May   14,  1824;  m.  Caroline   Minerva   Stewart, 
May  13,  1851;  resides  Minn, 
vi.    Eliza  M.",  d.  Apr.  11,  1834,  ae.  i  yr.  8  mos. 
vii.  Abby  Ann",  m.  May  17,  1853,  John   B.,  son  of  Dea.  Daniel  Slate. 

viii.  Eliza   M.",  m.  John   Madison^  Ryther,  May  17,  1853;  d.  Jan.  18, 
1898. 
ix.  Joseph  S.",   m.  Mary  Smith   of   New   Salem;  resides  Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
X.  Mary  E.",  m.  Frank  B.^  Green,  May  23,  1849. 


GROUT— HALE.  407 


Grout,  Leonard  B.,  son  of  Joseph  of  Guilford,  Vt  ;  settled  in  Ber- 
nardston  many  years  ago  on  the  Casey  Brook  road.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  serving- in  the  52nd  Reg.,  M.  V.  M. 
Has  :  Henry,  and  Mary  who  m. Smith,  also  another  dau. 

GUELLOW,  RuFUS,  came  to  town  from  Townshend,  Vt.,  in  1827, 
settling  on  the  Northfield  road  on  the  place  now  owned  by 
his  son,  Charles  P.  He  was  b.  in  1772  in  Connecticut;  m. 
Mch.  6,  1800,  vSarah  Watkins.  She  d.  Mch.  2,  1842,  ae.  70. 
He  d.  Oct.  23,  1863,  ae.  91  yrs.     Children  : 

i.  Charles  P. 2,  b.  Sept.  24,  1816;  m.  Apr.  16,  1843,  Hester  S.  Dewey 
of  Greenfield;  occupation  carpenter  and  farmer.  Had:  i. 
Sarah  J.^,  b.  June  8,  1844;  m.  Thomas  J.  Wheeler,  Jan.  20, 
i860;  resides  Chicago;  no  children.  2.  Helen  A.^,  b.  Apr.  19, 
1846;  m.  Hector  A.  Murphy,  Sept.  2,  1867.  3.  Lizzie  ^V.^  b. 
Feb.  18,  1849;  m.  Nehemiah  Andrews  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  Sept., 
1868;  d.  Oct.  10,  1880.  4.  Edgar  A.^,  b.  March  21,  1851;  res. 
at  home;  unm.  5.  Alice  \V.\  b.  Dec.  21,  1855;  m.  C.  W.  John- 
son of  Turners  Falls,  Nov.  8,  1879;  d.  May  14,  1885. 

ii.   Philena^,  m.  Abner  Crosier  of  Halifax,  Vt.,  1830;  resides  Thomp- 
son, Pa. 
iii.   Charlotte^,  m.    John   S.    Caldwell    of   Northfield,  Sept.    2,  1833. 
Is  dead. 

iv.  Asenath"^,  b.  1803;   m.  Amasa'^  Sheldon.     She   d.  Mch.  11,  1870. 

There  were  three  other  children,  names  not  reported. 

Hale.  This  family  came  to  town  not  far  from  1760.  According 
to  tradition  three  brothers  took  up  there  abode  here,  Samuel 
and  Chileab  permanently,  and  Joseph  removing  after  a  few 
years'  residence  to  New  Hampshire.  Upon  the  early  records 
is  the  name  of  one  Joseph  Hale  who  was  deerreave  in  1767, 
warden  1774,  constable  1777  and  tithingman  1779.  After  the 
latter  date,  no  further  mention  of  him  is  found  and  presum- 
ably he  was  the  Joseph  who  settled  in  New  Hampshire.  So 
far  as  is  known,  he  had  no  family  at  the  time  of  his  removal. 
The  former  home  of  these  brothers  is  supposed  to  be  either 
Chatham  or  Haddam,  Ct.,  and  from  the  fact  that  Samuel  is 
spoken  of  in  one  place  as  Samuel  Jr.,  their  father's  name 
was  probably  Samuel. 


408  GENEALOGIES. 


1.  Hale,  Samuel,  b.  1737,  and  d.  July    10,  1783,  ae.  46  years;  m. 

Lucy,  dau.  Daniel  vSlate,  who  d.  Oct.  18,  1821,  ae.  76.  She  ra. 
(2)  Oct.  23,  1787,  Elisha  Worden  of  Halifax,  Vt.  Samuel 
Hale,  Jr.,  was  chosen  deerreave  in  1776.  Children,  order  of 
birth  uncertain  : 

2.  i.   JoHN^,  b.  Apr.  30,  1764. 

3.  Li.  Israel'-',  b.  May  18,  1766. 

4.  iii.    Samuel^. 

iv.    Lois^,  m.  Asa  Worden;   resided  Marlboro,  Vt. 

V.   Azuba'^,  m. Smith;  resided  Hanover,  N.  H. 

vi.  , Electa'',  m.  Joseph  Weeks;  resided  Halifa.x,  Vt. 
vii.   Rachael^,  m.  (1)  Sept.    18,    1788,  Peter   Worden  of    Halifax,  Vt.; 
(2)  Elder  Allen,  \vh(j   preached  for  about  a  year  at  the    Baptist 
church  in  t(nvn. 
viii.    Freedom^,  m.  Samuel  Niles  of  Halifax,  Vt. 
ix.   Patty^,  m.  Elisha  Worden,  son  of  her  mother's  second  husband. 
X.    Ann-,  m.  Abraham  Brown  of    Hanover.  N.  H.      Intention  entered 

Jan.  30,   1785. 
xi.   HuLDAH^,  b.  May  3,  1771;   m.  Gamaliel  Kingsley,  June  24,   1795; 
d.  Dec.  13,  "1802. 

2.  Hale,  Captain  John',  (Samuer,)  b.   Apr.  30,    1764;  m.   Feb.  5, 

1789,  Sarah  Wallis  of  Barre,  Mas.>^.  She  was  b.  Oct.  27,  1763  ; 
d.  Nov.  26,  1839;  ^'^-  (2)  a  widow  of  Gill.  He  resided  on  the 
farm  now  owned  by  Marshall  Whithed  on  South  street ;  d. 
Aug.  24,  1852.     Children: 

i.  Caroline^,  b.  Apr.  i,  1790;  m.  Apr.  15,  1812,  James  Couch**  Root 
of  Bern.;   she  d.  Jan.  12,  1884. 

ii.  Matilda'',  b.  May  26,  1792;  m.  Mch.  23,  1818,  Isaac  Barton,  Jr.; 
d.  Mch.  17,  1S66. 

iii.  Adolphus''',  b.  Mch.  14,  1796;  m.  Apr.  29,  1863,  Caroline  Worden, 
widow  of  Ralph  A.^  Hale.  She  d.  Mch.  14,  1895,  ae.  84  years, 
seven  months.  He  d.  Mch.  31,  1879;  no  children.  Mr.  Hale 
was  selectman  in  1830-2-4  and  to  42  inclusive. 

5.  iv.  Horace'^  b.  Oct.  9,  1799. 

6.  V.   Increase  Sumner'\  b.  May  11,   1802. 

7.  vi.   John  Franklin^  b.  Jan.  15,   1807. 

3.  Hale,  Lieut.  Israel^,  (Samuel',)  b.  May  18,  1766;  m.(i)  Jemima', 


HALE.  409 

dau.  Chileab'  Hale;  their  intention  entered  Jan.  16,  1785. 
She  was  b.  Dec.  31,  1764;  d.  Dec.  28,  1834,  ae.  70;  m.  (2) 
Elizabeth'  Hale,  half-sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  was  b.  1771; 
d.  June  29,  1852,  ae.  81.  He  resided  near  the  railroad  cross- 
ing on  South  street ;  d.  Aug.  25,  1850,  ae.  84  years.  There  is 
a  tradition  that  old  Lieut.  Hale  was  "left-handed,"  and  that 
this  fact  was  the  cause  of  his  being  known  by  the  title 
"Lefttenant ''  as  he  was  called  for  many  years,  an  easy  cor- 
ruption of  his  title  lieutenant.     Children  : 

8.  i.    JoHN^  2nd.,  (Jack)  b.   1786. 

ii.  LoviNA^,  b.  1791;  m.  (i)  Oct.  22,  1812,  Horace"*,  brother  of  John 
Burk;  (2)  Alpheus  Chapin,  Nov.  14,  1816;  resided  Lorain,  N.  Y., 
where  she  d.  Aug.  21,  1843,  ae.  52  years. 

iii.  Zadoc^,  b.  1792;  m.  (i)  Priscilla  Chapin  of  Rowe;  intention  re- 
corded July  II,  1812;  (2)  Maria  Parsons.  He  settled  in  Mich- 
igan; d.  Mch.  22,  1868.  While  in  town  he  resided  on  South 
street,  at  the  place  now  occupied  by  Fred  Merrifield.  Had:  i. 
Mary'*,  m.  Israel  Cummings  of  Chicopee.  2.  Rosetta"*,  m. 
Harry  Amidon  of  Rowe,  where  she  d.  3.  Dwight^,  d.  in  New 
Hampshire.  4.  John"*,  resided  in  Mich.  5.  Charles  ?.■*,  re- 
sided Otsego,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  Feb.  16,  1899.  6.  Hannah^, 
m.  Orison  Cook  of  Heath;  d.  in  Mich.  7.  Silvina'*,  b.  Mch., 
1841;  d.  Feb.  24,  1843. 

iv.  Polly',  b.  1794;  d.  July,   1795. 

9.  V.  George  W.',  b.  1796. 

10.  vi.  Seorim^,  b.  June  9,  1798. 

vii.   Joseph  PRIESTLY^  b.  1801;  d.  Nov.  19,  1819. 

viii.  Philander',  b.  1801  or  1804;  ni.  (i)  Julia  Ann  Parker,  widow  of 
his  brother  George  W.,  Nov.  10,  1825;  d.  Dec.  21,  1840;  (2) 
Amanda  I).  Grover.  She  m.  (2)  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  Mch.  11, 
1851,  L.  Richardson  of  Royalston.  Mr.  Hale  lived  for  a  time 
on   the   place  formerly  known  as  the    Edwin   Tyler  place,  since 

owned  by  E.  S.  Persons,  and  now  by Hodgens;  d.  July  2, 

1850.  Had:  i.  Harriet*,  m.  Charles  Sawtell,  Jan.  i,  1846;  d. 
Apr.  27,  1870.  2.  Samuel  F.'',  d.  in  New  York.  By  second 
wife:  3.  Ezra'*,  b.  1843;  '^-  J^"- 4i  1853.  4.  Son'*,  d.  Aug.  29, 
1832,  ae.  five  months.  5.  Henry  W.'*,  d.  in  Windsor,  Vt.;  was 
a  member  of   the  52nd  Regiment.     6.     Sylvester^  d.  in    Monta- 


410  GENEALOGIES. 


gue.     7.      Elizabeth*,  in.  Herbert  Worden;  d.   in   Guilford,  Vt. 
8.     Charles*,  d.  Jan.  12,   1847,  ae.  seven  months. 

11.  ix.  Israel  Porter^  b.  1807. 

4.  Hale,  Samuel*,  (Samuel',)  m.  May  24,  1791,  Anna',  dau.  of  Capt. 

Moses'  Scott.  She  was  b.  Nov.  22,  1767.  Upon  the  town 
records  he  has  the  title  of  lieutenant  prefixed  to  his  name. 
He  resided  in  Gill.     Children  : 

i.   Almeda^    b.    Feb.    22,    1794;   m.   Joel"  Aldrich  of   Guilford,    Vt., 

Feb.  15,  1818;  shed.  Nov.  11,  1850. 
ii.  NANCv^  b.  Sept.  19,  1796;   m.  Obed  Severance  of  Gill. 

iii.    Harriet',  b.  Feb.  22,  1798;  m. Simons  of  Gill. 

iv.  Charlotte^  b.  Aug.  29,   1801;  d.  unm. 

V.    Ralph   A.^,  b.   Mch.   30,    1803;   m.  Caroline   Worden;  resided    in 

Ciill,  where  he  d. 
vi.   Mary  B.^,  b.   June    16,  1806;  m.   Jan.  28,    1830,   Levi^Park;  died 

Mch.  3,  1871. 
vii.  Samuel   PRENTICE^  or   Prince,  b.  Sept.  27,  1808;  m.  a  lady  from 

Boston.     He  resided  in  Gill;  d.  -Aug.  5,  1895.      Had:   i.     John*. 

2.      Emergene*,  m.  Ed.  Purple  of  Gill.     3.     Ida  F.*,  m.  Nov.  i, 

1 87 1,    Henry    DeWolf  of   West    Deerfield.      4.       Daughter*,  m. 

Dwight  Smead  of  Colrain. 

5.  Hale,  Horace',  (Capt.  John',  Samuel',)  b.  Oct.  9,  1799  ;  m.  Sarah', 

dau.  Consider'  Cushman,  Apr.  29.  1823.  She  was  b.  Nov.  30, 
1801  ;  d.  July  10,  1846.  He  resided  on  the  place  now  owned 
by  his  son  Ezekiel,  on  South  street.  He  d.  July  15,  1868. 
Children  : 

12.  i.   Lorenzo*,  b.  Feb.  20,    1824. 

ii.  Frederick*,  b.  Mch.  11,  1826;  d.  Sept.  17,  1864,  unm.  at  Fort 
Magruder,  near  Williamsburg,  Va.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
4th.  Mass.  Cav. 

13.  iii.   Ezekiel  Chapin*.  b.  Dec.  12,  1828. 

iv.   Maria  Jane*,  b.  July  13,  1831;  resided  Round  Mountain,  Califor- 
fornia;   m.  Samuel  T.  Randall. 
v.  John*,  b.  Oct.   18.  1833;  resided  West. 

6.  Hale,  Increase  Sumner',  (Capt.  John",  Samuel',)  b.  May   11, 

1802;  m.  Dec.    II,   1828,  Abigail',  dau.   of   Edward'  Nelson. 


HALE.  411 

She  was  b.  Dec.  27,  1806,  and  d.  Nov.  21,  1900,  at  the  home 
of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Bullard,  in  Greenfield.  Mr.  Hale  re- 
sided on  the  place  now  owned  by  E.  C.  Burrows,  where  he 
carried  on  the  milling  business  later  owned  by  his  son  Hart- 
ley.    He  d.  Nov.  2,  1885.     Children: 

i.  Sarah*,  b.  Oct.  12,  1830;  d.  Apr.  22,  1892;  m.  June  14,  1854, 
Newell  Snow  of  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Cora  M.^,  b.  May  8,  1856; 
m.  Oct.  5,  1884,  Thomas  M.  Wells.  2.  Edwin  Hale^  b.  July  6, 
1861;  d.  Apr.  II,  1878.  3.  Walter  NewelF,  b.  May  19,  1863; 
m.  Lizzie  Baird,  dau.  Matthew  Chapman,  June  6,  1888. 

ii.  Hartley*,  b.  June  19,  1833;  d.  Aug.  11,  1841. 

iii.  Mary*,  b.  Nov.  4,  1835;  m.  John  Clark,  Apr.  24,  1866;  resides 
Greenfield,  (Factory  Village). 

iv.  Esther^  b.  Jan.  2,  1838;  d.  unm..  May   12,  1871. 

V.  Laura  Almeda*,  b.  July  4,  1841 ;  m.  June  4,  1875,  Luke  Bullard. 
She  resides  in  the  north  part  of  Greenfield. 

vi.  Harley^,  b.  May  27,  1845;  d.  young. 

vii.  Hartley*,  b.  also  May  27,  1845;  m.  Jan.  i,  1877,  Hattie  B. 
Haskell  of  Leverett;  b.  Mch.  27,  1853.  Mr.  Hale  succeeded 
his  father  in  his  saw-mill.  Later  he  built  a  saw  and  grist  mill 
on  the  south  side  of  the  railroad,  opposite  the  station,  which  he 
operated  a  few  years,  when  he  purchased  the  old  mill  privilege 
on  Fall  River  formerly  owned  by  Chauncey  Slate,  where  he 
erected  new  mills  and  a  substantial  grain  elevator,  which  were 
burned  a  few  years  later.  His  business  was  enlarged  beyond 
the  grain  and  lumber  departments  so  as  to  include  coal  and 
other  commodities.  He  was  one  of  the  active  supporters  of  the 
Unitarian  society,  and  in  his  death,  which  occured  Feb.  17,  1897, 
that  parish,  as  well  as  the  town,  lost  one  of  her  enterprising, 
public-spirited  men.  Mrs.  Hale  resides  in  Montague;  no  chil- 
dren. 

vii.  Lucy  Emily^,  b.  May  2,  1848;  m.  Jan.  3,  1872,  David^,  son  of 
Zalmon'  Chapin;  resides  in  Bern.,  "around  the  mountain." 

7.  Hale,  John  Franklin',  (Capt.  John',  Samuel',)  b.  Jan.  15,  1807  ; 
m.  his  cousin  Alcy,  dau.  of  Joseph  Weeks  of  Halifax,  Vt., 
Nov.  21,   1830.     She  was  b.  July  25,    1808,  in   Halifax;  died 


412  GENEALOGIES. 


Dec.  24,  1895.  Mr.  Hale  was  selectman  1863-4-5.  His  home 
was  on  South  street,  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  M.  F. 
Whithed.     He  d.  Dec.  17,  1893.     Children: 

i.    Ellen   Adela*,    b.    Jan.    13,    1832;    m.    Nov.    25,    1855;    Harvey 
B.^  Shattuck.     He   d.    West.     She   resides  with   her  niece,  Mrs. 
Aimee  Whithed. 
ii.  Alma    Ophelia*,   b.   Sept.    16,    1834;    m.   Nov.    25,    1858,    Henry 

O.*  Root;  resides  Bern, 
iii.  Frances  Cornelia*,  b.  May  30,  1840;  m.  Sept.  3,  1861,  L.  F. 
Whithed  of  Vernon,  Vt.;  resided  Bern.,  where  she  d.  June  13, 
1894.  A  woman  whose  beauty  of  character  impressed  itself 
upon  all  with  whom  she  came  in  contact.  Had  :  i.  Marshall  F., 
b.  May  16,  1862;  m.  June  28,  1899,  Myrtia  L.  Cook.  2. 
Aimee  M.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1866;  has  for  many  years  been  a  success- 
ful school  teacher. 

8.  Hale,  John',  or  Jack,  (Lieut.  IsraeF,  Samuel',)  b.  1786:  m.  (i) 
Sept.  18,  181 1,  Chloe^  dau.  William'  Fox  of  Bern.  She  was 
b.  Mch.  I,  1790;  d.  Dec.  23,  1840;  m.  (2)  Dec.  22,  1842,  Caro- 
line P.  Hosmer  of  Gill.  He  resided  "around  the  mountain," 
where  he  had  a  large  farm  ;  d.  Mch.  18,  1856.     Children  : 

i.  John  Valentine*,  b.  Dec.  17,  1812;  m.  (i)  July  16,  1836,  Jerusha  A. 
Sheldon;  d.  in  Guilford,  Sept.  27,  1841;  m.  (2)  June  8,  1843, 
Almira  E.,  dau.  Isaac  Barber.  He  resides  on  South  st.;  by  occu- 
pation a  carpenter  and  builder.  Had:  i.  John  Henry^,  born 
Mch.  28,  1837;  m.  1863,  Julia  Park  of  Westminster.  Vt.  He 
was  killed  in  the  war,  May  5,  1864.  Was  in  Co.  I,  Ninth  Mass. 
She  resides  Norwood,  Mass.      2.      Francis  D.*,  b.  Apr.  19.  1839, 

in    Leyden;  m.    Dec,    1870, Kimpland;  d.    Apr.  7,  1871. 

Was  a  member  of   21st.   Reg.,    Mass.  Vol.     3.     James   W.*,  b. 
Sept.   19,  1841,  in  Guilford;  d.  in  Newbern,  N.  C,  Apr.  9,  1862. 
Was  a  member  of  21st  Mass.  Reg. 
14.        ii.  Allen  Blanford*,  b.  Oct.  16,  1815. 

iii.  Sylvina  A.*,  b.  i8i6;  m.  Apr.  28,  1841,  Dea.  Henry  Slate;  (first 
wife).     She  d.  June  14,  1849. 

iv.  Israel*,  b.  1817;  m.  Gratia  Rugg  of  Montague,  1845;  d.  Dec.  21, 
1850;  m.  (2)  Sophronia ,  who  d.  Nov.  26,  1863.  He  set- 
tled  in  Ct.,  where  he  d.  May  6,  1856.     Had:   i.     George*,  m. 


HALE.  413 

and  resides  in  South  Deerfield.  2.  Ellen^,  d.  Apr.  30,  1857, 
ae.  two  years.  3.  Maria  E.\  d.  Oct.  13,  1854,  ae.  one  year, 
six  months.  4.  William  B.^,  m.  a[)d  had  children;  became  a 
wealthy  man,  prominent  in  social  and  business  circles;  d.  Apr., 
1895,  '•''  Milford. 
V.   Freedom^,  m.  Edwin  Gaines  of  Guilford,  Vt. 

vi.  Silas  P.*,  b.  1823;  m.  Apr.  20,  1848,  Sarah  E.^,  dau.  Luther*  Bagg. 
She  d.  Apr.,  1893;  he  d.  Nov.  28,  1874;  re^-ided  South  street  on 
the  old  Chileab  place  recently  owned  by  Benjamin  Green. 
Had:  i.  Ella  M.^  m.  Henry  R.  Wells,  1879;  d.  Mch.  22,  1886. 
He  d.  Sept.  3,  1892.  2.  John  Edson^,  b.  1857;  d.  Dec.  19, 
1857.  3.  Anna^,  b.  i860;  d.  Dec.  27,  i860, 
vii.  George  M.*,  b.  1826;  d.  unm..  May  15,  1862;  res.  on  his  father's 

old  place, 
viii.  C.   Matilda^  b.  1827;  d.  unm.,  Dec.  17,  1856;  was  a  teacher, 
ix.    EDSON^  b.  1829;  d.  in  C't..  unm.,  Sept.  17,   1849. 
X.  C.  Albert^,    b.  1834;  d.    Dec.    17,    1859,  unm.;  was   a    successful 
teacher. 

9.  Hale,   George  W.',  (Lieut.   Israel',  Samuel',)  b.  1796;  m.  Julia 
Ann  Parker;  resided  on  the  Edwin  Thayer  place,  now  owned 

by Hodgens.      He  d.   Feb.    17,    1823;  she  m.  (2)  her 

brother-in-law,  Philander'   Hale,  Nov.    10,    1825;  d.   Dec.  21, 
1840.     Children: 

i.  Emily  ).•*,  m.  Richard"  Bagg  of  Montague,  Apr.  5,  1842;  d.  Jan.  5, 
1848. 

ii.  Joseph  Priestly*,  b.  Oct.  24,  1819;  m.  Lucy  Ann  Fish  of  Lunen- 
burg, 1841.  He  d.  Oct.  15,  1883.  Mr.  Hale  was  thoroughly 
a  self-made  man.  When  14  years  old,  he  carried  the  mails  on 
horse-back  twice  a  week  a  distance  of  75  miles.  After  two  years 
of  this  service  he  located  in  Worcester,  where  he  started  a  car- 
penter and  paint  shop,  later  engaging  in  the  crockery  trade. 
Having  accumulated  quite  a  property,  he  established,  in  i860,  a 
piano  factory  at  Hudson  and  Canal  streets.  New  York.  In  this 
venture  he  was  eminently  successful,  and  accumulated  a  large 
fortune,  being  classed  among  the  millionaires  of  New  York.  It 
is  said  that  he  made  50,000  pianos,  all  of  which  were  sold  on  a 
cash  basis.  He  was  president  and  chief  stockholder  in  New 
York,   New   England   and  Western  Investment  Co.,   located  at 


414  GENEALOGIES. 


31  Pine  street.  He  was  also  interested  in  western  business  ven- 
tures. He  took  an  active  interest  always  in  his  native  town, 
and  did  much  for  her  citizens.  Upon  his  death  he  bequeathed 
the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  to  the  Unitarian  society  with 
which  he  was  wont  to  worship.  He  also  instituted  the  Union 
picnics,  giving  the  sum  of  $1000,  the  income  to  be  used  for  that 
object.  Had:  i.  Julia^,  m.  (i)  J.  H.  Demorest,  D.  I).  S.,  b. 
Apr.  20,  1844;  d.  Mch.  21,  1877;  m.  (2)  William  E.  Traver  of 
Greenfield,  where  they  resided.  She  d.  May  6,  1898;  four  chil- 
dren. 2.  George  W.'^,  b.  May  7,  1842;  d.  May  13,  1843.  3. 
Maria  E.*,  b.  June  14,  1845;  d.  Oct.  14,  1845.  4.  Augusta  W.^, 
b.  Nov.  14,  1849;  m.  Charles  H.  Stone;  d.  Aug.  26,  1886;  two 
sons, 
iii.  LuciNDA^,  m.  Salem  F.  Wright;  resided  Winterset,  la.,  but  now  is 
in  the  family  of  S.  B.  Slate,  Greenfield. 

10.  Hale,  Seorim',  (Lieut.   Israer,  Samuel',)  b.  June  9,  1798;  died 

July  2,  1851;  m.  (i)  Betsey,  dau.  of  William'  Fox,  Apr.  i, 
1 8 19;  d.  May  18,  1843;  (2)  Thankful,  widow  of  Luther  Bagg, 
Nov.  15,  1843;  resided  on  Burk  Flat  and  South  st.    Children: 

i.    Eunice   Electa*,   b.  Jan.    15,  1820;   m.  Sept.    18,  1846,  Jonathan 

Richardson;  resides  in  Canada, 
ii.  David  Darius*,  b.  June  2,  1822;  d.  in  New  York  State, 
iii.   Lucy\  b.  Aug.  12,  1824;  m.  Apr.  13,  1852,  Lorenzo*  Hale  of  Ber- 

nardston;  d.  Mch.  15,  1857. 
iv.   Fidelia   Maranda*,  b.   Oct.  19,  1827;  m.  Sept.    27,  1853,   Josiah 
G.^  Wood  of   Whately;  d.  in    Bern,,  May  30,  1877.      Had:   Har- 
riet  E.,  b.  Apr.  7,  1862,  who  m.  John,  son   of  Alanson  Chapin. 
v.  SoPHRONiA  M.*,  b.  Oct.  12,  1829;  m.  Madison  Moore;  d.  in  North 
Amherst,  Sept.  10,  1856. 
vi.   Austin  Hubbard*,  b.  June  26,  1833;   m.  and  d.  in  Col. 
vii.   William  Seorim*,  b.  May  9,  1835;  went  to  Wisconsin, 
viii.  James  Alonzo*,  b.  Dec.  19,  1837;   m.  and  went  West. 

11.  Hale,  Israel  Porter^,  (Lieut.  Israel',  Samuel',)  b.   1807;  m. 

Aurelia  L.',  dau.  Consider'  Cushman  of  Bern.,  May  26.  1829. 
She  was  b.  Sept.  5,  1803;  d.  July  14,  1892.  Mr.  Hale  was 
selectman  four  years.  He  resided  on  his  father's  farm  on 
the  west  side  of  the  road  north  of  the  railroad  crossing  on 


HALE.  415 

South  street  (the  house  has  since  been  burned),  where  his  en- 
tire life  was  spent.  "Generous,  kind  and  cordial  he  always 
had  a  kind  and  friendly  word  for  all,  ready  to  see  good  and 
commend  it  wherever  it  appeared."  He  d.  May  29,  1883. 
Children  : 

1.  HuLDAH  E.^  b.  Nov.  6,  1831;  m.  Seorem  Burke,  son  of  Seorem 
Burke  Slate,  Apr.  19,  1857;  resides  Greenfield;  no  children. 

ii.  James  M.^  b.  May  5,  1833;  m.  Janette  S.,  dau.  of  Seorem  Burke 
Slate,  Jan.  i,  1856;  resides  first  house  south  of  the  railroad 
crossing  on  South  street;   no  children. 

iii.   Alanson  Porter*,  b.  Mch.  23,  1835. 

iv.  LoRETTA  AuRELiA"*,  b.  Oct.  12,  1 843 ;  m.  Rev.  Hiram  Norton  of 
Rowe,  May  5,  1863.  Mr.  Norton  has  retired  from  the  ministry, 
turning  his  attention  to  mechanical  pursuits.  They  reside  in 
Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Frank  P.^  b.  1866;  enlisted  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  L,  2nd  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  serving  in  Cuba;  d.  in  Camp 
Wikoff,  Montauk    Point,  L.    1.,   Aug.   22,    1898.     2.     Annie\  m. 

Cook;  res.   Springfield.      3.      Charles*,    machinist;    res. 

Greenfield. 

12.  Hale,   Lorenzo',  (Horace',  Capt.  John',  Samuel',)  b.  Feb.  20, 

1824;  m.  (i)  Apr.  13,  1852,  Lucy  E.\  dau.  of  Seorim^  Hale. 
She  was  b.  Aug.  12,  1824;  d.  Mch.  15,  1857,  ae.  32;  m.  (2) 
Aug.  23,  1859,  Sophia  Burdick,  widow  of  Asa  Hibbard  Carle- 
ton.  She  d.  Mch.  31,  1890,  ae.  yy.  Mr.  Hale  is  a  farmer,  re- 
siding on  Huckle  Hill  on  the  Lathrop  Edwards  place.  Chil- 
dren : 

i.    David  L.^  b.  Dec,  1855;  d.  Mch.  23,  1857. 

ii.  Emma\  b.  Jan.  14,  1853;  m.  Uriah  N.  Streeter,  Aug.  i,  1880;  b. 
in  Vernon,  Vt.;  resides  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Lorenzo".  2. 
Samuel".  3.  Lucy", 
iii.  Clarence*,  b.  Mch.  13,  1857;  m.  Lula,  dau.  J.  Bridgeman  Martin 
of  Leyden,  Apr.  30,  1885.  Has:  i.  Ina",  b.  Jan.  2,  1890;  d. 
Sept.  8,  1890.     2.     Clyde",  b.  Jan.  17,  1897. 

13.  Hale,   Ezekiel  CHAPIN^  (Horace',  Capt.   John',  Samuel',)  b. 

Dec.  12,  1828;  m.  Henrietta  Wright',  dau.  of  Isaac'  Burrows, 


4l6  GENEALOGIES. 


Dec.  23,  1856.  She  was  b.  Feb,  26,  1837.  Mr.  Hale  resides 
on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father  on  South  street. 
Children: 

i.  Edwin  Burrows^,  b.  Nov  3,  1857;  m.  Apr.  12,  1882,  Nellie  P. 
Read  of  Heath.  For  several  years  was  a  member  of  the  school 
committee,  superintendent  of  the  Unitarian  Sunday  school,  and 
has  held  various  other  town  offices;  selectman  since  1892.  He 
is  a  farmer,  residing  on  South  street  at  the  old  homestead.  Had  : 
I.  Hazel  Henrietta^,  b.  Feb.  11,  1884.  2.  Jennie  Evelyn*',  b. 
July  7,  1887.  3.  Liza  Read'',  b.  Aug.  3,  1892.  4.  Lena 
Marion",  b.  Dec.  17,  1893.    5.     Julia  Elizabeth*^,  b.  Dec.  25,  1897. 

ii.  Frederick  Lincoln'',  b.  Oct.  14,  1865;  m.  Feb.  17,  1897,  Flora 
Goddard  of  Orange,  where  he  resides;  is  a  stationary  engineer, 
iii.    Horace  Lorenzo^  b.  Oct.  20,  1878;  d.  Mch.  31,  1879. 

14-.   Hale,  Allen  Blanford\  (John',   Lieut.  Israel",   Samuel',)  b. 
Oct.    16,    1815;  m.   Apr.   7,    1840,   Clarissa,  dau.  of  Stillman 
Spurr  of   Bernardston.     He   d.  Jan.  9,  1864.     She  d.  1897-8; 
residence  at  corner  of  South  and  Cro.ss  streets.     Children  : 
i.   Lucius   Cushman^,  b.  Feb.   i,    1841;   was  a  member  of  21st  Reg 
Mass.  Vol.,  wounded  at  Newbern,  March  14,  1862;  d.  April  12, 
1862.       His   body  was  sent    home   by    his   comrades,  who    also 
assisted  in  erecting  a  monument  to  his  memory, 
ii.  Lewis  Carpus^  b.  also   Feb.  i,  1841;  died  April  4,  1842. 
16.      iii.  Almond  D.^,  b.  Nov.  28,  1842. 

iv.   Delia  Elmira^,  b.  June  13,  1845;  m.  Nov.  22,  1870,  George  Emer- 
son** Warner  of  Brattieboro,  Vt.     She  died  Sept.  20,  1900. 

15.  Hale,  Alanson  Por'J'Er',  (Israel  Porter",  Lieut.  Israe?,  Sam- 
uel',) b.  Mch.  23,  1835 ;  m.  Julia  S.,  dau.  Seorem  Burke  Slate, 
Jan.  22,  1857.  Mr.  Hale  resided  on  his  father's  farm  until 
about  1895,  when  he  sold  the  same,  removing  to  Greenfield. 
After  a  few  years'  residence  there  he  returned,  and  now 
lives  on  vSouth  street  in  the  house  formerly  owned  by  Jona- 
than Allen.     Is  a  farmer  and  butcher.     Children  : 

i.  Nellie  M.'',  born  Sept.  30,  i860;  m.  Walter  Nichols,  of  the  firm  of 
Nichols  Brothers;  resides  Greenfield.  Has:  i.  Morton".  2. 
Herbert*.     3.     Helen". 


HALE.  417 

ii.  Herbert  A.^  b.  Jan.  18,  1870;  m.  Apr.  30,  1896,  Grace  P.,  dau. 
Benjamin  Miller  of  Colrain.  He  is  a  salesman  for  Cutler  & 
Porter  of  Springfield;  resides  Greenfield.  Has:  i.  Marjo- 
rie  J.^  b.  Nov.  9,  1897.     2.      A  dau.^  b.  Nov.  21,  1899. 

16.  Hale,  Almond  D.',  (Allen  B.\  John^  Lieut.  IsraeP.  Samuel',) 
b.  Nov.  28,  1842  ;  m.  Lizzie,  dau.  of  Ezekiel  Bascom  of  Gill, 
Oct.  12,  1869.  Resides  on  ancestral  home.  South  street. 
Children  : 

I.  Irwin  Bascomh'',  b.  Sept.  15,  1875;  m.  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1900,  Bessie  M.  Reed;  has  dau.  b.  April  3,  1901;  is 
now  proprietor  of  the  store  formerly  owned  by  R.  L.  Crowell  & 
Son. 

ii.  Theresa  M.'',  b.  Apr.  i,  1877;  m.  June  8,  1898,  Amos  VV.  Adams 
of  Orange. 

iii.  AvicE  L.",  b.  May  5,  1887. 

L  Hale,  Chileab',  one  of  the  first  of  the  name  to  come  to  this 
place  with  his  brother  vSamuel.  He  was  five  times  married: 
(i)  Mary ,  (2)  Lydia ,  (3)  Mercy ,  (4)  Thank- 
ful Rich  of  Greenfield.  "Entry  of  Publication"  Sept.  20, 
1786,  and  the  fifth  time  to  a  half-breed  Indian  woman.  He 
resided  on  South  street  on  the  place  owned  by  the  late  Ben- 
jamin Green.  He  d.  Nov.  16,  1820,  ae.  83  years,  which  would 
make  the  year  of  his  birth  1737.     Children  : 

i.    Amos^  b.   1762;  d.  May  5,  1834,  unm. 

ii.  Jemima-,  b.  Dec.  31,  1764;  m.  Lieut.  IsraeP  Hale;  she  d.  Dec.  28, 

1834. 
iii.   Patty^  b.,  m.  and  resided  in  Petersham. 

iv.  Eleizur-,  m.  (1)  Jerusha  Loveland,  Oct.  10,  1791;  she  d.  Apr.  2, 
1811,  ae.  41.  He  probably  m.  (2)  Polly  Botedish  of  Montague, 
with  whom  he  was  published  Nov.  30,  181 1.  February  i,  1816, 
he  advertised  his  wife  Polly.  He  resided  on  the  east  side  of 
South  street  near  the  Chileab  Hale  place,  where  he  died.     Had: 

1.  Olive'',  b.  Mch.  9,  1792;  m.  Simeon  Sheldon,  June  28,  1809. 

2.  Adolphus',  b.  Feb.  22,  1794;  d.  May  7,  1877.     3.     Jerusha', 
b.  Aug.  13,  1797.      4.      RusselP,  b.  Aug.  22,  1799. 

By  second  wife: 


41 8  GENEALOGIES. 


V.  Elizabeth*,  b.  1771;  m.  Lieut.  Israel*  Hale,  (second  wife).     She 
d.  June  29,  1852. 

2.  vi.   Daniel^,  born  April  12,  1775. 

vii.   Lydia^,  b.  March  6,  1777;  m.  probably  1793,  Moses  Mitchell. 
By  wife  Mercy: 

3.  viii.     Timothy^,  b.  Feb.  18,  1779. 

ix.    Phoebe^,  b.  Aug.  6,    1783;   m.  Joseph*,    Sprague.      Intention    re- 
corded Nov.  31,  1808.     She  d.  May  31,  1862. 
By  wife  Thankful: 

X.   Martha"^,  b.  Apr.  10,  1785. 

xi.  Polly,  b.  June  16,  1788;  m.  Levi  Parker.  Intention  recorded 
Feb.  7,  1808. 

2.  Hale,  DANIEL^  (Chileab\)  b.  Apr.  12,  1775  ;  m.  1797,  Mary,  dau. 

of  Reuben  Park.  She  was  b.  Jan.,  1766;  d.  May  16,  1867, 
ae.  91  years.  He  resided  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  the 
place  since  owned  by  his  son  Charles,  and  now  by  Benjamin 
Hale,  where  he  d.  Jan.  14,  1866,  the  last  survivor  of  the  old 
generation  of  Hales.     Children  : 

4.  i.   LoREN'^,  b.  Apr.  15,  1799. 

ii.  Aaron^,  b.  Oct.  6,  1800;  m.  Rachael  Stevens.  They  resided  in 
"Pisgah,"  Gill.  Had:  i.  Laural  2.  Barney*.  3.  Margaret^ 
4.     Lizzie*.     5.     Aaron*. 

iii.  Polly',  b.  June  19,  1803;  m.  Jan.  3,  1822,  Joel,  son  of  Israel 
Slate;  resided  West. 

iv.   Betsey^,  b.  Sept.  7,  1805;  d.  Sept.  2,  1806. 

5.  V.   Charles^  b.  Sept.  19,  1809. 

vi.  Nelson',  b.  Mch.  9,  1813;  m.  Esther  M.',  dau.  Oliver"  Sheldon, 
June  4,  1846.  She  d.  Mch.  19,  1864.  They  had  one  son,  Nel- 
son, who  went  West. 

3.  Hale,  Timothy^,  (Chileab',)  b.  Feb.   18,  1779;  m.  Nov.  26,  181 2, 

Lovina^  dau.  Moses'  vScott,  Jr.,  and  widow  of  Aaron"  Field. 
She  d.  Sept,  12,  1863,  ae.  78,  in  Wales.  He  d.  June  i,  i860. 
He  resided  most  of  his  life  around  the  Mountain  on  the  place 
recently  owned  by  George,  David  and  Joseph  Wells,  but  d. 
on  South  street.     Children  : 


HALE.  419 

1.  Cyrus  Whitney\  b.  Oct.  25,  1813;  in.  May  7.  1839,  Maria  J.**, 
dau.  of  Elisha"  Snow.  She  d.  June  8,  1848,  ae.  27  years;  m. 
(2)  1849,  Esther^  dau.  of  Otis^  Chapin.  She  d.  June  10,  1893, 
ae.  72.  He  resided  around  the  Mountain  most  of  his  life.  Dur- 
ing his  later  years  he  resided  on  the  place  he  purchased  of 
Reuben  Park  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  where  he  d.  Jan.  15, 
1900.  Had:  i.  Angeline  M.'*,  d.  Feb.  14,  1850,  ae.  10  years. 
2.  George  E^,  d.  July  i,  185  i,  ae.  nine  years.  3.  Warren*,  m. 
Jennie  Thayer;  resided  many  years  on  his  father's  farm  around 
the  Mountain.  4.  Orra  M.*,  m.  May  11,  1899,  Charles  H. 
Whitaker  of  Orange. 

ii.   William   BARTLETT^  b.  Sept.   23.  1815;  resided   Ct.,  where  he  d. 
Nov.  I,  1878;  ni.  Adaline  Walbridge;  she  d.  in  Milford,  Mch.  26, 
1900. 
iii.   Sophia  S.^  b.  Apr.  7,  1818;  m.  May  29,  1841,  Whitman  Walbridge 

of  Wales,  May  7,  1839;  res.  Ct. 
iv.    Ranslev  P.^,  b.  Apr.  29,   1820;  d.  Jan.  20,  1846-7. 

V.    Francis  M.\  b.  Aug.  31,  1822;  res.  Ct. 

4.  Hale,  LoREN^  (Daniel',  Chileab'.)  b.  Apr.  15,  1799;  m.  RachaeP, 
dau.  of  Joseph'  Aldrich,  Nov.  11,  18 19.  vShe  was  b.  Sept.  17, 
1797,  and  d.  Oct.  21,  1869.  He  resided  in  Gill,  where  he  died. 
Children  : 

i.  Seth'*,  b.  Aug.  26,  1820;  m.  (i)  Apr.  13,  1846,  Lovina^,  dau.  of 
Joseph^  and  Phoebe  Sprague.  She  d.  Oct.  16,  1847;  m.  (2) 
Hepsibah,  dau.    of  Jerry  Dean,    Nov.  16,  1848.     She  d.  May  6, 

1885;  m.  (3)  Widow   Thayer,    Nov.,  1887.     She  d. .     He 

resides  in  Gill.  Had:  i.  Everett^  m.  Laura  Holton;  res.  Gill. 
2.  Ella^  m.  Ed.  Dean;  res.  Orange.  3.  Andre^,  d.  unm.  4. 
Clarence  M.\  b.  1854;  m.  and  resided  in  Wellington,  Kansas, 
where  he  d.  Jan.  24,  1896.  5.  Newton',  m.  Munn;  re- 
sides Springfield. 
6.          ii.  Sidney'',  b.  Apr.  13,  1822. 

iii.    Rowena*,    b.   Oct.  2,    1824;  m.  Joel    Randall,  June  13,  1849;  res. 
Northfield. 

iv.   Andrew^*,  b.  June  28,  1828;  m.  Sarah,  dau.  Elias  Holton,  June  24, 
1852;   no  children.     He  d.  in  Northfield,  July  19,  1899. 


420  GENEALOGIES. 


V.  MarV*,  b.  Dec.  14,  1830;  m.  Almon^  Newcomb  of  Bern.,  Oct.  12, 
1852;  she  resides  Greenfield. 

vi.  LoREN'*,  b.  Oct.  20,  1833;  m.  Mary  H.,  dau.  Philander  Slate, 
Dec.  23,  1856.  They  reside  east  of  the  village  on  the  Northfield 
road;  carpenter  by  trade.  Had:  i.  Clifford^,  m.  Annie,  dau. 
of  Robert  Strange  of  Leyden;  resides  Springfield.  She  d^ed 
Feb.,  1895.     2.     Bertie*,  m. Fish;  resides  Athol. 

vii.  Benjamin*,  b.  Apr.  21,  1836;  m.  (i)  Sabrina  C.  Lock  of  Monta- 
gue, Apr.  8,  1858;  m.  (2)  Lura  C,  dau.  of  Cyrus  Hale,  Nov., 
1874;  resides  on  the  Gill  road  near  the  railroad  crossing.  Has 
12  children. 

viii.  Adolphus^,  b.  Aug.  6,  1838;  m.  Apr.  5,  i860,  Caroline,  dau.  of 
Phineas  L.  Wright,  Apr.  5,  1860.  She  was  b.  Jan.  21,  1842;  d. 
Dec  27,  1868;  in.  (2)  Dec.  22,  1869,  Etta  J.  Dunklee.  She  d. 
Jan.  10,  1885;  (3)  Mrs.  Burdell;  resides  in  Northfield.  Had:  i. 
Charles*,  b.  Jan.  15,  1862;  m.  Mary  Oakes,  May,  1886;  resides 
Orange.  2.  Fanny  W.^,  b.  Dec.  23,  1864;  m.  Clarence  M.  Abbe, 
Mch.  15,  1893;  res.  Greenfield;  two  children:  i.  Mary  New- 
comb'*,  ii.  J.  Warren  A^  3.  Benjamin*,  b.  Sept.  11,  1868. 
By  second  wife:  4.  Willis*,  b.  Dec.  22.  1871;  d.  Aug.,  1872. 
5.  Carrie*,  b.  May  20,  1873.  6.  Hattie*,  b.  Aug.  31,  1874;  m. 
May  6,  1896,  William  H.  Long;  resides  Greenfield.  7.  Zaidee*, 
d.  young.     8.      Millie  P.*,  b.  May  21,  1879. 

ix.  Allen*,  b.  July  20,  1841;  m.  Sarah  Reed,  May  5,  1867;  resides 
in  Wethersfield,  Ct.  Had:  i.  George*.  2.  Jessie*,  m.  George 
Lewis  Wells,  June  16,  1897..     3.      Izzie*. 

5.  Hale,  Charles  D.^  (DanieP,  Chileab',)  b.  Sept.  19.  1809;  m. 
Lucy  O.,  dau.  Amzy  Langdon,  Sept.  3,  1835.  She  was  b.  in 
Rowe,  June  5,  18 16.  He  d.  May  18,  1871.  By  occupation  he 
was  a  book  binder,  working  at  his  trade  in  Springfield.  For 
many  years  he  lived  in  the  east  part  of  the  town  on  the  Ben- 
jamin Hale  place.     Children  : 

i.  Angelia*,  b.  Dec.  24,  1838;  m.  George  Parker,  June  5,  186 1;  re- 
sides Greenfield. 

ii.  George  E.*,  b.  Sept.  3,  1840;  enlisted  in  21st  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol., 
Mch.  3,  1862;  was  drowned  in  the  Potomac  by  the  sinking  of 
a  boat  in  collision  Aug.  13,  1862. 


HALE — HALL.  42  I 


iii.  Henry  VV.'',  b.  July  i,  1844;  m.  Lucy  A.^,  dau.  of  Levi^  Park, 
Sept.  20,  1865.  She  was  b.  Oct.  10,  1842.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  2ist  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  enlisting  Mch.  3,  [862,  and  receiv- 
ing his  discharge  Oct.  16,  1862.  He  wason  the  same  boat  with 
his  brother  George  when  the  latter  was  drowned.  He  now  re- 
sides in  Greenfield  where  his  Grand  Army  comrades  have  hon- 
ored him  with  the  position  of  commander  of  Edwin  E.  Day 
Post.  He  is  engaged  with  his  brother-in-law  in  manufacturing. 
Had:  i.  Homer  B.  P.^  b.  Apr.  19,  1868;  d.  Feb.  i.,  1872.  2. 
Gertrude  F.^,  b.  Nov.  4,  1872;  m.  Sept.  12,  1899,  Hal  A.  Dad- 
mun;  res.  Greenfield.  3.  Avie  Blanche^  b.  Sept.  13,  1877;  d. 
June  5,  1886. 

iv.  Hattie  M.*,  b.  May  27,  1859;  m.  Dwight  Benjamin,  Sept.  17, 
1874;  resided  Greenfield.     She  d.  July  27,  1901. 

0.  Hale,  Sidney',  (Loren'\  DanieP,  Chileab',)  b.  Apr.  13,  1822;  m. 
Cornelia  Fox,  Apr.,  20,  1847.     Children: 

i.  Edson\  b.  Oct.  19,  1849;  m.  May  17,  1871,  Emma,  dau.  of  Albert 
and  Keziah  Dean  of  Gill,  who  was  b.  June  30,  1852.  He  resides 
on  the  old  Joel  Dewey  place  opposite  the  library,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  meat  business.  He  is  a  member  of  Republican 
Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Greenfield.  Had:  r.  Martha",  b.  May  10, 
1872;  d.  May  14,  1875.  2.  Elizabeth  C.'',  b.  Apr.  i,  1874;  m. 
Oct.  13,  1897,  Alfred  Brown^  Cushinan.  He  d.  Nov.  18,  1897. 
3.     Susie  Cornelia®,  b.  July  18,  1881;  d.  Nov.  22,  1899. 

ii.  Lillian^,  b.  June,  1866;  m.  Everett,  son  of  Joel  Gaines  of  Guil- 
ford, where  they  reside. 

Hall,  Samuel,  Lieut.,  m.  Anna . 

i.   Almeda^,  b.  F"eb.  22,  1791. 
ii.   Nancv^,  b.  Sept.  19,  1796. 
iii.  Harriet^,  b.  F'eb.  22,  1798. 
iv.  Charlotte^,  b.  Aug.  29,  1801. 
V.   Ralph"^,  b.  Mch.  30,  1803. 
vi.    Mary  S.^,  h   June  16,  1805. 
xii.   Samuel  Prentice'^,  b.  Sept.  27,  1808. 

Hall,  Simeon,  was  deerreave    1777.      Hi.s   name   appears  on  John 
Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758.     Children: 


422  GENEALOGIES. 


i.  Polly'-,  b.  Mch.  15,  1779. 

ii.  Rachael',  b.  Jan.  6,  1781. 

iii.  Deborah-,  b.  July  12,  1783. 

iv.  Sally',  b.  Apr.  2,   1786. 

Hamilton,  John,  was  b.  in  Brookfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1768;  m.  Bet- 
sey Farrill.  She  was  b.  July  12,  1773  ;  d.  Apr.  18,  1857.  Soon 
after  their  marriage.  Mr.  Hamilton  came  to  town.  He  was 
one  of  eleven  children,  and  the  last  survivor  of  the  family. 
He  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  nearly  thirty  years, 
and  for  twelve  years  was  selectman.  For  five  years  he  was 
representative  in  the  Legislature.  A  much  respected  man 
in  this  community.  He  d.  May  14,  1844.  His  farm  and  dis- 
tillery were  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Parker.     Children  : 

i.   AsENATH  2,  b.  Mch.  5,  1796;  d.  Aug.  20,  1801. 

ii.  George  Washington^,  b.  Aug.  8,  1797;  d.  Aug.  16,  1801. 

iii.  John  Dwight'^  b.  Oct.  31,  1799;  d.  Aug.  25,  1801. 

iv.  Fanny^,    b.   Oct.    17,  1802;  m.    Erastus-^   Burrows,    Oct.    17,  1820. 
She  d.  July  15,  1885. 

V.  Mary^,  (twin)  b.  Dec.  19,  1804;  m.  (i)  Stephen  Van  R."  Scott  in 
1825;  (2)  Ezra  Purple^  Newcomb,  June,  1835.  She  d.  Apr.  12, 
1888. 

vi.   Maria^,   (twin)   b.   Dec.    19,    1804;  m.    Ale.xander  H.**   Newcomb, 
Nov.  I,  1825. 

vii.    Harriet'',  b.    Sept.   30,  1807;   m.  Aaron  W.  Field,  1829;  d.    Feb- 
ruary 23,  1882. 

viii.  George   Washington^,    (twin)   b.    Jan.   7,    181  i;   m.;  d.  Mch.  28, 
1878,  in  Williamsport,  Kansas. 

ix.   John  Dwight^,  (twin)  b.  Jan.    7,   181 1. 

Hare,  Albert  L.,  b.  in  Ellington,  Ct.  For  20  years  he  made  his 
home  in  Louisiana,  then  removed  to  Bernardston  about  1865, 
residing  on  South  street  on  place  formerly  owned  by  Elijah 

Kingsley,  Alison  Flint  and  Samuel  J.  Lyon.     He  m.  (i) 

Barber  of  Guilford,  Vt.     She  d.     He  m.  (2)  Mrs.   Elizabeth 


HARRIS — HASTINGS.  423 

J.  Hartsough,  widow  of  Blake'  Green  of  Bern.  He  d.  Feb- 
ruary 10.  1900.  She  d.  Sept.  4,  1901,  the  result  of  a  railroad 
accident.     Children : 

1.    Minnie  A. 2,  m.  John  H.  McCray;  res.  Rockville,  Ct. 
ii.  Albert  P.-,  (twin);  res.  Springfield, 
iii.   Alcide  B.^  (twin)  d.  July  10,  1864,  ae.  two  years, 
iv.   Flora  Belle^,  m.  A.  G.  Gordon;  res.  Hazard ville,  Ct. 

Har'RIS,  ROMAMZO,  came  to  town  about  1888,  purchasing  the  old 
Allen  place  on  South  street,  which  was  later  owned  by  Fred- 
erick Chapin. 

Hartwell,  Edwin  Ward',  (Lucius',  Ward',  Jonathan',  William', 
who  early  settled  at  Davis  Mine,  Rowe,)  b.  in  Buckland, 
Mch.  25,  1835  ;  m.  Lucy  A.,  dau.  of  Peter  Wilder  of  East 
Charlemont,  Sept.  29,  1857.  Removed  from  East  Charle- 
mont  to  Bernardston  in  1889,  residing  four  years  at  Cedar 
Lawn,  then  bought  his  present  home  on  Green  st.,  the  place 
formerly  owned  by  B.  Park  and  M.  Kenney.     Children  : 

i.    Laura  A." 

ii.  George  E.* 

iii.  JosiE  B.^  who  m.  Mch.  29,  1898.  Henry  A.  Ballou  of  Westminster; 
graduated  from  Amherst  Agricultural  College  in  1897;  now  a 
professor  in  Storr's  Agricultural  College,  Connecticut. 

Hastings,  Samuel',  (Benjamin',  Dea.  Benjamin',  Thomas\  of 
Watertown,  who  came  in  the  Elizabeth  in  1634,  from  Ips- 
wich, England)  was  b.  Dec.  28,  1735,  settled  in  Bern,  as  early 
as  1760,  where  he  m.  Thankful",  dau.  of  Remembrance'  Shel- 
don. She  was  b.  1747,  and  d.  June  15,  1816,  ae.  73.  (G.  S.) 
Apr.  16,  1760,  Lieut.  Hastings  was  chosen  to  assist  in  pitch- 
ing the  timbers  of  the  bridge.  This  was  probably  the  bridge 
over  Fall  River  at  the  village.  He  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways 1762,  1774  and  1776.  The  offices  of  deerreaves,  hog- 
reaves  and  fence  viewer  he  held  two  years  each.  In  1769 
he  was  chosen  tithingman,  1773  constable,  1773  and  again  in 
1778  selectman,  1780  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Corre- 
spondence, Inspection  and  Safety.     He  was  one  of  the  first, 


424  GENEALOGIES. 


if  not  the  first,  owner  of  the  tract  of  land  now  included  in 
the  Park,  and  thence  south  nearly  to  Depot  street.  He  d. 
Oct.  20,  18 1 7,  ae.  82.  (G.  S.)     Children  : 

i.   SiBiL^,  b.  May  3,  1762. 

ii.   Mehitable^,  b.  Mch.  7,  1763;  m.  Daniel  Loveland,  Dec.   16,  1793. 
iii.   TiRZAH^,  b.  Dec.  22,   1765;  unm. 
iv.    Thankful\  or  (rratia,  b.  Feb.  18,  1767;  d.  num.,  in  Leyden. 

V.  Afugail'',  b.  June  14,  1770;  m.  Dec.  28,  1793,  William  Harnard  of 
Deerfield.     She  d.  at  Shelburne,  Jan.  13,  1804. 

vi.  Samuel\  b.  Aug.  27,  1772. 

vii.    Lydia",  b.  Oct.  9,   1774;   m.  John    Merrill  of  (jreenfield  and  Shel- 
burne, 1802. 
viii.    Elijah^,  b.  Aug.  17,  1776;  d.  s.  p.,  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Feb.,  1826. 
ix.   RuFus^,    b.    Nov.    19,    1777;  m.    Phoebe,    widow  of   his   brother, 
Stephen   Hastings,   May  10,   1815.     He  was  selectman  in    1817; 
settled  in  Leyden,  Frizzell  or  East  Hill. 
X.  Stephen^,  b.  Oct.  4,  1781;  m.  Phoebe  Jewett  of  Boston.      She  m. 
(2)  May  10,   1815,  her  brother-in-law,   Rufus    Hastings. 

xi.  Chester^,  b.  Dec.  19,  1783;  d.  unm;  resided  with  his  brother 
Rufus. 

Hastings,  Samuel',  (vSamuer,  Benjamin',  Dea.  Benjamin", 
Thomas\)  b.  Aug.  27,  1772  ;  m.  Olive',  dau.  of  Capt.  Jonathan" 
Slate.  Their  intention  was  recorded  Dec.  20,  t8oo,  he  then 
being  of  Waterbury,  Vt.  She  d.  Aug.  27,  1853,  ae.  74.  He 
d.  June  7,  1857.     Children  : 

i.  Alva*^,  b.  Mch.  26,  1802;  m.  Ruth  F.',  dau,  of  Thomas  Lyman*'^ 
Edwards.  She  d.  July  11,  1888,  ae.  82  years.  He  d.  Apr.  7, 
1883,  in  Gill,  ae.  81;  resided  on  South  st.  Had:  i.  Harriet 
Tryphena",  b.  Jan.  12,  1829;  m.  Jan.  23,  1850,  Samuel  D.  Smith 
of  Amherst.  2.  Mary  Thankful",  b.  Jan.  22,  1831;  d.  July  19, 
1837.  3.  Henry  Alvah',  b.  Dec.  7,  1832.  4.  'I'homas  Lo- 
renzo^, b.  Jan.  28,  1836.  5.  George  Alexander',  b.  Sept.  3, 
1839;  was  a  member  of  the  20th  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.  He  d.  a  pris- 
oner in  Salisbury,  N.  C.,  Jan.  14,  1865.  6.  Charles  L.',  born 
May  21,  1842;  killed  at  Frederksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  20th  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.  Two  daughters, 
names  not  obtained. 


HASTINGS— HILLS.  425 


ii.  Chester®,  m.  Jan.  r,  1829,  Tryphena,  dau.  of  Reuben  Jewett;   (2) 
Miranda  Slate. 

iii.  OLIVE^  m.  Anthony  Bascom. 

iv.  Sarah  R.^  m.  1840,  Silas  Hawks,  (second  wife). 

V,  Abigail*'. 

vi.  Harriet^  m.  Chauncey  Trask. 

vii.  Samuel*',  b.    Sept.  11,  1816;   m.  1840,  Sylvia,  dau.    Erastus  Arms. 

viii.  Elijah  Barnard",  m.  Charlotte  Scott  of  Whately. 

In  Atig.,  1801,  Ebenezer  Hills  had  po.ssession  of  the  clothier's  shop 
lately  owned  by  Georg'e  Morey. 

Hills,  S.  RussELL^  (Silas'  of  Guilford,  Vt.,)  was  b.  Jan.  7,  181 5,  and 
came  here  from  1840  to  1845.  His  home  was  upon  Burk 
Flat.  He  m.  May  27,  1845,  Dellia  E.',  dau.  of  Amos'  Carrier. 
She  was  b.  Aug.  26,  1821  ;  d.  Nov.  6,  1891.  Mr.  Hills  was  a 
carpenter  and  farmer,  owning  the  place  built  by  Stephen 
Gore  on  Burk  Flat,  where  he  d.  May  20,  1878.  Of  a  nervous, 
energetic  temperament,  he  was  one  who  pushed  ahead  in  all 
his  enterprises.     Children  : 

i.    Delia  Annette^  b.  Oct.  5,  1848;   d.  Sept.  23,  1849. 

ii.  Charles  Russell^,  b.  July  20,  1851;  m.  Dec.  4,  1877,  Mary  L., 
dau.  of  Joseph  M.  Wilder  of  Guilford,  Vt.  Mr.  Hills  resides 
upon  the  farm  formerly  his  father's,  and  is  one  of  the  repre-' 
sentative  men  of  this  generation.  He  has  been  prominently 
connected  with  town  affairs,  among  other  offices  holding  that 
of  trustee  of  Powers  Institute,  and  being  for  six  years  one  of 
the  selectmen  of  the  place.  In  social  and  religious  life,  he  and 
his  wife  are  always  active,  doing  their  part  toward  making  all 
worthy  undertakings  successful.  They  are  earnest  supporters 
of  the  Unitarian  society.  Mr.  Hills  is  a  member  of  Republican 
Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Arthur^,  b.  and 
d.  July  4,  1879.  2.  Charles",  b.  Aug.  20,  1880;  is  student  in 
Institute  of  Technology  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  3.  Florence 
May*,  b.  Sept.  10,  1883.     4.     Frank   Burrows",  b.  Feb.  24,   1891. 

iii.   Frank    Herbert',    b.  Aug.    i,  1853;   m.    July   17,  i88t,  Delia    L. 
Pikt;  resides  Waltham. 


426  GENEALOGIES. 


Hinsdale,  ExPERIENCE^  was  the  guide  for  Capt.  Turner  in  his 
expedition,  and  was  lost  in  the  attack  of  Peskeompskut, 
May  19,  1676.  His  grandson,  John  Doud,  drew  his  share  in 
Falls  Fight  Township.  He  was  the  son  of  Robert'  Hinsdale, 
one -of  the  first  settlers  of  Dedham.  From  Robert',  the  line 
of  descent  of  the  Bernardston  branch  is  by  SamueP,  Mehu- 
man',  (the  first  white  man  born  in  Deerfield),  Samuel',  Sam- 
uel', Samuer.  SamueT  was  b.  Jan.  25,  1784,  resided  many 
years  on  the  Swamp  road  in  Greenfield,  removing  thence 
to  Bernardston,  and  settling  about  1865  in  the  north  part  of 
the  town,  in  the  old  Rufus  Chase  place.  He  m.  Jan.  15,  1807, 
Sally,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Clark  of  Colrain.  She  d.  Apr.  26. 
1844,  ae.  64.     He  d.     Children  : 

i.   George  Clark.",  b.  Dec.  29,  1807;   m.  and  had  a  family, 
ii.   Emily",  b.  Jan.   i.  1810;  d.  Dec.  9,  1901,  in  No.  Bern, 
iii.    Mary  Stebbins',  b.  Aug.  14,   1812;   m.  Apr.  16,  1833,  E  H.  Ross. 
iv.    Gideon  S.',  b.  June  30,  1814;  d.  Mch.  26,  1834. 
V.  Samuel  Dexter',  b.  June  4,   1816;   in.  and  had  a  family, 
vi.    Maria',  b.  Oct.   13,  1818;  d.  Apr.  4,   1843. 
vii.   Julia    H.'',  b.   Dec.    29,    1820;  m.   June    16,    i860,  L.  H.    Long  of 

Greenfield.  (2nd  wife), 
viii.   Martha",  b.  Apr.  22,  1823;   m.  Apr.  9,  1S50,  Isaac  Baker, 
ix.    Lyman",  b.  Dec.    17,  1826;  d.   at    Deadvvood,  Col.,  Aug.  15,   1853. 
X.   Fanny',  b.  Apr.  i,  1830;   res.  No.  Bern. 

HoLTON,  Charles  Edward,  M.  D.,  one  of  the  resident  physicians 
of  Bernardston,  b.  Lee,  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass.,  Dec.  18,  1868; 
graduated  Medical  Department  University  of  Vermont,  1892; 
attended  N.  Y.  Post  Graduate  Medical  School;  served  as 
house  surgeon  at  Elizabeth  (N.  J.)  General,  and  Brooklyn 
Throat,  ho.spitals  ;  was  in  practice  at  Roselle,  N.  J.,  before 
coming  here.  Married  June,  1896,  May  Frances  Fleming  of 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.     Has  : 

i.   Julia  Lawrence^,  b.  Oct.  8,  1897. 

HORTON,  Timothy  K.',  (Hosea',  who  d.  Feb.  14,  1862,  ae.  75,)  born 
1803  ;  m.  (i)  Betsey  Greenleaf.  She  d.  Dec.  3c,  1837,  ae.  33  ; 
m.  (2)  Caroline  G..  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Huldaa  Greenleaf,  a 


HORTON — HOWE.  427 


sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  d.  Mch.  17,  1852,  ae.  37;  m.  (3) 
Sept.  2,  1852,  Huldah  L.  Gary  of  Woodford,  Vt.  He  died 
Aug.  28,  1878,  ae.  75.  His  home  was  in  North  Bern.,  on  the 
place  later  owned  by  Joel  Cutler,  and  now  by  Mr.  Talbot. 
He  d.  upon  Burk  Flat,  opposite  the  Burk  Bridge  Road.  He 
succeeded  Alvin  Howe  m  the  store  in  the  north  part. 
Children  : 

i.   Caroline   F.^,    b.  Sept.    30,    1831;  m.  Nov.    i,    1851,   George   W. 

Temple.     They  resided  several  years  in  town, 
ii.  Helen    E.',  b.   Dec.  3,  1833;   m.    Ralph   Goodrich,    then    of  Gill. 

She  d.  in  Greenfield, 
iii.    Henry  R.\  b.  Aug.  6,  1836;   m.;  d.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
iv.    Eugenia  A.^  b.  Sept.  12,  1840. 
V.   Emma  Hopkins^,  b.  Apr.  12,  1844. 
vi.  Abbv  L.^  b.  1847;  d.  Jan.  20,  185 1. 
vii.    Herbert   G.',    was   a  member   of  33rd.    Reg.,    Mass.    Vol.;  died 

unm.,  1 89-. 
viii.  Annette',  m.  Charles  Newton;  resides  in  Brattleboro. 
ix.  Daniel^,  resided  Fitchburg. 
X.  Orlando^  b.  1853;  d.  Mch.  10,  1871. 
xi.  Flora  A.',  b.  1859;  d.  Feb.  4,  1863. 
xii.  Ada  A.^  b.  1864;  d.  Mch.  17,  1890. 
xiii.   Francella  A.^,  (twin)  b.  1869;  d.  Aug.  30,  1869. 
xiv.   Frances^  (twin)  b.  1869;  d.  Oct.  16,  1870. 
XV.   Minna',  b.  1870;  d.  Mch.  21,  1871. 
xvi.   Eddie  O.',  b.  1872;  d.  Feb.  20,  1873. 
xvii.  T.  K.^,  d.  young. 

Howe,  Doctor,  brother  of  Samuel.  They  came  from  Marlboro  ab. 
1850.    After  a  few  years'  residence,  he  returned  to  Marlboro. 

Howe,  Samuel,  m.  (i)  ;  m.  (2)  June  15,  1850,  Nancy  Park- 
hurst  of  Milford.  She  d.  Jan.  27,  1861.  He  d.  May  3,  1866, 
ae.  81.  These  brothers  were  eccentric  characters.  Samuel 
carried  the  mails  to  No.  Bern,  from  the  village,  a  forerunner 
of  the  "  rural  delivery,"  and  was  familiarly  known  as  "Old 
4  o'clock,"  from  his  habit  of  calling  out  "4  o'clock  "  to  sum- 
mon people  to  the  roadside  for  their  mail.     Children  : 


428  GENEALOGIES. 


i.  Alvin'^,  b.  1816;  m.  Releaf,  dau.  Silas  Hills  of  Guilford,  Vt.  She 
d.    Nov.  20,    1889,  ae.  73      He   d.   May  30,  1892,  ae.  76.      Had: 

1.  George^,  who  d.  Oct.  14,  1849,  ae.  i  yr.  2  mos.  2.  Son', 
who  d.  Feb.  19,  1855,  ae.  7  weeks.  3.  Isadore^  4.  Ida^ 
m.  Howes. 

ii.   Emmeline^,  m.  Mason  Drury  of  Montague. 

Howe,  Sampson,  Lieut.,  is  mentioned  upon  the  earlier  town  rec- 
ords as  having  held  various  minor  town  offices  from  1763  to 
1768. 

HoYT,  Theodore  Barnard',  (Jonathan",  David',  Lieut.  Jonathan', 
David",  Nicholas",  Simon\  who  settled  in  Charlestown  1628.) 
was  the  first  of  the  name  in  town,  coming  here  in  181 5  from 
his  native  place  of  Deerfield.  He  was  b.  May  22,  1786;  m. 
Dec.  7,  181 5,  Sophia,  dau.  of  William  and  Sophia  Whipple  of 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  She  d.  June  27,  1868.  He  was  a  harness 
maker  and  saddler  by  trade;  d.  May  14,  1874. 

i.    Harriet**,  b.  Sept.  10,  1816;  d.  Aug.  6,  1830. 

ii.  Richard  Henry*,  b.  Dec.  27,  1820;  m.  Nov.  28,  1844,  H.  Ade- 
line^  dau.  of  Lucius'  Chapiii.  He  early  settled  on  the  place  now 
owned  by  Mr.  Clogston  on  Burk  Flat,  where  for  many  years  he 
carried  on  the  saddler's  and  harness  maker's  trade,  removing 
thence  in  1872  to  the  "Brooks  Place"  on  South  street,  making 
his  home  with  his  son-in-law,  with  whom  he  has  ever  since  re- 
sided. For  several  years  he  served  the  town  as  selectman,  and 
in  1878  represented  his  district  in  the  Legislature.  From  his 
excellent  memory  many  facts  herein  incorporated  have  been 
gleaned,  and  his  readiness  to  go  hither  and  thither  in  search  of 
data  has  been  of  great  assistance  in  the  compilation  of  this 
work.  He  now  resides  in  Greenfield.  Mrs.  Hoyt  d.  in  the  lat- 
ter place  Feb.  15,  1892.  Had:  i.  Harriet  Isabella^  b.  May  31, 
1846;   m.  Nov.  24,  1864,  Nahum  S.^  Cutler;  resides  in  (Greenfield. 

2.  Hannah  Sophia",  b.  Oct.  22,   1848;  d.  Oct.  12,  1859. 

iii.  Mariette*,  b.  Sept.  4,  1824;  m.  Thomas  Williams  Ashley  of  Deer- 
field,  Oct.  9,  1844;  d.  in  Deerfield,  Aug.  18,  1849. 

IV.  Jonathan*,  b.  Jan  20.  1829;  m.  Harriet  V.,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
Willard  of  Dummerston,  Vt.,  Jan.  i,  1851.  She  d.  Mch.  25, 
1896;  m.  (2)  July  I,  1900,  Mrs.  Laura  Frances  Campbell,  dau. 
of  Edward  V.  Poole   of  Smithboro,  N.  Y.     She  was  b.  Mch.  3, 


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HOYT — HUNT.  429 


1861.  In  early  life  Mr.  Hoyt  removed  frfjm  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
to  Davenport.  Iowa,  where,  as  one  of  the  earlier  settlers,  he  soon 
attained  a  position  of  influence.  He  has  filled  many  positions 
of  trust  and  responsibility,  and  is  to  be  found  taking  the  lead 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  advancement  of  public  affairs.  In 
social  and  Masonic  circles  he  is  also  prominently  connected. 
He  is  an  extensive  dealer  in  musical  merchandise  of  all  kinds, 
and  Hoyt's  music  house  is  one  of  the  oldest,  largest  and  most 
complete  in  the  West.  He  was  for  two  years  president  of  the 
Business  Men's  Association,  which  has  under  his  administration, 
been  exceedingly  prosperous.      Is  also  a  bank  director. 

Hoyt,  Salmon  Bennett",  (Jonathan',  Jonathan',  David",  Jonathan', 
David",  Nicholas^  Simon',)  cou.sin  of  R.  H.  Hoyt  above,  b. 
May  17,  1819;  m.  June  25,  1847,  Rebecca  Humphrey.  She 
d.  Mch.  30,  1887.  Mr.  Hoyt  came  to  town  from  Deerfield, 
settling  on  South  street,  on  the  place  long  owned  by  Edward 
Pratt.  He  has  always  been  an  active  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.     Has : 

i.   Sarah"*,  b.  Sept.  6,  1850;   m.  Wells  Frary,   189-;  res.  Bern. 

Hunt,  Samuel,  of  Tewksbury,  son  of  Samuel  who  was  in  the  Falls 
Fight  ;  drew  Lot  54  m  the  first  division  of  land.  Meadow 
Lot  No.  12,  and  in  1742,  Lot  No.  82  in  the  4th  division.  (Gov. 
Cushman.)  According  to  the  Hunt  genealogy,  there  were 
two  branches  of  the  family  who  shared  in  the  township;  one 
descended  from  Capt.  Ephraim  of  Weymouth,  the  other 
from  Capt.  Samuel  of  Dunstable.  William  of  Ipswich  and 
Norwich,  Ct.,  (wife  Sarah  Emerson)  is  ancestor  of  several  of 
the  name  recalled  by  those  of  the  passing  generation.  His 
third  son  and  fourth  child  was  Thomas,  b.  July  30,  or  Aug.  5, 
1717,  who  with  his  children,  settled  in  Beaver  Meadow. 

Hunt,  THOMAS^  (William*,  William',  SamueP,  William'  Goodman 
of  Concord  ab.  1635,)  b.  in  Ipswich,  July  30,  or  Aug.  5,  1717  ; 
m.  Nov.  2,  1738,  Mary  Smith.  She  was  b.  July  12,  1712  ;  d. 
Apr.  13,  1790.  He  d.  May  21,  1803  ;  resided  Beaver  Meadow. 
Children  : 


430  GENEALOGIES. 


i.    Mary**,  bap.  Sept.    15,  1739;  m.    Enoch   Goodwin;  died   in    Nova 

Scotia,  1777. 
ii.   Elizabeth'',    bapt.  Jan.    22,  1742;  m.  Leonard    Wood  worth;  died 

Nov.  29,  I  794. 
iii.   Sarah^,  b.  Apr.  28;  d.  Oct.  4,  1744. 
iv.  Thomas'',  b.  Aug.  17,  1745;  d.  1814. 
V.  Sarah*',  b.  July  11,  1747;  m.  David  Goodwin, 
vi.    Lvdia",  b.  Jan.  9,  1750,  in  Norwich,  Ct. ;  m.  Hezekiah"  Newconib, 

Sept.  15,   1768.      She  d.  Mch.  19,   1834. 
vii.   John   r3EACON'',  b.    Mch.  15,  1752;  d.  July    14,  1819;   m.  Martha*, 

dau.  Lieut.    David    Rider,    Julv  25,  1775.      ^'^^   ^^'^^  ^-  -•^P''-  10, 

1755;  d.    Mch.    19.    1831.      They  had   one   child,  Phoebe',  b.  at 

No.    Bern..    Oct.   3,    1776;  m.    Amos   Burrows,    Nov.    17,    1794. 

Dea.  John    Hunt  was  private  in    Col.   VVhitcomb's    Reg.,  Capt. 

Wells'  Co.,  May  i,  1775. 
viii.    Hannah",  b.  Aug.  24,   1756;   m.  David  Hayes  of  Bennington,  Vt., 

d.  July  II,  1 82 1. 

Hunt,   Thomas,  private  in   Col.  Asa   Whitcomb's  Reg.,    Captain 
Wells'  Co.,  May  i,  1775  ;  m.  Anna .     Children  : 

i.   John-,  b    Mch.  3,   1769. 
ii.   Mary^,  b.  Feb.    12,  177 1. 
iii.   Thomas^,  b.  Mch.  3,  1774. 

Hunt,  Sylvanus,   m.  Malita :  resided   on   Bald   Mountain 

road  north  of  Justin  Slate's.     Children  : 

i.    JuLiANNA    P. 2,   b.    Mch.   7,    1832;   m.    Eli    B.  Haines   of  Guilford, 
Vt.,  1848. 

ii.  Sylvanus,  Jr.'^,  b.  May  3,  1834. 
iii.  Sarah  M.'^,  b.  July  21,  1836;  d.  Nov.  19,  1853. 
iv.  George  Edward^,  b.  Mch.  3,  1843;  d.  Mch.  22,  1844. 

Hunt,  Capt.  Luther,  had  a  store  in  town.     He  d.  in  Winchester, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  29,  1837,  ae.  41. 

Hunt,  Amos,  had  his  store  advertised  for  sale  in    1837.     The  con- 
nection, if  any,  with  these  families  has  not  been  ascertained. 

HuRLBERT,  Lieut.  Erenezer  Sheldon,  (Ambrose,  Ambrose),  traces 
his  ancestrv  to  Lieut.  Rbenezer  Sheldon  of  Fort  and  Lidian 


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HURLBERT.  43 1 


fame,  his  great-grandfather  being  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  and  his 
grandfather,  Jonathan  Sheldon.  His  paternal  ancestor  was 
William  Hurlbert,  a  native  of  Wales  and  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  who  landed  in  Boston  in  1626.  His  mother  was  Eliz- 
abeth', dau.  of  Dea.  Jonathan"  Sheldon  of  Bern.  Ebenezer 
Hurlbert  was  the  oldest  of  the  family  of  five,  and  was  born 
in  Burlington,  Otsego  Co..  N.  Y.,  May  17,  1820.  He  was  given 
a  good  education,  and  during  his  minority,  worked  with  his 
father  in  the  latter's  foundry  and  blacksmith  shop.  When 
22  years  of  age  he  entered  a  dry  goods  store  in  Chicago,  111., 
but  at  the  expiration  of  one  year  returned  home  and  resumed 
his  trade,  working  with  his  father  until  1826.  He  then  en- 
tered the  employ  of  E.  and  J.  Wilbur  &  Co.,  hoe  manufac- 
turers of  Waterville,  N.  Y.  Three  years  were  here  spent, 
when  a  partnership  was  formed  with  S.  A.  Willard  in  Clay- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  to  carry  on  a  like  business.  In  Dec,  1852,  he 
settled  in  Bernardston,  establishing  a  hoe  manufactory  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  E.  S.  Hurlbert  &  Co.,  the  Co.  being 
S.  N.  Brooks  and  Jonathan  Cushman,  upon  the  site  of  the 
old  iron  works  on  Fall  River.  In  1864  he  assumed  the  entire 
control  of  the  business,  retaining  the  same  until  about  1880, 
when  the  Nichols  brothers  were  admittted  to  the  manaee- 
ment.  In  1892  the  latter  withdrew  from  the  firm  and  re- 
moved to  Greenfield,  and  Mr.  Hurlbert  again  conducted  the 
business  alone.  He  has  now  associated  with  him  Henry  L. 
Crowell  and  Alonzo  Alford. 

Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  Mr.  Hurlbert  was 
commissioned  Lieut,  of  Co.  A,  52nd  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.  Infan- 
try. His  interest  in  the  Grand  Army  cause  is  deep  rooted 
and  abiding,  and  is  to-day  as  enthusiastic  as  when,  in  1862, 
he  entered  upon  his  field  duties. 

He  has  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  Powers  Institute  and  of 
Cushman  Library.  He  was,  in  1854,  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Legislature,  and  served  upon  the  board  of  select- 
men from  1872  to  1883,  inclusive.  He  m.  Dec.  30,  1863, 
Laura  D.,  dau.  of  Chauncey  P.  Burr  of  Mercer,  Me.  Children  : 
i.  Julia  B.^,  b.  July  5,  1S67;  m.  Fred  B.  Dennison,  and  resides  in 
town. 


432  GENEALOGIES. 


ii.   Helen  L.-,  b.  1870;  d.  Jan.  29,  1871. 

1.  Kennev,  Reuben',  came  from  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  Bernard- 

ston  about  1770;  b.  about  1746;  m.  Jemima,  dau.  of  Stephen 
Webster,  b.  about  1750  ;  d.  June  9,  1829.  He  d.  Feb.  26,  1797. 
Children  : 

1.   Charity-,  b.  about  1776;  d.  April,  1799. 

2.  ii.   Reuben-^. 

iii.   John-,  who   m.    Aug.   26,  18 19,   Ann^  dau.  Juhn^    Connable.  born 
Oct.  2,  1801. 

2.  Kennev,  Relfben',  (Reuben',)  m.  Mch.  11,  1799,  ^lary,  dau.  of 
Daniel  Nightingale  of  New  Hampshire.  He  was  then  of 
Gill,  but  later  went  to  live  on  his  grandfather  Webster's 
place,  recently  owned  by  the  late  Freeman  Williatns.  Chil- 
dren : 

i.   Jabez^,  b.  July  31,  1800. 

ii.  Eunice^,  b.  Aug.  22,  1802. 
iii.  LoRANsoM^  b.  Dec.  15,  1804. 

iv.  LoRANCY^,  b.  Dec.  15,  180.^;  m.  Jan.  26,  1834,  J  ustui  Chapui. 
She  d.  Aug.  16,  1882. 

V.  Charles". 

vi.   Anna'',  b.  Feb.  13,  1807;  m.  Dec.  23,  1830,  Noble  Phillips  of  (rfld. 

vii.    SxErHEN",  m.  Sophronia.  dau.  (;f  Geo.  .Alexander,  1835;  went  West. 

viii.    Martin'',  b.  Mch.  27,  1826;  m.  Phoebe  Donelson  of  Colrain.     He 
enlisted  in  the  Navy,  and  visited  many  foreign  ports  of  interest. 
Upon  his  return  he  lived  for  a  time  on  his  father's,  the  old  Web- 
ster place,  later  on  the  present  Hartwell  place,  and  in  1881  pur- 
chased   the    Hosea   Aldrich    place   on    the    Huckle    Hill    road, 
where    he    resided    until    his    death,    Aug.     i,    1901.      Had:    i. 
Henry\   who    resides    in    Boston.      2.     Arland'*,    who    m.    Mary 
Alexander  of  Guilford,  Vt.;  resides  in  Greenfield. 
ix.    Mary". 
X.   Henry'',  who  went  West. 

Johnson,  T.  Webster'',  (Isaiah  W.,  Jr.-,  Webster',)  b.  in  Vernon, 
Vt.,  Mch.  18,  1852  ;  m.  Martha  L.  Cobb,  who  was  b.  in  Wind- 
hall,  Vt.,  Oct.  24,  1863.     The   most  of  Mr.  Johnson's  life  has 


KINGSLEY.  433 


been  spent  in  Vernon,  where  he  always  enjoyed  the  utmost 
confidence  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  as  was  evidenced  by  his 
election  to  most  of  the  town  offices — assessor,  selectman  and 
in  1898  he  represented  his  town  in  the  Legislature  at  Mont- 
pelier.  Jan.  i,  1899,  he  removed  to  this  place,  purchasing 
his  present  home,  the  J.  P.  Day  place  on  River  street.  Chil- 
dren, b.  in  Vernon  : 

i.   LiLA  Bessie^,  b.  Oct.  25,  1883. 
ii.   Doris  Mattie-,  b.  Aug.  28,  1889. 

KiNGSLEY,  Dea.  Elijah,  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  town, 
coming  here  when  21  years  of  age  from  Lebanon,  Ct.,  and 
building  on  the  north  side  of  the  Northfield  road,  east  of  the 
village,  the  last  owner  before  being  torn  down  being  Phil- 
ander Slate.  He  was  m.  at  this  time,  and  his  wife  performed 
the  journey  on  horseback,  having  for  a  riding  whip  a  locust 
switch,  which  was  set  out  and  developed  into  the  large  locust 
tree  standing  at  the  south-east  corner  of  the  old  Kingsley 
house.  In  the  old  cemetery  is  a  stone  marked  "  Dea.  Elijah 
Kingsley,  d.  Oct.  30,  1839,  ^^-  99  years."  His  wife  Dorothy 
d.  Nov.  23,  1824,  ae.  87. 

Dea.  Kingsley  served  the  town  as  selectman  1774,  tithing- 
man  1780,  constable  1781.  His  military  record  is  as  follows: 
in  the  Gazette  and  Courier  mention  is  made  of  his  having 
served  five  years  in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars.  He  was 
at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  ;  went  out  May  i,  1775,  with  the 
rank  of  third  sergeant  in  Col.  Whitcomb's  Reg.,  Capt.  Agrippa 
Wells'  Co.  For  the  years  1777-78-79,  he  served  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety.     Children: 

i,  Gamaliel^,  b.  Aug.  6,  1774;  m.  (i)  June  24,  1795,  Huldah^,  dau. 
of  Samuel'  Hale.  She  was  b.  May  3,  1771;  d.  Dec.  13,  1802; 
m.  (2)  Jan.  2,  1803,  Celinda  Pickett  of  Greenfield.  She  was  b. 
Jan.  4,  1783;  d.  Nov.  4,  1855.  He  d.  July  9,  1855.  Had:  1. 
Amelia^,  b.  Mch.  27,  1795;  "i-  ^^^-  ^7'  i^iS,  Alpha*  Ryther; 
resided  Dover,  Vt.;  d.  Nov.  10,  1879.  2.  Elijah^,  b.  Oct.  15, 
1797;  m.  and  res.  at  Ontwa,  Mich.  3.  Chester^,  b.  Aug.  24, 
1799;  d.     By  second  wife:  4.     Allen  Robert",  b.  Apr.  16,  1804; 


434  GENEALOGIES. 


m.;  d.  in  Northfield.  5.  Saxton  Pickett'',  b.  Mch.  7,  1806;  m. ; 
d.  Feb.  26,  1878,  in  Waldo,  Fla.  6.  Huldah  Hale^  b.  June  12, 
1808;  m.  Feb.  7,  1843,  Wm.  Gates  of  Michigan.  7.  Lutiann 
C.',  b.  Aug.  18,  181 1 ;  m.  Sept.  13,  1841,  Philander  M.  Slate.  8. 
Clesson  G.'',  b.  Nov.  11,  1813;  d.  Nov.  15,  1856,  unm.  9. 
Henry  A.'^,  b.  Apr.  17,  1818;  d.  Aug.  12,  1819.  10.  Sabrina^  b. 
Apr.  17,  1820;  m.  Apr.  30,  1839,  J.  Parsons.  11.  Roxana  M.^, 
^-  JiJly  3'  1822;  m.  Oct.  2,  1842,  Samuel  H.^  .Atherton;  d.  Au- 
gust 18,  1845.  12.  Henry  Almond'*,  b.  Jan.  23,  1826;  d.  Octo- 
ber 23,  1826. 

ii.   Darius'-. 
iii.    David'-. 
iv.   Nathan-. 

v.    Hannah^,    (probably)  who  m.    Apr.   9,    1794,   James   Harkins   of 
Colrain. 

Larkin,  William,  was  hogreave  1778.  Feb.  9,  1790,  he  was  warned 
from  town,  and  at  that  time  was  recorded  as  being  a  "  tran- 
sient person." 

Lee,  John,  scribe  and  accountant;  m.  Sept.  15,  1736,  Elizabeth', 
dau.  of  Samuel  Connable.  She  was  b.  in  Boston,  Apr.  24, 
1 7 14.  They  were  living  in  Fall  Town  or  Deerfield  in  1746. 
She  became  a  widow  and  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution  was 
taken  from  Boston  by  her  brother  Samuel  to  his  home  in 
Fall  Town,  where  she  resided  until  her  death,  and  was  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery.     Had  : 

i.    Mary  Lee^,  b.  Apr.    14,   1740;   m.   May   25,  1763,  Aaron  Cabot  of 
Boston. 

LooMis,  Daniel,  b.  1737;  probably  from  Lebanon,  Ct.  ;  m.  Eunice 

.     She  d.  Jan.  28,  18 16,  ae.  82  year.s.     He  was  tithing- 

man  1774,  1776,  constable  and  collector  1777,  surveyor  of 
highways  1777,  8,  9,  80,  81,  82,  selectman  1781.  The  town 
farm  is  the  site  of  the  Loomis  place.  He  d.  July  i,  18 19, 
aged  82  years. 

Lyon  John,  formerly  of  Greenfield,  m.  Patience .     She  d. 


LYON — MARTINDALE.  435 


Jan.  16,  1850,  ae.  52.  He  d.  Sept.  19,  1839,  ae.  58.  He  resided 
on  the  old  Leyden  road  in  the  north-west  part  of  the  town. 
Children  : 

i.   P'reeman',  b.  July  15,  1825;  d.  Dec.  20,  1852,  unm. 
ii.   Prudence^,  b.   June   20,  1826;  m.   Smith   S.   Bellows;  res.  on  the 
old    farm    many   years.       Had:    i.       Marthal      2.      Luella*.     3. 
Louise^, 
iii.   Louisa^,  b.  March  28,  1828;  d.  Feb.   15,  1852,  unm, 
iv.  Jane^,  b.  Feb.  9,  1831;  d.  June  4,   1861,  unm. 
V.   Marietta'-,  b.  Nov.  30,  1833;  d.  in  Eden,  Ga.,  Apr.  27,  1857,  unm. 
vi.    Betsey^,  b.  Nov.  21,  1836;  d.  Jan.  24,  1855. 
vii.  John  Lyman-,  b.  Feb.  9,  1839;  d    Aug.  26,  1841. 

McCloud,  Lewis,  of  Rowe,  b.  Mch.  22,  1805  ;  m.  Minerva  T.^  Slate, 
dau.  of  Dea.  Timothy',  Feb.  24,  1829;  resided  in  Bern,  from 
1833  to  1838,  then  removed  to  Amherst,  where  he  d.  Dec.  10, 
1884,  ae.  79.     She  d.  Jan.  15,  1892,  ae.  82.     Children: 

,i.   Milton  L.^,  b.  Mch.  26,  1831;  m.  Mary  J.  Smith  of  No.  Amherst; 
three  children. 

ii.   Uri   Brooks^,    b.   Dec.    16,  1834;  m.   Sarah   J.   Graves  of    North 

Amherst;   four  children;  resides  Charlemont. 
iii.    J.  Leroy^,  b.    Feb.  2,   1837;  m.  Mary   Carter  of   No.  Hadley;  one 

child;  res.  Northampton, 
iv.    Henry  Martyn'^,  b   in  Amherst,  Sept.  22,  1838;  m.  Sarah  A.  Car- 
penter, dau.   of   Dr.  E.  W.  Carpenter  of    Bern.;  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War;  editor  and  printer,  now  insurance  agent;  res  Amherst; 
one  son,  Albert  Carpenter,  in  business  with  his  father. 

Martindale,  Edward  C,  son  of  Cyrus  W.  of  Gill,  b.  Nov.  i,  1858  ; 
m.  (1)  Oct.  23,  1882,  Eliza  J.,  dau.  of  Wm.  Sandin  of  Bern. 
She  d.  Jan.  23,  1884.  He  m.  (2)  Mary,  her  sister,  Jan.,  1890. 
(Both  wives  b.  in  Fitchburg).  Mr.  Martindale  settled  in 
East  Bern.,  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father-in-law, 
Mr.  Sandin.  He  is  now,  and  has  been  .several  years,  one  of 
the  board  of  selectmen  and  assessors.     Children  : 

i.    Lawrence  S.^  b.  Jan.  15,  1884. 
ii.    Fannie  May^,  b.  Sept.  2,  1892. 


43^  GENEALOGIES. 


Marsh,  Edwin  J.,  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  came  to  Bern,  about  1870, 
purchasing  the  old  Samuel  Green  place  on  the  south  side  of 
the  Northfield  road.  He  m.  (i)  Eliza  C,  dau.  of  Emory  Mil- 
ler, who  also  came  from  Brattleboro,  and  resided  on  the 
Northfield  road  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Mr.  Dole,  where 
he  d.  July  25,  1889.  Mrs.  Marsh  d.,  and  he  m.  (2)  Widow 
Taintor,  and  removed  to  Keene,  N.  H.     Had  one  child  : 

i.  Frank  J.^  b.  Mch.  16,  1859;  m.  Jan.  12,  1880,  Josephine  A.,  dau. 
of  Edward  K.  and  Louise  (Chapin)  Smith.  He  resided  and  car- 
ried on  the  farm  of  his  father's  several  years,  but  now  lives  in 
Greenfield.      Has  one  dau.,  Edith. 

MiLLis,  a  Hessian,  serving  under  Burgoyne,  who  came  to  Bern., 
residing  around  the  Mountain,  a  relative  of  the  Euda  family 
with  whom  he  resided  afterwards  on  South  street,  the  place 
now  owned  by  Mrs.  Franklin. 

Moore,  Enoch',  (Jonas',  Ephraim',)  b.  Dec.  i,  1797,  came  here  from 

Rutland,  Mass.,  about  1840.     He  m.  Almira ,  who  was 

b.  Sept.  17,  1800.  He  m.  (2)  Mch.  2,  1865.  Diana  L.  Dole 
of  Greenfield.  He  was  for  many  years  a  blacksmith,  having 
his  shop  on  River  street,  north  of  the  railroad  bridge.  He 
d.  Aug.  20,  1883.     Children: 

1.   Samuel  Williams^  b.  Nov.  9,  1823;  m.;  resides  in  .-\mherst,  Mass. 
ii.   Evelina  Almira^  b.  Sept.  30,  1826;  m.  1845,  Joel  Gaines''  Green; 

res.  Minn.     She  d. . 

iii.   Susan  Maria*,  b.  May  9.  1830;   m.  L.  B.. Wright;  d.  Dec.  3,  1885. 

iv.    Mary   Catherine'*,  b.   Apr,    i,  1832;   m.  Henry  C.  Denham,  who 

was  for   several   years  proprietor  of   the    New  England  House. 

He  d.  in   Greenfield.     Had:    i.     .Anna  May\  who  in.  George  C. 

Lunt;  has  one  child. 

v.    JosiAH  M.-*,  b.  Apr.  2,  1834;  d.  Oct.  9,  1863. 

vi.   Orramel*,  b.  July  5,  1836;  res.  Greenfield;  carriage  manufacturer, 
vii.    Emily   Augusta*,   b.   Nov.   20,    1840;  m.  Sept.  3,  1865.  Chas.  \V. 

Davis  of  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 
viii.   Orianna*,   b.    Nov.    11,   1843;   "i-   Mch.  7,  1867,  Jc^iathan"    Allen; 
d.  Dec.  4,  .1873. 


NELSON.  437 


Nelson,  John,  was  of  Brimfield;  moved  in   1774  to  Whitingham, 
•    Vt. ;  m.  Mary  Webber.     Children: 

i.  John,  Jr-. 

ii.  Ahigail'-,  m.  Joel  Green, 

ill.  Andrew^ 

iv.  Benjamin^,  m.  and  resided  in  Colrain. 

V.  William^. 

vi.  George^,  b.  May  13,  1762. 

2.       vii.  Edward^,  b.  in  Brimfield,  Feb.  22,    1765. 

viii.  Betsey^. 

ix.  MollyI 

2.  Nelson,  Edward",  (John\)  b.  in  Brimfield,   Feb.  22,  1765.     In 

1 78 1  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Colrain  ;  ten  years  later  he 
went  to  Leyden,  and  when  26  years  old,  m.  Hannah  Ranger 
of  Colrain.  He  lived  in  Leyden  until  1857,  then  removed 
with  his  son  to  Bern.  He  d.  Dec.  10,  1862  or  3.  His  wife  d. 
July  7,  1841.  He  was  a  soldier  under  the  leadership  of  Dan- 
iel Shay,  and  was  at  the  attack  of  the  armory  at  Springfield. 
He  celebrated  his  96th  birthday  by  riding  to  Greenfield  in  a 
railroad  car  for  the  first  time.     Children  : 

i.   Hannah^,  b.  Apr.  17.  1791;  d.  in  Leyden  in  1846,  unm. 

ii.   Matilda^  b.  Dec.  5,  1793;   m.  (i)  Benjamin   Buttock  of  Leyden; 

(2)  Otis  Hastings  of  Greenfield. 
iii.  Sally^,  b.  Feb.  25,  1797;   m.  Jacob    Grossman;  d.  1829,  in  Mont- 

pelier,  Vt, 
iv.   LoviNA^,  b.  June  28,  1799;  m.  Ruel  BuUard  of  Rowe. 

3.  V.  JoHN^,  b.  June  17,  1802. 

vi.   LuciNDA^,  b.  Feb.  22,  1804;  d.  unm.  1829. 

vii.   Abigail^   b.    Dec.    27,    1806;   m.    Dec.    11,    1828,   Increase   Sum- 
ner^ Hale;  d.  Nov.  21,  1900,  in  Greenfield, 
viii.    Mary',  b.  June  8,  1809;  d.  unm.  in  Leyden. 
ix.   Almeda'',   b.   Sept.   8,    1812;  m.    Rufus*   Frizzel   of   Leyden;  died 

Feb.  5,  1901. 
X.  Mina  Elvira'',  b.  Jan.  27,  1816;  m.  Chester  Severance  in  1862. 

3.  Nelson,  John',  (Edward",  John'.)  b.  June  17,  1802;  m.  Dec.  27, 
1828,  Harriet*,  dau.  of  Consider'  Cushman  of  Gill.  She  was 
b.  July  30,  1807;  d.  Oct.    5,    1862;  m.  (2)  July    16,  1863,  Mrs. 


438  GENEALOGIES. 


Sally  Peck  of  Charlemont.  She  d.  Feb.  7,  1880.  He  died 
June  15,  1882.  He  resided  on  the  Bald  Mountain  road,  on 
the  farm  now  owned  by  his  son,  Moses  R.  This  place  has 
been  owned  by  Col.  Chapin,  Daniel  Wright,  Alonzo  Par- 
menter,  Seba  Green,  Sheldon  Wright.     Children  : 

i.  William  Sylvester*,  b.  June  25,  1829;  member  of  Co.  L,  2nci 
Reg.,  Ohio  Vol.;  was  twice  m.;  d.  Aug.  6,  1888,  in  Bern.;  res. 
on  the  Bald  Mountain   road. 

ii.  Harriet  Louisa*,  b.  May  2,  1831;  ni.  Robert  Cone  of  Colrain, 
Apr.  22,    1852;  d.  Nov.  29,  1868. 

iii.  Hannah  Ja.nette*,  b.  Aug.  26,  1833;  m.*  Curtis  Chapin,  Au- 
gust 25,   1857. 

iv.  Laura  Matilda*,  born  Aug.  6,  1836;  m.  Joseph  M.  Cheney, 
Apr.  17,  1856. 

V.  Eunice  Sarepta*.  b.  .May  16,  1839;  m.  James  Streeter,  Jr.,  of 
Rowe,  Jan.  30,   1861. 

vi.  MosES  R.*,  b.  June  30,  1841;  m.  Sept.  19,  1865,  Georgianna',  dau. 
of  Dea.  David^  Streeter  of  Bern.  'I'hey  reside  in  the  Bald  Moun- 
tain district.  Mr.  Nelson  has  a  large  farm,  having  added  to 
the  original  by  several  purchases.  He  is  an  active  member  of 
the  M.  E.  church.  Had:  i.  Cola  Richard^  b.  July  20.  1867: 
m.  May  21,  1890,  Crace*,  dau.  Reuben'  Park;  resides  Sawyers 
Mills,  Northfield.  2.  Arthur  Henry',  b.  July  28,  1872;  m.  .Au- 
gust 17,  1899,  Nellie  May  Parmenter.  3.  Luinan  Ranger',  b. 
Feb.  26,  1874;  m.  Bertha,  dau.  James  Streeter;  res.  Winchester, 
N.  H.  4.  Leon  Frank^  b.  Mch.  17,  1876.  5.  Walter  Lee\  b. 
Apr.  14,  1884. 
vii.  Rosanna  Elvira*,  b.  May  8,  1843;  "">•  Willard  \).  Nelson  of  Col- 
rain, Sept.  29,  1873;  d.  Jan.  i,  1876. 

Newcomb,  Hezekiah',  (Simon^  Andrew',  Capt.  Andrew',  who  was 
at  Boston  in  1663,)  b.  in  Edgartown,  Martha's  Vineyard,  Mass., 
in  1693-4.  Although  not  himself  a  settler  in  Bernardston, 
he  was  the  father  of  two  of  the  earlier  residents.  From  old 
deeds  it  appears  that  June  27,  1737.  he  bought  land  in  Fall 
Town  of  William  Clark,  both  being  then  residents  of  Leb- 
anon, Ct.,  for  the  sum  of  $20,  thus  becoming  a  Proprietor. 
The  land  originally  belonged  to  Clark's  father.     He  sub.se- 


NEWCOMB.  439 


qiiently  added  to  this  purchase  until  he  became  possessed  of 
no  inconsiderable  amount  of  real  estate.  Among  the  land 
thus  acquired,  and  by  drawing  lots  with  other  Proprietors, 
were  lots  numbered  49,  56,  98,  and  18  in  the  first  division. 
Children  ; 

i.  SlLAS^  b.  Sept.  2,  1 7 17;  m.  Submit,  dau.  James  Pineo.  He  came 
to  Fall  'I'own  (now  Leyden)  in  the  spring  of  1741.  In  1742  he 
bought  of  his  father  Lot  No.  10,  ist  division.  He  remained 
until  the  depredations  of  the  Indians  in  1744  forced  him  to  re- 
turn to  his  Connecticut  home.  In  the  division  of  his  estate  his 
lands  m  Fall  Town  went  to  his  eldest  son,  Daniel,  who  was  b. 
there.  Of  his  i  2  children  only  one  is  here  given  :  Daniel*  Lieut., 
b.  Nov.  18,  1741,  in  that  part  of  Fall  Town  now  Leyden.  In 
the  settlement  of  his  father's  estate,  he,  as  eldest  son,  received 
a  "double  portion."  When  21  or  22  years  of  age  he  settled  here. 
He  served  as  warden  1769,  1783,  constable  and  collector  1775, 
Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety  1776,  1777, 
surveyor  of  highways  1777.  He  m.  Irene  Field;  d.  in  Leyden, 
Sept.  9,  1794,  and  was  buried  in  the  Beaver  Meadow  cemetery. 
Of  his  ten  chUdren,  all  having  the  name  of  Newcomb  found  for 
themselves  homes  in  the  neighboring  states  of  Vermont  and 
New  York. 

ii.   Peters,  b.  Nov.  28,   17 18. 

iii.   Anne^,  b.  Mch.  4,   1720;   m. Smith;  both  dead  in  1770. 

iv.    Hezekiah^,  b.  Dec.  27,  1722;  doubtless  d.  young. 

V.   Thomas^,  b.  Sept.  3,  1724;  m.  Ann  Hibbard. 
vi.    Jerusha'\  b.  Mch.  24,  1726;   m.  Ezra  Cleveland, 
vii.    Elizabeth^,  b.  Dec.   19,   1727;  m.  John  Barstow. 
viii.   Samuel^,  b.  Sept.  2,  1729;  d.  Sept.  9,  1748. 
ix.  Jemima^,  b.  Dec.  14,  1730;  was  twice  m. 

X.  James^  b.  Feb.  7,  1732-3;  m.  Mrs.  Submit  Davis. 

Newcomb,  Peter',  (Hezekiah',  Simon',  Andrew',  Capt.  Andrew',) 
b.  Nov.  28,  1718;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  Richard  English.  Moved 
to  town  in  1740.  Dec.  25,  1742,  he  bought  Lot  No.  99,  ist 
division  ;  Meadow  Lot  No.  58,  2nd  division  ;  Lot  No.  18,  ist 
division  ;  No.  98,  in   the   2nd   division,  the  one  upon  which 


440  GENEALOGIES. 


his  father  agreed  by  bond  to  settle  on  in  1739.  Because  of 
the  Indian  troubles  in  1744,  he  returned  to  his  former  home 
in  Lebanon,  Ct.,  where  he  died.  He  willed  his  property  in 
Fall  Town  to  his  son  William.     Children  : 

i.    Phcebe^,  b.  in  Fall  Town   Sept.    15,  1741;   m.  Nov.  15,  1759,  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Cushman;  resided  and  d.  Stafford,  Ct. 

3.  ii.   Hezekiah*^,  b.  May  6,  1747. 

iii.  Samuel®,  b.   Oct.    23,  1749;   m.  Mary  Crandall;  d.  in   Somers,  Ct. 

4.  iv.  William®,  b.  Mch.  19,  1752,  in  Columbia,  Ct. 

V.  Jemima',  b.  Oct.  24,  1756;  m.  Capt.  Gideon   Clark;  d.  Columbia, 

Connecticut. 
vi.  Joseph®,  b.  May  3,  1762;   m.  Elizabeth  Martin;  d.  in  Columbia,  Ct. 

3.  Newcomb,  Hezeki.\h",  (Peter',  Hezekiah',  Simon',  Andrew', 
Capt.  Andrew',)  b.  May  6,  1747,  in  Columbia,  Ct. ;  ra.  Sept.  15, 
1768,  Lydia',  dau.  Thomas^  and  Mary  (Smith)  Hunt.  She 
was  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  Jan.  20,  1750;  d.  Mch.  19,  1834.  He 
came  to  Bernardston  between  1770  and  1773,  probably  set- 
tling on  the  farm  situated  upon  the  north  side  of  the  Leyden 
road  to  Frizzell  Hill.  This  farm  was  a  little  west  of  and  ad- 
joining the  farm  owned  by  his  brother  William,  since  owned 
by  William  Hart  Newcomb.  He  was  an  early  settler,  "  an 
active  and  zealous  supporter  of  the  literary,  religious  and 
political  institutions  of  our  country."  He  was  surveyor  of 
highways  1774-81,  82,  86,  Committee  of  Correspondence  1775. 
tithingman  1775,  warden  1776,  selectman  and  assessor  four 
years,  town  treasurer  two  years,  justice  of  the  peace  many 
years,  representative  to  the  General  Court  three  years.  De- 
cember 3,  1776,  he,  with  Caleb  Chapin,  Elijah  Kingsley, 
Daniel  Slate  and  Ezekiel  Foster  was  chosen  a  committee  to 
plan  "ye  pews  in  ye  Meeting  House  according  to  Greenfield 
Meeting  House  also  to  sect  said  house  &  order  where  people 
maye  erect  pews,"  etc.  June,  1776,  he  was  employed  by  the 
town  to  hire  three  men  for  nine  months  to  serve  in  the  Con- 
tinental Army,  the  men  to  be  hired  by  money  paid  by  fines. 
He  d.  Jan.  25,  1821,  his  residence  then  being  the  place  owned 
by  the  late  Almon  Newcomb,  whither  he  had  removed  a  few 
years  previously.     Children  : 


IMi.roN   Newcomb.  Almon  Newcomb. 

TiiK  Newcomb  Homestead. 


NEWCOMB.  441 


5.  i.   Hezekiah',  b.  June  12,  1769. 

ii.  Richard  English",  b.  Oct.  31,  1770;  was  thrice  married  and  had 
seven  children;  resided  in  Greenfield;  graduated  Dartmouth 
College  1793;  studied  law  with  William  Coleman,  Esq.,  of  Green- 
field; admitted  to  the  bar  1796;  representative  from  Greenfield 
1807;  col.  militia  1807-1813;  appointed  Judge  of  Probate  1821, 
and  held  the  office  until  his  death,  in  all  28  years.  While  Judge 
of  Probate  he  held  the  ofiice  of  State  attorney  four  years.  He 
d.  May  14,  1849. 

iii.    Lydia',    b.  Sept.  24,  1772;  m.   Sept.    24,  1801,  Cotton    Graves  of 
Sunderland;  d.  Oct.  22,  1837. 

iv.   Sarah'',  b.  Aug.  8,  1774;  m.  Hon.  Samuel  C.  Allen;  resided  North- 
field.     She  d.  Jan.  22,  1797. 

6.  V.   William',  b.  June  18,  1776. 

vi.   Mary',  b.  May  5,   1778;   was  a  teacher;  d.  May  i,  1843,  unm. 

vii.  Jemima    Harriet",    b.   Jan.    10,   1780;  m.   Sept.    19,    1802,    David 

Carpenter  of  Leyden;  d.  Sept.  i,  1828. 
viii.  Peter",  b  Oct.  3,  1781:  m.  May  15,  1803,  Abigail,  dau.  Elias 
Parmenter.  She  was  b.  Apr.  25,  1782;  d.  Mch.  28,  181 3;  m. 
(2)  in  1814,  Tirzah  Smead;  (3)  May  28,  1816,  Sarah",  dau.  of 
Capt.  Artemas**  Cushman.  She  was  b.  Sept.  4,  1788;  d.  at  Col- 
chester, Vt.,  Oct.  12,  1870.  He  settled  at  South  Hero,  Vt., 
where  he  d.  Feb.  25,  1853.      Had  five  children. 

ix.  Dalton^,  b.  Dec.  26,  1783;  m.  Nov.  5,  1808,  Harriet,  dau.  of 
Obed  Wells  of  Greenfield.  She  was  b.  Jan.  4,  1788;  d.  Jan.  5, 
1834;  m.  (2)  May  1,  1834,  Caroline  Wells,  a  sister  of  his  first 
wife.  She  d.  P'eb.  23,  1858.  He  d.  Aug.  20,  1861.  He  resided 
oq  and  owned  the  place  since  owned  by  his  son,  the  late  Almon 
Newcomb.  He  was  one  of  the  prosperous,  substantial  farmers 
of  the  town.  Had:  i.  Horatio  Dalton**,  b.  Aug.  10,  1809,  a 
wholesale  grocer  residing  at  Louisville,  Ky.;  was  twice  m.  2. 
Elnora  Caroline*,  b.  Nov.  12,  1810;  m.  Oct.  25,  1832,  Arad  Bur- 
nett of  Guilford,  Vt.  She  d.  in  Springfield  in  1872.  3.  Heze- 
kiah  Hunt^  b.  Sept.  22,  1812;  m.  and  resided  in  Louisville,  Ky., 
where  he  d.  in  185 1.  4.  Warren**,  b.  Oct.  15,  1814;  (twin)  m. 
resided  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  but  d.  in  New  York  City,  Aug.  28, 
1866.  5.  Wesson**,  b.  Oct.  15,  1814;  (twin)  m.  and  settled  in 
Vermont.  6.  Catherine**,  b.  Oct.  13,  1816;  m.  Gilbert  Tuell; 
resided  Iowa;  d.  Oct.  6,  1852.  7.  Mary  Harriet^  b.  Sept  20. 
1818;  resided  Louisville,  Ky.;  d.  unm.     8.     Dwight**,  b.  Dec.  i, 


442  GENEALOGIES. 


1820;  resided  in  Ind. ;  unm.;  d.  .     9.      Edwin^  b.  Nov.  10, 

1822;  d.  at  Sacramento,  Cal.,  Jan.  22,  1850,  unm.  10.  Fran- 
cis^  b.  May  17,  1825;  d.  in  Louisville,  Ky.  11.  Wells'*,  born 
Sept.  21,  1826;  d.  May  7,  1855;  unm.;  resided  in  San  Francisco, 
Cal.;  was  for  several  years  engaged  in  teaching.  12.  Almon'*, 
b.  Nov.  28,  1829;  m.  Oct.  12,  1852,  Mary*,  dau.  Loren  and 
Rachael  Hale  of  Gill.  She  was  b.  Dec.  14,  1830.  Mr.  New- 
comb  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  in  1864-5,  select»nan 
1867  to  1873  inclusive.  As  indicated  by  his  election  to  these 
offices,  he  was  a  leading  and  influential  public-spirited  man,  and 
a  generous  supporter  of  the  Unitarian  church,  and  every  worthy 
public  enterprise.  He  d.  at  his  home  May  29,  1885.  Mrs.  New- 
comb  resides  in  Greenfield. 
X.  Horatio  Gates^,  b.  Sept.  27,  1785;  m.  twice;  d.  Sept.  18,  1857, 
in  Greenfield. 

xi.   SoPHRONiA',    b.  Jan.    10,  1788;  m.  Feb.    15,  1815,  Rufus  Graves; 
d.  in  New  York  State,  Aug.  23,  1838. 

xii.  Charles  Jarvis",  b  Apr.  29,  1790;  m.  Aug.  19,  1817,  Philena^ 
dau.  of  Elihu^  Scott.  He  went  to  Trenton,  Wis.,  where  he  d. 
Nov.  3,  1857;   was  orderly  sergeant  of  war  of  1812. 

xiii.   Zebina  Curtis',  b.  Aug.  25,  1791. 

4.  Newcomb,  William',  (Peter',  Hezekiah',  Simony  Andrew',  Capt. 
Andrew',)  b.  in  Columbia,  Ct.,  Mch.  19,  1752.  By  will  he  re- 
ceived all  the  real  estate  belonging  to  his  father  in  Fall  Town, 
whither  he  soon  removed,  living  upon  his  farm  there  until 
his  death,  Dec.  29,  1822,  in  all  43  years.  He  m.  in  1779,  Eliz 
abeth',  dau.  SamueP  and  Mary  English  Connable.  She  was 
b.  about  1757,  and  d.  Nov.  14,  1821.  Mr.  Newcomb  served 
nine  months  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  chiefly  in  New  Jer- 
sey and  Pennsylvania ;  was  with  the  army  in  Penn.  when 
it  waded  the  Schuylkill  several  times  during  a  wintry  night. 
He  was  in  Capt.  William  Richard's  Co.,  ist  Reg.,  "  Connecti- 
cut Line  "  ;  enlisted  Ap.  28,  1777;  took  the  field  the  same 
spring  at  Peekshill,  N.  Y.  ;  joined  Washington's  army  in 
Pennsylvania  in  September ;  was  in  the  battle  of  German- 
town,  Oct.  4;  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Valley  Forge  De- 
cember 19,  and  was  discharged  at  the  expiration  of  his  term, 
Jan.  12,  1778,  and   he  immediately  took  up  his  residence  in 


NEWCOMB.  443 


Bern.  The  house  he  built  in  1779  is  still  standing  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Newcomb  road  about  four  miles  from  the 
village.     Children  : 

i.  AsHAHEL\  b.  Dec.  27,  1780;  m.  Nov.  29,  1804,  Lucinda,  dau.  Sam- 
uel Sykes,  b.  in  Suffield,  Ct.,  June  16,  1782.  They  removed  to 
Whitestown,  N.  Y. 

ii.   Solomon',  b.  Apr.  3,  1783;  owned  a  shop  and  water  power  a  few 
rods  east   of   hi.s   father's   house.      He  was  a  cabinet  and  chair 
maker;  d.  Dec.  8,  1845;  unm. 
iii.    Elizabeth",  b.  Oct.  19,  1784;  m.  Mch.    12,  1810,  John  Willis;  re- 
moved West. 

iv.  English',  b.  June  26,  1787;  m.  Nov.  18,  1816,  Eunice  Weld  of 
Guilford,  Vt.;  d.  Oct.  12,  1853.  Shed.  Feb.  12,  1862.  They  re- 
sided on  Huckle  Hill  near  the  Vermont  line.  Had:  i.  Calvm 
Weld^  b.  Feb.  7,  1818;  m.  Oct.  11,  1842,  Dorcas,  dau.  of  Jacob 
B.  Tice;  settled  in  Mattawan,  -N.  J.  2.  Eunice  Fidelia",  b. 
Mch.  26,  1820;  m.  Sereno  F.  Thomas;  settled  in  Vernon,  Vt. 
3.  Isaac  Leander**,  b.  June  24,  1822;  d.  Oct.  14,  1844.  4.  \Vil- 
liam  Bradley*,  b.  Feb.  11,  1824;  d.  June  6,  1824.  5.  Eleanor 
E.**,  b.  July  15,  1825;  m.  John  W.  Tice;  res.  So.  Amboy,  N.  J. 
6.  Samuel  Rogers**,  b.  Dec.  7,  1827;  m.  Mary  J.  Thomas;  re- 
moved in  1861  to  Hinsdale,  N.  H.  7.  Luther  English®,  born 
July  I,  1830;  m.  Henrietta  Tice;  d.  Apr.  29,  1855.  8.  Sarah 
Ann\  b.  May  13,  1832;  m.  Andrew  Jackson  Thomas;  d.  in 
Brattleboro,  Feb.  3,  1858. 

V.  Orson^  b,  June  9,  1789;  m.  Sept.  14,  1814,  Sylvia,  dau.  of  Samuel 
and  Susanna  Frizzle  Connable.  They  settled  in  Bridgewater, 
New  York. 

vi.  William',  b.  Aug.  n,  1791;  twice  m.;  resided  New  York  State, 
vii.   Samuel',  b.  Jan.  8,  1794;   m.  and  settled  in  Illinois. 
8.      viii.   Hart',  b.  Nov.  10,  1795. 

ix.   Obadiah",  b.  Mch.   10,  1798;  m.  and  rem.  to  Illinois. 

X.  Sally^  b.  Oct.  31,  1800;  d.  Aug.  31,  1802. 

5.  Newcomb,  Hezekiah',  (Hezekiah',  Peter',  Hezekiah',  Simon', 
Andrew^  Capt.  Andrew',)  b.  June  12,  1769,  in  Lebanon,  Ct. ; 
came  to  Bernardston  when  three  years  of  age.  He  m.  De- 
cember 22,  1789,  Ruth',  dau.  of  Capt.  Elisha' Burnham.  She 
was  b.  Dec.  5,   1766;  d.  Apr.  9,  1846.     He  settled   in  the  dis- 


444  GENEALOGIES. 


trict  of  Leyden  ;  was  justice  of  the  peace  over  3c  years,  and 
representative  over  20.  He  was  a  farmer  and  "a  man  of 
strong  intellectual  power."     He  d.  Aug.  19,  1844.     Children: 

i.    Maltilda*,  b.  May  10,  1790;  ni.  Mch.  6,  1810,  Elijah  Fuller;  re- 
sided in  Iowa,  where  she  d.  May  11,  1862. 
ii.   Hezekiah**,  b.  Feb.  27.  1792;  m.  May  26,    1816,    Nancy  Rounds; 

d.  in  Courtland,  N.  Y. 
iii.   CooLEV**,  b.  Nov.  13,  1793;  m.  May  30,  r8i6,  Lectania  Bullock. 
iv.    Rosalinda*,  b.  May  22,  1796;  m.  May  20,  1816,  Daniel  P.  Rounds; 

resided  in  Truxton,  N.  Y. 
v.   Theodore*,   b.  Mch.  10,  1798;  m.    Oct.    8,    1821,    Mary  Carmen; 

settled  in  Iowa, 
vi.   Sarah^,  b.  June    24,  1800;  m.  Jan.   i,    1826,  Origin   Hill;  resided 

Illinois, 
vii.   John  Adams*,   b.    Sept.    8,    1802;  m.    Jan.    17,    1828,    Louisa   M. 

Rounds;  settled  in  Truxton,  N.  Y. 
viii.    Maria  Ruth",  b.  Jan.  6,  1805;   m.  Mch.  16,  1826,  Almond  Clark. 
She  d.  at  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
9.        ix.  1'homas  Jefferson*,  b.  Jan.  16,  1807. 

X.   James  Madison*,  b.  Mch.  7,  1809;  d.  Feb.  12,  1812. 
xi.  Sophronia*,  b.  Nov.  23.  181 1;  d.  Oct.  7,  1838,  unm. 

fi.  Newcomb,  William',  (Hezekiah*,  Peter',  Hezekiah',  Simon', 
Andrew\  Capt.  Andrew',)  b.  June  18,  1776;  m.  Mary',  dau. 
Ezra*  Purple,  May  16,  1799.  She  was  b.  Aug.  25,  1778.  He 
d.  suddenly  Aug.  28,  1823.  His  wife,  awakening  in  the  night, 
found  him  dead  beside  her.  She  d.  May  31,  1855,  aged  "jj. 
Resided  on  the  Newcomb  road.     Children  : 

i.   George  VV^ashington*,  b.  Feb.  22,  1800;  m.  Jan.  i,  1824,  Martha 
Almira^  dau.  of  Amos^  Burrows;  res.  Bolton,  Mass. 

ii.   Phcebe  Maria^,   b.  Apr.  28,  1802;  m.  Apr.  17,  1825,  David   New- 
comb Carpenter   of  Leyden.     Their   son,  C.  C.  Carpenter,  is  in 
the  United  States  Navy, 
iii.   Alexander  Hamilton**,  b.  July  8,  1804;  m.  Nov.  i,  1825,  Maria', 
dau.  John  Hamilton.     He  d.  Aug.  28,  1854,  in  Leyden. 

iv.  Charles   William'',   b.   Nov.  30,  1806;  was  twice   m. ;  settled  in 
Leyden. 

V.   Mary  Julia*,  b.  Sept.  4,  1808;  m.  Oct.  10.  1832,  Horace    Potter 
of  Leyden. 


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lo.      vi.   Ezra  Purple*,  b.  July  3,  1812. 

vii.  Charlotte   Nancv*,    b.  Feb.    i,  1815;  m.  Oct.    17,  1837,   George 
W.  Severance;  resided  Big  Rock,  111. 
viii.    Harriet   Jemima*,    b.  Aug.  7,   1818;   m.   Dec.   5,    1839,    Ebenezer 
Hinsdale;  resided  in  Illinois. 

7.  Newcomb,  Zebina  Curtls',  Hezekiah",  Peter',  Hezekiah',  Simon", 
Andrew\  Andrew',)  b.  Aug-.  25,  1791  ;  m.  Feb.  27,  181 1,  Maria 
Lydia",  dau.  of  Hon.  Job^  and  Lydia  (Foote)  Goodale.  She 
was  b.  Dec.  22,  1796;  d.  Sept.  28,  1853.  He  m.  (2)  Mch.  2. 
1859,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Lawrence)  widow  of  Rev.  Eber  L.  Clark. 
Mr.  Newcomb  was  one  of  the  representative  men  of  the 
place,  holding  the  office  of  town  treasurer  in  1823  and  1824, 
town  clerk  1824,  selectman  and  assessor  the  same  year.  Tn 
1836  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace,  which  office  he 
ever  afterward  held.  For  44  years  he  was  an  officer  in  the 
Congregational  church,  and  for  nearly  fifty  years  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  business  in  town,  his  store,  sawmill, 
house  and  large  tract  of  land  being-  located  on  or  near  Fall 
River.  He  d.  June  13,  1868.  The  later  years  of  his  life  his 
home  was  the  present  O.  W.  Gray  place.  Children,  by  first 
wife  : 

1.   Henry  Goodale**,  b.  Jan.  17,  1818;  d.  Oct.  8,  1843. 

ii.   Martha  Laurens**,  b.  June  9,  1820;  res.  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  unm. 

iii.  Jane  N.**,  b.  July  15,  1822;  m.  Nov.  25,  1853,  Theodore  L.  Wright; 
d.  Oct.  9,  1866,  in  Beloit,  Wis,  A  son,  Theodore  L.  Wright,  is 
professor  of  Greek  in  Beloit  College. 

iv.   Susan**,  b.  May  31,  1824;  d.  Feb.  25,  1848,  unm. 
V.  Elizabeth*,  b.  Aug.  15,  1826;  d.  Nov.  9,  1827. 

vi.  John  Curtis^  b.  Sept.  28,  1828;  m.  Nov.  10,  1859,  Mary  Doug- 
lass, dau,  of  Wm.  1).,  and  Mary  L.  Reynolds,  b.  New  York  City, 
Feb.  6,  1838;  rem.  June,  1853,  to  Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  was 
for  several  years  of  the  firm  of  Wright  &  Newcomb,  paper  man- 
ufacturers, with  salesrooms  at  Chicago.  They  were  burned 
out  in  the  great  Chicago  fire  in  187 1,  and  he  with  his  brother, 
R.  F.,  went  to  Quincy,  111.,  and  bought  a  paper  mill,  and  started 
it  up  under  the  firm  name  of  Newcomb  Brothers,  still  retaining 
his  interest  in  the  Beloit  mills.     He  is  now  engaged  in  the  man- 


446  GENEALOGIES. 


ufacture  of  picture   frames   in   Chicago,  111.      Had:    i.     William 
Douglas^  b.  Jan.  21,  1861.     2.     Mary  Douglas^  b.  May  20,  1870. 

vii.   Elizabeth  Maria^,  b.  Oct.  13,  1831;  teacher;  res.    Beloit,  Wis., 
and  Quincy,  111.;   unm.;  d.  in  Jan.  12,   1890. 

viii.  Edward^  b.  Nov.  22,  1834;  d.  Oct.  30,  1838. 
ix.  Richard  Foote^  b.  Sept.  20,  1837.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Wil- 
liston  Seminary,  but  his  taste  for  commercial  affairs  induced 
him  to  accept  a  position  as  salesman  in  a  hardware  house  in 
Boston  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  where  he  remained  a  few  years, 
when  he  returned  to  Bernardston  to  conduct  his  father's  mercan- 
tile business.  At  the  formation  of  the  52nd  Reg.,  M.  V.  M.,  he  en- 
listed as  sergeant  in  Co.  A,  his  service  being  with  Banks'  expedi- 
tion. For  some  months  he  served  on  the  brigade  staff,  having 
charge  of  the  ordinance. supplies,  and  later  of  the  entire  medical 
stores.  Upon  leaving  the  service,  he  was  for  some  time  associated 
with  his  father  under  the  firm  name  of  Z.  C.  Newcomb  &  Son.  In 
1866  he  removed  to  Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  paper 
making  business  with  a  wholesale  house  in  Chicago.  The  com- 
pany was  burned  out  in  the  great  Chicago  fire  of  187 1,  and  soon 
after,  he  with  his  brother  bought  a  paper  mill  at  Quincy,  111., 
and  started  it  up  under  the  firm  name  of  Newcomb  Brothers. 
In  1889  his  mill  was  absorbed  by  the  American  Straw  Board 
Company,  with  Mr.  Newcomb  as  its  president.  Mr.  Newcomb. 
as  well  as  his  brother,  merit  the  great  success  which  has  attended 
their  business  career.  Mr.  Newcomb  resides  in  Quincy,  but 
much  of  his  time  is  spent  at  their  salesroom  in  Chicago.  He 
m.  May  2,  i860.  Eliz  A.  Bowman  of  Flushing,  L.  I.;  b.  Oct., 
1833;  d.  Aug.  28,  1864;  m.  (2)  Sept.  22,  1869,  Annie  M.,  dau. 
of  Dr.  Henry  and  Eliza  Ritchie  of  Beloit,  Wis.,  b.  May  24,  1843. 
Had:  i.  May  Foote",  b.  June  2,  1861;  m.  Joseph  W.  Emery 
of  Quincy,  111.  2.  Eliz  Maria^  b.  Aug.  15,  1870;  m.  John  A. 
Stillwell.  3.  Sarah  Ritchie**,  b.  May  10,  1873;  m.  Frank  H. 
Whitney.  4.  Florence*.  5.  Richard  Bernard",  is  a  student 
at  Dartmouth  College. 

8.  Newcomb,  Hart',  (William",  Peter',  Hezekiah*,  Simon^  Andrew^ 
Andrew^)  b.  Nov.  10,  1795;  m.  (i)  Apr.  18,  1821,  Sophia 
Hannum  of  Belchertown.  She  d.  Oct.  10,  1826;  m.  (2)  Sarah 
Hannum,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  Apr.    17,   1827.     She  died 


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NEWCOMB.  447 


Apr.  3,  1842  ;  m.  (3)  at  Hinsdale.  N,  H.,  Sept.  4,  1842,  Rox- 
anna  Tower.  She  d.  July  5,  1868.  He  d.  Jan.  i,  1863,  hav- 
ing with  the  exception  of  one  year  always  resided  on  the 
original  Newcomb  farm  on  the  Newcomb  road,  North  Bern, 
Children  : 

i.   Elizabeth  Sophia**,  b.  Aug.  22,  1822;  d.  Mch.  25.  1834. 

ii.   Abigail  Sarah'*,    b.   Jan.   27,    1825;    m.    Elbridge    Cj.    Hastings, 
Apr.  26,  1842;  res.  Illinois. 

iii.  Martha  Ann*,  b.  Oct.  i,  1826;  m.  Oct.  5,  1847,  Rev.  Roswell 
Corbett.      She  d.  Mch.  3,   i860. 

iv.  SoPHRONiA  Maria**,  b.  Dec.  16,  1827;  m.  Nov.  17,  1852,  Warren 
J.  Potter  of  Greenfield.  Oct.  22,  1864,  she  went  to  sleep,  and 
for  several  days  after  her  jaws  were  set,  taking  only  liquids; 
later  took  some  light  foods.  She  slept  until  Feb.  23,  1865,  when 
she  opened  her  eyes,  and  spoke  for  the  first  time  in  four  months. 
Said  she  had  heard  the  conversation  in  the  room,  although  una- 
ble to  speak.  She  soon  relapsed  into  her  former  state,  and  so' 
continued,  sometimes  awakening,  until  her  death,  Sept.  27,  1865. 

v.   Louisa  Lydia*,  b.  Dec.  17,   1829;  d.  Apr.  20,  1830. 

vi.    Louisa  Julia*^,  b.  Feb.  2,   1832;  unm. 

vii.  Ardelia  Jane*,  b.  Dec.  23,  1834;  res.  with  her  sister  Abigail; 
unm;  has  been  a  successful  teacher. 

viii.  William  Hart*,  b.  June  7,  1837;  m.  November  26,  1867,  Mary 
Wade,  dau.  of  John  C.  and  Sarah  (Goodrich)  Treadwell.  She 
was  b.  in  Lowell,  Aug.  11,  1848.  Mr.  Newcomb  owned  and  re- 
sided on  the  homestead  of  his  great  grandfather,  Peter'  New- 
comb until  his  removal  to  Greenfield  in  1893.  He  d.  at  the 
latter  place  Aug.  29,  1900.  Had:  i.  Mary  Gertrude^,  b.  Jan- 
uary 25,  1871;  d.  1889.  2.  Edwin  Hubbard',  b.  Oct.  5,  1873; 
res.  in  Greenfield.  3.  Louise  EtheP,  b.  July  25,  1880;  res. 
in  Greenfield.  4.  Mertine  Irene**,  b.  Mch.  11,  1890;  d.  Novem- 
ber T5,  1897. 

ix.  Mary  Elizabeth*,  b.  Apr.  22,  1839;  m.  Oct.  15,  1862,  James  R. 
Miner  of  Leyden,  where  he  d.  and  she  took  up  her  residence  in 
Federal  st.,  Greenfield. 

X.  Amelia  Thankful*,  b.  Mch.  30,  1842;  m.  J.  W.  Pettigrew,  1883; 
res.  Ludlow,  Vt. 


44^  GENEALOGIES. 


9.  Newcomb,  Thomas  Jefferson',  (Hezekiah',  Hezekiah',  Peter', 
Hezekiah\  Simon',  Andrew^  Andrew',)  b.  in  Leyden,  Jan.  i6, 
1807;  m.  (1)  Nov.  27,  1832,  Euphemia  S.  Grennell.  She  was 
b.  Feb.  14,  1813;  d.  Sept.  8,  1834;  m.  (2)  Mch.  8,  1835,  Re- 
becca S.,  dau.  David  and  Lydia  (Roberts)  Hitchcock.  She 
was  b.  in  New  York,  Feb.  22,  1814.  Mr.  Newcomb  owned 
and  resided  upon  the  ancestral  farm  in  Leyden  until  1870, 
when  he  removed  to  Bernardston,  residing  on  the  "Green" 
until  his  death  in  Mch.,  1886.  Mrs.  Newcomb  d.  in  1886  also. 
Mr.  Newcomb  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  M.  E.  church. 
Children,  b.  in  Leyden  : 

i.  Ruth  Survivor",  b.  Nov.  30,  1833;  m.  Oct.,  1859,  Amasa  S. 
Cowles;  resided  Lansing,  Mich.     She  d.  Dec.  18,  1898. 

ii.  Sarah  Eliza^,  b.  Feb.  23,  1836;  m.  Sept.  7,  1856,  George  H. 
Bixby,  son  of  David  and  Lydia  Bixby,  b.  in  Haverhill,  N.  H., 
Mch.  12,  1827;  settled  in  Bern.;  resides  on  the  place  formerly 
owned  by  Samuel  Green,  and  later  by  H.  \V.  Hale.  Has:  1. 
Eleanor  Lydia'",  b.  Apr.  4,  1859;  m.  Hendrick  A.  Slate,  June  15, 
1887. 

iii.   SoN^  b.  and  d.  Feb.  16,  1838. 

iv.  Lydia  Sophronia",  b.  June  8,  1839;  m.  May  9,  1861,  Joel  Hudson 
Nash  of  Greenfield,  who  d.  June  13,  1899;  res.  Bern.  Mr.  Nash 
had  spent  many  of  the  earlier  years  of  his  life  in  travel,  having 
been  nine  years  in  California,  three  in  Australia,  several  times 
to  the  West  Indies,  also  the  Sandwich  Islands.  He  served  in 
the  Civil  War  as  a  member  of  Co.  I,  2nd  Mass.  Heavy  Artillery. 
V.   Rosalinda  Maria^  b.  July  27,  1841;  d.  Sept.  9,  1842. 

vi.   Ellen  Maria",  b.  Sept.  27,  1843;  d.  Dec.  23,  1845. 

vii.    Daughter^,  b.  Nov.  12;  d.  Dec.  4,  1845. 

viii.  Alma  Ellen",  b.  Nov.  27,  1847;  <-'•  June  23,  1870,  unm. 

ix.  Thomas  Hezekiah^,  b.  June  3,  1849;  m.  Oct.  14,  1873,  Elsie  B. 
Taylor.  They  reside  in  Shelton,  Ct.,  where  Mr.  Newcomb  is 
superintendent  of  the  Derby  Silver  Co. 
X.  Eugene  Adelbert^,  b.  Nov.  17,  1851;  m.  May  10,  1873,  Hannah, 
dau.  of  William  Deakin  of  Greenfield.  She  was  b.  in  Sheffield, 
England,  Jan.  23,  1853.  Mr.  Newcomb  resides  in  Greenfield, 
where  he  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Sheldon  &  Newcomb,  hard- 
ware dealers.      He  has  been  the   treasurer  of   Franklin  County 


NEWCOMB.  449 


the  past   12   years;  has  been   for  many  years  a  member  of  the 

boards  of  water  commissioners  and  registration.  A  prominent, 
public-spirited  man  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  his 
town.  Had:  i.  WilHam  Jefferson"*,  b.  Jan.  12,  1874;  res.  Shel- 
ton,  Ct.  2.  Edith  Teresa'",  b.  Aug.  i,  1875;  stenographer.  3. 
Eugene  Robert'",  b.  Dec.  4,  1882.  4.  Rebecca'",  b.  Oct.  24,  1892. 
xi.  Elwyn  Dwight'-*,  b.  Mch.  13,  1854;  m.  Belle,  dau.  of  Hiram 
Smith  of  South  Hadley  Falls,  where  they  reside;  two  daughters, 
xii.  EsTELLA  Rebecca\  b.  Sept.  19,  1857;  m.  Edward  Wells  of  North 
Bern,  in  1883.     She  d.  in  1885. 

10.  Newcomb,  Ezra  Purple',  (William',  Hezekiah',  Peter',  Heze- 
kiah',  Simon',  Andrew',  Andrew\)  b.  July  3-  1812;  m.  June, 
1835,  Mary',  dau.  of  John  Hamilton,  and  widow  of  Van  Ran- 
sellear'  Scott.  She  was  b.  Dec.  19,  1804;  d.  Apr.  12,  1888. 
For  several  years  he  resided  in  North  Adams,  and  the  chil- 
dren were  there  born.  About  1856  he  lived  in  East  Ber- 
nardston,  and  about  1875  he  built  the  place  in  the  village 
now  owned  by  Arnold  Scott,  where  he  died  Apr.  4,  1891. 
By  occupation  a  carpenter.     Children: 

i.    Mary  Emelia'",  b.  Apr.  6,   1836;  d.  Jan.  25,   1841. 
ii.   Richard  Ezra^",  b.  June  8,  1837;  m.  Lucy,  dau.  of  Henry  Picket, 
and  resides  in  Greenfield. 

iii.  Horatio  Alphonzo^",  b.  Aug.  3,  1839;  m.  Mary  J.,  dau.  of 
Uriah  T.  Darling  of  Leyden;  res.  in  Conn. 

iv.  Mary  Eliza'",  b.  July  i,  1842;  m.  Sept.  14,  1869,  Emil  Weissbrod, 
successful  wallet  manufacturer  of  Montague,  where  he  started 
in  business,  going  from  there  to  Bern.,  and  finally  settled  in 
Greenfield,  where  he  has  now  associated  with  him  his  three  eldest 
sons.  Had:  i.  Carl".  2.  Willis".  3.  Luther".  4.  Ber- 
tha".    5.      Elsie".     6.      Fred". 

Newcomb,  Capt.  EDDV^  (John',  Simon',  Andrew'-,  Andrew',)  of 
Lebanon,  Ct.,  b.  Sept.  23,  1713  ;  settled  in  Fall  Town  in  1741. 
He  resided  there  about  two  years,  then  because  of  the  Indian 
troubles,  returned  to  Connecticut.  Feb.  2,  1742,  he  bought 
some  land  here  for  63  pounds,  (56  acres).  In  1760  he  sold 
all  his  possessions  here,  and  the  same  year  removed  to  Nova 
Scotia. 


450  GENEALOGIES. 


Newell,  Zira,  m.  Margaret of  New  York  State;  came  from 

Greenfield  to  Bern.,  residing-  on  South  street,  where  they 
died.     Children : 

i.  Uavid^,  m.  in  New  York  State;  res.  for  a  time  in  Bern.  Had: 
1.  Everett^,  who  was  adopted  by  Obadiah  Dickinson;  also  sev- 
eral other  children.  He  was  a  member  of  the  33d  Reg.,  Mass. 
Volunteers. 

ii.  Bernard^,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill  July  28, 
1864,  ae.  27. 

iii.   SoN^,  killed  in  the  battle  of  Antietam. 

iv.   SoN^. 

V.  AcHSAH  E.2,  m.  George  W.  Thorniiy  of  Greenfield,  where  she  d. 
Jan.  31,  1901,  ae.  61  years,  11  months,  24  days. 

Newell,  Rufus,  brother  of  Ziba ;  d.   Nov.   20,   1846,  ae.  73  ;  m. ; 
lived  on  South  street. 

Newell,  David,  m.  Mrs.  Lucy  Johnson,  about  June,  1824. 

1.  Newton,  Chester,  b.  Nov.  18,  1804;  m.  Lucia  R.  Potter.     She 

d.  Sept.  26,  1898,  ae.  83  years,  in  Bern.  He  was  a  farmer; 
resided  in  Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden,  where  he  d.  Dec.  5,  1845. 
Children  : 

i.  Laura^,  m.  Lucius  M.  Weatherhead,  Nov.  3,  1858.  He  owned  the 
sawmill  on  Burk  Flat  many  years;  sold  to  Mr.  Welcome,  and 
rem.  to  Riverside,  where  he  d.  Had  one  dau.,  Emma,  who  m. 
Henry  Barton  of  Riverside. 

4.  ii.   Galusha  P2. 

5.  iii.    Edmund  C^. 

2.  Newton,  Elisha,  brother  of  Chester,  b.  1804  :  ^-  Cliraena",  dau. 

Reubeu'  Frizzle,  Jr. ;  resided  until  the  last  of  his  life  in  Ley- 
den ;  finally  bought  the  William  Foster  place  on  the  New- 
comb  road.  He  d.  from  accident  July  30,  1841.  She  m.  (2) 
Dec.  18,  1853,  James'  Shattuck.     Children  : 

i.   George  Elisha^,  b.  July  5,  1835. 

ii.   Allen^,  b.  Apr.  29,   1839;   res.  Bern.;   unm. 


NEWTON — OAKS.  45  I 


iii.   Frank*,  m.  Ella  H.,  dau.  of  Chauncey  Slate,  and   resides  in  Suf- 
field,  Ct.      Has  one  child,  Edwin  Frank  Newton. 

3.  Newton,  Samuel,  brother  of  Elisha  and  Chester,  b. m. 

Rebecca,  dau.  of Packer  of   Leyden.     Spent  most  of 

his  life  in  Leyden,  but  d.  in  Bern,  with  his  son,  Horace. 
Children  : 

i.   Belinda^. 

ii.  Sophia  B.^,  m.  N    N.  Bixby;  res.  North  Adams, 
iii.   Emily*,  m.  Dr.  O.  A.  Wheeler;  res.  Monrovia,  Gal. 
iv.    Eva*,  m.  Harris  Williams. 

V.   Horace  H*.      His   eldest   dau.,    Ella  J.,  m.  Oct.  lo,  1900,  Harry 
T.  Lazelle. 

4.  Newton,  Galusha  P.',  (Chester',)  m.  Julietta,  dau.  David  Streeter 

of  Bern.  He  settled  on  the  Woodbridge  Green  farm  on  the 
Bald  Mountain  road.     Children  : 

i.   Christine^,  b.  Feb.  26,  1879. 

ii.  Win3,  b   Oct.  14,  1882. 
iii.    Henry^,  b.  Jan.  31,  1885. 
iv.   Clifton^  d. 

V.    Horace^. 

5.  Newton,  Edmund  C",  (Chester',)  m.  Harriet,  dau.  George  Tyler. 

He  purchased  the  old  Chase  Tavern  at  North  Bern.,  where 
he  res.,  and  d.  Aug.,  1883.  He  was  a  member  of  the  52nd 
Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.     Children  : 

i.   Chester^,  m.  Miss  Reed;  res.  Fitchburg. 

ii.  Florence^  (twin),  m.  Streeter. 

iii.   Francis^,  (twin), 
iv.    LymanI 

1.  Oaks,  James,  of  Bolton,  Mass.,  b.  1772;  m.  Sarah  Walker,  who 
was  b.  1772,  and  d.  Aug.  26,  1845.  The  latter  years  of  life 
were  spent  in  Bern.     He  d.  June  24,  1847.     Children: 

i.    Emory*,    m.   Sarah,  dau.   of   Capt.  Harris  of   Vernon,  V't.,  where 

he  died, 
ii.  Sylvia*,  m.  Joel  Gleason  of  Marlboro,  Mass. 


452  GENEALOGIES. 


iii.   Elmira^,  m. Gleason  of  Marlboro,  Mass. 

iv.   Mary^,  m.  Charles  Slate;  resided  Bern. 

V.  Albert"^,  m.  Sophronia  Thayer  of  Vernon;  resided  Marlboro.  Mass. 
2.        vi.  Gardner^. 

vii.  James^,  m.  Caroline  P.  Stone.  He  was  by  trade  a  carpenter,  re- 
siding at  North  Bern,  on  the  place  north  of  A.  C.  Brown.  Re- 
moved to  Chicopee;  d.  in  West  Haven,  Ct.,  Nov.,  1900.  Had: 
I.  George  Brooks^,  b.  July  14,  1841.  2.  Sarah  Jane^,  born 
Dec.  3,  1843;   n""-  'i"d  resided  VVilbraham. 

2.  Oaks,  Gardner',  (James',)  m.  Cecilia  L. who  was  b.  Jan- 
uary  31,1813,  and   d.  Sept.   25,  1891.     He  d.  in  young  man- 
hood, and  she   m.  (2)  Justice  Clark  of   Huckle    Hill,   Bern. 
Children : 
i.   Eunice  J.',  b.  Aug.  11,  1839;  m.  Feb.  10,  1858,  William  H.Brown 

of  Vernon,  Vt.  Has  two  children, 
ii.  Gardner  J.^  b.  Sept.  29,  1840.  For  many  years  he  resided  on 
Huckle  Hill,  just  east  of  his  step-father,  Justice  Clark's,  but 
recently  bought  and  removed  to  the  Robert  Cushman  place,  in 
the  east  part  of  the  town.  He  is  by  trade  a  carpenter.  He  m. 
Mch.  II,  1862,  Selena  M.,  dau.  of  James  Courtney  of  Chazy, 
N.  Y.  She  was  b.  July  26,  1839.  Had:  i.  Frank^,  b.  and  d. 
May  31,  1864.  2.  Robert  H.\  b  May  31,  1865,  who  is  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father;  m.  Mary  E.  Hunter,  Sept.  19,  1889;  one 
son,  Robert  H.\  b.  Apr.  21,  1895.  3.  Madora  B.*,  b.  Mch.  28, 
1868;  res.  Greenfield.  4.  Walter  S.\  b.  Nov.  3,  1870;  a  ma- 
chinist: res.  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.;  m.  Dec.  24,  1899,  A.Maud 
Fortin;  one  child,  Gardner  J.'',  b.  Sept.  18,  1900.  5.  Her- 
bert C.^,  b.  Mch.  21,  1874;  d.  Apr.  13,  1897.  6.  Frank  L.^  b. 
Apr.  25,  1879.     7.     Lyman  E.*,  b.  Aug.  23,' 1880. 

Orcutt,  Jacob,  was  a  hayward  in  1776.  Probably  that  one  who 
was  detected  by  the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  inspec- 
tion and  Safety  of  changing  a  six  penny  note  to  a  six  pound 
bill  during  the  Revolutionary  period.  Nothing  further  of 
him  or  his  family,  if  he   had   one,  appears  on  the  records. 

Packer,  Charles,  whose  father  lived  and  d.  in  Rhode  Island,  came 
to  Bernardston  when  a  young  man,  settling  in  that  part 
afterward  included  in  the  district  of   Leyden.     He  was  b.  in 


PACKER — PARK.  453 


1 74 1.  Mr.  Packer  was  collector  for  Bern,  in  1781,  selectman 
in  1783.  After  the  separation  of  Leyden  from  the  parent 
town,  he  took  an  active  interest  in  civil  affairs  there.  He 
m.  (i)  Mary,  dau.  of  Elijah  Walworth  of  Guilford  and  Ley- 
den, who  d.  without  issue.  He  m.  (2)  Electa,  dau.  of  Ezra" 
Shattuck  of  Leyden,  July  4.  18 14.  She  was  b.  Dec.  2,  1778. 
He  d.  in  1834.     Children: 

i.   Charles'-,  who  d.  when  four  years  old. 

ii.    Mary'^,    b.    about    1817;   ni.  Alva    Shattuck;   no   children;   resides 
near  the  Guilford  line  in  Leyden. 

iii.  Rebecca^,  m.  Samuel  Shattuck,  brother  of  her  sister  Mary's  hus- 
band.     She  d.  in  New  York  State  about  1890. 

1.  Park,  Reuben,  was  born  of  English  parentage  in  1746,  in  Sut- 
ton, Mass.  He  m.  Mary  Barton,  who  was  also  b.  in  Sutton 
in  1746.  She  d.  Aug.  28,  1835.  They  came  to  town  about 
1778,  settling  in  the  east  part.  Mr.  Park  d.  Feb.  20,  18 13. 
Children  : 

i.    Mary^,  b.  Jan.,  1766;   m.  Daniel-  Hale  1797;  d.  May  16,  1867. 
ii.  Jonathan-,  m.  Patience'%  dau.  of   William  and  Sarah  Fox,  about 

1792-3.      Had:    i.      Jonathan^,    b.   Dec.    9,    1793;  m.   Sept.   29, 

1814,  Florilly'*,  dau.  Israel  Slate.     She  was  b.  June  9,  1793.     2. 

Sally",  b.  Sept.   9,    1795;  <^'-  ]^^y>    ^^^4,  ^^-  18.   (Church    Book). 

3.     Betsey^,  b.  Aug.  21,  1797;   m.  Sept.  7,  1815,  Hosea-  Aldrich. 

She  d.  Sept.  13,  186 1.     4.     Fox  P.^,  b.  Mch.  19,  1800;  d.  Oct.  2, 

1802.     5.     Gad  P.^  b.  Apr.  24,  1802. 

iii.  Reuben^,  b.  Nov.  16,  1780;  m.  Betsey  Warren.  Their  intention 
was  recorded  Feb.  6,  1802.  She  d.  Sept.  27,  1844.  He  m.  (2) 
May  17,  1845,  Lucinda  A.  (Mitchell),  widow  of  Jared  Fox.  She 
was  b.  Sept.  27,  1798;  d.  Oct.  10,  1875.  ^^  d-  i^^Y  25,  1878. 
He  resided  in  East  Bern.  Had:  i.  Warren',  b.  Mch.  10,  1803; 
m.  Apr.  9,  1822,  Gracia  Wrisley  of  Gill.  She  d.  Sept.  28,  1832. 
Mr.  Park   lived  in  the  east  part   of   the    town;  was  a  gunsmith. 

2.  Lucy^,   b.  Feb.  7,  1805;   m.   Sept.    14,    1820,  .Moses^  Aldrich. 

3.  Samuel  W.^,  b.  Dec.  7,  1810;  m.  Mary  E.  Wright,  Oct.  28, 
1832;  d.  Dec.  II,  1836,  in  Brookline,  Mich.  4.  Betsey^  born 
Feb.    15,    1814.      5.      Hannah',   b.   Oct.    17,    1816;    m.    Velorus 


454  GENEALOGIES. 


Moore  of  Northfield,  Apr.  i6,  1845.  6.  Reuben^  b,  Oct.  i, 
1820;  m.  Marcia  M.',  dau.  of  Wyllis^  Oray,  Apr.  16,  1846.  Had: 
i.  Leroy  N.'*,  b.  Apr.  22.  1850;  m.  Isa  Howe,  who  d.  Jan.  16.  1897. 
He  d.  May  18,  1895;  Had  Leslie  L.,  and  Arthur  R.  ii.  Alfred 
E.*,  b.  Jan.  23,  1852;  m.  Jennie  Wright  of  Northampton  Jan.  29, 
1873.  Has  Christa  M.  and  Lillian  G.  iii.  Alden  A.*,  b.  Jan.  10, 
1858;  m.  Mary  Delvey  Jan.  13,  1880.  She  d.  July  23,  1889;  m. 
(2)  Mary  Whitaker  of  Northfield  Nov.  11,  1890.  Has  Flor- 
ence M.  and  Ruby  A.  iv.  Grace  L.*,  b.  June  17,  1865;  who  m. 
May  21,  1890,  Gola  R.^  Nelson.  He  resides  near  the  Gill  line.  7. 
Joseph^  b.  Sept.  8,  1S22.  8.  Elinor^,  b.  Dec.  25,  18^4.  9. 
Nancy^. 
iv.  Simeon^,  m.  Syrena  or  Trena,  sister  of  Joseph  Aldrich,  and  widow 
of  William  Hale  of  Greenfield.  Intentions  recorded  Novem- 
ber 12,  1803. 
2.  V.    Levi',  b.  Dec.  30,  1786. 

vi.   Hannah^,  whose  mtention  was  recorded  Mch.  25,  1809,  with  Reu- 
ben Loveland  of  Gill. 
vii.   Gracia^,  who  m.  Isaiah  White. 

2.  Park,  Levi',  (Reuben',)  b.  Dec.  30,  1786;  m.  (i)  Apr.  7,  1807, 
Phoebe*,  dau.  of  Israel'  Slate.  She  was  b.  Nov.  27,  1786;  d. 
June  16,  1820;  m.  (2)  Chloe'  Slate,  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
Dec.  28,  1820.  She  was  b.  May  27,  1798;  d.  Apr.  7,  1829; 
m.  (3)  Jan.  28,  1830,  Mary  B.',  dau.  of  vSamueP  Hale  of  Gill. 
She  was  b.  June  16,  1806;  d.  Mch.  3,  1871.  He  d.  May  12, 
1869.  Mr.  Park  resided  on  the  old  Stephen  Webster  place, 
about  a  mile  north  of  the  village.     Children  : 

i.  Chauncey  B.^,  b.  Oct.  16,  1807;  m.  Mch.  8,  1829,  Emeline  L. 
Field.  She  was  b.  F'eb.  2,  1808.  He  d.  Feb.  17,  1835,  and  she 
m.  (2)  ?  Nelson  Severance  of  Gill,  1837.  She  d.  Feb.  2,  1878. 
Had:  i.  Josephine  M."*,  b.  Nov.  2,  1830;  m.  Mch.  11,  1851, 
Robert  C.  Dunham.  2.  Chauncey  '^.^  b.  May  26,  1832;  m. 
Oct.  27,  i860,  Henrietta  T.  Tompkins;  no  children, 
ii.   Miranda    A.\  b.  May    25,  1809;  m.    May    27,  1829,   Salmon    H.' 

Burrows;  d.  Oct.  15,  1875. 
iii.   Charles  S.',  b.  July  25,  181 1;  m.  Catherine  C,  dau.  Lieut.  Enos 
Burt  of   Gill,   Mch.    29,    1835.     She    was   b.   Sept.   28,    1813;  d. 
Oct.    12,  1881.     He   resided   on  the  farm  adjoining  his  father's, 


PARK.  455 

now  owned  by  George  Burrows  Had:  i.  Charles  Burf*,  b. 
Nov.  19,  1835;  m.  Feb.  i,  i860,  Maria  S.  Weatherhead;  res. 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  2.  Angelia  Catherine^  b.  Jan.  30,  1841;  m. 
(i)  Henry  CJ  Frizzell,  Mch.  6,  1861.  He  d.  Aug.  7,  1867;  she 
m.  (2)  Oct.  19,  1873,  .Arthur  C  Brooks;  resides  Greenfield.  3. 
Francella  SophiaS  b.  Sept.  13,  1845;  m.  (i)  Henry  O.  Streeter, 
Dec.  4,  1866.  He  d.  Sept.  25,  1870.  She  m.  (2)  Henry  Wells, 
Dec.  3,  1874;  she  d.  Aug.  29,  1877. 

iv.  Levi  W.^,  b.  Aug.  i,  1813;  m.  Oct.  25,  1837,  Julianna  S.  Roberts, 
who  was  b.  Mch.  16,  1818.  He  removed  to  Illinois;  d.  Mch.  9, 
1891.  Had:  i.  Augusta^  b.  Nov.  9,  1839;  m.  (i)  Nov.  i, 
1858,  Charles  H.  Phillips,  who  was  b.  1838;  d.  Mch.  24,  1861; 
m.  (2)  Phillip  B.  Ayer,  Oct.  22,  1862.  He  d.  Nov.  4,  1875;  m. 
(3)  Apr.  29,  1877,  David  B.  Cooke,  who  was  b.  Feb.  10,  1826; 
d.  Oct.  21.  1884;  resides  Chicago,  111.  2.  Everett  B.'*,  born 
Nov.  30,  1846;  m.  Dec.  4,  1867,  Addie  M.  Stigleman. 

v,  Harvey  H.',  b.  July  10,  1815;  m.  July  4,  1838,  Sarah  F.  Amidon, 
who  was  b.  Nov.  6,  1817;  res.  in  Monson,  Greenfield,  and  Dum- 
merston,  Vt.  He  d.  Mch.  16,  1892.  She  d.  Mch.  12,  1894. 
Had:  i.  Francisco  C.\  h.  Nov.  14,  1840;  m.  June  27,  1867, 
Jennie  Hayward.  2.  Sarah  E.^,  b.  Feb.  28,  1846;  m.  Sept.  24, 
1863,  John  Thayer.  3.  John  H.*,  b.  Oct.  10,  1861;  m.  July  5, 
1884,  Minnie  E.  Millard. 

vi.  Rodney  R.'^,  b.  Mch.  10,  1817;  m.  (i)  Sept.  i,  1841,  Sylvia  S.^, 
dau.  Dea.  DanieP  Slate.  She  was  b.  Nov.  17,  1821;  d.  July  9, 
1850;  m.  (2)  Apr.  22,  185 1,  Tryphena**,  dau.  of  Otis'  Chapin. 
She  was  b.  Apr.  10,  1827.  Mr.  Park  was  selectman  in  1853. 
He  resides  next  house  south  of  O.  W.  Gray's.  Had:  i.  Edgar 
R.^  b.  and  d.  Apr.  i,  1850.  2.  Linus\  b.  May  2,  1852;  d. 
May  9,  1852.  3.  Sylvia  T.'^,  b.  Sept.  25,  1854.  She  is  a  dress- 
maker, residing  at  home;   unm. 

vii.    Phcebe  L.^,  b.  Sept.  22,  18 18;   m.    F"eb.  11,  1840,  Nelson    Burrows 
of  Gill.      She  d.  June  5,  1901. 
By  second  wife: 
viii.   Barton^,  b.  Jan.  30,  1822;  m.  Apr.  22,  1846,  Harriet  B.  Harkness. 
She    was   b.    Feb.   21,    1827;  resided    Omaha,    Neb.      He  d.   in 
Biloxi,  Miss.,  Feb.  ti,  1900. 

ix.  Minerva',  b.  Apr.  20,  1823;  m.  May  2,  1843,  Henry  C.  Kellogg. 
They  resided  in  Amherst. 


456  GENEALOGIES. 


X.  Lorenzo^  b.  Mch.  23,  1824;  ni.  Mch.  8,  1849,  Caroline  A.,  dau. 
of  Wilkins  Clark.  She  was  b.  July  15,  1828.  For  many  years 
Mr.  Park  followed  his  trade  of  stone-cutting,  having  yards  in 
Bernardston  and  Greenfield.  He  was  also  engaged  for  a  few- 
years  in  mercantile  business  in  the  brick  store,  which  he  sold, 
together  with  his  residence  (the  Z.  C.  Newcomb  place),  to  ().  W. 
Gray.  He  now  resides  with  his  son-in-law  in  Hinsdale,  X.  H. 
Had:  i.  Helen  M.\  h.  Nov.  2,  1850;  m.  William  H.  Lyman, 
Apr.  23,  1874.  He  was  b.  Jan.  10,  1850;  res.  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 
2.  Arthur  K.",  b.  May  22,  1855;  d.  Oct.  25,  1875.  3.  Carrie  A."", 
b.  Oct.  26;  d.  Nov.  9,  1868. 

xi.  Francis'',  b.  Jan.  20,  1825;  a  stone-mason  by  trade;  resides  in 
Greenfield  near  the  Montague  bridge;  m.  (i)  Nov.  28,  1848, 
Harriet  Dyke,  who  d.  Mch.  28,  1850;  m.  (2)  Eveline  M.  Sim- 
onds,  Jan.  15,  185 1;  d.  Nov.  24,  1853;  m.  (3)  Jane  E.  Wells, 
Nov.  29,  1854.  Had:  i.  Ella  G.^  b.  Aug.  20,  1852;  m.  Bax- 
ter S.  Stimpson.  2.  Charles  S.'*,  b.  Aug.  i,  1856;  m.  Mary  E. 
Otterson;  res.  Greenfield.  3.  Frank  H.'',  b.  Jan.  15,  1858;  m. 
Lizzie  J.  Hunt;  res.  Greenfield.  4.  Hattie  J.^,  b.  June  7,  i860; 
m.  Orrin  O.  Williken.  5.  George  B.*,  b.  Dec.  4,  1863;  m. 
Jennie  L.  Holden;  res.  Greenfield. 

xii.  HuLBERT^  b.  Nov.  24,  1827;  m.  June  16.  1850,  Miss  R.  Brown. 
He  d.  July  11,  1856;  settled  in  Illinois. 

xiii.  Chloe^,  b.  Mch.  23,  1829;  m.  George  H.  Cushman,  Dec.  2,  1851; 
resides  Lynn. 

By  third  wife: 

xiv.  Henry^  b.  Jan.  11,  1831;  m.  Dec.  10,  1850,  Juliette  L.  Amidon 
of  Marshville,  Vt.  She  was  b.  Oct.  20,  1836;  d.  in  Turners 
Falls.  He  m.  (2)  July  11,  1900,  Minnie,  dau.  Loren  Baker  of 
Guilford,  Vt.;  resides  Riverside,  Gill.  Had:  i.  John  H.*,  b. 
Sept.  6,  1855;  m.  Oct.  2,  1876,  Emma  F.  Tasker.  2.  Fred 
*A.  W.\  b.  July  8,  1858;  m.  Dec.  25,  1878,  Jennie  M.  Hall.  3. 
May  l.\  b.  Mch.  14,  1864;  m.  July  4,  1881,  Otis  M.  Woodman; 
d.  July  14,  18S8.  4.  Ernest  K.\  b.  Oct.  3,  1868.  5.  George 
C.^  b.  Oct.  18,  1871;  d.  June  21,  1872. 

XV.  Dwi(}ht\  b.  Jan.  10,  1833;  ni.  May  2,  1858,  Laura  .A.-,  dau.  of 
Rufus'  Shattuck  of  Leyden.  She  was  b.  May  20,  1837.  He  d. 
Feb.  18,  1879.  Mr.  Park  was  a  member  of  the  52nd  Reg.,  Mass. 
Vol.,  during  the  Civil  War.  Had:  i.  Elinor  0.\  b.  May  3, 
1862;  d.    Sept.    10,    1863.     2.      Mary  V.\  b.  Sept.    11,   18C4;   m. 


PARK — PARKER.  457 


Apr.  4,  188 1,  Frederick  E.  Porter.     3.     Dickson  D.*,  b.  Jan.  21, 

1867;  d.   Aug.    31,    1868.     4.     Andy   (r.\  b.   Apr.    25,  187 1.     5. 
Lulu  B.^  b.  July  24,  1S74. 

xvi.   P'rederick',  b.  July  29,  1835;  d.  Oct.  31,  1836. 

xvii.  Frederick  Ralph'',  b.  Dec.  12,  1837;  m.  Jan.  12,  i860,  Cynthia 
L.,  dau.  Loren  Baker.  She  was  b.  Jan.  29,  1839.  He  served 
in  the  52nd  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  during  the  Civil  War;  resides  in 
Bern,  village.  Had:  i.  Edwin  F."*,  b.  May  20,,  1873.  2.  Day- 
ton L.'*,  b.  Apr.  2,  1875;  m.  June  28,  1S99,  Cynthia  Brown  of 
West  Northfield. 
xviii.  Mary  Jane',  b.  Aug.  3,  1840;  m.  Nov.  27,  1866,  Charles  P.  Cush- 
nian.     He  d.  Feb.  11,  1887.     She  resides  Springfield. 

xix.   Lucy  Ann^  b.  Oct.  10,  1842;  m.  Henry  W.  Hale,  Sept.  20,  1865; 

resides  Greenfield. 
XX.  Albert^,  b.  July  29,  1845;  "^-  l^'^^  i>  1864,  Lydia  A.  Capron. 
She  was  b.  Feb.  17,  1842.  Mr.  Park  resides  in  Greenwood,  Neb., 
where  he  is  engaged  in  farming.  Had:  i.  Thaddeus  H.*,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1866;  ni.  2.  Alvah  L.'',  b.  Mch.31,  1868;  m.  3.  Em- 
ma L.^,  b.  June  24,  1871;  m.  George  Waldron,  Apr.  i,  1888. 
4.  Levi  W."*,  b.  Nov.  29,  1873.  5.  Arthur  N.'',  b.  Dec.  10, 
1877.  6.  Clara  Jessie"*,  b.  Dec.  25,  1879;  d.  Feb.  9,  1880.  7. 
George  T.  C.^  b.  Dec.  22,  1884. 

xxi.   Harriet    Maria'',  b.  Nov.   4,  1848;  m.  Jan.   2,    1867,    Samuel  C. 
Wood;  resides  Whately. 

Parker.  Charles  Wing',  (James,  Jr.',  Capt.  James",  Nathaniel,  Jr.', 
Nathanier,  Isaac\  Joseph,  Jr.'%  of  Deerfield,  1642,  Joseph'  of 
Groton,  Mass.,)  b.  in  Charlemont,  Oct.  23,  1839;  "^-  J^^Y  20, 
1865,  Emily  Augusta,  dau.  Barnard  Hastings  of  Conway. 
The  latter  was  a  native  of  Bernardston,  the  son  of  Samuel" 
Hastings,  and  Olive',  dau.  of  Capt.  Jonathan^  Slate.  Mrs. 
Parker  was  b.  in  Lanesboro,  Nov.  i,  1843.  Mr.  Parker  re- 
moved from  Conway  to  town  Oct.  18,  1875,  purchasing  then 
his  present  home  in  East  Bernardston,  the  "Old  Hamilton 
Place  "  of  Alexander  C.  Sheldon.     Children  : 

i.    Minnie  Charlotte'',  b.  Feb.  25,  1867,  in  South  Deerfield;  resides 

Greenfield, 
ii.  James  Barnard",  b.  in  Conway,  Apr.  27,    1870;  m.  Nov.  4,  1896, 

Nancy  B.,  dau.  of  Gilbert  Barber  of  Bern.     Had:    i.     Ernest  B.'*', 


458  GENEALOGIES. 


b.  July  28,  1898.     2.     P'lorgnce^^EjIl  b.  Sept.  30,  1899.     3.     Mel- 

vin  J.'",  I).   May  10,  1901^   Mr.   Parker  resides  in  East  Bern.,  on 

the  Widow  Abby  Aldricli  place, 
iii.   Charlp:s  Seneca'*,  b.  in  Conway,  Aug.  6,  1871;  m.  Sept.  26.  1894, 

Grace  Miller,  dau.  John  L.  Clark  of  Elm  Crove:  res.  Greenfield; 

Had:    i.      Irenfe  Alice'",  b.  Aug.  24,   1900. 
iv.   George  Hasiings",   b.  Conway,  Nov.    9,   1873;  m.  Sept.  14,  1898, 

Eva   Maud,  dau.  John  1).  Robinson  of   West  Deerfield;  resides 

Orange.      Had:    i.      Maxwell  Dana'",  b.  Nov.  7,  1901. 

Parmenter.  There  were  three  of  the  name  who  early  settled  in 
town — Jason,  Elias  and  Josiah.  The  two  latter  are  supposed 
to  have  been  brothers,  descendants  claiming  that  such  was 
the  relationship  between  the  two.  Of  kinship  with  Jason,  I 
have  found  no  evidence.  It  is  supposed  that  the  families 
are  all  more  or  less  directly  connected  with  the  early  settlers 
of  the  name  in  Sudbury,  and  this  supposition  would  seem  to 
be  substantiated  by  the  following  marriage:  Cynthia  Par- 
menter of  Bern,  published  to  Oliver  Parmenter  of  Sudbury, 
Dec.  4,  1 78 1,  entered  upon  the  early  Bern,  records.  This 
Cynthia  was  perhaps  a  sister  of  Jason,  who  seems  to  have 
been  the  oldest  of  the  three  of  the  name.  Robert  and  Sarah 
Parmenter  settled  in  Braintree  in  1640,  and  from  them  are 
descended  most  of  the  name. 

Parmenter,  Jason,  m.  Abigail,  dau.  of  SamueP  Frizzell.  She  was 
b.  in  1734.  He  was  a  prominent  man  here,  serving  as  con- 
stable and  collector  1775,  1784,  Committee  of  Correspond- 
ence, Inspection  and  ^Safety,  1778,  1779.  He  was  also  a  sol- 
dier of  the  Revolution,  going  out  as  private  May  i,  1775,  in 
Capt.  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Whitcomb's  Reg.  On  file  in  the  State 
Archives  is  a  "Petition  for  the  Reprieve  of  Jason  Parmenter 
of  Bernardston,"  dated  Sudbury,  May  11,  1787,  and  signed 
by  Ruth  Parmenter,  his  mother,  and  four  brothers  as  fol- 
lows: Micah,  Deliverance,  Israel  and  Silas.  There  is  also 
another  petition  signed  by  Jason  Parmenter  only.    Children: 

i.   Abigail'-,  b.  Nov.  17,   1754. 
ii.   Asenath'-',  b.   Nov.  19,   1756. 


PARM  ENTER.  459 


iii.   Jason^,  b.  Jan.  24,  1759. 

iv.   REUBEN^  b.  Oct.  2,  1763. 

V.   Asahel'^  b.  Dec.  12,  1765;  m.   Mary    Holton   of    Northfield,    De- 
cember 23,  1790. 

vi.  Cynthia^,  b.  Mch.  6,  1768;  m.  Joseph  Johnson,  Dec.  26,  1791. 
vii.   Artemas",    b.   June    10,    1770;  probably   he  was  the  one  who  m. 

Nov.  27,  1788,  Lucy  Grant  of  Northfield. 
viii.   Melyndia'\   b.  June    8,  1773;  m.  May  10,   1791,  Earl    Frizzell   of 
Northfield. 

ix.    Electa",  b.  Sept.  9,  1775;  m.  Joseph  Fuller  of  Hinsdale. 

1.  Parmenter,  ELIAS^  said  to  be  the  son  of  George',  m.  Sybil,  dau. 

of  Ebenezer'  Sheldon  of  Bern.  She  d.  May  15,  1838,  aged 
80  years,  (grave  stone).  According  to  Mr.  Sheldon,  this 
Elias  Parmenter  was  of  Northfield  from  1764  to  1801,  but 
this  is  obviously  incorrect  as  he  held  town  offices  as  follows: 
hayward  1775,  1780;  fence  viewer  1778;  surveyor  of  high- 
ways 1786,  selectman  1795-6.  It  would  seem  that  there  must 
have  been  another  Elias  Parmenter  resident  of  Northfield 
at  this  time.  The  family  record  was  entered  upon  the  Bern, 
records  in  1806.     Children: 

i.   Thaddeus^,  b.  June  23,  1769;  d.  Oct.  13,  1775. 
ii.   SiBBEL^  b.  Feb.  5,  1771;  d.  Jan.  5,  1775. 
iii.   Salina",  b.  June  30,  1773;  d.  Oct.  12,  1775. 

2.  iv.   Elias^,  b.  Jan.  21,  1776. 

V.   SiBBEL^,  b.  Jan.  6,  1778;  m.  Deacon  Thomas^  Snow,  Jan.  28,  1801. 

She  d.  Dec.  4,  1865. 
vi.    Huldah'\  b.  Mch.  4,  1780;  d.  Aug.  2,  1785. 
vii.  Abigail^,   b.  Apr.   25,    1782;  m.    May  15,  1803,    Peter'  Newcomb; 

d.  Mch.  28,  1813. 

3.  viii.   George^,  b.  Feb.  27,  1785. 

ix.   Huldah",  b.  Feb.  15,  1787;  m.  Dec.  25,  181 1,    Seorim' Cushman; 

d.  Mch.  21,  1879. 
X.   RoxANNA^,    b.  Mch.    10,    1789;  published    May  4,  1809,  to  Elijah 

Stebbins  of  Vernon,  Vt. 
xi.   SoPHRoNiA^,  b.  Oct.  15,  1791;  d.  Oct.   13,  1798. 

2.  PariMENTer,  Elias',  (Elias^  George',)  b.  Jan.  21,1 776 ;  m.  June  1 5, 
1797,  Sarah',  dau.  of  Prence'  Snow.     She  was  b.  1778;  died 


460  GENEALOGIES. 


Feb.  19,  1843.     He  d.  Oct.  8,  1842.     He  resided  on  the  place 
now  owned  by  Darwin  Clark.     Children  : 

i.    LuRANcv*,  b.  Jan.  30,  1798;  rn.  Dec.  31,  1818,  Jessie^  Field.     She 

d.  Oct.  13,  1876. 
ii.  Thaddeus",   b.    P'eb.    28,    1800;  m.  Lovina",    dau.   of    Dea.  Jesse^ 

Field,  Nov.  22,   1821.     She  was  b.  Dec.  i,  1798;  d.  Dec.  8,  1871. 

They  rem.  to   Sunderland   in    1850.     He  d.  Jan.  5,  1877.     Had: 

I.     Harriet   Ophelia^    b.    Nov.    5,  1823;  d.    May    19,    1824.     2. 

Althea^,  b.  Feb.  18,  1825;  m.  June    12,  1870,  Alanson  Hubbard; 

resided  Sunderland.     3.     Ophelia'^,  b.  Sept.  20,  1828;  m.  May  31, 

1855,  Rufus  Smith.     4.     George  Bradford^,  b.  Dec.  12,  183 1;  d. 

Jan.  2,  1833. 
iii.   SoPHRONiA'',    b.  Nov.  3,  1802;   m.    (i)  Nov.    2,    1823,  Terah  Fox; 

m.  (2)  1838,  Moses  Wait.     She  d.  Oct.  21,  1891. 
iv.   Sara   Celina'',    b.   Mch.    24,    1S05;  m.    Seorim    B.  Slate;   (second 

wife)  d.  Dec.  2,  1886. 
v.    Elvira    Louisa'*,  b.  Aug.    10,    1S07;   m.  John   E.  Burke,  June    7, 

1829;  d.  Nov.  14,  1897. 
vi.    Elias  Alonzo*,  b.  Jan.  28,  1810;  m.  Abigail^*,  dau.  of  George-  Par- 

menter,  Sept.  4,  1831. 
vii.   Sybil  Sheldon",  b.  Sept.  24,  1815;   m.  Otis  Chittendon,  Nov.  i, 

1843.     She  d.  Oct.  8,  1862. 

3.  Parmenter,  George',  (Elias",  George',)  b.  Feb.  27,  1785;  m. 
Anna,  dau.  of  Samuer  Green,  Nov.  27,  1807.  She  d.  Sept.  20, 
1863,  ae.  75.  He  was  selectman  in  1819,  23,  24;  resided  on 
the  place  owned  by  the  late  Justice  Clark,  near  Dry  Brook. 
He  d.  Apr.  18,  1828,  ae.  43.     Children  : 

i.    Infant",  b.  and  d.  Oct.  12,  1808. 

ii.  George  Dwight",  b.  Oct.   16,  1809;  d.  May  13,    1850,   in  Edging- 
ton,  HI.;  had  children. 

iii.  Seba  Allen",  b.  Feb.  27,  181 1;  m.  Elizabeth  Cune  of  Brattleboro, 
Vt. ;   d.  Oct.  22,  1845,  ''^  K-Ock  Island,  111.;   had  children. 

iv.   Abigail",  b.  Aug.   31,  1813;  m.  Sept.  4,  1831,  Elias  Alonzo"  Par- 
menter. 
V.   Amanda",    b.  Apr.  25,   1815;  m.  (i)    Nov.  1838,    Erasmus  Darwin 
Cushnian;  ni.  (2)  Simeon  Cushman;  settled  in  111.;  d.  Mch.  5,  1862. 

vi.   Mariann",    b.    Sept.    15.    1816;    m.    Sept.    15,    1836,    Andrew    J. 
Webster. 


PARMENTER.  46 1 


vii.   Lorenzo'*,  b.  Mch.  31,  1818;  m.  and  resides  Edgington,  111. 
viii.    Seth'',  b.  May  9,   1820;  d.  in  Illinois;   left  children. 
4.         ix.  VVillard\  b.  Dec.  22,  182 1. 

4.  Parmenter,  WILLARD^  (George",  Ellas', )  b.  Dec.  22,  1821  ;  m. 
Abbie  H.  Brown  of  Northfield,  May  5,  1852.  He  d.  Feb  14, 
1890.  She  resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Grant,  on  the 
Bald  Mountain  road,  on  the  place  originally  owned  by  Rev. 
Amasa  Cook.     Children  : 

i,  Myron  G.*,  b.  Dec.  14,  1852;  m.  Ada  Damon  of  Orange;  resides 
Scranton,  Pa. 

11.  George  W.*,  b.  Feb.  22,  1855;  m.  Mabel  Pierce  of  Springfield; 
res.  Bernardston.      Has  children. 

111.    Herbert  L.^,  b.  June  26,  1863;  d.  Sept.  25,   1864. 

iv.  Ida  F.\  b.  May  21,  1865;  m.  George  W.  Grant,  Aug.  8,  1885. 
Had:  i.  William  Duane',  b.  Apr.  8,  1885.  2.  Edith  Vrana', 
b.  Sept.  28,  1886.  3.  George  Herbert^  b.  Oct.  20,  1888.  4. 
Walter  Frank\  b.  May  6,  1893.  5.  Elbert  Parmenter',  born 
June  27,  1894.     6.      Rolland  Eugene^,  b.  June  18,  1896. 

Parmenter,  Josiah,  probably  brother  of  Ellas',  removed  from  Ber- 
nardston to  Northfield  in  1764  ;  m.  (i)  May  4,  1768,  Bethlah, 
dau.  of  William  Holton.  She  d.  May  11,  1785,  ae.  40  years; 
m.  (2)  Sept.  15,  1785,  Hannah  Childs  of  Greenfield.  Shed, 
in  Bern.,  Mch.  17,  1836,  ae.  74  years.  He  d.  Aug.  23,  1829. 
Children  : 

i.  Seth^. 

11.  JosiAH^,  b.  Feb.  29,   1772. 

111.  Bethia^,  b.  Oct.  17,  1773;   m.  Mch.  6,    1794,    Benjamin    Horseley 

of  Gill. 

Iv.  Nathan*,  b.  Sept.  10,  1775. 

V.  RuTH^,  b.  Feb.  22,  1777. 

vl.  Nellie^ 

vli.  DoLLY^,  b.  May  3,  1782. 

vill.  Chester^,  b.  June  27,  1786. 

Ix.  Mary^,  bap.  Nov.  11,  1787;  d.  Sept.  3,  1788. 

X.  PoLLY^,  bap.  June  18,  1790. 

xl.  Nancy^  bap.  May  10,  1791. 

xli.  Elmer'',  bap.  Sept.  8,  1793. 


462  GENEALOGIES. 


xiii.    LuciNDA^,  b.  Aug.  22,   1795. 

xiv.   Philena^,  b.   Apr.  29.  1797;   m.    Erastus'   Ryther,   Nov.,    1815;  d. 

Feb.  24,  1881. 
XV.   Melita^  b.  Feb.  20,  1801. 

Peabody,  Amos,  m.  Mch.  4,  1783,  Relief,  dau.  of  Moses  Dickinson 
of  Northfield.  He  resided  here  for  a  short  time,  coming 
from  Luenburg-.  The  entire  family  removed  about  1820  to 
the  "Holland  Purchase,"  N.  Y.     Had  ten  children. 

Peck,  Abraham",  (Simon",  John'  of  Mendon,  Mass.,)  settled  in  the 
Gore,  afterwards  set  off  to  Colrain  ;  m.  Dec.  21,  1724,  Mary 
Stuart  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  She  was  b.  May  23,  1730;  d. 
Jan.  19,  1 801.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  1772,  3,  4,  5 
and  7.     He  d.  July  18,  1798.     Had  eight  children. 

Perry,  John,  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  place  ;  m.  Re- 
becca    who  d.   in   captivity  at   Quebec,  Dec.  23,  1746. 

He,  with  his  wife,  was  at  Fort  Massachusetts  at  the  time  of 
the  massacre  there  Aug.  20,  1746,  taken  captive  and  carried 
to  Canada;  1742  he  was  of  Hadley.  At  this  time  he  was 
probably  serving  as  a  soldier  at  Fort  Massachusetts,  being 
recorded  as  a  "soldier  and  carpenter  from  Fall  Town."  He 
probably  never  returned  to  Bernardston  after  his  captivity, 
but  is  said  to  have  settled  in  Putney,  Vt. 

Pierce,  Willard  Henry'",  M.  D.,  (Nathan  G.',  Moses",  Nathan', 
Anthony",  John',  Joseph*,  Joseph',  Anthony',  John',  who 
emigrated  from  Norwich,  England,  in  1637,  settling  in  Water- 
town),  b.  Nov.  21,  1863,  in  Westminster,  Vt.  ;  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  the  Vermont  Academy,  Saxtons  River,  entering  the 
University  of  Vermont,  and  graduating  from  the  medical 
department  of  that  institution  June,  18^85,  locating  the  fol- 
lowing September  in  Bernardston.  Here,  and  in  the  sur- 
rounding towns,  he  quickly  built  up  an  extensive  practice 
which  resulted  in  his  opening,  about  1892,  an  office  in  Green- 
field, where  he  located  next  year.  The  many  surgical  cases 
of  which  he  was  called  upon  to  take  charge,  soon  demon- 
strated the  necessity  of   better  facilities  for  such  work,  and 


riERCE^POWARS.  463 


in  Sept.,  1894,  he  accordingly  opened  a  private  hospital  on 
West  Main  street.  Here  was  practically  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  the  Franklin  County  Public  Hospital,  into  which 
this  was  finally  merged  upon  the  formal  establishment  of 
the  latter.  Dr.  Pierce  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  of  the  Franklin  District  Medical  Society, 
and  the  Connecticut  Valley  Medical  Association.  In  1898 
he  received  the  appointment  of  medical  examiner,  which  he 
still  holds.  He  m.  Sept.  5,  1888,  Nellie  May',  dau.  of  Or- 
mando  W.'  Gray  of  Bernardston.     Children  : 

i.   RoxY-,  b.  Nov.  7,  1891,  in  Bern. 

ii.   Frank  Gray-,  b.  Feb.  20;  d.  Feb.,  1894,  in  Greenfield, 
iii.    Esther'^  b.  May  27,  1897,  in  Greenfield;  d.  Mch.  24,  1900. 

Pinks,  John',  son  of  Thomas'  of  Thetford,  England,  was  b.  July  25, 
1755  ;  m.  (i)  Aug.  26,  1779.  Joanna  Wallis  of  Barre,  who  d. 
Apr.  24,  1785,  ae.  ij  years;  m.  (2)  Sarah,  dau.  of  Jonathan 
Chapin  of  Springfield.  She  d.  Oct.  i.  1841.  He  was  a  con- 
stable in  1784,  and  in  May,  1799,  tax  collector  and  inn  holder. 
He  resided  while  in  town  on  the  place  owned  by  the  late 
Frederick  Chapin  on  South  street.  He  was  a  tailor  in  Bur- 
goyne's  army,  and  was  captured  at  Saratoga.  When  the 
captured  army  was  sent  home  he  was  absent  at  a  farm  house 
working  at  his  trade.  He  was  in  Northfield  in  1781,  where 
he  kept  store.  About  1788  he  removed  to  Bern.,  where  he 
kept  tavern  four  years.  Not  far  from  1800  he  removed  to 
"Erving's  Grant"  ;  later  resided  in  Orange  and  Bolton.  He 
removed  to  Greenfield  about  1814,  and  there  died  Feb.  21, 
1834.     Had  eight  children. 

PowARS,  or  Powers,  JohnI  According  to  a  letter  found  from  one 
John  Powars,  a  near  relative  of  Edward  Epps  Powars,  the 
name  of  this  family  has  not  been  correctly  spelled  in  this 
locality.  He  affirms  that  the  spelling  should  be  Powars, 
and  with  a  single  exception  has  always  been  so  spelled  by  his 
branch  of  the  family,  and  in  his  correspondence  with  the  late 
Lieut.  Gov.  Cushman,  particularly  requests  a  strict  adherence 


464  GENEALOGIES. 


to  the  original  spelling.  The  family  is  descended  from 
John  and  vSarah  (Eveleth)  Powars.  Their  son,  John",  was  b. 
in  Charlestown  ;  was  a  baker  by  trade,  residing  in  Boston, 
Quincy,  Milton,  Braintree,  Middleton,  Greenfield  and  Ber- 
nardston.  He  lived  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Mr.  Carson 
on  South  street,  where  he  kept  a  bakery.  He  m.  Affa  Bixby, 
who  d.  Mch.  16,  1829,  ae.  81  years.  He  d.  Jan.  12,  1826, 
ae.  82.     Children  : 

i.   John"',  resided  in  1863,  in  Weston, 
ii.   Daniel  Eveleth"',  in.  Mary  Hull;  resided  Boston, 
iii.    Joseph",  unm. 

iv.  Edward  Epps'\  b.  Nov.  24,  1793;  was  early  apprenticed  to  a 
saddler  and  harness  maker  in  Northampton,  but  soon  after 
reaching  manhood's  estate,  removed  to  Georgia,  commencing 
mercantile  business  in  Clinton,  in  company  with  his  old  friend 
Lewis  C.  Allen,  formerly  of  Hernardston.  .There  they  did  an 
extensive  and  prosperous  business.  About  1831  they  removed 
to  Columbus,  where  their  business  ventures  were  attended  with 
remarkable  success.  A  few  years  prior  to  his  death  Mr.  Powars 
retired  to  private  life,  spending  his  winters  south  and  summers 
north.  Being  unmarried,  he  gave  to  his  nephews  and  nieces 
that  assistance  in  starting  in  life  which  would  be  e.xpected  from 
a  parent.  Nor  was  his  benevolence  confined  to  the  members  of 
his  family.  To  the  Unitarian  church  in  Bernardston  he  pre- 
sented their  communion  service,  and  to  the  Baptist  society  gave 
financial  aid,  while  many,  unknown  to  the  world  at  large,  were 
the  recipients  of  his  bounty.  By  bequest  he  gave  to  the  town 
$10,000,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  forever  used  for  the  pur- 
poses of  schooling,  the  only  condition  being  that  the  town  raise 
$300  annually  for  the  same  purpose,  and  this  resulted  in  the 
erection  of  Powers  Institute,  elsewhere  spoken  of  in  this  work. 
To  the  Female  Orphan  Asylum  in  ("olumbus,  Oa.,  he  bequeathed 
a  like  sum.  He  d.  suddenly  in  Chicago,  111.,  June  12,  1855,  the 
interment  being  here  in  the  family  lot. 
V.   Abigail',  m.  William  Reed. 

vi.   Sarah'',  m.  John  \Villiams. 

vii.  Joanna'',  m.  (i)  Samuel  Geay;  {2)  William  Evans. 


Edward  Epi's  Powers. 


PRENTISS — PURPLE.  465 


Prentiss,  Samuel',  Dr.,  (Jonas',  SamueP,  Thomas',  Thomas',  Capt., 
came  from  England  to  Cambridge  1650,)  b.  in  Stonington, 
Ct.,  1759;  d.  Northfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1818.  He  was  a  prac- 
ticing physician  here  from  18 10  to  1812,  and  was  favorably- 
known  in  his  profession.     Had  nine  children. 

Purple,  Ezra',  (probably  son  of  Edward'  of  Middletown,  Ct.,  Ed- 
ward^  Edward'  of  Haddam,)  b.  Jan.  16,  1747;  m.  Jan.  16, 
1772,  by  Rev.  John  Norton,  Mary  Pentfield,  who  was  born 
Mch.  15,  1752;  d.  Nov.  I,  1831.  He  d.  July  22,  1815;  lived 
at  East  Hampton,  Ct. ;  marched  on  Lexington  alarm;  out 
three  days.     Children  : 

1.   LucY^,  b.  Nov.  22,  1775;  d.  Feb.  11,  1776. 

ii.   Lucy\  b.  Feb.  16,  1776;  m.  Jonathan  Smead  of  Greenfield,  Jan.  i, 

1800.     She  d.  July  15,  1846. 
iii.    Mary^,    b.  Aug.  25,  1778;  m.    William'  Newcomb,    May   16,  1799. 

iv.  Ezra*,  b.  Sept.  19,  1780;  m.  Nov.  12,  1812,  Clarissa,  dau.  Jona- 
than Smead  of  Greenfield.  She  d.  Nov.  4,  1852.  He  was 
selectman  i8[i-i2;  d.  Nov.  6,  1852;   had  six  children. 

v.  John\  b.  Feb.  16,  1783;  m.  Rachael",  dau.  Dr.  Polycarpus^  Cush- 
man.  Their  intention  was  recorded  Oct.  14,  1808.  She  died 
May  10,  1810.     He.  d.  in  New  York,  Mch.  6,  1825. 

vi.  Nancy\  b.  Feb.  22,  1786;  m.  May  19,  181 1,  Smith  Hodges;  d. 
Mch.  16,  1812. 

vii.  Hatsel^,  b.  July  25,  1788;  m.  Apr.  3,  1810,  Elizabeth^  Green, 
who  was  b.  May  29,  1787,  and  d.  Nov.  25,  1857.  He  was  select- 
man, one  year  excepted,  1819  to  1832  inclusive,  deputy  sheriff 
1819-1826;  was  also  representative  Mr.  Purple  always  lived  on 
the  Lieut.  Sheldon  home  site,  and  it  was  from  his  ownership  that 
the  Purple  meadow  in  East  Bern,  derived  its  name.  He  d.  Oct.  15, 
1835.  Had:  i.  Nelson^  b.  Jan.  3,  181 1 ;  m.  Apr.  25,  1832,  Louisa, 
dau.  Horace  Holton;  resided  Northfield;  four  children.  2.  Sam- 
uel B.",  b.  June  29,  1813;  m.  Jane  A.  Thomas.  3.  Mary  M.'',  b. 
Jan.  15,  1815;  m.  Samuel  J.  Lyons,  May  22,  1839.  She  d.  Jan- 
uary 17,  1847.  4-  John  N.*,  b.  July  30,  18:6;  m.  Eliza  W. 
Hamilton  of  Brimfield,  Sept.  7,  1841.  5.  Sarah  S.",  b.  Aug.  19, 
1819;  m.  Dec,  1840,  Whitby  Foster.  6.  Rosanna  E.*,  born 
Mch.  30,  1821;  m.  George  Cowdrey.    7.    Hatsell  C.*^,  b.  Feb.  3, 


466  GENEALOGIES. 


1825;  m.  Sarah   Rockwood.     8.     Martha  M.^  b.  Dec,  1826;  m. 
David  G,  Field,  Mch.  11,  1847. 
viii.  RoswELL'\  b.  Sept.  5,  1790;  m.  Mary  Roberts  of  Gill,  1817. 
ix.   Chester'^  b.  Feb.  25,  1793;  ^^-  ^"g-  i^.  i794- 
X.  Sally^  b.  Mch.  11,  1795;  ^-  Smith  Hodges  (second  wife). 

1.  Putnam,    Adonijah',   (Jonathan',    Elisha\    Edward',   Thomas', 

John',)  b.  in  Sutton,  Oct.  6-9,  1744;  m.  Nov.  27,  1766,  Mary 
Wilkins.  He  settled  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  in  1791-2. 
Children: 

i.   John",  m.;   had  children;  settled  in  the  Holland  Purchase,  N.    Y. 
ii.  Elihu',  m.;  had  children;  settled  in  the  Holland  Purchase,  N.  Y. 
iii.   Asa'',  had  children;   settled  in  the  Holland  Purchase,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Lemuel^,  m.;  had  children. 
V.  LucY^,  d.  unm. 
vi.   Janna^  m.  and  had  children. 

2.  vii.   Israel'. 

viii.  Jared^,  b.  May,  1788;  d.  May  6,  1844. 

2.  Putnam,  Israel',  (Adonijah',  Jonathan',  Elisha',  Edward^ 
Thomas^  John',)  m.  Miss  Ruth  Wilkins  (?)  of  Guilford,  Vt. 
She  m.  (2)  Chester  Gaines.     Children: 

i.  Lucinda'*,  b.  1809;  d.  Sept.  26,  1861,  ae.  52.  She  was  for  many 
years  blind. 

ii.  Israel**,  b.  June  12,  1811;  m.  (i)  Sept.  5,  1837,  Maria  H.",  dau. 
Pliney''  Warner.  She  was  b.  Dec.  7,  181 1;  d.  May  7,  1866.  He 
m.  (2)  Oct.  21,  1868,  Mrs.  Laura,  dau.  of  Francis  Hurd,  and 
widow  of  Henl'y  Kimball.  She  was  of  North  Adams;  was  b. 
Apr.  19,  1838;  d.  May  2,  1893.  He  came  to  town  from  Guil- 
ford, Vt,,  probably  not  far  from  the  time  of  his  first  marriage, 
built  the  house  now  owned  by  the  Pratts  at  North  Bernardston, 
which  for  many  years  was  his  home.  This  he  sold,  and  bought 
the  Pliney  Warner,  Jr.,  place,  where  the  last  of  his  life  was  spent. 
For  many  years  he  was  postmaster  at  the  village.  He  d.  Nov.  3, 
1891.  Had:  i.  Mariette  Francelia',  b.  Jan.  2,  1840;  m.  Dec.  17, 
1861,  Col.  Arad  H.  Howe  of  Vernon,  Vt.  He  is  dead;  she  re- 
sides Greenfield;  one  son,  Warren  Maynard  Howe,  b.  Nov.  23, 
1863.  2.  Ellen  Maria'-',  b.  Feb.  15,  1841;  resides  with  her  sis- 
ter, Mrs.  Howe,  in  Greenfield;  unm.     For  many  years  she  was  a 


READ — ROOT.  467 


successful  teacher  in  Bernardston  and  the  adjoining  towns.  3. 
Eliza  Jerusha",  b.  Dec.  18,  1843;  d.  Dec.  9,  1872.  4.  Mary 
Ruth  Lucinda^  b.  June  6,  1850;  d.  Sept.  25,  1868.  By  second 
wife:  5.  Frank  Warner^,  b.  Apr.  17,  1870;  m.  Bertha,  dau. 
Woodburn  Franklin  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  Nov.  16,  1899.  He  re- 
sides on  the  place  recently  owned  by  the  late  Pierce  Chapin,  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town.  6.  Arthur  Hurd^,  b.  Aug.  20,  1872; 
in.  May  29,  1899,  Jessie  May,  dau.  of  James  A.  Horton  of  Green- 
field. They  reside  in  Greenfield.  He  is  a  printer  by  trade. 
Has:   I.      Bernard  Horton^",  b.  Apr.  30,  1900. 

G.  Baxter  Read\  (Silas^,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  Feb.  i,  1806,  Rufus',) 
b.  Jan.  27,  1849,  i^  Fairlee,  Vt. ;  m.  Frances  V.,  dau.  of  Lewis 
Pillsbury  of  Enfield,  N.  H.,  June  5,  1869.  Mr.  Read  came 
here  from  Vernon,  Vt.,  June  25,  1896,  and  purchased  the 
New  England  House.  He  has  one  daughter: 
i.  Bessie  A.^,  b.  June  20,  1872;  m.  Frank  L.  Reed,  and  resides  in 
Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Riddle,  Robert,  parentage  not  known,  b.  1708;  m.  Mary  Thomp- 
son, who  was  b.  1726;  d.  May  27,  1759.  He  resided  in  the 
part  of  the  town  known  as  the  Gore,  later  Colrain;  d.  Sept.  14, 
1787;  three  children. 

RisLEY,  David',  (David',)  of  Glastenbury,  Ct. ;  was  of  Northfield 
1760,  then  of  Greenfield,  later  of  Bernardston;  m.  Oct.  25, 
1764,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  Severance.  Many  of  the 
children  in  this  family  found  for  themselves  homes  in  Gill, 
as,  it  is  probable,  did  the  father  also  ;  ten  children. 

Root,  Capt.  Oliver',  (Moses',  Joseph',  Joseph',  Joseph^  Thomas', 
John'  of  Badby,  Eng.,  Thomas'  being  the  one  who  settled 
first  in  this  country  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  1637),  b.  in  Montague, 
Feb.  18,  1778,  the  sixth  child  of  Moses' and  Anna  (Bardwell) 
Root.  Moses'  was  b.  Oct.  7,  1742;  wife,  Anna  Bardwell,  b. 
Mch.  29,  1743.  He  m.  (i)  Oct.  10,  1805,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev. 
Job  Wright.  She  was  b.  Aug.  16,  1783;  d.  Nov.  21,  1827, 
without  children.  He  m.  (2)  Sept.  7,  1829,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
Ephraim  and  Clarissa  (Larrabee)  Nichols  of  Greenfield.    She 


468  GENEALOGIES. 


d.  Jan.  22,  1868,  ae.  74.  Captain  Root  was  deacon  of  the 
Unitarian  church,  selectman  in  1821  — 1830,33  and  4.  Mr. 
Root's  first  residence  in  town  was  on  Huckle  Hill,  the  place 
later  owned  by  Hoyt  Chapin,  and  near  the  .second  site  of  the 
meeting-house.  His  later  home  was  on  South  street,  the 
place  now  owned  by  his  son,  Henry  O.  Root.  He  d.  July  19, 
1856.     Children: 

i.  Henry  O.^,  b.  June  30,  1830;  m.  Nov.  25,  1858,  Alma  Ophelia, 
dau.  of  John  F.  and  Alcy  (Weeks)  Hale.  She  was  b.  Sept.  16, 
1834.  Mr.  Root  was  selectman  from  1866  to  1884,  inclusive; 
also  for  1886;  his  long  term  of  service  testifying  to  his  towns- 
men's esteem.  His  home  is  on  South  street.  Had:  i.  Frank 
O.'*,  b.  Aug.  23,  1859;  m.  Dec.  8,  1885,  Sarah  Louise",  dau. 
Paul  J.^  and  Sarah  (Boyle)  Allen;  resides  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.; 
salesman.  2.  Elizabeth  M.^  b.  May  20;  d.  Sept.  20,  1866.  3. 
Warren  H.^  b.  Aug.  9,  1870;  m.  Jan.  i,  1902,  Elizabeth  C®,  dau. 
of  Edson  Hale  and  widow  of  Alfred  Cushman.  Mr.  Root  was 
for  several  years  salesman  for  Mcintosh  &  Co.  of  Springfield, 
Mass.;   now  resides  in  Bernardston. 

ii.  Sarah  Elizabeth**,  b.  Oct.  13;  1833;  m.  Feb.  22,  i860,  Thomas 
Holton;  resides  Winchester,  Mass. 

Root,  Major  Samuel',  (SamueF.  Samuel',  John\  Joseph',  Thomas', 
of  Hartford  1637,  John'  of  Badby,  Eng;.),  b.  at  Southington, 
Ct.,  Feb.  1 1,  1763.  At  the  age  of  16  Major  Root  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  army,  serving  three  years,  and  was  for  a 
time  orderly  for  General  Washington.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  courage,  as  is  shown  by  the  following:  An  exceedingly 
dangerous  mission  having  to  be  undertaken,  a  call  for  volun- 
teers was  made.  Samuel  Root  was  the  first  to  respond,  but 
because  of  his  extreme  youth,  Washington  would  not  accept 
him.  Throughout  his  service  he  was  a  man  known  as  with- 
out fear.  As  a  civilian  he  held  the  ofihce  of  selectman  in 
1810,  II,  and  1825.  He  m.  Feb.  3,  1785,  Lucy  Couch,  who 
was  b.  in  Meriden,  Ct.,  in  1767,  resided  in  this  place  64  years, 
and  d.  May  24,  1849.  He  d.  Dec.  18,  1829.  His  home  was 
the  farm  now  owned  by  Ralph  Cushman,  North  Bernard- 
ston.    Children  ; 


ROOT — RVTHF.R.  469 


i.  James  Couch^,  b.  Oct.  30,  1785;  m.  Caroline\  dau.  of  Captain 
Johii^  Hale,  Apr.  15,  1812.  She  was  b.  Apr.  i,  1790;  d.  Jan.  12, 
1884.  He  d.  Sept.  21,  1858.  He  resided  on  the  Fox  Brook 
road,  the  place  now  owned  by  George  Lanphear.  Had:  i. 
James  Dwight^,  b.  Jan.  31,  1813;  d.  June  10,  1887;  m.  Miss 
Miner  of  Leyden.  Had  Herman,  who  is  ni.  2.  Carolina 
Louisa'',  b.  May  i,  1815;  m.  June  13,  1843,  Oliver  Chapin,  and 
many  years  resided  in  Beaver  Meadow,  Leyden.  He  d.  sev- 
eral years  ago,  and  she  resides  with  her  nephew,  Herman.  3. 
Harriet  Catharine^  b.  Oct.  25.  181 7;  d.  Dec.  26,  1837.  4.  Har- 
leyAlonzo^,  b.  Dec.  19,  1821;  d.  Mch.  25,  1832. 

ii.  Sarah**,  b.  July  8,  1789;  m.  Sept.  19,  1809,  Ralph^  Cushman;  d. 
June  24,  1834. 

iii.   SvLVANDER^   b.    Aug.    22,    1791;  d.  Sept.   4,    1825,  at   VVaterford, 
N.  Y.,  or  Ohio. 

iv.    Harlev*,  b.  Dec.  14,  1793;  d.  Feb.  19,  1843. 

V.  Samuel**,  b.  June  5,  1795-6;  m.  (i)  Dec.  10,  1820,  Mary  S.,  dau. 
Dr.  Samuel  Flagg  of  Bern.  She  d.  Aug.  16,  1827,  ae.  30.  He 
m.  (2)  Jan.  7,  1828,  Fanny,  dau.  Dr.  Morgan  of  Leyden;  resided 
Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  in  1859.  Had:  i.  Fred- 
erick Stanley^,  b.  Sept.  i,  1821;  became  a  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful lawyer  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.;  was  married;  d.  Mch.  13, 
1861.  2.  Francis  Fayette^  b.  Sept.  17,  1823;  resided  New 
Haven,  Ct.  3.  Mary  Frances^,  b.  Sept.  11,  1829;  d.  in  Sara- 
toga, N.  Y.,  Nov.  23,  1861. 

vi.   Lucy*,  b.  Oct.  17,  1798;  d.  Oct.  22,  1861. 
vii.  John  Milton**,  b.  Feb.  17,  1801;  d.  Oct.  25,  1859. 
viiu  Chloe*,  b.    Mch.  4,  1803;  m.  Erie'',   son  of   Solomon"  Chapin;  re- 
sided New  York  State. 

xi.   Almira  Loisa^  b.  June  3,  1807;  d.  Aug.  25,  1827. 

Ryther,  or  Rider,  as  the  name  vv^as  spelled  prior  to  1790-1800. 

1.  Ryther,  Daniel^  (William',  who  m.  Hannah  Lovet  in  Water- 
town),  b.  Nov.  25,  1683,  in  Sherborn  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Adams. 
Children  : 

i.    Hannah^  b.  Aug.    17,    17 12;  probably  that  one  of  Deerfield  who 

m.  Aug.  3,   1737,  Joseph  Bascom. 
ii.   James^,  b.  Mch.  9,  1715,    in   Sherborn;   m.  and    had  a  family;  was 

in  Deerfield  early,  but  finally  settled  in  the   Greenfield  district. 


470  GENEALOGIES. 


In  Sheldon's  History  of  Deerfield,  the  family  of  his  son  Daniel, 
who  settled  in  Conway,  is  given  as  the  family  of  David  who  set- 
tled in  Bernardston.  (Conway  Town  Records,  1796).  It  was 
James'  brother  David  who  settled  in  Bern. 

iii.    Daniel^,  b.  Aug.  13,  1717. 
2.         iv.    David',  b.  Aug.  15,  1719. 

v.    Peter',  b.  Feb.  26,  1722. 

vi.   Phineas',  b.  Oct.  16,  1724. 

vii.  Joseph^,  b.  Feb.  13,  1731. 

2.  Ryther,  Lieut.  David',  (Danier,  William',)  b.  Aug.  15,  1719,  in 
Sherborn  ;  came  to  town  among  the  first  settlers.  "  Feb.  25, 
1741-2,  Lot  No.  37  in  the  new  town  was  sold  at  a  public  sale 
to  satisfy  a  tax  of  ;^22.  David  Rider  bid  ^^48$,  and  the  same 
was  deeded  to  him  by  the  tax  committee,  viz: — Thomas 
Wells,  Eliezer  Hawks,  Elijah  Williams  and  Ebenr  Barnard." 
In  this  record  (Book  19  Springfield  Registry),  he  is  described 
as  David  Rider  of  Deerfield,  husbandman.  The  right  pur- 
chased belonged  to  a  Mr.  Chace.  He  settled  upon  what  is 
known  as  the  Isaac  Burrows  place,  a  half  mile  north  of  the 
village.  In  1756-7.  (the  time  when  so  many  left  town),  he 
w^as  recorded  as  a  soldier  from  Hadley,  later  again  as  from 
Fall  Town.  At  one  time  he  is  spoken  of  as  from  Northfield. 
Dec.  II,  1755  to  Oct.  18,  1756,  he  was  in  Israel  Williams'  Co.. 
scouting  to  the  westward,  also  in  service  at  Bridgmans,  Vt., 
under  Capt.  Phineas  Stephens.  His  name  was  on  John 
Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758.  From  1750  to 
1775,  he  held  minor  town  offices:  selectman  1775,  1783,  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety  1778.  Au- 
gust 14,  1 78 1,  he  gave  to  his  son  David,  Jr.,  Lot  No.  36,  ist 
division,  50  acres,  which  he  bought  of  Ebenezer  Barnard, 
"  bounded  E.  and  S.  by  my  own  land,  W.  by  Dr.  Polycarpus 
Cushman,  N.  by  Stephen  Websters  land."  He  m.  about  1745, 
Martha,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Rebecca  (Boltwood)  Shattuck. 
She  was  b.  in  1725  in  Northfield;  d.  Nov.  12.  1802.  He  d. 
June  6,  1804.     Children  : 

i.    Hannah*,  b.  May  10,  1746,  in   Northfield;   m.  Jan.   7,   1766,  Icha- 
bod  Warner;  d.  Aug.  6,  1815. 


RYTHER.  471 


ii.   David\  b.  Sept.  10,  1747,111  Hadley.     "Died  20th."  (Sept.  1747  ?) 
iii.   Peter^,  b.  Nov.  23,  1749,  in    Hadley;  drowned    May   24,  1771,  at 

Turners  Falls, 
iv.   HoPHNi'',  b.  Apr.  2,  1751,  in  Fall  Town. 
V.    Rebecca^,  b.  May  23,  1753,  in  Fall  Town;    111.  (i)  Nov.  13,  1770, 

Samuel*  Connabel.     He  d.    Apr.   29,    1794.     She   was  published 

Feb.  2,    1799,  with   Judge   John   Bridgman    of   Hinsdale,   N.  H. 

She  d.  in  Bern.  Apr.  20,  1837. 
vi.   Martha'',  b.  Apr.  10,  1755  in    Fall  Town;   m.  July  25,  1775,   Dea. 

John"  Hunt  of  Leyden.     He  d.  July  14,  1819.      She  d.  Mch.  19, 

1831. 
vii.    David'',  b.  Mch.  15,  1758. 
viii.  John'',  b.  Feb.  14,  1760;  d.  Sept.  30,  1767. 
ix.   Anna'*,  b.  Aug.  24,  1763;  d.  Oct.  30,  1765. 
X.   Elihu*,  b.  Nov.  9.  1765;  d.  Sept.  30,  1767. 
xi.  Gideon*,  b.  Nov.  28,  1768. 

Lieut.  David's  will,  executed  in  1802,  is  signed  David  Rider, 
but  in  the  copy  made  by  his  son  Gideon,  the  spelling  is 
changed  to  Ryther.  In  the  division  of  his  estate  his  daugh- 
ter Hannah's,  "Miss  Warner's  part,"  was  as  follows: 


Brass  Kittle 

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0 

s. 

od. 

Quart  cup  2-6  Wash  tub  1-6 

4 

Fall  leaf  table 

9 

Warming  pan 

10 

Two  Woolen  sheats 

10 

One  stripped  bed  quilt 

9 

Five  yards  of  Cloth 

12 

6  " 

Table  Cloth 

2 

Seven  Sheats 

/I 

15 

Six  Towels 

7 

9  " 

Four  Pillow  Cases 

4 

Pillion 

4 

2  plates  at  yd  10.  2  bowls  10. 

I 

8  " 

Wine  Glass 

6  " 

Other  Crokery 

3 

4  " 

White  Pitcher 

I 

Pewter 

7 

I  " 

Looking  glass 

3 

Tin  tunnel 

8  " 

9 

6 

7 

I 

I 

472  GENEALOGIES. 


3.  Ryther,  H0PHNI^  (Lieut.    David^   DanieF,  William',)  b.  Apr.  2, 

1 75 1  in  Fall  Town  ;  m.  May  6,  1773,  Sarah',  dau.  of  SamueF 
Connable.  She  was  b.  in  Sunderland,  May,  175 1.  He  en- 
listed in  Revolutionary  array  Feb.  16,  1776,  in  Capt.  Thomas 
Alexander's  Co.  of  Northfield.  He  d.  June  13,  1776,  in  the 
retreat  from  Quebec,  probably  Sorel,  P.  Q.  Mrs.  Ryther  m. 
(2) Ingraham.     She  d.  in  1804.     Children  : 

i.   James^  b.    May  11,  1774;  m.   July  20,  1802,  Lois   Pierce.      He  d. 
in  Orange,  Ohio,  Sept.  27,  1854;   had  six  children. 

ii.  Peter^,  b.  Oct.  8,  1775;  m.  in  1798,  Anna,  dau.  Roland  and 
Dorothy  (Lindsay)  Blackmer  of  Buckland.  She  was  b.  in  Ash- 
field,  July  29,  1774;  d.  in  Leroyville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1842. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade;  removed  to  Bridgewater,  N.  Y.. 
where  he  d.  Aug.  or  Apr.,  1814.  Had:  i.  Sarah  Amarilla*,  b. 
Apr.  21,  1799.  2.  Peter  Hophni*^,  b.  Jan.  11,  1801. 
There  were  eight  others,  born  after  their  removal  to  New  York. 

4.  Ryther,  David',  (Lieut.  David',  Daniel',  William',)  b.  Mch.  15, 

1758;  m.  (i)  Zurviah  Smalley,  (probably  of  North  Bern.), 
Jan.  3,  1782,  She  d.  Mch.  4,  18 13,  ae.  48  ;  m.  (2)  June  9,  18 14, 
Widow  Abigail  (Wright)  Starkweather.  She  d.  March  4, 
1827,  ae.  57.  He  was  a  farmer,  living  on  Snow  Hill  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town  ;  d.  June  11,  1831.     Children: 

i.   AsA^,  b.  Dec.    19,  1782;  rem.  in    1805,  to  Sutton,   Vt.,  where  he  d. 
Feb.  10,  1859. 

ii.  JoHN^,  b.  Jan.  27,  1785;  d.  Mch.   i,  1797. 

iii.    Lefe'',  b.  Mch.  i,  1787;  d.  July  4,  1858. 

iv.  Anna^,  b.  Apr.  26,  1789;  m.  J.  H.  Smith;  rem.  to  Wisconsin. 

V.   Jeremiah^,  b.  Jan.  31,  1791;  m.  and  d.  in  New  York  State. 

6.        vi.   ERASTUs^  b.  July  8,  1796. 

vii.  Chester^,  b.  Jan.  3,  1800;   m.  Harriet^  dau.   IsraeF  Bagg,  Mch., 
1822;  rem.  to  West  Day,  N.  Y. 

viii.  Sally  Maria',  b.  Dec.  25,   1805;  m.  (i)  Elisha  Starkweather;   (2) 
in  1830,  Prince  Snow,  (second  wife).      She  d.  Sept.  23,  1876. 

5.  Ryther,  Dr.  Gideon',  (Lieut.   David',   DanieF,  William\)  born 

Nov.  28,   1768.     August   25,  1790,  he  graduated   from   Dart- 


RYTHER.  473 


mouth  College,  being  then  22  years  of  age.  The  following 
is  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  him  by  his  father  about  this 
time: 

Bernardston,  Jan.  12,  1790. 
Dear  Son.     these  lines  are  to  inform  you  that  we  are  all  well  and  in  good  health 
and  hope  these  linens  {lines?)  will  find  you  well. 

I  do  send  to  you  by  Levi  Warner  196  pounds  of  pork,  75  pounds  of  chees.  and  40 
pounds  of  Butter,  5  pounds  of  Sugar,  half  a  pound  of  tea,  6  Dozen  of  Candles,  a  pair 
of  stockings  to  be  sold,  a  bushel  of  Dryed  Apples,  a  vial  of  rattlesnake  grease,  some 
sassages  in  the  pork  barrel,  half  a  bushel  of  salt,  a  barrel  £  0-3-6.  and  a  pair  of 
shoes,  a  gallon  of  rum  two  dollars  of  money. 

So  I  remain  your  Honored  Father, 

David  Rider. 

We  can   imagine  that   the  advent   of  this  home  box  was 
hailed  with  delight  by  this  college  senior  of    100  years  ago. 
He   studied   medicine   with    Dr.   Samuel    Prentiss,   then    of 
Northfield,  and    Dr.    Polycarpus  Cushman.     In    1795,  as  the 
third   resident   physician,   he   began   his  practice   here.     In 
early  life  he  filled  the  offices  of  town  clerk  for  eleven  years, 
town  treasurer  eight  years,  selectman  and  assessor  six  years, 
and  in  1795,  represented  the  town  in  the  General  Court.     He 
was  the   first  postmaster,  being  appointed   Apr.  8,  1813,  and 
holding  the   office   26  years,  until  his  death,  Sept.  13,    1833. 
Dr.   Ryther  was   remarkable   for   his   chirography,  which 
was  not  only  much   superior  to  that  of  his  contemporaries, 
but  would  also   admit  a  favorable   comparison  with   that  of 
later  generations.     It  was  of  the  old  style  "copy  hand  "  and 
as  seen  upon  the  old  record-books  to-day,  reveals  both  neat- 
ness and  beauty.     He  m.   Oct.  10,   1791,  Sylvia,  dau.   Capt. 
Thomas  Alexander  of  Northfield.    She  was  b.  Nov.  16,  1764; 
d.  in    Brattleboro,  Vt.,  May   25,  1850.     He   d.   Sept.   13,  1833. 
His  home  was  a  part  of  the  original   Ryther  farm,  and  was 
later  owned  by  his  son  William  E.     Children  : 
i.    Alpha^,   b.  Feb..  2,  1792;  m.  Feb.    17,  1818,  Amelia^,    dau.  Gama- 
liel Kingsley.     She  was   b.  Mch.  27,  1790;  d.  Nov.  10,  1879,  '" 
Dover,  Vt.       Mr.  Ryther  was  ensign   in    the  war  of   1812,  and 
clerk  of   his  company  under   command   of    David  Strickland  of 
Greenfield.     Resided   in    Dover,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  July  17,  1874. 
Had  six  children. 


474  GENEALOGIES. 


ii.   Patty^,  b.  Oct.  3  or  6,  1793;  m.  1813,  Joseph   Pickett  of   Green- 
field.    She  d.  Sept.  8,  1851. 

iii.   Alexander^,    b.    Aug.    t,    1795;  "i-    1820,    Electa   Remington   of 
Montague.      He  d.  Mch.  31,  1880,  in  Greenfield. 

iv.   Sophia*,  b.  Mch.  12,  1797;  d.  Oct.  5,  1857;  unm. 

V.   Charles  Jarvis'\  b.  Feb.  26,  1799;  d.  May  17,  1850. 

vi.   DwiGHT  LYMAN^  b.  Apr.  9,  1801;   d.  Sept.  13,  1834;  unm. 

vii.  Sylvia  Alexander^,  b.  Feb.  17,  1803;  m.  (i)  Thomas  A.^  Snow, 
Apr.  24,  1831;  m.  (2)  Apr.  21,  1840,  George  Holton;  died 
June  15,  1888. 
viii.  William  Eaton*,  b.  Apr.  5,  1807;  m.  (i)  Feb.  28,  1836,  Delia  P. 
Jewett.  She  was  b.  June  29,  1810;  d.  Nov.  5,  1855;  '^-  (2) 
June  7,  1859,  Martha  Clark  of  Dummerston,  Vt.  She  was  b. 
Oct.  30,  1819.  Mr.  Ryther  was  a  printer  by  trade,  being  for 
some  time  in  business  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.  He  d.  in  Bern.  Aug.  i, 
1892.  Had:  i.  William  Eaton*',  b.  Sept.  18,  1837;  d.  Dec.  16, 
1838.  2.  William  Gideon^,  b.  Sept.  6,  1839;  d.  June  5,  1840. 
3.  Daniel  Jewett^  b.  June  5,  1841;  d.  Sept.  28,  1865,  4.  Fran- 
ces Elizabeth'',  b.  May  4,  1843;  m.  Mch.  12,  1863,  Fred- 
eric* Chapin;  d.  May  14,  1865,  5.  Dwight  Lyman^,  b.  Nov.  5, 
1845;  ^-  l^ec.  3,  1874.  6.  Charles  S.^  b.  Apr.  22,  1850;  d. 
June  20,  1852.  7.  George  Holton^  b.  Apr.  20,  1852;  m.  Martha 
Dickinson;  was  a  lawyer,  residing  in  Boston;  d.  in  1899,  in 
Colorado. 

6.  Ryther,  ERASTUS^  (David',  Lieut.  David',  Daniel',  William',) 
b.  July  8,  1796;  m.  Nov.  1815,  Philena,  dau.  of  Josiah  Par- 
menter.  She  d.  Feb.  24,  1881.  For  two  years,  183 1-3,  he 
resided  in  Bloomfield,  Vt.     Children  : 

i.   ZuRviAH    Smalley**,  b.   June   29,    1816;  m.   Oct.  8,    1838,   Nelson 
Blake.     She  d.  Jan.,  1890. 

ii.   LoREN  H.**,  b.  Mch.  8,  1819;  m.  Jan.  i,  1852,  Eunice  Burrows  of 
Guilford,  Vt.;  resides  East  Bern.;  children. 

iii.    Harriet  Maria",  b.  Nov.  17,  1821;  d.  Apr.  27,  1845;  unm. 

iv.    Jefferson  Prince'',  b.  Mch.  21,  1825. 

V.  John   Madison",  b.  Mch.  21,  1825;  m.    May    17,  1853,  Eliza   M.'*, 

dau.  of  Benjamin*  Green.      She   d.  Jan.   18,  1898,  in  Greenfield. 

He  d.  Jan.  18,  1890.     His  home  was  the  site  of   the  old  Conna- 


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SANDERSON.  4/5 


ble   Fort.      Had:   i.     Lizzie  M/,   m.    1881,  William   Smith;  res. 
Greenfield.      2.     Clarence',  resides  North   Bern, 
vi.  Abigail  R.^,  b.  Dec.  12,  1827;  d.  Oct.  24,  1845;  unm. 
vii.   Martha  L.^,  b.  Oct.  23,  1829;  m.  (i)  L.  F.  Chapin,  Sept.  i,  1853; 

(2)  Dec.  6,  1900,  Alfred  M.  Stratton. 
viii.   DwiGHT  G.",  b.  July  21,  1833;  d.  unm. 
ix.   Mary  L.*,  b.  Sept.  7,  1836;  d.  Feb.  11,  1859;  unm. 

Sanderson,  Daniel",  (Abraham' of  Sunderland,  Joseph*  of  Groton, 
Ct.,  Joseph',  William",  Robert'.)  b.  1782;  came  hither  from 
Sunderland  ;  m.  Nov.  20,  1805,  Meriam\  dau.  of  William  Fox. 
She  was  b.  June  18,  1782  ;  d.  Dec.  7,  1854.  He  was  a  carpen- 
ter, residing  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Miss  Harris.  He 
d.  Oct.  15,  1861.     Children: 

i.   LivoNA  Mahitable^,  b.  Oct.  5,  1806;  m.  (i)  Apr.  27.  1828,  Eras- 
tus  H.  Benton;  m.  (2)  Justin*  Bagg;  m.  (3)  Mch.  3,  1863,  Luke 
Martin  of  G\\\;  m.  (4)  June  13,  1865,  Joseph  Warner. 
ii.   Merry  Miranda^,  b.  Aug.  14,  1808;  d.  Aug.  19,  1810. 
iii.    Mary  Miranda',  b.  Nov.  5,  1810;  m.  David  A.  Hubbard  of  Sun- 
derland, Nov.  8,  183 1 ;  m.  (2)    Apr.    25,   1838,  Saml.   T.   Hill  of 
North  Amherst, 
iv.   Sarah  E.^,  b.  July  24,  1815;   m.  Oct.  11,  1837,  Clinton  J.  Cowles 

of  Amherst;  d.  Oct.  18.  1894. 
V.    Emily  Carpenter^,  b.  Jan.  31,   1818;  d.  Oct.  5,  1841. 
vi.   Daniel  Dwight',  b.  Apr.  23,  1820;  d.  Oct.  5.  1839. 
vii.   William  A.^,  b.  Feb.  2,  1823;  d.  May  8,  1844. 

Sanderson,  John*,  (John',  and  Lydia  Morton  of  Petersham,  Jona- 

than\  and    Molly  Curtis,   Nathaniel'  and    Drury  of 

Framingham  1734),  b.  July  10,  1814. 

The  grandfather,  Jonathan'^  Sanderson,  saw  Revolutionary 
service,  taking  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  the  gun 
which  he  then  carried  being  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
great-grandson,  Lavalette  Scott  of  Greenfield. 

The  father,  John^  a  man  whose  integrity,  energy  arid 
financial  ability  were  transmitted  to  his  descendants,  met 
sudden  death  July  25,  1831,  being  gored  by  oxen.  The 
management  of  his  large  estate,  acquired  principally  from 


476  GENEALOGIES. 


his  business,  that  of  a  tanner,  thus  devolved  upon  his  son 
John\  the  only  other  and  younger  son  Horatio  M.,  surviving 
his  father  but  four  years,  and  that  when  John  was  but 
17  years  of  age.  To  this  task  he  brought  that  rare  tact  and 
good  judgment  which  ever  after  characterized  his  business 
transactions,  and  won  for  him  signal  success  in  all  his  under- 
takings, enal^ling  him  to  become  possessed  of  one  of  the 
most  valuable  and  finest  estates  in  Franklin  County.  When 
a  young  man  he  removed  with  his  mother  to  Bernardston, 
and  for  two  years  was  employed  as  clerk  by  Col.  Aretas 
Ferry.  Although  neither  seeking  nor  ordinarily  accepting 
political  preferment,  he  was,  nevertheless.  Senator  from 
Franklin  County  for  the  year  1861.  Originally  casting  his 
lot  with  the  Whigs,  upon  the  formation  of  the  Republican 
party  he  ever  afterwards  identified  himself  with  the  latter. 
But  for  the  most  part,  his  was  the  quiet  home  life  with  strict 
attention  to  the  most  minute  details  of  business.  He  was 
for  nearly  ten  years  president  of  Powers  Institute,  for  which 
he  did  much.  He  was  trustee  of  Cushman  Library,  and 
through  his  liberality  the  hall  over  the  Library  was  built. 
He  also  contributed  liberally  to  the  support  of  both  the 
Unitarian  and  Baptist  societies,  and  to  the  building  fund  of 
the  latter,  being  one  of  the  building  committee.  Of  the 
former,  he  was  for  nearly  thirty  years  parish  clerk  and  treas- 
urer. He  was  an  honorary  trustee  and  life  member  of  the 
Franklin  County  AgHcultural  Society,  and  life  member  of 
the  Worcester  West  Agricultural  Society,  a  trustee  in  the 
Franklin  Institution  for  Savings,  and  upon  the  organization 
of  the  Greenfield  Savings  Bank,  became  its  president,  which 
office  he  held  many  years.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a 
director  and  subsequently  president  of  the  Franklin  County 
National  Bank.  His  life-long  record  of  public  trusts  was  an 
eloQuent  testimonial  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held. 
He  m.  Oct.  29,  1840,  Mary,  dau.  of  Elihu  Osgood  of  Wendell. 
She  was  b.  in  18 16,  and  d.  Jan.  27,  1890.  Mr.  Sanderson  d. 
July  12,  1898.  Children: 
i.   John    Horatio*,  b.    Nov.    i,    1841;  entered   business   life   in    the 


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Springfield,  afterward  Second  National  Bank  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  remaining  a  number  of  years.  He  next  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business  in  tine  south,  and  later  in  Chicago.  In  1873  he 
became  associated  with  the  late  Henry  W.  Warner  at  Nash's 
Mills,  Greenfield,  in  the  manufacture  of  hardware  and  baby- 
carriage  trimmings.  In  1888  a  corporation  was  formed,  and 
upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Warner,  Mr.  Sanderson  succeeded  to 
the  presidency,  which  position  he  still  holds.  He  has  also 
added  the  manufacture  of  cutlery  to  the  business  interests  of  his 
firm.  His  good  judgment  in  financial  affairs  has  brought  to  him 
honor  and  offices  of  trust,  succeeding  his  father  as  president  of 
the  Franklin  County  National  Bank,  which  office  he  still  holds. 
He  is  likewise  director  in  the  Greenfield  Electric  Light  and 
Power  Company,  and  prominently  connected  with  the  social 
life  of  the  town;  m.  Jennie,  dau.  of  Gen.  Walter  Smith  of  Mo- 
bile, Ala.,  May  7,  1879;  '^^  children. 

ii.  Lavalette  O.^  b.  Jan.  16,  1845;  d.  Oct.  14,  1874. 
iii.   LuciEN  Morton^,  b.  June  5,  1846;  d.  Feb.  19,  1857. 

iv.  Henry  Hunt^,  b.  July  13,  1848;  d.  Aug.  19,  1887. 

V.  Mary  Osgood',  b.  July  7,  1850;  m.  Andrew  J.  Wood,  May  25, 
1876.  She  d.  Sept.  27,  1897.  He  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  De- 
cember 31,  1899. 

vi.   Ellery  Herbert^  b.  Aug.   14,  1853;   res.  Bern.;   unm. 
vii.    Maria^,  b.  Dec.  10,  1855. 

viii,  Lydia*,  b.  July  29,  1857:  m.  Feb.  26,  1879,  Charles  W.  Scott;  re- 
sides Greenfield.  Has:  i.  Lavalette**,  b.  Nov.  17,  1879.  2. 
Charles  Rufus^  b.  Feb.  19,  1895. 

ix.  LuCIEN^  b.  June  3,  1859;  m.  Clara  Noyes,  dau.  of  Wm,  F.  Sher- 
win  of  Boston,  June  11,  1889.  Has:  i.  Marie  Sanderson^,  b. 
Feb.  22,  1897;  res.  New  Haven,  Ct.,  being  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business. 

1.  Scott,  Moses'  Capt.  (Josiah',  William',  who  .settled  in  Hatfield 
in  1688,  and  who  was  in  the  Falls  Fight),  b.  Feb.  3,  1713. 
Was  by  trade  a  "carpenter  and  builder,"  and  built  or  worked 
upon  the  forts  erected  here,  also  the  first  bridges  ;  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  the  town,  and  was  given  aii  allotment  of 
land  on  account  of  the  services  of  his  grandfather  in  the 
Falls  Fight.    He  m.  Aug.  24,  1742,  Miriam,  dau.  of  Ebenezer 


478  GENEALOGIES. 


Nash  of  Hadley.  She  was  carried  a  captive  from  Fort 
Massachusetts  to  Canada,  where  she  d.  in  a  prison  house  in 
Quebec,  Dec.  ii,  1746.  In  her  company  were  her  husband, 
two  children,  and  cousins,  Joseph  and  Stephen  Scott.  Rev. 
John  Norton  in  his  diary  thus  records  her  death:  "Dec.  11, 
(1746)  Died,  Miriam,  the  wife  of  Moses  Scott.  She  was  taken 
with  me  at  Fort  Massachusetts :  she  got  a  cold  in  the  jour- 
ney which  proved  fatal,  her  circumstances  being  peculiar. 
She  was  never  well  after  our  arrival  in  Canada,  but  wasted 
away  to  a  skeleton  and  lost  the  use  of  her  limbs." 

Capt.  Scott  returned  to  Bernardston  Aug.  26,  1747;  m.  a 
second  time,  and  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  men 
of  the  place.  His  farm  included  all  the  meadow  land  north 
of  the  present  village  as  far  as  the  old  cemetery,  and  the 
upland  on  the  east  now  known  as  the  Warner  place.  His 
house  was  the  first  east  of  the  iron  bridge.  His  military 
service  was  as  follows  :  In  Capt.  Israel  Williams'  Co.,  sta- 
tioned at  Colrain  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757;  on  John 
Burk's  enlistment  ending  Nov.  30,  1758. 

He  was  selectman  in  1762-3,  1773,  78,  80,  constable  and 
collector  1764.  At  a  very  early  date  he  built  the  sawmill 
near  the  iron  bridge,  and  for  many  years  run  the  same.  He 
is  described  as  being  a  man  of  powerful  physique,  six  feet 
in  height ;  during  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  was  blind. 
He  d.  July  23,  1799. 

i.  Ebenezer*,  b.  Sept.  18,  1743;  the  first  white  male  child  b.  in  Fall 
Town.  He,  with  his  parents,  was  carried  captive  to  Canada  in 
1746.  When  his  father  was  released  he  was  unable  to  secure 
the  liberation  of  Ebenezer,  who  had  been  sold  to  an  Indian. 
Three  years  later  Capt.  Scott  returned  to  Quebec  to  redeem 
him.  He  found  that  his  son  had  lost  all  knowledge  of  his 
mother-tongue,  and  fleetly  ran  from  his  father  into  the  woods. 
At  last  the  father  succeeded  in  taking  him  home,  but  the  boy 
was  so  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  customs  of  the  Indians,  that 
he  was  often  found  wrapped  in  his  blanket  lying  upon  the  floor, 
rather  than  in  bed.  He  m.  Mch.  12,  1772,  Love  Fairman  of 
Connecticut.     He  honorablv  served  in  the   Revolution,  and  re- 


SCOTT.  479 

ceived  a  pension.  After  the  war  he  purchased  land  in  Vernon, 
Vt.,  of  Artemas  Cushman,  the  deed  being  dated  Dec.  30,  1784. 
He  d.  in  Vernon,  Mch.  3,  1826.  His  wife  was  b.  Jan.  26,  1748; 
d.  Mch.  23,  1826.  Their  descendants  still  live  upon  a  portion 
of  the  same  farm, 
ii.  MosES^  b.  1745;  d.  in  captivity  in  Canada  Feb.  11,  i747- 
By  second  wife: 

2.  iii.    Moses*,  b.  about  1753. 

iv.   Mirian",  b.  May  12,  1760;  m.  Mch.  29,  1780,  Joseph^  a  descend- 
ant of  Rev.  Hope  Atherton;  d.  Mch.  3,  1844. 

3.  V,   Elihu\  b.   1764. 

vi.   ANNA^  b.  Nov.  25,  1767;  m.   May   24,   1791,  Lieut.   Samuel^  Hale 
of  Gill. 

vii.  Tamar*,  probably,  who   m.  (i) Hale,  who  was  drowned  in 

Connecticut  River.     She  m.  (2)  Joseph  Aldrich  of  Guilford,  Vt. 

2.  Scott,  Moses\  (Capt.  Moses^  Josiah^  William',)  b.  about  1753; 
m.  Elizabeth  or  Deborah,  dau.  of  Daniel  Slate.  "Died  in 
Scriber,  N.  Y.,  at  the  residence  of  Capt.  Chester  Wright, 
Miss  Deborah,  widow  of  Moses  Scott,  Oct.  26,  1836,  ae.  87." 
He  was  out  Apr.  16,  1 780-1,  for  three  years' service.  1775-6, 
Moses  Scott,  Jr.,  carried  blankets  to  Cambridge  for  soldiers 
belonging  to  this  town.     He  d.  Mch.  1830.     Children  : 

i.    Elijah\  b.  Sept.  2,  1774;  d.  Sept.  13,  1777. 

ii.  SABRA^  b.   June   24,    1776;   m.    Abraham   Foster  of   Bernardston 
Mch.  15,  1794. 

4.  iii.   RuFUS^  b.  Apr.  28,  1778. 

iv.  ASAPH^  b.  Mch.  25,  1780;  m.  Mary  Marley  of  Gill.     Their  inten- 
tion was  recorded  Oct.  5,  1805.     Had:    i.      Emerancy  Climena«, 
b.    June   16,  1806.      2.     Sylvia   Sophronia^      3.     Child^   d.    De- 
cember 14,  1810,  ae.  7  mos. 
V.    PoLLY^  b.  May  26,  1782. 
vi.    LovlNA^  b.  May  16,  1784;  m.  (i)  1804,  Aaron'^  Field;   (2)  Nov.  26, 

1812,  Timothy^  Hale;  d.  Sept.  12,  1863. 
vii.  Carolina^  b.  Mch.  15,  1786. 
viii.  Betsey^,  b.  June  7,  1788. 
ix.  Sally^  b.  Sept.  27,  1793;  m.  Capt.  Chester  Wright. 
X.  LoRA^  b.  June  14,  1797;  m.  Benjamin  Smith  Sept.  23,  1821. 


480  GENEALOGIES. 


3.  Scott,   Elihu\  (Capt.    Moses',  Josiah',  William',)  b.    1764;    m. 

Oct.    17,    1792,   Hannah   Andrews  of  Guilford,  Vt.      She  d. 
Mch.  24,  1 85  I,  ae.  78.     He  d.  i^pr.  22,  1840.     Children: 

i.  ZoRAH',  b.  July  5,  1793;  m.  Abigail  Orvis  Apr.  4,  1814.  She  d 
Aug.  22,  1884.  He  d.  Aug.  19,  1884.  Had:  i.  Catherine  E.' 
b.  Jan.  29,  1815;  d.  July  24,  1815.  2.  Henry  Alonzo',  b.  No 
vember  24,  1816;  m.  and  resided  Colrain.  3.  Catharine  M.',  b 
July    16,    1819;  m.    Dennison    Davis;  resided    Putney,   Vt.      4 

Almira   Adeline',    b.    July   3,    1822;  m.    Cheney;  d.      5 

Malitta',  m.  Mr.  Fuller;  res.  North  Adams.     6.     James  M.',  res. 
Aurora,  111. 
ii.  Oreb^  b.  July  12,  1795;  d.  Aug.  14,  .1795. 

iii.    Henry^,  b.  Oct.  2,  1796;  d.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.     A  daughter  m. 
Henry  A.  Scott  of  Colrain. 

iv.   Philena\  b.  Aug.  12,  1798;  m.  Aug.  19,  1817,  Charles  Jarvis^  New- 
comb;  resides  Trenton,  Wis. 
V.   RoxsELLENY^  b.  Oct.  i6,  1 8oo ;   m.  Andrew  Middleton  of  VVis. 

vi.    Emerancy   Climena^,    born   Oct.   6,    1803;  m.   Zalmuna   Chapin, 
Apr.  27,  1824. 

vii.  James  Sullivan^  b.  Oct.  19,  1807;  resides  Wis. 

4.  Scott,  RUFUS^  (Moses',  Capt.   Moses',   Josiah',  William',)  born 

Apr.  28,  1778;  m.  Feb.  17,  1799,  Polly  Nichols.     Children: 
i.    Alvah   Ballard^    b.  July    20,    1799;  d.  Oct.  23,    1819,    at    Bran- 
ford,  Ct. 
ii.  Stephen   Van    Ransalaer**,    b.  Mch.  31,    1801;  m.    1815,  Mary^, 
dau.   John    Hamilton   of   Bernardston.      He    d.  and   she    m.  (2) 
June,  1835,  Ezra  Purple*^  Newcomb.     She  was  b.  Dec    19,  1804; 
d.    Apr.    12,   1888.      Had:    i.      Arnold    H.',  b.    Mch.    10,    1826. 
When  a  young  man  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  eye  sight. 
For  many  years  he  has  gone  about  town   unaided,  carrying  the 
mails  and    making  himself  of   general   use   to  the  inhabitants, 
thereby  accumulating  quite  a  property;  unm.      2.      'J'heresa  A.^ 
b.  May  10,  1828. 
iii.    Harriet  L.",  b.  Feb.   18,  1803, 

iv.   Mary  Lurancy**,  b.  May  27,  1805;  m.  Feb.  i,  1826, Wood 

of  Newport,  N.  Y. 
V.  Charlotte",  b.   May  27,  1807;  m.  Sept.  12,  1827,  Lyman  Strick- 
land of  Bern. 


BLINDMAN    SCOTT. 


SCOTT.  481 

vi.    RuFUS  Bradley*,  b.  June  19,  1809. 
vii.  Alanson'',  b.  1817;  d.  Sept.  30,  1819.   (Church  Book). 

1.  Scott,   Moses,  came  here  from   Glastenbury,  Ct. ;  m.   Eunice 

Wood.    He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  the  latter  years 
of  his  life  drew  a  pension.     He  d.  in  1818.     Children  : 

i.   Katie'^,  m.  Ansel  Andros;  d.  in  Glastenbury,  Ct. 
ii.  Benoni'-^,  lived  in  New  York  State, 
iii.    Nancy^,  m.  Asahel  Stebbins. 

2.  iv.    RozEL^,  b.  1784. 

V.   Joab^,  in.  Sept.   18,    1836,    Miriam'',    dau.    Joseph''  Atherton,   and 

widow  of  Lieut.  Enos  Burt, 
vi.  Solomon'-^,    m.    Affa   .A.ndrews.      His  oldest  dau.,    Mrs.   Laura   D. 

Fisher,  d.  ae.  79,  Feb.  13,  1899.  in  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
vii.   MosES^,  d. 

viii.   Asa'^,  m.  Lucinda  Coates. 
ix.   Charles^,  in.  (2)    Sally,   dau.    Isaac   Barton.     She  was  b.  June  5, 
1804;    resided   Gill;  both  are   dead.      Had:   i.      Daughter^.     2. 
Henrietta^     3.     Herman^      By   second    wife:  4.     Joseph    W.^, 
m.  Harriet  Perkins;  d.  in  Lynn,  Mch.  4,  1898;  one  son. 
X.    Lewis"^,  in.  Harriet . 

2.  Scott,  Rozel'  or  Roswell^  (Moses',)  b.  1784;  m.  Hannah,  dau. 
Joseph  Carey  of  Gill.  She  was  b.  1791  ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1858.  He 
d.  Sept.  6,  1852.  A  farmer;  resided  in  the  south-east  part  of 
the  town  off  the  Casey  Brook  road.     Children  : 

i.  James  M.^,  b.  Dec.  17,  1812;  m.  Abigail  Deming;  resided  in  New 
State;  both  are  dead. 

ii.  Alvah  P.',  b.  Mch.  3,  1815;  m.  Martha,  dau.  of  Samuel  Gaines 
of  Guilford,  Vt.  She  was  b.  1818;  d.  Feb.  21,  1879.  He  d. 
Feb.  I,  1899.  He  resided  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town  off 
the  Casey  Brook  road;  occupation,  carpenter.  Had:  i.  Lewis 
A.**,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Samuel  Moore.  2.  Harriet  Lucinda*,  m. 
(i)  Nov.  20,  1861,  Luther  A.  Stockwell  of  Gill;  m.  (2)  Henry 
Purple;  resides  Gill.  3.  Cornelia  M.*,  m.  Albertus  Weather- 
head.  He  is  dead.  She  resides  Greenfield.  4.  Samuel  G.*,  b. 
1847;  d.  Oct.  8,  1870.  5.  Elizabeth*,  m.  Frank  Scott;  resides 
Cleveland,  O.     6.     Rosella*,  m.  Oliver  Atherton  of  Gill. 


482  GENEALOGIES. 


iii,  SiLAs'^,  b.  Apr.  26,  1818;  m.  July  4,  1837,  Lucina  M.,  dau.  Joseph 
Gaines  of  Guilford,  Vt.  She  was  b.  Mch.  i,  1815;  d.  Feb.  12, 
1889.  Resided  many  years  in  North  Bern.  He  d.  Apr  25,  1873. 
She  ni.  (2)  Jason  Brown.  Had:  i.  Son*,  b.  and  d.  Nov.  i,  1838. 
2.  Jennie^  b.  Apr.  16,  1840;  m.  June  17,  1862,  Rev.  John  G. 
Gooding  of  Schroon  Lake,  N.  Y.;  resides  Moores,  N.  Y.  3. 
Phoebe  Ann*,  b.  May  17,  1842;  d.  Jan.  19,  i860.  4.  Cora  l.\  b. 
June  16,  1844;  m.  Feb.  10,  1863,  Rev.  C.  N.  Merrifield;  resides 
Bern.  5.  Orrin  F.\  h.  May  7,  1846;  d.  Nov.  18,  1848.  6. 
Orrissa  L.",  b.  Nov.  24,  1848;  m.  Lucius  VV.  Merrifield  of  Con- 
way. He  is  dead.  She  resides  in  Bondville,  Mass.  7.  Frank- 
lin W.*,  b.  Oct.  7,  1851;  d.  Feb.  22,  i860.  8.  Walter  R.<,  b. 
Nov.  12,  1853;  d.  Mch.  2,  i860.  9.  Son^,  b.  and  d.  Novem- 
ber 12,  1856. 

iv.   Byron',  b.  Sept.  26,  1819;  m.  Apr.  21,  1841,  Lucy  Gaines  of  Guil- 
ford, Vt.     He  d.  Aug.  28,  1864. 

V.  Hannah^,  b.  Aug.  6,  1823;  m.  (i)  Nicholas  Paulus  of  Greenwich, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1843;  m.  (2)  Joseph  Carrier  of  Conway,  Dec.  2, 
1869.     She  d.  Aug.  20,  1895,  in  Gill. 

Scott,  Calvin',  Dr.,  (William',  William'  of  Palmer,  John'  of  Spring- 
field), b.  in  Palmer,  Aug.  9,  1754.  From  Mr.  O.  P.  Allen  of 
Palmer,  it  is  learned  that  he  was  of  collegiate  education,  study- 
ing medicine,  and  practicing  for  many  years  in  Palmer  ;  m. 
July  28,  1785,  Sabra  Hamilton  of  Palmer.  He  made  his  will 
Sept.  20,  1800,  and  d.  soon  after.  She  d.  1809.  Resided  for 
some  time  in  Bern.     Children  : 

i.   Margaret*,  b.  Apr.  9,  1786;  m.  Nov.  22,  1814,  Elisha'  Snow, 
ii.  John",  b.  Jan.  2,  1788. 
iii.   George*,  b.  May  31,  1790. 
iv.   William*,  b.  Feb.  9,  1795. 
V.  Asenath*,  b.  Jan.  9,  1800,  or  Jan.  7,  1798;  m.  Oct.  i,  1818,  Prence 
Snow,  Jr.     She   d.   Sept.    23,  1876.       He   m.  (2)  in   1830,    iXLiria 
Ryther  Starkweather,  who  d.  Feb.  6,  1892,  in  Coose,  N.  H.     He 
d.  May  i,  1878,  in  Bloomfield,  Vt. 

1.  Severance,  John'  Lieut.,  (Joseph',  John^,  John',  who  was  of 
Salisbury  in  1640,  and  came  to  this  country  in  the  Elizabeth 
in    1634),  b.  Dec.    15,    1720.     He  came   here  about    1759,  and 


SEVERANCE.  483 


was  one  of  the  seven  petitioners  for  the  act  of  incorporation. 
He  was  directly  descended  from  John  Severans,  who  was  in 
Boston  in  1637,  and  presumably  b.  in  England,  as  his  first 
marriage  was  at  Ipswich,  England, 

August  4,  1761,  Lieut.  John  bought  of  Samuel  Capen  of 
Palmer  "  50  A  House  Lot  No.  21,  bounded  N.  and  S.  by  land 
of  sd  Severance  and  also  S  by  land  of  Samuel  Bardwell,  E. 
and  W.  by  common  land."  Oct.  15,  1786,  he  bought  of  John 
Stebbins  of  Deerfield,  Lots  No.  16,  ist  division,  (50  a.),  No.  21, 
(50  a.),  No,  18,  (50  a.),  No.  99,  (60  a.)  Nov.  20,  1745,  he  en- 
listed in  Capt.  John  Light's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Moore's  Reg., 
and  was  soon  promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  in 
1759  a  member  of  Capt.  Salah  Barnard's  Co.,  Col.  Israel  Wil- 
liams' Reg.,  and  in  the  Revolution  served  in  1775  in  Capt. 
Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Samuel  Williams'  Reg.  He  held 
the  town  offices  of  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  warden, 
constable,  fence  viewer,  surveyor  of  highways,  and  in  1765- 
69  and  1770,  selectman.  He  m.  Mch,  15,  1742,  Esther,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Arms  of  Greenfield.    He  d.  Dec.  25,  1805.    Children: 

i.   Esther",  b.  Apr.  26,  1742. 

ii.   Hannah^,  bap.  Feb.  5,  1743-4. 

iii.  John',  b.  Jan.  19,  1746;  m.  Zurviah  Nichols  1784.  He  settled  in 
Bern,  on  land  purchased  of  his  father.  He  had  one  daughter, 
Sarah^,  who  m.  Jan.,  1785,  Joseph  Stebbins  of  Northfield;  per- 
haps other  children. 

2.        iv.    David',  b.  Feb.  4,  1747. 

V.  Drucilla',  b.  Feb.  23,  1750. 

vi.  Achsah',  bap.  Nov.  16,  1752. 

vii.   Eleanor',  b,  Sept.  3,  1754;  m.  May  19,  1777,  Adonijah  Atherton; 
resided  Shelburne.     She  d.  Aug.  31,  1777. 

viii.   Rachael^,    b.   Jan.    9,    1759;  published    to   Oliver  Slate  of    Sag 
Harbor,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1803. 

ix.  Daniel',  b.  Dec.  18,  1764;  m.  Jan.  3,  1790,  Lydia  Healy;  i;esided 
Winchester,  N.  H.  He  was  at  the  age  of  17  years  in  the  fourth 
and  fifth  Cos.,  5th  Reg.,  Hampshire  Co.,  being  mustered  July  24, 
1780,  under  Lieut.  Col.  David  Wells.     He  d.  Jan.  6,  1828. 


484  GENEALOGIES. 


2.  Severance,  David',  (Lieut.  John',  Joseph',  John',  John',)  b. 
Feb.  4,  1747.  He  bought  of  his  father  lot  No.  167.  3rd  divi- 
sion, 8  acres,  lying  on  Dry  Brook,  also  32  acres  135  rods  in 
lot  No.  69,  ist  division.  He  settled  on  a  farm  on  Huckle 
Hill  where  he  always  resided,  leading  a  quiet,  useful  life. 
He  was  "  eminently  social,  everybody's  uncle,  highly  re- 
spected by  all."  Surveyor  of  highways  1779,  selectman  and 
assessor  in  1797-1803,  1805  and  6  ;  m.(i)  Jan.  15,  1778,  Sally 
Sauter,  who  was  b.  May  10,  1759;  d.  June  12,  181 5  ;  (2)  July, 
1816,  Mrs.  Lucy  Billings  of  Greenfield.  She  d.  Nov.  5,  1844, 
ae.  ']'].     He  d.  Nov.  25,  1838.     Children: 

i.   Guy*,  b.  Mch.  12,  1779;  <J-  Apr.  6,  1782. 
ii.  Guy'',  b.  May  21,  1784;  d.  June   23,  1843;  unm. 
iii.   Seth^  b.   Jan.   6,    1787;  d.  Mch.    7,  1856,  in   New  Haven,  N.  Y. ; 

iwice  m. 
iv.    Horace^,  b.  July  15,  1790;  d.  Nov.  8,  1794. 
V.   Oren'',  b.  May  10,  1792;  d.  Nov.  11,  1811. 
vi.    LoviNA**,  b.  Apr.  7;  d.  Sept.  15,  1794. 

vii.    Horace^,   b.  June   23,    1796;  d.   Aug.  5,    1841;  m. ;  resided  Ver- 
non, Vt. 

viii.   Rachael^  b.  Sept.  2,  1798;  m.  Oliver  of  Long  Island. 

ix.  Sarah^,  b.  Feb.  12,  1800;  in.  Luther. Clark  of  New  Haven.  N.  Y. 

Intention  recorded  July  30,  1815. 
X.  Sophronia",  b.  Apr.  11,  1802;  d.  Sept.  30,  1805. 
xi.   LoviNA^,  b.  Nov.  3,  1804;   m.  Jan.    i6,  1817,  Aden    Esen  of  Ley- 
den.     She  d.  June  25,  1837. 
xii.  SoPHRoNiA*',  b.  Dec.  23,  1806;  tn.  Polycarpus  Alexander,  Sept.  22. 
1829.     She  d.  May  6,  1844. 

Shattuck,  Abel',  (AbeF,  Thomas^  John\  William\  John^  Wil- 
liam' of  Watertown,)  was  b.  at  Colrain,  Oct.  26,  1 798  ;  m.  1 826, 
Nancy,  dau.  of  Robert  and  Nancy  (Bolton)  Miller.  She  was 
b.  Mch.  15,  1803;  d.  July  6,  1876.  He  resided  on  the  place 
now  owned  by  Willis  Stratton,  and  with  his  brother  Truman, 
operated  a. cotton  batting  mill  on  the  site  of  the  present 
Hurlbert  factory.  Later  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  died 
Nov.  12,  1857.  She  m.  (2)  David  Jillson  ;  removed  to  Jack- 
sonville, Vt.     Children  : 


SHATTUCK— SHELDON.  485 


i.   Maria    Miller",  b.  Jan.  4,  1828;   m.  Francis  Boylston  of   Green- 
field; res.  South  Norwalk,  Ct.     She  d. 16,  igor. 

ii.   Harvey   B.^  b.   May  3.  1829;  m.    Nov.    25,    1855,  Ellen^  dau.  of 

John  F.^  Hale.      He  is  dead, 
iii.    Elizabeth  M.^  b.  July  8,  1831 ;  m.  Jan.  25,  1854,  Henry  Severance. 
iv.   Abbv   Frances*,  b.  Aug.  29,    1835;   m.  Mch.    25,  1855,  Alanson  B. 

Strickland. 
v.    Park  Donelson*,  b.  June  22,  1841;  in.  Jan.  3.  1865,  Martha  M.*, 

dau.  Nelson^  Burrows;  d.  Dec.  5,  1868. 
vi.  Clara  A.*,  b.  Aug.  31,  1846;  m.  F.  J.  Hosmer;  res.  Greenfield. 

Shattuck,  Ezra',  (Thomas'  and  Elizabeth  Parmenter,  John*,  Wil- 
liam', John\  William'  of  Watertown,  who  in  hi.s  will  .spells 
his  name  Shathock),  b.  in  Petersham,  Atig.  5,  1751  ;  settled 
in  Beaver  Meadow,  afterwards  Leyden,  as  a  miller  and 
farmer.  He  it  was  who  built  the  Shattuck,  now  known  as 
Keets  Mills  ;  m.  Jan.  22,  1778,  Rebecca*,  dau.  of  SamueP  Con- 
nable.  She  was  b.  1755  ;  d.  Mch.  i,  1816.  He  d.  Aug.  8,  1816. 
Both  were  buried  in  Beaver  Meadow.  He  was  surveyor  of 
highways  in  1779.     Had  ten  children. 

Shattuck,  Reuben,  Lieut.,  perhaps  a  brother  of  Ezra";  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways  1 776-1 781,  selectman  1784:  went  out 
May  I,  1775,  as  3rd  corporal  in  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  Reg., 
Capt.  Agrippa  Wells'  Co.,  serving  three  months,  eight  days, 
to  Aug.,  1775  ;  traveled  1 12  miles.  He  marched  from  Green- 
field in  Capt.  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Saml.  Williams'  Reg.,  on  alarm 
of  Apr.  19,  1775;  served  ten  days.  He  is  buried  in  Riverside 
(Gill)  cemetery,  his  grave  being  marked  by  a  S.  A.  R.  marker. 

1.  Sheldon,  Ebenezer*,  Lieut.,  (John',  whose  family  was  captured 
by  Indians  from  Deerfield,  Isaac^  Isaac\  one  of  the  three 
brothers  who  came  to  this  country  about  1626),  b.  Nov.  15, 
1691.  He  was  captured  by  Indians  in  1704,  but  returned, 
and  lived  in  the  old  Indian  House,  Deerfield,  where  he  kept 
tavern.  In  1735  the  General  Court  granted  to  him  and  his 
sister  Mary  300  acres  of  land  in  consideration  of  the  cost  of 
entertaining  Cahuawaga  Indians  (with  whom  they  became 
acquainted  during  their  captivity),  on  their  frequent  visits 


486  GENEALOGIES. 


after  the  peace,  says  Mr.  Sheldon.  In  1744  he,  then  captain, 
sold  the  Indian  house  to  Jonathan  Hoyt,  having  removed 
to  Fall  Town.  The  first  Proprietors'  meeting  held  in  Fall 
Town  was  at  the  home  of  Lieut.  Sheldon,  Oct.  16,  1740,  at 
which  no  action  was  taken  except  that  of  adjournment.  His 
home  was  the  Lieut.  Sheldon  Fort,  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town,  on  what  is  now  called  the  Purple  Meadow.  He  built 
the  fort  for  ^^360,  O.  T.,  equal  to  ^36  sterling.  The  province 
remitted  him  a  part  of  his  expense.  He  was  a  man  promi- 
nent in  town  affairs  and  also  in  the  military  services  of  his 
day,  and  was  known  far  and  near  as  a  most  successful  Indian 
fighter.  He  m.  Dec.  3,  1714,  Thankful,  dau.  of  Joseph  Bar- 
narrd.     She  d.  in  1746.     Children: 

2.  i.    Ebenezer,  Jr.*,  b.  Oct.  13,  17 15. 

5.         ii.  Remembrance*,  b.  Oct.  16,  1717. 

ill.  Thankful",  b.  Nov.  5,  1719;  m.  Sept.  25,  1740,  her  cousin,  Jos- 
eph Barnard. 

iv.  Abner^,  b.  Nov.  22,  1721.  Served  in  French  and  Indian  War  in 
1749.  He  m.  Mch.  19,  1745,  Lucy',  dau.  of  Thomas^  Bardwell 
of  Deerfield.      Abner  d.   about   1751,  and  she   m.  (2) 

Oct.  31.  1770,  Major  Benjamin  Day  of  West  Springfield.  Had: 
I.  Caleb*,  bap.  Jan.  11,  1746;  m.  Oct.  15,  1772,  Dorothy^,  dau. 
of  Aaron^  Denio.  She  was  bap.  Feb.  7,  1747-8.  Caleb  Sheldon 
was  surveyor  of  highways  in  1773.  2.  Rhoda^  b.  Oct.  24,  1748; 
m.  Dec.  18,  1765,  David^  Stebbins;  removed  to  Conway  about 
1792.  3.  Lucy',  b.  1750;  m.  Peletiah  Bliss.  4.  Abner*,  bap. 
Apr.  5,  1752,  posthumous;  lived  in  Shelburne  and  Conway. 

v.  Caleb^,  (?)  who  was  a  soldier  in  1747. 

vi.   Mercy*,  b.  July  26,  1724;  m.  1743,  David',  son  of  Jonathan*  Hoyt 
of  Deerfield.     She  d.  Sept.  5,  1751. 
4.       vii.  Amasa^,  b.  Aug.  27,  1726. 

viii.   Eliakim",  b.  July   15,    1728;   was  shot   by  Indians,  July  15,  1747. 
His  body  was  buried  west  of  the  fort,  by  the  road  leading  north 
onto  Huckle  Hill. 
ix.   Hannah',  b.  Aug.  21,  1730;  m.  .May  20,  1751,  Col.  Samuel  Wells, 

the  Tory  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
X.   Elijah*,  b.  Nov.    i,  1733.      In    1748  he  was  one  of   John   Burk's 
rangers;  in    1749  out   in   Israel   Williams'  Co.;  also  out  in  the 


SHELDON.  487 


latter's  Co.  from  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  scouting  to 
westward;  captured  at  Fort  William  Henry  1756.  He  held 
minor  town  offices,  and  for  two  years,  selectman;  m.  about  1759, 
Anna^  dau.  of  Aaron^  Denio,  and  widow  of  William  McLaren  or 
McClennan.  She  d.  in  Gill,  Nov.  11,  1812.  Had:  i.  Anna^ 
b.  1760;  m.  Sept.  II,  1785,  Moses  Bascom  of  Gill.  2.  Solo- 
mon", b.  Feb.  25,  1762;  m.  and  settled  in  Fleming,  N.  Y.  3. 
Electa**,  b.  about  1766;  m.  Samuel  Wells.  4.  Gratia*,  b.  about 
1769;  m.  Richard  or  Robert  Wells,  a  brother  of  Samuel.  5.  Bet- 
sey^  b.  about  1773;  m.  D.  Whipple  of  Lodi,  N.  Y.  6.  Sophia^ 
b.  1775;  m.  Caleb  Howe  of  Vernon,  Vt. 
xi.  Elisha^,  bap.  Nov.  10,  1736,  one  of  Captain  Burke's  rangers;  was 
captured  at  Fort  William  Henry  Aug.  9,  1757,  and  carried  to 
France. 

2.  Sheldon,  Ebenezer',  Deacon,  (Lieut.  Ebenezer',  John',  Isaac", 
Isaac',)  b.  Oct.  13,  171 5  ;  was  sergeant  in  French  War  1749, 
and  also  "  Centl."  His  name  appears  on  the  roll  of  Capt. 
Israel  Williams'  Co.,  Dec.  11,  1755,  to  Oct.  18,  1756,  scouting 
to  the  westward.  At  this  time  he  also  had  the  rank  of  ser- 
geant. In  the  same  company  stationed  at  Colrain,  Oct.  19, 
1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  for  which  service  he  received  ^^13,  5s., 
1 2d.  In  1780  he  was  captain  of  a  company  in  Col.  Seth  Mur- 
ray's Reg.,  and  was  at  West  Point.  In  1745  Major  Elijah 
Williams  gives  him  credit  "by  your  Smoak  Money  14  s.  4d." 
April,  1742,  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  committee  to 
lay  out  highways,  of  which  he  was  made  surveyor  in  1766. 
He  was  selectman  in  1767  and  8.  He  was  town  treasurer  for 
eight  years,  1762,10  1770.  Dec.  20,  1773,  it  was  voted  that 
he  receive  the  sum  of  "4^^  4s  for  his  services  annually  which 
is  $2.00  a  year.''  He  also  built  a  fort  on  Huckle  Hill  oppo- 
site the  present  John  Field  place,  which  was  known  as  the 
Deacon  Sheldon  Fort.  It  has  been  a  puzzling  question  con- 
cerning the  identity  of  the  two  Ebenezers,  Lieut,  and  Dea., 
but  recently  discovered  evidence  settles  the  fact  that  the 
Deacon  was  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  son  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer.  He  m. 
Oct.  24,  1740,  Mary^  dau.  of  Jonathan'  Hoyt  of  Deerfield. 
She  was  b.  Oct.  5,  17 14.     Children  : 


488  GENEALOGIES. 


i.  Ebenezer'"',  b.  1740;  was  captain  in  a  regiment  of  Col.  Seth  Mur- 
ray's 1780,  also  in  regiment  of  Col.  Israel  Chapin;  was  at  West 
Point;  d.  1794. 

ii.  Sybil^,  b.  1742;  probably  d.  young. 

iii.  Jonathan^,  b.  1744;  deacon.  He  filled  various  civic  offices,  in- 
cluding that  of  selectman.  He  was  for  two  years  a  member  of 
the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety;  m. 
(i)  Mehitable^,  dau.  of  Aaron^  Field.  She  was  b.  in  1747;  d. 
Jan.  16,  1787;  m.  (2)  July  22,  1787,  Naama  Fo.x.  She  m.  (2) 
Joel  Smith  of  Greenfield,  'i'heir  intention  was  recorded  Nov.  10, 
1814.  Dea.  Jonathan  Sheldon  d.  Oct.  2,  1802.  Had:  i.  Jon- 
athan^, b.  Feb.  24,  1768;  d.  1775.  2.  Timothy',  b.  Jan.  10, 
1770:  m.  Jan.  19,  1794,  Alice  Parmenter.  She  d.  June  9,  1813, 
ae.  44;  one  son,  Bradley  Parmenter**,  d.  June  3,  1803.  3.  Mary', 
b.  Nov.  4,  1771;  d.  1792.  4.  Mehitable',  b.  Dec.  4,  1773;  d. 
1777.  5.  Lucinda^,  b.  1775;  ^-  ^111-  6.  Col.  Artemas',  b. 
June  2,  1778;  m.  Sarah  Marther,  1803;  d.  Aug.  25,  1831.  7. 
Jonathan'',  b.  1780;  m.  Abigail  Church  1803;  settled  in  Barre, 
N.  Y.  8.  Mehitable^,  b.  1782;  m.  about  1803,  George  Ritter  of 
BurHngton,  N.  Y.  9.  Child^  b.  and  d.  1788.  10.  Elizabeth^ 
b.  Aug.  18,  1790;  m.  Ambrose  Hurlbert,  Sept.,  1814.  11.  Mary', 
b.  Mch.  22,  1792;  m.  Simeon"  Cushman  Nov.  10,  1818.  He  d. 
July  9,  1824.  She  m.  (2)  Feb.  2,  1826,  Jason  Brown;  d.  Oct.  25, 
1875.  12.  Ebenezer^  b.  Feb.  4,  1794;  d.  May  i,  1795.  13. 
Ebenezer^,  b.  June  15,  1796;  m.  Helen  Demick. 

iv.  Mary*",  bap.  June  8,  1746;  m.  1768,  Abner  Nims. 

V,  Sybil^  bap.  Jan.  22,  1748;  m.  Elias'-^  Parmenter.  She  d.  May  15, 
1838. 

vi.  Mercy*. 

vii.   Huldah",  bap.  June  6,  1751;  m. Pierce. 

viii.  Hannah^ 

ix.  Abigail'',  bap.  Feb.  15,  1758. 

3.  Sheldon,  Remembrance",  (Lieut.  Ebenezer*,  John',  Isaac'.  Isaac',) 
b.  Oct.  16,  1717;  was  sergeant  in  French  War  in  1749,  in 
Israel  Williams'  Co.;  also  in  same  company,  Dec.  11,  1755, 
to  Oct.  18,  1756,  scouting  to  the  westw^ard.  For  his  service 
stationed  at  Colrain  Oct.  19,  1766,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  he  received 
^5,  18  s.,  I  d.     His  name  also  appears  on  John  Burk's  enlist- 


SHELDON.  489 


ment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758,  during  which  year  he  had 
charge  of  a  fort  in  Fall  Town.  1777  he  was  on  Committee 
of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety.  In  civil,  as  in 
military  affairs,  he  was  prominent.  April,  1742,  he  was 
chosen  a  member  of  the  committee  to  lay  out  highways ; 
selectman  five  years;  also  warden,  constable,  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures,  and  for  five  years  town  treasurer.  He  m. 
May  28,  1744,  Mehitable  Burke,  who  was  alive  in  Deerfield 
in  1790.     He  d.  Apr.  3,  1787.     Children:  (Sheldon). 

i.    Lydia^,  bap.  Mch.  30,  1745;   m.  Theodore  Barnard. 

ii.  Thankful",  b.    1747;   m.    Samuel*  Hastings  of   Bern.     She  died 

June  15,  1816. 
iii.    Eliakim",    bap.    Sept.    24,    174-;  m.    Sarah    White;  rem.   to  New 
York  State. 

5.  iv.  Elisha  Burke*,  b.  1752. 

V.   Cephas",  who  settled  in  Vt. 

vi.   Persis",  bap.    Oct.  16,  1757;  m.  Dea.  Asaph^  Allen  of  Waterbury, 
Vt.,  about  1773-4.     She  d.  Feb.  13,  1852. 

vii.   Mehitable",  m.  Rev.  Ransom  of  Middlebury  Vt. 

viii.  Remembrance^  b.  1760;  was  a  physician;  settled  in  Williamstown. 

4.  Sheldon,  Amasa',  (Lieut.  Ebenezer',  John',  Isaac',  Isaac',)  b. 
Aug.  27,  1726.  He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars, 
being  in  Capt.  Israel  Williams'  Co.  from  Dec.  11,  1755,  to 
Oct.  18,  1756,  scouting  to  the  westward.  The  same  year, 
1756,  he  was  also  on  a  scout  under  Lieut.  Matthew  Clesson. 
From  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  he  was  in  the  service  at 
Lake  George.  His  name  also  appears  on  Burk's  enlistment 
roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758.  He  was  sergeant,  and  in  1758-9 
was  in  charge  of  one  of  the  Sheldon  Forts,  later  attained  the 
rank  of  captain.  He  was  for  three  years  selectman,  also 
tithingman  and  constable;  m.  Aug.  3,  1747,  Sarah^  dau.  of 
Thomas^  Bard  well.     He  d.  Mch.  8,  1808.     Children  : 

i.  Amasa",  bap.  Apr.  24,  1748;  Revolutionary  soldier  from  Bern.; 
m.  Sybil,  dau.  of  John  Holton  of  Northfield,  July  25,  1771;  had 
a  family. 

6.  ii.  Reuben®,  bap.  Sept.  11,  1749. 


490  GENEALOGIES. 


iii.    Elihu*,    bap.    Aug,    9,    1752;    Revolutionary    soldier;    was   pub. 

Sept.  22,  1783,  with  Hannah  Wood  of  Greenfield, 
iv.    RuFUs^,  m.  Jan.  i,  1796,  Diadema  Gott;  settled  in  Pompey,  N.  Y. 
7.  V.    Arad*,  b.  1754. 

vi.   Oliver*',  m.  about  1805,  Anna  Temple,  who  d.  Sept.  22,  1851,  ae. 

about  72.     Had:    i.     Sylvia',  m. Seaver.      2.     Sarah',  d. 

unm.  about  1862.     3.     Elbridge  Gerry',  d.  s.  p.  about  1850.     4. 

Mary   Ann'^,  m.  (i)  Joab   Fairman;   (2)   Apr.    24,    1852,  Joel^  Al- 

drich.      She  d.  Feb.  10,  1862.     5.      Esther  M.',  m.  Nelson^  Hale 

June  4.  1846.      She  d.  Mch.  19,  1864.     6.     Oliver  Ellsworth^  m. 

Mary  P.  Fenno;  settled  in  Milton.     7.     Parmenas". 
vii.   Hannah*^,  bap.  Oct.  16,  1757;  m.  1778,  John  Holton;   (2)  May  22, 

1832,  Ezekiel  Webster;  both  of  Northfield. 
viii.    Lois^,  d.  unm. 
ix.    Eunice^ 

X.   Sarah**,  m.  Ebenezer  Ash. 
xi.  Elisha**,    bap.    1761;   m.    May   25,    1786,    Elizabeth,    dau.    Elisha 

Wells  of  Hatfield;  settled  in  Barre,  N.  Y.      He  became  a  "Dor- 

rellite";  was  drowned    in   the   Connecticut   River  near  Vernon, 

Vt.,  about  1798. 

5.  Sheldon,  Elisha  Burke",  (Remembrance",  Lieut.  Ebenezer*, 
John',  Isaac\  Isaac',)  b.  1752  ;  m.  Etinice  or  Mehitable  Hale. 
She  d.  Dec.  20,  1824,  ae.  67.     He  d.  Jan.  12,  1814.     Children  : 

i.    Trvph^na^,  b.  Apr.  4,  1785;   m.  July   29,  1812,  Edward   Pratt;  d. 

Dec.  30,  1863. 
ii.   Mehitable',    b.   Nov.   2,  1786;    m.    Orra^  Sheldon   of   Deerfield. 

Apr.  21,  1810;  d.  July  30,  1824. 
iii.    Eliakim^,  b.  Sept.  19,  1789;  d.  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  1812. 
iv.   Henry   Remembrance',   b.  Oct.    12,    1791;  m.;  died    in  Deerfield 

in  i860. 
V.   Izatus^,  b.  Feb.   24,   1794;   m.  1819,  Mary  Pickett  of   Greenfield, 

who  d.  Apr.  10,  1870,  ae.  71.     He  d.  at  Red  Wing,  .Minn.,  Oct.  5, 

1877.      Had:    i.      Theodore   Barnard",    b.   Jan.   31,   1820;  d.   in 

Red    Wing,  Mch.   27,    1900.     2.     Mary  Ann^,    b.    Nov.  29,  1822; 

m.  Roswell   Holton  of  Northfield.     3.     Benjamin    Franklin",  b. 

1824. 
vi.    Lydia',   b.    Apr.   7,  1797;   m.    Orra^  Sheldon   Oct.    9,    1825;  died 

May  6,  1873. 


SHELDON.  491 


6.  Sheldon,  Reuben",  (Amasa',   Lieut.    Ebenezer',  John',   Isaac^^ 

Isaac',)  bap.  Sept.  1 1,  1749;  served  in  the  Revolution  in  Capt. 
Agrippa  Wells'  Co.  at  the  siege  of  Boston,  also  under  Capt. 
Thomas  Alexander  of  Northfield,  and  marched  to  Quebec, 
which  place  he  reached  Apr.  27,  1776.  Was  in  the  Burgoyne 
campaign  under  Capt.  Lawrence  Kemp  of  Deerfield  ;  settled 
in  Leyden.     Children  : 

i.  Horace^ 

ii.  Salmon^    m.    1810,    Rebecca,   dau.   of  William  Bigelow  of  Guil- 
ford, Vt. 

iii.  Socrates^  b.  1784;  was  a  miller,  and  built  the  first  mills  on  the 
West  Branch,  later  owned  by  Oliver  and  Ruggles  Bagg;  m. 
Experience^  dau.  Simeon'^  Allen;  was  selectman  in  1814.  Had: 
I.  Clymena®,  b.  1810;  m.  Oct.  4,  1837,  William  J.  Babcock  of 
Leyden.  2.  Charles  A..^,  b.  1812;  d.  Jan.  31,  1848.  3.  Clark 
A.^  b.  1814;  d.  .Aug.  16,  i8t8.  4.  Mary  S.«,  b.  1816;  m.  N"©- 
vember  26,  1837,  Samuel  Childs;  d.  June  28,  1886.  5.  Martha 
Eliza^  b.  1818;  m.  Oct.,  1844,  Alonzo  W.  Bates;  d.  Jan.  27, 
1862.  6.  Harriet  M.^,  b.  1821;  m.  Horace  C.  Arms;  died 
Mch.  27,  1854.  7.  James  Munroe",  b.  1823;  m. ;  d.  May  22, 
1847. 

iv.  Orra^,  b.  1786;  major;  was  by  trade  a  carpenter  and  bridge 
builder;  selectman  in  1818;  settled  finally  in  Cheapside,  Green- 
field; m.  (i)  Apr.  21.  1810,  Mehitable^  dau.  of  Elisha  B.*  Shel- 
don. She  d.  July  31,  1824;  m.  (2)  Oct.  9,  1825,  her  sister 
Lydia^    Shed.  May  6,  1873.     He  d.  Oct.  25,  1878;  six  children. 

V.   Mandana',  b.  1789;  m.  Samuel'  Wright.  , 

vi.  Reuben^,  b.  1797;  was  the  first  postmaster  of  Leyden;  removed 
to  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

vii.  ALVA^ 
viii.  Olive^  m.  Elias  Perry. 

7.  Sheldon,  Arad°,  (Amasa^  Lieut.  Ebenezer',  John',  Isaac',  Lsaac',) 

b.  1754;  served  three  years  in  the  Revolutionary  Army,  be- 
ing sergeant  in  1779.  His  name  appears  on  a  coat-roll  for 
eight  months'  service  in  Capt.  Joseph  Stebbins'  Co.,  Col.  J. 
Brewer's  Reg.,  Sept.  28-9,  1775;  m.  Apr.  15,  1791,  Elizabeth 
Gibbs  of  Greenwich,  who  d.  Feb..  1837,  ae.  about  62.  He  d. 
Mch.  26,  181 3  ;  resided  at  East  Bern.     Children: 


49^  GENEALOGIES. 


i.  Amasa^,  b.  1796;  m.  Asenath,  dau.  of  Rufus  Guellow  of  Towns- 
hend,  Vt.  She  d.  Mch.  11,  1870,  ae.  67.  His  home  was  the 
old  Gamaliel  Kingsley  place.  He  d.  Mch.  2,  1869.  Had:  i. 
Sarah  R.**,  b.  Oct.  16,  1824;  m.  Jan.  28,  1842,  Samuel  F.  War- 
ner, who  was  b.  in  Sufifield,  Ct.,  in  1812.  Mrs.  Warner  now  re- 
sides in  Greenfield.  2.  Eliza  Ann*,  b.  Feb.  25,  1827;  m.  Rus- 
sell Sheldon  of  Bern.  She  d.  July  10,  1859.  3.  Alexander  C.*, 
b.  May  25,  1829.  He  owned  the  "Squire  Hamilton  Farm"; 
served  in  the  loth  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  during  civil  war;  d.  in 
Leyerett  Jan.  7,  1881.  4.  Mary  Jane**,  b.  Sept.  3,  1833;  m. 
Oliver  T.  Smith;  d.  in  Greenfield.  5.  George  Potter*,  born 
May  22,  1837;  drowned  Dec.  13,  1857,  while  engaged  in  carry- 
ing mails  from  Indian  River  to  New  Smyrna,  Fla. 

ii.  Sarah',  m.  Alexander  Campbell  of  Putney,  Vt. 

iii.   Israel",  went  south  and  is  supposed  to  have  there  d. 

iv.   Arad^,  m.  and  resided  in  Florida,  where  he  d. 

V.   John  Dwight^,  resided  in  Florida  until  the  war. 

Slate,  Daniel,  b.  in  1708  in  England;  came  with  his  father  and 
brother  to  this  country  when  a  young  man.  One  family 
tradition  states  that  after  a  time  the  father  returned  to  Eng- 
land and  there  died.  Through  Mr.  Dwight  Slate  of  Hart- 
ford, Ct.,  it  is  learned  that  in  1745  Daniel  Slate  returned  to 
England.  July  9,  1745,  Daniel  Slate  or  Slade,  then  of  Nor- 
wich, bought  fourteen  acres  on  the  east  side  of  Connecticut 
River  in  Middletown,  selling  the  same  in  March,  1745-6, 
(Rev.  C.  C.  Carpenter),  then  removed  to  Bern.  The  latter 
gentleman  also  suggests  that  the  fact  of  Rev.  John  Norton 
having  been  earlier  in  town  may  have  led  the  Slates  to  have 
come  hither.  This  may  have  been  so  to  a  certain  extent, 
but  so  many  of  the  early  settlers  came  from  Connecticut  that 
it  would  seem   that  there   were  other  causes  as  well  in  a 

majority  of  cases,  surely.     He  m.  Mary ,  who  united 

with  the  church  at  East  Middletown  Aug.  13,  1748,  from 
Norwich.  She  d.  in  Gill  May  10,  1795,  ae.  83  years.  He  d. 
also  in  Gill,  probably  at  the  home  of  his  son  Ebenezer,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1789,  ae,  81  years.  Children,  order  of  birth  un- 
certain : 


SLATE.  493 

2.  i.  Joseph^,  b.  Feb.  22,  1734. 

3.  ii.   Daniel^,  b.  1736. 

iii.    Thomas"^,  who  settled  in  East  Hartford,  Ct. 

4.  iv.  Jonathan^,  b.  1742. 

V.  LuCY^,  b.  1745;  m.  Samuel  Hale;  d.  Oct.  18,  1821. 

vi.   Ebenezer2,  bap.  Mch.  8,  1747,  in  East  Middletovvn;  d.  young, 
vii.   Zebediah^,  bap.  East  Middletown,  Oct.  10,  1748;  d.  young, 
viii.   Elizabeth^,  (name  also  given  as^Deborah).  b.  1749;  bap.  Sept.  2, 
1750;  ra.  Moses  Scott.      She  d.  in  Scriber,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1836. 

ix.  Ebenezer^,  bap.  June  14,  1752,  in  East  Middletown,  Ct. ;  m. 
Martha^,  dau.  of  Benjamin^  Green.  She  d.  at  their  home  in 
Gill,  Mch.  25,  1813,  ae.  53.  Had:  i.  Clarinda',  b.  Oct.  28, 
1773.  2.  Bathuel',  b.  May  14,  1776.  3.  Tryphena',  born 
Apr.  14,  1779. 

X.   RuTH^,  bap.  Apr.  21,    1754. 

xi.   Abigail^,  who  m.  Joseph  Hale. 

5.  xii.  Zebediah",  b.  1756;  name  sometimes  given  on  T.  R.  as  Zebulon. 

2.  Slate,  Joseph',  Capt.,  (Daniel',)  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  Feb.  22,  1734; 
came  to  town  May  19,  1763,  probably  from  Norwich,  Ct.,  and 
lived  in  a  house  which  stood  where  E.  E.  Benjamin  now 
lives,  then  known  as  the  Dexter  house.  The  next  year  he 
built  for  himself  a  log  house  upon  the  place  afterward  owned 
by  his  son  Israel,  and  now  by  Lewis  Slate,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death.  Capt.  Slate  early  became  prominently  con- 
nected with  both  civil  and  military  affairs  ;  chosen  to  vari- 
ous town  offices  from  1767  on.  Committee  of  Inspection 
1775,  and  of  Correspondence,  Inspection  and  Safety  1776  and 
and  1780,  selectman  1779  ^^^  82.  During  the  French  and 
Indian  Wars  he  saw  five  years'  service,  and  in  the  Revolu- 
tion he  was  actively  engaged.  His  name  first  appears  among 
a  list  of  officers  of  the  Massachusetts  militia,  chosen  agree- 
able to  order  of  Feb.  14,  1776,  as  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Amasa 
Sheldon's  (4th)  Co.,  Col.  David  Field's  Reg.  Ordered  in 
Council,  May  3,  1776.  Reported  5th  Hampshire  County  Reg. 
Upon  a  return  of  Capt.  Samuel  Taylor's  Co.,  Col.  Dike,  2nd 
Reg  ,  he  is  given  the  rank  of  ensign.  This  company  marched 
Aug.  26,  1776,  to  camp,  dated  Dorchester.  He  is  also  given 
the  same  rank  in  the  militia  chosen  by  field  officers  at  Brim- 


494  GENEALOGIES. 


field,  Aug,  28,  1776,  in  Capt.  Samuel  Taylor's  Co.,  Benjamin 
T.  Danielson's  Reg.  He  is  credited  with  the  same  rank  and 
Co.,  Col.  Nicholas  Dike's  Regt.,  in  the  pay  abstract,  for  mile- 
age, etc.,  under  date  of  Sept.  17,  1776,  and  the  latter  record 
appears  a  second  time,  dated  Dorchester  Heights,  Nov.  28, 
1776.  He  is  given  the  rank  of  lieutenant  on  the  muster  and 
pay  roll  of  Capt.  John  Wells'  Co.,  Col.  Timothy  Robinson's 
Reg.,  Hampshire  Co.,  enlisted  Dec.  23,  1776,  discharged 
Apr.  I,  1777;  time  of  service  100  days.  This  regiment  was 
detached,  and  marched  to  Ticonderoga  ;  was  present  at  the 
surrender  of  Burgoyne.  On  the  pay  and  muster  roll  rtf 
Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon's  Co.,  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  Reg.,  he  is 
given  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  enlisting  July  10,  1777,  and  re- 
ceiving his  discharge  Aug.  12,  1777.  This  service  was  per- 
formed in  the  expedition  in  the  northern  department.  He 
was  captain  of  the  4th  Co.  of  the  5th  Hampshire  Co.  Reg., 
Massachusetts  militia,  commanded  by  Lieut.  Col.  Wells, 
commissioned  June  18,  1780.  He  m.  May  5,  1758,  Mary 
White  of  Colchester,  Ct.  She  was  b.  Aug.  16,  1738  :  d.  Jan- 
uary 17,  1827.  He  d.  Nov.  26,  18 1 8.  They  were  admitted 
to  full  communion  with  the  East  Middletown,  Ct.  church, 
Feb.  3,  1759.     Children: 

i.   Joseph",  b.  Oct.  6,  1760;  d.  July  28,  1766. 

ii.  Israel^,  b.  June  to,  1762,  in  Chatham,  Ct. 
ill.   Lydia',  b.  Feb.  4,  1764;  d.  1815. 

iv.  Ruth',  b.  Feb.  13,  1767.  Intention  with  Jonathan  Rich  recorded 
Feb.  10,  1790. 

V.  Sybil^,  b   Feb.  28,  1769. 
vi,   Joel",  b.  Feb.  8,  1771;  d.  July  3,  1781. 

vii.  Amos'*,  b.  Apr.  13,  1773;  ^-  May  28,  1795,  Esther  Haws.  She  d. 
Jan.  20,  1857,  ae.  80.  He  d.  Mch.  3,  1830,  from  the  effects  of 
an  injury  received  the  preceding  October  by  the  falling  of  a 
well  sweep.  While  in  Bern,  his  occupation  was  that  of  a  miller; 
d.  in  Gill.  Had:  i.  Joel  Amos^  b.  Mch.  14,  1796;  m.  (?) 
Apr.  16,  1828,  Wealthy  Sykes;  d.  in  Northampton  Aug.  6,  1866. 
2.     Erastus'',  b.  Feb.  12,  1798;  was  a  shoe   merchant   in  North- 


SLATE.  495 

ampton.  3.  Almeda*,  b.  Apr.  13,  1800;  m.  Apr.  22,  1818, 
Reuben  Sykes;  res.  Brattleboro,  Vt.  4.  Clarissa*,  b.  June  19, 
1802;  m.  Dec.  25,  1823,  John  F.  Rogers.  5.  William*,  born 
July  16,  1804;  m.  Mch.  19,  1827,  Harriet  Stephens.  6.  Pat- 
rick"*,  b.  Aug.  17,  1806.  7.  Caroline'',  b.  Aug.  18,  1808;  d. 
Aug.  26,  1810.  8.  Caroline*,  b.  Oct.  22,  1810;  m.  Nov.  i,  1831, 
Samuel  W.  Sykes.  She  d.  Aug.  26,  1897,  in  Hartford,  Ct.  9, 
Lydia  Emeline*,  b.  July  20,  1812;  m.  William  Brooks;  d.  in 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Mch.  5,  1861.  10.  Esther  Adeline*,  b.  Aug.  8, 
1814.  II.  Calvin*,  b.  Oct.  11,  1815;  d.  Feb.  21,  1823.  12. 
Harriet  Amelia*,  b.  Jan.  19,  1818.  13.  Orren*,  b.  Nov.  4,  1820; 
m.  Catherine  Miller  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Aug.  28,  1844;  was  a 
merchant  in  Waterbury,  Ct.,  and  in  Brattleboro. 
viii.  Samuel^,  b.  Mch.  28,  1775;  perhaps  that  Samuel  who  m.  Oct.  7, 
1795,  Bathsheba  Risley  of  Gill. 

ix.    Damaris^,  b.  Jan.  15,  1778.     Her  marriage  intention  with  Lemuel 
Tuttle  of  Deerfield  was  recorded  Feb.  7,  1801. 

X.  John  Reuben^,  b.  Aug.  6,  1780;  m.  1805,  Eunice,  dau.  of  Dea. 
Jesse  Field.  She  d.  Nov.  18,  1864,  ae.  82;  resided  on  the  Fox 
Brook  road.  He  d.  Apr.  25,  1855.  They  had  one  son,  Allen 
Slate,  who  went  south. 

xi.   Infant^,  b.  Feb.  9;  d.  Feb.  16,  1783. 

3.  Slate,  Daniel',  (Daniel',)  b.  1736;  m.  Abigail  ,  who  wa.s 

b.  1737;  d.  July  13,  1807,  ae.  70,  "an  exemplary.  Christian 
woman."  Mr.  Slate  was  constable  and  collector  1774,  sur- 
veyor of  highways  1775,  78-80,  tithingman  1778.  He  d.  in 
Swanzey,  N.  H.,  Feb.  15,  181 8.     Children  : 

i.   Abigail',  b.  July   28,    1766;  m.  Samuel    Green;  d.  Aug.  21,  1845. 
7.         ii.  Joseph',  b.  Aug.  17,  1768. 

iii.   Rhoda',  b.  Feb.  15,  1771;  m.  (?)  May  8,  1810,  Samuel  Holden. 
iv.   Reuben',  b.  May  18,  1773;  d.  Oct.  4,  1775. 

4.  Slate,  Capt.  Jonathan',  (Daniel'),  b.   1742.     Like  his  brother, 

Capt.  Joseph,  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
times.  He  served  in  the  Revolution  three  months  to  De- 
cember, 1776,  receiving  therefor  mileage  i^io,  expenses  for 
120  miles  at  one  penny.  In  1769  he  bought  two  50-acre  lots, 
now  included   in   the   farm    owned  by   his  great-grand.son, 


496  GENEALOGIES. 


Hendrick  Slate,  and  which  has  always  been  in  possession  of 
his  descendants.  He  m.  Mehitable,  dan.  of  Major  John  and 
Sarah  (Hoyt)  Burke.  She  was  b.  July  15,  1753;  d.  Feb.  8, 
1823.     He  d.  Dec.  27,  1831.     Children: 

i.   Timothy^,  b.  Dec.  6,  1772. 

ii.   Oliver   b.    Jan.    25,    1775;    published   with   Samuel''   Hastings  of 

Waterbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  20,   1800.     She  d.  Aug.  27,  1853. 
iii.    RuTH^,  b.  Oct.,  1776;  d.  Oct.  3.   1777. 

iv.  Obed^,  b.  Apr.  6,  1778;  m.  Susanna,  dau.  of  Oliver  Doolittle  of 
Northfield.  She  was  b.  July  15,  1784;  d.  Feb.  25,  1853.  He  d. 
Mch.  28,  1862,  in  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  where  he  settled  in  1804, 
and  where  he  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  man,  a  town  offi- 
cer and  justice  of  the  peace.  Had:  i.  Hoyt^  b.  Oct.  21,  1804; 
d.  Nov.  12,  1838.  2.  Charles'*,  b.  July  29,  1806;  d.  Aug.  19, 
1813.  3.  Sarah^,  b.  June  18,  1808;  d.  Mch.  3,  1887,  at  Belcher- 
town.  4.  Elvira'*,  b.  Sept.  28,  1810;  d.  Feb.  19,  1889,  at 
Belchertown.  5.  Obed,  Jr.'',  b.  June  30,  1812;  d.  July  27,  1869, 
at  Hinsdale,  N.  H.  6.  George",  b.  Aug.  15,  1814;  m.  PVances 
Griswold;  d.  June  7,  1898,  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.  7.  John  B.'', 
b.  July  17,  1816;  d.  Dec.  10,  1890,  at  Penfield,  Mich.  8.  Mi- 
randa'*, b.  June  17,  1818;  d.  June  12,  1840.  9.  Susan'*,  born 
Apr.  17,  1820;  d.  May  22,  1846.  10.  Orren'*,  b.  Aug.  24,  1822. 
II.  VVillard'*,  b.  Dec.  3,  1825;  d.  Aug.  30,  1866,  at  West  Brook- 
field. 

v.   Sarah^,  b.  Feb.,  1779;  ^-  JiJ^t;  10,  1793. 

vi.  Ruth\  b.  Dec.  23,  1780;  published  with  Medad  Squires  May  17, 
1799;  six  children;  d.  Mch.,  1831.  Their  sons,  Medad  and 
Charles  Squires,  were  old-time  stage  drivers, 
vii.  Jonathan^,  b.  June  18,  1785;  settled  in  Shelburne  in  1804;  m. 
Nancy  Jones  of  Deerfield,  Sept.  18,  1813.  He  d.  Nov.  30,  1864. 
Had:  i.  Clark",  b.  Oct.  26,  18 14;  m.  (i)  Melinda  Swett;  m. 
(2)  Mrs.  Lois  Allen;  d.  Shelburne  Falls  Feb.  11,  1897.  Charles 
E.5  Slate  of  Greenfield  is  his  son.  2.  Horace'*,  b.  Mch.  1,  1816; 
dead.  3.  Nancy*,  b.  Mch.  11,  1819;  d.  unm.  Dec.  28,  1846. 
4.  Jane",  b.  Aug.  16,  1821;  m.  David  Lyon  of  Greenfield.  5. 
George",  b.  Jan.  8,  1825;  d.  Feb.  14,  1899,  at  Shelburne  Falls. 
6.  Ann",  b.  Oct.  7,  1827;  d.  7.  Martha",  b.  Nov.  12,  1829; 
m.  Albert  Childs  of  Deerfield;  res.  with  her  son,  Theodore 
Childs,    Deerfield.     8.     Lucinda",    (twin)    b.    Nov.  12,  1829;   m. 


SLATE.  497 

Ozro  Gray  of  Springfield.     9.     Delia'',  b.  Jan.  4,  1833;  m. 

Arms;   d.  in    Kansas.      10.     Clara",  b.  Jan.    24,  1836;   m.  Daniel 
Dole;   m.  (2)  C.  H.  Fuller, 
viii.    Mehitable^,  b.  Sept.  14,  1786;  d.  unm.  perhaps  June  10,  1832. 

ix.  Clarissa^,  b.  June  29,  1788;  m.  Dec.  15,  1812,  Gideon  L.  Sprague 
of  Gill;  rem.  to  Ohio. 

Slate,  Zebulon',  or  Zebediah',  (Daniel',)  the  records  give  the 
name  both  ways.  About  town  he  was  familiarly  known  as 
"Capt.  Zeb."  ;  b.  1756.  He  went  out  as  private  in  Capt.  Wells* 
Co.,  Col.  Whitcomb's  Reg.,  May  i,  1775.  No  record  has  been 
found  to  substantiate  his  claim  to  the  title  of  captain.  He 
m.  June  3,  1779,  Mary,  dau.  of  Oliver  Atherton  of  Greenfield. 

She  d.   Jan.    17,    1827;  m.   (2)   Rebecca  ,   formerly  of 

Halifax,   Vt.     She  d.   May   27,   185L     He  d.   Oct.    12,    1833. 
Children : 

i.    Oliver^  b.  Dec.  9,  1779;  settled  in  New  York  State. 

ii.   Mary^,  b.  July    15,  1781;  m.  Nov.    i,  1831,  Capt.  Ariel  Tower  of 

Cumberland,  R.  1.     The   following  was  appended  to  the  notice 

of  her  marriage : 

"Thus  Tower  got  Polly 

And  Polly's  made  a  Tower, 
Thus  love,  youth  and  beauty 

Met  in  Hymen's  sweet  bower." 

iii.    PHILA^ 

iv.  JosEPHus^  b.  1786;  m.  1805,  Lucinda*',  dau.  of  Dea.  Jesse  Field. 
She  was  b.  Jan.  11,  1787;  d.  Mch.  13,  1883.  He  d.  Dec.  3,  1865; 
resided  several  years  on  Huckle  Hill,  and  later  on  the  Samuel 
Wright  place  on  the  Bald  Mountain  road.  Had:  i.  Charles*, 
m.  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  June  12,  18^7,  Mary  Oaks.  Children:  i.  Syl- 
vester^, has  been  twice  married,  the  second  time  to  a  widow  of 
William  Nelson.  They  reside  on  Bald  Mountain  road.  ii. 
Emory\  who  m.  Helen,  a  dau.  of  Bradley  Streeter.  2.  Mar- 
shall*, m.  Mary  Butterfield.  She  d.  Nov.  4,  1896,  ae.  84.  He 
res.  Bern.  3.  Josephus"*,  Jr.,  d.  unm.  in  Bern.  4.  Harmony*, 
m.  William  Scott. 

V.    Lathrop^,  went  South. 

vi,  Asahel\  went  South. 


498  GENEALOGIES. 


vii.  Jesse^,    m.    Grace   Rogers  of    Leyden    1817;   after  several  years 
residence  in  the  north  part  of  town,  rem.  to  New  York  State, 

viii.  Luther'*. 

ix.  RuFUs'',  m.  Asenath  Fo.\  1820.  She  d.  May  9,  1847,  ae.  55.  He  d. 
in  Vermont.  Had:  i.  Sylvia  L.*,  b.  Aug.  19,  1821.  2.  Maria 
A.*,  b.  Jan.  20,  1823.  3.  Japhthah  !..■•,  b.  Jan.  12,  1826.  4. 
John  W.*,  b.  Aug.  30,  1828.  5.  Mary  Jane^  b.  1832;  died 
Mch.  26,  1839.  6.  Frederick  G.'*,  b.  Oct.  19,  1833. 
X.   Fananda'',    b.  1804;  m.  Silas   G.^  Fox  Oct.  10,    1824;  d.  Apr.  29, 

1825. 
xi.  Clesson'*,  m.;  resided  South  Deerfield. 

xii.  Rebecca'^,  m.  Dexter  Marsh  of  Greenfield  Apr.  21,  1834. 

xiii.   Elvira^,  b.  Sept.  28,  1813;  went  South  where  she  married. 

6.  Slate,  Israel',  (Capt.  Joseph^  Daniel',)  b.  in  Chatham,  Ct., 
June  10,  1762  ;  came  with  his  parents  to  town  when  but  a  few 
months  old,  and  for  over  90  years  lived  upon  the  same  farm. 
His  father's  departure  for  scenes  of  war  kept  him  busy  dur- 
ing his  teens  aiding  in  the  maintenance  of  the  family,  he 
being  the  eldest.  Arriving  at  manhood's  estate,  he  in  Mch., 
1783,  went  to  Chatham,  Ct.,  to  visit  his  father's  old  acquaint- 
ances. Among  others,  he  tarried  at  one,  Gideon  Hurlbert's, 
a  man  blessed  with  a  dozen  children,  three  of  whom  were 
daughters.  In  his  own  words  he  "  asked  leave  to  keep  com- 
pany with  Phoebe."  which  we  may  safely  assume  was  granted, 
as  upon  his  departure  he  "  agreed  to  go  down  again."  This 
he  did  in  the  November  following,  remaining  three  or  four 
days,  during  which  time  he  "agreed  to  marry  her  and  asked 
leave."  He  "  saw  her  again  in  December,  and  was  m.  to  her 
Feb.  17,  1784,  by  Rev.  Zephaniah  Strong  in  Chatham,  now 
Coventry,  Ct.  We  had  a  pine  table  and  a  pine  chest,  2  old 
beds,  no  bedstead  for  some  time."  Such  was  the  beginning 
made  by  this  worthy  couple,  typical,  no  doubt,  of  many  of 
that  time.  Their  married  life  extended  over  65  years  and 
one  month,  as  long  probably  as  any  in  town.  Mrs.  Slate 
was  b.  Aug.  26,  1760;  d.  Mch.  23.  1849,  t)eing  then  the  most 
aged  person  in  town.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Lieut.  Thomas 
Hurlbert.    Mr.  Slate  was  one  of  the  best  known  of  his  gener- 


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ation  ;  intelligent,  keen  of  wit,  of  strong  religious  convic- 
tions, as  was  also  his  wife,  well  versed  in  all  that  pertained 
to  the  history  of  his  time,  which  he  delighted  in  relating  to 
others.  He  was  "  Uncle  Israel  "  to  the  towns-people.  The 
Sunday  prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred  Oct.  17,  1859,  ^^ 
the  age  of  97  years,  four  months,  he  attended  divine  service 
all  day.     Children : 

i.   Mary  Elvira*,  b.  Jan.  4,  1785;  m.  Capt.  Chester  Wright  of  Deer- 
field,  1808;  d.  Apr.  6,  1826. 

ii.   Phcebe"',    b.    Nov.   27,    1786;   m.    Levi''   Park    Apr.    7,    1807;  died 
June  16,  1820. 

9.  ill.   Joseph  3rd.'',  b.  Jan,  28,  1789. 

iv.  Gideon   Hurlbert^  b.   Nov.   7,    1790;   m.    Fanny   Graves,  1812. 
He  went  first  to  Cleveland,  then   to  Worthington,  O.,  where  she 
died;  had  eight  children, 
v.   Florilly'',  b.  June  9,  1793;  "''•  Jonathan' Park  Sept.  29,  1814. 
vi.   Sally",  b.  July  23,  1795;  m.  George  A.  Bates;  d.  Aug.,  1849. 
vii.  Chloe",    b.  May  27,  1798;  m.  Dec.  28,  1820,  Levi'  Park,  (second 
wife);  d.  Apr.  7,  1829. 

viii.  Joel'',  b.  May  7,  1800;  m.  Mary,  dau.  Daniel  Hale,  Jan.  3,  1822; 
resided  West.  Had:  i.  Jane  Elvira^  b.  Feb.  7,  1823.  2.  Mar- 
tin Smith^,  b.  Sept.  28,  1824.  3.  Israel  Barnard*,  b.  Feb.  3, 
1827;  d.  in  army  Sept.,  1862.  4.  Louisa  Emeline*,  b.  June  28, 
1829.  5.  Lorenzo^  b.  June  13,  1835.  6.  Orra^,  d.  in  the 
army  Sept.,  1862.  7.  Mary*. 
ix.    Livona'',  b,  July  31,  1802;  m.  Stephen  Colegrove. 

7.  Slate,  JosEPH^  (DanieP,  Daniel',)  b.  Aug.   17,  1768;  m.  Michel 

HoUister  June  24,  1792.     Children  : 

10.  i.    Daniel^,  b.  Aug.  28,  1793. 

ii.  Silva",  b.  Jan.    17,  1796;  m.    Nov.   22,  1813,  Obed   Parmenter  of 
Vernon,  Vt. 

iii.   Sophia",  b.  Oct.  4,  1798. 

iv.   Vilura",  b.  Nov.  9,  1800;  m.;  resided  in  Swanzey,  N.  H. 

8.  Slate,  TIMOTHY^  (Capt.  Jonathan',  Daniel',)  b.  Dec,  6,  1772;  m. 

June  25,  1797,  Tirzah,  dau.  of  Joseph  Sprague  of  Gill.     She 


500  GENEALOGIES. 


was  b.  June  30,  1772  ;  d.  Aug.  i,  1850.  Mr.  Slate  was  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church  ;  resided  on  his  father's  place  ; 
d.  Feb.  22,  1847.     Children  : 

i.  Vallonia^,  b.  Dec.  25,  1798;  m.  Dr.  Elijah  W.*  Carpenter  Dec.  5, 
1822.     She  d.  Aug.  23.  1873. 

ii.  Seorim  Burk*,  b.  Sept.  18,  1801;  was  selectman  in  1840,  1854- 
57;  ni.  (i)  Sophronia  P.*,  dau.  of  Thomas'"  Snow,  May  4,  1828. 
She  d.  Jan.  11,  1856;  m.  (2)  Sarah  Celina*,  dau.  of  EHas°  Par- 
menter.  She  was  b.  Mch.  24,  1805;  d.  Dec.  2,  1886.  He  re- 
sided just  north  of  the  site  of  the  Dea.  Sheldon  Fort  on  Huckle 
Hill.  He  d.  Mch.  6,  1866.  Had:i.  Sheldon  Snow^  b.  Nov.  28, 
1828;  m.  (i)  Lucy  E.  Johnson  of  Vernon,  Vt.,  Jan.  5,  1853;  m.  (2) 
Caroline  Chapin.  He  d.  Nov.  27,  1876.  Had  children  by  first 
marriage.  2.  Seorim  Burk^,  b.  Dec.  28,  1830;  m.  Huldah  E.. 
dau.  of  Israel  Porter  Hale,  Apr.  19,  1857;  res.  Greenfield  vil- 
lage. Although  living  within  the  town  limits  of  Greenfield,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Slate  were  for  many  years  prominently  connected  with 
the  social  and  religious  life  of  Bernardston.  Mr.  Slate  has  also 
been  repeatedly  honored  by  election  to  the  higher  town  offices 
in  Greenfield,  among  others,  selectman  and  assessor.  3.  Jean- 
ette  Sophronia',  b.  Apr  27,  1834;  m.  Jan.  i,  1856,  James  M. 
Hale.  He  d.  Jan.  16,  1902;  resides  at  the  railroad  crossing, 
South  street.  4.  Julia  Sylvira^  b.  Feb.  27,  1836;  m.  Jan.  22, 
1857,  Alanson  P.  Hale.  5.  Tirzah  Minerva^  b.  May  12,  1843; 
d.  Oct.  14,  1849.  6.  George',  m.  a  dau.  of  John  Stearns;  re- 
sided Hinsdale,  N.  H.  7.  Ellen  D.^  b.  Aug.,  1847;  d.  Octo- 
ber 18,  1849. 

iii.  Philander  Merrick*,  b.  Mch.  2,  1803;  m.  (i)  May  7,  1835,  Mary 
Fish  of  Swanzey,  N.  H.  She  d.  Aug.  9,  1840;  m.  (2)  Lutiann 
Celinda,  dau.  of  Gamaliel  Kingsley  Sept.  13,  1841.  She  was  b. 
Aug.  18,  1811;  d.  Feb.  5,  1899.  He  d.  Feb.  21,  1883;  resided 
east  of  the  iron  bridge  on  the  old  Kingsley  place.  Had:  i. 
Mary  Helen^  b.  Mch.  20,  1836;  m.  Dec.  23,  1856,  Loren  Hale. 
2.  Caroline  Fish*,  b.  Oct.  21,  1839;  d.  Mch.  22,  1840.  3.  An- 
toinette Maria",  b.  June  17,  1842;  m.  Luke  .-Mien  Jan.  14,  1867. 
4.  Lucy  Jane^  b.  Feb.  14,  1844;  m.  Sept.  25,  1883,  Thomas  W. 
Baldwin  of  Springfield;  d.  Nov.  i,  1895.      5.      Merrick  Philan- 


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der^  b.  Mch.  13,  1846;  m.  Sept.  7,  1869,  Julia,  dau.  John  Allen; 
resides  on  Burk  Flat.  6.  Thomas  Alanson^  b.  Dec.  25,  1853; 
d.  Mch.  12,  1879;  unm. 

iv.  Timothy  Proctor'*,  b.  Mch.  25,  1805;  m.  Sarah  M.,  dau.  of  Israel 
Bagg,  Mch.  13,  1825.  He  resided  in  North  Bern.,  at  the  end  of 
the  road  leading  north  from  the  Leyden  or  "Newcomb  "  road. 
He  was  a  zealous  and  active  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
and  for  many  years  chorister.  They  removed  to  Amherst  to 
live  with  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Taylor,  in  1881.  He  d.  Nov.  12, 
1883;  she  d.  Aug.  15,  1884.  Had:  i.  Sarah  Maria*,  b.  May  10, 
1827;  m.  B.  Holmes  Taylor  Mch.  19,  1846;  four  children;  res. 
Amherst.  2.  Sophia  A.\  b.  Oct.  12,  1833;  m.  Woodbridge  A. 
King  July  4,  1852;  two  children;  res.  Amherst.  3.  Flora  C.^ 
b.  July  II,  1835;  m.  Thaddeus  S.  Ashcraft,  Apr.  26,  1854:  two 
children.     4.     Mary  M.\  b.  Aug.  3;  d.  Dec.  27,  1831. 

V.  Miriam  Wright^  (later  known  as  Mary),  b.  Apr.  22,  1807;  m. 
Mch.  26,  1850,  John  Coy;  d.  Dec.  8,  1852;  one  son,  afterwards 
adopted  by  E.  Hoyt  Snow,  and  known  as  George  D.  Snow;  res. 
Seattle,  Wash. 

vi.  TiRZAH  Minerva^,  b.  May  18,  1809;  m.  Feb.  24,  1828,  Lewis  Mc- 
Cloud;  d.  Jan.  15,  1892. 

vii.  Jonathan  Sprague",  b.  Feb.  9,  181 1;  m.  (i)  Apr.,  1834,  Cynthia 
Goodrich  of  VVethersfield,  Ct.  She  d.  July  4,  1835;  m.  (2) 
May  29,  1838,  Electa  U.  Marsh  of  Montague,  dau.  of  Rufus  and 
Camilla  (Church)  Marsh  She  was  b.  Nov.  29,  1818.  Mr.  Slate 
lived  in  Bern,  about  a  year  after  his  first  marriage,  and  was 
afterward  a  well-known  stage-driver,  and  resided  in  Amherst, 
where  he  was  a  captain  of  the  militia.  He  removed  to  Bern,  in 
1858.  In  1862,  although  far  past  the  age  of  military  service, 
he  enlisted  in  the  52nd  Mass.  Vol.,  and  was  in  the  Louisiana 
campaign,  being  detailed  as  a  hospital  nurse.  He  was  brought 
home  in  1863  in  a  precarious  condition,  and,  although  he  never 
fully  recovered  his  health,  lived  for  many  years  in  Bern.,  dying 
there  July  28,  1891.  the  oldest  member  of  the  regiment.  Mrs. 
Slate  resides  in  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Lima  Taylor®,  b.  May  14, 
1839;  m.  James  A.  Horton,  July  14,  1868;  res.  Greenfield. 
2,  Charles  Squires*,  b.  Nov.  29,  1841;  member  of  the  4th  Ver- 
mont  Infantry  in  civil   war;  wounded   in    battle,    and    died   in 


502  GENEALOGIES. 


hospital   at   Philadelphia   Nov.   5,    1862.      3.     Ella   Camilla^   b. 
Aug.  31,  1847;  ^-  t'reeman   E.  Payne   of   Greenfield;  one  dau., 
Belle. 
II.    viii.  Justin  Milton*,  b.  Feb.  28,  1814. 

9.  Slate,  Joseph',  Capt.,  (IsraeF,  Capt.  Joseph',  Daniel',)  b.  Jan.  28, 
1789.  He  was  selectman  1829,  1833,  1838.  He  m.  June  17, 
18 1 3,  Sylvia  E.,  dau.  of  Capt.  Stephen  Webster.  She  was  b. 
Mch.  14,  1796;  d.  Aug.  7,  1886.  He  d.  Aug.  16,  1867.  He 
resided  on  the  place  now  owned  by  his  son,  Lewis  A.,  on 
South  street.     Children: 

i.    Melinda*,  b.  Oct.  29,  1813;   m.  Mch.   30,  1842,  Hiram  Deane;  d. 
Mch.  II,    1879. 

ii.  Henry'  Deacon,  b.  Nov.  29,  1815;  m.  (i)  Apr.  28,  1841,  Sylvina 
A.,  dau.  of  John  Hale  of  Leyden.  She  wash.  Aug.  i,  1816,  and 
d.  June  14,  1849;  m.  (2)  Mary,  dau.  of  Eliphas  Clapp  of  Mon- 
tague, June  5,  1850.  She  was  b.  Dec.  3,  1812,  and  d.  Apr.  24, 
1864;  m.  (3)  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  George  L.  Holton  of  Gill,  P'eb- 
ruary  7,  1866.  She  was  b.  Nov.  4,  1829.  Mr.  Slate  has  always 
been  an  earnest  supporter  of  the  Congregational  church,  serv- 
ing many  years  as  deacon.  For  many  years  he  served  as  town 
clerk.  His  home  is  on  South  street,  011  a  part  of  the  ancestral 
farm.  Had:  i.  Chloe  Cornelia\  b.  Feb.  18,  1842;  m.  .\lonzo 
A.  Alford  Feb.  i.  i860.  2.  Irvilla  Amelia*',  b.  July  6,  1843; 
m.  Nov.  22,  1865,  Erastus  B.  Burnham  of  Montague,  where  they 
reside.  3.  Joseph*^,  b.  June  i,  1845;  m.  Clara,  dau  of  Adi)ni- 
ram  Fay  of  Athol,  May  3,  187 1;  resides  Edinburg,  111.  4. 
John  H.^  b.  Dec.  19,  1847;  d.  July  3.  1849.  5.  Kate  M.^  b 
Aug.  I,  1855;  m.   Henry  L.  Crowell,  June  6,  1888. 

iii.  Francis  L.",  b.  Feb.  23,  1818;  m.  Charlotte  Fiske  of  Shelburne, 
1847.  He  resided  on  Burke  Flat,  on  the  place  now  owned  by 
M.  P.  Slate;  d.  June  2,  1894.  Mrs.  Slate  resides  at  the  village 
with  her  daughter  Ellen.  Had:  i.  .Ann  Eliza®,  m.  (i)  Dana 
Ellenwood,  1868;  m.  (2)  Alfred  Hall;  resides  Worcester.  2. 
Ellen',  res.  Bern.;   unm. 

iv.   Eunice   Amelia',   b.  Nov.   4,    1820;  m.    1847,    Richard   Clapp   of 

Montague. 
V.  Sylvia  Catherine*,  b.  Feb.  19,  1823;  res.  Bern.;  unm. 

vi.   Edwin",  b.  July  20,  1825;  d.  Apr.  17,  1851. 


ISRAEL  SLATE. 


CAPT.  JOSEPH  SLATE. 


HENRY  SLATH. 


THE   LEWIS    SLATE   HOUSE. 
The  old  Slate  Homestead. 


SLATE.  503 

vii.    Harpiet   Adaline',  b.    Apr.    13,  1828;  m.    July  13,  1853,  Daniel 

Snow  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. ;   resides  Burlington,  Vt. 
viii.    Mary    Elvira\    b.    Dec.    21,    1830;    m.    Edward   Kirkland;  res. 
Brattleboro,  Vt. 
ix.  Joseph  Dwight-',  b.  Aug.  26,  1833;  d.  Aug.  16,  1855. 
12.        X.  Lewis  Almon^  b.  June  10,  1836. 

10.  Slate,  Daniel',   Dea.,  (Jcseph',   DanieF,   Daniel',)  b.  Aug.  28, 

1793  ;  m.  (i)  Pamelia  Tubbs,  Nov.  25,  1813.  She  d.  Dec.  15, 
1826;  m.  (2)  1828,  Susannah  Fish  of  Swanzey,  N.  H.  She 
d.  Jan.  II,  1859.  He  d.  Aug.  29,  1861.  He  resided  during 
the  active  years  of  life  on  Huckle  Hill.     Children  : 

i.  Joseph  Chauncey^  b.  Oct.  30,  1814;  m.  Mch.  6,  1839,  Huldah 
P.*,  dau.  Seorim"  Cushman.  She  d.  Sept.  3,  1897,  in  Suffield, 
Ct.  He  is  dead.  For  many  years  he  owned  and  operated  the 
mills  now  owned  by  Charles  Barber.  Had:  i.  Fayette  Chaun- 
cey",  b.  Dec.  15,  1840;  m.  (i)  Ma^  2,  1866,  S.  Josephine,  dau. 
Amos  Carleton.  She  d.  May  19,  1873,  ae.  27.  He  has  been 
twice  m.  since;  resides  in  Wallingford,  Ct.,  where  he  is  a  mer- 
chant. 2.  Ella  H.*',  m.  1872,  Frank  O.  Newton;  resides  Suf- 
field, Ct. 

ii.   Daniel  HoLHSTER^  b.  Mch.  8,  1817. 

iii.  Charles  Ransalaer^  b.  Oct.  10,  1818;  m.  Philena  Wright  of 
Northfield,  May  18,  1842.  She  d.  Aug.  28,  1864.  He  d.  Dec.  3, 
1889.  Had:  i.  Eugene  T.^  b.  June  3,  1843.  2.  Edgar 
John",  b.  June,   185 1;   d.  Aug.   11,   1854. 

iv.  George  Edwin^,  b.  Feb.  8,  1820. 

V.   SvLviAVb.  Nov.   17,  182 1 ;   m.  Rodney  R.^  Park,  Sept.  i,  1841;  d. 
July  9,  1850. 

vi.    John  D.^,  b.  July  23,  1823;  m.  May  17,  1853,  Abby  A.,  dau.  Ben- 
jamin Green.     She  d.  May  23,  1888.     He  d.  July  25,  1890. 
By  second  wife: 
vii.  Susan  Pam'-.lia^,  m.  G.  M.  Cole;  res.  Pasadena,  Cal. 
viii.   Farnham  Lorane^,  m.  railroad  conductor;  res.  Chicago,  111. 

ix.   Nathaniel  Fish\  b.  1839;  d.  Aug.  18,  1839. 

11.  Slate,  Justin   Milton',  (Tiinothy',  Capt.   Jonathan',  DanieP,) 

b.  Feb.   28,  1814;  m.  Nov.  28,  1844,  Lucinda,  dau.  of  Horace 
Atherton.     She  d.  Sept.  7,  1889.     Mr.  Slate  was  selectman  in 


504  GENEALOGIES. 


1862,  3,  and  4.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  residing  upon 
the  ancestral  farm  on  Bald  Mountain  road;  d.  Nov.  10,  1901. 
Children: 

i.   LuMAN  Justin*,  b.  Nov.  2,  1846;  m.  June  25,  1874,  Rose  M.  Whit- 
comb;  m.  (2)  Mch.   3,   1886,   Rosalind   Bates.     She  d.  Mch.  10, 

1897;  m.  (3)  is  a  carpenter;  resides  Holyoke.     Has  sons 

Edmund",  Justin",  and  Fred^  Edmund  and  Fred  were  in  Co.  D, 
2nd  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol.,  during  the  war  with  Spain,  summer  of 
1898,  and  were  wounded  during  the  Santiago  campaign. 
ii.  Hendrick  Atherton*,  (twin)  b.  Mch.  2,  1849;  m.  Eleanor,  dau. 
of  George  H.  Bixby,  June  15,  1887;  resides  upon  the  ancestral 
place,  and  is  active  in  social,  political  and  educational  matters. 

iii.  Kendrick  Timothy^,  (twin)  b.  Mch.  2,  1849;  m.  Maria  A.  Car- 
ter, May  19,  1872;  resides  Greenfield;  an  accountant;  is  secre- 
tary of  Republican  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Has  one  son,  Earle", 
now  a  student  in  the  Baltimore  Dental  College. 

iv.  Frederick  Allen*,  b.  May  8,  1851;  m.  Annie  Robins  Andrews, 
Sept.  18,  1888;  res.  New  York;  printer;  agent  of  "Unitype 
Company." 

V.  Eva  Gertrude*,  b.  Jan.  28,  1855;  m.  June  5,  1894,  George  W. 
Farnsworth;  res.  VVhitingham,  Vt. 

vi.  Rhoda  Cushman^,  b.  July  13,  1858;  res.  Attleboro,  Mass.,  where 
she  is  a  successful  teacher. 

12.  Slate,  Lewis  Almon',  (Joseph',  Israel',  Capt.  Joseph",  Dan- 
iel',) b.  June  10,  1836  ;  m.  i860,  Ellen  C,  dau.  Daniel  Watson 
Temple.  She  d.  Mch.  16,  1899.  His  is  the  original  Slate 
farm  on  South  street.     Children  : 

1.   UwiGHT    L.\  b.  Dec.    30,    1863;   m.  Aug.,  1897,  Etta   G.,  dau.  of 
Wm.   Taylor.     Has-   i.      George   Lewis',  b.  June    27,  1899.      2. 
Son',  b.  Feb.  10,    1901.      Mr.  Slate  is  one  of  the  present  select- 
men.    His  home  is  the  place  on  South  street  originally  built  by 
Terah    Fox,  and  afterward   owned  by  Moses  Wait  and  the  late 
Mrs.  Elvira  Burk. 
ii.  Carrie  M.",  b.  Sept.  9,  1865;   unm. 
iii.   George  A.®,  b.  1868;  d.  Jan.  8,  1894;  unm. 
iv.   Wells  T.^  who  is  salesman  for  Nichols  Bros. 
V.   Alice  Macy*,  b.  1876;  d.  Jan.  9,    1897. 
vi.  Mary  Elizabeth,  Feb.  24,  1878. 
vil.  Lillie  Bell',  b.  Dec.  6,  1879. 


SMITH — SNOW.  505 


Smith,  Rev.  Horace,  b.  1809  ;  m.  Liirancy  Burrows,  who  d.  June  6, 
1829.  He  was  a  Methodist  exhorter  and  class  leader  ;  a  car- 
penter by  occupation.  He  resided  for  many  years  at  North 
Bern.,  but  the  last  years  of  his  life  he  lived  on  the  site  of  the 
Burk  Fort.  He  d.  Oct.  18,  1876,  ae.  67.  Had  an  adopted 
dau.,  Ellen  Downer,  who  m.  Lewis  Dean;  res.  Northampton. 

Smith,  Moses,  b.  1707  ;  m.  Elizabeth  ,  who  d.  July  20,  1777. 

They  came  from  Chesterfield,  N.  H.  He  d.  Dec.  30,  1785. 
Children: 

i.   Joseph^,  b.  Mch.  26,  1752;  m.  Sept.  23,  1776,  Anna  Sophronia 

She  was  b.  May  21,  1759;  ^-  J^'""-  '4,  1818.  He  d.  Oct.  30, 
1812.  She  m.  (2)  in  1814,  Joseph  Allen.  Had  eleven  children, 
among  whom  was  a  dau.,  Nancy^,  b.  Oct.  25,  1781;  m.  Ezra  Foster. 

ii.  MosES^,  probably  b.  1747;  m.  Eunice,  dau.  Benjamin  Green.  She 
d.  June,  1829.      He  d.  May  9,  1830. 

1.  Snow,  Dea.  Prence',  or  Prince',  (Isaac',  Jonathan',  Nichola.s', 

Mark",  Nicholas',)  b.  June  i,  1746,  in  Rochester,  Mass.  He 
is  descended  from  Nicholas  of  Plymouth,  who  was  passenger 
to  this  country  in  the  A?ih,  1623;  had  12  children.  Deacon 
Prince'  m.  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  Dec.  6,  1770,  Content  Doty, 
She  was  a  native  of  that  place,  and  d.  in  Bern.  Mch.  i  r.  1828, 
ae.  79.  In  1772  rem.  to  Greenfield,  and  in  April,  1782,  to 
Bern.  He  resided  upon  Snow  Hill,  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town.  Was  surveyor  of  highways  1786,  selectman  1797.  He 
d.  Apr.  23,  1828,  ae.  82.     Children,  order  of  birth  uncertain: 

2.  i.   Thom.\s",  b.  Nov.  9,  1771,  in  Rochester,  Mass. 
ii.   Deborah",  m.  Rosel  Flint,  Nov.  23,  1792. 

iii.   Thankful^,  m.  Dr.  Richard  Taylor  of  New  York  State. 

iv.   Sarah'^,    b.  1778;  m.    Elias'   Parmenter,  Jr.,   June    15,  1797;  died 

Feb.  19,  1843. 
v.  Josephus",  m.'Miss  Vongun;  res.  New  York  State, 
vi.   Barnabas',  b.  June  28,  1783;  m.  Huldah  Crocken;  res.  New  York 

State, 
vii.   Elisha^,  b.  Nov.  17,  1787;  m.  Margaret^,  dau.  of  Dr.  Calvin*  Scott. 

He  resided  "around  the  mountain,"   near  the  Davenport  farm; 

d.  Mch.   5,  1834.     Had:    i.     Calvin    S.^,  b.  Sept.   18,  1815;  rem. 


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to  New  York  State.  2.  Son^  b.  Nov.  13;  d.  Nov.  16,  1816. 
3.  Julia  Maria**,  b.  Feb.  9,  1821;  in.  May  7,  1839,  Cyrus  W.3 
Hale.  She  d.  June  8,  1848.  4.  Alexander  H.**,  b.  Nov.  7,  1823; 
resides  Connecticut, 
viii.  Prince',  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1792;  m.  Oct.  t,  1818,  .A.senath^,  dau. 
Dr.  Calvin'*  Scott;  d.  Sept.  23,  1876;  was  for  many  years  insane. 
He  m.  (2)  in  1830,  Sally  Maria,  dau.  David  Ryther,  and  widow 
of  Elisha  Starkweather.  She  was  b.  Dec.  25,  1805;  d.  Feb.  6, 
1892,  in  Coose,  N.  H.  He  was  a  farmer,  residing  the  latter  part 
of   his    life  in  Bloomfield,  Vt.,  where   he  d.  May  i,  1878.      Had: 

I.  Jane'*,  b.  Aug.  19.  1819,  in  Bern.;  m.  Ovid  French;  d.  in 
Wisconsin.  2.  Eliza^  b.  1821;  ni.  Franklin  Alger.  3.  Zel- 
nora**,  b.  Feb.  24,  1824;  m.  William  Glover,  July  7,  185 1,  in 
Salt  Lake  City;  resides  Lewiston,  Cache  Co.,  Utah.  From  her 
the  most  of  the  records  of  this  family  have  been  obtained.  4. 
Minerva**,  b.  July  8,  1827;  m.  W^m.  Edward  Cooke.  By  second 
wife:  5.  Charles'*,  b.  1831,  in  Bern;  killed  at  battle  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, Dec.  13,  1862.  6.  Nelson*,  b.  in  Bloomfield,  Vt.; 
resides  Coos,  N.  H.  7.  Mary**,  b.  in  Bloomfield,  Vt. ;  resides 
Coos,  N.  H.  8.  Sumner'*,  resides  in  Rochester,  Minn.  9. 
Theresa*,  d.   ae.    seven    years.      10      Emma**,  d.    ae.    five   years. 

II.  Alexander**,  d.  ae.  three  years. 

2.  Snow,  Thomas',  Dea.,  (Dea.  Prince",  Isaac',  Jonathan',  Nicho- 
las", Mark",  Nicholas',)  b.  Nov.  9,  1771,  in  Rochester,  Mass.  ; 
m.  Jan.  28,  1801,  wSyble,  dau.  of  Elias  Parmenter.  She  was 
b.  Jan.  6,  1778  ;  d.  Dec.  4,  1865.  He  resided  for  11  years  on 
the  Capt.  Root  place;  rem.  in  1814  to  the  old  Moses  Scott 
place,  now  owned  by  Frederick  Chase.  He  d.  June  20,  1858. 
Children  : 

i.  Thomas  Anson**,  b.  July  9,  1802;  m.  Sylvia  .•\.'\  dau.  Dr.  (xideon^ 
Ryther,  Apr.  24,  1831.  She  was  b.  Feb.  i  7,  i  803;  m.  (2)  Apr.  2  t , 
1840,  Cieorge  Holton;  d.  June  15,  1888.  Mr.  Snow  d.  suddenly 
Oct.  4,  1838.  Had:  i.  George  Washington^,  b.  Feb.  22,  1832; 
is  a  railroad  conductor  in  the  West.  2.  .Angelia  Sophia^  b. 
Aug.  31,  1834;  d.  Nov.  7,  1848.  3.  Thomas^  is  a  conductor 
on  the  Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

ii.  Ransf.i,  Shkldon'*,  b.  June  25,  1804;  d.  Nov.  6,  1827,  at  Clin- 
ton, Ga. 


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iii.   SoPHRONiA  Parmenter*,  b.  July  5,   1806;  m.  May  4,  1828,  Seorim 

B'.  Slate;  d.  Jan.  11,  1856. 
iv.    Content    Doty^,  b.  July    25,    1808;  m.  Jan.    i,  1829,    George   L. 

Holton;  d.  July  8,  1859. 
V.  Jonathan^,  b.  Sept.  17,   1810;  m.  July  16,  1841,  Rebecca  Spauld- 

ing;  d.  May  26,  1885. 
vi.   Francis  Newcomb*,  b.  Mch.  6,  1813;  ni.  Nov.  27,  1834,  Sarepta, 

dau.  of  Jesse  Knights  of  Northfield;  d.  Feb   20,  1878,  in  Princ- 

ton,  Wis. 
vii.    Edward   Hoyt*,  b.    Dec.    14,    1815;   m.    Aug.  16,  1849,  Wealthy, 

dau.  Otis  Hastings  of  Greenfield.      He  was  selectman  1849-51; 

resided  on   the   old  place.     He   d.  May  13,   1856,  and  she  m.  (2) 

Mch.  14,  1861,  Lucius  L.  Barbour  of  Collinsville,  Ct. 
3.       viii.   Barnabas",  b.  May  18,  1818. 

ix.   Sybil   S.*,    b.    Sept.    22,    1820;  m.    May    16,    1850,    Simeon    Shel- 
don'^ Cushman;  d.  Dec.  10,  1855,  at  Fairfield,  Iowa. 
X.   Harriet    L.^  b.  July  23,  1824;   m.    Rufus  Holton,  May  10,   1849; 

res.  Westerly,  R.  I. 

3.  Snow,  Barnabas',  (Dea.  Thomas',  Dea.  Prence',  Isaac^  Jonathan\ 
Nicholas',  Mark',  Nicholas',)  b.  May  18,  181 8;  m.  Apr.  22, 
1845,  Julia  Louisa*,  dau.  of  Isaac'  Burrows.  She  was  born 
Sept.  21,  1826.  He  carried  on  the  blacksmith  business  sev- 
eral years  in  Bernardston,  selling  the  same  to  Enoch  Moore, 
and  took  up  his  residence  in  the  north  part  of  Greenfield 
near  the  Bernardston  line,  where  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  farming.  In  social  and  religious  matters  he  and 
his  estimable  wife  were  always  identified  with  the  latter 
place.  Mr.  Snow  d.  suddenly,  being  thrown  from  his  car- 
riage Sept.,  1899.  His  place,  "Elmhurst,"  is  now  owned  by 
his  son  Isaac.  Mrs.  Snow  resides  in  Greenfield  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Dickinson.     Children  : 

i.  Josephine  L.^  b.  Apr.  2,  1847;  m.  Jan.  4,  187  i,  Edgar  H.  Dickin- 
son of  Hatfield.  He  d.  June  7,  1875.  She  resides  Greenfield. 
Had:  i.  Charles  E.'",  b.  June  17,  1872.  2.  Herbert  L.'o,  b. 
July  25,  1874;  d.  Dec.  29,  1898. 

ii.  Isaac  B.^,  b.  June  28,  1850;  m.  Sept.  9,  1874,  Jennie  M.  Knight. 
He  was  at  one  time  railroad  conductor  in  the  West.     Since  1879 


5o8  GENEALOGIES. 


he  has  been  superintendent  of  agencies  of  the  Mass.  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.  ;  resides  Chicago,  III.  Has  son,  Mor- 
ton'o. 

iii.   Julia  Ida',  b.  Sept.  22,  1854;  d.  June  28,  1857. 

iv.  Frank  H.**,  b.  July  9,  1864;  m.  May  17,  1893,  Harriet  May,  dau. 
ofLathrop  Smith  of  Greenfield,  where  he  resides;  is  an  insurance 
agent.  Had:  i.  Barbara  L.'°,  b.  Sept.  4,  1895;  d.  Mch.  18, 
1896.      2.     Thomas  Lathrop'",  b.  July  13,  1900. 

1.  Sprague,  Hezekiah,  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  Frank- 

lin County.     He  was  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  in  1740;  m.  Rachel 
Byhara,  who  d.  Jan.  24,  1831,  ae.  91  years.     Children: 

i.   Asa'-^,  b.    1775;  published   to  Sarah    Hodge  of   VVarwickUec.  27, 
1802.     He  d.  Sept.  3,  1806. 

2.  ii.  JosE^,  b.  May  8,  1777,  in  Guilford,  Vt. 
iii.   Elizabeth^. 

iv.    Phcebe^. 

,  V.   Mary^,  probably  m.  Jan.  22,  1795,  Silas  Green, 
vi.   Apphia^,  published  with    Elihu  Town  of  Warwick,  Jan.  26,  1808. 
An  Asenath  m.  Apr.  2,  1825,  Cyrus  Briggs.     Perhaps  of  this  family. 

2.  Sprague,  Jose",  (Hezekiah',)  b.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  May  8,  1777; 
m.  1808,  Phoebe^  dau.  Chileab'  Hale.  She  was  b.  Aug.  6, 
1783  ;  d.  May  31,  1862.  He  resided  near  the  Gill  line,  and  d. 
Nov.  30,  1852.     Children: 

i.   Joseph  S.^  b.   Apr.   8,  1810;  d.  Mch.   22,  1890;  m.  Betsey 

who  d.  June  21,  1835,  ae.  64.  Had:  1.  Stillman*,  m.  Apr.  9, 
1861,  Sybil  C.  Miner  of  Leyden.     Son*,  b.  Jan.  20,  1866. 

ii.   LuRANCY  M.',  b.  Mch.  25,  1812;  d.  Dec.  3,  1847. 

iii.  Avery  William^,  b.  July  8,  1814;  m.  Sept.  5,  1861,  Sophia  A., 
dau.  Obed  Newton  of  Greenfield.  She  d.  Apr.  23,  1893.  He  d. 
Oct.  18,  1886.  Had:  i.  Susan  F.*,  b.  May  21,  1862;  m.  Wil- 
liam A.  Scott,  Apr.  30,  1895;  res.  Greenfield.  2.  Nettie  Bell*, 
b.  Sept.  2[,  1864;  d.  Apr.  23,  1865.  3.  Martha  A.*,  b.  Oct.  15, 
1866;  res  Greenfield;  unm.  4.  Asa  VV.*,  b.  June  30,  1869;  res. 
Greenfield;  unm. 

iv.   Son',  b.  Oct.  17;  d.  Oct.  19,  1816. 


SPRAGUE — STREETER.  509 


V.  Lysander  H.^  b.  Jan.  29,  1818;  m.  (i)  July  5,   1852,  Clorinda  O. 
Look  of  Montague.    She  d.  Dec.  7,  1858,  ae.  23;  m.  (2)  June  30, 
1859,  Mrs.  Nancy  S.    Rockwood  of  Vernon,  Vt.,  dau.  of  James 
Streeter;  she  d.  Feb.  12,  1890,  ae.  72.      Resided  east  part  of  the 
town;  held  the  office  of  selectman.      He  d.  May  8.  1895.     Had: 
I.      Mary*,  m.  Chas.  W.  Deane.      2.     Abbie  E.\  d.  Jan.   2,  1864, 
ae.  six  years,  eight  months, 
vi.   LoviNA^,    b.   Aug.    27,    1824;    m.   Apr.    13,    1846,    Seth^    Hale;  d. 
Oct.  16,  1847. 
vii.   LuciNA^,  b.  also  Aug.  27,  1824;  d.  Sept.  29,  185  i. 

Stratton,  Alfred,  Morell,  (Samuel  from  Northfield,  Rufus  ?), 
b.  Feb.  26,  1827,  in  Gill ;  m.  Dorothy  Adeline,  dau.  of  George 
D6olittle  of  Northfield,  Feb.  26,  185 1.  She  d.  Sept.  8,  1899, 
ae.  J2.  He  m.  (2)  Dec.  6,  1900,  Mrs.  Martha,  dau.  of  Erastus 
Ryther,  and  widow  of  I/Ucius  Pierce  Chapin.  Mr.  Stratton 
rem.  to  Bern,  about  1863,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness and  farming,  in  both  of  which  he  has  been  eminently 
successful.  Is  now  retired.  Resides  nearly  opposite  the 
M.  E.  church.     Children  : 

i.  Willis  Alfred,  b.  Nov.  24,  185 1;  m.  Dec.  4,  1872,  Ella,  dau.  of 
Sumner  Sanderson  of  Greenfield.  Mr.  Stratton  has  been  for  sev- 
eral years  engaged  in  mercantile  and  livery  busuiess.  Has  held 
the  office  of  selectman;  resides  on  the  oldGoodale  place.  Has: 
I.  Sumner  Sanderson,  m.Sept.  14,  1899,  Carrie  Etta, "dau.  M.  D. 
Stratton  of  Montague;  resides  Millers  Falls. 

ii.  Adella,  b.  Sept.  8,  1857;  m.  A.  A.  Mann  of  Easthampton  May  4, 
1887.     She  d.  Nov.  4,  1898. 

ill.  Everett  Darling,  b.  Apr.  29,  1864;  m.  May  4,  1887,  Mary  E., 
dau.  George  Wyatt.  Had:  i.  Leon  E.^  b.  1893;  d.  Oct.  6, 
1898.     2.      Earl  Alfred^,  b.  Oct.  23;  d.  Oct.  24,  1899. 

Streeter,  Bradley',  (Isaiah*,  John',  James*,  John',  Stephen', 
Stephen'  of  Gloucester  in  1642),  b.  Sept.  5,  1809;  m.  Caroline 
Benton  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  who  d.  Dec,  1882.  He  d.  Dec.  22, 
1882  ;  resided  on  Huckle  Hill  near  the  Vernon  line,  on  the 
place  formerly  owned  by  English  Newcomb.     Children  : 


510  GENEALOGIES. 


i.    RoMANZo",  rem.  to  Minnesota. 

ii.   Maky",  b.  Sept.    ii,  1846;  m.    (r)    Dcivid    Demetrius' Streeter;   m. 

(2)  Kendrick. 

iii,    Harvey  D.*,  b.  Dec.  2,  1848. 
iv.   Horace  N.\  b.  Sept.  30,  1851. 

V.   Wilbur". 

vi.    Minerva**,  m.  John  Streeter  of  Vernon,  Vt. 
vii.    Helen",  m.  Emory  Slate. 

Streeter,  Deacon  David',  (Joer,  Ebenezer',  Joseph^  Stephen', 
Stephen'  of  Gloucester  1642),  b.  1804;  m.  Rachael  Lee,  who 
d.  Feb.  28,  1897,  ae.  84,  at  Mt.  Hermon.  He  d.  Nov.  10,  1879. 
He  rem.  to  Bern,  from  Vernon,  Vt.,  and  resided  on  the 
David  Severance  place  on  Huckle  Hill.     Children  : 

i.    Henry    Harrison'',  b.  Apr.  n,  1840;  drowned  July  24,  1841. 

ii.    Richard  Erwin'',  b.  July  9,  1837;  d.  Apr.   17,  1857,  ae.  19  years. 

iii.    David   Demetrius",  b.  Oct.  17,  1834;   m.  (i)  Mary,   dau.    Bradley 

Streeter;   m.  (2)  Sarah,    dau.   Chas.  Holton  of  West  Northfield; 

res.    Mt.    Hermon.     Had.      i.      Daughter",  b.  Nov.  19,  i860      2. 

Hattie".     By  second  wife:  3.     Son". 

iv.   Henry  Onesinues^  b.  Sept.  25,  1842;   m.  Francella  Sophia^  dau. 

Charles^  Parks,    Dec.  4,  1866.      He   d.  Sept.  25,  or  Oct.  i,   1870. 

She  m.  (2)  Henry  Wells  of    Montague,  Dec.  3,  1874;   res.  on  his 

father's   place   on    Huckle    Hill.      Had:    i.      Henry    Erwin".      2. 

Henrietta  L". 
V.  Georgianna'',    b.    Jan.   3,    1845;    m.    Sept.    19,    1865,    Moses    K* 

Nelson, 
vi.  JuLiETTA^  m.  Galusha  P.  Newton. 

Streeter,  James,  Jr.,  (James),  m.  Jan.  30,  1861,  Etmice  Serepta, 
dau.  John'  Nelson  ;  came  from  Rowe.  He  resided  on  the 
Ruggles  Green  place.  Bald  Mountain  road,  and  d.  Jan.  7, 
1895,  ae.  64  yrs.,  8  mos.     Children: 

i.    Berth A^,  ,m.  Luman  R.^  Nelson;  res.  Winchester,  N.  H. 
ii.   Rose   Louise^,  m.  Sept.   28.   1900,   John  Wilbur   Condon    of  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 
iii.    Erwin  M.^,  m.;   resides  on  the   Benjamin  Green,  Jr.,  place,  Bald 
Mountain  road. 


SYKES — TEMPLE.  511 


Sykes,  Samuel,  Jr.,  was  selectman  in  Bern,  in  1803,  5,  6  and  7,  and 
was  probably  the  son  of  Widow  Jemima  Sykes,  late  of  Suf- 
field,  Ct.,  who  d.  in  Bern.  Oct.  i ,  1 807,  in  her  88th  year.    He  m. 

Lucy .     Oct.  6,  1807,  he  advertised  a  farm  of  60  acres 

for  sale  in   the   center   of  Bern.,  within  10  rods   of   meeting 
and  schoolhouses.     Children: 

i.   LuciNDA^,  b.  June    16,  17S2,    in   Suffield,    Ct. ;  m.  Nov.  29,    1804, 
AsaheF  Newcomb;  settled  in  Whitestown,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Seth  Leonard^,  b.  Aug.  27,  1798. 

iii.    Lucy  Celinda^,  b.  Apr.  2,  1801. 

iv.   Polly  Emila^,  b.  Jan.  20,  1804. 

V.  Samuel  Virgil'^,  b.  June  24,  1806;  m.  Nov.  i,  1831,  Caroline, 
dau.  Amos  Slate.  She  was  b.  Oct.  22,  1810;  d.  7898,  in  Hart- 
ford, where  their  children  reside.  He  came  to  town  from 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  returning  after  a  residence  here  of  a  few  years. 

Temple,  Parmenas,  of  Northfield,  1806-15  ;  removed  to  Bern. ;  was 
of  Palermo,  N.  Y.,  1838;  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  John  Caldwell 
of  Northfield,  Nov.  9,  1806.  She  was  b.  1793.  He  may  have 
been  the  son  of  Daniel,  who  was  b.  in  1759;  d.  Sept.  24,  1839. 
A  Parmenas  Temple  m.  Feb.  29,  1828,  Sarah  Starkweather. 
He  d.  in  Palermo,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  1850,  ae.  67.  (b.  1783.) 
Children : 

i.    Daniel  W.2,  b.  Aug.   31,    1809;  m.    Apr.    18,    1838,  Catherine  F., 
dau.  VVilkins   Clark.      She  was  b.  JaiL,    1823;  d.   Oct.  30,  1875. 
He  was  selectman  for  eight   years;  also  representative  to   the 
General  Court,   and  postmaster   several    years;  d.  Aug.  i,  1879. 
Had:   i.      Wosson   Clark'',   b.    Feb.    i,    1840.     2.     John   \Y^.,  b 
about  1841;  m.  Ella  Chase    Feb.  i,  1877;  d    Miy  30,  1877.     3 
Catharine  EUen^  b.  Mch.  8,  1842;  in.  Lewis  A   Slate;  d.  Mch.  16 
1899.     4.     Alfred  B.',  b.  1844;  d.  Aug.  3,  1875.     5-     C.  Wells^ 
b.  1846;  d.   in    Milton,  Wis.,    Nov.    11,    1869.     6.      Dexter^.      7 
Ida   M.'     8.     Carroll    R.^     9.     Frank   \V.^  b.   Oct.    9,    i868;  d 
Aug.  13,   1888. 
ii.   Minerva'^,  (?)  who  m.  Feb.  11,  1840,  Henry  Sheldon  of  Wendell, 
iii.   Solomon  W.2,  (?)  who  d.  Feb.    29,   1852,  ae.  35  years;  m.  in  War- 
wick, Jan.  29,  1851,  Melissa  E.  Briggs  of  Orange. 


512  GENEALOGIES. 


iv.  George  W.^,  m.  Carrie  F.  Horton.  She  d.  July  12,  187  i,  ae.  40. 
At  one  time  kept  store  at  North  Bern.;  rem.  to  New  York  State. 
Had:  (?)  i.  Minnie  L^,  d.  Sept.  19,  i860,  ae.  three  years.  2. 
George  H.'',  d.  Sept.  16,  1863,  ae.  six  months.  3.  Luella  F.'', 
d.  Feb.  17,  1859,  ae.  si.\  years.  4.  Elsie  F.\  d.  Mch.  27,  i860, 
ae.  one  year. 

TuTE,  James,  b.  abotit  1685;  of  unknown  ancestry.  He  resided 
successively  at  Hardwick,  Brookfield,  and  Deerfield,  remov- 
ing thence  to  Bern,  about  1753.  He  here  held  in  1762  the 
office  of  deerreave.  He  m.  June  15,  1725,  Keziah  Carey,  who 
d.  in  Whately,  Apr.  6,  1795,  ae.  88.  He  d.  in  Vernon,  V^t., 
Apr.  14,  1775.  He  is  spoken  of  on  the  town  records  as  "  Old 
Tute."     Had  nine  children. 

1.  Tyler,  Nathaniel,  of  Guilford,  Vermont.     Children: 

i.  William  E.^,  b.  Oct.  6,  1812;  m.  Sarah  Gaines  of  Guilford,  Yt. 
She  was  b.  Oct.  15,  1815;  d.  Dec.  9,  1861.  He  resided  on  the 
place  now  owned  by  George  Hodgen;  d.  Mch.  30,  1861.  Had: 
I.  Daughter',  b.  Feb.  13;  d.  Feb.  18,  1842.  2.  Susan  Sylvina\ 
b.  Oct.  22,  1838;  d.  Jan.  22,  1862.  3.  Henry^  b.  1840;  resided 
Factory  Hollow,  Greenfield;  m.  Nov.  14,  1862,  Isabel  Atherton 
of  Gill.  He  d.  July  18,  1901,  ae.  61.  4.  Chester',  a  carpen- 
ter; resides  Orange.  5.  Frank^  m.  Gertrude,  dau.  of  John 
Allen  of  Greenfield;  both  are  dead, 
ii.  George  VV.^,  m.  Charlane  P.  Burnett.  Shed.  July  24,  1S75.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  living  in  North  Bern.,  1845-50,  and 
the  last  years  of  his  life  on  South  street,  the  place  now  owned 
by  Henry  Keet,  where  he  d.  Had:  i.  Arvilla  Y/,  b.  Aug.  16, 
1835;  d.  Apr.  22,  1845.  2.  George  Edvvard^  b.  Apr.  3,  1839; 
res.  Readsboro,  Vt.  3.  Nathaniel  Merick^,  res.  Westfield. 
George  E.  and  Nathaniel  M.  were  soldiers  in  the  civil  war; 
Nathaniel  M.  d.  Nov.  23,  1898;  one  son,  George  H.  4.  Ma- 
tilda C.^  m.  September  19,  1865,  VVm.  H.  Johnson  of  Vernon, 
Vt.;  res.  Illinois.  5.  •Hattie\  m.  Edmund  C.Newton.  She 
resides  Fitchburg.  6.  Arvilla  Y.^,  m.  Simon  Keet.  7.  John', 
m.  Sarah  VVetherhead;  d.  in  Brattleboro.  Vt.  8.  Hannah',  m. 
Henry  Keet. 
iii.   Major   H.^   b.    June    16,    1822,   in    Guilford;   m.  Sophia  R.,  dau. 


WARNER.  513 


Seorim  Cushman,  Oct.  24,  1847.  He  d.  Feb.  i,  1900;  resided 
in  Greenfield.  Had:  i.  Clarence  C.^  m.  Susan  Slate;  express 
messenger;  res.  Greenfield.  2.  Jennie',  m.  John  H.  Amidon. 
3.     Albert  H.^,  m. ;  resides  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

iv.    Matilda'^,  b.  Dec.  1810;  m. Andrews;  res.  Chagrin  Falls, 

O.;  d.  Apr.  2 1,  1899. 
V.   Mary^,  m. Houghton;  res.  Williamstown. 

vi.    Esther  E.**,  m.  Fisher;  res.  Exeter,  N.  H. 

vii.   SoN^ 

viii.  Son'\ 

Warner,  Ichabod.  A  careful  research  has  failed  to  positively 
place  the  ancestry  of  this  family,  but  everything  indicates 
that  he  was  the  son  of  Ichabod,  and  grandson  of  Ichabod 
and  Mary  (Metcalfe)  Warner,  who  were  m.  in  Lebanon,  Ct., 
Mch.  5,  1711-12.  Their  oldest  son,  Ichabod,  was  b.  Dec.  10, 
171 2.  Ichabod',  (Isaac',  Andrew',  of  Cambridge  1632,  Hart- 
ford 1639,  Hadley  1660),  is  supposed  to  have  settled  in  Mans- 
field, Ct.,  or  near  there,  and  is  undoubtedly  the  Ichabod  who, 
in  171 1,  m.  Mary  Metcalfe.  If  this  is  the  correct  hypothesis, 
the  ancestral  line  would  be  Ichabod',  Ichabod*,  Ichabod', 
Isaac\  Andrew'.  Ichabod',  b.  1733;  came  to  town  not  far 
from  1755,  settling  on  land  in  the  extreme  north  part  of  the 
town,  a  large  portion  of  which  has  always  remained  in  the 
family.  The  house  was  located  a  few  rods  .south  of  that  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  A.  B.  Warner.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Indian  warfare,  being  out  in  Israel  Williams' 
Co.,  on  duty  to  the  westward  from  Dec.  11,  1755.  to  Oct.  18, 
1756.  His  name  appears  on  another  muster  roll  of  Capt.  Wil- 
liams', bearing  dates  from  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757,  on 
the  same  service.  His  name  appears  on  two  of  John  Burk's 
enlistment  rolls,  the  first  ending  Nov.  30,  1758,  the  second 
organized  Feb.  24,  1760,  for  the  total  reduction  of  Canada. 
He  held  various  town  offices,  including  that  of  selectman 
and  surveyor  of  highways,  and  appears  to  have  been  one  of 
the  prominent  men  in  the  town's  early  history.  His  house 
was  twice  burned.  He  m.  Jan.  7,  1766,  Hannah',  dau.  of 
Lieut.  David'  Ryther.     She  was  b.  May  10,    1746;  d.  Aug.  6, 


514  GENEALOGIES. 


1815.  He  d.  July  13,  1814,  and  in  the  notice  of  his  death, 
"Printers  in  Albany  are  requested  to  give  insertion  to  the 
same."     Children : 

i.    Elihu\  b.  Jan.  18,  1768;  d.  Mch.  15,  1800. 

ii.    Levi^,  b.  Sept.  17,  1769;  mentioned  as  carrying  letter  to  Gideon 
Rider  when  in  Dartmouth  College;  no  further  record. 
2.        iii.    Pliney*,  b.  Nov.  23,  1771. 

iv.  JoEL^,  b.  June  19,  i  773;  m.  (i)  Thankful,  dau.  Lieut.  Joel^  Chapin, 
Apr.  27,  1799.  She  d.  Apr.  5,  1812,  ae.  37;  m.  (2)  Gratia^  dau. 
Lieut.  Joel^  Chapin.  Intention  recorded  May  23,  1812;  m.  (3) 
Widow  Rebecca  Ackley  of  Halifax,  Vt.  Joel  Warner  went 
West,  where  he  d.  Had:  i.  Sarah  Burke^,  b.  Feb.  8,  1800;  m. 
Apr.  14,  1819,  Lewis  Prouty,  who  had  a  tannery  at  the  north 
part    of  the   town.     By  second    wife:   2.     Climena^  m.  Arunah 

Hyde  of  Poultney,  Vt.,  Jan.  19,  1824.    3.    Charlotte'',  m. 

Lackey;  resided  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  4.  Oliver',  rem.  to  Penn. 
5.  Horace',  d.  at  Greenfield;  unm.;  was  a  stage  driver.  By 
third  wife:  6.  Gratia^  7.  Rebecca'.  8.  Phelps''.  9.  RachaeT. 
10.  Anson',  who  was  the  father  of  Anson  K.  Warner,  late  of 
Greenfield. 

V.   RoswELL*^,  b.  Feb.  8,  1776;  m.  Lurena Had-  i.     Parthena', 

b.  Apr.  29,  1798.  2.  Hathaway^,  b.  Oct.  5,  1800.  3.  Peleg^, 
b.  Apr.  1 1,  1803. 

vi.   Parthenia',  b.  Apr.  8,  1779;  d.  Dec.  27,  1796. 
vii.   Beth",  b.    June  4,    1782;  marriage  intention  with    Lucinda  Jones 

of  Guilford,  Vt.,  entered  June  6,  1812. 
viii.  LuciNDv",  b.  July  11,  1785;  d.  Sept.  20,  1837;  unm. 

2.  Warner,  Pliney',  (Ichabod',  Ichabod',  (?)  Ichabod',  Isaac'',  An- 

drew^',) b.  Nov.  23,  1771  ;  m.  (i)  Nov.  29,  1797,  Jerusha  Jones 
of  Guilford,  Vt.  She  d.  Feb.  27,  1836,  ae.  60;  m.  (2)  the 
widow  of  Erastus  Tyler.  She  m.  (3)  Jo.seph  Franklin  of  Ver- 
non, Vt.  Mr.  Warner  was  selectman  in  1822;  d.  Sept.  11, 
1850.  He  resided  on  the  east  side  of  the  Brattleboro  road, 
near  the  Vermont  line,  the  house  now  occupied  by  the  Clark 
family.     Children : 

i.   Isaac  Jones',  b.  Nov.  4,  1798;  d.  Feb.  22,  1805. 

3.  ii.   Otis  Blackmar^,  b.  Aug.  27,  1800. 


WARNER.  515 


iii.   Pliney  Ryther^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1803. 

iv.  Anson',  b.  Nov.  15,  1804;  rem.  to  Penn;  d.  Feb.  13,  1864. 
V.   Hannah  Maria',  b.  Jan.  7,  1807;  d.  Sept.  15,  1810. 
vi.  Orren  J.',  b.  1814;  d.  at  Chicopee  Falls,  Oct.  6,  1841. 
vii.   Giles',  rem.  West. 

viii.  Hannah    Maria',  b.   Dec.    7.  181 1;   m.  Israel*  Putnam,    Sept.  5, 
1837.     She  d.  May  7,  1866. 

Warner,  Otis  Blackmar',  (Pliney',  Ichabod',  Ichabod',  (?)  Icha- 
bod',  Isaac',  Andrew',)  b.  Aug.  27,  1800  ;  m.  (i)  Nov.  15,  1831, 
Eunice  C,  dau.  Capt.  Wm.  and  Caroline  (Connable)  Felton 
of  Franklin,  Vt.  She  d.  Sept.  30,  1838,  in  Franklin.  He  m. 
(2)  Mary  Matilda,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Belinda  (Keep)  Brown 
of  Guilford,  Vt.,  Apr.  27,  1840.  She  was  b.  Mch.  12,  1819; 
d.  Sept.  1 1,  1896.  Mr.  Warner  resided  on  a  part  of  the  ances- 
tral farm  at  North  Bernardston  ;  served  the  town  as  select- 
man ;  d.  Feb.  19,  1882.     Children: 

i.   Son*,  b.  1832;  d.  Feb   27,  1833,  ae.  four  months, 
ii.  Dau.*,  b.  and  d.  Mch.  31,  1835. 
iii.   Dau.*,  b.  and  d.  Mch.  7,  1836. 

iv.   Carrie  M.*,  b.  June  25,  1837;  m.  (i)  Squire  Shedd,  by  whom  she 
had  one  son,  who  is  m.  and  resides   in  Boston;  m.  (2)  July  5, 
1893,  Edwin  Bell;  res.  Franklin,  Vt. 
V.   Augusta^,  b.  Oct.  29,  1842;  m.   Aug.  2,  1865,  Deforest   E.  Shat- 
tuck;  res.  Hatfield,   Mass.;  three  children. 

vi.  George  Emerson*,  b.  Apr.  27,  1847;  ^-  Nov.  22,  1870,  Delia 
Elmira,  dau.  Blanford  Hale.  He  is  salesman  for  E.  Crosby  & 
Co.  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  where  he  resides.    She  d.  Sept.  20,  1900. 

vii.   Mary  D.",  b.  Mch.  5,  1845;  unm. 

viii.   Lucy  H.*,  b.  Oct.  11,  1849;  unm. 

ix.  Albert  B.*,  b.  Apr.  9,  1853;  m.  Carrie,  dau  Edward  Dennison 
of  Leyden,  Dec.  11,  1878.  He  resides  at  North  Bernardston 
on  the  place  owned  by  his  father,  and  has  added  to  that  until 
he  is  one  of  the  largest  land  owners,  and  a  successful  enterpris- 
ing farmer.  Mr.  Warner  has  served  as  selectman,  and  is  active 
in  the  social  and  religious  life  of  the  place.  Had:  1.  Breta 
Mary^,  b.  Feb.  24,  1894.     2.     George^. 


5l6  GENEALOGIES. 


4.  Warner,  Pliney  Ryther',  (Pliney*,  Icbabod',  Ichabod*,  (?)  Icha- 
bod',  Isaac^  Andrew',)  b.  Feb,  14,  1803  ;  m.  (i)  Lurancy',  dau. 
of  Solomon'  Andrews  of  Guilford,  Vt.,  Mch.  13,  1828.  She 
was  b.  Feb.  7,  1804;  d.  Sept.  26,  1857;  m.  (2)  Nov.  i,  1858, 
Elizabeth',  dau.  of  Solomon'  Andrews,  and  widow  of  Rich- 
ard Gaines.  He  resided  on  the  second  farm  north  of  his 
brother  Otis  ;  d.  Mch.  28,  1877.  Mrs.  Warner  was  b.  Sept.  6, 
181 5,  and  d.  in  Pioneer,  Mich.,  June  18,  1896.  Mr.  Warner, 
together  with  his  brothers-in-law,  Sanford  and  Nehemiah 
Andrews,  and  Philander  Slate,  made  a  quartet  of  noted  fox- 
hunters.     Children  : 

i.    Harriet  Delight*,  b.  Jan.  2,  1829;  m.  Apr.  27,  1853,  Amos  Wash- 
burn; d.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  May  27,  1875;   three  children. 

ii.  DwiGHT  Charles^  b.  Aug.  i,  1830;  m.  July  8,  1857,  Laura  S.^ 
dau.  of  Zenas^  Cutler.  He  early  removed  to  Springfield,  where 
for  several  years  he  was  a  stationary  engineer,  and  about  i860, 
engaged  in  the  retail  shoe  business  with  his  brother-in-law, 
L.  Z.  Cutler,  and  still  later  in  the  wholesale  trade  in  the  firm  of 
Cutler,  Mcintosh  &  Co. ;  d.  suddenly  Jan.,  1897.  Had:  i.  Alice 
Lucy*,  b.  Aug.  3,  1859;  m.  Dec.  9,  1880,  Frederic  W.  Schlesinger. 
He  is  dead.  She  resides  in  Springfield.  Children:  Alice"*,  Edna'", 
and  Arline'^Schlesinger.  2.  Ella  Brigham",  b.  Mch.  24,  1862;  m. 
Sept..  1886,  Herbert  C.  Pecker,  ashoe  manufacturer  of  Lynn,  but 
now  of  Lynchburg,  Va.  Children:  Herbert"*  and  Ruth'"  Pecker. 
3.  Frank  Pliney",  b.  Mch.  28,  1868;  enlisted  in  Co.  L,  21st  Reg., 
now  in  service  in  Phillipines.  4.  Harriet  Lillian*,  b.  Dec.  5, 
1872;  m.  June  23,  1897,  James  V.  Ferre;  res.  Springfield.  5. 
Carrie  Edith^  b.  July  19,  1878;  d.  Sept.  3,  1879. 

iii.  George*,  b.  Feb.  11,  1833;  m.  Dec.  25,  1882,  Issanellah  De  S., 
dau.  of  John  A.  Rideout  of  Lynn.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
civil  war,  he  was  assistant  jailer  of  the  Hampden  County  jail  at 
Springfield.  Sept.  13,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  K,  27th  Mass. 
Reg.,  Vol.,  and  was  made  the  first  lieutenant  of  the  same  the 
i6th  of  October  following.  When  the  regiment  left  the  State, 
he  was  detailed  to  remain  and  secure  stragglers,  but  rejoined 
his  regiment  at  Annapolis,  emptyhanded,  reporting  that  "the 
27th  Mass.  had  no  such  men."  While  with  his  company  at  the 
battle  of  Newberne,  his  right  foot  was  shattered  by  a  grape  shot, 


WARNER — WETHERHEAD.  517 

and  the  limb  amputated  on  the  field.  He  was  the  first  to  receive 
the  hospitality  of  the  New  England  rooms  in  New  York  City, 
and  with  the  aid  of  crutches,  reached  home  the  May  following. 
His  four  months  leave  of  absence  was  extended  to  Jan.  i,  1863, 
when  he  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Little  Washington,  participat- 
ing in  the  siege.  He  was  appointed  commissary  of  subsistance 
at  Newberne  until  Aug.  20,  1863,  when  by  "General  Order  229," 
he  was  transferred  to  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  and  assigned 
to  the  command  of  the  26th  Co.,  2nd  Battalion,  at  Ft.  Schuyler 
and  Willis  Point.  After  a  rigid  examination  he  received  a  com- 
mission as  ist  Lieutenant  U.  S.  Vol.,  signed  by  President  Lin- 
coln, upon  receipt  of  which  he  resigned  his  commission  in  the 
27th  Regiment.  He  organized  the  [29th  Com.  Veteran  Reserve 
Corps  for  duty  at  Finley  Hospital,  and  soon  after  reported  to 
Col.  Thomas  at  Cincinnati.  He  remained  at  Lytle  Barracks 
eighteen  months,  receiving  Mch  13,  1865,  a  commission  of 
Captain  by  Brevet  of  U.  S.  Vol.,  signed  by  Andrew  Johnson,  in 
recognition  of  his  meritorious  service.  During  the  early  part 
of  his  service,  in  Mch.,  1862,  he  captured  a  camp  situated  on 
what  was  known  as  the  North  Carolina  Fair  Grounds.  This 
was  renovated  and  remodeled,  and  for  him  named  Camp  War- 
ner. Upon  his  entering  the  service.  Sheriff  Bush,  on  behalf  of 
his  Springfield  friends,  presented  him  with  a  sword,  sash  and 
belt,  and  subsequent  events  proved  that  their  appreciation  of 
him  was  well  merited.  After  the  war  he  was  for  some  time  in 
the  Custom  House  in  Boston.  Later  he  was  associated  with 
N.  S.  Cutler,  the  friend  of  his  boyhood  days,  in  the  shoe  busi- 
ness here,  leaving  to  go  to  Lewiston,  Me.,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Dam  in  the  retail  clothing  business,  which 
was  ultimately  transferred  to  Lynn,  his  present  residence.  Had: 
I.     George  Pliney^,  b.  Dec.  16,  1885. 

iv.   Isabella   Jerusha*,  b.    May    10,  1836;   m.   Apr.    29,    1858,   Hunt 
W.*  Burrows;  res.  Vernon,  Vt. 

V.  William    Henry*,  b.    Mch.    15,    1840;   m.  Sarah   .— ;  has  six 

children;   resides  New  Yofk  City.     Mr.  Warner  has  always  been 
a  popular  hotel  clerk. 

WETHERHEAD,  Abertus,  Came  from  Guilford,  Vt.,  and  established 
himself  in  the  wheelwright  business;  m.  Cornelia  M.,  dau.  of 


51 8  GENEALOGIES. 


Alvah  Scott.     He  d.  in   Bern.     Mrs.  Wetherhead  resides  in 

Greenfield  with  her  son-in-law.     Children: 

i.   SoN^,  b.  Nov.  14,  1862;  d.  young. 
ii.   Mabel^^  who  m.  John  Osgood,  and  d. 

1.  Webster,  Stephen,  b.  about  1729;  parentage  unknown  ;  having 

the  title  of  captain,  was  enlisted  as  a  carpenter  in  the  early 
Indian  expeditions  of  1756.  Later  the  .same  year  he  was  en- 
listed in  the  "late  intended  expedition  against  Crown  Point"; 

m.   (i)    Rebekah ;    m.    (2)   Esther   (family   bible),    or 

Elizabeth  (town  records).  The  former  is  probably  correct. 
She  d.  Dec.  20,  1787,  ae.  69;  m.  (3)  Widow  Patience  Johnson 
of  Hinsdale,  N.  H.  Intention  recorded  June  8,  1788.  She 
d.  Aug.  1,  1809.  The  family  moved  to  Northfield  Mch.  22, 
18 17.  While  here  he  was  a  prominent  man,  holding  minor 
town  offices,  selectman.  Committee  of  Correspondence,  In- 
spection and  Safety.  He  was  later  known  as  Major  Webster, 
but  where  he  got  the  title  is  unknown.  He  d.  Feb.  4,  1818, 
ae.  89.  His  home  was  the  place  on  the  North  Bern,  road, 
recently  owned  by  Harris  Williams.     Children  : 

i.   Jacob''^,   b.  Feb.  12,    1748;   "old  stile,"   d.  Oct.   3,  1776.     Had:    i. 
Charles^,   b.   July   23,    1770.     2.      Jacob',    b.    July   23,  1772.      3. 
David^,  b.  Aug.  8,  1774.      4.     Anna^,  b.  .Sept.  25,  1776;  m.  Wm. 
Coats,  Sept.  21,  1791. 
ii.  Jeremiah^,  b.  Feb.  16,  1750;   "old  stile." 
iii.    Nathan^,  b.  Aug.  29,  1752;   "old  stile." 
iv.  Anna,  h\  Dec.  12,  175  (9)  4  ?   "new  stile,"  d.  Sept.  2,   1775. 
V.   EzEKiEL^,  b.  Apr.  I,  1757;   "new  stile." 

2.  vi.  Stephen^,  b.  Oct.  20,  1759;   "new  stile." 
vii.   Rebekah^,  b.  Feb.  19,   1762. 

viii.    Esther^,  b.  Feb.  29.  1764. 
ix.    Eunice^,  b.  May,  1766;  d.  May  17,  1767. 

Inscribed  in  the  Bible  from  which  this  record  was  taken  was 
the  following : 

"This  Bible  was  bo't  by  Stephen  Webster. 

My  Mother  Esther  Webster  upon  this  condition  that  she  will  indorse  the  price 


WEBSTER— WELLS.  519 


of  it  upon  a  certain  noat  she  hath  against  sd  Stephen  and  also  that  I,  Esther  W.  do 
by  these  presents  will  and  give  this  Bible  to  my  son  Stephen  Webster  and  his  heirs 
after  my  death.     Witness  my  hand  this  2nd  day  of  April  A.  D.  1768. 

her 
Esther  W. 

mark. 
The  price  of  this  Bible  is  ^i  — 13— o  or  331 
in  presence  of  us, 

Jacob  Webster 
Nathan  Webster 
This  Bible  was  bought  in  Oct.  A.  D.  1762." 

2.  Webster,  Captain  Stephen,  (Capt.  Stephen)  b.  Oct.  20.  1759; 
m.  Eunice  Loomi.s.  She  d.  Nov.  24,  1826,  ae.  59.  He  was 
constable  and  selectman  ;  d.  June  6,  1829.     Children  : 

i.    Betty2,  b.  May  4,  1785;  d.  Mch.  30,  1787. 

ii.   Artemas"^,  b.  Oct.  17,  1788;  m.  Lorana of  New  York  State. 

He  resided  on  what  is  now  the  town  farm;  was  a  shoemaker. 
He  removed  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  thence  to  Illinois  or 
Wisconsin;  d.  June  7,  1839.      Had  fourteen  children. 

iii.  Minor  Lieut,  b.  July  24,  1791;  m.  Mch.  28,  1811,  Sally  Scott. 
He  d.  July  20,  1819.  She  m.  (2)  in  Vernon,  Vt.,  Nov.  27,  1826, 
Capt.  Chester  Wright,  (his  second  wife).  His  first  wife  was 
sister  of  Capt.  Joseph  Slate.  Minor  Webster  had  one  dau., 
Sarah  L.,  who  m.  Joseph,  son  of  Chester  Wright.  She  d.  Oct.  2, 
1877,  in  Brooklyn,  Mich. 

iv.   Stephen  Williams^,  b.  Feb.  2,  1794;  d.  May  15,  1819. 
v.   Sylvia    Eunice^,    b.    Mch.    14,     1796;    m.    Capt.    Joseph    Slate, 
June  17,  1813;  d.  Aug.  7,  1886. 

vi.   Stephen^,  b.  June  14,  1798;  d.  Jan.  6,  1808. 

vii.    Esther2^  b.  June  22,    1800;  m.  John  Stearns  of   Hinsdale,  N.  H. 
She  d.  Aug.  i,  1879. 

viii.   Sarah''',  b.  Nov.,  181 1;  d.  Jan.  30,  1812. 

Webster,  Esther,  the  widow  of  Jonathan,  b.  1685  ;  d.  Dec.  22, 
1782,  ae.  97  ;  probably  parents  of  the  first  Stephen. 

Wells,  Arthur',  Dea.,  (Elisha',  Elisha',  Elisha',  Joshua',  Ebenezer', 
Thomas^  Hugh',  who  was  b.  in  County  Essex,  Eng.,  and  prob- 
ably came  to  this  country  in    1635).     His  father  was  twice 


520  GENEALOGIES. 


married,  the  second  time  to  Widow  Achsah  Euda  in  1834. 
They  resided  "  around  the  mountain,"  and  Deacon  Wells 
succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the  property,  which  was  orig- 
inally owned  by  his  maternal  ancestors,  the  Eudas.  About 
1890  he  sold  this,  and  remov^ed  to  his  present  home  on  South 
street,  purchasing  of  Miss  Harriet  Chapin  the  home  of  her 
father,  the  late  Lucius  Chapin.  He  m.(i)  Susan  Sabin  of 
Hatfield.  vShe  d.  Dec.  31,  1894,  ae.  56  years.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs. 
Anna  Luke  Burroughs  of  New  York  City,  Apr.  29,  1896. 
Mr.  Wells  is  a  farmer. 

Wells,  JosHUA•^  (Joshua',  Ebenezer^  Thomas^  Hugh',  b.  in  Essex 
Co.,  England,  probably  came  in  the  Globe  in  1635),  b.  Sept.  16, 
1721  ;  was  one  of  the  earlier  settlers  of  the  place  ;  m.  Expe- 
rience   .  He  was  in  Capt.  Israel  Williams'  Co.,  sta- 
tioned at  Colrain  Oct.  19,  1756,  to  Jan.  23,  1757.  His  name 
is  on  Capt.  John  Burk's  enlistment  roll  ending  Nov.  30,  1758. 
In  1760  he  resided  in  District  No.  2.  on  place  since  owned 
by  Seorim,  Cushman.     Children  : 

i,   Susanna'^,  b.  Feb.  i,  1746-7. 
ii.   Amos",  b.  July  7,  1749;  d.  Aug.  8,  1749. 
iii.    Martha'^,  b.  July  22,  1750. 

iv.    Ner*,  bap.  June  28,  1752;  published  with  Elizabeth  Slate  Dec.  16, 
1799,  and  with   Polly  Edwards  June   30,    1803.     He   held  some 
minor  town  ofifices;  settled  in  Leyden. 
V.   AsENATH^,  b.  1 754. 
vi.  John*,  b.  1756. 

vii.  Asa*,  m.  Jan.  31,  1782,  Susanna  Crandall. 
viii.   Emma*,  m.  May  17,  1781,  Daniel  Taylor, 
ix.    Experience*,  who  ni.  Simeon^  Allen. 

Wheeler,  D.  H.,  a  carpenter  by  trade  ;  came   to  town  from    1S55 

to   i860;  m.  Martha  F. who  d.  May    16,   1862,  ae.  39. 

Children: 

i.  Frank  H.-,  who  resided  after  his  mother's  death  with  James  M. 
Hale;  is  a  preacher  in  the  M.  Iv  denomination;  res.  in  Dana; 
m.  and  has  a  family. 


WHEELER — WILLARD.  52  I 


ii.  Charles^,   m.   Gertrude    Smead   of    Greenfield;    is   an    insurance 

agent;   res.  Nortliampton. 
iii.    Ellen^,  m.;  resides  in  Vermont, 
iv.   Abbie',  m.;  resides  in   Vermont. 

Wheeler,  Dr.  O.  A.,  b.  in  Halifax,  Vt.,  fitted  himself  for  a  physi- 
cian in  New  York,  his  first  practice  being  in  Savoy  and 
Adams;  came  to  Bern,  in  1877,  where  he  spent  ten  years  in 
practice,  when  failing  health  obliged  him  to  go  West  ;  m. 
Emma,  dau.  Samuel  Newton  of  Leyden,  who  resides  in  Mon- 
rovia, Cal.  He  was  a  public-spirited  man,  helpful  in  all  good 
works,  especially  in  religious  and  educational  matters.  He 
was  also  chosen  to  represent  this  district  in  the  Legislature. 
He  d.  Jan.  22,  1897,  in  Monrovia,  Cal.     Children: 

i.   Dau.,  d.  young, 
ii.  Lawrence,  a  physician  in  Cal. 
iii.   Eva. 

Wight,  Wh.liam,  settled  within  a  few  years  on  the  Dalton,  later 
known  as  Almon  Newcomb  place  near  the  railroad  crossing 
on  South  street,  and  which  he  purchased  of  H.  Couillard. 
A  daughter.  May  Redfield  Wight,  m.  June  29,  1899,  Dr.  Clif- 
ford S.°  Chapin  ;  res.  Great  Harrington. 

Wild,  Daniel  G.\  (Elisha,  Jr.',  of  West  Fairlee  and  Royalton,  Vt., 

Elisha^  Randair,  who  was  b.  in  Braintree,  171 5  ;  m.  Silence 

Thayer  of  Braintree),  b.  May  2,  1833,  in   Royalton,  Vt.;  m. 

Mary  S.,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Griswold  of  Washington,  N.  H., 

Dec.  24,  1862.    Rev.  Mr.  Griswold  came  to  town  not  far  from 

1870,  purchasing  the  place  on  the  "Green,"  now  owned  and 

occupied  by  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Wild,  as  a  summer  residence. 

Mr.  Wild  is  a  lawyer,  residing  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Child: 

i.    Frank  G.^,  b.   Jan.    10,  1865,  in   Washington,  N.  H.;  m.    Aug.  20, 

1891,  Maylou  E.  Atherton  of  Dubuque,  Iowa.     Had:   i.     Frank 

G.*^,  b.  June  20;  d.  June   23,  1892.     2.     Eleanor  E.*',  b.  June  24, 

1894.     3.      Madeline   E.*',  b.  Oct.  9,  1898;  res.    Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

WiLLARU,  RuEL,  who  was  b.  in  Worcester  County  in  1756,  served 
in  the  Indian  and  Revolutionary  wars  ;  was  a  trader  in 
Greenfield  about   15  years,  during  which  time  he  acquired 


522  GENEALOGIES. 


land  in  Bern,  and  other  towns.  About  1792-3  he  took  up 
his  residence  here,  but  soon  returned  to  Greenfield.  His 
'farm  was  on  South  street,  and  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Harris. 
In  the  Greenfield  paper,  dated  Dec.  13,  1802,  appears  this 
advertisement : 

FOR  SALE. 

Noted  Tavern  and  Farm  adjoining,  5  miles  from  Greenfield  Street  on 
the  Stage  Road  to  Vermont,  now  occupied  by  John  Pinks.  126  acres  of 
land,  three  dwelling  houses,  two  barns,  three  excellent  wells.  The  Tavern 
house  almost  new.     For  terms  of  sale  apply  to  Ruel  Willard,  Oreenfield. 

Presumably  the  hoped  for  sale  did  not  take  place,  for  about 
1805,  Ruel  Willard  again  took  up  his  residence  in  town  at 
his  "  farm  and  tavern  stand,"  where  he  d.  May  24,  1806.  He 
left  home  in  the  morning  apparently  well,  and  a  short  time 
after,  was  found  dying  about  a  half  mile  from  his  house.  It 
was  supposed  that  being  taken  suddenly  ill,  he  must  have 
fallen  from  his  horse.  His  family  continued  to  reside  here 
until  1810  or  11,  when  they  returned  to  Greenfield.  Of  his 
sons,  Justus,  b.  in  Greenfield  Apr.  5,  1790,  became  a  man  of 
note,  retiring  in  1862  to  the  enjoyment  of  private  life  in 
Springfield,  The  eldest  son,  Samuel  Wells  Willard,  resided 
as  late  as  181 2  on  the  place  owned  by  the  late  Hartley  Hale 
on  the  "Green,"  having  there,  in  a  portion  of  his  house,  a 
store.  This  business  he  afterwards  transferred  to  the  site 
of  I.  Hale's  store,  and  still  later,  in  1827,  with  the  late  Gov. 
Cushman,  he  kept  a  hotel  and  store,  the  firm  name  being 
S.  W.  Willard  &  Co.  He  m.  Nancy,  dau.  of  T.  Dickman  of 
Springfield,  by  whom  he  had  two  children.  She  d.  May  25, 
1828. 

Williams,  Freeman,  b.  Ashfield,  Nov.  4,  1812:  m.  Deborah',  dau. 
of  Theodore"  Field,  Oct.  i,  1845.  Mr.  Williams  came  to  town, 
from  Ashfield,  purchasing  the  Levi  Parks  place,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death,  June  29,  1887.     Children: 

i.  Harris  Freeman^  b.  Sept.  11,  1846;  m.  Mch.  27,  1873,  Eva  J., 
dau.  Samuel  Newton  of  Leyden.  Had:  i.  .Annie  May*,  b. 
Jan.  22,  1874;  m.  Dr.  \V.  J.  Bolton,  Jan.  17,  1894;  res.  Athol. 
2.     Robert  Newton^,  b.  July  29,  1877;  d.  July  24,  1887. 


WORKMAN — WRIGHT.  523 


ii.  RuFUS  P.^,  b.  Jan.  3,  1851;  m.  June  25,  1894,  Lillian  Walker; 
graduated  Dartmouth  ColU-ge  1876;  post-graduate  course  Har- 
vard College  1878-79.  Since  1885  has  been  at  the  head  of  the 
chemical  department  in  English  High  School,  Boston;  is  also 
author  of  noted  text  books  on  chemistry. 

iii.    Mary  Ann',  b.  Dec.  20,  1855;  d.  unm.  Apr.  23,  1894. 

iv.   Robert  Freeman^,  b.  Jan.  3,  1858;  d.  Aug.  i,  1869. 

Workman,  John,  was  probably  the  first  of  his  name  in  this  coun- 
try, certainly  in  this  section.  He  with  his  mother.  Widow 
Mary  Workman,  nee  McCrellis,  and  half  sister  of  Margaret 
Foster,  came  to  America  from  Ireland.  He  settled  finally 
on  the  farm  owned  (1885)  by  Ariel  Hinsdale,  within  the  pres- 
ent township  of  Colrain.  He  was  surveyor  of  highways  in 
1 769  and  70.  During  the  Indian  warfare  he  was  out,  in  1756, 
23  days  on  the  Western  frontier,  and  again  as  private,  from 
June  27,  to  Oct.,  1758,  "to  the  Westward."  May  24  to  Sep- 
tember 29,  1775,  his  name  appears  on  the  coat  roll  of  Capt. 
W.  Stewart's  Co.,  31st  Reg.  He  m.  Phoebe,  dau.  of  James 
Stewart,  and  had  a  family,  one  of  whom  was  Jane,  who  m. 
Matthew  Clark  of  Colrain. 

1.  Wright,  Abner',  (Azariah',  b.  Mch.  6,  1697,  Eliezer*,  Samuel', 

SamueF,  Nathaniel'  of  London)  b.  Oct.  29,  1740;  was  early 
of  Northfield,  removing  thence  to  Bern.;  m.  Apr.  18,  1774, 
Anna,  dau.  Hezekiah  Elmer.  She  d.  Mch.  30,  1824,  ae.  73, 
He  d.  July  i,  1809.     Children  : 

i.   Sally'^,  b.  Aug.  4,  1774;   m.  Nov.  17,  1799,  Thomas  Howard, 
ii.  Lucy',  b.  Mch.  4,  1776;  m.  1799,  Samuel  Wood  of  Northfield. 
iii.   JoHN^,  b.  July  6,  1778. 

iv.    Hezekiah',    b.    May  31,    1780;  m.    Elizabeth Had:    i. 

Elihu**,  b.  Feb.  24,  1807.      2.      Harriet**,  b.  Feb.  24,  1808. 
v.    Elihu',   b.  May  9,   1782;  m.  Mch.   9,  1808,  Irene,    dau.  Solomon 

Holton. 
vi.   Anna',  b.  Aug.  7,  1784;  m.  John  Harvey;  published  Feb.  6,  1802. 

six  children, 
vii.   Elisha',  b.  Sept.  23,  1786;  d.  unm.  June  3,  1827. 

2.  viii.   Samuel',  b.  Sept.  18,  1788. 


524  GENEALOGIES. 


ix.   Seth'',  b.  Nov.  5,  1790;  d.  Sept.  14,  1791. 

X.   PATTY^  b.  Sept.  3,  1792. 

xi.  Daniel^  b.  Aug.  20,  1794;  m.  Apr.  30,  1827,  Nancy,  dau  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Nancy  Walker  of  Barre.  She  d.  Feb.  24,  1833.  He 
d.  June  26,  1878.  Had:  i.  Abner  Lee',  b.  Mch.  i,  1828;  rem. 
West.  2.  William  Eaton^  b.  Oct.  23,  1829;  res.  Brookfield. 
3.  Alonzo  Walker^  b.  Feb.  15,  1831;  is  dead.  4.  George",  b. 
Jan.  6.  1833;  is  dead. 

2.  Wright,  Samuel',  (Abner',  Azariah",  Eliezer',  Samuel',  SamueP, 
Nathanier,)  b.  Sept.  18.  1788;  m.  Mendana',  dau.  Reuben' 
Sheldon.  Resided  at  the  end  of  the  Bald  Mountain  road, 
now  the  pasture  owned  by  F.  Bascom.  He  d.  Oct.  3,  1837. 
Children : 

i.  Samuel  Sheldon,  Dea.*,  b.  Jan.  28,  1815.  He  was  three  times 
married,  his  first  wife  being  Minerva  L."*,  dau.  Benjamin'  Green, 
and  m.  Apr.  11,  1838.  She  was  b.  Sept.  11,  1817;  d.  Apr.  26, 
1856.     He  resided  Shelburne  Falls;  d.  Sept.  2,  1899.     Had:   i. 

Mary   Rosabella**,    b.    May    26,    1839;  m.  (2) Tyler.      2. 

Arvilla  Electa^  b.  Aug.  18,  1841;  d.  Feb.  14,  1842.  3.  Eldora 
N.^,  b.  June  8;  d.  June  17,  1848.  4.  Benjamin  Green',  b.  July  5; 
d.  July   II.    1853.     5.     Charles  S.^  b.  June;  d.   Aug.    18,  1855. 

ii.   WiLLARD  C.*,  b.  Mch.  26.  181  7;  removed  West,  where  he  married 

and  died, 
iii.   Martha  S.*,  b.  Jan.  22,  1820;  m.  May  23,  1849,  Seba  A.*  Green. 

She  d.  Dec.  1 1,  1897. 
iv.   Eunice  Mary  Ann*,  b.  June  8,  1822;  m.  May  i,  1844,  Benjamin 
F.'*  Green.     She  d.  in  Holyoke  Nov.  12,  1900. 

Wright,  Capt.  Chester',  (Carmi',  Joseph',  who  was  a  cooper  of 
Ware  in  1749),  b.  Oct.  7,  1781  ;  m.  (i)  1808,  Mary  Elvira,  dau. 
Israel  Slate.  She  was  b.  Jan.  4,  1785  ;  d.  Apr.  6,  1826;  m.  (2) 
in  Vernon,  Vt.,  Nov.  27,  1826,  Sally  Scott,  widow  of  Lieut. 
Minor  Webster.  In  1836  he  resided  in  Scriber,  N.  Y.  While 
in  Bernardston  he  resided  on  South  street,  the  place  now 
owned  by  Henry  Keet.     Had  ten  children. 

Wright,  Rev.  Joh,  b.  Oct.  15,  1737.  When  27  years  of  age  he 
came  hither  from  Easthampton,  and  was  settled  as  the  sec- 


WRIGHT.  525 

ond  pastor  of  the  church.  For  a  more  extended  notice  of 
him,  see  pages  120-121.  He  m.  Oct.  6,  1762,  Miriam,  dau. 
Nehemiah  Wright  of  Northfield.  She  was  b.  Sept.  1 2,  1 739  ;  d. 
Feb.  7,  181 5.  Mr.  Wright  was  also  town  clerk,  selectman 
and  assessor.  He  resided  on  Huckle  Hill,  near  the  second 
site  of  the  meetinghouse.     He  d.  Jan.  24,  1823.     Children: 

i.  Seth^  b.  July  30,  1763;  d.  Aug.  27,  1763. 

ii.  Mary^,  b.  Jan.  28,  1765;  m.  Dr.  Caleb"  Chapin.  about  Sept.,  1786; 
d.  July  10,  1827. 

ill.  Nehemiah^,  b.  Jan.  25,  1767;  m.  June  5,  1794.  Anna*,  dau.  of 
Samuel*  Connable.  She  was  b.  July  30,  1772;  d.  June  16,  1853, 
in  Springfield,  111.  He  d.  Sept.  15,  1846,  in  Derby,  Vt.,  to 
which  place  the  family  removed  after  the  birth  of  the  fourth 
child.  Had:  i.  Samuel^  b.  June  8,  1795;  '"  ^'''<-'  ^-  '"  ^"^sh- 
land,  N.  H.  2.  Charles',  b.  July  21,  1797;  surveyor;  d.  in 
Louisiana;  unm.  3.  Erastus^,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799;  "^-  thrice:  re- 
sided and  d.  in  Springfield,  111.  4.  Job\  b.  June  25,  1801;  d. 
Sept.  3,  1809,  in  Derby,  Vt.  5.  Anna  Rebecca',  b.  Mch.  31, 
1811,  in  Derby;  m.  and  rem.  to  Springfield,  111. 

iv.   Miriam*,  b.  Dec.  25,  1769;  d.  June  9,  17&5 
V.  JoB^,  b.  May  16,  1772. 

vi.  Samuel'',  b.  Feb.  9,  1775;  d.  Sept.  9,  1777. 

vii.    Eunice*,  b.  Aug.  12,  1777;  perhaps  that  one  whose  intention  was 
recorded  Sept.  11,   and  m.  Sept.  30,  i8[i,  James  Gould  of  Gill. 

viii.    Esther*,    b.  June   20,  1780.     An    Esther   Wright   was    published 
with  James  Gould  of  Gill,  May  15,  1802. 

ix.  Sarah*,  b.  Aug.  16,  1783;  m.  Capt.  Oliver  Root  of  Montague 
Oct.  10,  1805.     She  d.  Nov.  21,  1827. 


HISTORICAL  INDEX. 


Adams. 

Caleb,  96,  97,  252. 
John,  96,  97,  252. 
Osmon  W.,  181. 
Samuel,  97. 

Albett. 

John.  88.  263. 

Alden. 
E.  P..  155. 

Aldrich. 

A.  J.,  69,  263. 
Dwight,  263. 
Hosea,  85,  179,  260. 
J.  J..  88. 
Moses,  65,  179. 
Tristam,  150. 

Alexander. 
Corporal,  29. 
G.,  124. 
George,  56,  64,    174,    270, 

272. 
John,  20. 

Nathaniel,  14,  17,  18. 
P.  C,  64. 
Solomon,  252. 

Alford. 
Alonzo,  67. 

Alger. 

James,  251. 
Reuben,  150. 
Roger,  251. 
Simeon,  125,  256. 
VVailstill,  33,  249. 

Allcott. 

Anna  B.,  145. 
William  B.,  145. 


Allen. 

Asaph,  76,  129,  257,  269. 

David,  33. 

Elisha  H.,  204. 

F.  E.  H.,  194. 

John.  61. 

John  S  ,  270. 

Jonathan,    125,    174,     269, 

270,  271,  272. 
Joseph,  36,  38,  39,  79,  129, 

198,    249,    250,    251,  257, 

269. 
O.  C,  58,69. 
Samuel  C,  132. 
Seba,  129,  255,  257,  269,271. 
Sem,  257. 
Sgt.,  49,  50. 
Simeon,  76,  251. 
Zebulon,  31,  32,  33,  34,  36, 

41,  51,  123,  129,229,249, 

269. 

Allice. 

Ichabod,  17,  19,  23,  54. 

Alvord. 

Caleb,  250,  269.  272. 
Capt.,  80. 
Joseph,  257. 
Rosel,  84. 
Thomas,  14,  18,  23. 

Andrews. 

Arthur  E.,  156. 
Augustus  P.,  155. 
Charles  B.,  155. 
Elihu,  154. 
Emory,  P.,  155. 
Erastus,  152,  154,  196. 
Erastus  B.,  156. 
Erastus  C,  155. 
Flora  N.,  156. 
John  L.,  155. 
Joseph  L.,   156. 


Martha  A..  155. 
Nehemiah.  50,  76,  129,  251, 

257- 
Thomas  D.,  155. 

Andros,  see    Andrews. 

Anger. 
Okes,  21. 

Arms. 
John,  14,  18. 
William.  14. 

Ashley. 

Jonathan,  38,  103,  247. 
Joseph,  119. 

Atherton. 
A.  S.,  271. 
Hepsibah,  179. 
Hope,  14. 
Horace,    62,  65,   174,   175, 

221,  274. 
Joseph,    14,    18,    129,  251, 

254. 
S.  H.,  271. 

Atwater. 
Caleb,  135. 

Atwell. 
Oliver,  257. 

Austin. 
Linus,  150. 

Avery. 
John,  97. 
Sergeant,  44. 

Ayers. 
Capt.,  44. 


528 


HISTORICA],    INDP:X. 


Babcock. 

Joseph,  g;,  252. 
Oliver,  g6,  253. 
Paul,  97. 
Peleg,  252. 

Backus. 
Dr.,  162. 

Badlam. 
Ezra,  83. 

Bagc. 

Charles,  60,  65. 

Frederick  L.,  263. 

Israel,    129,    221,  253,  273. 

Oliver,  56,  64. 

Ruggles,  56,  64,  179,  274. 

Bailey. 

Richard,  250. 

Baird. 

A.  W.,  181,  184. 

Baker. 

Benjamin,  97,  253. 
Calvin,  156. 
John,  14,   18.  67. 
Timoih)',  14. 

Baldwin. 

Henry,  88,  263. 
Penrose  L  ,  243. 

Ball. 

Samuel,  14. 

Bangs. 
Ozias,  145. 

Bannister. 

D.  K.,  181,  182. 
Seth,  77. 

Barker. 

Azariah,  143 
Carrie  A.,  143. 
Charles,  56,  143. 
Franklin  S.,  143. 
frfrin,  266. 
John,  14,  19. 
Rhoda  T.,  143. 
Stillman,  143,  225. 

Bardwell. 
Elias,  84. 
Fannie  A.,  225. 


M.  D.,  Mrs.  225. 
Robert,   14,  84. 
Samuel,  14,  19. 
Sergeant,   I  I. 
Wells,  60,  268. 

Barnard. 
Abner,  23. 

Ebenezer,  21 ,  24,  25. 
Erastus,  84. 
John, 23 
Joseph,  20,  249 
Samuel,  75,  77,  251. 
Selah,   258. 

Barrett. 
R.  C,  238,  240. 

Bartis, 

Dennis,  88,  263. 

Barstovv 

Alpheus,  96,  97,   252, 

272. 
Hezekiah,    252. 
Noyes,  195,  225. 

Bartlett. 
Almira,  155. 
John,  155. 
Lucinda,  267. 
Martha.  155. 

Barton. 
Isaac,  195. 

Bascom. 

Dorus,  174,  195. 
Joseph,  19 
Timoth)',  250. 
William,  58. 

Bates 

Russell,  27. 

Baylies. 
A.,  181. 

Bedortiia. 

Samuel,  14,  19. 

Beers. 

Elnathan, 14. 
Richard,  14,  ig. 

Belcher. 

J-.  13. 


269, 


I  Bei.den. 

I      Stephen,  14,  19,  23. 

Bei.din. 

!      Samuel,  14,  17,  19. 

Belding. 
David,  258. 

Bei.i.. 
F..  iSi. 
I      John,  257. 

Benjamin. 
Daniel,  140. 
Martha  S.,  140. 
Q.  W.,  89.263. 

Bennett. 
James,  14. 
:      Samuel,  20,  24. 

I 
Berkley. 
William,  226. 

j  Bernard, 

i      Sir  Francis,  2,  14,  38. 

i 

■   BiGELOW. 

Isaac,  21. 
Noah,  252. 

Bill. 
James,  131. 

Billings 

Catherine,    173. 

Bikks.- 

Richard  E.,  147,  148,  225 
William,  147. 

Birney. 
James,  9,  171. 

BlXBY. 

J.  H.,238,  244. 
Samuel,  255. 

Blancil-\rd. 
Samuel,  20,  24. 

Blake. 

Nelson,  63,  67. 

Bliss. 

Calvin,  i  29,  229. 
Daniel,  84. 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


529 


Bliss. 
George,  134. 
J.  O..  70. 
John,  82. 
Moses,  82. 

Bodge. 
George,  8. 

Boise. 

Artemas,  162. 

BOI.TON. 

John,  100,  249,  250,  251. 

Boi.TWOOD. 

Samuel,  14,  ig. 

BooiER. 

Anson,  89,  263. 

BOSWORTH. 

Oliver  E.,  180,  iSr. 

BOUKER. 

John  D.,  2|8. 

BOUTWELL. 

George  S.,  236. 

BOWKER. 

Amos,  181. 
Charles,   271. 
Dr.,  60,61. 

Boyle. 

Charles  A.,  89,  93,  263. 
William,  93,  247. 

Bradley. 
Ellen,  238,  244. 
Mrs.,  221. 

Bradshaw. 

John,  14,  17,  19. 

Brewer. 
Col..  80. 
J.,  76. 

Brick. 

F.  S.,  238,  244. 

Bridge. 

Asarelah  M  ,  137,  138,  197. 
Charles  L  ,  138. 
Emma,  138. 
Mary  E.,  138. 


Briggs. 
Ansel,  179. 
Abraham,  255. 
Cyrus,  221. 
Enoch,  252. 
John,  84. 

Owen,  74,  80.  251. 
R.  C,  88,  263. 
Sara,  179. 
Zadoc,  179. 

Brigham. 

Albert  }.,  167. 
Helen  F..  167. 
Herbert  W.,   167. 
Mary  M.,  167. 
Rev.,  195. 
Willard,   167. 

Brooks. 
John,    175,   IQ5,    209,    221, 

224,  256,  257,  272. 
Levi.  96. 
S.  N.,    67,    193,     [95,   219, 

271,  272. 
Thomas,  96. 
William,  257. 

Brow.p^. 

Abbott,  3,  57. 

Abraham,  257. 

A.  C,  53- 

Benoni,  74. 

Fred  P.,  224. 

Harriet,  60. 

ImlaK.,  6,   86,    126,    193, 

194,  270,  271. 
Jascjn,  64,  126,  194,  221 . 
Peleg,  252. 
Peter,  96. 

BaCKLAND. 

Betsey,  79. 
Hannah,  79. 
Marv,  78. 
Px^lly,  79- 
Ralph,  79. 
Stephen,  77,  78,  79. 

Budington. 
A.  O.,  175. 
J-,  194- 

Jonathan,  79,  96,  195,  272. 
Stephen,   198. 

BdFFINGTOiV. 

Rufus  P.,  180,  181. 


BUGBEE. 

George,  70. 

BUI.FISH. 

Bedgood,  96. 

Bullock. 
Isaac,  97. 

BURHANK. 

Aaron,  154. 

Bur(;ess. 
E.  K.,  68. 

Burk. 
John,  18,  26,  27,  29,  30,  31, 

33.  34-  36,  37,  38.  39.40, 
41.  42,  46,  47,  51,  52,  57, 
73.  77.  79-  120,  125,  129, 
153,  229,  245,  249.  250, 
254.   255,   257,    261,  269, 

271,  272. 
John  E..  270. 
Levina,  258. 
Mehitable,  261. 

Burnap. 

Isaac,  14,  19. 
John,  14. 

Burnell. 

Paulina,  164. 

BUKNHAM. 

Elijah,  252. 

Elisha,  73,  81,  269,  272. 

Burrows. 
Amos,  186. 
Baxter  P.,  279. 
B.  S  ,  193,  194,  271. 
Edwin  C.  88. 
Frank,  60,   266. 
George,  H.,  247.    265. 
Isaac,  175,    195.   266,    270, 

272,  274. 
John,  96. 

Burt. 

Enos  H.,  89,  263. 

BUSHROD. 

Peter,  14. 

BUSSEL. 

Amasa,  80,  251. 


530 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


Butler. 

H.  B.  177,  193,  224,  271. 
Lydia,  177. 
Moody,  177. 
William,  iSo. 

BUTTERFIEI.D. 

James,  221. 
Z.  A.,  89,  263. 
Zenas,  88 

Cadwei.l. 
J.,  181. 

Cairns 
Mr.,  60. 

Campbell. 

Henry,  143,  144- 

Canfielix 

Charles  T.,  142. 

Canning. 

E.  W.  B.,  236. 
J.  D..236. 

Capen. 
John,  181. 

Carey. 

Rachael,  150. 
Richard,  249. 

Carleton. 

Benjamin,  97,  100,  253. 

F.  W.,  193,  194. 

Carpenter. 
A.  VV.,  194. 
Charles  C.,  245. 
D.  N.,  194. 
Elijah  VV.,  139.  266. 
John  E.,  265. 
Nathaniel,  255. 
Timothy  B.,  88,  194. 

Carrier. 
Amos,  60. 

Carter. 

Hannah,  5. 
Samuel,  5. 

Case. 

Charles,  21. 


Cateley. 
John,  252. 

Cati.in. 
John,  21,  33,  249. 

Chace. 
John,  179 

Chadwick. 

William,  76,  251. 

Chamheri.ain. 
Benjamin,  15,  ig 
E.,  125. 

Eliezur,  60,  174,  175,   270. 
Jason,  136. 
Joseph,  15. 
Mary.   180. 
Nathaniel,  15,  19 

CuAMliERS. 

John,  250. 

CHANNlNCi. 

Dr.,  225. 

Chai'in. 

Albert,  120. 
C,  124. 

Caleb,  24,  26,  29,    31,    34, 
36,  52,  63.  73,  76,  S3,  84, 

128,  129,    198,    249,  250, 
251,  254,  257,  269. 

Consider,  257. 

Curtis,  161. 

Cyrenius,  254,  260. 

Dana,  63. 

Daniel,    74,    76,   250,    251, 

253- 
David,  37,  76. 
Frederic,  58. 
Gorham,  85,  260. 
Hezekiah,    31,    36,   37,   76, 

129,  229,   249,   250,    251, 
269. 

Ida,  244. 

Janette,  63. 

Japhet,  14. 

"Joel,  31,  33,  3i,  36,  37,  39, 

73,  76,  77,  129,  229,  249, 

250,  251,  269. 
John,  56,  65. 
Justin,  63. 
j.  VV.,  271. 
Lucius  P.,  83,  274. 
Lurena,  221. 
Marcus,  270. 


M.  C.  181. 

Oliver,  193. 

Samuel,  63,  159. 

Samuel  VV.,  161. 

Selah,  37,  96.251.253,  275, 

Shem,  ig,  20,  21. 

S.  W.,  24. 

'i'homas,  14,  19. 

Zaimuna,  257. 

Chase. 

John,  10,  15,   17. 
L.  P.,  89,  263. 
Mary,  240. 
Polly,  1S5. 
Rufus,  58,  270. 
Sanford,  58. 
S    P.,  194. 
William.  62. 

Cheeney. 
Joseph,  56. 

Childs. 
Enoch,  97. 

Church. 
Charles,  12. 
Richard,  15,  19. 
Timothy,  255. 

Clai'p. 

Preserved,  14.  19. 
William.  iSi. 

Clark. 

Charles,  20. 

Ede,  131. 

Elisha,  252. 

Enos,  168. 

Eunice,  131. 

George,  100.  253. 

George  H.,  237. 

Jabez,  131. 

Joseph,  253. 

Josiah,  165. 

Nathaniel,  131. 

Susan  168. 

Susan  F.,  237. 

Theodore  J.,  168,  173,  195. 

Thomas,  46,  77. 

Widow,  221. 

William,  14.  19. 

William  C,  165. 

Clerk. 
I      George,  250. 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


531 


Clesson. 

Matthew,  33,  249. 
Samuel,  14,  19. 

Cleveland. 
Miss,  167. 

Clinton. 

Sarah  M.,  176. 

Clough. 

Frederick  K.,  58. 

Coaxes. 

Charles,  20,  33,  34,  37,  249, 

250. 
John,  76,  80,  230,  251. 
Reuben,  251. 
Simeon.  77,  251. 
Stephen,  33,  249. 

Cochran. 
Thomas,  253. 

Coffin. 

Ezekiel  W.,  178. 
Frank    H.,  178. 
Mary  E.  W.,  178. 

COFFRAN. 

John,  100. 

COGGIN. 

Jacob,  136. 

Colby. 

Samuel,  17. 

Cole. 

Ellen,  96. 
Sarah,  96. 

COLMAN. 

Noah,  15. 

COLLISTER. 

M.  D.,  200 

COLTON. 

Samuel,  19, 

Connable. 
Ezra,  125. 
John,    15,    55,    73,    76,  96, 

I2y,  186,  251. 
Jonathan,  57,  175,  253. 
Joseph,    28,    66,    71,    179, 
230,  260,  270. 


Mary,  228. 

Molly,  55. 

Samuel,  6,  7,  15,  20,  23, 
24,  26,  27,  28,  31,  37,  39, 
49.  51,  52,  55,  65,  66, 
74,  76,  97,  120,  129,  186, 
227,  229,  249,  250,  251, 
257- 

Cook. 

Amasa,  121,  123,  124,  129, 

133.  135,  I5Q- 
Amanda,  135. 
Benjamin,  74,   251,  256. 
C.  C,  63.  67. 
Lucius,  61.  70. 
Lucius  VV.,  88. 
Marcus,  6[,  70,  194. 
Mary  D.,  135,  159. 
Mrs.  F.  H.,  236. 
Noah,  15,  19,  258. 
Payton  R..  135. 

COOLEY. 

Irene  C,  169. 
Oliver,  70,  270. 

COOLIDGE. 

Daniel,  253. 
David,  97. 

Cooper. 

Timothy,  20. 

CORBETT. 

Albert,  179. 
Myron.  4,  271,  272. 

Corse. 

Asher,  253. 

Couch. 

James,    26,   30,   31,  33,  34, 

37.  39.  50.  51.  73.  121, 
123,  124,  129,  249,  250, 
257,  261,  269. 

Cow  DEN. 
David,  76. 

Coy. 

Abbie  B.,  274. 

Crandell. 

Jared,  253,  269. 
Joseph,  253. 
Sylvester,  96. 


Cross. 

Joseph  W.,  88,  238,  240. 

Crow. 

Samuel,  14,   19. 

Crowl. 
J.  F.,  181. 

Crowell. 

Henry,  67,  69,  271. 
Ransom    L.,    69,  160,  271. 

Crowfoot. 
Joseph,  14,  20. 
Thomas,  253. 

Crowley. 
Harvey,  156, 

Crumb. 

Billington,  253. 
Phineas,  252. 

Curlice. 

Nathaniel,  256,  257,  263. 

Curtis. 

Lucretia,  164. 

Cushman. 

Artemas,  251,  269. 

Benjamin,  184. 

Charles.  88,  194. 

Consider,  53.  249. 

Henry  W.,  i.  4,  7,  29,  31, 
47,  53,  58,  126,  190,  191, 
193,  194,  201,  220,  222, 
223,  2j6,    260,   268,  271, 

273,  275- 
John,  67. 
Jonathan  F.,  131. 
Lathrop,  271. 
Lucinda,  138. 
Mrs.  A.  R.,  225. 
Nathaniel,  123. 

P..  257- 

P.   L.,   49,    53,  56,  58,  63, 

126,  193,    194,   247,  263, 

270,  271,  272. 
Polycarpus,  251. 
Ralph,  55,   125,    129,    138, 

195,  221,  270,  271. 
Robert,  27,  183.  184. 
Seorim,  36,  195,  221. 
Simeon,  64,  183,  184. 
Solomon, 180,  181,183,  184. 
Thomas,  184. 


532 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


Cutler. 

George  T.,  6i,  67. 

Joel,  274. 

Laroy  Z.,  qo. 

Lucy.  268. 

N.  S.,  61,  126. 

Zenas,  55,  71,  126,  270. 

Daggett 

Caleb  C  177. 
Lvdia  Sirrif^ns,  177. 
Milliceni  K.,  177. 

Danforth. 
Rev.,  178. 
Samuel,  12. 

Daniei.son. 
Daniel,  82. 

Darling. 
Lovice,  150. 
Zebediah,  179. 

Davenport. 
Edward,  150. 
John,  253. 
Maria,  167. 

Davidson. 

Barnabas,  251. 
Edward,  251. 

Davis. 

A.  A.,  151,  159. 

Daniel,  74,  251. 

David,  76. 

George  T.,  185,    197,    224. 

Isaac,  197. 

Jonathan,  251. 

Day. 

Edward,  174. 

John  S.,  180,  181. 

Josiah    P.,    62,   65,  68,  88, 

263. 
Nathaniel,  33,  249. 

Demontal. 
John  B.,  96. 

Denham. 

Henry  C,  58. 

Denio. 

Aaron,  249. 

Joseph,   29,    229,  230,  249. 

Seth,  84. 


Dennison. 

David,  96,  125,  270. 
Jabez,  74,  251. 


Dewey, 


186. 


David,  253. 
J.  N.,  60,  61,  62,   194, 
270. 

Dexter. 

Daniel,  38,  50,   249. 

DiCKESON. 

John,  15. 
Nehemiah,  15. 
William,  15,  17,  19. 

Dickinson. 
Obed,  70.  263. 
Reuben,  248. 
Tartia.  221. 

Dieskau. 
Baron,  '•;!. 

Dim MOCK. 

Solomon,  96. 

Dixon. 
John,  186. 
Sylvester,  238. 

Doakes. 

Nathaniel,  84. 

DoOI.ITTI.E 

Benjamin,  117. 

DORRELL. 

William,     185,    186, 
189. 

DOTEN. 

Hannah,  138. 

Dotham. 
Tristam,  97. 

Doty. 

James,  174,  175. 
Joel,  62. 

Dotii). 

John,  15.    19. 

Dow. 

Isaiah,  84. 


DOWIDSON. 

Edward,  80. 

Drew. 

William,  ii. 


Drury. 
233,  '[      Mason,  89,  263. 


Dudley. 
William,  16. 

Duncan. 
Levi,  80. 

D  WIGHT. 

Joseph,  12,  16. 
Nathaniel,   120. 
Timothy,  14,  248. 
William,  86,  195,  225,  268. 

Dyer. 

Mary,  140. 

Eason. 
John,  253. 
Joseph,  96,  97,  253. 
Nathaniel,  96. 
Richard,  253,  257. 


188, 


Eddy. 


186. 


Edwards 

Benjamin,  15,  19. 

Daniel,  96 

Ephraim,  256. 

Simon,   67,    125,    195,  221, 

227. 
Thomas,  73,  125,  129. 

Elliott. 
Joseph,  253. 
Richard,  147. 

Ellis. 

Samuel,  50. 

Ely. 
John,  19,  23. 

Emes. 

Ebenezer,  84. 

Enc;lev. 
Joseph,  97. 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


53; 


EUDA. 

John,  257. 

Evans. 

Abner,  186. 

John.    80,    249,    251,    256, 
257- 

Fairchii.d. 
Samuel,  33. 

Fairman. 

D.  L.,  89,  263. 
J.  C,  89,  263. 

Faikueather. 
Mr.,  12,  13. 

Fakrer. 

Charles,    156. 
Samuel,  80,  251. 

Fay. 

Joel,  60. 

Ferry. 

Aretas,  56,  68,  195. 
Colonel,  58,  60,  61,  64. 
Ward.  88. 

Field. 

Aaron,    31,    33,    34,  37,  39, 

50,     73     129,    249,     250, 

253,  269 
Aaron    W.,    8S,    200.    218, 

263. 
A.  N..  89,  181,   183. 
Eben  S.,  124. 

E.  L.,  271. 
Gains,  84. 
J.,  124. 

Jesse,  129,  221.  274. 

John,  1 4.  20. 

John  B.,  28,  loi,  271. 

Letitia,  221. 

Nellie,  1S3. 

Samuel,  15,  17,  19,  22,  25, 

54- 
Seth,  179. 

Fish. 

James,  253. 
Joseph,  253. 

Fisher. 

Estelle  A.,  243. 
Lydia,  143. 


Mary,  143. 
Moses,  143. 

FiSK. 

Asa,  194. 
Harriet  A.,  234. 
John,  234. 
Mary,  234. 
Pliney.    197.  233, 


234,  272. 


Fitch. 
Governor, 

Frrrs. 

Rufus.  150. 


43. 


Flagg. 

French. 

Charles,   145. 

Thomas,  35. 

George,  145. 

Samuel,  230,  269. 

Fki/zell. 

Samuel  B.,  145,  1 

46. 

Charles  0.,  88,  264. 
John,   250. 

Flanders. 

Michael,    34,  50,    129, 

John,  15.  21. 

Flint. 

Anson,  63,  179. 

FOLTON. 

Robert,  253. 
William,  253. 

Foot. 

Barnice,    121. 
Nathaniel,  15,  19. 
Obed,  135. 

Foster. 

Andrew,  1(19. 

Andrew  B..  169. 

Clarissa,  169. 

Elisha,  84,  257. 

Ezekiel,  34,  37,  50.  74,  76, 
96,  129.  188,  189,  249, 
250,  251,  253,  269. 

Ezra,  221,  254. 

Francis,   240. 

H.  D.,  238. 

Jacob,  250. 

Jennie  L  ,  240. 

John,  31,  34,  37,  39,  129, 
135,  249,  250. 

Lemuel,  272. 

Moll,  3. 

Nancy,  221. 

Nathaniel,  250. 

Rufus,  80,  252. 


Fowler. 
Bancroft, 


163.  233. 


Fox. 

E.  C,  90,  195. 
Eli  C.  58,  60,  61. 
Everett,  90. 
H.  Duane.  88. 
Jared.  62. 
N.,  125. 
Noah,   257. 
Selah  W.,  60,  61. 
Silas,  274. 

William,    50.    73,   79.  129, 
149,  150,  153,  252,  257. 


186, 


249,  250,  253. 
Mr..  37. 

Reuben,  129,  186,  253. 
Samuel,  33.  34,  249. 
Zenas,  i86. 

Frost. 

Anna,    181. 
Simon,  17. 

Frye. 

Joseph,  34. 

Fuller. 

Drummer,  29,  249. 
George,  156. 
Jedediah.  186. 
Joseph,  15,  17,  19,  23. 
Joshua,  23,  25S. 

FULLOM. 

David,  13S. 
Mary,  138. 
Sophia,  138. 

Gardner. 

Henry  W.,  74. 

Gates. 

David,  253. 
Peter,  253. 

Gay. 

Bunker,  133,  134. 


534 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


Gkkkisii. 

Rufiis,  iSi,  197. 

Gii  i;kki'. 

Benjamin,    166. 
Colonel,  45. 
Cornelius,  84. 
Eliel,  84 
Mary,  166. 
Sarali  E.,  166. 

Gii, I,. 

Elijah,  183. 
Rebecca,  183. 
Sarah  H.,  183. 

Gil. I. FY. 

Thomas,  50. 

Gil, LIS. 

Thomas,  250. 

Gleason. 

Isaac,  15,   19. 

GODDARI). 

Mary  T,,  243. 

Goo  I)  ALE. 

Job,  55,  12S,  159,  160,  161, 

175,  230,  231,  232,  233, 
270,  279. 
Lydia,  159,  160,  221. 

Goodman. 
Noah,  248. 

GOOnENOUGH. 

David,  255. 

GOODNOW. 

A.  W.,  158. 

Goodrich. 
Col.,  43,  44. 

B.  A.,  238,  243. 
Phoebe,  221. 

Goodwin. 
Thomas,  20. 

Gordon. 

William,  180. 

Gore. 

Luke,  70,  270. 
Stephen,  56.  214. 


Goi.'LD. 

C.  R  .  89.  264. 
Elijah,    70.    128. 
L.  U.,  271. 
\'iiisi)ii,  162,  163,  233. 

Graves. 

Deacon,  253. 
Ebenezer,  131. 
John,  253. 

Gkav. 

O.  VV.,  62,  68,  70,  71,  271. 

Gkekn. 

Abigail,  150 

Benjamin,    37.    49,  50,  51, 
129,  227,    228,    250,  257. 

Edwarfl,   154. 

Gaines,  55. 

George,  63. 

J.  B.,  90,  127. 

Jepihah,  233,  256. 
j      Jeremiah,  267. 
I       J.  G..  271. 
j       I  < 'tin,  1  56 

j       John     B.,     141,     142,     195. 
I  2U0,  224. 

j       Paul,  253. 

Samuel,    74,    So,    152,  19S, 
]  252,  255,  270. 

Silas,  77. 

S.  J.,271. 

Grikmn. 

Jonathan,  77,  252. 
Joseph.  15. 
R    A.,   147. 
Samuel,  15 

Griffith. 
Samuel,  21. 

Grimes. 
Rev  .  168. 
Rev.  Frank  J.,  173 

GUINNKLI.. 

Benjamin,  96. 

Griswoi.d. 
Josiah,  20. 
L}'  man,  161. 

Grout. 

L.  B.,  89,  264. 


Grover. 

Eleazer,  80,  252. 
Simon,  15,  20,  21. 

GUEI.LOW. 

Charles  P.,  179. 
David,  85.  260. 
Rufus.  221. 

Guild. 

Samuel,  74,  77,  96,  97,  252, 
253,  269. 

GUNN. 

Chester,  84. 

Hadi.ock. 
Sarah   183 

Haines. 

Humphrey,  179 

Hale. 
A.,  270. 

Adolphus,  270,  272. 
Allen  B  ,  93. 
Almon  D  ,  88. 
Asahel,  257. 
Chileab,  179,  254.  257. 
I       D.tniel,  203. 

':  E.    C.      193. 

]       Edwin  B  ,  271. 
Elijah,  2^7. 
Ezekial,  S3. 
F.  D..  88. 

Francis  D.,  8S,  264 
Fred, Sg,  264 
Frederick,  93. 
Freedom  A.,  179. 
George,  93. 
George  E.,  88,  264. 
Hartley,  56,68. 
Henry,  88.  168. 
Henry  W.,  90,  264. 
H.  J.,  Sg.  264. 
H.  W..   8g. 
Increase  S  ,  56. 
Israel  P.,  270. 
James  W.,  88,  93.  264 
|.  F.,  126,  271. 
John.  125,  257,  264. 
John  \'.,  93,  150.  168. 
Jonathan,  254,  257. 
Joseph,  74,   120,   230,   257. 
j.  P.,  128. 
Lorenzo,  264. 
Lovina,  221. 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


535 


Hai.k. 

Lucius  C,  88,  93,  264. 
Luc_v,  257. 
Mrs.  D.,  22i. 
Nellie   \L,  225. 
Samuel,  51. 
T.,  125. 

Hai.kv. 

Chauncey  O.,  SS,  264. 
John  88,  264. 

Hai.l. 

Simeon,  34,  49,  50,  51,249. 
250,   255. 

Hamilton. 

John,  270,   272. 

Hancock. 
Gov.  83. 
John,  82,  97. 

Hardim;. 
Joseph,  80. 
Joshua,  252. 

Hardy. 
Abbie.  174. 

Hark. 

Albert,  65. 

Harmon. 

John,  30,  251. 

H  ARTKR. 

William,  33. 

Harris. 

Benjamin,  253. 
Charles,  88,  264. 

Harrison. 
Isaac,  15. 

Har  IE. 
John,  70. 
Samuel ,  84. 

Hartwei.l. 
Elvira,  179. 

Harwooi). 
fames,  15,  21. 

Haskell. 

Nellie  R.,  225. 


Haskins. 

A.  L  ,  89,  264. 
George  W.,  89,  264. 

Hastings. 
C,  125. 
Chester,  221. 
Nathan,  98. 
!       Olive,  I  59. 

Parnielia,  179. 
Phoebe,    159. 
R.,  125. 

Rufus.  159,  262,  270 
Samuel,  39,  49,  50,  73,  76, 
129,   159,    250,   252,    262, 
269. 
Selah,  150. 
Simeon,  84. 
Susanna,  150. 

H  a  I  cii. 

Roger  G  ,  163. 

H.\  I'KIEI  I) 

Joseph,  88. 

H  AWi's 
'       William,  129. 

[i  AWKS. 

Eleazer,   15,   17. 

Eliezur,   19,  25, 

Ensign,  29,  249. 

Gershc;m,  52. 
I       lohn,  15. 
j       Philo,  179,  [81. 

Hawlev. 
j       Joseph,  82. 


Haws. 

William,  256. 

Havnes. 

Asa,  180,  181. 
James,  61. 

Hayward. 
Burriell,  84. 

Haywood. 

Louisa  B.,  142. 

Hebharo. 
Mary,  140. 
Timothy  M.,  140. 
I       William  W.,  139. 


Hec;us. 

William,  80. 

Hkndrick. 
King,  36,  44. 

Henrn'. 

Andrew,  96,  100. 

HinciNS. 
Caroline,  241. 

Hills. 
C.  R.,  271. 
Ebenezer,  64. 
S.  R.,  194. 

HiNSDEI.L. 

E.xperience,  15. 
John,  19,  24. 

Hitchcock. 
Elizabeth,  130. 
Eunice,  130. 
John,  14,   15,  19,  52. 
Luke,   15,  19,  130. 

;  Hoar. 

Major,  43, 

HODCE. 

Levi,  149,  152,  153. 

HOCES. 

Samuel,    179. 

Hol.DEN. 

Francis  W.,  i  47. 
Josiah,  147. 

Hoi.liuav. 
Jacob,  84. 

HOLLISIER. 

Alvah,  168. 
Julia  P.,  168. 
Mary,  168. 

HoI.I.OWAY. 

L.  J.,  181. 

HoLYOKE. 

Capt.,  9,  10,  II. 

Hooker. 
James,  249. 

HoRSELEY. 

Thomas,  230,  269. 


536 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


HOKTON. 

Herbert   G.,  87,  89,  264. 
Timothy  K.,  70,    179,  268. 

Howe. 

Abraham,  166. 
Alvin,  70. 
Elizabeth,  166. 
Lieut.,  37. 
Maria.  166. 

Sampson,  39,  250,  269. 
Samuel,  221. 

Hoy  r. 

David,  15,  84. 

Ep.,  24. 

General,  ti. 

Jonathan,    15,    17,    19,  21, 

24.   54- 
Richard  H.,   57,     65,    194, 

271,  272. 
Theodore  B.,  65,  221,  263. 

HuHliAlil). 

John,  131. 
"William,  8. 

HUBF.R. 

Charles,  Sg,  264. 

Hiir.H.s. 

George,  89,  264. 

Hunt. 

Anthony,  240. 

John,  68,  76,  97,  252,    253. 

Lucien,  237,  238,  240,  241. 

Miss,  109. 

Phillip,  24O. 

Samuel,  11,  15,  17,  19. 

Thomas,   76,  252. 

HUNTKR. 

83. 


HirciiiNsii.N. 
Gov.,  99. 

Inoeksoi.i.. 
Capt.,  45. 

Inc.ram. 
!      John,  15,    19. 
!      Reuben,  129. 

Jackson. 
Abbie,  243. 
E.  W.,  243. 
Harold  F.,  243. 
L.  McL.,  23S,  243 

i  Jacohs. 
'       Lyman,  179. 
Peter,    179. 

Jamks. 
Abel,   15. 
Samuel,    256. 
William,  15,  20. 

Jank.s. 

Anna  F.,  i6s. 

Charles  H.,  165. 

Ebenezer,  164. 

Frederick,  164. 

Isabella,   165. 

John  C,  164. 

Jonathan,  164. 

Josephine  A. ,  164. 

Lucy  A.,  164. 
'       Margaret  P.,  164. 

Mary  S.,  164. 

Samuel,   164. 

Willard,  160. 

William,  164. 
t       W  i  1 1  i  a  m  .A . ,   165. 
i      Xenophon,  164. 


HURI.HF.Kr. 

E.  S..  2,  53. 

90,  91,  92 

271,  272. 
Gideon,  254. 
John,  100. 
Jonathan,  I2c),  256 
Phoebe,  254. 


Jl':i,i,KrT. 
Samuel, 


15,  19. 


61,  63,  67,  Sg, 
194,  264,  266, 


Jknkins. 
William, 


146. 


HU  ICIIINS. 

C.  J..  8g. 


164. 


i  Jl'.NNESS. 

!      Mrs.  E.  C,  237. 

i  Johnson. 

I      A.  N.,  88,  264. 
I      Gen.,  43.   44. 
Thias,  77. 


Jones. 
I.,  181. 
Robert,  15. 
William,  15,  20,  23. 
Zepheniah,  84. 

Joy. 
Abiathar,  S4. 

Jrni). 

Jonathan,  162. 


Kek.t. 
I       Francis,  i  5,  ig. 
Henry,  67. 


Kei.i.oc.c. 
Gardner. 

|()se[)h 
"Martin 
Nathaniel 


33- 


15. 
15. 


ig. 
ig. 
24. 


Agnes  M.,  166. 

Charles,  165,  166,  167,  196. 

Charles  H.,  166. 

Edward,  165. 

Harriet  E.,  166. 

Polly,  165. 

Kenney. 
A.,  60. 
Mary.   225. 
Reuben,  257. 
Ste[)hen,  179. 

KiMBAl.I,. 

Mary  E.,  267. 
William,  181. 

KlMI'I.AM). 

Samuel,  So,  252. 

KlNC. 

Charles.  So,  252. 
John,  15. 
Mcdad,   15,  ig. 
Zadoc,   11^5. 

KlNC.SI.EY. 

A.  R..  270. 

A.  W.,  89,  264. 

Elijah,    73,    ■;(>,    129,    179, 

249,  252,   2()I,   269. 

r...  37- 

Gamaliel,    125,     151,    179. 

262. 
Sa.xlon.  279. 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


537 


KiRKLAND. 

Lewis. 

Martin. 

E.,  199. 

Ezekiel,  16. 

T.  C,   181. 

Knaim'. 

Linton. 

Martindai.e. 

Tabez,  97. 

James,  60. 

E.  C,  271. 

' 

Lemuel,  250. 

Laciiokk. 

Long. 

Edward,  88,  93,  264. 

R.  W.,  181. 

Marsh. 

Ormilla,  221. 

Lamb. 

Loomis. 

Henry,  88. 

Aretas,  160. 

Mason. 

Daniel,  51,  124, 

129,    227, : 

Thomas,  13,  134. 

Landkif.r. 

228,  229,  269. 

Soldier,  29,  249 

Matoon. 

Gilbert,  69. 

Lane. 

(jeorge,  67. 

Lovelani). 
Thomas,  256. 

John.  15. 
Phillip,    15. 

Larking. 

Loveman. 
Thomas,  257. 

Matthews. 

William,  256. 

John,  100,  253. 

LaRKAI!A. 

Timothy,  84. 

Luce. 

Widow,  250. 

May. 

Lieutenant,  42. 

LAsrowAV. 

LUCEY. 

McClei.lan. 

Charles,  SS. 

Deacon,  253. 

Captain,  77,  82. 
Samuel,    249. 

Latham. 

Luck. 

Sumner,  159. 

Andrew,  100. 

McClure. 

A.  T.,  89,  264. 

Lawrknck. 

Lyman. 

Eleazer,  84. 

Aretas.  84. 

McCumher. 

Stephen,  84. 

General,  42,  43, 
John,  15,  20,  23. 

45- 

Jonathan,  253. 

Lkach. 

William,  120. 

McKinney. 

Ephraim,  257. 

Sybil  H.,  141. 

Henrietta,   239. 
Jerusha,  239. 
Joseph,  239. 

Lynde. 

Gertrude,  147. 
Leander,  147. 

Medcai.k. 

Oliver,  34,  249. 

Mei.ven. 

Leavii  r. 

Lyons. 

Captain,  41. 

Joshua,  164. 

George,  250. 
H.  P.,  89,  264. 

Merriam. 

Lee. 

S.  T-,  193.  194,  2 

70,  271. 

Phoebe,  221. 

Henry,  74,  252. 

John,  15,  19,  26. 

a 

Mai.lin. 

Samuel,  So,  252 

Merrett, 

James,  75,  252. 

Leeds. 

Joseph,  15,  19. 

Merrifieij). 

Manning. 

C.  N.,  224. 

Lekfer. 

John,  88,  264. 

G.  N.,  181. 

Albert,  164. 

Marcy. 

Mr.,  63. 

Lec.er. 

Charles  De  W., 

183. 

Merrill. 

1 

Edward,  78. 

Harriet  E.,  183. 

Pliney,  62. 

' 

Ichabod, 180,  18 

I,  182.  183. 

Thomas,  170. 

Leonard. 

John,  182. 

Truman  A.,  169,  170,  171 

Josiah,  15,  19,  23. 

Thomas,  196. 

225. 

538 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


Mf.kry. 

George,  64. 

! 

David,  89,  264. 

Cornelius,  15. 

John,  136. 

John,  100. 

John,  15,  21. 

Oliver,  100. 

MlIN. 

Ziba,  67,  93. 

Mezzy. 

Asaph,   179. 

John,  21. 

Benjamin,    15,  17,  20, 

54- 

Nkwiiai.i,. 

Francis,  174. 

Oliver,  256. 

Mll.I.KR. 

James,  15,   17,  20. 

Abraham,  78. 

John,  15 

1 
1 

Newton. 

F.  M.,  181,  183. 

E.  C,  58,  89,  264. 

John,   173, 

MlRDOCK. 

1 

Galusha,  55,  88. 

Thomas,  15,  19. 

W.  D.,  183. 

i 

1 

Roger,  131,  [34. 
William  F.,  159. 

MirCHELL. 

Mt'KI'HY. 

C.  L.,  23S,  244. 

Hector,  89,  264. 

' 

Nl(  HOLS. 

Joseph,  20,  24,  54. 

].  Henry,  61,  67. 
Nathan,  256. 
Samuel,   256. 

Lydia,  221. 
Millie,  84. 

Nash. 

Joel  N  ,  89,  264. 

Joseph,  248. 

Thomas,  84. 

Montague. 

ludah,   131. 

Waller,  67. 

E.,  150. 

Walter  E.,  .Mrs.,  225. 

Richard,  64,  270. 

NkI  SON. 

Edward.  204,  254. 

Moody. 

fohn,  179,  180,  195. 

Ni(;h  tingai.e. 

Jonathan,  33. 

Moses.  SS. 
William,   100. 

Ebenezer,  85,  260. 

McORE. 

Nn.ES. 

Enoch,  62. 

NKWIiURY. 

Jehial,  96. 

John,  96. 

Irgal,  17. 

Polly,  96. 

Mary,  96. 

Ruth,  130. 

Nkwcomh. 

NiMS. 

Aimon,  126,  271,  272 

Ebenezer,  74,  75,  252. 

M(JOKS. 

Charles  J.,  260, 

Godfrey,  15. 

John  F.,  126. 

1       Corporal,  29,  249. 
Dalton,  32,  125,  126. 

John,  15,  20. 

MOKEI.KY. 

Daniel,    73,    96,    250, 

253. 

Nl.XSON. 

George,  256. 

1           275. 
Eddy,  26. 

Lieutenant,  43. 

Mdkcan. 

Ezra,  55. 

NOBI.E. 

Daniel   L  ,  195. 

H.  D.,  199 

Aaron,  20. 

Isaac,  15. 

Hezekiah,  21,  73,  121 

124, 

Annie  H.,  243. 

Jonathan,  15,   20. 

129,  1S6,    257,    269. 

272. 

Lieutenant,  44. 

Timothy,  253. 

John  C,  68. 

Luke,    16,  20. 

P.,  125. 

Stephen,  15,  20. 

Morris. 

!       Peter,  26,  52,  24S. 

David,  100,  253. 

R.  E..  134 

R.  F.,  193,  194. 

Noon. 

John,  iSi. 

M' IKK  ISDN. 

Richard    F.,    68,    89, 

160, 

H.  R  ,  88,  264. 

161,  1S8,  264. 

Isaac  P.,  58,  266,  267. 

Sage,  58. 

Norton. 

Silas,  26. 

Anna,  130,  131. 

MoSEI.KY. 

John,  77. 

Solomon,  55. 

Anne,  131. 

William,  85,  129,  252 

257. 

Asenath,  131. 

Mol  U.NE. 

John. 20. 

Zebina  C,  55,  65,  68, 
195,  221,  232,   270. 

129, 
271. 

Ellas,  131. 
Elizabeth.  130.  131. 
Eunice,  131. 

MOWKY. 

,  Newki.i,. 

!      Hiram,  67. 

David,  193. 

'       Barnard,  93. 

i       lacob,  131. 

HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


539 


Norton. 

John,  25,  26,  29,  30,  37, 
102,  103,  117,  119,  120. 
130,  131. 

Ruth,  130. 

Norwood. 
George.  8g. 

NoYKb. 

Amos,  253. 
John,  149. 
Joshua,  96. 
Oliver,  96. 

Oaks. 

William  F.,  89,  264. 

Olliver. 
A.,  47- 

Olntstf.ad. 
Aaron,  78. 
Ezekiel,  77. 
Gideon,  78. 

Orcutt. 

Jacob,  51,  73.  77- 

Orris. 

William,   129. 

Orvis. 

Samuel,  253. 
William,  253. 

Osgood. 
David,  84. 
Joseph,  84. 
Josiah,  84. 
Phineas,  84. 


Owen. 

Willard,  58. 

Packard. 
Asa,  135. 
T.,  165. 

Packer. 

Charles,    96, 

253,  269. 
E.  W.,  195. 


Paige. 
George  R. 
Mr  ,  186. 


69. 


97,  186,  252, 


Pai.mer. 

Humphrey,  253. 
William,  89,  264. 

Park. 

Calvin,  167. 

Charles,  179,  180. 

Dwight,  89,  264. 

F.  R.,  89,  264. 

Harrison  G.,  167,  236. 

Henry,   56. 

Julia,  16S. 

Levi,  6,  179,  221. 

Lorenzo,  68. 

Mary,    150. 

R    R.,  270, 

Reuben,  150,  179,  180,  221. 

Parker. 
H.,  146. 
Jeremy.  15,   149. 

Parmalee. 
Dennis,  158. 
Frank,  159. 
J.  H.,  158. 

Parmenter. 
A.  E.,  270. 
Anna,  221. 
Captain,   186. 
E  ,  124. 
Elias,  50,  67,  124,  129,  229, 

230,  252,  254,  269 
George,  49,    124,   159,  270. 
Jason,  73.  76,  83,  252,  254. 
Lorenzo,  64. 
Mr.,  65. 
Oliver,  230. 
Reuben,  256. 

Parsons. 
James,   151. 

Patterson. 
Captain,  42. 


Page. 
David, 


50,  96. 


Payne. 
Jonathan, 

Peat. 
William, 


13.  14- 


251- 


Peck. 

Abraham,  100,  250,  253. 
Ebenezer,  84. 
Orilla  H  .  234. 

Pembleton. 
253. 

Perkins. 
Henry,  127. 
Orren,  176, 
William,  176. 

Perrin. 

Rebecca,  30. 
S.,  128. 

Perry. 

John,  26,  30. 

Persons. 

Mrs.  Charles,  225. 

Phillips. 

James,  96,  186. 
Pitts,  186. 

Pickett. 
Joseph,  174. 
Samuel,  174,  175. 

Pierce. 
Jacob,  136. 
L,65. 

L    M.,  171,  172,  173. 
Mary,  136. 
Samuel,  20. 

Pinks. 
John,  129,  252,  257. 

Plaisted. 
G.,  70. 

POLLICY, 

Samuel,  84. 

Porter. 

Captain,  45. 
H.,  N.,   62. 

Potter. 

Briggs,  195,  221. 
David,  186,  253. 
Horace,  193. 


540 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


Powers. 

Edward     Epps,    127,    231, 

235- 

POWNAL. 
T.,46,   47. 

Pratt. 

David,  267,  274. 
John,  16,  20. 
Thomas,  16.  21. 
Tryphena,  221. 

Prp;ntice. 

Beisey  W.,  184. 
William,  184. 

Prentiss. 
S.,  124. 
William,  igg. 

Pressy. 

John,    16,  20. 

Preston. 
John,  15. 
Samuel,  15,  20. 

Price. 

Robert,   15. 
Samuel,  15. 

Prouty. 
Lewis,  60. 

PUMROY. 

Caleb,  15. 

Ebenezer,  15,  17,  20,  25. 
Medad.  15,  263. 
Samuel,  15,  20,  21. 
Thomas,  250. 

Purple. 

Ezra,  125,  270. 

Hatsell,  126,  270,  272,  279. 

[ohn,  125,  127. 

John  N.,  58,  64. 

Rachael  C,  127. 

Roswell,  174,  175. 

Putnam. 

E.  O.  Miss,  243. 
Israel,  268. 

QU INCY. 
J.,   13. 


QUINN. 

James,  89,  264. 

Rand. 

Thomas,  84. 

Randlett. 

John,  159. 

Ran(;er. 

Moses,  100,  253. 

Ransom. 
Elisha,  84. 

Ranney. 

Darwin  H..  140,    141,  236. 
Waiistill,  140. 

Reed. 

Dwight  A.,  88,  264. 
John,  16,  20,  24. 
R    B..  58. 
Thomas,  58. 

Remington, 

Benjamin  F.,  154. 

Rich. 

Jonathan,  257. 

Richards. 

Perrin  M.,   161. 

Richmond. 
Abiezer,  84. 

Rickets. 
John,  181. 

Riddle. 

Robert,  81,  luo,  253. 

Rider. 

Linna  E.,  243. 

Rider,  sly  Rvitikk. 

Riri.EY. 
Miss,  164. 
Thomas  W.,  124. 

RlSLEY. 

Elijah,  80,  252. 

RlllER. 

John,   256. 
William,  256,  257. 


ROBBINS. 

Chandler,  138. 
Lemuel,  51,  257. 

Robinson. 
John,  226. 

Rock  WOOD. 
Elihu.  135. 

ROOAN. 

Daniel  H.,  168. 

Rogers. 

Henry,  16,  20,  23. 

Mary,  136. 

Peter,   153. 

T.  F.,  128. 

Timothy,    124,     125,     135. 

138,  246. 
Timothy  P.,  136. 
William,  136. 

ROMUS. 

Old,  TOO. 

Root. 

Caroline,  221. 
Ezekiel,  83,  254. 
Henry  O.,  88,  271. 
H.  O.,  193. 
Joseph,  120,  131. 
Major,  57. 

Oliver,  126,  230,  270. 
S..  125. 

Samuel.   66,  128,  131,  198, 
252,  257,   270. 

Ross. 

I.  G.,  180,  i8r. 

RUBEKG. 

George    L. ,    157,  15S,   195, 

208,  224,  225. 
John  G.,  157 
Henry  J.,  158. 
Nancy,  157. 
Nelson  C.  158. 
Rev..  87. 
Susie  M.,  158. 

RUGG. 

Benjamin,  24. 

RUGGLES. 

Colonel,  36,  43,  44. 
Timothy,  46,  47. 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


541 


RlTSSELL. 

Rev.,  II. 

Ryther. 

Alpha,  85,  221,  260. 

Charles  J.,  17  +  - 

David,  26,  30,    31,    33.  34, 

39-  50,  73.  125.  I2Q.  174. 

248,  24g,  250,  257,  269. 
Erasius,  85,  260. 
Gideon,  125,  174,  230,  267, 

269,  270,  271,  272. 
Hophni,  51,  252. 
Lieut.,  36. 
Madison,  27. 
William  E.,  268. 

Salter. 
John,   16,  20. 

Sanborn. 

A.  J.,  238,  242. 

Sanderson. 

John,  6,  58,  126,  193,    195, 

223.  236,  256,  257,  263. 
Jonathan,  150. 
Joseph,  124. 

Sargeant. 

Rufus,  34,  249. 

Sartwell. 
Levi,  84. 

Saunders. 
John,  96. 

Sawyer. 

E.  E.,  238,  244. 

Saxton. 

David,  258. 
Jonathan  A.,  71. 

Sayles 
L.  O.,  176. 

Scott. 

Arnold.  268. 
Captain,  37. 
Charles  T..  89,  264. 
D.  R.,  88,  264 
Ebenezer,  30,  76,  80,  252. 
Elijah,  84. 
Joab,  175. 
John,  16,  20. 


Jonathan,  15,  ig.  21. 

josiah,    16,    20.  22,  23,  52. 

Joseph,  58. 

Marian,  221. 

Miriam,  30. 

Moses,  26,  30.  33,  34,  39, 
49.  5^,  5'.  52.  74.  80.  125, 
129,  249,  250,  252.  253, 
258,  269 

Orange,   179,   182. 

William,  16,  20,  24,  264. 

William  H.    88. 

SCOVEL. 

James,  ig. 

Searle. 
Anna,  159. 

Seldf.n. 
Joseph,  16. 
Thomas,  16,  20,  23. 

Severance. 

Chester,  193. 

C.  W.,  194. 

Daniel,  74,  80,  252. 

David,  3,  97,  230,  269,  270. 

Ebenezer,  31,  249,  256. 

John,  31,  33.  34.  37.  3S. 
39,  50,  74,  76,  81,  123, 
227,  249,  250,  252.  269. 

Jonathan,  129. 

Lieut.,  73. 

Shattuck. 

Ezra,  96,  186,  253. 
Reuben,    76,    96,    97.  252, 

253,  269. 
Robert,  76. 
Samuel,   21^6. 
Truman,  64. 

Shay. 

Daniel,  82,  S3,  84 

Shearer. 

Thomas,  100,  253. 

Sheldon. 

Abner,  31,  249. 
Amasa,    33.  34,  37.  49.  5°, 
129,  179.    227,    249,  250, 
269. 
Arad,  76,  252. 
Caleb,  129,  229,  230. 
Captain,  77. 
'      Charles,  19. 


Ebenezer,  3,  5,  19,  21,  25, 
26,  27,  29,  30,  31.  32,  33, 
37.  38.  39,  41,48.49-  52, 
54,  102,  245,  2^9,  269. 

Eliakim,  30,  40. 

Elijah,  31,  33,  34.  37.  38, 
50,  57,  123,  129.  22S,  249, 
250,   269. 

Eli-^ha.  33,  129,  249. 

ElihLi,  257. 

George,  9.   103. 

Hannah,  228. 

Henry  R.,  70. 

Henry  T.,  89,  93.  264. 

Izatus,  60.  174,  175- 

lohn,  18. 

Jonathan,  73,  121,  129, 
229,  269. 

Orra,  125,  232,  270. 

Quart  us,  bi. 

Remembrance,  31,  33.  34. 
36,  39.  51.  73,  129.  227, 
246,  249,  250,  257,  269. 

Reuben,  186,  252. 

Russell,  93. 

Simon,  221. 

Socrates,  56,  270. 

Tim.,   124. 

T.  L.,  89,  264. 

Shephardson. 
G.  L.,  159- 
]■,  159- 

Shepherd. 
General,  83. 

Shirley. 

William,  40,  4i- 

SiKES. 

Nathaniel,  16,  20. 
Samuel,  i  50. 

Slate. 

Carrie  M.,  225. 

Charles,  64,  93,  264. 

Chauncey,  56. 

Daniel,    50,    56,    126,    129. 
153,  230,  250. 

Ebenezer,    129,  229. 
I       Eunice,  221. 

F.  C,  89,  264. 

Francis  L  ,  64. 

Henry,  64,  161,  271. 

Israel,    64,    124,    254,  257, 
261. 


542 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


SlaTR 
J.  M.,  271. 
Jonathan,     77,     124,     129, 

159.  252. 

Joseph.  50.  73,  75,  76,  77, 
89,  123,  124,  129,  159, 
194,  198,  221 ,  232,  250, 
252,  257,  264,  269.  270. 

J.  S.,  89,  93,  264. 

L.  A.,  64,  194. 

L.  Dwight,  27f. 

Lucinda,  221. 

Marshall,  264. 

Merick,  27. 

M.  F..  88. 

Mr.,  65. 

Philander,  149. 

S.  B.,  270. 

Seorern,  27. 

Sylvia,  159. 

Timoth)',  124,  159,  161. 

Timothy  P.,  179,  180. 

Tirzah,  159. 

Zebadiah,  76,  252. 

SM.A.LLEY. 

David,  50,  51. 

Smeed. 

Ebenezer,  16. 
William,  16. 

Smead. 

Abner,  250. 
David,  97. 
Ebenezer,  20. 

Smith. 

Aaron,  19. 

Clement,   70. 

David,  257. 

Eunice,  150. 

H.,  180,  184. 

Isaac,  74,  252. 

Joel,  125. 

John,  16. 

Joseph,  16,  20,  125,  248. 

Moses,  50,  I  50,  256. 

Noah,  33.  249. 

S.  C,   238,  242. 

VVareham,  33,  34,  249. 

Snow. 

Edward  H.,  270. 

Frank,  62. 

P.,  125. 

Prince,  129.  269. 

Thomas,  124,  221,  262. 


Spencer. 
Asher,  59. 

i  Sl'ICER. 

j      S3,  96,  255. 

Daniel,  255. 
Jabez,   253. 

Sl'RAGUE. 

L.  H..  270. 

S<1UIRES. 

David,  257. 
Medad,  62,  70,  124. 

SlARRUCK. 

Henry  J.,  158. 
Mary  A  ,  158. 

Stark. 

Timothy,  80. 

Stearns. 

Charles,   1S6. 

Stekfins. 

Aaron,  20,  24. 
Benjamin,  13,  17 
loseph,  76.  257. 
Samuel,  16,  20. 
ThciTias,  16. 

Steele. 

Harriet  N.,  182. 
Joel,  182. 

Stephenson. 
James,  16,  20. 

Stevexs. 
Ensign,  42. 
N.  F.,  181,  184. 
Phineas,  40. 

Stewart. 
Walter,  84. 
William,  100. 

Stockwell. 
George,  150. 
George  L.,  156. 

SroDDAKI). 

Captain,  45. 
John,  12,  10. 
Moses,  181. 


Stratton. 

A.  M.,  69,  70,  268,  271. 
Ensign,  42. 

Frederick  E.,  238,  242. 
Sumner,  60,  70. 
Willis,  159.  271. 

Streeter. 

Benjamin,  62. 
David,  3,  71,  193. 
Henry  O.,  89.  264. 
L.  B.,88,  264. 
Parley,  256. 
Sumner  F.,  88. 

Strickland. 
David,  85. 

SlRONC. 

Caleb.  82. 

David  A.,  173. 

David    H.,    160,    173,  174, 

225. 
Gov  ,  85. 
Mary,  233. 

Stuart. 

Wentworth,  77. 
William,  253. 

Sullivan. 

Bart.,  88,  264. 
Michael,  88,  264. 

Sutherland. 
James,  181. 

SUTLIFF. 

Nathaniel,  16,  20,  24. 

Sykes. 

Samuel,  269,  270. 

Symers. 

Captain,  46. 

Taggart. 

Samuel,    159. 

Tailer. 

Jonathan,  16. 

TainTOR. 
H..58. 

Taylor. 

James,  i  59. 
John,  13,  1S7. 
Samuel,  77. 


IIISTORICAT.    INDEX. 


543 


Temple. 

D.  W.,  268,  270,  272. 
George,  70. 
John  W.,  Sg,  264. 

Templem.\n. 
Eugene,  88. 

Tenny. 
Mrs.,  27. 

Tkrombi.v. 
Rev.  Dr  ,  180. 

Thayer. 
Caleb,  84. 
William,  230. 

THOM.A.S. 

Benjamin,  16,  20. 
Frederick,    179, 
I.  L.,  89,  264. 

Thompson. 
A.  P.,  8g,  264. 
Anna,    130. 
F.  M.,  185. 

George,  55,  88,  221,  264. 
James,  93,  264. 
James  M.,  89. 
Mary,  156. 
Rev.,  178. 
W.  A.,  88,  264. 

Thorn'ily. 

George  W.,  89,  264. 

TiTCOM. 

Co!.,  36,  43,  45. 

Todd. 

David,  181. 
William,  181,  182. 

TORREY. 
Abel,  84. 

Town. 

David,  256,  257. 

Tr.wer. 

Phillip,   180. 

Truesdale. 

Rachael  B.,  164. 

Tryon. 

Elijah,  85,  260. 


Tuck. 
B.  F. 


15S. 


Turner. 

Captain,   10,   11,  16. 
Frank,  58. 
Isaac,    256. 
Samuel,  76.  252. 
William,  16,  19,  23. 

TfTE. 

James,  39,    250. 

Moses,   37,  80,  250,  252. 

Tyler. 

Judge,  198 

TylEY. 

Samuel,  16,  ig. 

Underwood. 
E.  L  ,  238,  244. 

Utter. 

Joseph,  257. 

Vaile. 

Geoffrey,  88,  264. 

Vanall. 

William,  8g,  264. 

Van  Horn. 
Azarial),  248. 

Vining. 

Ebenezer,  253. 
T.  S.,  195. 

Vinton. 
C.  H.,  181. 

Von  Best. 

William,  181. 

Wainwright. 
John,  16. 

Wait. 

Benjamin,   16. 
John,  16,  20,  64. 
Simeon,  21. 

WALBRIDGE. 

William  H.,  89,  264. 

Walkp:r. 
Elijah,  84. 


I 


Elizabeth,  130. 
Jacob,  83. 
Nathaniel,  84. 
W.  S.,  159. 

Walworth. 
Elijah,  80,  252. 

W.ALSWORTH. 

Amos,  253. 
James,  253. 
Nathan,  253. 
William,  253. 

Ward. 

Arthur  Allen,  240. 

Cynthia,  23S. 

L.  H.,  193,    197,    238,  239, 

240. 
La  Fayette  ]..  240. 
Nathaniel,  238. 

Warner. 
A    B.,  271. 
Albert,  25g 
George,  61 ,  go,  198. 
Ichabod,    33,    34.    50,    51, 

249,  250,  257,  259. 
Joel,  125. 
Joseph,  267. 
Lieut.,  79. 
Otis,  270. 
Pliney,  270. 

Warren. 

Timothy,  84. 

Warriner. 

Ebenezer,    16,  20. 
Joseph,  16. 

Washburn. 
A.  H.,  133. 

Wetherhead. 
A.,  64. 

Alburlus,  61. 
Lucius,  56,  89,  264. 

Webb. 

Cornelius,  16,  21. 
lohn,  16,  20. 
Jonathan,  16. 
Richard,  16. 

Webber. 

Eleazer,  16,  20, 
Jonathan,  20. 


544 


HISTORICAL    INDEX. 


Webster. 


Jacob,  77,  252. 

Major,  58. 

S.,  124. 

Stephen,  34,  73,  79,  I2g, 
174,  iqS,  245.  249,  256, 
257,  269,  270,  272,  279. 

Weeks. 
J.  H.,  89,  264. 

Weissbrod. 
Emil,  70. 

Welcome. 
Mr.,  56- 

Weld. 

Calvin,  77,  252. 

WEELER. 
Eleazer,  16. 

Wells. 

Agrippa,  76,  96,  97,  253. 

Arthur  F.,  161. 

Asa,  253. 

Col.,  77- 

David,  80.  88. 

George,  266. 

George  VV.,  264. 

John,  96,  179. 

Jonathan,   16,  17,  19. 

loshua,   21,  34,  36,  51,  79, 

186,  249,  250,  253. 
Levi,  256. 
Margaret,  221. 
Ner,  253. 
Thomas,  13,  16,  17,  18,  19, 

25.  98-  Q9- 
William,  135. 

Wesley. 

John,  147. 

Weson. 

Henry,  253. 

We.ston. 

Coomer,  138. 
Hannah,   138. 
Mary  Kay,  138. 
Thomas,  138,  139. 

Whe.\T. 

Samuel,  253. 


'  Wheeler. 

D  IL,  89,  264. 
Frank  IL,  181. 
O.  A.,  272. 

Whetten. 

Robert,  257. 

1 

I  Whitcomi?. 

Hiram,  179. 

Reuben,  77,  252. 
I       W.  S..  89,  264. 

White. 

Jonathan,  19,  23. 
M.  E.,  244. 
Rev.,  178. 
Simeon,  19. 
William,  33,  255. 

Whithed. 
L.  F.,  64. 

Whitman. 

Benjamin,  253. 

WlGN.\LL. 
W.,  181. 

Wilbur. 

Records,  74,  80,  252. 
Uriah,  96,  253. 

Wilcox. 

Timothy,  256. 

WiLCUT. 

William,  181. 

Wiley. 

Charles,   164. 

WiLL-'VRr). 

J-,  13,  41. 
Justice,  196. 
Ruel,  58,  252. 
Samuel,  70,  136. 
Samuel  Wells,  68. 

WiLLEY. 

George  A.,  89,  264. 

WiLLI.'VMS. 

Amos.  80,  252. 
Col.,  34,  36,  43,  44.  45- 
Elijah,  21,  24,  25,  33,  249. 
Ephraim,  29,  31,  41,  84. 


Harris,  63. 

Israel,  31,  33,  41,  46. 

Major,  250. 

Mr.,  17,  43.   44- 

Samuel,  125. 

Thomas,  38. 

Wflson. 

lames,  253. 
Widow,  253. 

WiNCHELL. 

Joseph,  16,  20,  24. 

WlXSLOW. 
David,  iSi. 

Wise. 

William,  256. 

WiTHERELL. 

George,  154. 

Woi.E. 

H.  A.,  264 

Wood. 

David,  250. 
Jacob, 174. 175. 
Joseph,  257. 
Samuel,  257. 

WOODARD. 

Jedediah,  62. 

WOODBRIDGE. 
Col  .    76. 
Mindwell,    162. 
Sylvester,  162. 

WOODROUGH. 

George  W.,  89,  93,  264. 
William,  89,  93,  264. 

WOOLEY. 

David,   80,  252. 
Thomas,  50,  77,  252,  257. 

Workman. 

John,  34.  77,  too,  249,  250, 
252,   253. 

WORTHINGTON. 

Nicholas,  16. 
VV.  A..  I  59. 
William,  16,  20. 


HISTORICAL   INDEX. 


545 


Wright. 

Captain,  2g. 
Chester,  67,  125. 
D.,  224. 
George,  257. 
Hezekiah,  17,  19,  20. 
James,  16. 

job,  37,  82,  120,    121,   123, 
131,  269,  271. 


Judah,  19,  21. 
L.  B.,  69. 

N.  R.,  177- 
Nehemiah,  230. 
Noah,  52. 
Preserved.  16,  20. 
Samuel,  260,  272. 
Sheldon,  55. 
Thaddeus,  257. 


Wrinkle. 
Thomas,  158. 

WRISLEY. 
Asahel,  179. 

Wyman. 

Captain,  34,  46. 


GENEALOGICAL  INDEX. 


Abbe. 

Clarence  M.,  420 
J.  Warren,  420. 
Mary  N.,  420. 

ACKLEY. 

Rebecca,  514. 

Adams. 

Amos  W.,  417. 
Benjamin,   285. 
Charles  W.,  285. 
Consider,  336. 
Elizabeth,  469. 
Joseph,  285. 
Joseph  H.,  285. 

Aldrich. 
Abby,  458. 
Amasa,  301. 
Asenath  P.,  286. 
Consider,  286. 
Cora  B.,  287. 
Diana  A.,  287. 
Dwight  L.,  287. 
Ella  E.,  288. 
Elvira  M.,  287. 
Emma  J.,  288. 
Elta  M.,  288. 
George,  287. 
Herbert  J.,  288. 
Hosea,  286,  432,  453. 
Ira,  287. 
Jacob,  287. 
James,  288. 
Joel,  287,  410,  490. 
Jonathan  J.,  286. 
Joseph,  2S5,  286,  287,  304, 

419, 454.  479- 
Julia  S.,  287. 
Lewis,  287. 
Lusina  A.,  287. 
Minnie  B.,  288. 
Moses,  286,  307,  453. 
Olive,  301. 
Oliver  F.,  286. 
Otis  J.,  287. 


Patience  A.,  287. 
Peter,  287. 
Phoebe  M.,  287. 
Rachael,  286,  419. 
Rachael  A.,  286. 
Samuel,  343. 
Samuel  H.,  287. 
Stephen  J.,  287. 
Susie  A.,  288. 
Tamar  C,  286. 
Tamar  S.  H..  2S7. 
VVheelock,  301. 
Willard  L.,  288. 

Alexander. 

Alvan,  288,  289. 

Ebenezer.  288. 

Elias,  289. 

George,  288,  367,  432. 

George  A.,  384. 

John,  288. 

Loring  C,  288. 

Lucy,  289. 

Maria  E.,  288. 

Martha,  289. 

Mary,  432. 

Mehitable,  361. 

Polycarpus,  484. 

Polycarpus  C,  288. 

Ralph  C.  288. 

Seth,  288,  289. 

Sophronia,  289. 

Sylvia,  473. 

Sylvia  T.,  288. 

Thankful,  384. 

Thomas,     288,     293,    472, 

473.  491- 

Alford. 

Alonzo   A.,  289,  431,  502. 

Ai.(;er. 

Alice,  290,  304. 
Franklin,  506. 
James,  2S9. 
Lucinda,  290. 
Reuben,  290,  304. 


Roger.  2S9,  290. 
Roxy,   290. 
Simeon,  290. 

Ali.en. 

Albert  G.,  294. 
Alfred    B.,  294,  364. 
Anna  M.,  297. 
Arthur,  296. 
Asaph,  291.  292,  489. 
Aurelia,  294. 
Benjamin.  290,  291. 
Catherine  M.,  297. 
Charles,  293,  299. 
Charles  F.,  298. 
Charles  J.,  294. 
Charles  S.,  292. 
Clymene  E.,  293. 
Clymene  S.,  295. 
Dorothy,  293. 
Dwight,  296. 
Edward,     290,     2gi,     293, 

296. 
Elder,  408. 
Electa,  292,  293. 
Eliakim,  292. 
Elisha,  296. 
Elizabeth,  325. 
Emma  G.,  299. 
Erastus,  293. 
Eunice,  293. 
Experience,  293,  491. 
Fannie.  296. 
Frank  J.,  392. 
Franklin,  297. 
Frederick,  359. 
Frederick  E.  H.,  294,  297, 

348. 
Frederick  H.,  296. 
Fred  Z.,   296. 
George  A.,  294.  364. 
George  W..  374. 
Gertrude,  299,  512. 
Grace,  299. 
Grace  E..  295,  308. 
Harriet  C,  294. 
Hattie  L.,  298. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


547 


Allen. 

Seba,    290,    291,    292, 

263, 

Arlin. 

Herbert  F.,  29Q. 

386. 

Lucy,  286. 

Horace,  292. 

Sem,  290. 

Horis,  292. 

Simeon,  290,  291,  292, 

293. 

Arms. 

Isabella  M.,  299,  325 

296,  389,  491,  520. 

497- 

James,  296,  344. 

Solomon,  293,  296,  340. 

Daniel,  483. 

James  B.,  296. 

Sophia,  292. 

Erastus,  425. 

Jane,  390. 

Susan   W.,  298. 

Esther,  483. 

Jerusha,  296. 

Zebulon,     290,     291, 

292, 

Horace  C,  491. 

John,  296,  319,  501,  5 

12. 

296. 

Seth,  301. 

John  F.,  299. 

Sylvia,  425. 

John  f.,  296. 

Allerton. 

Thomas,  301. 

John  L.,  298. 

Isaac,  365. 

William,  301. 

John    S..     297,    298, 

303. 

Mary,  365. 

311.  325- 

Arnold. 

Jonathan,     291,    293, 

364, 

Allis. 

Gideon,  401. 

416,  436. 

Thomas,  393. 

Roxcena  L.,  401. 

Jonathan  C,  29s. 

Jonathan  H.,  297. 

Amidon. 

ASHCRAFT. 

Joseph,  290,  291,  293, 

505- 

Harry,  409. 

Thaddeus  S.,  501. 

Joseph  P.,  295. 

John  H.,  513. 

Julia,   299,  501. 

Juliette  L.,  456. 

Ashley. 

L.  Ella,  311. 

Rufus,  400. 

Eben  L.,  301,  325. 

Lewis  C,  294,  464. 

Sarah  F.,  455. 

Edward,  301. 

Lillian,  296. 

Hattie,  301. 

Lizzie,  295. 

Andrews. 

Jennie  L.,  301. 

Lois,  496. 

Jonathan,  291. 

513- 

Lucinda,  297. 

Abigail,  300. 

Thomas  W.,  428. 

Lucinda  E.,  299. 

Affa,  481. 

Luke,  297,  50Q. 

Annie  R.,  504. 

Atherton. 

Marah,  291. 

Charles,  299. 

Abby  E,,  304. 

Martha,  293. 

Chester,  301. 

Adelbert  S.,  299,  303. 

Martha  H.,  295. 

Chloe.  301. 

Adonijah,  301,  483. 

Martin,  296. 

Clarissa  E.,  300. 

Allen,  302. 

Mary,  290,  291. 

Delight  P.,  301. 

Barllett,  303. 

Mary  E.,  298. 

Elijah,  301. 

Clesson  C,  302. 

Mary  L.,  296. 

Elizabeth,  300,  516. 

Elizabeth,  303. 

Milia  H.,  299,  303. 

Emily  M.,  30T,  307. 

Enos  B.,  302. 

Nellie  E.,  299. 

Gracia,  301. 

Florence  M.,  325. 

Noah,  403. 

Hannah,  300,  480. 

Fred  A.,  304. 

Olive  J.,  298. 

John,  299. 

Fred  S.,  304. 

0.  P.,  482. 

Lester,  300. 

Harry,  303. 

Oscar  C,  298,  346. 

Lurancy,  300,  516. 

Henry,  303. 

Ozias,  293. 

Luther,  300. 

Hepsibah,  303. 

Patrick  W.,  294. 

Luther  C,  301. 

Hope,  302,  479. 

Paul  J.,  295,  308,313 

468. 

MarduUa  L.,  300. 

Horace,  302,  303,  365,  372, 

Persis,  292. 

Nehemiah,    299,    300, 

301, 

503- 

Rhoda,  290. 

407.  516. 

Humphrey,  301. 

Richard  W.,  293,  356 

Otis,  300,  301. 

Isaac,  512. 

Robert,  293. 

Sanford,  300,  516. 

John,  303. 

Roxanna,  292,  293,  344. 

Solomon,  300,  307,  51 

6. 

John  C,  304. 

Ruth,  319. 

Stephen,  299. 

Joseph,  301,  302,  303,  327, 

Samuel  C,  291,  295, 

441- 

479.  481. 

Sarah  B.,  468. 

Andros. 

Joseph  B.,  302. 

Sarah  E.,  299. 

Ansel,  481. 

Lila  G  ,  304. 

Sarah  L.,  468. 

Lucinda  S.,  302,  503. 

Sarah  N.,  296. 

Andrus. 

Marian  S.,  302,  303. 

Sarah  W.,  3(9. 

Henry,  378. 

Martha,  303. 

548 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Atherton. 
Mary,  497. 
Maylou  E.,  5-21. 
Merry,  302,  327. 
Mindwell,  390. 
Newton  C,  303. 
Olive,  302. 

Oliver,  301,  303.  481,  497. 
Ralph,  302. 
Raymond  A.,  304. 
Rhoda,  302,  372. 
Samuel    H.,  302,  303,  336, 

434- 
William,  325. 

Ayer. 

Phillip  B.,  455. 

Babcock. 


391- 

Charles,  307,  338. 
Jane,  359. 
Nancy,  307. 
William  J.,  491. 

Bagg. 

Abbie,  307. 

Alice  L..  306. 

Angie  S.,  306. 

Ann,  305. 

Anna,  285,  304. 

Charles,  306. 

Charles  H.,  301,  307. 

Chloe,  304,  305,  393. 

Clarissa,  305. 

Clarissa  F.,  307. 

Eddy  C,  307. 

Francis  A.,  306,  309 

Frederick  L.,  306. 

George,  305. 

Harriet,  305,  472. 

Henry  A.,  306,  357. 

Henry  R.,  307. 

Hester  M.,  307,  347,  373. 

Hester  R.,  307. 

Hollis  B.,  307. 

Isabel,  306. 

Israel,   285,   290,  304,  393, 

403.  472,  501. 
James  M.,  305,  309 
John,  304. 
Justin,  305,  475. 
Laura,  306. 
Lucinda,  305. 
Lurancy  S.,  286,  307. 
Luther.  304,  305,413,  4i4- 
Margaret,  403. 
Margaret  M.,  305. 


Mary  E.,  305. 

Mary  S.,  306. 

Maugril'a.  304. 

Oliver,  286,    304,  306,  307, 

338,  49'- 
Richard,  305,  387. 
Rosella,  306,  307,  491. 
Ruggles,    304,     306,    307, 

347- 
Sabra  E.,  306,  309. 
Sarah,    304,    305,  306,  413, 

501. 
Susie,  306. 
Thankful,  ^14. 
Thomas,  304,  403, 

Baii.ey. 

Horace,  324. 
Richard,  308. 

Bain. 

Sarah,  388. 
William,  388. 

Baker. 

Cynthia  L.,  457. 
Isaac,  426. 
Loren,  4:^6.  457. 
Minnie,  456. 
Salem,  337. 

Bai,dwi.\. 

Thomas  W.,  500. 

Ball. 

Elmina  M.,  308. 
Henry,  308. 
Noah,  305. 

Bai.lard. 
Tartus,  349. 

Ballou. 

Charles  E.,  298. 
Henry  A.,  423. 

Ban(;s. 

Eunice,  343. 
John.  343. 
Nathaniel  J.,  371. 


Barher. 


422. 


Almira  E.,  412. 
Asa,  404. 
Augusta  J.,  40.|. 
Azariah,  308. 
Caroline  A.,  308. 


Charles,  295,  503. 
Charles  S.,  308. 
Edith  L.,  308. 
Elisha,  308. 
Ellsworth  W.,  308. 
Franklin  S  ,  308. 
George,  308. 
Gilbut  A.,  308,  457. 
Isaac,  412. 
Mary  E.,  308. 
Nancy,  457. 
Stillman,  308. 
Zachariah,  308. 

Barbour. 
Lucius  L.,  507. 

Bardvvell. 
Ebenezer,  364. 
Fannie  A.,  309. 
Fred  W.,  309. 
Guy,  308. 
Hattie  J.,  306,  309. 
Lucv,  486. 
M.  D..  Mrs.,  306. 
Mary  D.,  Mrs.,  309. 
Samuel,  483. 
Sarah,  489. 
Thomas,  486,  489. 
Wells  T.,  306,  309. 

Barker. 
Eber,  304. 

Barnard. 
Abner,  335. 
Ebenezer,  470. 
Joseph,  486. 
Salah,  483. 
Thankful,  486. 
Theodore,  489. 
William,  424. 

Barnes. 

Dexter  G.,  343. 

Barsidw. 

Alpheus.  309,  319. 
Elizabeth  N.,  309. 
Elvine  F.,  309. 
John,  309,  439 
Noyes,  309. 

Bartleit.    . 
Horace,  287. 


Barton. 
Alice  M. 


3"- 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX, 


549 


Barton.  ' 

Bellamy. 

Bliss. 

Benjamin,  310. 

Calvin,  313. 

Bradford,  310. 

Henry,  313. 

David,  310. 

Bellows. 

Jennie,  406. 

Edward  B.,  310. 

Louise,  i,35. 

J.  0.,  399. 

Ellen,  3ro. 

Luella,  435. 

Maria,  294. 

George  L.,  310. 

Martha,  435, 

Pelatiah,  48b. 

Hannah,  310,  345. 

Smith  S.,  435. 

Hattie  L.,  310. 

Blodgett. 

Henry,  310.  450. 

Bemis. 

360. 

Isaac,  310,  481. 

John,  288. 

Isaac    C.,    299,    309,     311, 

BOTEDISH. 

345.  349.  408. 

Benjamin. 

Polly,   417. 

Isaac  R.,  310. 

Dwiglit,  421. 

Joseph,  310. 

E.  Everett.  31 1,  493. 

Bly. 

Louisa,  310. 

Albert,  375. 

Lucy,  310. 

Benton. 

Harriet  L.,  375. 

Lyman  G.,  311,  370. 

Caroline,  509. 

Mary,   453. 

Erastus  H.,  475. 

Bolton. 

Neherniah  P.,  310. 

W.  J.,  312,  522. 

Ophelia,  31 1. 

Bertine. 

Ophelia  M.,  349. 

Frederick,  298. 

Bowker. 

Sally,  481. 

Alphonzo  v.,  312. 

Samuel,  309. 

BiGEl.OW. 

Arihur  H.,  312. 

Sarah,  310. 

Rebecca,  491. 

Charles,  312. 

Walter  L.,  311. 

William,  491. 

Delcy  H.,  312. 

Warren,  310. 

Effie  L.,  312. 

Billings. 

Liberty,  312. 

Bascom. 

Jesse,  383. 

Melvin,  312. 

Anthony,  425. 

Lucy,  484. 

Rose  E.,  312. 

Betsey,  294. 

Samuel  D.,  312. 

Chloe,  294. 

Bishop. 

Ezekiel,  338,  417. 

Armenia  B.,  367. 

Bowman. 

F.,  524. 

James,  367. 

Elizabeth  A.,  446. 

Joseph,  294,  469. 

Lucinda  N.,  367. 

Lizzie,  417. 

Boyle. 

Mary,  315. 

BiSSELL. 

Ada  H.,  313.  , 

Moses,  294,  315,  487. 

Jonathan  M.,  364. 

Anne  K.,  313. 

Nancy,  326. 

Charles,  312. 

Rebecca,  338. 

BlXBY. 

Charles  A.,  313. 

Affa,  464. 

Elias  J.,  313. 

Bates. 

David.  311,  448. 

Elizabeth  E.,  313. 

Alonzo  W.,  49t. 

Eleanor,  311,  448,  504. 

George  A.,  313. 

George  A.,  499. 

George    H.,  311,  405,  448, 

George  H.,  313. 

Rosalind,  504. 

504- 

Grace  W.,  313. 

Lydia,  31 1,  448. 

James,  312. 

Beaity. 

N.  N.,45i- 

Mary  P.,  313. 

Irvine  C.,  402. 

Matilda  J.,  313. 

William,  402. 

Blackmer. 

Nancy,  312. 

Anna,  472. 

Sarah  R.,  295,  313. 

Beere. 

Dorothy  L.,  472. 

Susan,  312. 

Harry,  326. 

Roland,  472. 

Susan  E.,  313. 
William,  295,  313. 

Belding. 

Blake. 

William  A.,  313. 

Leslie,  379. 

Nelson,  359,  474. 

William  S  ,  313. 

Bell. 

Blanchard. 

Boylston. 

Edwin,  515. 

Sarah,  350, 

Francis,  485. 

550 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Bradbur. 
W.  VV.,  361. 

Breman. 
Alice,  388. 

Brewer. 
J-,  49'- 

Brewster. 
Oliver,  313. 
Ruby,  313. 

Bridgman. 

John,  355,. 471- 

Briggs. 
Cyrus,  50S. 
Harriet,  393. 
Melissa  E.,  512. 
Owen,  314. 

Broderick. 
Celestia,  3&1. 

Brooks. 
Abbie,  317. 
Arthur  C,  397,  455. 
Bernard,  317. 
Bryant,  317. 
Bryant  B.,  317. 
Catherine,  315. 
Clara, 317. 

Daniel,  314,  358,  405. 
Edwin,  317. 
Electa,  314. 
Elizabeth,  316. 
Eunice,  314. 
Eunice  A.,  358. 
Fannie,  316. 
Florence,  317. 
Fred,  314. 

George  W.,  299,  314. 
Haibert  G.,  317. 
Jane,  316. 
jane  F.,  316. 
[eannie  M.,  317. 
lennie,  317. 
[ohn,  289,   314,    315,    317, 

324,  376,  399. 
John  P.,  315. 
Lena,  317. 
Maria  L.,  314. 
Martha.  314,  358. 
Mary  A.,  316. 
Mary  C,  314,  315. 
Melissa,  317. 
Nancy,  315,  399. 


Nathaniel,  314,  395- 
Sidney  R.,   315. 
Silas,  295. 

Silas    N.,    316,    317,     324. 
431- 

Brown. 

Abbie  H.,  461. 

Abbott  C,  318,  355.  452. 

Abraham,  408. 

Benoni.  317. 

Celinda  D.,  405. 

Charity,  379. 

Cynthia,    457. 

Delinda  K.,  515. 

Emma  N.,  318. 

Emma  W.,  318 

Henry,  317. 

Henry  C,  317. 

Imla  K  ,  317,  355,  37'- 

Isaac,  515. 

Jason,  317.  367,  482,  488. 

Laura  K.,  31S,  371. 

Mary  M.,  515. 

R.,456- 
Susie  N.,  318. 
William,  495. 
William   H.,  452. 

Brundage. 
Fanny,  327. 

Bryant. 
John  G.,  325. 

Bull. 
John  P.,  336. 
Mary,  464. 

BULLARD. 

Luke,  411. 
Ruel,  437- 

Bullock. 

Lectania,  444. 

Burdell. 
Mrs.,  420. 

Burdick. 
Sophia,  415. 

BURK. 

Corisann  E.,  320. 
Daniel  L..  320. 
Elvira,  504. 
Horace,  320,  340,  409. 


John,  291,  318,  319,  320, 
333,  352,  3^1.  386,  3S7. 
390,  409,  421.  478,  4S6, 
488,  496,  520. 

John  E.,  320,  460. 

Lovina,  320,  340. 

Lovina  R..  320. 

Lydia,  320,  387. 

Mehitable,  319,  489,  .496. 

Richard,  319. 

Ruth,  319. 

Sarah.  319,  337- 

Sarah  H.,  490. 

Burnett 
Arad,  441. 
Betsey  W.,  307. 
Charlane   P.,  512. 
Charlotte,  400. 

Burnham. 
Abigail,  321. 
Chloe,  321,  3yo. 
Elisha,  319,   320,  321,  339. 

390-  443- 
Eliphas,  320. 
Erastus  B..  502. 
Jerusha,  321,  339. 
Roxalinda,  321. 
Ruth,  319,  321,  443. 
Sylvia,  321,  339. 
Thomas,  320. 
William,  320,  321,  390. 

Burr. 

Chauncey  P.,  431. 
George  L  ,  303. 
Laura  D.,  431. 

BURRINGTON. 

John,  371. 
Lizzie  .\1.,  37i. 

Burroughs. 
Anna  L.,  520. 

Burrows. 

Abbie  M.,  325. 

Amanda  M.,  323. 

Amos.  322,  323,   324,    326, 

430,  444 
Andrew  A  ,  323. 
Asenath,  323. 
Barnard  H  ,  326. 
Baxter   P.,  324- 
Beulah  M.,  324.  326. 
Bryant  S  ,  326. 
B.  S..  38S. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


551 


Bl'rrows. 

Burton  W.,  324. 
Charles  E  ,  325 
Clavton  H.,  326 
Edwin  C,   2g9,    301,    324, 

325-   411- 
Elizabeth  R.,  325- 
Ellen  L.,  325. 
Emergene  M.,  326. 
Erastus,  323,  422. 
Eunice,  474. 
Fannie  E.,  323 
Frank,  324. 
Frank  E.,  327. 
Frank  L.,  324,  335- 
Frederick  A.,  325. 
George,  323,  455. 
George  E.,  324,  327. 
George    H.,  324.   327.  33i' 
George  M.,  327. 
George  W.,  326 
Gordon  H.,  327. 
Henrietta  "W.,  325,   415- 
Horace,  323. 
Hunt  W.,  326,  516. 
Isaac.  316,    323,    324.    3?5. 

415,  470,  507- 
Isabell  A.,  323. 
Jane,  322. 
"jane  A.,  323. 
larvis  F..  323,  326. 
Joanna  ^L,  323. 
[ohn,  322. 
John  B  ,  327. 
John  H.,  323. 
Joshua,  322. 
Julia  L.,  324,  507. 
Leon  O  ,  324. 
Levi  C,  326. 
Levi  P.,  326,  372. 
Lura  M.,  323. 

Lurancy,  322,  505. 

Mabel  J.,  324. 

Martha  A.,  323,  444. 

Martha  M..  324,  485. 

Mary,  323. 

Mary  E.,  327. 

Mavoret  P.,  325. 

Melissa,  316. 

Melissa  M.,  324. 

Nelson,  323,  324,445,  48; 

Nelson  P.,  324. 

Phoebe  J  ,  326. 

Rebecca  L.,  316. 

Robert,  322. 

Ruth  A.,  325. 

Sadie  H.,  301,  325. 

Salmon,  324. 


Salmon  H.,  323-  325.   454- 
Silas  E.,  326. 
Stella  N.,  326. 
Urania,  326. 
Warner  H.,  326. 
Washington  1.,  323- 
William,  322. 
Willie  S  ,  326. 
Willsworlh,  322. 

BuRf. 

Catherine  C,  328. 
Enos,  328,  454,  4Si- 
Enos  B.,  327. 
Enos  H.,  302,  327. 
Joseph  A.,  327. 
Kate  M.,  32S. 
Miriam,  481. 

BirrTERFIKI.I). 

George  K,,  323- 
Mary,  497- 

Buttock. 

Benjamin,  437. 

By  II  AM. 

Rachael,  50S. 

Cahot. 

Aaron,  434. 

Cairns. 

I      Arthur,  361. 
I       Bernice  A.,  328. 

Earle  H.,  328. 

Egbert  E.,  328. 

Ethel  328. 

Ethel  I.,  328. 

Harold  E  ,  328. 

Hugh,  328. 

Justin  A.,  32B. 

Leland  M.,  328. 

Robert,  328. 

Cai.dwkll. 
Hannah,  511. 
Juhn.  30y,  S"- 
John  S..  497- 
Mary,  309. 
Samuel  M.,  404. 

Campbell. 

Alexander,  492. 
Laura  F.,  428. 

Cai'F.n. 

Henry  F.,  370. 
Samuel  483. 


Capron. 

Elizabeth  W.,  298. 
Joseph,  29S. 
Lydia  A.,  457- 
Ro.xanna,  298. 

Carry. 

Dorothy,  328. 
Hannah,  481. 
Huldah,  328. 
Joseph,  481. 
Keziah,  512. 
Lydia,  328. 
Patience,  328. 
Richard,  328. 

Carleton. 

Amos,  361,  503- 
Asa  H.,  415. 
Benjamin  H.,  355- 
S.  Josephine,  503- 

Carmen. 
Mary,  444- 


Carpenter. 
Allen  L.,  33'- 
Betsey,  3(^0. 
C.  C,  444- 
Charles  C,  332,  492- 
Charles  E.,  332- 
Charles  H.,  33i- 
Charles  L.,  334- 
Clarence  E.,  33i- 
Cyrus  W.,  332. 
David,  329,  441. 
David  N.,  444- 
Ebenezer,  356. 
Edward  J.,  33"- 
Edward  W.,  331. 
Elijah  W.,  329-  435.  500. 
George  R  ,  333- 
Jane  B.,  334- 
"John,  329. 
John  A.,  331. 
John  E.,  331- 
Malcolm  A.,  331- 
Mary  S.,  332. 

Maud,  331- 

Minnie  H.,  331- 

Mirriam  F.,  334. 

Sainuel,  329. 

Sarah  A.,  334,  435- 

Timothy  B  ,  331. 

William,  329- 

William  B.,  334. 

Zebina,  357- 


552 


GENEALOGICAL    INDEX. 


Carrier. 

Amos,  324,  325,    334,   365, 

425. 
Benjamin  N.,  335. 
Consider  C,  335. 
Delia  E.  335,  425. 
Dwight,  335. 
George  A.,  335. 
Joseph,  482. 
Josephine  S.,  324,  335. 
Kneeland,  334. 
Mary  C,  335. 
Ralph  A.,  335. 
Sarepta  C,  324. 

Carson. 
464. 

Carter. 

Charles,  316. 
Content,  309. 
Edna  A.,  334. 
Maria  A.,  504. 
Mary,  435. 

Caswell. 

Mehitable,  321. 

Cately. 


391- 

Catlin. 

Catherine,  335. 
Dorothy,  336. 
John,  335. 
Joseph,  335. 
Mary,  336. 
Mercy,  336. 
Oliver,  336. 
Rachael.  335. 
Seth,  336. 

Chadwick. 
William,  336. 

Chamherlain. 
Eliezur,  336. 
Martha,  303. 
Mary,  336. 

Chai'Man. 

Lizzie  B.,  411. 
Matthew,  411. 

Chai'in. 

Abigail,  296,  340. 

Abner,  340. 

Alanson,  346,  347,  414. 


Albert,  343, 

Albert  G.,  343. 

Alice,  344. 

Alpheus,  320,  340,  409. 

Anah,  340. 

Blanche,  348. 

Bryant  F.,  346. 

Caleb,   293,   336,  337,  338, 

339.  341,  342,    344,    440, 

525- 
Calvin,  337. 
Caroline,  500. 
Catherine,  337,  343. 
Charles  E.,  344,  347. 
Clarence,  348. 
Clifford  S.,  347,  521. 
Col.,  438. 
Consider,  339. 
Cora  J..  347. 
Curtis,  344,  346,  43S. 
Cynthia,  337. 
Cyrenius,  321,  339,  342 
Dana,  342. 
Daniel,  337. 
David,  346,  411. 
Dennis,  340. 
Eddy,  306. 
Eddy  B.,  338. 
Edgar,  348. 
Elisha,  340. 
Eliza  M.,  348. 
Elizabeth  M.,  344,  347. 
EllaN.,  345. 
Erie,  469. 
Esther,  343,  419. 
Eunice,  341,  344. 
Eunice  F.,  394. 
Evelyn,  348. 
Ezekiel,  348. 
Ezra,  337. 
Frank  W.,  348. 
Frederick,   294,  307,    345, 

347,  373.  423.  474- 
Frederick  C,  347. 
Frederick  F.,  347. 
George.  340,  345. 
George  D.,  345. 
Gorham,  342,  343. 
Gratia,  33S,  514. 
H.  Adaline,  42S. 
Hannah,  298,  337,  340. 
Hannah  A.,  345. 
Harriet,  340,  520. 
Harriet  L.,  345. 
Harmon,  345. 
Harry,  343. 
Helen  W.,  344. 
Henry,  338. 


Hepzibah,  337. 

Herbert  A.,  344. 

Hester  R.,  347. 

Hetty  J.,  345. 

Hezekiah,   337. 

Homer  C,  346. 

Hf)race,  344. 

Horatio,   342. 

Hoyt  O.,  343,  468. 

Ida  R.,  347. 

Isaac  \V.,  346. 

Isabell,  343.  346. 

Israel,  33S,  340,  394,  488. 

Japhet,  336. 

Jerusha,  296,  340. 

Job  W.,  342. 

Joel.   319,  337,  33S.  514. 

John,  297,  344,  346,  414. 

John  P.,  34  X. 

John  W.,  348. 

Jonathan,  463. 

Justin,  342,  432. 

Leonard  B.,  340. 

Lorenzo,  340. 

Louisa  J..  298,  345. 

Lucius,  29S,  310,  343.  345. 

428,  520. 
Lucius    P.,    344,    345,  475, 

509. 
Lucy  F.,  297.  34S. 
Lydia,  343. 
Lydia  E.,  346. 
Manley,  340. 
Marcus,  343. 
Margaret,  343. 
Marguerite,  346. 
Maria,  34S. 
Mariette,  309. 
Marietta,  346. 
Marshall,  342. 
Martha  A.,  2S7,  343,  345. 
Mary,  345. 
Nelly,  337. 
Neri,  300. 
Norman,  345. 
Oliver,  338,  340,  469. 
Otis,    2S7,    340,  343,    419, 

455- 
Philena.   346. 
Pierce,  467. 
Priscilla,  409. 
Ralph  H.,  344. 
Rebecca,  339. 
Ruth,  337. 
Sabra,  337. 
Sally,  337. 
Sally  B.,  338. 
Samuel,  336. 


(iENEALOCUCAL   INDEX. 


553 


Chapin. 

Samuel  W.,  342,  344. 

Sarah,  338,  463. 

Sarah  B..  307. 

Selah,  296,  321,    337,    339, 

340. 
Seth,  437. 
Solomon,  33S,  469. 
Sophia  P.,  338. 
Submit,  337. 
Susanna,  337. 
Sylvia,  340,  342. 
Thankful,  338,    514 
Thomas,  336. 
Tryphena,  343,  455. 
Walter  F.,  345. 
Warren.  348. 
William,  338,  340. 
Wright,  341,  342. 
Zaimon,  343,  346,  411. 
Zalmuna,  339,  342,  480. 

Chase. 

Aquilla,   348. 

Azel  U.,  349,  360,  374. 

Hertha  E.,  349. 

Burton  F.,  349. 

Ella.  511. 

Fred  B.,  349. 

Frederick,  405,  506. 

James.  348. 

Loren,  348. 

Marv,  380. 

Mary  E.,  348,  349. 

Rufus,  348,  357,  399,  426. 

Rufus  D.,  348. 

Sanford    P.,  311,  348,  349. 


Cheney. 


480. 


Joseph  M.,  348. 

Cherry. 
328. 


Chh^ds. 

Albert,  496. 
Hannah,  461. 
Samuel,  491. 
Simeon  B.,  313. 
Theodore,  496. 

Chittenden. 
Otis,  388,  460. 

Church. 

Abigail,  488. 


Clapp. 

Ebenezer,  335. 
Eliphaz,  502. 
Mary,  502. 
Richard,  502. 
Salmon,  293,  386. 

Cl-ARK. 

Alexander,  350. 
Almond,  444. 
Aita  C,  350. 
Anna,  349. 
Caroline,  351.  456 
Catherine  F.,  351,  511. 
Charles  M  ,  350. 
Charlotte  F.,  351. 
Cyrus  W.,  359 
Daniel,  349. 
Delia  v.,  350. 
Dexter  W.,  351. 
Ebcr  L..  382,  445. 
Ernest  W.,  351. 
Fanny,  349. 
George,  349. 
George  H.,  386. 
Gideon,  440. 
Grace  M.,  458. 
Harry,  350. 
Helen  M.,   382. 
Henry  D.,  351. 
Henry  M.,  350. 
Isabel  A.,  351. 
Isabella,  351. 
James  H.,  301. 
}.  Darwin,  351,  460. 
Joel,  350. 
John,  411. 
John  L.,  458. 
Julius  H.,  350. 
Justice,  350,  452,  460. 
Leila  M.,  350. 
Luther,  484. 
Martha,  474. 
Matilda,  350. 
Matthew,  523. 
Nathaniel,  426. 
Nettie  B.,  350. 
Newman  H..  350. 
Noah,  350. 
Ralph  N.,  350. 
Sally,  426. 
Samuel,  350. 
Sarah  L.,  445. 
Solomon  J.,  350. 
Terry  J..  350. 
Thankful,  350. 
Walter  A.,  350. 
Wiikins,  511. 


Wilkins  B.,  350,  456. 
Wyman,  350. 

Clesson. 

Hannah,  290. 
Joseph,  290. 
Matthew,  489. 

Cleveland. 
Ezra,  439. 

ClO(;si()N. 

Henry  W.,  351. 
John,'35i. 
John  G.,  351. 
William,  351. 
William  H.,  351. 

CdATES. 

Charles,  352,  357. 
Charles  H.,  352. 
David,  352,  357. 
Elizabeth,  352,  402. 
Esther,  352. 
John,  352. 
Lucinda,  481. 
Mirriam,  352. 
Reuben,  352. 
Simeon,  352. 
Thankful,  352. 

CoiiH. 

Martha  L.,  432. 

COKLEIGH. 

Mrs.,  328. 
Nellie  F.,  346. 

Cole. 

G.  M.,  503. 

COLEGROVE. 

Stephen,  499. 

COLMAN. 

Abigail  B.,  368. 
Thaddeus,  368. 
William,  441. 

COLGROVE. 

David  P.,  300. 

CONI^ON. 

John  W.,  510. 

Cone. 

Robert,  438. 
William,  518. 


554 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


CoNGnoN. 
Abigail.  356. 

CoNNAliI.E. 

Abbie  B.,  357. 
Amelia,  356. 
Atiiy,  356,  357,  432. 
Anna,  355,  525 
Asenalh  VV.,  324. 
Augusta  S.,  35S. 
Caroline,  356. 
Caroline  A.,  358. 
Celestia  E.,  357. 
Charles,   358. 
Charles  D.,  358. 
Charles  E.,  358. 
Daniel  B.,  358. 
David,  357. 
Dwight  N..  357. 
Edna  O.,  358. 
Edwin  VV.,  355. 
Elbert  E.,  358. 
Elizabeth,    352,    355,    357, 

434.  442. 
Elizabeth  F.,  358. 
Emma.  358. 
Eunice  E.,  31S,  355. 
Ezra,  348,  356,  357. 
Hannah,  353,  395. 
Harriet  A.,  357. 
Hollis  E.,  35S. 
Jane  A.,  356. 
John,   3?2,   353,    354,    356, 

357,  432. 
Jonathan,  318,  324,  355. 
Joseph,  354.  356 
Kate  A  ,  358. 
Laura  C,  355. 
Lucy,  357. 
Lydia,  357. 
Mary,   354,  357- 
Mary  A. .306,  355,  357.358. 
Mary  H.,  358. 
Mary  D.,  35S. 
Mary  E  ,  442. 
Philander,  356 
Phoebe,  355. 
Prudence,  352,  357. 
Rebecca,  355,  356,  485. 
Rebecca  L.,  324,  3^5. 
Ruth,  358. 
Samuel,  306,  314,  353,  354, 

355,  35S,  3<Ji,    39*^,  ■434. 

442,   443.    471,    472.  485, 

525- 
Samuel  C,  338. 
Samuel  L  ,  355,  357. 
Samuel  VV.,  358. 


Sarah.  355.  356,   361,   472. 
Sarah  D. ,  357. 
Susan  J.,  357. 
Susanna  F.,  443 
Sylvia.  443. 
Sylvia  P.,  348. 
Waller  D  ,  35S. 
William  G..  358. 
Willie  S.,  358. 

Cook. 


415- 

Amasa,  461. 
Benjamin.   358. 

B.  F.,  327. 

C.  O.,  35S. 
David  B.,  455. 
Lucius  W.,  351. 
Mary  E.,  327. 
Myrtia  L  ,  412. 
Orrison,  409. 
William  E  ,  506. 

Cooi.KV. 

Charlotte  A.,  359. 
Freedom,  291. 
George,  359. 
lemima  H.,  359. 
Lucinda  E.,  359. 
Lyman  W.,  288. 
Mary,   359. 
Oliver,  296,  359. 
Rodney  O.,  359. 

Cnoi.iDCE. 
Daniel,  359. 
Josiah,  339. 

COOMKR. 

Sarah,  363. 
William.  363. 

Coon. 

Almcda  B.,  357. 

CoKiiKir. 

Apollos  E.,  361. 
Clarence  C  360. 
Cora  E..  360. 
Darius  C,  360. 
David  C,  360. 
George  R..  360. 
James  VV.,  360. 
Jane,  360. 
Jennie  L.,  36 1. 
Jerome,  360. 
Joseph,  359. 
Joseph   B.,  360. 


Josiah,  360. 
Leroy,  361 . 
Lizzie  A.,  360. 
Lucinda,  360. 
Mary  E.,  360. 
Moses,  359,  360. 
Myron,  349,  335,  357. 
Myron  L.,  360. 
Myrtie  M.,  361. 
Nancy,  360. 
Rosvvell,  447. 
Sally,  360. 
Theresa  P.,  360. 

Corey. 
Rose,  360. 

Cot'CH. 

James,  353,  361,  371. 
Lucy,  46S. 
Sarah,  353. 

COUILI.IARI). 

H.,  521. 

CoirRTNEY. 

James,  452. 
Selina  M.,  452. 

Co\v.\N. 
F.  A  ,  392. 

COWDREY. 

George,  465. 

Cowi.ES. 

Amasa  S.,  44S. 
Clinton  J.,  475. 

Coy. 

Jennie  E.,    325. 
Julia  L  ,  325. 
John,  501. 
Lucien  VV.,  325. 

Ckandai.i.. 
Mary.  440. 
Susanna,  520. 

Crawford. 

Bradford  G.,  345. 

Crockkn. 
Huldah.  305. 

Crony.n. 
David,  361. 
Fredrika,  361. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


55S 


Cronyn. 

Ruth  R.,  3bi. 
Theodore,  361. 
Thoreau,  361. 
Zella  R.,  361. 

Crosier. 
Abner,  407. 

Grossman. 
Jacob,  437. 

Crowf.ll. 

Christopher,  361. 

Daisy.  363. 

Henry  L.,  362,  431,  502. 

Homer  C.,  362. 

Hiland  R.,  362. 

John,  361. 

Jennie  S.,  362. 

Jennie  O.,  363. 

Levi,  361. • 

Preston  R.,  362,  363. 

R.  L.,  417. 

Ransom  L.,  361. 

Ruth  A.,  363. 

Willie,  363. 

Cum  MINGS. 
Israel,  409. 

CUNE. 

Elizabeth,  460. 

Curtis. 

lennie  L.,  297. 
MoUie,  475. 
Munroe,  297. 

CUSHMAN. 

Abigail.  364. 

Agnes  J.,  374. 

Alfred  B.,  372,  421,  468. 

Alonzo,  376. 

Alonzo  R.,  370. 

Alvah,  333,  372. 

Ambrose,   363,  365. 

Anna,  364. 

Artemas,     294,    363,     364, 

441.  479 
Arthur  I.,  373. 
Aurclia  L.,  365,  414. 
Azel,  364. 
Burt  A..  373 
Calvin  N.,  364. 
Carpus,  365. 
Charles  P.,  372,  457. 
Charlotte  N.,  372. 
Chloe,  294,  364. 


Clara  S.,  370. 

Consider,    302,    334,    335, 

363,  364,  410,  414. 
Dexter  A.,  374. 
Elizabeth  C,  468. 
Ella  M.,  406. 
Ellen  S.,  373,  375. 
Elliott  S.,  373. 
Emma  L.,  372. 
Emma  P.,  372. 
Emerancy  J.,  371. 
Erasmus  D.,  460. 
Fannie,  364. 
Field    VV.,   307,   347,    37t, 

373.  374,405- 
George  H.,  456. 
Gov.,  522. 
Hannah,  365. 
Harriett,  364,  365,  437. 
Henry    C,    318,  370,    371, 

384- 
Henry  W.,  311,  368. 
Hope  E  ,  371. 
Huldah  P.,  371,  503. 
Isaac.  363,  367. 
Isaac  E.,  371. 
Joab,  364. 
John  A.,  373. 
John  W.,  364. 
Jonathan,  367,  431. 
Jonathan  F.,  367. 
Julian  H  ,  371. 
Laroy  C,  373. 
Lathrop,  365. 
Loring  T.,  373. 
Louise,  373 

Lucinda,  364,  365,  370. 
Lucy  B.,  372. 
Lucy  R.,  311,  370. 
Mary,  334,  365.  367. 
Mary  A.,  370. 
Mercy,  364. 
Nathaniel,  363,  440. 
Nettie  M  ,  374. 
Orilla,  365. 
Phedora,  326. 
P.  L.,  369,  375,  385- 
Polycarpus,  288,  329,  363, 

3b5,  366,    367,    386,  465. 

470,  473 
Polycarpus  L.,    302,    311, 

368,  371,  372. 
Rachael,  367,  465. 
Rachael  F.,  370. 
Ralph,    311,  361,  367,  370, 

37',  4*^9- 
Ralph  H.,  371,  468. 
Rebecca,  364.  365. 


Rhoda,  302,  365. 

Robert,  326,  363,  452. 

Robert  S  ,  371,  372. 

Roxalena,  364. 

Roxanna  H.,  371. 

Ruggles  A.,  373. 

Sally,  365. 

Samuel  R  ,  370. 

Sarah,  363,  365,  410,  4\i. 

Sarah  R.,  370. 

Seorim.  367,  371,  459.  503, 

513,  520. 
Serepta,   365. 
Simeon,  317,  363,  367,  460, 

488. 
Simeon  S.,  367,  507. 
Silas,  365. 
Sophia  B  ,  372. 
Sophia  R.,  513. 
Sophronia,  288,  364,  367. 
Sophronia  R.,  371. 
Submit,  364. 
Sylvira  S.,  370. 
Teinperance,  364. 
Theo.  R.,  372 
Thomas,  363. 
Thomas  A.,  373. 
Thomas  L.,  373. 
Thylura,  364. 
Vilate,  294,  364. 
William,  363. 
Zorah,  365. 

Cutler. 
Abel,  362. 
Abner,  374. 
Alice  L.,  375. 
Ella  B.,  375- 
Emily,  362. 
George  T.,  374,  375. 
Grace  L.,  375. 
Henry  H.,  376. 
James,  374. 
Joel,  378,  427. 

LaroyZ.,354,  373.374.  375- 
Laura  S.,  375,  516. 
Lucy  J.,  374.  376- 
Mabel  L,,  375. 
Nahum    S.,   289,  374,  375. 

376,  428. 
Thomas,  374. 
Zenas,    357,  360,  374,  516. 

Dadmun. 
Hal  A.,  421. 

Damon. 
Ada,  461. 


556 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Danielson. 

Benjamin  T.,  494. 

Darling. 

Uriah  T.,  449. 

DaVENI'ORT. 

Calvin  N.,  376. 
Martin  V.  B,,  376. 
Oliver,  376. 
Thomas,  376. 

Davidson. 

Barnabas,  377. 
Edward,  377. 

Davis. 

Charles  W.,  436. 
Daniel,  377. 
Dennison,  480. 
Floyd  E.,  377. 
Jacob,  377. 
John,  377. 
John  E.,  377. 
Jonathan,  377. 
Nathaniel,  377. 
Nettie  T.,  377. 
Roy  A.,  377. 
Schu3'ler  N.,  307. 
Submit,  439. 
Walter,  377. 

Dawi'.s. 

Harriet  P  ,  312. 
Samuel,  312. 

Day. 

Asenath  H.,  310. 
Benjamin,  486. 
Ellen  C.  378. 
Frances  P.,  378. 
James,  377. 
Joel,  377. 
John.  377. 
Josephine  E.,  378. 
Josephine  F.,  378. 
Josiah  P..  378,433. 
Robert,  377. 
Susan  F.,  378. 

Deakin. 

Hannah,  448. 
William,  448. 

Dean. 

Achsah  W.,  365. 
Albert,  421. 
Charles,  378. 


Charles  W.,  509. 
Ed.,  419. 
Emma,  421. 
Flepsibah.  4[9. 
Hiram,  351,  378,  502. 
[eremiah,  365. 
Jerry,  419 
Keziah,  421. 
Lewis,  505. 
Seba.  293. 

Dei.vev. 
Mary,  454. 


Demick. 
Helen, 


488. 


Deming. 
Abitjail,  481. 
Charles  M.,  372. 

Demond. 

J.  Howe,  318. 

Demorest. 
J.  H  ,414. 

Den HAM 
Anna  M.,  436. 
Henry  C,  436. 

Denio. 

Aaron,  378,  486,  487 
Anna,  379,  487. 
David,  379. 
Dorothy,  486. 
James.  378. 
Joseph,  378,  379 
Sarah,  379. 
William,  379. 

Dennison. 
A.  L..  379. 
Carrie,  515. 
Edward,  515. 
Fred  B. ,  431. 
Jabez,  379. 
Mary,   357. 

Devons. 

Charles,  333. 

Dewey. 

Charles  S.,  379. 
David,  379. 
Frank  A..  379. 
Frederick  J.,  379. 
Henry  L  ,  379 


Hester,  407. 
J.  N.,  285. 
Joel  N.  379,  421. 
Margaret  E.,  379. 
Mary,  379. 
Sarah,  356,  379,. 
Sarah  J.,  379. 

DeWoi.k. 
Henry,  410. 

Dexter. 

Etta  M.,  373, 

Dickinson, 

Albert,  3S0. 
Beihan  H.,  379,  387 
Catherine,  336. 
Charles,  380. 
Charles  E.,  507. 
Edgar  H.,  507. 
Emily,  379. 
Everett  N.,  -jSo. 
Fidelia,  380. 
George.  359. 
Harriet,  296. 
Henry,  305. 
Herbert  L.,  507. 
Jackson,  296,  359 
Jesse  F.,  380. 
Laura,  380. 
Louisa,  380. 
Lydia  B  ,  380. 
Martha,  474. 
Mary,  380. 
Mercy,  317. 
Moses,  395,  462. 
Nathaniel,  317. 
Obadiah,  380,  450. 
Ozias.  379. 
Relief,  462. 

DiCKMAN. 

Maria  L.,  36S. 
Nancy,  522. 
T.,  522. 
Thomas,  368. 

Dike. 

Nicholas,  494. 

Dole. 

Daniel.  477. 
Diana  L.,  436. 
Lawrence  W.,  406. 

Do.VELSON. 

Jane  S.,  314. 
Phoebe,  432. 


I 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


557 


DOOLITTI-E. 

Edson  C.,  348. 
Edward,  380. 
Dorothy  A.,  509. 
George,  380,  509. 
Oliver,  496. 
■  Susanna,  496. 

DORRELI.. 

William,  380. 

DouD. 
John,  426. 

Doty. 
Adelia  S.  382. 
Content.  505. 
Edward,  381. 
Harriet  E.,  382. 
James,  381. 
James  E.,  382. 
Joel,  381,  382. 
John,  381. 
Louisa  M.,  3S2. 
Mary  E.,  382. 
Thomas  F.,  382. 
Thomas  K.,  382. 

Downs. 

James  T.,  324. 

Drury. 


475- 

Mason.  428. 

Dunham. 

Deicy  D  ,  312. 
Robert  C,  454 

DUNKLEE. 

Etta  J.,  420. 

DUNNELI.. 

David,  323. 

DWIGHT. 

Dr.,  309. 
Mary,  383. 
Nellie,  383. 
Timothy,  352. 
William  G.,  383. 
William  M.,  382. 

Dyke. 

Harriet,  456. 

Earl. 

Sophia,  399. 


Eason. 
Adin,  484. 
Allen,  397. 
John,  302. 
Samuel,  391. 


Eastman. 


360. 


Easton. 

William  W.,  305. 

EUDY. 

William  R.,  356. 

EnoAR, 

John  E.,  378. 

Edwards. 

Alexander,  383 
Amy,  356. 
Austin  L.,  384. 
Benjamin  A.,  395. 
Charles  L.,  384. 
Dwight  A.,  384. 
Elizabeth,  383. 
Elizabeth  H.,  384. 
George,  384. 
Harriet  E.,  384. 
Harvey,  382. 
Henry  L.,  384. 
John  M..  384. 
Jonas  N.,  384. 
Jonathan  L.,  384. 
lonathan  N.,  384. 
Lathrop,  384,  415. 
Luther,  383. 
Luther  L.,  384. 
Lvman  D  ,  384. 
Martha  D.,  384. 
Mary,  384. 
Mary  G.,  384. 
Olive,  383. 
Polly,  520 
Ruth,  383.  384. 
Ruth  F.,  384,  424. 
Sarah  J  ,  384. 
Simon,  380,  383. 
Thankful  M.,  384. 
Thomas,  288,  383 
Thomas  L.,  383,  384.   424. 
Tryphena,  288,  384. 
William  S.,  384. 

Ellenwood. 
Dana,  502. 
Lydia,  337. 

Elliott. 

Dwight,  287. 


Ellis. 

Sus.in,  301 

Elmer. 
Anna,   523 
Hezekiali,    523. 

Emery. 

Joseph  W.,  446. 

Emerson. 
Sarah, 429. 

English.' 

Benjamin,  353. 
Hannah,  439. 
Mary,  353. 
Rebecca,  353. 
Richard,  439. 

Ends. 

Betsey,  296. 

Estabrooks. 
Lillian  F,,  362. 
William,  362. 

Euda. 

Achsah,   520. 
John,  384. 

EUSTIS. 

Anna,  392. 

Evans. 
John,  385. 
William,  464. 

Fairman. 

Joab,  287,  490. 
Love,  478. 
Mary  A.,  287. 
Mary  L.,  350. 

Farnsworth. 
George  W.,  504. 

Farrill. 
Betsey,  422. 

Fay. 

Adoniram,  502. 
Clara,   502. 

Fellows. 
Robert,  382. 


558 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Felt. 

Rachael,  304. 

Felton. 

Caroline  C,  515. 
Ed.,  323. 
Eunice,  356. 
Eunice  C  ,  515. 
William,  356,  515. 


Fenno. 
Mary  P. 


490. 


Ferre. 
James  F.,  516. 

Ferry. 

Abner,  295. 
Aretas,  3S5,  476. 
Charles,  385. 
Noah,  385. 
Rosannah  S.,  295. 
Susan  S.,  386. 
Ward  A.,  386. 

Fessenden. 
Samuel,  400. 

Fettyplace. 
Anne  W.,  368. 
Thomas,  368. 

Field. 

Aaron,   293,  366.  386,  3S7, 

418,  479,  488. 
Aaron  W.,  387,388.  422. 
Augustus  R.,  387. 
Azuba,  386. 
Barnard  W.,  370. 
(Calvin,  286. 
Chloe,  386. 
David,  493. 
David  G.,  466. 
Decima,  3S7 
Ebenezer,  386. 
Ebenezer  F.,  356. 
Edith.  388. 
Edmund  L.,  38S. 
Eliakim,  359 
Elijah,  388. 
Emetine  L.,  454. 
Eunice,  3S6,  387,  495. 
Evelj'n  L  ,  388. 
Genevieve  R.,  388. 
Hannah,  359. 
Harriett  E.,  388. 
Harriet  L  ,  388. 
Irene.  386,  439. 


Jesse,    305,    320,  380,  386, 

387,  460,  495,  497. 
Joanna,  293,  386. 

John     B..    383,    386,    387, 

388,  487. 
John  E.  B.,388. 
Joseph,  388. 
Leiitia^,  387. 
Lovina,  387,  460. 
Lucinda,  387,  497. 
Lucy  F.,  324. 
Lydia,  387. 
Maria,  3S7. 

Mary  H  ,  305,  3S7. 
Mehitable,  386,  488. 
Morris  E.,  388. 
Olive,  387. 
Rachael,  366,  386. 
Samuel.  386. 
Sarah,  387. 
Sophia,  329. 
Sophronia  L.,  388. 
Tartia,  380,  387. 
Theodore,  388. 
William,  388. 
Zachariah,  386,  388. 

Fish. 


323.  420. 

Lucy  A.,  413. 
Mary,  500, 
Susannah,  503. 


Fisher. 


513- 


Laura  D.,  481. 
Mary  C,  308. 
Moses.  308. 

FiSK. 

Anna  A.,  362. 
Charlotte,  502. 
Pliny,  332. 

Flagc. 

Charles,  389. 
Mary,   296. 
Mary  S.,  389,  469. 
Patty  E.,  389. 
Prudence,  395. 
Samuel,  296,  389,  469. 
Samuel  G.,  389. 
Stephen  P.,  344. 

FLEMINf'.. 

May  F.,  426 

Flint. 

Anson,  3S9.  422. 
Benjamin  O.,  389. 


John  H.,  389. 
Louisa  C.  389. 
Lucy  M.,  389. 
Phila.  389 
Rose!,  505. 

FOLLETT. 


400. 

Forbes. 

Adelaide  A.,  405. 
Theodore  C,  312. 

FORTIN. 

A.  Maud,  452. 

FOOTE. 

Lydia,  397. 
Mary,  339. 
Obed,  397. 

Foster. 

Abraham,  479. 
Betsey,  390. 
Charles,  391. 
Chloe,  391. 
Dan  P.,  382. 
Edgar  S.,  391. 
Electa,  391. 
Eliakim,  391. 
Ephraim,  390. 
Ezekiel,  390,  391,  440. 
Ezra,  391,  505. 
Frank.  378. 
Frank  R.,  392. 
Frank  W.,  39 r. 
Frederick  W.,  392. 
George,  392. 
Horace,  391. 
Isaac,  389 
Jacob,  3S9. 
John,  389. 
Joseph  S.,  391. 
Josiah,  390,  391,  392. 
Joshua.  390. 
Leroy,  391 
Lila  E.,  392. 
Lottie  T.,  299.  392. 
Louisa  S..  392. 
Luette  L.,  392. 
Luranry,  391. 
Lydia,  390. 
Margaret,  523. 
Mary,  391,  392. 
Mary  NL.  392. 
Mercy,  390. 
Nancy,  391. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 

S5C 

Foster. 

Miriam,  393,  475. 

Elizabeth,  397. 

Nancy  S.,  392. 

Naama,  488. 

Elizabeth  A.,  397. 

Nathan  W.,  392. 

Noah,  392,  393. 

Emma  C,  397. 

Newton,  391. 

Patience.  393.  453- 

Emma  V.,  397. 

Nora  H.,  392. 

Patience,  L.,  347. 

Frederick  M.,  397. 

Polly,  391. 

Roger.  393. 

George  W.,  397. 

Ransom,  299,  392. 

Ruel,  393. 

Hattie  A.,  397. 

Rebecca,  390. 

Sally,  393. 

Henry  C,  397,  455. 

Reginald,  389. 

Salmon  H.,  395. 

James,  395. 

Rufus.  391. 

Sarah,  403,  453. 

John,  395. 

Sally  M.,  392. 

Selah  W.,  394. 

Joseph  S.,  397. 

Sarah,  390. 

Sena,  394. 

Levi,  396. 

Sarah  S.,  392. 

Sheldon  S.,  394. 

Lucia  A.,  397. 

Silas,  390. 

Silas  G.,  341,  394,  498. 

Lucy,  395. 

Sylvia,  391. 

Solomon  C,  394. 

Marcus,  397. 

Theoma  G.,  392. 

Sophronia,  394. 

Mary,  328,  395. 

Thomas  J.,  392. 

Sylvia,  394. 

Mary  A.,  305. 

Washington  B.,  392. 

Tenty,  393. 

Michael,  353,  395,  396. 

Washington  W.,  392. 

Terah.  394,  460,  504. 

Miranda,  397. 

Whitby,   465. 

Wealthy,  393. 

Prudence,  395. 

William,  450. 

William,  299,  347,392,393- 

Rachael,  396. 

403,  412,  414,  453,  475- 

Reuben,  396,  450. 

Fox. 

Rufus,  305,  392,  396. 

Aaron,  304.  393. 

Franklin. 

Rufus  A.,  397. 

Amerus  G..  394. 

Bertha,  467. 

Sabra  W.,  392. 

Anna,  393. 

E.  M.  Mrs.,  395. 

Samuel,  395,  458. 

Asenath,  498. 

Joseph,  514. 

Susanna,  395,  396. 

Betsey,  414. 

Woodburn,  467. 

Zenas,  396. 

Celestia  O.,  394. 

Chester,  393. 

Frary. 

Frost. 

Chloe,  393,  4£2. 

Eunice,  386. 

Mary,  310. 

Content,  392. 

Nathaniel,  386. 

Cornelia,  421. 

Wells,  429. 

Fuller. 

Delight,  393. 

480. 

Edmund  B.,  394. 

Frazier. 

C.  H.,  497. 

Edward  W.,  394. 

Michael,  396. 

Elijah,  444. 

Eli,  393- 

Zenas,  396. 

George  E.,  405. 

Eli  C,  394. 

Joseph,  459. 

Elizabeth,  394. 

French. 

Shubal,  387. 

Eunice,  393. 

Ovid,  506. 

Everett  C,  394. 

Fulton. 

Fileta,  393,  403. 

Frink. 

Alexander  B.,  358. 

Frederick  P.,  394. 

Charles  L.,  288. 

Gad,  393. 

Lyman,  330. 

Gaines. 

George  F.,  395. 

Mary,  330. 

Abby,  406. 

Hannah,  300. 

Chester,  466. 

Havillah  R.,  395. 

Frizzell. 

Betsey,  300. 

Herbert  D.,  395. 

Abigail,  395,  458. 

Edwin,  413. 

Horace  B.,  394. 

Amelia  D.,  396. 

Electa,  406. 

Ira,  393. 

Ann.  397. 

Everett,  421. 

Jared,  393- 394,  453- 

Anna,  396. 

Frank,  406. 

Julia  A.,  394. 

Benjamin,  396. 

Joel,  421. 

Leonard,  393. 

Calvin,  396. 

Joseph,  406,  482. 

Lucinda  A..  453. 

Climena,  392,  397  ,   450. 

Lucina  M.,  482. 

Lucinda  S.,  395. 

Dency,  397. 

Lucy.  482. 

Luke  G.,  394. 

Earl,  459. 

Martha,  481. 

Lydia,  393. 

Edwin  C,  397. 

Obed,  357. 

Mary  |.  395. 

Elijah,  396. 

Rhoda,  364. 

560 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Gaines. 

Richard,  300,  516. 
Samuel,   4S1. 
Sarah,  512. 

Gale. 

Jasper  A.,  399. 

Gary. 

H  uldah  L.,  427. 

Gates. 

William,  434. 


Geay. 

Samuel,  464. 

George. 
Jared,  292. 

GiBBS. 

Elizabeth,  491. 


Gilbert. 


392. 


Abigail,  397. 
Elizabeth,  381,  397. 
Eliza  A.,  384, 
Henry,  397. 
Joshua,  397. 
Levi,  295. 
Lucy,  397. 

Glasford. 
Anna,  351. 

Glazier. 
John,  313. 


Gleason. 


452. 


Joel,  451. 
Josiah,  349. 
Lucy  L.,  349. 

Glover. 

William,  506. 

GonoARD. 
Flora,  416. 

Goodale. 

Feronia,  399. 
Job,  397,  445. 
John,  397. 
Lydia,  397,  445. 
Lydia  M..  39S. 
Maria  L..  445. 


Nathan,  397. 
Rt)bert,  397. 
Zachariah,  397. 

GOODENOUGH. 

Nancy  S.,  375. 

GooDiNc;. 

John  G.,  482. 

Goodrich. 
Gynihia,  501. 
Ralph,  427. 

Goodwin. 

Benjamin  F.,  382. 
David,  430. 
Enoch,  430. 

GORDEN. 

A.  G.,  423. 

Gore. 

Charles,  399. 
Delilah,  300. 
Emma,  399. 
Ezekiel,  348,  399. 
Frances,  399. 
John,  399. 
Marian,  399. 
Mary  R.,  399. 
Mila,  399. 
Miriam,  348. 
Lucinda,  399. 
Luke,  399. 
Sarah,  399. 
Stephen,  315.  399. 

GOTT. 

Diadema,  490. 

Gould. 

Chandler,  400. 
Elijah  A.,  399. 
Gardner,  399. 
George  W.,  400. 
Gideon,  399. 
Hannah  M.,  400. 
James,  400,  525. 
Lewis  F.,  400. 
Lovina,  400. 
Mary,  400. 
Sally,  400. 
Susan  A.,  400. 
Susie,  326. 
Walter,  289. 
William,  400. 


Granger. 

William,  364. 

Grant. 

Edith  v.,  461. 
Elbert  P.,  461. 
George  H.,  461. 
George  W.,  461. 
Lucy,  459. 
Rolland  E.,  461. 
Walter  F.,  461. 
William  D.,  461. 

Graves. 

Alonzo,  388. 
Cotton,  441. 
Fanny,  499. 
Myron  T..  314. 
Rufus,  442. 
Sarah  J..  435. 

Gray. 

Amos,  400. 

Annie  N.,  402. 

Betsey,  400. 

Ella  P.,  402. 

Frank  A.,  401,  402. 

Jonas,  400. 

Joseph,  313. 

Lydia,  400. 

Marcia  ^L,  401 ,  454. 

Mary  S.,  402. 

Mehitable,  400. 

Nellie  M.,  402.  463. 

O.  W.,    325,  380,  397,  445, 

456,  463- 
Ormando  W.,  401. 
Ozro,  497. 
Polly,  400. 
Ruth,  400. 
Sophia,  400. 
Tyler,  400. 
VVyllis,  397,  400,  454. 

Green. 

Aaron,  403. 

Abby  A.,  406,  503. 

Abigail,   404. 

Ada  M.,  406. 

Alanson  J.,  405. 

Amanda,  404,  405. 

Anna,  403,  404,  460. 

Anna  A.,  404. 

Azro  K.,  406. 

Bathsheba,  403. 

Benjamin,    299,    304,  340, 

352,    393.    402.  403.  404. 

405.  406,    413,    417,  474. 

493,  503.  505.  5'o,    524- 


i 


GENEALO(;iCAL    INDEX. 


501 


Gkep:n. 

Benjamin  F.,  524. 

Betsey,  403. 

Blake,  423. 

Clara,  403. 

Ciarinda,   403. 

Cura  A.,  406. 

(oralinn  M..  406. 

Den  111  son  VV.,  4' 16. 

Elijah,  403. 

Elizabeth,  393,  4(14,  465. 

Elizabeth  j  .,  416. 

Eliza  M.,  406,  474. 

Klon  R..  404,  405.     , 

Emily,  313. 

Eunice,  403,  405,  505. 

Esther,  403. 

Frank,  379. 

Frank  B.,  405,  406. 

Francis  B  ,  405. 

Fredei  ick,  403. 

George,  359 

George  P.,  405. 

Hatsel  P.,  405. 

Henry  B.,  326. 

Horatio,  403. 

Ira,  404 

Jepthah,  403. 

Joel,  437. 

jocl  G  ,  406,  436. 

John  B. ,  406. 

Jonathan,  403. 

Joseph  S.,  406. 

Eucina  M.,  406. 

Lucy.  403. 

Martha,  403,  493 

Mary  E.,  405,  406. 

Minerva  L  ,  524. 

Minnie,  405. 

Myron  R.,  406. 

Patty,  314.  403,  405 

Philanda  S  ,  404 

Polly,  403. 

Rodolphus,  404. 

Ruggles,  393,  403,404,405, 

406.  510. 
Sally,  404. 
Samuel,  304,  311,  314.403, 

404,  405,  436,  448,  460. 
Samuel  G.,  404,  495. 
Samuel  J.,  405. 
Sarah,  304,  403. 
Sarah  A.,  405,  406. 
Seba,  43S. 
Seba  A.,  524. 
Siba  A.,  404. 
Silas,  403,  508. 
Thomas,  403. 


Victoria  A.,  406. 
Wells,  403. 

Woodbridge,  393,  402,403, 
406,  451. 

Grkkm.kak. 
Betsey,  426. 
(Caroline  G.,  426. 
Daniel,  426. 
Gardner,  379. 
Halbert  S.,  316. 
Huldah,  426. 


Gkecg. 
David  A. 


295. 


Grf.n.nki.i.. 

Euphemia  S.,  44S. 

GklFlIN. 

Daniel,  392. 

Gkimks. 

Samuel,  359. 

Grinnki.i.. 
Ruth,  302 

Gkiswoi.d. 
Frances,  496. 
Harriet  \V.,  3S8. 
John,  521. 
Josiah,  319. 
Lyman,  326. 
Mary  E.,  326. 
Mary  S  ,  521. 

Ground. 

Mary  E.,  360 

Grou'I'. 

Henry,  407. 
Joseph,  407. 
Leonard,  407. 
Mary     407. 

Grovkk. 

Amanda    D.,  409. 
Maria  M.,  297. 

Guellow. 

Alice  W.,  407. 
Asenath,  407,  492. 
Charles  P.,  407. 
Charlotte,  407. 
Edgar  A.,  407. 
Helen  A.,  407. 
Lizzie  300,  407. 


Philena,  407. 
Rufus,  407,  492. 
Sarah  J.,  407. 


354- 


Hadi.ky 

Hanni 

ba 

Hainks. 

Eli  B. 

.  4 

Hai.k. 

479- 
Aaron,  418. 

Adolphus.  40S,  417,  420. 
Alan'son  P..  415,  416,  500. 
Alex  \V.,  468. 
Allen  B   365,  412,  416. 
Alma  O..  412,  46S. 
Almeda,  287.  410. 
Almon  D  ,  416,  417. 
A  nios,  417. 
Andre,  419. 
Andrew,  419. 
Angelia,  420. 
Angeline  M.,  419 
Ann,  408. 
Anna,  413. 
Augusta  W.,  414. 
Austin  H.,  414. 
Avice  L.,  417. 
Avie  B.,  421. 
Azuba,  408. 
Barney.  418. 
Benjamin,  418,  420. 
Bertie,  420. 
Betsey,  418. 
Blanford,  515. 
C.  Albert,  413. 
Caroline.  408,  469. 
Carrie;  420. 
Charles,  410,  418,  420. 
Charles  D.,  420. 
Charles  P.,  409. 
Charlotte,  410. 
Chileab,  407,  409,  413,  417, 

508. 
Clarence,  415. 
Clarence  M..  419. 
Clift'ord,  420. 
Clyde,  ai5. 
C.  Matilda,  413. 
Cyrus  W.,  343,    419,    420, 

506. 
David  D.  414. 
David  L.,  415. 
Daniel.   418,  453,  499. 
Delia  E,,  416,  515. 
Dwight,  409. 


562 


GENKAL()(;iCAL    INDEX. 


Hai.e. 

Edson,  372    413,  421,   46S. 

Edwin  H  ,  416. 

Electa,  40S. 

Eliziir,  41  7. 

Elizabeth.  409,  410,  4  1  S. 

Elizabeth  C,  372,  421. 

Ella,  419. 

Ella  M  ,413 

Ellen,  413,  4S5. 

Ellen  A.,  412. 

Emer.^ine,  4IH. 

Emily  J.,  305,  413. 

Emnia,  41 5. 

Esther,  41 1. 

Eunice,  49(1. 

Eunice  E  ,  414. 

Evertti,   419. 

Ezekiel  C,  325,  411),  415. 


Ezra,  409. 

Fannv  W. 

420. 

Fidelia  M. 

.  414 

Frances  C 

,  4>2. 

Francis  D 

,  412. 

Francis  M 

.,419. 

Frederick, 

410. 

Frederick 

L  ,  416. 

Freedom, 

40S,  413 

4"3. 


George,  412,  421 . 
(ieorge  E.,  4  19,  420. 
George  M..  413. 
George  W  ,  305,  401), 

4U- 
Gertrude  P.,  421. 
Hannah    409. 
Harley,  411. 
Harriet,  37S,  409,  410. 
Hartley,  30S,  328,  41 1.522. 
1 1  attic,  420. 
Hattie  .\1.,    421. 
Hazel   H.,  416. 
Henry  VV.,  311, 

44S,   457- 
Hertjert  A  ,417. 
Homer  H.   P.,  42  i . 
Horace.  325,  3(15,  410. 
Horace  L,,  416. 
Huldah,  40S,  433. 
Huldah  E  ,  41  5,  500. 
I.,  522. 
Ida  F.,  410. 
Ina.  415. 
Increase  S. 


409.    421, 


Irwin 
Israel. 

417. 
Israel 

4"4, 


408, 
B..  417. 
320,  340, 
418. 

P.,   3^-5. 
500. 


410, 

408, 
392, 


437- 
4'2, 
410, 


Jack,  409. 

James  .\.,  414. 

James  M.,  415,  500,  520. 

Jemiina,  408,  417. 

Jennie  E,.  416. 

jcruslia,  417. 

John.    3IU,    393,    408.  409, 

410,  412,  469,  502. 
John  E  ,  413. 
John  F..  40S.  411.  468,  485, 
John  11.,  412. 
John  v.,  412. 
Jose[)h,  407.  493 
Jose|)h  P  ,  409.  4  I  3. 
Julia,  414. 
Julia  E.,  416. 
Laura,  418. 
Laura  A  ,  411 
Lena  .M.,  416. 
Lewis  C,  416. 
Lillian.  421. 
Liza  R.,  416. 
Lizzie,  418. 
Lois.  408. 
Loren,    286,   418,  419,  420, 

442,  50'>- 
Lorenz(j,  3S4,  110.414,415. 
Loretta  A  .41  5. 
Lovina  F..  320,  409. 
Lucinda,  414. 
IjLici  us  ( ". .  4  1-6 
Lucy,  4  I  4. 
L  u  cy  C  ,  411. 
Lucy  E  ,346,  415. 
Lura  C,  42(j. 
Lydia  417,  418. 
Margaret,  418. 
Maria  E  ,  413.  414. 
Maria  J  ,  410. 
Marjoric,  417. 
Martha,  4  iS.  421. 
Mary,  409.  411.    417,    420, 

442.  499- 
Mary  H  ,  410,  454 
Matilda.  310.  40S 
Mercy,  417. 
Millie  1'.,  420, 
Nancy,  410. 
Nellie  M..  410. 
Nelson,  4  I  S,  490. 
Newton,  419. 
Olive,   417. 
Orra  M.,  4i() 
Pally,  40S,  417. 
Philander,  409,  413. 
Pheobe,  41S,  50S. 
Polly,  409. 
Rachael.    (oH.  442. 


Ral[)h  A.,  408,  410. 

Ransley  P.,  419. 

Rossiter,  409. 

Rowena,  419. 

Russell,  417. 

Samuel,  2S7,  407,  40S,  410, 

^  417,  433.  454,  479.    193- 

bamuel  F. ,  409. 

Samuel  P.,  or  Prince,  410. 

Sarah,  410. 

Seorein,  305,  394,409,414, 

47?- 
Seth,  419,  509. 
Sidney.  419,  421. 
Silas  P..  413. 
Sophia  S. .  419. 
Sophronia.  412. 
Sophronia  M. ,  4  i-i- 
Sumner,  325.  346. 
Susie  C,  421. 
Sylvester,  409. 
Sylvina,  409. 
Sylvina  A.,  412,  502. 
Syrena,  454 
Tamar,  28 5. 
Thankful  C.,  305. 
Theresa  M.,  417. 
Timothy,  387,  418,  479. 
Warren,  419. 
William,  454. 
William  H  ,  413,  419. 
William  S.,  414. 
Willis,  420. 
Zadoc,  409. 
Zaidee,  420. 

Ham,. 

Alfred,  502. 
Almeda,  421. 
Anna,  421 
("harloiie,  421 . 
Deborah.  422. 
Harriet.  303,  421. 
Jennie  M..  456. 
John,  309 
"Mary  S  .  421. 
Nancy,  421. 
Polly,  422. 
Rachael,  422. 
Ralph,  421 . 
Sally.  422. 
Samuel,  421. 
Samuel  P.,  421. 
Simeon,  421. 

Hamilton. 
Asenath,  422. 
Eliza  W.,  465. 


GENEALOGICAL    INDEX. 


563 


Hamilton. 

Fanny,  323,  422. 
George  W.,  422. 
Harriet,  3S7,  422. 
John,    323,   3S7,    422, 

449.  480. 
John  D.,  422. 
Maria,  422,  444. 
Mary.  422,  449,  4S0. 
Sabra,  482. 

Handfokiii 
Henry,  29S 
Ichn  \V.,  325. 
Lizzie,  298. 

Haney. 

Daniel,  2S7. 

H ANNUM. 

Sarah,  446. 
Sophia,  446. 

Hare. 

Albert  J.,  405. 
Albert  L.,  422. 
Albert  P.,  423. 
Alcida    B.,  423. 
Flora  B.,  423. 
Minnie  A.,  423. 

Harkins. 
James,  434, 

Harkness. 

Harriet  B.,  455. 

Harmon. 

Charl(jtie  V,,  344. 
Lucy,  344. 
Silas,  344. 

HAKRlN(rrON. 

David,  292. 
Wallace  J.,  325. 

H  ARRIS. 

Capt.,   451. 

Maitie  B..  358. 

Miss,  475. 

M  r  ,  S22 

R.,  294,  297,  347. 

Romanzo,  423 

Sarah,  451. 


■444. 


Hartsough. 
Elizabetli 


405,  423- 


I  Hartvvell. 

Edwin  VV.,  423. 
Georire  E.,  423. 
Jonathan,  423. 
Josie  B.,  423. 
Laura  A  ,  423. 
Lucius,  423 
Ward.  423. 
William,  423. 

Haskei.e. 

Hattie  B  ,411. 
Lucy  A.,  3S7. 

H  ASTINfJS. 

Abigail,  424,  425. 

Alvah,  384,  424. 

Barnard,  157. 

Benjamin,   423. 

Charles  L  .  424. 

Chester,  424,  425. 

Elbridye  G.,    (46. 

Elijah,  424. 

Elijah  B  ,  425. 

Emily  A  ,  457. 

Esther,  33  1. 

George  A  ,  424 

Gratia,  424. 

Harriet,  425. 

Harriet    1    ,  424. 

Henry  A  ,  424. 

Laura,  313. 

Lydia,  424. 

Mary  T  ,  424. 

Mehitable,  319,  424. 

Olive,  425. 

Otis,  437,  507. 

Phoebe.  424. 

Rufus,  424. 

Samuel,  423,  424,  425,  457, 

4S9,  496. 
Sarah  R  ,  425. 
Sibil,  424. 
Thankful,  424. 
Thomas,  423. 
Thomas  L.,  424. 
Tirzah,  424. 
Stephen,  424. 
Wealthy,  507. 

H  ARVKV. 

John.,    523. 

Hawks. 

Elie/.ur,  470. 
Silas,  425. 

Haws. 

Esther,  494. 


Haves. 

David,  430. 

Haynes. 

Mary  A..  300. 

Havwari). 
Jennie,  455. 

Hazi.eti'. 
Dr.,  399. 

Heai.ey. 
Lydia,  483. 


Hehari). 
Charles, 


39 '■ 


Hexrv. 

Margaret,  390. 

HllilJARD. 

Ann,  439. 

Ill  LI,. 

Origin,  444. 
Samuel  T. ,  475. 

Hills. 

Arthur,  425. 
("harles,  425. 
("harles  R.,  425. 
Delia  A.,  425 
Ebenezer,  425. 
Florence  M.,  425. 
Frank  B.,  425. 
Frank  H.,  425. 
Mary,  399. 
Releaf,  428. 
Silas,  400,  425,  42S. 
S.  Russell,  335,  425. 

HlNClIMAN. 

Emma,  317. 


HlNKS. 

Arnold  J. 


399- 


Hinsdale. 
Ariel,  523. 
Ebenezcr,  445. 
Emily,  426. 
Experience,  426. 
Fanny   426. 
(Jeorye  C,  426. 
Gideon  S  ,  426. 
I  ulia.  426. 
Lyman,  426. 


564 


geneal(k;ical  index. 


HlNSDAI.E. 

Maria,  426. 
Martha,  426. 
Mary  S.,  426. 
Mehuman,  426. 
Robert,  426. 
Samuel,  426. 
Samuel  D.,  426. 

Hitchcock. 
David.  448. 
Lydia  R.,  448. 
Rebecca  S.,  448. 

Hodge. 
Levi,  285,  393. 
Sarah,  393,  508. 

HOUGENS. 

409,  413- 

HOIIGKS. 

Smith,  465,  466. 

H  OLDEN. 

Jennie  L.,  456. 
Lewis  R.,  572. 
Samuel  495. 

HOLI.ISTER. 

Michel,  499. 

Hoi.TON. 

Bethiah,  461. 
Charles,  5  10. 
Charles  E.,  424. 
Elias,  419. 
Elizabeth.  502. 
Ezra  L.,  345. 
George,  474,  506. 
George  L  ,  502,  507, 
Horace,  465. 
Irene,  523. 
John,  489,  490. 
Julian,  426. 
Laura,  419. 
Lorenzo  C,  287. 
iJftuisa.  465. 
Luther.  296. 
Martha,  296. 
Mary,   459. 
Roswell,  490. 
Rufus,  507. 
Sarah,  419,  510. 
Solomon,  523. 
Sybil,  489 
Thomas,  46S. 
Williani,  461. 


Homer. 

Elvira,  331. 

Hooker. 
Sarah,  319. 

Hopkins. 

Stephen,  381. 

HORN.'VDAY. 

Nathan,  358. 

HoRR. 

Olive,  310. 
Warren,  310. 

HOKSEI.EV. 

Benjamin,  461. 

HOUTON. 

Abby  L.,  427. 
Ada  A.,  427. 
Annette,  427. 
Caroline  F  ,  427,   5  12. 
Daniel,  427. 
Eddie  O.,  427. 
Emma  H.,  427. 
Eugenia  A.,  427. 
Flora  A.,  427. 
Francella  A.,  427. 
Frances,  427. 
Helen  E  ,  427. 
Henry  R.,  427. 
Herbert  G  ,  427. 
Hosea,  426. 
James  A.,  467,501. 
Jessie  M.,  467. 
Minna.  427. 
Orlando,  427. 
Timothy  K..  42^1,  427. 

Hosi.EY. 

Charles,  357. 

HOSMER. 

Caroline  P.,  412. 
F.  J  ,  4S5. 

Hot'GllTON. 
513. 

Martha,  289. 

Howe. 

Alvin,  427,  42S. 
Arad  H.,466. 
Calel),  4S7. 
Captain,  365. 
Doctor,  427. 


Emmeiine,  428. 
George,  428. 
Ida,  428. 
Isa,  454. 
IsaiJore.  428. 
Sampson,  428. 
Samuel,  427. 
Warrt-n  M..  466. 

Howes. 
428. 

HoW.ARD. 

Thomas,  523. 

HOYT. 

David,  428,  486. 
Hannah  S  ,  428. 
Harriet,   428. 
Harriet  I.,  376,  428. 
Jonathan,    319.    428, 

487. 
Kalherine  M.,  334. 
Mariette,  428. 
Mary,  319,  487. 
Mary  D.,  294. 
Nicholas,  428. 
Richard  H.,  345,  351, 

42S,  429. 
Salmon   B.,  429. 
Sarah,  319.  429. 
Simon,  428. 
Theodore  B.,  306,  42S 

Hl'uhard. 

Alanson.  460. 
David  A.,  475. 

HuiiKS. 

Hannah  L.,  388. 
Obee,  388. 
Sarah  H  ,  388. 

HlIMl'IIREY. 

Rebecca,  42 

Hun  r. 
Amos,  430. 
Anna,  430. 
Elisha,  295. 
Elizabeth,  430. 
Ellsworth.  292. 
Ephraim,  429. 
George  E.,  430. 
Hannah,  430. 
John,  323,  430,   471. 
Iiilianna  P.,  430. 
Lizzie  J.,  456. 


486, 


376, 


CKNKAlAXilCAI.    INDKX. 


565 


Hunt. 

Luther,  430. 
Lydia,  430,  440. 
Malita.  430. 
Mary,  295.  430,  440. 
Plioebe,  323,  430. 
Samuel,  295,  429. 
Sarah,  430. 
Sarah  M.,  430. 
Sjlvanus,  430. 
Thomas,  429,  430,  440. 
William,  429. 

HUNTKR. 

Mary  E.,  452. 

HURI). 

Francis,  466. 

HURLHERT. 

Ambrose,  430,  48S. 
Ebenezer  S.,  2S9,  316,  362, 

430,  431- 
Gideon  498. 
Helen  L.,  432. 
Jonathan,  403. 
Julia  B.,  431. 
Phoebe,  498. 
Thomas,  498. 
William,  431. 

Hyhk. 

Arunah,  514. 

Ingraham. 

472. 

H.  C,  360. 
John,  356. 

Jencks. 
Isaac,  355. 

Jewett. 

Delia  P.,  479. 
Phoebe,   424, 
Reuben,  425. 
Tryphena,  425. 

JiLI.SON. 

David,  484. 

Johnson. 
C.  W.,  407, 
Doris  M,,  433. 
Hiram,  360. 
Isaiah  W.,  432. 
Joseph,  459. 
Josie  R.,  324. 


Lila  B  ,  433. 
Lucretia,  307. 
Lucy,  450. 
Lucy  E.,  500. 
Mary  S.,  360. 
Patience,  518. 
T.  Webster,  432. 
Webster,  432. 
William  H.,  512. 

Jones. 

Abigail  J.,  2S7. 
Frederick  H.,  317. 
Jenner,  392. 
jerusha,  514. 
Lucinda,  514. 
Nancy,  496. 
Salmira,  288. 

JUDI). 

Abiijail,  340. 

Josi.VN. 

Daniel,  355. 

Keet. 

Henry,  512,  524. 
Simon,  5  12. 

Keiih. 

George,   551. 

Keli.ogg. 

Captain,  335, 
Earle  N.  W.,  376. 
Evelyn,  376. 
Harry  W.,   376. 
Henry  C  ,  376,  455. 

Kemi". 

Lawrence,  491. 


Kendrick. 


'■.10. 


Kenney. 
Anna,  432. 
Arland,  432. 
Charles,  432. 
Charity,  432. 
Eunice,  432. 
Henry,  432, 
Jabe/.,  380,  432. 
John,  357,  432. 
Lorancy,  432. 
Lorancy  M.,  423. 
Loransom,  432. 
Martin,  432. 


Mary,  432. 
Reut)en,  432, 
Stephen,  432. 
Stephen  W.,  2S9. 

Kkvks 

Phineas  D.,  323. 

Kl.MliAI.L. 

Henry,  466. 
Laura,  466. 

KlMl'I.AND. 

412. 

KlNC. 

Sophronia  C,  3S2. 
Wood  bridge  A.,  501. 

KlNGSl.KV. 

Allen   R.,  433. 
Amelia,  433,  473. 
Chester,  433. 
Clesson  G.,  434. 
Darius,  434. 
David,  434. 
Dorothy,  433. 
Elijah,  422,  433,  440. 
Gamaliel,    303,    390, 
433,  473-  4Q2,  500. 
Hannah,  434. 
Henry  A..  434. 
Huldah  IT,  434. 
Luiiann  C  ,  434,  500. 
Nathan,  434. 
Rnxanna  M  ,  303,  434 
Sabrina,  434. 
Saxton  P.,  434. 

KiRKI.ANI). 

Edward,  503. 

Knight. 
Jennie  M.,  507. 

K  NIGH  IS. 

Jesse,  507. 
Serepta.   507. 


408, 


Lackey. 


514- 


LAN<;i)l)N. 

Amzy,  420. 
Fannie,  351. 
James,  298. 
Lucy  ().,  420. 
Ma«  A.,  298. 


566 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Lanphear. 
George,  469. 

Lakkin. 

Anthy,  379- 
William,  434. 

Larrabke. 
Hart.  318. 
Hattie  C.,  318 

Lawrence. 
Henry,  337- 

Lazei.le. 

Harry  T..  451  • 

Lee 

Elizabeth,  353. 
Jerusha,  320. 
John,  353,  434- 
Mary,  434- 
Rachael.  510. 

Light. 
John,  483- 

Lincoln. 

Chauncey,  314- 

LOBDELI.. 

Lena  M.,  317- 

Long. 

L    H.,  426. 
William  H.,  420. 

Look. 

Clarinda  O.,  509. 
Sabrina,  420. 

LOOMIS. 

Daniel,  434 
Eunice,  434,  5i9- 
Polly,  359- 

LOVELANO. 

Daniel,  424. 
Jerusha,  417- 
Reuben,  454- 

LOVET. 

Hannah,  469. 

Lowe. 

Ashbury.  358. 

LUNT. 

George  C,  436. 


Lyman. 

Esther,  396. 
Joshua,  396 
Mary  288. 
Seth,  288. 
William  H.,  456. 

Lyndes. 

Edwin,  305. 

Lyons. 

Betsey,  435- 
David,  496. 
Freeman,  435. 
George,  352. 
Jane,  435. 
John,  359.  434- 
John  L.,  435. 
Louisa,  435. 
Marietta,  435. 
Patience,  434. 
Prudence,  435. 
Samuel  J.,  422,  463- 


Mack. 


394- 


Mann. 

A.  A.,  509 

Marcy. 
Mr.,  345- 

Marley. 
Mary,  479- 

Marsh. 

Amoret  H.,  380. 
Camilla  C  .  380.  501. 
Dexter,  498. 
Edith,  435. 
Edwin  J  ,  436. 
Electa  U.,  501. 

F.   1.,436- 
Rufus,  380,  501. 

Mather. 
Sarah,  488. 

Martin. 

Elizabeth,  440. 
J     Bridgman,  415. 
lulia,  311. 
Luke.  475- 
Susan.  357- 
Timothy,  357 

Martindale. 
Cyrus  W.,  435- 


Edward  C,  43S- 
Fannie  M.,  435. 
Lawrence  S.,  435. 

Matthews. 
Burrows.  327. 
George,  327. 
George  E.,  32?- 
Harriet,  327. 

Maxwei.t. 

Frank  H  ,  312. 
Harriet,   389. 
James,  353,  396- 
Polly,  356. 


Mayo. 
Eva  M. 


328. 


McCarty. 
John,  297. 

McClure. 
Daniel,  300. 

McClouu. 

Albert  C,  334.  435- 
Henry  M.,  334.  435- 
J.  Leroy,  435- 
Lewis.  334,  435.  50i. 
Mabel,  334- 
Mary  C,  334- 
Minerva  S.,  334- 
Milton   L.,  435- 
Uri  B.,435- 

McCray. 

John  H.,  423. 

McLaren. 
William,  487. 

Megrath. 
Alonzo,  310. 

Melendy. 

Lendy  M  ,  384- 
Ruth  C,  384- 

Merrifiei-d. 
C.  N.,  482. 
Fred,  409- 
Lucius  W.,  4S2. 
Sarah  K..  405- 

Merrh-i.. 
John,  424. 


(]ENEALO(iICAL    INDEX. 


567 


Messknckr. 
Eufana.  345. 

Met  CALF. 

Belle  C,  345. 
Mary,  513. 

MlDDI-KTUN. 

Andrew,  4 So. 
Thomas,  345. 


MlI.I.ARD. 

Minnie  E. 


455- 


Mil.I.KR. 

Abraham,  287. 
Benjamin,  41  7. 
Catherine.  4^5. 
Editha,  390. 
Eliza  C,  436. 
Emory,  405,  436. 
Grace  P.,  41  7. 
Nancy.  484 
Robert,  484. 


MlLI.KRl). 

Eleanor, 

MlLl.lS. 


357- 


436. 

MlXKK. 

Amelia,  243- 
Austin,  376. 
James  R.,  447. 
Maria  A.,  376. 
Miss,  469 
Sybil,  C  ,  508. 

Mn  ciiEi.i.. 

Liicinda  A .,  394. 
Moses,  418. 

MOORK. 

Almira,  436. 
Bercia,  378 
Emilv  A.,  436. 
Enoch,  297,  406,  436. 
Ephrnim,  436 
Evelina  A.,  406,  436. 
Jonas,  436. 
josiah  M.,  436 
Madison  M  ,  414. 
Mary,  481. 
Mary  C  436. 
Orianna  E.,  297,  436. 
Orramel,  436. 
Samuel,  4S1. 


Samuel  W.,  436. 
Susan  .M.,  43*). 
Thomas,  4S3 
V  el  or  us,  453, 

M(lKI■;l.K^■. 
Roxy,   320 

Gcorj>e,  425. 

M()R(;a.\. 
Anna,   379 
Appollos,  379. 
Fanny,  469. 
Silas,  306. 

Mouse. 

Jolin  .M.,  370. 
Lewis.  323. 

Mor  io\. 
Lydia,  475. 

MoSEl.Y. 

John,  404. 

MOWRY. 

John,  309. 
Manly,    391. 
Susan  A.,  391 . 

Minn. 


—  41Q. 

Benjamin,  335. 
Lorin,  370. 
Mary,  335- 
I^hineas,  336. 
Sarah  S  ,  370. 

MliNSEI.I., 

Julia,  348. 

Mi'NVAN. 

Lucy,  345 

MlIRI-ll  V. 

Hector  A..  407 
Mack,   296. 

Ml'rkav. 

Olivia  S  ,  363 
Seth,  4S8. 

Nash. 

Ebenezer,  477. 
Joel   II.,  448. 
Mary  E.,  350. 


Miriam,  477. 

Try  plifiia  11,  3S3, 

N  EI. SON. 

Abigail,  410,  437. 

Aliiieda,  39b,  437. 

Andrew,  437 

Arihur  H  ,  43S. 

Bcnj  iinin.  437. 

Bctst  V,  437 

Cola  R  ,  438,  454. 

Ed  wai d .  410,  437. 

Eunice  S  ,  43S,  5  10. 

George.  437. 

I  laiinah,  437. 

1  faiinali    I.,  438. 

Harriet   L  ,  438. 

Janelte,  346. 

John,    340.    365,    396,  437. 

SKJ 
J"'i".  Jr.,  437- 
Laura  .\L,  438. 
Leon  F..  43S. 
Lovina,  437. 
Lucinda,  437. 
Luman  R.,  43S,  510. 
Mary,  437. 
.Matilda,  437. 
Mina  E  ,  437. 
Molly,  437. 

Moses,  340,  437,  138,    510. 
Rosaiina  E.,  43S. 
Sally,  437. 
Walter  L  ,  438. 
William,  437.  497. 
William  S.,  43S. 
Willard,  43S. 

Nkwcomi;, 

Abitfail  S.,  447. 
Alexander    11  , 422,  444. 
Alma  E  ,  4  |S. 
Almon,  420,  4|o,  441,442, 

521. 
Amelia  T..  447. 
Andrew,  438.  440,  442,  443. 

445.  44'''.  44S. 
Anne,    439. 
Ardelia  J.,  447. 
Asahel,  443.   511. 
Calvin  W  ,443. 
C.ilherine,  44  1 . 
Charles  J.,  442.  480. 
Charles  \V.,  444. 
Charlotte  X.,  445. 
(^ooley ,  444 
Dalton,  290,  441,    521. 
Daniel,  386,  439. 


568 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Newcomb. 
Dwight,  441. 
Eddy,  449. 
Edith  T.,  449 
Edward,  440 
Edwin.  442. 
Edwin  H..  447. 
Eleanor  E  ,  443. 
Elizabeth,    3S9,    439,    443, 

445- 
Elizabeth  M.,  446. 
Elizabeth  S  ,  447. 
Ellen  M..  448. 
EInoia  C.,  441. 
Elwyn   D.,  449. 
English,  443,  509. 
Estella  R  ,  449. 
Eugene  A..  448. 
Eugene  R  ,  449. 
Eunice  P.,  443. 
Ezra  P.,  422,  445,  449,  480. 
Florence,  446. 
Francis,  442. 
George  W.,  323,  44  [ 
Harriet  J.,  445. 
Hart.  443,  446. 
Henry  G.,  445 
Hezekiah,    295,    309,   321, 

430,    438,   439,   440,  441. 

442,    443.   444,    445,  446, 

448. 
Hezekiah  H..  441. 
Horatio  A.,  449. 
Horatio  D.,  441. 
Horatio  G.,  442. 
Isaac  L  ,  443 
lames,  43(). 
James  M.,  444. 
Jane  N.,  445. 
Jemima,  439,  440. 
Jemitna  IL,  44  1 . 
lerusha,  439. 
John  A.,  444. 
lohn  C.  445. 
Joseph,  441J. 
Louisa  J  ,  447. 
Louisa  L.,  447. 
Louise  E.,  447. 
Lydia.  441. 
Lydia  S  ,  448. 
Maria  R..  444. 
Martha  A.,  .^47. 
Martha  L.,  445. 
Matilda,  444. 
Mary,   441. 
Mary  I).,  446. 
Mary  E.,  447.  449. 
Mary  G.,  447. 


Mary  H..  441. 

Mary  J.,  444 

May  F..  446. 

Mcrtine  G.,  447. 

Obadiah,  443. 

Orson,  443. 

Peter,  309,    363,    364,    439. 

44'^    44'.   442.    443.  445- 

446,  447.  448,  459- 
Phoebe,  363,  441). 
Phoebf  M..  444. 
Rebecca,  449. 
Richard  B  .  446. 
Richard  E  ,  441.  449 
Richard   F.,  378,  445.  446, 
Rosalinda,  444 
Rosalinda  M.,  448. 
Ruth  S.,  448. 
Sally,  443 

Samuel,  439  440,  443. 
SamutI  R  ,  443 
Sarah,  293,  441,  444 
Sarah  E.,  311,  448. 
Sarah  R.,  446. 
Silas,  309,  439. 
Simon,  438,  440,  44?,  443. 

445,  446.  448. 
Solomon,   443. 
Sophronia,  442,  444. 
Sophronia  M.,  447. 
Submit,  364. 
Susan.  445. 
Theodore,   444. 
Thomas,  439. 
Thomas  H.,  44S 
Thomas  J..  311,   444,    44S. 
Warren,  441. 
Wells,  442. 
Wesson,  441 . 
William.    355,     440,     441, 

442,  443.  444,  446,  465. 
William  B.,443. 
William  D  ,  446. 
William   M.,  440,   447. 
Zebina    C.,    286,    331,  332. 

341,  378.  39S,    399,    401, 
442,  445,  446,  456, 

Nl'.WKI.I.. 

Achsah  E  ,  450. 
Barnard,  394,  450. 
David,  450. 
Emily,  400. 
Everett.  450. 
Margaret,  450. 
Rufus,  450. 
Ziba,  450. 


Newton. 
Allen,  450. 
Belinda,  45  i. 
Charles,  427. 
Chester.  450.  451. 
Christine,  451. 
Clifton,  451. 

Edmund  (J.,  450,  45  i ,  512. 
Edwin  F  ,  451. 
Elisha,  450.  451. 
Ella  J.,  451. 
Emma,  521. 
Emily,  451. 
Eva,  451. 
Eva  J.,  522. 
Florence,  451. 
Francis,  451. 
Frank,  450. 
Frank  O.,  503. 
Galusha.  402. 
Galusha  P.,  450,  451,  510. 
George  E.,  450. 
Henry  451. 
Horace,  451. 
Horace  IL,  451. 
Laura,  450. 
L  V  m  a  n ,  451. 
O'bed,  FOS. 

Samuel,  451,  521,  522. 
Sophia  A  ,  508. 
Sophia   B  ,  451. 
Win,  45  t. 

Nichols. 

Clarissa  L.,  467. 
Darius,  394. 
Elizal)cth,  467. 
Ephraim.  467. 
Helen,  416. 
Herbert,  416. 
Morton,  416 
Polly,  480. 
Walter,  344,  416. 
Zurviah,  483. 

NlCttllNCAI.E. 

Daniel.  432. 
Mary,  432. 

NlI.K.S. 

Samuel,  408. 

Nl.MS. 

Abner,  488. 

Norton. 
Annie,  415. 
Charles,  415. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


569 


Norton. 

Frank  P.,  415. 
Hiram,  415. 

John,  367,  465,  478,  492. 
Lucinda  P.,  367. 

NovES. 

Charles,  31S. 
(^^hastina,  318. 

Nellie  S.,  318. 

Oaks. 

Albert,  452. 
Cecilia  L.,  350,  452. 
Elmira,  452. 
Emory  451. 
Frank,  452. 
Frank  L.,  452. 
Gardner,  350,  372,  452. 
Gardner  J.,  452. 
George  B.,  452. 
Herbert  C  ,  452. 
James,  451,  452. 
Lyman  E  ,  452. 
Madera  B  ,  452. 
Mary,  420,  452,  497. 
RDbert  H..  452. 
Sarah  J.,  452. 
Sylvia,  451. 
Waller,  452. 


Ol.IVKK. 


484. 


Ok  VIS. 

Abigail,  480. 
Rachael,  396. 

OkCLITP. 

Jacob,  452. 

Osgood. 

Charles,  379. 
Elihu,  476. 
Elihu  C,  35S. 
Emma  J  ,  35S. 
Henrietta  L.,  379. 
John,  518. 
Mary,  476. 
Mary  A.,  343. 
Warren,   343. 

O  IIKKSO.N. 

Mary  E.,  456. 

Packkk. 

Ciiarles,  452,  453. 
Jeremiah,  340. 


Mary,  453. 
Rebecca,  45  i,  453. 

Page. 

David,  396. 
Phineas,  305. 
Sally,  396 

Paige. 

George  R.,  388. 

Park. 
yVlbert,  457. 
Alden  A.,  454. 
Alfred  E.,  454. 
Alvah  L.,  457. 
Andy  G  ,  457. 
Angelia  C,  397,  455. 
Arthur  K.,  456. 
Arthur  N.,  457. 
Arthur  R.,  454. 
Augusta,  455. 

B  ,  423- 

Barton,  455. 

Betsey,  286,  453. 

Carrie  A.,  456. 

Charles,  510. 

Charles  B.,  455. 

Charles  S.,  328,   397,    +54, 

456- 
Cliauncey  B.,  454 
Chauncey  T.,  454. 
Chloe,  456. 
Christa  M.,  454. 
Clara  [.,  457. 
Dayton  L.,  457. 
Dickson  D.,  457. 
Dvvight,  456. 
Edgar  R.,  455. 
Edwin  F.,  457. 
Elinor,  454. 
Elinor  O.,  456. 
Ella  G.,  456. 
Emma  L.,  457. 
Ernest  E.,  456. 
Everett  B  ,  455. 
Florence  M.,  454. 
Fox  P.,  453. 
Francella  S.,  455,  510. 
Francis,  456. 
Francisco  C,  455. 
Frank  H.,  456. 
Fred  A.  W.,  456. 
Frederick,  457. 
Frederick  R.,  457. 
Gad  P.,  453. 
George  B.,  456. 
George  C,  456, 


George  T.  C,  457. 

Grace,  438. 

Grace  L.,  454. 

Gratia,  454. 

Hannah,  453,  454. 

Harriet  M.,  457. 

Hattie  J.,  456. 

Harvey  H.,  455. 

Helen  M.,  456. 

Henry,  286,  456. 

Hulbert,  456. 

John  H.,  455,  45&- 

Jonathan,    286,    393,    453, 

499- 
Joseph,  454. 
Josephine  M.,  454. 
Julia,  412. 
Leroy  N..  454. 
Leslie  L  ,  454. 
Levi.    324,    325,    372,  410, 

421,  454,  499. 
Levi  W.,  455,  457- 
Lillian  G.,  454. 
Linus,  455. 

Lorenzo,  351,  401,  456. 
Lucy,  286,  421,  453. 
Lucy  A.,  457. 
Lula  B,.  457. 
Mary,  418.  453. 
Mary  J.,  372.  457- 
Mary  V.,  156. 
May  I.,  456. 
Minerva,  455. 
Miranda  A.,  325,  454. 
Nancy,  454- 
Orin,  380. 
Phoebe.  324. 
Phoebe  L  ,  455 
Reuben,  286,  394,  401,  418. 

419.  438,  453.  454- 
Rodney,  302,  343 
Rodney  R.,  455-  503- 
Ruby  A.,  454. 
Sally,  453- 
Samuel  W.,  453. 
Sarah  E.,  455. 
Simeon,  454. 
Sylvia  T.,  455- 
Thaddeus  H,,  457. 
Warren,  453, 

Parker. 

Charles  S.,  459. 
Charles  W.,  457. 
Ernest  B.,  457. 
Florence  E.,  458. 
George,  420. 
George  H.,  458. 


570 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Parker. 

Lucinda,  462. 

1 

Peek. 

Irene  A.,  458. 

Lurancy,  387,  460. 

Abraham,  462. 

Isaac,  457. 

Mariann,  460. 

John,  462. 

James,  457. 

Mary,  319,  461. 

Simon,  462. 

James  B  ,  457. 

Meliia,  462. 

Julia  A.,  4oq,  413. 

Melyndia,  459. 

Pember. 

Levi,  418,  522. 

Micah.  458. 

John  E.  R  .  374. 

Maxwell  D.,  458. 

Myron  G.,  461. 

Melvin  J.,  458, 

Nancy,  461. 

Penfield. 

Minnie  C,  457. 

Nathan,   461. 

Alice,  338. 

Mr.  422. 

Nellie,  404,  461 

. 

Mary,  465. 

Nathaniel,  457. 

Nellie  M.,  438. 
Obed,  499. 

Perkins. 

Parkhurst. 

Ophelia,  460. 

Edward  H..  383. 

Nancy,  427. 

Olhver,  458. 

Harriet,  481. 

Philena,  462,  474. 

Henry  386. 

Parmai.ee. 

Polly,  461. 

Lizzie  M.,  376. 

J.  H.,377. 

Reuben,  459. 
Robert,  458 

Sumner,  376. 

Parmelee. 

Roxanna,  459. 

Perry. 

Rufus,  364. 

Ruth,  338,  458. 
Salina,  459. 

461. 

Elias,  491. 
Harry  A.,  325. 

Parmenter. 

Sarah,  458 

John,  462. 

Abigail,  441,  458,  459 

,460. 

Sarah  C,  460, 

500. 

Mrs.,  328. 

Alice,  488. 

Seba  A  ,  460. 

Rebecca,  462. 

Alonzo,  438. 

Seth,  461. 

Alihea,  460. 

Sibbel,  459. 

Persons. 

Amanda,  367,  460. 

Silas,  458. 

Charles  H.,  309. 

Artemas,  459. 

Sophronia,  394 

459,  460 

E.  S.,  409. 

Asahel,  459. 

Sybil,  388. 

Asenath,  458. 

Sybil  S.,  460. 

Peitigrew. 

Bethia.  461. 

Syble,  506. 

J    W.,447. 

Chester,  .i6r. 

Thaddeus,  387, 

459,  460. 

Cynthia,  458,  459. 

Wiilard,  461. 

Phelps. 

Deliverance,  458. 

Wealthy  A    D.,  391. 

Dolly,  461. 

Parsons. 

Elias,    320,    351,   371, 

387, 

J.  434. 

Phillips. 

394-  441.  458.    459. 

461, 

Maria,  409. 

Charles  H  ,  455. 

488,  500,  505,  506. 

Sarah,  310. 

Israel,  301. 

Elias  A  ,  460. 

Newton  C,  349 

Electa,  459. 

Pay.nk. 

Noble,  432. 

Elizabeth,  485. 

Belle,  502. 

Pickett. 

Elmer,  461. 

Freeman  E.,  502. 

Abbie  I.,  324. 

Elvira,  320. 

Celinda,  433. 

Elvira  L.,  460. 

Paulson. 

Content,  336. 

George,  286,  350,  367, 

404. 

Sallie  J.,  402. 

Henry,  449 

459.  460. 

Paui.us. 

Nicholas,  482. 

Joseph,  474. 
Lucy,  449- 
Mary,  490. 

George  B  ,  460. 
George  D.,  460. 

George  W.,  461. 
Harriet  O  ,  460. 

Peabooy. 

Samuel,   336. 

Herbert  L  ,  461. 

Amos,  462. 

Pierce. 

Huldah,  371,  459. 

Peck. 

488. 

Ida  F..  461. 

Sally,  438 

Abijah,  400. 

Israel,  458. 

Anthony,  462. 

Jason,  395,  458,  459 

Pecker. 

Esther,  463. 

Josiah.  458,  461,  474. 

Herbert,  51b. 

Frank  G.,  463. 

Lorenzo,  461. 

Ruth,  516. 

Hannah,  310. 

GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


571 


Pierce. 
John,  462. 
Julia  E.,  344. 
Lois,  472. 
Mabel,  461. 
Moses,  462. 
Nathan,  462. 
Nathan  G.,  462. 
Roxy,  463. 
VV.  H  ,  312. 
VVillard  H.,  402,  462. 

Pike. 

Delia  L.,  425. 
Frank  O  ,  314. 

PlI.LSBURY. 

Frances  V.,  467. 
Lewis.  4&7. 

PiNIO. 

James,  439. 
Submit,  43g. 

Pinks. 

John,  463,  522. 
Thomas,  463. 

PlAIMMER. 

Isaac,  387. 

Jason  H.,  302,  303. 

Theola,  3S7. 

POMEROY. 

Adaline,  377. 
Charles,  356. 
Edward  P.,  313. 
Medad,  366. 
Josiah,  377. 

Pond. 

Martha,  391. 

Poole. 

Edward  V,,  428. 

Pour. 

Sarah  E  ,  351. 

Porter. 

Elisha,  356,  4Q4. 
Frederick  E.,  457. 
Rebecca,  338. 

Post  en. 

Harry,  345. 


Potter. 


392. 

Cynthia,  397. 
Ella  S.,  345. 
Henry,  392. 
Horace,  444. 
John,  286. 
Lucia  K.,  450. 
Mary  C,  392. 
Warren  J.,  447. 

POWARS. 

Abigail,  464. 
Daniel   E.,  464. 
Edward  E  ,  463,  464. 
Joanna,  464. 
John,  463,  464. 
Joseph,  464. 
Sarah,  464. 
Sarah  E.,  463. 

Pratt. 

Edward,  429,  490. 

Prentice. 
J.  B.,  389. 

Prentiss. 
Jonas,  465. 
Samuel,  465,  473. 
Thomas,  465. 

Prouty. 
Lewis,  514 
Mary  W.,  384. 

PUMROY. 

Medad,  311. 

Purple. 

Chester,  466. 
Ed.,  410. 
Edward,  465. 
Ezra,  444,  465. 
Hatsel,  404,  465. 
Hatsel  C,  465. 
Henry,  4S1. 
John,  367,  465. 
John  N.,  465. 
Lucy,  465. 
Martha  M.,  466. 
Mary,  444,  465. 
Mary  M.,  466. 
Nancy,  46^. 
Nelson,  465. 
Rosanna  E.,  465. 
Roswell,  466. 
Samuel  B.,  465. 


Sally,  466. 
Sarah  S.,  465. 

Putnam. 

Adonijah,  466. 
Arthur  H.,  467. 
Asa,  466. 
Bernard  H.,  467. 
Catherine  O.,  348. 
Edward,  466. 
Elihu,  466. 
Elisha,  466. 
Eliza  J.,  467. 
Ellen  M..  466. 
Frank,  345. 
Frank    VV.,  467. 
Israel,  466,  515. 
Janna,  466. 
Jared,  466. 
John,  349,  466. 
Jonathan,  466. 
Lemuel,  466. 
Lucy,  466. 
Mariette  F.,  466. 
Mary  R.  L.,  467. 
Thomas,  466. 

Rand. 

Mary,  313. 

Randall. 
Joel,  419. 
Samuel  T.,  410. 
Warren,  286. 

Ranger. 

Hannah,  437. 

Ransom. 
Rev.,  489. 

Rawson. 

Andrew  A.,  349. 
Lucy  M.,  349. 

Raymond. 

Jennie  S.,  388. 
Jonas,  388. 

Read. 

Bessie  A.,  467. 
G.   Baxter,  467. 
Nellie  P.,  416. 
Rufus,  467. 
Silas,  467. 

Redington. 
Nancy,  315. 


572 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Reed. 

Robert. 

Otis,  405. 

Bessie  M.,  417. 

Christopher  R.,  333. 

Samuel,  370,  371,  389,  468, 

Frank  L.,  467. 

469. 

Miss,  451. 

Roberts. 

Sarah,  370,  469. 

William,  464. 

Eunice,  351. 

Sarah  E.,  468. 

Juiianna  S.,  455. 

Sylvander.  469. 

Reid. 

Mary,  466. 

Thomas,  467. 

Zella  R.,  361. 

Warren  H.,  468. 

Remington. 

ROBBINS. 

Ross. 

Electa,  474. 

George,  371. 
Nathan,  392. 
Susan,  392. 
William  A.,  301. 

Eva  L.,  351. 

Martha,  323. 

Freeman,  351 . 

Reynolds. 

Jane  O.,  351. 

Mary  D.,  445. 

Rounds. 

Mary  L.,  445. 
Wm.  D.,  445. 

Robinson. 
Eva  M.,  458. 
John  D.,  458. 

Daniel  P.,  444. 
Nancy,  /\/]4 
Lousia  M.,  444. 

Rice. 

Timothy,  494. 

Ezra,  332. 

Rugg. 

Feronia,  332. 

ROCKWOOD. 

Betsey,  313. 

Jason,  388. 

Sarah,  466. 

Gratia,  412. 

Luthera  K.,  332. 

Nancy  S.,  509. 

Mary,  388. 

Ruggles. 

Rogers. 

Hannah  R  ,  402. 

Rich. 

Amasa,  286. 

Jonathan,  494. 

Grace,  498. 

Russell. 

Salem,  310. 
Thankful,  417. 

Hester,  307. 

Henry,  286. 

John  F.,  495. 

Peter.  307. 

Ryan. 

Richards. 

-o~ 

3^3. 

Wm.,  442. 

Root. 

Almira  L..  469. 

Rvther. 

Richardson. 

Anna  B.,  467. 

Abigail  R.,  475. 

Charles,  370. 

Caroline  L.,  469. 

Alexander,  474. 

Elizabeth  D.,  370. 

Chloe,  469. 

Alpha,  433,  473. 

Jonathan,  414. 

Clarissa,  297. 

Anna,  471,  472. 

L.,  409. 

Elizabeth  M.,  468. 

Asa,  472. 

Francis  F.,  469. 

Charles  J..  474. 

Riddle. 

Frank  O.,  295,  468. 

Charles  S.,  474. 

Robert,  467. 

Frederick  S.,  469. 

Chester,  305,  472. 

Harley,  469. 

Clarence,  475. 

Rideout. 

Harley  A.,  469. 

Daniel,  469,  470. 

Isanella  D.  S.,  516. 

Harriet  C,  469 

Daniel  J.,  474. 

John  A.,  516. 

Henry,  344. 

David,  299,  324.   355, 

430, 

Henry  O.,  370,  412,  467. 

470,  471,  472,   473. 

506, 

RiSLEY. 

Hermon,  340,  469. 

513- 

Bathsheba,  495. 

James  C,  340,  408,  469. 

Dwight  G.,  475. 

David,  467. 

James  D.,  469. 

Dwight  L..  474. 

Eleazer,  403. 

John,  467. 

Elihu  E.,  474 

John  M  ,  469. 

Erastues,    345,    462, 

472. 

Ritchie. 

Joseph,  467. 

474.  509- 

Annie  M.,  446. 

Louisa  C,  340. 

Frances  E.,  474 

Eliza,  446. 

Lucy,  469. 

George  H.,  474. 

Henry,  446. 

Martha,  405. 

Gideon,  367,  471.  472 

506. 

Mary  F.,  469. 

5I4. 

Ritter. 

Moses,  467. 

Hannah,  469,  470,  471 

.513. 

George,  488. 

Oliver,  467,  525. 

Harriet  M.,  474. 

GENEALOGICAL    INDEX. 


573 


Ryther. 

Hophni,  355,  471,  472. 

James,  469,  470,  472. 

Jefferson  P.,  474. 

Jeremiah,  472. 

John.  47;,  472. 

John  M.,  406,  474. 

Joseph,  470. 

Lefe,  472. 

Lizzie,  347. 

Lizzie  M.,  475. 

Loren  H.,  474. 

Madison,  354 

Martha,  430,  471,  509. 

Martha  L.,  345.  475. 

Mary  L.,  475. 

Patty.  474_. 

Peter,  470,  471,  472. 

Peter  IL,  472. 

Phineas,  470. 

Rebecca,  355,  471.. 

Sally  M.    472,  506. 

Sarah  A.,  472. 

Sophia,  474. 

Sylvia  A.,  474.  506. 

William,  469. 

William   E.,  347,  473,  474 

William,  G.,474. 

Zurviah  S.,  474 

Saisin. 
A.  R.,  358. 
Susan,  520. 

Saijshury. 
Justin,  397. 

Sanderson. 
Abraham,  475. 
Daniel,  305,  393,  475. 
Daniel  D.,  475. 
Ella,  509. 
Ellery  H.,  477. 
Emily  C.,  475. 
Henry  H.,  477. 
Horatio  M.,  476. 
John,  475.  476. 
John  H.,  476. 
Jonathan,  475. 
Joseph,  475. 
Lavolette  O.,  477. 
Livonia  M.,  305,  475. 
Lucien,  477. 
Lucien  M  ,  477. 
Lydia,  477. 
Maria,  381,  477. 
Marie  S..  477. 
Mary  M..  475. 


Mary  O.,  477. 
Merry  M.,  475. 
Nathaniel,  475. 
Robert,  475. 
Sarah  E.,  475. 
Sumner,   509. 
William,  475. 
William  A.,  475. 

Sandin. 

Eliza  J.,  435. 
Mary,  435. 
William,  435. 

Sauer. 

Annie  E,,  347. 
Charles  J.,  347. 

Saunders. 

Austin  T.,  351. 
Minnie,  351. 

Sauter. 
Sally,  484. 

Saw  telle. 
Charles,   409. 
Eliphalet,  323. 
John,  379. 

Sawyer. 
S.  A..357. 

SCHLESI.\r.ER. 

Alice,  516. 
Arline,  516. 
Edna,   516. 
Frederick  W.,  516. 

Scott. 

Alanson,  4S1. 
Almira  A.,  480. 
Alvah,  518. 
Avah  B..  480. 
Alvah  P.,  48r. 
Anna,  410.  479. 
Arnold,  449 
Arnold  H.,  480. 
Asa,  481. 
Asaph,  479. 
Asenath,  482. 
Benoni,  481. 
Betsey,  479. 
Byron,  482. 
Calvin,  482,  505,  506, 
Carolina,  479. 
Catherine  E.,  480. 
Catherine  M.,  480. 


Charles,  310,  481. 
Charles  R  ,  477. 
Charles  W.,  477. 
Charlotte,  425,  480. 
Clymene  E  ,  346. 
Cora  I  ,  482. 
Cornelia  M,  4S1,  518. 
Ebenezer.  47S. 
Elihu,    300,   346,   442,  479, 

480. 
Elijah,  479 
Elizabeth  300,  4S1. 
Emerancy  C,  479,480. 
Frank,  481. 
Franklin  W.,  482. 
George,  482. 
Hannah,  4S2. 
Harriet,  481. 
Harriet  L.,  480,  481. 
Henrietta,  481. 
Henry,  480. 
Henry  A.,  480. 
Hermon,  481. 
James  M.  480,  481. 
James  S  ,  4S0 
Jennie,  482. 
Joab,  302,  327,   481. 
John,  482. 
Joseph,  478. 
Joseph  W.,  481. 
Josiah,  477. 
Katie  481. 
Lavolette,  475,  477. 
Lewis,  4S1. 
Lewis  A.,  481. 
Lora,  479. 

Lovina,  387,  418,  479. 
Lucy,  317. 
Malita,  480. 
Margaret,  482. 
Mary  L.,  480. 
Miriam,  302,  478. 
Mirian,  479. 
Moses,  302,  3S7,  410,  418, 

477.  478,  479,   481,  493. 

506. 
Nancy,  481. 
Oreb,  480. 
Orrin  F.,  482. 
Orrissa  L  ,  482. 
Philena,  442.  480. 
Phoebe  A.,  482. 
Polly,  479. 
Rhoda,  337. 
Rosella,  481. 
Roswell,  481. 
Roxalena,  480. 
Rozell,  481. 


574 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Scott. 

Rufus,  479,  480. 

Rufus  B.,  481. 

Sabra,  479. 

Sally,  479,  519,  524. 

Samuel  G  ,  481. 

Silas,  317,  482. 

Solomon,  481 . 

Stephen,  478. 

Stephen  Van  R  ,  422,  480. 

Sylvia  S.,  479. 

Tamar,  479. 

Theresa  A.,  480. 

Van  R.,  449. 

Walter  R  ,  482. 

William,  477,  482,  497. 

William  A.,  508. 

Zorah,  480. 


Seavek. 


490. 


Session. 

Minerva,  300. 

Severance. 
Achsah,  483. 
Chester,  437. 
Daniel,  483. 

David,  288,   483,   4S4,  510. 
Drucilla,  483. 
Ebenezer,  467. 
Eleanor,  483. 
Esther,  483. 
George  W.,  445. 
Guy,  350,  484. 
Hannah,  467,  483. 
Henry,  485. 
Horace,  484. 
John,  482,  483. 
Joseph,  482. 
Lovina,  484. 
Nelson,  454. 
Obed,  410. 
Oren,  484. 
Polly,  403. 
Rachel,  483,  484. 
Sarah, 483,  484. 
Seth,  484. 
Sophronia,  2S8,  484. 

Severans. 
John,  483. 

Seymour. 
Mary,  334. 

Shattuck. 
Abby  F.,  485. 


Abel,  396,  484. 
Alva,  453. 
Clara  A.,  485. 
Daniel,  470. 
Deforest  E.,  515. 
Electa,  455. 
Elizabeth  M..  485. 
Ezra,  355,  453,   485. 
Harvey  B.,  412,  485. 
James,  396,  397,  450. 
John, 484. 
John  E  .  340. 
Laura  A.,  456. 
Maria  M,,  485. 
Martha,  470. 
Rebecca  H.,  470. 
Reuben,  485. 
Rufus,  456. 
Samuel,  3S6,  453. 
Seth,  337. 
Thomas,  484,  485. 
William,  4S4. 

Shay. 

Daniel,  437. 

Shedu. 

Squire,  515. 

Sheloo.v. 
Abigail,  488. 
Abner.  486. 

Alexander  C.,457,  492. 
Alva,  491. 
Amasa,  289,  352,  356,  377, 

407,  486,  489,    492. 
Anna,  487,  493,  494. 
Arad,  490,  49r,  492. 
Artemas,  317,  488. 
Benjamin  F  ,  490. 
Betsey,  487. 
Bradley  P.,  488. 
Caleb,  486. 
Cephas,  489. 
Charles  A.    491. 
Clark  A.,  491. 
Climena,  491. 
Ebenezer,    430,    459,    48£, 

486,  487,  488. 
Elbridge  G.,  490. 
Electa,  487. 
Eliakim,  4S6,  489,  490. 
Elias,  337. 
Elihu,  490. 
Elijah,  486. 
Elisha,  487,  490. 
Elisha  B.,  489,  490,  491. 
Eliza  A.,  492. 


Elizabeth,  431. 

Esther  M..  418,  490. 

Eunice,  490. 

George  P.,  492. 

Gratia,  487. 

Hannah,  486,  488,  490. 

Harriet  M.,  491. 

Henry,  511. 

Henry  R.,  490. 

Horace,  491. 

Huldah,  488. 

Isaac,  485. 

Israel.  492. 

Izatus,  490. 

James  M.,  491. 

jerusha  A.,  412. 

John,  4S5. 

John  D.,  492. 

Jonathan,    367,    386,   431, 

488. 
Lois,  490. 
Lucinda,  48S. 
Lucy,  486. 

Lydia,  489,  490,  491. 
Mandana,  491. 
Mary,  317,   367.   485,   48S. 
Mary  A.,  490. 
Mary  J.,  492. 
Mary  S.,  491. 
Martha  E.,  491. 
Mehitable,   319    488,   489, 

490,  491. 
Mendana,  524. 
Mercy,  486,  488. 
Olive,  49r. 
Oliver,  287.  418,  490. 
Oliver  E.,  490. 
Orra,  381,  490,  491. 
Parmenas,  490. 
Persis,  292,  489. 
Remembrance,     292,    319, 

423,  486,  4S8,  489. 
Reuben,  387,  489,  491,  524. 
Rhoda,  486. 
Rufus,  490. 
Russell,  492. 
Salmon,   49 1. 
Sarah,  490,  492. 
Sarah  E.,  492. 
Simeon,  417. 
Socrates.  293,  491. 
Solomon,  4S7. 
Sophia,  487. 
Sybil,  459,  488. 
Sylvia,  490. 

Thankful,  423.  4S6,  489 
Theodore  B  ,  490. 
Timothy,  488. 


(;enealo(;ical  index. 


575 


Shp:li)on. 

Tryphena,  490. 

Shf.rwin. 

Clara  N.,  477. 
S.  P.,  360. 
William  F.,  477. 

SlIIl'l'hK. 

James,  313. 

SlINDREFS. 

Jona,  2c)0. 

Siiuj'.v. 
Etta,  34S. 
Plulo,  348. 

Simons. 


403.  410. 

Nelson  VV.,  288. 

SlMllNDS. 

Eveline  M  ,  456. 

Sims. 

Temperance,  363. 

Skinner. 
Luther,  289 

Slate. 

Abigail,  404,  493,  495. 
Allen,  495. 
Alice  M.,  504. 
Almeda,  495. 
Amos,  494,  511. 
Ann,  496. 
Ann  E  ,  502. 
Antoineiie  M.,  297,  500. 
Asaliel,  497. 
Beihuel,  493 
Carrie  M.,  504. 
Calvin,  495. 
Caroline,  495,  511. 
Caroline  F  ,  500. 
Clara,  497. 
Clarinda,  493. 
Clarissa,  495,  497. 
Clark, 496. 
Cless(jn,  49S. 
Charles,  452,  496,  497. 
Charles  E.,  496. 
Charles  R.,  503. 
Charles  S  ,  501. 
Chauticey,  411.  451. 
Chloe,  454,  499 
Chloe  C,  2S9,  502. 


Damaris,  495. 
Daniel,  404,  406,  408,  440. 
455.    479.    49'-^.   493.  495. 

499.    503- 
Daniel  H.,  503. 
Deborah,  479,  493. 
Delia,  4(^7 
Dwighi.  492. 
D  wight  L. ,  504. 
Earle,  504. 

Ebenezer,  403,  492,  4()3. 
Edgar  J.,  503. 
Edmund,  504. 
Edwin,  502. 
Ella  C,  502. 
Ella  H.,  451.  503. 
Ellen,   502. 
Ellen  D.,  500. 
Elizabeth,  479,  493,  520. 
Emory,  497,  510. 
Elvira,  49b,  498. 
Erasius,  494. 
Esther  A.,  495. 
Eiigene  T.,  503. 
Eunice  A.,  502. 
Eva  G.,  504. 
Fananda,  498. 
Farnum  L.,  503. 
Fayette  (".,  503. 
Flora  C,  501. 
Florilly,  453,  499. 
Francis  L.,  502. 
Fred,  so4- 
Frederick  A  ,  504. 
Frederick  G.,  498. 
George,  496,  500. 
George  A.,  504. 
George  E.,  503. 
George  L.,  504. 
Gideon  H.,  499. 
Harmony,  497. 
Harriet  A.,  495,  503. 
Hendrick,    305,    311,   448, 

496,    504 
Henry,  289,  362,  412,  502. 
Horace,  496. 
Hoyt,  496. 
Irvilla  A.,  502 
Israel,  41S,  453,    454,    493, 

494,  498,  524- 
Israel  B.,  499. 
[ane,  496. 
Jane  E  ,  499. 
Janette  S.,  415.  500. 
japthah  L.,  49S. 
Jesse,  498. 
Joel,  418,  494,  499. 
Joel  A.,  494. 


lohn  H.,  287,  4uG,  496, 
|<ilm   [)  ,  50}. 
|ohn   H  ,  502. 
John  R.,  3S7,  495. 
|olin  W.,  49S. 
Jonathan,    319,    424,    457, 

493.  495.  49^'- 
[onathan  S  ,  501 . 
Joseph.  493,  494,  495,  499. 

502,  519. 
Joseph  C,  371,  503. 
Joseph    D  ,  503 
Joseplius.  387,  497. 
Julia  S.,  416,  500. 
I  usiin,  302,  430,  504. 
Justin  iM.,  502,  503. 
Kate,  362. 
Kate  M..  502. 
Kendrick   I".,  504. 
Lathrop,  497. 
Lewis,  385.  ^9  i. 
Lewis    A  ,    502,   503,   504. 

Lillie  B.,  504. 

Lima  T.,  501. 

Livona,  499. 

Lorenzo,  499. 

Louisa  E.,  499. 

Lucinda,  496. 

Lucy,  408,  493. 

Lucy  J.,  500. 

Luman    J.,  504. 

Luther,  498. 

Lydia,  494. 

Lydia  E.,  495. 

Maria  A.,  498. 

Marshall,  497. 

Martha,  496. 

Martin  S.,  499. 

Mary,  492,  497,  499. 

Mary  E  ,  499,  503,  524. 

Mary  H  ,  420.  500. 

Mary  I.,  498- 

Mary  M.,  501. 

Mehiiable,  497. 

Melinda,  502. 

Mtrick    P.,  299,    399,    500, 

502. 
Minerva  T.,  435. 
Miranda,  424,  496. 
Mirian  VV.,  501. 
Nancy,  496- 
Nathaniel  F.,  503. 
Obed,  496 
Olive,  424.  457.  49b. 
Oliver,  483,  497. 
Orra,  499. 
Orren,  323,  495,  496- 


576 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Slate. 

Patrick,  495. 

Phila,  497. 

Philander,   297,   420,    433, 

516. 
Philander  M.,  434,  500. 
Phinanda,   394 
Phoebe,  454,  499. 
Rebecca,  497,  498. 
Reuben,  495. 
Rhoda,  495. 
Rhoda,  C  ,  504. 
Rufus,  498. 
Ruth,  493,  494,495- 
Sally,  499. 
Samuel,  495. 
Sarah,  496. 
Sarah  M.,  501. 
S.  B.,  414. 
Seorim,  387. 
Seorim  B.,    415,   416,  460, 

500,  507. 
Sheldon  S.,  500. 
Silva,  499. 
Sophia,  499,  501. 
Susan.  496,  513. 
Susan  P.,  503. 
Sybil,  494. 
Sylvester,  497. 
Sylvia,  503. 
Sylvia  C,  502. 
Sylvia  L.,  498. 
Sylvia  S  ,  455. 
Thomas,  493. 
Thomas  A.,  501. 
Timothy,    329.    435,    496. 

499- 
Timoihy  P.,  305,  501. 
Tirzah  M.,  500,  501. 
Tryphena,  493 
Vallonia,  329,  500. 
Vilura,  499. 
Wells  T.,  504. 
Willard,  496. 
William,  495. 
Zebediah,  394,  493. 
Zebulon,  493,  497. 

Smalley. 
Zurviah,  472 

Smead. 

Clarissa,  465. 
Dwight,  410. 
Gertrude,  521. 
Jonathan,  465. 
Solomon,  320. 
Tirzah,  441. 


Smith. 

407,  408.  439. 

Anna  S.,  293,  505. 

Annie  R.,  340. 

Belle,  449. 

Benjamin,  479 

Edward   K.,  298,  345,  436. 

Eleanor,  337. 

Elizabeth,  505. 

Ellen  D.,  505. 

Harriet  M.,  508. 

Hiram,  449. 

Horace,  322,  505. 

I  .  399- 

j.  H.,472. 

ennie,  477. 

esse,  315. 

oel,  488. 

oseph,  293,  391,  505. 

osephine  A.,  436. 

osie  A.,  346. 
Lathrop,  508. 
Mary,  406,  429 
Maty  ].,  435. 
Melinda.  344. 
Moses,  403,  50^. 
Nancy,  391,  505. 
Oliver  T.,  492. 
Rufus,  4^0. 
Samuel  D.,  424. 
Walter,  477. 
William  475.' 

Snow. 

Alexander,  506. 
Alexander  H.,  506. 
Angelia  S.,  506. 
Barbara  L.,  508. 
Barnabas,  32.j,  505,  507. 
Calvin  S.,  505. 
Charles,   506. 
Content  D.,  507. 
Cora  M.,  411. 
Daniel,  503. 
Deborah,  505. 
Edward  H.,  507. 
Edwin  H..  411. 
E.  Hoyt,  501. 
Elisha,  419,  482,  505. 
Eliza,  506. 
Emma,  506. 
Francis  N.,  507. 
Frank  H.,  508. 
George  D  ,  501. 
George  W.,  506. 
Harriet  L.,  507. 
Isaac,  505. 
Isaac  B.,  507. 


Jane,  506. 

Jonathan,  505,  507. 

Joseph,  378. 

Josephine  L.,  507. 

Josephus,  505. 

Julia  I.,  508. 

Julia  M.,  506. 

Maria  J.,  419. 

Mark,  505 

Mary,  506. 

Minerva,  506. 

Morton,  508. 

Nelson,  506. 

Newell,  41 1. 

Nicholas,  505. 

Prence,  4^9,  472,  482,  505. 

Prince,  505,  506. 

Ransel  S.,    506. 

Sarah,  459,  505. 

Sophronia  P.,  500,  507. 

Sumner,  506. 

Sybil  S  ,  367,  507. 

Thankful,  505. 

Theresa,  506. 

Thomas,  367.  459,  500,  505, 

506. 
Thomas  A.,  474,  506. 
Thomas  L.,  508. 
Walter  N..  411. 
Zelnora,  506. 


SOMEKS. 


317- 


Sou  IHVVORTH. 

Marcus  L.,  3S8. 

Sl'AULIMNG. 

Joel,  294. 
Rebecca,  507. 


Spencer. 
Richard  E. 


397- 


Sprague. 


378. 


Abbie  E.,  509. 
Alice  K.,  373. 
Apphia,  508. 
Asa,  508. 
Asa  W.,  508. 
Asenath,  508. 
Avery  W.,  508. 
Betsey,  508. 
Elizabeth,  508. 
Gideon  L.,  497. 
Hezekiah,  508. 
John,  324. 


(JEN EA LOGICAL    INDEX. 


577 


Si'UACUK. 

Jose.  508. 

Joseph,  418,  419,  499. 
[osepli  S.,  50S. 
Lovina,  419,  509. 
Lucina,  509. 
Liirancy  M.,  50S. 
Lysander  H.,  509. 
Manila  A.,  508. 
Mary,  508,  509. 
Nettie  B.,  50S. 
Phoebe,  419,  508. 
Still  man,  50S. 
Susan  F.,  508. 
Tirzah,  499. 

Si'UKR. 

Clarissa,  365,  416. 
Sarepta,  335. 
Stillmara,  335,  365,416. 

SiJflKF.S. 

Charles,  496. 
Medad,  496. 

SXAFFOKn. 

Joshua,  301. 
William  E..  379. 

Starkweather. 
Abifiail  W.,  472. 
Elisha,  472,  506. 
Maria  R.,  4S2. 
Sarah,  511. 

Stearns. 

John,  500,  519. 
Leroy,  289. 

SlElUilNS. 

Abigail,  378. 
Asahel.  481. 
Chandler  H.,  380. 
David,  486. 
Elijah,  459. 
Emma,  348. 
John,  37S.  483. 
loseph,    356,  483,  491. 
Lydia,  396. 

Stephens. 

Elizabeth,  343. 
Harriet,  495. 
Phineas,  470. 

Stevens. 

Abigail,  357. 
Rachael,  418. 
Simon,  355. 


Stew  ART. 

Caroline  M.,  406. 
Catherine  F.,  350. 
James,  523. 
John,  350. 
Mary,  462. 
Phoebe,  523. 
W.,  523. 


SriCl.EMAN. 

Addie  M. 


455- 


S  iti.es. 

Henry  L.,  306. 
Samuel,  357. 

Srii.i.WEi.L. 
John  A.,  4.46. 

SriMi'SDN. 

Baxter  S.,  456. 

!  Stockwell. 

Luther  A.,  481. 

SlONE. 

Caroline  P.,  452. 
Charles  H.,  414. 
Rachael,  350. 

SlRANCE. 

Annie,  420. 
Robert,  420. 

Si'RANGFORD. 

Anna  M.,  397. 

Si'RATTON. 

Adella,  509. 

Alfred  M.,  345,  475,  509. 

Carrie  E.,  509. 

Calvin,  365. 

Earle  A.,  509. 

Everett  D..  509. 

Leon  E  ,  509. 

M.  D.,  509. 

Rufus,  509. 

Samuel,  509. 

Sumner,  509. 

Willis,  39S,  484. 

Willis  A.,  509. 

Streeter. 


286,  451. 

Aaron,  400. 
Bertha,  438,  510. 
Bradley,  497,  509,  510. 
David,  451,  510. 


David  D.,  510. 
Ebenezer,  510. 
Erwin   M.,  510. 
Georgianna,  438,  510. 
Harvey  D.,  510. 
Haitie,  510. 
Helen,  497.  510. 
Henrietta  L.,  510. 
Henry  E.,  510. 
Henry  H.,  510. 
Henry  O.,  455,  510. 
Horace  N,,  510. 
Isaiah,  509. 
James,  438,  509,  510. 
Joel,  510. 
John,  509,  510. 
Joseph,  510. 
Julietta,  451,  510. 
Lorenzo,  415. 
Lucy,  415. 
Mark,  310. 
Mary,  510. 
Minerva,  510. 
Richard  E.,  510. 
Romanzo,  510. 
Samuel,  415. 
Stephen,  509,  510. 
Uriah  N.,  415. 
Wilbur,  510. 

Strickland. 

Alanson  B.,  485. 
David,  473. 
Lyman,  480. 
Margaret  F,,  394. 
Russell,  395. 

Strong. 

Zephaniah,  498. 

Sullivan. 

Charlotte  F.,  334. 

SWAIL. 

Jennie,  331. 

SWAZEY. 

George  T.,  312. 

Sweet. 

Melinda,  496. 

Sykes. 

Jemima,  511. 
Lucinda,  443,  511. 
Lucy,  511. 
Lucy  C,  511. 
Polly  E.,  511. 


578 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Sykes. 

Reuben,  495. 
Samuel,  443,  511. 
Samuel  V.,  511. 
Samuel  VV.,  495. 
Seth  L.,  510. 
Wealthy,  494. 

Taft. 

Abigail,   303. 
Chester,  303. 

Taintor. 
Widow,  436. 

Taylor. 

B.  Holmes,  501. 
Daniel,  520. 
Elsie  B.,  448. 
Etta  G.,  504. 
George  E.,  406. 
Hannah,  328. 
Joseph,  328. 
Richard,  505. 
Ruth  J.,  406. 
William,  504. 

Tasker. 

Emma  F.,  456. 
Samuel,  493,  494. 

Temple. 

Alfred  B.,  511. 

Anna,  490. 

Carroll  R.,  511. 

Catherine  E.,  511. 

Daniel,  511. 

Dexter,  511. 

D.  W.,  351,   399,  504,  511. 

Ellen  C,  504. 

Elsie  P.,  512. 

Frank,  354. 

Frank  W.,  511. 

George  H.,  512. 

George  W.,  427,  512. 

G.  Wells,  511. 

Ida  M.,  511, 

John  W.,  511. 

Luella  P.,  512. 

Minerva,  $11. 

Minnie  L.,  512. 

Parmenas,  511. 

Solomon  W.,  511. 

Wesson  C,  511. 

Thayer. 

Betsey  W.,  395. 
Edwin,  413. 


Jennie,  419. 
John,  455. 
Silence,  521. 
Sophronia,  452. 
Widow,  419. 

Thomas. 

Andrew  J.,  443. 
Jane  A.,  465. 
.Mansier,  357. 
Mary  J.,  443. 
Sereno  P.,  443. 

ThOMI'KINS. 

Henrietta  T.,  454. 

Thompson. 
Mary,  467. 
Sophronia  W.,  349. 

Thoknily. 

George  W.,  450. 

Thorp. 

Hannah,  390. 

TiCE 

Henrietta,  443. 
Jacob  B.,  443. 
John  W.,  443. 

Totman. 

Albert  P.,  313. 

Tower. 
Ariel,  497. 
Elihu,  50S. 
Jane,  377. 
Roxanna,  447. 

Townsley. 

Frederick,  382. 


Tracy. 


305 


-Mary  B  ,  373. 

Trask. 

Chauncey,  425. 

Traver. 

William  E.,  414. 

Treadwell. 
John  C,  447. 
Mary  W.,  447. 
Sarah  A.,  307. 
Sarah  G.,  447. 


TUELL. 

Gilbert,  441. 

Tubes. 

Emory  L.,  307. 
Pamelia,  503. 

TUTE. 

James,  512. 

TUTTLE. 

Lemuel,  495. 

Twiss. 

Edward,  287. 

Tyler. 

Albert  H.,  513. 
Arvilla  Y.,  512. 
Betsey   R.,  400. 
Charles  H.,  326. 
Chester,  512. 
Clarence  C,  513. 
Edwin,  409. 
Erastus,  514. 
Esther  E.,  513. 
Frank,  512. 
Frank  W.,  299. 
George,  286,  451. 
George  E.,  512. 
George  H.,  512. 
George  W,,  512. 
Hannah,  512. 
Harriet,  451. 
Hattie,  512. 
'       Henry,  512. 
Jennie,  513. 
John,  512. 
Joseph,  400. 
Major  H.,  332,  371, 
Matilda,  300,  513. 
Matilda  C,  512. 
Mary,  513. 
Nathaniel,  300,  512. 
Nathaniel  M.,  512. 
Susan  S.,  512. 
William,  318. 
William  E.,  512. 

Upham. 

Ephraim,  365. 

Van  Dusen. 
Miss,  312. 

Varney. 

Phoebe,  350. 


512. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


579 


Vincent. 

Maria  C,  346. 

VONGUN. 

Miss,  505. 

Wait. 

Moses,  394,  460,  504. 

Walkridge. 
Adaline,  419. 
Whitman,  419. 

Waldkon. 
George,  457. 

Walker. 

Benjamin,    524. 
Lillian,  523. 
Nancy,  524. 
Sarah,  451. 

Walling. 
H.  F.,  401. 

Wali.is. 

Joanna,  463. 
Lydia,  343. 
Sarah,  408. 

Walman. 
George,  306. 

Walworth. 
Elijah,  453. 
Mary,  453. 

Ward. 
Ann,  340. 
Mary  J.,  385. 
William,  385. 

Wardwell. 
Elizabeth,  379. 

Warner. 

Albert  B.,  515, 
Alice  L.,  516. 
Andrew,  513. 
Anson,  514,  515. 
Anson  K.,  514. 
Angusta,  515. 
Breia  M.,  515. 
Carrie  E  ,  516. 
Carrie  M.,  515. 
Charlotte,  514. 
Climena,  514. 
Dwight  C,  375,  516. 


Elihu,  514. 

Ella  B.,  516. 

Frank  P.,  516. 

George,    515.  516. 

George  E.,  416,  515. 

George  P.,  517. 

Giles,  515. 

Gratia,  514. 

Hannah  M.,  515. 

Harriet  D.,  516. 

Harriet  L.,  516. 

Hathaway,  514. 

Henry  W.,  477. 

Horace,  514. 

Ichabod,  410,  513. 

Isaac,  513. 

Isaac  J.,  514. 

Isabella  J.,  326,  517. 

Joel,  338,  514. 

Joseph.  475. 

Levi,  473,  514. 

Lucinda,  514. 

Lucy  H.,  515. 

Lurena,  514. 

Maria  H.,  466. 

Mary  D.,  515. 

Mary  M.,  513. 

Nelson  J.,  392. 

Oliver,  514. 

Orren  J.,  515. 

Otis,  356. 

Otis  B.,  514,  515. 

Parthenia,  514. 

Peleg,   514. 

Phelps,  514. 

Pliney,  466,  514. 

Pliney    R  ,    300,  326,  515, 

516. 
Rachael,  514. 
Rebecca,  514. 
Roswell,  514. 
Samuel  F.,  492. 
Sarah,  517. 
Sarah  B.,  514. 
Seth,  514. 
William  H.,  517. 

Warren. 
Betsey,  453. 

Washisurn. 
Amos,  516. 
Cyrus,  329. 

Watkins. 
Sarah,  407. 

Weaver. 
Jabez,  397. 


Webher. 
Mary,  437. 

Webster. 

Andrew  J.,  460. 

Anna,   518. 

Artemas,  519. 

Betty,  519. 

Charles,  303,  518. 

David,  518. 

Elizabeth,  518. 

Esther,  340,  518,  519. 

Eunice,  518. 

Ezekiel,  490.  51S. 

Jacob,  518,  519. 

lemima.  432. 

Jeremiah,  518. 

Minor,  519,  524. 

Monroe  A.,  384. 

Nathan,  518,  519. 

Rebecca,  518. 

Sarah,  519. 

Sarah  L.,  519. 

Stephen, 340, 432,454,  470, 

502,  518,  519. 
Stephen  W.,  519. 
Sylvia  E.,  502,  519. 

Weeks. 
Alcy,  411. 
Joseph,  408,  411. 

Weissbrod. 
Bertha,  449. 
Carl,  449. 
Elsie,  449. 
Emil,  449. 
Fred,  449. 
Luther,  449. 
Willis,  449. 

Weld. 

Eunice,  443. 

Wells. 

A.,  292,  391. 

A.  F..  343- 

Agrippa,     293,    300.    337, 

338,356.433.  483. 
Amos,  485,  491. 

520. 

Arthur,  345.  519. 
Asa,  304,  520. 
Asenath,  520. 
Caroline,  286,  441. 
David,  356,  418,  483. 
Ebenezer,  519. 
Edward,  449. 


58o 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


Wells. 

Eleazer,  359. 
Elisha,  490,  519. 
Elizabeth,  490. 
Emma,  520. 
Experience,  292,  520. 
George,  418. 
Harriet,  441. 
Henry,  455.  510. 
Henry  R.,  413. 
Hugh,  519. 
Jane  E.,  456. 
Jemima,  359. 
John,  286,  305,  494,  520. 
Joseph,  386,  418. 
Joshua,  292,  519,  520. 
Martha,  403,  520. 
Ner,  292,  520. 
Obed,  441. 
Richard,  487. 
Robert,  487. 
Rufus,  305. 
Samuel,  486,  487. 
Susanna,  337,  520. 
Thomas,  470,  519. 
Thomas  M.,  411. 

Weston. 
Thomas,  329,  370. 

Wetherell. 
Jessie,  309. 

Wetherhead. 
Abbie,  300. 
Albertus,  481,  517. 
Emeline,  286. 
Emma,  310,  450. 
Lucius,  310, 
Lucius  M.,  450. 
Mabel,  518. 
Maria  S.,  455. 
Sarah,  512. 

Wheelock. 
Asa  C.,  286. 

Whipple. 

D.,487- 

Sophia,  428. 
William,  428. 

WlllTAKER. 

Charles  H.,  419. 
Mary,  454. 

Whkelkk. 
Abbie,  521. 


Alta  C,  350. 
Charles,  521. 
Charles  H.,  285. 
D.  H.,  520. 
Elbridge,  354. 
Ellen,   520. 
Eva,  521. 
Frank  H.,  520. 
George,  358. 
Lawrence,    521. 
Luthera  B.,  285. 
Martha  F.,  520. 
O.  A.,  451,  521. 
Thomas  J..  407. 

Whitcomb. 
Ann,  399. 

Asa,  300,  337,  430,  485. 
Col.,  433. 
Rose  M.,  504. 

White. 

Harry  E.,  306. 
Isaiah,  454. 
Mary,  494. 
Sarah,  4S9. 

Whiting. 
Harriet,  286. 
Samuel,   364. 

Whitman. 
Ira,  346. 

Whithei). 

Aimee  M.,  412. 

L.  F.,  412. 

Marshall  F.,  359,  408,  412. 

Whitney. 

Frank  H.,  446. 
Irving,  306. 

Wight. 

May  R.,  347,  521. 
W.,  290. 
William,  347,  521. 

Wilbur. 
E.,43i- 
J-,  431. 
Sarah  A.,  391. 

Wild. 

Daniel  G.,  521. 
Eleanor  E.,  521. 
Elisha,  521. 
Frank  G.,  521. 


Madeline  E.,  521. 
Randall,  521. 

Wilder. 

Joseph  M.,  425. 
Lucy  A.,  423. 
Mary  L.,  425. 
Paulina,  293. 
Peter,  423. 
Susan  F.,  344. 

Wilkins. 
Mary,  466. 
Ruth,  466. 

WlI.LARD. 

Benjamin,  428. 
Harriet  V.,  428. 
Justus,  522. 
Mary,  317. 
Ruel,  521,  522. 
S.  A.,  431. 
Samuel  W.,  522. 
S.  W.,  522. 
Sylvia  P.,  357. 

Williams. 

Annie,  312. 

Annie  M.,   522. 

Elijah,  470,  487. 

Freeman,  432,  522. 

George  R.,  397. 

Harris,   312,  451,  518. 

Harris  F.,  522. 

Henry,  350. 

Israel,  291,  337,  352,  361, 
390,  470,  478,  483,  486, 
487,  488,  489,  513,  520. 

John,  464. 

Mary  A.,  523. 

Patty,  405. 

Robert,  397. 

Robert   F.,  523. 

Robert  N.,  522. 

Rufus  P.,  523. 

Samuel,  292,  293,  300,  337, 
338,  483,  485. 

Sarah,  363. 

Xenophon,  405. 

Williken. 
Orrin  O.,  456. 

Willis. 
John,  443. 

Wise. 

Joseph,  393. 


GENEALOGICAL   INDEX. 


581 


WOLFSKIEL. 
Adam,  298. 
Gretchen  A. 


298. 


Word. 


480. 


Andrew,  308. 
-Andrew  J.,  477. 
T)orothy  S.,  374. 
Erastus,  314. 
Eunice,  481. 
Hannah,  490. 
Harriet  E.,  414. 
Josiah  G.,  414. 
"Lucy,  374. 
Samuel,  523. 
Samuel  C.,  457. 
Thomas,  457. 

WoODIN. 

Dorothy,  375. 
Edwin  B.,  375. 
Ruth,  375. 


Woodman. 
Otis  M., 


456. 


WOODROUGH. 

George,  287. 
James,  287. 
Joel,  2S7. 
Inseph,  287. 
William,  287. 

Woods. 

Fidelia  H.,  348. 
Harriet  E.,  348. 
Josiah  G.,  348. 

WOODWORTH. 

Leonard,  430. 

WORDEN. 

Asa,  408. 
Caroline,  408,  410. 


Elisha,  408. 
Herbert,  410. 
Peter,  408. 

Workman. 
Jane,  523. 
John,  523. 
Mary,  523. 

Wright. 

Abner,  523,  524. 

Abner  L..  524. 

Albert  L..  348. 

Alonzo  W.,  524. 

Anna,   523. 

Anna  R.,  525. 

Arvilla  E.,  524. 

Asenaih,  355. 

Azariah.  523,  524. 

Benjamin  G.,  524. 

Beulah  M.,  326. 

Carmi,  394,  524. 

Caroline,  420. 

Charles,  525. 

Charles  S.,  524. 

Chester,     479,    499,     519, 

524. 
Daniel,  438,  524. 
Eldora  N.,   524. 
Eli,  404. 
Eliezer,  523. 
Elihu,  523. 
Elisha,  523. 
Erastus,  525. 
Esther,  525. 
Eunice,  400,  525. 
Eunice  M.  A.,  524. 
George,  524. 
Harriet,  523. 
Hezekiah,  523. 
Jennie,  454. 
[oanna,  301. 
Job.  341,  467,  524,  525. 
John,  523. 
Joseph,  301,  380,  519,  524. 


Leonard  B.,  436. 

Lucinda,  394. 

Lucy,  523. 

Major,  365. 

Martha,  404. 

Martha  S  ,  524. 

Mary,  341,  525. 

Mary  A.,  406. 

Mary  E.,  453. 

Mary  R.,  524. 

Miriam,  525. 

Nathaniel,  523,  524. 

Nehemiah,  355,  525. 

Patty,  524. 

Philena,  503. 

Phineas,  420. 

Salem  F.,  414. 

Sally,  523. 

Samuel,  404,406,491,  497, 

523,  524,  525. 
Samuel  S.,  406,    524. 
Sarah,  467,  525. 
Seth,  524,  525. 
Sheldon,  438. 
Thaddeus,  291. 
Theodore  L  ,  445. 
Willard  C,  524. 
William,  348. 
William  E.,  524. 

Wrisley. 
Gracia,  453. 

Wyart. 
George,  509. 
Nathan,  313. 

Wyles. 

David,  296,  368,  389. 
Jonah,  296,  389. 
Mary,  296,  389. 
Sally,  368. 

Yale. 

Linus,    315.