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Families of the Children of Capt. Joseph4 Washburn and Deliverance Orcutt

 

 

         Capt. Joseph Washburn and Deliverance Orcutt had a large family in Bridgewater that is well documented in the records. Many of their descendants moved to central Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and California. This is a very large file, so it may take a while to load depending on your internet connection speed. This will be the last installment for this branch of the Washburn family.

 

 

 

 

 

John3 Washburn (6th)

 

 

Josiah4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Rebecca2 Lapham

 

Capt. Joseph5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Ephraim2 Tilson

 

 

Mercy3 Tilson

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Hoskins

Joseph6 Washburn Jr.

 

 

 

Jeremiah6 Washburn

 

 

 

Hannah6 Washburn

 

 

 

Joanna6 Washburn

 

 

 

Silvanus6 Washburn

 

 

 

Eliab6 Washburn

 

 

 

Eliphalet6 Washburn

 

 

 

Martha6 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Orcutt

 

 

William Orcutt Jr.

 

 

Deliverance Orcutt

 

 

 

 

Hannah Smith

 

 

 

(926.) Joseph6 Washburn (Jr.), eldest son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 28 Sept. 1729,[1] mar­ried (537) Mary5 Washburn, daughter of (141) Benjamin4 and Martha (Kingman) Washburn,[2] on 23 Sept. 1755 in Bridgewater.[3] She was born on 24 Mar. 1729/30 in Bridgewater,[4] a granddaughter of (60) Jonathan3 and Mary (Vaughan) Washburn, and of Henry and Bethiah (Howard) Kingman,[5] and he was her second cousin once removed.

         Joseph and Mary Washburn moved to New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, before 1756. On 21 May 1772 Joseph Washburn of New Braintree District, County of Worcester, Yeoman, purchased 6 parcels of land in the Sunderland “two mile addition” in the County of Hampshire, from John Hunt, Gentleman, of Hardwick, James Fay, Yeoman, of Hardwick, George Nye, of New Braintree District, Moses Ayres, Gentleman, of Brookfield, Joseph Bartlet, Yeoman, of Brookfield, and Abraham Cutler, Yeoman, of Brookfield,[6] selling three of the parcels to James Converse Jr., of Brookfield, Yeoman, on 17 June 1772,[7] and two of the parcels to Jonathan Gilbert, of Brookfield, Yeoman, on 17 June 1772.[8] On 19 June 1779 Ephraim Wheeler of Greenwich, County of Hampshire, Yeoman, and Anna, his wife, sold to Joseph Washburn of New Braintree, County of Worcester, Yeoman, two parcels of land lying in Greenwich containing 70 acres.[9] On 17 Nov. 1780 Joseph Washburn, of New Braintree, yeoman, sold 2 parcels of land in Greenwich containing 60 acres to William McIntosh, of Newton, Suffolk Co., MA,[10] and on 6 Oct. 1787 Joseph Washburn of New Braintree, yeoman, sold a 50 acres parcel of land in Greenwich to Samuel Barnaby, yeoman.[11] They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[12] but he was not a head of household in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census. No death records were found for either of them in New Braintree, and no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester County.

         Joseph Washburn (Jr.) and Mary Washburn had chil­dren:

        2417     i   (Unnamed daughter), born and died on 26 Aug. 1756 in New Braintree.[13]

        2418    ii   Levi7 Washburn, born on 29 Aug. 1757 in New Braintree,[14] died on 24 Jan. 1776 at Dartmouth College,[15] presumably unmarried.

        2419   iii   (Unnamed son), born and died on 8 June 1760 in New Braintree.[16]

        2420   iv   Levina Washburn, born on 10 Apr. 1763 in New Braintree,[17] died on 13 Jan. 1765 in New Braintree, of “scald.”[18]

        2421    v   Polly7 Washburn, born on 4 Oct. 1765 in New Braintree,[19] apparently married Henry Joslyn, of New Braintree, in ca. 1785, but she died on 12 Oct. 1791 in New Braintree,[20] and he remarried to Sally Tidd on 19 June 1794 in New Braintree.[21] He was still living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census.[22] Polly Washburn and Henry Joslyn had one daughter:

a. Levina Joslyn, born on 10 Nov. 1786 in New Braintree,[23] married Daniel Warner, son of Ensign Phinehas and Mary “Polly” (Pollard) Warner Jr., of New Braintree,[24] on 1 Jan. 1809 in New Braintree.[25] He was born on 28 Aug. 1786 in New Braintree.[26] Levina Warner, wife of Daniel Warner, of Pelham, was mentioned in the 1837 will of her aunt Livia Waite, of New Braintree. They were living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1820 federal census,[27] and in Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1830,[28] 1840,[29] and 1850 federal census,[30] the 1855 state census,[31] and the 1860 federal census,[32] where he was a farmer. They had children:

1. Livia Warner, born on 28 May 1809 in New Braintree,[33] never married, died on 11 Dec. 1846 in Prescott, MA, aged 37 years, 6 months, 16 days, of “consumption.”[34]

2. Dwight Warner, born on 23 Jan. 1811 in New Braintree,[35] married 1.) Abigail Sloan Gray, of Prescott, on 2 Feb. 1832 in Prescott, MA.[36] They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1850 federal census.[37] She died on 27 Nov. 1851 in New Braintree, aged 39 years,[38] and he remarried to 2.) Mehitable Knapp, daughter of Jezaniah and Betsy (How) Knapp, of Petersham, MA,[39] on 9 Sept. 1852 in Brookfield, MA.[40] She was born on 31 Mar. 1810 in Petersham.[41] They were living in Worcester or West Boyleston, MA, in the 1855 state census.[42] He died intestate on 7 May 1857 in Hardwick, MA, aged 46 years, 10 months, 14 days, a “casualty,”[43] and his widow Mehitable Warner, of Hardwick, was granted administration of his estate on 21 May 1858, with Amasa Gibson, of Barre, and Philip Amidown, of Hardwick, as sureties.[44]

3. Mary Warner, born on 18 Nov. 1812 in New Braintree,[45] marriage not found.

4. Sarah Warner, born on 12 Sept. 1814 in New Braintree,[46] died on 23 Jan. 1815 in New Braintree.[47]

5. Horace Warner, born on 8 Dec. 1815 in New Braintree,[48] married Lucy Almira/Elmira Holbrook, daughter of Lewis and Lucy (Mann) Holbrook, of Worcester, MA,[49] on 18 Apr. 1841 in Worcester, MA.[50] She was born on 24 May 1809 in Worcester.[51] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a butcher,[52] and in West Boylston, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census,[53] the 1865 state census,[54] and the 1870 federal census,[55] where he was a butcher. He died on 13 July 1881 in West Boylston, MA, aged 66 years, of “Brights disease,”[56] and she died a widow on 24 Nov. 1891 in West Boylston, aged 82 years, 6 months.[57]

6. Eli Warner, born on 25 Oct. 1817 in New Braintree,[58] married Lucia C. Cleveland, daughter of Elijah and Lucy (Barnes) Cleveland, of Hardwick, MA,[59] on 1 Apr. 1845 in Hardwick.[60] They were living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[61] and the 1855 state census,[62] where he was a farmer, next door to Francis Washburn in Leicester, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census,[63] where he was a laborer, and back in New Braintree, MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer.[64]

7. Henry Warner, born on 15 Aug. 1819 in New Braintree,[65] possibly married Anna Gardner Hutchinson in 1849.[66] They were living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[67] They were not found in the 1860 federal census, but they were living in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer.[68]

8. Charles F. Warner, born on 30 Sept. 1830 in Prescott,[69] married Sarah L. Hutchinson, daughter of Amos Hutchinson, of Enfield, MA, on 27 Nov. 1855 in Enfield.[70] She was born in 1837 in Enfield, MA.[71] They were living with his parents in Prescott, MA, in the 1860 federal census, and they were still living in Prescott, MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer.[72] He served in Company G in the 3rd Regiment of Massachusetts Calvary in the Civil War.[73] He died on 8 Oct. 1914 in Enfield, MA, aged 83 years, 8 months, of “arterio sclerosis,”[74] and she died in 1930,[75] and they were both buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware, MA.

        2422   vi   (Unnamed daughter), born and died on 23 Aug. 1769 in New Braintree.[76]

        2423  vii   Deliverance7 “Leva/Livia” Washburn, born on 26 Jan. 1771 in New Braintree,[77] married Capt. David Waite (Jr.), son of David and Bersheba (Crowell) Waite, of New Braintree, in 1795.[78] He was born on 10 June 1771 in New Braintree.[79] On 24 Aug. 1803 he was appointed as guardian of Louisa Waite, a minor aged about 9 months, and daughter of his deceased brother Phineas Waite.[80] She was born on 19 Nov. 1802 in New Braintree.[81] They were living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810,[82] 1820,[83] and 1830 federal censuses.[84] David Waite (Jr.) testate on 30 Aug. 1836 in New Braintree, aged 65 years,[85] his will dated 6 Nov. 1832, and probated on 25 Oct. 1836, left his entire estate to his wife Livia Waite, and he named her as executrix of his estate.[86] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) Livia (Washburn) Waite a widow, testate, on 2 May 1846 in New Braintree, aged 75 years, of “pa­ral­y­sis,”[87] her will dated 4 Apr. 1837, and probated in June 1846, mentioned Patty Conkey, wife of David Conkey, of Pelham, County of Hampshire, Levina Warner, wife of Daniel Warner, of Pelham, and her niece Louisa Waite, of New Braintree, whom she named residual heir and as executrix of her estate.[88] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of her will.) They had at least one child:

a. (Unnamed child), died on 6 Jan. 1796 in New Braintree.[89]

        2424 viii   Martha7 “Patty” Washburn, born on 2 Aug. 1774 in New Braintree,[90] married David Conkey, of Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, on 2 July 1801.[91] He was supposedly the son of John and Margaret (Abercrombie) Conkey, of Pelham,[92] who was born on 27 Sept. 1775 in Pelham.[93] Patty Conkey, wife of David Conkey, of Pelham, was mentioned in the 1837 will of her sister Livia Waite, of New Braintree. David Conkey was living in Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1820,[94] 1830,[95] and 1840 federal censuses,[96] where he was a farmer. Patty (Washburn) Conkey died on 1 Oct. 1848 in Pelham, aged 74 years, of a fever,[97] and he was living with his son, Austin W. Conkey, in Pelham, in the 1850 federal census, and with Milo and Mary Fuler in Pelham in the 1860 federal census.[98] David Conkey died a widower on 17 Jan. 1861 in Pelham, aged 84 years, 8 months,[99]  and was originally buried in Pelham Hollow Cemetery in Prescott, MA, but was moved to Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA, in May of 1929, with his wife, son Levi W. Conkey, daughter Mary Conkey, and probably others. Patty Washburn and David Conkey had children:

a. Levi Washburn Conkey, born on 26 Oct. 1802 in Pelham, MA,[100] died on 20 Aug. 1803 in Pelham,[101] and was buried in Valley Cemetery in Pelham.

b. Austin Wells Conkey, born on 21 Sept. 1804 in Pelham,[102] married Char­lotte “Lottie” Wallis/Wallace, daughter of James and Cloe Wallace,[103] on 29 Apr. 1830 in Pelham.[104] They were living next door to his father in Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census.[105] She died on 8 Mar. 1850 in Pelham, aged 47 years, of “consumption,”[106] and he was living in Pelham, MA, in the 1850 federal census, a carpenter,[107] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[108] He died on 29 Oct. 1861 in Pelham, aged 51 years, 1 month, 11 days, of “tyfoid fever,”[109] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. They had children:

1. Henry Martin Conkey, born on 7 Aug. 1832 in Pelham,[110] married Carrie S. Root, daughter of Joseph and Ann H. Root,[111] of Enfield, MA, on 18 May 1870 in Enfield.[112] She was born ca. 1844 in Enfield.[113] They were living in Springfield, MA, in the 1870 federal census, boarding with the family of Mark and Susan Stacy, where he was a machinist.[114]

2. George Conkey, born on 27 June 1834 in Pelham,[115] never married, was living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census with the family of Diana Fuller, where he was working in a pistol shop.[116] He died on 16 May 1885 in Chicopee, MA, aged 51 years, of pneumonia,[117] and was buried in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee.

3. Martha Ann Conkey, born on 11 Nov. 1836 in Pelham,[118] married Lyman Gaskill Wood, son of George N. and Joanna C. (Gaskill) Wood, of Pelham,[119] on 4 May 1860 in Pelham.[120] He was born on 23 Aug. 1834 in Pelham.[121] They were not found in the 1860 or 1870 federal censuses in Massachusetts.

4. Benjamin F. Conkey, born on 11 Oct. 1839 in Pelham,[122] marriage not found.

c. Olivia “Livy/Livia” Conkey, a daughter, born on 20 Feb. 1809 in Pelham,[123] married Miner Gold/Gould, son of Joseph and Polly Gold/Gould,[124] in 1833.[125] He was born ca. 1807 in Stafford, CT.[126] They were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[127] the 1850 federal censuses, where he was a lawyer,[128] and the 1860,[129] and 1870 federal censuses,[130] where he was a farmer. She died on 15 Nov. 1876 in Belchertown, MA,[131] and he died on 6 June 1882 in Belchertown, MA, aged 77 years, of “congestion of the brain,”[132] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. They had children:

1. Levi Washburn Gold, born on 4 Dec. 1834 in Pelham,[133] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Pelham in the 1860 federal census, married Lois M. Barnes, daughter of Ansel and Deborah (Churchill) Barnes,[134] of Pelham, on 28 Jan. 1870 in Amherst, MA.[135] She was born on 23 Aug. 1848 in Pelham.[136] They were living in Belchertown, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a lumberman.[137] She died on 2 Oct. 1885 in Belchertown, MA, aged 37 years,[138] and he died on 2 Feb. 1904 in Leverett, MA, aged 69 years, 1 month, 29 days, of “Brights disease,”[139] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

2. (Unnamed child), born and died on 3 July 1836 in Pelham.[140]

3. Theodore L. Gold, born on 6 Feb. 1838 in Pelham,[141] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Pelham in the 1860 federal census, married Elmira/Almira F. Cook, daughter of Nathaniel Cook, of Pelham, on 6 Feb. 1868 in Pelham.[142] They were living with his brother Levi Gold in Belchertown, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[143] She was born ca. 1847 in Pelham.[144] He died on 4 Jan. 1889 in Belchertown, MA, aged 50 years, 11 months, 4 days, of pneumonia,[145] and she died on 11 Feb. 1932 in Pelham, MA, aged 84 years, 10 months,[146] and they were both buried in Knights Corner Burial Ground in Pelham.

4. Elizabeth C. Gold, born on 15 July 1841 in Pelham,[147] married Hollis Dodge, son of Elison and Esther (Bartlett) Dodge, of Pelham,[148] on 31 May 1866 in Pelham.[149] He was born on 13 Sept. 1831 in Pelham.[150] They were living with his parents in Pelham, MA, in the 1870 federal census, near her parents, where he was a farmer.[151] She died on 20 June 1905 in Leverett, MA, aged 64 years, 11 months, 5 days, of “hernipligia,”[152] and he died a widower on 3 Apr. 1906 in East Leverett, MA, aged 74 years, 1 months, 0 days, of pneumonia,[153] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

5. Louisa W. Gold, born ca. 1844  in Pelham,[154] never married, died on 22 July 1864 in Pelham, aged 20 years, 2 months, of “diphera,”[155] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

6. David Martin Gold, born on 17 Oct. 1847 in Pelham,[156] marriage not found.

7. Hattie E. Gold, born in 1851, died on 6 Sept. 1854 in Pelham,[157] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

d. Martha “Patty” Conkey, born on 5 May 1811 in Pelham,[158] married Job Smith (Jr.), son of Job and Matilda Smith, of Pelham,[159] in ca. 1832.[160] He was born ca. 1805 in MA.[161] They were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1840,[162] 1850,[163] and 1860 federal censuses,[164] where he was a farmer. He committed suicide by hanging himself on 7 Mar. 1868 in Pelham, aged 63 years.[165] She was living with her daughter and son-in-law Harrison T. Horr in Pelham in the 1870 federal census, and she died a widow on 31 Dec. 1874 in Granby, MA, aged 63 years, 8 month, of “lung fever,”[166] and they were both buried in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA. They had children:

1. Mary Louisa Smith, born on 27 Oct. 1834 in Pelham,[167] married Austin Hunter, of Prescott, MA, son of Amos and Abigail Hunter, in 1859 in Pelham.[168] They were living in Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[169] but they were not found in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census. She died on 15 Aug. 1902 in Belchertown, MA, aged 67 years,[170] and he died on 14 Aug. 1920 in Belchertown, aged 96 years,[171] and they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown.

2. Mehitable “Hattie” S. Smith, born on 15 Feb. 1838 in Pelham,[172] married Albert L. Sanborn, of Holyoke, MA, son of John and Sarah Sanborn, on 18 Nov. 1866 in Holyoke, MA.[173] He was born ca. 1840 in Kirby, VT.[174] They were living in Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[175] She died on 6 Dec. 1892 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, aged 54 years, 9 months, of pneumonia.[176]

3. Hannah M. Smith, born on 20 Jan. 1842 in Pelham,[177] married Sgt. Harrison Z. Horr, son of Harmon P. and Martha (Hawley) Horr, of Pelham,[178] on 2 May 1867 in Pelham.[179] He was born in 1842 in Pelham, but his birth was not recorded in the Pelham vital records,[180] and he served as a Sergeant in Company F, 31st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers.[181] They were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[182] He died committed suicide by shooting himself on 28 Sept. 1876 in Pelham, aged 34 years, 6 months,[183] and she died in 1927 in Pelham,[184] and they were both buried in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

4. Laura C. Smith, born on 21 June 1845 in Pelham,[185] married Myret E. Boynton, son of Emery and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Boynton,[186] on 31 Dec. 1863 in Pelham.[187] He was born ca. 1843 in Pelham.[188] They were living in Pelham, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a retail merchant.[189] He died on 7 Mar. 1904 in Pelham, aged 61 years, 0 months, 13 days, of “angina futeris,”[190] and she died a widow on 1 Aug. 1927 in Pelham, aged 82 years,[191] and they were both buried in Valley Cemetery in Pelham.

e. Mary Conkey, born on 11 Aug. 1814 in Pelham,[192] never married, died on 11 Oct. 1843 in Pelham, aged 29 years,[193] and was buried in Valley Cemetery in Pelham.

 

 

(927.) Jeremiah6 Washburn, second son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 7 Sept. 1731,[194] married 1.) Chari­ty Pratt, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Leonard) Pratt (3rd),[195] on 24 Apr. 1754 in Bridgewater.[196] She was a granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah (Benson) Pratt (Jr.), of Weymouth.[197] Joseph Pratt the Second, of Bridgewater, named his daughter Charaty in his 1753 will.[198]

         Charity (Pratt) Washburn died on 1 May 1775 in Bridgewater,[199] and Jeremiah remarried to 2.) Kezia4 Snell, daughter of Dr. Daniel3 and Joanna4 (Harlow) Snell,[200] on 19 Aug. 1777 in Bridgewater.[201] She was born on 13 Sept. 1745 in Bridgewater,[202] a grand­daughter of Amos2 and Mary (Packard) Snell,[203] and of William3 and Joanna (Jack­son) Harlow (3rd), of Plymouth.[204]

         Jeremiah Washburn was executor of his father’s will in 1767, and they were still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his son-in-law, Simeon Wood,[205] and in the 1800 federal census.[206] He died testate on 5 Apr. 1810 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years.[207] His will was dated 20 June 1806, and proved on 6 Aug. 1810. He named his son, Jeremiah, as his sole execu­tor, and mentioned his wife, Kezia, son Barnabas, son Libeus, son Levi, daughter Lydia Wood, and her husband, Simeon Wood, and daughters Tabitha and Hannah. It was witnessed by Cornelius Holmes, Nathan Mitchell, and Cornelius Holmes, Jr.[208] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will.)

            Keziah (Snell) Washburn was declared mentally incompetent in 1825, and Cornelius Holmes, Jr., of Bridgewater, was ap­pointed as her guardian by the Selectmen of Bridgewater on 2 Aug. 1825.[209] She died a widow, testate, on 6 Nov. 1826 in Bridgewater, aged 81 years, of “old age,”[210] her will dated 20 July 1826, and probated on 20 Nov. 1826, mentioned her son Livy Washburn, the two sons and three daughters of her son Jeremiah Washburn, deceased, and she named Benjamin Pope as executor of her estate.[211] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of her will.)

            Jere­miah Washburn had proba­bly 8 chil­dren by Charity Pratt, and 5 more children by Keziah Snell:

        2425     i   Lydia7 Washburn, born on 31 Jan. 1755 in Bridgewater,[212] married Capt. Simeon Wood, son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Lovell) Wood, of Middleborough,[213] as his third wife, on 6 May 1778 in Bridgewater.[214] He was a twin, born on 28 Sept. 1740 in Middlebor­ough,[215] a grandson of Abiel and Abiah (Bowen) Wood, of Middleborough.[216] Capt. Simeon Wood had married first to Sarah Weston on 12 Dec. 1765 in Middleborough,[217] and secondly to Mary (Randall) Keith, widow of Isaac Keith, of Easton,[218] on 25 Oct. 1774 in Easton.[219] He was probably the Simeon Wood who served as a Private in Lt. Samuel Dunbar’s Company from Bridgewater in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[220] Simeon Wood was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[221] and 1800 federal censuses.[222] Capt. Simeon Wood died testate on 19 Aug. 1802 in Bridgewater, aged 61 years,[223] and was buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater,[224] his will dated 2 May 1801, and probated on 6 Sept. 1802, mentioned his wife Lydia, his two eldest daughters Lusana and Sarah, his two youngest daughters Mary and Lydia, his eldest son Rufus, and his five sons Rufus, Simeon, Philander, Lewis, and George Washington Wood, and he named his sons Rufus and Simeon as executors of his estate, but only Rufus Wood was confirmed as the executor. Ezra Conant, Nathan Mitchell, and Isaac Lazell, all of Bridgewater, Gentlemen, were appointed to set off to the widow Lydia Wood her thirds or right of dower from the estate of Simeon Wood, late of Bridgewater, Gentleman, and to divide the balance of the estate into five equal shares, and to assign one share each to Rufus Wood, Simeon Wood, Philander Wood, Lewis Wood, and Geo. Washington Wood, on 6 Sept. 1802.[225] (See Appendix [E] for a full transcription of his will.) Lydia (Washburn) Wood died tes­tate on 4 Feb. 1832 in Bridgewater, of “lethargy,” aged 77 years,[226] her simple will dated in 1818 mentioned only her two daughters Mary and Lydia, and Cyrus Benson, of Bridgewater, was granted administration with will annexed of her estate on 3 Apr. 1832.[227] (See Appendix [F] for a full transcription of her will.) Deacon Alfred Wood said they were both buried in Middleborough, but their find-a-grave memorials show them both buried in Bridgewater.[228] Lydia Washburn and Capt. Simeon Wood had chil­dren:

a. Lt. Rufus Wood, born on 15 Mar. 1779 in Bridgewater,[229] married (3194) Susanna Hooper, daughter of Lt. James and (1264) Susanna6 (Washburn) Hooper (Jr.),[230] in 1800.[231] She was born on 29 Aug. 1776 in Bridgewater,[232] a grand­daughter of James and Mary (Johnson) Hooper,[233] and of (426) Benjamin5 and Mary5 (Cushman) Washburn (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[234] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1810,[235] 1820,[236] 1830,[237] and 1840 federal censuses,[238] where he was a farmer. He died intestate on 31 Aug. 1845 in Bridgewater, of “schirrous sto­mach and cancerous humors,” aged 66 years,[239] and Philo Leach, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 7 Oct. 1845, at the request of Susannah Wood, the widow, and Willard Wood and Rachel Allen, children of the deceased.[240] Susanna (Hooper) Wood died a widow on 7 July 1849 in Bridge­water, of “paraly­sis,” aged 72 years,[241] and they were both buried in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater. They had children:

1. Rachel Wood, born on 16 Oct. 1800 in Bridgewater,[242] married 1.) Oliver Allen (Jr.), son of Oliver and Susannah (Whitman) Allen,[243] on 20 Sept. 1819 in Bridgewater.[244] He was born on 1 Mar. 1794 in Bridgewater.[245] They were living in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[246] and in Bridgewater in the 1830,[247] 1840,[248] and 1850 federal cen­suses,[249] and in the 1855 state cen­sus,[250] where he was a farmer. He died tes­tate on 19 Dec. 1855 in Bridgewater, aged 61 years, of “stoppage,”[251] his will dated 18 Dec. 1855, and probated in Feb. 1856, mentioned his nephew John A. Bennett, and his wife Rachel Allen, whom he appointed as executrix of his estate.[252] (See Appendix [G] for a full transcription of his will.) Rachel Allen was a widow living in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census,[253] and the 1865 state census,[254] and she remarried to 2.) Christopher Dyer Copeland, son of Cyrus and Abigail (Dyer) Copeland,[255] and widow of her sister Eunice (Wood) Copeland, and Almira (Turner) Copeland, on 13 Nov. 1866 in Bridgewater.[256] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[257] She died on 16 Nov. 1878 in Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 1 month, of “fatty degeneration of heart,”[258] and he died a widower, testate, on 30 Apr. 1883 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 8 months, 28 days, of pneumonia,[259] and was buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, his will dated 1 Mar. 1879, and probated on 11 June 1883, mentioned his son Valentine Copeland, daughter Eunice H. Wood, widow of Rufus W. Wood, son Lorenzo Copeland, and son Warren T. Copeland, and he named his sons Lorenzo and Warren as executors of his estate.[260]

2. Willard Wood, born on 19 June 1802 in Bridgewater,[261] mar­ried 1.) Har­ri­et Caswell, his first cousin, daughter of Zephaniah and (3197) Azubah (Hooper) Caswell,[262] on 30 Apr. 1826 in Bridgewater.[263] She was born on 1 Sept. 1806 in Bridgewater,[264] a grand­daughter also of Lt. James and (1264) Susanna6 (Washburn) Hooper (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[265] They were living next door to his father in Bridgewater in the 1830,[266] and 1840 federal censuses,[267] where he was a farmer. She died on 16 Sept. 1843 in Bridgewater, of ty­phus fever, aged 37 years, 15 days,[268] and he remarried to 2.) Anna Waterman (Chipman) Caswell, daughter of George and Huldah (Leach) Chipman,[269] and widow of his first cousin, Zephaniah Caswell (Jr.), in 1844 in Bridgewater.[270] She was born on 9 Aug. 1804 in Bridgewater.[271] He was a shoemaker and farmer. They were liv­ing in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census with Zephaniah and Azubah Caswell,[272] Azubah H. Caswell was living with them in Bridgewater in the 1855 state cen­sus,[273] and they were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1860 federal census,[274] the 1865 state census,[275] and the 1870 federal census,[276] where he was a farmer. She died on 23 Feb. 1875 in Middleborough, aged 70 years, 7 months, 14 days, of pneumonia,[277] and he died a widower on 2 Apr. 1887 in Middleborough, aged 84 years, 9 months, 14 days, of “cystitis,”[278] and was buried in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater. (See the family of Harriet Caswell for his children.)

3. Eunice Hooper Wood, born on 2 Apr. 1804 in Bridgewater,[279] married Chris­topher Dyer Copeland, son of Cyrus and Abigail (Dyer) Copeland,[280] on 14 May 1826 in Bridgewater.[281] He was born on 2 Aug. 1800 in Bridgewater,[282] a grandson of Christopher and (706) Sarah6 (Bassett) Dyer, of South Bridgewater.[283] She died on 12 July 1831 in Braintree, MA, aged 27 years, of “canker,”[284] and was buried in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater. He remarried to Almira Turner, of Braintree, daughter of Caleb and Deborah Turner, on 7 July 1834 in Weymouth, MA.[285] She was born on 11 Oct. 1799 in Duxbury.[286] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a cotton gin manufacturer,[287] in the 1855 state census, where he was a gin wright, and his widowed mother was living with them,[288] in the 1860 federal census, where he was a gin wright,[289] and in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer.[290] She died on 2 Sept. 1865 in Bridgewater, aged 65 years, 10 months, of dysentery,[291] and was buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater. He remarried again to his first wife’s widowed sister, Rachel (Wood) Allen, on 13 Nov. 1866 in Bridgewater.[292] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[293] She died on 16 Nov. 1878 in Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 1 month, of “fatty degeneration of heart,”[294] and he died a widower, testate, on 30 Apr. 1883 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 8 months, 28 days, of pneumonia,[295] and was buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, his will dated 1 Mar. 1879, and probated on 11 June 1883, mentioned his son Valentine Copeland, daughter Eunice H. Wood, widow of Rufus W. Wood, son Lorenzo Copeland, and son Warren T. Copeland, and he named his sons Lorenzo and Warren as executors of his estate.[296] (See Appendix [H] for a full transcription of his will.)

4. Winslow Wood, born on 6 Dec. 1806 in Bridgewater,[297] died on 15 Mar. 1808 in Bridgewater, in his 2nd year,[298] and was buried in the Old Graveyard Bridgewater.[299]

5. Rufus Wood (Jr.), born on 16 Aug. 1812 in Bridgewater,[300] died on 12 Oct. 1823 in Bridgewater, of typhus fever, aged 11 years.[301]

b. Mary Wood, born on 20 Feb. 1781 in Bridgewater,[302] married Spencer6 Leon­ard, son of (1053) Samuel5 and Deborah6 (Mitchell) Leonard (Jr.), on 2 May 1805 in Bridgewater.[303] He was born on 21 Nov. 1781 in Bridgewater,[304] a grandson of (380) Samuel4 and Lydia (Besse) Leon­ard, and of Hon. Nathan5, Esq., and Anne4 (Cary) Mitch­ell, of Bridgewater. He served as a Private in Capt. Sears Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater in 1814 during the War of 1812.[305] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1810,[306] 1830,[307] 1840,[308] and 1850 federal censuses,[309] the 1855 state cen­sus,[310] and the 1860 federal census,[311] where he was a farmer. She died on 9 Mar. 1863 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 14 days,[312] and he was living in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census with his daughter, Lydia W. Benson. He died a widower, tes­tate, on 7 Mar. 1866 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years, of “paralysis,”[313] his will dated 16 Jan. 1844, and probated on 9 Apr. 1866, mentioned his unnamed wife, his daughters Mary Keith and Lydia W. Benson, his four sons Simeon W. Leonard, Martin Leonard, Spencer Leonard, and Lewis Leonard, and he named his son Simeon W. Leonard as executor of his estate, but since Simeon had already died before 1866 his son Spencer Leon­ard (Jr.) petitioned for administration with will annexed of his estate on 12 Mar. 1866.[314] (See Appendix [I] for a full transcription of his will.) They were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater. They had children:

1. Simeon7 W. Leonard, born on 5 Feb. 1807 in Bridgewater,[315] married Betsey Leonard, daughter of (2510) Nehemiah and Phebe (Pratt) Leonard,[316] on 19 May 1828 in Bridgewater.[317] She was born on 1 Feb. 1810 in Bridgewater,[318] a granddaughter of (941) Seth and Silence5 (Packard) Pratt, of Bridgewater. He was a shoemaker in Bridgewater, and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1830,[319] 1840,[320] and 1850 federal censuses,[321] the 1855 state census,[322] and the 1860 federal census.[323] He was named as executor of his father’s estate in 1844, but he died intestate on 25 Aug. 1863 in Bridgewater, aged 56 years, 6 months, of heart disease,[324] before his father’s estate was probated, and his brother Spencer Leonard Jr. was granted administration of his estate on 28 Sept. 1863.[325] Betsey (Leonard) Leonard was still living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census,[326] and she died a widow on 27 May 1874 in Bridgewater, aged 64 years, 3 months, 26 days, of heart disease,[327] and they were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater.

2. Martin7 Leonard, born on 19 Feb. 1809 in Bridgewater,[328] married 1.) Joan D. Bradford on 2 Jan. 1837 in Bridgewater.[329] She was born in Mar. 1815 in Kingston.[330] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[331] and 1850 federal censuses,[332] where he was a farmer. She died on 31 Dec. 1851 in Bridgewater, aged 37 years, of “consumption,”[333] and was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater. He remarried to 2.) Elizabeth A. Sturtevant, daughter of Sylvanus and Polly (Leonard) Sturtevant,[334] before 1855. She was born on 29 July 1818 in Bridgewater.[335] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census,[336] and the 1860 federal census,[337] where he was a farmer. She died on 25 May 1861 in Bridgewater, aged 42 years, 9 months, 27 days, of cancer,[338] and he was still living in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census.[339] He remarried again to 3.) Ruth H. (Clark) Drew, daughter of John and Sarah (Davie) Clark, as her third husband, on 7 May 1870 in Bridgewater.[340] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[341] He died on 20 July 1886 in Bridgewater, aged 77 years, 5 months, 1 day, of “water around the heart,”[342] and was also buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater. she died a widow on 27 Nov. 1897 in Plymouth, MA, aged 76 years, 6 months, 24 days, of “consumption.”[343]

3. Mary7 Leonard, born on 1 Aug. 1811 in Bridgewater,[344] married Isaac Keith, son of Howe and Martha “Patty” (Hayward) Keith, of Bridgewater,[345] on 6 Jan. 1833 in Bridgewater.[346] He was born on 4 Aug. 1799 in Bridgewater.[347] Daughter Mary Keith was named in the 1844 will of her father. They were living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[348] and 1850 federal censuses,[349] the 1855 state census,[350] the 1860 federal census,[351] the 1865 state census,[352] and the 1870 federal census,[353] where he was a shoe cutter. He died on 9 Dec. 1873 in East Bridgewater, aged 74 years, 4 months, 5 days, of “nervous shock,”[354] and she died a widow on 23 Feb. 1880 in East Bridgewater, aged 68 years, 6 months, 16 days, of heart disease,[355] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County.

4. Spencer7 Leonard (Jr.), born on 18 Aug. 1814 in Bridgewater,[356] married Cementha T. Sturtevant, daughter of Isaac and Polly (Chandler) Sturtevant, of Duxbury,[357] on 12 Aug. 1840 in Bridgewater.[358] She was born on 29 Dec. 1820 in Duxbury.[359] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader,[360] and in the 1855 state census,[361] the 1860 federal census,[362] the 1865 state census,[363] and the 1870 federal census,[364] where he was a farmer. He was administrator of the estate of his brother Simeon W. Leonard in 1863, and he was administrator with will annexed of his father’s estate in 1866. She died on 3 Dec. 1892 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years, 11 months, 14 days, of a tumor,[365] and he died a widower on 30 Sept. 1898 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years, 1 month, 12 days, of “paralysis,”[366] and they were both buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

5. Lydia7 Washburn Leonard, born on 4 Apr. 1817 in Bridgewater,[367] married Cyrus Benson (Jr.), her first cousin, son of Dr. Cyrus and Lydia (Wood) Benson, on 25 Oct. 1842 in Bridgewater.[368] He was born on 19 May 1821 in Bridgewater.[369] Daughter Lydia W. Benson was named in the 1844 will of her father, and they were living in the household of his parents in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a teacher.[370] He died intestate on 6 Sept. 1854 in Bridgewater, of “incurition,”[371] buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, and his widow Lydia W. Benson was granted administration of his estate on 3 Oct. 1854.[372] Cyrus Benson, Martin Leonard, and Simeon W. Mitchell, all of Bridgewater, were appointed to set off to Lydia W. Benson, widow of Cyrus Benson Jr., late of Bridgewater, her dower or one third part of the estate of her late husband on 27 Feb. 1855.[373] She was still living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census,[374] with her parents in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census,[375] her widowed father was living with her in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census,[376] and she was still living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[377] She died a widow on 18 Sept. 1879 in Bridgewater, aged 62 years, 5 months, 14 days, of heart disease,[378] was also buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, and their son Zeno Benson, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of her estate on 8 Dec. 1879.[379]

6. Sarah Leonard, born on 4 Nov. 1820 in Bridgewater,[380] died on 21 Feb. 1822 in Bridgewater, aged 15 months,[381] and was buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.[382]

7. Lewis7 Leonard, born on 16 Nov. 1824 in Bridgewater,[383] married Lucy Bradford Waterman, daughter of Otis and Betsey (Waterman) Waterman, of Kingston, on 22 Nov. 1846 in Kingston.[384] She was born on 25 Oct. 1823 in Kingston.[385] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader,[386] and the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer,[387] and in Middleborough in the 1860 federal census, where he was a master farmer,[388] the 1865 state census,[389] and the 1870 federal census,[390] where he was a farmer. He died intestate on 1 Apr. 1880 in Kingston, MA, aged 55 years, 4 months, of a concussion of lungs after being thrown from a carriage,[391] and his son Fred M. Leonard, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate on 19 Apr. 1880.[392] She died a widow on 28 July 1880 in Middleborough, aged 56 years, 9 months, 3 days, of “consumption.”[393]

c. Simeon Wood (Jr.), born on 3 Feb. 1784 in Bridgewater,[394] he chose his mother, Lydia Wood, as his guardian on 6 Sept. 1802,[395] and he mar­ried Keziah Dunbar, daugh­ter of Jesse and Azubah6 (Conant) Dunbar, of Bridgewater,[396] on 3 Dec. 1809 in Bridgewater.[397] She was born on 17 Nov. 1782 in Bridgewater,[398] a granddaughter of James and Experience (Hayward) Dunbar, and of Jeremiah5 and Martha4 (Packard) Conant, of Bridgewater,[399] and they settled in Boston.[400] He was presumably the Simeon Wood living in Boston in the 1820 federal census.[401] He died on 28 May 1822 in Bridgewater or Boston,[402] and was possibly buried in Middleborough, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County. She was living with her son Henry Wood in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[403] and the 1855 state census.[404] She died intes­tate on 23 Sept. 1855 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years, 10 months, 6 days, of dysentery,[405] was buried in Great Woods Cemetery in Bridgewater, and her son Simeon D. Wood was granted administration of her estate on 3 Dec. 1855, as requested by Henry Wood, the only other heir.[406] They had 2 sons:

1. Henry Wood, born on 19 Oct. 1812 in Boston,[407] apparently married late in life. His widowed mother and her sister were living with him in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[408] the 1855 state census,[409] the 1860 federal census,[410] and the 1865 state cen­sus­,[411] where he was a farmer, but was unmarried. He married Louisa DeMaranville/Demoranville, daughter of Josiah and Louisa (Downing) DeMaranville/Demoranville,[412] on 7 Feb. 1867 in Lakeville, MA.[413] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[414] He died testate on 8 July 1876 in Bridgewater, aged 63 years, of “cancer in bowels,”[415] and was buried in Great Woods Cemetery in Bridgewater, his will dated 4 July 1876, and probated on 28 Aug. 1876, mentioned his wife Louisa Wood, and their son Henry A. Wood, and he named his wife as executor of his estate[416]. (See Appendix [J] for a full transcription of his will.) She remarried to Humphrey R. Crapo, of Rochester, MA, son of Humphrey Russell and Susan (Baker) Crapo,[417] as his second wife, on 22 June 1878 in Rochester.[418] He was born in 1820 in Dartmouth,[419] and died on 19 Mar. 1903 in Rochester, aged 82 years, 9 months, 24 days, of “organic disease of heart.”[420] She died a widow on 2 Mar. 1906 in Lakeville, MA, aged 65 years, 3 months, 10 days, of “Brights disease,”[421] and they were both buried in Sherman Cemetery in Rochester, MA.

2. Simeon D. Wood, born in 1817,[422] probably in Boston, married Elizabeth B. Alden, daughter of Thomas and Matilda (Copeland) Alden, of Bridgewater,[423] on 28 Aug. 1843 in Bridgewater.[424] She was born ca. 1820 in Bridgewater.[425] They were living in Bridge­water in the 1850 federal cen­sus, where he was a shoemaker,[426] the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer,[427] the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe cutter,[428] the 1865 state census, where he was a shoemaker,[429] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[430] She died on 18 Nov. 1892 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years, 9 months,[431] and he died a widower on 4 Dec. 1895 in Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 10 months, 21 days, of heart disease.[432]

d. Lydia Wood, born on 10 July 1786 in Bridgewater,[433] she chose her mother, Lydia Wood, as her guardian on 6 Sept. 1802,[434] and she married Dr. Cyrus6 Benson, son of (1718) Jonathan5 and Lydia (Harden) Benson (Jr.),[435] on 7 Aug. 1806 in Bridgewater.[436] He was born on 6 May 1784 in Bridgewater,[437] a grandson of (529) Lt. Jonathan4 and Martha (Snell) Benson, of Bridgewater.[438] They were living in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810 federal census, probably with his newly married brother Jonathan,[439] and in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[440] and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1830,[441] 1840,[442] and 1850 federal censuses,[443] where he was a farmer, and in the 1855 state census, where he was a physician.[444] He died testate on 16 July 1858 in Bridgewater, aged 74 years, of “consumption,”[445] his will dated 1 Feb. 1858, and probated in Aug. 1858, mentioned his wife Lydia Benson, grandsons Zeno Benson and Aubrey Benson, granddaughters Alice F. Benson and Lemira Benson, daughter-in-law Lydia Benson, and daughters Almira B. Leonard and Cassandra Lane, and he named his wife Lydia Benson and George W. Wood, of Middleborough, his wife’s brother, as executors of his estate.[446] (See Appendix [K] for a full transcription of his will.) Marcus and Lucina Holmes were probably living with her in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[447] She died a widow, testate, on 17 May 1862 in Bridgewater, aged 75 years, 10 months,[448] her will dated 9 Sept. 1858, and probated on 1 July 1862, mentioned her daughter-in-law Lydia W. Benson, her daughters Almira B. Leonard and Cassandra Lane, and her four grandchildren Alice F. Benson, Zeno Benson, Lemira Benson, and Aubrey Benson, and she named George W. Wood, of Middleborough, as executor of her estate.[449] (See Appendix [L] for a full transcription of her will.) They were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater. They had children:

1. Almira7 Benson, born on 29 Aug. 1808 in Bridgewater,[450] married Franklin B. Leonard, of South Leeds, ME, son of Martin and Hannah (Stetson) Leonard,[451] in 1831.[452] He was born in May 1806 in Turner, ME.[453] Daughter Almira B. Leonard was mentioned in the 1858 wills of her father and mother. They were living in Leeds, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[454] and the 1850 federal census, where he was a carriage maker,[455] in Leeds, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was again a farmer.[456] She died on 15 Apr. 1873 in Leeds, ME,[457] and he died on 27 June 1886 in Randolph, Norfolk Co., MA, aged 80 years, 1 month, 9 days,[458] and they were both buried in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME.

2. Cassandra7 Benson, born on 30 July 1813 in Bridgewater,[459] married (3696) Giddings Lane (Jr.), son of Giddings and (1601) Jemima (Norris) Lane, of Leeds, ME, in ca. 1833.[460] He was born on 16 May 1802 in Leeds, ME,[461] a grandson of Samuel and (500) Lydia5 (Washburn) Lane, of Wareham, MA. Daughter Cassandra Lane was mentioned in the 1858 wills of her father and mother. He was a farmer living in Leeds, Kennebec Co., ME, enumerated as “Gideon” Lane, in the 1850 federal census,[462] and in Leeds, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census.[463] He died on 15 Nov. 1879 in Leeds, ME, aged 77 years,[464] and she died on 12 Dec. 1893 in Leeds, ME, aged 80 years,[465] and they were both buried in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME. [See the family of Giddings Lane Jr. for their children.]

3. Cyrus7 Benson (Jr.), born on 19 May 1821 in Bridgewater,[466] married Lydia7 Washburn Leonard, his first cousin, daughter of Spencer6 and Mary (Wood) Leonard, of Bridgewater,[467] on 25 Oct. 1842 in Bridgewater.[468] She was born on 4 Apr. 1817 in Bridgewater.[469] They were living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a teacher.[470] He died intestate on 6 Sept. 1854 in Bridgewater, of “incurition,”[471] buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, and his widow Lydia W. Benson was granted administration of his estate on 3 Oct. 1854.[472] Cyrus Benson, Martin Leonard, and Simeon W. Mitchell, all of Bridgewater, were appointed to set off to Lydia W. Benson, widow of Cyrus Benson Jr., late of Bridgewater, her dower or one third part of the estate of her late husband on 27 Feb. 1855.[473] Daughter-in-law Lydia W. Benson was mentioned in the 1858 will of her mother-in-law, Lydia Benson. She was living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census,[474] with her parents in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census,[475] her widowed father was living with her in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census,[476] and she was still living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[477] She died a widow, intestate, on 18 Sept. 1879 in Bridgewater, aged 62 years, 5 months, 14 days, of heart disease,[478] was also buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, and their son Zeno Benson, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of her estate on 8 Dec. 1879.[479]

e. Philander Wood, born on 19 July 1789 in Bridgewater,[480] his mother, Lydia Wood, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Sept. 1802,[481] and he mar­ried Martha6 “Pat­ty” Benson, daugh­ter of (1721) Jonah5 and Martha (Tomson) Benson,[482] on 25 Nov. 1813 in Bridgewater.[483] She was born on 16 Oct. 1794 in Bridgewater,[484] a granddaughter of (529) Lt. Jonathan4 and Martha (Snell) Benson.[485] He served as a private from Bridgewater in Capt. Isaac Keith’s Company, Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia in 1814 during the War of 1812.[486] He was a farmer, and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1840,[487] and 1850 federal censuses,[488] the 1855 state census,[489] the 1860 federal census,[490] and the 1865 state census­.[491] He died tes­tate on 24 Apr. 1866 in Bridgewater, aged 76 years, 9 months, 5 days, of “mortification,”[492] his will dated 24 Jan. 1862, and probated on 14 May 1866, mentioned his wife Patty Wood, his daughters Patty Bartlett, wife of David Bartlett, of West Bridgewater, Hannah W. Benson, wife of Alonzo S. Benson, of Bridgewater, and Emily Pratt, wife of Otis Pratt, of Halifax, and two sons Nahum B. Wood and Martin Wood, and he named his son Nahum B. Wood as executor of his estate.[493] (See Appendix [M] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 14 June 1868 in  Bridgewater, aged 73 years, 7 months, 29 days, of congestion of lungs,[494] and they were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater. They had chil­dren:

1. Jane Wood, born on 29 Dec. 1814 in Bridgewater,[495] married Ebenezer Wood, Jr., son of Ebenezer and Cynthia (Soule) Wood, of Halifax,[496] on 1 Oct. 1840 in Bridgewater,[497] but she died on 27 Oct. 1841 in Halifax, aged 26 years, of “puer penal disease,”[498] and was buried in Tomson Cemetery in Halifax. He remarried to Hannah M. Thompson, daughter of Asa and Hannah (Thomson) Thompson (Jr.),[499] on 17 Apr. 1844 in Halifax.[500] They were living next door to his father in Halifax in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[501] He died in­tes­tate on 26 Nov. 1865 in Hali­fax, aged 64 years, of “consumption,”[502] and his widow Hannah M. Wood was granted administration of his estate on 9 July 1866.[503]

2. Martha “Patty” Wood, born on 7 May 1816 in Bridgewater,[504] married David Bart­lett (Jr.), son of David and Polly B. (Howard) Bartlett, of West Bridgewater,[505] on 1 Dec. 1841 in Bridgewater,[506] but they probably had no children. He was born on ca. 11 Feb. 1811 in West Bridgewater.[507] Daughter Patty Bartlett, wife of David Bartlett, of West Bridgewater, was mentioned in the 1862 will of her father. They were liv­ing in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[508] the 1855 state cen­sus,[509] the 1860 federal census,[510] the 1865 state census,[511] and the 1870 federal census,[512] where he was a farmer. She died on 20 July 1874 in West Bridgewater, aged 58 years, 2 months, 13 days, of “apoplexy,”[513] and he died a widower on 31 May 1898 in West Bridgewater, aged 87 years, 3 months, 20 days, of “La Grippe.”[514]

3. Philander Wood (Jr.), born on 10 July 1818 in Bridgewater,[515] died intestate on 8 Sept. 1844 in Bridgewater, of “typhus fever,” aged 26 years,[516] presumably unmarried, and his father, Philander Wood, was granted administration of his estate on 2 Dec. 1844.[517]

4. Hannah Waterman Wood, born on 26 Nov. 1820 in Bridge­water,[518] mar­ried Alonzo P. Benson, son of Samuel H. and Rachel Benson, on 22 Jan. 1845 in Bridgewater.[519] He was born in ca. Apr. 1816.[520] Daughter Hannah W. Benson, wife of Alonzo S. Benson, of Bridgewater, was mentioned in the 1862 will of her father. They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was the almshouse keeper,[521] and in the 1855 state census,[522] the 1860 federal census,[523] and the 1865 state cen­sus­,[524] where he was a farmer. He died on 8 Mar. 1869 in Bridgewater, aged 52 years, 10 months, 14 days, of “consumption,”[525] but no pro­bate re­cords were filed for his estate in Plymouth Coun­ty, and she was still living in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[526] She died a widow on 10 Jan. 1876 in Bridgewater, aged 55 years 1 month, 15 days, of “liver,”[527] and they were both buried in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

5. Nahum Benson Wood, born on 27 Aug. 1827 in Bridgewater,[528] was still unmar­ried and liv­ing with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, the 1855 state census, the 1860 federal census, and 1865 state census, where he was a farmer. He was executor of his father’s estate in 1866, and was still unmarried and living with his brother Martin Wood in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[529] He married late in life to Sarah Elizabeth (Morton) Lebarron, daughter of Benjamin W. and Betsey W. (Snow) Morton,[530] and widow of Simon M. Lebarron, in 1877.[531] She was born in 1841.[532] He died on 26 Mar. 1891 in Bridgewater, aged 63 years, 8 months, of “typhoid pneumonia,”[533] and she died a widow in 1923 in Bridgewater,[534] and they were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater.

6. Martin Wood, born on 28 Mar. 1830 in Bridgewater,[535] was also still unmar­ried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, the 1855 state census, the 1860 federal census, and the 1865 state cen­sus, a farmer. He was still unmarried and living in Bridgewater with his brother Nahum Wood in the 1870 federal census.[536] He also married late in life to Amanda Malvina F. (Holmes) King, daughter of Jacob and Rosina (Doty) Holmes,[537] and widow of Stephen W. King,[538] on 3 Sept. 1878 in Bridgewater.[539] She was born on 15 May 1845.[540] He died on 18 Oct. 1905 in Bridgewater, aged 75 years, 6 months, 19 days, of “chronic interstitial nephritis,”[541] and she died a widow on 29 Oct. 1912 in Bridgewater, aged 67 years, 5 months, 14 days, of “carcinoma of the abdominal organs,”[542] and they were both buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater.

7. Emily Wood, born on 17 Nov. 1831 in Bridgewater,[543] married Otis Pratt, of Halifax, son of Cornelius and Lucina (Thompson) Pratt,[544] on 28 Nov. 1850 in Bridgewater.[545] He was born in ca. 1826 in Bridgewater.[546] Daughter Emily Pratt, wife of Otis Pratt, of Halifax, was mentioned in the 1862 will of her father. They were living in Halifax, MA, in the 1855 state census,[547] the 1860 federal census,[548] the 1865 state census,[549] and the 1870 federal census,[550] where he was a farmer. He died on 31 Dec. 1902 in Halifax, aged 76 years, 2 months, 27 days, of heart disease,[551] and she died a widow on 5 Oct. 1904 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years, 10 months, 12 days, of heart disease,[552] and they were both buried in Central Cemetery in Halifax.

f. Lewis Wood, born on 3 Oct. 1791 in Bridgewater,[553] his mother, Lydia Wood, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Sept. 1802,[554] mar­riage not found. He died in Bridgewater, but no death or pro­bate records were found for him in Plymouth County, and was possi­bly buried in Middleborough.[555] He was not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in Plymouth County, or in the 1855 state census in Bridgewater, Middleborough, or Hali­fax.

g. George Washington Wood, born on ca. 6 Nov. 1796 in Bridgewater,[556] his mother, Lydia Wood, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Sept. 1802,[557] and he mar­ried Lydia Tuck­er, daugh­ter of Benja­min and Betsey5 (Keith) Tucker, of Bridgewater,[558] on 13 May 1821 in Bridgewater or Middleborough.[559] She was born on 19 June 1801 in Bridgewater,[560] a granddaughter of (1340) Jeremiah4 and Agatha (Bryant) Keith, of Bridgewater.[561] They were living in Middleborough in the 1830,[562] 1840,[563] and 1850 federal censuses,[564] the 1855 state census,[565] the 1860 federal census,[566] the 1865 state cen­sus­,[567] and the 1870 federal census,[568] where he was a farmer. He died intestate on 15 Nov. 1882 in Middleborough, aged 86 years, 9 days, of “degeneration of kidneys,”[569] and George R. Sampson, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate on 8 Jan. 1883.[570] She died a widow on 3 Dec. 1886 in Middleborough, aged 85 years, 5 months, 14 days, of “dropsy.”[571] They had chil­dren:

1. Mary Ann Wood, born on 5 Mar. 1822 in Middleborough,[572] married Rich­ard7 Sampson, son of Deacon Samuel6 and Lydia (Holmes) Sampson,[573] on 3 May 1851.[574] He was born on 15 Nov. 1811 in Middleborough,[575] a grandson of John5 and Elizabeth (Cobb) Sampson, and he was elect­ed to the Massa­chusetts State Leg­is­la­ture. He died in­tes­tate on 12 Mar. 1854 in Middleborough, of typhoid fever,[576] and his father-in-law, George W. Wood, of Middleborough, was granted administration of his estate, as requested by the widow, on 4 Apr. 1854.[577] She was living in Middleborough in the 1860 federal census,[578] she was a widow living with the family of Charles and Harriet Peirce in Middleborough in the 1865 state census,[579] and she living in Middleborough near her parents in the 1870 federal census.[580] She died a widow on 7 Dec. 1888 in Middleborough, aged 66 years, 9 months, 3 days, of a “fibroid tumor.”[581]

2. Lydia Tucker Wood, born on 5 May 1826 in Middleborough, died on 19 Nov. 1827 in Middleborough.[582]

3. George W. Wood (Jr.), born on 1 Nov. 1829, died on 26 Apr. 1830 in Middleborough.[583]

4. Elvira Wood, born on 20 Oct. 1832 in Middleborough,[584] was still unmarried and living with her parents in the 1865 state census in Middleborough, but she was not found in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, married James S. Bump (Jr.), son of James S. and Huldah Patience (Warren) Bump,[585] on 13 Jan. 1869 in Middleborough.[586] They were not found in the 1870 federal census in Massachusetts. He died before 1911, and she died a widow on 6 Feb. 1911 in Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 3 months, 17 days, of “apoplexy.”[587]

5. Ellen M. Wood, born on 19 Nov. 1842 in Middleborough,[588] died on 5 Dec. 1847.[589]

         2426   ii   Barnabas7 Washburn, born on 19 May 1756 in Bridgewater,[590] married Keturah Conant, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wood) Conant,[591] on 5 Dec. 1782 in Bridgewater.[592] She was born on 13 Dec. 1756 in Bridgewater, a granddaugh­ter of Nathaniel and Margaret Conant Jr., of Bridgewater,[593] and of Elnathan and Mary4 (Billington) Wood, of Middleborough.[594] He served as a Private in Capt. Seth Turner’s Company from Bridgewater stationed at Hull from Oct. 31, 1776 to Jan. 1, 1777 during the Revolutionary War.[595] They moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, with Jeremiah Conant in 1780, where he was a farmer.[596] Barnabas Washburn was living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1791,[597] 1800,[598] and the 1810 federal censuses.[599] They were probably living in Pomfret with the family of their son, Barnabas Washburn Jr., in the 1830 federal census. Keturah (Conant) Washburn died on 7 Nov. 1814 in Pomfret, VT,[600] and Barnabas Washburn died on 13 Nov. 1826 in Pomfret, VT, aged 70 years,[601] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT.[602] Barnabas Washburn and Keturah Conant had chil­dren:

a. Abigail8 Washburn, born on 6 Oct. 1783 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT,[603] died on 1 Apr. 1844 in Pomfret,[604] presumably unmarried.

b. Rufus Washburn, born on 18 June 1785 in Pomfret, VT,[605] died on 1 Jan. 1799 in Pomfret, VT.[606]

c. Nahum8 Washburn, born on 2 Nov. 1786 in Pomfret, VT,[607] married 1.) Polly Bruce, daughter of Jotham and Lovina (Richardson) Bruce, on 26 Sept. 1811 in Barnard, Windsor Co., VT.[608] She was born on 19 Dec. 1789 in Sharon, VT.[609] They were living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1820,[610] and 1830 federal censuses,[611] and in Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1840 federal census.[612] She died on 30 Jan. 1841 in West Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, aged 51 years,[613] and was buried in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH. He remar­ried to 2.) Nancy Chandler, daughter of Henry and Martha (Brown) Chandler.[614] She was born on 9 June 1803 in NH.[615] They were living in Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, in the 1850,[616] and 1860 federal censuses.[617] He died on 23 July 1862 in West Canaan, NH,[618] and was also buried in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH. Nancy (Chandler) Washburn died a widow on 17 Feb. 1871 in Hanover, Grafton Co., NH,[619] and was buried in Hanover Center Cemetery in Hanover, NH. He had children by Polly Bruce:

1. Hannah Washburn, born on 30 Jan. 1813 in Pomfret, VT,[620] marriage not found.

2. Luther9 Bruce Washburn, born on 30 May 1814 in Pomfret, VT,[621] mar­ried Laurella “Laura” Aldrich,[622] and they were living next door to his brother Harvey Washburn in Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1840,[623] and 1850 federal censuses.[624] She was born ca. 1810 in NH.[625] He died on 17 Sept. 1853 in West Canaan, NH, aged 40 years,[626] and she was still living in Canaan, NH, in the 1860 federal census.[627] She died on 27 Apr. 1863 in West Canaan, NH, aged 52 years,[628] and they were both buried in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH. They had children:

a. Don10 Carlos Washburn, born on 5 Nov. 1838 in NH,[629] was still unmarried and living with his widowed mother in Canaan, NH, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a railroad hand, died on 22 Aug. 1863 in West Canaan, NH, aged 24 years, 9 months, 17 days,[630] presumably unmarried, and was also buried in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

b. Oscar10 F. Washburn, born ca. 1841 in NH,[631] was still living with his mother in Canaan, NH, in the 1860 federal census, married Harriet Adeline Fowler, daughter of John and Susan (Ingalls) Fowler,[632] on 5 Jan. 1861 in Warren, Grafton Co., NH.[633] She was born on 19 Feb. 1844 in Hill, Merrimack Co., NH.[634] He died, however, by 1865, and she remarried to John Dudley Webber, son of Zerauch/Zachariah H. and Harriet (Abbott) Webber,[635] on 4 Nov. 1865 in Canaan, NH.[636] She died on 29 July 1915 in Bristol, Grafton Co., NH,[637] and he died on 6 Sept. 1917 in Concord, NH,[638] and they were both buried in Homeland Cemetery in Bristol, Grafton Co., NH.

c. Julia10 A. Washburn, born on 27 Apr. 1848 in East Canaan, Grafton Co., NH,[639] married John W. Morse, son of Thomas P. and Chloe A. (Hayward) Morse,[640] of Royalton, VT, on 20 Oct. 1869 in Canaan, NH.[641] He was born on 7 Apr. 1849 in Royalton, VT.[642] They were living with his parents on Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census,[643] and they were living in Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[644] She died on 6 Dec. 1907 in Royalton, VT,[645] and he died on 26 July 1933 in Royalton, VT, aged 84 years.[646]

3. Harvey9 Washburn, born on 6 June 1816 in Pomfret, VT,[647] married Laurette Aldrich.[648] She was born ca. 1812 in NY.[649] They were living near his father in Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1840 federal census,[650] and in Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1850,[651] 1860,[652] and 1870 federal censuses,[653] where he was a farmer. No death record was found for him in Grafton Co., NH. They had chil­dren:

a. James10 Austin Washburn, born on 10 Feb. 1845 in NH,[654] married 1.) Cordelia M. Yeaton, daughter of William and Mary (Stearns) Yeaton, on 21 Sept. 1869 in Enfield, Grafton Co., NH,[655] and they moved to Michigan. She died by 1893, and he remarried to 2.) Agnes Anna Kopf, daughter of John and Anna (Gering) Kopf,[656] on 23 Sept. 1893 in Hayes, Charlevoix Co., MI.[657] She was born on 21 Sept. 1869 in Baden-Wόrttemberg, Germany,[658] and died on 24 Jan. 1912 in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI, aged 42 years, 4 months, 3 days.[659] He died a widower on 30 June 1926 in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI, aged 80 years,[660] and they were both buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI.

b. Mary E. Washburn, born ca. 1845 in NH,[661] marriage not found.

c. (Possibly others)

4. George9 Washburn, born on 20 or 29 July 1819 in Pomfret, VT,[662] mar­ried Lucy Waterman Hewitt, daughter of Joseph and Laura (Perrin) Hewitt,[663] on 20 Jan. 1845 in Pomfret, VT.[664] She was born on 27 Feb. 1815 in Pomfret, VT.[665] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[666] and they moved to Orford, Grafton Co., NH, where they were living in the 1860,[667] and 1870 federal census,[668] where he was a farmer. He died on 29 Aug. 1896 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH,[669] and she died on 24 Dec. 1898 in Orford, NH,[670] they were both buried in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH. They had children:

a. George10 Washington Washburn, born on 14 Nov. 1845 in Stratford or Granville, VT,[671] married 1.) Abi­gail Francena “Fannie” Mann, daughter of Asaph and Ann (Sawyer) Mann,[672] on 18 Sept. 1872 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.[673] They were living in Boston, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was working in a crockery store.[674] She died on 3 Dec. 1884 in Boston, aged 38 years, 10 months, 13 days, of typhoid pneumonia,[675] and he supposedly remarried to 2.) Martha (Van Nostrand) Willis in 1888. He died on 1 Mar. 1915 in Newton, MA, aged 69 years, 3 months, 15 days, of “cardiac dilatation.”[676]

b. Franklin10 Eugene Washburn, born on 10 June 1847 in Granville, VT,[677] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Orford, NH, in the 1870 federal census, married 1.) Emma Frances Lovejoy, daughter of John H. and Mary A. (Lamprey) Lovejoy,[678] on 17 Sept. 1879 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.[679] She was born ca. 1857, and died on 12 Nov. 1923 in Orfordville, NH,[680] and he remarried to 2.) Antoinette (McPherson) Drew, daughter of B. B. and Catherine (Wheelock) McPherson,[681] on 29 Mar. 1926 in Orford, NH.[682] He died on 5 Oct. 1926 in Orford, NH, aged 79 years.[683]

c. Lucy Ann Washburn, born in 1851 in VT,[684] died on 22 Jan. 1864 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH,[685] of diphtheria, and was buried in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH.

d. Abram10 Conant Washburn, born in Aug. 1853 in VT,[686] mar­ried Geor­gianna “Georgie” A. Beal, daughter of Royal and Josephine J. (John­son) Beal, on 24 Dec. 1878 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.[687] She was born on June 1856 in NH.[688] They were living in Orford, NH, in the 1880 federal census,[689] and they moved to Lexington, MA, in 1884. They were living in Lexington, MA, in the 1900 federal census, where he was a contractor.[690] He supposedly died in 1927 in Lexington, MA.[691]

e. Laura10 Hewitt Washburn, born in 1855 in VT, married Rev. Edwin H. Stickney, of Compton, NH, son of Benjamin and Phebe (Pulsifer) Stickney, on 6 Sept. 1881 in Orford, NH,[692] and they moved to Minnesota. She supposedly died in 1928 in Fargo, SD.

f. Henry Clarence Washburn, born in 1858 in VT,[693] died on 9 Dec. 1863 in Orford, NH,[694] of diphtheria, and was buried in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH.

5. James Washburn, born on 17 Nov. 1823 in Pomfret, VT,[695] died on 7 July 1827 in Pomfret.[696]

6. Calvin9 Washburn, born on 12 Aug. 1825 in Pomfret, VT,[697] married 1.) Victo­rine Child on 9 Oct.. 1849 in Pomfret, VT.[698] She was born ca. 1822 or 1833 in VT,[699] and he was a cabi­netmaker living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1850 federal census,[700] and in Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1860 federal census.[701] He served as a Corporal in Company H, in the 11th New Hampshire Infantry during the Civil War.[702] She died by 1870, and he moved to Indianapolis, IN, and apparently remarried to 2.) Elizabeth (___), who was born ca. 1831 in OH.[703] They were living in Indianapolis, IN, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[704] She died on 19 May 1879 in Indianapolis, aged 47 years, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.[705] He was a widower living with his daughter in Indianapolis, IN, in the 1880 federal census.[706] He died on 22 May 1909 in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI,[707] and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI. They had at least one daugh­ter:

a. Clara10 E. Washburn, born on 2 May 1850 in Pomfret, VT,[708] never married, died on 20 Dec. 1918 in Petoskey, Emmet Co., MI, aged 68 years, 9 months, 19 days, of “apoplexy,”[709] and was also buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI.

b. (Possibly others)

7. Hiram Washburn, born on 1 June 1830 in Pomfret, VT,[710] marriage not found.

d. Charity8 Washburn, born on 8 June 1788 in Pomfret, VT,[711] married Henry Turn­er, of Concord, Essex Co., VT, on 6 Mar. 1825 in Pomfret, VT.[712] He was born ca. 1787 in MA.[713] They were living in Concord, Essex Co., VT, in the 1830,[714] 1840,[715] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[716] She died on 12 Oct. 1855 in Concord, VT, aged 67 years, 4 months, 1 day,[717] and he was still living in Concord, VT, in the 1860 federal census,[718] and with his son Edwin R. Turner in Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census.[719] He died on 24 July 1875 in Concord, VT, aged 89 years,[720] and they were both buried in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT. They had at least two children:

1. Edwin R. Turner, born on 22 July 1826 in VT,[721] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Concord, VT, in the 1850 federal census, a laborer, married Jane J. Hutchinson on 3 Dec. 1851 in Concord, VT.[722] She was born on 4 Nov. 1830.[723] They were living with his widowed father in Concord, Essex Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census,[724] in Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer,[725] and back in Concord, VT, in the 1880 federal census.[726] He died on 31 Jan. 1901 in Concord, Essex Co., VT,[727] and she died on 2 Dec. 1906 in Concord, VT,[728] and they were both buried in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT.

2. Catherine Turner, born ca. Nov. 1829 in VT,[729] married (___) Randall. She died on 10 May 1884 in Sheffield, VT, aged 54 years, 7 months, of “paralysis.”[730]

3. (Possibly others)

e. Barnabas8 Washburn (Jr.), born on 2 May 1790 in Pomfret, VT,[731] married Lavinia/Levina/Lovina Bruce, daughter of Jotham and Lovina (Richard­son) Bruce, of Sharon, VT, on 23 Mar. 1815 in Pomfret, VT.[732] She was born on 7 June 1792 in Sharon, VT.[733] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1820,[734] and 1830 federal censuses,[735] but was not found in the 1840 federal census. They were living in Woodstock, Wind­sor Co., VT, in the 1850,[736] and 1860 federal censuses,[737] where he was a farmer, and a Eunice Bruce, possibly her sis­ter, was living with them in 1850, 1860, and 1870. He died on 6 May 1863 in Woodstock, VT, aged 73 years,[738] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT.[739] She was living with the family of her daughter and son-in-law Jesse and Lydia Boyden in Woodstock, VT, in the 1870 federal census,[740] and she died on 7 Apr. 1873 in Woodstock, VT, aged 81 years,[741] and they were both buried in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT. They had children:

1. Lydia9 L. Washburn, born on 11 Apr. 1816 in Pomfret, VT,[742] mar­ried Rev. Jesse Boyden, son of Jacob and Chloe (Turner) Boyden,[743] on 24 June 1840 in Barnard, VT.[744] He was born on 27 Mar. 1813 in Barnard, VT,[745] and they were living in Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1850 federal cen­sus, close by her parents, where he was a Methodist Clergyman,[746] next door to her parents in Woodstock VT, in the 1860 federal census,[747] and in Woodstock, VT, in the 1870 federal census,[748] where he was a farmer. He died on 1 Sept. 1883 in Woodstock, VT, aged 70 years, 5 months,[749] and she died on 18 July 1890 in Woodstock, aged 74 years, 2 months,[750] and they were both buried in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT. They had children:

a. Mary E. Boyden, born on 10 Dec. 1846 in Barnard, VT,[751] supposedly mar­ried Benja­min F. Stevens on 10 July 1873.[752] She supposedly died on 20 Feb. 1923 in Woodstock, VT.[753]

b. Ermina Boyden, born in 1850,[754] died on 5 Sept. 1850 in Woodstock, VT, aged 3 months, 12 days.[755]

c. Sidney Albert Boyden, born on 29 Mar. 1858 in Woodstock, VT,[756] married Lola S. Morrison, daughter of M. F. and Caroline (Paris) Morrison,[757] on 12 May 1883 in Woodstock, VT.[758] She was born on 24 Aug. 1859 in West Windsor, VT.[759] She died on 19 Jan. 1918 in Woodstock, VT,[760] and he died “suddenly while working in his field” on 11 Nov. 1918 in Woodstock, VT,[761] and they were both buried in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

2. Austin Washburn, born ca. 1822 in VT,[762] died on 20 Sept. 1837 in Woodstock, VT, aged 15 years,[763] and was buried in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

3. Albert Washburn, born ca. 1826 in VT,[764] died on 13 Oct. 1843 in Woodstock, VT, aged 17 years,[765] and was also buried in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

4. (Possibly others)

f. Keturah8 Washburn, born on 5 Dec. 1792 in Pomfret, VT,[766] never mar­ried, was insane and living in an asylum in Pomfret in the 1850 federal cen­sus.[767] She died on 1 Jan. 1856 in Pomfret, VT.[768]

g. Mary8 C. Washburn, born on 8 Aug. 1793 in Pomfret, VT,[769] married Ebenezer Perkins, son of Joel and Eunice (Fuller) Perkins,[770] of Pomfret, on 27 Feb. 1816 in Pomfret, VT.[771] He was born on 7 Aug. 1790 in Pomfret,[772] and they were living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1820,[773] 1840,[774] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[775] He died on 28 Oct. 1857 in Pomfret, VT, aged 67 years,[776] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT. She was listed as living with Obed and Charlotte Whipple in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860 federal census.[777] She died on 10 Apr. 1862 in Pomfret, VT, aged 68 years,[778] and they were both buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT. They had chil­dren:

1. John Washburn Perkins, born on 18 Feb. 1817 in Pomfret, VT,[779] married Mary Ann Har­ding on 6 Sept. 1838.[780] They were not found in Windsor Co., VT, in the 1850 federal census, but they were living in Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a pattern maker,[781] and they were back living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1870 federal census, living with their son Martin Perkins.[782]

2. Martin Luther Perkins, born on 4 Jan. 1819 in Pomfret, VT,[783] died on 9 Mar. 1831 in Pomfret.[784]

3. Mary Alice Perkins, born on 18 Mar. 1821 in Pomfret, VT,[785] married (___) Mason.[786] She was not found in the 1850 federal census.

4. Albro Ebenezer Perkins, born on 26 May 1824 in Pomfret, VT,[787] married Emeline Bacon on 30 Sept. 1846.[788] She was born on 6 Jan. 1827 in Vershire, VT.[789] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1850 federal census, next door to his father,[790] and in the 1860,[791] and 1870 federal censuses,[792] where he was a farmer. He died on 18 Apr. 1895 in Pomfret, VT,[793] and she died on 10 June 1907 in Pomfret, VT,[794] and they were both buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT. They had children:

a. Ellen Maria Perkins, born on 26 Dec. 1847,[795] died on 7 Aug. 1850 in Pomfret, VT, aged 2 years, 7 months, 12 days,[796] and was buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

b. Pamelia Annette Perkins, born on 24 Aug. 1849 in Pomfret,[797] married Edwin Ware on 24 Oct. 1885,[798] and they moved to Aurora, IL.[799] He died on 11 Sept. 1891 in Aurora, Kane Co., IL, aged 68 years, 1 month, 3 days,[800] and she died on 23 Mar. 1939 in Aurora, Kane Co., IL,[801] and they were both buried in Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora, IL.

c. William “Willie” Albro Perkins, born on 8 May 1852 in Pomfret,[802] married Estella Pauline Gibbons on 10 Apr. 1883 in Pomfret.[803] She was born on 21 Dec. 1861 in Granville, Hampden Co., MA.[804] She died in 1935,[805] and he died on 1 June 1941 in Woodstock, VT,[806] and they were both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

d. Fred H. Perkins, born ca. 1853 in Pomfret,[807] died on 4 Nov. 1872 in Pomfret, VT, aged 19 years,[808] and was buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

e. Clara Ellen Perkins, born on 28 July 1856 in Pomfret,[809] was listed as living with Obed and Charlotte Whipple and her grandmother Mary Perkins in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860 federal census, married Owen L. Seaver, of Woodstock, VT, on 10 June 1885.[810]

f. Abbie May Perkins, born on 4 Feb. 1860 in Pomfret,[811] was listed as living with Obed and Charlotte Whipple and her grandmother Mary Perkins in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860 federal census, died on 27 July 1914 in Pomfret, VT,[812] and was buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

g. Walter Elmer Perkins, born on 8 Dec. 1861 in Pomfret,[813] a farmer in Pomfret, died on 21 July 1917 in Pomfret, VT,[814] and was also buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

h. Frank John Perkins, born on 28 July 1864 in Pomfret,[815] died on 28 Nov. 1872 in Pomfret, VT, aged 8 years, 4 months,[816] and was also buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

5. Eunice Perkins, born on 16 May 1827 in Pomfret, VT,[817] married Albert Gregg on 2 July 1854 in Pomfret.[818] They were not found in the 1860 federal census, but they were living in Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a molder.[819]

6. Lucia Maria Perkins, born on 26 May 1831 in Pomfret, VT,[820] married Albert Bacon.[821] He was born ca. 1825 in VT.[822] They were living in Strafford, Orange Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[823] She died on 26 Sept. 1862, aged 31 years, 4 months,[824] and was buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT. He probably remarried, and was living in Strafford, Orange Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census.[825] He died on 11 Apr. 1880 in Strafford, VT, aged 55 years, 3 months,[826] and was buried in Old City Cemetery in Strafford, VT.

7. Charity Delight Perkins, born on 25 Jan. 1836 in Pomfret, VT,[827] not found in the 1860 federal census, but she died in May 1861 in Troy, NY,[828] presumably unmarried.

h. Hannah Washburn, died on 1 Apr. 1801 in Pomfret, VT.[829]

i. Lydia Washburn, died on 30 May 1815 in Pomfret, VT.[830]

        2427   iii   Tabitha7 Washburn, born on 28 Jan. 1758 in Bridgewater,[831] married Ensign Mark Perkins, son of Josiah and (644) Abigail4 (Edson) Perkins, of North Bridge­water,[832] on 17 Oct. 1784 in North Bridgewater.[833] He was born on 19 Dec. 1760 in Bridgewater,[834] a grandson of Mark Perkins, and of Benjamin3 and (163) Joanna (Orcutt) Edson.[835] He served as a Private in Capt. Abram Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater in 1778, and in Capt. Nathan Packard’s Company in 1779 and 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[836] He was a blacksmith, and they were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[837] and 1800 federal censuses,[838] in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[839] and 1820 federal censuses,[840] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830 federal census.[841] Tabitha (Washburn) Perkins died on 24 June 1831 in North Bridgewater, aged 73 years,[842] and Mark Perkins was still living in North Bridgewater in the 1840,[843] and 1850 federal censuses, a blacksmith.[844] He died testate on 29 June 1856 in North Bridgewater, aged 95 years, 6 months, 10 days,[845] his will dated 19 Oct. 1842, with a codicil dated 23 July 1851, and probated on in July 1856, mentioned his daughters Sibbel, wife of Josiah Dunbar, Susanna, wife of David Packard, Phebe, wife of David Macomber, Sally Field, and Charity Jones, and he named Charity and Sally as co-executors of his will, but in his codicil daughter Charity Jones had died, so Sally Field was granted letters testamentary on his estate.[846] (See Appendix [N] for a full transcription of his will and codicil.) Tabitha Washburn and Mark Perkins had children:

a. Charity Perkins, born on 24 Nov. 1785 in Bridgewater,[847] married Capt. Asa Jones, son of Nathan and Mehitabel (Leach) Jones, of Raynham, MA,[848] as his second wife, on 27 Nov. 1806 in North Bridgewater.[849] He was born in ca. 1769,[850] and had married first to Rachel Beals, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (French) Beals,[851] on 4 Dec. 1792 in Bridgewater,[852] by whom he had children. Charity (Perkins) Jones presumably had no children. They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[853] and in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830,[854] and 1840 federal censuses.[855] Capt. Asa Jones died tes­tate on 7 Dec. 1840 in North Bridgewater, aged 71 years,[856] his will dated 5 Nov. 1840, and probated in Mar. 1841, mentioned his wife, his granddaughter Rachel Jones, daughter of son Nathan Jones and his wife Lucia, and his sons Augustus and Asa B. Jones, whom he named as co-executors of his estate.[857] (See Appendix [O] for a full transcription of his will.) Daughter Charity Jones was mentioned in the 1842 will of her father. Chari­ty (Perkins) Jones died a widow on 20 Mar. 1849 in North Bridgewater, aged 63 years,[858] and her father’s 1851 codicil mentioned that his daughter Charity Jones was now deceased.

b. Phebe Perkins, born on 12 May 1788 in Bridgewater,[859] married David Macomber, son of Daniel and Lucy (Keith) Macomber,[860] of Easton, Bristol Co., MA, on 28 July 1805 in Easton.[861] He was born on 2 July 1786 in Easton.[862] They were living in Easton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1820,[863] 1830,[864] and 1840 federal censuses,[865] where he was a farmer. Daughter Phebe, wife of David Macomber, was mentioned in the 1842 will of her father. She died on 3 Aug. 1849 in Easton, aged 61 years, of “inflammation of lungs,”[866] and he was living in Easton, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of their son Benjamin F. Macomber,[867] and in the 1860 federal census, with the family of their son-in-law Lucien and Clara Bonney. He died a widower on 8 Aug. 1863 in Easton, aged 77 years 1 month, 6 days,[868] and was buried in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA. They had chil­dren:

1. Daniel R. Macomber, born on 10 July 1806 in Easton, MA,[869] died supposedly on 25 Mar. 1822,[870] presumably in Easton.

2. Benjamin F. Macomber, born on 15 June 1808 in Easton, married Mary L. Wade, daughter of David and Chloe (Drake) Wade Jr., of Easton,[871] on 1 Nov. 1826 in Easton.[872] She was born on ca. 11 July 1809 in Easton, MA.[873] They were living in Easton next door to his parents in the 1830,[874] and 1840 federal censuses,[875] and in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his father and unmarried sisters were living with them,[876] and next door to his brother-in-law Lucien Bonney in Easton in the 1860 federal census.[877] He died on 4 Oct. 1863 in Easton, aged 55 years, 3 months, 18 days, of “plegmanous erysipelas & fever.”[878] She was still living in Easton in the 1870 federal census,[879] and she died a widow on 7 July 1874 in Easton, aged 64 years, 11 months, 26 days, of “paralysis.”[880]

3. Clarissa J. Macomber, a twin, born on 3 Mar. 1818 in Easton,[881] was still unmarried and living with her father in the household of her brother Benjamin F. Macomber in Easton in the 1850 federal census, a concert singer, married Lucian Bonney, son of Noah and Electa (Allen) Bonney Jr., of Hanson, MA,[882] on 15 May 1859 in Easton.[883] He was born on 27 Mar. 1834 in Hanson, MA.[884] They were living in Easton, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a carpenter,[885] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[886] She died on 9 Dec. 1896 in Easton, aged 78 years, 9 months, 6 days, of heart disease,[887] and he died on 11 Aug. 1917 in Easton,[888] they were both buried in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA.

4. Emily L. Macomber, a twin, born on 3 Mar. 1818 in Easton,[889] never married. She was still unmarried and living with her father in the household of her brother Benjamin F. Macomber in Easton in the 1850 federal census, also a concert singer, died on 27 Sept. 1853 in Easton, aged 35 years, of “consumption,”[890] and was buried in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA.[891]

5. David H. Macomber, born on 19 Jan. 1825 in Easton,[892] never married. He was still unmarried and living with his father in the household of his brother Benjamin F. Macomber in Easton in the 1850 federal census, a farmer, died on 12 Feb. 1855 in Easton, aged 30 years, 23 days, of “consumption.”[893]

c. Sibyl Perkins, a twin, born on 9 Jan. 1791 in Bridgewater,[894] married Josiah Dunbar, son of Silas and Amy (Reynolds) Dunbar,[895] on 25 Nov. 1807 in North Bridgewater.[896] He was born on 12 July 1785 in Bridge­water,[897] a grandson of Elisha and Mercy (Hayward) Dunbar, of North Bridgewater, and of Thomas and Elizabeth (Turner) Reynolds.[898] Daughter Sibbel, wife of Josiah Dunbar, was mentioned in the 1842 will of her father. They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1810,[899] and 1820 federal censuses,[900] and in North Bridgewater in the 1830,[901] 1840,[902] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer,[903] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a retired farmer.[904] He died tes­tate on 13 Dec. 1861 in North Bridgewater, aged 76 years, 5 months, 1 day, of “dis of heart found dead,”[905] his will dated 24 Aug. 1854, and probated on 13 Jan. 1862, mentioned his unnamed wife, grandson Josiah, child of son Lemuel, Martin Van Buren, child of son Francis, Rev. David Temple Packard, of the North Bridgewater Congregational Society at Campello, his four deceased children, and sons Lemuel, Francis, Daniel, Josiah, and Mark, and he named his son Josiah as executor of his estate.[906] (See Appendix [P] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow, intestate, on 6 June 1877 in Brockton, aged 86 years, 4 months, 27 days,[907] and their son Francis Dunbar, of West Bridgewater, was granted administration of her estate on 26 Nov. 1877, with Daniel Dunbar, of Brockton, and Lemuel Dunbar, of East Bridgewater, as sureties.[908] They were both buried in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA. They had child­ren:

1. Josiah Dunbar (Jr.), born ca. 1808,[909] probably in North Bridgewater, married 1.) Jane B. Perkins, daughter of Levi and Jane (Sturtevant) Perkins,[910] in 1832 in North Bridgewater.[911] She was born on 4 Nov.. 1808 in Plympton, MA.[912] He was managing the Alms House in North Bridgewater in the 1840 federal census,[913] and they were living in West Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a “marketman.”[914] She died on 28 June 1852 in West Bridgewater, aged 43 years, of “gastro-enteritis,”[915] and he moved to Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, and remarried to 2.) Sophia E. Gurney on 21 Feb. 1853 in Minot, ME.[916] He was named as executor of his father’s estate in 1854, and was of Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, in 1862 when his father’s will was probated. He was still living in Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[917] He died on 29 June 1886 in Androscoggin Co., ME, aged 78 years, 2 months,[918] and she died on 9 Mar. 1903 in Androscoggin Co., ME, aged 71 years, 5 months, 14 days,[919] and they were both buried in North Auburn Cemetery in North Auburn, ME.

2. Lemuel Dunbar, born on 28 Jan. 1810 in North Bridgewater,[920] mar­ried Eliza Bonney, daughter of William and Molly (Dunbar) Bonney, of East Bridgewater,[921] on 8 Aug. 1830 in North Bridgewater,[922] and they lived in East Bridgewater. She was born on 25 May 1811 in Bridgewater,[923] a granddaughter of Jesse and Mary Dunbar.[924] They were liv­ing in East Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[925] the 1855 state census,[926] the 1860 federal census,[927] the 1865 state census,[928] where he was a shoemak­er, and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[929] They were both buried in Beaver Cemetery in East Bridgewater,[930] but no pro­bate re­cords were found for him in Plym­outh Coun­ty through 1881.

3. Mark Perkins Dunbar, born on 28 Sept. 1812 in North Bridgewater,[931] mar­ried 1.) Susanna/Susan P. Reed, daughter of Calvin and Hannah (Louden) Reed,[932] of West Bridgewater, on 12 Aug. 1832 in East Bridgewater,[933] and they also lived in East Bridgewater, where he was a shoemaker. She was born on 7 Dec. 1815,[934] and died on 23 May 1849 in East Bridgewater, of “consumption,” aged 34 [sic] years.[935] Mark Dunbar remarried to 2.) Mary Ann Austin Hunter, daughter of Samuel W. and Judith (Putney) Hunter, of Randolph, VT,[936] on 28 June 1850 in Lowell, MA.[937] She was born on 4 July 1830 in Randolph, VT.[938] He was living in East Bridgewater in the 1850 federal cen­sus, where he was a shoemaker,[939] but was not found in the 1855 state cen­sus in East or West Bridgewater. They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shovel maker,[940] in the 1865 state census, where he was a butcher, and Mary Ann Dunbar was a nurse,[941] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a butcher.[942] He died on 23 Feb. 1894 in West Bridgewater, aged 81 years, 4 months, 26 days,[943] and she died a widow on 7 Dec. 1898 in Brockton, MA, aged 68 years, 5 months, 3 days, of “apoplexy.”[944] Mark Dunbar and both his wives were buried in Elmwood Cemetery, East Bridgewater.[945]

4. Sybil Dunbar, born on 7 Aug. 1815 in North Bridgewater,[946] died on 3 Nov. 1816 in North Bridgewater,[947] and was buried in Thompson Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

5. Francis Dunbar, born ca. 1817, probably in North Bridgewater, married his first cousin, Matilda Allen Dunbar, daughter of Joseph and Sophronia (Allen) Dunbar,[948] on 23 Apr. 1837 in North Bridgewater.[949] She was born on 28 Sept. 1814 in Bridgewater,[950] a granddaughter of Silas and Amy (Reynolds) Dunbar.[951] They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[952] and the 1855 state census,[953] where he was a “marketman,” the 1860 federal census, where he was a market dealer,[954] and the 1865 state cen­sus,[955] and 1870 federal census,[956] where he was a butcher. He was the administrator of his mother’s estate in 1877. He died on 23 Jan. 1894 in West Bridgewater, aged 75 years, 2 months, 10 days, of disease of heart,[957] and she died a widow on 1 Feb. 1907 in Taunton, aged 93 years, 4 months, 3 days, of “arterio-sclerosis,”[958] and was buried in Mayflower Hill Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

6. Benjamin Dunbar, born on 28 Mar. 1821 in North Bridgewater,[959] died on 23 Jan. 1822 in North Bridgewater,[960] and was buried in Thompson Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

7. Benjamin Dunbar, baptized on 22 Jan. 1823 in North Bridgewater as an infant,[961] probably also died young, not mentioned in his father’s will.

8. Charles Augustus Dunbar, born on 28 Sept. 1825 in North Bridgewater,[962] died on 9 Aug. 1827 in North Bridgewater,[963] and was buried in Thompson Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

9. Daniel Dunbar, born on 29 June 1827,[964] probably in North Bridgewater, mar­ried 1.) Mary Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Perkins, of Norwich or Preston, CT, on 18 May 1845 in North Bridgewater,[965] and they lived in North Bridgewater. She was born in 1826 in Norwich or Preston, CT.[966] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[967] She died on 1 Nov. 1855 in North Bridgewater, aged 30 years, 5 months, 29 days, of “consumption,”[968] and he remarried to 2.) Sophronia Smith, of Lowell, MA, daughter of Jonathan S. and Betsey (Putney) Smith,[969] on 14 Feb. 1856 in Lowell.[970] She was born in 1828 in Barre, VT.[971] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe finisher,[972] and in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[973] She died on 2 Apr. 1902 in Worcester, MA, aged 74 years, 11 months, of heart disease,[974] and he died on 9 Sept. 1918 in Worcester, MA, aged 91 years, 2 months, 11 days, of “cardio-vascular-renal disease.”[975]

d. Susanna “Suzie” Perkins, a twin, born on 9 Jan. 1791 in Bridgewater,[976] mar­ried David6 Packard, son of Capt. Lemuel5, Esq., and Sarah (Hunt) Packard,[977] in 1810 in Bridgewater.[978] He was born on 8 Feb. 1787 in Bridgewater,[979] a grandson of William4 and Sarah (Richards) Packard, of Bridgewater.[980] Daughter Susanna, wife of David Packard, was mentioned in the 1842 will of her father. They were living in the North Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[981] and in North Bridgewater in the 1830,[982] 1840,[983] and 1850 feder­al cen­sus, where he was a farmer.[984] He died tes­tate on 11 Dec. 1855 in North Bridgewater, aged 68 years, 10 months, 2 days, of “dropsy,”[985] his will dated 16 May 1855, and probated in Jan. 1856, mentioned his wife Susannah, daughters Susannah Blanchard, Sarah Haven, Mary A. Thayer, and Elizabeth A. Thayer, sons Martin, Lemuel, and Sylvanus, and Sarah H., wife of son Isaac, and he named Franklin Ames, of North Bridgewater, Esq., as executor of his estate.[986] (See Appendix [Q] for a full transcription of his will.) She and her sister Sally Field were living with Luther and Mary French in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[987] She died a widow, testate, on 9 Jan. 1869 in North Bridgewater, aged 78 years, 1 day,[988] her will dated 24 Sept. 1867, and probated on 8 Feb. 1869, mentioned her sons Sylvanus Packard, Martin Packard, Isaac Packard, and Lemuel Packard, and daughters Sarah Hayden and Susannah Blanchard, grandson Charles W. Thayer, and the children of daughter Mary Thayer, and she named Jonas R. Perkins, of North Bridgewater, as executor of her estate.[989] (See Appendix [R] for a full transcription of her will.) They were both buried in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, MA. They had chil­dren, order uncertain:

1. Susannah7 Packard, born ca. 1812,[990] married Henry Blanchard, son of Isaac G. and Eunice (Beals) Blanchard, of Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA,[991] on 24 June 1832 in North Bridgewater.[992] He was born ca. 1812 in Stoughton.[993] Daughter Susannah Blanchard was mentioned in the 1855 will of her father, and in the 1867 will of her mother. They were living in Stoughton in the 1840,[994] 1850,[995] and 1860 federal censuses,[996] where he was a boot manufacturer, and the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired boot manufacturer.[997] He died testate on 20 Jan. 1874 in Stoughton, aged 61 years, 10 months, 4 days, of “paralysis,”[998] and she died a widow on 1 Nov. 1875 in Stoughton, aged 63 years, 11 months, 12 days, of cancer.[999]

2. Sylvanus7 Packard, born in 1815 in North Bridgewater,[1000] married 1.) Caroline Foster, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Cook) Foster, of Kingston,[1001] on 30 Apr. 1843 in Kingston.[1002] She was born on 6 Nov. 1815 in Kingston.[1003] They were living next door to his parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[1004] On 27 Oct. 1857 the relatives and friends of Sylvanus Packard, of North Bridgewater, petitioned that because of his excessive drinking and wasting of his estate a guardian be appointed for him. On 20 Jan. 1858 Franklin Ames was appointed as guardian of Sylvanus Packard, of North Bridgewater, a Spendthrift,[1005] and Jonas R. Perkins was appointed as guardian of the minor children of Sylvanus Packard on 7 Apr. 1857.[1006] Franklin Ames resigned as guardian of Sylvanus Packard on 8 July 1864, and Jonas R. Perkins, of North Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 12 Sept. 1864.[1007] Caroline Packard was living with their children in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[1008] She died on 1 Jan. 1880 in Brockton, aged 64 years, 1 month, 26 days, of cancer,[1009] and he remarried to 2.) Mary A. (___). She was born in 1833.[1010] He died on 9 Apr. 1892 in West Bridgewater, aged 76 years, 9 months, 30 days, of “mural insufficiency,”[1011] and was buried in Union Cemetery in Brockton. She died a widow on 28 Nov. 1911 in Brockton, aged 77 years, of “pleuro pneumonia.”[1012]

3. David Packard (Jr.), born say ca. 1817, baptized on 20 Oct. 1818 in North Bridgewater,[1013] probably died young, not mentioned in his father’s 1855 will.

4. Martin7 Packard, born on 28 Sept. 1818 in North Bridgewater,[1014] married Anna Adams, daughter of Moses and Betsey (Stanton) Adams, of New London, NH,[1015] in Mar. 1840 in NH.[1016] She was born on ca. 4 Oct. 1820 in New London, NH.[1017] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker,[1018] the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1019] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[1020] He died on 25 Mar. 1894 in Brockton, aged 75 years, 5 months, 25 days, of “chronic intertestitial nephritis,”[1021] and she died a widow on 6 Sept. 1894 in Brockton, aged 73 years, 11 months, 2 days, of heart disease.[1022]

5. Isaac7 Packard, born probably on 3 July 1820 in North Bridgewater,[1023] married Sarah H. Bonney, daughter of Capt. Ezekiel and Lydia (Holmes) Bonney, of Kingston,[1024] on 13 May 1849 in Kingston.[1025] She was born on 15 Aug. 1819 in Kingston.[1026] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850,[1027] 1860,[1028] and 1870 federal censuses,[1029] where he was a shoemaker. Sarah H., the wife of son Isaac, was mentioned in the 1855 will of David Packard, but son Isaac was left only $1.00. He died on 30 May 1892 in Brockton, aged 71 years, 10 months, 27 days, of “acute enteritis,”[1030] and she died a widow on 3 Feb. 1914 in Brockton, aged 94 years, 5 months, 5 days, of dysentery.[1031]

6. Lemuel7 Packard, born probably on 8 Aug. 1822 in North Bridgewater.[1032] He was still unmarried and living with the family of Lewis and Sarah Jones next door to his parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker,[1033] married 1.) Clarissa H. Whiting, daughter of Sanford and Emeline Whiting, of Holliston, MA,[1034] on 8 Aug. 1850 in North Bridgewater.[1035] She was born ca. 1830 in Holliston, MA.[1036] They were living in North Bridgewater, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1037] She died on 5 Sept. 1861 in North Bridgewater, aged 31 years, of “consumption,”[1038] and he remarried to 2.) Louisa M. Robinson, daughter of Zachariah “Zacheus” and Margaret W. (Fillebrown) Robinson,[1039] on 18 Oct. 1864 in North Bridgewater.[1040] She was born ca. Apr. 1837 in East Bridgewater.[1041] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[1042] She died on 19 Mar. 1900 in Brockton, aged 61 years, 11 months, of “La Grippe,”[1043] and he died sometime after her.

7. Sarah7 Packard, born on 5 July 1824 in North Bridgewater,[1044] married Henry R. Haven, son of Stephen and Susan F. (Bond) Haven,[1045] on 4 Nov. 1849 in North Bridgewater.[1046] He was born on 8 Sept. 1824 in Laconia, NH.[1047] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a cabinetmaker,[1048] and in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe finisher,[1049] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[1050] Daughter Sarah Haven was mentioned in the 1855 will of her father, and daughter Sarah Hayden [sic] was mentioned in the 1867 will of her mother. She died on 18 Nov. 1890 in Brockton, MA, aged 66 years, 4 months, 13 days, of heart failure,[1051] and he died a widower on 30 Apr. 1911 in Middleborough, MA, aged 86 years, 7 months, 22 days, of “cancer of the left cheek,”[1052] and they were both buried in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

8. Mary7 A. Packard, born ca. 1828 in North Bridgewater,[1053] married Lewis M. Thayer, of Easton, son of Charles and Myra (Bryant) Thayer, of North Bridgewater,[1054] in ca. 1849.[1055] He was born ca. 1826 in Easton, MA.[1056] Daughter Mary A. Thayer was mentioned in the 1855 will of her father. They were living in Easton, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[1057] She died on 28 Feb. 1859 in Easton, aged 31 years, of “consumption,”[1058] and he was living in Easton in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[1059] He remarried to Ellen F. Macomber, daughter of Ellen Macomber, on 10 Oct. 1860 in Easton.[1060] The children of daughter Mary Thayer were mentioned in the 1867 will of her mother. They were living in Easton, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a boot & shoe manufacturer.[1061] He died on 31 Oct. 1871 in Easton, MA, aged 47 years, 5 months, 29 days, of “insanity, paralsys.”[1062]

9. Elizabeth7 Amanda Packard, born ca. 1830 in North Bridgewater,[1063] was still unmarried and living with her parents in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, married Francis A. Thayer, of Easton, son of Charles and Myra (Bryant) Thayer, of North Bridgewater,[1064] on 1 Sept. 1850 in North Bridgewater.[1065] He was born ca. 1830 in Easton, MA. Daughter Elizabeth A. Thayer was mentioned in the 1855 will of her father, and they were living with her brother Martin Packard in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[1066] She died on 19 Aug. 1860 in North Bridgewater,[1067] and was buried in Union Cemetery in North Bridgewater. He remarried to Emeline F. Chesman, daughter of Noah and Nancy Chesman, on 11 Apr. 1861 in North Bridgewater.[1068] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was a shoe manufacturer.[1069] He died on 6 July 1889 in Brockton, MA, aged 63 years, 6 months, 15 days, of “cancer of face,”[1070] and was also buried in Union Cemetery in Brockton.

e. Sally Perkins, born on 9 May 1796 in Bridgewater,[1071] married Waldo Field, son of Daniel and Hannah (Snell) Field,[1072] as his second wife, on 2 May 1820 in Bridgewater.[1073] He was born on 8 Mar. 1791 in Bridgewater,[1074] and had mar­ried first to Abigail Mar­shall on 4 Dec. 1816 in Bridgewater.[1075] He served as a private from Bridgewater in Capt. Nehemiah Lincoln’s Company, Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia in 1814 during the War of 1812.[1076] Waldo Field died intestate in 1826 in North Bridgewater,[1077] and her father, Mark Perkins, of North Bridgewater, Esquire, was granted administration of his estate on 7 Mar. 1826.[1078] Daughter Sally Field was mentioned in the 1842 will of her father. She was probably living with him in North Bridgewater in the 1840 federal census, she was living with him in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1079] and she was the sole executor of his estate in 1856. She and her sister Susannah Packard were living with Luther and Mary French in North Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census,[1080] and she was still living in North Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census.[1081] She died a widow, intestate, on 20 Feb. 1878 in Brockton, MA, aged 81 years, 9 months, 10 days, of “liver complaint,”[1082] and Jonas R. Perkins, of Brockton, was granted administration of her estate on 11 Mar. 1878, with Waldo Field, of Brockton, and Perez P. Field, of West Bridgewater, as sureties.[1083] She was buried in the Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton. Sally (Perkins) Field had chil­dren:

1. Waldo C. Field, born on 9 Feb. 1821 in North Bridgewater,[1084] married Ellen F. Hayden on 30 Nov. 1848 in North Bridgewater.[1085] She was born ca. 1829 in MA.[1086] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850,[1087] and 1860 federal censuses,[1088] where he was a bootmaker, and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[1089] He served in Company K in the Massachusetts 1st Calvary during the Civil War, from 1861 to 1864.[1090] He died on 27 Jan. 1892 in Brockton, MA, aged 70 years, 11 months, 18 days, of “heart failure following attack of cerebral congestion, result of disease contracted in Army,”[1091] and she died a widow in 1921 in Brockton,[1092] and they were both buried in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

2. Perez Perkins Field, born on 5 Apr. 1823 in North Bridgewater,[1093] married Lovice M. White, daughter of Loring and Lovice White, of Stoughton, MA,[1094] on 13 Nov. 1847 in North Bridgewater.[1095] She was born ca. 1828, probably in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA.[1096] They were living with his widowed mother and grandfather in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a bootmaker.[1097] They were liv­ing in West Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a shoe finisher,[1098] and 1865 state census, where he was a leather cut­ter,[1099] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[1100] She died on 29 Sept. 1885 in West Bridgewater, aged 56 years, 11 months, 21 days, of “consumption,”[1101] and he died a widower on 13 Dec. 1910 in Bridgewater, aged 87 years, 8 months, 8 days, of “acute dementia,”[1102] and they were both buried in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

        2428   iv   Rufus Washburn, a twin, born on 21 Jan. 1760 in Bridgewater,[1103] died on 2 Aug. 1775 in Bridgewater.[1104]

        2429    v   (Unnamed child), a twin, born and died on 21 Jan. 1760 in Bridge­water.[1105]

        2430   vi   Libeus7 Washburn, born on 25 Feb. 1762 in Bridgewater,[1106] moved to Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, in 1780,[1107] where he was a carpenter and joiner,[1108] and married Mary Sloan, daugh­ter of Capt. John Sloan,[1109] in ca. 1785.[1110] She was born in 1764.[1111] They were living in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1800,[1112] and 1810 federal censuses.[1113] He died on 30 Aug. 1815 in Lyme, NH,[1114] and she died on 26 Feb. 1832 in Lyme, NH,[1115] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH. Libeus Washburn and Mary Sloan sup­posedly had 3 daugh­ters and 10 sons,[1116] includ­ing, order uncertain:

a. Salmon8 Washburn, born on 28 Feb. 1786 in Lyme,[1117] married Mary Turner, daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Cushing) Turner,[1118] on 6 Jan. 1811 in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH.[1119] She was born on 29 Mar. 1790,[1120] a granddaughter of Israel and Deborah (Lincoln) Turner, of Scituate.[1121] He was not found in any of the federal censuses in New Hamp­shire. She died on 3 Aug. 1845, aged 55 years, supposedly in Boston, MA,[1122] and he died on 4 Jan. 1847 in Lyme, NH, aged 61 years,[1123] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH. They had children:

1. Mary Cushing Washburn, born on 1 Apr. 1812, died on 18 Apr. 1812 in Lyme, NH.[1124]

2. Sarah9 Washburn, born on 11 Feb. 1814 in Lyme, NH,[1125] married Joseph F. White on 30 Oct. 1836.[1126] He was supposedly born on 17 June 1815 in Milton, MA.[1127] They were living in Boston, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a druggist,[1128] the 1860 federal census, where he was an apothecary,[1129] the 1870 federal census, where he was a druggist,[1130] and the 1880 federal census, where he was an apothecary.[1131]

3. (Unnamed son), born and died in 1818 in Lyme, NH.[1132]

4. Salmon9 Washburn (Jr.), born on 20 Apr. 1820 in Lyme, NH,[1133] married Mary E. Draper on 11 Feb. 1850.[1134] She was born on 31 Jan. 1831 in Delhi, Jersey Co., IL.[1135] They were not found in the 1860 federal census in Illinois, but they were probably living in Centralia, Marion Co., IL, in the 1870,[1136] and 1880 federal censuses,[1137] where he was an insurance agent.

5. Mary Sloan Washburn, born on 25 June 1823 in Boston, MA, died on 6 Apr. 1824 in Lyme, NH.[1138]

6. Caroline Augusta Washburn, born on 6 June 1826, died on 27 Dec. 1826.[1139]

7. Phoebe Augusta Washburn, born on 29 June 1828, died on 20 Oct. 1835.[1140]

8. Adaline Elizabeth Washburn, born on 4 Mar. 1831, died on 17 Dec. 1832.[1141]

b. Libeus8 Washburn (Jr.), born ca. 1789 in NH,[1142] married 1.) Anna “Nancy” Culver.[1143] She died on 23 June 1823 in Lyme, NH,[1144] and he remarried to 2.) Mehitable Gannett, daughter of Matthew and Alice (Latham) Gannett.[1145] She was born ca. 1792 in NH.[1146] They were living in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1830,[1147] 1840,[1148] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer,[1149] and with his son Allen G. Washburn in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 federal census.[1150] He died on 22 June 1864 in Lyme, NH,[1151] and she was still living with their son Allen Washburn in Lyme, NH, in the 1870 federal census. She died on 25 Jan. 1873 in Lyme, NH,[1152] and they were all three buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH. He supposedly had 3 children by Anna Culver,[1153] and at least 3 more children by Mehitabel Gannett:

1. Libeus9 Washburn (3rd), born ca. 1816 in NH,[1154] was apparently unmarried and living with his brother Allen G. Washburn in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 federal census, a farmer. He was not found in the 1870 federal census in New Hampshire, but he died on 15 June 1874 in Lyme, NH, aged 68 [sic] years, of “kidney complaint,”[1155] and was buried in the Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

2. Clarissa9 Culver Washburn, born ca. 1821 in Lyme, NH,[1156] married Joseph H. Peters, of Bradford, Orange Co., VT,[1157] son of Andrew B. and Keziah (Gannet) Peters,[1158] in ca. 1842. He was born ca. 1817 in Bradford, VT.[1159] They were living in Bradford, Orange Co., VT, in the 1850,[1160] 1860,[1161] and 1870 federal censuses,[1162] where he was a farmer. He died on 18 Mar. 1887 in Bradford, VT, aged 69 years, 5 months, 11 days, of Bright’s disease,[1163] and she died on 1 Mar. 1904 in Bradford, VT, aged 83 years, 5 months, 24 days, of “LaGrippe.”[1164] They had children:

a. Andrew Barnett Peters, born on 10 Mar. 1843 in Bradford, VT.[1165] He was unmarried and working on the railroad in Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census.[1166]

b. Mary Ann Peters, born on 23 June 1845 in Bradford, VT,[1167] died on 20 Aug. 1846 in Bradford, VT, aged 1 years, 1 month, 27 days.[1168]

c. Mary Ellen Peters, born on 30 Mar. 1847 in Bradford, VT,[1169] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Bradford, VT, in the 1870 federal census.

d. Clara Emma Peters, born on 15 June 1849 in Bradford, VT,[1170] married Andrew J. Tarlton on 20 Dec. 1870 in Woburn, MA.[1171] He was born ca. 1848 in NH.[1172] They were living in a boarding house Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a railroad brakeman.[1173] She died on 23 Sept. 1883 in Bradford, VT, aged 34 years, 3 months, 2 days, of typhoid fever,[1174] and he remarried.

e. Arthur W. Peters, born on 31 July 1851 in Bradford, VT,[1175] married Velma Louise Jenkins, daughter of Arad and Harriet (Evans) Jenkins, on 14 Nov. 1871 in Bradford, VT.[1176] She was born on 22 June 1851 in Fairlee, VT.[1177] She died on 4 Oct. 1934 in Bradford, VT, aged 83 years, 3 months, 12 days,[1178] and he died on 13 Mar. 1936 in Bradford, VT, aged 84 years, 8 months, 14 days, of “arterio-schlerosis.”[1179]

f. Malintha “Winnie” or “Minnie” S. Peters, born on 4 Jan. 1855, in Bradford, VT,[1180] married 1.) Job M. Clement, son of Amos and Dorcas (Freeman) Clement, on 14 Mar. 1872 in Bradford, VT.[1181] He died by 1913, and she remarried to 2.) Francis Marion Corliss, son of Stephen and Priscilla (Sanborn) Corliss, on 24 Nov. 1913 in Newbury, MA.[1182] He was born ca. 1839 in Haverhill, NH.[1183]

3. (1 more child by Anna Culver.)

4. Allen9 Gannett Washburn, born on 19 Nov. 1824 in Lyme, NH,[1184] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Lyme, NH, in the 1850 federal census, and was the head of household in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 federal census,[1185] a farmer, married Paulina D. Dimick, daughter of James P. and Pamelia M. (Blanchard) Dimick,[1186] after 1860, but before 1870. She was born on 22 Jan. 1832 in VT,[1187] and they lived in Lyme, NH. They were living in Lyme, NH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1188] She died on 24 Feb. 1905 in Lyme, NH,[1189] and he died on 25 Nov. 1910 in Lyme, NH,[1190] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

5. Lucy9 L. Washburn, born on 29 Feb. 1828 in Lyme, NH,[1191] was also still unmarried and living with her father in Lyme, NH, in the 1850 federal census, and with her brother Allen G. Washburn in the 1860 federal census, married William F. or J. Jewet on 7 Jan. 1863 in Bradford, Orange Co., VT.[1192] He was born on 13 Feb. 1826 in Haverhill, Grafton Co., NH,[1193] and they were living in Haverhill, NH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1194] He died on 22 May 1906 in Haverhill, NH,[1195] and she died on 22 Sept. 1920 in Haverhill, NH,[1196] and they were both buried in Ladd Street Cemetery in Haverhill, NH.

6. (Probably) Louisa9 M. Washburn, born ca. 1834 in NH, [1197]was unmarried and living with her brother Allen G. Washburn in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 federal census.

c. (Probably) Ozel8 Washburn, born on 28 Sept. 1791 in Lyme, NH,[1198] married Mrs. Elizabeth Mesmith/Nesmith Danforth on 9 Apr. 1819 in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH.[1199] She was born on 20 Oct. 1793 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH.[1200] Children not found. They were not found in the 1830, 1840 or 1850 federal censuses in New Hampshire. She supposedly died on 9 Mar. 1859,[1201] and he supposedly died on 3 Dec. 1867,[1202] but he was not found in the 1860 federal census either.

d. (Probably) Keziah8 Washburn, born ca. 1793 in NH,[1203] married Deacon William Porter, Jr. He was born ca. 1787.[1204] They were living in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1830,[1205] and 1840 federal censuses.[1206] She died on 19 Nov. 1852 in Lyme, NH,[1207] and he died on 28 Aug. 1859 in Lyme, NH,[1208] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH, but they were not found in Lyme, NH, in the 1850 federal census. They had at least two children:

1. Harrison Porter, born on 26 Nov. 1817 in Lyme, NH,[1209] married Elizabeth S. Rollins, daughter of John W. and Betsey (Stearns) Rollins.[1210] She was born on 18 Sept. 1820 in Mount Vernon, Kennebec Co., ME.[1211] They were living in Boston, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where his occupation was “provisions.”[1212] He died on 22 Aug. 1855 in Boston, MA, aged 37 years, 8 months, 27 days, of “consumption,”[1213] and she died a widow on 5 Sept. 1907 in Brookline, MA, aged 86 years, 11 months, of “malignant disease of rectum & abdomen many months,”[1214] and they were both buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.

2. Mary Washburn Porter, born in 1824,[1215] died on 6 Feb. 1842 in Lyme, NH,[1216] and was buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

3. (Possibly others)

e. John8 Washburn, born on 29 June 1796 in NH,[1217] the fourth son,[1218] served in the War of 1812, and married Sarah Tucker,[1219] daughter of Jacob Davis and Priscilla (Preble) Tucker,[1220] on 12 July 1826 in Lyme, NH.[1221] She was born on 13 Sept. 1795 in Lyme, NH.[1222] They were living in Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, in the 1830,[1223] 1840,[1224] 1850,[1225] 1860,[1226] and 1870 federal censuses,[1227] where he was a farmer.[1228] He died on 6 Jan. 1872 in Lyme, NH,[1229] and she died on 9 Jan. 1874 in Lyme, NH,[1230] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH. they had child­ren:

1. Mary9 E. Washburn, born on 5 Apr. 1827 in Lyme, NH,[1231] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, married Lorenzo H. Rich­ardson, of Westfield, MA,[1232] son of Charles and Lydia (Barrett) Richardson,[1233] as his third wife, on 30 May 1872 in Boston, MA,[1234] but they probably had no children. They were living in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a blacksmith.[1235] He died on 6 Dec. 1904 in Westfield, MA, aged 87 years, 5 months, 7 days.[1236]

2. John9 Washburn (Jr.), born on 1 June 1829 in Lyme, NH,[1237] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Lyme, NH, in the 1850 federal census, moved to Decatur, IL,[1238] and married Zerilda Emmons, a widow, in Chicago, IL,[1239] but they were separated in 1873, and later divorced.[1240] He was not found in the 1860 federal census, but they were living in Decatur, Macon Co., IL, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a grocer, with her two children from her first marriage.[1241] She died in 1879,[1242] and he was widowed and living alone in Decatur, IL, in the 1880 federal census, a grocer.[1243] He died on 14 Sept. 1916 in Decatur, IL,[1244] and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, IL.

3. Benjamin9 Tucker Washburn, born on 6 July 1832 in Lyme, NH,[1245] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Lyme, NH, in the 1860 federal census, married Katharine “Kate” Jose­phine Oakley on 21 June 1860,[1246] and they lived in Lyme, NH.[1247] She was born on 21 July 1837 in Boston, MA.[1248] They were living with his parents in Lyme, NH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1249] Chil­dren not found. He died on 11 June 1908 in Lyme, NH,[1250] and she died on 1 June 1922 in Hollis, Hillsborough Co., NH,[1251] and they were both buried in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

f. William Washburn, marriage not found, but supposedly also lived in Lyme, NH.[1252]

g. Lewis8 Washburn, born in 1803, married Carmen Salas de la Torre, of Peru.[1253] He was a mining engineer in Trujillo, Peru, and he died in 1859,[1254] presum­ably in Peru. They had a son:

1. Carlos9 Alberto Washburn Salas, born on 21 June 1854 in Trujillo, Peru,[1255] was important in Peru­vi­an poli­tics, including a Minister of Justice, and a member of the Supreme Court of Peru from 1912 to 1924. He died in 1925 in Lima, Peru.[1256]

h. (Supposedly 2 more daughters and 4 more sons, names unknown.)

        2431  vii   Hannah7 Washburn, born on 14 Nov. 1767 in Bridgewater,[1257] married Benjamin Perkins, son of Josiah and (644) Abigail4 (Edson) Perkins,[1258] on 24 May 1789 in North Bridgewater.[1259] He was born on 5 Jan. 1768 in Bridgewater,[1260] a grandson also of Mark Perkins, and of Benja­min3 and (163) Joanna (Orcutt) Edson.[1261] They moved to Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, then to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, by 1802. They were living in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1790,[1262] and 1800 federal censuses,[1263] and in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1810,[1264] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer,[1265] and in the 1830 federal census.[1266] He was probably the Benjamin Perkins who died in 1849 in Winthrop, ME,[1267] and was buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. Hannah Washburn and Benjamin Perkins had children:

a. Hannah Perkins, born on 22 Aug. 1789 in Dartmouth, MA,[1268] married Rowland Briggs, son of Leonard and Hope (Wood) Briggs,[1269] on 18 Nov. 1810 in Readfield, Kennebec Co., ME.[1270] He was born on 4 Nov. 1783 in Middleborough, MA,[1271] a grandson of Nathan and Sarah (Perry) Briggs.[1272] They were living in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1273] and near her parents in Winthrop, ME, in the 1830 federal census,[1274] and near Oliver Foster in Winthrop, ME, the 1840 federal census.[1275] He died on 22 Feb. 1840 in Winthrop, ME,[1276] and she was still living in Winthrop, ME, in the 1850 federal census.[1277] She died on 7 Nov. 1856 in Winthrop, ME,[1278] and they were both buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. They had children:

1. Benjamin Perkins Briggs, born on 13 Dec. 1815 in Winthrop, ME,[1279] married Susan Snell, daughter of John E. and Anna Snell,[1280] on 2 Nov. 1839 in Winthrop, ME.[1281] She was born on 7 June 1814 in Winthrop, ME.[1282] They were living with her parents in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker,[1283] and in Winthrop, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot maker,[1284] and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a boot factory.[1285] She died on 5 Sept. 1889 in Winthrop, ME,[1286] and he died on 20 Mar. 1891 in Winthrop, ME,[1287] and they were both buried in Metcalf Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

2. Hope Wood Briggs, born on 25 Apr. 1820 in Winthrop, ME,[1288] apparently never married. She was still unmarried and enumerated twice in the 1850 federal census, once as living with her widowed mother in Winthrop, ME, in the 1850 federal census, and again as living with her sister and brother-in-law Isaac and Mary Wadsworth in Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME. She was living in Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census in a hospital for the insane, where she was a clerk,[1289] and she was back in Winthrop, ME, in the 1870 federal census living with her brother Edwin Briggs, where she was a school teacher.[1290] She died on 27 Oct. 1889 in Winthrop, ME,[1291] and was buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

3. Edwin Shepherd Briggs, born on 3 June 1822 in Winthrop, ME,[1292] married 1.) Ann L. Waugh on 16 Aug. 1856 in Winthrop, ME.[1293] She was born in 1839, and died on 1 Feb. 1859 in Winthrop ME.[1294] He remarried to 2.) Hannah Elizabeth Fuller on 15 Nov. 1859 in Winthrop, ME.[1295] She was born on 16 Jan. 1829 in ME.[1296] They were living in Winthrop, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot maker.[1297] She died on 2 May 1868 in Winthrop, ME,[1298] and he remarried again to 3.) Mary Catherine Fuller on 26 July 1868 in Winthrop, ME.[1299] She was born on 28 Sept. 1844 in Winthrop, ME.[1300] They were living in Winthrop, ME, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1301] He died on 5 May 1877 in Winthrop, ME,[1302] and was buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME, with all three of his wives. She died in 1925 in Winthrop, ME.[1303]

4. Mary Ann Briggs, born on 13 Mar. 1824 in Winthrop, ME,[1304] married Isaac Newton Wadsworth, son of Isaac and Rebecca (Hewins) Wadsworth,[1305] on 2 Feb. 1848 in Manchester, Kennebec Co., ME.[1306] He was born on 24 Dec. 1823 in Hallowell, MA.[1307] They were living with his parents in Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census,[1308] and in Manchester, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census,[1309] where he was a farmer. She died on 23 Oct. 1863 in Manchester, Kennebec Co., ME,[1310] and he remarried to Charlotte N. Stuart on 22 Aug. 1866 in Manchester, ME.[1311] She was born in 1838.[1312] They were living in Manchester, ME, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1313] She died on 1 Sept. 1872 in Manchester, ME,[1314] and he died on 17 Mar. 1891 in Manchester, ME,[1315] and they were all buried in Manchester Forks Cemetery in Manchester, ME.

b. Abigail Perkins, born on 23 Apr. 1791 in Dartmouth,[1316] probably married Col. Ebenezer Freeman on 10 Nov. 1810 in Winthrop, ME.[1317] He was born ca. 1786 in ME.[1318] He served as a Sergeant in Capt. Samuel Ranlett’s Company from Monmouth in 1814 during the War of 1812.[1319] They were probably living in Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[1320] and in the 1830,[1321] 1840,[1322] 1850,[1323] 1860,[1324] and 1870 federal censuses,[1325] where he was a farmer. He died on 15 Jan. 1872 in Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, aged 86 years,[1326] and she died on 14 Jan. or Oct. 1879 in Monmouth, ME, aged 87 years, 6 months,[1327] and they were both buried in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME. They had at least two children:

1. Alexander Freeman, born ca. 1815,[1328] died on 12 Mar. 1837 in Monmouth, ME, aged 21 years,[1329] and was buried in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

2. Charles H. Freeman, born on ca. 28 Sept. 1822,[1330] died on 6 June 1830 in Monmouth, ME, aged 7 years, 8 months, 9 days,[1331] and was also buried in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

3. (Probably others)

c. Lydia Perkins, born on 23 Sept. 1793 in Dartmouth,[1332] married Sgt. Oliver Foster, son of Stewart and Jerusha (Wadsworth) Foster,[1333] on 30 Nov. 1815 in Winthrop, ME.[1334] He was born on 29 Aug. 1789 in Winthrop, ME,[1335] and he served as a Sergeant in Capt. Asa Fairbanks’ Company from Winthrop, ME, in 1814 during the War of 1812.[1336] They were living in Winthrop, ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[1337] near her parents in Winthrop, ME, in the 1830 federal census,[1338] and near Rowland Briggs in Winthrop, ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1339] and in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1340] He died in 1857 in Winthrop, ME,[1341] and she was living in Winthrop, ME, with their son Martin A. Foster and daughter Jerusha P. Foster in the 1860,[1342] and 1870 federal censuses.[1343] She died in 1872 in Winthrop, ME,[1344] and they were both buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. They had children:

1. Jerusha P. Foster, born in 1818 in ME,[1345] never married. She was living with Cyrus and Abigail Sampson in Winthrop, ME, in the 1850 federal census,[1346] and with her brother Martin A. Foster, and her widowed mother in Winthrop, ME, in the 1860, and 1870 federal censuses. She died in 1891 in Winthrop, ME,[1347] and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

2. Benjamin Stuart Foster, born in 1820, died in 1821 in Winthrop, ME.[1348]

3. Charles Oliver Foster, born on 25 Oct. 1824 in Winthrop, ME,[1349] married Angelia Parlin, daughter of Horace and Adaline Parlin, on 20 Sept. 1849 in Winthrop, ME.[1350] She was born on 14 Oct. 1830 in Winthrop, ME.[1351] She was living with his parents in Winthrop, ME, in the 1850 federal census, but he was living in a boarding house managed by Samuel F. Folsom in Winthrop, ME, where he was an oil cloth carpet printer.[1352] They were living in Winthrop, ME, next door to his brother Martin A. Foster in the 1860 federal census,[1353] and with his brother Martin A. Foster in the 1870 federal census,[1354] where he was a farmer. He died on 12 Jan. 1879 in Winthrop, ME,[1355] and she died on 27 Nov. 1909 in Winthrop, ME,[1356] and they were both buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

4. Martin Andrew Foster, born on 9 Mar. 1834 in Winthrop, ME,[1357] married H. Rosilla Marrow on 25 Feb. or 6 Apr. 1858 in Winthrop, ME.[1358] She was born on 21 Jan. 1839 in ME.[1359] They were living next door to his brother Charles O. Foster in Winthrop, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his widowed mother was living with them,[1360] and he was listed as the head of the household in Winthrop, ME, in the 1870 federal census, which included the families of his mother and sister, and his brother Charles O. Foster.[1361] He died on 18 Apr. 1900 in East Winthrop, ME, aged 66 years,[1362] and she died on 22 Nov. 1908 in Winthrop, ME,[1363] and they were both buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

d. Harmony Perkins, born on 27 Jan. 1796 in Dartmouth,[1364] died on 10 Feb. 1821 in Winthrop, ME, aged 25 years, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.[1365]

e. Edith H. Perkins, born on 20 June 1802 in Winthrop, ME,[1366] died on 17 Mar. 1805 in Winthrop, aged 2 years, 8 months, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.[1367]

f. Anna Perkins, born on 4 Dec. 1804 in Winthrop, ME,[1368] married Eliphalet Packard (Jr.), son of Deacon Eliphalet and Lydia (Barrell) Packard,[1369] on 6 Mar. 1836 in Winthrop, ME.[1370] He was born on 14 Apr. 1799 in North Bridgewater, MA.[1371] They were living in Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1840,[1372] 1850,[1373] 1860,[1374] and 1870 federal censuses,[1375] where he was a farmer. She died on 25 Aug. 1877 in Penobscot Co., ME,[1376] and he was still living in Corinth, ME, in the 1880 federal census.[1377] He died on 16 Dec. 1889 in Penobscot Co., ME,[1378] and they were both buried in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME. They had children:

1. Esther Ann Packard, born on 26 Nov. 1837 in Corinth, ME,[1379] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Corinth, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where she was a school teacher, and the 1870 and 1880 federal censuses, married Charles Megquier, as his second wife, on 26 Nov. 1890 in Corinth, ME.[1380] He was born on 27 Aug. 1831,[1381] and had married first to Marietta E. Clark, who died on 4 Dec. 1877 in Corinth, ME.[1382] He died on 1 Aug. 1908 in Corinth, ME,[1383] and was buried with his first wife in Corinthian Cemetery in Corinth, ME. She died on 5 Nov. 1920 in Kenduskeag, Penobscot Co., ME,[1384] and was buried in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

2. Olive J. Packard, born on 3 May 1839 in Corinth, ME,[1385] was also still unmarried and living with her parents in Corinth, ME, in the 1860 federal census, a school teacher, married (___) Rockefeller. She died on 16 July 1918,[1386] and was buried in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

3. Mary Ann Packard, born on 29 July 1841 in Corinth, ME,[1387] was living with her parents in Corinth, ME, in the 1860 federal census, also a school teacher, died on 27 Aug. 1866 in Corinth, ME, aged 25 years, 29 days,[1388] and was also buried in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

4. Albert B. Packard, born on 5 June 1845 in Corinth, ME,[1389] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Corinth, ME, in the 1870 federal census, and with his widowed father in Corinth in the 1880 federal census, married Sarah F. McKusick, of Corinth, ME, on 13 Nov. 1898 in Corinth, ME.[1390] She was born on 13 Nov. 1859 in Atkinson, Piscataquis Co., ME.[1391] She died on 19 June 1924,[1392] and he died on 2 Oct. 1930,[1393] and they were both buried in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

g. Mary Perkins, born on 27 Sept. 1806 in Winthrop, ME,[1394] married Simeon Chase, son of Israel and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Crane) Chase,[1395] on 4 Sept. 1831 in Winthrop, ME.[1396] He was born on 19 June 1807 in Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME.[1397] They were living in Winthrop, ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1398] She died on 30 June 1847 in Winthrop, ME, aged 40 years, 10 months, 3 days,[1399] and was buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. He remarried to Jerusha Wadsworth on 5 Nov. 1847 in Winthrop, ME.[1400] She was born ca. 1807 in ME,[1401] and they were living in Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1402] She died on 26 June 1852 in Fayette, ME, aged 45 years, 10 months, 24 days,[1403] and was also buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. He remarried again to Louisa E. Gibbs on 27 Dec. 1852 in Fayette, ME.[1404] She was born ca. 1814 in ME,[1405] and they were living in Fayette, ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1406] She died on 4 Feb. 1867 in Fayette, ME, aged 52 years, 7 months, 12 days,[1407] and was also buried in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME. He remarried again to Mrs. Mira Jones on 5 Nov. 1867 in Fayette, ME.[1408] They were not found in the 1870 federal census in Kennebec Co., ME. He died on 2 Mar. 1897 in Fayette, ME, aged 89 years, 8 months, 11 days, of pneumonia.[1409] Mary (Perkins) Chase had children:

1. Marcia Ann Chase, born on 26 June 1832 in Winthrop, ME,[1410] was living with her father and stepmother in Fayette, ME, in the 1850 federal census, married Rev. John Rounds on 4 Jan. 1853 in Kennebec Co., ME.[1411] He was born ca. 1822 in ME.[1412] They were living in Freeport, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a Baptist Clergyman,[1413] in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a Clergyman,[1414] and in Northfield, Rice Co., MN, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a minister.[1415] He died on 29 Mar. 1888 in Minneapolis, MN,[1416] and she died on 10 Mar. 1905 in Minneapolis,[1417] and they were both buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

2. (Probably) Winfield S. Chase, born ca. 1838 in ME,[1418] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1860 or 1870 federal censuses in Maine.

        2432 viii   Jeremiah Washburn (Jr.), born on 22 Oct. 1769 in Bridgewater,[1419] died on 7 Apr. 1778 in Bridgewater, of small pox.[1420]

        2433   ix   Jeremiah Washburn (Jr.), died in infancy on 2 June 1778 in Bridge­water.[1421]

        2434    x   Jeremiah7 Washburn (Jr.), born on 18 Aug. 1779 in Bridgewater,[1422] married (1678) Sarah5 “Sal­ly” Edson, daughter of Ezra4 and (513) Rebecca (Johnson) Edson,[1423] in 1801.[1424] She was born on 18 Feb. 1780 in Bridgewater,[1425] a granddaughter of Samuel3 and Mary Edson (3rd), and of Capt. David and (135) Rebecca4 (Washburn) Johnson,[1426] and he was her second cousin once removed. On 17 June 1801 Jeremiah Washburn Jr. and Sarah Washburn, his wife, gave a receipt to Ephraim Sprague, guardian to the said Sarah, during her minority, for the sum of $146.14, interest included, and sundry articles of household furniture.[1427] Capt. Ephraim Sprague was the husband of Sarah’s sister, Vina Edson.[1428] Jeremiah Washburn (Jr.) was executor of his father’s estate in 1810, and they moved to Rhode Island. She probably died before 1816, and he died on 18 June 1816 in Smithfield, Providence Co., RI,[1429] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth Co., MA. On 6 July 1816 Silvanus Pratt, Ezra Kingman, and Apollos Hooper, Selectmen of the Town of Bridgewater, petitioned that a guardian to be appointed for the Children of Jeremiah Washburn of Bridgwater, deceased, being one son and three daughters, who are all young and left without father or mother, and petitioned that Capt. Ephraim Sprague of Bridgewater is a suitable person for that trust.[1430] Capt. Ephraim5 Sprague, his brother‑in‑law, was appointed as guardian for all his children on 5 Aug. 1816.[1431] He was called deceased in the 1826 will of his mother, Keziah Washburn. Jeremiah Washburn (Jr.) and Sally Edson had children:

a. Ezra Edson Washburn, born on 22 Oct. 1801 in Bridgewater,[1432] died on 5 Oct. 1804 in Bridgewater, aged [almost] 3 years.[1433]

b. Eliza8 Hyde Washburn, born on 1 Sept. 1803 in Bridgewater,[1434] her uncle Capt. Ephraim Sprague was appointed as her guardian on 5 Aug. 1816,[1435] and she mar­ried (3964) Almarine Hay­ward, son of Solo­mon and (1751) Zerviah6 (Washburn) Hay­ward,[1436] on 9 Apr. 1829 in Bridgewater.[1437] He was born on 18 Aug. 1796 in Bridgewater,[1438] a grand­son of Seth and Tabitha (Pratt) Hay­ward, and of (535) Jona­than5 and Rebecca (Perkins) Washburn, of Bridgewater.[1439] He served as a private in Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia during the War of 1812.[1440] They were living in Tazewell Co., IL, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1441] but they were not found in Illinois in the 1860 federal census. He died on 1 Jan. 1862 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL,[1442] and she was living in Tremont, IL, in the 1870 federal census with the family of her daughter and son-in-law, Edward and Sarah Bird.[1443] She died on 7 Nov. 1881 in Tremont, IL,[1444] and they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. They had children:

1. William Hayward, born on 21 Mar. 1830 in Bridgewater,[1445] married Eliza S. Dean on 11 Jan. 1853 in Tazewell Co., IL.[1446] She was born ca. 1832 in NY or MA.[1447] They were living in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, in the 1860,[1448] and 1870 federal censuses,[1449] where he was a carpenter.

2. Sarah Hayward, born on 18 June 1832 in MA,[1450] married Edward Bird on 28 Oct. 1852 in Tazewell Co., IL.[1451] He was born on 4 June 1809 in MA.[1452] They were living in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL, in the 1860 federal census,[1453] and in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, in the 1870 federal census,[1454] where he was a farmer. He died on 6 Feb. 1871 in Tremont, IL,[1455] and she died on 9 Feb. 1898 in Tremont, IL,[1456] and they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

3. Charles Hayward, born on 15 Oct. 1837 in IL,[1457] was still unmarried and living with his brother William Hayward in Tremont, IL, in the 1860 federal census, married 1.) Mary Goodyear on 25 Dec. 1862 in Tazewell Co., IL.[1458] She was born on 26 Mar. 1839,[1459] and died on 21 June 1903 in Tremont, IL.[1460] He remarried to 2.) Eva Gulia Wanzer, daughter of James M. Wanzer.[1461] She was born on 5 Sept. 1861 in IL,[1462] and died on 3 Nov. 1911 in Chicago, IL,[1463] and was buried in Huntley Cemetery in Huntley, McHenry Co., IL. He died on 13 June 1915 in Tremont, IL,[1464] and was buried with his first wife in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

4. George Hayward, born in 1839 in IL,[1465] died in 1916, and was also buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.[1466]

c. Ezra8 Edson Washburn, born on 30 Oct. 1806 in Bridgewater,[1467] his uncle Capt. Ephraim Sprague was appointed as his guardian on 5 Aug. 1816,[1468] he gave a receipt to his guardian of his share of the estate of his grandmother, Keziah Washburn, on 31 Oct. 1827,[1469] and he mar­ried Rosamond/Rosanna Southworth, daugh­ter of Dr. Wilber and Lucy (Bond) Southworth,[1470] of Rochester, MA, on 11 Oct. 1829 in Rochester or Mattapoisett, MA.[1471] She was born on 19 Oct. 1808 in Roches­ter.[1472] He was a carpen­ter or “joiner” in Roches­ter, MA, and they were living in Roch­es­ter in the 1850 feder­al census,[1473] and the 1855 state cen­sus,[1474] and in Abington, MA, in the 1860 federal census.[1475] He died on 22 Sept. 1863 in California, aged 57 years, of heart disease, his death recorded in Abington, MA,[1476] but no pro­bate re­cords were filed for his estate in Plym­outh Co., MA. She was living in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, with their son Albert Washburn in the 1870 federal census,[1477] and in San Francisco, CA, with their son Albert Washburn in the 1880 federal census.[1478] They had chil­dren:

1. Sarah9 Allen Washburn, born on 4 Mar. 1833 in Rochester, MA,[1479] baptized on 19 June 1836 in Roch­es­ter,[1480] mar­ried John Hiram Leonard, son of Hiram and Hannah (Drake) Leon­ard,[1481] on 25 Dec. 1853 in Rochester, MA.[1482] He was born ca. 1832 in Stoughton, MA, and they were living in Rochester in the 1855 state census, where he was a paint­er.[1483] She and her children were living with her parents in Abington, MA, in the 1860 federal census.[1484] He enlisted for service in the Civil War on 14 Sept. 1861 in Bridgewater, at the age of 31,[1485] and they were living in Hudson, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working for a painter.[1486] She died on 27 Nov. 1871 in Hudson, MA, aged 38 years, 9 months, 23 days, of “consumption,”[1487] and he remarried to Susie W. Hapgood, of Hudson, daughter of Jonathan T. and Dorothy (Moseman) Hapgood,[1488] on 10 July 1872 in Hudson, MA.[1489] Sarah Allen Washburn and John Hiram Leonard had children:

a. Rosamond W. Leonard, born on 19 Oct. 1854 in Rochester,[1490] died on 11 Mar. 1859 in Mattapoisett, MA, aged 4 years, 4 months, 22 days, of “congestion of lungs.”[1491]

b. Hiram Wilbur Leonard, born on 21 Dec. 1855 in Stoughton, MA,[1492] called Hiram Frank Leonard in the 1860 census, and Frank H. Leonard in the 1870 census, marriage not found.

c. Joseph Hammond Leonard, born on 15 Feb. 1857 in Mattapoisett, MA.[1493]

d. Augustine H. Leonard, born ca. 1868 in MA.[1494]

e. Mary A. Leonard, born on 30 Oct. 1869 in Hudson, MA.[1495]

2. Lucy9 Bond Washburn, born on 13 Nov. 1839 in Rochester,[1496] married Thomas C. Bar­rows, of Brooklyn, NY, son of Ebenezer and Mary Barrows, of Rochester, on 1 Oct. 1859 in Mattapoisett, MA.[1497] He was born ca. 1834 in MA.[1498] They were not found in the 1860 federal census, but they were living in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a revenue inspector.[1499]

3. Albert9 E. Washburn, born on 27 Dec. 1842 in Rochester,[1500] moved to California, and married Alice Ada McCloud on 24 Apr. 1867 in San Joaquin Co., CA.[1501] She was born on ca. 12 Nov. 1849 in MA.[1502] They were living in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter, and his widowed mother was living with them,[1503] and in San Francisco, CA, in the 1880 federal census, where his mother was still living with them.[1504] She died on 29 Dec. 1889 in Stockton, aged 40 years, 1 month, 17 days,[1505] and he died on 4 Aug. 1892 in Stockton,[1506] and they were both buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA. They had children:

a. Effie E. Washburn, born ca. 1868 in CA.[1507]

b. Willard Newton Washburn, born on 6 Apr. 1871, died on 7 June 1872 in Stockton, CA,[1508] and was buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA.

c. Mabel S. Washburn, born ca. 1872 in CA.[1509]

d. Almeda R. Washburn, born ca. 1875 in CA.[1510]

4. Ezra9 Edson Washburn (Jr.), born on 23 Oct. 1845 in Roches­ter,[1511] married Eureka A. Marshall on 12 May 1875 in San Joaquin Co., CA.[1512] They were living in a boarding house in San Francisco, CA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a harbor commissioner.[1513]

5. Horace9 Wilber Washburn, born on 27 Nov. 1847 in Roch­es­ter,[1514] was still unmarried and living in Stockton, CA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter,[1515] marriage not found.

d. Rhobe8 Snell Washburn, born on 20 July 1808 in Bridgewater,[1516] her uncle Capt. Ephraim Sprague was appointed as her guardian on 5 Aug. 1816,[1517] then she chose Ephraim Sprague, of Bridgewater, cabinet maker, as her guardian on 2 Jan. 1827, to recover such part and portion of the estate which is or may be coming to her as an heir to the estate of her grandmother Keziah Washburn, late of Bridgewater,[1518] and she gave a receipt to Ephraim Sprague for all the property he had in his hands belonging to her on 19 Nov. 1830.[1519] Marriage intentions were filed between her and Thomas D. Childs on 8 Nov. 1829 in East Bridgewater,[1520] but apparently the marriage never occurred, because she was still Rhobe S. Washburn when she signed her receipt to her guardian Ephraim Sprague, in Nov. 1830, and she instead married Joshua Jackson (Jr.), son of Joshua and Mary Jackson,[1521] in 1837.[1522] He was born on 27 Mar. 1787 in Maine.[1523] They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a laborer.[1524] He died on 25 July 1854 in West Bridgewater, aged 67 years, 3 months, 28 days, of disease of the heart,[1525] but no pro­bate re­cords were filed for his estate in Plym­outh County. She was living in West Bridgewater in the 1855 state cen­sus,[1526] in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census as a domes­tic helper for Mary Hayward and Calista Sloan,[1527] in the 1870 federal census as a domestic helper for Calista Sloan,[1528] but she was not found in the 1860 federal census. She died a widow on 7 Sept. 1879 in Dighton, MA, aged 72 years, of “dysentery.“[1529] They had children:

1. Martha Ann Jackson, born on 4 Oct. 1837 in West Bridgewater,[1530] died on 26 Sept. 1838 in West Bridgewater.[1531]

2. Caroline “Carrie” B. Jackson, born on 14 Dec. 1838 in West Bridgewater,[1532] was adopted by her uncle James S. Alden, and was listed in his family in Bridgewater as Caroline Alden in the 1850 federal census, Caroline Jackson in the 1855 state census, and Carrie B. Alden in the 1860 federal census, married as Carrie B. Alden to Ebenezer Burgess, son of Stephen C. and Sarah B. Burgess, of Wareham,[1533] on 30 Dec. 1863 in Bridgewater.[1534] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census, where he was a painter,[1535] but they were not found in the 1870 federal census, and they were divorced sometime after the 1866 will of her adopted father, James S. Alden, who referred to her as his daughter Carrie B. Burgess, wife of Ebenezer Burgess.[1536] He died on 8 Dec. 1913 in Wareham, MA, aged 69 years, 8 months, 19 days, of “arterio sclerosis.”[1537]

3. Ann Myrilla Jackson, born on 10 Mar. 1840 in West Bridgewater,[1538] married Crawford Lane, son of Albert and Elmira (Godfrey) Lane,[1539] on 19 July 1860 in Taunton, MA.[1540] He was born ca. 1837 in Norton, MA.[1541] They were living in Norton, MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a laborer.[1542] She may have died by 1870, he was apparently living single in the family of John and Mary S. Cole in Attleborough, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a butcher’s clerk.[1543] He died a widower on 22 Oct. 1912 in Taunton, aged 76 years, 1 month, 22 days, of “arterio-sclerosis.”[1544]

4. Gustavus A. B. Jackson, born on 6 Oct. 1842 in West Bridgewater,[1545] died on 28 May 1845 in West Bridgewater, of “pneumonic inflamation,” aged 2 years, 7 months, 22 days.[1546]

5. Adna Jackson, born on 24 Nov. 1845 in West Bridgewater,[1547] died on 12 Sept. 1846 in West Bridgewater, of intestinal disease, aged 10 months, 12 days.[1548]

6. Ste­phen Henry Jackson, born on 3 Nov. 1848 in West Bridgewater,[1549] was living in Plympton, MA, with the family of Geo. W. and Mary A. Glass in the 1860 federal census,[1550] but was not found in the 1870 federal census, marriage not found.

e. Anne8 Edson Washburn, born on 8 June 1810 in Bridgewater,[1551] her uncle Capt. Ephraim Sprague was appointed as her guardian on 5 Aug. 1816,[1552] then she chose Ephraim Sprague, of Bridgewater, cabinet maker, as her guardian on 2 Jan. 1827, to recover such part and portion of the estate which is or may be coming to her as an heir to the estate of her grandmother Keziah Washburn, late of Bridgewater,[1553] and she mar­ried James7 Sullivan Alden, of East Bridgewater, son of Isaac6 and Mary (Rus­sell) Alden,[1554] on 7 Oct. 1830 in East Bridgewater.[1555] He was baptized on 19 Oct. 1805 in East Bridgewater,[1556] a grandson of Ezra5 and Rebecca4 (Keith) Alden.[1557] On 8 Dec. 1830 Ann E. Alden and James S. Alden gave a receipt to her guardian Ephraim Sprague for the property he had in his hands that belonged to her.[1558] They moved to South Weymouth, Nor­folk Co., MA, where he was a paint­er and gla­zier, but they were back living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1559] the 1855 state census,[1560] and the 1860 federal census.[1561] They also adopted her niece, Caroline B. Jackson. Anne E. Alden died on 31 Aug. 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 50 years, 2 months, 23 days, of “dropsy,”[1562] and he remar­ried to Sarah L. Leach, daugh­ter of Levi and Betsey (Conant) Leach, of Bridgewater,[1563] on 21 Nov. 1863 in Bridgewater.[1564] She was born on 23 Mar. 1816 in Bridgewater.[1565] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1865 state cen­sus,[1566] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a house painter.[1567] He died tes­tate on 16 Jan. 1875 in Bridgewater, aged 67 years, 3 months, 24 days, of pneumonia,[1568] his will dated 3 Nov. 1866, and probated on 25 Jan. 1875, mentioned his wife Sarah L. Alden, his sons James Elbridge, George T., Isaac R., and Frederick C., and his daughter Carrie Alden Burgess, wife of Ebenezer Burgess, and he named his wife Sarah L. Alden as executrix of his estate.[1569] Sarah L. (Leach) Alden died a widow on 5 Jan. 1907 in Bridgewater, aged 90 years, 9 months, 12 days, of “senectus.”[1570] Anne Edson (Washburn) Alden had chil­dren:

1. James8 Elbridge Alden, born on 28 Apr. 1831 in South Weymouth, MA,[1571] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census, where he was a painter, mar­ried Mary E. Hamilton, daughter of David M. G. and Hannah Hamilton,[1572] on 21 Oct. 1855 in Providence, RI.[1573] She was born in 1833.[1574] He was mentioned in the 1866 will of his father. They were both buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater,[1575] but their gravestone inscriptions were not found on www.findagrave.com.

2. George8 Thomas Alden, born on 2 Feb. 1835 in South Wey­mouth.[1576] He was also a paint­er in 1855, but he was not found in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, or the 1865 state census. He was mentioned in the 1866 will of his father. No pro­bate re­cords were found for him in Plym­outh County through 1881.

3. Isaac8 Russell Alden, born on 30 May 1844 in Bridgewater,[1577] a sol­dier in the Civil War, was mentioned in the 1866 will of his father, and he was still unmarried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1870 federal census, where he was working dry goods.

4. Frederick8 Clinton Alden, born on 6 May 1849 in South Bridgewater, MA,[1578] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census, and the 1870 federal census, a painter. He was also mentioned in the 1866 will of his father.

f. Emily Howard Washburn, born on 19 June 1812 in Bridgewater,[1579] died on 17 Jan. 1813 in Plympton, MA.[1580]

g. Jeremiah8 Washburn (3rd), born ca. 1815,[1581] his uncle Capt. Ephraim Sprague was appointed as his guardian on 5 Aug. 1816.[1582] No receipt was filed from Jeremiah to Capt. Ephraim Sprague for his share of the estate in the hands of his guardian, but the accounting of Ephraim Sprague as guardian of Jeremiah Washburn was dated 14 May 1836.[1583] Mar­riage not found. He sup­pos­ed­ly moved to New York where he set­tled,[1584] but he was not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in New York.

        2435   xi   (Supposedly) Nathan Washburn, born in ca. 1780 in Bridgewater, possibly the unnamed child of Jeremiah Washburn who died on 24 June 1781 in Bridgewater. [1585]

        2436  xii   Levi7 Washburn, born on 15 Oct. 1784 in Bridgewater.[1586] He was left one dollar in the 1826 will of his mother, Keziah Washburn, and he “went southward and died in Washington on 27 Nov. 1837.”[1587] Marriage not found.

 

 

(928.) Hannah6 Washburn, eldest daughter of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 6 Sept. 1733,[1588] married Deacon Seth Pratt, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Snow) Pratt,[1589] on 27 Apr. 1753 in Bridgewater.[1590] He was born on 21 June 1729,[1591] a grandson of Benjamin and Sarah (Allen) (Cary) Snow.[1592] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to their son, Nathaniel Pratt.[1593]

         Deacon Seth Pratt, Gentleman, died testate on 30 Dec. 1795 in Bridgewater, aged 65 [sic] years.[1594] His will was dated 29 Nov. 1794, witnessed by Beza Hayward, Benjamin Pope, and Azor Howe, and pro­bated on 6 Jan. 1796. He mentioned his wife Hannah; sons Nathaniel Pratt, Simeon Pratt, Sylvanus Pratt, Asa Pratt, Joseph Pratt, and Seth Pratt; daugh­ters Cloe Conant, wife of Jeremiah Conant; and Joanna Bessee, widow; and grand­son Marshall Bessee, who was under 21. He named his sons Sylvanus and Asa Pratt as co-executors.[1595] (See Appendix [S] for a full transcription of his will.) Hannah (Washburn) Pratt died a widow on 26 Aug. 1824 in Bridge­water, aged 90 years.[1596]

         Hannah Washburn and Seth Pratt had chil­dren:

        2437     i   Lt. Nathaniel Pratt, born on 1 Feb. 1754 in Bridgewater,[1597] married (1036) Eliza­beth6 “Bet­ty/Betsey” Washburn, daughter of (377) Ezekiel5 and Experience (Curtis) Washburn, of Bridgewater,[1598] on 12 Nov. 1778 in Bridgewater.[1599] She was born on 11 Jan. 1756 in Bridgewater,[1600] and he was her second cousin once removed. He probably served as a Private in Capt. Abram Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater in 1776, as a Sergeant in Capt. Matthew Randal’s Company in 1778, and in Capt. James Allen’s Company from Bridgewater in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[1601] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his father,[1602] and in the 1800,[1603] and 1810 federal censuses,[1604] and in the South Parish of Bridgewater in 1820 federal census.[1605] Lt. Nathaniel Pratt died testate on 21 May 1828 in Bridgewater, aged 74 years, of “apoplexy,”[1606] his will dated 19 Feb. 1825, and probated on 3 June 1828, mentioned his wife Bettey, his three sons Elijah, Seth, and Nathaniel Pratt Jr., and his five daughters Sally Swift, Hannah Conant, Betey Hudson, Chloe Crossman, and Albertina Pratt, and he named his son Seth Pratt as executor of his estate.[1607] Betsey (Washburn) Pratt died a widow on 4 July 1828 in Bridgewater, of an “ab­scess on the lungs,” aged 72 years.[1608] [See the family of Elizabeth (Washburn) Pratt for their children.]

        2438    ii   Joseph Pratt, born on 1 Apr. 1756 in Bridgewater,[1609] marriage not found, was given only 20 shillings in his father’s 1794 will, supposedly “went westward.”[1610]

        2439   iii   Nehemiah Pratt, born on 20 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater,[1611] probably served as a Private in Capt. Elisha Mitchell’s Company from Bridgewater in 1776,[1612] and died on 3 Aug. 1778 in Bridgewater, unmarried, aged 20 years.[1613]

        2440   iv   Capt. Simeon Pratt, born on 16 Sept. 1759 in Bridgewater,[1614] married Sarah5 “Sal­ly” Willis, daughter of Judge Benjamin4 and Sarah (Spooner) (Brad­ford) Willis (3rd),[1615] on 17 Nov. 1791 in Bridgewater.[1616] She was born on 24 June 1768 in Bridgewater,[1617] a grand­daughter of Benjamin3 and Mary3 (Leonard) Willis (Jr.)[1618] He served as a Private in Capt. Abiel Peirce’s Company from Bridgewater in 1776, and also in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1777 and 1780.[1619] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800,[1620] and 1810 federal censuses,[1621] in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[1622] and in Bridgewater in the 1830,[1623] and 1840 federal censuses, where he was a Revolutionary War Pensioner.[1624] Capt. Simeon Pratt received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War.[1625] Sally (Willis) Pratt died on 22 Jan. 1847 in Bridgewater, aged 78 years,[1626] and he died a widower, intestate, on 19 Sept. 1848 in Bridgewater, aged 89 years, 3 days,[1627] Solomon Hayward, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 7 Nov. 1848, with Calvin Shaw, of Middleborough, and Jabez Hardin, of Bridgewater, as sureties.[1628] Capt. Simeon Pratt and Sarah Willis had chil­dren:

a. Simeon Pratt (Jr.), born on 27 Apr. 1792 in Bridgewater,[1629] married Alice Vinal Waterman, of Pembroke, daughter of Nathaniel and Alice (Vinal) Waterman,[1630] on 16 Nov. 1815 in Pem­broke.[1631] She was born ca. 19 May 1798 in Boston,[1632] and they lived in Halifax, MA, but they were not found in the 1850 federal census in Plymouth County. She died on 16 July 1855 in Boston, aged 57 years, 1 month, 27 days, of “consumption,”[1633] and he was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1860 federal census, with his cousin Isam Leonard,[1634] and he was a retired bookkeeper living with the family of John M. and Aroline Soule in Halifax, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[1635] He died a widower on 26 Feb. 1876 in Halifax, MA, aged 83 years, 9 months, 30 days, of pneumonia,[1636]  and they were both buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA, but no pro­bate re­cords were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

b. Charles Pratt, born on 17 May 1794 in Bridgewater,[1637] mar­ried Livonia Pope, daugh­ter of Freeman and Hannah (Thayer) Pope,[1638] on 16 Oct. 1821 in Bridgewater.[1639] She was born in 1798 in MA.[1640] They lived in Bridgewater,[1641] but he was not a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1830 or 1840 federal census. They were living in Pawtucket, Bristol Co., RI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an accountant.[1642] He died in 1853 in Pawtucket, Providence Co., RI,[1643] and she was living in Warwick, RI, in the 1860,[1644] and 1870 federal censuses.[1645] She died in 1875 in RI,[1646] and they were both buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Pawtucket, RI.

c. Henry Willis Pratt, born on 6 June 1797 in Bridgewater,[1647] married Clarinda Leon­ard, daughter of Daniel and Mary6 “Polly” (Leonard) Leon­ard,[1648] on 21 Nov. 1821 in Bridgewater.[1649] She was supposedly born on 23 Oct. 1799 in Bridgewater.[1650] They were living next door to his parents in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830 federal census,[1651] but he was not found in the 1840 federal census in Bridgewater, MA, and they moved to St. Charles, Kane Co., IL, before 1845. She died on 3 Aug. 1845 in St. Charles, Kane Co., IL,[1652] and he died intes­tate on 15 Feb. 1849 St. Charles, Kane Co., IL,[1653] and Solomon Hayward, of Bridgewater, was granted admin­istration of his estate in Plymouth County, MA, as requested by the heirs of the deceased, on 6 Dec. 1852, with Sears Washburn and Jabez Harden, both of Bridgewater, as sureties.[1654]

d. Benjamin W. Pratt, a twin, born on 9 Apr. 1803 in Bridge­water,[1655] moved to Taunton, and married Joanna Thomson Lucas, daughter of Isa­iah and Joanna Lucas, of Halifax, MA, on 23 May 1832 in Bridgewater.[1656] She was born on 17 Apr. 1809 in Halifax.[1657] They were living in Danville, Montour Co., PA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a clerk,[1658] the 1860 federal census, where he was a commission merchant,[1659] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a bookkeeper.[1660]

e. Sarah S. Pratt, a twin, born on 9 Apr. 1803 in Bridge­water,[1661] mar­ried Jabez Hard­en, son of Samuel and Silence “Tiley” (Fuller) Harden, of Bridgewater,[1662] on 4 Jan. 1829 in Bridgewater.[1663] He was born on 19 Mar. 1795 in Bridgewater.[1664] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[1665] She died on 15 Dec. 1846 in Bridgewater, of paraly­sis, aged 43 years,[1666] and was buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater. He remarried to Almina (Josselyn) Baker, daughter of Elisha Keen and Lydia (Dwelley) Josselyn, of Pembroke,[1667] and widow of Thomas Baker,[1668] on 19 May 1850 in Bridgewater.[1669] She was born on 13 Feb. 1814 in Pembroke.[1670] He was a car­pen­ter in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1671] the 1855 state census,[1672] the 1860 federal census,[1673] and the 1865 state cen­sus­.[1674] He died a widower, tes­tate, on 11 Sept. 1879 in Bridgewater, aged 83 years, 5 months, 23 days, of heart disease,[1675] and was buried with his first wife in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, his will dated 24 Aug. 1874, and probated on 20 Oct. 1879, mentioned his wife Almina Harden, his four eldest children, George P. Harden, Benjamin Harden, Alice Washburn, wife of A. K. Washburn, all of Bridgewater, and Albert Harden, of East Bridgewater, and son Frank B. Harden, of Bridgewater, and he named his son George P. Harden as executor of his estate.[1676] (See Appendix [T] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 1 July 1896 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years, 4 months, 18 days, of “apoplexy,”[1677] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA, with her first husband.

        2441    v   Seth Pratt (Jr.), born on 8 Sept. 1761 in Bridgewater,[1678] graduated from Har­vard College in 1785, was given 20 shillings in his father’s 1794 will, but supposedly died young,[1679] presumably unmarried. No probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

        2442   vi   Sarah “Sally” Pratt, born on 31 July 1763 in Bridgewater,[1680] died on 12 Aug. 1778 in Bridgewater, aged 15 years.[1681]

        2443  vii   Hannah Pratt, born on 2 Feb. 1766 in Bridgewater,[1682] died on 25 July 1778 in Bridgewater, aged 12 years.[1683]

        2444 viii   Cloe/Chloe Pratt, born on 25 Feb. 1768 in Bridgewater,[1684] married Maj. Jere­mi­ah6 Conant, of Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, son of John5 and Abihail (Pratt) Conant,[1685] as his second wife, on 30 Jan. 1794 in Bridgewater.[1686] He was born on 28 June 1758 in Bridgewater,[1687] a grandson of Nathaniel4 and Elizabeth (Hains) Conant (Jr.), of Bridgewater, and probably of Deacon Solomon and Sarah (Johnson) Pratt,[1688] and had married first to her cousin, (2450) Mary5 Leonard, daugh­ter of Capt. Solomon4 and (929) Joanna6 (Washburn) Leonard (Jr.), on 21 Mar. 1782 in Bridge­water.[1689] He served as a Private in Capt. John Porter’s Company from Bridgewater in 1775, in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1776, and in Capt. Edward Cobb’s Company in 1777, and a Sergeant in Capt. Nathan Packard’s Company in 1778 during the Revolutionary War.[1690] Jeremiah Conant was a carpenter, Major in the local militia, a Selectman of Pomfret, a Justice of the Peace in 1806, and deacon of the church in Pomfret from 1806 to 1818.[1691] He was living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800,[1692] 1810,[1693] and 1820 federal censuses.[1694] He died intestate on 1 Jan. 1828 in Pomfret, VT.[1695] His son Marshall Conant was granted administration of his estate on 13 Jan. 1828, John Miller and Wyman Morris, of Pomfret, were appointed to appraise his estate, which Marshall Conant represented to be insolvent, so they were also appointed to examine the claims against the estate at the same time. The inventory of the estate of Jeremiah Conant, late of Pomfret, dated 25 Feb. 1828, totaled $1092.77, including his real estate of 55 acres of land with buildings in Pomfret valued at $650. Chloe Conant, the widow, petitioned for $150 in personal goods out of the estate, in addition to her right of dower in the real estate on 3 Dec. 1828. The court ordered Marshall Conant, the administrator, to sell the real estate of the deceased for the payment of debts with the reversion of the widow’s dower on 7 Jan. 1829, which was finally sold to Silas Hyde of Hartford, VT, on 11 July 1831.[1696] Chloe (Pratt) Conant was living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with her son, Thomas Conant, and she died a widow on 29 Apr. 1851 in East Bridgewater, aged 83 years.[1697] Chloe Pratt and Maj. Jeremiah Conant had children:

a. Chloe Conant, born on 24 Feb. 1795 in Pomfret, VT,[1698] marriage not found.

b. Seth7 Conant, born on 3 Oct. 1796 in Pomfret,[1699] married 1.) Melvina Perkins on 13 Jan. 1824 in Pomfret, VT.[1700] They were living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1830 federal census.[1701] She died on 22 Nov. 1832 in Worcester, VT,[1702] and he remar­ried to 2.) Lucinda Chandler, daughter of Josiah and Margaret Chandler, in Mar. 1837.[1703] She was born on 25 Dec. 1800 in Pomfret, VT.[1704] He was living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1840,[1705] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[1706] She died on 10 Sept. 1853 in Pomfret,[1707] and he re­mar­ried again to 3.) Hannah Hewitt, daughter of Henry and Hannah (Buybee) Hewitt,[1708] on 13 Apr. 1854.[1709] She was born ca. 1810 in Barnard, VT.[1710] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860,[1711] and 1870 federal censuses,[1712] where he was a farmer. She died on 1 July 1879 in Pomfret, aged 69 years, 10 months, 17 days, of heart disease,[1713] and he died on 3 July 1884 in Pomfret, VT, aged 87 years, 9 months,[1714] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT.[1715]

c. Ophir Conant, born on 19 Nov. 1798 in Pomfret, VT,[1716] marriage not found.

d. Marshall7 Conant, born on 5 June 1801 in Pomfret,[1717] married Roxana Dar­ling, daugh­ter of John and Asenath Darling, in Sept. 1815.[1718] She was born on 6 Oct. 1806 in Pomfret, VT.[1719] He was administrator of his father’s estate in 1828. They were not found in the 1830, 1840 or 1850 federal censuses, but they were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1855 state census,[1720] and the 1860 federal census,[1721] where he was a common school teach­er. He died testate on 10 Feb. 1873 in Bridgewater, MA,[1722] his will dated at Framingham, Middlesex Co., MA, on 1 Dec. 1842, and probated in Plymouth Co., MA, on 21 Apr. 1873, mentioned only his wife Roxana D. Conant, who he named as executrix of his estate.[1723] (See Appendix [U] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 3 Apr. 1892 in Bridgewa­ter, aged 85 years, 5 months, 28 days, of heart disease,[1724] and they were both buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

e. Lucia Conant, born on 5 Mar. 1803 in Pomfret, VT,[1725] marriage not found.

f. Achsah Conant, born on 28 Mar. 1805 in Pomfret, died on 28 June 1831 in Pomfret, VT,[1726] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT.

g. Thomas7 Conant, born on 6 Aug. 1807 in Pomfret, VT,[1727] married 1.) Esther Chedel, of Pomfret, on 12 Sept. 1836 in East Bridgewater, MA,[1728] and they lived in East Bridgewater. She died on 24 July 1846 in East Bridgewater, aged 35 years, 11 months,[1729] and he remarried to 2.) Sarah (Gassett) Hoyt, daughter of Elisha and Polly (Pierce) Gassett, of Hopkinton, MA,[1730] and widow of Asa Hoyt,[1731] in 1847.[1732] She was born in 1815 in Hopkinton, MA.[1733] They were living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[1734] the 1855 state census,[1735] and the 1860 federal census,[1736] where he was a shoe cutter. She died on 17 Jan. 1879 in East Bridgewater, aged 63 years, 9 months, 1 day, of “Brights Disease,”[1737] and he died a widower on 6 Mar. 1892 in East Bridgewater, aged 84 years, 6 months, of bronchitis.[1738]

        2445   ix   Silvanus Pratt, born on 20 May 1770 in Bridgewater,[1739] married Experi­ence6 Alden, daughter of Oliver5 and Experience4 (Leonard) Alden,[1740] on 26 June 1803 in Bridgewater.[1741] She was born on 25 Feb. 1779 in Bridgewater,[1742] a grand­daughter of Capt. Seth4 and Mehitabel (Carver) Alden, and of Capt. Solomon3 and Elizabeth (Perkins) Leonard.[1743] Silvanus Pratt was a co-executor of his father’s will in 1796, and he was administrator of the estate of Jonathan Leonard, husband of (538) Martha5 (Washburn) Leonard, in 1814. On 27 May 1820 he was appointed as guardian of his friend and neighbor, Simeon Packard (Jr.), of Bridgewater, a minor son of Simeon Packard, late of Bridgewater, Hatter, deceased, who was deranged and incapable of taking care of himself.[1744] They were living in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1745] and in Bridgewater in the 1830 federal census.[1746] Silvanus Pratt died tes­tate on 11 Jan. 1833 in Bridgewater, of “con­sumption, aged 62 years,”[1747] his will dated 28 Nov. 1832, and probated on 18 Feb. 1833, he mentioned his wife Experience, his two sons-in-law Benjamin P. Pope and Benjamin Crooker, his grandson Silvanus Pratt Pope, and he named Benjamin P. Pope and Benjamin Crooker as the executors of his estate.[1748] (See Appendix [V] for a full transcription of his will.) She was living alone in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1749] and the 1860 federal census.[1750] She died a widow on 3 Mar. 1861 in Bridgewater, aged 81 years, 1 month, of “influenza,”[1751] and they were both supposedly buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater. Silvanus Pratt and Experience Alden had 2 children:[1752]

a. Experience L. Pratt, born on 21 July 1804 in Bridgewater,[1753] married Benjamin Pierce Pope, son of Benjamin and Mary (Pierce) Pope,[1754] on 10 Dec. 1824 in Bridgewater.[1755] He was born on 18 Mar. 1799 in Bridgewater.[1756] They were living in Bridgewater next door to his father in the 1830 federal census.[1757] He was co-executor of the estate of his father-in-law, Silvanus Pratt, in 1833. She died on 10 June 1837 in Bridgewater, aged 33 years,[1758] and he remarried to Elizabeth C. Cook on 13 Oct. 1839 in Bridgewater.[1759] She was born ca. 1811 or 1815 in MA.[1760] They were probably still living in Bridgewater with his parents in the 1840 federal census.[1761] He died testate on 6 Mar. 1849 in Bridgewater, aged 50 years,[1762] his will dated 2 Mar. 1849, and probated in Apr. 1849, mentioned his wife, his daughters Martha, Ellen, Huldah, Hannah, and Eunice, and his two sons, and he named Kenelm Winslow and Elbridge Keith, of Bridgewater, as executors of his estate, but Kenelm Winslow declined on 27 Mar. 1849.[1763] (See Appendix [W] for a full transcription of his will.) She was living with his widowed mother in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1764] and she died a widow on 1 Apr. 1855 in Bridgewater, aged 39 years, of “consumption,”[1765] and they were all buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

b. Mary W. Pratt, born on 5 May 1809 in Bridgewater,[1766] married Benjamin Crooker, son of Zenas and Content (Stetson) Crooker,[1767] on 3 June 1832 in Bridgewater.[1768] He was born on 11 Jan. 1807 in Bridgewater.[1769] He was co-executor of the estate of his father-in-law, Silvanus Pratt, in 1833. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[1770] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a cotton gin manufacturer,[1771] the 1855 state census, where he was a gin wright,[1772] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a machinist,[1773] and they were living in Boston, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a clerk.[1774] He died on 25 Nov. 1875 in Boston, MA, aged 68 years, 10 months, 14 days, of disease of heart,[1775] and she died a widow on 23 Jan. 1892 in Boston, aged 82 years, 8 months, 18 days, of pneumonia.[1776]

        2446    x   Joanna Pratt, born on 9 Apr. 1772 in Bridgewater,[1777] married 1.) Adam Besse, son of Nehemiah and Sarah Besse, on 31 Mar. 1791 in Bridgewater.[1778] He was born on 7 Feb. 1770 in Bridgewater,[1779] and he died on 11 Jan. 1793 in Bridgewater, of small­pox, aged 22 years,[1780] but no probate records were filed for his estate. She remarried to 2.) Isaac5 Keith (Jr.), son of Isaac4 and Mary (Randall) Keith, of Easton, on 18 May 1797 in Bridgewater.[1781] He was born on 1 Apr. 1773 in Easton, MA,[1782] a grandson of Josiah3 and Ruth (Manley) Keith (Jr.), of Easton.[1783] He died intestate on 28 Dec. 1843 in Bridgewater, of “heart dis­ease,” aged 71 [sic] years,[1784] and Philo Leach petitioned for administration of his estate on 9 Jan. 1844, and was granted administration on 15 Jan. 1844.[1785] Joanna (Pratt) (Besse) Keith was not found in the 1850 federal census, but she was living in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census with the family of her son-in-law, Joseph A. Hyde.[1786] No death record was found for her in Massachusetts. Joanna Pratt had one son by Adam Besse, and 6 more chil­dren by Isaac Keith (Jr.):

a. Capt. Marshall Bessey, born on 24 Sept. 1791 in Bridgewater,[1787] named in the will of his grand­fa­ther, Deacon Seth Pratt, in Nov. 1794, married Sarah6 Bourn Sampson, daughter of Chandler5 and Nancy (Thomas) Sampson, of Marshfield, MA,[1788] on 9 Sept. 1821 in Marshfield.[1789] She was born on 24 May 1798 in Marshfield.[1790] They were living in Pembroke, MA, in the 1830 federal census,[1791] and in Duxbury, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[1792] where he was a farmer. He died intestate on 23 Oct. 1842 in Marshfield,[1793] and his widow Sarah B. Bessey was granted administration of his estate on 29 Nov. 1842.[1794] She remarried to Waterman Thomas, son of Briggs and Abigail Thomas, of Marshfield, who was a widower, on 27 Mar. 1849 in Pembroke.[1795] They were living in Marshfield, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[1796] He died on 26 Dec. 1862 in Marshfield, aged 78 years, 5 months, 19 days, “found dead in bed,”[1797] but she was living with Calvin and Martha Magoun in Marshfield in the 1860 federal census,[1798] and he was living with the family of Elijah and Sarah Ames in Marshfield in the 1860 federal census.[1799] She died a widow on 10 Aug. 1884 in Marshfield, aged 86 years, 2 months, 16 days.[1800]

b. Pamelia6 Keith, born on 13 May 1798 in Bridgewater,[1801] mar­ried Col. Abraham/Abram8 Washburn, son of (2600) Nathaniel7 and Salome/Silome (Simmons) Washburn, on 14 Apr. 1822 in Bridgewater.[1802] He was born on 17 Apr. 1795 in Pomfret, VT, a grandson of (976) Capt. Abraham6 “Abram” and Rebecca5 (Leonard) Washburn, of Bridgewater.[1803] She died on 25 Mar. 1831 in Bridgewater, aged 32 years,[1804] and he remarried to Sarah Miller Shaw, daugh­ter of Dr. Samuel and Olive (Leon­ard) Shaw, on 14 Oct. 1832 in Bridgewater.[1805] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[1806] and the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer.[1807] Abram Washburn died a widower, testate, on 28 May 1881 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years, 1 months, 11 days,[1808] his will dated 1 Apr. 1872, mentioned his daughters Saba W. Sprague, widow of Fisher A. Sprague, and Hannah A. Washburn, both of Bridgewater, and his grandson Edward H. Cutler, of St. Paul, Minnesota, the only surviving child of his daughter Lucia C. Cutler, late wife of William J. Cutler. His daughter Hannah A. Washburn was granted administration of his estate with will annexed on 11 July 1881, since he did not name an executor.[1809] (See the family of Col. Abram Washburn for their children.)

c. Edwin6 Keith, born on 27 Sept. 1800 in Bridgewater,[1810] mar­ried Saba Hooper, daugh­ter of Capt. Joseph and Lucia5 (Mitchell) Hooper, on 10 Feb. 1828 in Bridgewater.[1811] She was born on 4 Mar. 1804 in Bridgewater,[1812] a grandson of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Leonard) Hooper, and of Edward4 and Jane (Latham) Mitchell (3rd), of Bridgewater.[1813] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, and he was a “gin manu­fac­tur­er” in Bridge­water in the 1855 state census.[1814] He died in­tes­tate on 19 Dec. 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 60 years, 2 months, 21 days, of “disease of brain,”[1815] and his brother-in-law Mitch­ell Hooper peti­tioned for ad­minis­tra­tion of his estate on 14 Jan. 1861.[1816] Saba (Hooper) Keith was still living in Bridgewater in the 1865 state census, and she died a widow on 16 Mar. 1881, aged 77 years, 12 days, of pneumonia.[1817]

d. Marietta6 Keith, born on 21 Mar. 1804 in Bridgewater,[1818] never mar­ried. In the 1855 and 1865 state censuses she was living with the fami­ly of her broth­er-in‑law, Joseph A. Hyde, in Bridgewater.[1819] She died on 4 Feb. 1884 in Bridgewater, aged 79 years, 10 months, 14 days, of “dropsy.”[1820]

e. Philo6 Keith, born on 8 Sept. 1806 in Bridgewater,[1821] married Caroline6 Mitch­ell, daughter of Maj. Theodore5 and Ruhamah (Newton) Mitch­ell, of Bridgewater,[1822] on 22 June 1835 in Bridgewater.[1823] She was born on 5 June 1808 in Bridgewater,[1824] a granddaughter of Edward4 and Jane (Latham) Mitchell (3rd).[1825] Philo Keith was a ma­chin­ist and blacksmith. They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a machinist,[1826] in the 1855 state census, where he was a blacksmith,[1827] and in the 1865 state cen­sus­es. He died tes­tate on 23 July 1876 in Bridgewater, aged 69 years, 10 months, of heart disease,[1828] his will dated 23 Mar. 1870, and pro­bat­ed on 28 Aug. 1876, mentioned his wife Caroline M. Keith, his three children Harriet M. Jewett, wife of Charles H. Jewett, of Bridgewater, Elizabeth C. Fobes, wife of Nathan Fobes, of New York, and Philo W. Keith, of Bridgewater, and he named his wife as execu­trix of his estate.[1829] (See Appendix [X] for a full transcription of his will.) She died some­time after 28 Jan. 1878, when she received her widow's allowance,[1830] but no death record was found for her in Massachusetts.

f. Asa6 Pratt Keith, born on 12 Dec. 1808 in Bridgewater,[1831] married Bethiah W. Bates, daughter of Joshua and Bethiah (Ames) Bates,[1832] on 19 Sept. 1839 in Bridgewater.[1833] She was born on 27 Nov. 1813 in Bridgewater,[1834] a granddaughter of Joseph and Martha (Williams) Ames (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[1835] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a cotton gin manufacturer,[1836] and in the 1855 state census, where he was a gin wright.[1837] Her mother, Bethiah Bates, was living with them in 1855. He died in­tes­tate in 1865 in Bridgewater, and George W. Bates petitioned for administration of his estate.[1838]

g. Harriet6 Keith, born on 13 Mar. 1813 in Bridgewater,[1839] married Joseph Ames Hyde, son of Ezra and Martha (Ames) Hyde,[1840] on 17 Aug. 1841 in Bridgewater.[1841] He was born on 7 Sept. 1809 in Bridgewater,[1842] a grandson of Joseph and Martha (Williams) Ames (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[1843] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a cotton gin manufacturer.[1844] She died on 1 Jan. 1854 in Bridgewater, aged 40 years, 9 months, 18 days, of “consumption.”[1845] He was still living in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census, where he was a cotton gin agent,[1846] and in the 1865 state census. He died a widower, in­tes­tate, on 23 Sept. 1877 in Bridgewater, aged 68 years, 16 days,[1847] and Williams Latham petitioned for administration of his estate on 4 Oct. 1877.[1848]

        2447   xi   Capt. Asa Pratt, born on 22 Apr. 1774 in Bridgewater,[1849] married (2641) Lydia5 Sprague, daughter of Benjamin4 and (986) Eunice6 (Holmes) Sprague,[1850] on 21 Mar. 1799 in Bridgewater.[1851] She was born on 24 Aug. 1777 in Bridgewater,[1852] a granddaughter of Jonathan3 and Lydia (Leavitt) Sprague, of South Bridgewater,[1853] and of Capt. Ephraim5 and (366) Margaret5 (Washburn) Holmes, of Hali­fax,[1854] and they lived in South Bridgewater. Asa Pratt was a co-executor of his father's estate in 1796, and executor of the estate of his step father-in-law Solomon Ames in 1814. He died tes­tate on 15 Dec. 1831 in Bridgewater, of an “affection of the throat,” aged 57 years,[1855] his will dated 29 Sept. 1831, and probated on 20 Feb. 1832, mentioned his wife Lydia, his grandson John Edward Howard, his granddaughters Harriet A. Howard and Sarah H. Mitchell, his nephew Seth Pratt, and his two daughters Harriet M. Howard and Lusannah T. Mitchell, and he named his sons-in-law, Cushing Mitchell and Jno. E. Howard, as co-executors of his estate.[1856] (See Appendix [Y] for a full transcription of his will.) She was probably living with her son-in-law John E. Howard in West Bridgewater in the 1840 federal census, and she died a widow on 18 June 1848 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years[1857] and they were both buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater. Capt. Asa Pratt and Lydia Sprague had chil­dren:

a. Harriet Miller Pratt, born on 25 Aug. 1800 in Bridge­water,[1858] mar­ried John Edward Howard, Esq., son of Judge Daniel, Esq., and Abigail (Packard) Howard, of Bridgewater,[1859] on 18 Sept. 1821 in Bridgewater.[1860] He was born on 21 Apr. 1793 in Bridgewater,[1861] a grandson of Col. Edward and Susanna (Howard) Howard (Jr.), and of Capt. Isaac and Abigail (Porter) Packard.[1862] He graduat­ed from Brown University in 1815,[1863] and they were living in West Bridgewater in the 1840,[1864] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[1865] He died tes­tate on 21 Aug. 1854 in West Bridgewater, aged 61 years, 4 days, of cholera,[1866] his will dated 20 Aug. 1854, and probated in Oct. 1854, mentioned his wife Harriet M. Howard, his granddaughters Caroline A. Hale and Ellen Hale, and his son John E. Howard Jr., whom he named as executor of his estate.[1867] (See Appendix [Z] for a full transcription of his will.) She was still living in West Bridgewater with her son John E. Howard in the 1860 federal census,[1868] but she was not living with her son in the 1870 federal census in Massachusetts. She died a widow on 18 Nov. 1886 in Brockton, MA, aged 86 years, 2 months, 24 days, of “catarrhal pneumonia.”[1869]

b. Lusanna Tucker Pratt, born on 6 Mar. 1804 in Bridgewater,[1870] married Maj. Cush­ing5 Mitchell (Jr.), son of Cushing4, Esq., and Hannah (Sherman) (New­ton) Mitchell,[1871] on 1 Apr. 1822 in Bridgewater.[1872] He was born on 31 Dec. 1784 in Bridgewater,[1873] a grandson of Col. Edward3 and Elizabeth (Cushing) Mitchell (Jr.).[1874] They supposedly “went to Boston,”[1875] but they were liv­ing in East Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader,[1876] the 1855 state census, where he was a farmer,[1877] the 1860 federal census, where he was a retired merchant,[1878] the 1865 state census, where he was merchant,[1879] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a retired merchant.[1880] He died testate on 8 Apr. 1872 in East Bridgewater, aged 87 years, 3 months, 8 days,[1881] his will dated 15 July 1859, and probated on 19 May 1872, left his entire estate to his wife Lusanna T. Mitchell, whom he named as his executrix.[1882] (See Appendix [AA] for a full transcription of his will.) She died a widow on 13 June 1887 in East Bridgewater, aged 83 years, 3 months, 7 days, of heart disease,[1883] and they were both buried in Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.

        2448  xii   Nehemiah Pratt, born on 27 Jan. 1781 in Bridgewater,[1884] died on 18 Feb. 1784 in Bridgewater, aged 3 years.[1885]

 

 

(929.) Joanna6 Washburn, second daughter of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 30 Jan. 1735/6,[1886] married Capt. Solo­mon4 Leonard (Jr.), son of Capt. Solomon3 and Elizabeth (Perkins) Leonard, of Bridgewater,[1887] on 5 Oct. 1756 in Bridgewater.[1888] He was born on 27 Mar. 1733 in Bridgewater,[1889] a grandson of Jacob2 and Susanna (King) Leonard,[1890] and of David and Martha (Howard) Perkins.[1891] In the 1790 federal census they were living in Bridgewater, MA.[1892]

         Capt. Solomon and Joanna Leonard moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in ca. 1791, but he was not listed as a head of household in the federal census in Vermont in that year. They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1800 federal census.[1893] She died on 27 May 1807 in Pomfret, VT, aged 72 years,[1894] and he was probably living in Pomfret with their son Enoch Leonard in the 1810 federal census. He died intestate on 23 Oct. 1814 in Pomfret, VT, aged 82 years,[1895] and they were both buried in Burns Cemetery,[1896] now apparently known as the Upham-Aldrich Cemetery in Weathersfield, VT. Ophir Leonard, of Pomfret, was granted administration of the estate of his father, Solomon Leonard, late of Pomfret, deceased, upon the request of Enoch Leonard, the next of kin of the deceased, on 2 Nov. 1814, and Roswell Allen and Caleb Fuller, both of Pomfret, were appointed to appraise the estate of Solomon Leonard. The Inventory was dated 9 Nov. 1814, and totaled $144.35, including some livestock, but no real estate. The settlement of the estate of Solomon Leonard, dated 17 July 1815, named his heirs Enoch Leonard, Marcus Leonard, Ophir Leonard, Jacob Leonard, Solomon Leonard, the heirs of Mary Conant, the heirs of Hannah Mitchel, and Levina Vail.[1897]

         Joanna Washburn and Capt. Solomon Leonard (Jr.) had chil­dren:

        2449     i   Capt. Jacob5 Leonard, born on 30 Sept. 1757 in Bridgewater,[1898] married Mary Swift, daughter of Isaac and Susanna3 (Keith) (Ames) Swift,[1899] on 4 Dec. 1788 in Bridgewater.[1900] She was born on 5 Jan. 1759 in Bridge­water,[1901] a granddaughter of Samuel2 and Bethiah3 (Fobes) Keith.[1902] They probably lived in the southern part of Bridgewater, MA. Jacob Leonard served as a fifer in Capt. James Allen’s Company from Bridgewater in 1775, then in Capt. Burr’s Company, in Col. John Bailey’s Regiment, and as a Sergeant in Capt. Thomas Bradford’s Company, serving in the Revolutionary War until 1780,[1903] and received a pension for his services. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[1904] and 1800 federal censuses,[1905] in Titicut, Bridgewater, MA, in the 1810 federal census,[1906] in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[1907] and in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1830,[1908] and 1840 federal censuses,[1909] where he was listed as a Revolutionary War Pensioner. The 1815 settlement of his father’s estate in Windsor Co., VT, mentioned Jacob Leonard as one of the heirs.[1910] Capt. Jacob Leonard died on 12 Apr. 1841 in Bridgewater, aged 84 [sic] years,[1911] and Mary (Swift) Leonard died on 8 Apr. 1843 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years,[1912] and they were both buried in the Pratt-Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County. Capt. Jacob Leonard and Mary Swift had children:

a. Rev. Levi6 Washburn Leonard, born on 1 June 1790 in Bridgewater,[1913] married Elizabeth Morrison Smith, of Peterborough, Hillsborough Co., NH, on 8 Sept. 1830 in Peterborough, NH.[1914] She was born ca. 1806.[1915] They were living in Dublin, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1840 federal census.[1916] She died on 13 Sept. 1848 in Dublin, NH, aged 42 years,[1917] and was buried in Dublin Town Cemetery in Dublin, NH. He was still living in Dublin, NH, in the 1850 federal censuses, where he was a Methodist Clergyman,[1918] and in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a “U. Clergyman.”[1919] He died on 12 Dec. 1864 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH, aged 74 years,[1920] and was also buried in Dublin Town Cemetery in Dublin, NH.

b. Isam6 Leonard, born on 10 Oct. 1792 in Bridgewater,[1921] never married. He served as a Private in Capt. Sears Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater in 1814 during the War of 1812.[1922] He was a farmer living in Bridgewater in the 1850,[1923] and 1860 federal censuses,[1924] and a cabinet maker in the 1865 state census.[1925] He died intestate on 20 May 1870 in Bridgewater, aged 77 years, 7 months, 10 days, of heart disease,[1926] and was buried in the Pratt-Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, and Spencer Leonard, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 11 July 1870.[1927]

c. William6 Swift Leonard, born on 22 Apr. 1794 in Bridgewater,[1928] also served as a Private in Capt. Sears Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater in 1814 during the War of 1812.[1929] He died on 13 Aug. 1825 in Wind­sor, NC, aged 31 years, of typhus fever,[1930] and was buried in the Pratt-Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

        2450    ii   Mary5 Leonard, born on 19 July 1759 in Bridgewater,[1931] married Maj. Jere­miah6 Conant, son of John5 and Abihail (Pratt) Conant,[1932] on 21 Mar. 1782 in Bridgewater,[1933] and they moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in ca. 1782. He was born on 28 June 1758 in Bridgewater,[1934] a grandson of Nathaniel4 and Elizabeth (Hains) Conant (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[1935] and probably of Deacon Solomon and Sarah (Johnson) Pratt.[1936] He served as a Private in Capt. John Porter’s Company from Bridgewater in 1775, and in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1776, Capt. Edward Cobb’s Company in 1777, and as a Sergeant in Capt. Nathan Packard’s Company in 1778 during the Revolutionary War.[1937] They moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, and were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1791 federal census.[1938] Mary (Leonard) Conant died on 20 Dec. 1791 in Pomfret,[1939] and Jeremiah Conant remar­ried to her cousin, (2444) Chloe Pratt, daughter of Deacon Seth and (928) Hannah6 (Washburn) Pratt, on 30 Jan. 1794 in Bridgewater.[1940] The 1815 settlement of her father’s estate mentioned the heirs of Mary Conant as one of the heirs of his estate.[1941] He was a carpenter, Major in the local militia, a Selectman of Pomfret, a Justice of the Peace in 1806, and Deacon of the church in Pomfret from 1806 to 1818.[1942] He was living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800,[1943] 1810,[1944] and 1820 federal censuses.[1945] He died intestate on 1 Jan. 1828 in Pomfret, VT.[1946] His son Marshall Conant was granted administration of his estate on 13 Jan. 1828, John Miller and Wyman Morris, of Pomfret, were appointed to appraise his estate, which Marshall Conant represented to be insolvent, so they were also appointed to examine the claims against the estate at the same time. The inventory of the estate of Jeremiah Conant, late of Pomfret, dated 25 Feb. 1828, totaled $1092.77, including his real estate of 55 acres of land with buildings in Pomfret valued at $650. Chloe Conant, the widow, petitioned for $150 in personal goods out of the estate, in addition to her right of dower in the real estate on 3 Dec. 1828. The court ordered Marshall Conant, the administrator, to sell the real estate of the deceased for the payment of debts with the reversion of the widow’s dower on 7 Jan. 1829, which was finally sold to Silas Hyde of Hartford, VT, on 11 July 1831.[1947] Chloe (Pratt) Conant was living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with her son, Thomas Conant, and she died a widow on 29 Apr. 1851 in East Bridgewater, aged 83 years.[1948] Mary Leon­ard and Maj. Jeremiah Conant had chil­dren:

a. Leonard7 Conant, born on 27 Sept. 1783 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT,[1949] mar­ried 1.) Lucy Cleve­land on 13 Feb. 1810 in Pomfret, VT.[1950] She was born on 19 Sept. 1787.[1951] He supposedly served in the War of 1812.[1952] He may have been the Leonard Conant living in Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[1953] but they had moved to Malone, Franklin Co., NY, by 1811. She died on 7 June 1811 in Malone, Franklin Co., NY,[1954] and he remarried to 2.) Eunice Bates, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Lee) Bates.[1955] She was born on 24 Nov. 1795 in VT.[1956] They were living in Malone, Franklin Co., NY, in the 1820,[1957] 1830,[1958] 1840,[1959] 1850,[1960] and 1860 federal censuses,[1961] where he was a farmer. He died on 24 Apr. 1871 in Malone, NY,[1962] but no probate records were found for him in Franklin Co., NY, and she died on 6 Feb. 1880 in Malone, NY,[1963] and they were all buried in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, Franklin Co., NY.

b. Mary7 “Polly” Conant, born on 8 July 1785 in Pomfret, VT,[1964] mar­ried San­ford Child, son of Abijah and Sarah (Mascraft) Child (Jr.),[1965] on 4 Dec. 1806 in Pomfret.[1966] He was born on 3 Mar. 1780 in Pomfret, VT.[1967] They were living in Malone, Franklin Co., NY, in the 1820,[1968] 1830,[1969] and 1840 federal censuses.[1970] She apparently died before 1850, and he was living with their son Leonard C. and Alvira Child in Malone, Franklin Co., NY, in the 1850,[1971] and 1860 federal censuses,[1972] where he was a farmer. No probate records or gravestone inscription were found for him in Franklin Co., NY.

c. John7 Conant, born on 19 June 1787 in Pomfret, VT,[1973] mar­ried Rebecca8 Leon­ard Washburn, daughter of (2600) Nathaniel7 and Salome/Silome (Simmons) Washburn, on 2 Dec. 1813 in Pomfret.[1974] She was born on 28 Aug. 1792 in Pomfret,[1975] a granddaughter of (976) Capt. Abraham6 “Abram” and Rebecca5 (Leon­ard) Washburn, of Bridgewater, MA.[1976] He died intestate on 26 Dec. 1831 in Bridgewater, MA, of “consumption,” and Abraham Washburn 2d., of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was granted administration of his estate on 1 May 1832.[1977] She remar­ried to 2.) Lewis7 Holmes, son of Joseph6 and Lydia (Lucas) Holmes (3rd), of Plymouth,[1978] as his second wife, in ca. 1835.[1979] He was born ca. 1806 in Plymouth, MA,[1980] and had married first to Ruth S. Morse, of Middleborough, on 10 Apr. 1831 in Carver, MA.[1981] Lewis and Rebecca Holmes were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1840,[1982] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a trad­er, and her moth­er, Salome Washburn, was living with them.[1983] His par­ents, Joseph and Lydia Holmes, were living next door to them in 1850.[1984] Rebecca Leon­ard (Washburn) (Conant) Holmes died on 29 Oct. 1852 in Bridgewater, aged 60 years, of “eresipelas,”[1985] and Lewis Holmes remar­ried again to Mary Ann (Drew) Besford,[1986] of Bridgewater, daughter of James and Mary Drew, of Halifax, Nova Sco­tia, as her second husband, on 6 Mar. 1853 in Bridgewater.[1987] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census,[1988] and the 1860 federal census,[1989] where he was a merchant, and the 1865 state census, where he was the Post Master.[1990] She died on 25 Jan. 1878 in Bridgewater, aged 59 years, 6 months, 28 days, of “chronic diarrhoea.”[1991] He died a widower on 18 Mar. 1893 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years, 6 months, of “mitral insufficiency.”[1992] (See the family of Rebecca Leonard Washburn for their children.)

d. Jeremiah7 Conant (Jr.), born on 2 Aug. 1789 in Pomfret, VT,[1993] married Louisa (___). She was born ca. 1804 in VT,[1994] and they were living near his brother Leonard Conant in Malone, Franklin Co., NY, in the 1830,[1995] 1840,[1996] and 1850 federal censuses,[1997] where he was a farmer. She died on 20 Dec. 1857 in Malone, NY, aged 53 years,[1998] and was buried in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY. He was still living in Malone, NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[1999] and he was living with the family of John and Sarah Wright in Burke, Franklin Co,. NY, in the 1870 federal census.[2000] No probate records or gravestone inscription were found for him in Franklin Co., NY.

e. Hannah7 Conant, born on 13 Dec. 1791 in Pomfret,[2001] married Freder­ick Hoffman Ware, son of Dr. Frederick and Jemima (Manning) Ware,[2002] on 7 Dec. 1815 in Pomfret.[2003] He was born on 4 Dec. 1790 in Pomfret, VT.[2004] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2005] She died on 9 Nov. 1821 in Pomfret, aged 30 years,[2006] and was buried in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT. He remarried to 2.) Abigail Gilbert, daughter of Jacob and Anne (Mayo) Gilbert,[2007] on 7 Apr. 1822 in Pomfret, VT.[2008] She was born on 17 Sept. 1795 in Pomfret, VT,[2009] and they were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1840,[2010] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer,[2011] and in Jericho, Chittenden Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census.[2012] She died on 29 Apr. 1864 in Jericho, Chittenden Co., VT, aged 68 years,[2013] and he died on 25 Jan. 1878 in North Williston, Chittenden Co., VT,[2014] and they were both buried in Jericho Center Cemetery in Jericho, VT.

        2451   iii   Hannah5 Leonard, born on 15 Aug. 1761 in Bridgewater,[2015] married Capt. Timo­thy6 Mitchell, son of Maj. Thomas5 and Keziah (Swift) Mitchell,[2016] on 20 Aug. 1783 in Bridgewater.[2017] He was born on 31 Aug. 1758 in Bridgewater,[2018] a grandson of Timo­thy4 and Deborah (Packard) Mitchell.[2019] He served as a Corporal in Capt. John Ames’s Company from Bridgewater in 1778, and a Sergeant in Capt. Luther Bailey’s Company in 1779 and 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[2020] They also moved to Pomfret, VT, where they were living in the 1791 federal census,[2021] but he was not a head of household in Vermont in the 1800 federal censuses. They supposedly moved to Sheldon, Franklin Co., VT, in 1802,[2022] but they were living in Swanton, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census.[2023] Hannah (Leonard) Mitchell died on 28 Feb. 1813 in Swanton, Franklin Co., VT, aged 51 years,[2024] and was buried in Greens Corners Cemetery in Swanton, VT. Capt. Timothy Mitchell supposedly remarried to (___) Bradley.[2025] The 1815 settlement of the estate of Solomon Leonard mentioned the heirs of Hannah Mitchel as one of the heirs to his estate.[2026] They were living in Sheldon, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1820 federal census,[2027] but he was not a head of household in Sheldon, VT, in the 1830 federal census. He died on 20 July 1832 in Sheldon, VT,[2028] and was buried in Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in Sheldon, VT. Hannah Leonard and Capt. Timothy Mitchell had children:[2029]

a. Luther Mitchell, born on 28 Dec. 1783 in Pomfret, VT,[2030] marriage not found. He was not found in Vermont or New York in the 1850 or 1860 federal census.

b. Bernard Mitchell, born on 6 May 1787 in Pomfret, VT,[2031] marriage not found. He was not found in Vermont or New York in the 1850 or 1860 federal census.

c. Philander7 Mitchell, born on 12 Nov. 1793 in Pomfret, VT,[2032] supposedly married 1.) Betsy Ann Andrews on 12 Dec. 1813.[2033] She was born on 25 Aug. 1793 in VT,[2034] and they lived in New York, but she died on 20 June 1825 in Rose, Wayne Co., NY. He remarried to 2.) Sally (___). She was born on ca. 3 May 1800 in MA.[2035] They were living in Rose, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1830,[2036] 1840,[2037] 1850,[2038] and 1860 federal censuses,[2039] where he was a farmer. He died on 24 Nov. 1870 in Rose, Wayne Co., NY,[2040] and she died on 29 Dec. 1890 in Rose, NY, aged 90 years, 7 months, 26 days.[2041]

d. Leonard Bradley Mitchell, possibly a son by his second wife, was editor of a newspaper in the “Western States,”[2042] but he was not found in the 1850, 1860, or 1870 federal censuses.

e. (Probably others)[2043]

        2452   iv   Enoch5 Leonard, born on 18 Aug. 1763 in Bridgewater,[2044] married Abigail Hammond, daughter of Capt. Jabez and Abigail4 (Faunce) Hammond,[2045] on 10 Apr. 1788 in Bridgewater.[2046] She was born on 26 June 1762, baptized on 25 July 1762 in Rochester, MA,[2047] a granddaughter of John3 and Abigail2 (Bryant) Faunce, of Plym­outh.[2048] He served as a Private in Capt. James Allen’s Company from Bridgewater in 1780, and in Capt. Abram Washburn’s Company in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.[2049] They also moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the winter of 1789-1790.[2050] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1791 federal census,[2051] and in the 1800,[2052] 1810,[2053] 1820,[2054] and 1830 federal censuses.[2055] He requested that his brother Ophir Leonard be granted administration of his father’s estate in 1814, and the 1815 settlement mentioned Enoch Leonard as one of the heirs.[2056] She died on 24 Sept. 1835 in Barnard, Windsor Co., VT, aged 74 years,[2057] and he was still living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1840 federal census.[2058] He died intestate on 28 Oct. 1847 in Barnard, VT, aged 84 years,[2059] and they were both buried in Center Yard Cemetery in Barnard, VT. Enoch Leonard and Abigail Hammond had chil­dren:

a. (Unnamed child), died in Oct. 1788 in Bridgewater.[2060]

b. Cromwell6 Leonard, born on 4 June 1790 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT,[2061] mar­ried Eunice Perkins, daughter of Joel and Eunice (Fuller) Perkins,[2062] on 21 Dec. 1815 in Pomfret.[2063] She was born on 27 Nov. 1793 in Pomfret, VT.[2064] He served in the War of 1812,[2065] and they were living in Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, in the 1820 federal census,[2066] in Charleston, Orleans Co., VT, in the 1830 federal census,[2067] and in Pomfret, VT, in the 1850 federal census,[2068] where he was a farmer. She died on 18 Mar. 1856 in Pomfret, VT, aged 62 years, 3 months,[2069] and he was still living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860 federal census.[2070] He died on 27 Jan. 1867 in Pomfret, VT, aged 76 years, 7 months,[2071] but no probate records were found for them in Windsor Co., VT.[2072]

c. Ansel6 Leonard, born on 16 June 1792 in Pomfret, VT,[2073] moved to Saratoga Co., NY, and married Esther Probarco.[2074] They were living in Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census.[2075] He died on 16 Aug. 1821 in Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY,[2076] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Saratoga Co., NY.

d. Mary Leonard, born on 25 Mar. 1794 in Pomfret, VT,[2077] died in infancy.[2078]

e. Sarah6 “Sally” Hammond Leonard, born on 13 Aug. 1796 in Pomfret, VT,[2079] married John War­ren,[2080] son of Jonas and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Russell) Warren, of Charleston, Orleans Co., VT,[2081] on 18 July 1825 in Charleston, VT.[2082] He was born 17 Apr. 1799 in Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT.[2083] They were living in Woodbury, Washington Co., VT, in the 1850 federal census,[2084] and in Hardwick, Caledonia Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census,[2085] where he was a farmer, but they were not found in the 1860 federal census in Vermont. She died on 28 Feb. 1876 in Hardwick, VT.[2086]

f. Joanna6 Leonard, born on 8 Sept. 1798 in Pomfret, VT,[2087] supposedly married Joel Ellis,[2088] son of Moses and Catherine (Boyden) Ellis, of Bar­nard, Windsor Co., VT.[2089] He was a twin, born on 18 May 1798 in Barnard, VT.[2090] They were living in Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a cooper,[2091] and in Rutland, Rutland Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a day laborer,[2092] but they were not found in Vermont in the 1870 federal census. She supposedly died on 20 Feb. 1874,[2093] and he supposedly remarried to Hannah (Murdock) Leonard, widow of her broth­er, Jacob Leonard, of Middleborough, MA.[2094] He supposedly died on 30 Mar. 1885 in Barnard, VT, aged 86 years, 10 months, 21 days.[2095]

g. Lavina6 Leonard, born on 30 Apr. 1800 in Pomfret, VT,[2096] married Oli­ver War­ren,[2097] son of Jonas and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Russell) Warren, of Charleston, Orleans Co., VT,[2098] on 27 May 1832.[2099] He was born on 23 Aug. 1807 in NH.[2100] They were living in Charleston, Orleans Co., VT, in the 1850 federal census,[2101] and in Morgan, Orleans Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census,[2102] where he was a farmer, but they were not found in the 1870 federal census. She died on 8 Apr. 1872 in Charleston, VT, aged 72 years, of “ulceration of stomach,”[2103] and he died on 27 June 1872 in Charleston, VT,[2104] and they were both buried in West Village Cemetery in West Charleston, VT.

h. Jacob6 Leonard, born on 30 Apr. 1802 in Pomfret, VT,[2105] married Hannah L. Murdock, of Middleborough, MA,[2106] in ca. 1826.[2107] She was born ca. 1803 in MA.[2108] They were living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[2109] the 1855 state census,[2110] and the 1860 federal census,[2111] where he was a carpenter, but they were not found in the 1870 federal census. He died on 8 Feb. 1874 in West Bridgewater, MA, aged 71 years, 9 months, 9 days, of typhoid pneumonia,[2112] and she supposedly remarried to Joel Ellis, son of Moses and Catherine (Boyden) Ellis, of Barnard, VT, and widower of Jacob’s sister, Joanna Leonard.[2113] He supposedly died on 30 Mar. 1885,[2114] and she supposedly died in 1888.[2115]

        2453    v   Solomon5 Leonard (3rd), born on 29 May 1765 in Bridgewater,[2116] married Huldah Orcutt, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Pratt) Orcutt, of Bridgewater,[2117] on 18 Oct. 1787 in Bridgewater.[2118] She was born supposedly on 21 July 1767 in Bridgewater.[2119] They probably lived in the southern part of Bridgewater, but he was not a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census, unless his was the Solomon Leonard family attributed to his father, above. The 1815 settlement of his father’s estate in Windsor Co., VT, mentioned Solomon Leonard as one of his heirs.[2120] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800 federal census,[2121] in Titicut, Bridgewater, MA, in the 1810 federal census,[2122] in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census,[2123] and in Bridgewater in the 1830,[2124] 1840,[2125] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[2126] She died on 4 Nov. 1850 in Bridgewater, aged 83 years,[2127] and he died on 25 Aug. 1851 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years, of “apoplexy,”[2128] and they were both buried in Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, but no pro­bate re­cords were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County. Solomon Leonard (3rd) and Huldah Orcutt supposedly had a daughter:

a. Betsey6 Leonard, born on 10 July 1788 in Bridgewater,[2129] married Bradford6 Harlow, son of Capt. Isaac5 and Martha (Swinerton) Harlow, of Plymouth,[2130] on 9 Apr. 1807 in Bridgewater.[2131] He was born on 24 July 1788 in Plymouth,[2132] a grandson of William4 and Hannah (Littlejohn) Harlow (Jr), of Plymouth.[2133] He died testate on 19 Mar. 1853 in Middleborough, MA, aged 64 years, 9 months, of “consumption,”[2134] his will dated 22 Dec. 1852, and probated on 3 May 1853, mentioned his sons Solomon, Isam, Franklin, and Isaac, and daughters Louisa, Huldah, the wife of William S. Peirce, Lavinia, and Elizabeth, and son Joseph, and he named his daughter Louisa Harlow as executrix of his estate.[2135] (See Appendix [BB] for a full transcription of his will.) Betsey (Leonard) Harlow died a widow on 21 Apr. 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years, 9 months, 11 days, of pneumonia,[2136] and they were both buried in Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

        2454   vi   Marcus5 Leonard, born on 16 Feb. 1768 in Bridgewater,[2137] married Polly Rich­ards, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Snell) Richards, of South Bridgewater,[2138] on 9 Jan. 1794 in Bridgewater,[2139] and they also moved to Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT. They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1800,[2140] and 1810 federal censuses,[2141] but he was not found in Vermont in the 1820, 1830, 1840, or 1850 federal censuses, and no probate records were found for him in Windsor Co., VT.[2142] The 1815 settlement of his father’s estate mentioned Marcus Leonard as one of his heirs.[2143] They supposedly had at least 2 sons:

a. Marcus6 Leonard (Jr.), born ca. 1799 in VT,[2144] moved to Litchfield Co., CT, and married Ruth Loretta Peck on 24 Sept. 1820 in Warren, Litchfield Co., CT.[2145] She was born ca. 1801 in CT.[2146] They were living in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, in the 1830,[2147] and 1840 federal censuses,[2148] in Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker,[2149] and in Avon, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2150] She died on 18 Apr. 1863 in Burlington, Hartford Co., CT, aged 62 years,[2151] and was buried in Burlington Center Cemetery in Burlington, CT. He was living with their son Hiram P. Leonard in Southington, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1870 federal census.[2152]

b. Ophir6 Leonard, born ca. 1808 in VT,[2153] married Tryphena (___), who was born ca. 1814 in NH.[2154] They were living in Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1840 federal census,[2155] and in Wyocena, Columbia Co., WI, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2156] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a day laborer.[2157] She died in 1868 in Wyocena, WI,[2158] and he remarried in 1870.[2159] He was still living in Wyocena, WI, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2160] He died in 1887 in Wyocena, WI,[2161] and they were both buried in Wyocena Cemetery in Wyocena, WI.

c. (Probably others)

        2455  vii   Lavinia5 Leonard, born on 6 May 1770 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT,[2162] mar­ried Capt. Augustus Vail, son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Vail,[2163] on 25 May 1796 in Pomfret, VT.[2164] He was born on 6 Sept. 1767 in Southold, Long Island, NY,[2165] and he was the Captain of the local militia.[2166] They were living in Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1800,[2167] 1810,[2168] 1820,[2169] and 1830 federal censuses.[2170] The 1815 settlement of her father’s estate mentioned Levina Vail as one of his heirs.[2171] Capt. Augustus Vail died on 13 Aug. 1835 in Pomfret, VT,[2172] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Windsor Co., VT,[2173] and Lavinia (Leonard) Vail died on 5 Aug. 1845 in Pomfret, VT, aged 68 [sic] years,[2174] and they were both buried in Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret, VT. Lavinia Leonard and Capt. Augustus Vail had children:

a. (Unnamed child), born in Mar. 1797, lived 1 week.[2175]

b. (Unnamed child), born on 8 Feb. 1798, died on 10 Feb. 1798 in Pomfret, VT.[2176]

c. Dr. Hiram Vail, born on 3 June 1800 in Pomfret,[2177] a physi­cian, died on 8 Oct. 1826 in Burlington, VT, unmarried.[2178]

d. Joshua Vail, born on 10 Feb. 1804 in Pomfret,[2179] married Harriet War­ren, daugh­ter of Jonas and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Russell) Warren, of Charleston, Orleans Co., VT,[2180] on 1 June 1836 in Bethel, VT.[2181] She was born on 12 June 1814 in Charleston, VT.[2182] They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1840,[2183] 1850,[2184] 1860,[2185] and 1870 federal censuses,[2186] where he was a farmer. He died testate on 30 Dec. 1871 in Pomfret, VT, aged 67 years, 10 months, 20 days,[2187] and she died on 18 Feb. 1909 in Kan­sas City, MO.[2188]

e. Elvira Vail, born on 17 Nov. 1806 in Pomfret, died on 27 Aug. 1826, unmar­ried.[2189]

f. Thomas Vail, born on 5 Aug. 1809 in Pomfret, died on 1 Mar. 1813 in Pomfret.[2190]

g. Hannah Vail, born on 29 Mar. 1812 in Pomfret, never married. She was unmarried and living with her brother Joshua Vail in Pomfret, VT, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, and she died on 12 Mar. 1886 in Pomfret, VT, aged 73 years, 11 months, 20 days, of “paralysis,”[2191] and was buried in Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret.

h. Harry Vail, born on 29 Apr. 1815 in Pomfret,[2192] married Matilda M. Whipple, daughter of Obed and Charlotte Whipple,[2193] on 22 Sept. 1842 in Pomfret, VT.[2194] He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Vermont, but they were living in Montpelier, Washington Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a clerk.[2195] She died on 9 Mar. 1866 in Pomfret, VT, aged 45 years, 10 months, 10 days, of a fibrous uterine tumor,[2196] and he was living with his brother Joshua Vail in Pomfret, VT, in the 1870 federal census. He died on 28 Feb. 1889 in Pomfret, VT, aged 74 years, 10 months, of “bronchial trouble.”[2197]

        2456 viii   Ophir5 Leonard, born ca. 1772, probably in Pomfret, VT,[2198] married Mary “Polly” Pratt on 26 Apr. 1798 in Pomfret, VT.[2199] She was born ca. 1777 in MA.[2200] They moved to Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, then to Worces­ter, Washington Co., VT. They were living in Pomfret, VT, in the 1800 federal census,[2201] and he was still living in Pomfret in 1814 when he was granted administration of his father’s estate,[2202] but he was not a head of household in Pomfret, VT, in the 1810 federal census. They were living in Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1820 federal census,[2203] and in Worcester, Washington Co., VT, in the 1830,[2204] and 1840 federal censuses,[2205] where he was the Worcester Town Clerk. He died on 21 Mar. 1841 in Worcester, Washington Co., VT, aged 68 years.[2206] She was living with the family of their son Farris Leonard in Worcester, VT, in the 1850 federal census.[2207] She died a widow on 1 Oct. 1863 in Worcester, VT, aged 86 years,[2208] and they were both buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT. Ophir Leonard and Polly Pratt had children, order uncertain:

a. (Two daughters born before 1800.)[2209]

b. (Probably) Mercena6 Leonard, born ca. 1801 in VT,[2210] married Reuben Dorothy, of Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY, on 22 Jan. 1827 in Worcester, VT.[2211] He was born ca. 1800 in NH.[2212] They were living in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mason,[2213] and the 1860,[2214] and 1870 federal censuses,[2215] where he was a farmer, and she was listed as an invalid in 1870. He died on 8 Aug. 1878 in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY, aged 76 years,[2216] and she died on 15 Oct. 1893 in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY,[2217] and they were both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Hannawa Falls, St. Lawrence Co., NY.

c. (Possibly) Lewis W. Leonard, born ca. 1802,[2218] died on 3 Dec. 1829 in Worcester, VT, aged 27 years, and was buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.[2219]

d. Farris6 Leonard, born ca. Jan. 1806 in Pomfret, VT,[2220] married Dorcas Sawyer or Stearns on 6 May 1832 in Fairlee, VT.[2221] She was born ca. 1811.[2222] They were living next door to his parents in Worcester, Washington Co., VT, in the 1840 federal census,[2223] and in Worcester, VT, in the 1850,[2224] 1860,[2225] and 1870 federal censuses,[2226] where he was a farmer. He died on 8 Sept. 1880 in St. Albans, VT, aged 74 years, 8 months, 8 days,[2227] and she died on 2 Sept. 1883 in Worcester, VT, aged 72 years,[2228] and they were both buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

e. Caroline6 “Carrie” Leonard, born on 10 Apr. 1808 in Pomfret, VT,[2229] married 1.) Milton Brown, of Worcester, on 27 Dec. 1827 in Worcester, VT.[2230] He was born ca. 1798,[2231] and they were living in Worcester, VT, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2232] He died on 3 July 1852 in Montpelier, VT,[2233] and was buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT. She remarried to 2.) William Hiams Cooper, son of John and Abigail (Hymes) Cooper, as his second wife,[2234] after 1860. He was born on 20 Mar. 1807 in Rockingham, VT,[2235] and had married first to Abigail Lewis Kemp on 2 May 1840 in Braintree, VT.[2236] William H. and Abigail L. Cooper were living in Worcester, VT, in the 1860 federal census,[2237] but Caroline L. Brown was not found in the 1860 federal census in Vermont. They were living in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a railroad car builder.[2238] She died on 19 Dec. 1891 in St. Albans, VT, aged 83 years, 8 months, 3 days, of pneumonia,[2239] and he died on 5 June 1897,[2240] and they were both buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

f. Jarvis6 Leonard, born on 10 July 1810 in Pomfret, VT,[2241] married Frances Emirette Vail, daugh­ter of Allen and Elizabeth Minerva (Tuthill) Vail,[2242] on 8 Aug. 1836 in Worcester, VT.[2243] She was born on 19 July 1809 in Pomfret, VT,[2244] and they moved to Cleve­land, OH, before 1850. They were living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a grocer,[2245] and in the 1860,[2246] and 1870 federal censuses,[2247] where he was a bookkeeper. She died on 15 Dec. 1893 in Cleveland, OH,[2248] and he died on 5 Aug. 1898 in Cleveland, OH,[2249] and they were both buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH.

g. (Probably) Almena6 Leonard, born ca. 1817, married Horace Daniel Robbins, of Worcester, on 17 July 1839 in Worcester, VT.[2250] He was born on 27 May 1818 in Richmond, VT.[2251] They were living in Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, in the 1840 federal census, in Worcester, Washington Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a carpenter and joiner,[2252] and in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a joiner.[2253] She died on 23 Nov. 1894 in Potsdam, NY,[2254] and he died on 1 Aug. 1910 in Montpelier, VT,[2255] and they were both buried in Garfield Cemetery in Potsdam, NY.

h. Chloe6 Philena Leonard, born ca. 1821 in Alstead, NH,[2256] married 1.) Samuel Worcester Kemp, of Worcester, son of Aaron and Dolly (Allen) Kemp,[2257] on 28 Jan. 1845 in Worcester, VT.[2258] He was born on 10 Apr. 1824 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., NH,[2259] and died on 9 Oct. 1846 in Worcester, VT,[2260] and was buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT. She was not found in the 1850 federal census in Worcester, VT, but she remarried to 2.) Marshall Frye on 27 Apr. 1854 in Worcester, VT.[2261] He was born ca. 1816 in Wilmington, MA.[2262] They were living in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a tanner,[2263] and in Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a laborer.[2264] She died on 22 Oct. 1889 in Lowell, MA, aged 68 years, of “cholera asphyxia,”[2265] and he died on 19 Feb. 1899 in Lowell, MA, aged 82 years, 7 months, of “apopleclic shock.”[2266]

 

 

(930.) Silvanus6 Washburn, third son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 24 Feb. 1737/8,[2267] moved to Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, and married 1.) Millicent Richards on 7 Mar. 1765 in Hardwick.[2268] She died after 1778, and he remarried 2.) Jerusha (George) Cox, daughter of Richard and Jerusha (Hancock) George, of Wrentham, MA,[2269] and widow of Capt. Benjamin Cox, of Barnard, VT, by whom she had several children in Hardwick, MA,[2270] after 1788.[2271] She was born on 8 May 1740 in Wrentham, MA,[2272] and Capt. Benjamin Cox had moved from Hardwick to Barnard, VT, in ca. 1777.[2273]

         Silvanus Washburn was the town clerk of Hardwick, MA, from 1778 to 1787,[2274] and they moved to Barnard, Windsor Co., VT, in 1787.[2275] He was living in Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1791 federal census,[2276] and he was granted administration of the estate of his son, Silvanus Washburn Jr., in 1795, but he died intestate in 1796 in Windsor, VT, and his son Stephen Washburn, of Windsor, was granted administration of his estate on 16 Apr. 1796. His inventory, appraised by Stephen Jacob, Isaac Green, and Alden Spooner, dated 18 Apr. 1796, was valued at £366.13.5, including a farm in Barnard lately purchased by the deceased valued at £210.[2277] A Jerusha Washburn, widow, whom I have not identified, was living in Whiting, Addison Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census,[2278] but she was also there in the 1791 census,[2279] and was probably a different person. Jerusha (George) (Cox) Washburn supposedly died in 1829,[2280] pre­sum­ably in VT, but she was not a head of household in Vermont in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses.

         Silvanus Washburn had chil­dren by Millicent Richards:

        2457     i   (Unnamed child), died on 9 Nov. 1769 in Hardwick, MA.[2281]

        2458    ii   Silvanus7 Washburn (Jr.), born on 1 June 1773 in Hardwick,[2282] apparently never married. He died intestate in West Point in the service of the United States 1795, his father, Silvanus Washburn, of Windsor, VT, was granted administration of his estate on 26 Oct. 1795, and his estate was inventoried on 1 Dec. 1795, but it was very small with no real estate.[2283]

        2459   iii   Stephen7 Washburn, born on 28 Nov. 1774 in Hardwick,[2284] marriage not found. He was the administrator of his father’s estate in 1796, and he was living in Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1810,[2285] 1820,[2286] and 1830 federal censuses,[2287] but he was not found in the 1840 or 1850 feder­al censuses in Ver­mont, and no death or probate records were found for him in Windsor Co., VT.[2288]

        2460   iv   Millicent Washburn, born on 10 May 1778,[2289] died on 14 Oct. 1778 in Hardwick, aged 5 months, 4 days.[2290]

 

 

(931.) Eliab6 Washburn, fourth son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 4 Apr. 1740,[2291] married Anne5 Edson, daugh­ter of Dr. Elijah4 and (1393) Anne4 (Packard) Edson, of Bridgewater,[2292] in 1762,[2293] She was a granddaughter of Capt. Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Packard) Edson, and of Samuel3 and (452) Anne4 (Leach) Packard, of Bridgewater.[2294]

         Eliab Washburn served as a private in the Revo­lutionary War as a Private from Bridgewater in Capt. Nathan Mitchell’s Company and then in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1775, in Capt. Abram Washburn’s Company in 1776, in Lt. Joshua Alden’s detachment at the end of 1776, and in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1780.[2295] They moved to Hebron, ME, after the war,[2296] then to Minot, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) Co., ME. He was living in Bakerstown Plantation, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1790 federal census,[2297] in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census,[2298] and in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1810 feder­al cen­sus.[2299] Eliab Washburn supposedly died on 27 May 1818 in Minot, ME,[2300] and Anne (Edson) Washburn supposedly died on 2 Nov. 1821 in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME.[2301]

         Eliab Washburn and Anna Edson had chil­dren:

        2462     i   Marshall Washburn, born on 15 Mar. 1763 in Bridgewater,[2302] died on 12 Apr. 1778 in Bridgewater, of small pox, aged 15 years.[2303]

        2463    ii   Lucy Washburn, born on 17 May 1765 in Bridgewater,[2304] died on 8 July 1766 in Bridgewater.[2305]

        2464   iii   Lewis Washburn, born on 29 July 1767 in Bridgewater,[2306] marriage not found. He was not found in the census records in Maine, and he did not serve in the War of 1812 from Maine.

        2465   iv   Joseph7 Washburn, born on 3 Dec. 1769 in Bridgewater,[2307] moved first to New Lon­don, CT, married Mary “Polly” Waring on 28 July 1796 in Stamford, CT,[2308] then moved to Minot, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) Co., ME. She was born in 1774 in Stamford, CT.[2309] They were living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census,[2310] and in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1810,[2311] 1820,[2312] and 1830 federal censuses,[2313] where he was a farmer. He was probably living with their son, James E. Washburn in the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses. He died on 30 Mar. 1858 in Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, aged 88 years,[2314] and she died on 10 Nov. 1862 in Minot, ME, aged 88 years, 1 month, 13 days,[2315] and they were both buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. Joseph Washburn and Polly Waring had chil­dren:

a. Hiram Washburn, born on 6 Oct. 1797 in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME,[2316] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine.

b. Charles8 Washburn, born on 17 Oct. 1799 in Poland or Minot, Cumberland Co., ME,[2317] mar­ried Martha Murdock, daughter of Robert and Mary (Hyde) Murdock, of Newton, MA,[2318] on 1 Jan. 1826 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.[2319] She was born supposedly on 17 Jan. 1808 in Cambridge, MA.[2320] They were living in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[2321] in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[2322] and in Lincoln, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[2323] He died on 13 Mar. 1860 in Lincoln, MA, aged 60 years, 8 months, of “phthisis pulmonalis,”[2324] but she was listed as Martin Washburn in Lincoln, MA, in the 1860 federal census.[2325] She died a widow on 29 Nov. 1886 in Weston, MA, aged 78 years, 10 months, 19 days, of “Chronic Brights disease,”[2326] and they were both buried in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA. They had children:[2327]

1. Charles9 Henry Washburn, born on 27 Sept. 1826 in Newton, MA,[2328] married Elizabeth A. Gifford, of Lincoln, daugh­ter of John and Elizabeth Gifford,[2329] on 2 July 1848 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA.[2330] She was born ca. 1827 in Charlestown or Cambridge, MA.[2331] They were living in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census,[2332] and in Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census,[2333] where he was a farmer, but they were back in Massachusetts living in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1865 state census, where he was a farmer,[2334] and in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1870,[2335] and 1880 federal censuses,[2336] where he was the superintendent of the Pine Farm School for Vagrant or Neglected Boys from the City of Boston. She died by Dec. 1910, and he died a widower on 2 Dec. 1910 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA, aged 84 years, 2 months, 5 days, of heart disease,[2337] but was buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA. They had chil­dren:

a. Maria10 E. Washburn, born ca. 1849 in Weston, MA,[2338] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Newton, MA, in the 1870 federal census, a teacher, married S. Warren Davis, of Newton, son of Warren and Fanny Davis, on 31 Dec. 1877 in Newton, MA.[2339] He was born on 28 Aug. 1854 in Reading, MA, as “S. Oramel Davis.”[2340] She died on 22 Aug. 1896 in Newton, MA, aged 47 years, 7 months, 3 days, of uterine cancer,[2341] and he probably died on 15 Aug. 1937 in Newton, MA,[2342] and they were both buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA.

b. Charles10 Everett Washburn, born in 1850 in ME,[2343] married Helen Chadwick Web­ster, daughter of Samuel C. and Augusta Webster, on 26 Dec. 1889 in Bradford, MA.[2344] She was born ca. 1859 in Bradford, MA.[2345]

c. Mary10 J. Washburn, born ca. 1852 in ME,[2346] probably never married and died on 20 Mar. 1901 in Newton, MA,[2347] and was buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, in the same family plot as her brother Francis G. Washburn and his wife.

d. Francis10 G. Washburn, a son, born on 15 Oct. 1854 in Lincoln, MA,[2348] married Eliza J. Nickerson, daughter of George and Jane (Lloyd) Nickerson, of Gloucester, MA, on 22 Apr. 1879 in Gloucester, MA.[2349] She was born on 16 July 1855 in Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.[2350] They were living with his parents in Newton, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was the Overseer of the Pine Farm School for Boys. He died on 7 Mar. 1920 in Newton, MA,[2351] and she died on 9 Mar. 1939 in Newton, MA,[2352] and they were both buried in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA.

2. Mary Ann Washburn, born supposedly on 14 June 1828 in Newton, MA,[2353] supposedly died in Apr. 1831.[2354]

3. George Washburn, born supposedly on 19 Apr. 1830 in Newton,[2355] also supposedly died in 1831.[2356]

4. Robert9 Murdock Washburn, born on 8 Jan. 1832 in Newton,[2357] married Mary Frances Field, probably daughter of Joseph B. and Sarah A. Field, before 1860. She was born on 1 May 1836 in NH.[2358] He was still living at home in Lincoln in the 1850 federal census, and they were living with Joseph and Sarah Field, presumably her parents, in Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a sash, door & blind manufacturer,[2359] the 1870 federal census, where he was a hat & cap dealer,[2360] and the 1880 federal census.[2361] He died on 13 Apr. 1892 in Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA,[2362] and she died on 24 Nov. 1918 in Burlington, IA,[2363] they were both buried in Apsen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA. They had children:

a. George10 Washburn, born on 14 June 1862 in IA,[2364] died on 19 Apr. 1925 in Burlington, IA,[2365] and was buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

b. Nellie10 Washburn, born on 30 Aug. 1868 in IA,[2366] married Charles Henry McLaury. He was born on 19 June 1865.[2367] She died on 12 July 1923 in Burlington, IA,[2368] and he died on 5 May 1939 in Burlington, IA,[2369] and they were both buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

c. Charles F. Washburn, born ca. 1871 in IA.[2370]

5. Martha9 Ann Washburn, born on 12 Apr. 1834 in Newton, MA,[2371] married Cornelius W. Warren, of Boston, son of Charles and Persis (Weston) Warren,[2372] on 6 June 1852 in Lincoln, MA.[2373] He was born ca. 1826 in Weston, MA.[2374] They were living in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a “victualler,”[2375] but they were not found in the 1870 federal census. She died on 11 Sept. 1901 in Somerville, MA, aged 67 years, 5 months, of heart disease,[2376] and he died on 30 Oct. 1908 in Somerville, MA, aged 82 years, 11 months, 23 days, of exhaustion.[2377]

6. Mary9 Murdock Washburn, born on 27 Feb. 1836 in Waltham, MA,[2378] married Abiather M. Hall, of Woburn, MA, son of Alexander and Hannah (Smith) Hall,[2379] as his second wife, on 2 June 1859 in Lincoln, MA.[2380] He was born ca. 1824 in Florida, NY,[2381] and had married first to Sophia Webster, who died on 26 Nov. 1858 in Woburn, aged 36 years, 8 months, of diabetes.[2382] They were living in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a cordwainer,[2383] and in Boston, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a shoemaker.[2384] She died on 30 Mar. 1878 in Boston, aged 42 years, of “phthisis pul,”[2385] and he died a widower on 1 Apr. 1899 in Somerville, MA, aged 76 years, 1 month, 23 days, of “cerebral hemorrhage (apoplexy).”[2386]

7. Adelia “Delia” Washburn, born on 2 Apr. 1838 in Waltham,[2387] probably died young.

8. Harriet9 “Abby” Washburn, born on 29 June 1840 in Waltham, MA,[2388] her name recorded as Harriet in her birth record, but was called “Abba” or “Abby” in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, and as “Abbie” in her marriage record, married Henry A. Tucker, of Weston, son of Ebenezer and Martha Tucker, on 9 Aug. 1862 in Lincoln, MA.[2389] He was born ca. 1835 in Weston, MA.[2390] They were living in Weston, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a chair facility.[2391] She died on 10 Apr. 1892 in Weston, MA, aged 51 years, 10 months, of “apoplexy.”[2392]

9. Albert9 Washburn, born on 18 Oct. 1842 in Waltham, MA,[2393] married Mary Jane Whitney, daughter of Charles H. and Eliza W. (Brigham) Whitney, of Lincoln, MA,[2394] on 5 June 1870 in Lincoln.[2395] She was born on 2 Dec. 1850 in Lincoln, MA.[2396] He was not listed among his parents' children in Lincoln in the 1850 federal census, but he was living with his widowed mother in Lincoln in the 1860 federal census, and they were living in Lincoln, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2397] He died on 31 May 1907 in Lincoln, MA, aged 64 years, 8 months, 12 days, of “pernicious anaemia.”[2398]

10. Harriet Washburn, born in July 1845 in Waltham, MA,[2399] died on 23 Jan. 1853 in Lincoln, MA, aged 7 years, 6 months, of “scarletina,”[2400] and was buried in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

11. Edward Murdock Washburn, born on 25 July 1848 in Lincoln, MA,[2401] accidentally drowned in Sandy Pond on 20 Aug. 1865 in Lincoln, MA, aged 17 years,[2402] and was buried in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

12. George Washburn, born on 23 Apr. 1854 in Lincoln, MA,[2403] died on 2 Oct. 1856 in Lincoln, aged 2 years, 5 months, of “croup.”[2404]

c. Joseph Washburn (Jr.), born on 15 June 1802 in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME,[2405] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine.

d. Nancy Washburn, born on 5 June 1804 in Minot, ME,[2406] died on 28 Jan. 1806 in Minot, ME.[2407]

e. Nancy8 Washburn, born on 13 Aug. 1807 in Minot, ME,[2408] married Hiram Bradbury, of Lincoln, Penobscot Co., ME, on 10 May 1830 in Minot, ME.[2409] He was born on 24 Apr. 1804,[2410] and died on 18 Feb. 1841 in Lincoln, ME, aged 36 years, 9 months, 24 days.[2411] She was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine.

f. Mary8 Washburn, born on 24 May 1808 in Minot, ME,[2412] married Ebenezer H. Ayer, of Minot, on 16 Feb. 1831 in Minot, ME.[2413] She died on 8 Feb. 1837 in Minot, ME, aged 28 years,[2414] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. He remarried to Phebe Hill, of Minot, on 23 Jan. 1838 in Minot.[2415] They were living in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2416] but Ebenezer H. Ayer was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine. Mary (Washburn) Ayer had at least one son, who died in infancy:

1. Ebenezer Franklin Ayer, born on 28 Feb. 1835 in Minot, ME,[2417] died on 12 Dec. 1835 in Minot,[2418] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

g. Deacon James8 Edward Washburn, born on 10 Oct. 1810 in Minot, ME,[2419] married Martha H. Briggs, daughter of Charles and Patty (Kinsley) Briggs, of Minot,[2420] on 12 May 1838 in Minot, ME.[2421] She was born on 17 Nov. 1818 in Minot, ME.[2422] They were living in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1840,[2423] and 1850 federal cen­suses, where he was a farmer, and his parents were living with them,[2424] in Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his widowed mother was living with them,[2425] and in the 1870,[2426] and 1880 federal censuses.[2427] He died on 7 Dec. 1900 in Minot, ME,[2428] and she died on 2 Feb. 1905 in Minot, ME,[2429] and they were both buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. They had chil­dren:

1. Mary9 D. Washburn, born on 31 Mar. 1840 in Minot, ME,[2430] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Minot, ME, in the 1880 federal census, marriage not found.

2. Martha9 Washburn, born on 21 Dec. 1840 in Minot, ME,[2431] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Minot, ME, in the 1880 federal census, apparently never married, died on 31 Jan. 1921 in Minot, ME,[2432] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

3. Nancy9 M. Washburn, born ca. 1843 in ME,[2433] married Charles Henry Moody, son of Charles and Harriet Moody. on 13 Nov. 1865 in Minot, ME.[2434] He was born on 29 Sept. 1837 in Minot, ME.[2435] He served in the Civil War from West Minot, ME, in 1861.[2436] They were living in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2437] She died in 1876 in Turner, ME,[2438] and was buried in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME. He remarried to Frances Ricker on 13 May 1877 in Turner, ME.[2439] She was born in 1850,[2440] and died in 1892 in Turner, ME,[2441] and he remarried again to Clara Annette True, daughter of Horace and Elizabeth Temple (Ellis) True, of Turner, ME,[2442] on 9 Aug. 1893 in Turner, ME.[2443] She was born on 11 Aug. 1855 in Turner, ME.[2444] He died on 28 Nov. 1921 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME,[2445] and Clara Annette (True) Moody died on 4 Mar. 1927 in Greenfield, Hillsborough Co., NH,[2446] and they were all also buried in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME.[2447]

4. Elizabeth9 “Lizzie” E. Washburn, born on 18 Aug. 1849 in Minot, ME,[2448] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Minot, ME, in the 1880 federal census, apparently never married, died on 27 Aug. 1937 in Minot, ME,[2449] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

5. Adelia9 “Delia” L. Washburn, born on 26 June 1851 in Minot, ME,[2450] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Minot, ME, in the 1880 federal census, apparently never married, died on 5 Feb. 1925 in Minot, ME,[2451] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

6. John Marshall Washburn, born on 24 Aug. 1856 in Minot, ME,[2452] died on 20 Aug. 1863 in Minot, ME,[2453] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

h. John8 Waring Washburn, born on 3 Oct. 1812 in Minot, ME,[2454] married Elizabeth “Betsey” Howard Packard, of Auburn, ME, daughter of Eliphalet and Abigail (Snell) Packard,[2455] in ca. 1845,[2456] and they moved to Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, where he was a lantern manufacturer. She was born on 4 Apr. 1815 in Minot or Buckfield, ME.[2457] They were living in Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a clerk,[2458] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a lantern manufacturer.[2459] He died on 8 Mar. 1861 in Medford, MA, aged 48 years, 5 months, 5 days, of “consumption,”[2460] and she was still living in Medford, MA, in the 1870,[2461] and 1880 federal censuses.[2462] She died a widow on 23 May 1901 in Medford, MA, aged 86 years, 1 month, 19 days, of “cardiac disease bronchitis.”[2463] They had children:

1. Frances9 “Fannie” Elizabeth Washburn, a daughter, born on 27 Nov. 1847 in Auburn ME,[2464] was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Medford, MA, in the 1870 federal census, never married. She died on 15 Feb. 1914 in Medford, MA, aged 66 years, 2 months, 18 days, of “arterio sclerosis.”[2465]

2. Herbert9 Franklin Washburn, born on ca. 11 Nov. 1848 in Medford, MA,[2466] never married, died on 19 Dec. 1895 in Medford, aged 47 years, 1 month, 8 days, of “chronic nephritis oedema of lungs.”[2467]

3. Mary9 Louisa Washburn, born ca. 1857 in Medford, MA,[2468] was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Medford, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where she was a music teacher.

i. Daniel Washburn, born on 17 May 1815 in Minot, ME,[2469] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine.

        2466    v   Col. Eliab7 Washburn (Jr.), born on 2 Apr. 1772 in Bridgewater,[2470] married 1.) Betsey Frost, supposedly daughter of Ebenezer and Luthena (Cady) Frost,[2471] on 24 Feb.  1793 in Norwich, CT.[2472] She was born on 29 July 1778 in Norwich, New London Co., CT,[2473] and they moved first to Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, then supposedly to Granby, MA, in 1823.[2474] He served as a Lieutenant in Capt. Zenos Stebbins’ Company of Artillery from Belchertown in 1814 during the War of 1812.[2475] They were living in Belcher, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[2476] and in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census, the township not named.[2477] He was still living in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1820,[2478] and 1830 federal cen­suses,[2479] next door to his son, Joseph Washburn. On 12 Mar. 1813 Eliab Washburn, of Belchertown, Gentleman, and Isaac Ward, of Belchertown, Hatter, purchased a one acre tract of land in Belchertown from Abel and Sarah Ames, of Belchertown, Hatter, for $700,[2480] which they mortgaged to Joseph Bridgman Jr., of Belchertown, for about $366 on the same day, to be repaid by the next April.[2481] On 16 June 1813 Amos and Elisabeth Mason and Eliab and Betsey Washburn, all of Belchertown, sold a tract of 1Ύ acres of land in Belchertown to Benjamin Putnam, of Belchertown, Joiner, for $525, reserving the privilege of conveying water in aqueducts through the land.[2482] On 18 Apr. 1815 Eliab Washburn, of Belchertown, Gentleman, and wife Betsey, sold a tract of land in Belchertown to Henry Mellen, of Belchertown, Gentleman, for $100,[2483] and on 8 July 1815 Eliab Washburn, of Belchertown, sold a tract of about a half an acre of land in Belchertown to Ruggles Woodbridge and Joseph Strong, of South Hadley, Hampshire Co., and Philo Dickinson, of Belchertown, merchants, for $1000.[2484] On 29 Sept. 1823 Eliab Washburn, and his wife Betsey, of Belchertown, and Joseph Washburn, of Belchertown, sold a tract of land in Belchertown to Philo Dickinson, of Belchertown, and Joseph Strong, of South Hadley, for $500.[2485] Betsey (Frost) Washburn died on 23 Mar. 1832 in Belchertown, aged 54 years,[2486] and was buried in the South Cemetery in Belchertown, MA. Eliab Washburn remarried to 2.) Miss Sally Ramsdall on 18 Oct. 1832.[2487] Col. Eliab Washburn (Jr.) died on 18 Apr. 1838 in Belchertown, aged 66 years, and was also buried in the South Cemetery in Belchertown.[2488] She was probably the Sally Washburn still living in Belchertown, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[2489] and she was probably the Sally Washburn who died on 1 Nov. 1852 in Belchertown, no age listed.[2490] Col. Eliab Washburn (Jr.) and Betsey Frost had chil­dren, order uncertain:

a. Capt. Joseph8 Washburn, born on 18 Aug. 1793 in Belchertown, MA,[2491] married Sabra Morse,[2492] daughter of Daniel and Polly (Wood) Morse, of Belchertown,[2493] in 1815.[2494] She was born on 5 Dec. 1796 in Belchertown, MA,[2495] a granddaughter supposedly of Asa and Mary (Boyden) Morse, of Foxborough and Belchertown.[2496] Joseph served as a Sergeant in Capt. Zenos Stebbins’ Company of Artillery from Belchertown in 1814 during the War of 1812,[2497] and was presumably promoted to Captain after the conflict. Joseph Washburn, of Belchertown, hatter, mortgaged a tract of land in Belchertown to Jonathan Dwight, of Belchertown, yeoman, for $200 on 10 May 1816, to be repaid in 3 years.[2498] They were living in Belchertown next door to his father in the 1820,[2499] and 1830 federal censuses.[2500] He died on 27 Mar. 1833 in Belchertown, MA.[2501] Sabra was living in Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, with her son, Cyrus Washburn,[2502] but she was not found in the 1860 federal census, and no death record was found for her in Massachusetts. They had children:[2503]

1. Charles9 Morse Washburn, born on 9 Mar. 1816 in Belchertown,[2504] married Orlinda Allen, daughter of Raneford and Rachel (Babcock) Allen,[2505] in ca. 1842.[2506] She was born on 9 Oct. 1817 in Norwich, CT, or Westfield, MA,[2507] and they were living in Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her mother Rachel Allen, aged 70, was living with them.[2508] They were still living in Montgomery, MA, in the 1860,[2509] 1870,[2510] and 1880 federal censuses.[2511] She died on 13 June 1900 in Montgomery, MA, aged 82 years, of “senile debility,”[2512] and he died on 29 Jan. 1901 in Montgomery, MA, aged 84 years, 10 months, 19 days, of “senile debility,”[2513] and they were both buried in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA. They had children:

a. Hiram10 F. Washburn, born ca. 1843 in MA,[2514] marriage not found. He was still unmarried and living with his brothers Levi and Charles Washburn in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1870 federal census in the household of Benjamin and Sarah Naylor, where he was a brick mason,[2515] and in Hartford, CT, in the 1880 federal census as a boarder in the household of Elisha and Mary Elmore, where he was a brick mason.[2516] No death record was found for him.

b. Levi10 Edson Washburn, born in 1844 in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA,[2517] never married, was living with his brothers Hiram and Charles Washburn in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a brick mason,[2518] and was a boarder living with Anthony and Mary Davis in Northampton, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a brick mason.[2519] He died on 22 Nov. 1894 in Montgomery, MA, aged 50 years, 17 days, of “consumption,”[2520] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

c. Susan10 Elizabeth Washburn, born on 1 Jan. 1847 in Montgomery, MA,[2521] married George Leigh Janes Moore, son of Warham and Achsah F. (Russell) Moore.[2522] He was born on 1 Feb. 1837 in Montgomery, MA,[2523] and they were living in Montgomery, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2524] He died on 11 July 1913 in Montgomery, MA, aged 76 years, 5 months, 11 days, of “appoplexey,”[2525] and she died on 17 Feb. 1927 in Montgomery, MA,[2526] and they were both buried in Pitcher Street Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

d. Charles10 Morse Washburn Jr., born on 23 Dec. 1849 in Montgomery, MA,[2527] was still unmarried and living with his brothers Hiram and Levi Washburn in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a brick mason,[2528] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census, and no death record was found for him.

e. Althea10 L. Washburn, born on 3 Apr. 1854 in Montgomery, MA,[2529] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Montgomery, MA, in the 1880 federal census, never married, died on 6 Mar. 1889 in Montgomery, MA, aged 35 years, 1 month, 3 days, of “consumption,”[2530] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA

f. Arthur10 James Washburn, born on 29 Sept. 1856 in Montgomery, MA,[2531] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Montgomery, MA, in the 1880 federal census, married Frances E. Smith, of Farmington, CT, daughter of Clinton Smith,[2532] on 28 Mar. 1883 in Montgomery, MA.[2533] She was born on 1 Oct. 1861 in Branford, New Haven Co., CT,[2534] and died on 27 Dec. 1930 in Montgomery, MA.[2535] He died on 1 Jan. 1935 in Montgomery, MA,[2536] and they were both buried in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

2. Mary9 Ann Maria Washburn, born on 12 Aug. 1817 in Belchertown,[2537] was probably still unmarried and living with her sister and brother-in-law James and Juliett White in Holyoke, MA, in the 1850 federal census, married 1.) Benjamin Hutchinson Peeler, son of John and Hannah Peeler, probably as his fourth wife. He was born on 13 Oct. 1807 in Vernon, VT,[2538] and had married first to Mary Ann Rice,[2539] who died on 16 Feb. 1831 in Vernon, VT, aged 22 years,[2540] and secondly to Sophia Lee on 4 July 1833 or 1834 in Vernon, VT,[2541] who died on 5 Nov. 1838 in Vernon, VT, aged 29 years.[2542] Benjamin H. Peeler was living in Vernon, VT, in the 1850 federal census with a third wife also named Mary, who was also born in VT, where he was a farmer.[2543] They were living in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1870,[2544] and 1880 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[2545] He died on 4 Nov. 1882 in Westfield, aged 74 years, 21 days, of a cerebral hemorrhage,[2546] and she remarried to 2.) Chester E. Osborne, son of Chester and Olive (Watrus) Osborne,[2547] as his second wife, on 7 Oct. 1886 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.[2548] He died on 16 Aug. 1893 in Westfield, aged 81 years, of paralysis,[2549] and she died a widow on 19 Mar. 1908 in Westfield, MA, aged 90 years, 6 months, 12 days, of “valvular disease of heart,”[2550] and they were buried in Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield, MA.

3. Juliett9 Washburn, born on 26 Jan 1819 in Belchertown,[2551] married James White, of Belchertown, on 8 Aug. 1842 in Springfield, MA.[2552] He was born ca. 1822 in MA.[2553] They were living in Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mason,[2554] and in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, in the 1855 New York State Census, where he was a mason.[2555] He supposedly died on 27 Feb. 1858 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.[2556] She was not found in Brooklyn in the 1860 federal census, but she remarried to William Bell by 1870,[2557] and they were living in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a machinist.[2558] She listed as Juliett White living in Brooklyn with the family of her son George White in the 1880 federal census.[2559] She died on 18 Apr. 1908 in Kings Co., NY, aged 89 years.[2560]

4. Hiram Washburn, born on 16 Sept. 1821 in Belchertown,[2561] supposedly died in 1842.[2562]

5. Josiah9 Edson Washburn, born on 10 Mar. 1823 in Belchertown,[2563] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in Massachusetts, but he supposedly died in Aug. 1867.[2564]

6. Elizabeth Washburn, born on 29 Jan. 1824 in Belchertown,[2565] supposedly died in 1846.[2566]

7. Susan Dwight Washburn, born on 28 Mar. 1826 in Belchertown,[2567] supposedly also died in 1846.[2568]

8. Cyrus9 Morse/Edward Washburn, born on 28 Sept. 1828 in Belchertown,[2569] was still unmarried and living with his mother in Holyoke, MA, in the 1850 federal census, married Ellen Amelia Fuller,[2570] daughter of Rufus and Keziah B. (Litchfield) Fuller Jr.[2571] She was born supposedly on 28 Jan. 1838 in Southbridge, Worcester Co., MA.[2572] They were living in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1860,[2573] and 1870 federal censuses,[2574] and in Hartford, CT, in the 1880 federal census,[2575] where he was a brick mason. He supposedly died on 22 May 1908 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT,[2576] and she supposedly died on 17 Feb. 1918 in North Haven, New Haven Co., CT.[2577] They had children:

a. Charles E. Washburn, born ca. 1857 in CT.[2578]

b. Frank R. Washburn, born ca. 1863 in CT.[2579]

c. Lucius10 Fuller Washburn, born on 19 Aug. 1864 in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT,[2580] married Florence Isabella Inwood,[2581] daughter of Alexander and Matilda Jane (Cox) Inwood,[2582] on 24 Dec. 1885 in Hartford, CT.[2583] She was born on 28 Sept. 1867 in CT,[2584] and died on 9 Apr. 1891 in Hartford, CT.[2585] He died on 26 Sept. 1913 in Hartford, CT, aged 49 years, 1 month, 7 days,[2586] and was buried in Old North Cemetery in Hartford, CT.

d. William M. Washburn, born ca. 1867 in CT.[2587]

e. Ella10 A. Washburn, born ca. 1874 in CT, married Arthur Sackett Barnes,[2588] son of Charles M. and Ellen W. (Sackett) Barnes.[2589] He was born in Jan. 1866 in CT,[2590] and died in 1946 in North Haven, CT,[2591] and was buried in Montowese Cemetery in North Haven, CT. She died on 13 Mar. 1963 in Hamden, New Haven Co., CT,[2592] and was also buried in Montowese Cemetery in North Haven, CT.

9. William9 Bridgeman Washburn, born on 30 Aug. 1830 in Belchertown,[2593] may have been the unmarried student living in Amherst, MA, in the 1850 federal census with David and Harriet Mack,[2594] but he was living with his sister and brother-in-law James and Juliett White in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1855 New York State Census, and he was living in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1870 federal census, in the household of Maria Holcomb, where he was a brick mason.[2595] He married Annette Maria Hatheway, daughter of Carmaralza and Lucinda (Hancock) Hatheway,[2596] before 1880. She was born on 28 Nov. 1842 in CT,[2597] and they were living in Windsor Locks, CT, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a brick mason.[2598] He died on 20 Feb. 1906 in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT,[2599] and she died on 21 Mar. 1921 in Windsor Locks, CT,[2600] and they were both buried in Grove Cemetery in Windsor Locks, CT. They had at least 2 children:

a. Clara Washburn, born ca. 1873 in MA.[2601]

b. Newton Washburn, born ca. 1875 in MA.[2602]

10. Emily T. Washburn, born on 31 May 1832 in Belchertown,[2603] was still unmarried and living with her sister and brother-in-law James and Juliett White in Holyoke, MA, in the 1850 federal census, marriage not found.

b. Charles8 Washburn, born on 3 or 25 June 1797 in Belchertown,[2604] married Diana Morse, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Wood) Morse, of Belchertown,[2605] on 4 Dec. 1818 in Belchertown.[2606] She was born on 22 Mar. 1800 in Belchertown,[2607] and they were living in Belchertown in the 1820 federal census.[2608] He died intestate, however, on 13 Sept. 1825 in Belchertown, aged 30 years,[2609] and Justus Forward, of Belchertown, was granted administration of his estate on 11 Oct. 1825, with Eliab Washburn, of Belchertown, and Samuel Fowler Dickinson, of Amherst, as sureties.[2610] His inventory was appraised by Simeon Dwight, Simeon Pepper and Jonathan Wright on 11 Oct. 1825, and apparently included no real estate.[2611] Diana (Morse) Washburn was probably the widow D. Washburn living in Belchertown in the 1840 federal census.[2612] Daniel Morse was living in Belchertown in the 1850 federal census, a farmer, with his daughter Diana, and grandson, Charles L. Washburn,[2613] and Diana was still living with her widowed father in Belchertown in the 1860 federal census.[2614] Diana (Morse) Washburn died a widow on 4 Aug. 1861 in Belchertown, aged 61 years, 4 months, 12 days.[2615] Charles and Diana Washburn had chil­dren:

1. George Gurdon/Gardner Washburn, born on 1 Dec. 1820 in Belchertown,[2616] marriage not found. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts.

2. Martha9 Lorain Washburn, born on 14 June 1822 in Belchertown,[2617] married Jonathan Russell Keith (Jr.), son of Jonathan Russell and Sarah “Sally” (Page) Keith,[2618] on 22 Jan. 1845 in Belchertown.[2619] He was born on 30 June 1812 in Uxbridge, MA.[2620] They were living in Belchertown, MA, with his parents in the house of Nathaniel Walker the 1850 federal census.[2621] She died on 9 Jan. 1860 in Belchertown, aged 37 years, 6 months, 25 days, of “tubular consumption,”[2622] and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown. He was still living with his parents in Belchertown in the 1860 federal census,[2623] where he was a farmer. He died on 15 Nov. 1865 in Belchertown, aged 57 years 5 months, 15 days, of “consumption,”[2624] and was also buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown.

3. Charles9 Lorenzo Washburn, born on 21 Feb. 1824 in Belchertown,[2625] was still unmarried and living in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, with his grandfather, Daniel Morse, and his mother, married 1.) Elizabeth M. Strong, daughter of Lewis and Maria Strong,[2626] on 12 Nov. 1851 in Belchertown.[2627] She was born ca. Sept. 1826 in Northampton, MA.[2628] They were living in Belchertown, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a carriage maker.[2629] She died on 22 Mar. 1864 in Belchertown, aged 37 years, 6 months, of pneumonia,[2630] and he remarried to 2.) Susan A. (Warner) Chamberlain, daughter of William and Julietta Warner,[2631] on 3 Oct. 1866 in Belchertown.[2632] She was born in 1838.[2633] They were living in Belchertown in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carriage wood worker.[2634] He died intestate on 21 Sept. 1882 in Belchertown, aged 58 years, 7 months, of “inflammation of bowels,”[2635] and she died in 1912 in Belchertown,[2636] and they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA. They had children:

a. Charles S. Washburn, born on 30 Sept. 1856 in Belchertown,[2637] died on 10 Oct. 1872 in Belchertown, a student, aged 17 years, 11 days, of typhoid fever.[2638]

b. Martha10 “Mattie” Elizabeth Washburn, born on 12 Aug.  1860 in Belchertown,[2639] married Wilbur Fisk Nichols, of Belchertown, son of Henry and Nancy Nichols, on 21 Sept. 1882 in Belchertown.[2640] He was born on 18 Nov. 1857 in Stillwater, Washington Co., MN,[2641] and died on 19 Jan. 1926 in Springfield, MA.[2642] She died in 1937,[2643] and they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

c. Olive8 Washburn, born on 3 June. 1797 in Belchertown,[2644] married Alvin Morse, son of Daniel and Polly (Wood) Morse, of Belchertown,[2645] on 24 Mar. or 10 May 1821 in Belchertown.[2646] He was born on 3 June 1798 in Belchertown.[2647] They were living in Belchertown, MA, in the 1830,[2648] 1840,[2649] and 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2650] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm laborer.[2651] He died on 21 Mar. 1864 in Belchertown, aged 65 years, 9 months, 18 days, of “pleurisy,”[2652] and she died a widow on 18 June 1868 in Belchertown, aged 71 years, 15 days, of an unknown cause.[2653] They had two children:

1. Louisa Augusta Morse, born on 4 Dec. 1822 in Belchertown,[2654] married Charles Page Keith, son of Jonathan R. and Sarah (Page) Keith,[2655] on 12 May 1847 in Belchertown.[2656] He was born on 2 Apr. 1823 in Belchertown.[2657] They were living in Belchertown in the 1850,[2658] 1860,[2659] and 1870 federal censuses,[2660] where he was a farmer. She died on 1 Apr. 1880 in Belchertown, aged 57 years, 3 months, 27 days, of “exhaustion,”[2661] and he died a widower on 25 May 1891 in Belchertown, aged 68 years, 1 month, 23 days, of “Brights Disease.”[2662]

2. Abigail Lorain Morse, born on 25 June 1827 in Belchertown,[2663] marriage not found.

d. George8 Washburn, born on 14 Feb. or July 1799 in Belchertown,[2664] probably the George Washburn who married Casindana “Carsendany” (Hamilton) Allen, daughter of Jabez and Martha “Patty” (Ward) Hamilton, of Brookfield, MA,[2665] and widow of George W. Allen,[2666] on 18 May 1844 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.[2667] She was born on 15 Oct. 1803 in Brookfield.[2668] He witnessed a deed of his father in 1823, but he was not a head of household in Belchertown in the 1840 federal census. They were living in Ware, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a hatter,[2669] and her son Liberty W. Allen was living with them,[2670] but George Washburn probably had no children. He died intestate on 8 Nov. 1850 in Ware, MA, aged 50 years, of typhus fever,[2671] and his widow Carsendary Washburn, of Ware, was granted administration of his estate on 3 Dec. 1850.[2672] She remarried again to William Hager, of West Brookfield, as his second wife, on 23 Mar. 1864 in Ware, MA.[2673] She died a widow on 8 Feb. 1874 in Brookfield, MA, aged 69 years, 3 months, 24 days, of “erycipilas.”[2674]

e. Clarissa8 Washburn, born on 4 Mar. 1801 in Belchertown,[2675] married Henry Bridgman, son of Wright and Irene (Smith) Bridgman, of Belchertown,[2676] on 15 Apr. 1820 in Belchertown.[2677] He was born on 2 Jan. 1799 in Belchertown.[2678] He was probably the Henry Bridgman was living close to Alvin Morse in Belchertown in the 1830 federal census.[2679] They were living in Belchertown in the 1840,[2680] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[2681] He died on 9 June 1853 in Belchertown, aged 54 years, of inflammation of bowels.[2682] She was living in Belchertown with their son Elliot Bridgman in the 1860 federal census, and with the family of David and Mary Packard in the 1870 federal census.[2683] She died a widow in 1878 in Belchertown.[2684] They had children:

1. William Henry Bridgman, born on 25 May 1825 in Belchertown,[2685] married Betsey T. Wales, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Spear) Wales, of Randolph, MA,[2686] on 31 Dec. 1846 in Belchertown.[2687] She was born supposedly on 13 June 1823 in Randolph, MA.[2688] They were living next door to his parents in Belchertown in the 1850 federal census,[2689] and in Belchertown in the 1860,[2690] and 1870 federal censuses,[2691] where he was a farmer. He died on 15 July 1899 in Belchertown, aged 74 years, 1 month, 21 days, of “atheroma gangrene left leg,”[2692] and she died a widow on 29 Apr. 1902 in Belchertown, of apoplexy.[2693]

2. Elliot M. Bridgman, born on 7 May 1830 in Belchertown,[2694] married Elizabeth Dutton, daughter of Lorin Dutton, of Ludlow, MA, on 14 May 1851 in Ludlow.[2695] She was born ca. 1827 in MA,[2696] and they were living in Belchertown in the 1860 federal census, where he was a butcher, and his widowed mother was living with them,[2697] and in Belchertown in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2698]

f. Marshall8 Washburn, born on 19 Feb. 1803 in Belchertown,[2699] married Lucinda Arnold, of Belchertown, on 15 or 27 Nov. 1828 in Belchertown.[2700] She died on 24 Nov. 1836 in Belchertown.[2701] He was not found in the 1850 federal census, in Massachusetts, but he was living with the family of Phillip and Sarah Whitman in Belchertown in the 1850 federal census,[2702] and with the family of Addison and Bethseda Burnett in Belchertown, in the 1860 federal census, where he was listed as blind.[2703] He died a widower on 21 May 1870 in Greenwich, MA, aged 67 years, 3 months, 2 days, of typhoid fever or apoplexy.[2704] They had children:

1. Fisher9 Ames Washburn, born on 14 Mar. 1830 in Belchertown,[2705] married Laura Greene, daughter of John S. and Amanda (Jenks) Greene,[2706] on 7 Nov. 1849 in Palmer, MA.[2707] She was born ca. 1831 in Belchertown.[2708] They were living with her parents in Palmer, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a laborer,[2709] in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a weaver,[2710] in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2711] and in Ludlow, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was the overseer of a linen mill.[2712] She died testate in 1892 in Belchertown of “La Grippe,”[2713] her will dated 7 Mar. 1889 left all her estate to her husband Fisher A. Washburn, whom she named as executor of her estate.[2714] (See Appendix [CC] for a full transcription of her will.) He died a widower on 20 Dec. 1894 in Palmer, MA, aged 64 years, of “exhaustion of senile insanity.”[2715] They had at least one son:

a. John10 M. Washburn, born ca. 1851 in MA,[2716] married 1.) Mary E. Keep, daughter of Austin and Eliza A. Keep,[2717] on 28 July 1870 in Greenwich, MA,[2718] but she died on 23 Aug. 1872 in Greenwich, MA, aged 26 years, 4 months, 3 days, of “phthisis,”[2719] and he remarried to 2.) Violia/Viola G. Noble, of Chicopee, MA, daughter of Andrew and Cynthia Noble,[2720] on 4 Mar. 1873 in Palmer, MA.[2721] She was born ca. 1852 in NH.[2722] They were living in Belchertown, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a loom fixer in a cotton mill.[2723]

2. Mary9 Jane Washburn, born on 2 Oct. 1835 in Belchertown,[2724] was living in Worcester, MA, with her aunt and uncle, Benjamin F. and Fanny Washburn, in the 1850 federal census, and was probably the Jennie Washburn living with the family of Johnathan and Sarah B. Wood in Worcester in the 1860 federal census, where she was a milliner.[2725] She married George Henry Spaulding, of Worcester, MA, son of George and Lucia (Vinton) Spaulding,[2726] on 29 Oct. 1863 in Worcester.[2727] He was born on 20 May 1839 in Stafford, CT.[2728] They moved to Malden, Middlesex Co., MA. They were living in Malden, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a clerk in a store.[2729] She died on 18 Aug. 1891 in Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, aged 55 years, 10 months, 16 days, of “natural causes,”[2730] and he died a widower on 18 Oct. 1913 in Malden, MA, aged 74 years, 4 months, 28 days, of “acute yellow atrophy of liver.”[2731]

g. Benjamin8 Franklin Washburn, born on 23 Mar. 1807 in Belchertown,[2732] witnessed a deed of his father in 1823, married Fanny Morse, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Wood) Morse, of Belchertown,[2733] on 20 Mar. 1829 in Belchertown.[2734] She was born on 25 Sept. 1803 in Belchertown.[2735] Children not found. They were living in Belchertown, MA, next door to his brother Joseph Washburn and his father in the 1830 federal census,[2736] in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[2737] and in Worcester, MA, in the 1850 federal census, in the house of Asa W. Nickerson, where he was a hatter, and their niece Mary J. Washburn was living with them.[2738] He died on 8 Aug. 1856 in Worcester, aged 49 years, 5 months, of “disease on brain.”[2739] She was living in Monson, Hampden Co., MA, with the family of George and Sarah A. Morris in the 1860 federal census,[2740] and as a housekeeper in the house Lucius F. Newton in Monson, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[2741] She died a widow on 19 Mar. 1881 in Belchertown, aged 77 years, 5 months, 24 days.[2742]

h. Eliab8 Washburn (3rd), born on 7 or 17 June 1810 in Belchertown,[2743] married (___). He died on 23 Feb. 1849 in Belchertown, of consumption, aged 39 [sic] years.[2744] His widow may have been the Laura Washburn, aged 37, living with Joseph and Phebe Marsh in Belchertown in the 1850 federal census.[2745] A Laura Washburn died a widow on 4 Nov. 1873 in Belchertown, aged 61 years, of “consumption,” who may have been his widow.[2746] They had 2 children who both died young:

1. (Unnamed daughter), born on 24 June 1846,[2747] died on 1 Aug. 1846 in Belchertown, aged 1 month.[2748]

2. (Unnamed son), born on 24 Oct. 1847,[2749] died on 16 Dec. 1848 in Belchertown.[2750]

i. Mary8 Washburn, born on 9 or 19 Dec. 1816 in Belchertown,[2751] died unmarried on 4 June 1835 in Belchertown.[2752]

        2467   vi   Anne/Anna7 Washburn, born on 6 Oct. 1774 in Bridgewater,[2753] supposedly married William Child, son of Abijah and Beulah (Harrington) Child,[2754] on 19 June 1791 in New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME.[2755] He was born on 14 May 1768 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA.[2756] They were living in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census,[2757] and in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census.[2758] He supposedly died in 1819,[2759] presumably in Livermore, ME. She was still living in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820,[2760] and 1830 federal censuses.[2761] She supposedly died in 1837 or 1839 in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME.[2762] They had children:

a. Lewis Washburn Child, born on 17 Dec. 1791 in Poland, Cumberland Co., ME,[2763] a sailor, “shipped with Decatur’s fleet in 1815, sailed to the Mediterranean, and was never afterward heard from.”[2764]

b. Joseph Child, born on 5 Jan. 1794 in Poland, ME,[2765] married 1.) Olive Woodsum on 7 Apr. 1817 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.[2766] They were living in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820,[2767] 1830,[2768] and 1840 federal censuses,[2769] where he was a farmer. She died supposedly in 1840 or 1841,[2770] and he remarried to 2.) Dorcas Andrews, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Nevens) Andrews,[2771]  of Paris, ME, in 1841.[2772] She was born ca. 1811 in Paris, Oxford, Co., ME.[2773] They were living in Paris, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an inn keeper,[2774] and the 1860,[2775] and 1870 federal censuses,[2776] where he was a farmer. He died on 19 Dec. 1874 in Paris, ME,[2777] but no death record was found for Dorcas Child.

c. Capt. William Child (Jr.), born on 8 Apr. 1796 in Poland, ME,[2778] married 1.) Lucretia Woodsum on 28 June 1818 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.[2779] They were living in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1830,[2780] and 1840 federal censuses, where he was a famer,[2781] and in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an inn keeper.[2782] She died on 7 May 1858 in Livermore, ME, aged 60 years,[2783] and he remarried to 2.) Clarissa/Clara (Smith) Robinson, daughter of Noah and Sally (Moores) Smith,[2784] on 14 Mar. 1860 in New Hampshire.[2785] She was born on 10 May 1804 in Deerfield, Rockingham Co., NH.[2786] They were living in Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2787] He died on 20 Sept. 1885 in Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, aged 89 years, 5 months, 12 days,[2788] and she died on 23 Apr. 1888 in Livermore, ME, aged 83 years, 11 months, 13 days,[2789] they were all buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, ME.

d. Anna Edson Child, born on 3 Sept. 1798 in Poland, ME,[2790] married John Perham (Jr.),[2791] of Livermore, ME, supposed son of John and Sarah (Moore) Perham,[2792] probably as his second wife,[2793] but she died on 14 Feb. 1833 in Livermore, ME, aged 34 years,[2794] and he remarried again to Betsey (___), who was born ca. 1802 in ME.[2795] John Perham were living in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1830,[2796] 1840,[2797] 1850,[2798] and 1860 federal censuses,[2799] where he was a farmer. He died on 12 Sept. 1860 in Livermore, ME, aged 65 years.[2800]

e. True Woodman Child, born on 6 Apr 1801 in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME,[2801] married Nancy M. Smith, of Boston, on 25 Jan. 1824 in Boston,[2802] but he died on 22 Apr. 1829 in Boston, aged 28 years, of “consumption.”[2803]

f. Elisha Coolidge Child, born on 29 July 1803 in Livermore, ME,[2804] supposedly drowned in ca. 1823.[2805]

g. Granville Fitchland Child, born on 5 Mar. 1806 in Livermore, ME,[2806] married Esther Lovewell Goding, daughter of Spencer and Hannah (Lovewell) Goding/Godding,[2807] on 1 May 1825 in Livermore, ME.[2808] She was born supposedly on 26 June 1804 in Livermore, ME.[2809] They were living in Paris, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1830 federal census,[2810] near her parents in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census,[2811] in Livermore, ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2812] and in Franklin Plantation, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2813] He served in the Civil War as a Private in the 29th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry.[2814] He supposedly died on 3 Apr. 1889 in Franklin Plantation, Oxford Co., ME,[2815] and she supposedly died on 27 May 1898 in Franklin Plantation, Oxford Co., ME.[2816]

h. Marshall Child, born on 25 Apr. 1808 in Livermore, ME,[2817] married 1.) Olive Stetson, daughter of Tilson and Soloma Stetson, of Hartford, ME, in ca. 1830.[2818] She was born on 15 Dec. 1811 in Hartford, ME.[2819] They were living near his brother Granville Child in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1840,[2820] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a farmer,[2821] and in Peru, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2822] She died on 15 Apr. 1864 in Augusta Hospital in Augusta, ME, aged 52 years, 4 months,[2823] and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Canton, Oxford Co., ME. He remarried to 2.) Sarah Lyford Ames, daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (Lyford) Haskell, on 28 Sept. 1865 in Jay, Franklin Co., ME.[2824] She was born ca. 1826 in ME.[2825] They were living in Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1870 federal census.[2826] He died on 14 Feb. 1890 in Canton, ME,[2827] and was buried with his first wife in Pine Grove Cemetery in Canton, ME.

i. Aurelia Jones Child, born on 31 Aug. 1810 in Livermore, ME,[2828] supposedly married Elijah Parrington.[2829] Elijah Parrington was living in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census,[2830] but they were not found in Livermore, ME, in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses, and no death record was found for either of them in Maine.

j. Eliza Jane Child, born in ca. 1813 in Livermore, ME,[2831] married Sulivan Andrews,[2832] son of Edward and Elizabeth (Nevins) Andrews,[2833] after 1830. He was born ca. 1807 in Paris, ME.[2834] She died, however, on 5 Aug. 1839 in Paris, ME, and was buried in Forbes District Cemetery in West Paris, Oxford Co., ME.[2835] He remarried to Olivia Gray, daughter of John and Rhoda (Andrews) Gray.[2836] She was born on 5 Oct. 1814 in Paris, ME.[2837] They were living in Paris, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1840,[2838] 1850,[2839] and 1860 federal censuses,[2840] where he was a farmer. He died on 9 June 1892 in Paris, Oxford Co., ME,[2841] and she died on 19 Nov. 1895 in Paris, ME,[2842] and they were all buried in Forbes District Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

k. Adelphia Child, born ca. 1816 in Livermore, ME,[2843] supposedly married 1.) William Bradford,[2844] and 2.) John Gordon or Goding in 1843.[2845] John Gordon was not found in the 1850 federal census in Maine, but John and Adelphia Godding were living in Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2846] Adelphia, the wife of John Goding, died on 22 Jan. 1854 in Livermore, ME, aged 37 years,[2847] and John Goding was still living in Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census.[2848]

        2468  vii   Olive7 Washburn, born on 1 Aug. 1777 in Bridgewater,[2849] married John Coy (Jr.), of Poland, ME, son of Rev. John and Molly (Millet) Coy,[2850] in 1796.[2851] He was born on 24 Aug. 1774 in Gloucester, MA.[2852] They were living in Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, with her daughter and son-in-law, Noah and Lucy Dow, where he was a farmer.[2853] He died on 26 Dec. 1851 in Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, aged 76 years, 4 months,[2854] and she was still living with Noah and Lucy Dow in Charleston, ME, in the 1860 federal census.[2855] She died a widow on 22 Sept. 1860 in Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, aged 83 years 1 month, 22 days,[2856] and they were both buried in Village Cemetery in Charleston, ME. Olive Washburn and John Coy (Jr.) had at least 3 children:

a. Rev. Eliab Coy, born on 16 Aug. 1796 in Poland, ME,[2857] married 1.) Sarah “Sally” Dyer, daughter of William and Eunice (Biter) Dyer, of Limington, York Co., ME,[2858] on 9 Mar. 1825 in Waldo Co., ME.[2859] She was born ca. 1802 in Limington, ME.[2860] They were living in Blakesburg, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1830 federal census,[2861] but he was not found as a head of household in the 1840 federal census. She died on 26 Nov. 1848 in Royalston, Worcester Co., MA, aged 46 years, 9 months, of “brain fever,”[2862] and he was living in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a clergyman,[2863] but he was not living in Abington in the 1855 state census. He remarried to 2.) Caroline Howard Pike, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (True) Pike,[2864] on 27 Oct. 1858 in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME.[2865] She was born on 16 Feb. 1819 in Litchfield, ME.[2866] They were living in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a Baptist Clergyman,[2867] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a clergyman.[2868] She died on 30 May 1872 in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME,[2869] and was buried in Batchelder Corner Cemetery, also known as North Litchfield Cemetery. No death or grave record was found for Eliab Coy, but among their children was a son named Eliab Washburn Coy.

b. Olive M. Coy, born on 10 Feb. 1816 in ME,[2870] married George William Alvin Delvee, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Johnson) Delvee,[2871] in 1840.[2872] He was born in 1817 in Warwick, Franklin Co., MA.[2873] They were living in Warwick, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a miller, and their niece Eunice Coy was living with them,[2874] in Lockridge, Jefferson Co., IA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a “Faning & Sanyr[?],”[2875] and in Charlotte, Bates Co., MO, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[2876] He died on 10 Sept. 1876 in West Point, Bates Co., MO,[2877] and she died on 30 Jan. 1880 in West Point, MO,[2878] and they were both buried in West Point Cemetery in Merwin, Bates Co., MO.

c. Lucy Coy, born on 1 May 1819 in ME,[2879] married Noah E. G. Dow, son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Preble) Dow.[2880] He was born on 15 Feb. 1810 in Prospect, ME.[2881] They were living in Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer and her parents were living with them,[2882] and in the 1860 federal census, where her widowed mother was living with them,[2883] and they were living in Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1870,[2884] and 1880 federal censuses.[2885] He died on 12 Nov. 1896 in Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME, aged 86 years, 8 months, 28 days,[2886] and she died a widow on 27 Oct. 1898 in Bradford, ME,[2887] and they were both buried in Village Cemetery in Charleston, ME.

        2469 viii   Marshall7 Washburn, born on 2 July 1780 in Bridgewater,[2888] married 1.) Nancy (___) in ca. 1801.[2889] She was born ca. 1781.[2890] They apparently lived first in Stanford, CT, before moving up to Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, in ca. 1803. He was not a head of household in Minot, ME, in the 1810 federal census, but he was living in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, next door to his brother Joseph Washburn in the 1820,[2891] and 1830 federal censuses,[2892] where he was a farmer. She died on 8 or 9 Jan. 1833 in Minot, ME, aged 51 years,[2893] and he remarried to 2.) Ann C. Smith, of Danville, ME, in 1839.[2894] She was born ca. 1795.[2895] They were living in Minot, ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer.[2896] He died on 17 Oct. 1844 in Minot, ME, aged 64 years,[2897] and she died a widow on 3 Jan. 1845 in Minot, ME, aged 49 years,[2898] and they were all buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. Marshall Washburn had children by his first wife, Nancy:

a. Sarah8 “Sally” Washburn, born on 24 or 31 July 1802 in Stanford, CT,[2899] married Simeon Perkins, son of Deacon James and Betsey (Packard) Perkins,[2900] on 14 Aug. 1825 in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME.[2901] They were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1830 federal census.[2902] She died on 29 Jan. 1837 in Minot, ME.[2903] He was not a head of household in Hebron or Minot, ME, in the 1840 federal census, but he died on 20 May 1842 in Minot, ME,[2904] and they were both buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. They had children:

1. Charles H. Perkins, born in 1826 in Minot, ME, died on 29 Aug. 1839 in Minot, ME, aged 13 years,[2905] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

2. Samuel J. M. Perkins, born on 5 Jan. 1829 in Auburn, ME,[2906] married Emilia “Emily” Packard, daughter of Matthew and Achsah (Beals) Packard,[2907] on 14 Feb. 1857 in Minot, ME.[2908] She was born on 25 Aug. 1837 in Minot, ME.[2909] They were living in Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, in the 1860,[2910] 1870,[2911] and 1880 federal censuses,[2912] where he was a farmer. He died on 9 Feb. 1902 in Auburn, ME,[2913] and she died on 4 Jan. 1917 in Minot, ME,[2914] they were both buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

3. Nancy Waring Perkins, born on 23 Oct. 1832 in Hebron, ME,[2915] died on 29 Aug. 1839 in Minot, ME, aged 7 years, 10 months,[2916] and was buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

4. Harriet “Hattie” Elizabeth Perkins, born on 17 Aug. 1834 in Hebron, ME,[2917] died on 19 July 1835 in Hebron, ME.[2918]

b. Mary8 Ann Washburn, born on 20 Dec. 1803 in Minot, ME,[2919] married William Stacy, of New York, on 8 Nov. 1827 in Minot, ME.[2920] He was born ca. 1802.[2921] They were living in Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a railroad agent.[2922] She died on 20 Dec. 1854 in Minot, ME, aged 51 years.[2923] He was not found in Bangor or Minot, ME, in the 1860 federal census. He died on 6 Nov. 1864 in Minot, ME, aged 62 years,[2924] and they were both buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME. They had children:

1. Sarah Ann Stacy, born on 15 Nov. 1837 in Minot, ME,[2925] married John Smith Pearson, son of Samuel Pearson,[2926] on 8 June 1858 in Bangor, ME.[2927] He was born ca. 1833 in ME.[2928] They were living in Bangor, ME, in the 1860,[2929] and 1870 federal censuses,[2930] where he was a tin plate worker, and her sister Nancy W. Stacy was living with them. He died on 3 Jan. 1873 in Bangor, ME,[2931] and she died on 14 May 1905 in Bangor, ME,[2932] they were both buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

2. Nancy W. Stacy, born ca. 1845 in ME,[2933] never married, lived with her sister and brother-in-law, John S. and Sarah Pearson, in Bangor, ME, and died on 11 Mar. 1911 in Bangor, ME, aged 66 years,[2934] and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

3. 5 more children who all died young, and were buried in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.[2935]

c. Rev. Samuel8 Washburn, born on 1 Jan. 1806 in Minot, ME,[2936] apparently moved to Philadelphia, PA, then back to Massachusetts and married Hannah Jane Marland, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Sykes) Marland, of Andover, Essex Co., MA,[2937] on 7 July 1835 in Andover, MA.[2938] She was born on 20 Mar. 1815 in Andover,[2939] and died on 23 Mar. 1845 in Andover, aged 30 years, of “consumption,”[2940] and was buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Andover, MA. He died on 15 Sept. 1853 in Andover, MA, aged 47 years, of “consumption,”[2941] and was probably also buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Andover, but the large Washburn monument there bears no inscription. No children were found.

d. Harriet Washburn, born on 18 Oct. 1807 in Minot, ME,[2942] marriage not found.

e. Juliet Washburn, born on 30 May 1813 in Minot, ME,[2943] marriage not found.

f. William Augustus Washburn, born on 25 Aug. 1815 in Minot, ME,[2944] marriage not found.

g. Hannah Lyon Washburn, born on 8 Dec. 1817 in Minot, ME,[2945] marriage not found.

h. Frederick8 Lockwood Washburn, born on 28 Feb. 1820 in Minot, ME,[2946] moved to Boston, where he was a lawyer, and married Mary Baker, daughter of Ruel and Mary (Newell) Baker,[2947] on 27 Nov. 1850 in Boston, MA.[2948] She was born on ca. 13 Dec. 1828 in Boston,[2949] and died on 30 June 1853 in Boston, aged 24 years, 6 months, 17 days, of “inflam of brain.”[2950] He died on 7 Mar. 1860 in Boston, aged 40 years, of “cong of brain.”[2951]

        2470   ix   Ruth Washburn, born on 6 Apr. 1783 in Bridgewater,[2952] died on 28 Dec. 1785 in Bridgewater, aged 2 years.[2953]

        2471    x   Ruth7 Washburn, born on 2 Oct. 1786 in Bridgewater,[2954] married Lt. James Murdock (3rd), son of James and Lydia (Hammond) Murdock (Jr.),[2955] on 7 Jan. 1808 in Minot, Cumberland Co., ME.[2956] He was born on 2 July 1785 in Hebron, ME,[2957] a grandson of James and Hannah (Tilson) Murdoch, of Plympton, MA.[2958] He served as a Lieutenant in Capt. Luther Bridgham’s Company from Minot, ME, in 1814 in the War of 1812.[2959] They were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820,[2960] 1830,[2961] 1840,[2962] and 1850 federal censuses,[2963] where he was a farmer. She died on 21 Dec. 1853 in Hebron, ME, aged 66 years, 2 months, 19 days,[2964] and he was living with his son George Murdock in Hebron, ME, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses. He died on 14 Nov. 1872 in Hebron, ME, aged 86 years, 4 months, 21 days,[2965] and they were both buried in Bearce Cemetery in Hebron, ME. Ruth Washburn and James Murdock had children:

a. George Murdock, born on 1 Jan. 1811 in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME,[2966] married Almira C. Lothrop on 17 May or 14 Nov. 1844 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.[2967] She was born ca. 1823 in ME.[2968] They were living with his parents in Hebron, ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was also a farmer,[2969] and his widowed father was living with them in Hebron, ME, in the 1860,[2970] and 1870 federal censuses.[2971] He died on 21 June 1873 in Hebron, ME,[2972] and she died in ca. 1890 in Hebron, ME,[2973] and they were both buried in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

b. Lucy Murdock, born on 4 May 1813 in Hebron, ME,[2974] married Thomas Bridgham, son of Samuel and Lucy (Hammond) Bridgham, of Hebron,[2975] on 19 Feb. 1833 in Hebron, ME.[2976] He was born ca. 1801 in ME.[2977] They were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census.[2978] She died on 10 Dec. 1847 in Hebron, ME, aged 34 years, 7 months.[2979] He was living with the family of her brother James Murdock in Buckfield, ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader.[2980] He died on 7 Mar. 1857 in Hebron, ME, aged 56 years,[2981] and they were both buried in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

c. James Murdock (4th), born on 24 Aug. 1816 in Hebron, ME,[2982] married Jannette Buck, daughter of Elisha and Caroline S. (Bridgham) Buck, of Buckfield, ME,[2983] on 25 Sept. 1842 in Buckfield.[2984] She was born on 3 Sept. 1820 in Buckfield, ME.[2985] They were living in Buckfield, ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a tailor.[2986] She died on 9 June 1859 in Buckfield, ME,[2987] and he was still a tailor in Buckfield, ME, in the 1860 federal census,[2988] and was living with the family of Sydney and Lucretia Bridgham in Buckfield, ME, in the 1870 federal census.[2989] He died on 8 May 1874 in Buckfield, ME,[2990] and they were both buried in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME.

d. Eliab W. Murdock, born on 3 May 1820 in Hebron, ME,[2991] married Sarah A. (___) before 1850. She was born on 18 Mar. 1816 in ME.[2992] They were living in Paris, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a merchant,[2993] the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[2994] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a miller.[2995] He enlisted for military service in the Civil War in Paris, ME, on 25 July 1862.[2996] She died on 16 Apr. 1876 in West Paris, ME,[2997] and he died on 1 Jan. or June 1877 in West Paris, ME,[2998] and they were both buried in Wayside Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

e. Sylvester Edson Murdock, born on 30 Apr. 1828 in Hebron, ME,[2999] married 1.) Phebe Janette Tucker on 17 Feb. 1849 in Buckfield, ME.[3000] She was born ca. 1830 in ME.[3001] They were living in Buckfield, ME, with Amos and Lucretia Tucker, probably her parents, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a shoemaker,[3002] and he was a painter in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census.[3003] She died before Nov. 1869, and he remarried to 2.) Nancy M. Holmes, daughter of George W. and Louisa (Merrill) Holmes,[3004] on 16 Dec. 1869 in Buckfield.[3005] They were living in Buckfield, ME, in the 1870,[3006] and 1880 federal censuses,[3007] where he was a house painter. He served as a Private in Company C, 20th Maine Infantry in the Civil War.[3008] She died on 10 Jan. 1894 in Buckfield, aged 57 years,[3009] and he died on 7 Nov. 1897 in Buckfield, ME, aged 69 years, 7 months, 7 days, of asthma,[3010] and was buried in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME.

 

 

(932.) Eliphalet6 Washburn, youngest son of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 7 June 1742,[3011] married Anna Benja­min, daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Livermore) Benjamin, of Hardwick, MA,[3012] on 19 Sept. 1769 in Hardwick.[3013] She was born on 5 June 1746 in Hardwick,[3014] a granddaughter of Abel and Abigail (Stimpson) Benjamin, of Watertown, MA.[3015] They lived in Hardwick, MA, on the road to Ware, MA.[3016]

        On 13 June 1767 Eliphalet Washburn, of Hardwick, County of Worcester, Yeoman, purchased land in Montague, Hampshire Co., MA, from Caleb Benjamin, of Windsor, County of Cumberland, Government of New York, Yeoman.[3017]        Eliphalet and Anna Washburn sold land in Hardwick to Timothy Ruggles, of Hardwick, on 5 May 1774,[3018]  and land to Stephen Rice, of Hardwick, on 6 Apr. 1792.[3019] He purchased land in Hardwick from Job and Mercy Dexter, of Hardwick, on 17 Feb. 1779.[3020] Eliphalet Washburn, as executor of the estate of Elisha Billing, late of Hardwick, sold land in Hardwick from the estate of Elisha Billing to Jonathan Billing on 31 Dec. 1804, witnessed by Rufus Washburn, Silas Billing, and Joseph Billing.[3021] He purchased a tract of land in the south part of Hardwick on the east side of Muddy Pond from Joseph and Relief Knowlton on 18 Apr. 1810,[3022] and Eliphalet and Anna Washburn sold land in Hardwick to Benjamin Howard, of Hardwick, on 5 Apr. 1813, witnessed by Ruel Washburn and Delphia Washburn.[3023] They were living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790,[3024] and 1800 federal censuses,[3025] but he was not listed as a head of household in Hardwick in the 1810 federal census.

        Anna (Benjamin) Washburn died on 15 Oct. 1814 in Hardwick, aged 68 years,[3026] and Eliphalet Washburn died testate on 14 Dec. 1816 in Hardwick, aged 74 years,[3027] his will dated 2 May 1811, and probated on 8 Apr. 1817, mentioned his wife Anna, son Reuel Washburn, whom he named as executor of his estate, sons Luther, Rufus, and Calvin, daughters Naomi Newton, Anna Childs, and Cynthia Thomas, and unmarried daughters Delphia and Juliana.[3028] (See Appendix [DD] for a full transcription of his will.)

        Eliphalet Washburn and Anna Benjamin had children:

        2472     i   Naomi7 Washburn, born on 24 Oct. 1770 in Hardwick, MA,[3029] married Silas New­ton, son of Timothy and Sarah “Sally” (Mirick/Merrick) Newton, of Hard­wick,[3030] on 9 Apr. 1789 in Hardwick.[3031] He was born on 11 Feb. 1766 in Hardwick,[3032] a grandson of Capt. Constant Merrick.[3033] They lived in Hardwick, MA, where he was a farmer. He was living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, next door to her father, Eliphalet Washburn, in the 1790 federal census,[3034] and in Hardwick in the 1800,[3035] 1810,[3036] 1820,[3037] 1830,[3038] and 1840 federal censuses,[3039] where he was a farmer. He was the principal grave digger after the death of Mr. Jonathan Mead.[3040] Silas Newton died on 19 Oct. 1847 in Hardwick, of dysentery, aged 81 years,[3041] and Naomi (Washburn) Newton died on 15 Mar. 1850 in Hardwick, aged 79 years,[3042] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Worcester County. They had children:

a. Gardner Newton, born on 9 Oct. 1789 in Hardwick,[3043] married Charity Wil­liams Dex­ter, daughter of Eleazer and Charity (Williams) Dexter, of Hardwick,[3044] in 1827 in Hardwick.[3045] She was born on 5 Aug. 1795 in Hardwick,[3046] a granddaughter of Samuel and Thankful (Freeman) Dexter (Jr.)[3047] They were living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1830,[3048] and 1840 federal censuses,[3049] where he was a farmer. He was a farm laborer, living in Hardwick with Henry and Nancy M. Gould in the 1850,[3050] and 1860 federal censuses,[3051] and she was also living in Hardwick in the 1850 federal census, in a different household,[3052] and she was living with her husband’s second cousin Silas Newton in Hardwick in the 1860 federal census, working as a domestic.[3053] Gardner Newton died on 23 Mar. 1864 in Hardwick, aged 74 years, of heart disease,[3054] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA. Charity Newton was living in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, with the family of Warren and Abbie Sloan,[3055] and she died a widow on 27 Feb. 1876 in Greenwich, MA, aged 80 years, 6 months, of typhoid pneumonia.[3056] They had chil­dren:

1. Luke W. Newton, born on 12 Sept. 1829 in Hardwick,[3057] was still unmarried and living with his mother in Hardwick, MA, in the 1850 federal census, died intes­tate on 3 Sept. 1858 in Hardwick, aged 28 years, of “disease of the kidneys,”[3058] and John Paige, of Hardwick, was granted administration of his estate on 31 Jan. 1859.[3059]

2. John Newton, born on 28 Mar. 1833 in Hardwick,[3060] was living with his father’s second cousin, Silas Newton, in Hardwick, in the 1850 federal census,[3061] died on 5 Mar. 1866 in Hardwick, aged 32 years, 11 months, 20 days, of “chronic diarrhea,”[3062] but no probate records were found for his estate in Worcester Co., MA.

3. Charles Newton, born on 28 Mar. 1837 in Hardwick,[3063] was living in Hardwick with the family of Martin and Abigail Ruggles in the 1850 federal census,[3064] and with the family of his father’s second cousin, Silas Newton, in Hardwick, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a tin pedler, married Mary Delphia Sturtevant, daughter of Seneca and Mary Cyrena (Whipple) Sturtevant,[3065] on 14 Mar. 1861 in Hardwick.[3066] She was born on 9 Dec. 1844 in Greenwich, MA.[3067] He died on 9 Apr. 1862 in Pelham, MA, aged 25 years, 15 days, of an “accident by powder,”[3068] and was buried in Hardwick,[3069] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester County. She remar­ried to John Stephen Kelmer/Kilmer/Killmer, supposedly on 6 Oct. 1863 in Dana, Worcester Co., MA.[3070] They were living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working on a farm.[3071] She died on 6 Sept. 1886 in Hardwick, aged 41 years, of heart disease,[3072] and he died a widower on 14 June 1910 in Hardwick, aged 78 years, 10 months, of “paralysis (shock).”[3073]

b. Lucetta Newton, born on 2 Jan. 1792 in Hardwick,[3074] married Simeon Knowles (3rd), son of Simeon and Priscilla Knowles (Jr.),[3075] on 14 Mar. 1814 in Hardwick.[3076] He was born ca. 1791 in Eastham, MA,[3077] a grandson of Simeon and Eunice Knowles, of Eastham.[3078] They were living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1830,[3079] 1840,[3080] and 1850 federal census, where he was a car­penter.[3081] He died testate on 9 Apr. 1860 in Warren, Worcester Co., MA, aged 68 years, of disease of the heart,[3082] his will dated 9 Dec. 1858, and probated on 7 Aug. 1860, mentioned his wife Lucetta Knowles, daughters Laura Lorain Worshburn and Eveline Brown, and two sons Lucius James Knowles and Francis Bangs Knowles, whom he appointed as co-executors of his estate.[3083] (See Appendix [EE] for a full transcription of his will.) She was living with the family of her daughter and son-in-law, Loring and Harriet Brown, in Warren, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census. Lucetta (New­ton) Knowles died a widow on 23 Aug. 1868 in War­ren, MA, aged 77 years.[3084] They had chil­dren:

1. Laura Loraine Knowles, born on 10 Oct. 1816 in Phillips­ton, MA,[3085] mar­ried Rufus8 Washburn (Jr.), son of (2475) Rufus7 and Thankful (Cotting or Cutting) Washburn, on 21 Feb. 1837 in Hard­wick,[3086] and they settled in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY. He was born ca. 1815 in NY,[3087] and she was his first cousin once removed. Daughter Laura Lorain Worshburn was mentioned in the 1858 will of her father. They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mill manufacturer,[3088] the 1860 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[3089] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer.[3090] (See his family for their children.)

2. Lucius James Knowles, born on 2 July 1819 in Hardwick,[3091] married 1.) Eliza A. Adams, daughter of Jonas and Sophia Adams,[3092] on 13 May 1841 in Shrewsbury, MA.[3093] She was born on ca. 16 Feb. 1817 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA.[3094] He was an inven­tor and manufacturer in War­ren and Worces­ter, MA. He and his broth­er Francis Knowles in­vented looms to weave several kinds of cloths. Lucius and Eliza Knowles were living in War­ren, Worces­ter Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[3095] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a cotton manufacturer,[3096] and in Worcester, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[3097] She died on 17 Feb. 1873 in Worcester, MA, aged 56 years, 1 day, of a tumor,[3098] and he remarried to 2.) Helen Cornelia (Strong) Hayward, daughter of Alexander and Catherine (Goodnow) Strong, and widow of John D. Hayward,[3099] on 26 Mar. 1874 in Boston.[3100] She was born on 30 June 1833 in Boston, MA.[3101] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1880 federal census, next door to his brother Francis B. Knowles, where he was a loom builder.[3102] He died on 25 Feb. 1884 in Washington, DC, aged 64 years, 7 months, 23 days, of “angina pectoris,”[3103] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA. She died a widow on 5 Nov. 1884 in Worcester, MA, aged 51 years,[3104] and was also buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

3. Harriet Everline Knowles, born on 24 July 1821 in Hard­wick,[3105] mar­ried Lorin/Loring Brown, of Fitchburg, MA, son of Francis and Lucinda (Alexander) Brown, of Acworth, NH,[3106] on 1 Oct. 1844 in Hardwick.[3107] He was born ca. 1817 in Marlow, Cheshire Co., NH.[3108] Daughter Eveline Brown was mentioned in the 1858 will of her father. They were living in Boston, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a pattern maker,[3109] in Warren, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a day laborer, and her widowed mother was living with them,[3110] and in the 1870 federal census, where he had no occupation.[3111]

4. Francis Bangs Knowles, born on 29 Nov. 1823 in Hardwick,[3112] married 1.) Analisa (___). She was born ca. 1823 in NY.[3113] He was a manu­fac­turer in Worcester, MA, with his brother, Lucius, and in Johnstown, NY, with his brother-in-law Rufus Washburn. They were living with his sister and brother-in-law, Rufus and Laura Washburn, in Johnstown, NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mill manufacturer.[3114] She apparently died by 1860, and he remarried to 2.) Hester Ann Greene, daughter of John R. and Fanny (Whitman) Greene.[3115] She was born supposedly on 28 June 1839 in Wickford, Washington Co., RI.[3116] They were living in Johnstown, NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a merchant,[3117] and he was of Johnstown, NY, in 1860 when his father’s will was probated, but they were not found in Johnstown, NY, in the 1870 federal census. They were living in Worcester, MA, next door to his brother Lucius J. Knowles in the 1880 federal census, where he was also a loom builder.[3118] He died on 15 May 1890 in Washington, DC, aged 66 years, 5 months, 12 days, and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.[3119] Hester Ann (Greene) Knowles died on 17 Mar. 1916 in Worcester, MA, aged 76 years, 8 months, 18 days,[3120] and was also buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

c. Clarinda Newton, born on 11 Sept. 1794 in Hardwick,[3121] never married. She was living with her sister Caroline Newton in Hardwick, MA, in the 1850 feder­al census,[3122] and was still living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where she was a tailoress.[3123] She died testate on 9 Feb. 1865 in Hardwick, aged 70 years, 5 months, of “paralysis,”[3124] and was buried in Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick, MA.

d. Laura Newton, born on 3 Feb. 1796 in Hardwick,[3125] married Orsamus Hunt, son of Capt. Moses and Esther (Jenney) Hunt, of Hardwick,[3126] on 7 Jan. 1821 in Hardwick.[3127] He was born on 16 Feb. 1797 in Hardwick,[3128] a grandson of John and Abigail (Spooner) Jenney (3rd),[3129] and they moved to Granby, Hampshire Co., MA. They were living in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[3130] but they were not found in Granby in the 1850 federal census. She died on 14 Jan. 1851 in Granby, MA, aged 56 years,[3131] and he remarried to her sister, Caroline Newton.[3132] They were living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3133] He died on 25 May 1864 in Shrewsbury, MA,[3134] and was buried with his first wife in West Street Cemetery in Granby, MA. Laura (Newton) Hunt had chil­dren:

1. Addison Augustus Hunt, born on 20 Jan. 1822 in Hardwick,[3135] mar­ried Clarissa Egery Thom­as, daughter of Beals and (3529) Dolly Washburn (Egery) Thom­as, of Hardwick,[3136] on 16 Mar. 1852 in Hardwick,[3137] and they moved to Worcester, MA, where he was principal of the grammar schools for more than 25 years.[3138] She was born on 21 July 1828 in Hardwick,[3139] a grand­daughter of Thomas and (1508) Clarissa6 (Washburn) Egery, of Hardwick.[3140] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a teacher,[3141] and in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer, and his stepmother, Caroline Hunt, was living with them,[3142] and in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farm laborer.[3143] He died on 29 Dec. 1891 in Barre, MA, aged 69 years, 6 months,[3144] and she died in 1910 in Hardwick, MA,[3145] and they were both buried in Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick, MA.

2. Calvin Newton Hunt, born on 8 June 1825 in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA,[3146] died on 21 May 1830 in Granby, MA.[3147]

3. Charles Edward Hunt, born on 21 May 1830 in Granby or Stockbridge, MA,[3148] married Laura Warner, daughter of Dryden Warner, of Springfield, MA,[3149] on 4 Sept. 1855 in Springfield.[3150] She was born supposedly on 3 Mar. 1838 in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA.[3151] They were living with his brother Edwin N. Hunt in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860,[3152] and 1870 federal censuses,[3153] where he and his brother were farmers, and they were still living in Granby, MA, in the 1880 federal census.[3154] He died on 5 July 1914 in Worcester, MA, aged 84 years, 1 month, 14 days, of “general arteriosclerosis and dysentary,”[3155] and she died on 3 May 1920 in Worcester, MA,[3156] and they were both buried in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

4. Edwin Newton Hunt, born on 14 Dec. 1834 in Granby or Lee, MA,[3157] was living with his brother Charles E. Hunt in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860,[3158] and 1870 federal censuses,[3159] where they were both farmers, and married Clarinda Crawford, daughter of Samuel and Lorinda (Wilson) Crawford (Jr.), of Oakham, MA,[3160] on 28 Jan. 1875 in Oakham, Worcester Co., MA.[3161] She was born on 24 Dec. 1841 in Oakham.[3162] They were living in Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3163] He died on 31 May 1895 in Oakham, MA, aged 60 years, 5 months, 17 days, of heart disease,[3164] and she died in 1924 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA,[3165] they were both buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

e. Rufus Washburn Newton, born on 27 Mar. 1798 in Hardwick,[3166] married Maria Johnson on 17 Oct. 1825 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, and they settled in Worces­ter, MA, where he was a car­pen­ter and ma­chin­ist. She was born ca. 1805,[3167] and they were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1830,[3168] and 1840 federal censuses.[3169] She died on 8 Dec. 1849 in Worcester, MA, aged 44 years.[3170] He was living in the 2nd Ward of Worces­ter, MA, in the 1850 feder­al cen­sus with 4 of his chil­dren,[3171] and he was living with his daughter and son-in-law Alba and Naomi W. Houghton in Worcester in the 1860 federal census, where he was a machinist.[3172] He died on 18 Sept. 1861 in Worcester, MA,[3173] and they were both buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA. They had chil­dren:

1. Dr. George Johnson Newton, born on 21 July 1826 in Worcester,[3174] was still unmar­ried and living with his father in Worcester in the 1850 federal census, a “wire finish­er,” married 1.) Nancy Bigelow Thomas, daughter of Beals and (3529) Dolly Washburn (Egery) Thomas, of Hardwick,[3175] on 8 Feb. 1855 in Hardwick.[3176] She was born on 15 Dec. 1825 in Hardwick,[3177] a grand­daughter of Thomas and (1508) Clarissa6 (Washburn) Egery, of Hardwick.[3178] They moved to Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, where she died on 3 or 4 June 1858, aged 33 years.[3179] He was living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, probably as a boarder in the house of Edward and Harriet Spencer, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a physician and surgeon,[3180] and he remarried to 2.) Emma Sophia (___) in ca. 1865. She was born ca. 1841 in NY,[3181] and they were living in Johnstown, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a physician.[3182] He died in 1875 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3183] and was buried with his first wife in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. She probably remarried to John Alsop Paine Jr., son of Dr. John and Amanda (Kellogg) Paine, on 3 Oct. 1877 in Gloversville, NY.[3184] She supposedly died on 6 Sept. 1919 in Tarrytown, NY.[3185]

2. Catherine “Katy” Maria Newton, a twin, born on 24 Oct. 1827 in Worcester,[3186] married Josiah Jackson (Jr.), of Westborough, MA, son of Josiah and Aphia (Bartlett) Jackson,[3187] on 30 Apr. 1849 in Worcester.[3188] He was born ca. 1822 in Bethel, ME.[3189] They were living in Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850,[3190] and 1860,[3191] and 1870 federal censuses,[3192] where he was a blacksmith. He died on 26 Sept. 1895 in Westborough, MA, aged 73 years, 9 months, 10 days, of paralysis,[3193] and she died a widow on 14 Sept. 1898 in Westborough, aged 70 years, 10 months, 20 days, of cancer.[3194]

3. Caroline Matilda Newton, a twin, born on 24 Oct. 1827,[3195] died on 24 Dec. 1827 in Worcester,[3196] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

4. Caroline Matilda Newton, born on 26 May 1830 in Worcester,[3197] was still unmar­ried and living with her father in Worcester in the 1850 federal census, married George Keith White, of Westborough, MA, son of Seth and Lydia W. (Case) White,[3198] on 7 June 1854 in Worcester.[3199] He was born on 14 Oct. 1827 in West Boylston, MA.[3200] They were living in Hartford, CT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a joiner, and her sister Amanda Newton was living with them.[3201]

5. Naomi Washburn Newton, born in Dec. 1831 in Worcester,[3202] married Alba Houghton (Jr.), son of Alba and Thankful (Stebbins) Houghton, of Vernon, VT,[3203] on 14 June 1854 in Worcester.[3204] He was born in 1829 in Vernon, Windham Co., VT.[3205] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot manufacturer, and her widowed father was living with them,[3206] and in the 1870 federal census.[3207] He died on 23 June 1894 in Worcester, MA,[3208] and she died on 29 Dec. 1916 in Worcester, MA, aged 85 years, 1 month,[3209] and they were both buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

6. Sarah Jane Newton, born on 17 Aug. 1834 in Worcester,[3210] never married. She was living in Worcester in the family of Edwin and Nancy Moody in the 1860 federal census, where she was a school teacher,[3211] and she and her sister Laura Newton were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where they were both school teachers.[3212] She died on 25 Feb. 1908 in Worcester, MA, aged 73 years, 6 months, 12 days, of “epithelioma,”[3213] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

7. Amanda F. Newton, born on 28 May 1837 in Worcester,[3214] never married. She was living in Westborough, MA, with her sister and brother-in-law, Josiah and Catherine Jackson in the 1850 federal census,[3215] and with her sister and brother-in-law George and Caroline White in Hartford, CT, in the 1860 federal census, where she was a tailoress,[3216] and with John and Laura Fenn in Hartford, CT, in the 1870 federal census.[3217] She died on 1 Jan. 1912 in Worcester, MA, aged 75 years, of pneumonia,[3218] and was also buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

8. Laura Loraine Newton, born on 14 Aug. 1839 in Worcester,[3219] was living in Southborough, Worcester Co., MA, with the family of George W. and Sally Goodnow in the 1850 federal census,[3220] and was living in Worcester, MA, with her sister Sarah Newton in the 1870 federal census, where they were both school teachers, married William Augustus Whittemore, son of William H. and Eunice (Flagg) Whittemore,[3221] as his second wife, on 19 June 1872 in Worcester.[3222] He was born ca. 1833 in Northborough, MA,[3223] and he was a provisions dealer in Worcester. He died on 2 Jan. 1885 in Worcester, aged 51 years, 2 months, 5 days, of typhoid fever,[3224] and she died a widow on 24 Feb. 1898 in Worcester, MA, aged 58 years, 5 months, 10 days, of “organic dementia cerebral hemorrhage,”[3225] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

9. Daniel Webster Newton, born on 13 Jan. 1843,[3226] died on 10 Mar. 1843 in Worcester, aged 1 month, 25 days,[3227] and was also buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

f. Myrick/Merrick Newton, born on 21 May 1801 in Hardwick,[3228] married Electa Parker on 13 Nov. 1829 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT.[3229] She was born on 21 Mar. 1811 in VT.[3230] They were living in Vernon, Windham Co., VT, in the 1830 federal census,[3231] in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, in the 1840,[3232] and 1850 federal censuses,[3233] and in Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1860,[3234] and 1870 federal censuses,[3235] where he was a paper maker, and they were living with their daughter and son-in-law, Rinaldo and Mary Gilmore in Hinsdale, NH, in the 1880 federal census.[3236] She died on 10 Aug. 1882 in Brattleboro, VT,[3237] and he died on 9 Sept. 1884 in Brattleboro, VT,[3238] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT. They had children:

1. Recetina/Rectina M. Newton, born ca. 1831 in VT,[3239] married George T. Brooks, son of Alfred and Rosanna/Roxana (Peirce) Brooks,[3240] on 3 Aug. 1851 in Brattleboro, VT.[3241] He was born ca. 1828 in MA.[3242] They were living in West Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm laborer,[3243] in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, in the 1870 federal census,[3244] and in West Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, in the 1880 federal census,[3245] where he was a gardener. He died on 14 Nov. 1899 in Cleveland, OH, aged 71 years, of “apopelexy,”[3246] and she died a widow on 10 Feb. 1915 in Cleveland, OH, aged 83 years,[3247] and they were both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland.

2. Caroline L. Newton, born ca. 1834 in VT,[3248] married Hiram D. Fletcher in ca. 1851.[3249] He was born ca. 1829 in NH.[3250] They were living in Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a railroad freight conductor,[3251] but they were not found in the 1870 or 1880 federal censuses. She died a widow on 5 Aug. 1908 in Boston, MA, aged 73 years, of “terminal pneumonia.”[3252]

3. Samuel S. Newton, born ca. 1836 in VT, drowned on 14 Aug. 1845 in Brattleboro, VT, aged 9 years, 9 months,[3253] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT.

4. Lenora Newton, born ca. 1838 in VT,[3254] marriage not found.

5. Harrison William Newton, born ca. 1841 in VT,[3255] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a woolen mill, married Abigail A. (___), who was born ca. 1851 in VT,[3256] and they were living in Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1880 federal census, where he was still working in a woolen mill.[3257]

6. Elizabeth Newton, born ca. 1843 in VT,[3258] marriage not found.

7. Abby A. Newton, born ca. 1845 in VT,[3259] was still unmarried and living with her sister and brother-in-law, Edward and Fanny Osborn, in Boston, in the 1880 federal census, marriage not found.

8. Frances “Fanny” A. Newton, born ca. 1848 in VT,[3260] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Hinsdale, NH, in the 1870 federal census, married Edward Frank Osborn Jr., son of Edward Frank and Martha F. (Peabody) Osborn,[3261] as his second wife, on 13 Oct. 1875 in Boston.[3262] He was born ca. 1837 in Lynn, MA.[3263] They were living with his widowed father in Boston in the 1880 federal census, where he was a boot & shoe agent.[3264] She died on 30 July 1899 in Boston, aged 50 years, 10 months, of “diabetes mellitus.”[3265]

9. Mary E. Newton, born ca. 1852 in Brattleboro, VT,[3266] married Rinaldo G. Gilmore, son of Nathaniel and Esther E. Gilmore, on 17 May 1871 in Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH.[3267] He was born ca. 1842 in Worcester, MA.[3268] They were living in Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1880 federal census, where he was working in a foundry, and her parents were living with them.[3269]

g. Caroline Newton, born on 23 Oct. 1803 in Hardwick,[3270] was still unmarried and living with her sister Clarinda Newton in Hardwick, MA, in the 1850 federal census, married Orasmus Hunt, son of Capt. Moses and Esther (Jenney) Hunt, of Hardwick, and widower of her sister Laura (Newton) Hunt.[3271] They were living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3272] He died on 25 May 1864 in Shrewsbury, MA,[3273] and she was living with her step-son, Addison Hunt, in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census. She died a widow on 1 Mar. 1873 in Worcester, MA, aged 69 years, 4 months, 6 days, of “consumption, paralysis.”[3274]

h. Silas Wesson Newton, born on 29 Dec. 1805 in Hardwick,[3275] married Sarah Jones Moore, daughter of George and Hannah (Brooks) Moore, of Worcester,[3276] on 17 Feb. 1839 in Worcester, MA.[3277] She was born on 15 Feb. 1815 in Worcester.[3278] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[3279] He died intestate on 11 Jan. 1850 in Worcester, MA, aged 44 years, 11 months, 17 days, of typhoid fever,[3280] and Alvan T. Burgess, of Worcester, was granted administration of his estate on 5 Feb. 1850, and his widow Sarah J. Newton, of Worcester, was granted $300 out of the estate of her husband for her necessaries on 5 Feb. 1850.[3281] She was living in Worcester, MA, in the 1850 federal census.[3282] She remarried to George H. Smith, as his second wife, on 3 June 1855 in Worcester.[3283] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a boot and shoe manufacturer.[3284] She died, as Sarah J. Newton, a widow, on 20 July 1879 in Worcester, aged 64 years, 5 months, 5 days, of “cirrhosis of liver,”[3285] and was buried with her first husband in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA. They had children:

1. George Moore Newton, born on 25 Apr. 1840 in Worcester,[3286] married Julia Frances Hitchcock, daughter of Caleb S. and Emily (Merriam) Hitchcock, of Warren,[3287] on 5 Dec. 1866 in Warren, MA.[3288] She was born on 1 Sept. 1844 in Warren, MA.[3289] They were living in a hotel managed by her parents in Warren, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he worked in a dry goods store,[3290] and with her widowed mother in Warren, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a merchant.[3291] He died on 23 Jan. 1881 in Boston, MA, aged 40 years, 8 months, 28 days, of disease of heart,[3292] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA. She died a widow on 13 June 1913 in Warren, MA, aged 68 years, 7 months, 13 days, of “natural cause heart disease.”[3293]

2. Hannah Moore Newton, born on 5 Aug. 1841 in Worcester,[3294] died on 18 June 1848 in Worcester, aged 6 years, 10 months, 11 days,[3295] and was buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

3. Mary Elizabeth Newton, born on 20 Feb. 1850 in Worcester,[3296] died on 12 Dec. 1851 in Worcester, aged 1 year, 9 months, 22 days,[3297] and was also buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

i. John Calvin Newton, born on 19 Aug. 1810 in Hardwick,[3298] mar­ried 1.) Sarah Amanda Watson, daughter of Samuel and Sukey (Vickery) Watson (3rd), of Leicester, MA,[3299] on 6 Apr. 1836 in Leicester,[3300] and lived in Worcester, MA. She was born on 16 June 1809 in Leicester.[3301] They were living in the 6th Ward, Worces­ter, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mason.[3302] She died on 16 Feb. 1854 in Worcester, aged 40 [sic] years, of “consumption,”[3303] and he remarried to her sister, 2.) Marianne (Watson) Grosvenor, widow of Samuel A. Grosvenor,[3304] on 23 Oct. 1854 in Leicester.[3305] She was born on 1 May 1815 in Leicester.[3306] They were living in Worcester in the 1860 federal census, where he was a master mason, and her unmarried sister Maria Watson was living with them,[3307] and the 1870 federal census, where he had no occupation.[3308] She died on 6 July 1878 in Worcester, MA, aged 63 years, 2 months, 5 days,[3309] and he died on 23 Sept. 1890 in Worcester, MA, aged 80 years, 1 month, 4 days,[3310] and they were all buried in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

        2473    ii   Eliphalet7 Washburn (Jr.), born on 16 Aug. 1772 in Hardwick,[3311] died on 2 Feb. 1796 in Hardwick, aged 23 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 3 days,[3312] presumably unmarried, not mentioned in his father’s will.

        2474   iii   Luther7 Washburn, born on 18 July 1774 in Hardwick,[3313] married 1.) Catherine “Cate” Cotting or Cutting, of Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of Uriah and Catherine “Cate” (Clap) (Puffer) Cutting,[3314] on 25 Mar. 1799 in Lancaster.[3315] She was born supposedly on 27 Feb. 1774 in MA,[3316] a granddaughter of Richard and Thankful (Harrington) Cutting, of Waltham,[3317] and of Joel and Elizabeth (Burk) Clap, of Sudbury, MA.[3318] The will of Uriah Cutting, of Waltham and Marlborough, MA, dated 5 Feb. 1782, and probated on 13 Nov. 1782, mentioned his wife Cate and a minor daughter Cate, in addition to other children.[3319] They moved to Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, where he was a lawyer.[3320] They were living in Lanesborough, MA, in the 1810 federal census.[3321] She died on 18 June 1817 in Lanesborough, MA,[3322] and was buried in Center Cemetery in Lanesborough. He moved to Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA, and remarried to 2.) Mary Ingersoll, daughter of Capt. Jared and Huldah (Kilborn) Ingersoll, of Pittsfield, MA, on 16 Feb. 1819 in Pittsfield, MA.[3323] She was born on 3 Dec. 1784 in Pittsfield,[3324] and they were living in Lanesborough, MA, in the 1820 federal census,[3325] and in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census.[3326] He died testate on 16 Sept. 1838 in Pittsfield, MA, aged 64 years,[3327] and was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery in Pittsfield, MA, his will dated 15 Sept. 1838, and probated on 7 Nov. 1838, mentioned his wife Mary, the land he purchased from Capt. Jared Ingersoll, and the estate of Nancy Ingersoll, deceased, and he named his wife Mary and Henry Hubbard as executors of his estate.[3328] (See Appendix [FF] for a full transcription of his will.) Mary (Ingersoll) Washburn died a widow on 10 Jan. 1851 in Killingly, Windham Co., CT, aged 67 years.[3329] Luther Washburn and Mary Ingersoll had one son and one daughter:

a. Luther8 Ingersoll Washburn, born on 10 July 1820 in Lanesborough, MA,[3330] as a minor over the age of 14 years he chose his mother, Mary Washburn, widow, as his guardian on 6 Nov. 1838,[3331] and he married Mary Coggswell Todd, of Northampton, MA, daughter of William and Sarah J. (Kilton) Todd, of Boston,[3332] on 30 Oct. 1851 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA,[3333] and they settled in Northampton, MA. She was born on 5 Jan. 1822 in Boston.[3334] He died intestate on 31 Oct. 1859 in Northampton, MA, aged 39 years of “congestion of lungs,”[3335] and administration of his estate was granted to his widow Mary C. Washburn, of Northampton, and James M. Howe, of Brookline, MA, on 3 Nov. 1859.[3336] She was living in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860,[3337] and 1870 federal censuses.[3338] She died a widow, intestate, on 4 May 1902 in Northampton, MA, aged 80 years, 4 months, of “senility,”[3339] and they were both buried in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA. They had at least two sons:

1. Henry9 “Harry” Todd Washburn, born on 13 Aug. 1852 in Northampton, MA,[3340] his mother, Mary C. Washburn, was appointed as his guardian on 5 Jan. 1861,[3341] and he married Dorcas Edith Tracy, daughter of Carlos Clinton and Emma Cragin (Murphy) Tracy,[3342] on 25 Nov. 1902 in Northampton.[3343] She was born on 3 Oct. 1871 in Northampton, MA.[3344] He shot himself in the head on 19 July 1926 in Northampton, aged 73 years, 11 months, 4 days,[3345] and was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton. She remarried to William R. Barnes on 22 Feb. 1939,[3346] and she died on 26 Dec. 1952 in Northampton, MA,[3347] and was also buried in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

2. Henry9 “Harry” Todd Washburn, born on 13 Aug. 1852 in Northampton, MA,[3348] his mother, Mary C. Washburn, was appointed as his guardian on 5 Jan. 1861,[3349] and he married Dorcas Edith Tracy, daughter of Carlos Clinton and Emma Cragin (Murphy) Tracy,[3350] on 25 Nov. 1902 in Northampton.[3351] She was born on 3 Oct. 1871 in Northampton, MA.[3352] He shot himself in the head on 19 July 1926 in Northampton, aged 73 years, 11 months, 4 days,[3353] and was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton. She remarried to William R. Barnes on 22 Feb. 1939,[3354] and she died on 26 Dec. 1952 in Northampton, MA,[3355] and was also buried in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

b. Mary8 Catherine Washburn, born on 2 June 1822 in Lanesborough, MA,[3356] as a minor over the age of 14 years she chose her mother, Mary Washburn, widow, as her guardian on 6 Nov. 1838,[3357] and she married Rev. Thomas Osborne Rice, of West Killingly, CT, son of Asa and Rebecca (Osborn) Rice,[3358] on 20 Mar. 1845 in Pittsfield, MA.[3359] He was born on 19 Aug. 1815 in Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA.[3360] She died on 14 Apr. 1849 in West Killingly, Windham Co., CT, aged 26 years,[3361] and was buried in Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, Windham Co., CT. He was living in Killingly, Windham Co., CT, in the 1850 federal census, with his deceased wife’s widowed mother, where he was a Congregational Minister.[3362] He remarried to Margaret Mann, daughter of Peleg and Margaret (Tuff) Mann,[3363] on 27 Aug. 1850 in Boston, MA.[3364] She was born on 8 Jan. 1816 in Boston.[3365] They were living in Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1860 federal census,[3366] and in Walnut, Polk Co., IA, in the 1870 federal census,[3367] and supposedly in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census. He died on 15 Aug. 1888 in Granville, Hampden Co., MA, aged 72 years, of “cholera morbus,” [3368] and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in West Brookfield, MA. She died on 31 Jan. 1897,[3369] and was also buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in West Brookfield, MA. Mary Catherine Washburn had two children:

1. Mary Washburn Rice, born on 2 Feb. 1847 in Killingly, Windham Co., CT,[3370] married Frank Waterman, son of William Henry Harrison and Caroline M. (Ainsworth) Waterman,[3371] on 8 Dec. 1870.[3372] He was born on 16 May 1844 in Racine, WI,[3373] and died on 9 Aug. 1925, supposedly in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.[3374] She died on 1 Sept. 1928 in Avoca, Pottawattamie Co., IA,[3375] and they were both was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

2. Rebecca Osborn Rice, born in Jan. or Feb. 1849 in West Killingly, CT, died on 20 Nov. 1849 in West Killingly, CT,[3376] and was buried in Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, Windham Co., CT.

        2475   iv   Rufus7 Washburn, born on 12 May 1776 in Hardwick,[3377] married Thankful Cotting or Cutting, of Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, daughter of Uriah and Catherine “Cate” (Clap) (Puffer) Cutting,[3378] on 25 Mar. 1799 in Lancaster.[3379] She was born supposedly on 10 Aug. 1777 in MA,[3380] a granddaughter of Richard and Thankful (Harrington) Cutting, of Waltham,[3381] and of Joel and Elizabeth (Burk) Clap, of Sudbury, MA.[3382] The will of Uriah Cutting, of Waltham and Marlborough, MA, dated 5 Feb. 1782, and probated on 13 Nov. 1782, mentioned his wife Cate and a minor daughter Thankful, in addition to other children.[3383] They lived in Lancaster and Hardwick, MA, where he was a blacksmith, and moved to Hamilton Co., NY, in ca. 1810. On 1 Feb. 1803 Rufus Washburn, of Hardwick, purchased a farm containing 95 acres of land in Lancaster, MA, from Gardner and Cate Wilder,[3384] which Rufus and Thankful Washburn sold back to Gardner Wilder on 16 Jan. 1804.[3385] On 7 Apr. 1809 Jonathan Warner, of Hardwick, sold an acre of land with a house and blacksmith’s shop on it to Rufus Washburn, of Hardwick, Blacksmith,[3386] which Rufus Washburn sold to Chandler Wood, of Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, on 14 Apr. 1810.[3387] He was not a head of household in Lancaster or Hardwick, MA, in the 1800 federal census, but they were still living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census.[3388] They moved to Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton) Co., NY, by 1812. On 21 May 1812 Rufus Washburn, of Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY, blacksmith, purchased 38 acres of land in Hering’s Purchase in Northampton, NY, from Freeborn and Sarah Joslin, of Mayfield, Montgomery Co., NY, for $80.[3389] He was living in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1820,[3390] 1830,[3391] and 1840 federal censuses, next door to his son, Eliphalet Washburn.[3392] He was not found in the 1850 federal census, but Thankful Washburn was living with the family of their son Benjamin F. Washburn in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census. He died supposedly on 9 Aug. 1859 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, aged 70 [sic] years,[3393] and she died in Gloversville, NY, in her 80th year,[3394] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, but no probate records were found for them in Fulton County, NY. Rufus Washburn and Thankful Cotting had children:

a. Eliphalet8 Washburn, born on 14 June 1799 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA,[3395] married 1.) Pamelia/Pamela Hall, daughter of William and Phebe (Crozier) Hall, of Benson, Hamilton Co., NY,[3396] in ca. 1825.[3397] She was born in Apr. 1804 in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY.[3398] They were living in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1830,[3399] and 1840 federal censuses, near his father, Rufus Washburn.[3400] She died on 14 Jan. 1848 in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY,[3401] and was buried in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY. He remarried to 2.) Catherine/Katherine (___). She was born ca. 1827 in Ireland.[3402] They were  living in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3403] and they were living in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1860,[3404] 1870,[3405] and 1880 federal censuses,[3406] where he was a farmer. She died on 18 Feb. 1887 in Benson, NY,[3407] and he died on 16 Dec. 1887, supposedly in Kansas City, MO,[3408] and was buried in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY. He supposedly had 8 chil­dren by Pamelia Hall, and apparently 1 or 2 more children by Catherine, his second wife:

1. William9 N. Washburn, born ca. 1826 in Hamilton Co., NY,[3409] married Amanda (___), who was born ca. 1836 in NY,[3410] and they moved to Winona Co., MN, then to Jackson Co., WI, then to the Dakota Territory. They were living in Winona Co., MN, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3411] in Garden Valley, Jackson Co., WI, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3412] and in Spink, Dakota Territory, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3413]

2. Lucy9 B. Washburn, born in July 1828 in Hamilton Co., NY,[3414] married Erastus Calvin Anibal, son of Leonard and Lydia (Ward) Anibal,[3415] in 1849 in Fulton Co., NY.[3416] He was born in Oct. 1823 in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY.[3417] They were living in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census,[3418] and in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census,[3419] where he was a farmer, and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3420] He supposedly died on 13 Mar. 1924 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3421] and she supposedly died on 18 Mar. 1924 in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY.[3422]

3. Nancy9 Maria Washburn, born on 17 May 1829 in Hamilton Co., NY,[3423] married Lorenzo Dow Smith, son of Gerrard and Elizabeth (Goodale) Smith,[3424] on 4 Feb. 1847 in Gloversville, NY.[3425] He was born on 25 Dec. 1820 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY.[3426] They were living in Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3427] and in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a glove cutter,[3428] and in Farmington township, Republic Co., KA, in the 1880 federal census.[3429] She died on 17 Nov. 1906 in Belleville, Republic Co., KA,[3430] and he supposedly died on 13 Dec. 1911 in Kansas City, MO,[3431] and they were both buried in Belleville Cemetery in Belleville, KA.

4. Reuel9 Washburn, born ca. 1832 in Hamilton Co., NY,[3432] married Cevilla/Sevilla M. Blanchard, daughter of John and Harriet Blanchard,[3433] on 21 Jan. 1857.[3434] She was born ca. 1836 in NY.[3435] They were living near his parents in Benson, Hamilton Co,. NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was farmer,[3436] and in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3437] She died on 12 July 1910 in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY,[3438] and he died on 18 June 1913 in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY,[3439] and they were both buried in the Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery in Broadalbin, NY.

5. Alfred9 Brunson Washburn, born on 19 Aug. 1834 in Hamilton Co., NY,[3440] married Lucy A. Nation on 12 Dec.  1859 in Winona Co., MN.[3441] She was born on 28 May 1840 in England.[3442] They were living in Winona, Winona Co., MN, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a day laborer,[3443] but were back living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a grocer,[3444] and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a grocer.[3445] She died on 30 Nov. 1899 in Minneapolis, MN.[3446] He died on 17 Nov. 1915 in Minneapolis, MN,[3447] and they were both buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

6. Catherine S. Washburn, born in Nov. 1836 in Benson, NY,[3448] died on 2 Apr. 1838 in Benson, NY,[3449] and was buried in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

7. Calvin9 “Colin” Washburn, born in ca. 1839 in Benson, NY,[3450] died on 12 Mar. 1870 in Benson, NY,[3451] and was buried in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

8. Mary9 C. Washburn, born in Oct. 1842 in NY,[3452] married William T. Eglin, son of Seth W. and Betsey (Spears) Eglin,[3453] in ca. 1859, and they lived in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY. He was born supposedly on 19 Feb. 1837 in Mayfield, Fulton Co., NY.[3454] She died on 4 Nov. 1875 in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY,[3455] and he was living in Benson, NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3456] He remarried to Grace E. Woodrick in 1881.[3457] She was born ca. 1858 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY,[3458] and died on 13 Dec. 1890 in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY.[3459] He died on 10 Jan. 1921 in Benson, NY,[3460] and they were both buried in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

9. (Possibly) Augusta Washburn, born ca. 1855 in NY,[3461] marriage not found.

10. William Washburn, born ca. 1863 in NY,[3462] marriage not found.

b. Nancy8 C. Washburn, born on 7 Mar. 1801 in Hardwick, MA,[3463] married Henry Ward, son of William and Zurviah (Murdock) Ward, as his second wife,[3464] on 26 Dec. 1821 in Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY.[3465] He was born supposedly on 6 Sept. 1795 in Fulton Co., NY,[3466] and had married first to Maria Clark on 4 Mar. 1819.[3467] Nancy (Washburn) Ward died in 1832 in Fulton Co., NY,[3468] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, and he remarried again to Mary Sheldon.[3469] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census.[3470] She died in 1846 in Fulton Co., NY,[3471] and he was living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, next door to his brother-in-law Benjamin F. Washburn in the 1850 federal census.[3472] He died in 1858 in Fulton Co., NY,[3473] and they were both also buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. Nancy C. Washburn supposedly had children,[3474] order uncertain:

1. Henry M. Ward

2. Rufus W. Ward

3. Catherine M. Ward

4. Julia W. Ward

c. Dr. George8 Washburn, born on 5 Dec. 1803 in Lancaster, MA,[3475] married Electa (___), who was born ca. 1805 in NY, and they settled in Utica, Oneida Co., NY, where he was a physician. She was born ca. 1805 in Cortland, NY.[3476] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census,[3477] and in Utica, Oneida Co., NY, in the 1850,[3478] and 1860 federal census,[3479] where he was a Doctor of Medicine or physician, and in the 1865 New York State Census.[3480] He probably had no children, and he apparently died by 1870, but no probate records were found for his estate in Oneida Co., NY. She was living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, with the family of his brother, Benjamin F. Washburn.[3481]

d. Lorenzo8 C. Washburn, born on 3 Apr. 1806 in Hardwick,[3482] supposedly married Mary “Polly” Carpen­ter. She was born ca. 1811 in NY.[3483] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840,[3484] 1850,[3485] and 1860 federal censuses, where he was a mitten pedlar,[3486] the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove cutter,[3487] and the 1880 federal census.[3488] She died on 9 Feb. 1891 in Gloversville, NY, aged 80 years,[3489] and he died testate on 4 Aug. 1895 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton, Co., NY, aged 89 years,[3490] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, his will dated 9 Mar. 1892, and probated on 23 Aug. 1895, left his entire estate to his son William R. Washburn, whom he named as sole executor of his estate.[3491] (See Appendix [GG] for a full transcription of his will.) They had children:

1. Marcellus9 G. Washburn, born ca. 1833 in NY,[3492] married Lydia Marcella Orton, supposedly daughter of Chauncy and Ruth (Hart) Orton.[3493] She was born on 26 Sept. 1832 in Rockwood, Fulton Co., NY,[3494] and they were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a saloon keeper,[3495] and in Gloversville, NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he had rheumatism,[3496] but they apparently had no children. He died intestate on 14 July 1881 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, aged 48 years,[3497] and his widow Lydia G. Washburn was granted administration of his estate on 26 Dec. 1884.[3498] She died a widow, testate, on 13 July 1891 in Gloversville, NY, aged 59 years,[3499] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, her will dated 4 Apr. 1889, and probated on 8 July 1892, left her estate to be divided equally among her sisters Clara Jeffers, Caroline Lowry, and Helen Burns, and she named her sister Clara Jeffers as executrix of her estate.[3500] (See Appendix [HH] for a full transcription of her will.)

2. William9 R. Washburn, born ca. 1839 in NY,[3501] married 1.) Sarah E. (___), who was born ca. 1843 in NY,[3502] and they were living next door to his parents in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870,[3503] and 1880 federal censuses,[3504] where he was a glove cutter. She died, and he remarried to 2.) Hannah A. (___). He was named as executor of his father’s estate, and was living in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in 1895 when his father’s will was probated, and he died testate in 1907 in Gloversville, his will dated 23 Oct. 1907, and probated on 20 Dec. 1907, mentioned his wife Hannah A. Washburn, son Charles E. Washburn, and Charles’ wife Cora Washburn, and he named Charles E. Sweet, of Gloversville, as executor of his estate.[3505] (See Appendix [II] for a full transcription of his will.)

3. Mary Washburn, born ca. 1843 in NY,[3506] probably died young, not mentioned in her father’s will.

e. Lionel8 W. Washburn, born on 18 June 1808 in Hardwick,[3507] married Catharine “Katie” Veeder, daughter of Henry and Polly (Ragans) Veeder,[3508] on 1 Mar. 1835.[3509] She was born ca. 1817 in NY.[3510] They moved to Johnstown, Montgomery (now Fulton) Co., NY. On 27 Dec. 1833 Lionel W. Washburn, of Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY, purchased 1 acre of land in Johnstown from Elias G. and Sally Ward, of Johnstown, for $70.[3511] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840,[3512] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a peddler,[3513] the 1860 federal census, where he was a glove peddler,[3514] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove cutter.[3515] He died testate on 22 Aug. 1878 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, aged 70 years,[3516] his will dated 22 Aug. 1872, left his entire estate to his wife Catharine Washburne, without naming an executor of his estate, and his widow Catharine Washburne was granted administration of his estate on 28 Oct. 1878.[3517] (See Appendix [JJ] for a full transcription of his will.) She was living with Eliphalet and Asenatha Veeder in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census.[3518] She died on 20 Aug. 1889 in Gloversville, NY, aged 72 years,[3519] but no probate records were filed for her estate, and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. They had children:

1. Mary Washburn, born ca. 1837 in NY.[3520]

2. Jane Washburn, born ca. 1839 in NY.[3521]

3. Nancy Maria Washburn, died in Gloversville, NY, and was buried next to her parents in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.[3522]

f. Catherine8 Washburn, born on 10 June 1810 in Hardwick,[3523] married Daniel Sand­ers Mason, son of Jacob and Abigail (Marcy) Mason.[3524] He was born on 22 Oct. 1799 in Sturbridge, MA.[3525] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census,[3526] and in Sycamore Township, DeKalb Co., IL, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3527] He apparently died by 1860. She was a domestic servant living in a hotel in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1860,[3528] and 1870 federal censuses.[3529] She died on 22 Dec. 1870 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3530] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. They had children:

1. George W. Mason, born on 1 May 1835 in NY,[3531] died on 13 May 1862 in Fulton Co., NY,[3532] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

2. Marvin M. Mason, born on 8 Nov. 1836 in NY,[3533] committed suicide by shooting himself on 10 Oct. 1877 in Johnstown, NY,[3534] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

3. Ophelia S. Mason, born on 25 Jan. 1839 in NY,[3535] married Capt. James J. Barr, who was born on 5 Feb. 1824 in NY.[3536] He was a Lieutenant from Johnstown in the Civil War, and a Captain of the Police Force in Gloversville when he died.[3537] He was a hotel proprietor in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census.[3538] She died on 11 July 1873 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY,[3539] and he died on 12 Sept. 1884 in NY, aged 60 years,[3540] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Fulton Co., NY.

4. John J. Mason, born ca. 1841 in Gloversville, NY,[3541] married Mary A. Hosmer, daughter of Alanson and Martha (Parsons) Hosmer, in 1868.[3542] She was born ca. 1847.[3543] He purchased a hotel in Gloversville in ca. 1866 which he renamed the Mason House, and was also in the drug business there.[3544] They were living with her widowed mother in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census.[3545] He died intestate on 2 Oct. 1901 in Gloversville,[3546] and Mary A. Mason was granted administration of his estate on 6 Dec. 1901.[3547] She died on 18 May 1906 in Gloversville,[3548] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

g. Martin8 Luther Washburn, born in ca. 1812 in NY,[3549] married Hannah M. (___).  She was born ca. 1814 in NY.[3550] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1850,[3551] and 1860 federal censuses,[3552] where he was a farmer, the 1870 federal census, where he was a laborer,[3553] and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a teamster.[3554] He was mentioned in the 1891 will of his brother Rufus Washburn. They had children:

1. Julia Washburn, born ca. 1841 in NY.[3555]

2. John William Washburn, born ca. 1842 in NY.[3556]

3. Nancy C. Washburn, born ca. 1845 in NY.[3557]

4. Martin S. Washburn, born ca. 1846 in NY.[3558]

5. Mary9 J. Washburn, born ca. 1847 in NY,[3559] probably married James Christie, who was born ca. 1848 in NY,[3560] and they were living with her parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a skin dresser,[3561] but they were not found in Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census.

6. Francelia9 “Fannie” Washburn, born in 1850 in Johnstown, NY,[3562] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1880 federal census.

7. George9 H. Washburn, born ca. 1854 in NY,[3563] married Matilda Payne, daughter of Charles and Sarah Ann Payne,[3564] and they were living in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where they were enumerated twice, once as a worker in a skin mill, and she as a glove maker, and the second time as a worker in a glove shop, and she a dressmaker.[3565] She died on 13 Aug. 1890 in Gloversville, NY, aged 33 years, of typhoid fever,[3566] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

h. Rufus8 Washburn (Jr.), born ca. 1815 in NY,[3567] married 1.) Laura Loraine Knowles, daugh­ter of Simeon and Lucetta (Newton) Knowles, of Hardwick, on 21 Feb. 1837 in Hardwick, MA,[3568] and they settled in Johnstown, NY. She was born on 10 Oct. 1816 in Phillipston, MA,[3569] a granddaughter of Silas and (2472) Naomi7 (Washburn) Newton, and she was his first cousin once re­moved. They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mill manufacturer,[3570] in the 1860 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[3571] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer.[3572] She apparently died by 1880, and he remarried to 2.) Amanda J. (___) before 1880. She was born ca. 1838 in ME.[3573] They were living in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a retired glove manufacturer.[3574] He died testate in early 1892 in Gloversville, NY, his will dated 19 Feb. 1891, and probated on 7 Mar. 1892, mentioned his wife Amanda J. Washburn, sons Lucius K. Washburn, of Boston, and John C. Washburn, of Gloversville, daughter Ellen A. Sweet, of Gloversville, granddaughter Alice M. Washburn, of Boston, daughter of his son Lucius K. Washburn, granddaughters Loraine W. Sweet and Kate D. Sweet, daughters of his daughter Ellen A. Sweet, and brother Martin L. Washburn, of Gloversville, and he named his son Lucius K. Washburn as executor of his estate.[3575] (See Appendix [KK] for a full transcription of his will.) He had children by Laura Loraine Knowles:

1. Lucius9 K. Washburn, born ca. 1838 in Johnstown, NY,[3576] married Ellen “Nellie” J. Hitchcock, daughter of Caleb S. and Emily (Merriam) Hitchcock, of Warren, MA,[3577] on 27 Nov. 1860 in Warren, MA.[3578] She was born in ca. Oct. 1840 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.[3579] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a tape manufacturer,[3580] and they were living with her widowed mother in Warren, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a livery proprietor.[3581] He was living in Boston, MA, in 1892 when his father’s will was probated, and he was named as the executor of his father’s estate. She died on 11 Mar. 1901 at the Hotel Oxford in Boston, aged 60 years, 4 months, 18 days, of “pneumonia and La Grippe,”[3582] and he died on widower on 30 Apr. 1907 in the insane hospital in Boston, aged 69 years, of “hypostatic pneumonia.”[3583] They had a daughter:

a. Alice10 Merriam Washburn, born on 26 Mar. 1869 in Worcester, MA,[3584] mentioned in the 1891 will of her grandfather, Rufus Washburn, married Reginald Heber Leavens, of Providence, RI, on 23 June 1891 in Warren, MA.[3585] He was born ca. 1863 in Burlington, NJ,[3586] and they were living in Providence, RI, in 1892 when her grandfather Rufus Washburn’s will was probated.

2. Ellen/Ellenor9 A. Washburn, born ca. 1851 in Johnstown, NY,[3587] married Charles A. Sweet, who was born ca. 1845 in NY,[3588] and they were living with her parents in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census,[3589] where he was a grocer. They had two daughters:

a. Loraine W. Sweet, born ca. 1872 in Johnstown, NY,[3590] mentioned in the 1891 will of her grandfather, Rufus Washburn.

b. Kate D. Sweet, born ca. 1876 in Johnstown, NY,[3591] mentioned in the 1891 will of her grandfather, Rufus Washburn.

3. John9 C. Washburn, born ca. 1853 in Johnstown, NY,[3592] was to be provided for by his brother Lucius K. Washburn in the 1891 will of his father.

i. Benjamin8 Franklin Washburn, born ca. 1817 in NY, supposedly married 1.) Mary/Marian Plank. She was born ca. 1822 in NY.[3593] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census, where his mother was living with them,[3594] and in the 1860 federal census, where he worked in a flour store.[3595] She died, and he remarried to 2.) Mrs. Sarah R. (___) Ames. She was born ca. 1832 in NY.[3596] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where his occupation was livery,[3597] and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where his occupation was a livery keeper.[3598] She died intestate in 1891, and Benjamin F. Washburn, of Gloversville, was granted administration of her estate on 4 Apr. 1891.[3599] He died testate on 6 Jan. 1892 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, aged 74 years,[3600] and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, next to his wives Mary and Sarah, but the dates are unreadable for his wives, his will dated 22 Apr. 1891, and presented for probate on 15 Jan. 1892, mentioned his grandson Loren F. Washburn, son of his son Loren H. Washburn, deceased, Clara Frossard, granddaughter of his deceased wife, his daughter Leona C. Washburn, and grandson Frank Washburn, son of his daughter Leona C. Washburn, and he named James H. Washburn, of Gloversville, as executor of his estate.[3601] (See Appendix [LL] for a full transcription of his will.) They had children:

1. Frances A. Washburn, born ca. 1841 in NY,[3602] probably died young, not mentioned in her father’s will.

2. Leona9 C. Washburn, born ca. 1845 in NY,[3603] married (___) Miller, and moved to Iowa, but she was back living with her father and step-mother in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census. She had a son Frank Washburn who was mentioned in the 1891 will of her father.

3. Loren9 H. Washburn, born ca. 1847 in NY,[3604] married (____), and died on 9 Oct. (___), before his father’s 1891 will, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.[3605] He had a son Loren F. Washburn who was mentioned in the 1891 will of his father, who was living in Hart, Oceana Co., MI, in 1892 when his grandfather’s will was probated.

4. Alfred Washburn, born ca. 1857 in NY,[3606] probably died young, not mentioned in his father’s will.

j. William8 W. Washburn, born ca. 1820 in NY,[3607] supposedly married Susan Hall. She was born ca. 1819 in Ireland.[3608] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1850,[3609] 1860,[3610] and 1870 federal censuses,[3611] where he was a farmer. He died intestate in 1874 in Johnstown, NY, and administration of his estate was granted to Susan Washburn and James W. Thomas, of Johnstown, on 11 Nov. 1874.[3612] She was still living in Gloversville, NY, in the 1880 federal census,[3613] and she died testate in 1895 in Gloversville, NY, her will dated 2 July 1893, and probated on 15 July 1895, mentioned her grandchildren Susan Washburn, Emily Washburn, William Lewis Washburn, and Ruth Washburn, children of her son James H. Washburn, daughters Emily Bryce, and Frances Simmons, and she named her son James H. Washburn as executor of her estate.[3614] (See Appendix [MM] for a full transcription of her will.) They had children:

1. Rufus9 W. Washburn, born ca. 1842 in NY,[3615] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Johnstown, NY, working on the farm in the 1870 federal census, and was still living with his widowed mother in Gloversville, NY, in the 1880 federal census, a saloon keeper. He died intestate in 1889 in Fulton Co., NY, and his mother Susan Washburn, of Gloversville, and his brother-in-law Robert Bryce, of Albany, NY, were granted administration of his estate on 13 May 1889.[3616]

2. Emily9 G. or J. Washburn, born ca. 1845 in NY,[3617] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1870 federal census, married Robert Bryce, and they were living in Albany, NY, in 1895, when her mother’s will was probated. He died testate in 1897 in Albany, NY, his will dated 6 Apr. 1897, and probated on 14 Aug. 1897, mentioned his brother John Bryce, his step-mother Helen Bryce, and his wife Emily Bryce, and he named his wife and William McEwan as executors of his estate.[3618] (See Appendix [NN] for a full transcription of his will.)

3. James9 H. Washburn, born ca. 1846 in Benson, Hamilton Co., NY,[3619] married Melvina Saltsman, of Montgomery Co., NY.[3620] She was born ca. 1850 in NY,[3621] and they were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3622] and in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in 1895 when his mother’s will was probated.

4. Lewis Washburn, born ca. 1848 in NY,[3623] probably died young, not mentioned in his mother’s 1893 will.

5. Frances9 Washburn, born ca. 1850 in NY,[3624] married Albert N. Simmons. They were living in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a skin dresser,[3625] and in 1895 when her mother’s will was probated.

        2476    v   Calvin7 Washburn, born on 15 May 1778 in Hardwick,[3626] married Fannie Whipple, daugh­ter of Samuel and Sarah5 (Leonard) Whipple, of Hardwick,[3627] on 19 June  1806 in Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY. She was born on 27 Feb. 1782 in Hardwick,[3628] a granddaughter of Ebenezer Whipple, and of Ensign Ezra4 and Olive (Smith) Leonard, of Hardwick.[3629] He witnessed his brother Rufus Washburn’s purchase of land in Lancaster, MA, in 1803, and they moved to Cayuga Co., NY, then to Cincinnati, OH. They were living in Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census,[3630] and in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, in the 1820,[3631] and 1830 federal censuses,[3632] where he was a farmer. He died testate on 9 Oct. 1835 in Cincinnati, OH, aged 58 years,[3633] his will dated 2 May 1833, and probated on 12 Nov. 1835, mentioned his wife Fanny Washburn, his daughter Sarah Ann Brown, wife of Augustus C. Brown, and son Timothy Dwight Washburn, and he named his wife Fanny Washburn as sole executrix of his estate.[3634] (See Appendix [OO] for a full transcription will.) She was probably living with her daughter and son-in-law, Augustus C. Brown, in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1840 federal census. She died on 29 Jan. 1855 in Cincinnati, OH,[3635] but no probate records were filed for her estate in Hamilton Co., OH. They were probably both buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH. Calvin Washburn and Fannie Whipple supposedly had children:

a. Charles8 Whipple Washburn, born on 7 May 1807 in Oswego Co., NY,[3636] died on 16 Dec. 1831 in Cincinnati, OH,[3637] presumably unmarried, and was probably buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

b. Sarah8 Ann Washburn, born on 25 Nov. 1808 in Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY,[3638] married Augustus Cyrus Brown on 26 May 1829 in Cincinnati, OH.[3639] He was born on 12 Mar. 1799 in VT.[3640] Daughter Sarah Ann Brown, wife of Augustus C. Brown, was mentioned in the 1833 will of her father. They were living in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1840,[3641] and 1850 federal censuses, where he was a machinist,[3642] and in Springfield, Hamilton Co., OH, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a woolen manufacturer.[3643] She died on 29 Nov. 1869 in Cincinnati, OH,[3644] and he was living in Cincinnati with the family his daughter and son-in-law Marcus and Fanny W. Hunt in the 1870 federal census.[3645] He died on 28 July 1876 in Cincinnati, OH,[3646] and they were both buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH. They had children:

1. George Washburn Brown, born on 19 Feb. 1830 in Cincinnati, OH,[3647] supposedly married Christiana Ernestine Gentner, daughter of Johann Carl and Anna (Kaas) Gentner.[3648] She was born on 19 Nov. 1832 in Wόrttemberg, Germany.[3649] They were living in New York City, NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a designer.[3650] He supposedly died on 20 Nov. 1866 in New York,[3651] but no probate records were found for his estate in New York Co., NY. She supposedly remarried to his brother, Charles Augustus Brown, on 16 May 1868 in Jefferson Co., IN.[3652] They were living in Columbia, Jennings Co., IN, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter,[3653] but they were not found in the 1880 federal census. She died on 24 Jan. 1906 in Cincinnati, OH,[3654] and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

2. Charlotte W. Brown, born in Oct. 1832 in Cincinnati, OH,[3655] married Charles Wright Smith. He was born ca. 1817 in NY. They were living in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1870 federal census, where he was an iron merchant,[3656] and in Sunshine, Boulder Co., CO, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a mining superintendent.[3657] He died in 1901 in Sunshine, Boulder Co., CO,[3658] and she died in 1910 in Sunshine, Boulder Co., CO,[3659] and they were both buried in Sunshine Cemetery in Sunshine, CO.[3660]

3. Charles Augustus Brown, born ca. 1834 in Cincinnati, OH,[3661] married Christiana (Gentner) Brown, widow of his brother George W. Brown,[3662] on 16 May 1868 in Jefferson Co., IN.[3663] They were living in Columbia, Jennings Co., IN, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a carpenter,[3664] but they were not found in the 1880 federal census. He supposedly died on 7 Aug. 1903 in OH,[3665] and she died on 24 Jan. 1906 in Cincinnati, OH,[3666] and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

4. Frances “Fanny” Whipple Brown, born on 7 Nov. 1835 in Cincinnati, OH,[3667] married Marcus A. Hunt, son of John and Lydia (Folger) Hunt.[3668] They were living in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1870 federal census, where her widowed father and several of her brothers were living with them,[3669] and in the 1880 federal census, where he was a spray bed maker.[3670] He died on 26 Oct. 1909 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN, aged 76 years,[3671] and she died a widow on 31 Jan. 1919 in Chattanooga, TN.[3672]

5. Calvin Washburn Brown, born ca. 1838 in Cincinnati, OH,[3673] enlisted to serve in the Civil War from Cincinnati in 1863 at the age of 24, at which time his occupation was a printer,[3674] and died on 19 Aug. 1883 in Washington, DC, aged 45 years,[3675] and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC.

6. Henry L. Brown, born ca. 1839 in Cincinnati, OH,[3676] was still unmarried and living with his father in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1870 federal census, a dry goods clerk, but he was not found in the 1880 federal census.

7. Timothy Dwight Brown, born ca. 1843 in Cincinnati, OH,[3677] enlisted to serve in the Civil War from Cincinnati in 1863 at the age of 20, at which time his occupation was a printer,[3678] possibly married Margaret Burger on 24 Jan. 1878 in Paulding Co., OH,[3679] but they were not found in Ohio in the 1880 federal census. He died on 1 Jan. 1919 in Cincinnati,[3680] and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

8. Mary Brown, born on 15 Dec. 1844 in Cincinnati, died on 16 Jan. 1845 in Cincinnati.[3681]

9. Sarah Ella Brown, born on 24 Dec. 1845 in Cincinnati, OH,[3682] married Albert French,[3683] son of Thomas John and Ann (Neaves) French.[3684] He was born on 8 Apr. 1846 in Newport, Campbell Co., KY.[3685] They were living in Columbia, Hamilton Co., OH, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a book keeper.[3686] He died on 23 Feb. 1916 in Lebanon, Warren Co., OH,[3687] and she died a widow on 24 May 1930 in Lebanon, Warren Co., OH,[3688] and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

10. Franklin/Francis “Frank” Brown, born ca. 1848 in Cincinnati, OH,[3689] was still unmarried and living with his father in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1870 federal census, a dry goods clerk, and with his sister and brother-in-law, Marcus and Fanny Hunt, in Cincinnati in the 1880 federal census, where he was a book keeper.

11. Joseph Brown, born ca. 1852 in Cincinnati, OH,[3690] was not listed in his parents’ household in the 1860 federal census, but he was living with his widowed father in Cincinnati, OH, in the 1870 federal census.

12. Ida Brown, born on 8 Apr. 1854 in Cincinnati, died on 20 Nov. 1855 in Cincinnati, OH,[3691] and was probably buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

c. Timothy8 Dwight Washburn, born on 26 Dec. 1810 in Oswego Co., NY,[3692] mentioned in his father’s 1833 will. He died on 1 Nov. 1835 in Cincinnati, OH,[3693] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Hamilton Co., OH.

d. George Clinton Washburn, born on 1 May 1813 in Cincinnati, OH,[3694] died on 3 Apr. 1815 in Cincinnati, OH,[3695] and was probably buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

        2477   vi   Anna7 Washburn, born on 25 May 1780 in Hardwick,[3696] married Deacon Benjamin Willis Childs, son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Willis) Childs (Jr.),[3697] on 25 Nov. 1798 in Hardwick.[3698] He was born on 5 Oct. 1774 in Barre, MA,[3699] a grandson of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah (Spooner) Willis.[3700] They lived in Hardwick, then moved to Barre, Worcester Co., MA. They were may have been living with his parents in Hardwick in the 1800 federal census, but they were living in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[3701] and he was elected Deacon in Hardwick on 10 Aug. 1812.[3702] They had moved to Barre, Worcester Co., MA, by 1820, and they were living in Barre in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3703] and in the 1830 federal census.[3704] Benjamin’s mother, the widow Abigail Childs, died on 5 Apr. 1807 in Barre, aged 84 years.[3705] Deacon Benjamin W. Childs died on 13 Jan. 1838 in Barre, MA,[3706] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA, and Anna (Washburn) Childs died on 9 Oct. 1845 in Barre, MA, aged 65 years.[3707] Anna Washburn and Benjamin Willis Childs had children:

a. Benjamin Willis Childs (Jr.), born on 6 Nov. 1799 in Hardwick,[3708] married Elizabeth Southworth,[3709] supposedly daughter of Simeon and Anna (Stone) Southworth,[3710] in 1827.[3711] She was supposedly born on 12 July 1799 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.[3712] They were living in Oxford, Worces­ter Co., MA, in the 1850 feder­al cen­sus, probably in the house of Nathan and Eliza Morgan, where he was a mason.[3713] She died on 7 Aug. 1853 in Oxford, MA, aged 54 years, of “dysentary,”[3714] and he was probably the Benj. Childs living with the family of Philadelphia Henry in Oxford, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was still a mason.[3715] He died a widower on 31 Dec. 1866 in Ox­ford, MA, aged 67 years, 25 days, of “intemperance/consumption,”[3716] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA. They had children:

1. Ann “Annie” Elizabeth Childs, born on 19 Dec. 1827 in Oxford, MA,[3717] never married. She was still unmarried and living with her parents in Oxford, MA, in the 1850 federal census, but she was not found in the 1860 federal census. She was still unmarried and living with the family of her sister and brother-in-law, Bernard and Fannie Vassal in Worcester, MA, in the 1870 federal census, and with her brother Benjamin and Olive Childs in Worcester, MA, in the 1880 federal census, a dress maker. She died on 29 July 1888 in Worcester, MA, aged 60 years, 7 months, 10 days, of chronic bronchitis apoplexy.[3718]

2. Frances “Fannie” Maria Childs, born on 21 Mar. 1834 in Oxford, MA,[3719] married Lt. Bernard Barton Vassall, son of Vester and Sarah (Barton) Vassall, of Oxford,[3720] in 1863 in Oxford, MA.[3721] He was born on 10 Oct. 1835 in Oxford, MA,[3722] and he served as a Lieutenant in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.[3723] They were living in Worcester, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a clerk at the state house, and her sister was living with them,[3724] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a state official, and his widowed father was living with them.[3725] He died on 23 Mar. 1894 in Worcester, aged 59 years, 5 months, 3 days, of “Bright’s Disease uraemia,”[3726] at the residence of his brother-in-law, B. W. Childs,[3727] and was buried in North Cemetery in Oxford, MA.

3. Benjamin Willis Childs (3rd), born on 15 Jan. 1839 in Oxford, MA,[3728] was a merchant living in Oxford, MA, in the family of Moses and Harriet Burden in the 1860 federal census,[3729] married Olive Maria Chamberlin, daughter of Moses and Charlotte (Miller) Chamberlain, of Templeton, Worcester Co., MA,[3730] on 20 Sept. 1865 in Templeton, MA.[3731] She was born on 5 Jan. 1843 in Templeton, MA.[3732] They were living in Oxford, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a boot and shoe dealer,[3733] and in Worcester, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a wholesale boot and shoe dealer,[3734] and he was still living in Worcester, MA, when his brother-in-law Lt. Bernard Vassall died, but no death record was found for him.

b. Tryphena Washburn Childs, born on 13 Aug. 1801 in Hardwick,[3735] marriage not found.

c. Aurelia Childs, born on 28 June 1803 in Hardwick,[3736] married Abijah Burnap, of Paxton, MA, as his third wife, on 19 Oct. 1841 in Barre, MA.[3737] He died intestate on 22 Feb. 1844 in Paxton, aged 50 years,[3738] and his widow Aurelia Burnap, of Paxton, relinquished her right to administer his estate in favor of Silas N. Grosvenor on who was granted administration of his estate on 8 Mar. 1844.[3739] She was still living in Paxton, MA, in the 1850 federal census, in the house of George and Betsy Stowe, with some of her step-children.[3740] She died on 3 Mar. 1868 in New Braintree, MA, aged 64 years, of “consumption.”[3741] She had one daughter:

1. Julia Childs Burnap, born on 15 Aug. 1842 in Paxton, MA,[3742] died on 29 Nov. 1845 in Paxton, aged 3 years.[3743]

d. Elvira Childs, born on 28 May 1805 in Hardwick,[3744] never married, died on 31 Jan. 1842 in Barre, MA, aged 36 years,[3745] but no probate records were filed for her estate in Worcester Co., MA.

e. Franklin Lyman Childs, born on 10 Sept. 1807 in Hardwick,[3746] marriage not found. He was not found in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.

f. Tyler Childs, born on 18 June 1809 in Hardwick,[3747] married  Nancy Williams,[3748] supposedly on 25 Apr. 1830 in Springfield, MA.[3749] She born supposedly on 29 Jan. 1806 in Townsend, VT,[3750] and they were living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[3751] and in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[3752] the 1870 federal census, where he was a milk pedlar,[3753] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a milk dealer.[3754] She died in Aug. 1884 in Springfield, MA,[3755] and he died a widower on 12 June 1893 in Springfield, aged 83 years, 11 months, 25 days,[3756] and they were both buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA. They had children:

1. Francis “Frank” Lee Childs, born on 3 July 1831 in Montague, Franklin Co., MA, or Springfield, Hampden Co., MA,[3757] was still living with his parents in Chicopee, MA, in the 1850 federal census, a laborer, married 1.) Olive W. Markham, daughter or Vine and Polly (Lacy) Markham, on 26 Sept. 1858 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA,[3758] and they moved to Michigan. She was born on 15 May 1829,[3759] and died on 21 Feb. 1891 in Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.[3760] He remarried 2.) Kezia (Tyrrell) Ingalls on 21 Apr. 1892 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI.[3761] She was born ca. 1834 in NH.[3762] He died in June 1894 in Michigan,[3763] and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun Co., MI, with his first wife.

2. Julia Augusta Childs, born on 18 July 1838 in Worcester, MA,[3764] never married, but she had an illegitimate daughter born in Springfield in Feb. 1863.[3765] She was still unmarried and living with her father in Springfield, MA, in the 1870 and 1880 federal censuses, and she died on 22 Aug. 1907 in Boston, MA, aged 69 years, 2 months, 4 days, of “carcinoma uteri,”[3766] and was buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

3. George Chamberlain Childs, born on 15 Sept. 1844 in Brookfield, MA,[3767] drowned on 22 Aug. 1863 in Springfield, MA, aged 19 years,[3768] was also buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.[3769]

g. Martin Luther Childs, born on 2 June 1811 in Hardwick,[3770] married Mercy Holmes Chapin, daughter of William and Lucy (Day) Chapin (3rd),[3771] supposedly on 16 Jan. 1840 in Hardwick.[3772] She was born on 17 Aug. 1816 in Chicopee, MA,[3773] and they were living in South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[3774] and in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1870,[3775] and 1880 federal censuses,[3776] where he was a teamster, but they were not found in the 1860 federal census. She died on 28 Feb. 1899 in Springfield, aged 82 years, 6 months, of “Grippe & bronchitis, heart failure,”[3777] and he died on 15 Aug. 1899 in Chicopee, MA,[3778] and they were both buried in Chicopee Street Burying Ground in Chicopee, MA. They had children:

1. Augustus Luther Childs, born on 28 Oct. 1840 in Fitchburg, MA,[3779] married Martha “Mattie” Rice, daughter of John Willis and Mary Ely (Stebbins) Rice,[3780] on 1 Jan. 1868 in Springfield, MA.[3781] She was born on 24 Mar. 1842 in Springfield, MA,[3782] and died on 21 Feb. 1907 in Springfield, MA, aged 62 years, 10 months, 28 days, of “La Grippe.”[3783] He died on 12 Sept. 1926,[3784] and they were both buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

2. Henry Martin Childs, born on 11 June 1845, died on 17 Sept. 1845 in Chicopee, MA,[3785] and was buried in Chicopee Street Burying Ground in Chicopee, MA.

3. Julia R. Childs, born on 24 Nov. 1846 in Springfield, MA,[3786] apparently changed her name to Ellen J. Childs, and married Henry L. Searle, of Springfield, son of Rufus C. and Calista C. Searle,[3787] on 10 Dec. 1868 in Springfield.[3788] He was born ca. 1843 in Chicopee, MA.[3789] They were living with his parents in Springfield, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a bookkeeper,[3790] and in Springfield, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a railroad cashier.[3791]

4. Frederick Lyman Childs, born on 22 Oct. 1851 in South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA,[3792] marriage not found.

5. Albert C. Childs, born on 17 Jan. 1862 in Springfield, MA,[3793] was a bookkeeper living with his parents in Springfield, MA, in the 1880 federal census, married Caroline E. Leonard, daughter of James Manning and Ophelia Alice (Summer) Leonard,[3794] on 10 June 1886 in Cook Co., IL.[3795] She was born on 10 Dec. 1860 in Vermillion, IL.[3796] He died on 9 July 1940 in Oak Part, Cook Co., IL, aged 78 years,[3797] and she died a widow on 14 Mar. 1946 in Oak Park, IL, aged 85 years.[3798]

h. Anna Childs, baptized on 11 July 1813 in Hardwick,[3799] marriage not found.

i. Juliann Childs, a daughter, baptized on 25 June 1815 in Hardwick,[3800] marriage not found.

j. Alexander Hanson Childs, baptized on 1 June 1817 in Hardwick,[3801] married 1.) Phebe Stevens, daughter of Josiah and Mary Stevens,[3802] on 28 Dec. 1839 in Chicopee Falls, MA.[3803] She was born ca. 1818 in Chicopee, MA,[3804] and they were living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[3805] and in Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1860,[3806] and 1870 federal censuses,[3807] where he was a wood and coal dealer. She died on 16 Jan. 1871 in Holyoke, MA, aged 53 years, of “cong of lungs,”[3808] and he remarried to 2.) Miriam H. Gordon, of Saco, ME, daughter of Luke and Hannah (Woodsum) Gordon,[3809] on 11 Oct. 1871 in Holyoke, MA.[3810] She was born on ca. 14 July 1832 in Saco, ME,[3811] and they were living in Holyoke, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a coal merchant.[3812] He died on 29 July 1887 in Holyoke, MA, aged 70 years, 5 months, 4 days, of “diarrhea,”[3813] and she died a widow on 15 July 1905 in Holyoke, aged 73 years, 1 day.[3814] He had children by Phebe Stevens:

1. Levi A. Childs, born ca. 1840 in Northampton, MA,[3815] married Laura Farr, daughter of William C. and Mary Farr, on 20 May 1862 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., MA.[3816] She was born ca. 1835 in Townsend, VT.[3817] They were living next door to his parents in Holyoke, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a jobber,[3818] and in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a flour dealer.[3819]

2. Mary A. Childs, born in Aug. 1845 in Springfield, MA,[3820] married Robert T. Prentiss, son of William and Sarah Prentiss, on 3 June 1869 in Holyoke, MA.[3821] He was born ca. 1843 in NH.[3822] They were living with her parents in Holyoke, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a livery stable keeper, and they were living in Holyoke, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was in the grain business.[3823]

k. William Allen Childs, born on 2 June 1820 in Barre, MA,[3824] married Olive Asenath Hinkley, daughter of Timothy Ruggles and Roxana (Bangs) Hinkley, of Barre,[3825] on 29 Oct. 1845 in Barre, MA.[3826] She was born on 23 Nov. 1824 in Barre, MA,[3827] a granddaughter of Judah and Sally (Ruggles) Hinkley.[3828] They were living in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850,[3829] 1860,[3830] 1870,[3831] and 1880 federal censuses,[3832] where he was a farmer. He died on 12 Jan. 1892 in Springfield, MA, aged 71 years, 8 months, of pneumonia,[3833] and she died on 30 Apr. 1909 in Springfield, MA,[3834] and they were both buried in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA. They had children:

1. Henry H. Childs, born on 19 July 1847 in New Braintree,[3835] married Martha Ann Howe, daughter of John P. and M. Jane (Wheeler) Howe,[3836] on 1 Jan. 1868 in North Brookfield, MA.[3837] She was born on 31 Oct. 1850 in North Brookfield, MA.[3838] They were living with her parents in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a pedler,[3839] and in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3840]

2. Benjamin Hanson Childs, born on 17 Oct. 1848 in New Braintree,[3841] was still living with his parents in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census, married Ianthe M. Smith, of Westborough, MA, daughter of Timothy A. and Corelia M. Smith, on 21 July 1875 in Westborough, MA.[3842] She was born ca. 1850 in Gloucester, MA.[3843] They were living with her parents in Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a baker.[3844] He died on 10 Nov. 1887 in New Braintree, MA, aged 39 years,[3845] and was buried in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

3. Charles Hudson Childs, born on 28 Sept. 1850 in New Braintree,[3846] was still unmarried and living with his parents in New Braintree, MA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was “keeping school,” died in 1926,[3847] and was buried in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

4. Ann/Amy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Childs, born on 12 Dec. 1854 in New Braintree,[3848] died on 20 June 1858 in New Braintree, aged 3 years, of scarlet fever,[3849] and was buried in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

5. Carrie Aurelia Childs, born on 11 Sept. 1859 in New Braintree,[3850] died on 7 Aug. 1860 in Shutesbury, MA, aged 10 months, 26 days, of “teething (7 months) and congstion of lungs (2 days).”[3851]

6. Elmer Ellsworth Childs, born on 11 May 1861 in New Braintree,[3852] married his first cousin, 1.) Lizzie Hinkley, of Northampton, MA, daughter of Timothy Ruggles and Sarah (Sherman) Hinkley (Jr.),[3853] on 17 Sept. 1885 in Springfield, MA.[3854] She was born ca. 1862 in Barre, MA,[3855] a granddaughter of Timothy and Roxana (Bangs) Hinkley, of Barre,[3856] and she died by 1890. He remarried to 2.) Eva M. Oliver, of Holyoke, MA, daughter of Moses F. and Eliza (Sinclair) Oliver,[3857] on 4 June 1890 in Holyoke, MA.[3858] She was born on 24 Feb. 1870 in Holyoke, MA.[3859]

        2478  vii   Triphena Washburn, born on 12 May 1782 in Hardwick,[3860] probably died young, not mentioned in her father’s will.

        2479 viii   Cynthia7 Washburn, born on 22 June 1784 in Hardwick,[3861] married Isaac Thomas, proba­bly son of Joseph and Mary (Billings) Thomas, of Hardwick,[3862] on 27 Nov. 1806 in Hardwick.[3863] He was born possibly on 2 July ca. 1781 in Hardwick.[3864] He was not listed as a head of household in Hardwick, MA, in the 1810 federal census, but they were living in Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY, in the 1820,[3865] and 1830 federal censuses,[3866] and in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1840,[3867] and 1850 federal censuses.[3868] He apparently died by 1860, but no probate records were found for his estate in Fulton Co., NY, and she was still living in Johnstown, NY, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of their son Elliott Thomas.[3869] Daughter Cynthia Thomas was mentioned in the 1811 will of her father. Cynthia Washburn and Isaac Thomas supposedly had children:

a. Anna B. Thomas, born on 13 May 1808 in MA,[3870] marriage not found.

b. James W. Thomas, born on 25 Apr. 1811 in MA,[3871] married Mary (___), who was born ca. ca. 1817 in MA,[3872] and they were living with his parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1850 federal census,[3873] next door to his brother Elliott Thomas in the 1860 federal census, where he was a manufacturer,[3874] in Johnstown in the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer,[3875] and in the Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a glover.[3876] He died intestate in 1885 in Fulton Co., NY, and their son, Calvin W. Thomas, of Kingsboro, Town of Johnstown, was granted administration of his estate on 21 Sept. 1885.[3877] They had children:

1. Calvin W. Thomas, born ca. 1844 in NY,[3878] married Mary W. (___), who was born ca. 1847 in NY.[3879] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer,[3880] and in the Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a bookkeeper.[3881] He was administrator of his father’s estate in 1885.

2. Mary “Mollie” M. Thomas, born ca. 1851 in NY,[3882] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1870 federal census, married Edward M. Brown in ca. 1873.[3883] They were living with her parents in the Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a glover.

c. Dwight Thomas, born on 24 June 1813 in MA,[3884] married Eliza (___), who was born ca. 1811 in NY.[3885] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1850,[3886] and 1860 federal censuses, where he was a glove pedlar,[3887] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove cutter,[3888] and in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a soap manufacturer.[3889] They had children:

1. Harlem A. Thomas, born ca. 1841 in NY,[3890] marriage not found.

2. Imogene Thomas, born ca. 1843 in NY.[3891]

3. Cecilia Thomas, born ca. 1847 in NY.[3892]

4. Loren H. Thomas, born ca. 1850 in NY,[3893] married Antoinett (___), who was born ca. 1850 in NY,[3894] and they were living in Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a glove maker.[3895]

5. Dwight B. Thomas, born ca. 1856 in NY,[3896] married Susan A. Michael, who was born ca. 1857 in NY,[3897] and they were living in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was working in a box shop, and her widowed mother was living with them.[3898]

6. Frederick A. Thomas, born in 1859 in Johnstown, NY.[3899]

d. Mary B. Thomas, born on 18 May 1816 in MA,[3900] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Johnstown, NY, in the 1850 federal census, with her brother Elliot Thomas in the 1860 federal census, and with her brother Elliot Thomas in Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census.

e. Cynthia W. Thomas, born on 21 July 1818,[3901] marriage not found.

f. Janet/Jennett Allen Thomas, born on 12 Mar. 1822 in Fulton Co., NY,[3902] married Philander C. Heacock, son of Lemuel and Sophia (Leavenworth) Heacock,[3903] of Kingsboro, Fulton Co., NY, on 12 Mar. 1850.[3904] He was born on 11 Dec. 1823 in Kingsboro, Fulton Co., NY,[3905] and they lived in Kingsboro, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, where he was one of the founders of The Fulton County National Bank.[3906] They were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer,[3907] and in Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a glover.[3908] He died intestate on 22 Aug. 1888 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3909] and his widow Janet A. Heacock, of Johnstown, was granted administration of his estate on 4 Sept. 1888.[3910] She died a widow on 17 Jan. 1913 in Gloversville, NY,[3911] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. They had children:

1. Elbert Lemuel Heacock, born on 27 Mar. 1854 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3912] married Miriam Hosmer Smith, daughter James H. and Freelove (Case) Smith,[3913] on 10 Jan. 1877.[3914] She was born supposedly on 23 May 1853 in NY.[3915] He died on 13 May 1926 in Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY,[3916] and she died in 1927,[3917] and they were both buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

2. Janet/Jennette Thomas Heacock, born supposedly on 24 Nov. 1861 in Johnstown, NY,[3918] supposedly died on 14 Oct. 1941 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY.[3919]

3. Willard “Willie” Heacock, born supposedly on 29 Sept. 1878 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY,[3920] supposedly died on 22 Oct. 1959 in Gloversville, NY.[3921]

g. Isaac Elliot Thomas, born on 6 Sept. 1825 in NY,[3922] married Mary Jane Foote,[3923] daughter of Jesse Finch and Angelica (Van Buren) Foote.[3924] She was born supposedly on 29 Nov. 1832 in NY,[3925] and they were living in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a manufacturer, and his widowed mother was living with them,[3926] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a glove manufacturer,[3927] and in Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a glover.[3928] She died intestate on 26 July 1904 in Fulton Co., NY,[3929] and their son, Earl G. Thomas, of Gloversville, was granted administration of her estate on 3 Aug. 1904.[3930] They had children:

1. Inet/Inez A. Thomas, born ca. 1855 in NY,[3931] possibly died young, not listed in her parents’ household in the 1870 federal census.

2. Arilla/Arellia C. Thomas, born ca. 1859 in NY.[3932]

3. Grace O. Thomas, born ca. 1860 in NY,[3933] not listed in her parents’ household in the 1870 federal census.

4. Earl Goodridge Thomas, born on 24 Mar. 1862 in NY,[3934] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, in the 1880 federal census, married Alida E. Allen.[3935] He was administrator of his mother’s estate in 1904.

5. Charles D. Thomas, born ca. 1865 in NY.[3936]

        2480   ix   Delphia7 Washburn, born on 12 June 1787 in Hardwick,[3937] was still unmarried in 1811 when her father wrote his will, and on 23 Mar. 1824 when she and her sister Juliana Washburn signed a quit-claim to Thomson Howard for all their right to the farm formerly owned by their father Eliphalet Washburn that Reuel Washburn had sold to Thomson Howard.[3938] She married 1.) Joseph Kennedy, of Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, as his third wife, on 22 July 1831 in Belchertown, MA,[3939] but she probably had no children of her own. He was born ca. 1781,[3940] and died intestate on 13 Nov. 1835 in Belchertown, aged 54 years.[3941] His widow Delphia Kenney and Justus Forward of Belchertown were granted administration of his estate on 1 Dec. 1835, with Timothy Pearl and William Phelps, of Belchertown, as sureties, and she was granted $400 out of his estate on 2 Feb. 1836 to bring up the five minor children of her husband.[3942] She remarried to 2.) Hezekiah Allen, son of Timothy and Hannah (Moffit) Allen, of Sturbridge, MA,[3943] probably as his second wife, in 1837.[3944] He was born on 15 Feb. 1781 in Sturbridge,[3945] and had married first to Lucinda Walker on 8 Nov. 1804 in Sturbridge.[3946] He was probably the Henz. Allen living in Sturbridge, MA, in the 1840 federal census,[3947] and they were living in Sturbridge, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3948] She died on 24 June 1853 in Sturbridge, aged 66 years, of “consumption,”[3949] and he was still living in Sturbridge in the 1860 federal census.[3950] He died a widower, testate, on 15 Sept. 1862 in Sturbridge, aged 81 years,[3951] his will dated 3 July 1861, and probated on 14 Oct. 1862, mentioned his son Austin Allen, whom he named as executor of his estate, his granddaughter Lucinda Johnson Sumner, daughter of Dwight P. Johnson, of Sturbridge, and wife of Samuel Sumner, and granddaughters Mary E. Allen, Hannah J. Allen, and Waity Isadore Allen.[3952] (See Appendix [PP] for a full transcription of his will.)

        2481    x   Reuel7 Washburn, born on 22 June 1789 in Hardwick,[3953] married Sophia Moody, daughter of Noah and Anna (Elwell) Moody, of South Hadley, MA,[3954] on 13 Jan. 1817 in Hardwick.[3955] She was born on 30 Sept. 1788 in South Hadley MA.[3956] He was executor of his father’s estate in 1817, and Reuel and Sophia Washburn sold the farm of his father, Eliphalet Washburn, late of Hardwick, to Thomson Howard, of Hardwick, on 24 Mar. 1824,[3957] and on the same day Thomson and Irene Howard, of Hardwick, sold the farm back to Reuel Howard.[3958] They moved to Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, and he was living in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[3959] in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[3960] and back in Ware, MA, in the 1850,[3961] and 1860 federal cen­suses,[3962] where he was a farmer. They had no children still living with them by the 1850 census, and he probably had no surviving children. She died on 3 Feb. 1868 in Ware, MA, aged 79 years, 7 months, 27 days, of “paralysis,”[3963] and he died a widower, testate, on 22 Dec. 1869 in Ware, aged 80 years, 6 months,[3964] his will dated 28 Feb. 1863, and probated in 1870, left his entire estate after the death of his wife to Timothy W. Barney, the husband of his “beloved neice Julia,” and he named Edwin Boudoin of Ware as sole Executor of his estate.[3965] (See Appendix [QQ] for a full transcription of his will.) Timothy Wheeler Barney married Julia Maria Nash, daughter of Albin and Anna (Moody) Nash, who was the sister of Sophia (Moody) Washburn.[3966] Timothy W. and Julia Barney were living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mechanic,[3967] and the 1860 federal census, where he was a hotel clerk,[3968] and in Ware, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[3969]

        2482   xi   Juliana7 Washburn, born on 8 Oct. 1792 in Hardwick,[3970] was still unmarried in 1811 when her father wrote his will, marriage not found. She and her sister Delphia Washburn signed a quit-claim to Thomson Howard on 23 Mar. 1824 for all their right to the farm formerly owned by their father Eliphalet Washburn that Reuel Washburn had sold to Thomson Howard.[3971]

 

 

(933.) Martha6 Washburn, youngest daughter of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, (110) Josiah4, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 11 June 1744 in Bridgewater,[3972] married Elijah5 Edson (Jr.), son of Dr. Elijah4 and (1393) Anne4 (Packard) Edson,[3973] on 13 Mar. 1766 in Bridgewater.[3974] He was born on 10 Feb. 1742 in Bridge­water,[3975] a grand­son of Capt. Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Packard) Edson, and of Samuel3 and (452) Anne4 (Leach) Packard.[3976] The will of Dr. Elijah Edson, of Bridgewater, dated 17 Nov. 1762, and probated on 6 Dec. 1762, mentioned his son Elijah Edson, among others.[3977] They moved first to Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA, then settled in New Braintree, Worces­ter Co., MA. They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1790,[3978] 1800,[3979] and 1810 federal censuses.[3980]

        Martha (Washburn) Edson died on 16 Mar. 1817 in New Braintree, aged 72 years,[3981] and Elijah Edson died on 21 Jan. 1818 in New Braintree, aged 76 years,[3982] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA.

        Martha Washburn and Elijah Edson (Jr.) had children:

        2484     i   Sally6 Edson, born on 25 July 1766 in Bridgewater,[3983] married John Woods “2nd” on 23 Nov. 1786 in New Braintree, MA.[3984] He was born ca. 1757,[3985] and they were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1790,[3986] and 1800 federal censuses.[3987] Sally (Edson) Woods died on 31 Mar. 1803 in New Braintree, aged 36 years,[3988] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA. John Woods remarried to her sister, (2489) Patty6 Edson, in 1804 in New Braintree.[3989] They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1810,[3990] and 1820 federal censuses.[3991] He died testate on 27 Aug. 1829 in New Braintree, aged 72 years,[3992] his will dated 2 July 1825, and probated on 27 Oct. 1829, mentioned his wife Patty, his sons John, Franklin, Zenas and Ziba Etson, his daughter Sally Pepper, wife of Simeon Pepper, and his grandson Josiah G. Tilson, son of Jonathan Tilson, and he named his son John Woods as executor of his estate.[3993] (See Appendix [RR] for a full transcription of his will.) Sally Edson and John Woods had chil­dren:

a. Charlotte Woods, born on 16 Mar. 1787 in New Braintree, MA,[3994] married Jona­than6 Tilson, of Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT, son of Edmund5 and Mar­tha (Gil­bert) Tilson, of Green­wich, MA,[3995] in ca. 1813.[3996] He was born on 17 May 1786 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA,[3997] a grandson of Samuel4 and Hannah (Nye) Tilson, of Plympton, MA.[3998] She died, however on 5 Mar. 1814 in Pittsford, VT, aged 27 years,[3999] and was buried in Meeting House Cemetery in Pittsford, VT, leaving a son Josiah G. Tilson who was named in the will of her father, John Woods. He remarried to Almena G. (___). They were liv­ing in Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT, in the 1850 federal cen­sus, where he was a cabinet maker.[4000] He died on 14 Apr. 1857 in Pittsford, VT, aged 71 years,[4001] and she died on 18 Dec. 1872 in Pittsford, VT,[4002] and they were both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, VT.

b. Olive Woods, born on 20 Apr. 1789 in New Braintree,[4003] died on 13 Jan. 1791 in New Braintree.[4004]

c. Franklin Woods, born on 13 Nov. 1791 in New Braintree,[4005] never married. He was mentioned in the 1825 will of his father, but he was not found in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses in Massachusetts. He was living with Betsy Woods, the widow of his brother John Woods, in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census, with no occupation, and he died on 31 Mar. 1871 in New Braintree, aged 79 years, 11 months, 15 days, of “general debility,”[4006] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA.

d. Sally Woods, born on 24 Jan. 1794 in New Braintree,[4007] married Simeon Pepper, of Belchertown, MA, son of Joseph and Persis Pepper,[4008] in 1816.[4009] He was born on ca. 11 Mar. 1792 in Brookfield, MA.[4010] Daughter Sally Pepper, wife of Simeon Pepper, was mentioned in the 1825 will of her father. She probably died by 1850, and he remarried to Pamela King,[4011] and they were living in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.[4012] He died on 5 Nov. 1855 in  Belchertown, MA, aged 85 years, 7 months, 25 days, of heart disease,[4013] and she died in 1884 in Brookfield.[4014]

e. John Woods (3rd), born on 21 Jan. 1796 in New Braintree,[4015] mar­ried Eliza “Betsey” Pepper, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Marsh) Pepper,[4016] on 24 Apr. 1834 in New Braintree.[4017] She was born ca. 1801 in New Braintree, MA.[4018] They were liv­ing in New Braintree in the 1840,[4019] 1850,[4020] and 1860 federal censuses,[4021] where he was a farmer. He was executor of his father’s estate in 1829. He died intestate on 10 July 1863 in New Braintree, aged 67 years,[4022] and his son George D. Woods was granted administration of his estate on 4 Aug. 1863.[4023] She was still living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census,[4024] and she died a widow on 17 July 1877 in New Braintree, aged 76 years, 5 months, 8 days, of “paralysis,”[4025] and they were both buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA. They had children:

1. (Unnamed child), died in infancy on 16 Mar. 1835 in New Braintree.[4026]

2. George Duvell Woods, born ca. 1836 in New Braintree, MA,[4027] married Harriet “Hattie” A. Hopkins, daughter of Philander Hopkins, on 17 Oct. 1859 in New Braintree.[4028] She was born ca. 1841 in ME.[4029] They were living with his parents in New Braintree in the 1860 federal census, and he was administrator of his father’s estate in 1863. They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farm worker,[4030] and the 1880 federal census, where he was a house painter.[4031] He died on 14 Sept. 1894 in New Braintree, aged 58 years, 3 months, 29, days, of “heart failure from carcinoma of stomach,”[4032] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree.

3. Sarah Woods, born ca. 1838 in New Braintree, MA,[4033] marriage not found. She was still unmarried and living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870,[4034] and 1880 federal censuses, where she was running a farm.[4035]

4. Joseph Warren Woods, born in Sept. 1840 in New Braintree,[4036] died on 12 July 1847 in New Braintree, aged 6 years, 9 months,[4037] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree.

5. Mary Susan Woods, born ca. 1843 in New Braintree, MA,[4038] was still a minor when her father’s estate was probated in 1863, married Barclay Platt Adams on 22 Aug. 1870 in New Braintree, MA.[4039] They were both living with her sister and widowed mother in New Braintree, MA, in the 1870 federal census, but were not yet married at the time.

f. Zenas Woods, born on 4 Apr. 1798 in New Braintree,[4040] married Abigail F. (___).[4041] He was mentioned in the 1825 will of his father. The unnamed wife of Zenas Woods died on 23 Aug. 1848 in Belchertown, MA, aged 52 years, of “consumption,”[4042] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, but Zenas Woods was not found in the 1850 federal census in Massachusetts, and no death record was found for him.

g. Ziba Edson Woods, born on 1 Nov. 1800 in New Braintree,[4043] married Sylvia Burbank, daughter of John and Mary Burbank,[4044] on 19 May 1846 in Royalston, MA.[4045] She was born ca. 1850 in MA.[4046] He was called “Ziba Etson” in his father’s 1825 will. They were living in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1850,[4047] and 1860 federal censuses,[4048] where he was a “watchman,” and the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a woolen mill.[4049] He died on 4 Aug. 1874 in Ware, MA, aged 73 years, 9 months, 3 days, of heart disease,[4050] and she died a widow on 18 Feb. 1877 in Ware, aged 75 years, 11 months, 1 day, of heart disease,[4051] and they were both buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware, MA.

        2485    ii   Oliver6 Edson, born on 7 June 1768 in Bridgewater,[4052] possibly married Polly Cotting, of Marlborough, MA, in 1792.[4053] Children not found.

        2486   iii   Ziba6 Edson, a son, born on 1 Nov. 1770 in Ashburnham,[4054] Worcester Co., MA, married Dilla/Delia Flagg, daughter of Earl and Dilla (Dennis) Flagg (Jr.), of Barre,[4055] on 20 Aug. 1801 in Barre, MA.[4056] She was born ca. 1777 in Dana, MA.[4057] They were living in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1810,[4058] 1820,[4059] 1830,[4060] and 1840 federal censuses,[4061] where he was a farmer. She died on 17 Jan. 1848 in Barre, aged 70 years of “infirmities of age,”[4062] and he died on 11 Mar. 1849 in Barre, aged 78 years, of “disease of heart,”[4063] and they were both buried in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA. They had children:

a. Hiram7 Edson, born ca. 1802 in Barre, MA,[4064] probably never married. He was probably still living with his parents in Barre, MA, in the 1840 federal census, he was a laborer living in Barre, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[4065] and he was living with his brother Henry Edson in Petersham, MA, in the 1855 state census. He died on 7 May 1860 in Barre, MA, aged 58 years, of “consumption,”[4066] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA.

b. Clarinda7 Edson, born ca. 1807 in Barre,[4067] married Samuel Clark, of Petersham, MA, son of John and Margaret (Carruth) Clark,[4068] on 17 Apr. 1834 in Barre.[4069] He was born ca. 1805 in Petersham, MA.[4070] They were living in Barre, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a laborer.[4071] He died on 8 Nov. 1884 in Barre, aged 79 years, 10 months, 8 days, of “old age gastritis,”[4072] and she died a widow on 3 May 1891 in Barre, MA, aged 84 years, 2 months, 19 days,[4073] and they were both buried in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA.

c. Henry7 Edson, born ca. 1822 in Barre,[4074] was still unmarried and living in Barre, MA, in the 1850 federal census with the family of Charles and Lucy Rice, where he was a carriage maker,[4075] married Asenath E. Loring, daughter of Abel and Mary “Polly” (Holland) Loring,[4076] on 20 Aug. 1851 in Petersham, Worcester Co., MA.[4077] She was born on 16 Dec. 1828 in Petersham.[4078] They were living in Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1855 state census,[4079] and in Providence, RI, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of John M. and Frances S. Noyes, where he was a carriage maker.[4080] He died on 11 May 1885 in Holden, Worcester Co., MA, aged 63 years, of “appoplexy,”[4081] and she died a widow on 1 May 1918 in Holden, MA,[4082] and was buried in Grove Cemetery in Holden.

d. (Probably others)

        2487   iv   Elijah6 Edson (3rd), born on 1 Mar. 1773 in Ashburnham,[4083] married Nancy Barr, daugh­ter of George and Eunice (Woods) Barr, of New Brain­tree,[4084] in 1800 in New Braintree.[4085] She was born on 8 July 1774 in New Braintree,[4086] and they eventually moved to Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, but he was not a head of household in New Braintree or Greenwich, MA, in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses. Elijah Edson (3rd) died on 11 Oct. 1826 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA,[4087] but no probate records were found for him in Hampshire Co., MA. She was probably living in Greenwich, MA, with their son Marshal Edson in the 1830 and 1840 federal censuses. Nancy (Barr) Edson died a widow on 24 Jan. 1849 in Greenwich, MA, aged 74 years, 7 months, 16 days, of “palsy,”[4088] and they are both now interred in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.[4089] Elijah Edson (3rd) and Nancy Barr had chil­dren:

a. Marshal7 Edson, born on 5 Oct. 1801 in New Braintree,[4090] married Oriva Anderson, daughter of Amasa and Thankful Anderson, of Ware, MA, on 6 Jan. 1827 in Ware.[4091] She was born on 16 Apr. 1803 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.[4092]  They were living in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1830,[4093] 1840,[4094] and 1850 federal census, where he was a painter.[4095] He died on 7 or 9 Oct. 1851 in Greenwich, MA, aged 50 years, 2 days, of “dropsy,”[4096] but no probate records were found for him in Hampshire Co., MA. She was still living in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census,[4097] but she was not found in the 1870 or 1880 federal censuses. She died on 22 Sept. 1889 in Greenwich, MA,[4098] they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. They had children:

1. Saphira/Sophia8 O. Edson, born on 8 Dec. 1827 in Greenwich, MA,[4099] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Greenwich in the 1850 federal census, married James H. Parks, of Shrewsbury, MA, son of Horace and Prudence (Marsh) Parks, of Barre, MA,[4100] on 18 Oct. 1859 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA.[4101] They were living with his parents in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he and his father were both hotel keepers.[4102]

2. Maria Snell Edson, born on 19 May 1829 in Greenwich,[4103] baptized on 23 May 1830 in Greenwich,[4104] marriage not found.

3. Mary8 Orian Edson, born on 13 Feb. 1831 in Greenwich,[4105] baptized on 6 Nov. 1831 in Greenwich,[4106] married James M. Stratton, son of Sam and Sarah Stratton, on 28 Nov. 1848 in Greenwich.[4107] He was born ca. 1824 in MA.[4108] They were living next door to Orrin and Nancy Towne in Greenwich, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a mechanic,[4109] and in Westminster, Windham Co., VT, in the 1860,[4110] and 1870 federal censuses,[4111] where he was a silver plater. She died on 15 Feb. 1881 in Greenwich, MA,[4112] and he died on 13 May 1900 in Greenwich, MA, aged 77 years, 10 months, 10 days, of “spasm incident to old age,”[4113] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

4. Charles8 A. Edson, born on 31 Jan. 1836 in Greenwich,[4114] married Frances A. Reason on 9 Feb. 1857 in Walpole, NH.[4115] She was born ca. 1838 in NH,[4116] and they were living in Aurora, Kane Co., IL, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a silver plater.[4117]

5. Dwight8 B. Edson, born on 12 Nov. 1839 in Greenwich,[4118] was still unmarried and living with his sister and brother-in-law, James M. and Mary Stratton in Westminster, Windham Co., VT, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a silver plater, married Lucy Ann Church, daughter of Timothy W. and Lucy Ann (Harris) Church,[4119] on 18 Mar. 1861 in Rockingham, VT.[4120] They were living in Westminster, Windham Co., VT, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4121] He died on 19 Aug. 1887 in Westminster, Windham Co., VT, aged 47 years, of “consumption,”[4122] and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Bellows Falls, Windham Co., VT.

6. William A. Edson, born on 24 Mar. 1843,[4123] died on 4 Sept. 1843 in Greenwich, aged 5 months.[4124]

b. Sarah7 “Sally” W. Edson, born on 17 Apr. 1803 in New Braintree,[4125] married Jonathan Foster, of Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, on 10 Oct. 1822 in Ware.[4126] They were living in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1830 federal census,[4127] in New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1840 federal census,[4128] and in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[4129] the 1855 state census, where he was a carpenter,[4130] and next door to her widowed sister-in-law Sarah (Towne) Edson in Greenwich, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[4131] She died on 8 Mar. 1864 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, aged 60 years, 10 months, 20 days, of “rheumatism duration 5 years dropsey 6 mo,”[4132] and he was still living in Greenwich, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4133] He died a widower on 27 Oct. 1874 in Petersham, aged 76 years, 11 months, 22 days, of “apoplexy,”[4134] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. They had children:

1. Caroline “Carrie” M. Foster, born ca. 1824 in Ware, MA,[4135] married 1.) Rufus W. Johnson, of Petersham, MA, son of Jonathan and Melinda (Wheeler) Johnson (Jr.),[4136] on 21 May 1851 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA.[4137] He was born on 8 May 1823 in Petersham,[4138] and they were living in Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4139] He died on 3 May 1865 in Petersham, MA, aged 41 years, 11 months, 24 days, of “consumption.”[4140] She was still living in Petersham, MA, in the 1870 federal census,[4141] and she remarried to 2.) Lot Stone, of Petersham, son of Gardner and Betsey (Dunbar) Stone,[4142] as his second wife, on 24 Feb. 1876 in Petersham.[4143] He was born ca. 1825 in Newton, MA.[4144] She died on 3 June 1895 in Petersham, MA, aged 71 years, 8 months, 8 days, of heart failure,[4145] and he remarried again to Fanny R. (Smith) Allen, of Athol, MA, daughter of Oliver B. and Mary (Stowell) Smith, as her second husband, on 7 Apr. 1896 in Athol, MA.[4146] She was born on 26 May 1823 in Waitsfield, VT,[4147] and died on 11 Dec. 1898 in Petersham, MA, aged 75 years, 6 month, 15 days, of “albumunnria,”[4148] and he died a widower on 19 Jan. 1899 in Petersham, aged 74 years, 5 months, 13 days, of paralysis.[4149]

2. George W. Foster, born ca. 1826 in Ware,[4150] married Martha Maria Towne, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail “Abbie” (Gleason) Towne,[4151] on 8 Apr. 1856 in Petersham, MA.[4152] She was born ca. 1837 in Petersham.[4153] They were living in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[4154] and in Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4155] He died on 2 Sept. 1888 in Petersham, MA, aged 62 years, 11 months, 16 days, of “apoplexy,”[4156] and she died a widow on 29 Aug. 1899 in Petersham, MA, aged 63 years, 9 months, 29 days, of “organic disease of heart.”[4157]

3. Cordelia Foster, born ca. 1828 in Ware,[4158] marriage not found.

4. Lucinda Frances Foster, born on 10 Oct. 1832 in Ware,[4159] married Charles R. Towne, son of Truman and Eliza Ann Towne, on 29 Dec. 1854 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA.[4160] He was born on 29 Nov. 1832 in Greenwich, MA.[4161] They were living in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4162] He died on 6 Nov. 1862 in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, aged 31 years, 10 months, 23 days, of a fever,[4163] and she died a widow on 6 Dec. 1862 in Greenwich, MA, aged 30 years, 2 months, 11 days, of “miresmas,”[4164] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

5. John M. Foster, born ca. 1835 in Ware,[4165] died on 12 Feb. 1855 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, aged 19 years, 11 months, 17 days, of “consumption,”[4166] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

6. William D. Foster, born on ca. 18 Jan. 1837 in Ware, MA,[4167] never married, died on 19 Jan. 1858 in Petersham, MA, aged 21 years, 1 day, of “pollypus on the heart,”[4168] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

7. Delight W. Foster, born ca. 1838 in New Salem, MA,[4169] was still unmarried and living with her parents in Greenwich, MA, in the 1860 federal census, and with her widowed father in the 1870 federal census, married Charles Atwood Manley, son of Charles and Hannah (Atwood) Manley,[4170] on 26 Nov. 1873 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA.[4171] He was born ca. 1837 in Belchertown or Greenwich, MA.[4172] She died on 4 Nov. 1908 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, aged 69 years, 1 month, 26 days, of “apoplexia,”[4173] and he died a widower on 29 Jan. 1909 in Greenwich, MA, aged 72 years, 2 months, 7 days, of a cerebral hemorrhage,[4174] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

8. Maria A. Foster, born ca. 1842 in New Salem, MA,[4175] died on 20 June 1857 in Greenwich, MA, aged 14 years, 11 months, 12 days, of “consumption,”[4176] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

9. Frank Benjamin Foster, born in 1845 in New Salem, MA,[4177] was living with his sister and brother-in-law Rufus W. and Carrie M. Johnson in Petersham, MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farm laborer, married Eugenia M. Field, daughter of Dwight and Mary (Allen) Field,[4178] on 3 July 1867 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.[4179] She was born in 1845, supposedly in Irving, MA.[4180] They were living in Gill, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a house carpenter.[4181] He died on 14 Sept. 1909 in Gill, Franklin Co., MA, aged 64 years, 4 months, 17 days, of “chronic nephritis,”[4182] and she died in 1929 in Gill, MA,[4183] and they were both buried in Riverside Cemetery in Gill, MA.

c. Cordelia Edson, born on 23 May 1805 in New Braintree,[4184] marriage not found.

d. Lucinda7 Barr Edson, born on 11 May 1807 in New Braintree,[4185] married Andrew Haskell Sears (Jr.), son of Deacon Andrew Haskell and Rachel (Stetson) Sears,[4186] on 10 Nov. 1827 in Greenwich, MA.[4187] He was born on 10 Oct. 1806 in Greenwich, MA.[4188] She died on 13 May 1840 in Greenwich, MA,[4189] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. He remarried to Philena Lyon on 20 Oct. 1842.[4190] She was born ca. 1804 in New Salem, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA.[4191] He died on 28 Aug. 1854 in Greenwich, MA,[4192] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. Philena (Lyon) Sears remarried to David Blackmer, son of Peter and Elizabeth Blackmer, as his second wife, on 8 Nov. 1860 in Greenwich, MA.[4193] He was born ca. 1788,[4194] and had married first to Sarah Raymore.[4195] Philena (Lyon) (Sears) Blackmer died on 28 July 1867 in Greenwich, MA,[4196] and David Blackmer died on 4 Sept. 1873,[4197] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. Lucinda Barr (Edson) Sears had 3 children:

1. Visonia Luther Sears, born in 1829 in Greenwich, MA,[4198] died on 22 May 1840 in Greenwich,[4199] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

2. Lucinda Lydia Sears, born on 3 Dec. 1838 in Greenwich,[4200] died unmarried on 10 Nov. 1858 in Greenwich, MA, aged 20 years, 11 months, 7 days, of “consumption,”[4201] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

3. Oscar Haskell Sears, born on 11 Mar. 1840 in Greenwich,[4202] married Abbie Rosetta Walker, daughter of Caleb and Rosetta (Eaton) Walker,[4203] on 10 Apr. 1867 in Greenwich, MA.[4204] He served in the Civil War, and lost a leg at Winchester, VA, in 1864.[4205] They were living with her parents in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a silver plater.[4206] He died on 22 Dec. 1897 in Greenwich, MA, aged 57 years, 9 months, 11 days, of “chronic nephritis, chronic degeration of the kidneys (wounds received while in U.S. service),”[4207] and she died a widow on 29 Jan. 1908 in Stafford, CT, aged 63 years, 9 months, 3 days, of “La Grippe,”[4208] and they were buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

e. Laurinda7 Edson, born on 12 Sept. 1809 in New Braintree,[4209] married Preston French, of Ware, MA, son of James and Abigail (Carpenter) French,[4210] supposedly on 25 Nov. 1830 in Greenwich, MA.[4211] He was born supposedly in 1792 in Seekonk, Bristol Co., MA.[4212] They were living in New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1850,[4213] and 1860 federal censuses,[4214] where he was a farmer. He died on 1 Jan. 1861 in New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, aged 69 years,[4215] and she was still living in New Salem, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[4216] She died on 18 May 1880 in New Salem, MA,[4217] and they were both buried in Center Cemetery in New Salem, MA. They had children:

1. Melvina Nancy French, born ca. 1836 in Ware, MA,[4218] was still unmarried and living with her mother in New Salem, MA, in the 1865 state census, married Nathan E. Hudson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Eldridge) Hudson,[4219] on 27 Aug. 1869 in New Salem, MA.[4220] He was born ca. 1830 in Hingham, MA.[4221] They were living in Wendell, Franklin Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4222] She died on 5 Dec. 1901 in Wendell, MA, aged 66 years, 3 months, of “tumor of throat,”[4223] and he died a widower on 13 May 1904 in Wendell, MA, aged 75 years, 5 months, of tuberculosis.[4224]

2. Ellen M. French, born ca. 1838 in Springfield, MA,[4225] married Thomas C. Pratt, son of Thomas and Margaret (Willard) Pratt,[4226] on 14 July 1867 in New Salem, MA.[4227] She was living with her widowed mother in New Salem, MA, in the 1870 federal census.

3. Edgebert Edson French, born on 29 Dec. 1844 in New Salem, MA,[4228] died on 26 Feb. 1845 in New Salem, aged 1 month, 27 days.[4229]

f. Harvey7 Barr Edson, born on 23 Nov. 1811 in New Braintree,[4230] married Augusta Townsend, daughter of Benjamin and Polly Townsend, of Greenwich, MA, in ca. 1832.[4231] She was a twin, born on 26 Sept. 1809 in Greenwich.[4232] She died on 29 Mar. 1847 in Springfield, MA, aged 37 years, 6 months, 2 days, of “consumption,”[4233] and he intestate died on 30 Oct. 1847 in Greenwich, MA, of “consumption,”[4234] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, his brother Samuel Edson was granted administration of his estate on 11 Jan. 1848.[4235]

g. Samuel7 Edson, born on 6 June 1814 in New Braintree,[4236] married Sarah Towne, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth “Betsey” (Stratton) Towne, of Greenwich, MA,[4237] on 18 Dec. 1834 in Greenwich.[4238] She was born in June 1816 in Greenwich, MA.[4239] They were living in Greenwich, MA, next door to Jonathan and Betsey Towne, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4240] He died intestate on 20 May 1858 in Greenwich, MA, aged 39 years, 11 months, 14 days, of “appoplex fit,”[4241] and his widow Sarah Edson was granted administration of his estate on 9 Aug. 1858.[4242] She was still living in Greenwich, MA, in the 1860,[4243] 1870,[4244] and 1880 federal censuses.[4245] She died a widow on 22 July 1880 in Greenwich, MA, aged 64 years, 26 days, of “tubarcular phthisis,”[4246] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA. They had children:

1. Sarah C. Edson, born on 4 Aug. 1837 in Hartford, CT,[4247] marriage not found.

2. Harriet8 “Hattie” A. Edson, born on 9 Aug. 1840 in Greenwich, MA,[4248] was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Greenwich, MA, in the 1860 federal census, married Francis “Frank” Orington Doubleday, son of Orington N. and Hannah Doubleday, on 29 Dec. 1869 in Barre, Worcester Co., MA.[4249] He was born on 25 Mar. 1846 in Dana, MA,[4250] and died on 1 Mar. 1884 in Dana, aged 37 years, 11 months, of heart disease.[4251] She died a widow on 16 Feb. 1908 in Dana, MA, aged 67 years, 6 months, 7 days, of carcinoma,[4252] and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

3. Julia/Juliette8 Marie Edson, born on 7 May 1843 in Greenwich,[4253] married Joseph Elkanah Doubleday, son of Joseph and Lettice “Letty” (Haskins) Doubleday,[4254] on 26 Jan. 1863 in Dana, Worcester Co., MA.[4255] He was born on 10 Jan. 1838 in Dana, MA.[4256] She died on 10 Nov. 1900 in Dana, MA,[4257] and he died in 1922,[4258] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

4. Clarence8 Preston Edson, born on 7 June 1848 in Greenwich,[4259] married Caroline/Clara “Carrie” Bell Douglass, daughter of Hiram Brower and Harriet A. (Pierce) (Brobston) Douglass,[4260] on 25 Feb. 1869 in Greenwich, MA.[4261] She was born on 17 Aug. 1852 in Greenwich, MA.[4262] They were living with his widowed mother in Greenwich, MA, in the 1870,[4263] and 1880 federal censuses,[4264] where he was a farmer. He died on 27 July 1893 in Greenwich, MA, in an accident where an ice house he was moving fell on him injuring his spine, which eventually caused blood poisoning.[4265] She died on 31 Dec. 1918 in Greenwich, MA,[4266] and they were both buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

5. Luella8 “Ella” M. Edson, born ca. 1857 in Greenwich, MA,[4267] was still unmarried and living with her widowed mother in Greenwich, MA, in the 1880 federal census, married Charles B. Coit, son of David W. and Louisa A. (Russell) Coit,[4268] on 24 Nov. 1880 in Greenwich, MA.[4269] He was born on 30 Oct. 1859 in Dana, Worcester Co., MA.[4270]

h. (Probably) Nancy7 Edson, born ca. 1819 in MA,[4271] married Orren Towne, of Greenwich, MA, on 29 Jan. 1836 in Greenwich.[4272] He was born ca. 1814 in MA.[4273] They were living in Greenwich, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a trader.[4274] He died on 21 Oct. 1857,[4275] presumably in Greenwich, MA, and was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, but no probate records were found for him in Hampshire Co., MA. She was not found in the 1860 federal census in Greenwich, MA, and no death record was found for her.

        2488    v   Marshal Edson, born on 22 Apr. 1775 in Ashburnham,[4276] died on 13 May 1776 in Ashburnham, aged 13 months.[4277]

        2489   vi   Patty6 Edson, born on 25 Mar. 1777 in Ashburnham,[4278] married John Woods, widow­er of her sister, Sally, in 1804 in New Braintree.[4279] They were living in New Braintree, MA, in the 1810,[4280] and 1820 federal censuses.[4281] He died testate on 27 Aug. 1829 in New Braintree, MA, aged 72 years,[4282] and she died a widow on 7 Aug. 1832 in New Braintree, aged 55 years,[4283] and they were both buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA. Patty Edson and John Woods had children:

a. Alanson Woods, born on 23 May 1805 in New Braintree,[4284] died on 12 Jan. 1816 in New Braintree,[4285] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree.

b. (Unnamed infant), died on 12 Dec. 1806 in New Braintree.[4286]

c. Jonathan Woods, born on 25 Feb. 1808 in New Braintree,[4287] died on 29 Aug. 1809 in New Braintree,[4288] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree.

d. (Unnamed infant), died on 18 Apr. 1811 in New Braintree.[4289]

        2490  vii   Hannah Edson, born on 16 Aug. 1779 in New Braintree,[4290] died on 29 Sept. 1780 in New Braintree.[4291]

        2491 viii   Mary6 “Polly” Edson, born on 20 Aug. 1781 in New Braintree,[4292] married Samuel Hoar (Jr.), of Brookfield, MA, apparently as his second wife, in 1810 in New Braintree.[4293] He was probably the son of Samuel and Eliza­beth (Waite) Hoar, of Brookfield,[4294] and had apparently married first to Polly Cary on 25 Aug. 1805 in Brookfield.[4295] Samuel Hoar, of North Brookfield, was granted administration of the estate of his father, Samuel Hoar, late of North Brookfield, on 8 Mar. 1817.[4296] They were living in North Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1820,[4297] and 1830 federal censuses.[4298] She was possibly the “Miss” Mary Hoar who died on 19 Oct. 1833 in Brookfield, aged 53 years,[4299] and he was probably the Samuel Hoir still living in North Brookfield in the 1840 federal census,[4300] but he was not found in North Brookfield in the 1850 federal census, and no death or probate records were found for him in Worcester Co., MA. They had at least one son:

a. Elijah E. Hoar, born on ca. 4 Oct. 1812 in North Brookfield,[4301] an imbecile, died on 1 Dec. 1856 in North Brookfield, aged 44 years, 1 month, 27 days, of “consumption.”[4302]

b. (Probably others)

        2492   ix   Joseph6 Washburn Edson, born on 5 Mar. 1784 in New Braintree,[4303] married Harri­et Howe in ca. 1820,[4304] and they lived in New Braintree. She was born ca. 1789 in MA.[4305] They were living with the family of Tobias O. Gardner in Cambridge, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[4306] and in New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, in the 1855 state census.[4307] She died on 5 Mar. 1857 in New Braintree, aged 68 years, of “pulmery pneumonia,”[4308] and he died testate on 11 Nov. 1857 in New Braintree, aged 72 years, of “disease of the lungs,”[4309] and they were both buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, his will dated 5 Nov. 1857, and proved on 5 Jan. 1858, mentioned his son-in-law Tobias O. Gardner, and his daughter Harriot D. Edson, and he named Samuel Mixter as Executor of his estate.[4310] (See Appendix [SS] for a full transcription of his will.) Joseph Washburn Edson and Harriet Howe had children:

a. Margaret7 How Edson, born on 18 May 1821 in New Braintree,[4311] died on 27 June 1846 in New Braintree, of “consumption,” aged 25 years,[4312] and was buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

b. Harriet D. Edson, born on 11 Jan. 1826 in New Braintree,[4313] died on 17 Sept. 1830 in New Braintree, aged 4 years, 8 months.[4314]

c. Anna7 Maria Edson, born on 24 Feb. 1828 in New Braintree,[4315] mar­ried Tobias Oakman Gardner, son of Samuel Gardner, on 20 Oct. 1847 in New Braintree.[4316] He was born ca. 1821 in Hingham, MA.[4317] She died on 14 Jan. 1850 in New Braintree, aged 22 years,[4318] and he was living in Cambridge, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a thread and needle dealer, and her parents were living with him.[4319] He remarried to Lydia Gill Lane, daughter of Charles Lane, of Hingham, MA, on 6 Nov. 1851 in Hingham.[4320] They were probably living in Boston, MA, in the 1855 state census.[4321] Son-in-law Tobias O. Gardner was mentioned in the 1857 will of her father, Joseph W. Edson. He was not found in the 1860 federal census in Massachusetts, but he died in 1895 in Hingham, MA,[4322] and she died in 1901 in Hingham,[4323] and they were both buried in Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, MA. Anna Maria (Edson) Gardner had one daughter:

1. Helen Howard Gardner, born on 18 Sept. 1849 in Cambridge, MA,[4324] marriage not found.

d. Harriet7 Dwight Edson, born on 23 Sept. 1830 in New Brain­tree,[4325] was still unmarried and living with her parents and her brother-in-law, Tobias Gardner, in Cambridge, MA, in the 1850 federal census, and was still unmarried in 1857 when her father wrote his will, married Elijah Curtis Simpson, of Boston, son of George and Mary F. Simpson, on 30 Sept. 1858 in Cambridge, MA,[4326] but he died on 18 Apr. 1859 in Boston, aged 26 years, of “consumption.”[4327]

        2493    x   Melinda6 Edson, born on 17 Dec. 1786 in New Braintree,[4328] married Cyrus Brown on 31 Oct. 1809 in New Braintree.[4329] He was born on 16 Jan. 1778 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.[4330] They were living in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1820,[4331] and 1830 federal censuses.[4332] He was admitted to the Church in Ware in 1816,[4333] but was excommunicated from the Church in Ware on 27 Jan. 1830, having been for a long time addicted to the habit of intemperance,[4334] and they probably moved to Springfield, MA, by 1840, where they were living in the 1840 federal census.[4335] They were living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[4336] and the 1855 state census, with the family of their daughter and son-in-law, Alfred and Semantha Ellis, where he was retired. They were living in Newark, Essex Co., NJ, in the 1860 federal census, with the family of their son Henry S. Brown. He died on 13 Dec. 1862 in Newark, NJ, aged 85 years, as recorded in Chicopee, MA,[4337] and she died a widow on 3 Mar. 1865 in Newark, NJ, aged 78 years, 2 months, 14 days, of “appeplexy,” as recorded in Chicopee, MA,[4338] but they were both buried in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA. They had children:

a. Semantha Brown, born on 10 Oct. 1810 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA,[4339] married Alfred Ellis, son of Simeon and Polly Ellis, of Monson, MA, on 29 May 1832 in Ware.[4340] He was born on 13 Nov. 1808 in Monson, MA.[4341] They were living in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[4342] and the 1855 state census,[4343] where he was a tailor, and her parents were living with them. She died on 31 Mar. 1856 in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, aged 45 years, 6 months, 11 days, of “apoplexy,”[4344] and was buried in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA. He was not found in the 1860 federal census in Massachusetts.

b. Selina Brown, born on 8 June 1812 in Ware,[4345] baptized on 8 Nov. 1812 in Ware,[4346] marriage not found.

c. Eliza French Brown, born on 30 Apr. 1814 in Ware,[4347] baptized on 25 Sept. 1814 in Ware,[4348] marriage not found.

d. Henry Lawrence Brown, born on 10 Sept. 1815 in Ware,[4349] baptized on 28 July 1816 in Ware,[4350] married Angelina (___), who was born ca. 1825 in NY,[4351] and they settled in Newark, NJ. They were living in Newark, Essex Co., NJ, in the 1850 federal census, where he was an engineer with the Morris Railroad.[4352] She was possibly the Angeline P. Brown who was buried on 24 May 1855 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, NJ.[4353] He was still living in Newark, NJ, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a master machinist, and his parents were living with him,[4354] but he was not found in the 1870 federal census in Newark, NJ.

e. Harriet Washburn Brown, born on 4 Sept. 1817 in Ware,[4355] baptized in May 1818 in Ware,[4356] possibly married Thomas P. Watson, of Warren, MA, in 1839.[4357]

f. Martha Woods Brown, born on 31 Aug. 1819 in Ware,[4358] baptized on 16 June 1820 in Ware,[4359] never married, died on 7 Dec. 1852 in Chicopee, MA, aged 33 years, of “consumption.”[4360]

g. Cyrus Maro Brown, born on 22 Apr. 1821 in Ware,[4361] baptized on 5 Nov. 1821 in Ware,[4362] marriage not found.

h. Melinda Edson Brown, born on 20 May 1823 in Ware,[4363] baptized on 12 Oct. 1823 in Ware,[4364] was still unmarried and living in Newark, NJ, with her brother Henry S. Brown in the 1860 federal census, but she was not found in the 1850 federal census, married Bevel S. Twining, of Hartland, CT, son of Elijah and Almira (Moore) Twining,[4365] on 21 Aug. 1871 in Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA.[4366] He was born on 8 May 1826 supposedly in Tolland Center, Hampden Co., MA.[4367] They were living in Bloomfield, Hartford Co., CT, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[4368] She died on 27 May 1889,[4369] and was buried in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA, and he died on 21 Jan. 1901 in Hartland, Hartford Co., CT,[4370] and was buried in East Hartland Cemetery in Hartland, CT.

i. Roswell Homer Brown, born on 24 Nov. 1825 in Ware,[4371] baptized as Boswell Homer Brown on 20 Apr. 1826 in Ware,[4372] marriage not found.

        2494   xi   Josiah Edson, born on 2 May 1789 in New Braintree,[4373] marriage not found. He was not found in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.

 

 

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    [1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 331; Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904, [hereinafter New Braintree VRs], p. 53.

    [2] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384, the marriage of Benjamin Washburn and Martha Kingman on 6 Aug. 1729 in Bridgewater.

    [3] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 388; New Braintree VRs, p. 121, which has the date as 26 Sept. 1755.

    [4] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 333; New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [5] Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], pp. 322, 217.

    [6] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 14, p. 402-403, witnessed by Benja Fay and Ebenr Washburn, acknowledged by Hunt, Fay, Nye, Ayres, Bartlet, and Cutler on 21 May 1772, and recorded on 7 May 1777, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

    [7] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 14, p. 403-404, witnessed by Dan Oliver and John Hastings, acknowledged by Joseph Washburn on 17 June 1772, and recorded on 7 May 1777, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

    [8] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 14, p. 457, witnessed by Dan Oliver and John Hastings, acknowledged by Joseph Washburn on 17 June 1772, and recorded on 24 June 1777, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

    [9] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 15, p. 720, witnessed by Moses Stone and Moses Bartlet, acknowledged by Ephraim Wheeler on 29 June 1779, and recorded on 10 July 1780, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

    [10] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 3, 1789-1791, p. 44-45, witnessed by Royal McIntosh and Paul Mandell, acknowledged by Joseph Washburn on the same day before Paul Mandall, Justice of the Peace, from FHL microfilm #0887792.

    [11] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vo. 4, 1791-1795, p. 450, witnessed by Percival Hall and Timothy W. Hall, acknowledged by Joseph Washburn on the same day before Percival Hall, Justice of the Peace, from FHL microfilm #0887792.

    [12] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah 1993, p. 229, New Braintree, Worcester County, the Joseph Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [13] New Braintree VRs, pp. 53, 158.

    [14] New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [15] New Braintree VRs, p. 158.

    [16] New Braintree VRs, pp. 53, 158.

    [17] New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [18] New Braintree VRs, p. 158.

    [19] New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [20] New Braintree VRs, p. 145.

    [21] New Braintree VRs, p. 96.

    [22] 1800 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 310, the Henry Joslyn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [23] New Braintree VRs, p. 31.

    [24] New Braintree VRs, p. 120, the marriage of Phinehas Warner Jr. and Mary Pollard on 24 Aug. 1784 in New Braintree.

    [25] New Braintree VRs, p. 96.

    [26] New Braintree VRs, p. 51.

    [27] 1820 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 184, the Daniel Warner household had 4 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [28] 1830 Federal Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 546, the Daniel Warner household had 3 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [29] 1840 Federal Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 318, the Daniel Warner household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [30] 1850 Federal Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 448, dwelling #34, family #43:

            Daniel Warner, 64, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Lavinia Warner, 64, female, born MA

            Charles F. Warner, 20, male, farmer, born MA

    [31] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, dwelling #2, family #2:

            Daniel Warner, 69, male, farmer, born MA

            Lavinnia Warner, 69, female, born MA

            Ellen Warner, 13, female, born MA

            Hopy Hanson, 44, female, born MA

    [32] 1860 Federal Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #59, family #68:

            Daniel Warner, 73, male, farmer, $800, $300, born MA

            Lavina Warner, 73, female, born MA

            Dwelling #59, family #69:

            Charles F. Warner, 29, male, laborer, born MA

            Elizabeth Warner, 23, female, born MA

            Mary J. Warner, 1, female, born MA

    [33] New Braintree VRs, p. 52.

    [34] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 26, p. 193, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents Daniel & Lavina Warner.

    [35] New Braintree VRs, p. 51.

    [36] Ancestry.com Eileen Orner Family Tree file, Prescott Town and Vital Records, online at www.Ancestry.com, Intentions of Marriage recorded on 5 Jan. 1832.

    [37] 1850 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 146, dwelling #9, family #9:

            Dwight Warner, 39, male, farmer, born MA

            Abigail Warner, 39, female, born MA

            Emerline Warner, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Gilman Warner, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Ellen Warner, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Elmer Warner, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Aphilia Warner, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Livia Warner, 3, female, born MA

    [38] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 59, p. 155, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Prescott, but her parents not named.

    [39] Her father listed as J. Knapp in her marriage record; Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1904, [hereinafter Petersham VRs], p. 117, the marriage intentions of Jazaniah Knapp and Betsy How recorded on 7 Apr. 1798 in Petersham.

    [40] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 62, p. 176, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birth place New Braintree, his father Daniel Warner, her birth place Petersham, her father J. Knapp.

    [41] Petersham VRs, p. 35.

    [42] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, W. Boyleston-Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, no dwelling or house number:

            Dwight Warner, 50, male, washman, born MA

            Mahitable Warner, 45, female, born MA

    [43] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 113, p. 139, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Prescott [sic], his parents’ names not given.

    [44] Worcester County Probate Case #61961, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [45] New Braintree VRs, p. 52.

    [46] New Braintree VRs, p. 52.

    [47] New Braintree VRs, p. 158.

    [48] New Braintree VRs, p. 52.

    [49] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [50] Rice, Franklin P., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths, Worcester Society of Antiquity, Worcester, MA, 1894, [hereinafter Worcester VRs], Vol. 1, p. 438.

    [51] Worcester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 138.

    [52] 1850 Federal Census, Fourth Ward City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 184, dwelling #43, family #61:

            Horace Warner, 34, male, butcher, born MA

            Lucy A. Warner, 41, female, born MA

            Rhoda A. Holbrook, 8, female, born MA, attending school

    [53] 1860 Federal Census, West Boylston, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 49, dwelling #286, family #372:

            Horace Warner, 46, male, butcher, $2000, $500, born MA

            Lucy A. Warner, 51, female, born MA

            Lucy A. Warner, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [54] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, West Boylston, Worcester Co., dwelling #98, family #116:

            Horace Warner, 49, male, born MA, married, butcher

            L. Amira Warner, 56, female, born MA, married, housekeeper

            Sarah Lovell, 23, female, born MA, single, housemaid

    [55] 1870 Federal Census, West Boylston, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 24, dwelling #153, family #179:

            Horace Warner, 55, male, white, butcher, $2500, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lucy A. Warner, 60, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Ann E. Monroe, 24, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

            Hugh A. Wilson, 25, male, white, works in butcher shop, born England, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

    [56] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 330, p. 432, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a provisions dealer, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents Daniel and Levina (Johnson [sic]), of New Braintree.

    [57] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 420, p. 648, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried at Worcester, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Lewis Holbrook and Lucy Holbrook (Mann), of Worcester.

    [58] New Braintree VRs, p. 51.

    [59] Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, Boston, 1883, [hereinafter Paige, History of Hardwick], p. 350.

    [60] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter Hardwick VRs], p. 258, New Braintree VRs, p. 120, marriage intentions recorded on 15 Mar. 1845 between Eli Warner and Lucia C. Cleaveland in New Braintree.

    [61] 1850 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 155, dwelling #132, family #139:

            Eli Warner, 30, male, farmer, born MA

            Lucia C. Warner, 25, female, born MA

            Virgil E. Warner, 4, male, born MA, attending school

            Viola Warner, 2, female, born MA

            Fanny Fellows, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Brigham W. Brown, 14, male, born MA, attending school

    [62] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., dwelling #109, family #121:

            Eli Warner, 37, male, farmer, born MA

            Lucia C. Warner, 30, female, born MA

            Virgil E. Warner, 9, male, born MA

            L. Viola Warner, 7, female, born MA

            L. Venelia Warner, 5, female, born MA

            L. Velma Warner, 3, female, born MA

            Gilman E. Warner, 16, male, laborer, born MA

            Elvira Barnes, 21, female, born MA

            Sarah M. Day, 13, female, born VT

    [63] 1860 Federal Census, Leicester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 47, dwelling #359, family #390:

            Eli Warner, 42, male, laborer, $1200, born MA

            Loucy Warner, 35, female, born MA

            Virgil Warner, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Viola Warner, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Venelia Warner, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Velma Warner, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Vestine Warner, 3, male, born MA

            Walter Warner, 31, male, watch repairer, born MA

    [64] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., dwelling #57, family #61:

            Eli Warner, 48, male, born MA, married, farmer

            Lucia C. Warner, 40, female, born MA, married

            L. Viola Warner, 17, female, born MA, single

            L. Venelia Warner, 14, female, born MA, single

            L. Velma Warner, 12, female, born MA, single

            Vestine E. Warner, 8, male, born MA, single

    [65] New Braintree VRs, p. 52.

    [66] New Braintree VRs, p. 120, marriage intentions recorded on 28 July 1849 in New Braintree.

    [67] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 350, dwelling #250, family #278:

            Henry Warner, 30, male, farmer, born MA, married within the year

            Anna G. Warner, 25, female, born MA, married within the year

    [68] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., dwelling #103, family #113:

            Henry Warner, 45, male, born New Braintree, married, farmer

            Anna Warner, 40, female, born Ware, married, H. K.

            Lovina Warner, 12, female, born Amherst, single

    [69] His birth date from his death record.

    [70] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 88, p. 8a, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was 25, a farmer, his birth place Prescot, his father Danl. Warner, her birth place Enfield, and her father Amos Hutchinson.

    [71] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #130930853, her birth place from her marriage record.

    [72] 1865 State Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, dwelling #1, family #1:

            Chas. F. Warner, 35, male, born MA, married, farmer

            Sarah E. Warner, 28, female, born MA, married, housekeeping

            M. J. Warner, 6, female, born MA

            E. P. Warner, 3, female, born MA

            A. S. Warner, 2, female, born MA

    [73] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130930832.

    [74] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1914/35, p. 456, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Enfield #456, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Prescott, Mass., his father Daniel Warner, born in New Braintree, his mother Lavinia Joslyn, born in New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130930832, from his gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [75] www.findagrave.com, memorial #130930853.

    [76] New Braintree VRs, pp. 53, 158.

    [77] New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [78] New Braintree VRs, p. 121, marriage intentions recorded 2 Mar. 1795 in New Braintree between “Lena” [sic] Washburn and David Waite, Jr.

    [79] New Braintree VRs, p. 51.

    [80] Worcester County Probate Case #61011; New Braintree VRs, p. 157, the death of Phinehas Wait on 5 July 1803 in New Braintree, aged 25 years.

    [81] New Braintree VRs, p. 50.

    [82] 1810 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 227A, the David Wait household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 2 females aged 26-44 years, and the David Waite household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over. Evidently one of these households was that of his father, David Waite Sr.

    [83] 1820 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 184, the David Waite household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [84] 1830 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 550, the David Waite household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [85] New Braintree VRs, p. 157.

    [86] Worcester County Probate Case #60956.

    [87] New Braintree VRs, p. 157.

    [88] Worcester County Probate Case #61010.

    [89] New Braintree VRs, p. 157.

    [90] New Braintree VRs, p. 53.

    [91] Vital Records of Pelham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Pelham VRs], p. 151, marriage intentions recorded 31 May 1801 in Pelham. He was called “David Conkey Jr.” in the marriage intentions.

    [92] Pelham VRs, p. 98, marriage of John Conky Jr. and Margaret Abercrombie on 4 June 1772 in Pelham; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #35803988.

    [93] Pelham VRs, p. 23. There were, however, at least one other David Conkey of about the same age or slightly older living in Pelham, MA, at the turn of the 19th century.

    [94] 1820 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 180, the David Conkey household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [95] 1830 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 547, the David Conkey household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [96] 1840 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 310, the David Conkey household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [97] Pelham VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35804006, from her gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [98] 1860 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 9, dwelling #73, family #80:

            Milo W. Fuler, 27, male, farmer, $1000, $300, born MA

            Mary G. Fuler, 25, female, born MA

            Francis M. Fuler, 4, male, born MA

            Frederick Fuler, 1, male, born MA

            David Conkey, 84, male, born MA

    [99] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 25, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his father’s name given as David Pelham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803988, from his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [100] Pelham VRs, p. 25.

    [101] Pelham VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35804037, from his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [102] Pelham VRs, p. 24.

    [103] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [104] Pelham VRs, p. 97.

    [105] 1840 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 310, the Austin W. Conkey household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [106] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 49, p. 18, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Oxford, and her parents James & Cloe Wallace; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65601761, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [107] 1850 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 282, dwelling #35, family #33:

            Austin W. Conkey, 46, male, carpenter, $1100, born MA

            Henry M. Conkey, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            George Conkey, 15, male, born MA, attending school

            Martha Ann Conkey, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Benjamin F. Conkey, 14 [sic], male, born MA, attending school

            David Conkey, 74, male, born MA

    [108] 1860 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #32, family #37:

            Austin Conkey, 55, male, farmer, $425, $100, born MA

            Sarepta F. Conkey, 28, female, born MA

            Avery L. Conkey, 8, male, born MA, attending school

    [109] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 25, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Pelham, and his father David Conkey; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65601277, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [110] Pelham VRs, p. 24.

    [111] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [112] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 227, p. 75, Enfield, and Vol. 227, p. 43, Springfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, the Springfield entry crossed off, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Pelham, and his parents Austin W. & Lottie E. Conkey, her birth place Enfield, and her parents Joseph & Ann H. Root.

    [113] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census and her birth place in her marriage record.

    [114] 1870 Federal Census, Springfield Ward 1, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 83, p. 42, dwelling #491, family #705:

            Mark Stacy, 52, male, white, driver & horse care, $500, born MA a male citizen

            Susan T. Stacy, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Ida J. Stacy, 20, female, white, music teacher, born MA

            Henry Conkey, 35, male, white, machinist, born MA, a male citizen

            Carrie Conkey, 26, female, white, boarding, born MA

            Mary Briggs, 26, female, white, paper box shop, her birth place erased.

    [115] Pelham VRs, p. 24.

    [116] 1870 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 204, dwelling #1169, family #1529:

            Diana Fuller, 55, female, white, keeps house, $500, born MA

            Henry Fuller, 28, male, white, in cloth room, $300, born MA, a male citizen

            Oliver Welden, 27, male, white, in cot mill, born CT, a male citizen

            Anna Welden, 24, female, white, in cot mill, born MA

            Eunice Fuller, 33, female, white, housework, born ME

            Geo Conkey, 35, male, white, pistol shop, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

    [117] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 364, p. 360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a machinist, his birth place Pelham, and his parents Austin W. & ___; www.findagrave.com, memorial #28644394, from his gravestone in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA.

    [118] Pelham VRs, p. 25.

    [119] His father named in his marriage record; his parents named in his birth record, and Pelham VRs, p. 154, the marriage intentions of George N. Wood of New York City and Joanna C. Gaskill on 10 Sept. 1834 in Pelham.

    [120] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 136, p. 22, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a butcher, his birth place Pelham, his father George H. Wood, her birth place Pelham, and her father Austin W. Conkey.

    [121] Pelham VRs, p. 81.

    [122] Pelham VRs, p. 24.

    [123] Pelham VRs, p. 25.

    [124] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [125] Pelham VRs, p. 98, marriage intentions recorded 30 Aug. 1833 between Luria? Conkey and Miner Gold.

    [126] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his birth place from his death record, but his birth was not listed in the Barbour Index of Stafford Town Records.

    [127] 1840 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 309, the Miner Gould household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [128] 1850 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 287, dwelling #116, family #125:

            Miner Gould, 43, male, lawyer, $2000, born CT.

            Livia Gould, 41, female, born MA

            Levi N. Gould, 15, male, born MA

            Theodore L. Gould, 12, male, born MA

            Elisabeth C. Gould, 8, female, born MA

            Louisa W. Gould, 6, female, born MA

            David M. Gould, 3, male, born MA

    [129] 1860 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 10-11, dwelling #83, family #91:

            Miner Gould, 54, male, farmer, $1500, $500, born MA

            Livia Gould, 51, female, born MA

            Levi W. Gould, 26, male, laborer, born MA

            Theodore L. Gould, 21, male, laborer, born MA

            Elizabeth C. Gould, 19, female, born MA

            Louiza W Gould, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Martin D. Gould, 13, male, born MA, attending school

    [130] 1870 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 12, dwelling #111, family #108:

            Minor Gold, 66, male, white, farmer, $1200, $400, born CT, a male citizen

            Livia Gold, 61, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [131] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, from the index, the microfilmed page damaged and unreadable; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131764058, gives the date as 15 Nov. 1873, but there is no photograph of her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [132] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 338, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Stafford, CT, his parents Joseph & Polly Gould; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131764072, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which gives the date as 5 June 1882, but there is no photograph of his gravestone.

    [133] Pelham VRs, p. 38. His mother’s name transcribed as “Sylva.”

    [134] Her parents per her marriage record; Millbury VRs, p. 61, the marriage of Ansel Barns and Deborah Churchell on 24 July 1832 in Millbury.

    [135] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 227, p. 67, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Pelham, his parents Minoe & Livia Gold, her birth place Pelham, and her parents Ansel & Deborah Barnes.

    [136] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 35, p. 128, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as Louis M. Barnes, her parents Ansel & Deborah Barnes.

    [137] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 55, p. 82, dwelling #441, family #490:

            Levi Gold, 35, male, white, lumberman, $1200, $300, born MA, a male citizen

            Lois Gold, 23, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [138] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131772917, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 365, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the page damaged and the death entry for 2 Oct. 1885 is unreadable, but it shows her birth place as Pelham, and her father’s surname as Barnes.

    [139] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/55, p. 390, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Leveret #390, his birth place Pelham, his parents Miner Gold, born on Stafford, CT, and Livia Conkey, born in Pelham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131772888, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [140] Pelham VRs, pp. 38, 166, the mother’s name transcribed as “Sylvia.”

    [141] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #31515969, which approximately agrees with his age at death.

    [142] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 209, p. 86, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his father Miner Gold, her birth place Pelham, and her father Nathaniel Cook.

    [143] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 55, p. 82, dwelling #441, family #491:

            Theodore Gold, 33, male, white, farmer, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Elmira F. Gold, 23, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [144] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census and her birth place from her death record.

    [145] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 401, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried in Pelham, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his parents Miner Gold, born in Stafford, CT, and Livy, born in Pelham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #31515969, from his gravestone in Knights Corner Burial Ground in Pelham, MA.

    [146] www.findagrave.com, memorial #31516016, from her gravestone in Knights Corner Burial Ground in Pelham, MA.

    [147] Pelham VRs, p. 38, the mother’s name written as “Livia.”

    [148] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [149] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 190, p. 86, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his father Elison Dodge, her birth place Pelham, and her father Minor Gould.

    [150] Pelham VRs, p. 32.

    [151] 1870 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 11-12, p. 410, dwelling #109, family #106:

            Elison Dodge, 78, male, white, farmer, $1400, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Esther Dodge, 74, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Hollis Dodge, 38, male, white, farmer, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth C. Dodge, 28, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Ellen Lynde, 12, female, white, domestic servant, born MA, attending school, cannot write

    [152] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1905/55, p. 446, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Leverett #446, wife of Hollis Dodge, her birth place Pelham, her father Miner Gold, born in Stafford, CT, her mother Livia Conkey, born in Pelham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131771913, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [153] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1906/52, p. 350, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Leverett #350, his occupation a farmer, birth place Pelham, his father Ellison Dodge, birth place unknown, his mother Esther Bartlett, birth place Enfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131771880, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [154] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census and her age at death.

    [155] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131764038, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which gives her middle initial as H., but there is no photograph of her gravestone; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 27, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the date unreadable, her birth place Pelham, and her father Miner Gold.

    [156] Pelham VRs, p. 38, the mother’s name written as “Livia.”

    [157] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131764018, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [158] Pelham VRs, p. 25.

    [159] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [160] Pelham VRs, p. 98, marriage intentions recorded 12 Nov. 1831 in Pelham.

    [161] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [162] 1840 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 308, the Job Smith household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [163] 1850 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 286, dwelling #91, family #98:

            Job Smith, 45, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Martha Smith, 39, female, born MA

            Mary L. Smith, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Mehitable S. Smith, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Hannah M. Smith, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Laura C. Smith, 4, female, born MA, attending school

    [164] 1860 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #134, family #145:

            Job Smith, 53, male, farmer, $800, $250, born MA

            Martha C. Smith, 47, female, born MA

            Mehitable Smith, 24, female, born MA

            Hannah Smith, 19, female, born MA

            Laura Smith, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [165] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 66, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his parents Job Smith and Matilda Smith; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803824, from his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [166] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 28, Pelham, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a farmer’s wife, her birth place Pelham, and her parents David Conkey, born in Pelham, and Martha Conkey, born unknown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803833, from her gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [167] Pelham VRs, p. 71, the mother’s name written as “Patty.”

    [168] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 127, p. 20, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the date not filled in, but the year 1859, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Enfield, his parents Amos & Abigail Hunter, her birth place Pelham, and her parents Job & Patty Smith.

    [169] 1860 Federal Census, Prescott, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #129, family #145:

            Austin Hunter, 36, male, farmer, $2500, $1200, born MA

            Mary Hunter, 25, female, born MA

            Alice Hunter, 4/12, female, born MA

            Albert H. Hunter, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Dwelling #129, family #146:

            Amos Hunter, 81, male, laborer, born MA

            Abigal Hunter, 76, female, born MA

    [170] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137660990, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [171] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137660686, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [172] Pelham VRs, p. 71.

    [173] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, recorded three times in Vol. 190, p. 86, Pelham, Vol. 190, p. 18, Holyoke, and Vol. 190, p. 45, Springfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the date not entered in Pelham, but the marriage was listed immediately after that of Hollis Dodge and Elizabeth Gould, the date entered in Holyoke and Springfield, both first marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place in Kirby, VT, his parents John & Sarah Sanborn, her birth place Pelham, and her parents Job & Martha Smith.

    [174] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record in Holyoke, MA.

    [175] 1870 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 154, dwelling #415, family #1020:

            Albert L. Sanborn, 28, male, white, carpenter, $400, born VT, a male citizen

            Hattie Sanborn, 22 [sic], female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Alanson A. Sanborn, 2, male, white, born MA

    [176] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 427, p. 698, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Pelham, and her parents Job Smith and Martha Conkey.

    [177] Pelham VRs, p. 71.

    [178] His father’s name written as Hanmon P. Horr in his marriage record; Pelham VRs, p. 118, the marriage intentions of Harmon P. Hoar and Martha Hawley recorded on 18 Aug. 1832 in Pelham.

    [179] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 200, p. 88, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his father Hanmon P. Horr, her birth place Pelham, and her father Job Smith.

    [180] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #35803801.

    [181] Per his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [182] 1870 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #12, family #15:

            Harrison Z. Horr, 28, male, white, farmer, $1000, $400, born MA, a male citizen

            Hannah Horr, 28, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Martha Smith, 56, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [183] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 24, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, and his parents Harmon P. Hoor and Martha Hoor; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803801, from his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [184] www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803808, indexed under Smith instead of Horr, from her gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [185] Pelham VRs, p. 71.

    [186] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [187] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 163, p. 21, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the record hard to read, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pelham, his father Emery Boynton, her birth place Pelham, her father Job Smith.

    [188] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record, but his birth was not recorded in the Pelham vital records.

    [189] 1870 Federal Census, Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 4-5, dwelling #38, family #38:

            Myret E. Boynton, 27, male, white, retail merchant, $900, $600, born MA, a male citizen

            Laura Boynton, 25, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [190] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/77, p. 198, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Pelham #198, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his father Emory Boynton, born in Pelham, and his mother Mary Ann Wheeler, born in Pelham; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803727, from his gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [191] www.findagrave.com, memorial #35803749, from her gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [192] Pelham VRs, p. 25.

    [193] Pelham VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35804043, from her gravestone in Valley Cemetery in Pelham, MA.

    [194] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [195] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 275-276.

    [196] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387.

    [197] Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Weymouth VRs], Vol. 1, p. 232, the birth of Joseph, son of Joseph and Sarah Pratt, on 2 Feb. 1665 in Weymouth; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 599, for the maiden name of Sarah, wife of Joseph Pratt of Weymouth.

    [198] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 13, p. 386-387.

    [199] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 570.

    [200] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 296.

    [201] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387.

    [202] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 297.

    [203] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 295.

    [204] Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1994, originally published as Part II of Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Boston, 1899, [hereinafter Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families], p. 129; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 343, the marriage of Daniel Snell and Joana Harlow on 1 Sept. 1731 in Bridgewater.

    [205] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Jeremiah Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [206] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 66, the Jeremiah Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [207] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 571, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [208] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22012; Vol. 43, p. 247‑249.

    [209] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22034; Vol. 59, p. 331-333, from FHL microfilm #0550910, the petition by “friends & neighbors of Keziah Washburn of Bridgewater, widow” was signed by Cornelius Holmes Jr., Rufus Wood, Oliver Conant, Thomas Wentworth, Ezra Edson, Seth Conant, Solomon Alden Jr. and Solomon Alden; Vol. 51, p. 298.

    [210] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 572, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [211] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22035; Vol. 63, p. 158, from FHL microfilm #0550912, witnessed by Benjamin Pope, John Harden, and John C. Harden.

    [212] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

    [213] Thatcher, Charles M., “Thatcher Papers,” 3 Volumes, 1620-1899, manuscript from FHL microfilm #945019, [hereinafter Thatcher Papers], Vol. III: Wood.

    [214] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389.

    [215] Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 68.

    [216] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 293.

    [217] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 155.

    [218] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 215.

    [219] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416; “Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the entire town vital records from the incorporation of the town of Easton to about 1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G. Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton VRs], p. 149, married by Rev. Archibald Campbell. Mary, second wife of Capt. Simeon Wood, died on 10 May 1777 in Bridgewater. (Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585.)

    [220] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, A Compilation From the Archives, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 17 Volumes, Boston, 1896-1908, [hereainafter Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War], Vol. XVII, p. 771.

    [221] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth Co., MA, the Simeon Wood household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [222] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 364, the Simeon Wood household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [223] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585; Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 234.

    [224] Latham, Williams, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1882, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1986, [hereinafter Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater], p. 89, #417.

    [225] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23445, Vol. 37, p. 283-289, from FHL microfilm #0550719.

    [226] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585.

    [227] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23403, Vol. 72, p. 121, from FHL microfilm #0555261, and Vol. 71, p. 434. There were no witnesses listed in the will, and Cornelius Holmes Jr. was examined as a witness, and testified that the will belonged to Lydia Wood.

    [228] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 234, however his www.findagrave.com memorial #22894101, gives his grave in First Cemetery in Bridgewater, and her www.findagrave.com memorial #65574582, gives her grave in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [229] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [230] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190.

    [231] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416, marriage intentions recorded 1 Mar. 1800 in Bridgewater.

    [232] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 165.

    [233] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190.

    [234] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 328; Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 34, the marriage of Benjamin Washburn and Mary Cushman on 5 Apr. 1748 in Halifax.

    [235] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 80, the Rufus Wood household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [236] 1820 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 461, the Rufus Wood household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [237] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 333, the Rufus Wood household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [238] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 13, the Rufus Wood household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [239] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 239; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574583, from his gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [240] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23427, Vol. 11B, p. 363, from FHL microfilm #0551537.

    [241] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 586; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574584, from her gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [242] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [243] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 98.

    [244] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [245] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 29.

    [246] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 462, the Oliver Allen Jr. household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [247] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 337, the Oliver Allen Jr. household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [248] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Oliver Allen household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [249] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 27, dwelling #355, family #409:

            Oliver Allen, 56, male, farmer, $3700, born MA

            Rachael Allen, 49, female, born MA

            John A. Bennett, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Rufus W. Wood, 25, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Eunice H. Wood, 19, female, born MA

            Lucius C. Wood, 4/12, male, born MA

    [250] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 15, dwelling #88, family #115:

            Oliver Allen, 61, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Rachel Allen, 54, female, white, born MA

            Dwelling #88, family #116:

            Rufus W. Wood, 28, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Eunice Wood, 24, female, white, born MA

            Lucius C. Wood, 5, male, white, born MA

            James C. Wood, 3, male, white, born MA

    [251] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 178, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Oliver & Susannah Alden [sic].

    [252] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #317, Vol. 98, p. 102-104, from FHL microfilm #0555643.

    [253] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 309, dwelling #2022, family #2588:

            Rachel Wood, 59, female, widow, $1200, $800, born MA

            Dwelling #2022, family #2589

            Rufus W. Wood, 33, male, shoemaker, $100, $400, born MA

            Eunice H. Wood, 29, female, born MA

            Lucius C. Wood, 10, male, born MA

            J. Clarence Wood, 8, male, born MA
            Harriet C. Wood, 4, female, born MA

    [254] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 130, dwelling #467, family #528:

            Rachel Allen, 64, female, white, born MA, widow, housekeeper

            Eunice H. Wood, 34, female, white, born MA, widow, housekeeper

            Lucius C. Wood, 15, male, white, born MA, single, mechanic

            James C. Wood, 13, male, white, born MA, single

            Harriet C. Wood, 9, female, white, born MA, single

            Susan W. Wood, 3, female, white, born MA, single

    [255] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 94, the marriage of Cyrus Copeland and Abigail Dyer on 5 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.

    [256] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 190, p. 347, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Cyrus and Abigail, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Rufus & Susanna Wood.

    [257] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 42, dwelling #282, family #325:

            Christopher D. Copeland, 69, male, white, carpenter, $4000, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

            Rebecca A. Copeland, 69, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [258] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 262, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Rufus & Susannah Wood.

    [259] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Cyrus and Abigail Copeland; www.findagrave.com, memorial #16123089, from his gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [260] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 153, p. 567-568, from FHL microfilm #0556654, witnessed by Williams Latham, Richard W. Wilber, and Lydia T. Latham, and Vol. 156, p. 69.

    [261] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358.

    [262] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 134.

    [263] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 417.

    [264] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 71.

    [265] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190.

    [266] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 333, the Willard Wood household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [267] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 13, the Wm.[sic] Wood household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [268] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585, buried in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [269] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 136; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 80, the marriage of Anna W. Chipman and Zephaniah Caswell Jr. on 6 May 1827 in Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 447, the death of Zephaniah Caswell Jr., son of Zephaniah and Azubah Caswell, on 16 Sept.1834 in Bridgewater, aged 30 years.

    [270] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 417, marriage intentions recorded on 5 May 1844 in Bridgewater.

    [271] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 72.

    [272] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 24, dwelling #309, family #361:

            Zephaniah Caswell, 71, male, carpenter, born MA

            Azubah Caswell, 66, female, born MA

            Willard Wood, 48, male, farmer, $4300, born MA

            Anna Wood, 46, female, born MA

            Warren Wood, 15, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            Susan Caswell, 20, female, born MA

    [273] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 43, dwelling #334, family #382:

            Willard Wood, 53, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Anna W. Wood, 51, female, white, born MA

            Warren Wood, 20, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Azubah H. Caswell, 71, female, white, born MA

    [274] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 43, dwelling #281, family #358:

            Willard Wood, 58, male, master farmer, $2500, $200, born MA

            Anna W. Wood, 56, female, born MA

            Azuba H. Caswell, 75, female, $100, born MA

    [275] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 198, dwelling #165, family #193:

            Willard Wood, 63, male, white, born NH [sic], married, farmer

            Annie W. Wood, 61, female, white, born NH [sic], married

    [276] 1870 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Wareham Post Office, Page No. 55, dwelling #399, family #465:

            Willard Wood, 67, male, white, farmer, $2000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Anna Wood, 65, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [277] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 321, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents George & Huldah.

    [278] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 383, p. 364, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Rufus & Susannah (Hooper) Wood, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574598, from his gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [279] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [280] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 94, the marriage of Cyrus Copeland and Abigail Dyer on 5 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.

    [281] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 415.

    [282] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 81.

    [283] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159.

    [284] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 453; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574567, from her gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [285] Weymouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 52.

    [286] Bridgewater VRs, p. 320, from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, her birth place from her death record, but her birth was not recorded in the Duxbury vital records. Her www.findagrave.com memorial #150250852 says she was born in Pembroke, but her birth was not recorded there either.

    [287] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 17, dwelling #217, family #260:

            Christopher D. Copeland, 50, male, cotton gin manft, $3000, born MA

            Almira Copeland, 50, female, born MA

            Valentine Copeland, 22, male, clerk, born MA

            Lorenzo Copeland, 21, male, cotton gin manft, born MA

            Warren Copeland, 15, male, student, born MA, attending school

    [288] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 40, dwelling #307, family #353:

            Christopher D. Copeland, 55, male, white, gin wright, born MA

            Almira Copeland, 55, female, white, born MA

            Lorenzo Copeland, 26, male, white, gin wright, born MA

            Warren T. Copeland, 20, male, white, student, born MA

            Abigal Copeland, 84, female, white, born MA

    [289] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 288, dwelling #1870, family #2408:

            Chris. D. Copeland, 59, male, gin wright, $1200, $800, born MA

            Almira Copeland, 60, female, born MA

            Warren T. Copeland, 25, male, sch. teacher, $250, born MA

            Mary C. Copeland, 23, female, born MA

            Emma L. Copeland, 7/12, born MA

            Deborah Turner, 82, female, born MA

            Jane Turner, 58, female, brush maker, born MA

            John Wild, 48, male, gin wright, $800, $150, born MA

            Temperance Wild, 54, female, born MA

            Patrick Connelly, 50, male, farm laborer, born Ireland

    [290] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 93, dwelling #153, family #161:

            Christopher D. Copeland, 64, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Almira Copeland, 65, female, white, born MA, married, mistress

            Jane Turner, 63, female, white, born MA, single, lady

    [291] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 270, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Duxbury, called wife of C. D. Copeland; www.findagrave.com, memorial #150250852, from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [292] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 190, p. 347, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Cyrus and Abigail, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Rufus & Susanna Wood.

    [293] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 42, dwelling #282, family #325:

            Christopher D. Copeland, 69, male, white, carpenter, $4000, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

            Rebecca A. Copeland, 69, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [294] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 262, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Rufus & Susannah Wood.

    [295] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Cyrus and Abigail Copeland; www.findagrave.com, memorial #16123089, from his gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [296] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 153, p. 567-568, from FHL microfilm #0556654, witnessed by Williams Latham, Richard W. Wilber, and Lydia T. Latham, and Vol. 156, p. 69.

    [297] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358.

    [298] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 586.

    [299] Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, p. 89, #421; www.findagrave.com, memorial #22894563, which calls it the First Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [300] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358.

    [301] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585.

    [302] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p, 357. The birth in the town vital record was recorded as 20 Feb. 1787, but on her gravestone it is 20 Feb. 1781, which is probably correct considering the birth of her sister, Lydia Wood, on 10 July 1786, and the fact that no guardian was appointed for her in 1802.

    [303] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [304] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219.

    [305] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called Out By The Governor Of Massachusetts To Suppress A Threatened Invasion During The War Of 1812-‘14, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, [hereinafter Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia], p. 51.

    [306] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 77, the Spencer Leonard household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [307] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 337, the Spencer Leonard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [308] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Spencer Leonard household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [309] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 27, dwelling #349, family #403:

            Spencer Leonard, 68, male, farmer, $3000, born MA

            Mary Leonard, 69, female, born MA

    [310] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 13, dwelling #72, family #94:

            Spencer Leonard, 73, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Mary Leonard, 74, female, white, born MA

    [311] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 308, dwelling #2016, family #2580:

            Spencer Leonard, 78, male, farmer, $2000, $1800, born MA

            Mary Leonard, 79, female, born MA

            Lydia W. Benson, 43, female, $250, $250, born MA

            Alice F. Benson, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Zeno Benson, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Leonora Benson, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Aubrey Benson, 8, male, born MA, attending school

    [312] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 166, p. 274, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called wife of Spencer, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Simeon & Lydia Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995541, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [313] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 298, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Samuel & Deborah Leonard, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995542, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [314] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #12684; Vol. 105, p. 277, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 2.

    [315] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219.

    [316] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244, the marriage of Nehemiah Leonard and Phebe Pratt on 5 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.

    [317] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 245.

    [318] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 214.

    [319] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 338, the Simeon W. Leonard household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [320] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Simeon W. Leonard household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [321] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 27, dwelling #356, family #410:

            Simeon W. Leonard, 43, male, shoe maker, $1400, born MA

            Betsey Leonard, 40, female, born MA

            Sarah Leonard, 21, female, born MA

            Franklin Leonard, 16, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary E. Leonard, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Marion F. Leonard, 11, female, born MA

            Ellen D. Leonard, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Lucius K. Leonard, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Clara F. Leonard, 3, female, born MA

            Elmer Leonard, 1, male, born MA

    [322] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 13, dwelling #71, family #93:

            Simeon W. Leonard, 48, male, white, clicker, born MA

            Betsey Leonard, 45, female, white, born MA

            Franklin Leonard, 21,male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Mary E. Leonard, 19, female, white, born MA

            Marcia T. Leonard, 17, female, white, born MA

            Ellen D. Leonard, 13, female, white, born MA

            Lucius K. Leonard, 10, male, white, born MA

            Clara F. Leonard, 8, female, white, born MA

            Elmer Leonard, 6, male, white, born MA

            Flora Leonard, 2, female, white, born MA

    [323] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 308, dwelling #2018, family #2582:

            Simeon W. Leonard, 53, male, shoe cutter, $800, $400, born MA

            Betsey Leonard, 50, female, born MA

            M. Elizabeth Leonard, 22, female, born MA

            Ellen D. Leonard, 18, female, com. sch. teacher, born MA

            Lucius K. Leonard, 15, male, shoemaker appr., born MA, attending school

            Clara F. Leonard, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Elmer Leonard, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Flora Leonard, 7, female, born MA, attending school

    [324] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 166, p. 274, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Spencer & Mary Leonard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995551, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [325] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #12679, Vol. 115, p. 299, with Van R. Swift and Philip H. Wing, of Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [326] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 85, dwelling #631, family #716:

            Betsey Leonard, 60, female, white, keeping house, $1500, $200, born MA

            Ellen D. Leonard, 27, female, white, home, born MA

            Lucius K. Leonard, 25, male, white, works for cotton gin mfg, born MA, a male citizen

            Clara F. Leonard, 23, female, white, works in straw mfg, born MA

            Flora W. Leonard, 17, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

    [327] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 287, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her father Nehemiah Leonard, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995555, which gives the date as 26 May 1874, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [328] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [329] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244.

    [330] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 54, from the Keith Family Bible, her birth place from her death record, but her birth was not recorded in the Kingston vital records.

    [331] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Martin Leonard 2d household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 2 females aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in commerce.

    [332] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 29, dwelling #384, family #459:

            Martin Leonard, 41, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Joan D. Leonard, 35, female, born MA

            Joan Bradford, 68, female, born MA

    [333] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 58, p. 168, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Martin Leonard, her birth place Kingston, but her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995548, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [334] Her parents’ names from her death record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 359, the marriage intentions of Silvanus Sturtevant and Polly Leonard recorded on 16 May 1801 in Bridgewater.

    [335] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 309, taken from the Keith Family Bible, her birth place from her death record.

    [336] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 12, dwelling #60, family #80:

            Martin Leonard, 46, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Elizabeth A. Leonard, 37, female, white, born MA

    [337] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 306-307, dwelling #2005, family #2567:

            Martin Leonard, 51, male, farmer, $1000, $300, born MA

            Elisabeth A. Leonard, 42, female, born MA

            Lizzie M. Leonard, 3, female, born MA

            Willie S. Leonard, 3/12, male, born MA

    [338] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 304, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Sylvanus & Polly Sturtevant.

    [339] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 128, dwelling #447, family #500:

            Martin Leonard, 56, male, white, born MA, widowed, farmer

            Lizzie N. Leonard, 8, female, white, born MA, single

    [340] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 227, p. 368, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both third marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Spencer & Mary, her birth place Assonet, and her parents John & Sarah Clark.

    [341] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 72, dwelling #538, family #602:

            Martin Leonard, 61, male, white, farmer, born MA, married in May, a male citizen

            Elizabeth M. Leonard, 13, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Ruth H. Leonard, 51, female, white, keeping house, born MA, married in May

            Julia M. Drew, 14, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Sarah E. Drew, 10, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Sarah Drew, 75, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [342] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 374, p. 311, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Spencer and Mary, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995545, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [343] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 473, p. 682, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Martin Leonard, her birth place Fall River, and her parents John Clark and Sarah Davie, both born in Fall River.

    [344] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [345] His parents’ names from his death record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 212, the marriage of How Keith and Martha Hayward on 27 Mar. 1795 in Bridgewater.

    [346] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244.

    [347] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 185.

    [348] 1840 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 176, the Isaac Keith household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [349] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 267, dwelling #412, family #523:

            Isaac Keith, 49, male, shoe cutter, $1200, born MA

            Mary Keith, 39, female, born MA

            Isaac N. Keith, 17, male, shoe cutter, born MA, attending school

            George F. Keith, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            William Dempsy, 24, male, bootmaker, born MA

    [350] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 56, dwelling #468, family #563:

            Isaac F. Keith, 54, male, white, shoe cutter, born MA

            Mary Keith, 44, female, white, born MA

            Dwelling #468, family #564:

            Isaac N. Keith, 22, male, white, shoe cutter, born MA

            Frances Keith, 22, female, white, born MA

            Geo. F. Keith, 19, male, white, shoe cutter, born MA

            Bridget Powers, 40, female, white, born Ireland

    [351] 1860 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 240, dwelling #1583, family #2039:

            Isaac Keith, 60, male, shoe cutter, $1500, $600, born MA

            Mary Keith, 49, female, born MA

            Isaac N. Keith, 27, male, shoe cutter, $500, born MA

            Frances T. Keith, 28, female, born MA

            Frank O. Keith, 3, male, born MA

            Geo. F. Keith, 24, male, shoe cutter, $300, born MA

    [352] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 98, dwelling #12, family #13:

            Isaac Keith, 65, male, white, born MA, married, shoe cutter

            Mary L. Keith, 54, female, white, born MA, married

            George F. Keith, 28, male, white, born MA, single, shoe cutter

            Isaac N. Keith, 32, male, white, born MA, married, clerk

            Frances T. Keith, 33, female, white, born MA, married

            Frank O. Keith, 8, male, white, born MA

    [353] 1870 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 3, dwelling #16, family #19:

            Isaac Keith, 70, male, white, works in shoe facty, $4000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary L. Keith, 59, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Isaac N. Keith, 37, male, white, Agt for shoe facty, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            George F. Keith, 34, male, white, works for shoe facty, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Frances F. Keith, 38, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Mary H. Keith, 31, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Frank O. Keith, 13, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Mary L. Keith, 5, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Harry M. Keith, 3, male, white, home, born MA

    [354] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 257, p. 360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoe cutter, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Howe Keith, born in Easton, and Martha (Hayward), born in Bridgewater.

    [355] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 280, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Spencer and Mary Leonard, of Bridgewater.

    [356] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219.

    [357] Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Duxbury VRs], p. 317, the marriage of Isaac Sturtefant and Polly Chandler on 1 Dec. 1813 in Duxbury.

    [358] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 245.

    [359] Duxbury VRs, p. 172, her name recorded as “Clementha.”

    [360] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 30, dwelling #396, family #473:

            Spencer Leonard Jr., 36, male, trader, $1600, born MA

            Semantha T. Leonard, 30, female, born MA

            Mary L. Leonard, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Abby F. Leonard, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Austin Leonard, 1/12, male, born MA

    [361] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 15-16, dwelling #90, family #118:

            Spencer Leonard Jr., 41, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Cementha T. Leonard, 34, female, white, born MA

            Mary L. Leonard, 14, female, white, born MA

            Abby F. Leonard, 11, female, white, born MA

            Austin Leonard, 5, male, white, born MA

            Cora C. Leonard, 3, female, white, born MA

    [362] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 301, dwelling #1965, family #2523:

            Spencer Leonard Jr., 45, male, farmer, $3000, $1000, born MA

            Semantha T. Leonard, 39, female, born MA

            Mary L. Leonard, 18, female, wires bonnets, born MA

            Abby F. Leonard, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Austin Leonard, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Cora C. Leonard, 8, female, born MA, attending school

    [363] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 120, dwelling #377, family #412:

            Spencer Leonard Jr., 50, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Cemetha T. Leonard, 44, female, white, born MA, married, housekeeper

            Mary L. Leonard, 23, female, white, born MA, single, bonnet trimmer

            Abby F. Leonard, 20, female, white, born MA, single, housekeeper

            Austin Leonard, 15, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Cora C. Leonard, 13, female, white, born MA, single

            Spencer Leonard 3d, 4, male, white, born MA, single

    [364] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 74-75, dwelling #556, family #625:

            Spencer Leonard, 55, male, white, farmer, $4000, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Cemantha T. Leonard, 49, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Austin Leonard, 20, male, white, farm hand, born MA

            Cora C. Leonard, 18, female, white, at home, born MA

            Spencer Leonard Jr., 9, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Abbie F. Lee, 20, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [365] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 534, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Duxbury, and her parents Isaac & Polly Sturtevant of Duxbury, her name written as “Cemantha” in her death record; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49654705, from her gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [366] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 612, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Spencer Leonard, born in Bridgewater, and Mary Wood, born in Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49654662, from his gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA, which includes a photograph of Spencer Leonard.

    [367] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [368] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244.

    [369] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 48.

    [370] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 29, dwelling #382, family #436:

            Cyrus Benson, 66, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Lydia Benson, 64, female, born MA

            Dwelling #382, family #437:

            Cyrus Benson Jr., 29, male, teacher, $250, born MA

            Lydia W. Benson, 33, female, born MA

            Alice F. Benson, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Zeno Benson, 4, male, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 1, female, born MA

    [371] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a school teacher, his birth place Bridgewater, and his father Cyrus Benson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995469, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [372] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1878, Vol. 13D, p. 109, with Spencer Leonard Jr. and Cyrus Benson, both of Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [373] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 97, p. 110-111.

    [374] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 12, dwelling #61, family #81:

            Cyrus Benson, 71, male, white, physician, born MA

            Lydia Benson, 69, female, white, born M

            Dwelling #61, family #82:

            Lydia W. Benson, 38, female, white, born MA

            Allice F. Benson, 11, female, white, born MA

            Zeno Benson, 9, male, white, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 6, female, white, born MA

            Aubray Benson, 3, male, white, born MA

    [375] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 308, dwelling #2016, family #2580.

    [376] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 128-129, dwelling #456, family #512:

            Lydia W. Benson, 48, female, white, born MA, widow, housekeeper

            Alice F. Benson, 20, female, white, born MA, single, straw braider

            Zeno Benson, 19, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Lemira Benson, 16, female, white, born MA, single, straw braider

            Aubrey Benson, 13, male, white, born MA, single

            Spencer Leonard, 83, male, white, born MA, widower, farmer

    [377] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70-71, dwelling #535, family #598:

            Lydia W. Benson, 53, female, white, keeping house, $1500, $200, born MA

            Alice F. Benson, 26, female, white, home, born MA

            Zeno Benson, 24, male, white, works in cotton gin mfg, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 21, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Aubry Benson, 18, male, white, works for shoe facty, born MA

    [378] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Spencer and Mary Leonard, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995468, her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater misread as 13 Sept. 1873.

    [379] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1912, Vol. 152, p. 238, with Spence Leonard, of Bridgewater, and Lewis Leonard, of Middleborough, as sureties.

    [380] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 218.

    [381] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 520.

    [382] Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, p. 85, #366.

    [383] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [384] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 248; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 243, marriage intentions recorded on 1 Nov. 1846 in Bridgewater.

    [385] Kingston VRs, p. 156.

    [386] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, dwelling #365, family #422:

            Lewis Leonard, 25, male, trader, $1200, born MA

            Lucy Leonard, 26, female, born MA

    [387] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 5, dwelling #5, family #5:

            Lewis Leonard, 30, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Lucy B. Leonard, 31, female, white, born MA

    [388] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 69, dwelling #479, family #580:

            Lewis Leonard, 36, male, master farmer, $1500, $2560, born MA

            Lucy B. Leonard, 37, female, born MA

            Fredy M. Leonard, 4, male, born MA

            (unnamed) Leonard, 3/12, male, born MA

    [389] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 192, dwelling #117, family #129:

            Lewis Leonard, 40, male, white, born ME [sic], married, farmer

            Lucy B. Leonard, 41, female, white, born ME [sic], married

            Frederic M. Leonard, 9, male, white, born ME [sic], single

            Geo. W. Leonard, 5, male, white, born ME [sic], single

    [390] 1870 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 83, p. 478, dwelling #649, family #716:

            Lewis Leonard, 45, male, white, farmer, $1500, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lucy B. Leonard, 46, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Fred M. Leonard, 14, male, white, born MA, attending school

            Geo. W. Leonard, 10, male, white, born MA, attending school

    [391] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 291, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, a resident of Bridgewater, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Spencer and Mary, of Bridgewater.

    [392] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #12643, Vol. 152, p. 303, with George W. Wood, of Middleborough, and Nahum B. Wood, of Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [393] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 300, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Kingston, and her parents Otis & Betsey, of Kingston.

    [394] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358.

    [395] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23446, Vol. 32, p. 191.

    [396] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 149.

    [397] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416. He was called “of Boston” in the marriage record.

    [398] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 94.

    [399] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 139, 147.

    [400] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 353.

    [401] 1820 Federal Census, Boston Ward 10, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 325, Nassau St., the Simeon Wood household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10 [sic?], and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [402] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585.

    [403] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 26, dwelling #339, family #394.

    [404] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 18, dwelling #117, family #150.

    [405] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 178, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Simeon Wood, her birth place Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #27873255, from her gravestone in Great Woods Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [406] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #23392, Vol. 13D, p. 258.

    [407] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357, from his gravestone, which does not list the names of his parents.

    [408] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 26, dwelling #339, family #394:

            Henry Wood, 37, male, farmer, $600, born MA

            Dinah Dunbar, 70, female, $800, born MA

            Keziah D. Wood, 67, female, $450, born MA

    [409] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 18, dwelling #117, family #150:

            Henry Wood, 42, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Dinah Dunbar, 75, female, white, born MA

            Keziah Wood, 72, female, white, born MA

    [410] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 338, dwelling #2159, family #2735:

            Dinah Dunbar, 80, female, $1800, $450, born MA

            Henry Wood, 47, male, farmer, born MA

    [411] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 133, dwelling #491, family #556:

            Henry Wood, 52, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Dinah Dunbar, 85, female, white, born MA, single, housekeeper

    [412] Her parents’ names from her first and second marriage records and her death record.

    [413] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 200, p. 376, Lakeville, and Vol. 200, p. 361, Bridgewater, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Boston, his parents Simeon & Keziah Wood, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Josiah & Louisa DeMaranville.

    [414] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 69, p. 153, dwelling #503, family #564:

            Henry Wood, 57, male, white, farmer, $3000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

            Louisa Wood, 29, female, white, house keeping, born MA

            Henry A. Wood, 1, male, white, home, born MA

            William W. Slocomb, 22, male, white, works for shoe facty, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah F. Slocomb, 16, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [415] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 267, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Boston, and his parents Simeon and Keziah Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #27872892, which gives the date as 7 July 1876, from his gravestone in Great Woods Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [416] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23365, Vol. 142, p. 64-65, from FHL microfilm #0556649, witnessed by Lewis Leonard, John A. Lothrop, and Mary K. Lothrop, and Vol. 133, p. 375.

    [417] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records.

    [418] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 299, p. 292, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Dartmouth, his parents Humphrey R. Crapo and Susan (Baker), her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Josiah DeMaranville and Louisa (Downing).

    [419] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #131742406.

    [420] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 541, p. 127, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Dartmouth, and his parents Humphrey R. Crapo and Susan Baker; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131742406, which gives the date as 13 Mar. 1903, from his gravestone in Sherman Cemetery in Rochester, MA.

    [421] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1906/48, p. 395, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Lakeville #395, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Humphrey R. Crapo, her birth place Lakeville, her father Josiah Demoranville, born in Lakeville, and her mother Louisa Downing, born in Lakeville; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131742445, from her gravestone in Sherman Cemetery in Rochester, MA.

    [422] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 358, from his gravestone, which does not list the names of his parents.

    [423] Her parents’ names from her death record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 22, the marriage of Thomas Alden and Metilda Copeland on 5 Jan. 1815 in Bridgewater.

    [424] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 417.

    [425] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, her birth place from her death record, but her birth was not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [426] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 26, dwelling #333, family #389:

            Simeon D. Wood, 33, male, shoemaker, $1300, born MA

            Elizabeth B. Wood, 30, female, born MA

            Mary E. Wood, 5, female, born MA, attending school

    [427] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 50, dwelling #389, family #444:

            Simeon D. Wood, 38, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Elizabeth B. Wood, 35, female, white, born MA

            Mary E. Wood, 10, female, white, born MA

    [428] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 295, dwelling #1921, family #2465:

            Simeon D. Wood, 43, male, shoe cutter, $2000, $500, born MA

            Elisabeth B. Wood, 40, female, born MA

            Mary E. Wood, 15, female, born MA, attending school

    [429] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 134, dwelling #506, family #573:

            Simeon D. Wood, 48, male, white, born MA, married, shoemaker

            Elizabeth B. Wood, 45, female, white, born MA, married housekeeper

            Mary E. Wood, 20, female, white, born MA, single, teacher

    [430] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 84, dwelling #627, family #711:

            Simeon D. Wood, 53, male, white, works for shoe facty, $1500, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth B. Wood, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary E. Wood, 25, female, white, at home, born MA

    [431] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 534, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Simeon D. Wood, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Thomas and Matilda Alden, of Bridgewater.

    [432] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 455, p. 574, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoe cutter, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Simeon and Keziah, of Bridgewater.

    [433] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [434] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23446, Vol. 32, p. 191.

    [435] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 116; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 50, the marriage intentions of Jonathan Benson Jr. and Lydia Hardin recorded on 5 Nov. 1774 in Bridgewater.

    [436] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [437] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 48, from his gravestone, his birth place from his death record.

    [438] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 116.

    [439] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, South Parish Including Titicut so called, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 74, the Cyrus & J. Benson household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [440] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 452, the Cyrus Benson household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture. Living next door was his brother Jonathan Benson.

    [441] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 337, the Cyrus Benson household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [442] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Cyrus Benson household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years [sic], and 1 female aged 60-69 years [sic], including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [443] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 29, dwelling #382, family #456:

            Cyrus Benson, 66, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Lydia Benson, 64, female, born MA

            Dwelling #382, family #457:

            Cyrus Benson Jr., 29, male, teacher, $250, born MA

            Lydia W. Benson, 33, female, born MA

            Alice F. Benson, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Zeno Benson, 4, male, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 1, female, born MA

    [444] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 12, dwelling #61, family #82:

            Cyrus Benson, 71, male, white, physician, born MA

            Lydia Benson, 69, female, white, born MA

            Dwelling #61, family #83:

            Lydia W. Benson, 38, female, white, born MA

            Allice F. Benson, 11, female, white, born MA

            Zeno Benson, 9, male, white, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 6, female, white, born MA

            Aubray Benson, 3, male, white, born MA

    [445] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 229, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Bridgewater, and his father Jonathan Benson, but his occupation not listed; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995467, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [446] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1877, Vol. 100, p. 313-315, from FHL microfilm #0555644, witnessed by Geo. W. Wood, Martin Leonard, and Elizabeth A. Leonard.

    [447] 1860 Federal census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 307, dwelling #2007, family #2569:

            Marcus Holmes, 26, male, shoemaker, $100, born MA

            Lucina Holmes, 25, female, born MA

            Edmund C. Holmes, 4, male, born MA

            Freeman Holmes, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Dwelling #2007, family #2570:

            Lydia Benson, 74, female, $2000, $500, born MA

    [448] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 330, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Simeon & Lydia Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995466, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [449] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1911, Vol. 104, p. 102-103, from FHL microfilm #0555646, witnessed by Geo. W. Wood, Lydia Wood, and Rachel Allen, and Vol. 114, p. 65.

    [450] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 48.

    [451] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #78726550.

    [452] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 49, marriage intentions recorded 16 Oct. 1831 in Bridgewater.

    [453] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #78726550.

    [454] 1840 Federal Census, Leeds, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 158, the Franklin B. Leonard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [455] 1850 Federal Census, Town of Leeds, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 324, dwelling #131, family #133:

            Franklin Leonard, 44, male, carriage maker, $1000, born ME

            Almira Leonard, 41, female, born MA

            John O. Leonard, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Lydia W. Leonard, 10, female, born ME, attending school

            Hannah S. Leonard, 7, female, born ME, attending school

            Olive H. Leonard, 5, female, born ME, attending school

            Orpheus Leonard, 3, male, born ME, attending school

            Frederick A. Leonard, 1, male, born ME

    [456] 1860 Federal Census, Leeds, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 16, dwelling #121, family #125:

            Franklin B. Leonard, 54, male, farmer, $2000, $500, born ME

            Almira B. Leonard, 51, female, born MA

            John O. Leonard, 24, male, farmer, born ME

            Hannah S. Leonard, 17, female, born ME, attending school

            Olive H. Leonard, 14, female, born ME, attending school

            Orpheus M. Leonard, 13, male, born ME, attending school

            Frederick A. Leonard, 11, male, born ME, attending school

    [457] www.findagrave.com, memorial #78726597, from her gravestone in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME, the picture of which is unreadable.

    [458] www.findagrave.com, memorial #78726550, from his gravestone in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME.

    [459] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 48.

    [460] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 49, marriage intentions recorded 17 Nov. 1833 in Bridgewater.

    [461] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 442650 and 457170.

    [462] 1850 Federal Census, Leeds, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 324, dwelling #130, family #132:

            Gideon Lane, 47, male, farmer, $1800, born ME

            Cassandra Lane, 36, female, born MA

            Cyrus Lane, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Gustavus Lane, 8, male, born ME, attending school

    [463] 1860 Federal Census, Leeds, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 16, dwelling #120, family #124:

            Giddins Lane, 58, male, farmer, $2500, $500, born ME

            Cassandra Lane, 47, female, born MA

            Cyrus B. Lane, 21, male, teach of C. school, born ME

            Gustabus W. Lane, 18, male, born ME, attending school

            Lovina Lane, 30, female, domestic, born ME

    [464] www.findagrave.com, memorial #20548528, from his gravestone in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME.

    [465] www.findagrave.com, memorial #20548504, from her gravestone in Fish Cemetery in Leeds, ME.

    [466] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 48.

    [467] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 245: marriage of Spencer Leonard and Mary Wood on 2 May 1805 in Bridgewater.

    [468] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 49.

    [469] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [470] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 29, dwelling #382, family #457.

    [471] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a school teacher, his birth place Bridgewater, and his father Cyrus Benson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995469, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [472] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1878, Vol. 13D, p. 109, with Spencer Leonard Jr. and Cyrus Benson, both of Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [473] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 97, p. 110-111.

    [474] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 12, dwelling #61, family #81.

    [475] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 308, dwelling #2016, family #2580.

    [476] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 128-129, dwelling #456, family #512:

            Lydia W. Benson, 48, female, white, born MA, widow, housekeeper

            Alice F. Benson, 20, female, white, born MA, single, straw braider

            Zeno Benson, 19, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Lemira Benson, 16, female, white, born MA, single, straw braider

            Aubrey Benson, 13, male, white, born MA, single

            Spencer Leonard, 83, male, white, born MA, widower, farmer

    [477] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70-71, dwelling #535, family #598:

            Lydia W. Benson, 53, female, white, keeping house, $1500, $200, born MA

            Alice F. Benson, 26, female, white, home, born MA

            Zeno Benson, 24, male, white, works in cotton gin mfg, born MA

            Lemira Benson, 21, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Aubry Benson, 18, male, white, works for shoe facty, born MA

    [478] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Spencer and Mary Leonard, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995468, her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater misread as 13 Sept. 1873.

    [479] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1912, Vol. 152, p. 238, with Spencer Leonard, of Bridgewater, and Lewis Leonard, of Middleborough, as sureties.

    [480] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [481] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23446, Vol. 32, p. 191.

    [482] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 116.

    [483] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [484] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357, from her gravestone.

    [485] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 116.

    [486] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 50.

    [487] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Philander Wood household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [488] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 27, dwelling #357, family #411:

            Philander Wood, 60, male, farmer, $3900, born MA

            Patty Wood, 55, female, born MA

            Nahum B. Wood, 22, male, born MA

            Martin Wood, 20, male, born MA

            Emily Wood, 18, female, born MA

    [489] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 13, dwelling #73, family #96:

            Philander Wood, 66, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Patty Wood, 60, female, white, born MA

            Nahum B. Wood, 28, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Martin Wood, 25, male, white, farmer, born MA

    [490] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 308, dwelling #2015, family #2579:

            Philander Wood, 71, male, farmer, $3700, $800, born MA

            Patty Wood, 65, female, born MA

            Nahum B. Wood, 32, male, farm laborer, $1000, $600, born MA

            Martin Wood, 30, male, farm laborer, $250, $300, born MA

    [491] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 128, dwelling #454, family #510:

            Philander Wood, 75, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Patty Wood, 70, female, white, born MA, married, housekeeper

            Nahum B. Wood, 37, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Martin Wood, 35, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

    [492] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 298, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Simeon & Lydia; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 247; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995685, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [493] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23420, Vol. 105, p. 341, from FHL microfilm #0555647, witnessed by Geo. W. Wood, Lydia Wood, and Elvira Wood, and Vol. 114, p. 486 (514).

    [494] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 295, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Jonah & Martha Benson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 248, gives the date as 15 June 1868; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995686, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, also gives the date as 15 June 1868.

    [495] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [496] His parents named in his second marriage; Halifax VRs, p. 14, the marriage intentions of Ebenezer Wood of Halifax and Centhea Soule of Plympton recorded on 11 Aug. 1794 in Halifax; Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 429, the marriage of Ebenezer Wood of Halifax and Cynthia Soule on 8 Feb. 1795 in Plympton.

    [497] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [498] Halifax VRs, p. 162-163, her birth place Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #69414069, from her gravestone in Tomson Cemetery in Halifax, MA.

    [499] Her parents named in her marriage record; Halifax VRs, p. 80, the marriage of Asa Thomson Junr and Hannah Thomson Junr, both of Halifax, on 7 Sept. 1806 in Halifax.

    [500] Halifax VRs, p. 156-157, he was a widower, she was single.

    [501] 1850 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 40, dwelling #90, family #104:

            Ebenezer Wood Jr., 49, male, farmer, $800, born MA

            Hannah Wood, 40, female, born MA

            Frederick Wood, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Jane Wood, 3, female, born MA

    [502] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 279, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Halifax, and his parents Ebenezer & Cynthia Wood.

    [503] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23341, Vol. 119, p. 278, with Ephraim B. Thompson and James T. Drew, of Halifax, as sureties.

    [504] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [505] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [506] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [507] Calculated from his age at death.

    [508] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 281, dwelling #597, family #754:

            David Bartlett, 35, male, farmer, $1400, born MA

            Martha Bartlett, 31, female, born MA

            Stephen O. Copeland, 45, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

    [509] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 20, dwelling #123, family #144:

            David Bartlett Jr., 44, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Patty Bartlett, 39, female, white, born MA

    [510] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 347, dwelling #2027, family #2810:

            David Bartlett Jr., 49, male, farmer, $1500, $450, born MA

            Patty Bartlett, 44, female, born MA

    [511] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 48, dwelling #57, family #59:

            David Bartlett Jr., 54, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Patty Bartlett, 49, female, white, born MA, married

    [512] 1870 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #232, family #261:

            David Bartlett, 59, male, white, farmer, $1500, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Patty Bartlett, 54, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [513] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 330, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Philander & Patty Wood, of Bridgewater.

    [514] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 709, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place West Bridgewater, and his parents David & Polly B. (Howard) Bartlett, of West Bridgewater.

    [515] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [516] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 585.

    [517] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23419, with Cyrus Benson and Cyrus Benson Jr. as sureties.

    [518] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [519] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 416.

    [520] Calculated from his age at death, his birth place given as MA in the earlier censuses, and VT in the later censuses, but as Brookline, N.H., in his death record.

    [521] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 19, dwelling #236, family #282:

            Alonzo P. Benson, 33, male, alms home keeper, born MA

            Hannah W. Benson, 29, female, born MA

            Jane W. Benson, 4, female, born MA, attending school

            Samuel H. Benson, 1, male, born MA

            Joseph Bolton, 74, male, none, born MA, cannot read or write, a pauper

            Parna Hooper, 78, female, born MA, a pauper

            Joseph McFarlain, 27, male, shoemaker, born Ireland, a pauper

    [522] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 19, dwelling #123, family #156:

            Alonzo P. Benson, 39, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Hannah W. Benson, 34, female, white, born MA

            Jane W. Benson, 9, female, white, born MA

            Samuel H. Benson, 6, male, white, born MA

            Martha Benson, 4, female, white, born MA

            Philander Benson, 1, male, white, born MA

    [523] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 311, dwelling #2038, family #2607:

            Alonzo P. Benson, 45, male, farmer, $800, $200, born VT

            Hannah W. Benson, 39, female, born MA

            Jane W. Benson, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Saml H. Benson, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Martha Benson, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Philander Benson, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Chester A. Benson, 2, male, born MA

    [524] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 82, dwelling #51, family #53:

            Alonzo P. Benson, 49, male, white, born VT, married, farmer

            Hannah W. Benson, 44, female, white, born MA, married, mistress

            Jane W. Benson, 19, female, white, born MA, single, straw worker

            Saml. H. Benson, 16, male, white, born MA, single, farmer

            Martha Benson, 14, female, white, born MA, single

            Philander Benson, 10, male, white, born MA, single

            Chester A. Benson, 7, male, white, born MA, single

            Winfield S. Benson, 3, male, white, born MA, single

    [525] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 300, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brookline, N.H., and his parents Samuel H. and Rachell; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574630, from his gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [526] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 68, dwelling #498, family #558:

            Hannah W. Benson, 49, female, white, keeping house, $600, born MA

            Samuel H. Benson, 21, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha Benson, 19, female, white, home, born MA

            Philander W. Benson, 16, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Chester Benson, 12, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Winfield Benson, 9, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

    [527] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 267, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Philander and Patty Wood, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65574629, from her gravestone in Conant Street Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [528] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357, his middle name found on his baptismal record.

    [529] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #531, family #594:

            Nahum Wood, 42, male, white, farmer, $4000, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Martin Wood, 40, male, white, farmer, $4000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Sabrina J. Cushing, 57, female, white, house keeper, born MA

    [530] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #65995682.

    [531] Per her father’s www.findagrave.com memorial #84134434.

    [532] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #65995682.

    [533] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 419, p. 495, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Philander and Patty, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995681, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [534] www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995682, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [535] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [536] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #531, family #594.

    [537] Her parents named in her marriage record; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 239, the marriage intentions of Jacob Holmes, of Plymouth, and Roxina Doty, of Middleborough, recorded on 27 May 1826 in Middleborough.

    [538] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 162, p. 109, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the marriage of Stephen W. King, of Keokuk, Iowa, and Amanda F. Holmes, of Rochester, MA, on 19 Aug. 1863 in Taunton, MA, her birth place Rochester, and her parents Jacob & Rosina Holmes, both first marriages.

    [539] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 299, p. 259, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his first marriage, her second, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Philander & Patty, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents Jacob & Rosina Holmes.

    [540] Her date of birth from her death certificate, her birth place given as Rochester in her first marriage record, as Middleborough in her second marriage record, and as New Bedford in her death record, but her birth was not recorded in either the Rochester, Middleborough nor New Bedford vital records.

    [541] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1905-25, p. 334, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Return of a Death, Bridgewater #334, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, his father Philander Wood, born in Middleboro, his mother Patty Benson, born in Bridgewater, the informant Mrs. Martin Wood; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995683, from his gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [542] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1912/22, p. 360, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Bridgewater #360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Martin Wood, her birth place New Bedford, her father Jacob Holmes, born in Middleborough, her mother Rosina Doty, born in Wareham, the informant Gilbert King; www.findagrave.com, memorial #65995684, from her gravestone in Hillside Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [543] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [544] His parents’ names from his marriage record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 305, the marriage intentions of Cornelius Pratt and Lucina Thompson, of Halifax, recorded on 8 Feb. 1823 in Bridgewater; Halifax VRs, pp. 77, 86, the marriage of Cornelius Pratt, of Bridgewater, and Lucina Thomson of Halifax, on 26 Mar. 1823 in Halifax.

    [545] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 202, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Cornilius & Lucina Pratt, her birth place Bridgewater, and her father Philander Wood; Halifax VRs, p. 106.

    [546] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census, and his birth place in the 1865 state census, but his gravestone gives his birth as 1828.

    [547] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Halifax, Boston, 1988, p. 14, dwelling #29, family #35:

            Otis Pratt, 28, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Emily W. Pratt, 23, female, white, born MA

            Emily J. Pratt, 34 months, female, white, born MA

            Josiah E. Sears, 11, male, white, born MA

    [548] 1860 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #135, family #157:

            Otis Pratt, 34, male, farmer, $1000, $400, born MA

            Emily Pratt, 28, female, born MA

            Emily J. Pratt, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Lucinna T. Pratt, 5, female, born MA

            Cornelius Pratt, 9/12, male, born MA

            Josiah E. Sears, 16, male, born MA

    [549] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Halifax, Boston, 1988, p. 36, dwelling #127, family #627:

            Otis Pratt, 38, male, white, born Bridgewater, MA, married, farmer

            Emily J. Pratt, 33, female, white, born Bridgewater, MA, married, housekeeper

            Emily Pratt, 12, female, white, born Halifax, MA, single

            Lucinda T. Pratt, 9, female, white, born Halifax, MA, single

            Cornelius Pratt, 5, male, white, born Halifax, MA, single

    [550] 1870 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 6, dwelling #54, family #63:

            Otis Pratt, 43, male, white, farmer, $2100, $600, born MA, a male citizen

            Emily W. Pratt, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Emily J. Pratt, 17, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Lucina T. Pratt, 14, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Cornelius Pratt, 10, male, white, attending school, born MA

    [551] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 530, p. 187, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Cornelius Pratt, born in Bridgewater, and Lucina Thompson, born in Halifax; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147525380, from his gravestone in Central Cemetery in Halifax, MA.

    [552] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1804/25, p. 350, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Bridgewater #350, widow of Otis Pratt, her birth place Bridgewater, her father Philander Wood, born in Bridgewater, and her mother Patty Benson, born in Bridgewater, the informant Lusinda T. Pratt; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147526564, from her gravestone in Central Cemetery in Halifax, MA.

    [553] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 357.

    [554] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23446, Vol. 32, p. 191.

    [555] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 239. No date of his death is listed in the record.

    [556] Calculated from his age at death; Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood, his middle name from his guardianship record.

    [557] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #23446, Vol. 32, p. 191.

    [558] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 374, the marriage of Benjamin Tucker and Betsey Keith on 20 Nov. 1800 in Bridgewater or Middleborough.

    [559] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 415;

    [560] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 319.

    [561] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 213.

    [562] 1830 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 244, the Geo. W. Wood household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [563] 1840 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 56, the George W. Wood household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [564] 1850 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 230, dwelling #536, family #637:

            George W. Wood, 53, male, farmer, $4500, born MA

            Lydia Wood, 48, female, born MA

            Mary A. Wood, 28, female, born MA

            Elvira Wood, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            Edward Doten, 24, male, farmer, born NY

            Adnah G. Leach, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Patrick McMahon, 25, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [565] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 56, dwelling #105, family #110:

            George W. Wood, 59, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Lydia Wood, 54, female, white, born MA

            Elvira Wood, 22, female, white, born MA

            Thomas Phinney, 16, male, white, farmer, born MA

    [566] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 69, dwelling #474, family #575:

            George W. Wood, 64, male, master farmer, $5000, $1000, born MA

            Lydia Wood, 58, female, born MA

            John Hunt?, 27, male, farm laborer, born Ireland

    [567] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 193, dwelling #122, family #135:

            George W. Wood, 68, male, white, born ME [sic], married, farmer

            Lydia Wood, 64, female, white, born ME [sic], married

            Elvira Wood, 32, female, white, born ME [sic], single

            Thomas Hickey, 30, male, white, born Ireland, single, laborer

    [568] 1870 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 57, dwelling #418, family #484:

            Geo W. Wood, 73, male, white, farmer, $5000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lydia Wood, 69, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [569] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 338, p. 322, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Simeon & Lydia; Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [570] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 154, p. 249, from FHL microfilm #0556654, with Mary A. Sampson and Elvira W. Bump, both of Middleborough, as sureties.

    [571] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 374, p. 343, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Benjamin & Betsey Tucker, of Bridgewater; Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [572] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [573] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 111, the marriage intentions of Samuel Samson of Middleborough and Lydia Holmes of Plymouth recorded on 6 Apr. 1788 in Middleborough.

    [574] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [575] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 342.

    [576] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 212, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Middleborough, and his father Samuel Sampson; Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 150, says he died of pleurisy.

    [577] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #17637, Vol. 13D, p. 46, with Sidney Tucker, of Middleborough, and Solomon Alden, of Bridgewater, as sureties.

    [578] 1860 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 56, dwelling #374, family #462:

            Mary A. Sampson, 38, female, $5000, $5000, born MA

            George R. Sampson, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Clarence S. Tucker, 17, male, born IL, attending school

            Sylvanus W. Bump, 15, male, servant, born MA

            Sarah W. King?, 21, female, common school teacher, born MA

    [579] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Middleborough, Boston, 1988, p. 145, dwelling #385, family #437:

            Mary A. Sampson, 43, female, white, born MA, widow

            George R. Sampson, 13, male, white, born MA

            Charles Peirce, 48, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Harriot O. Peirce, 42, female, white, born NH, married

            Charles F. Peirce, 2, male, white, born MA

    [580] 1870 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 57, dwelling #421, family #487:

            Mary A. Sampson, 48, female, white, keeping house, $5000, $550-0, born MA

            Geo R. Sampson, 17, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Chas. Pierce, 52, male, white, merchant, born MA, a male citizen

            Harriet Pierce, 48, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Chas. S. Pierce, 7, male, white, attending school, born MA

    [581] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 392, p. 371, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Middleboro, and her parents George & Lydia Wood, both born in Bridgewater.

    [582] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [583] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [584] Her birth date from her death record.

    [585] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records.

    [586] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 218, p. 387, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, her name recorded as Alvira Wood, his occupation a trader, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents James S. Huldah P. (Warren), her birth place Middleboro, and her parents George W. & Lydia (Tucker).

    [587] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1911/22, p. 229, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Bridgewater #229, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of James S. Bump, her occupation a house wife, her birth place Middleboro, Mass., her father George W. Wood, born in Bridgewater, her mother Lydia Tucker, born in Bridgewater.

    [588] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [589] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Wood.

    [590] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [591] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139; Vail, Henry Hobart, Pomfret, Vermont, Vol. 2, Boston, 1930, [hereinafter Vail, Pomfret], p. 595.

    [592] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384.

    [593] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 138.

    [594] Hodge, Harriet W., Robert S. Wakefield, and John Bradley Arthaud, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 21, Family of John Billington, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014, pp. 61-62, 210-211.

    [595] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XVI, p. 658.

    [596] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595.

    [597] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 62, Pomfret Town, Windsor Co., VT, the Barnabas Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [598] 1800 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 387, the Barnabas Washburn household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 4 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [599] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 307, the Barnabas Washburn household had 2 males over 45, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 female over 45, 1 female aged 16-25, and 1 female aged 10-15 years.

    [600] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, “Keturah Conant Washburn, consort of Barnabas.”

    [601] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [602] Barnabas Washburn was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [603] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [604] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [605] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [606] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [607] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [608] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27720.

    [609] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from town records of Sharon, VT, her father Jotham Bruce, the microfilm number not given.

    [610] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 170, the Nahum Washburn household had 1 person engaged in agriculture, and had 1 male aged 26-45 years, 3 males under 10, 1 female aged 26-45 years, and 1 female under 10.

    [611] 1830 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 14, the Nahum Washburn household had 2 males under 5, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [612] 1840 Federal Census, Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, p. 181, the Nahum Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [613] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146321528, from her gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [614] Her surname and her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #155160319.

    [615] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [616] 1850 Federal Census, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, p. 155, dwelling #151, family #160:

            Nahum Washburn, 63, male, farmer, $1500, born VT

            Nancy Washburn, 45, female, born NH

    [617] 1860 Federal Census, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, Page No. 4, dwelling #254, family #28:

            Nahum Washburn, 73, male, laborer, $1500, $100, born VT

            Nancy Washburn, 57, female, born NH

    [618] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146321549, from his gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [619] www.findagrave.com, memorial #155160319, from her gravestone in Hanover Center Cemetery in Hanover, NH.

    [620] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [621] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [622] Her maiden name from the marriage record of their daughter Julia A. Washburn to John W. Morse.

    [623] 1840 Federal Census, Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, p. 181, the Luther Washburn household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [624] 1850 Federal Census, Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, p. 75, dwelling #1063, family #1110:

            Luther B. Washburn, 37, male, farmer, born VT

            Lausella[?] Washburn, 40, female, born NH

            Don Carlos Washburn, 11, male, born NH, attending school

            Oscar F. Washburn, 9, male, born NH, attending school

            Julia A. Washburn, 1, female, born NH, attending school [sic]

    [625] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census and her age at death.

    [626] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146341786, from his gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [627] 1860 Federal Census, Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 74, dwelling #542, family #550:

            Laura S. Washburn, 49, female, $1200, $300

            Don C. Washburn, 21, male, R. R. hand, attending school

            Oscar F. Washburn, 18, male, farm hand, attending school

            Julia I. Washburn, 11, female, attending school

    [628] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146341860, from her gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [629] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #146341729, from his gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [630] www.findagrave.com, memorial #146341729, from his gravestone in West Canaan Cemetery in West Canaan, NH.

    [631] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [632] Her parents’ names from her second marriage in 1865 to John D. Webber, her mother’s maiden name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #63275516.

    [633] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001321, his name spelled “Osker F. Washburn” in the marriage record, her middle name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #63275516.

    [634] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #63275516.

    [635] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #63275538, his father’s name given as Zerauch in his marriage record.

    [636] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001314, her birth place Hill, NH, her parents John and Susan Fowler, his birth place Rumney, NH, and his parents Zerauch and Harriet Webber, but the date is given as 5 Jan. 1866 in his www.findagrave.com memorial #63275538.

    [637] www.findagrave.com, memorial #63275516, from her gravestone in Homeland Cemetery in Bristol, NH.

    [638] www.findagrave.com, memorial #63275538, from his gravestone in Homeland Cemetery in Bristol, NH.

    [639] Lovejoy, Evelyn Mary Wood, History of Royalton, Vermont, 1769-1911, 1911, [hereinafter Lovejoy, History of Royalton], p. 885.

    [640] His parents’ names from their marriage record.

    [641] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001285; Lovejoy, History of Royalton, p. 885, doesn’t give the marriage date.

    [642] Lovejoy, History of Royalton, p. 885.

    [643] 1870 Federal Census, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 19-20, dwelling #167, family #168:

            Thomas Morse, 52, male, white, carpenter, $600, $200, born VT, a male citizen

            Cloe Morse, 52, female, white, keep house, born VT

            Henry Morse, 25, male, white, hostler, born VT, a male citizen

            John Morse, 20, male, white, carpenter, born VT

            Julia Morse, 21, female, white, at home, born VT

            Chas Morse, 17, male, white, works in hotel, born VT, attending school

            Emily Morse, 14, female, white, born VT, attending school

            Frank Morse, 10, male, white, born VT, attending school

            Willis Beedle, 6, male, white, born VT, attending school

    [644] 1880 Federal Census, Village of Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, Supervisor’s Dist. 137, Enumeration Dist. 261, Page No. 33B, dwelling #64, family #75:

            John Morse, white, male, 30, carpenter, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Julia Morse, white, female, 31, wife, keeping house, born NH, father born NH [sic], mother born NH

            Oscar Morse, white, male, 8, son, at school, born VT, father born VT, mother born NH

            Frank Morse, white, male, 6, son, at school, born VT, father born VT, mother born NH

            Eve, white, female, 1, daughter, born VT, father born VT, mother born NH

    [645] Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540124; Lovejoy, History of Royalton, p. 885.

    [646] Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2079780, his parents Thomas P. Morse and Chloe Hayward.

    [647] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [648] Her maiden name from the marriage record of their son J. Austin Washburn to Cordelia M. Yeaton in 1869.

    [649] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [650] 1840 Federal Census, Canaan, Grafton Co., NH, p. 181, the Harvey Washburn household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [651] 1850 Federal Census, Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, p. 211, dwelling #263, family #271:

            Harvey Washburn, 34, male, farmer, born VT

            Louretta[?] Washburn, 38, female, born NY

            James Washburn, 7, male, born NH, attending school

            Mary E. Washburn, 5, female, born NH, attending school

    [652] 1860 Federal Census, Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 60, dwelling #515, family #517:

            Harvey Washburn, 44, male, farmer, $2500, $850, born VT

            Laurette Washburn, 48, female, wife, born NY

            Austin G. Washburn, 17, male, farm laborer, born NH, attending school

            Mary E. Washburn, 14, female, born NH, attending school

    [653] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 10, dwelling #80, family #98:

            Harvey Washburn, 54, male, white, farming, $3000, $650, born VT, a male citizen

            Laurette Washburn, 58, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Julia Flanders, 23, female, white, school teacher, born VT

    [654] His birth date from his death record.

    [655] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001321, his parents Harvey Washburn and Laura Aldrich, her parents William Yeaton and Mary Stearns.

    [656] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [657] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2342495, his age 48, born in NH, his parents Harvey Washburn and Lauretta Aldrich, her age 26, her birth place Germany, and her father John Kopf.

    [658] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #69778382, from her death certificate.

    [659] Michigan Deaths and Burial, 1800-1995, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #966504, her parents John Kopf and Anna Gering.

    [660] Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1973233; www.findagrave.com, memorial #69778000, from his gravestone in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI, the year given as 1925 on his memorial, backed up by his obituary published on 1 July 1925, but there is no photograph of his gravestone.

    [661] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [662] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 72, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004.

    [663] Her parents per the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [664] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004.

    [665] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 35, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [666] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 375, dwelling #37, family #37:

            George Washburn, 30, male, farmer, $200, born VT

            Lucy Washburn, 35, female, born VT

            George W. Washburn, 4, male, born VT, attending school

            Franklin E. Washburn, 3, male, born VT

    [667] 1860 Federal Census, Orford, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 145, dwelling #1222, family #1191:

            George Washburn, 40, male, farmer, $1000, $559, born VT

            Lucy Washburn, 45, female, born VT

            George W. Washburn, 14, male, born VT, attending school

            Frank E. Washburn, 13, male, born VT, attending school

            Lucy A. Washburn, 9, female, born VT, attending school

            Abram C. Washburn, 6, male, born VT, attending school

            Laura H. Washburn, 4, female, born VT, attending school

            Henry C. Washburn, 1, male, born VT

    [668] 1870 Federal Census, Orford, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 11, dwelling #91 family #87:

            George Washburn, 50, male, white, farmer, $3500, $1800, born VT, a male citizen

            Lucy Washburn, 55, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Frank K. Washburn, 23, male, white, farm laborer, born VT, a male citizen

            Abram Washburn, 16, male, white, at home, born VT, attending school

            Laura Washburn, 14, female, white, at home, born VT, attending school

    [669] Per the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File; www.findagrave.com, memorial #83766112, from his gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH.

    [670] Per the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File; www.findagrave.com, memorial #83766471, from her gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH, only gives the year.

    [671] Per the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [672] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [673] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1937-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001321, his parnets George Washburn and Lucy Hewett, her parents Asaph Mann and Ann Sawyer.

    [674] 1880 Federal Census, Boston Ward 21, Suffolk Co,. MA, Page No. 40D, Supervisor’s Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 757, dwelling #311, family #385:

            Geo Washburn, white, male, 34, married, works crockery store, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            F. M. Washburn, white, female, 34, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            L. G. Washburn, white, female, 2, daughter, single, born MA, father born VT, mother born NH

            F. L. Washburn, white, female, 1, daughter, single, born MA, father born VT, mother born NH

    [675] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 357, p. 325, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her place of birth given as Boston [sic], and her father as Asaph Mann, of Orford, NH; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [676] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1915/59, p. 259, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Standard Certificate of Death, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth date 14 Nov. 1845, his birth place Stratford, VT, his father George Washburn, born in Pomfret, VT, his mother Lucy Hewitt, born in Warren, VT; the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File gives the date as 14 Mar. 1915 in Newtonville, MA.

    [677] Per the Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [678] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [679] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHl microfilm #1001321, his parents George Washburn and Lucy A. Hewitt, her parents John H. Lovejoy and Mary A. Lamprey.

    [680] New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2131878, wife of Frank E. Washburn, her parents John Lovejoy and Mary Lamprey; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [681] Her parent’s names from her marriage record.

    [682] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2070748, his parents George Washburn and Lucy Hewett, her parents B. B. McPherson and Catherine Wheelock.

    [683] New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2131878, his parents George Washburn and Lucy Hewitt; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [684] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #83766485, from her gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH.

    [685] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83766485, from his gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [686] Per the 1900 federal census.

    [687] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001321, his parents George Washburn and Lucy Hewitt, her parents Royal Beal and Josephine Johnson.

    [688] Per the 1900 federal census.

    [689] 1880 Federal Census, Orford, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 12 D, Supervisors Dist. 82, Enumeration Dist. 90, dwelling #126, family #133:

            Abram Washburn, white, male, 26, married, farmer, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Georgia Washburn, white, female, 26, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

    [690] 1900 Federal Census, Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 33 A, Supervisor’s Dist. 76, Enumeration Dist. 767, Raymond Street, dwelling #272, family #285:

            Abram C. Washburn, head, white, male, born Aug. 1853, 46, married 22 years, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT, contractor, can read, can write, can speak English, mortgaged home

            Georgia Washburn, wife, white, female, born June 1856, 44, married 22 years, 1 child born, 1 child still living, born NH, father born VT, mother born VT, can read, can write, can speak English

            George E. Washburn, son white, male, born Oct. 1886, 13, single, born MA, father born VT, mother born VT [sic], can read, can write, can speak English

    [691] Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [692] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001305, his occupation a minister, his parents Benjamin Stickney and Phebe Pulsifer, her parents George Washburn and Lucy Hewett; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [693] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #83766508, from his gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH.

    [694] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83766508, from his gravestone in Orford Village Cemetery in Orford, NH; Somerhalder Family Tree in the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [695] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 72, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [696] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004.

    [697] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 72, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [698] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [699] Calculated from her ages in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [700] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 385, dwelling #213, family #213:

            Calvin Washburn, 25, male, cabinet maker, born VT

            Victoria Washburn, 17, female, born VT

            Clara E. Washburn, 3 months, female, born VT

    [701] 1860 Federal Census, Enfield, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 61, dwelling #522, family #524:

            Calvin Washburn, 33, male, cabinet maker, $2500, $175, born VT

            Victoria Washburn, 38, female, wife, born VT

            Clara E. Washburn, 10, female, born VT, attending school

    [702] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #69773263.

    [703] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [704] 1870 Federal Census, Sub div. 3, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, Page No. 12, dwelling #87, family #104:

            Calvin Washburn, 45, male, white, carpenter, $3000, $100, born NH [sic], a male citizen

            Elizabeth Washburn, 39, female, white, keeps house, born OH

            Sarah Gerard, 62, female, white, nurse, born PA

            Clara Washburn, 19, female, white, at school, born NH, attending school

    [705] www.findagrave.com, memorial #40169320, from her gravestone in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, IN.

    [706] 1880 Federal Census, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 107, p. 6, dwelling #102, family #103:

            Calvin Washburn, white, male, 54, widowed, carpenter, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Clara Washburn, white, female, 30, daughter, single, teacher, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Alice Washburn, white, female, 18, niece, single, at high school, born NY, father born VT, mother born NY

            Sarah Gibbons, white, female, 22, servant, single, born England, father born England, mother born England

    [707] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69773263, from his gravestone in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI.

    [708] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #69774305.

    [709] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69774305, from her gravestone in Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI, and her death certificate, her birth place Vermont, her father Calvin Washburn, and her mother Victorine Child.

    [710] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 72, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [711] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [712] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27713.

    [713] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [714] 1830 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, p. 8, the Henry Turner household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [715] 1840 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, p. 165, the Henry Turner household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [716] 1850 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, p. 368, dwelling #157, family #157:

            Henry Turner, 63, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Charity Turner, 63, female, born VT

            Edwin R. Turner, 24, male, laborer, born VT

            William Walcott, 26, male, laborer, born VT

            Mary L. Walcott, 20, female, born VT

    [717] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128374834, from her gravestone in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT.

    [718] 1860 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, Page No. 27, dwelling #264, family #225:

            Henry Turner, 73, male, farmer, born MA

            Edwin Turner, 34, male, farmer, $2000, $1325, born VT

            Jane J. Turner, 29, female, born VT

            Frank H. Turner, 7/12, male, born VT

            Allen Brown, 16, male, farm laborer, born VT, attending school

            Hannah May, 48, female, $250, born NH

    [719] 1870 Federal Census, Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, Page No. 14, dwelling #122, family #119.

    [720] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128374774, from his gravestone in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT.

    [721] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #128376087.

    [722] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27594.

    [723] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #128079568.

    [724] 1860 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, Page No. 27, dwelling #264, family #225.

    [725] 1870 Federal Census, Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, Page No. 14, dwelling #122, family #119:

            E. R. Turner, 43, male, white, farmer, $3000, $1525, born VT, a male citizen

            Jane J. Turner, 39, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Frank H. Turner, 9, male, white, attending school, born VT

            Henry Turner, 83, male, white, farm laborer, born MA, a male citizen

            Nancy Button, 60, female, white, domestic servant, born VT

    [726] 1880 Federal Census, Concord, Essex Co., VT, Page No. 24 D, Enumeration Dist. 91, dwelling #223, family #245:

            Edwin R. Turner, white, male, 53, married, farmer, born VT, father born MA, mother born VT

            Jane J. Turner, white, female, 50, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Frank H. Turner, white, male, 20, son, single, works on farm, attending school, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            D. Irain Turner, white, male, son, single, at home, attending school, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

    [727] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128376087, from his gravestone in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT.

    [728] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128079568, from her gravestone in Concord Village Cemetery in Concord, VT, wife of Edwin R. Turner.

    [729] Calculated from her age at death.

    [730] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540135, her father Henry Turner.

    [731] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [732] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [733] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27491, her father Jotham Bruce.

    [734] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 169, the Barnabas Washburn Jr. household had 1 male over 45 years, 1 male aged 26-45 years, 2 females aged 26-45, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female under 10, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [735] 1830 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 17, the “Berna Washburn” household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [736] 1850 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, p. 70, dwelling #286, family #286:

            Barnabus Washburn, 60, male, farmer, born VT

            Lavinia Washburn, 58, female, born VT

            Eunice Bruce, 45, female, born VT

    [737] 1860 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 76, dwelling #615, family #631:

            Barnabus Washburn, 70, male, farmer, $1000, $500, born VT

            Lovina Washburn, 68, female, wife, born VT

            Eunice Bruce, 56, female, servant, born VT

    [738] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89138121, from his gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [739] He was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [740] 1870 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 16, dwelling #132, family #135.

    [741] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89138183, from her gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [742] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [743] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [744] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [745] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [746] 1850 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, p. 70, dwelling #289, family #289:

            Sarah D. Mason, 50, female, born VT

            Otis Slocum, 60, male, farmer, born VT

            Jesse Boydon, 37, male, Metho Clergyman, born VT

            Lydia L. Boydon, 34, female, born VT

            Mary E. Boydon, 3, female, born NH

            Ermissa Boydon, 1/12, female, born VT

    [747] 1860 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 76, dwelling #616, family #632:

            Jesse Borden [sic], 47, male, farmer, $1000, $400, born VT

            Lydia Borden [sic], 44, female, wife, born VT

            Mary E. Borden [sic], 13, female, born VT, attending school

            Sidney Borden [sic], 2, male, born VT

    [748] 1870 Federal Census, Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 16, dwelling #132, family #135:

            Jesse Boyden, 57, male, white, farmer, $3000, $800, born VT, a male citizen

            Lydia Boyden, 44, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Ellen Boyden, 23, female, white, born VT

            Sidney Boyde, 12, male, white, born VT, attending school

            Lovina Washburn, 78, female, white, born VT

            Eunice Bruce, 66, female, white, born VT

    [749] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119379, from his gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [750] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119397, from her gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [751] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [752] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the source not given.

    [753] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119592, from her gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT, daughter of Jesse Boyden and Lydia Washburn.

    [754] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, of 1 month.

    [755] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119413, from her gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [756] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27485; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #89119285.

    [757] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #89119299.

    [758] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540063, his parents Jesse and Lydia L. Boyden.

    [759] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #89119299.

    [760] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119299, from her gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [761] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89119285, from his gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [762] Calculated from his age at death.

    [763] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89138199, from his gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT, son of Barnabas & Lavina Washburn.

    [764] Calculated from his age at death.

    [765] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89138212, from his gravestone in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, VT, son of Barnabas & Lavina Washburn.

    [766] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [767] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 387, dwelling #255, family #255, “Town Paupers,” included:

            Kiturah Washburn, 55, female, born VT, insane

    [768] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004.

    [769] Vail, Pomfret, p. 595; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, p. 71, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [770] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [771] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27652; Vail, Pomfret, p. 595.

    [772] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [773] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 168, the Ebenezer Perkins household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [774] 1840 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 412, the Ebenezer Perkins household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [775] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 380, dwelling #141, family #141, very hard to read at the bottom of the page:

            Ebenezer Perkins, 60, male, farmer, born VT

            Mary Perkins, 57, female, born VT

            Eunice Perkins, 23, female, born VT

            Lucia M. Perkins, 19, female, born VT

            Charity D. Perkins, 14, female, born VT, attending school

            C--?-- Brigham[?], ??, male, farmer, born VT

            Franklin Dexter[?], 21, male, farmer, born VT

    [776] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089749, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT; Vail, Pomfret, p. 552, gives the date as 29 Oct. 1857.

    [777] 1860 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 284-285, dwelling #2328, family #2317, possibly a transcription error:

            Obed Whipple, 62, male, farmer, $2000, $4000, born NH

            Charlotte Whipple, 63, female, born MA

            (next page)

            Clara Perkins, 4, female, born VT, attending school

            Abby Perkins, 4/12, female, born VT

            Mary Perkins, 67, female, born VT

            Wm. J. Strong, 28, male, farm laborer, $700, $100, born VT

    [778] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089716, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [779] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [780] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [781]  1860 Federal Census, 7th Ward City of Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY, Page No. 105, dwelling #483, family #877:

            John W. Perkins, 43, male, pattern maker, $500, born VT

            Mary A. Perkins, 40, female, born VT

            Martin Perkins, 17, male, in pattern shop, born VT

            John Perkins, 3, male, born VT

            Wm Perkins, 1, male, born VT

    [782] 1870 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 10, dwelling #83, family #83:

            Martin A. Perkins, 27, male, white, farmer, $4000, $1000, born VT, a male citizen

            Lucy G. Perkins, 23, female, keeping house, born VT

            John W. Perkins, 52, male, white, born VT, a male citizen

            Mary A. Perkins, 50, female, white, born VT

            John Perkins, 13, male, white, at school, born VT, attending school

            Mary E. Perkins, 6, female, white, born VT, attending school

            Frances Colby, 28, female, white, domestic servant, born VT

    [783] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [784] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [785] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [786] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [787] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [788] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [789] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [790] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 381, dwelling #142, family #142:

            Albro E. Perkins, 24, male, farmer, $2000, born VT

            Emeline Perkins, 22, female, born VT

            Ellen M. Perkins, 2, female, born VT

            Pamelia A. Perkins, 10/12, female, born VT

    [791] 1860 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 283, dwelling #2319, family #2301:

            Albro Perkins, 36, male, farmer, $2200, $1800, born VT

            Emeline Perkins, 33, female, born VT

            Amelia Perkins, 10, female, born VT, attending school

            Wm Perkins, 8, male, born VT, attending school

            Fre Perkins, 6, male, born VT, attending school

            (end of page, a new family begins on the next page)

    [792] 1870 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 1, dwelling #1, family #1:

            Albro E. Perkins, 46, male, white, farmer, $3000, $1000, born VT, a male citizen

            Emeline Perkins, 43, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Pamelia A. Perkins, 20, female, white, school teacher, born VT

            Willie A. Perkins, 19, male, white, farm laborer, born VT

            Fred H. Perkins, 16, male, white, farm laborer, born VT, attending school

            Clara E. Perkins, 13, female, white, born VT, attending school

            Abbie M. Perkins, 10, female, white, born VT, attending school

            Walter E. Perkins, 8, male, white, born VT, attending school

            Frank J. Perkins, 6, male, white, born VT, attending school

    [793] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089817, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT; Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [794] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089785, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT; Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [795] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [796] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089686, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT, daughter of Albro E. & Emeline Perkins.

    [797] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [798] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [799] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [800] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21965095, from his gravestone in Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora, IL.

    [801] www.findagrave.com, memorial #21965100, from her gravestone in Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora, IL.

    [802] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [803] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [804] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #108790668.

    [805] www.findagrave.com, memorial #108790668, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [806] www.findagrave.com, memorial #108790664, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.

    [807] Calculated from his age at death, not given in Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [808] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089591, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT, son of Albro E. & Emeline Perkins.

    [809] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553.

    [810] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553.

    [811] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553.

    [812] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089859, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [813] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553.

    [814] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553, which describes him as “of Pomfret;” www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089886, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [815] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089553, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [816] Vail, Pomfret, p. 553; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089553, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [817] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [818] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [819] 1870 Federal Census, Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH, Page No. 79-80, dwelling #593, family #712:

            Albert Gregg, 45, male, white, molder, born MA, a male citizen

            Eunice Gregg, 43, female, white, keeping house, born VT

    [820] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [821] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [822] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [823] 1860 Federal Census, Strafford, Orange Co., VT, Page No. 237, dwelling #1861, family #1996:

            Albert Bacon, 35, male, farmer, $400, $200, born VT

            Lucia Bacon, 29, female, born VT

            Charles E. Bacon, 4, male, born VT

            Frank A. Bacon, 9/12, male, born VT

    [824] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36089633, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT, daughter of Ebenezer & Mary C. Perkins.

    [825] 1870 Federal Census, Strafford, Orange Co., VT, Page No. 18, dwelling #171, family #161:

            Albert Bacon, 44, male, white, farmer, $800, $100, born VT

            Julia M. Bacon, 28, female, white, keep house, born MA

    [826] www.findagrave.com, memorial #115680018, from his gravestone in Old City Cemetery in Strafford, VT.

    [827] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [828] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [829] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004, her birth date not given.

    [830] Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004, her birth date not given.

    [831] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336.

    [832] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 268.

    [833] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 392; Brockton VRs, p. 299, married in the First Congregational Church of North Bridgewater.

    [834] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 255.

    [835] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 152, 268.

    [836] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XII, p. 164.

    [837] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth Co., MA, the Mark Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [838] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 399, the Mark Perkins household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 4 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [839] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 91, the Mark Perkins household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [840] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 469, the Mark Perkins household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [841] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 363, the Mark Perkins household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [842] Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p. 354, buried in Coweeset Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [843] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 136, the Mark Perkins household had 1 male aged 80-89 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [844] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 305, dwelling #937, family #1172:

            Mark Perkins, 89, male, blacksmith, $1000, born MA

            Sally Feild, 54, female, born MA

            Perez P. Feild, 29, male, bootmaker, born MA

            Lovice Feild, 21, female, born MA

    [845] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 103, p. 213, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a blacksmith, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his father Josiah Perkins; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15620.

    [846] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15620, Vol. 98, p. 321-323, from FHL microfilm #0555643, his will witnessed by Jesse Perkins, Caroline B. Perkins, and Frederick Perkins.

    [847] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 252.

    [848] Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 89, marriage intentions between Nathan Jones Junr and Mehitable Leach, both of Raynham, recorded on 2 and 20 June 1764 in Raynham.

    [849] Brockton VRs, p. 264; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 288.

    [850] Calculated from his age at death, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Raynham.

    [851] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 114.

    [852] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 205.

    [853] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 470, the Asa Jones household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture, and 2 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [854] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 369, the Asa Jones household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [855] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 130, the Asa Jones household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [856] Brockton VRs, p. 339, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [857] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #11535, Vol. 83, p. 62-64, from FHL microfilm #0555267.

    [858] Brockton VRs, p. 339, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater.

    [859] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 257.

    [860] Easton VRs, p. 154, marriage of Mr. Daniel Macomber and Mrs. Lucey Keith, both of Easton, on 9 Mar. 1780 in Easton.

    [861] Easton VRs, p. 276; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292, marriage intentions recorded on 2 Mar. 1805 in Bridgewater.

    [862] Easton VRs, p. 232.

    [863] 1820 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 305, the David Macumber household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [864] 1830 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 137, the David Macomber household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [865] 1840 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the David Maccomber household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 people employed in agriculture.

    [866] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 39, p. 85, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of David Macomber, her birth place N. Bridgewater; FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778.

    [867] 1850 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 13, dwelling #183, family #205.

    [868] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 165, p. 76, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Easton, and his parents Daniel & Lucy, both born in Easton; FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778; www.findagrave.com, memorial #74145362, from his gravestone in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA. His gravestone indicates that he served in the War of 1812, but he was not listed in Brig. Gen. Gardner W. Pearson’s Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.

    [869] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778, not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [870] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778, not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [871] Her parents’ names from her death record; Easton VRs, p. 166, the marriage of David Wade Jur and Chloe Drake, both of Easton, on 9 Nov. 1788 in Easton.

    [872] Easton VRs, p. 295.

    [873] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from her death record, but her birth was not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [874] 1830 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 137, the Benjamin F. Macomber household had 1 male under 5, 3 males aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [875] 1840 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 147, the Benjamin Maccomber household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [876] 1850 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 13, dwelling #183, family #205:

            Benj. F. Macomber, 41, male, farmer, $1500, born MA

            Mary Macomber, 40, female, born MA

            Orin W. Macomber, 18, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            Benj. F. Macomber Jr., 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Henry C. Macomber, 1, male, born MA

            Abigail Burr, 81, female, born MA

            David Macomber, 64, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            David H. Macomber, 26, male, farmer, born MA

            Emily L. Macomber, 32, female, concert singer, born MA

            Clarissa J. Macomber, 32, female, concert singer, born MA

            Ellen F. Macomber, 13, female, born MA, attending school

    [877] 1860 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 237, dwelling #1708, family #2031:

            Benjamin F. Macomber, 52, male, farmer, $2000, $230, born MA

            Mary L. Macomber, 51, female, born MA

            Orin Macomber, 28, male, machinist, born MA

            Henry C. Macomber, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Augustus T. Macomber, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Hannah Macomber, 82, female, born MA

            Franklin H. French, 26, male, shoe maker, born MA

    [878] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 165, p. 77, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Easton, and his parents David & Phebe, born in Easton & No. Bridgewater; FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778.

    [879] 1870 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 45, dwelling #266, family #404:

            Mary Macomber, 61, female, white, keeps house, $1500, born MA

            Orrin W. Macomber, 31, male, white, w. in shed?, born MA, a male citizen

            Henry C. Macomber, 21, male, painter, born MA, a male citizen

            Augustus Macomber, 17, male, white, w. in bricks, born MA

    [880] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 265, p. 81, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Easton, and her parents David and Chloe Wade, both born in Easton.

    [881] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778, not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [882] His father named in his marriage record, both parents named in his birth record in Hanson.

    [883] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 126, p. 77, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was a carpenter, aged 25, born in Hanson, his father Noah Bonney, she was 41, born in Easton, her parents David & Phebe Macomber.

    [884] Vital Records of Hanson, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Hanson VRs], p. 17.

    [885] 1860 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 237, dwelling #1709, family #2032:

            Lucien Bonney, 26, male, carpenter, born MA

            Clara Bonney, 42, female, $1000, $200, born MA

            David Macomber, 74, male, farmer, born MA

            Ellen F. Macomber, 24, female, $1000, born MA *

            * According to her marriage record in Easton on 10 Oct. 1860 Ellen F. Macomber was the illegitimate daughter of Ellen Macomber of Easton.

    [886] 1870 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 45, dwelling #268, family #406:

            Lucian Bonney, 36, male, white, farmer, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

            Clarissa Bonney, 52, female, white, keeps house, born MA, a male citizen [sic]

            Libial Dunbar, 80, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [887] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 463, p. 161, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lucian Bonney, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Easton, and her parents David Macomber, born in Easton, and Phoebe Perkins, born in Brockton; FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778; www.findagrave.com, memorial #74499768, from her gravestone in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA.

    [888] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74499793, from his gravestone in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA.

    [889] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778, not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [890] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 75, p. 59, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Easton, and her parents David & Phebe Macomber.

    [891] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #74499812, from her gravestone in South Easton Cemetery in Easton, MA, which has no dates on it.

    [892] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778, not recorded in the Easton vital records.

    [893] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 93, p. 61, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Easton, and his parents David & Phebe Macomber; FHL Pedigree Resource File submitted by kbolinger3946778.

    [894] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258; Brockton VRs, p. 44.

    [895] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 149.

    [896] Brockton VRs, p. 266; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292.

    [897] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 94; Brockton VRs, p. 43.

    [898] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 147-148, 282.

    [899] 1810 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 87, the Josiah Dunbar household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [900] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 475, the Josiah Dunbar household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [901] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 372, the Josiah Dunbar household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [902] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 132, the Josiah Dunbar household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years [sic], and 1 female aged 80-89 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [903] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 298, dwelling #827, family #1036:

            Josiah Dunbar, 64, male, farmer, $2500, born MA

            Sybil Dunbar, 59, female, born MA

    [904] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 3, dwelling #15, family #20:

            Josiah Dunbar, 74, male, retired farmer, $3300, $800, born MA

            Sibbil Dunbar, 69, female, born MA

    [905] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 336, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place N. Bridgewater, and his parents Silas & Amy; www.findagrave.com, memorial #41885132, from his gravestone in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [906] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #6796, Vol. 103, p. 433-435, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 37.

    [907] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 301, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brockton, and her parents Mark & Tabitha Perkins; www.findagrave.com, memorial #41885204, from her gravestone in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [908] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #6813, Vol. 138, p. 235.

    [909] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [910] Her parents named in her death and birth records; Plympton VRs, p. 360, the marriage intentions of Levi Perkins of Plympton and Jane Sturtevant of Kingston recorded on 8 Nov. 1807 in Plympton; Kingston VRs, p. 260, the marriage of Levi Perkins of Plympton and Jane Sturtevant on 16 Dec. 1807 in Kingston.

    [911] Brockton VRs, p. 194, marriage intentions recorded 24 June 1832 in North Bridgewater.

    [912] Plympton VRs, p. 149.

    [913] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 132, the Alms House, managed by Josiah Dunbar Jr., had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 30-39 years, 2 males aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 70-79 years, 3 females aged 80-89 years, 1 free colored male under 10, 1 free colored male aged 24-35 years, 1 free colored female under 10, and 1 free colored female aged 36-55 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture, and Hannah Jackson, a Revolutionary War Pensioner, aged 86 years.

    [914] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 269, dwelling #426, family #539:

            Josiah Dunbar, 42, male, marketman, $1000, born MA

            Jane B. Dunbar, 41, female, born MA

            Sarah P. Talbot, 14, female, black, born MA, attending school

    [915] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 67, p. 280, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Plympton, and her parents Levi & Jane Perkins.

    [916] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11550.

    [917] 1870 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 18, dwelling #150, family #150:

            Josiah Dunbar, 62, male, white, farmer, $1500, $200, born ME [sic], a male citizen

            Sophia E. Dunbar, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Josiah F. Dunbar, 15, male, white, at home, born ME, attending school

    [918] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122933745, from his gravestone in North Auburn Cemetery in North Auburn, ME.

    [919] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122933760, from her gravestone in North Auburn Cemetery in North Auburn, ME.

    [920] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 46, from his gravestone.

    [921] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 172, the marriage of William Bonney and Molly Dunbar on 26 Jan. 1796 in East Bridgewater.

    [922] Brockton VRs, p. 194. They were both called “of E. Bridgewater” in their marriage record; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 196, marriage intentions recorded 18 July 1830 in East Bridgewater.

    [923] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46, taken from her gravestone.

    [924] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 150.

    [925] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 257, dwelling 282, family #358:

            Lemuel Dumbar [sic], 40, male, shoemaker, $1000, born MA

            Eliza Dumbar [sic], 39, female, born MA
            Elza N. Dumbar [sic], 19, female, born MA

            Josiah P. Dumbar [sic], 16, male, shoemaker, born MA, attending school

            Jane Dumbar [sic], 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Laura F. Dumbar [sic], 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Lucius Dumbar [sic], 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Harriet Dumbar [sic], 5, female, born MA, attending schol

            Mary Garey, 18, female, born Ireland

    [926] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 15, dwelling #103, family #122:

            Lemuel Dunbar, 45, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Eliza Dunbar, 44, female, white, born MA

            Eliza Dunbar, 24, female, white, born MA

            L. F. Dunbar, 15, female, white, born MA

            Lucius Dunbar, 14, male, white, born MA

            Harriet Dunbar, 10, female, white, born MA

    [927] 1860 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 190, dwelling #1229, family #1611:

            Lemuel Damber [sic], 50, male, shoemaker, $1500, $300, born MA

            Eliza Damber [sic], 49, female, born MA

            Hattie Damber [sic], 15, female, born MA, attending school

    [928] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, boston, 1988, p. 91, dwelling #187, family #218:

            Lemuel Dunbar, 55, male, white, born MA, married, shoemaker

            Eliza Dunbar, 54, female, white, born MA, married

    [929] 1870 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 38, dwelling #310, family #340:

            Lemuel Dunbar, 60, male, white, works for shoe facty, $1000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

            Eliza Dunbar, 59, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Lucius E. Dunbar, 27m, male, white, works in shoe facty, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary J. Dunbar, 23, female, white, home, born MA

    [930] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46.

    [931] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46, from his gravestone.

    [932] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 317, the marriage intentions of Calvin Reed and Hannah Louden recorded on 22 Aug. 1807 in Bridgewater.

    [933] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 196; Brockton VRs, p. 194, marriage intentions recorded 22 July 1832 in North Bridgewater.

    [934] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46, from her gravestone.

    [935] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 349, buried in Elmwood Cemetery, East Bridgewater.

    [936] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [937] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 87, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, he was of East Bridgewater, a shoemaker, born in North Bridgewater, his father Josiah Dunbar, she was of Lowell, aged 20, born in Randolph, VT, her father Saml. W. Hunter.

    [938] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46, from her gravestone, and from her age in the censuses.

    [939] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 266, dwelling #404, family #512:

            Mark P. Dunbar, 37, male, shoemaker, $800, born MA, married within the year

            Mary Anne Dunbar, 20, female, born VT, married within the year

            Lavina Dunbar, 17, female, born MA

            Adaline Dunbar, 15, female, born MA

            Mark W. Dunbar, 12, male, born MA

            Lucy P. Dunbar, 9, female, born MA

            Walton Dunbar, 7, male, born MA

            Francis M. Dunbar, 4, male, born MA

            Henry Lusarder, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

    [940] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 364, dwelling #2348, family #2943:

            Mark P. Dunbar, 48, male, shovel marker, $100, born MA

            Mary A. Dunbar, 30, female, born MA [sic]

            Watson E. Dunbar, 17, male, born MA

            Frank M. Dunbar, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Lizzie A. Dunbar, 5, female, born MA

            Mary E. Dunbar, 2, female, born MA

            Eddie P. Dunbar, 2/12, male, born MA

    [941] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 46, dwelling #31, family #33:

            Mark P. Dunbar, 51, male, white, born MA, married, butcher

            Mary Ann A. Dunbar, 34, female, white, born MA [sic], married, nursing

            Lizzie A. Dunbar, 9, female, white, born MA, single

            Mary E. Dunbar, 7, female, white, born MA, single

            Eddie P. Dunbar, 5, male, white, born MA, single

            Laura Dunbar, 2, female, white, born MA, single

            Harry Dunbar, 9 months, male, white, born MA, single

    [942] 1870 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 41-42, dwelling #308, family #341:

            Mark Dunbar, 57, male, white, butcher, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary R. Dunbar, 39, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Lizzie R. Dunbar, 14, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Mary E. Dunbar, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Eddie P. Dunbar, 10, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Laura Washburn, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Harry Washburn, 5, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [943] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 647, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried at E. Bridgewater, his occupation a butcher, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Josiah Dunbar and Sybil Perkins, both born in Brockton.

    [944] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 639, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Randolph, VT, and her parents Samuel Hunter, born in England, and Judith Putney, born in Vermont.

    [945] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 46.

    [946] Brockton VRs, p. 44, from her gravestone.

    [947] Brockton VRs, p. 324, from her gravestone in Summer Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #41944412, from her gravestone in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [948] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 114, the marriage intentions of Joseph Dunbar and Sophronia Allen recorded on 14 Mar. 1812 in Bridgewater.

    [949] Brockton VRs, p. 193; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 196, marriage intentions recorded 9 Apr. 1837 in East Bridgewater.

    [950] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 94.

    [951] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 149.

    [952] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 269, dwelling #430, family #544:

            Francis Dunbar, 31, male, marketman, $150, born MA

            Matilda A. Dunbar, 35, female, born MA

            Martin V. Dunbar, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary F. Dunbar, 9, female, born MA, attending school

    [953] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 41, dwelling #293, family #345:

            Francis Dunbar, 35, male, white, marketman, born MA

            Matilda A. Dunbar, 40, female, white, born MA

            Martin V. B. Dunbar, 17, male, white, marketman, born MA

            Mary F. Dunbar, 14, female, white, born MA

            Joanna Riordon, 18?, female, white, born Ireland

    [954] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 341-342, dwelling #2185, family #2764:

            Francis Dunbar, 40, male, market dealer, $1000, $600, born MA

            Matilda Dunbar, 45, female, born MA

            Martin V. B. Dunbar, 23, male, butcher, born MA

            Mary F. Dunbar, 19, female, sews straw, born MA

            Frank Dunbar, 1, male, born MA

            Abby S. Dunbar, 21, female, born MA

            Channing Dunbar, 1, male, born MA

    [955] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 66, dwelling #203, family #225:

            Francis Dunbar, 46, male, white, born MA, married, butcher

            Matilda A. Dunbar, 50, female, white, born MA, married

            Frank Dunbar, 6, male, white, born MA, single

            Wesley D. Lindsey, 24, male, white, born MA, married, soldier

            Mary F. Lindsey, 24, female, white, born MA, married

            Ernest W. Lindsey, 3, male, white, born MA, single

            Horace P. Lindsey, 20, male, white, born MA, single, soldier

            Dwelling #203, family #226:

            Martin V. B. Dunbar, 27, male, white, born MA, married, butcher

            Abbie F. Dunbar, 25, female, white, born MA, married

            Channing Dunbar, 5, male, white, born MA, single

            Alice Dunbar, 4, female, white, born MA

    [956] 1870 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 43, p. 834, dwelling #321, family #357:

            Francis Dunbar, 51, male, white butcher, $3000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Matilda Dunbar, 55, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary F. Lindsey, 29, female, white, boarder, born MA

            Ernest W. Lindsey, 7, male, white, born MA, attending school

            Lelia A. Lindsey, 3, female, white, at home, born MA

            Frank Dunbar, 11, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [957] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 647, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a trader, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Jonah [sic] Dunbar and Sybil Perkins, both born in Brockton.

    [958] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/96, p. 335, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Taunton #335, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Francis Dunbar, her birth place E. Bridgewater, her father Joseph Dunbar, born in No. Bridgewater, and her mother Sophronia Allen, born in E. Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #146352137, from her gravestone in Mayflower Hill Cemetery in Taunton, MA.

    [959] Brockton VRs, p. 42, from his gravestone.

    [960] Brockton VRs, p. 324, from his gravestone in Summer Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #41970764, from his gravestone in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [961] Brockton VRs, p. 42.

    [962] Brockton VRs, p. 42, from his gravestone.

    [963] Brockton VRs, p. 324, from his gravestone in Summer Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #41987900, from his gravestone in Thompson Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [964] Brockton VRs, p. 43, from a private record of members of the South Congregational Church of Campello, which doesn’t identify his parents, but he was called “son of Josiah and Sybil Dunbar” in his marriage record.

    [965] Brockton VRs, p. 193. She was called “daughter of Isaac and Nancy Perkins of Norwich, Conn.” in her marriage record, but “daughter of Isaac and Nancy Perkins of Preston, Conn.” in her birth record in North Bridgewater; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 196, marriage intentions recorded 4 May 1845 in East Bridgewater.

    [966] Brockton VRs, pp. 119, 193, which says she was born in Norwich, CT, while her death record says she was born in Preston, CT, but her birth was not recorded in either the Norwich or the Preston vital records.

    [967] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 332, dwelling #1271, family #1645:

            Daniel Dunbar, 23, male, shoemaker, $70, born MA

            Mary E. Dunbar, 25, female, born CT

            Daniel H. Dunbar, 4, male, born MA

            Charles A. Dunbar, 3, male, born MA

            Cornelia Perkins, 13, female, born CT, attending school

    [968] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Preston, CT, and her parents Isaac & Nancy Perkins.

    [969] Her parents’ names from her marriage record, her mother’s maiden name from her death record.

    [970] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 100, p. 148, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place N. Bridgewater, and his parents Josiah & Sybil Dunbar, her birth pace Barre, VT, and her parents Jona. S. & Betsey Smith. The marriage record indicates it was both their first marriages, but it was obviously an error for his entry.

    [971] Brockton VRs, p. 134; her birth place in her marriage record.

    [972] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 53, dwelling #343, family #428:

            Daniel Dunbar, 32, male, shoefinisher, $1200, $250, born MA

            Sophronia Dunbar, 32, female, born VT

            D. Henry Dunbar, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Chas. Dunbar, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Betsey Smith, 28, male, dressmaker, $100, born VT

    [973] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 145, dwelling #868, family #1200:

            Daniel Dunbar, 42, male, white, works in shoe factory, $2400, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Sophronia Dunbar, 42, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Hattie M. Dunbar, 5, female, white, attending school, born MA

    [974] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 530, p. 500, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Daniel Dunbar, her birth place Barre, VT, and her parents Jonathan Smith and Betsey Putney.

    [975] Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, 1918, Worcester #451, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his birth date 29 June 1827 in Brockton, his occupation a retired shoe manufacturer, his father Josiah Dunbar, born in Brockton, and his mother Sybil Perkins, born in Brockton.

    [976] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 258.

    [977] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 260.

    [978] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 293, marriage intentions recorded 24 Nov. 1810 in Bridgewater.

    [979] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 240; Brockton VRs, p. 107, gives the date as 1 Feb. 1786, from his gravestone.

    [980] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.

    [981] 1820 Federal Census, North Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 468, the David Packard household had 4 males under 10, 2 males aged 16-18 years, 1 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture, and 2 people engaged in manufacturing.

    [982] 1830 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 366, the David Packard household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 3 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [983] 1840 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 139, the David Packard household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 3 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 4 persons employed in agriculture, and 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [984] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, dwelling #1226, family #1591:

            David Packard, 63, male, farmer, $8000, born MA

            Susanna Packard, 60, female, born MA

            Elizabeth Packard, 29, female, born MA

            Francis Thayer, 24, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Daniel Lawson, 28, male, shoemaker, born Sweden

            Beriah L. Warden, 15, male, born NY

            Thomas Ryan, 25, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [985] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place North Bridgewater, and his father Lemuel Packard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127884949, from his gravestone in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [986] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15063, Vol. 98, p. 1-4, from FHL microfilm #0555643, witnessed by Nathan S. Cary, James L. Carr, and J. R. Perkins.

    [987] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 86, dwelling #554, family #712:

            Luther French, 51, male, farm laborer, $200, born MA

            Mary A. French, 38, female, born ME

            Sally Field, 64, female, $3000, $175, born MA

            Susannah Packard, 70, female, $200, born MA

            Geo. G. Smith, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

    [988] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 221, p. 328, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place N. Bridgewater, and her father Mark Perkins, of N. Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127885027, from her gravestone in Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, but the memorial does not give her date of death.

    [989] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15180, Vol. 106, p. 277, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 183.

    [990] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [991] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [992] Brockton VRs, p. 263.

    [993] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his birth place from his death record.

    [994] 1840 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 68, the Henry Blanchard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [995] 1850 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 131, dwelling 479, family #595:

            Henry Blanchard, 38, male, boot manufacturer, $11,000, born MA

            Susan Blanchard, 38, female, born MA

            David H. Blanchard, 16, male, born MA, attending school

            Hiram Blanchard, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Margaret Delan, 21, female, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [996] 1860 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 103, dwelling #1191, family #1197:

            Henry Blanchard, 48, male, boot manufacturer, $4400, $4595, born MA

            Susanna Blanchard, 48, female, born MA

            David H. Blanchard, 26, male, boot manufacturer, born MA

            Hiram Blanchard, 20, male, born MA

            Ann Macaffy, 27, female, servant, born Ireland

    [997] 1870 Federal Census, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 104-105, dwelling #782, family #971:

            Henry Blanchard, 58, male, white, retired boot manufacturer, $15,000, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

            Susanna Blanchard, 58, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Hiram Blanchard, 29, male, white, boot manufacturer, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Margaret Doran, 50, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [998] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 270, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Stoughton, and his parents Isaac G. and Eunice Beals, both born in Stoughton; Norfolk Co. Probate Case No. 2095.

    [999] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 279, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brockton, and her parents David and Susan, of Brockton.

    [1000] Brockton VRs, p. 116, from his gravestone, which doesn’t list the names of his parents.

    [1001] Kingston VRs, p. 223, the marriage of Joseph Foster and Lydia Cook on 7 Apr. 1805 in Kingston.

    [1002] Kingston VRs, p. 259; Brockton VRs, p. 263, marriage intentions recorded 25 Dec. 1842 in North Bridgewater.

    [1003] Kingston VRs, p. 76.

    [1004] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, dwelling #1225, family #1590:

            Sylvanus Packard, 34, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Caroline Packard, 34, female, born MA

            Sylvanus C. Packard, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Herbert W. Packard, 3, male, born MA

            Susan P. Packard, 1, female, born MA

            David Packard, 4/12, male, born MA

            Mary Sheen, 20, female, born Ireland

            Dennis Murphy, 31, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

            Mathias Murphy, 28, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

            Andrew Johnson, 21, male, shoemaker, born Sweden

            John Johnson, 18, male, shoemaker, born Sweden

            Patrick Russell, 18, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

            William Murphy, 18, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

            James Murphy, 13, male, born Ireland

            Michael Ring, 21, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

            Edward Smith, 23, male, shoemaker, born Ireland

    [1005] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15181, Vol. 1K, p. 127-128, from FHL microfilm #0550709.

    [1006] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15182, Vol. 11N, p. 73, from FHL microfilm #0551538. Franklin Ames was one of the sureties.

    [1007] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 105, p. 34, and Vol. 112, p. 516.

    [1008] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 154, dwelling #948, family #1280:

            Caroline Packard, 44, female, housekeeper, $2560, $100, born MA

            Sylvanus C. Packard, 16, male, shoemaker appr., born MA

            Herbert W. Packard, 13, male, shoemaker appr., born MA

            Susan P. Packard, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Caroline F. Packard, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Chas. F. Packard, 5, male, born MA

    [1009] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 272, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Kingston, and her parents Joseph & Lydia (Cook) Foster, of Kingston.

    [1010] Brockton VRs, p. 113, from her gravestone.

    [1011] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 609, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, buried at Brockton, his parents David Packard and Susan Perkins, of Brockton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #39816285, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [1012] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1911/24, p. 141, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Brockton #141, widow of Sylvanus Packard, her date of birth and birthplace unknown, and her parents’ names unknown.

    [1013] Brockton VRs, p. 107.

    [1014] Brockton VRs, p. 113, from his gravestone, which doesn’t list the names of his parents.

    [1015] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [1016] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001290, the town not given, but the clerk’s jurisdiction was New London, NH.

    [1017] Calculated from her age at death, which does not match her age in the 1850 census. 

    [1018] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 328, dwelling #1219, family #1581:

            Martin Packard, 31, male, shoemaker, $1200, born MA

            Anna Packard, 28, female, born NH

            Sarah A. Packard, 10, female, born NH, attending school

            Moses Packard, 8, male, born NH, attending school

            Helen I. Packard, 5, female, born MA, attending school

            Paul Baxter, 15, male, born MA

            Adelphia Perley, 14, female, born NH, attending school

    [1019] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 152, dwelling #937, family #1265:

            Martin Packard, 41, male, farmer, $5500, $500, born MA

            Annie Packard, 40, female, born NH

            Agnes Parker, 19, female, born MA, married within the year

            Moses Packard, 16, male, farm laborer, born MA, attending school

            Helen Packard, 14, female, born MA

            Jacob Roth, 20, male, shoemaker’s appr., born France

            Francis A. Thayer, 30, male, shoe manufacturer, $1400, $6000, born MA

            Elisabeth A. Thayer, 30, female, born MA

            Francis Thayer, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Chas. Thayer, 2, male, born MA

            Catherine Carry, 20, female, born Ireland

    [1020] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 125, dwelling #745, family #1031:

            Martin Packard, 49 [sic], male, white, works in shoe factory, $3800, $1400, born MA, a male citizen

            Annie Packard, 49, male [sic], white, keeping house, born NH

            H. J. Reynolds, 24, female, white, at home, born MA

            Georgianna F. Reynolds, 5, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Mary L. Reynolds, 4, female, white, born MA

            Chas. Fairbanks, 38, male, white, painter, born MA, a male citizen

            Thomas Lynch, 21, male, white, works in shoe factory, born PA, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

            Chas. Dodge, 28, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA, a male citizen

            Frederick Bagnall, 21, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA, a male citizen

            Joseph Reynolds, 37, male, white, hostler, born MA, a male citizen

            Calvin F. Sherman, 23, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA, a male citizen

            Annie Yongquist, 20, female, white, domestic servant, born Sweden, parents both foreign born

    [1021] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 573, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, and his parents David Packard and Susanna Perkins, both born in Brockton.

    [1022] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 579, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Martin Packard, her occupation a housewife, her birth place New London, NH, and her parents Moses Adams and Betsey Stanton.

    [1023] Brockton VRs, p. 110, from his gravestone, which doesn’t list the names of his parents.

    [1024] Kingston VRs, p. 177, the marriage of Ezekiel Bonney and Lydia Holmes on 23 Jan. 1814 in Kingston.

    [1025] Kingston VRs, p. 259; Brockton VRs, p. 257, marriage intentions recorded on 22 Apr. 1849 in North Bridgewater.

    [1026] Kingston VRs, p. 25.

    [1027] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, dwelling #1222, family #1586:

            Isaac Packard, 30, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Sarah Packard, 30, female, born MA

            Sarah F. Packard, 1/12, female, born MA

            Allen Harden, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            James Murphy, 14, male, born Ireland

    [1028] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 151-152, dwelling #932, family #1260:

            Isaac Packard, 40, male, shoemaker, $5000, $500, born MA

            Sarah H. Packard, 41, female, born MA

            Sarah F. Packard, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Geo. W. Packard, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            William H. Packard, 4, male, born MA

            Julianna Packard, 1, female, born MA

            Lydia Bonny, 70, female, born MA

    [1029] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 126, dwelling #749, family #1038:

            Isaac Packard, 49, male, white, shoemaker, $5000, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah H. Packard, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Sarah F. Packard, 20, female, white, school teacher, born MA

            George W. Packard, 18, male, white, at home, born MA

            William H. Packard, 14, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Julia A. Packard, 11, female, white, attending school, born MA

    [1030] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 541, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brockton, and his parents David & Susan Packard.

    [1031] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1914/23, p. 38, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Brockton #38, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth date 29 Aug. 1819, her father Ezekiel Bonney and her mother Lydia Holmes.

    [1032] Brockton VRs, p. 112, from his gravestone, which doesn’t list the names of his parents.

    [1033] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, dwelling #1227, family #1592:

            Lewis Jones, 40, male, awls, born MA

            Sarah Jones, 36, female, born MA

            Lemuel Packard, 27, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Sarah Jones, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Charles Jones, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            George Jones, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Harriet Jones, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Horace Jones, 3, male, born MA

            Mary Jones, 1/12, female, born MA

    [1034] Her father’s name from her marriage record, her mother’s name from her death record.

    [1035] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 218, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a boot maker, his birth place N. Bridgewater, his parents David & Susannah Packard, her birth place Holliston, her parents Sanford & (___) Whiting, married by Rev. William Whiting.

    [1036] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census, and her birth place in her marriage record.

    [1037] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 152, dwelling #934, family #1262:

            Lem’l Packard, 38, male, farmer, $450, born MA

            Clarissa Packard, 30, female, born MA

            Delia Packard, 9, female, born MA, attending school

    [1038] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 335, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Holliston, and her parents Sanford Whiting and Emeline.

    [1039] Her parents’ names from her marriage and death records.

    [1040] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 172, p. 275, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birth place No. Bridgewater, his parents David & Susannah, her birth place E. Bridgewater, and her parents Zachariah & Margaret.

    [1041] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record, but her birth was not recorded in the East Bridgewater vital records.

    [1042] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 125, dwelling #744, family #1027:

            Lemuel Packard, 45, male, white, works in shoe factory, $5500, $300, born MA, a male citizen

            Louisa Packard, 30 [sic], female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Delia Packard, 19, female, white, works in shoe factory, born MA

    [1043] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 506, p. 158, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lemuel Packard, her birth place East Bridgewater, and her parents Zacheus Robinson and Margaret W. Fillebrown, her mother born in Mansfield.

    [1044] Brockton VRs, p. 115, from her gravestone, which doesn’t agree with her age at marriage of 24.

    [1045] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [1046] Brockton VRs, p. 262.

    [1047] Per his death record.

    [1048] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 331, dwelling #1258, family #1625:

            Henry R. Haven, 24, male, cabinetmaker, born NH

            Sarah P. Haven, 25, female, born MA

    [1049] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 160, dwelling #985, family #1328:

            Henry M. Haven, 34, male, shoe finisher, $1000, born MA

            Sarah Haven, 37, female, born MA

            Jeo. H. Haven, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Susan B. Haven, 3, female, born MA

            Fred Haven, 4/12, male, born MA

            Joanna Day, 25, female, born Ireland

    [1050] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 134, dwelling #797, family #1108:

            Henry R. Haven, 44, male, white, works in shoe factory, $3000, $400, born NH, a male citizen

            Sarah Haven, 45, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            George H. Haven, 17, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Fred W. Haven, 10, male, attending school, born MA

    [1051] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 410, p. 411, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Henry Haven, her birth place Brockton, and her parents David Packard & Susan Perkins, of Brockton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #141719221, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA, which gives the date as 18 Dec. 1890.

    [1052] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1911/68, p. 457, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Middleboro #457, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth date 8 Sept. 1824, his birth place Laconia, N.H., and parents Stephen Haven, born in England, and Susan F. Bond, born in England; www.findagrave.com, memorial #141719362, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA, which lists his parents as John/Stephen and Susan F. (Bond) Haven.

    [1053] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census and her age at death, her birth place from her death record.

    [1054] His parents’ names from his death record; Brockton VRs, p. 291, the marriage of Charles Thayer and Myra Bryant on 11 Sept. 1823 in North Bridgewater.

    [1055] Brockton VRs, p. 259, marriage intentions recorded on 10 Dec. 1848 in North Bridgewater.

    [1056] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [1057] 1850 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 10, dwelling #137, family #152:

            Lewis M. Thayer, 26, male, shoemaker, $900, born MA

            Mary A. Thayer, 22, female, born MA

            Mary E. Thayer, 8/12, female, born MA

            Timothy Sullivan, 25, male, farmer, born Ireland

    [1058] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 129, p. 65, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lewis M. Thayer, her birth place N. Bridgewater.

    [1059] 1860 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 231-232, dwelling #1671, family #1993:

            Lewis M. Thayer, 36, male, shoe manufacturer, $4500, $5000, born MA

            Mary E. Thayer, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Fred C. Thayer, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Piddock, 22, female, domestic, born Ireland

            Charles B. Piddock, 26, male, mariner, born England

    [1060] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 135, p. 83, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Easton, and his parents Charles & Mira Thayer, her birth place Easton, and her mother Ellen Macomber, illegit.

    [1061] 1870 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 38-39, dwelling #310, family #343:

            Lewis M. Thayer, 46, male, white, boot & shoe manfr, $12,000, $6000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ellen F. Thayer, 26, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Mary E. Thayer, 21, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Fred C. Thayer, 18, male, white, makes shoes, born MA

            Emily L. Thayer, 10, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Hiram Thayer, 16, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Ellen Burt, 24, female, white, w. on shoes, born MA

            Ella Linch, 18, female, white, does house work, born Ireland, parents both foreign born                       

    [1062] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 238, p. 74, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Easton, and his parents Charles & Mira, of No. Bridgewater.

    [1063] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record, her middle name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #44256087.

    [1064] His parents’ names from his marriage record; Brockton VRs, p. 291, the marriage of Charles Thayer and Myra Bryant on 11 Sept. 1823 in North Bridgewater.

    [1065] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 218, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a boot maker, his birth place Easton, his parents Charles & Myra Thayer, her birth place N. Bridgewater, and her parents David & Susannah Packard.

    [1066] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 152, dwelling #937, family #1265.

    [1067] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44256087, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [1068] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 145, p. 256, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a shoe manf., his birth place Easton, and his parents Chas. & Myra, her birth place N. Bridgewater, and her parents Noah & Nancy.

    [1069] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 56, dwelling #313, family #474:

            F.A. Thayer, 44, male, white, shoe manft., $5000, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Emeline F. Thayer, 30, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Chas. W. Thayer, 11, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Julia Sullivan, 15, female, white, domestic servant, born MA, parents both foreign born

    [1070] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 401, p. 355, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a salesman, his birth place South Easton, and his parents Charles & Myra, both born in Brockton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #44255987, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [1071] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 257.

    [1072] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 130, the marriage of Daniel Field and Hannah Snell on 13 July 1786 in Bridgewater.

    [1073] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292.

    [1074] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 111.

    [1075] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 130.

    [1076] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 50.

    [1077] Brockton VRs, p. 327, from his gravestone, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater with his first wife.

    [1078] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7670, Vol. 61, p. 7, with Benja. Ames and Jesse Perkins as sureties.

    [1079] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 305, dwelling #937, family #1172.

    [1080] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 86, dwelling #554, family #712:

            Luther French, 51, male, farm laborer, $200, born MA

            Mary A. French, 38, female, born ME

            Sally Field, 64, female, $3000, $175, born MA

            Susannah Packard, 70, female, $200, born MA

            Geo. G. Smith, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

    [1081] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 179-180, dwelling #1116, family #1503:

            Sally Field, 74, female, white, keeping house, $1600, $800, born MA

            Zachariah Snell, 49, male, white, works in shoe factory, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha J. Snell, 39, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Florence E. Snell, 17, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [1082] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 264, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brockton, and her parents Mark & Tabitha Perkins.

    [1083] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7668, Vol. 138, p. 283.

    [1084] Brockton VRs, p. 51.

    [1085] Brockton VRs, p. 201.

    [1086] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [1087] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 309, dwelling #956, family #1235:

            Waldo Field, 28, male, bootmaker, born MA

            Ellen F. Field, 21, female, born MA

            Herbet W. Field, 3/12, male, born MA     

    [1088] 1860 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 82, dwelling #527, family #681:

            Waldo Field, 39, male, bootmaker, $1250, $250, born MA

            Ellen F. Field, 31, female, born MA

            Herbert W. Field, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Frank P.[?] Field, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Jos. H. Field, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Geo. Smith, 19,male, bootmaker, born MA

    [1089] 1870 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 183, dwelling #1142, family #1536:

            Waldo Field, 49, male, white, works in shoe facty, $1520, $600, bor MA, a male citizen

            Ellen F. Field, 41, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Herbert W. Field, 20, male, white, student, born MA

            Frank P. Field, 18, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA

            Joseph H. Field, 15, male, white, works in shoe factory, born MA

    [1090] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #40626069, which was also engraved on his gravestone.

    [1091] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 538, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Brockton, and his parents Waldo Field and Sally Perkins, of Brockton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #40626069, from his gravestone in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, which only gives the year, but the date on his memorial is 18 Mar. 1892.

    [1092] www.findagrave.com, memorial #42224270, from her gravestone in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, which only gives the year.

    [1093] Brockton VRs, p. 51.

    [1094] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [1095] Brockton VRs, p. 201.

    [1096] Calculated from her age at marriage and in the 1865 state census.

    [1097] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 305, dwelling #937, family #1172.

    [1098] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 368, dwelling #2376, family #2374:

            P. P. Field, 36, male, shoe finisher, $190, born MA

            Lovisa Field, 30, female, born MA

            Abby Hartwell, 20, female, sticher, born MA

    [1099] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 63, dwelling #177, family #197:

            Perez P. Field, 42, male, white, born MA, married leather cutter

            Lovice M. Field, 37, female, white, born MA, married

            Mabel L. Field, 3, female, white, born MA, single

    [1100] 1870 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 9 dwelling #59, family #65:

            Perez P. Field, 47, male, white, works in shoe factory, $900, $400, born MA, a male citizen

            Lovice M. Field, 40, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mabel L. Field, 8, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Fredie Field, 4, male, white, at home, born MA

    [1101] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 365, p. 363, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Stoughton, and her parents Levi & Lovice; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55034044, from her gravestone in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [1102] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2313941, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Bridgewater #418, his occupation a shoe cutter, his father Waldo Field, and his mother Sally Perkins; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55033840, from his gravestone in Old Coweeset Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

    [1103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 335.

    [1104] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 574.

    [1105] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 575, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden in Bridgewater.

    [1106] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

    [1107] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1108] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1109] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256.

    [1110] Calculated from the birth of Salmon Washburn, their eldest son.

    [1111] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887642.

    [1112] 1800 Federal Census, Grafton Co., NH, p. 412, the Libbeus Washburn household had 4 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1113] 1810 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 349, the Libeus Washburn household had 4 males under 10, 3 males aged 10-15 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1114] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887639, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1115] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887642, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH, wife of Libeus.

    [1116] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1117] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1118] Her parents per the FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852; Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 303, the marriage of Jacob Turner and Rachel Cushing on 13 Feb. 1780 in Scituate.

    [1119] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852, and Cushing, James S., The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, Montreal, Canada, 1905.

    [1120] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852, and Cushing, James S., The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, Montreal, Canada, 1905.

    [1121] Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 1, p. 375, the birth of Jacob, son of Israel and Deborah Turner on 26 Nov. 1749; Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 303, the marriage of Israel Turner and Daborah Lincoln on 22 Apr. 1741 in Scituate.

    [1122] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852, and Cushing, James S., The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, Montreal, Canada, 1905; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887641, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH, the date on the memorial wrong, the date on her gravestone is 3 Aug. 1845, not 1815.

    [1123] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532; FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887646, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH, the date on his memorial wrong, but difficult to read on the gravestone.

    [1124] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852; www.findagrave.com, memorial #165881209, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1125] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852, her middle initial from the 1860 census.

    [1126] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1127] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852, but his birth was not recorded in the Milton vital records.

    [1128] 1850 Federal Census, Boston Ward One, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 66, dwelling #764, family #1106:

            Joseph F. White, 35, male, druggist, born MA

            Sarah P. White, 35, female, born NH

            Joseph W. White, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Charles H. White, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Sarah V. White, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Vesta D. White, 71, female, born ME

    [1129] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 5 Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 156, dwelling #714, family #1096:

            Joseph F. White, 45, male, apothecary, $1000, born MA

            Sarah T. White, 45, female, born NH

            Joseph W. White, 22, male, expressman, born MA

            Sarah A. White, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [1130] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 3 Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 183, p. 91, dwelling #622 family #1582:

            Joseph F. White, 55, male, white, druggist, $3500, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah F. White, 56, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Margaret Wyer, 69, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            William O. Stearn, 24, male, white, clerk in store, born MA, a male citizen

    [1131] 1880 Federal Census, Boston, Suffolk Co,. MA, Page No. 21, Supervisor Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 636, p. 209A, dwelling #105, family #239:

            Joseph F. White, white, male, 65, married apothecary, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME

            Sarah T. White, white, female, 66, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            Warren White, white, male, 60, btoehr, married, musician, unemployed for 3 months, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME

            Sidney C. Pierce, white, male, 36, son in law, married, provision dealer, unemployed for 3 months, born NH, father born VT, mother born NH

            Sarah V. Pierce, white, female, 36, daughter, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Walter H. Pierce, white, female [sic], 3, grandson, single, born MA, father born NH, mother born MA

    [1132] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887646, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1133] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1134] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1135] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1136] 1870 Federal Census, Centralia 1st Ward, Marion Co., IL, Page No. 23, p. 17, dwelling #205, family #207:

            Salina [sic] Washburn, 50, male, white, life ins agent, $3000, $2000, born NH, a male citizen

            Mary E. Washburn, 40, female, white, keeping house, born IL

            Charles Washburn, 18, male, white, wagon & carriage maker, born IL

            May T. Washburn, 16, female, white, at home, born IL

            Joseph Washburn, 15, male, white, born IL

            Josephine Washburn, 15, female, white, at home, born IL

            Lillie Washburn, 11, female, white, born IL

            Dufer, Zedee, 34, male, white, baggage master, born IL, a male citizen

    [1137] 1880 Federal Census, Centralia, Marion Co., IL, Page No. 14, Supervisor’s Dist. 7, Enumeration Dist. 125, dwelling #135, family #146:

            Solmon Washburn, white, male, 60, married, Ins Agent, born MA [sic]

            Mary E. Washburn, white, female, 49, wife, married, housekeeping, born IL

            Jossie Washburn, white, female, 23, daughter, single, teacher, born IL

            Lillie Washburn, white, female, 21, daughter, single, teacher, born IL

    [1138] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1139] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1140] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1141] FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org, taken from Turner, Jacob, Genealogy of the Descendants of Humphrey Turner, Boston, 1852.

    [1142] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [1143] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256.

    [1144] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887628, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH, wife of Libeus Washburn.

    [1145] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887645.

    [1146] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1147] 1830 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 164, the Libbeus Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1148] 1840 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 229, the Lybeus Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 6 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1149] 1850 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 73, dwelling #1149, family #1096:

            Libeus Washburn, 61, male, farmer, born NH

            Mahitable Washburn, 39, female, born NH

            Allen Washburn, 25, male, farmer, born NH

            Lucy Washburn, 22, female, born NH

    [1150] 1860 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 59, dwelling #464, family #475.

    [1151] www.findagrave.com, memorial #133848536, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1152] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887645, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1153] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1154] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1155] New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001116, his parents given as Libeus and Nancy Washburn; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887636, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1156] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census, her birth place from her death record and the death record of her son Arthur W. Peters, her middle name from her death record.

    [1157] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1158] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [1159] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1160] 1850 Federal Census, Bradford, Orange Co., VT, p. 181, dwelling #643, family #708:

            Joseph H. Peters, 31, male, farmer, $5000, born VT

            Clarissa Peters, 27, female, born NH

            Andrew B. Peters, 7, male, born VT, attending school

            Mary E. Peters, 3, female, born VT

            Clarissa Peters, 1, female, born VT

            Andrew B. Peters, 86, male, farmer, born CT

            Keziah Peters, 67, female, born MA

            Abner Clark, 14, male, born VT, attending school

    [1161] 1860 Federal Census, Bradford, Orange Co., VT, Page No. 125, dwelling #997, family #998:

            Joseph Peters, 43, male, farmer, $7000, $3751, born VT

            Clarissa C. Peters, 39, female, born NH

            Andrew B. Peters, 17, male, born VT, attending school

            Mary E. Peters, 13, female, born VT, attending school

            Clara E. Peters, 11, female, born VT, attending school

            Arthur W. Peters, 9, male, born VT, attending school

            Malintha S. Peters, 5, female, born VT

            Kezia H. Peters, 76, female, born MA

    [1162] 1870 Federal Census, Bradford, Orange Co., VT, Page No. 37, dwelling #328, family #364:

            Joseph Peters, 53, male, white, farmer, $7000, $1200, born VT, a male citizen

            Clarissa Peters, 49, female, white, keeping house, born VT [sic]

            Mary E. Peters, 23, female, white, born VT

            Carrie E. Peters, 21, female, white, born VT

            Arthur W. Peters, 19, male, white, born VT

            Minnie S. Peters, 15, female, white, born VT, attending school

            Carrie M. Peters, 5, female, white, born VT

            Keziah Peters, 86, female, white, born NH

    [1163] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540131, his occupation a farmer, and his parents Andrew B. Peters and Keziah Gannet.

    [1164] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540131, her birth place Lyme, N.H., and her parents given as Lebanis Washburn, born in Lyme, NH, and Ann Culver, born in Lyme, NH.

    [1165] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, his parents Joseph H. and Clarissa C. Peters.

    [1166] 1870 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #111, family #153:

            Jenn. Youngman, 27, female, keeping house, born NH, cannot read or write

            William H. Youngman, 3, male, white, born NH

            Bennet, M. Youngman, 6/12, male, white, born MA, born Nov.

            Andrew B. Peters, 28, male, white, works on R R, born VT, cannot read or write, a male citizen

    [1167] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, her parents Joseph H. and Clarissa C. Peters, her birth date given as 24 June 1845 in her death record.

    [1168] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, her parents Joseph and Clarissa Peters.

    [1169] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, her parents Joseph H. and Clarissa C. Peters.

    [1170] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, her parents Joseph H. and Clarissa C. Peters.

    [1171] Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, From 1640 to 1873, Boston, 1891, Vol. 3, p. 270, he was of Woburn, she was of Bridgport, VT.

    [1172] Calculated from his age in the 1880 federal census.

    [1173] 1880 Federal Census, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 4, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 878, dwelling #24, family #32, included:

            Andrew Tarlton, white, male, 32, boarder, married, R R Brakeman, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            Emma Tarlton, white, female, 30, boarder, married, at home, born VT, father born VT, mother born NH

    [1174] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540151, her parents Joseph H. Peters and Clarisa Washburn, but her husband’s name not given.

    [1175] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27654, his parents Joseph H. and Clarissa C. Peters.

    [1176] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540105, his parents J. H. Peters and Clarisa Washburn, her parents Arad Jenkins and Harriet Evans.

    [1177] Her date and place of birth from her death certificate.

    [1178] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2050952, wife of Arthur Peters, her parents Arad Jenkins and Harriet Evans.

    [1179] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2050951, his birth place Bradford, VT, his father Joseph H. Peters, born in Bradford, and his mother Clarissa Washburne, born in Lyme, NH.

    [1180] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, her name recorded as Winnie L. Peters, but as Malintha S. Peters in the 1860 federal census.

    [1181] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540074, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Bradford, his parents Amos Clement and Dorcas Freeman, her parents J. H. Peters and Claria Washburn.

    [1182] Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2409946, both were widowed, his birth place Haverhill, NH, his parents Stephen Corliss and Priscilla Sanborn, her birth place Bradford, VT, her parents Joseph H. Peters and Clarisa Washburn.

    [1183] Calculated from his age and birth place in his second marriage record.

    [1184] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #106789691.

    [1185] 1860 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 59, dwelling #464, family #475:

            Allen G. Washburn, 35, male, farmer, $3000, $1550, born NH

            Libeus Washburn, 70, male, farmer, born NH

            Mehitable G. Washburn, 68, female, born NH

            Lucy L. Washburn, 32, female, domestic, born NH

            Louisa M. Washburn, 26, female, domestic, born NH

            Mary S. Wilbur, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Libeus Washburn Jr., 44, male, farmer, born NH

    [1186] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #106789637.

    [1187] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #106789637, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1188] 1870 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 32-33, dwelling #296, family #294:

            Allen Washburn, 45, male, white, farmer, $4000, $1100, born NH, a male citizen

            Paulina Washburn, 38, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Ella Washburn, 11, female, white, at home, born NH, attending school

            Alice Washburn, 4, female, white, born NH

            Louisa Washburn, 2, female, white, born NH

            Sarah Washburn, 1, female, white, born NH

            Mahitable Washburn, 78, female, white, born NH

            Hiram Martin, 19, male, white, farm laborer, born NH

    [1189] www.findagrave.com, memorial #106789637, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1190] www.findagrave.com, memorial #106789691, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1191] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #147897516, her birth place from her marriage record.

    [1192] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001272, the marriage occurring in Bradford, VT, she born in Lyme, NH, he was born in Haverhill, NH.

    [1193] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #147897505, his birth place from his marriage record.

    [1194] 1870 Federal Census, Haverhill, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 26, dwelling #218, family #230:

            William F. Jewett, 44, male, white, farmer, $5000, $1700, born NH, a male citizen

            Lucy L. Jewett, 42, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Jo. Jewett, 4, male, white, born NH

            Mary R. Jewett, 72, female, white, born MA

            Elizabeth R. Woods, 68, female, white, born MA

    [1195] www.findagrave.com, memorial #147897505, from his gravestone in Ladd Street Cemetery in Haverhill, NH.

    [1196] www.findagrave.com, memorial #147897516, from her gravestone in Ladd Street Cemetery in Haverhill, NH.

    [1197] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1198] Per the FHL International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org, from a patron submission.

    [1199] Per the FHL International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org, from a patron submission.

    [1200] Per the FHL International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org, from a patron submission.

    [1201] Per the FHL International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org, from a patron submission.

    [1202] Per the FHL International Genealogical Index at www.FamilySearch.org, from a patron submission.

    [1203] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887278, apparently calculated from her age at death.

    [1204] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #134735239, apparently calculated from his age at death.

    [1205] 1830 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 162, the William Porter Junr. household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1206] 1840 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 234, the William Porter Jr. household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 5 people employed in agriculture.

    [1207] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887278, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1208] www.findagrave.com, memorial #134735239, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1209] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #166751763.

    [1210] Her parents’ names from her death certificate; www.findagrave.com memorial #166751528.

    [1211] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #166751528.

    [1212] 1850 Federal Census, 5th Ward Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 222, dwelling #158, family #327:

            Harrison Porter, 32, male, provisions, born NH

            Elizabeth S. Porter, 29, female, born MA

            Maria A. Rollins, 11, female, born MA, attending school

    [1213] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 95, p. 58, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Lyme, N.H., and his parents William & Keziah; www.findagrave.com, memorial #166751763, from his gravestone in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.

    [1214] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/25, p. 473, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Town of Brookline #473, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Harrison Porter, her birth place Mt. Vernon, Maine, her father John W. Rollins, born in Concord, NH, her mother Betsey Stearns, born in Mt. Vernon, ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #166751528, from her gravestone in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.

    [1215] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887643.

    [1216] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887643, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1217] His birth date from his www.findagrave.com memorial #121887634.

    [1218] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1219] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256; Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1220] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887647.

    [1221] The marriage date from the FHL Ancestral File at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [1222] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887647.

    [1223] 1830 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 164, the John Washburn household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [1224] 1840 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 229, the John Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 4 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1225] 1850 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, p. 73, dwelling #1145, family #1092:

            John Washburn, 54, male, farmer, $1500, born NH

            Sarah Washburn, 54, female, born NH

            John Washburn, 21, male, farmer, born NH

            Mary Washburn, 23, female, born NH

            Benj. P. Washburn, 18, male, farmer, born NH

    [1226] 1860 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 59, dwelling #463, family #474:

            John Washburn, 65, male, farmer, $3000, $1612, born NH

            Sarah Washburn, 65, female, born NH

            Mary E. Washburn, 33, female, born NH

            Benjamin F. Washburn, 27, male, farm laborer, born NH

    [1227] 1870 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 32, dwelling #295, family #293:

            John Washburn, 74, male, white, farmer, $6000, $2300, born NH, a male citizen

            Sarah Washburn, 74, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Benjamin Washburn, 37, male, white, farmer, born NH, a male citizen

            Kate Washburn, 32, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary Washburn, 43, female, white, $1000, born NH

            Louisa Oakley, 23, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

    [1228] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256, says they moved to Virginia, but this is doubtful since they were consistently living in Lyme, NH, in the federal censuses.

    [1229] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887634, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1230] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887647, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1231] Her birth date from the FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [1232] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256; Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1233] His parents’ names from his marriage record.

    [1234] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 246, p. 72, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her first, his occupation a Gentleman, his birth place Alstead, NH, his parents Charles and Lydia B. Richardson, her birth place Lyme, NH, her parents John and Sarah Washburn.

    [1235] 1880 Federal Census, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 34D, Supervisor’s Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 295, dwelling #321, family #390:

            Lorenzo Richardson, white, male, 62, married, blacksmith, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            Mary E. Richardson, white, female, 53, married, keeping house, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

    [1236] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/97, p. 213, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation retired, his birth place Alstead, NH, his parents Charles Richardson, born in Brookfield, MA, and Lydia Barrett, born in Ashby, MA.

    [1237] His birth date from the FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org.

[1238] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1239] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [1240] Per his obituary in his www.findagrave.com memorial #42361382.

    [1241] 1870 Federal Census, Decatur Township, Macon Co., IL, Page No. 28, dwelling #210, family #205:

            John Washburn, 40, male, white, grocer, $1000, born NH, a male citizen

            Zerilda Washburn, 37, female, white, keeping house, $6000, $500, born IL

            Mary Emmons, 16, female, white, at home, born IL, attending school

            Edward Emmons, 8, male, white, born IL, attending school

    [1242] Per his obituary in his www.findagrave.com memorial #42361382.

    [1243] 1880 Federal Census, 2d Ward City of Decatur, Mason Co., IL, Page No. 5, Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 419, dwelling #34, family #36:

            John Washburn, white, male, 51, widowed, grocer, born NH, father born NH, mother born VT

    [1244] www.findagrave.com, memorial #42361382, from his gravestone in Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, IL, which includes a long obituary for him from the Decatur Review.

    [1245] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #121887629, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH; FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [1246] The marriage date from the FHL Pedigree Resource File at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [1247] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 256; Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 532.

    [1248] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #121887635, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1249] 1870 Federal Census, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH, Page No. 32, dwelling #295, family #293.

    [1250] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887629, from his gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1251] www.findagrave.com, memorial #121887635, from her gravestone in Old Lyme Cemetery in Lyme, NH.

    [1252] Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886, 1886, “Town of Lyme,” p. 533.

    [1253] Washburne, Brenton P., The Washburn Family in America, 1983, n.p.

    [1254] Washburne, Brenton P., The Washburn Family in America, 1983, n.p.

    [1255] Wikipedia.com entry for Carlos A. Washburn Salas.

    [1256] Washburne, Brenton P., The Washburn Family in America, 1983, n.p.; Wikipedia.com entry for Carlos A. Washburn Salas.

    [1257] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329.

    [1258] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 268.

    [1259] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386; Brockton VRs, p. 299, married in the First Congregational Church of North Bridgewater.

    [1260] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 252.

    [1261] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 152, 268.

    [1262] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 43, Dartmouth Town, Bristol Co., MA, the Benjamin Perkins household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [1263] 1800 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, p. 662, the Benjamin Perkins household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 5 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1264] 1810 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 904, the Benjamin Perkins household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 3 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1265] 1820 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 639, the Benjamin Perkins household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1266] 1830 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co,. ME, p. 56, the Benj. Perkins household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [1267] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122149936, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME, which does not give his age at death.

    [1268] Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, 3 volumes, [hereinafter Dartmouth VRs], Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [1269] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014327.

    [1270] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299; Readfield Town Records, 1791-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012043.

    [1271] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014327.

    [1272] Per the www.findagrave.com memorial #77603469 of Leonard Briggs who was died 13 Nov. 1844 in Middleborough, MA, and was buried in Reed Cemetery in Middleborough.

    [1273] 1820 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 632, the Roland Briggs household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1274] 1830 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 56, the Rowland Briggs household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [1275] 1840 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 356, the Rowland Briggs household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 3 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [1276] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014327, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1277] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 43, dwelling #363, family #408:

            Hannah Briggs, 60, female, $400, born MA

            Hope W. Briggs, 30, female, born ME

    [1278] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014344, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1279] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; his www.findagrave.com memorial #158370034.

    [1280] Her parents’ names from her birth record.

    [1281] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [1282] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299, her parents John E. and Anna Snell; her www.findagrave.com memorial #158370162.

    [1283] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 36, dwelling #263, family #300:

            John E. Snell, 64, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Anna Snell, 59, female, born ME

            Mary L. Snell, 26, female, born ME

            Eunice P. Snell, 21, female, born ME

            Josiah Snell, 19, male, shoemaker, born ME, attending school

            Patrick H. Snell, 17, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

            Dwelling #263, family #301:

            Benjamin P. Briggs, 35, male, shoemaker, born ME

            Susan Briggs, 35, female, born ME

            George R. Briggs, 8, male, born ME, attending school

    [1284] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 44, dwelling #342, family #373:

            B. Perkins Briggs, 44, male, boot maker, $1000, $500, born ME

            Susan Briggs, 45, female, born ME

            George R. Briggs, 18, male, boot maker apprentice, $1200, $600, born ME, attending school

            Emily L. Briggs, 5, female, born ME

    [1285] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 8, dwelling #63, family #68:

            Benj P. Briggs, 54, male, white, work for boot fac., $1500, $800, born ME, a male citizen

            Susan Briggs, 56, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Geo R. Briggs, 28, male, white, work for boot fac, $200, $600, born ME, a male citizen

            Emily F. Briggs, 15, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

    [1286] www.findagrave.com, memorial #158370162, from her gravestone in Metcalf Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1287] www.findagrave.com, memorial #158370034, from his gravestone in Metcalf Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1288] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; her www.findagrave.com memorial #122014357.

    [1289] 1860 Federal Census, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 184, dwelling 1368, family #1430, a Hospital for the Insane:

            Henry M. Harlow, 39, male, physician, $5000, born VT

            Louisa B. Harlow, 31, female, born ME

            Alice W. Harlow, 4, female, born ME

            Henry W. Harlow, 1, male, born ME

            Sophia Chadwick, 26, female, domestic, born ME

            John Blackman, 31, male, physician, born MA

            Hope W. Briggs, 30, male [sic], clerk, born ME

            Amasa B. Hodgkins, 29, male, ship carpenter, born ME

            Maria Johnson, 49, female, housekeeper, born ME

            (Plus numerous other people labeled as insane or idiotic)

    [1290] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 1, dwelling #5, family #5.

    [1291] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014357, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1292] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014232.

    [1293] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014232 gives the date at 1851.

    [1294] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014262, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1295] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014232, which does not give the date.

    [1296] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #122014252.

    [1297] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 48, dwelling #364, family #397:

            Edwin S. Briggs, 37, male, boot maker, $1900, $500, born ME, married within the year

            Hannah E. Briggs, 31, male, born ME, married within the year

            Marilla A. Briggs, 2, female, born ME

    [1298] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014252, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1299] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299l; his www.findagrave.com memorial #122014232, which does not give the date.

    [1300] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #122014238.

    [1301] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 1, dwelling #5, family #5:

            Edwin S. Briggs, 48, male, white, farmer, $2000, $500, born ME, a male citizen

            Mary C. Briggs, 25, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Marilla A. Briggs, 12, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Sarah E. Briggs, 4, female, white, born ME

            Hope W. Briggs, 50, female, white, school teacher, born ME

    [1302] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014232, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1303] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122014238, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1304] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; her www.findagrave.com memorial #94788232 gives only the year.

    [1305] His parents’ names from his birth record.

    [1306] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11545, his parents Isaac and Rebecca Wadsworth, her parents Rowland and Hannah Briggs.

    [1307] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; his www.findagrave.com memorial #94788172 gives the date as 1824.

    [1308] 1850 Federal Census, Hallowell, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 214, dwelling #704, family #800:

            Isaac Wadsworth, 56, male, farmer, $2300, born ME

            Rebecca Wadsworth, 54, female, born ME
            Nancy D. Hewins, 18, female, born ME

            Dwelling #704, family #801:

            Isaac N. Wadsworth, 27, male, farmer, born ME

            Mary A. Wadsworth, 26, female, born ME

            Charles E. Wadsworth, 1, male, born ME

            Hope W. Briggs, 30, female, born ME

    [1309] 1860 Federal Census, Manchester, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 75, dwelling #612, family #611:

            Isaac N. Wadsworth, 36, male, farmer, $1800, $460, born ME

            Mary A. Wadsworth, 36, female, $100, born ME

            Charles E. Wadsworth, 11, male, born ME, attending school

            Isaac C. Wadsworth, 7, male, born ME, attending school

            Mary A. Wadsworth, 1, female, born ME

    [1310] www.findagrave.com, memorial #94788232, from her gravestone in Manchester Forks Cemetery in Manchester, ME.

    [1311] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11545.

    [1312] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #94788049.

    [1313] 1870 Federal Census, Manchester, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 8, dwelling #70, family #79:

            Isaac N. Wadsworth, 47, male, white, farmer, $3000, $1200, born ME, a male citizen

            Charlotte Wadsworth, 32, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Clayson I. Wadsworth, 17, male, white, at home, born ME, attending school

            Mary E. Wadsworth, 11, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Nathan S. Wadsworth, 2, male, white, at home, born ME

    [1314] www.findagrave.com, memorial #94788049, from her gravestone in Manchester Forks Cemetery in Manchester, ME.

    [1315] www.findagrave.com, memorial #94788172, from his gravestone in Manchester Forks Cemetery in Manchester, ME.

    [1316] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [1317] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1318] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1319] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 147.

    [1320] 1820 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, no page number, the Ebenezer Freeman household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1321] 1830 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 143, the Ebenezer Freeman household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1322] 1840 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 213, the Ebenezer Freeman household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1323] 1850 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 63, dwelling #146, family #158:

            Ebenezer Freeman, 63, male, farmer, born MA

            Abigail Freeman, 59, female, born MA

            Dwelling #146, family #159:

            Prudence Freeman, 81, female, born RI

            Caroline Welch, 45, female, born ME

            Lydia Freeman, 48, female, born ME

            Emery Welch, 19, male, born ME

            Charles Welch, 17, male, born ME

    [1324] 1860 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 35, dwelling #280, family #321:

            Ebenezer Freeman, 74, male, farmer, $2000, $1000, born ME

            Abagail Freeman, 69, female, born MA

            Dwelling #280, family #322:

            Lydia Freeman, 45, female, born ME

    [1325] 1870 Federal Census, Monmouth, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 23, dwelling #202, family #214:

            Ebenezer Freeman, 84, male, white, farmer, $2500, $1150, born ME, a male citizen

            Abagail Freeman, 79, female, white, keeping house, born ME [sic]

    [1326] www.findagrave.com, memorial #80705688, from his gravestone in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME; Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1315206.

    [1327] www.findagrave.com, memorial #80705744, from her gravestone in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME; Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1315206, which gives the month as Jan.

    [1328] Calculated from his age at death.

    [1329] www.findagrave.com, memorial #80705579, from his gravestone in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

    [1330] Calculated from his age at death.

    [1331] www.findagrave.com, memorial #80705631, from his gravestone in Monmouth Neck Cemetery in Monmouth, ME.

    [1332] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [1333] His parents’ names from his birth record, his mother’s maiden name from LDS temple records, from microfilm #456257.

    [1334] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1335] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1336] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 273.

    [1337] 1820 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 635, the Oliver Foster household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years, including 2 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [1338] 1830 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 56, the Oliver Foster household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1339] 1840 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 356, the Oliver Foster household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1340] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 39, dwelling #288, family #328:

            Oliver Foster, 60, male, farmer, $1200, born ME

            Lydia Foster, 55, female, $320, born MA

            Andrew M. Foster, 15, male, farmer, born ME

            Lydia Wentworth, 28, female, born ME

            Abby F. Wentworth, 1, female, born ME

            Angelia A. Foster, 20, female, born ME

    [1341] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1342] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 50, dwelling #381, family #416.

    [1343] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 6, dwelling #50, family #53:

            Lydia Foster, 76, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Jerusha P. Foster, 53, female, white, at home, $1200, born ME

    [1344] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1345] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1346] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 39, dwelling #289, family #329:

            Cyrus Sampson, 69, male, farmer, born MA

            Abigail Sampson, 68, female, born MA

            Jerusha P. Foster, 33, female, born ME

            John T. Robinson, 15, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

    [1347] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532, daughter of Oliver and Lydia (Perkins) Foster.

    [1348] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1349] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1350] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [1351] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299; Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1352] 1850 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 38, dwelling #285, family #325, a boarding house, included:

            Charles O. Foster, 26, male, oil cloth carpet printer, $700, born ME

    [1353] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co,. ME, Page No. 50, dwelling #380, family #415:

            Charles O. Foster, 35, male, farmer, $1000, $800, born ME

            Angelia P. Foster, 29, female, born ME

            Edith A. Foster, 8, female, born ME, attending school

            Horace M. Foster, 1, male, born ME

    [1354] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 6, dwelling #50, family #54:

            Chas. O. Foster, 45, male, white, farmer, $1200, $800, born ME, a male citizen

            Angelia P. Foster, 39, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Edith A. Foster, 18, female, white, at home, born ME, attending school

            Susie M. Foster, 5, female, white, born ME

            Geo M. Foster, 2, male, white, born ME

    [1355] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122016884, which gives only the year, from his gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1356] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1357] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #82963901; Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1358] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299, her name recorded as H. Rosilla Marrow, and again in Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11315.

    [1359] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #82964012; Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1360] 1860 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 50, dwelling #381, family #416:

            Martin A. Foster, 25, male, farmer, $800, $500, born ME

            Rosella N. Foster, 21, female, born ME

            Nattie S. Foster, 7/12, female, born ME

            Lydia P. Foster, 65, female, $800, born MA

            Jerusha P. Foster, 43, female, born ME

    [1361] 1870 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 6, dwelling #50, family #52:

            Martin A. Foster, 36, male, white, farmer, $2000, $600, born ME, a male citizen

            Rosilla H. Foster, 31, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Hattie S. Foster, 10, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Cora M. Foster, 9, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Eddie M. Foster, 6, male, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            John A. Foster, 4, male, white, born ME

    [1362] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9943, his occupation a farmer, and his parents Oliver Foster and Lydia Perkins; www.findagrave.com, memorial #82963901, from his gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME; Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532, which gives the date as 13 Apr. 1900.

    [1363] www.findagrave.com, memorial #82964012, from his gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME; Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769532.

    [1364] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 179.

    [1365] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83792254, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1366] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299, her middle initial from her gravestone.

    [1367] www.findagrave.com, memorial #83792221, from her gravestone in Lakeview Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1368] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1369] Brockton VRs, p. 256, the marriage of Eliphalet Packard and Lydia Barrel on 24 Jan. 1782 in North Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 261.

    [1370] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1371] Brockton VRs, p. 108; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55766477.

    [1372] 1840 Federal Census, Corinth, Penobscot Co, ME, p. 69, the Eliphalet Packard household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [1373] 1850 Federal Census, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 156, dwelling #36, family #37:

            Eliphalet Packard, 51, male, farmer, $1300, born ME

            Ann Packard, 44, female, born ME

            Esther Ann Packard, 12, female, born ME, attending school

            Olive S. Packard, 11, female, born ME, attending school

            Mary Ann Packard, 8, female, born ME, attending school

            Albert B. Packard, 5, male, born ME, attending school

    [1374] 1860 Federal Census, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 19, dwelling #134, family #141:

            Eliphalet Packard, 61, male, farmer, $2500, $875, born MA

            Ann Packard, 55, female, born ME

            Esteran Packard, 22, female, C. S. Teacher, born ME, attending school

            Olive J. Packard, 21, female, C. S. Teacher, born ME, attending school

            Mary A. Packard, 19, female, C. S. Teacher, born ME, attending school

            Albert B. Packard, 15, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

    [1375] 1870 Federal Census, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 4, dwelling #40, family #40:

            Eliphalet Packard, 71, male, white, farmer, $5000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ann Packard, 65, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Esther A. Packard, 32, female, white, at home, born ME

            Albert B. Packard, 25, male, white, farm laborer, born ME, a male citizen

    [1376] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766478, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1377] 1880 Federal Census, Corinth, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 22, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #216, family #223:

            Eliphalet Packard, white, male, 81, father, widower, farmer, born MA, father and mother born don’t know

            Esther A. Packard, white, female, 42, daughter, single, keeping house, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

            Albert B. Packard, white, male, 35, son, single, at home, born ME, father born MA, mother born ME

    [1378] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766477, from his gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1379] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55766442, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1380] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10809.

    [1381] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #44657260, from his gravestone in Corinthian Cemetery in Corinth, ME.

    [1382] www.findagrave.com, memorial #43720030, from her gravestone in Corinthian Cemetery in Corinth, ME.

    [1383] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44657260, from his gravestone in Corinthian Cemetery in Corinth, ME.

    [1384] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766442, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1385] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55766489, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1386] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766489, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1387] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55766479, calculated from her age at death.

    [1388] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766479, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME, daughter of Eliphalet & Ann Packard; Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1316104.

    [1389] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55766480, from his gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1390] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10010, her name indexed as Sarah L. McKnrick in his entry, but as Sarah L. McKusick in her entry, but her middle initial is “F” on her gravestone.

    [1391] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55766481, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1392] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766481, from her gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1393] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55766480, from his gravestone in Hilltop Cemetery in West Corinth, ME.

    [1394] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1395] His parents’ names from his birth and death records.

    [1396] Vital Records of Winthrop, ME, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.

    [1397] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10862.

    [1398] 1840 Federal Census, Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 363, the Simeon Chase household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [1399] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769511, her maiden name Perkins, but her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com memorial #122016169, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME, which does not give her age or birth year.

    [1400] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299.

    [1401] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [1402] 1850 Federal Census, Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 427, dwelling #456, family #513:

            Simeon Chase, 43, male, farmer, $1400, born ME

            Jerusha W. Chase, 43, female, born ME

            Marsha A. Chase, 17, female, born ME, attending school

            Winfield S. Chase, 12, male, born ME, attending school

    [1403] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769511; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122016159, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME.

    [1404] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10862.

    [1405] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1406] 1860 Federal Census, Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 57, dwelling #415, family #466:

            Simeon Chase, 53, male, farmer, $1400, $163, born ME

            Louisa E. Chase, 46, female, born ME

            M. Jerusha Chase, 8, female, born ME

    [1407] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002392; Maine, Faylete Hutton Cemetery Collection, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769511; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122016146, from her gravestone in East Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop, ME, but no age or birth year were given, her name recorded as Louisa E. Chase in her death record, but as Louisa Gibbs Chase in her burial record.

    [1408] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002392.

    [1409] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9912, his parents Israel Chase and Elizabeth Crane.

    [1410] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12299, her parents Simeon and Mary P. Chase.

    [1411] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11315.

    [1412] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1413] 1860 Federal Census, Freeport, Cumberland Co., ME, Page No. 7, dwelling #59, family #60:

            John rounds, 38, male, Bap. Clergyman, $500, born ME

            Marcia Rounds, 27, female, born ME

            Mellan C. Rounds, 1, male, born ME

    [1414] 1870 Federal Census, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 31, dwelling #246, family #260:

            John Rounds, 48, male, white, Clergyman, born ME, a male citizen

            Marcia A. Rounds, 38, female, white, house keeping, born ME

            Eugene Rounds, 12, male, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Lincoln L. Rounds, 5, female, white, at home, born ME

            F. D. Emerson, 28, male, white, dyer, born MA, a male citizen

            Jessie M. Chase, 28, female, white, school teacher, born ME

    [1415] 1880 Federal Census, Northfield City, Rice Co., MN, Page  No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 136, dwelling #77, family #77:

            John Rounds, white, male, 58, married, minister, born ME, father born MR, mother born ME

            Marcia A. Rounds, white, female, 47, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME, mother born MA

    [1416] www.findagrave.com, memorial #124995803, from his gravestone in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

    [1417] www.findagrave.com, memorial #124995805, from her gravestone in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

    [1418] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [1419] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [1420] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 571, buried in the Small Pox Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1421] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 571, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden in Bridgewater.

    [1422] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [1423] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 153.

    [1424] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387, marriage intentions recorded 25 Jan. 1801 in Bridgewater.

    [1425] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 106.

    [1426] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 152, 204.

    [1427] Plymouth Co. Probate, Vol. 36, p. 566-567, from FHL microfilm #0550719.

    [1428] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 153, 307.

    [1429] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 138, p. 115.

    [1430] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22013, there were actually 2 sons and 3 daughters.

    [1431] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266; Vol. 51, p. 375.

    [1432] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329.

    [1433] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 571, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1434] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [1435] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266.

    [1436] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 183.

    [1437] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.

    [1438] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 143.

    [1439] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 181, 328.

    [1440] War of 1812 Service Records database of Ancestry.com, however Almarine Hayward was not listed by Brig. Gen. Gardner W. Pearson in his Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.

    [1441] 1850 Federal Census, Tazewell Co., IL, p. 44, dwelling #602, family #602, very hard to read:

            Almarine Hayward, 54, male, farmer, $3000, born MA

            Eliza H. Hayward, 47, female, born MA

            William Hayward, 20, male, born MA

            Sarah Hayward, 18, female, born MA

            Charles Hayward, 13, male, born IL

            George Hayward, 10, male, born IL

            James Rurbower?, 19, male, born OH

            Adams Beans?, 20, male, born OH

    [1442] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90532138, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1443] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 10, dwelling #90, family #84.

    [1444] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90532503, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1445] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 172, under “Howard,” unnamed in the birth record.

    [1446] Tazewell County Marriages, Vol. A, p. 223, license #2114.

    [1447] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [1448] 1860 Federal Census, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 102, dwelling #769, family #746:

            William Haywood, 30, male, carpenter, $1400, $300, born NY

            Eliza Haywood, 28, female, born NY

            Ella Haywood, 6, female, born IL

            Elbridge Haywood, 3, male, born IL

            Lewis Haywood, 1, male, born IL

            Charles Haywood, 23, male, miller, born IL

            John Hander, 25, male, labourer, born NJ

    [1449] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 7, dwelling #62, family #60:

            William Hayward, 41, male, white, carpenter, $2000, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Eliza Hayward, 37, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Ellen Hayward, 16, female, white, born IL, attending school

            Elbridge Hayward, 13, male, white, born IL, attending school

            Louis Hayward, 10, male, white, born IL, attending school

            Jesse Hayward, 8, male, white, born IL

            Mira Hayward, 5, female, white, born IL

            Warren Hayward, 3, male, white, born IL

            Sarah Hayward, 10/12, female, white, born IL

    [1450] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #90472262, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1451] Tazewell County Marriages Vol. A, p. 219, license #2084.

    [1452] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #90472189, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1453] 1860 Federal Census, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 148-149, dwelling #1102, family #1073:

            Edward Bird, 30 [sic], male, farmer, $14,000, $1500, born MA

            Sarah Bird, 28, female, born MA

            George E. Bird, 3, male, born IL

            Charles Bird, 1, male, born IL

            Sally Hasker, 40, female, born NY

            Sally Hasker, 7, female, born IL

            Mary Minger, 22, female, born Germany

            John Haslin, 26, male, laborer, born Germany

            John Rinehart, 18, male, laborer, born Germany

            Joseph Duch, 20, male, born Germany

    [1454] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL, Page No. 10, dwelling #90, family #84:

            Edward Bird, 60, male, white, farmer, $18,000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah Bird, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            George Bird, 13, male, white, born IL, attending school

            Charles Bird, 11, male, white, born IL, attending school

            Alna Bird, 9, male, white, born IL, attending school

            Helen Bird, 3, female, white, born IL

            Eliza Hayward, 66, female, white, born MA

    [1455] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90472189, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1456] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90472262, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1457] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #90532330, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1458] Tazewell County Marriages Vol. B, p. 289.

    [1459] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #90532392, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1460] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90532392, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1461] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #114620186.

    [1462] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #114620186.

    [1463] www.findagrave.com, memorial #114620186, from her gravestone in Huntley Cemetery in Huntley, IL.

    [1464] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90532330, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1465] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #90652347, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL.

    [1466] www.findagrave.com, memorial #90652347, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont, IL, which only gives the years of his birth and death.

    [1467] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329; Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298.

    [1468] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266.

    [1469] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 69, p. 553.

    [1470] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 85, the marriage intentions of Dr. Wilbur Southworth of Middleborough, and Lucy Bond of Brookfield recorded on 25 June 1801 in Middleborough; Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Brookfield VRs], p. 411, the marriage of Dr. Wilber Southworth of Middleborough and Lucy Bond on 2 May 1802 in Brookfield.

    [1471] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, 2 Volumes, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1914, [hereinafter Rochester VRs], Vol. 2, p. 312, marriage intentions recorded 7 Sept. 1829 in Rochester.

    [1472] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 282.

    [1473] 1850 Federal Census, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA, pp. 290-291, dwelling #535, family #575:

            Ezra Washburn, 43, male, carpenter, born Middleborough, MA

            Rosamond Washburn, 41, female, born Rochester

            Sarah Allen Washburn, 17, female, born Rochester, attending school

            Lucy B. Washburn, 11, female, born Rochester, attending school

            Albert Washburn, 7, male, born Rochester, attending school

            Ezra E. Washburn, 4, male, born Rochester, attending school

            Horrace W. Washburn, 2, male, born Rochester

    [1474] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Rochester, Boston, 1988, p. 20, dwelling #141, family #154:

            Ezra E. Washborn, 48, male, white, house carpenter, born MA

            Lucy B. Washborn, 16, female, white, born MA

            Albert Washborn, 12, male, white, born MA

            Ezra E. Washborn Jr., 9, male, white, born MA

            Hariot [sic] W. Washborn, 7, female [sic], white, born MA

            Rosamond Washborn, 46, female, white, born MA

    [1475] 1860 Federal Census, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 54, dwelling #352, family #421:

            Ezra E. Washburn, 53, male, H. carpenter, $150, born MA

            Rosamond Washburn, 51, female, born MA

            Sarah A. Leonard, 27, female, born MA

            Hiram Frank Leonard, 4, male, born MA

            Jos. H. Leonard, 2, male, born MA

            Albert Washburn, 17, male, app. carpenter, born MA

            Ezra E. Washburn Jr., 14, male, app. shoemaker, born MA

            Horace W. Washburn, 12, male, born MA

    [1476] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 166, p. 272, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place given as Marshfield, but his parents’ names were not given.

    [1477] 1870 Federal Census, Third Ward Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, Page No. 36, dwelling #282, family #273, her name recorded as “Rosalia” Washburn.

    [1478] 1880 Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 98, p. 445, dwelling #93, family #105.

    [1479] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298.

    [1480] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298, baptized in the Second Church of Rochester, now in Mattapoisett, MA.

    [1481] His parents’ names from his second marriage record.

    [1482] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 70, p. 350, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birth place Stoughton, his parents Hyram & Hannah Leonard, her birth place Rochester, her parents Ezra & Rosamond Washburn.

    [1483] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Rochester, Boston, 1988, p. 23, dwelling #159, family #179:

            John H. Leonard, 23, male, white, painter, born MA

            Sarah A. Leonard, 22, female, white, born MA

            Rosamond Leonard, 6 months, female, white, born MA

    [1484] 1860 Federal Census, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 54, dwelling #352, family #421.

    [1485] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 216.

    [1486] 1870 Federal Census, Hudson, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 4, dwelling #19, family #31:

            John H. Leonard, 40, male, white, works for painter, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah A. Leonard, 37, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Frank H. Leonard, 14, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Joseph H. Leonard, 13, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Augustine H. Leonard, 2, male, white, at home, born MA

            Mary H. Leonard, 7/12, female, white, at home, born in Oct. in MA.

            Lucy Southworth, 62, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

    [1487] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 154, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Mattapoisett, and her parents E. E. Washburn and Rosamond Washburn.

    [1488] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [1489] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 245, p. 204, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a painter, his birth place Stoughton, his parents Hiram and Hannah (Drake) Leonard, her birth place Harvard, and her parents Jona. T. and Dorothy (Moseman) Hapgood.

    [1490] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 82, p. 305, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents John & Sarah Leonard, her father’s occupation a painter, born in Bridgewater.

    [1491] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 130, p. 219, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Rochester, and her parents John & Sarah A. Leonard.

    [1492] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 91, p. 251, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents John H. & Sarah Leonard, his father’s occupation a painter.

    [1493] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 106, p. 394, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents John H. & Sarah A. Leonard, his father’s occupation a painter, his father born in Stoughton, and his mother born in Rochester.

    [1494] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [1495] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 215, p. 169, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents John H. & Sarah (Washburn) Leonard, her father’s occupation a painter, her father born in Stoughton, and her mother born in Mattapoisett.

    [1496] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298, however the date on her baptism is 25 Aug. 1839 in the Second Church of Rochester.

    [1497] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 127, p. 240, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a heating apparatus manuf. & dealer, his birth place Rochester, and his parents Ebenezer & Mary, her birth place Rochester, and her parents Ezra E. & Rosamond.

    [1498] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [1499] 1870 Federal Census, City of Brooklyn 7th Ward, Kings Co., NY, Page No. 24, dwelling #143, family #179:

            Thomas Barrows, 36, male, white, revenue inspector, $8000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lucy Barrows, 31, female, white, born MA

            Anne Barrows, 9, female, white, born NY

            Albert Barrows, 6, male, white, born MA

            Mable Barrows, 1, female, white, born NY

            Addie Giles, 13, female, white, domestic servant, born England, parents both foreign born

    [1500] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298.

    [1501] California Select Marriages, 1850-1945, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [1502] Calculated from her age at death.

    [1503] 1870 Federal Census, Third Ward Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, Page No. 36, dwelling #282, family #273:

            Albert Washburn, 27, male, white, carpenter, $4000, $6000, born MA, a male citizen

            Ada Washburn, 20, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Effie Washburn, 2, female, white, born CA

            Rosalia Washburn, 61, female, white, born MA

    [1504] 1880 Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 98, p. 445, dwelling #93, family #105:

            Albert Washburne, white, male, 37, married, proprietor of planning mill, born MA, father born RI, mother born MA

            Addie A. Washburn, white, female, 30, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Effie E. Washburn, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at school, born CA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mabel S. Washburn, white, female, 8, daughter, single, born CA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Almeda R. Washburn, white, female, 5, daughter, single, born CA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Rosamond Washburn, white, female, 72, mother, widow, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [1505] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24956335, from her gravestone in Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA.

    [1506] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24956353, from his gravestone in Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA.

    [1507] Calculated from her age in the 1870 and 1880 federal censuses.

    [1508] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24956131, from his gravestone in Stockton Rural Cemetery in Stockton, CA.

    [1509] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [1510] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [1511] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298.

    [1512] California Select Marriages, 1850-1954, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [1513] 1880 Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 143, dwelling #4, family #4, a boarding house, included:

            Edw.[sic] Washburne, white, male, 34, boarder, married, harbor commissioner, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Eureka Washburne, white, female, 28, boarder, married, born CA, father born KY, mother born NH

    [1514] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 298.

    [1515] 1870 Federal Census, First Ward Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, Page No. 18, dwelling #134, family #131:

            J. M. Daniels, 44, male, white, carpenter, born in CT, a male citizen

            W. P. Blumen, 49, male, white, builder, $800, born MA, a male citizen

            H. W. Washburn, 22, male, white, carpenter, born MA, a male citizen

            W. L. Gibson, 45, male, white, machinist, born TN, a male citizen

            John Shourand?, 24, male, white, carpenter, born Canada, parents both foreign born

            Geo. Muitam?, 27, male, white, carpenter, born England, parents both foreign born

    [1516] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1517] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266.

    [1518] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 51, p. 375.

    [1519] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 69, p. 449.

    [1520] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 315, marriage intentions recorded 8 Nov. 1829 in East Bridgewater. There is no notation that the marriage never occurred, and no other marriage is found for Thomas D. Childs in East Bridgewater, but this is possibly the case because no Childs children were found born to Thomas and Rhobe, and Rhobe used her maiden name in her marriage to Joshua Jackson in 1837.

    [1521] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [1522] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 391, marriage intentions recorded 12 Feb. 1837 in Bridgewater, she was recorded under her maiden name, Rhobe S. Washburn.

    [1523] Per Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 67, no parents listed, born in Maine according to the 1850 federal census.

    [1524] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 273, dwelling #481, family #610 (hard to read):

            Joshua Jackson, 63, male, laborer, born Maine

            Rhobe Jackson, 42, female, born MA

            Ann Jackson, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Stephen Jackson, 1 male, born MA

    [1525] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 227, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Maine, and his parents Joshua & Mary Jackson.

    [1526] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for West Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 9, dwelling #35, family #41:

            Rhoda [sic] S. Jackson, 47, female, white, born MA

            Ann M. Jackson, 15, female, white, born MA

            Stephen H. Jackson, 6, male, white, born MA

    [1527] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 127, dwelling #438, family #489:

            Mary Hayward, 84, female, white, born MA, widow

            Calista Sloan, 58, female, white, born MA, widow, housekeeper

            Roby S. Jackson, 56, female, white, born MA, widow, domestic

    [1528] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 83, dwelling #620, family #703:

            Calista Sloan, 63, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Rhobe Jackson, 61, female, white, domestic sevt, born MA

    [1529] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 310, p. 77, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents ____ Washburn.

    [1530] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1531] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 205.

    [1532] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1533] Per his marriage and death records.

    [1534] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 163, p. 236, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a harness maker, his birth place Wareham, and his parents Stephen C. & Sarah B. Burgess, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents (Adopted) of James S. & Ann E. Alden.

    [1535] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 116, dwelling #347, family #374:

            Ebenezer Burgess, 21, male, white, born MA, married, painter

            Caroline D. Burgess, 26, female, white, born MA, married, mistress

    [1536] Per his death record.

    [1537] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1913/101, p. 345, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Wareham #345, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his marital status divorced, his occupation a house painter, and his parents Stephen C. Burgess and Sarah B. Burgess.

    [1538] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1539] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records; Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 266, the marriage intentions of Albert Lane and Elmira Godfrey recorded on 18 Oct. 1834 in Norton.

    [1540] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 135, p. 128, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Norton, his parents Albert & Elmira, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Joshua & Roby.

    [1541] Calculated from his age at marriage.

    [1542] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Norton, Bristol Co., MA, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, dwelling #196, family #220:

            Crawford Lane, 28, male, white, born MA, married, laborer

            Ann M. Lane, 25, female, white, born MA, married, laborer

    [1543] 1870 Federal Census, Attleborough, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 24, dwelling #149, family #169:

            John Cole, 57, male, white, at home, $1000, $350, born RI, a male citizen

            Mary S. Cole, 51, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Thomas Sterns, 60, male, white, works on jewelry, born MA, a male citizen

            Crawford Lane, 34, male, white, butchers clerk, born MA, a male citizen

    [1544] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1912/86, p. 267, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his father Albert Lane, born in Norton, his mother Elmira Godfrey, born in Easton.

    [1545] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1546] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 205.

    [1547] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1548] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 205.

    [1549] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 67.

    [1550] 1860 Federal Census, Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #32, family #37:

            Geo W. Glass, 34, male, shoemaker, $600, $50, born MA

            Mary A. Glass, 34, female, born MA

            Mary C. Glass, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Nancy W. Glass, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Olive F. Glass, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Sarah E. Glass, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Geo O. Glass, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Stephen H. Jackson, 11, male, born MA

            Wm C. Gordon, 23, male, born MA

    [1551] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [1552] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266.

    [1553] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 51, p. 375.

    [1554] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 89.

    [1555] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 312; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384, marriage intentions recorded 19 Sept. 1830 in Bridgewater.

    [1556] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 12. Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19, gives his birth year as 1807, from his gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, an obvious error or a misreading of the stone.

    [1557] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 87.

    [1558] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 69, p. 553.

    [1559] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 33, dwelling #434, family #520:

            James S. Alden, 43, male, painter, $3000, born MA

            Ann Alden, 40, female, born MA

            James E. Alden, 19, male, painter, born MA

            George T. Alden, 15, male, painter, born MA, attending school

            Caroline Alden, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Isaac R. Alden, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Frederick C. Alden, 1 male, born MA

            John W. Harris, 18, male, painter, born MA

    [1560] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 46, dwelling #356, family #406:

            James S. Alden, 48, male, white, painter, born MA

            Ann E. Alden, 45, female, white, born MA

            James E. Alden, 23, male, white, painter, born MA

            George T. Alden, 20, male, white, painter, born MA

            Isaac R. Alden, 11, male, white, born MA

            Frederic C. Alden, 6, male, white, born MA

            Caroline B. Jackson, 15, female, white, born MA

    [1561] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 280, dwelling #1821, family #2349:

            James S. Alden, 53, male, painter, $2000, $500, born MA

            Emma [sic] E. Alden, 50, female, born MA

            Isaac R. Alden, 16, male, painter, born MA

            Fred C. Alden, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Carrie B. Alden, 21, female, born MA

    [1562] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 284, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Jeremiah & Sarah Washburn.

    [1563] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 237, the marriage of Levi Leach and Betsey Conant on 28 Sept. 1798 in Bridgewater.

    [1564] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 163, p. 236, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a painter, his birth place E. Bridgewater, his parents Isaac & Mary Alden, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Levi & Betsey Leach.

    [1565] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 211.

    [1566] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 116, dwelling #346, family #372:

            James S., Alden, 57, male, white, born MA, married, painter

            Sarah Alden, 49, female, white, born MA, married, mistress

            Frederic C. Alden, 16, male, white, born MA, single, painter

            Clarinda Leach, 55, female, white, born MA, single

            Isaac R. Alden, 20, male, white, born MA, single, soldier

    [1567] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 34-35, dwelling #231, family #271:

            James S. Alden, 62, male, white, house painter, $2500, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Sarah Alden, 54, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Isaac R. Alden, 26, male, white, dry goods, born MA, a male citizen

            Frederic C. Alden, 21, male, white, house painter, born MA, a male citizen

            Clarinda Leach, 60, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Charlotte McDaniels, 25, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Hannah Howes, 20, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

    [1568] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 290, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birth place East Bridgewater, and his parents Isaac & Mary Alden.

    [1569] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #121, Vol. 141, p. 288-289, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 133, p. 243.

    [1570] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/23, p. 255, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Bridgewater #255, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of James S. Alden, her maiden name Sarah L. Leach, her father Levi Leach, born in Halifax, and her mother Betsey Conant, born in Bridgewater, buried in Mt. Prospect Cemetery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #85082340, from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1571] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19.

    [1572] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [1573] Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #915073, his parents James S. and Ann E. Alden, her parents David M. G. and Hannah Hamilton.

    [1574] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 20, from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater.

    [1575] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19, from his gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater.

    [1576] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19.

    [1577] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19.

    [1578] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 19.

    [1579] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [1580] Plympton VRs, p. 529.

    [1581] He apparently turned 21 years of age shortly before 14 May 1836 when his guardian submitted the accounting of his guardianship.

    [1582] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22013, Vol. 41, p. 266.

    [1583] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 78, p. 174.

    [1584] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 330.

    [1585] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 569, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden in Bridgewater.

    [1586] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

    [1587] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329, which gives the year as 1838; Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun, 1837-1850, the date 27 Nov. 1837, the issue 29 Nov. 1837.

    [1588] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329.

    [1589] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 275;

    [1590] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386.

    [1591] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges, of Bridgewater’s south precinct.

    [1592] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 300-301.

    [1593] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 165, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Seth Pratt household had 4 free white males aged 16 or older and 4 free white females.

    [1594] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1595] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #16201; Vol. 35, p. 448.

    [1596] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 544.

    [1597] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 270.

    [1598] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 327.

    [1599] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 309.

    [1600] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [1601] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XII, p. 706.

    [1602] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 165, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Nath’l Pratt household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.

    [1603] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 63, the Nathaniel Pratt household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [1604] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 78, the Nathl. Pratt household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

    [1605] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 461, the Lt. Nathaniel Pratt household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [1606] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545, buried in the Pratt-town Cemetery.

    [1607] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16175, Vol. 66, p. 147-148, from FHL microfilm #0555259, witnessed by Benjamin Pope, Silvanus Pratt, and Charles Pratt.

    [1608] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 543, buried in the Pratt-town Cemetery.

    [1609] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 269.

    [1610] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 277.

    [1611] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 270.

    [1612] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XII, p. 707.

    [1613] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1614] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271.

    [1615] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 350.

    [1616] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 310.

    [1617] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 354.

    [1618] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 348.

    [1619] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XII, p. 717-718.

    [1620] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 63, the Simeon Pratt household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1621] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 78, the Simeon Pratt household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1622] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 461, the Capt Simeon Pratt household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 4 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1623] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 340, the Simeon Pratt household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-19 years, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [1624] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, the Simeon Pratt household had 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and Simeon Pratt, a Revolutionary War Pensioner, aged 81 years.

    [1625] U.S. Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1831-1848, online database at www.Ancestry.com, from records of the National Archives, Washington DC, Ledgers of Payments under U.S. Pensioners Acts of 1818 Through 1858.

    [1626] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545.

    [1627] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 546; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 41, p. 77, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Seth & Hannah Pratt.

    [1628] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16204, Vol. 12C, p. 7.

    [1629] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271.

    [1630] Her parents’ names from her death record; Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970, [hereinafter Marshfield VRs], pp. 117, 154, the marriage of Nathaniel Waterman of Boston and Alice Vinal of Marshfield on 14 May 1797 in Marshfield.

    [1631] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 332. He was called “of Halifax” in the marriage record.

    [1632] Calculated from her age at death.

    [1633] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 95, p. 45, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Boston, and her parents Nathaniel and Alice Waterman; www.findagrave.com, memorial #85579702, from her gravestone in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.

    [1634] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 305, dwelling #1994, family #2556:

            Isam Leonard, 68, male, farmer, $2300, $1800, born MA

            Sarah Pool. 72, female, born MA

            Simeon Pratt, 68, male, born MA

    [1635] 1870 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 12, dwelling #108, family #124:

            John M. Soule, 50, male, white, farmer, $600, born MA, a male citizen

            Aroline P. Soule, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Alice W. Soule, 21, female, white, dressmaker, born MA

            Mary A. Soule, 11, female, white, attending school, born MA

            William M. Perkins, 28, male, white, farmer, born MA, a male citizen

            Susan R. Perkins, 23, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Edna M. Perkins, 1, female, white, at home, born MA

            Simeon Pratt, 79, male, white, bookkeeper retired, $900, born MA, a male citizen

    [1636] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 281, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a bookeeper, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Simeon & Sarah W. Pratt, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #166637392, from his gravestone in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.

    [1637] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 267.

    [1638] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 274, 278; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 301, the marriage of Freeman Pope and Hannah Thayer on 25 Oct. 1795 in Bridgewater.

    [1639] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 305.

    [1640] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #148692057, which gives her maiden name as Thayer [sic].

    [1641] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, pp. 267-271, they had children born in Bridgewater from 1822 to 1833, and Vol. 2, p. 543-544, they had children who died in Bridgewater in 1823 and 1827.

    [1642] 1850 Federal Census, Pawtucket, Bristol Co., RI, p. 366, dwelling #463, family #666:

            Charles Pratt, 56, male, accountant, born MA

            Livonia Pratt, 52, female, born MA

            Maria Pratt, 19, female, born MA

            Sarah Pratt, 18, female, born MA, attending school

            Edgar Pratt, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Bridget Campbell, 16, female, born Ireland

    [1643] www.findagrave.com, memorial #148692001, from his gravestone in Oak Grove Cemetery in Pawtucket, RI.

    [1644] 1860 Federal Census, Warwick, Kent Co., RI, Page No. 17, dwelling #119, family #149:

            Livonia Pratt, 61, female, $400, born MA

            Edgar Pratt, 21, male, calico printer, born MA

            Maria Pratt, 31, female, com. school teacher, born MA

            Martha W. Pope, 26, female, music teacher, born MA

    [1645] 1870 Federal Census, Warwick, Kent Co., RI, Page No. 133, dwelling #1110, family #1066:

            Christopher R. Greene, 42, male, white, accountant, born RI, a male citizen

            Maria P. Greene, 40, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Livonia Pratt, 73, female, white, at home, born MA

            Margaret Maguire, 30, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [1646] www.findagrave.com, memorial #148692057, from her gravestone in Oak Grove Cemetery in Pawtucket, RI.

    [1647] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 269.

    [1648] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 242, the marriage of Daniel Leonard of Middleborough and Polly Leonard on 7 Apr. 1791 in Bridgewater.

    [1649] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 307.

    [1650] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #81226568, but her birth was not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [1651] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 340, the Henry W. Pratt household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [1652] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81226568, from her memorial which states that she was possibly buried in North Cemetery in Saint Charles, IL.

    [1653] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81226447, from his memorial which states that he was possibly buried in North Cemetery in Saint Charles, IL.

    [1654] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16114, Vol. 12 C, p. 468.

    [1655] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 266.

    [1656] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 304, he was called “of Taunton” in the marriage record.

    [1657] Halifax VRs, p. 90.

    [1658] 1850 Federal Census, Borough of Danville, Montour Co., PA, p. 293, dwelling #25, family #25:

            Benj. W. Pratt, 46, male, clerk, $1200, born MA

            Joanna Pratt, 41, female, born MA

            Benj. Pratt, 15, male, student, born MA, attending school

            Augusta Pratt, a twin, 6, female, born PA, attending school

            Adelide Pratt, a twin, 6, female, born PA, attending school

            Janett Holde, 18, female, born MA

    [1659] 1860 Federal Census, Danville South Ward, Montour Co., PA, Page No. 262, dwelling #1908, family  #1973:

            B. W. Pratt, 50 [sic], male, commission mercht, $1600, $500, born MA

            Joanna T. Pratt, 50, female, born MA

            Augusta Pratt, 16, male [sic], born MA [sic], attending school

            Adelaid Pratt, 16, female, born MA [sic], attending school

            Wilham Pratt, 9, male, born PA, attending school

            Mary Frinn, 18, female, servant

    [1660] 1870 Federal Census, Danville 1st Ward, Montour Co., PA, Page No. 25-26, dwelling #180, family #180:

            B. W. Pratt, 67, male, white, book keeper, $5000, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Joanna Pratt, 61, female, white, born MA

            Adelade Pratt, 26, female, white, born PA

            William Pratt, 17, male, white, born PA, attending school

            B. H. Pratt, 35, male, white, principal academy, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Fanny Pratt, 27, female, white, born NY, mother of foreign birth

            Celia Hafey, 19, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [1661] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271, her birth date from a private record kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1662] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 156, the marriage of Samuel Harden and Silence Fuller on 17 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.

    [1663] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 310.

    [1664] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 131.

    [1665] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, the Jabez Harden household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 3 people employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [1666] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 478; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466673, from her gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1667] Pembroke VRs, p. 299, the marriage of Elisha Keen Josselyn and Lydia Dwelley on 12 Mar. 1797 in Pembroke.

    [1668] Pembroke VRs, p. 299, the marriage of Almina Josselyn and Thomas Baker, of Duxbury, on 24 Feb. 1833 in Pembroke; Pembroke VRs, p. 384, the death of Thomas Baker, of E. Bridgewater, husband of Almina Josselyn, on 15 May 1845.

    [1669] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Bridgewater, and his children Samuel & Silence Harden, her birth place Pembroke, and her parents Elisha K. & Lydia Josselyn.

    [1670] Pembroke VRs, p. 119.

    [1671] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, dwelling #367, family #425:

            Jabez Harding, 53, male, carpenter, $2100, born MA, married within the year

            Almina Harding, 36, female, born MA, married within the year

            George Harding, 20, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Benjamin Harding, 17, male, shoemaker, born MA, attending school

            Alice Harding, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Albert Harding, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            George Baker, 10, male, born MA

            Sears Washburn, 73, male, born MA

    [1672] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 5, dwelling #4, family #4:

            Jabez Harden, 59, male, white, carpenter, born MA

            Almina Harden, 42, female, white, born MA

            Benjamin Harden, 22, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Albert Harden, 13, male, white, born MA

            George Baker, 15, male, white, boprn MA

            Albion P. Washburn, 24, male, white, shoemaker, born MA

            Alice Washburn, 20, female, white, born MA

            Frank B. Harden, 5 months, male, white, born MA

    [1673] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 305, dwelling #1992, family #2554:

            Jabez Harden, 63, male, carpenter, $3000, $1000, born MA

            Elmira Harden, 46, female, $300, born MA

            Benj Harden, 27, male, carpenter, $400, born MA

            Geo. Baker, 20, male, shoemaker, $50, born MA

            Albert Harden, 18, male, machinist’s app, born MA

            Frank B. Harden, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Lydia Joslyn, 83, female, widow, $300, born MA

            Lydia S. Joslyn, 52, female, $300, born MA

    [1674] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 121, dwelling #385, family #422:

            Jabez Harden, 69, male, white, born MA, married, carpenter

            Almina Harden, 51, female, white, born MA, married, housekeeper

            Albert Harden, 23, male, white, born MA, single, soldier

            Frank B. Harden, 10, male, white, born MA, single

            George Baker, 24, male, white, born MA, single, sick

    [1675] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Samuel and Silence; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466654, from his gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1676] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #9137, Vol. 143, p. 253-254, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 149, p. 125.

    [1677] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 464, p. 373, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Jabez Harden, her birth place Pembroke, and her parents Elisha K. & Lydia Josselyn; www.findagrave.com, memorial #98557766, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Pembroke, MA.

    [1678] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271.

    [1679] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 277.

    [1680] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271.

    [1681] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545.

    [1682] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 268.

    [1683] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 544.

    [1684] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 267.

    [1685] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139.

    [1686] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 305.

    [1687] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 77.

    [1688] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 138, 276, who shows that Dea. Solomon Pratt had a daughter with the unusual name of Abihail born at the right time to have become the wife of John Conant in 1746.

    [1689] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 89.

    [1690] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III, p. 876.

    [1691] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1692] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, the Jeremiah Conant household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15, 1 male aged 16-25, 1 male aged 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15, 2 females aged 16-25, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1693] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 527, the Jeremiah Conant household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

    [1694] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 169, the Jeremiah Conant household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1695] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1696] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Records, Vol. 9, pp. 364-367, 582-585, from FHL microfilm #0029163.

    [1697] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 58, p. 171, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given.

    [1698] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1699] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1700] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468; Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27515.

    [1701] 1830 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 16, the Seth Conant household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 3 females aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [1702] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1703] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1704] Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665.

    [1705] 1840 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 414, the Seth Conant household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, 1 free colored male aged 55-99 years, and 1 free colored female under 10.

    [1706] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 375, dwelling #35, family #35:

            Seth Conant, 53, male, farmer, $1000, born VT

            Lucinda Conant, 49, female, born VT

            Abram Conant, 11, male, born VT, attending school

            Lucia Conant, 24, female, born VT

    [1707] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1708] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [1709] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1710] Per her death record.

    [1711] 1860 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 266, dwelling #2174, family #2163:

            Seth Conant, 62, male, farmer, $1000, $450, born VT

            Hannah Conant, 50, female, born VT

    [1712] 1870 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 22, dwelling #180, family #181:

            Seth Conant, 73, male, white, farmer, $1000, $500, born VT, a male citizen

            Hannah Conant, 60, female, white, keeping house, born VT

    [1713] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540076, her parents Henry Hewitt and Hannah Buybee, and her birth place Barnard, VT.

    [1714] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540076, his parents Jeremiah Conant and Chloe Pratt.

    [1715] Seth Conant was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [1716] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1717] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1718] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1719] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1720] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 43, dwelling #337, family #385:

            Marshal Conant, 54, male, white, teacher, born VT

            Roxanna D. Conant, 48, white, female, born VT

            L. Doten, 34, female, white, born VT

            C. H. Darling, 18, female, white, born VT

    [1721] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 280-281, dwelling #1823, family #2351:

            Joel Shedd, 46, male, gin wright, $4000, $500, born MA

            Eliza E. Shedd, 51, female, born MA

            Geo. F. Shedd, 25, male, gin wright, born MA

            Ellen E. Shedd, 22, female, com. sch. Teacher, born MA

            Abby J. Shedd, 17, female, born MA

            Martha E. Shedd, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            William E. Shedd, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Marshall Conant, 59, male, prin. teacher in normal school, $3000, $1200, born VT

            Roxanna D. Conant, 54, female, born MA

    [1722] www.findagrave.com, memorial #78570632, from his gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA, but his death was not recorded in Bridgewater in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [1723] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #4820, Vol. 140, p. 551, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 133, p. 5, one of the sureties on her bond being James S. Alden.

    [1724] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 533, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Marshall Conant, her birth place Pomfret, VT, and her parents John and Asenath Darling, born in Middleborough; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78570684, from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1725] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1726] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1727] Vail, Pomfret, p. 468.

    [1728] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 188.

    [1729] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 347.

    [1730] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [1731] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 70, birth record of Damon Hoyt, son of Asa and Sarah Hoyt, of Holliston, taken from the “Rebellion Record.”

    [1732] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 188, marriage intentions recorded 7 Mar. 1847 in East Bridgewater.

    [1733] Calculated from her age and birth place in her death record.

    [1734] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 267, dwelling #418, family #530:

            Thomas Conant, 43, male, shoecutter, $1000, born VT

            Sarah Conant, 35, female, born MA

            John Conant, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Thomas Conant, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            James Conant, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Chloe Conant, 82, female, born MA

            Lucinda C. Hoit, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Damon Hoit, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Angenett[?] Hoit, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Sarah T. Hoit, 8, female, born MA, attending school

    [1735] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 56, dwelling #470, family #566:

            Thomas Conant, 48, male, white, shoe cutter, born VT

            Sarah Conant, 40, female, white, born MA

            John Conant, 18, male, white, shoe cutter, born MA

            Thomas Conant, 14, male, white, born MA

            James S. Conant, 12, male, white, born MA

            Anngenette Hoyt, 16, female, white, born MA

            Sarah J. Hoyt, 14, female, white, born MA

    [1736] 1860 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 243, dwelling #1599, family #2057:

            Thomas Conant, 52, male, shoe cutter, $1000, $300, born CT [sic]

            Sarah Conant, 45, female, born MA

            James Conant, 16, male, born MA, attending school

    [1737] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 273, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Hopkinton, and her parents Elisha Gassett and Polly Pierce, both born in Hopkinton.

    [1738] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 553, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoe maker, his birth place Pomfret, NH [sic], his parents Jeremiah Conant and Chloe Pratt, both born in Bridgewater.

    [1739] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 272.

    [1740] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 89.

    [1741] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 310.

    [1742] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 18.

    [1743] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 87, 236.

    [1744] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 51, p. 97, Vol. 53, p. 64.

    [1745] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 461, the Silvenus Pratt household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1746] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 340, the Sylvanus Pratt household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [1747] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 546; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466945, from his gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1748] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16208, Vol. 74, p. 31-32, from FHL microfilm #0555262, witnessed by Benjamin Pope, Charles Pratt, and Henry W. Pratt.

    [1749] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, dwelling #364, family #420:

            Experience Pratt, 70, female, born MA

    [1750] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 304, dwelling #1984, family #2542:

            Experience Pratt, 80, female, widow, $1000, $200, born MA

            Dwelling #1984, family #2543:

            Bartlett Rogers, 50, male, shoe maker, $100, born MA

            Elisabeth Rogers, 45, female, born MA

            Henry B. Rogers, 25, male, shoe maker, born MA

            Mary E. Rogers, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Lydia A. Rogers, 11, female, born MA, attending school

    [1751] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents given as Oliver & Experience Alden; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466958, her burial location given as Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1752] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 278, says they had Experience and Mary.

    [1753] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 264, under “Pope.”

    [1754] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 274; Bridgewater VRs, vol. 2, p. 301, the marriage of Benjamin Pope and Mary Peirce, of Scituate, on 15 Nov. 1792.

    [1755] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 306.

    [1756] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 263, his parents Benjamin and Mary (Pierce) Pope.

    [1757] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 339, the Benjamin P. Pope household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [1758] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 541, buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49468584, from her gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1759] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 301.

    [1760] Her age in the 1850 federal census calculates to a birth ca. 1811, but her age at death calculates to a birth ca. 1815.

    [1761] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 8, the Benja. Pope household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1762] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 541, buried in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49468809, from his gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1763] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16007, Vol. 91, p. 112-114, from FHL microfilm #0555640.

    [1764] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 31-32, dwelling #416, family #497:

            Mary Pope, 81, female, born MA

            Elizabeth C. Pope, 39, female, born MA

            Sylvanus P. Pope, 19, male, shoemaker, $2000, born MA

            Naham Pope, 17, male, shoemaker, born MA, attending school

            Anna P. Pope, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Unice C. Pope, 7, female, born MA, attending school

    [1765] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 178, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Benjamin P. Pope, her birth place given as Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49468724, from her gravestone in Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1766] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 270.

    [1767] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 144.

    [1768] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 309.

    [1769] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 86, his parents Zenas and Content (Stetson) Crooker.

    [1770] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 14, the Benja. Crooker household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [1771] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 6-7, dwelling #73, family #93:

            Benjamin Crooker, 43, male, cotton gin manu., $2000, born MA

            Mary W. Crooker, 41, female, born MA

            Benj. F. Crooker, 16, male, clerk, born MA, attending school

            Lucius Crooker, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Elmah Crooker, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary E. Crooker, 4, female, born MA

            Ella F. Crooker, 9/12, female, born MA

            Hannah McCool, 19, female, born Ireland

    [1772] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 62, dwelling #488, family #551:

            Benjamin Crooker, 48, male, white, Gin Wright, born MA

            Mary W. Crooker, 46, female, white, born MA

            Benjamin S. Crooker, 20, male, white, laborer, born MA

            Lucius Crooker, 16, male, white, laborer, born MA

            Elmar H. Crooker, 13, male, white, born MA

            Mary E. Crooker, 8, female, white, born MA

            Ella F. Crooker, 5, female, white, born MA

    [1773] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 271, dwelling #1767, family #2279:

            Benj. Crooker, 53, male, machinist, $3000, $1000, born MA

            Mary W. Crooker, 51, female, born MA

            Benj. T. Crooker, 26, male, student of medicine, born MA

            Lucius S. Crooker, 21, male, clerk, born MA

            Elmer H. Crooker, 18, male, machinist, born MA

            Mary E. Crooker, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Ella F. Crooker, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Mary Murphy, 40, female, servant, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [1774] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 12 Boston N.E. of Fourth & E sts, Page No. 36, dwelling #121, family #118, very hard to read:

            Benjamin Crooker, 63, male, white, clerk, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary W. Crooker, 61, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Elmer H. Crooker, 28, male, white, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary E. Crooker, 23, female, white, born MA

            Ella F. Crooker, 20, female, white, born MA

    [1775] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 276, p. 296, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation foreman Bay S. I. W., his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Zenas and Content Crooker; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133203477, his burial location unknown.

    [1776] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 429, p. 41, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Benjamin Crooker, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Sylvester [sic] Pratt and Experience Alden, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133203578, her burial location unknown.

    [1777] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 186, under Joanna, wife of Isaac Keith.

    [1778] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 307.

    [1779] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 49.

    [1780] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 438, buried in the Small Pox Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1781] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 51.

    [1782] Easton VRs, p. 124.

    [1783] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 210.

    [1784] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 503.

    [1785] Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #11893, Vol.  11B, p. 221.

    [1786] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston 1988, p. 47, dwelling #366, family #418.

    [1787] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 49, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges; Marshfield VRs, p. 399, from his gravestone in the Old Burial Ground, Marshfield.

    [1788] Marshfield VRs, pp. 118, 169, the marriage of Chandler Sampson and Nancy Thomas on 5 Mar. 1795 in Marshfield.

    [1789] Marshfield VRs, pp. 193, 271.

    [1790] Marshfield VRs, pp. 238, 399.

    [1791] 1830 Federal Census, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 141, the Marshal Bessey household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [1792] 1840 Federal Census, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 205, the Marshal Bessey household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [1793] Marshfield VRs, p. 399, buried in the Old Burial Ground, Marshfield; Pembroke VRs, p. 388.

    [1794] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #1965, Vol. 11B, p. 118, with Chandler Sampson and John Ford as sureties, from FHL microfilm #0551537.

    [1795] Pembroke VRs, p. 237.

    [1796] 1850 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 156, dwelling #60, family #66:

            Waterman Thomas, 66, male, farmer, $3600, born MA

            Sarah B. Thomas, 52, female, born MA

    [1797] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 354, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Marshfield, and his parents Briggs & Abigail Thomas, of Marshfield.

    [1798] 1860 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #932, family #40:

            Calvin Magoun, 56, male, farmer, $2000, $900, born MA

            Martha S. Magoun, 52, female, born MA

            Esther C. Sampson, 64, female, $1300, $1000, born MA

            Sarah B. Thomas, 62, female, $200, $2000, born MA

    [1799] 1860 Federal Census, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 8-9, dwelling #967, family #80:

            Elijah Ames Jr., 43, male, farmer, $1000, $1000, born MA

            Sarah Ames, 38, female, born MA

            Sarah D. Ames, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Mary Ames, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Elijah Ames, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Elizabeth F. Ames, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            William Ames, 4, male, born MA

            Lucy T. Ames, 2, female, born MA

            Ray T. Ames, 8/12, male, born MA

            Waterman Thomas, 75, male, farmer, $3500, born MA

    [1800] Marshfield VRs, p. 399, under Bessey, buried in the Old Burial Ground, Marshfield, on the same tombstone as Marshall Bessey; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 356, p. 314, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as Sarah B. Thomas (Bessy) (Sampson), her birth place Marshfield, and her parents Chandler Sampson and Nancy T.

    [1801] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 190.

    [1802] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 216.

    [1803] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329.

    [1804] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [1805] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 383.

    [1806] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 15, dwelling #176, family #210:

            Abram Washburn 2d, 55, male, farmer, $9260, born MA

            Sarah M. Washburn, 53, female, born MA

            Saba Washburn, 20, female, born MA

            Abram Washburn 3d, 16, male, farmer, born MA

            Nathaniel Washburn, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Hope S. Washburn, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Hannah A. Washburn, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Samuel S. Washburn, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            William S. Danforth, 18, male, student, born MA, attending school

            Mary Moore, 25, female, born Ireland, can’t read or write

            Stephen Finney, 78, male, black laborer, born Delaware, can’t read or write

    [1807] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 67-68, dwelling #539, family $609:

            Abram Washburn, 60, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Sarah M. Washburn, 58, female, white, born MA

            Abram Washburn Jr., 22, male, white, laborer, born MA

            Nathaniel Washburn, 20, male, white, out of health, born MA

            Hope S. Washburn, 18, female, white, born MA

            Hannah A. Washburn, 15, female, white, born MA

            Samuel S. Washburn, 13, male, white, born MA

            Margaret McNeeland, 17, female, white, born Ireland

    [1808] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 329, p. 293, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Pomfret, VT, and his parents Nathaniel and Salome, of Bridgewater.

    [1809] Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 153, p. 40, from FHL microfilm #0556654, witnessed by Williams Latham, Lydia T. Latham, and Ephraim W. Sprague, and Vol. 151, p. 49.

    [1810] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 183.

    [1811] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 210.

    [1812] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 165.

    [1813] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 190, 244.

    [1814] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 48, dwelling #371, family #426:

            Edwin Keith, 54, male, white, gin manufacturer, born MA

            Saba Keith, 51, female, white, born MA

            Edwin H. Keith, 25, male, white, machinist, born MA

            Sumner Keith, 21, male, white, baggage master, born MA

            Joseph H. Keith, 19, male, white, student, born MA

            Pamelia Keith, 17, female, white, born MA

    [1815] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 284, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a cotton gin manftr, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Isaac & Joanna Keith.

    [1816] Plym­outh Co. Pro­bate Docket #11863, Vol. 14E, p. 252.

    [1817] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 329, p. 293, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Joseph and Lucia Hooper.

    [1818] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 188.

    [1819] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston 1988, p. 47, dwelling #366, family #418.

    [1820] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 356, p. 289, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Middleboro’, and her parents Isaac and Joanna.

    [1821] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 190.

    [1822] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 258, the marriage of Theodore Mitchel and Ruhamah Newton on 22 Oct. 1798 in Bridgewater.

    [1823] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 216.

    [1824] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 227.

    [1825] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 244.

    [1826] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 15, dwelling #179, family #214:

            Philo Keith, 44, male, machinist, $2200, born MA

            Caroline Keith, 42, female, born MA

            Harriet N. Keith, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Elisabeth C. Keith, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Philo W. Keith, 3, male, born MA

            Ira Moore, 25, male, student, born NH, attending school

            Margaret Ghaligher, 20, female, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [1827] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 63, dwelling #502, family #568:

            Philo Keith, 48, male, white, blacksmith, born MA

            Caroline Keith, 46, female, white, born MA

            Harriet M. Keith, 18, female, white, born MA

            Elizabeth C. Keith, 14, female, white, born MA

            Philo W. Keith, 8, male, white, born MA

            Louisa Mitchell, 41, female, white, born MA

            Theodore Mitchell, 80, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Reuhama Mitchell, 75, female, white, born MA

    [1828] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 267, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a machinist, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Isaac and Johanna Keith.

    [1829] Plym­outh Co. Pro­bate Docket #11949, Vol. 142, p. 58-59, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 133, p. 372.

    [1830] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #11949, not recorded.

    [1831] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 181.

    [1832] Her parents identified in both her birth record and the marriage record of Asa Pratt Keith and Bethiah W. Bates; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 45, the marriage of Joshua Bates of Hanover and Bethiah Ames on 27 Jan. 1796 in Bridgewater.

    [1833] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 208.

    [1834] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 45.

    [1835] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 104.

    [1836] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, dwelling #106, family #126:

            Asa P. Keith, 39, male, cotton gin manft., $3000, born MA

            Bethiah W. Keith, 36, female, born MA

            Lucy A. Keith, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Catherine Keith, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Martha A. Keith, 4, female, born MA, attending school

            Bethiah Bates, 71, female, born MA

    [1837] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 44, dwelling #344, family #392:

            Asa P. Keith, 46, male, white, gin wright, born MA

            Bethiah W. Keith, 42, female, white, born MA

            Lucy A. Keith, 15, female, white, born MA

            Catherine Keith, 10, female, white, born MA

            Martha W. Keith, 9, female, white, born MA
            Bethiah Bates, 82, female, white, born MA

            Ellen Grant, 20, female, white, born Ireland

    [1838] Plym­outh Co. Pro­bate Docket #11835, Vol. 119, p. 72.

    [1839] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 184.

    [1840] His parents from his birth record and also the marriage record of Harriet Keith and Joseph Ames Hyde; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 200, the marriage of Ezra Hyde of Boston and Martha “Patty” Ames on 20 Feb. 1805 in Bridgewater.

    [1841] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 212.

    [1842] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 174.

    [1843] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 104.

    [1844] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 22, dwelling #287, family #338:

            Joseph A. Hyde, 40, male, cottin gin manft., $3600, born MA

            Harriet Hyde, 37, female, born MA

            Franzes A. Hyde, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Anna Hyde, 1, female, born MA

            Fisher A. Sprague, 28, male, book keeper, born MA

            Ellen Roach, 20, female, born Ireland       

    [1845] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Joseph A. Hyde, her birth place Bridgewater.

    [1846] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston 1988, p. 47, dwelling #366, family #418:

            Joseph A. Hyde, 45, male, white, cotton gin agt, born MA

            Marietta Hyde [sic], 51, female, white, born MA

            Frances A. Hyde, 13, female, white, born MA

            Anne Hyde, 6, female, white, born MA

            Joanna Keith, 83, female, white, born MA

            Eustatia Grant, 15, female, white, born Ireland

    [1847] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 296, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the cause of death not given, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Boston, and his parents Ezra & Martha.

    [1848] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #11131, Vol. 138, p. 216.

    [1849] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 266, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1850] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 306.

    [1851] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 304.

    [1852] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 307.

    [1853] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 306.

    [1854] Halifax VRs, p. 49, the birth of Unis, daughter of Ephraim and Margeret Holms, on 27 July 1741 in Halifax; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 354, the marriage of Benjamin Sprauge and Eunice Holmes on 12 Aug. 1762 in Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 306, which identifies Eunice’s father as Ephraim Holmes.

    [1855] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 543; Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, p. 88, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #22893123, from his gravestone in First Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1856] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #16059, Vol. 72, p. 39-41, from FHL microfilm #0555261, witnessed by Artemas Hale, Dion Bryant, and Samuel Alden.

    [1857] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #22893143, from her gravestone in the First Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1858] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 269.

    [1859] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 196.

    [1860] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 307.

    [1861] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 138.

    [1862] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 194, 256.

    [1863] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 200.

    [1864] 1840 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 116, the John E. Howard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [1865] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 275, dwelling #505, family #639:

            John E. Howard, 57, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Harriet M. Howard, 49, female, born MA

            John E. Howard, 19, male, farmer, born MA

    [1866] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 227, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place W. Bridgewater, and his parents Daniel & Abigail Howard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #134341300, his burial location unknown.

    [1867] Plym­outh Co. Pro­bate Docket #10805, Vol. 96, p. 394-395, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

    [1868] 1860 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 377, dwelling #2436, family #3040:

            John E. Howard, 30, male, farmer, $4000, $1500, born MA

            Ann Howard, 27, female, born MA

            Francis Howard, 4, male, born MA

            Harriet M. Howard, 60, female, born MA

            Lucy Bates, 12, female, born MA

    [1869] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 374, p. 321, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Asa & Lydia Pratt, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #134348584, her burial location unknown.

    [1870] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 269.

    [1871] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 244.

    [1872] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 308.

    [1873] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 227.

    [1874] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 243.

    [1875] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 246.

    [1876] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 259, dwelling #315, family #399:

            Cushing Mitchel, 65, male, trader, $5000, born MA

            Lusanah Mitchel, 45, female, born MA

            John Dunn, 24, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Margaret Timmons, 27, female, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [1877] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 41, dwelling #339, family #410:

            Cushing Mitchell, 70, male, white, farmer, born MA

            L. T. Mitchell, 52, female, white, born MA

            Mary Carroll, 23, female, white, born Ireland

    [1878] 1860 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 223, dwelling #1462, family #1895:

            Cushing Mitchell, 75, male, retired merchant, $800, born ME [sic]

            L. T. Mitchell, 55, female, born ME [sic]

            Hannah Kavanagh, 23, female, servant, born Ireland

    [1879] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 117, dwelling #180, family #211:

            Cushing Mitchell, 80, male, white, born MA, married, merchant

            Lusanna T. Mitchell, 60, female, white, born MA, married

            Charles C. Mitchell, 35, male, white, born MA, single, clerk

            Hannah Coughlin, 33, female, white, born Ireland, single, domestic

    [1880] 1870 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 29, dwelling #232, family #244:

            Cushing Mitchell, 85, male, white, retired merchant, $12,500, $10,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Lusanna Mitchell, 66, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Margaret Hennessey, 32, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, cannot read or write

    [1881] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 384, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place E. Bridgewater, and his parents Cushing Mitchell and Hannah Sherman; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127282574, from his gravestone in Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater, MA.

    [1882] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #14056, Vol. 140, p. 356-357, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 124, p. 484.

    [1883] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 383, p. 346, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Cushing Mitchell, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Asa and Lydia Pratt, of Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127282605, from her gravestone in Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater, MA.

    [1884] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 270, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1885] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 545.

    [1886] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [1887] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 236.

    [1888] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 388.

    [1889] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 213.

    [1890] Sherman, Robert M., and Verle Delano Vincent, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Two, James Chilton of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978, p. 23; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 235, does not give the maiden name of Susanna, wife of Jacob Leonard.

    [1891] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 265.

    [1892] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 165, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Solomon Leonard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [1893] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor County, the Solomon Leonard household had only 1 male aged 45 or older and 1 female aged 45 or older.

    [1894] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, wife of Captain Solomon Leonard, buried in Burns Cemetery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88530877, which gives the date as 2 May 1807, from her gravestone in the Upham-Aldrich Cemetery in Weathersfield, VT, but there is no photograph of her gravestone.

    [1895] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, widower of Joanna Leonard, buried in Burns Cemetery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #88530735, from his gravestone in the Upham-Aldrich Cemetery in Weathersfield, VT.

    [1896] According to their death records.

    [1897] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate, Vol. 5, pp. 189-190, 469, 480, and 636, all from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [1898] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 216.

    [1899] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 311.

    [1900] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 243.

    [1901] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 310.

    [1902] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207.

    [1903] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. IX, p. 693.

    [1904] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth Co., MA, the Jacob Leonard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [1905] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 65, the Jacob Leonard household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1906] 1810 Federal Census, Titicut, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 77, the Jacob Leonard household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

    [1907] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 459, the Capt. Jacob Leonard household had 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1908] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 339, the Jacob Leonard household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [1909] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, the Jacob Leonard household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 80-89 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and Jacob Leonard, aged 82, a Revolutionary War Pensioner.

    [1910] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [1911] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 519, from his gravestone in Pratt-town Cemetery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466904, from his gravestone in the Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1912] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 520, from her gravestone in Pratt-town Cemetery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #80050109, from her gravestone in the Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater.

    [1913] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1914] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001278; per the www.findagrave.com memorial of his father, #49466904, supposedly taken from Leonard, Manning, A Genealogical History of the Leonard Family, 1857.

    [1915] Calculated from her age at death.

    [1916] 1840 Federal Census, Dublin, Cheshire Co., NY, p. 18, the Levi W. Leonard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and had 1 person employed as a learned professional engineer.

    [1917] www.findagrave.com, memorial #118620540, from her gravestone in Dublin Town Cemetery in Dublin, NH.

    [1918] 1850 Federal Census, Dublin, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 271, dwelling #606, family #657:

            Levi W. Leonard, 60, male, Meth. Clergyman, $1200, born MA

            Elliza E. Leonard, 3, female, born NH

            Abby S. Mason, 25, female, born NH

    [1919] 1860 Federal Census, Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH, Page No. 142, dwelling #1105, family #1226:

            Levi W. Leonard, 70, male, U. Clergyman, $100, $5000, born MA

            Elisabeth D. Leonard, 53, female, born NH

            Sallie A. Smith, 20, female, born NH

            Ednah D. Smith, 19, female, born NH

            Agnes McWhirten, 16, female, domestic, born Scotland

            Ellen E. Leonard, 14, female, born NH, attending school

    [1920] New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2169386; www.findagrave.com, memorial #118620247, from his gravestone in Dublin Town Cemetery in Dublin, NH.

    [1921] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 216, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1922] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 51.

    [1923] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, dwelling #373, family #433:

            Isam Leonard, 56, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Judith McLaughlin, 48, female, born MA

            Leonard Mitchell, 17, male, shoemaker, born MA

    [1924] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 305, dwelling #1994, family #2556:

            Isam Leonard, 68, male, farmer, $2400, $1800, born MA

            Sarah Pool, 72, female, born MA

            Simeon Pratt, 68, male, born MA

    [1925] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 119, dwelling #371, family #406:

            Isam Leonard, 72, male, white, born MA, single, cabiner maker

            Jane M. Tuttle, 30, female, white, born ME, single, mistress

    [1926] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 230, p. 302, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mechanic, and his parents Jacob & Mary; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466867, from his gravestone in the Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1927] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #12615, Vol. 122, p. 361, with Van R. Swift and Benjamin Hardin of Bridgewater as sureties.

    [1928] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219, from a private record of births kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges.

    [1929] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 51.

    [1930] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 521, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Richard M. Hodges; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49466917, from his gravestone in thee Pratt Town Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [1931] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [1932] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 139.

    [1933] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244.

    [1934] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 77.

    [1935] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 138.

    [1936] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 276, who shows that Dea. Solomon Pratt had a daughter with the unusual name of Abihail born at the right time to have become the wife of John Conant in 1746.

    [1937] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III, p. 876.

    [1938] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 62, Pomfret Town, Windsor Co., VT, the Jeremiah Conant household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [1939] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27515.

    [1940] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 89.

    [1941] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [1942] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1943] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, the Jeremiah Conant household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15, 1 male aged 16-25, 1 male aged 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15, 2 females aged 16-25, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [1944] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 527, the Jeremiah Conant household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

    [1945] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 169, the Jeremiah Conant household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1946] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1947] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Records, Vol. 9, pp. 364-367, 582-585, from FHL microfilm #0029163.

    [1948] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 58, p. 171, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given.

    [1949] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; his www.findagrave.com memorial #29804606.

    [1950] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1951] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #29804641, presumably from her gravestone in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY, but there was no picture posted of her gravestone.

    [1952] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #29804606.

    [1953] 1810 Federal Census, Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, p. 551, the Leonard Conant household had only 1 male aged 26-44 years.

    [1954] www.findagrave.com, memorial #29804641, from her gravestone in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY.

    [1955] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #29804621.

    [1956] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #29804621.

    [1957] 1820 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 648, the Leonard Conant household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [1958] 1830 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., MA, p. 62, the Leonard Conant household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [1959] 1840 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., MA, p. 168, the Leonard Conant household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 4 people employed in agriculture.

    [1960] 1850 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 17, dwelling #232, family #237:

            Leonard Conant, 66, male, farmer, $1520, born VT

            Eunice Conant, 54, female, born VT

            Azro Conant, 28, male, farmer, born NY

            Fanny Conant, 25, female, born NY

            Frederick O. Conant, 5, male, born NY, attending school

            Cyrus Bates, 16, male, farmer, born VT

            Lucy Bates, 85, female, born MA

    [1961] 1860 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, Page No. 6, dwelling #38, family #38:

            Leonard Conant, 76, male, farmer, $3000, $850, born VT

            Eunice Conant, 64, female, born VT

            Azro B. Conant, 38, male, farmer, born NY

            Fanny Conant, 35, female, born NY

            Fred O. Conant, 15, male, born NY

            Lucy Bates, 95, female, born MA

            Cornelia Wood, 38, female, dress maker, born NY

            Chalres Yardson, 19, male, farm hand, born NY

    [1962] www.findagrave.com, memorial #29804606, from his gravestone in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY.

    [1963] www.findagrave.com, memorial #29804621, from her gravestone in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY.

    [1964] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27515.

    [1965] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #78320493 she married to Abijah Child Jr. on 17 Feb. 1774.

    [1966] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27515.

    [1967] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28655, his parents Abijah and Sarah Child.

    [1968] 1820 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 649, the Sanford Childs household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 6 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [1969] 1830 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 61, the Sanford Childs household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [1970] 1840 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 161, the Sanford Child household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 2 males aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [1971] 1850 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 37, dwelling #513, family #527:

            Leonard C. Child, 40, male, farmer, born VT

            Alvira Child, 38, female, born VT

            Huldah C. Child, 11, female, born NY, attending school

            Dorcas A. Child, 5, female, born NY

            Catherine Child, 1, female, born NY

            Sanford Child, 70, male, farmer, born VT

            Nelson Bassett, 14, male, born Canada, attending school

            Mary A. McMann, 19, female, born NY

    [1972] 1860 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, Page No. 40, dwelling #602, family #606:

            Sanford Child, 80, male, born VT

            Leonard Child, 50, male, farmer, $4500, $1200, born VT

            Alvira Child, 48, female, born VT

            Dorcas Child, 15, female, born NY

            Cathrine Child, 11, female, born NY

            Henery F. Child, 8, male, born NY

            Frank Child, 5, male, born NY

    [1973] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1974] Vail, Pomfret, pp. 467, 468.

    [1975] Vail, Pomfret, p. 596; Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, online database at NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004.

    [1976] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329.

    [1977] Plymouth Co. Pro­bate Dock­et #4815, Vol. 71, p. 59, with Nahum Stetson and Abiezer T. Harvey as sureties.

    [1978] His parents named in his death record; Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, pp. 141, 142.

    [1979] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 91, marriage intentions recorded 1 Nov. 1835 in Bridgewater.

    [1980] Calculated from his age in the censuses, his birth place from his third marriage and death record.

    [1981] Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 108.

    [1982] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 11, the Lewis Holmes household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [1983] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, dwelling #108, family #128:

            Lewis Holmes, 43, male, trader, $6000, born MA

            Rebecca Holmes, 55, female, born MA [sic]

            Lewis J. Holmes, 16, male, clerk, born MA, student

            Salome Washburn, 79, female, born Maine

            Charles Brigham, 18, male, clerk, born MA

            Caleb Alden, 29 male, laborer, born MA

            Mary J. Haskel, 23, female, born Maine

            Francis Carver, 17, male, clerk, born MA

            Ellen Dersmond, 23, female, born Ireland

    [1984] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, dwelling #109, family #129:

            Joseph Holmes, 86, male, none, born MA

            Lydia Holmes, 83, female, born MA

    [1985] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 67, p. 239, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lewis Holmes, her birth place Pomfret, VT, but her parents’ names not given.

    [1986] Her name was recorded as Mary Ann Drew in her marriage record, daughter of James and Mary Drew, but Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 142, gave her name as Mary A. Besford of Nova Scotia, so Besford was probably her married name, and Drew her maiden name.

    [1987] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 70, p. 309, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Plymouth, his parents Joseph & Lydia, Holmes, her birth place Halifax, N.S., and her parents given as James & Mary Drew.

    [1988] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 38, dwelling #292, family #337:

            Lewis Holmes, 49, male, white, merchant, born MA

            Mary A. Holmes, 36, female, white, born N.S.

            Isabella Holmes, 9, female, white, born MA

            Lillie V. Holmes, 1, female, white, born MA

            Mary Butford, 70, female, white, born Ireland

            Abner W. Hayden, 28, male, white, salesman, born MA
            William Sanford, 20, male, white, salesman, born MA

            Thomas Clark, 40, male, white, born Ireland

            Margaret Sullivan, 21, female, white, born Ireland

            Eliza K. Robbins, 43, female, white, milliner, born NH

            Lewis Holmes Jr., 19, male, white, born MA

    [1989] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 282, dwelling #1832, family #2362:

            Lewis Holmes, 53, male, merchant, $6000. $2000, born MA

            Mary A. Holmes, 42, female, born Nova Scotia

            Lewis J. Holmes, 24, male, salesman, born MA

            Isabella F. Holmes, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Albert W. Holmes, 5, male, born MA

            Annie Holmes, 3, female, born MA

            Avis Holmes, a twin, 4/12, born MA

            Amanda Holmes, a twin, 4/12, born MA

            Jos. Holmes, 95, male, sea captain retired, born MA

            Catherine Cook, 33, female, servant, born Ireland, cannot read or write

    [1990] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 116, dwelling #345, family #371:

            Lewis Holmes, 56, male, white, born MA, married, Post Master

            Mary A. Holmes, 47, female, white, born N.S., married, mistress

            Albert Holmes, 9, male, white, born MA, single

            Anna Holmes, 8, female, white, born MA, single

            Avis H. Holmes, 5, female, white, born MA, single

            Amand M. Holmes, 5, female, white, born MA, single

            David C. Burrell, 25, male, white, born MA, married, artist

            Belle F. Burrell, 19, female, white, born MA, married

    [1991] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 264, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Halifax Nova Scotia, and her parents ______ Drew.

    [1992] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 437, p. 583, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation an Ins agent, his birth place Plymouth, his parents Joseph Holmes & Lydia Lucas, of Plymouth.

    [1993] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467.

    [1994] Calculated from her age at death.

    [1995] 1830 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 62, the Jeremiah Conant household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [1996] 1840 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 169, the Jeremiah Conant household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [1997] 1850 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, p. 17, dwelling #237, family #242:

            Jeremiah Conant, 60, male, farmer, $600, born VT

            Louisa Conant, 45, female, born VT

            Sarah L. Conant, 12, female, born NY, attending school

            Lucia Conant, 6, female, born NY, attending school

            Wesley Brigham, 9, male, born NY, attending school

    [1998] www.findagrave.com, memorial #29804590, from her gravestone in Webster Street Cemetery in Malone, NY, called wife of Jeremiah Conant.

    [1999] 1860 Federal Census, Malone, Franklin Co., NY, Page No. 6, dwelling #42, family #42:

            Jeremiah Conant, 70, male, farmer, $2000, $400, born VT

            Kate Conant, 16, female, born NY, attending school

            Jonas Dow, 20, male, farm hand, born NY

    [2000] 1870 Federal Census, Burke, Franklin Co., NY, Page No. 48, dwelling #358, family #372:

            John Wright, 34, male, white, farmer, $3500, $1030, born NY, father foreign born, a male citizen

            Sarah Wright, 31, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Conant Wright, 10, male, white, at school, born NY, attending school

            Hattie Wright, 6, female, white, born NY

            Jeremiah Conant, 80, male, white, born VT, a male citizen

            Mary Tolan, 17, female, white, domestic servant, born NY, parents both foreign born

    [2001] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #154143315.

    [2002] Per the Ancestry.com Holton/Kinney/Foster/Watson Tree file submitted by Christine Holton.

    [2003] Vail, Pomfret, p. 467; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27719.

    [2004] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27719, his parents Frederick and Jemima Ware.

    [2005] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 337, the Frederic H. Ware household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2006] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27719, wife of Frederick H. Ware; www.findagrave.com, memorial #154143315, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [2007] Per the Ancestry.com Holton/Kinney/Foster/Watson Tree file submitted by Christine Holton.

    [2008] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27558.

    [2009] Per the Ancestry.com Holton/Kinney/Foster/Watson Tree file submitted by Christine Holton.

    [2010] 1840 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 412, the F. H. Ware household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [2011] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 373, dwelling #5, family #5:

            Frederick H. Ware, 59, male, farmer, $1300, born VT

            Abigal Ware, 55, female, born VT

            Edwin Ware, 26, male, mechanic, born VT

            Jason Ware, 14, male, born VT, attending school

    [2012] 1860 Federal Census, Jericho, Chittenden Co., VT, Page No. 319, dwelling #2299, family #2299:

            Frederick Ware, 69, male, farmer, $1200, born VT

            Abigail Ware, 64, female, born VT

    [2013] www.findagrave.com, memorial #15096290, from her gravestone in Jericho Center Cemetery in Jericho, VT.

    [2014] www.findagrave.com, memorial #15096296, from his gravestone in Jericho Center Cemetery in Jericho, VT.

    [2015] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 216.

    [2016] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 245.

    [2017] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 243.

    [2018] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 226.

    [2019] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 244.

    [2020] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. X, p. 854.

    [2021] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 62, Pomfret Town, Windsor Co., VT, the Timothy “Michel” household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [2022] Vail, Pomfret, p. 542.

    [2023] 1810 Federal Census, Swanton, Franklin Co., VT, p. 252, the Timo. Mitchel household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or older, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2024] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27632; www.findagrave.com, memorial #17062174, from her gravestone in Greens Corners Cemetery in Swanton, VT, the year from the photograph of her gravestone, wife of Capt. Timothy Mitchell.

    [2025] Vail, Pomfret, p. 542; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 247.

    [2026] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2027] 1820 Federal Census, Sheldon, Franklin Co., VT, p. 91, the Timothy Mitchel household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 2 females aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2028] www.findagrave.com, memorial #16442915, from his gravestone in Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in Sheldon, VT.

    [2029] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 247, says he “went to Vermont” and had Luther, Bernard, Leonard Bradley, “and others.”

    [2030] Vail, Pomfret, p. 542; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27632, his parents Timothy and Hannah Mitchel.

    [2031] Vail, Pomfret, p. 542; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27632, his parents Timothy and Hannah Mitchel.

    [2032] Vail, Pomfret, p. 542; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27632, his parents Timothy and Hannah Mitchel.

    [2033] Per the Ancestry.com Gordon, Stewart/Marcou file submitted by Jennifer Gordon, of Buffalo, NY.

    [2034] Per the Ancestry.com Gordon, Stewart/Marcou file submitted by Jennifer Gordon, of Buffalo, NY.

    [2035] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from the 1850 federal census, but her www.findagrave.com memorial gives her a birth date of 2 Apr. 1799.

    [2036] 1830 Federal Census, Rose, Wayne Co., NY, p. 171, the Philander Mitchel household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2037] 1840 Federal Census, Rose, Wayne Co., NY, p. 70, the Philander Mitchel household had 3 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2038] 1850 Federal Census, Rose, Wayne Co., NY, p. 488, dwelling #370, family #370:

            Philander Mitchell, 57, male, farmer, $2100, born VT

            Sally Mitchell, 50, female, born MA

            Lucinda Mitchell, 24, female, born NY

            Philander Mitchell, 20, male, farmer, born NY

            Sarah Mitchell, 15, female, born NY, attending school

            Louisa Mitchell, 12, female, born NY, attending school

    [2039] 1860 Federal Census, Rose, Wayne Co., NY, Page No. 37, dwelling #316, family #306:

            Philander Mitchell, 67, male, farming, $2960, $1197, born VT

            Sally Mitchell, 60, female, born MA

            Lucinda Mitchell, 30, female, housework, born NY

            Sarah Mitchell, 23, female, teach of com. school, born NY

            Lovina Mitchell, 21, female, housework, born NY

            Peleg Haviland, 27, male, farm labour, born NY

    [2040] Per the Ancestry.com Gordon, Stewart/Marcou file submitted by Jennifer Gordon, of Buffalo, NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #123814509, from his gravestone in Ferguson Corners Cemetery in Wayne Co., NY.

    [2041] www.findagrave.com, memorial #147103842, from her gravestone in Ferguson Corners Cemetery in Wayne Co., NY.

    [2042] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 247.

    [2043] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 247, said he had others.

    [2044] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 215.

    [2045] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 153, the marriage of Jabez Hammond and Abigal Faunce, of Plymouth, on 12 May 1736 in Plymouth.

    [2046] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 243.

    [2047] Rochester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 143.

    [2048] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 106-107.

    [2049] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. IX, p. 688-689.

    [2050] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2051] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 62, Pomfret Town, Windsor Co., VT, the Enoch Leonard household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [2052] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, the Enoch Leonard household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15, 1 male aged 26-44, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2053] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 307, the Enoch Leonard household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 3 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2054] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 169, the Enoch Leonard household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2055] 1830 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 15, the Enoch Leonard household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [2056] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, pp. 188, 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2057] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, online database at www.Ancestry.com, wife of Enoch Leonard, buried in Center Yard Cemetery; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534, gives the year as 1836.

    [2058] 1840 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 408, the Enoch Leonard household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [2059] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, buried in Center Yard; Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, online database at www.Ancestry.com; Vail, Pomfret, says he died in Pomfret.

    [2060] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 518, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden.

    [2061] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, his parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2062] Vail, Pomfret, pp. 534, 551.

    [2063] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2064] Vail, Pomfret, p. 552.

    [2065] Per his death record.

    [2066] 1820 Federal Census, Waterford, Caledonia Co., VT, p. 78, the Cromwell Leonard household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2067] 1830 Federal Census, Charleston, Orleans Co., VT, p. 185, the Cromwell Leonard household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2068] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 375, dwelling #40, family #40:

            Cromwell Leonard, 59, male, farmer, $200, born VT

            Eunice Leonard, 56, female, born VT

            Mary A. Leonard, 33, female, born VT

            Sarah A. Leonard, 24, female, born VT

    [2069] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, wife of Cromwell Leonard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #151392015, from her gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [2070] 1860 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 290, dwelling #2374, family #2361:

            Cromwell Leonard, 70, male, farmer, $450, $300, born VT

            Mary Leonard, 43, female, $60, born VT

            Sarah Leonard, 35, female, $100, born VT

    [2071] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, the widower of Eunice Perkins Leonard, a Soldier of War of 1812, the informants Helen R. Perkins and Wm. A. Perkins; www.findagrave.com, memorial #151392002, from his gravestone in Burns Cemetery in Pomfret, VT; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2072] Neither Cromwell or Eunice Leonard were listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [2073] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, his parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2074] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2075] 1820 Federal Census, Waterford, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 240, the Ansell Leonard household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 male aged 16-25 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [2076] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2077] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, her parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2078] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2079] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, her parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2080] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2081] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti.

    [2082] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2083] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2084] 1850 Federal Census, Woodbury, Washington Co., VT, p. 236, dwelling #1031, family #1041:

            John Warren, 51, male, farmer, $1000, born MA [sic]

            Sarah Warren, 54, female

            Jackson Warren, 24, male, farmer, born VT

            Alonzo Warren, 23, male, farmer

            Leonard Warren, 21, male, farmer

            Jonas Warren, 19, male, farmer

            Allice Warren, 16, female, attending school

            Charles Warren, 12, male, attending school

            Marshall Warren, 8, male, attending school

    [2085] 1870 Federal Census, Hardwick, Caledonia Co., VT, Page No. 3-4, dwelling #30:

            John Warren, 75, male, white, farmer, $1500, $380, born VT

            Sarah Warren, 72, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Joshua Batchelder, 45, male, white, farm laborer, born VT

            Sally Batchelder, 42, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Jems? Batchelder, 13, male, white, at home, born VT

    [2086] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534 only gives the year 1877.

    [2087] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, her parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2088] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2089] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File.

    [2090] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File.

    [2091] 1850 Federal Census, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT, p. 101, dwelling #178, family #192:

            Joel Ellis, 52, male, cooper, born VT

            Joana Ellis, 52, female, born VT

            Nancy Ellis, 22, female, born VT

            Paul Ellis, 19, male, laborer, born VT

            Dennison Ellis, 17, male, laborer, born VT, attending school

            Hannah Ellis, 12, female, born VT, attending school

            Charles W. Ellis, 7, male, born VT, attending school

    [2092] 1860 Federal Census, Rutland, Rutland Co., VT, Page No. 73, dwelling #542, family #581:

            Joel Ellis, 62, male, day labour, $50, born VT

            Joanna Ellis, 60, female, born VT

            Charles Ellis, 17, male, day labour, born VT

            Denison Ellis, 27, male, day labour, $50, born VT

            Delia Ellis, 24, female, born Ireland

    [2093] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2094] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File.

    [2095] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540086, his birth place Barnard, and his occupation a gardener, but his parents names were given as Paul Ellis and Mary Swift.

    [2096] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, her parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.

    [2097] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2098] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti.

    [2099] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti, but the marriage was not found in the Vermont Vital Records database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2100] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130439180.

    [2101] 1850 Federal Census, Charleston, Orleans Co., VT, p. 121, dwelling #91, family #92:

            Oliver Warren, 43, male, farmer, $3000, born VT

            Lovenna Warren, 49, female, born VT

            Mary B. Warren, 14, female, born VT

            Laura Simpson, 19, female, born Canada East

    [2102] 1860 Federal Census, Morgan, Orleans Co., VT, Page No. 85, dwelling #657, family #658:

            Oliver Warren, 63, male, farmer, $3000, $1195, born NH

            Lavinia Warren, 60, female, born VT

            Erastus Dunbar, 26, male, shoe maker, $200, born VT

            Mary Dunbar, 24, female, born MA

            Laura Dunbar, 2, female, born VT

    [2103] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540157; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534, gives the date as 9 Apr. 1872; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130439133, from her gravestone in West Village Cemetery in West Charleston, VT, which also gives the date as 9 Apr. 1872.

    [2104] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130439180, from his gravestone in West Village Cemetery in West Charleston, VT.

    [2105] Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #28665, his parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard.             

    [2106] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2107] Middleborough Town Records, Marriage Intentions 1825-1845, Publishments, p. 5, marriage intentions recorded on 13 May 1826, both of Middleborough, online at www.Ancestry.com.

    [2108] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2109] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 247, dwelling #137, family #172:

            Jacob Leonard, 47, male, carpenter, $2000, born VT

            Hannah L. Leonard, 47, female, born MA
            Fernando Leonard, 22, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Francis Leonard, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Amanda M. Leonard, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Eveline Byram, 38, female, born unknown

    [2110] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for East Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 59, dwelling #494, family #594:

            Jacob Leonard, 53, male, white, carpenter, born MA [sic]

            Hannah Leonard, 52, female, white, born MA

            Francis O. Leonard, 19, male, white, carpenter, born MA

            Amanda M. Leonard, 15, female, white, born MA

    [2111] 1860 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 237, dwelling #1561, family #2014:

            Jacob Leonard, 58, male, carpenter, $3000, $450, born MA [sic]

            Hannah Leonard, 57, female, born MA

            Amanda Vining, 20, female, born MA

            Geo Vining, 24, male, physician, $2000, born MA

            Watts Richard, 18, male, salesman, born MA

            Geo. S. Vining, 8/12, male, born MA

    [2112] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 330, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Pomfret, VT, and his parents Enoch & Abigail Leonard, of Pomfret; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960205, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Pomfret, VT, and his parents Enoch and Abigail Leonard; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2113] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File.

    [2114] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File.

    [2115] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti.

    [2116] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 219.

    [2117] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 250.

    [2118] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 245, his www.findagrave.com memorial #49676969, gives their marriage date as 22 Oct. 1787.

    [2119] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #49676984, but her birth was not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [2120] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2121] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 64, the Solomon Leonard household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2122] 1810 Federal Census, Titicut, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 77, the Solo. Leonard household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2123] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 459, the Solomon Leonard household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2124] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 338, the Solomon Leonard household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years [sic], 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [2125] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 7, the Solomon Leonard household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 2 people employed in agriculture.

    [2126] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, pp. 29-30, dwelling #389, family #465:

            Solomon Leonard, 85, male, farmer, $1800, born MA

            Hulda Leonard, 82, female, born MA

            Mary E. Thompson, 18, female, born MA

            Unice Cushman, 32, female, born MA

            Levi Thompson, 46, male, farmer, born MA

            Elzata[?] Thompson, 45, female, born MA

            Spooner L. Thompson, 10, male, born MA, attending school

    [2127] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 49, p. 149, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49676984, from her gravestone in the Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA, called wife of Solomon Leonard and daughter of Joseph Orcutt.

    [2128] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 58, p. 168, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, and his birth place Bridgewater, but his parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #49676969, from his gravestone in the Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [2129] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an LDS patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1553498, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

    [2130] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 126.

    [2131] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 242.

    [2132] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 231.

    [2133] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 129.

    [2134] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 211, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater [sic], but his parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #76505875, from his gravestone in Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [2135] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #9187, Vol. 95, p. 201-203, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

    [2136] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 310, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents’ names not given in the death record; www.findagrave.com, memorial #76505876, from her gravestone in Harlow Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

    [2137] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 217.

    [2138] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 284; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 324, the marriage of Nathan Richards and Mary Snell on 3 Dec. 1767 in Bridgewater.

    [2139] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 244.

    [2140] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor County, the Marcus Leonard household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2141] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 527.

    [2142] Marcus Leonard was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1889.

    [2143] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2144] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2145] Karlstrand, Lillian Bentley, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 49, Warren 1786-1950, 2002, [hereinafter Karlstrand, Barbour Index of Warren VRs], p. 18, taken from Vol. 1, p. 87, of the Warren Town Records; Ancestry.com Mason Family Tree file submitted by wmason86.

    [2146] Calculated from her age at death.

    [2147] 1830 Federal Census, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 220, the Marcus Leonard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [2148] 1840 Federal Census, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 1732-1733, the Marcus Leonard household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [2149] 1850 Federal Census, Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 242, dwelling #64, family #69:

            Marcus Leonard, 51, male, shoemaker, born VT

            Ruth L. Leonard, 48, female, born CT

            Elizabeth P. Leonard, 21, female, born CT

            Marcus W. Leonard, 11, male, born CT, attending school

            Lucius D. Leonard, 5, male, born CT, attending school

            Emma J. L. Adams, 3/12, female, born CT

    [2150] 1860 Federal Census, Avon, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 211, dwelling #1370, family #1541:

            Marcus Leonard, 62, male, farmer, $1000, $200, born VT

            Ruth Leonard, 58, female

            Lucius A. Leonard, 15, male, attending school

            Emogene Leonard, 11, female, attending school

            Charles Leonard, 9, male, attending school

    [2151] Ancestry.com Mason Family Tree file submitted by wmason86; Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol. 7, from the Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934; www.findagrave.com, memorial #44801699, from her gravestone in Burlington Center Cemetery in Burlington, CT.

    [2152] 1870 Federal Census, Southington, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 2, dwelling #14, family #15:

            Hiram P. Leonard, 38, male, white, lawyer, $1000, $400, born CT, a male citizen

            Mariette Leonard, 33, female, white, keeping house, born CT

            Adelbert H. Leonard, 8, male, white, born CT, attending school

            Etta E. Leonard, 5, female, white, born CT, attending school

            Elison Leonard, 3, male, white, born CT

            Marcus Leonard, 72, male, white, born CT [sic], a male citizen

    [2153] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2154] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2155] 1840 Federal Census, Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 156, the Ophir Leonard household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female under 5, and 2 females aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2156] 1850 Federal Census, Wyocena, Columbia Co., WI, p. 167, dwelling #826, family #826:

            Ophir Leonard, 40, male, farmer, $500, born VT

            Tryphena Leonard, 36, female, born NH

            Samuel Leonard, 13, male, born NH, attending school

            Margret Leonard, 11, female, born NH, attending school

            Mysibeth? Leonard, 2, female, born NH

    [2157] 1860 Federal Census, Wyocena, Columbia Co., WI, Page No. 177, dwelling #1265, family #1232:

            Ophir Leonard, 52, male, day laborer, $2000, $350, born VT

            Tryphena Leonard, 46, female, born NH

            Emily M. Leonard, 12, female, born NH, attending school

            Laurence Leonard, 7, male, born WI, attending school

            Ellen Leonard, 5, female, born WI, attending school

            Dewitt C. Gilson, 30, male, born NY

            Margaret L. Gilson, 22, female, born NH

    [2158] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71908215, from her gravestone in Wyocena Cemetery in Wyocena, WI.

    [2159] Wisconsin Marriage Index online at www.Ancestry.com, his bride’s name not in the index.

    [2160] 1870 Federal Census, Wyocena, Columbia Co., WI, Page No. 24, dwelling #204, family #204:

            Ophir Lenard, 58 [sic], male, white, farmer, $2000, $600, born VT, a male citizen

            Ella Lenard, 15, female, white, born WI

    [2161] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71908214, from his gravestone in Wyocena Cemetery in Wyocena, WI.

    [2162] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2163] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586.

    [2164] Vail, Pomfret, pp. 534, 586.

    [2165] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #101169821.

    [2166] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586.

    [2167] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 170, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, the Augustus Vales household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [2168] 1810 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 524, the Augustus Vail household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [2169] 1820 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 168, the Augustus Vail household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [2170] 1830 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 18, the Augustus Vail household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [2171] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 636, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2172] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586; www.findagrave.com, memorial #101169821, from his gravestone in Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [2173] Augustus Vail was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [2174] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586; www.findagrave.com, memorial #101170264, from her gravestone in Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [2175] Vail, Pomfret, p. 586.

    [2176] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2177] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2178] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2179] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2180] Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti.

    [2181] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2182] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2183] 1840 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 410, the Joshua Vail household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [2184] 1850 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, p. 383, dwelling #190, family #190:

            Joshua Vail, 45, male, farmer, $3800, born VT

            Harriet Vail, 35, female, born VT

            George T. Vail, 13, male, born VT, attending school

            Henry Vail, 11, male, born VT, attending school

            Homer W. Vail, 8, male, born VT, attending school

            Laura M. Vail, 6, female, born VT, attending school

            John F. Vail, 3, male, born VT

            Clara M. Vail, 1/12, female, born VT

            Chester Morse, 19, male, farmer, born VT

            Asa W. Kenny, 34, male, farmer, born VT

            Harriet W. Clarke?, 18, female, born VT, attending school

            James Mosher, 17, male, farmer, born VT

            Asa Kendrick, 36, male, farmer, born VT

    [2185] 1860 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 280, dwelling #2295, family #2280:

            Joshua Vail, 55, male, farmer, $4000, $1200, born VT

            Harriet Vail, 45, female, born VT

            Geo Vail, 23, male, farm laborer, born VT, attending school

            Henry Vail, 21, male, college, born VT, attending school

            Homer Vail, 17, male, farm laborer, born VT, attending school

            Laura Vail, 16, female, born VT, attending school

            Clara Vail, 10, female, born VT, attending school

            Lucia Vail, 7, female, born VT, attending school

            Mary Vail, 4, female, born VT

            Hannah Vail, 48, female, born VT

            Sardin Fales, 36, male, farmer, $4000, $1900, born VT

            Ellen Fales, 19, female, born VT

    [2186] 1870 Federal Census, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, Page No. 19-20, p. 457, dwelling #165, family #165:

            Joshua Vail, 66, male, white, farmer, $4100, $2200, born VT, a male citizen

            Harriet Vail, 56, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Homer W. Vail, 27, male, white, farmer, $500, born VT, a male citizen

            Laura Vail, 25, female, white, school teacher, born VT

            Clara Vail, 20, female, white, school teacher, born VT

            Lucia Vail, 16, female, white, at school, born VT, attending school

            Mary Vail, 14, female, white, at school, born VT, attending school

            Harry Vail, 55, male, white, born VT, a male citizen

            Hannah Vail, 58, female, white, born VT

    [2187] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his occupation a farmer, his parents Augustus Vail and Lavina Leonard.

    [2188] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587, which gives the year as 1809 [sic].

    [2189] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2190] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2191] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at www.FamilySearch.org, her parents Augustus Vail and Lavinia Leonard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #101170299, from her gravestone in Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret, VT.

    [2192] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587.

    [2193] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [2194] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27715, the marriage recorded in Montpelier, VT, but occurred in Pomfret.

    [2195] 1860 Federal Census, Montpelier, Washington Co., VT, Page No. 85, dwelling #642, family #683:

            Harry Vail, 45, male, clerk, $200, born VT

            Matilda M. Vail, 39, female, born VT

    [2196] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27715, her parents Obed and Charlotte Whipple.

    [2197] Vail, Pomfret, p. 587; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his parents Augustus Vail and Lovina Leonard.

    [2198] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2199] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at www.FamilySearch.org; Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2200] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from the 1850 census, which doesn’t match her age at death.

    [2201] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 169, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT, the “Oppir” Leonard household had 1 male aged 26-44, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [2202] Hartford District, Windsor County, VT, Probate Vol. 5, p. 188, from FHL microfilm #0029161.

    [2203] 1820 Federal Census, Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, p. 307, the Opher Leonard household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2204] 1830 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 405, the Opher Leonard household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [2205] 1840 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 363, the Opher Leonard household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [2206] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74267456, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2207] 1850 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 232, dwelling #999, family #1009.

    [2208] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74267357, from her gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT, but her age at death is questionable based on their marriage in 1790.

    [2209] Per the 1800 federal census.

    [2210] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2211] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27533, no parents listed for either bride or groom.

    [2212] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [2213] 1850 Federal Census, Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence Co., NY, p. 398, dwelling #269, family #290:

            Ruben Dorothy, 50, male, mason, $1500, born NH

            Mercena Dorothy, 48, female, born VT

            Mary J. Dorothy, 17, female, born NY, attending school

            Pulaski S. Barnes, 17, male, mason, born NY

    [2214] 1860 Federal Census, Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence Co., NY, Page No. 48, dwelling #368, family #389:

            Reuben Dorothy, 60, male, farmer, $2500, $1000, born NH

            Mercena Dorothy, 58, female, housekeeper, born VT

            Mary J. Dorothy, 27, female, housekeeping, born NY

    [2215] 1870 Federal Census, Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence Co., NY, Page No. 10, dwelling #77, family #86:

            Chas. Crandale, 51, male, white, farmer, $3500, $1200, born VT, a male citizen

            Christina Crandale, 43, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Jenne S. Crandale, 11, female, white, at school, born NY, attending school

            Owen W. Crandale, 6, male, white, at school, born NY, attending school

            Carrie M. Crandale, 3, female, white, born NY

            Lucy J. Shear, 19, female, white, domestic servt, born NY

            Reuben Dorothy, 70, male, white, farmer, $3000, $700, born NH, a male citizen

            Mercena Dorothy, 69, female, white, invalid, born VT

            Mary Dorothy, 33, female, white, keeping house, born NY

    [2216] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137524712, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Hannawa Falls, NY.

    [2217] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137524711, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Hannawa Falls, NY.

    [2218] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2219] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74267257, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT, which does not say who his parents were.

    [2220] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2221] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, online database at www.Ancestry.com, he was of Worcester, his name transcribed as Farrie Leonard; her maiden name given as Stearns in the 1871 marriage record of their daughter Addie S. Leonard to Charles A. French.

    [2222] Calculated from her age at death.

    [2223] 1840 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 363, the Farris Leonard household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2224] 1850 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 232, dwelling #999, family #1009:

            Farris Leonard, 44, male, farmer, $1500

            Dorcas Leonard, 39, female

            Mary A. Leonard, 14, female, attending school

            Adaline S. Leonard, 8, female, attending school

            Elizabeth H. Leonard, 5, female, attending school

            Mary Leonard, 65, female, born MA

            Mary Leonard, 30, female, born VT

    [2225] 1860 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, Page No. 342, dwelling #2678, family #2823:

            Ferris Leonard, 54, male, farmer, $2600, $600, born VT

            Dorcas Leonard, 51, female, born MA

            Adeline S. Leonard, 18, female, born VT, attending school

            Elizabeth H. Leonard, 15, female, born VT, attending school

            Dorcas Stearns, 83, female, born MA

            Silas H. Brigham, 17, male, farm laborer, born VT, attending school

    [2226] 1870 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, Page No. 12, dwelling #100, family #105:

            Farris Leonard, 64, male, white, farmer, $3000, $1000, born VT, a male citizen

            Dorcas Leonard, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Addie Leonard, 28, female, white, at home, born VT

            Lizzie Leonard, 25, female, white, at home, born VT

            Silas Brigham, 27, male, white, farm laborer, $600, born VT, a male citizen

    [2227] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Pomfret, and his parents Ophir Leonard and Mary; www.findagrave.com, memorial #74267135, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2228] www.findagrave.com, memorial #74267187, from her gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT, the memorial gives the date as 2 Aug. 1883, but the date is clearly 2 Sept. 1883 on the gravestone.

    [2229] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #81165534.

    [2230] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27491, no parents listed for either bride or groom.

    [2231] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2232] 1850 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, p. 234, dwellin #1024, family #1034:

            Milton Brown, 52, male, farmer, $6000

            Caroline Brown, 43, female

            Edward Hinkson, 5, male, attending school

            Orasa Fisher, 18, female, attending school

            Elias S. Plumb, 35, male, laborer, born NH

    [2233] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71023568, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2234] Ancestry.com Scott Family Tree file submitted by natalie54178.

    [2235] Ancestry.com Scott Family Tree file submitted by natalie54178.

    [2236] Ancestry.com Scott Family Tree file submitted by natalie54178. Abigail Cooper, wife of William H. Cooper, died on 19 Dec. 1869, and was buried in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT, per www.findagrave.com memorial #81165519.

    [2237] 1860 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, Page No. 341, dwelling #2674, family #2819:

            William H. Cooper, 53, male, $1600, $350, born NH

            Abigail L. Cooper, 51, female, born NH

            Aaron K. Cooper, 18, male, born VT, attending school

            Harriet A. Cooper, 13, female, born VT, attending school

            Aaron Kemp, 76, male, born NH, married within the year

            Patty Kemp, 67, female, born NH, married within the year

    [2238] 1870 Federal Census, St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT, Page No. 50, dwelling #368, family #377:

            Wm H. Cooper, 63, male, white, R. R. car builder, $2000, born VT, a male citizen

            Carrie Cooper, 62, female, white, keeps house, born VT

            Peter Ashley, 35, male, white, joiner, born NY, a male citizen

            George Barry, 30, male, white, joiner, born NY, a male citizen

            H. McArthur, 40, male, white, fireman R. R., born VT, a male citizen

            Chas. D. Hoit, 29, male, white, carpenter & joiner, born NH, a male citizen

            Harriet Hoit, 23, female, white, born VT

    [2239] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, online database at www.Ancestry.com, her father Ophir Leonard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #81165534, from her gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2240] Ancestry.com Scott Family Tree file submitted by natalie54178; www.findagrave.com, memorial #81165506, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2241] Vail, Pomfret, p. 534.

    [2242] Vail, Pomfret, p. 589-590.

    [2243] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613,

    [2244] Vail, Pomfret, p. 590.

    [2245] 1850 Federal Census, 1st Ward of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, p. 93, dwelling #39, family #39:

            Jarvis Leonard, 40, male, grocer, $2000, born VT

            F. M. Leonard, 40, female, born VT

            Caroline Leonard, 13, female, born OH, attending school

            Charlotte Leonard, 10, female, born OH, attending school

            Mary Leonard, 5, female, born OH

            Jane Garon, 19, female, born Isle of Man

    [2246] 1860 Federal Census, 1st Ward City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Page No. 220, dwelling #1588, family #1592:

            Jarvis Leonard, 50, male, book keeper, $5000, born VT

            Emirette F. Leonard, 51, female, born VT

            Carrie M. Leonard, 23, female, born OH

            Lottie A. Leonard, 20, female, born OH

    [2247] 1870 Federal Census, First Ward, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Page No. 68, dwelling #444, family #587:

            Jar. Leonard, 59, male, white, book keeper in bank, $10,000, $5000, born VT, a male citizen

            Francis Leonard, 60, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            C. M. Leonard, 32, female, white, at home, born OH

            L. M. Leonard, 30, female, white, at home, born OH

            Mary Kaiser, 17, female, white, dom. servant, born Bohemia, parents both foreign born

    [2248] Vail, Pomfret, p. 590; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78138382, from her gravestone in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH.

    [2249] www.findagrave.com, memorial #78138395, from his gravestone in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH.

    [2250] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, no parents listed for either bride or groom.

    [2251] Per the Ancestry.com Main Macintire Tree file submitted by Vtdawn31.

    [2252] 1860 Federal Census, Worcester, Washington Co., VT, Page No. 331, dwelling #2586, family #2725:

            H. D. Robins, 42, male, carpenter & joiner, born VT

            Almeda Robins, 43, female, born VT

            Newell C. Robins, 17, male, day laborer, born VT

    [2253] 1870 Federal Census, Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence Co., NY, Page No. 1, dwelling #3, family #3:

            H. D. Robbins, 52, male, white, joiner, $1000, $650, born VT, a male citizen

            Almena Robbins, 52, female, white, keeping house, born VT

    [2254] www.findagrave.com, memorial #70846976, from her gravestone in Garfield Cemetery in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY.

    [2255] Per the Ancestry.com Main Macintire Tree file submitted by Vtdawn31; www.findagrave.com, memorial #97008602, from his gravestone in Garfield Cemetery in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY.

    [2256] Calculated from her age and birth place in her death record.

    [2257] Per the Ancestry.com Carr – Despres Ancestry file submitted by rcarr95076.

    [2258] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, no parents listed for either bride or groom.

    [2259] Per the Ancestry.com Carr – Despres Ancestry file submitted by rcarr95076.

    [2260] Per the Ancestry.com Carr – Despres Ancestry file submitted by rcarr95076; www.findagrave.com, memorial #80676080, from his gravestone in Worcester Village Cemetery in Worcester, VT.

    [2261] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27553

    [2262] Calculated from his age and birth place in his death record.

    [2263] 1860 Federal Census, Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 60, dwelling #463, family #463:

            Marshall Frye, 42, male, tanner, $1200, $3000, born MA

            Philena C. Frye, 39, female, born NH

            Mary Elisa Kemp, 13, female, born VT, attending school

            Charles M. Kemp?, 9/12, male

    [2264] 1870 Federal Census, Ward Four, City of Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 144, dwelling #827, family #970:

            Marshall Frye, 53, male, white, laborer, $1800, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Philena C. Frye, 47, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            Mary E. Frye, 33, female, white, no occupation, born VT

            Charles M. Frye, 10, male, white, attending school, born MA

    [2265] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 401, p. 154, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Alsted NH, and her parents Ophir and Mary Leonard.

    [2266] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 493, p. 463, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Wilmington, and his parents Norah B. & Abigail, of Wilmington.

    [2267] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336.

    [2268] Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [2269] Her parents per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Stephen D. Robison, of Tooele, UT, and Harlen Hancock, of St. George, UT.

    [2270] Hardwick VRs, p. 32; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 355.

    [2271] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Wrentham VRs], Vol. 2, p. 275, the marriage of Benjamin Cox and Jerusha George on 15 Oct. 1761 in Wrentham, MA; Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27519, the death of Benjamin Cox on 28 Sept. 1788 in Barnard, VT.

    [2272] Wrentham VRs, Vol. 1, p. 96.

    [2273] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 355.

    [2274] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 527-528.

    [2275] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 528.

    [2276] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 67, Windsor Town, Windsor County, the Sylvanus Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [2277] Windsor District, Windsor Co., VT, Probate Records, Vol. 2, p. 252-253, from FHL microfilm #0029171.

    [2278] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 2000, p. 26, Whiting, Addison County, the Jerusha Washburn, Widow, household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2279] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, [actually taken in 1791], Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 15, Whiting Town, Addison County, the Jerusha Washburn household had 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [2280] Ancestry.com Gambell Family Tree file submitted by 1_lhaynes, and others, from a Sons of the American Revolution membership application.

    [2281] Hardwick VRs, p. 331.

    [2282] Hardwick VRs, p. 119.

    [2283] Windsor District, Windsor Co., VT, Probate, Vol. 2, p. 250, from FHL microfilm #0029171.

    [2284] Hardwick VRs, p. 119.

    [2285] 1810 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 363, the Stephen Washburn household had 1 male aged 26-45, 2 females aged over 45, 1 female aged 26-45, and 2 females aged under 10.

    [2286] 1820 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 190, the Stephen Washburn household had 1 person in manufacturing, 1 male aged 45 or older, 1 male under 10, 2 females aged 45 or older, 1 female aged 26-44, and 1 female aged 16-25 years. The second female aged 45 or older may have been his mother, Jerusha Washburn.

    [2287] 1830 Federal Census, Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, p. 92, the Stephen Washburn household had 1 male aged 50-59, 1 female aged 60-69, and 1 female aged 50-59.

    [2288] Stephen Washburn was not listed in Scott Andrew Bartley’s Windsor County, Vermont, Probate Index, 1778-1899.

    [2289] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [2290] Hardwick VRs, p. 332.

    [2291] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [2292] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154.

    [2293] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385, marriage intentions recorded 9 Oct. 1762 in Bridgewater.

    [2294] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 152, 154, 255.

    [2295] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XVI, p. 662.

    [2296] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329.

    [2297] 1790 Federal Census, Bakerstown Plantation, Cumberland Co., ME, the Eliab Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [2298] 1800 Federal Census, Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 213, the Eliab Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2299] 1810 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 366, the Eliab Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2300] Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #68940, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2301] Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #68940, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2302] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

    [2303] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [2304] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

    [2305] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 572, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [2306] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

    [2307] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

    [2308] Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages, Book 6, p. 66, he was “of N.Y.” in the marriage record, but the marriage was not found in the Barbour Index to Stamford vital records.

    [2309] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, her birth place from the death record of their son John W. Washburn.

    [2310] 1800 Federal Census, Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 217, the Joseph Washburn household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2311] 1810 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 366, the Joseph Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2312] 1820 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 313, the Joseph Washburn household had 3 males under 10, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2313] 1830 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 252, from the index.

    [2314] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71216643, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2315] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71216613, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2316] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1800, online at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0011739.

    [2317] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0011739.

    [2318] Her parents named in her death record, but Martha’s birth was not recorded in the vital records of Newton, MA, Newton VR, p. 345, the marriage of Robert Murdock and Mary Hide/Hyde on 26 Jan. 1792 in Newton.

    [2319] Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Newton VRs], p. 398.

    [2320] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier; Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1908, [hereinafter Lincoln VRs], p. 73, says she was born in Newton, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Newton, MA.

    [2321] 1830 Federal Census, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 133, the Charles Washburn household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2322] 1840 Federal Census, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 274, the Chs. Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2323] 1850 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 471, dwelling #11, family #11:

            Charles Washburn, 50, male, carpenter, $200, born MA [sic]

            Martha Washburn, 42, female, born MA

            Robert Washburn, 18, male, laborer, born MA, attending school

            Martha Washburn, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            Mary Washburn, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Abby Washburn, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Hariet Washburn, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Edward Washburn, 2, male, born MA

    [2324] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 106, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Minot, ME, and his parents Joseph & Mary Washburn; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch,org, from FHL microfilm #960176; www.findagrave.com, memorial #112016868, from his gravestone in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [2325] 1860 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 14, dwelling #100, family #104:

            Martin [sic] Washburn, 52, male [sic], $2000, $150, born MA

            Abba Washburn, 20, female, born MA

            Albert Washburn, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            Edward Washburn, 12, male, born MA, attending school

    [2326] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 374, p. 232, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Newton, and her parents Robert and Mary Murdock, of Newton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #112016971. From her gravestone in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [2327] Some of these children may be incorrect.

    [2328] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, and his www.findagrave.com memorial #171688661, which agrees with his age at marriage, but the birth was not listed in the Newton town vital records.

    [2329] Vital Records of Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, [hereinafter Waltham VRs], p. 157, in her marriage record she was called “daughter of John and Elizabeth Gifford.”

    [2330] Vital Records of Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, [hereinafter Waltham VRs], p. 235, he was called “Charles H. Washburn, 22, of Lincoln, son of Charles and Martha” in the marriage record; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 38, p. 102, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a clerk, his birth place unknown, his parents Charles & Martha Washburn, her parents John & Elisabeth Gifford.

    [2331] Calculated from her age at marriage, of 21, her place of birth from the birth record of their son Francis G. Washburn, which differs from the death record of their daughter Maria Davis, but her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Cambridge, Charlestown, Waltham, or Lincoln, MA.

    [2332] 1850 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 45, dwelling #151, family #157:

            Charles S. Washburn, 24, farmer, $900, born MA

            Elisabeth Washburn, 20, female, born MA

            Maria Washburn, 1, female, born MA

            Charles Washburn 2nd, 4/12, male, born ME

            Note, however, that his middle initial and her age do not match their marriage records in Waltham, MA.

    [2333] 1860 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 33, dwelling #263, family #271:

            Chas Washburn, 53, male, farmer, $800, $500, born MA

            Elizabeth A. Washburn, 32, female, born ME

            Maria Washburn, 12, female, born ME, attending school

            Ernest Washburn, 10, male, born ME, attending school

            Mary J. Washburn, 8, female, born ME, attending school

            Frances Washburn, 6, female [sic?], born ME, attending school

    [2334] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, dwelling #109, family #126, online at www.FamilySearch.org:

            Charles H. Washburn, 38, male, born MA, married, farmer, a legal voter

            Elizabeth A. Washburn, 37, female, born MA, married, housekeeping

            Maria E. Washburn, 16, female, born MA, single, student

            Charles E. Washburn, 15, male, born ME, single, student

            Mary J. Washburn, 13, female, born ME

            Francis G. Washburn, 10, male, born MA

    [2335] 1870 Federal Census, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 149-150, dwelling #1034, family #1100:

            Charles H. Washburn, 43, male, white, Supt. of Pine Farm School, $8000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth A. Washburn, 42, female, white, housekeeping, born MA

            Marie E. Washburn, 21, female, white, teacher in school, born MA

            Mary J. Washburn, 18, female, white, asst teacher, born ME

            Francis G. Washburn, 15, male [sic?], white, at school, born ME

            Martha Washburn, 29 [sic], female, white, teacher in school, born ME

            (Plus 30 unrelated boys at the school)

    [2336] 1880 Federal Census, Ward 4 Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 46, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 476, dwelling #401, family #422:

            Chas H. Washburn, white, male, 53, married, Supt. of Farm School, born MA, father born ME, mother born MA

            Elizabeth Washburn, white, female, 52, wite, married matron school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Francis G. Washburn, white, male, 25, married, Overseer of School, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Eliza Washburn, white, female, 24, wife, married, seamstress school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            (Plus 31 unrelated boys at the school)

    [2337] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1910/93, p. 278, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Somerville #278, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widowed, his occupation retired superintendent knitting factory, his birth place Newton, MA, his father Charles Washburn, born in Minot, ME, his mother Martha Murdoch, born in Newton, MA, the informant Francis G. Washburn, of Somerville; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier; www.findagrave.com, memorial #171688661, from his gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, but no photograph of his gravestone was provided to the check the date.

    [2338] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2339] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol. 290, p. 152, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a teacher, his birth place Reading, his parents Warren and Fanny, her birth place Weston, and her parents Charles H. and Elizabeth A.

    [2340] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vo. 82, p. 149, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genalogical Society, Boston, his parents Warren & Fanny, of Reading, his father’s occupation a carpenter, born in Bedford, his mother born in Thetford, VT.

    [2341] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 463, p. 669, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of S. Warren Davis, her birth place Weston, and her parents Charles H. Washburn, born in West Newton, and Elizabeth Gifford, born in Charlestown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #162048867, from her gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, Section F-East, lot #55.

    [2342] www.findagrave.com, memorial #162048829, from his gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, Section F-East, lot #55.

    [2343] He was 4 months old in the 1850 federal census.

    [2344] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 398, p. 393, Wellesley, and Vol. 397, p. 222, Bradford, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriage, both of Wellesley, his occupation a lawyer, his birth place Minot, ME, his parents Charles H. and Elizabeth A. Washburn, her occupation a teacher, her birth place Bradford, and her parents Samuel C. and Augusta Webster.

    [2345] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [2346] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2347] www.findagrave.com, memorial #172061663, from her gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, Section F-East, lot #63, but no photograph of her gravestone was provided.

    [2348] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 82, p. 99, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, unnamed in his birth record, his parents Charles H. & Elizabeth A. Washburn, of Maine, his father a farmer, born in Newton, MA, his mother born in Cambridge, MA; his birth place also from his marriage record.

    [2349] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 307, p. 172, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, of Methuen, his birth place Lincoln, his parents Charles H. & Elizabeth “Gifford” Washburn, her birth place Gloucester, and her parents George & Jane “Lloyd” Nickerson.

    [2350] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol. 90, p. 165, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her surname recorded as “Nickeson,” her parents George & Jane, her father’s occupation a trader, born in Boston, her mother born in Gloucester.

    [2351] www.findagrave.com, memorial #172061691, from his gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, Section F-East, lot #63, but no photograph of her gravestone was provided.

    [2352] www.findagrave.com, memorial #172061715, from her gravestone in Newton Cemetery in Newton, MA, Section F-East, lot #63, but no photograph of her gravestone was provided.

    [2353] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, but his birth was not listed in the Newton town vital records.

    [2354] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, but her death was not listed in the Newton town vital records.

    [2355] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, but his birth was not listed in the Newton town vital records.

    [2356] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, but his death was not listed in the Newton town vital records.

    [2357] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, which agrees with his age in the 1850 federal census, but his birth was not listed in the Newton town vital records; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #129389288.

    [2358] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #129389240, her place of birth from the 1860 census.

    [2359] 1860 Federal Census, Burlington City, Des Moines Co., IA, Page No. 60, dwelling #486, family #470:

            Joseph B. Field, 42, male, bookkeeper in bank, $1300, $1700, born MA

            Sarah A. Field, 40, female, born ME

            Sarah F. Field, 17, female, born NH

            Eunice H. Field, 11, female, born MA

            Nellie N. Field, 8, female, born MA

            Reuben J. A. Field, 6, male, born MA

            Francis Field, 3, male, born IA

            William G. Field, 1, male, born IA

            Robert M. Washburn, 29, male, sash, door & blind manufacturer, $600, $1000, born MA

            Mary F. Washburn, 24, female, born NH

    [2360] 1870 Federal Census, Fourth Ward of Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA, Page No. 28, dwelling #182, family #223:

            R. M. Washburne, 38, male, white, hat & cap dealer, $3500, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary Washburne, 34, female, white, keeping house, born NH

            George Washburne, 8, male, white, at school, born IA, attending school

            Nellie Washburne, 2, female, white, born IA

            Louisa Kiesling, 17, female, white, servant, born IA, parents both foreign born

    [2361] 1880 Federal Census, 5th Ward in Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 116, dwelling #17, family #18, difficult to read:

            Robert M. Washburn, white, male, 48, married, W. S. Guayer?, born MA, father born U.S., mother born U.S.

            Mary F. Washburn, white, female, 43, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born MA, mother born ME?

            George H. Washburn, white, male, 18, son, single, bracket sawyer, born IA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Nellie M. Washburn, white, female, 11, daughter, single at school, born IA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Chas. F. Washburn, white, male, 9, son, single, at school, born IA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Anna M. Eibes, white, female, 19, servant, single, servant, born IA, father born Germany, mother born [can’t read]

    [2362] www.findagrave.com, memorial #129389288, from his gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, gives the year as 1891, but there is no photograph of his gravestone to check the year.

    [2363] www.findagrave.com, memorial #129389240, from her gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

    [2364] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #129389195.

    [2365] www.findagrave.com, memorial #129389195, from his gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

    [2366] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #118236319.

    [2367] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #118235978.

    [2368] www.findagrave.com, memorial #118236319, from her gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

    [2369] www.findagrave.com, memorial #118235978, from his gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, IA.

    [2370] Calculated from his age in the 1880 federal census.

    [2371] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, but her marriage record gives her birth place as Waltham.

    [2372] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [2373] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 61, p. 85, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a restauranter, his birth place Weston, his parents Charles & P. Warren, her birth place Waltham, and her parents Charles & Martha Washburn.

    [2374] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record, but his birth was not recorded in the Weston town vital records.

    [2375] 1860 Federal Census, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 14-15, dwelling #99, family #106:

            Charles Warren, 72, male, farmer, $100, born MA

            George W. Warren, 40, male, auctioneer, born MA

            Caroline Garfield, 36, female, servant, born MA

            James Hinds, 17, farm laborer, born Ireland

            Dwelling #99, family #107:

            Cornelius Warren, 35, male, victualler, born MA

            Martha Warren, 26, female, born MA

            Martha N. Warren, 2, female, born MA

            Persis M. Warren, 2/12, female, born MA

    [2376] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 517, p. 749, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Cornelius W. Warren, her birth place Newton, MA, and her parents Charles Washburn, born in Minot, ME, and Martha Murdock, born in Waltham, MA; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier gives the date as 4 Sept. 1901.

    [2377] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/87, p. 300, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, City of Somerville #300, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a retired market man, his birth place Weston, MA, his father Charles Warren, born in Weston, and his mother Persis Weston, born in Lincoln.

    [2378] Waltham VRs, p. 96; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier gives her birth place as Newton, MA.

    [2379] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records.

    [2380] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 127, p. 84, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a cordwainer, his birth place Florida, NY, his parents Alexander & Hannah Hall, her birth place Lincoln, and her parents Charles & Martha Washburn.

    [2381] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record, his death record gives his place of birth as Schenectady, NY.

    [2382] Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, From 1640 to 1873, Woburn, MA, 1890, [hereinafter Woburn VRs], Vol. 2, p. 86, wife of Abiathar, daughter of Joseph and Sophia Webster, born in Sanford, ME.

    [2383] 1860 Federal Census, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 374, dwelling #2551, family #3300:

            Abither M. Hall, 36, male, cordwainer, $150, born NY

            Mary M. Hall, 25, female, housewife, born MA

            Louisa M. Hall, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Clarabell Hall, 6, female, born MA, attending school

    [2384] 1870 Federal Census, Ward Six Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 260, dwelling #1781, family #2019:

            Abiather Hall, 46, male, white, shoemaker, $200, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary Hall, 34, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Seely Hall, 29, male, white, shoemaker, born NY, a male citizen

            Carrie Hall, 16, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Ella Hall, 4, female, white, at home, born MA

    [2385] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 303, p. 66, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Abiathar M. Hall, her birth place Waltham, and her parents Charles & Martha Washburn.

    [2386] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 493, p. 602, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation none, his birth place Schenectady, NY, and his parents Alexander & Hannah (Smith) Hall.

    [2387] Waltham VRs, p. 96, called “Delia” in her birth record.

    [2388] Waltham VRs, p. 96.

    [2389] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 154, p. 139, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Weston, and his parents Ebenezer & Martha Tucker, her birth place Waltham, and her parents Charles & Martha Washburn.

    [2390] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census, and his birth place from his marriage record, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Weston.

    [2391] 1870 Federal Census, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #14, family #15:

            Henry A. Tucker, 35, male, white, in a chair facility, $1200, $400, born MA, a male citizen

            Abbie Tucker, 30, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Geo. H. Tucker, 4, male, white, born MA

            Martha M. Tucker, 2, female, white, born MA

            Freddie A. Tucker, 11/12, male, white, born MA, born in Sept.

    [2392] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 413, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Henry A. Tucker, her occupation a housewife, her birth place Waltham, and her parents Charles Washburn, born in Maine, and Martha Murdock, born in Newton; Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier.

    [2393] Per the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, his birth not recorded in the Waltham VRs.

    [2394] Her parents named in her birth record; Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1908, [hereinafter Lincoln VRs], p. 146, the marriage of Charles H. Whitney, son of Nathan and Martha, and Eliza W. Brigham, daughter of John and Achsah B., on 25 Aug. 1844 in Lincoln.

    [2395] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 227, p. 188, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Waltham, his parents Charles & Martha Washburn, her birth place Lincoln, and her parents Charles & Eliza Whitney.

    [2396] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 43, p. 91, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Lincoln, but her place of birth given as Sudbury, her parents Chas. H. & Eliza W. Whitney, of Lincoln, her father’s occupation a farmer.

    [2397] 1870 Federal Census, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 14, dwelling #7, family #7:

            Albert Washburn, 25, male, white, farmer, $1200, $400, born MA, married in June, a male citizen

            Mary J. Washburn, 19, female, white, keep house, born MA, married in June

    [2398] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/58, p. 109, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Lincoln #109, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Waltham, his father Charles Washburn, born in Minot, ME, and his mother Martha Murdock, born in Newton, MA; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier, gives the date as 30 May 1907.

    [2399] Lincoln VRs, p. 73, from her gravestone.

    [2400] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 75, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Waltham, and her parents Charles & Martha Washburn; www.findagrave.com, memorial #112017058, from her gravestone in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [2401] Lincoln VRs, p. 73.

    [2402] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 89, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation eating house assistant, his birth place Lincoln, and his parents Charles Washburn, born in Maine, and Martha Washburn, born in Newton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #40716258, from his gravestone in Arborvitae Cemetery in Lincoln, MA.

    [2403] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 82, p. 99, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents Charles & Martha Washburn, his father’s occupation a carpenter, his father born in Minot, ME, and his mother born in Newton, MA.

    [2404] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 103, p. 72, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place Lincoln, and his parents Charles & Martha Washburn; the Ancestry.com Ward/Squier Connection file submitted by eksquier.

    [2405] Anderson, Joseph Crook, II, Early Vital Records of Minot, Maine, Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 2005, [hereinafter Minot VRs], p. 117.

    [2406] Minot VRs, p. 117; Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0011550.

    [2407] Minot VRs, p. 277.

    [2408] Minot VRs, p. 117.

    [2409] Minot VRs, pp. 56, 96.

    [2410] Per his death record.

    [2411] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9755.

    [2412] Minot VRs, p. 117.

    [2413] Minot VRs, pp. 58, 97.

    [2414] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71216040, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2415] Minot VRs, pp. 70, 105.

    [2416] 1840 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland co., ME, p. 396, the Ebenezer H. Ayer household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years, including 3 people employed in agriculture.

    [2417] Minot VRs, p. 243; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #71216124.

    [2418] Minot VRs, p. 290.

    [2419] Minot VRs, p. 117.

    [2420] Minot VRs, pp. 15, 36, the marriage of Charles Briggs and Patty Kinsley, both of Minot, on 5 Nov. 1809 in Minot.

    [2421] Minot VRs, pp. 70, 105.

    [2422] Minot VRs, p. 160; www.findagrave.com, memorial #36728131.

    [2423] 1840 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 397, the James E. Washburn household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2424] 1850 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 39, dwelling #71, family #75:

            James E. Washburn, 40, male, farmer, $2000, born ME

            Martha Washburn, 32, female, born ME

            Mary Washburn, 11, female, born ME, attending school

            Martha Washburn, 9, female, born ME, attending school

            Nancy M. Washburn, 7, female, born ME, attending school

            Elisabeth E. Washburn, 1?, female, born ME

            Stephen D. Brown, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Joseph Washburn, 81, male, farmer, born MA

            Mary Washburn, 77, female, born CT

    [2425] 1860 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 44, dwelling #338, family #346:

            James E. Washburn, 44, male, farmer, $5000, $1000, born ME

            Martha Washburn, 41, female, born ME

            Mary Washburn, 21, female, born ME

            Martha Washburn, 19, female, born ME, attending school

            Nancy M. Washburn, 17, female, born ME, attending school

            Elizabeth E. Washburn, 10, female, born ME, attending school

            Adelia L. Washburn, 9, female, born ME, attending school

            John Washburn, 3, male, born ME

            Mary Washburn, 87, female, born ME

    [2426] 1870 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 16, dwelling #133, family #132:

            Jas. E. Washburn, 59, male, white, farmer, $4000, $950, born ME, a male citizen

            Martha H. Washburn, 51, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Mary Washburn, 31, female, white, at weaver?, born ME

            Elizabeth Washburn, 21, female, white, teacher, born ME

            Delia L. Washburn, 18, female, white, teacher, born ME, attending school

    [2427] 1880 Federal Census, 18th Enumeration District, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 34, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 18, dwelling #349, family #383:

            James E. Washburn, white, male, 69, married, farmer, born ME, father born ME, mother born CT

            Martha H. Washburn, white, female, 61, wife married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Mary Washburn, white, female, 41, daughter, single, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Martha Washburn, white, female, 39, daughter, single, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Lizzie E. Washburn, white, female, 30, daughter, single, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Adelia L. Washburn, white, female, 28, daughter, single, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [2428] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36728058, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2429] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36728131, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2430] Minot VRs, p. 265.

    [2431] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #71176935.

    [2432] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71176935, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2433] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2434] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11550, his middle name from his gravestone.

    [2435] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11550; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #69862803.

    [2436] Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2437] 1870 Federal Census, Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 39, dwelling #324, family #344:

            Charles H. Moody, 32, male, white, farming, $3200, $1200, born MA, a male citizen

            Nancy M. Moody, 27, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            John M. W. Moody, 3, male, white, at home, born ME

            James E. Moody, 1, male, white, at home, born ME

            Hattie E. Moody, 25, female, white, at home, $400, born ME

            Joseph Wayland, 16, male, white, farm laborer, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, attending school

    [2438] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69862827, from her gravestone in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME.

    [2439] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #12255.

    [2440] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #69862843.

    [2441] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69862843, from her gravestone in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME.

    [2442] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #69862986.

    [2443] Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2444] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1205252; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #69862986.

    [2445] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69862803, from his gravestone in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME.

    [2446] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69862986, from her gravestone in Turner Village Cemetery in Turner, ME.

    [2447] Charles Henry Moody and his three wives were all inscribed on the same gravestone.

    [2448] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #71176962.

    [2449] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71176962, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2450] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #71176984.

    [2451] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71176984, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2452] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #71176891.

    [2453] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71176891, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2454] Minot VRs, p. 117.

    [2455] Her parents’ names from her death record; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 276, the marriage of Eliphalet Packard of Minot and Abigail Snell on 30 May 1814 in Bridgewater.

    [2456] Minot VRs, p. 80, marriage intentions recorded 2 Nov. 1844 in Minot.

    [2457] Her birth recorded in both Minot and Buckfield, ME, in Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #s 10604 and 11550, her birth place also given in her death record and the death record of their daughter Frances Elizabeth Washburn.

    [2458] 1850 Federal Census, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 420, dwelling #177, family #235:

            J. W. Washburn, 40, male, clerk, born ME

            Elizabeth Washburn, 35, female, born ME

            Frances E. Washburn, 4, female, born ME

            Herbert F. Washburn, 2, male, born MA

            Levi Stinchfield, 30, male, carpenter, born ME

            Francis Stinchfield, 27, female, born ME

            Annis Adams, 30, female, born NH

            Margaret, 16, female, born Ireland

    [2459] 1860 Federal Census, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 59, dwelling #427, family #480:

            John W. Washburn, 47, male, lantern manufac, born ME

            Elizabeth H. Washburn, 45, female, born ME

            Fannie Washburn, 13, female, born ME, attending school

            Herbert F. Washburn, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary L. Washburn, 3, female, born MA

    [2460] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 153, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a lantern manufr., his birth place Minot, ME, and his parents Joseph Washburn, born in Bridgewater, and Mary Washburn (Waring), born in Stamford, CT.

    [2461] 1870 Federal Census, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 93, dwelling #574, family #672”

            E. H. Washburn, 55, female, white, keeping house, $400, born ME

            Fanny E. Washburn, 23, female, white, no occupation, born ME

            Herbert F. Washburn, 21, male, clerk in store, born MA, a male citizen

            Charlie Henry, 15, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            May L. Washburn, 13, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Mary E. Nelson, 18, female, white, no occupation, born ME

    [2462] 1880 Federal Census, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 14D, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 406, dwelling #125, family #144:

            Elizabeth Washburn, white, female, 65, widowed, keeping house, born ME, father born MA, mother born MA

            Louisa M. Washburn, white, female, 23, daughter, single, music teacher, born MA, father born ME, mother born ME

            John H. Packard, white, male, 24, nephew, single, lawyer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [2463] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 517, p. 658, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Minot, Maine, and her parents Eliphalet Packard and Abigail Snell, both born in Bridgewater.

    [2464] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2465] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1914/67, p. 52, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, City of Medford No. 52, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation: none, her birth date November 27, 1847, her birth place Auburn Maine, her father John W. Washburn, born in Minot Maine, her mother Elizabeth H. Packard born in Buckfield, Maine, her burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, Mass.

    [2466] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2467] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 455, p. 312, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation boot & shoe business, his birth place Medford, and his parents John W. and Elizabeth (Packard), both born in Minot, ME.

    [2468] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2469] Minot VRs, p. 117.

    [2470] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [2471] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2472] Connecticut Church Records, Norwich first Congregational Church, 1699-1917, Connecticut State Library, 1947, online at www.Ancestry.com, p. 364, taken from Vol. 6, p. 159; her surname from Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2473] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2474] Doolittle, Hon. Mark, Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass., Northampton, MA, 1852, [hereinafter Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown], p. 181, Eliab Washburn was member #790.

    [2475] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 4.

    [2476] 1800 Federal Census, Belcher, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 559, the Eliab Washburn household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.

    [2477] 1810 Federal Census, (Township not named), Hampshire Co., MA, p. 160, the Eliab Washburn household had 3 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2478] 1820 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 184, the Eliab Washburn household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 2 persons engaged in manufacturing.

    [2479] 1830 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 504, the Eliab Washburn household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [2480] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 34, 1812-1814, p. 169, witnessed by Gideon Ames and George Plumb, acknowledged on the same day and recorded on 16 Mar. 1813, from FHL microfilm #0887807.

    [2481] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 34, 1812-1814, p. 182, witnessed by Gideon Ames and Abel Ames, and recorded on 23 Mar. 1813, from FHL microfilm #0887807.

    [2482] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 34, 1812-1814, p. 407, witnessed by Ruth Bridgman, Joseph Bridgman Jr., Noble Hannum and Joel Hyde, acknowledged on the same day before Joseph Bridgman Jr., Justice of the Peace, and recorded on 5 July 1813, from FHL microfilm #0887807.

    [2483] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 37, 1814-1816, p. 606-607, witnessed by Philo Dickinson and Jesse Washburn, acknowledged on 24 Apr. 1815 by Eliab Washburn, and recorded on 13 Sept. 1816, from FHL microfilm #0887809.

    [2484] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 38, 1815-1816, p. 427, witnessed by Asa Rumrill and Eliza M. Whitney, and recorded on 22 Aug. 1815, from FHL microfilm #0887809.

    [2485] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 49, 1822-1830, p. 637, witnessed by George Washburn and Benjamin F. Washburn, acknowledged  on 7 Feb. 1824, and recorded on 23 Mar. 1824, from FHL microfilm #0887816.

    [2486] Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 175. The unnamed wife of Eliab Washburn was member #711; Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; www.findagrave.com, memorial #102711283, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2487] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2488] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 37, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 181; www.findagrave.com, memorial #102711243, from his gravestone in South Cemetery in Belchertown, MA, his name spelled “Iliab” Washburn on his memorial, but the name is clearly “Eliab” on his gravestone.

    [2489] 1840 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 367, the Sally Washburn household had 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [2490] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Deaths, p. 86, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 67, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, no additional information given about Sally Washburn.

    [2491] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2492] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called “Capt.” Joseph Washburn in the family record.

    [2493] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2494] Belchertown Town Records, p. 376, marriage intentions recorded 13 May 1815 in Belchertown, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2495] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, but the date doesn’t quite match her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2496] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson; Foxborough VRs, p. 64, the birth of Daniel Morse, son of Asa and Mary Morse, on 13 Oct. 1775 in Foxborough.

    [2497] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 4.

    [2498] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 40, 1816-1817, p. 212, witnessed by Joseph Bridgman Jr. and Aaron Walker, acknowledged before Joseph Bridgman Jr., Justice of the Peace, and recorded on 10 Feb. 1817, from FHL microfilm #0887810.

    [2499] 1820 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 184, the Joseph Washburn household, living next door to Eliab Washburn, had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and had 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

    [2500] 1830 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 504, the Joseph Washburn household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2501] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2502] 1850 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, p. 275, dwelling #85, family #91:

            Sabra Washburn, 55, female, born MA

            Cyrus Washburn, 20, male, bricklayer, born MA

    [2503] The list of children given by William Nilsson in his Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree differs somewhat from the list in the Belchertown Town Family Records.

    [2504] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2505] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [2506] Estimated from the birth of their eldest child in about 1843, her maiden name from the death record of their son Levi Edson Washburn.

    [2507] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #52318310, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA, her birth place given as Norwich, CT, in her death record, but as Westfield, MA, in the death records of their children Levi Edson Washburn and Althea L. Washburn.

    [2508] 1850 Federal Census, Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, p. 234, dwelling #985, family #1001:

            Charles M. Washburn, 34, male, farmer, $300, born MA

            Orlinda Washburn, 32, female, born MA

            Hiram F. Washburn, 7, male, born MA, attending school

            Levi E. Washburn, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Susan Washburn, 3, female, born MA

            Charles Washburn, 8/12, male, born MA

            Rachel Allen, 70, female, born CT

    [2509] 1860 Federal Census, Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 6, dwelling #40, family #44:

            Charles M. Washburn, 44, male, farmer, $550, $75, born MA

            Orlinda Washburn, 43, female, born MA

            Hiram F. Washburn, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            Levi E. Washburn, 15, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            Susan E. Washburn, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Charles M. Washburn Jr., 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Althea Washburn, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Arthur J. Washburn, 3, male, born MA

    [2510] 1870 Federal Census, Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #36, family #37:

            Charles Washburn, 53, male, white, farmer, $3500, $1235, born MA, a male citizen

            Orlinda Washburn, 52, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Althea Washburn, 16, female, white, no occupation, born MA, attending school

            Arthur J. Washburn, 13, male, white, no occupation, born MA, attending school

    [2511] 1880 Federal Census, Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 4 D, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 280, dwelling #30, family #31:

            Charls M. Washburn, white, male, 64, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Orlinda Washburn, white, female, 62, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT

            Arthur J. Washburn, white, male, 23, son, single, works on the farm, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Althea L. Washburn, white, female, 26, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2512] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 505, p. 161, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Norwich, CT, and her parents given as Raneford Allen and Rachel Babcock; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52318310, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2513] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 517, p. 159, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Joseph Washburn, born in Belchertown, and Sabra Morse, born in Montgomery; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52318281, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2514] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2515] 1870 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 25, dwelling #180, family #189:

            Benjamin Naylor, 37, male, white, works in hosiery mill, $350, born England, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

            Sarah Naylor, 31, female, white, keeping house, born NY, parents both foreign born

            Emma Naylor, 11, female, white, attends school, born CT, father foreign born

            Edward Naylor, 1, male, white, born CT, father foreign born

            Hiram Washburn, 27, male, white, brick mason, $300, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Levi Washburn, 25, male, white, brick mason, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Charles Washburn, 21, male, white, brick mason, born MA, a male citizen

            Leopold Agnes, 22, male, white, machinist, born Switzerland, parents both foreign born

            Daniel Magher, 23, male, white, works in wool mill, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

    [2516] 1880 Federal Census, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 42, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 12, dwelling #213, family #530:

            Elisha Elmore, white, male, 53, married, carpenter, born CT, father born CT, mother born CT

            Mary Elmore, white, female, 53, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Minnie Watson, white, female, 26, daughter, married, milliner, born CT, father born CT, mother born VT

            Elizabeth Watson, white, female, 24, daughter, single, clerk in store, born CT, father born CT, mother born VT

            Jennie Watson, white, female, 21, daughter, single, clerk in store, born CT, father born CT, mother born VT

            Hiram Washburn, white, male, 36, boarder, married [?], brick mason, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2517] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #52426356, presumably calculated from his age at death.

    [2518] 1870 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 25, dwelling #180, family #189.

    [2519] 1880 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 346, dwelling #12, family #12:

            Anthony Davis, white, male, 50, married, brick mason, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary A. Davis, white, female, 50, wife, married, keeping house, born England, father born England, mother born England

            Charles E. Sherwood, white, male, 19, step-son, single, machinist, born MA, father born MA, mother born England

            William Swift, white, male, 27, boarder, single, clerk at store, born CT, father born England, mother born Ireland

            Levi Washburn, white, male, 35, boarder, single, brick mason, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2520] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 445, p. 721, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mason, his birth place Chicopee, and his parents Charles M. Washburn, born in Belchertown, and Orlinda (Allen) Washburn, born in Westfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52426356, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2521] Vital Records of Montgomery, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Montgomery VRs], p. 30; www.findagrave.com memorial #52058991.

    [2522] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #52057956; Montgomery VRs, p. 48, the marriage intentions of Warham Moor and Achsah Russell recorded on 14 Mar. 1835 in Montgomery.

    [2523] Montgomery VRs, p. 25; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #52057956.

    [2524] 1880 Federal Census, Montgomery, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 380, dwelling #6, family #7:

            George L. Moore, white, male, 43, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Susan E. Moore, white, female, 33, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Edgar B. Moore, white, male, 2, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ethel A. Moore, white, female, 2/12, born Mar., daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Jason Reed, white, male, 786, boarder, widowed, pauper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2525] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/70, p. 475, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Montgomery #475, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Montgomery, MA, his father Warham Moore, born in Montgomery, and Achsah Russell, born in Dana, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52057956, from his gravestone in Pitcher Street Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2526] www.findagrave.com, memorial #52058991, from her gravestone in Pitcher Street Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2527] Montgomery VRs, p. 30, unnamed, his name from the 1850 federal census.

    [2528] 1870 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 25, dwelling #180, family #189.

    [2529] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #52426325.

    [2530] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 400, p. 452, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Montgomery, and her parents Charles M. Washburn, born in Belchertown, and Orlinda Washburn, born in Westfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52426325, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2531] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #52318383.

    [2532] Her father’s name from her marriage record.

    [2533] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 343, p. 458, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Montgomery, his father Charles M. Washburn, her birth place Branford, CT, and her father Clinton Smith.

    [2534] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #52318416.

    [2535] www.findagrave.com, memorial #52318416, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2536] www.findagrave.com, memorial #52318383, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in Montgomery, MA.

    [2537] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2538] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27652, his parents John Peeler Jr. and Hannah.

    [2539] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27652, the birth of Benjamin Harris Peeler on 5 Mar. 1829 in Vernon, VT, the son of Benjamin H. Peeler and Mary Ann Rice.

    [2540] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27652, wife of Benj. H. Peeler.

    [2541] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27613, duplicate cards filled out, one showing 1833 and one showing 1834 as the year. They were married by C. Washburn, Justice of the Peace.

    [2542] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27652, wife of Benj H. Peeler.

    [2543] 1850 Federal Census, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, p. 103, dwelling #99, family #105:

            Benjamin H. Peeler, 42, male, farmer, born VT

            Mary Peeler, 33, female, born VT

            Benjamin H. Peeler Jr., 21, male, farmer, born MA [sic]

            Florette Peeler, 11, female, born VT, attending school

            Viola Peeler, 6, female, born VT, attending school

            Lydia Peeler, 52, female, born VT, insane

            Reuben B. Stevens, 22, male, farmer, born VT

    [2544] 1870 Federal Census, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 134, dwelling #833, family #1131:

            Benjamin Peeler, 62, male, white, farm laborer, $1000, $250, born VT, a male citizen

            Mary Peeler, 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [2545] 1880 Federal Census, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 21, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 294, dwelling #188, family #215:

            Benjamin H. Peeler, white, male, 72, married, farming, born VT, father born MA, mother born NH

            Mary A. Peeler, white, female, 61, wife, single [sic], keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2546] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 337, p. 403, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Vernon, VT, and his parents John & Harriet Peeler.

    [2547] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [2548] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 370, p. 474, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a blacksmith, his birth place Springfield, and his parents Chester & Olive Osborne, her occupation a domestic, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Joseph & Sabra Washburn.

    [2549] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 436, p. 768, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a blacksmith, his birth place Springfield, and his parents Chester Osborne and Olive Watrus; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121642680, from his gravestone in Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield, MA.

    [2550] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/100, p. 192, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Westfield #192, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Chester Osborne, her maiden name Mary A. Washburn, her birth place Belchertown, her father Joseph Washburn, born in Belchertown, her mother Sabra Morse, born in Belchertown, the informant Cyrus Washburn, of Westfield, MA; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, gives only Mar. 1908, but does not give her surname at that time; www.findagrave.com, memorial #121732847, from her gravestone in Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield, MA.

    [2551] Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2552] Springfield Town Vital Records, Book 1, p. 908, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, she was of Springfield in the marriage record.

    [2553] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2554] 1850 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, p. 391, dwelling #394, family #466:

            James White, 28, male, mason, born MA

            Juliett White, 29 [sic], born MA

            Adaline L. White, 6, female, born MA

            Wilber Cole, 16, male, mason, born MA

            Laura A. Day, 29, female, born NH

            Mary A. Washburn, 30, female, born MA

            Emily T. Washburn, 29 [sic], female, born MA

    [2555] 1855 New York State Census, 15th Ward, Brooklyn, Kings Co., dwelling #56, family #97, online at www.Ancestry.com:

            James White, 233, male, born MA, married, mason, a native voter

            Juliet White, 35, female, wite, born MA, married

            Adelaid L. White, 12, female, child, born MA

            George J. White, 1, male, child, born Kings Co.

            William Washburn, 24, male, brother in law, born MA, mason, a native voter

    [2556] Per the Ancestry.com Swain Family Tree submitted by cswain1962.

    [2557] Per the Ancestry.com Race file submitted by Sheila Stuthman, no date or year for the marriage given.

    [2558] 1870 Federal Census, 13th Ward, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Page No. 28, dwelling #136, family #205:

            William Bell, 54, male, white, machinist, born NY, a male citizen

            Juliet Bell, 51, female, white, born MA

            George Bell, 18, male, white, born NY

            Edith Bell, 11, female, white, born NY

            Elizabeth Bell, 7, female, white, born NY

            Addie White, 26, female, white, born MA

            George L. White, 16, male, white, clerk in bank, born NY

    [2559] 1880 Federal Census, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Page No. 22, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 179, dwelling #153, family #188:

            George White, white, male, 26, married, First National Bank, born Brooklyn, father born MA, mother born MA

            Rose White, white, female, 24, wife, married, keeping house, born Brooklyn, father born Brooklyn, mother born Brooklyn

            Jennie White, white, female, 3, daughter, born Brooklyn, father born Brooklyn, mother born Brooklyn

            George White, white, male, 1/12, born March, son, born Brooklyn, father born Brooklyn, mother born Brooklyn

            Juliett White, white female, 60, mother, widowed, no occupation, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Adie White, white, female, 26, daughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA              

    [2560] New York Death Index, 1862-1948, online database at www.Ancestry.com; per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2561] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, the given name could not be read; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, which gives the date as 15 Sept. 1821.

    [2562] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2563] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, gives his name as Joseph Edson Washburn.

    [2564] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2565] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson gives the date as 29 Mar. 1824.

    [2566] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2567] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2568] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2569] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, his middle name could not be read; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, which gives his middle name as Morse; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, which gives his middle name as Edward.

    [2570] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2571] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2572] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2573] 1860 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 93, dwelling #756, family #761:

            Cyrus Washburn, 30, male, mason, $200, born MA

            Ellen Washburn, 22, female, born MA

            Chas. E. Washburn, 3, male, born CT

    [2574] 1870 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 43, dwelling #310, family #331:

            Cyrus Washburn, 40, male, white, brick mason, $2500, $150, born MA

            Ellen A. Washburn, 32, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Charles E. Washburn, 13, male, white, attends school, born CT

            Frank R. Washburn, 7, male, white, attends school, born CT

            Lucius F. Washburn, 5, male, white, attends school, born CT

            William M. Washburn, 3, male, white, born CT

    [2575] 1880 Federal Census, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 35, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 17, dwelling #200, family #377:

            Cyrus Washburn, white, male, 39, married, brick mason, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ellen Washburn, white, female, 42, wife married, keeping house, born MA, father born CT, mother born MA

            Frank Washburn, white, male, 17, son, single, in machine shop, born CT, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucius Washburn, white, male, 15, son, single, in machine shop, born CT, father born MA, mother born MA

            William Washburn, white, male, 12, son, single, at school, born CT, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ella Washburn, white, female, 6, daughter, single, at school, born CT, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2576] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2577] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2578] Calculated from his age in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses.

    [2579] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [2580] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2581] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2582] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2583] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2584] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2585] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2586] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #145149584, from his gravestone in Old North Cemetery in Hartford, CT.

    [2587] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [2588] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, his middle name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #118868803.

    [2589] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2590] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson.

    [2591] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #118868803, from his gravestone in Montowese Cemetery in North Haven, CT.

    [2592] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #118868716, from her gravestone in Montowese Cemetery in North Haven, CT.

    [2593] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, which supplied his middle name.

    [2594] 1850 Federal Census, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 276, dwelling #487, family #536:

            David Mack, 72, male, farmer, $8000, born MA

            Harriet Mack, 56, female, born MA

            William Washburn, 20, male, student, born MA, attending school

            Harriet Parsons, 86, female, born MA

            Elizabeth Hunt, 40, female, born MA

            George Cone, 13, male, born MA, attending school

    [2595] 1870 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 30-31, dwelling #219, family #235:

            Maria Holcomb, 42, female, white, keeping house, $2500, $300, born CT

            Hannah Holcomb, 20, female, white, school teacher, born CT

            Nettie Holcomb, 7, female, white, attending school, born CT

            Elizabeth Barnes, 20, female, white, works in globe shop, born CT

            Lucius Saxton, 29, male, white, works in wool mill, $50,000, $25,000, born NY, a male citizen

            Elliott E. Wood, 23, male, white, physician, born CT, a male citizen

            William Washburn, 35, male, white, brick mason, born MA, a male citizen

    [2596] Her parents’ names from her www.findagrave.com memorial #13576517.

    [2597] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #13576517, from her gravestone in Grove Cemetery in Windsor Locks, CT.

    [2598] 1880 Federal Census, Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 4, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 60, dwelling #38, family #40:

            William Washburn, white, male, 50, married, brick mason, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Annette Washburn, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeping house, born CT, father born CT, mother born CT

            Clara Washburn, white, female, 7, daughter, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT

            Newton Washburn, white, male, 5, son, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT

            William Hathaway, white, male, 43, brother in law, farm laborer, born CT, father born CT, mother born CT

    [2599] Per the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #13576510, from his gravestone in Grove Cemetery in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT.

    [2600] www.findagrave.com, memorial #13576517, from her gravestone in Grove Cemetery in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., CT.

    [2601] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census, but her birth was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [2602] Calculated from his age in the 1880 federal census, but his birth was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [2603] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 323, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; the Ancestry.com Bets Nilsson Family Tree file submitted by William Nilsson, her middle initial from the 1850 federal census.

    [2604] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2605] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 181, Diana (Morse) Washburn was member #792, also identified in her death record.

    [2606] Belchertown Town Family Records, pp. 227, 376, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, married by E. Porter.

    [2607] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2608] 1820 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 186, from the index.

    [2609] Belchertown VRs, p. 420, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 181, Charles Washburn was member #791.

    [2610] Hampshire County Probate Vol. 35, p. 583-584, from FHL microfilm #0879205.

    [2611] Hampshire County Probate Vol. 35, pp. 662-663, 670, from FHL microfilm #0879205. On 6 Dec. 1825 Diana Washburn, widow of Charles Washburn, late of Belchertown, was allowed her own wearing apparel and certain necessaries out of the estate of her husband amounting to only $87.39½.

    [2612] 1840 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co,. MA, p. 360, the Wid. D. Washburn household had 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and had 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [2613] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 413, dwelling #54, family #61:

            Daniel Morse, 75, male, farmer, born MA

            Clarissa Morse, 30, female, born MA

            Diana Morse, 50, female, born MA

            Charles L. Washburn, 26, male, farmer, born MA

    [2614] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 30 dwelling #225, family #253:

            Daniel Morse, 83, male, $100, born MA

            Clarissa Morse, 42, female, born MA

            Diana Washburn, 60, female, born MA

    [2615] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, and her father Daniel Morse; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 6, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called daughter of Daniel Morse.

    [2616] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 376, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 420, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2617] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 376, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 420, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, which gives her middle name as “Lorne.”

    [2618] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Uxbridge VRs], p. 268, the marriage intentions of Jonathan Russell Keith and Sally Page of New Marlborough, NH, recorded on 15 June 1811 in Uxbridge.

    [2619] Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, pp. 224, 225, Martha L. Washburn was member #1211, and Jonathan R. Keith was member #1221; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Marriages, p. 44, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, married by Rev. George A. Orcutt, of Belchertown.

    [2620] Uxbridge VRs, p. 97; Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 454, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, which show his parents as Mr. Jonathan R. Keith and Miss Sarah Page; Belchertown VRs, p. 323, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, which does not give the name of his mother.

    [2621] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 414, dwelling #62, families #74-75:

            Nathl. Walker, 80, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Jona. R. Keith, 61, male, farmer, born MA

            Sally Keith, 63, female, born MA

            Abigail J. Keith, 20, female, born MA

            Jona. R. Keith Jr., 38, male, farmer, $2500, born MA

            Martha L. Keith, 28, female, born MA

    [2622] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, and her father Charles Washburne; www.findagrave.com, memorial #137281842, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2623] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 32-33, dwelling #242, family #275:

            Jona Keith, 71, male, farmer, $2500, $700, born MA

            Sally Keith, 73, female, born MA

            J. R. Keith, 48, male, farmer, born MA

            Mary E. Keith, 8, female, born MA

            Emma D. Keith, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Jona E. Keith, 3, male, born MA

            Abigal Wright, 30, female, born MA

            Juliet M. Wright, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            David M. Wright, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Arthur R. Wright, 4, male, born MA

            Infant Wright, 1/12, male, born MA

    [2624] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Uxbridge, and his father Jonathan R. Keith; www.findagrave.com, memorial #137281825, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2625] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 376, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 420, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 225, Charles L. Washburn was member #1220.

    [2626] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [2627] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Marriages, p. 58, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, she is called daughter of Lewis Strong, and his occupation is listed as a mechanic; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Belchertown, and his father Chas. Washburn, her birth place Northampton, and her father Lewis Strong.

    [2628] From her death record, calculated from her age at death.

    [2629] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #58, family #68:

            Chas. Washburn, 36, male, carriage maker, $500, $125, born MA

            Elizabeth M. Washburn, 32, female, born MA

            Chas. S. Washburn, 4, male, born MA

    [2630] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Northampton, and her parents Lewis & Maria Strong; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 10, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called daughter of Lewis & Maria Strong in her death record.

    [2631] Her parents’ names from her second marriage record.

    [2632] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 190, p. 64, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Belchertown, his parents Charles & Diana Washburn, her birth place Northampton, and her parents William & Julietta Warner.

    [2633] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #137281163.

    [2634] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 10, dwelling #73, family #82:

            Charles L. Washburn, 46, male, white, carriage wood worker, $500, $150, born MA, a male citizen

            Susan Washburn, 32, female, white, keeping house, $150, born MA

            Charles Washburn, 14, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Mattie Washburn, 9, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [2635] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 338, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a wagon maker, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Charles and Diana Washburn, of Belchertown; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 40, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; www.findagrave.com, memorial #137281362, which gives the date as 24 Sept. 1882 from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA, but the gravestone inscription is unreadable in the picture.

    [2636] www.findagrave.com, memorial #137281163, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2637] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Births, p. 28, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, his father’s occupation listed as a farmer.

    [2638] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 65, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, a student, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Chas. L. & Elizabeth M. Washburn; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 20, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called son of Chas. & Elizabeth M. Washburn.

    [2639] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Births, p. 7, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, can’t read the birth date; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #100928338.

    [2640] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Marriages, p. 43, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, she is called “of Springfield,” daughter of Charles L. & Elizabeth M. Washburn.

    [2641] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #100928179.

    [2642] www.findagrave.com, memorial #100928179, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2643] www.findagrave.com, memorial #100928338, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belchertown, MA.

    [2644] Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2645] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2646] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 215, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, pp. 153, 172, Olive Washburn was member #519, and Alvan Morse was member #681.

    [2647] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2648] 1830 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 504, the Alvin Morse household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2649] 1840 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 357, the Alvan Morse household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and included 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [2650] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 419, dwelling #110, family #142:

            Alvin Morse, 52, male, farmer, born MA

            Olive Morse, 53, female, born MA

    [2651] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 33, dwelling #247, family #279:

            Alvin Morse, 61, male, farm laborer, $60, born MA

            Olive Morse, 62, female, born MA

    [2652] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Daniel & Polly Morse.

    [2653] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 48, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Eliab & Betsey Washburn, their birth places Bridgewater & Norwich.

    [2654] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2655] His parents’ names from his death record; Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186139, the marriage of Jonathan R. Keith and Sarah Page on 7 Feb. 1811 in Belchertown.

    [2656] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186141, her father Alvin Morse, his father Jona. Keith.

    [2657] Belchertown VRs, p. 323, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2658] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 421, dwelling #146, family #187:

            Charles P. Keith, 27, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Louisa A. Keith, 27, female, born MA

            Clara L. Keith, 1, female, born MA

    [2659] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 33, dwelling #250, family #282:

            Chas. P. Keith, 37, male, farmer, $1000, $275, born MA

            Lovisa Keith, 37, female, born MA

            Clara L. Keith, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Henry R. Keith, 7, male, born MA, attending school

    [2660] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #263, family #292:

            Charles P. Keith, 47, male, white, farmer, $4500, $700, born MA, a male citizen

            Louisa A. Keith, 47, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            L. Clara Keith, 21, female, white, at home, born MA

            Henry R. Keith, 17, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

    [2661] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Alvan & Olive Morse, of Belchertown.

    [2662] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 419, p. 5, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Johnathan and Sarah Keith, of Uxbridge.

    [2663] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2664] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2665] Brookfield VRs, p. 330, the marriage intentions of Jabez Hamilton and Patty Ward of Charlton recorded in Jan. 1804 in Brookfield.

    [2666] Brookfield VRs, p. 253, the marriage of George W. Allen and Casindana Hamilton on 21 Jan. 1824 in Brookfield.

    [2667] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1870253.

    [2668] Brookfield VRs, p. 112.

    [2669] 1850 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 388, dwelling #332, family #376:

            George Washburne, 50, male, hatter, born MA

            Carsen Dana, 46, female, born MA

            Liberty W. Allen, 24, male, shoemaker, born MA

    [2670] Brookfield VRs, p. 19, the birth of Liberty W. Allen, son of George W. and Casindana Allen, on 30 May 1825; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 529, p. 301, the death of Liberty Allen on 17 Feb. 1902 in Ware, aged 77 years, his birth place Brookfield, and his parents George Allen and Cassendana Hamilton.

    [2671] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 49, p. 24, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, married, his occupation a hatter, but his birth place and parents not given in the record; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 170, which says he was aged 52 years. George Washburn was member #660.

    [2672] Hampshire County Probate Administrations Vol. B3, p. 121, and Vol. B10, p. 121.

    [2673] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 172, p. 24, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her third, his occupation a boot crimper, his birth place Weston, MA, his parents William and Lois Hager, she was called widow Carsendary Washburn, m.n. Hamilton, her birth place Brookfield, but her parents not identified.

    [2674] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 267, p. 314, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Brookfield, and her parents Jabez & Martha Hamilton, of Brookfield.

    [2675] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2676] His father’s name from his death record; Belchertown VRs, p. 247, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, the marriage of Wright Bridgman and Irene Smith on 15 Dec. 1796 in Belchertown.

    [2677] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 246, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2678] Belchertown VRs, p. 247, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2679] 1830 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 504, the Henry Bridgman household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2680] 1840 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 364, the Henry Bridgman household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and included 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2681] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 433, dwelling #330, family #395:

            Henry Bridgman, 51, male, farmer, $4000, born MA

            Clarissa Bridgman, 49, female, born MA

            Elliot M. Bridgman, 20, male, farmer, born MA

    [2682] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his father Wright Bridgman.

    [2683] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 9, dwelling #62, family #69:

            David Packard, 52, male, white, marketman, $1820, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary Packard, 51, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Candis Clemence, 25, female, white, dress maker, born MA

            Foster Kelsey, 28, male, white, marketman, $175, born CT, a male citizen

            Dwelling #62, family #70:

            Clarissa Bridgman, 69, female, white, keeping house, $1500, $1500, born MA

    [2684] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 302, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, from the index, the page damaged and unreadable.

    [2685] Belchertown VRs, p. 243, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2686] Her father’s name from her death record; Ancestry.com Bowditch Family History file submitted by kjtexas, from Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, for the name of her mother.

    [2687] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 24, p. 179, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, his father Henry Bridgman, her birth place Belchertown, her father Jonathan Wales; Belchertown VRs, p. 243, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, gives her surname as Walker.

    [2688] Per the Ancestry.com Bowditch Family History file submitted by kjtexas, but her birth was not found in the Vital Records of Randolph, Mass., online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2689] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 433, dwelling #331, family #396:

            William H. Bridgman, 25, male, farmer, born MA

            Betsey Bridgman, 27, female, born MA

            Herman D. E. Bridgman, 2, male, born MA

    [2690] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #35, family #44:

            Wm H. Bridgman, 34, male, farmer, $5800, $800, born MA

            Betsey Bridgman, 37, female, born MA

            Herman D. Bridgman, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Henry Wales, 24, male, farm laborer, $150, born MA, married within the year

            Ellen E. Wales, 18, female, born MA, married within the year

    [2691] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 1, dwelling #5, family #5:

            Wm H. Bridgman, 45, male, white, farmer, $7000, $2500, born MA, a male citizen

            Betsey F. Bridgman, 46, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [2692] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 493, p. 227, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Henry Bridgman and Clarissa Washburn, both born in Belchertown.

    [2693] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 529, p. 247, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of William H. Bridgman, her birth place Randolph, and her parents Johnathan Wales and unknown, of Randolph.

    [2694] Belchertown VRs, p. 243, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2695] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 54, p. 283, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, but no parents given, her birth place Ludlow, and her father Lorin Dutton.

    [2696] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [2697] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 25, dwelling #188, family #212:

            Elliott Bridgman, 30, male, butcher, $500, $600, born MA

            Elizabeth Bridgman, 32, female, born MA

            Clarissa L. Bridgman, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Henry A. Bridgman, 2, male, born MA

            Dwelling #188, family #213:

            Clarissa Bridgman, 59, female, $1800, $600, born MA

    [2698] 1870 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 28, dwelling #227, family #252:

            Eliot Bridgman, 40, male, white, farmer, $4000, $1500, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth Bridgman, 43, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Louis F. Bridgman, 8, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [2699] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2700] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 285, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, which gives the date as 15 Nov. 1828; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, which gives the date as 27 Nov. 1828 at Belchertown.

    [2701] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 410, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2702] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 429, dwelling #266, family #326:

            Phillip Whitman, 46, male, farmer, born CT

            Sarah Whitman, 30, female, born MA

            Merrick A. Whitman, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Timothy Clough, 79, male, born MA, pauper

            Peter Leach, 79, male, born MA, pauper

            Almina Ward, 48, female, born MA, pauper

            Achsah Cowles, 30, female, born MA, pauper

            Sarah Thayer, 14, female, born MA, pauper

            Marshall Washburn, 40, male, born MA, pauper/blind

            Jane Cowles, 8, female, born MA, attending school

    [2703] 1860 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 67, dwelling #533, family #571:

            Addison Burnett, 50, male, farmer, $2300, $700, born MA

            Bethseda Burnett, 49, female, born MA

            Bertha Burnett, 5, female, born MA

            George E. Burnett, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Ichabod Sanford, 91, male, born MA

            Marshall Washburn, 57, male, born MA, blind

    [2704] Per Belchertown Town Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 17, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called son of Eliab & Betsey Washburn, widower, in his death record; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 230, p. 51, Belchertown, and Vol. 230, p. 59, Greenwich, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, his parents given as Eliab and Betsey Washburn in the Belchertown record, and as Elias and Betsey Washburn in the Greenwich record, his father born in Belchertown and his mother born in Norwich, CT.

    [2705] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 410, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2706] Her parents named in her marriage record; Vital Records of Palmer, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Palmer VRs], p. 131, the marriage of John S. Green and Amanda Jenks on 29 Dec. 1824 in Palmer.

    [2707] Palmer VRs, p. 191, he is of Belchertown, age 19.

    [2708] Calculated from her age at marriage, her birth place from her death record.

    [2709] 1850 Federal Census, Palmer, Hampden Co., MA, p. 272, dwelling #157, family #168:

            John L. Green, 45, male, laborer, born MA

            Arminda Green, 47, female, born MA

            Joseph J. Green, 21, male, operative, born MA

            Ann M. Green, 19, female, born MA

            Laura Washburn, 20, female, born MA, married within the year

            F. A. Washburn, 20, male, laborer, born MA, married within the year

    [2710] 1860 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 273, dwelling #1577, family #2057:

            Fisher A. Washburn, 30, male, weaver, $100, born MA

            Laura Washburn, 29, female, born MA

            John M. Washburn, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Leroy Doland, 19, male, weaver, born MA

    [2711] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #15, family #12:

            Fisher A. Washburn, 40, male, white, farmer, $2750, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Laura Washburn, 39, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            John M. Washburn, 18, male, white, farm labour, born MA

    [2712] 1880 Federal Census, Ludlow, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 279, dwelling #80, family #124:

            Fisher A. Washburn, white, male, 50, married, overseer linen mill, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Laura Washburn, white, female, 49, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Edgar W. Jenks, white, male, 24, cousin in law, married, linen mill, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [2713] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 428, p. 5, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the page damaged, the date not readable, wife of F. Ames Washburn, her birth place Belchertown, and her father John Greene.

    [2714] Hampshire County Probate Vol. 78, p. 55-56, from FHL microfilm #1602550, witnessed by Geo. W. Fairfield, L. V. B. Cook, and M. D. L. Towne.

    [2715] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 446, p. 42, Northampton, and Vol. 445, p. 757, Springfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his residence Springfield, his place of death Palmer, his burial in Northampton, his occupation a mill overseer, and his birth place Belchertown, but his parents’ names not given.

    [2716] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2717] Her parents’ names from her marriage and death records.

    [2718] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 227, p. 78, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Palmer, his parents F. A. & Laura Washburn, her birth place Paxton, and her parents Austin & Eliza Keep.

    [2719] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 75, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Paxton, and her parents Austin Keep and Eliza A. Keep.

    [2720] Her mother’s name from her marriage record, her father’s name from the birth record of her sister Clara J. Noble on 14 Nov. 1858 in West Springfield, MA, from Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 115, p. 47.

    [2721] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 254, p. 31, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Palmer, his parents F. A. & Laura Washburn, her birth place NH, and her parents ___ & Cyntha Noble.

    [2722] Calculated from her age at marriage. Her mother apparently was remarried to John K. Snow, who was living in Chicopee, MA, at the time of her marriage. Viola G. Noble and her siblings Clara and Albert Noble were living with John K. and Cynthia Snow in Chicopee, MA, in the 1870 federal census.

    [2723] 1880 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 29, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 322, dwelling #314, family #348:

            John M. Washburn, white, male, 29, married, loom fixer in cotton mill, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Viola G. Washburn, white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, born NH, father born ME, mother born VT

            Musa B. Washburn, white, female, 5, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

    [2724] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 410, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2725] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 1 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 30-31, dwelling #142, family #235:

            Johnathan Wood, 68, male, book binder, born MA

            Sarah B. Wood, 52, female, born MA

            Henry F. Kett, 19, male, clerk, born MA

            Abby Stiles, 30, female, milliner, born MA

            Sarah E. Laurence, 19, female, milliner, born MA

            Martha G. Johnson, 22, cloak maker, born CT

            Hattie Field, 24, female, dressmaker, born MA

            Jennie Washburn, 24, female, milliner, born MA

    [2726] His parents named in his marriage and death records, his middle name from his death record.

    [2727] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 164, p. 253, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a moulder, his birth place CT, and his parents George & Lucia Spaulding, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Marshall & Lucinda.

    [2728] From his death record, but his birth in Stafford was not listed in the Barbour Index of Stafford town records.

    [2729] 1880 Federal Census, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 21, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 399, dwelling #187, family #226:

            H. Geo. Spaulding, white, male, 43, married, clerk in store, born CT, father born MA, mother born MA

            J. Mary Spaulding, white, female, 43, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            A. George Spaulding, white, male, 12, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born CT, mother born MA

    [2730] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 419, p. 261, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Marshall Washburn and Lucinda Arnold, of Belchertown.

    [2731] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/65, p. 286, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Malden #286, his occupation a salesman, confectionery business, his birth place Stafford, CT, his father George Spaulding, born in Munson, MA, and his mother Lucia Vinton, born in Munson MA.

    [2732] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2733] Her parents named in her death record; Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2734] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 287, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2735] Belchertown VRs, p. 338, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2736] 1830 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 504, the Benjamin F. Washburn household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2737] 1840 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 290, the Benj. F. Washburn household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and included 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [2738] 1850 Federal Census, Eighth Ward City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 293, dwelling #102, family #123:

            Asa W. Nickerson, 28, male, gardener, $4000, born MA

            Benja. F. Washburn, 46, male, hatter, born MA

            Fanny Washburn, 48, female, born MA

            Mary J. Washburn, 15, female, born MA, attending school

    [2739] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 104, p. 236, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a hatter, his birth place Belchertown, and his parents Eliab & Betsey Washburn.

    [2740] 1860 Federal Census, Monson, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 192, dwelling #1226, family #1405:

            George F. Morris, 46, male, wheel wright, $1200, $400, born MA

            Sarah A. Morris, 41, female, born MA

            Henry Morris, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Frank E. Morris, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Fanny M. Washburn, 54, female, born MA

    [2741] 1870 Federal Census, Monson, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 63, dwelling #395, family #455:

            Lucius F. Newton, 74, male, white, no occupation, $6400, $3500, born MA, a male citizen

            Abby M. Newton, 16, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Fanny Washburn, 63, female, white, house keeper, born MA

            Caroline Adams, 29, female, white, work in straw shop, born CT

            Mary Bacon, 25, female, white, work in straw shop, born CT

    [2742] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 329, p. 3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the page torn, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Daniel & Polly Morse, of Foxboro.

    [2743] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2744] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Deaths, p. 78, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2745] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 128, dwelling #247, family #306:

            Joseph Marsh, 61, male, farmer[?], $1000, born MA

            Phebe Marsh, 44, female, born MA

            Laura Washburn, 37, female, born MA

    [2746] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 257, p. 59, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place given as Hadley, but no parents listed; Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. B, Deaths, p. 21, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207.

    [2747] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Births, p. 4, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, her father’s occupation listed as a laborer.

    [2748] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Deaths, p. 74, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called “infant of E. Washburn.”

    [2749] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Births, p. 8, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, his father’s occupation listed as a laborer.

    [2750] Belchertown Vital Records, Vol. A, Deaths, p. 78, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207, called “child of Eliab Washburn.”

    [2751] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2752] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 18, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 B207; Doolittle, Congregational Church in Belchertown, p. 224, which has May 1835, Mary Washburn was member #1210; Belchertown VRs, p. 421, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [2753] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [2754] Waltham VRs, p. 130, the marriage of Abijah Child and Mrs. Beulah Harrington on 5 Dec. 1759 in Waltham.

    [2755] Maine, Marriage Records, 1705-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [2756] Waltham VRs, p. 24; Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #58239, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2757] 1800 Federal Census, Poland, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 245, the Wm Child household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2758] 1810 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 416, the Wm Child household had 4 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [2759] Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #58239, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2760] 1820 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 2, the Anna Child household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 4 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [2761] 1830 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 141, the Anna Childs household had 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [2762] Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #68940, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, which gives the year as 1837, and several Ancestry.com files which give the year as 1839, but no dates is provided for either.

    [2763] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11739.

    [2764] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 770. That would be the fleet of Stephen Decatur during the Second Barbary War, who led a squadron of ten ships to the Mediterranean Sea in 1815 to fight the Algerian pirates.

    [2765] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11739.

    [2766] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11031.

    [2767] 1820 Federal Census, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 76, the Joseph Child household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 16-25 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2768] 1830 Federal Census, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 26, the Joseph Child household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2769] 1840 Federal Census, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 173, the Joseph Child household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2770] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 770.

    [2771] Per the Ancestry.com Dearborn Family Tree file submitted by astevens1953.

    [2772] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 770.

    [2773] Per the Ancestry.com Dearborn Family Tree file submitted by astevens1953.

    [2774] 1850 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, p. 189, dwelling #303, family #334:

            Joseph Childs, 56, male, inn keeper, $1500, born ME

            Dorcus Childs, 34 [sic], female, born ME

            Olive W. Childs, 18, female, born ME

            Rosco Childs, 15, male, born ME, attending school

            Joseph Childs Jr., 5, male, born ME, attending school

            Josephine Childs, 3, female, born ME

            Persis Childs, 1, female, born ME

            Amos G. Osgood, 30, male, engineer, born ME

            Emily Osgood, 26, female, born ME

            William Osgood, 2, male, born ME

            Robert Thompson, 28, male, engineer, born ME

            Rufus L. Stevens, 28, male, merchant, born ME

            Jarvis Stevens, 12, male, born ME

            Vester Prince, 23, female, born ME

    [2775] 1860 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 13, dwelling #90, family #99:

            Joseph Child, 65, male, farmer, $1000, $250, born ME

            Dorcas Child, 49, female, born ME

            Joseph F. Child, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Josephine F. Child, 12, female, born ME, attending school

            Perses A. Child, 11, female, born ME, attending school

            Hannah Bates, 40, female, born ME

    [2776] 1870 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 12, dwelling #99, family #97:

            Joseph Childs, 76, male, white, farmer, born ME, a male citizen

            Dorcass Childs, 59, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Joseph F. Childs, 24, male, white, farmer, $2000, $500, born ME, a male citizen

    [2777] Sons of the American Revolution, Membership Application #68940, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2778] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11739.

    [2779] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11031.

    [2780] 1830 Federal Census, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 27, the William Child household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2781] 1840 Federal Census, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME, p. 172, the William Child household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [2782] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 271, dwelling #295, family #309:

            William Child, 53, male, inn keeper, $1550, born ME

            Lucinda [sic] Child, 51, female, born ME

            Marinda P. Child, 21, female, born ME

            Clinton Child, 18, male, school teacher, born ME, attending school

            Marshal W. Child, 16, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

            Amanda Child, 13, female, born ME, attending school

            Emily Child, 11, female, born ME, attending school

    [2783] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41488866, from her gravestone in Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, ME.

    [2784] New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Noah Smith and Sally Moores on 6 Oct. 1796 in Deerfield, Rockingham Co., NH, from FHL microfilm #1001305.

    [2785] New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1000975, his birth place Livermore, ME, and his parents William and Anna Childs, her birth place Deerfield, NH.

    [2786] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #41488838, calculated from her age at death.

    [2787] 1860 Federal Census, Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 34, dwelling #256, family #278:

            William Child, 63, male, farmer, $1300, $625, born ME, married within the year

            Clara S. Child, 56, female, born NH, married within the year

            Marshall W. Child, 26, male, merchants clerk, born ME

            Amanda M. Child, 23, female, domestic, born ME

            Emily C. Child, 20, female, domestic, born ME

    [2788] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41488893, from his gravestone in Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, ME.

    [2789] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41488838, from her gravestone in Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, ME.

    [2790] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11739.

    [2791] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 770.

    [2792] Per the Ancestry.com Robbins Family Tree file submitted by melepionka.

    [2793] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, John Perham married first to Elizabeth E. Hooper on 28 Dec. 1830 or 17 Feb. 1831, from FHL microfilm #11326, the earlier date possibly the publication of intentions.

    [2794] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1316109, “buried in a small cemetery on knoll beside lake at Brittun’s Mills.”

    [2795] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [2796] 1830 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 138, the John Perham household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [2797] 1840 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 157, the John Perham household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2798] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 269, dwelling #259, family #273:

            John Perham, 52, male, farmer, $1087, born ME

            Betsey Perham, 47, female, born ME

            Albion Perham, 23, male, born ME

            Rosetta F. Sawin, 25, female, born ME

            Benjamin F. Sawin, 19, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

    [2799] 1860 Federal Census, Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 12, dwelling #86, family #92:

            John Perham, 65, male, farmer, $1200, $500, born ME

            Betsey Perham, 58, female, born ME

    [2800] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1316109, “buried in a small cemetery on knoll beside lake at Brittuns’s Mills.”

    [2801] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [2802] “Marriage Records of the Rev. Thomas Baldwin,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 126, p. 207; Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, pp. 770, 773.

    [2803] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Boston, Deaths, 1801-1848, online at www.Ancestry.com.

    [2804] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [2805] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [2806] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File, his middle name from the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950.

    [2807] Her parents’ names from the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950, but the death record of Esther’s brother Daniel Goding on 28 Mar. 1899 in Canton, ME, gives his parents as Spencer Goding and Hannah Lovell.

    [2808] Per the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950.

    [2809] Per the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950.

    [2810] 1830 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, p. 239, the Granville & Esther Child household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2811] 1840 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 158, the Granville Child household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 4 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2812] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 268, dwelling #254, family #267:

            Granvill Child, 44, male, farmer, $862, born ME

            Esther L. Child, 45, female, born ME

            Henry O. Child, 23, male, farmer, born ME

            Louisa Child, 19, female, born ME, attending school

            Martha M. Child, 16, female, born ME, attending school

            Lucius L. Child, 18, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

            Charles W. Child, 15, male, born ME, attending school

            Elizabeth A. Child, 12, female, born ME, attending school

            Harrison Child, 10, male, born ME, attending school

            George V. Child, 9, male, born ME, attending school

            Granville F. Child, 8, male, born ME, attending school

            Daniel G. Child, 5, male, born ME, attending school

            Esther J. Child, 4, female, born ME, attending school

    [2813] 1860 Federal Census, Franklin Plantation, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 8, dwelling #59, family #58:

            Granville Child, 55, male, farmer, $1000, $250, born ME

            Esther L. Child, 56, female, born ME

            Harrison Child, 20, male, born ME

            George V. Child, 19, male, born ME

            Granville F. Child, 18, male, born ME, attending school

    [2814] United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #881850.

    [2815] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File, the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950 gives his death as being in 1892.

    [2816] Per the Ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree file submitted by stacy9950.

    [2817] His birth date from his death record.

    [2818] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, pp. 770, 773.

    [2819] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11031, her parents Tilson and Soloma Stetson.

    [2820] 1840 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 158, the Marshall Child household had 3 males under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2821] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 267-268, dwelling #245, family #258:

            Marshal Child, 42, male, farmer, $400, born ME

            Olive Child, 38, female, born ME

            Hiram Child, 15, male, born ME, attending school

            Asa Child, 13, male, born ME, attending school

            Homer Child, 10, male, born ME, attending school

            Martha J. Child, 8, female, born ME, attending school

            Harriet E. Child, 6, female, born ME, attending school

            Emerson Child, 4, male, born ME

            Elihu Child, 4, male, born ME

            Albert Child, 1, male, born ME

    [2822] 1860 Federal Census, Peru, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 27, dwelling #195, family #201:

            Marshal Child, 52, male, farmer, $1500, $638, born ME

            Olive Child, 48, female, born ME

            Asa Child, 22, male, com school teacher, born ME, attending school

            Homer Child, 20, male, farm laborer, born ME, attending school

            Martha J. Child, 19, female, com. school teacher, born ME, attending school

            Harriet E. Child, 16, female, born ME, attending school

            Emerson Child, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Elihu Child, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Albert Child, 1, male, born ME, attending school

            Elmer P. Child, 9, male, born ME, attending school

    [2823] Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2148576, wife of Marshall Child, buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Canton, ME.

    [2824] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11037, his parents given as William Child and Ann Washburn.

    [2825] Calculated from her age at marriage and in the 1870 federal census.

    [2826] 1870 Federal Census, Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 26, dwelling #219, family #230:

            Marshall Child, 62, male, white, farmer, $1200, $700, born ME, a male citizen

            Sarah L. Child, 44, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Albert M. Child, 3, male, white, born ME

    [2827] Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2148576, husband of Olive Child.

    [2828] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [2829] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 771.

    [2830] 1840 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 160, the Elijah Parrington household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 2 females aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [2831] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File and her www.findagrave.com memorial #89892208.

    [2832] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 771.

    [2833] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #89891888.

    [2834] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #89891888.

    [2835] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89892208, from her gravestone in Forbes District Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

    [2836] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #89892171.

    [2837] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #89892171.

    [2838] 1840 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, p. 134, the Sullivan Andrews household had 3 males under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2839] 1850 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, p. 186, dwelling #262, family #238:

            Sulivan Andrews, 43, male, farmer, $1600, bor ME

            Olive Andrews, 36, female, born ME

            Elizabeth N. Andrews, 16, female, born ME, attending school

            Charles J. Andrews, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Alfred Andrews, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Timothy Andrews, 11, male, born ME, attending school

            Ellen Ford, 12, female, born ME, attending school

    [2840] 1860 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 14, dwelling #97, family #106:

            Sulivan Andrews, 53, male, farmer, $1200, $2000, born ME

            Olivia Andrews, 45, female, $600, born ME

    [2841] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89891888, from his gravestone in Forbes District Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

    [2842] www.findagrave.com, memorial #89892171, from her gravestone in Forbes District Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

    [2843] Per the FHL Pedigree Resource File.

    [2844] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 771.

    [2845] Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Utica, NY, 1881, p. 771, which says John Gordon, but the Ancestry.com Allen-Parkinson 2016 file submitted by muffnme gives her second husband as John Goding. No marriage record for Adelphia and either John Gordon or John Goding was found in the marriage records on www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2846] 1850 Federal Census, Livermore, Oxford Co., ME, p. 270, dwelling #278, family #292:

            John Godding, 44, male, farmer, $1000, born ME

            Adelphia Godding, 33, female, born ME

            William B. Godding, 6, male, born ME, attending school

            George Godding, 1, male, born ME

            Irena Connant, 16, female, born ME, attending school

    [2847] www.findagrave.com, memorial #40026065, from her gravestone in North Livermore Cemetery in Livermore, ME, the age on the gravestone is damaged and not verifiable.

    [2848] 1860 Federal Census, Livermore, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 14, dwelling #105, family #112:

            John Goding, 54, male, farmer, $600, $300, born ME

            Louisa Goding, 31, female, born ME

            William B. Goding, 15, male, born ME, attending school

            George P. Goding, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            Phebe F. Goding, 4, female, born ME

            Ella M. Goding, 3, female, born ME

            Isabelle M. Robbins, 9, female, born ME, attending school

    [2849] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

    [2850] Per the Ancestry.com Brown-Ray-Family Tree file submitted by marvanlouise; Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1917, 3 Volumes, [hereinafter Gloucester VRs], Vol. 2, p. 148, the marriage of John Coy and Molly Millet on 28 Nov. 1773 in Gloucester.

    [2851] Minot VRs, p. 2, marriage intentions recorded 26 Mar. 1796 in Minot; email message of Bev at hisdogbo@aol.com of 19 Mar. 2002.

    [2852] Per email message of Bev at hisdogbo@aol.com of 19 Mar. 2002, but his birth was not listed in the Gloucester town vital records.

    [2853] 1850 Federal Census, Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 187, dwelling #186, family #197.

    [2854] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769515; www.findagrave.com, memorial #43242475, from his gravestone in Village Cemetery in Charleston, ME.

    [2855] 1860 Federal Census, Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 9, dwelling #60, family #62.

    [2856] Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1769515; www.findagrave.com, memorial #43242463, from her gravestone in Village Cemetery in Charleton, ME.

    [2857] Vital Records of Poland, ME, 1802-1937, from FHL microfilm #00117393

    [2858] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11533, the marriage of William Dyer and Eunice Biter on 5 Nov. 1801 in Limington, York Co., ME.

    [2859] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #s 12270 and 12415.

    [2860] Per the Ancestry.com Brown-Ray-Family Tree file submitted by marvandlouise.

    [2861] 1830 Federal Census, Blakesburg, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 426, the Eliab Coy household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [2862] Per the Ancestry.com Brown-Ray-Family Tree file submitted by marvandlouise; Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1906, [hereinafter Royalston VRs], p. 169, wife of Rev. Coy, daughter of William and Eunice Dyer, born in Lymington, ME; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 41, p. 316, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Lymington, ME, her parents Wm. & Eunice Dyer.

    [2863] 1850 Federal Census, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 228, dwelling #702, family #904:

            Eliab Coy, 54, male, clergyman, born ME

            Wm. Coy, 23, male, boot maker, born ME

            Olive Coy, 21, female, born ME

            Eliab W. Coy, 18, male, shoemaker, born ME

            Geo. W. Coy, 13, male, born ME, attending school

            Sarah E. Coy, 10, female, born ME, attending school

    [2864] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #46672110.

    [2865] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11329, her middle name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #46672110.

    [2866] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #46672110.

    [2867] 1860 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 26, dwelling #213, family #212:

            Eliab Cory [sic], 63, male, Bapt. Clergyman, $50, born ME

            Caroline P. Cory [sic], 41, female, $80, born ME

    [2868] 1870 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 13, dwelling #111, family #112:

            Eliab Coy, 73, male, white, clergyman, $300, $200, born ME, a male citizen

            Caroline Coy, 51, female, white, keeping house, born ME

    [2869] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002324, wife of Reverend Eliab Coy; Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from her gravestone in Batchelder Corner Cemetery in Litchfield, ME, buried with other members of the Pike family, but with a note on the card that Rev. Eliab Coy was not buried there; www.findagrave.com, memorial #46672110, from her gravestone in North Litchfield Cemetery in Litchfield, ME.

    [2870] Per email message of Bev at hisdogbo@aol.com of 19 Mar. 2002.

    [2871] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #50164374.

    [2872] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #50166068.

    [2873] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #50164374.

    [2874] 1850 Federal Census, Warwick, Franklin Co., ME, p. 325, dwelling #213, family #220:

            Alvin Delvee, 33, male, miller, born MA

            Olive Delvee, 34, female, born ME

            Lucy F. Delvee, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Emily C. Delvee, 1, female, born MA

            Eunice Coy, 15, female, born ME

    [2875] 1860 Federal Census, Lockridge, Jefferson Co., IA, Page No. 116-117, dwelling #861, family  #794:

            Alvin Delvy, 43, male, Faning & Sanyr?, born MA

            Olive Delvy, 44, female, domestic, born ME

            Lucy F. Delvy, 17, female, domestic, born MA, attending school

            Emily C. Delvy, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Salina R. Delvy, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            George Delvy, 6, male, born IA, attending school

            W. E. Delvy, 2, male, born IA

    [2876] 1870 Federal Census, Charlotte, Bates Co., MO, Page No. 28, dwelling #206, family #206:

            Alvin Delvire, 54, male, white, carpenter, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Olive Delvire, 55, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Lucy Delvire, 27, female, white, at home, born MA

            George Delvire, 12, male, white, born IA, attending school

            Frank Delvire, 6, male, white, born IA, attending school

            Eveline Delvire, 2/12, female, white, born MO, born March

    [2877] www.findagrave.com, memorial #50164374, from his gravestone in West Point Cemetery in Merwin, Bates Co., MO.

    [2878] www.findagrave.com, memorial #50166068, from her gravestone in West Point Cemetery in Merwin, MO.

    [2879] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #43242598.

    [2880] His parents’ names from her death record.

    [2881] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #43242588, probably calculated from his age at death, his birth place from his death record.

    [2882] 1850 Federal Census, Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 187, dwelling #186, family #197:

            Noah Dow, 39, male, farmer, $800, born ME

            Lucy Down, 31, female, born ME

            Frederick Dow, 6, male, born ME, attending school

            John Coy, 74, male, farmer, born MA

            Olive Coy, 73, female, born MA

    [2883] 1860 Federal Census, Charleston, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 9, dwelling #60, family #62:

            Noah E. G. Dow, 50, male, farmer, $1000, $452

            Lucy Dow, 41, female, housewife

            Frederick C. Dow, 16, male, farm laborer, attending school

            Olive F. Dow, 9, female, attending school

            Eliab C. Dow, 4, male

            Olive Coy, 82, female, ret. housewife, born MA

    [2884] 1870 Federal Census, Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 36-37, dwelling #308, family #308:

            Noah E. G. Dow, 60, male, white, farmer, $1500, $1500, born ME, a male citizen

            Lucy Dow, 51, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Frederick C. Dow, 26, male, white, farm laborer, born ME

            Angeline D. Dow, 24, female, white, house keeper, born ME

            Elijah C. Dow, 14, male, white, born ME, attending school

            Willie H. Dow, 2, male, white, born ME

            Louisa J. Dow, 11/12, female, white, born ME, born in July

    [2885] 1880 Federal Census, Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 7, dwelling #30, family #32:

            Noah E. G. Dow, white, male, 70, married, farmer, born ME, father born NH, mother born NH

            Lucy Dow, white, female, 61, wife, married, keeping houseborn ME, father born ME, mother born MA

            Eliab C. Dow, white, male, 24, son, single, farmer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Thomas J. Dow, white, male, grandson, 8, single, sttending school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [2886] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9931, his birth place Prospect, ME, his occupation a farmer, and his parents Nathan Dow and Elizabeth Preble; www.findagrave.com, memorial #43242588, from his gravestone in Village Cemetery in Charleston, ME.

    [2887] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9931, her birth place Charleston, her parents John Coy and Olive Washburn; www.findagrave.com, memorial #43242598, from her gravestone in Village Cemetery in Charleston, ME.

    [2888] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

    [2889] Calculated from his age and the birth of their first child in July 1802.

    [2890] Calculated from her age at death.

    [2891] 1820 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 313, the Marshal Washburn household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 person engaged in agriculture

    [2892] 1830 Federal Census, Minot Cumberland Co., ME, p. 252, the Marshall Washburn household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [2893] Minot VRs, p. 287; www.findagrave.com, memorial #71218323, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2894] Minot VRs, p. 73, marriage intentions recorded 1 Sept. 1839 in Minot.

    [2895] Calculated from her age at death.

    [2896] 1840 Federal Census, Minot, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 397, the Marshall Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2897] Minot VRs, p. 295; www.findagrave.com, memorial #71218356, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2898] Minot VRs, p. 295; www.findagrave.com, memorial #71218380, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2899] Per Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2900] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #69577391; Brockton VRs, p. 265, the marriage of James Perkins 2d and Betty Packard on 25 Sept. 1783 in North Bridgewater.

    [2901] Minot VRs, pp. 50, 92.

    [2902] 1830 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 35, the Simeon Perkins household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and female aged 20-29 years.

    [2903] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69577465, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2904] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69577391, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2905] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69577662, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2906] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #36719113.

    [2907] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #36719184.

    [2908] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11550.

    [2909] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #36719184.

    [2910] 1860 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 34, dwelling #264, family #272:

            Saml Perkins, 31, male, farmer, $3000, $1000, born ME

            Emily Perkins, 23, female, born ME

            Henry W. Perkins, 3, male, born ME

            Joseph Perkins, 16, male, laborer, born ME, attending school

    [2911] 1870 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 9, p. 367, dwelling #72, family  #71:

            S.J.M. Perkins, 41, male, white, farmer, $2000, $600, born ME, a male citizen

            Emily Perkins, 32, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Henry W. Perkins, 12, male, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Harriet B. Perkins, 9, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            George F. Perkins, 9/12, male, white, born ME, born Sept.

    [2912] 1880 Federal Census, Minot, Androscoggin Co., ME, Page No. 34, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 18, dwelling #350, family #384:

            Samuel J.M. Perkins, white, male, 51, married, farmer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Morthy [sic] Perkins, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Henry W. Perkins, white, male, 22, son, single, works on farm, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Harriett B. Perkins, white, famelw, 19, daughter, single, teaching school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Frank M. Perins, white, male, 5, son, single, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [2913] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36719113, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2914] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36719184, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2915] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #69577597.

    [2916] www.findagrave.com, memorial #69577597, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2917] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #70275964.

    [2918] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #70275964, her burial location unknown.

    [2919] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2920] Minot VRs, pp. 53, 94.

    [2921] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2922] 1850 Federal Census, City of Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 436, dwelling #1913, family #1969:

            Wm Stacy, 48, male, r. road agt. $1000, born ME

            Mary A. Stacy, 46, female, born ME

            Sarah A. Stacy, 12, female, born ME

            Nancy W. Stacy, 5, female, born ME

    [2923] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71224162, from her gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2924] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71224223, from his gravestone in Center Hill Cemetery in Minot, ME.

    [2925] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #119534385.

    [2926] His father’s name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #54059787.

    [2927] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #s 10584, and 11949.

    [2928] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [2929] 1860 Federal Census, Ward One Bangor City, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 178-179, dwelling #1135, family #1302:

            John S. Parson, 27, male, tin plate worker, born ME

            Sarah A. Parson, 22, female, born ME

            Mary W. Parson, 1, female, born ME

            Charles W. Pearson, 32, male, provision store, born ME, married within the year

            Maria L. Pearson, 18, female, born ME, married within the year

            Joanna Augley, 18, female, domestic, born ME

            Nancy W. Stacy, 15, female, born ME, attending school

    [2930] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 1 Bangor City, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 53, dwelling #286, family #402:

            John Pearsons, 37, male, white, tin plate worker, $2000, $500, born ME, a male citizen

            Sarah Pearsons, 32, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Mary Pearsons, 11, female, white, born ME, attending school

            William Pearsons, 9, male, white, born ME, attending school

            Hattie Pearsons, 3, female, white, born ME

            Nancy Stacy, 25, female, white, clerk in store, born ME

            Mary Wood, 22, female, white, dress maker, born ME

            Lucy Wood, 18, female, white, dress maker, born ME

            Elizabeth McCarty, 15m, female, white, domestic servant, born ME

    [2931] www.findagrave.com, memorial #54059787, from his gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

    [2932] www.findagrave.com, memorial #119534385, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

    [2933] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2934] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10194, her parents Wm Stacey and Mary A. Washburn; www.findagrave.com, memorial #119543692, from her gravestone in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, ME.

    [2935] The monument reads in memory of:

            George Stewart Aged 2 yrs.

            Mary Bell aged 5 yrs. 5 mos.

            Susan Frances, aged 9 mos.

            Mary Frances, Aged 4½ mos.

            & Julia Frances, aged 3 mos.

            Children of Wm. & Mary Ann Stacy.

    [2936] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2937] Her parents’ names from her birth record; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 84, p. 109, the death of Mary Sikes Marland, widow of Abraham Marland, on 9 Oct. 1854 in Andover, aged 75 years, her birth place England; her www.findagrave.com memorial #74080401, gives her maiden name as Mary Sykes.

    [2938] Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1912, [hereafter Andover VRs], Vol. 2, p. 342, he was “of Philadelphia” in the marriage intentions.

    [2939] Andover VRs, Vol. 1, p. 263; her www.findagrave.com memorial #74082097, from her gravestone in Christ Church Cemetery in Andover, MA.

    [2940] Andover VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566, wife of Rev. Samuel Washburn.

    [2941] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vo.. 75, p. 102, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a clergyman, but his birth place and parents’ names not given.

    [2942] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2943] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2944] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2945] Minot VRs, p. 120.

    [2946] Minot VRs, p. 120, his middle name from the Ancestry.com Bunn Lodge file submitted by 3seeker.

    [2947] Per the Ancestry.com Bunn Lodge file submitted by 3seeker.

    [2948] Per the Ancestry.com Bunn Lodge file submitted by 3seeker; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 8, p. 301, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, married by Rev. Saml. Washburn, presumably his brother, his occupation a counsellor, his birth place Minot, ME, his father Marshall Washburn, her birth place Boston, and her father Ruel Baker.

    [2949] Calculated from her age at death.

    [2950] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 77, p. 44, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Fredrick L. Washburn, her birth place Boston, and her parents Reuel & Mary Baker; the Ancestry.com Bunn Lodge file submitted by 3seeker, gives the date as 20 June 1853.

    [2951] Per the Ancestry.com Bunn Lodge file submitted by 3seeker; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 140, p. 19, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a lawyer, his birth place Minot, ME, and his parents Marshal & Nancy.

    [2952] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 335.

    [2953] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 574, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [2954] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 335.

    [2955] Plympton VRs, p. 351, the marriage of James Mordoch and Lydia Hammond on 9 Nov. 1780 in Plympton.

    [2956] Minot VRs, pp. 13, 35.

    [2957] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11030, his parents James and Lydia.

    [2958] Plympton VRs, p. 139, the birth of James, son of James and Hannah Murdoch, on 24 Aug. 1754 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 352, the marriage of James Murdoch and Hannah Tilson, both of Plympton, on 2 Apr. 1741 in Plympton.

    [2959] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records Of The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, p. 175.

    [2960] 1820 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. ?, the James Murdock household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [2961] 1830 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 33, the James Murdock household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years [sic], 2 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [2962] 1840 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 147, the James Mordock household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [2963] 1850 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 33, dwelling #15, family #17:

            James Murdock, 64, male, farmer, $700, born MA

            Ruth Murdock, 63, female, born MA

            George Murdock, 39, male, farmer, born ME

            Almira Murdock, 27, female, born ME

            Hammond Murdock, 2, male, born ME

    [2964] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36688035, from her gravestone in Bearce Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

    [2965] www.findagrave.com, memorial #36687902, from his gravestone in Bearce Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

    [2966] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 184279 and 1239627.

    [2967] McAllister & Naas, Marriage Returns of Oxford County, Maine, p. 58, gives 14 Nov. 1844; Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10604, gives the date of 17 May 1844.

    [2968] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [2969] 1850 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 33, dwelling #15, family #17.

    [2970] 1860 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 47, dwelling #377, family #382:

            George Murdock, 49, male, farmer, $500, $65, born MA

            Almira C. Murdock, 39, female, born ME

            Hammond B. Murdock, 12, male, born ME, attending school

            James Murdock, 72, male, farmer, $500, $65, born ME

    [2971] 1870 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 8, dwelling #59, family #61:

            George Murdock, 59, male, white, farmer, $525, $120, born ME, a male citizen

            Almeda C. Murdock, 46, female, white, keeps house, born ME

            James Murdock, 83, male, white, no employment, born ME, a male citizen

    [2972] www.findagrave.com, memorial #138569498, from his gravestone in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

    [2973] www.findagrave.com, memorial #138569773, from her gravestone in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME, the gravestone broken, so the date is unreadable.

    [2974] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #1239627.

    [2975] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #138526863.

    [2976] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9756; Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002386, married by Job Morton, Justice of the Peace.

    [2977] Calculated from his age at death.

    [2978] 1840 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 147, the Thomas Bridgeham household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, no employment listed.

    [2979] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1315036, buried in Bogg Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #138526957, from her gravestone in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

    [2980] 1850 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, p. 117, dwelling #452, family #494.

    [2981] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1315036, buried in Bogg Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #138526863, from his gravestone in Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, ME.

    [2982] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 184279 and 1239627.

    [2983] Her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #43567392.

    [2984] McAllister & Naas, Marriage Returns of Oxford County, Maine, p. 58; I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Vital Records of Buckfield, Maine, 1803-1898, from FHL microfilm #0010604, gives the marriage but with a different date.

    [2985] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #43567392, from her gravestone in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME, where her name was spelled “Jannatte.”

    [2986] 1850 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, p. 117, dwelling #452, family #494:

            James Murdoc, 34, male, tailor, $800, born ME

            Jennett Murdoc, 27, female, born ME

            Amanda F. Murdoc, 7, female, born ME, attending school

            Charles A. Murdoc, 4, male, born ME, attending school

            James N. Murdoc, 3, male, born ME

            George W. Murdoc, 1, male, born ME

            Soya Buck, 24, male, shoemaker, born ME

            Orville Buck, 22, male, shoemaker, born ME

            Thomas Bridgham, 46, male, trader, born ME

            Jefferson Bridgham, 17, male, student, born ME

    [2987] www.findagrave.com, memorial #43567392, from her gravestone in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME.

    [2988] 1860 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 7, dwelling #51, family #54:

            James Murdock, 43, male, tailor, $200, born ME

            Amanda F. Murdock, 17, female, born ME

            George W. Murdock, 11, male, born ME, attending school

            Mary E. Murdock, 4, female, born ME, attending school

    [2989] 1870 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 25, dwelling #213, family #228:

            Sydne Simon Bridgham, 61, male, white, farmer, $1600, $150, born ME, a male citizen

            Lucretia B. Bridgham, 60, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            James Murdoch, 55, male, white, tailor, born ME, a male citizen

    [2990] www.findagrave.com, memorial #43569273, from his gravestone in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME.

    [2991] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 184279 and 1239644.

    [2992] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1316098; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #117507260.

    [2993] 1850 Federal Census, Paris, Oxford Co., ME, p. 184, dwelling #246, family #273:

            Eliab W. Murdock, 31, male, merchant, $1000, born ME[?]

            Sarah Murdock, 34, female, born MA

            Sarah Dunham, 16, female, born ME

    [2994] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Paris, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 16, dwelling #113, family #121:

            Eliab W. Murdock, 40, male, farmer, $2000, $300, born ME

            Sarah A? Murdock, 45, female, born ME

            Edward W. Murdock, 8, male, born ME

            Pauline Murdock, 6, female, born ME

    [2995] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Paris, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 15, dwelling #122, family #122:

            Eliab W. Murdock, 50, male, white, miller, $200, born ME

            Sarah A. Murdock, 54, female, white, keeping house, $2200, born ME

            Pauline C. Murdock, 18, female, white, school teacher, born ME

            Edward W. Murdock, 19, male, white, works in mill, born ME, attending school

    [2996] Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957, Maine Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [2997] www.findagrave.com, memorial #117507260, from her gravestone in Wayside Cemetery in West Paris, ME.

    [2998] Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1316098; Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1001832; www.findagrave.com, memorial #117507235, from his gravestone in Wayside Cemetery in West Paris, ME, his memorial gives his middle initial as “E.,” but it is clearly “W.” on his gravestone.

    [2999] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, microfilm #s 184279 and 1239644, his middle name from his www.findagrave.com memorial #129378458.

    [3000] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Vital Records of Buckfield, Maine, 1803-1898, from FHL microfilm #0010604.

    [3001] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3002] 1850 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, p. 119, dwelling #479, family #525:

            Amos Tucker, 52, male, joiner, $400, born ME

            Lucretia Tucker, 46, female, born ME

            Orville P. Tucker, 14, male, born ME, attending school

            Carmelia A. Tucker, 13, female, born ME, attending school

            Sylvester E. Murdoc, 23, male, shoemaker, born ME, married within the year

            Phebe J. Murdoc, 20, female, born ME, married within the year

    [3003] 1860 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 2, dwelling #10, family #12:

            Sylvester E. Murdock, 31, male, painter, $400, $50, born ME

            Janette P. Murdock, 30, female, born ME

            Mary F. Murdock, 5, female, born ME, attending school

            Lucy F. Murdock, 3, female, born ME, attending school

    [3004] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [3005] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10604, but the 1870 federal census indicates they were married in November.

    [3006] 1870 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 9, dwelling #80, family #87:

            Edson S. Murdock, 43, male, white, painter, $500, born ME, married in Nov., a male citizen

            Nancy M. Murdock, 34, female, white, keeping house, born ME, married in Nov.

            L. Florence Murdock, 14, female, white, born ME, attending school

            Bell Murdock, 9, female, white, born ME, attending school

    [3007] 1880 Federal Census, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 22, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 119, dwelling #230, family #247:

            Sylvester E. Murdock, white, male, 52, married, house painter, born ME, father born ME, mother born MA

            Nancy M. Murdock, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Ellen L. Murdock, white, female, 9, daughter, single, attending school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Louisa Holmes, white, female, 65, mother in law, widowed, at home, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [3008] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #129378458, but the United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #881861, shows him in Company G, 20th Regiment, Maine Infantry.

    [3009] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10004, her parents George W. Holmes and Louisa Merrill.

    [3010] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10004, his occupation a painter, his parents James Murdock and Ruth Washburn, of Minot, ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #129378458, from his gravestone in Buckfield Village Cemetery in Buckfield, ME.

    [3011] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [3012] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 336.

    [3013] Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3014] Hardwick VRs, p. 19.

    [3015] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 336; Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Boston, 1860, p. 28, the maiden name of the wife of Abel Benjamin not identified, her maiden name from Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 62.

    [3016] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 528.

    [3017] Hampshire County Deeds, Vol. 14, p. 495-496, acknowledged by Caleb Benjamin on 9 Oct. 1770 in Worcester, and recorded on 3 July 1777, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

    [3018] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 73, p. 71, acknowledged by Eliphalet Washburn and Anna Washburn on the same day.

    [3019] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 145, p. 439, acknowledged by Eliphalet Washburn on the same day, but not recorded until 28 Aug. 1804.

    [3020] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 85, p. 162, acknowledged by Job Dexter on 10 May 1779.

    [3021] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 156, p. 587-589, acknowledged by Eliphalet Washburn on 9 Mar. 1805.

    [3022] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 176, p. 382-383, acknowledged by Joseph Knowlton on the same day.

    [3023] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 190, p. 245-246, acknowledged by Eliphalet Washburn on the same day.

    [3024] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 221, Hardwick Town, Worcester County, the Eliphalet Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [3025] 1800 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 305, the Eliphalet Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3026] Hardwick VRs, p. 331, buried in the Old Cemetery in Hardwick.

    [3027] Hardwick VRs, p. 332; Worcester Co. Probate Case #62320.

    [3028] Worcester Co. Probate Case #62320.

    [3029] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3030] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427; Hardwick VRs, p. 215, the marriage of Timothy Newton and Sarah Mirick on 5 July 1751 in Hardwick.

    [3031] Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3032] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3033] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427.

    [3034] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 221, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, the Silas Newton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.

    [3035] 1800 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 300, the Silas Newton household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3036] 1810 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 843, the Silas Newton household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3037] 1820 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 87, the Silas Newton household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [3038] 1830 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 563, the Silas Newton household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [3039] 1840 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 187, the Silas Newton household had 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [3040] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3041] Hardwick VRs, p. 312, from his gravestone in the Central Cemetery in Hardwick; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3042] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3043] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3044] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 363.

    [3045] Hardwick VRs, p. 214, marriage intentions recorded 17 Sept. 1827 in Hardwick.

    [3046] Hardwick VRs, p. 35.

    [3047] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 362.

    [3048] 1830 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 564, the Gardner Newton household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [3049] 1840 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 180, the Gardner Newton household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [3050] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 352, dwelling #291, family #320:

            Henry B. Gould, 31, male, farmer, $3100, born MA

            Nancy M. Gould, 25, female, born VT

            Gardner Newton, 62, male, laborer, born MA

            Darius Carter, 16, male, farmer, born MA

    [3051] 1860 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 127-128, dwelling #919, family #1045:

            Henry B. Gould, 41, male, farmer, $2400, $850, born MA

            Nancy M. Gould, 35, female, born VT

            Olive Dexter, 60, female, $100, born VT

            Alma M. Dexter, 22, female, tailoress, born MA

            Gardner Newton, 70, male, farm laborer, born MA

    [3052] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 337, dwelling #53, family #65:

            Charity Newton, 53, female, $500, born MA

            Luke W. Newton, 20, male, no occupation, born MA

            Fanny Wheeler, 60, female, born MA

    [3053] 1860 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 126, dwelling #909, family #1035:

            Silas Newton, 72, male, born MA

            Stephen E. Newton, 24, male, farmer, $2000, $600, born MA

            Terzah S. Newton, 26, female, born MA

            Charity Newton, 64, female, domestic, born MA

            Alma S. Newton, 9, female, born MA, attending school

            Rollin D. Newton, 3, male, born MA

            William A. Newton, 11/12, male, born MA

            Charles Newton, 23, male, tin pedlar, born MA

    [3054] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 176, p. 242, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Silas Newton and Naoma Newton, both born in Hardwick.

    [3055] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 5-6, dwelling #47, family #47:

            Warren P. Sloan, 23, male, white, blacksmith, $100, born MA, a male citizen

            Abbie J. Sloan, 26, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Clara A. Sloan, 3, female, white, at home, born MA

            George W. Sloan, 7/12, male, white, at home, born MA, born in Nov.

            Charity W. Newton, 75, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [3056] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 11, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Hardwick, and her father Elezer Dexter, of Hardwick.

    [3057] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3058] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 122, p. 124, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Gardner & Charity Newton; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3059] Worcester County Probate Case #43297, Vol. 331, p. 22.

    [3060] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3061] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 349, dwelling #236, family #261:

            Silas Newton, 62, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Bathsheba Newton, 61, female, born MA

            Susan F. Newton, 30, female, born MA

            Stephen E. Newton, 25, male, farmer, born MA, married within the year

            Thirza L. Newton, 16, female, born MA, married within the year

            John Newton, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

    [3062] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 194, p. 199, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, single, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Gardner Newton and Charity Newton, both born in Hardwick; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3063] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3064] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 341, dwelling #109, family #128:

            Martin Ruggles, 59, male, farmer, $3050, born MA

            Abigail Ruggles, 62, female, born MA

            William P. Ruggles, 27, male, farmer, born MA

            Martha M. Ruggles, 25, female, born MA

            Martha J. Ruggles, 2, female, born MA

            Olive Ruggles, 90, female, born MA

            Charles Newton, 13, male, born MA

    [3065] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 510; FHL Pedigree Resource File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, for the maiden name of Mary Cyrena, wife of Seneca Sturtevant.

    [3066] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 146, p. 166, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Gardner & Charity Newton, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Seneca & Mary S. Sturtevant.

    [3067] Per Hardwick VRs, p. 109.

    [3068] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 73, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Gardner Newton and Charity W. Newton.

    [3069] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428.

    [3070] Per Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 428, but the marriage was not found in Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910; FHL Pedigree Resource File online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [3071] 1870 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 48, dwelling #213, family #303:

            John Kilmer, 35, male, white, works on farm, $100, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary D. Kilmer, 25, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary E. Kilmer, 5, female, white, at school, born MA

            Abbie E. Kilmer, 4, female, white, at school, born MA

            George L. Kilmer, 1, male, white, at home, born MA

    [3072] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 375, p. 408, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Seneca & Mary C. Sturtevant, of Hardwick.

    [3073] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/47, p. 434, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Hardwick #434, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his date of birth April 14, 1838 in Wilkesbury, NY, his occupation labour, a farm hand, his parents’ names not known.

    [3074] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3075] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [3076] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427; Hardwick VRs, p. 215.

    [3077] Calculated from his age at death.

    [3078] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 408.

    [3079] 1830 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 565, the Simeon Knowles household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 2 females aged 50-59 years, and 2 females aged 60-69 years.

    [3080] 1840 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 179, the Simeon Knowles household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3081] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 336, dwelling #35, family #43:

            Simion Knowles, 58, male, carpenter, $3000, born MA

            Lucetta Knowles, 58, female, born MA

    [3082] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 140, p. 250, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Eastham, and his parents Simeon & Priscilla Knowles.

    [3083] Worcester Co. Probate Case #35770, his will recorded in Vol. 394, p. 395.

    [3084] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 213, p. 323, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as “Lucretia (Newton) Knowles,” her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Silas & Naoma, of Hardwick.

    [3085] Per Hardwick VRs, p. 67.

    [3086] Hardwick VRs, p. 202. He was called “of Johnstown, N.Y.” in the marriage record.

    [3087] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3088] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 75, dwelling #1159, family #1211:

            Rufus Washburn, 35, male, mill manufa., $3000, born NY

            Laura Washburn, 33, female, born MA

            Lucius Washburn, 12, male, born NY

            Stephen Fenton, 22, male, D S D, born NY

            Francis Knoles, 27, male, mill manu., born NA

            Analisa Knoles, 27, female, born NY

            Elisa Knoles, 3, female, born NY

    [3089] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 199-200, dwelling #1558, family #1573:

            Rufus Washburn, 45, male, manufacturer, $8000, born NY

            Lora L. Washburn, 43, female, born MA

            L. K. Washburn, 22, male, manufacturer, born NY

            Ellen A. Washburn, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            John C. Washburn, 7, male, born NY, attending school

            Nancy J. Stoner, 19, female, glove maker, born NY

            Elizabeth Stoner, 21, female, glove maker, born NY

            Maria Ouderkirk, 21, female, domestic, born NY

            Lydia Bohanan, 17, female, born NY

    [3090] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 153, dwelling #941, family #1342:

            Rufus Washburn, 56, male, white, glove manuf., $20,000, $10,000, born NY, a male citizen

            Laura L. Washburn, 53, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Chas. A. Swart, 25, male, white, grocer, born NY, a male citizen

            Ellenor Swart, 18, female, white, born NY

            John C. Washburn, 16, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Julia Kennedy, 22, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born,

    [3091] Hardwick VRs, p. 67.

    [3092] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [3093] Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1904, [hereinafter Shrewsbury VRs], p. 180.

    [3094] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from her www.findagrave.com memorial #111450008, but her birth was not recorded in the Shrewsbury town vital records.

    [3095] 1850 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, p. 51, dwelling #37, family #37:

            Lucius Knowles, 31, male, manufacturer, $3300, born MA

            Eliza Knowles, 32, female, born MA

            Sophia Weaver, 38, female, born MA

            Killern Whipple, 20, male, factory, born MA

    [3096] 1860 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 139, dwelling #999, family #1144:

            Lucius J. Knowles, 41, male, cotton manft, $5000, $3000, born MA

            Eliza Knowles, 43, female, born MA

    [3097] 1870 Federal Census, Ward No. 7, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 90, dwelling #454, family #816:

            Lucius J. Knowles, 49, male, white, strand ?? mfg, $60,000, $300,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Eliza A. Knowles, 50, female, white, keeps house, born MA

            Kate Rogers, 30, female, white, domestic sevt, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [3098] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 258, p. 405, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Jonas & Sophia Adams; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111450008, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3099] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111450043.

    [3100] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910. Vol. 264, p. 46, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, he was of Worcester, a merchant, his birth place Hardwick, his parents Simeon & Lucetta, her birth place Boston, and her parents Alexander & Catharine G. Strong.

    [3101] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111450043.

    [3102] 1880 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 2, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 900, dwelling #9, family #10:

            Lucius J. Knowles, white, male, 60, married, loom builder, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Helen C. Knowles, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            C. H. Hutchens, white, male, 30, nephew, married, tape manufac., born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Eliza Hutchens, white, female, 28, niece, married, no occupation, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            A. K. Hutchens, white, male, 2, grand nephew, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born NY

            Frank Knowlten, white, male, 25, single, coachman, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Millie White, white, female, 25, servant, single, housework, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary Somers, white, female, 25, servant, single, housework, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Sarah McDermot, white, female, 23, nurse, single, child’s nurse, cannot read or write, born WI, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3103] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 357, p. 480, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a manufacturer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Simeon & Lucetta (Newton) Knowles; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111450082, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA, and from his obituary in the “Worcester Daily Spy” of 27 Feb. 1884.

    [3104] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111450043, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3105] Hardwick VRs, p. 67.

    [3106] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Francis Brown and Lucinda Alexander on 8 Nov. 1807, from FHL microfilm #1000967.

    [3107] Hardwick VRs, p. 202, which also lists the groom’s parents, age, and birthplace.

    [3108] Per his marriage record in Hardwick VRs, p. 202.

    [3109] 1850 Federal Census, Ward 4 East Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, p. 94, dwelling #917, family #1544:

            Loring Brown, 33, male, pattern maker, born NH

            Harriet E. Brown, 29, female, born MA

            Oscar Battles, 23, male, moulder, born MA, married within the year

            Elizabeth Battles, 20, female, born MA, married within the year

            Sarah Harvey, 19, female, domestic, born NH

    [3110] 1860 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 136, dwelling #975, family #1117:

            Loring Brown, 43, male, day laborer, born NH

            Harriet E. Brown, 37, female, born MA

            Francis S. Brown, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            George L. Brown, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Laurietta [sic] Knowles, 68, female, $800, $200, born MA

    [3111] 1870 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 52, dwelling #346, family #434:

            Lorin Brown, 52, male, white, no occupation, $2000, $300, born NH, a male citizen

            Harriett E. Brown, 48, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Frank S. Brown, 19, male, white, machinist in pump shop, born MA

            Geo. L. Brown, 15, male, white at school, born MA, attending school

            Freddie R. Brown, 5, male, white, born MA, attending school

            Eliza Dempsey, 60, female, white, house keeper, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

            Wm H. Shepard, 31, male, white, merchant, $3000, $4000, born MA, a male citizen

            Hattie H. Shepard, 27, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            William C. Shepard, 8/12, male, white, born MA, born in Oct.

            Geo. E. Taylor, 24, male, white, in pump shop, born CT, a male citizen

            Ezra Gilbert, 30, male, white, works for boot factory, born MA, a male citizen

            Mark Haywood, 24, male, white, in cotton mill, born MA, a male citizen

    [3112] Hardwick VRs, p. 67.

    [3113] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3114] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 75, dwelling #1159, family #1211.

    [3115] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111450054.

    [3116] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111450054.

    [3117] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 197, dwelling #1543, family #1559:

            F. B. Knowles, 37, male, merchant, $4000, born NY [sic]

            Ann E. Knowles, 36, female, born NY

            Eliza E. Knowles, 12, female, born NY, attending school

            Francis P. Knowles, 7, male, born NY, attending school

    [3118] 1880 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 2, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 900, dwelling #10, family #11:

            Francis B. Knowles, white, male, 56, married, loom builder, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Hester A. Knowles, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeps house, born RI, father born RI, mother born RI

            Frank P. Knowles, white, male, 27, son, single, loom builder, born MA, father born MA, mother born RI

            Mabel R. Knowles, white, female, 10, daughter, single, in school, born MA, father born MA, mother born RI

            Fanny W. Knowles, white, female, 7, daughter, single, at school, born MA, father born MA, mother born RI

            Louis J. Knowles, white, male, 1, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born RI

            Kate Gallagher, white, female, 28, servant, single, housework, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Sarah A. Macmara, white, female, 21, servant, single, housework, born MA, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            William Ramsdel, white, male, 30, teamster, single, teamster, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [3119] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111450028, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA, and from his obituary in the “Worcester Daily Spy” of 20 May 1890.

    [3120] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111450054, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3121] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3122] 1850 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 350, dwelling #259, family #285:

            Clarinda Newton, 55, female, $2000, born MA

            Caroline Newton, 45, female, born MA

    [3123] 1860 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 105, dwelling #729, family #852:

            Clarinda Newton, 65, female, tailoress, $2400, $300, born MA

    [3124] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 185, p. 212, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, single, her occupation a tailoress, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Silas & Naomia Newton, of Hardwick; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132093161, from her gravestone in Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick, MA; Worcester Co. Probate Docket #43085.

    [3125] Hardwick VRs, p. 79, recorded as “Lorra.”

    [3126] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402; Hardwick VRs, p. 195, the marriage of Moses Hunt and Esther Jinney on 10 Dec. 1778 in Hardwick; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #125357304.

    [3127] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427; Hardwick VRs, p. 215.

    [3128] Hardwick VRs, p. 62.

    [3129] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 404.

    [3130] 1840 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 328, the Orasmus Hunt household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [3131] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402; www.findagrave.com, memorial #124253065, from her gravestone in West Street Cemetery in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA.

    [3132] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3133] 1860 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 100, dwelling #690, family #813:

            Orasmus Hunt, 63, male, farmer, $2500, $815, born MA

            Caroline Hunt, 56, female, born MA

            Agnes Brown, 41, female, domestic, born Scotland

    [3134] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402; www.findagrave.com, memorial #125357304, from his gravestone in West Street Cemetery in Granby, Hampshire Co., MA.

    [3135] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402, not found in the Hardwick vital records; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #126202632, his middle name from his gravestone.

    [3136] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 514; Hardwick VRs, p. 252, the marriage of Beals Thomas and Dolly W. Egery on 11 Apr. 1824 in Hardwick.

    [3137] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 62, p. 191, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a teacher, his birth place Hardwick, his parents Orasmus & Laura Hunt, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Beals & Dolley W. Thomas; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3138] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #126202632.

    [3139] Hardwick VRs, p. 111.

    [3140] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 367.

    [3141] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 7 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 203, dwelling #1134, family #1516:

            Adison A. Hunt, 38, male, teacher, $1300, born MA

            Cara E. Hunt, 32, female, born MA

            Frank T. Hunt, 4, male, born MA

            Caroline W. Hunt, 2, female, born MA

            Edwin A. Hunt, 5/12, male, born MA

            Susan Lawton, 46, female, domestic, born MA

    [3142] 1870 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #11, family #12:

            Addison A. Hunt, 47, male, white, farmer, $7500, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Clara E. Hunt, 41, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Frank T. Hunt, 14, male, white, attending school, born MA

            Carrie W. Hunt, 12, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Anna J. Hunt, 7, female, white, attending school, born MA

            Willie A. Hunt, 5, male, white, at home, born MA

            Caroline Hunt, 66, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Sarah Adams, 74, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Lowell Ross, 24, male, white, farm laborer, born CT, a male citizen

            George Hudson, 23, male, white, farm laborer, born MA, a male citizen

            George DeWolfe, 23, male, white, farm laborer, born CT, a male citizen

    [3143] 1880 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 23, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 800, dwelling #224, family #254:

            Addison A. Hunt, white, male, 58, married, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Clarra E. Hunt, white, female, 52, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Frank T. Hunt, white, male, 24, son, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Carrie W. Hunt, white, female, 22, daughter, single, teaching school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Anna J. Hunt, white, female, 17, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            William A. Hunt, white, male, 14, son, single, farm laborer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Dennis Whitman, white, male, 24, laborer, single, farm laborer, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3144] www.findagrave.com, memorial #126202632, from his gravestone in Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick, MA.

    [3145] www.findagrave.com, memorial #126202217, from her gravestone in Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick, MA.

    [3146] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3147] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3148] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402, says he was born in Granby, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #147311055 says he was born in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA.

    [3149] Her father’s name from her marriage record.

    [3150] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 87, p. 308, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a printer, his birth place Stockbridge, his father Orasmus Hunt, her birth place Springfield, and her father Dryden Warne.

    [3151] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #135635071.

    [3152] 1860 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #12, family #11:

            Edwin W. Hunt, 25, male, farmer, $3000, $750, born MA

            Chs E. Hunt, 30, male, farmer, born MA

            Laura Hunt, 22, female, born MA

            Hattie M. Hunt, 2, female, born MA

    [3153] 1870 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #59, family #67:

            Charles E. Hunt, 40, male, white, farmer, $2500, $1325, born MA, a male citizen

            Laura W. Hunt, 32, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Hattie M. Hunt, 12, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Charles F. Hunt, 8, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Samuel A. Hunt, 2, male, white, born MA

            Frederick W. Hunt, 9/12, male, white, born MA, born in Sept.

            Edward [sic] N. Hunt, 34, male, white, farmer, $2500, $950, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary Thayer, 68, female, white, house keeper, born MA

    [3154] 1880 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 4, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 327, dwelling #32, family #34:

            Chas E. Hunt, white, male, 50, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Laura Hunt, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born CT, mother born CT

            Chas F. Hunt, white, male, 18, son, single, works on farm, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Samuel A. Hunt, white, male, 12, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Frederick Hunt, white, male, 10, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3155] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1914/110, p. 133, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth date 21 May 1830, his birth place Stockbridge, MA, his father Orsimas Hunt, born in Hardwick, and his mother Laura Newton, born in Hardwick; www.findagrave.com, memorial #147311055, from his gravestone in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3156] www.findagrave.com, memorial #135635071, from her gravestone in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3157] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402, says he was born in Granby, but his death record says he was born in Lee.

    [3158] 1860 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #12, family #11.

    [3159] 1870 Federal Census, Granby, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #59, family #67, his name written as Edward N. Hunt in the census record.

    [3160] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; Oakham VRs, p. 66, the marriage intentions of Samuel Crawford Jr. and Lorinda Wilson of Rutland recorded on 9 Jan. 1831 in Oakham; Rutland VRs, p. 127, the marriage of Samuel Crawford Jr. of Oakham and Lorinda Wilson on 13 Jan. 1831 in Rutland.

    [3161] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 273, p. 269, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his name recorded as Edwin Milton Hunt, his birth place Lee, his parents Orsimus & Laura (Newton), her birth place Oakham, and her parents Samuel & Laurinda (Wilson).

    [3162] Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 19; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #93930207.

    [3163] 1880 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 18, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 819, dwelling #122, family #152:

            Edwin N. Hunt, white, male, 44, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Clarinda Hunt, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Edwin C. Hunt, white, male, 1, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3164] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 456, p. 667, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Lee, and his parents given as Osmer Hunt and Laura Newton, both born in Hardwick; www.findagrave.com, memorial #93930209, from his gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

    [3165] www.findagrave.com, memorial #93930207, from her gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

    [3166] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3167] Calculated from her age at death.

    [3168] 1830 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 311, the Rufus W. Newton household had 1 male under 5, 12 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, and 2 females aged 20-29 years.

    [3169] 1840 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 156, the R. W. Newton household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3170] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702962, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3171] 1850 Federal Census, Second Ward of the City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 135, dwelling #197, family #291:

            Rufus W. Newton, 52, male, machinist, born MA

            George Newton, 24, male, wire finisher, born MA

            Caroline M. Newton, 20, female, born MA

            Naomi W. Newton, 18, female, born MA

            Sarah J. Newton, 16, female, born MA

    [3172] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 2 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 119, dwelling #610, family #848.

    [3173] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 427; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703031, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3174] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3175] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 514; Hardwick VRs, p. 252, the marriage of Beals Thomas and Dolly W. Egery on 11 Apr. 1824 in Hardwick.

    [3176] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 89, p. 207, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was of Gloversville, NY, a physician, his birth place Worcester, and his parents Rufus W. and Maria Newton, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Beals & Dolly W. Thomas; Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1433014.

    [3177] Hardwick VRs, p. 111.

    [3178] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 367.

    [3179] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 514; www.findagrave.com, memorial #110023470, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, the date in the memorial is 8 June 1858.

    [3180] 1860 Federal Census, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 217, dwelling #1704, family #1720:

            Edward N. Spencer, 39, male, manufacturer, $800, born NY

            Harriet W. Spencer, 34, female, born NY

            Helen M. Spencer, 10, female, born NY, attending school

            Alice J. Spencer, 8, female, born NY, attending school

            Austin K. Spencer, 3, male, born NY

            Austin Kapon, 44, male, $6000, $15,000, born NY

            Sally M. Kapon, 40, female, born NY

            George J. Newton, 32, male, physician & surgeon, born MA

            George W. Fay, 25, male, merchant, born MA

            William L. Spencer, 28, male, clerk, born NY

            Nancy M. Eckin, 25, female, glove maker, born NY

            Bridget Digney, 25, female, domestic, born Ireland

    [3181] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3182] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 93, p. 131, dwelling #600, family #778:

            Geo J. Newton, 44, male, white, physician, $4000, born MA, a male citizen

            Emma S. Newton, 29, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            George J. Newton Jr., 4, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Catherine Harrison, 21, female, white, domestic, born Canada, parents both foreign born

    [3183] www.findagrave.com, memorial #120026604, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3184] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the microfilm number not given.

    [3185] Per the FHL Ancestral File, the microfilm number not given.

    [3186] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3187] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records.

    [3188] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 38, p. 413, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Bethel, ME, his parents Josiah & Aphia Jackson, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. & Maria Newton; Westborough VRs, p. 188, marriage intentions recorded on 7 Apr. 1849 in Westborough.

    [3189] Calculated from his age at marriage and his birth place from his marriage record.

    [3190] 1850 Federal Census, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, p. 377, dwelling #66, family #71:

            Josiah Jackson, 28, male, blacksmith, born ME

            Catherine Jackson, 22, female, born MA

            George J. Jackson, 6/12, male, born MA

            Stephen B. Sarayer, 31, male, shoe maker, born MA

            Erastus F. Brookings, 25, male, shoe maker, born ME

            Joseph B. Rogers, 25, male, shoe maker, born NH

            Leonard W. Cutler, 18, male, blacksmith, born MA

            John Bowen, 30, male, blacksmith, born Ireland

            Catherine Fox, 20, female, blacksmith, born Ireland, cannot read or write

            Amanda Newton, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Andrew Jackson, 26, male, boot maker, born NH

            Jonas Rice, 25, male, leather cutter, born MA

            Mary P. Armstrong, 16, female, born NY, attending school

            Tryfenia Willard, 40, female, born ME

    [3191] 1860 Federal Census, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 54, dwelling #410, family #490:

            Josiah Jackson, 36, male, blacksmith, $2300, $300, born MA [sic]

            Katy Jackson, 31, female, born MA

            George Jackson, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Fanny Jackson, 7, female, born MA, attending school

            Elizabeth Jackson, 4, female, born MA

            Frank Jackson, 5/12, male, born MA

            Cyrus Cap, 23, male, blacksmith, born NH

            Julia Ellis, 33, female, born Ireland

    [3192] 1870 Federal Census, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 58-59, dwelling #406, family #506:

            Josiah Jackson, 48, male, white, blacksmith, $5000, born ME, a male citizen

            Catherine M. Jackson, 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            George J. Jackson, 20, male, white, blacksmith, born MA

            Fannie L. Jackson, 17, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Lebbras B. Jackson, 14, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Daniel F. Wethisbee, 43, male, white, works in shoe shop, born VT, a male citizen

    [3193] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 456, p. 731, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a blacksmith, his birth place Newry, ME, and his parents Josiah Jackson and Apphia Bartlett.

    [3194] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 483, p. 811, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. Newton, born in Hardwick, and Maria Johnson, born in Worcester.

    [3195] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3196] Worcester VRs, p. 501; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702730, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3197] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3198] His parents’ names from his marriage record; Vital Records of West Boylston, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Worcester, MA, 1911, [hereinafter West Boylston VRs], p. 117, the marriage intentions of Seth White and Lydia W. Case, of Grafton, recorded on 30 Dec. 1821 in West Boylston; Grafton VRs, p. 306, the marriage of Seth White, of West Boylston, and Lydia W. Case on 14 Jan. 1822 in Grafton.

    [3199] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 80, p. 296, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place West Boylston, his parents Seth & Lydia White, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. & Maria Newton.

    [3200] West Boylston VRs, p. 59.

    [3201] 1860 Federal Census, 2d District Hartford, Hartford Co. CT, Page No. 307, dwelling #1869, family #2080:

            George K. White, 33, male, joiner, $500, born MA

            Caroline C. White, 31, female, born MA

            Katie L. White, 5, female, born CT

            Amanda Newton, 23, female, tailoress, born MA

    [3202] Worcester VRs, p. 195.

    [3203] His parents’ names from his www.findagrave.com memorial #111230360.

    [3204] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 80, p. 302, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a clicker, his birth place Vernon, VT, his parents Alba & Thankful Houghton, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. & Maria Newton.

    [3205] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #111230360.

    [3206] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 2 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 119, dwelling #610, family #848:

            Alva [sic] Houghton, 30, male, boot manufacturer, $1000, born VT

            Naomi W. Houghton, 28, female, born MA

            Wm A. Houghton, 4, male, born MA

            Katie B. Houghton, 1, female, born MA

            Rufus W. Newton, 62, male, machinist, born MA

    [3207] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 1, City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 51, dwelling #268, family #474:

            Alba Houghton Jr., 40, male, white, boot manufacturer, $12,000, born VT, a male citizen

            Naomi Houghton, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Wm A. Houghton, 14, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Mary L. Houghton, 9, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Carrie M. Houghton, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Rufus M. Houghton, 3, male, white, at home, born MA

            Honora Harney, 23, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [3208] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111230360, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3209] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111236700, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3210] Worcester VRs, p. 195.

    [3211] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 4 City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 89, dwelling #515, family #751:

            Edwin Moody, 56, male, R. R. Agent, $5500, $3500, born ME

            Nancy Moody, 50, female, born NH

            Carrie Moody, 23, female, teacher com school, born MA

            Mary A. Moody, 22, female, born MA

            Edwin A. Moody, 19, male, plumbers app, born MA

            Isabella Hathaway, 40, female, born MA

            Herbert Hathaway, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Sarah Newton, 24, female, teacher com school, born MA

            Mary Collins, 19, female, domestic, born Ireland, married within the year

    [3212] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 3 City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 21, dwelling #88, family #170:

            Sarah Newton, 35, female, white, school teacher, $500, born MA

            Laura Newton, 31, female, white, school teacher, $500, born MA

    [3213] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/104, p. 13, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Worcester #13, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, single, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W., born in Hardwick, and Maria Johnson, born in Worcester; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703081, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3214] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3215] 1850 Federal Census, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA, p. 377, dwelling #66, family #71.

    [3216] 1860 Federal Census, 2d District Hartford, Hartford Co. CT, Page No. 307, dwelling #1869, family #2080.

    [3217] 1870 Federal Census, 3rd Ward of Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 39, dwelling #208, family #314:

            John T. Fenn, 38, male, white, tailor, $400, born CT, cannot read or write, a male citizen

            Laura Fenn, 30, female, white, keeps house, born CT, cannot read or write

            Elmira Gladding, 50, female, white, at house, born CT, cannot read or write

            Amanda Newton, 34, female, white, tailoress, born CT [sic], cannot read or write

            Ella Lambe, 21, female, white, tailoress, born CT, cannot read or write

            Julia Maher, 21, female, white, domestic, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, cannot read or write

    [3218] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1912/106, p. 163, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, single, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W., born in Hardwick, and Maria Childs [sic], born in Worcester; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702702, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3219] Worcester VRs, p. 195.

    [3220] 1850 Federal Census, Southborough, Worcester Co., MA, p. 355-356, dwelling #38, family #43:

            George W. Goodnow, 45, male, farmer, $5000, born MA

            Sally Goodnow, 54, female, born MA

            Everlin O. Gill, 22, female, born MA

            Laura Newton, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            George W. Porter, 20, male, laborer, born NH

    [3221] His parents’ names from his marriage record, his middle name from his death record.

    [3222] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 246, p. 360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a provision dealer, his birth place Northboro’, his parents Wm. H. & Eunice F. Whittemore, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. & Mary J. Newton.

    [3223] Calculated from his age at marriage and his birth place in his marriage record.

    [3224] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 366, p. 491, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried in Shrewsbury, his occupation a prov. dealer, his birth place Northboro, and his parents William W., born in Spencer, and Eunice Flagg, born in Worcester.

    [3225] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 483, p. 833, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Wm. A. Whittemore, her birth place Worcester, and her parents Rufus W. Newton, born in Hardwick, and Maria Johnson, born in Worcester; www.findagrave.com, memorial #112286830, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3226] Worcester VRs, p. 194.

    [3227] Worcester VRs, p. 502; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702769, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3228] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3229] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, online database at www.Ancestry.com, her first marriage; her maiden name also from her www.findagrave.com memorial #122675398.

    [3230] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #122675398.

    [3231] 1830 Federal Census, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, p. 47, the Merrick Newton household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 16-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [3232] 1840 Federal Census, Brattleborough, Windham Co., VT, p. 35, the M. Newton household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 7 people employed in agriculture.

    [3233] 1850 Federal Census, Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, p. 163, dwelling #458, family #520:

            Merrick Newton, 49, male, paper maker, $500, born MA

            Electa Newton, 39, female, born VT

            Recetina Newton, 19, female, born VT

            Caroline Newton, 16, female, born VT

            Lenora Newton, 12, female, born VT, attending school

            William Newton, 9, male, born VT, attending school

            Elizabeth Newton, 7, female, born VT, attending school

            Abby Newton, 5, female, born VT, attending school

            Fanny Newton, 2, female, born VT

    [3234] 1860 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 81, dwelling #662, family #16:

            Merrick Newton, 59, male, paper maker, born MA

            Electa Newton, 49, female, born VT

            Harrison Newton, 19, male, laborer in factory, born VT

            Elizabeth Newton, 17, female, born VT

            Abby Newton, 15, female, born VT, attending school

            Fanny Newton, 12, female, born VT, attending school

            Mary Newton, 7, female, born VT, attending school

    [3235] 1870 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 8, dwelling #59, family #76:

            Merrick Newton, 69, male, white, paper maker, $1000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

            Electa Newton, 59, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Harrison W. Newton, 30, male, white, works in woolen mill, born VT, a male citizen

            Fanny A. Newton, 22, female, white, works in woolen mill, born VT

            Mary E. Newton, 17, female, white, works in woolen mill, born VT

    [3236] 1880 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 82, Enumeration Dist. 51, dwelling #99, family #125.

    [3237] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122675398, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT.

    [3238] www.findagrave.com, memorial #122675373, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT.

    [3239] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3240] His parents’ names from his death record; Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904, [hereinafter Arlington VRs], p. 59, the marriage of Alfred Brooks, of Lincoln, and Roxa Peirce on 30 Sept. 1821 in Arlington; Lincoln VRs, p. 95, the marriage intentions of Alfred Brooks and Roxany Peirce, of W. Cambridge, recorded in 1821 in Lincoln.

    [3241] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27488, her name typed Reetina on the index card.

    [3242] Calculated from his age at death.

    [3243] 1860 Federal Census, West Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 262, dwelling #1910, family #1970:

            Geo T. Brooks, 32, male, farm laborer, born MA

            Rectina N. Brooks, 30, female, born VT

            Ellen A. Brooks, 6, female, born NH, attending school

            Emma A. Brooks, 5, female, born NH, attending school

    [3244] 1870 Federal Census, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Page No. 89, dwelling #686, family #683:

            George Brooks, 41, male, white, gardener, #13,000, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Rectina Brooks, 38, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Ellen Brooks, 17, female, white, at home, born NH

            Emma Brooks, 15, female, white, at home, born NH, attending school

            Charles Brooks, 9, male, white, born NH, attending school

            Frederick Brooks, 6, male, white, born MA, attending school

            Herbert Brooks, 3, male, white, born OH

            Ada Brooks, 1, female, white, born OH

    [3245] 1880 Federal Census, West Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Page No. 8, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 78, dwelling #67, family #72:

            Geo T. Brooks, white, male, 52, married, gardener, born MA, father born NH, mother born MA

            Rectiana M. Brooks, white, female, 49, wife, married, housekeeper, born VT, father born MA, mother born VT

            Emma A. Brooks, white, female, daughter, single, at home, born NH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Charles A. Brooks, white, male, 19, son, single, clerk, born NH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Frederick A. Brooks, white, male, 16, son, single, clerk, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT

            Herbert P. Brooks, white, male, 13, son, single, at school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Ada M. Brooks, white, female, 10, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Albert F. Brooks, white, male, 8, son, at school, attending school, born OH, father born MA, mother born VT

    [3246] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1977438, his birth place Mass., and his parents Alfred and Rosanna Brooks; www.findagrave.com, memorial #145162067, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, OH.

    [3247] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1983340, her birth place Brattleboro, VT, and her parents Merrick Newton and (___) Parker; www.findagrave.com, memorial #145162083, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, OH.

    [3248] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3249] Calculated from the age of their oldest child in the 1860 federal census.

    [3250] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3251] 1860 Federal Census, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 38, dwelling #251, family #293:

            Hiram D. Fletcher, 31, male, R.R. freight conductor, $150, born NH

            Caroline L. Fletcher, 26, female, born VT

            Ella E. Fletcher, 8, female, born VT, attending school

            Lucius F. Fletcher, 3, male, born NH, attending school

            Frederick F. Fletcher, 10/12, male, born NH

    [3252] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/14, p. 528, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1908, City of Boston, #528, widow of Hiram Fletcher, her maiden name Newton, her birth place Brattleboro, VT, her father Merrick Newton, born in MA.

    [3253] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27640; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122675433, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT.

    [3254] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3255] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3256] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3257] 1880 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 20, Supervisors Dist. 82, Enumeration Dist. 51, dwelling #174, family #219:

            Harrison H. Newton, white, male, 39, married, works in woolen mill, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Abigail A. Newton, white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Fanny E. Newton, white, female, 8, daughter, single, attending school, born NH, father born VT, mother born VT

    [3258] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3259] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3260] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3261] His parents’ names from his second marriage record; Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1905, 2 volumes [hereinafter Lynn VRs], Vol. 2, p. 285, the marriage intentions of Edward F. Osborn and Martha F. Peabody, of Salem, recorded on 9 Aug. 1835 in Lynn.

    [3262] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 273, p. 136, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a clerk, his birth place Lynn, his parents Edward F. and Martha F. Osborn, her birth place Brattleboro, VT, and her parents Merrick and Electa Newton.

    [3263] Calculated from his age in the 1880 federal census, and his birth place from his second marriage record.

    [3264] 1880 Federal Census, City of Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Page No. 15, Supervisors Dist. 611, Enumeration Dist. 674, dwelling #82, family #116:

            Frank Osborn, white, male, 65, widowed, painter, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Edward F. Osborn, white, male, 43, son, married, B & Shoe agent, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Fanny Osborn, white, female, 30 [sic], wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Abbie A. Newton, white, female, 30, sister in law, single, at home, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

    [3265] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 495, p. 335, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Edward F. Osborn, her birth place Brattleboro, VT, and her parents Merrick Newton, born in Hardwick, and Lecta Parker, born in Brattleboro, VT.

    [3266] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3267] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1000996, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place Worcester, MA, his parents Nathaniel and Esther E. Gilmore, her parents birth place Brattleboro, VT, and her parents Merrick and Electra Newton.

    [3268] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record.

    [3269] 1880 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., NH, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 82, Enumeration Dist. 51, dwelling #99, family #125:

            Rinaldo G. Gilmore, white, male, 39, married, works in foundry, born MA, father born CT, mother born MA

            Mary E. Gilmore, white, female, 29, wife, married, works in woolen mill, born VT, father born MA, mother born VT

            Addie E. Gilmore, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attending school, born NH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Ellan F. Gilmore, white, female, 4, daughter, single, attending school, born NH, father born MA, mother born VT

            Merrick Newton, white, male, 79, father in law, married, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Electa Newton, white, female, 69, mother in law, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

    [3270] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3271] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3272] 1860 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 100, dwelling #690, family #813:

            Orasmus Hunt, 63, male, farmer, $2500, $815, born MA

            Caroline Hunt, 56, female, born MA

            Agnes Brown, 41, female, domestic, born Scotland

    [3273] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 402.

    [3274] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 258, p. 403, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Silas & Naomi Newton.

    [3275] Hardwick VRs, p. 79.

    [3276] Her parents’ names from her second marriage; Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1902, [hereinafter Princeton VRs], p. 120, the marriage of George Moore, of Worcester, and Hannah Brooks on 26 June 1806 in Princeton.

    [3277] Worcester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 397, her name transcribed as Sarah F. Moore in the marriage record, but she was Sarah J. Newton in her husband’s probate records, and in her second marriage record.

    [3278] Worcester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 188.

    [3279] 1840 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 174, the S. W. Newton household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3280] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 50, p. 155, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mason, his birth place not given, but his parents Silas & Naomi Newton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703100, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3281] Worcester Co. Probate Case #43421.

    [3282] 1850 Federal Census, Sixth Ward City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 246, dwelling #259, family #329:

            Sarah J. Newton, 35, female, $3000, born MA

            Geo. M. Newton, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary E. Newton, 2/12, male [sic], born MA

            Maro Kindall, 37, male, nolter, born CT, married within the year

            Maria P. Kendall, 29, female, born MA, married within the year

    [3283] Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol. 89, p. 264, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his birth place Beverly, his parents George and Sally Smith, her birth place Worcester, and her parents George and Hannah Moore.

    [3284] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 6 City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 233, dwelling #1354, family #2008:

            George H. Smith, 44, male, boot & shoe manufacturer, $3500, $2500, born MA

            Sarah J. Smith, 44, female, $4000, $2000, born MA

            George M. Newton, 20, male, college student, born MA, attending school

            George A. Smith, 18, male, bootmaker, born MA, attending school

    [3285] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 312, p. 424, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Worcester, and her parents George & Hannah; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703069, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3286] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #864093.

    [3287] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Caleb S. Hitchcock and Emily Merriam on 27 Nov. 1839 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, from FHL microfilm #1870253, her mother’s maiden name also from her death record.

    [3288] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 191, p. 275, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Worcester, his parents Silas W. (dec) & Sarah J., her birth place Warren, and her parents Caleb S. & Emily; Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1433025, his parents Silas W. and Sarah J. Newton, her parents Caleb S. and Emily Hitchcock, her middle name from her death record.

    [3289] Vital Records of Warren, (Formerly Western), Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Worcester, MA, 1910, [hereinafter Warren VRs], p. 39.

    [3290] 1870 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 1, dwelling #1, family #1, a hotel:

            Caleb S. Hitchcock, 58, male, white, hotel keeper, $4000, $8000, born MA, a male citizen

            Emily Hitchcock, 55, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Emma E. Hitchcock, 18, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Abbie P. Hitchcock, 15, female, white, at home, born MA

            Charles S. Hitchcock, 20, male, white, clerk in store, born MA

            Edward Fairbanks, 33, male, white, dry goods store, $8000, born MA, a male citizen

            Geo M. Newton, 30, male, white, dry goods store, $5000, born MA, a male citizen

            Julia F. Newton, 25, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Bridget Laugton, 45, female, white, servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

            Preston Pond, 43, male, white, hostler, $2000, born MA, parents both foreign born, a male citizen

            James Parkinson, 18, male, white, hostler, born MA, parents both foreign born

    [3291] 1880 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. [blank], Enumeration Dist. 867, dwelling #99, family #150:

            Emily Hitchcock, white, female, 65, widow, housekeeper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            William C. Hitchcock, white, male, 38, son, single, keeps a dog kennel, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charles S. Hitchcock, white, male, 30, son, single, clerk ins appier, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucius K. Washburn, white, male, 43, son in law, married, livery proprietor, born NY, father born NY, mother born MA

            Ellen J. Washburn, white, female, 39, daughter, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Alice M. Washburn, white, female, 11, granddaughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born NY, mother born MA

            Geo M. Newton, white, male, 40, son in law, married, merchant, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Julia F. Newton, white, female, 35, daughter, married at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Abbie P. Moody, white, female, 25, daughter, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3292] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 330, p. 423, recorded in Warren, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Worcester, and his parents Silas W., born in Hardwick, and Sarah J., born in Boylston; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960221, his parents Silas W., born in Hardwick, and Sarah J., born in Boylston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702863, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3293] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Vol. 1913/101, p. 379, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death, Warren #379, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, she died in the Ramsdell Hotel in Warren, her birth date 1 Sept. 1844 in Warren, her parents C. S. Hitchcock, born in Ware, MA, and her mother Emlie Merriam, born in Ware, MA.

    [3294] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #864093; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111702870.

    [3295] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #959812; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702870, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3296] Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1420833; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111703004.

    [3297] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703004, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3298] Hardwick VRs, p. 78.

    [3299] Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Leicester VRs], p. 228, the marriage of Samuel Watson 3d and Sukey Vickery on 14 Oct. 1804 in Leicester.

    [3300] Leicester VRs, p. 189.

    [3301] Leicester VRs, p. 102.

    [3302] 1850 Federal Census, Sixth Ward City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, p. 236, dwelling #139, family #201:

            John C. Newton, 39, male, mason, $2500, born MA

            Sarah W. Newton, 36, female, born MA

            Catherine D. Nash, 29, female, born MA

    [3303] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 86, p. 188, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of John C. Newton, her birth place Leicester, and her parents given as Saml & Polly Waters [sic]; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111703057, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3304] Leicester VRs, p. 227, the marriage of Marianne Watson, daughter of Samuel and Sukey Watson, and Samuel A. Grosvenor, of Paxton, on 16 Dec. 1847 in Leicester; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 50, p. 130, the death of Samuel A. Grosvenor on 19 Oct. 1850 in Paxton, MA, aged 34 years, 10 months, 15 days.

    [3305] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 80, p. 231, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a mason, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Silas & Naomi Newton, her birth place Leicester, and her parents Saml. & Sukey Watson.

    [3306] Leicester VRs, p. 101; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #111702978.

    [3307] 1860 Federal Census, Ward 6 City of Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 266, dwelling #1547. Family #2294:

            John C. Newton, 49, male, master mason, born MA

            Mary A. Newton, 45, female, born MA

            Eloise Grosvenor, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Maria Watson, 39, female, dressmaker, born MA

    [3308] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 5 Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 13, dwelling #63, family #110:

            John C. Newton, 59, male, white, no occupation, $9000, $10,000, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary A. Newton, 56, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Persus E. King, 30, female, white, teacher, $400, born MA

            Ellen G. Wheeler, 30, female, white, teacher, born MA

            Alice McLeod, 19, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [3309] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702978, from her gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA.

    [3310] www.findagrave.com, memorial #111702889, from his gravestone in Worcester Rural Cemetery in Worcester, MA, and from his obituary published in the “Worcester Daily Spy” on 24 Sept. 1890.

    [3311] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3312] Hardwick VRs, p. 332.

    [3313] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3314] Waltham VRs, p. 139, the marriage of Uriah Cutting and Mrs. Caty Puffer on 4 Feb. 1773; Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1903, [hereinafter Sudbury VRs], p. 186, the marriage of Uriah Cutting of Waltham and Mrs. Caty Puffer on 4 Feb. 1773 in Waltham; Vital Records of Wayland, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, [hereinafter Wayland VRs], p. 64, the marriage of Uriah Cutting of Waltham and Mrs. Caty Puffer of Sudbury on 4 Feb. 1773 in Waltham; Sudbury VRs, p. 254, the marriage of Nathan Puffer and Cate Clap on 29 Oct. 1770 in Sudbury.

    [3315] Nourse, Henry S., ed., The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, Lancaster, 1890, [hereinafter Lancaster VRs], pp. 150, 163; Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3316] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard, but her birth was not recorded in the Waltham or Lancaster vital records.

    [3317] Per the Ancestry.com Cutting Family Tree file submitted by JoAnne Cutting; Waltham VRs, p. 30, the birth of Uriah, son of Richard and Thankful Cutting, on 29 Sept. 1743 in Waltham, Waltham VRs, p. 139, the marriage of Richard Cutting and Mrs. Thankful Harrington on 20 Apr. 1738 in Waltham.

    [3318] Sudbury VRs, p. 32, the birth of Cate, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Clap, on 6 Sept. 1753 in Sudbury; Sudbury VRs, p. 181, the marriage of Joel Clap and Elizabeth Burk on 17 Oct. 1749 in Sudbury.

    [3319] Middlesex County Probate Case #5697.

    [3320] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 528, who says he married Kate Cutter of Lancaster.

    [3321] 1810 Federal Census, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 281, the Luther Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3322] www.findagrave.com, memorial #134668594, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., MA, wife of Luther Washburn.

    [3323] Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2236, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [3324] Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2236, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [3325] 1820 Federal Census, Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 176, the Luther Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

    [3326] 1830 Federal Census, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 234, the Luther Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [3327] Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2236, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #140989382, from his gravestone in Pittsfield Cemetery in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.

    [3328] Berkshire County Probate Wills Vol. 1, p. 102-103, witnessed by Wm H. Tyler, Stephen P. Howard, and Frances Towne, from FHL microfilm #0879021.

    [3329] Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2236, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [3330] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #89906869.

    [3331] Berkshire County Probate, Guardianships Vol. 2, p. 141.

    [3332] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [3333] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6826.

    [3334] Inscriptions from Bridge Street Cemetery, 1656-1953, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #405.

    [3335] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 130, p. 17, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a merchant, his birth place Pittsfield, but his parents not given; Inscriptions from Bridge Street Cemetery, 1656-1953, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #405; Hampshire County Probate, Vol. B-4, p. 112, the administration also gives the date of his death; www.findagrave.com, memorial #89906869, from his gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3336] Hampshire County Probate, Vol. B-4, p. 112, from FHL microfilm #0886576, with Christopher Clarke, of Northampton, as surety.

    [3337] 1860 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 162, dwelling #1202, family #1201:

            W. H. Todd, 22, male, merchant, $4000, born NJ

            M. C. Washburn, 36, female, $16,000, born NJ

            Julia Todd, 33, female, $1400, born MA

            Sarah Todd, 26, female, $2000, born NJ

            Harry Washburn, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Frank Washburn, 3, male, born MA

            Mary Brown, 25, female, domestic, born Ireland

    [3338] 1870 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 80, dwelling #631, family #643:

            Mary Washburn, 49, female, white, keeping house, $18,000, $10,000, born MA

            Harry Washburn, 20, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Frank Washburn, 12, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Julia Todd, 56, female, white, keeping house, $15,000, born MA

            Sarah Todd, 34, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary Maloney, 26, female, white, domestic, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [3339] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 529, p. 278, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Luther I. Washburn, her birth place Boston, and her parents William Todd, born in Boston, and Sarah J. Kilton, born in England; Inscriptions from Bridge Street Cemetery, 1656-1953, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #405; www.findagrave.com, memorial #89906833, from her gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3340] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6822; his www.findagrave.com memorial #52541419, gives the date as 15 Aug. 1852.

    [3341] Hampshire County Probate, Vol. C4, Guardianship of Minors, 1852-1861, p. 457, from FHL microfilm #0886579, and Hampshire County Probate, Vol. C9, Letters of Guardianship, 1852-1861, p. 457, from FHL microfilm #0886580, with Christopher Clarke, of Northampton, and James M. Howe, of Brookline, Suffolk Co., as sureties, witnessed by Sarah Todd and Julia Todd.

    [3342] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6571.

    [3343] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6823.

    [3344] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6571; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #52541432.

    [3345] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6824, which gives the name of his parents, as well as his father’s birth year and birthplace, and his wife’s birthdate and her parents; Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52541419, from his gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3346] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6571.

    [3347] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6571; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52541432, from her gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3348] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6822; his www.findagrave.com memorial #52541419, gives the date as 15 Aug. 1852.

    [3349] Hampshire County Probate, Vol. C4, Guardianship of Minors, 1852-1861, p. 457, from FHL microfilm #0886579, and Hampshire County Probate, Vol. C9, Letters of Guardianship, 1852-1861, p. 457, from FHL microfilm #0886580, with Christopher Clarke, of Northampton, and James M. Howe, of Brookline, Suffolk Co., as sureties, witnessed by Sarah Todd and Julia Todd.

    [3350] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6571.

    [3351] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6823.

    [3352] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6571; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #52541432.

    [3353] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6821 and #6824, which gives the name of his parents, as well as his father’s birth year and birthplace, and his wife’s birthdate and her parents; Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52541419, from his gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3354] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6571.

    [3355] Northampton Vital Records, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, #6571; www.findagrave.com, memorial #52541432, from her gravestone in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA.

    [3356] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; Pittsfield Families, Book 7, p. 23, #1832, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; and per her www.findagrave.com memorial #143201729.

    [3357] Berkshire County Probate, Guardianships Vol. 2, p. 141.

    [3358] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3359] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2236, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

    [3360] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #130734978.

    [3361] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; Pittsfield Families, Book 8, p. 134, #2237, The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, Records of Berkshire County and Franklin County, Massachusetts, and Miscellaneous Towns, CD, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; www.findagrave.com, memorial #143201729, from her gravestone in Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, Windham Co., CT.

    [3362] 1850 Federal Census, Killingly, Windham Co., CT, p. 331, dwelling #159, family #189:

            Rev. Thomas O. Rice, 35, male, Cong. Minister, born unknown

            Mary W. Rice, 3, female, born Killingly, CT

            Mary I. Washburn, 65, female, born Pittsfield, MA

            Ellen L. Carter, 12, female, born City of New York, attending school

    [3363] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3364] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3365] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3366] 1860 Federal Census, 4 Ward City of Charleston, Charleston District, SC, Page No. 61, dwelling #420, family #424:

            T. O. Rice, 44, male, Cong. Minister, born MA

            Margaret Rice, 42, female, born MA

            Mary Rice, 13, female, born MA

            E. Handihin, 30, female, servant, born Ireland, married within the year

    [3367] 1870 Federal Census, Walnut Township, Polk Co., IA, Page No. 4, dwelling #19, family #19:

            Thos. O. Rice, 54, male, white, Presbyterian Clergyman, $12,000, $3500, born MA

            Margart. Rice, 50, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary W. Rice, 23, female, white, $1000, born CT

            Lizzie Mann, 17, female, white, born MA

            Mary McCoy, 19, female, white, domestic servant, born NJ, father foreign born

            T. C. Turch, 45, male, white, farm laborer, $100, born NY, a male citizen

    [3368] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 391, p. 398, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a clergyman, his parents Asa & Rebeca Rice; per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130734978, from his gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in West Brookfield, MA.

    [3369] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard, but her death was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130734959, from her gravestone in Pine Grove Cemetery in West Brookfield, MA.

    [3370] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; and per her www.findagrave.com memorial #142406117.

    [3371] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3372] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard.

    [3373] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; and per his www.findagrave.com memorial #142406005.

    [3374] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142406005, from his gravestone in Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

    [3375] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #142406117, from her gravestone in Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

    [3376] Per the Ancestry.com Thomas O Rice Family Tree file submitted by Al Pollard; www.findagrave.com, memorial #37569278, from her gravestone in Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, CT.

    [3377] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3378] Waltham VRs, p. 139, the marriage of Uriah Cutting and Mrs. Caty Puffer on 4 Feb. 1773; Sudbury VRs, p. 186, the marriage of Uriah Cutting of Waltham and Mrs. Caty Puffer on 4 Feb. 1773 in Waltham; Wayland VRs, p. 64, the marriage of Uriah Cutting of Waltham and Mrs. Caty Puffer of Sudbury on 4 Feb. 1773 in Waltham; Sudbury VRs, p. 254, the marriage of Nathan Puffer and Cate Clap on 29 Oct. 1770 in Sudbury.

    [3379] Lancaster VRs, pp. 150, 163; Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3380] Per the Ancestry.com Cutting Family Tree file submitted by JoAnne Cutting, but her birth was not recorded in the Waltham or Lancaster vital records.

    [3381] Per the Ancestry.com Cutting Family Tree file submitted by JoAnne Cutting; Waltham VRs, p. 30, the birth of Uriah, son of Richard and Thankful Cutting, on 29 Sept. 1743 in Waltham; Waltham VRs, p. 139, the marriage of Richard Cutting and Mrs. Thankful Harrington on 20 Apr. 1738 in Waltham.

    [3382] Sudbury VRs, p. 32, the birth of Cate, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Clap, on 6 Sept. 1753 in Sudbury; Sudbury VRs, p. 181, the marriage of Joel Clap and Elizabeth Burk on 17 Oct. 1749 in Sudbury.

    [3383] Middlesex County Probate Case #5697.

    [3384] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 150, p. 379-380, acknowledged by Gardner and Cate Wilder on the same day, and witnessed by Calvin Washburn and Timothy Whiting.

    [3385] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 159, p. 349, acknowledged by Rufus Washburn on the same day, witnessed by John Ballard and Josiah Flagg.

    [3386] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 174, p. 524, acknowledged by Jonathan Warner on 3 Dec. 1809.

    [3387] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 180, p. 216, acknowledged by Ruphus Washburn on 14 Apr. 1810.

    [3388] 1810 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 847, the Rufus Washburn household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3389] Montgomery County Land Records, Vol. 31, p. 534-535, from FHL microfilm #0506508, witnessed by Joseph Collins and David Hunter, acknowledged on 15 Sept. 1832 by Joseph Collins, and recorded on 18 Sept. 1832.

    [3390] 1820 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 334, the Rufus Washburn household had 4 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3391] 1830 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 250, the Rufus Washburn household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [3392] 1840 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 245, the Rufus Washburn household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years.

    [3393] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187633, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. Since Rufus Washburn was not found in the 1850 federal census, however, the year of his death may have been 1849 instead of 1859.

    [3394] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187639, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, the date not given on the memorial, and could not be read on this picture of their gravestone provided; also per Marcia Buffett pinezone@superior.net GenWeb posting of 25 May 2000.

    [3395] Lancaster VRs, p. 223.

    [3396] Her parents’ names from the Ancestry.com Blair Brotemarkle/Kellner Family Tree file submitted by blairb3.

    [3397] Calculated from the age of their oldest child in the 1850 federal census.

    [3398] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #128146718.

    [3399] 1830 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 250, the Eliphalet Washburn household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [3400] 1840 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 245, the Eliphalet Washburn household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [3401] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128146718, from her gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3402] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3403] 1850 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 16, dwelling #227, family #232:

            Eliphalet Washburn, 51, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Katharin Washburn, 23, female, born Ireland

            Alfred Washburn, 16, male, farmer, born NY, attending school

            Calvin Washburn, 11, male, born NY, attending school

            Mary Washburn, 8, female, born NY, attending school

            John Toleson, 20, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [3404] 1860 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 71, dwelling #540, family #512:

            Elaphalet Washburn, 60, male, farmer, $2000, $1095, born MA

            Catharine Washburn, 31, female, born MA [sic]

            Colin Washburn, 20, male, born MA

            Ann Kimble, 32, female, born Ireland

            Owen Streeter, 44, male, born Ireland

            Emeline Brown, 19, female, born NY

    [3405] 1870 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 7, dwelling #56, family #57:

            Elipalet Washburn, 70, male, farmer, $2000, born NY, a male citizen

            Cathrine Washburn, 39, female, keeping house, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

            Ann Washburn [sic], 42, female, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

            Augusta Washburn, 15, female, born NY, mother foreign born

            William Washburn, 7, male, born NY, mother foreign born

    [3406] 1880 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 8, Supervisor Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 18, dwelling #70, family #78:

            Eliphlet Washburn, white, male, 81, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Kathrina Washburn, white, female, 49, wite, married, keeping house, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            William Washburn, white, male, 17, son, single, at home, born NY, father born MA, mother born Ireland

            (Plus 8 unrelated boarders)

    [3407] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128146627, from her gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3408] Per the Ancestry.com Blair Brotemarkle/Kellner Family Tree File submitted by blairb3; www.findagrave.com, memorial #128146514, from his gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3409] Per the Ancestry.com Meyer Family Tree file submitted by dita2u.

    [3410] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3411] 1860 Federal Census, Township 106 Range 8, Winona Co., MN, Page No. 67, family #536:

            Wm H Washbern, 32, male, farmer, $300, $150, born NY

            Amanda Washbern, 22, female, born NY

            Eugene Washbern, 3, male, born MN

            Mary E. Washbern, 1, female, born MN

    [3412] 1870 Federal Census, Garden Valley, Jackson Co., WI, page No. 8, dwelling #56, family #57:

            William Washburn, 44, male, white, farmer, born NY, a male citizen

            Amanda Washburn, 34, female, white, born NY

            Eugene Washburn, 13, male, white, born MN

            Mary Washburn, 11, female, white, born MN, attending school

            Minnie Washburn, 9, female, white, born MN, attending school

            William Washburn, 7, male, white, born MN, attending school

            Elsworth Washburn, 5, male, white, born MN

    [3413] 1880 Federal Census, Spink, Dakota Territory, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 15, Enumeration Dist. 85, dwelling #188, family #201:

            William N. Washburn, white, male, 53, married, farmer, born NY, father born unknown, mother born unknown

            Amanda Washburn, white, female, 43, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            William Washburn, white, male, 17, son, single, farm laborer, born WI, father born NY, mother born NY

            Ellsworth Washburn, white, male, 15, son, single, farm laborer, born MN, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3414] Per the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3415] His parents’ names from the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3416] Per the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3417] Per the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3418] 1850 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 15, dwelling #215, family #200:

            Erastus C. Annibal, 26, male, farmer, $1150, born NY

            Lucy B. Annibal, 23, female, born NY

            Sally L. Annibal, 3, female, born NY

    [3419] 1860 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 70, dwelling #530, family #502:

            Erastus C. Anibal, 35, male, farmer, $1000, $452, born NY

            Lucy B. Anibal, 31, female, born NY

            Nelson Anibal, 6, male, born NY, attending school

            Philo Anibal, 2, male, born NY

    [3420] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 44, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #383, family #498:

            Erastus C. Anible, white, male, 56, married, grocer, cancer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Lucy B. Anible, white, female, 49, wife married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Marcellis Anible, white, male, 19 son, single, clerk in grocery, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Nelson H. Anible, white, male, 25, son, single, lawyer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Abbigal Parsons, white, female, 75, boarder, widow, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3421] Per the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3422] Per the Ancestry.com Anable_Annable_Anibal.ged file submitted by gregAnable21.

    [3423] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #100174812.

    [3424] Per the Ancestry.com Manning Family Tree file submitted by wpolivka; and per the FHL Ancestral File.

    [3425] Per the Ancestry.com Manning Family Tree file submitted by wpolivka.

    [3426] Per the Ancestry.com Manning Family Tree file submitted by wpolivka.

    [3427] 1850 Federal Census, Hope, Hamilton Co., NY, p. 16, dwelling #228, family #233:

            Lorenzo D. Smith, 29, male, farmer, born NY

            Nancy M. Smith, 21, female, born NY

            Helen P. Smith, 2, female, born NY

            Daniel Warren, 85, male, farmer, born MA, cannot read or write

    [3428] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 152-153, dwelling #1182, family #1196:

            Lorenzo D. Smith, 39, male, glove cutter, $400, born NY

            Nancy M. Smith, 31, female, born NY

            Augusta Smith, 4, female, born NY

            Helen Smith, 12, female, born NY

    [3429] 1880 Federal Census, Farmington Tp, Republic Co., KA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 278, dwelling #8, family #8:

            L. D. Smith, white, male, 59, married, farming, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Nancy M. Smith, white, female, 51, married, housekeeping born NY

            Augusta Smith, white, female, 26, divorced, housekeeping, born NY

            Fayette A. Smith, white, male, 18, teaching, born IL

            Alfred W. Smith, white, male, 16, attending school, born IA

            May Smith, white, female, 14, attending school, born IA

            Chas. L. Smith, white, male, 10, attending school, born KA

    [3430] Per the Ancestry.com List Family Tree file submitted by graywv3; www.findagrave.com, memorial #100174812, from her gravestone in Belleville Cemetery in Belleville, KA.

    [3431] Per the Ancestry.com Manning Family Tree file submitted by wpolivka; www.findagrave.com, memorial #119895360, from his gravestone in Belleville Cemetery in Belleville, KA.

    [3432] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3433] Her parents per the Ancestry.com Draffen Family Tree file submitted by tom7300.

    [3434] Their marriage date from the Ancestry.com Draffen Family Tree file submitted by tom7300.

    [3435] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #141121898, which doesn’t exactly match her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3436] 1860 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 71-72, dwelling #542, family #514:

            Ruel Washburn, 28, male, farmer, $400, $380, born NY

            Sevilla Washburn, 26, female, born NY

            Edwin Washburn, 2, male, born NY

            Jane A. Rosa, 6, female, born NY

    [3437] 1880 Federal Census, Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 23, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 2, dwelling #268, family #281:

            Ruel Washburn, white, male, 47, married, farmer, born NY, father born MA, mother born MA

            Cavella Washburn, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Harlow Washburn, white, male, 16, son, single, farm laborer, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Pamelia Washburn, white, female, 11, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Hattie Washburn, white, female, 5, daughter, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3438] Per the Ancestry.com Draffen Family Tree file submitted by tom7300; www.findagrave.com, memorial #141121898, from her gravestone in Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery in Broadalbin, NY.

    [3439] Per the Ancestry.com Draffen Family Tree file submitted by tom7300; www.findagrave.com, memorial #141121890, from his gravestone in Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery in Broadalbin, NY.

    [3440] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3441] Per the Ancestry.com Fox Family Tree file submitted by jlwearing.

    [3442] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #125591907, from her gravestone in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

    [3443] 1860 Federal Census, Winona, Winona Co., MN, Page No. 68, dwelling #545, family #515:

            Alfred Washburn, 27, male, day laborer, $1000, $300, born NY, married within the year

            Lucy A. Washburn, 20, female, born England, married within the year

    [3444] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 108, dwelling #679, family #884:

            Alfred Washburn, 35, male, white, grocer, $4000, $500, born NY, a male citizen

            Lucy A. Washburn, 24 [sic], female, white, keeping house, born England, parents both foreign born

            Nevia P. Washburn, 9, female, white, born MN, mother foreign born, attending school

            Ettie A. Washburn, 4, female, white, born NY, mother foreign born

            Walter E. Washburn, 2, male, white, born NY

            Alfred B. Washburn, 2/12, male, white, born NY, born in May

            Rachael Duff, 24, female, white, domestic, born NY

            Jas M. Washburn, 22, male, white, clerk in grocery store, born NY, a male citizen

    [3445] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 78, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #589, family #887:

            Alfred B. Washburn, white, male, 45, married, grocer, born NY, father born MA, mother born NY

            Lucy A. Washburn, white, female, 39, wife, married, keeping house, born England, father born England, mother born England

            David Washburn, white, male, 2, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Lena Washburn, white, female, 6, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Lura Washburn, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Alfred Washburn Jr., white, male, 10, son, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Walter Washburn, white, male, 12, son, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Etta Washburn, white, female, 15, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            Neoka Washburn, white, female, 19, daughter, single, glove maker, born MN, father born NY, mother born England

    [3446] www.findagrave.com, memorial #125591907, from her gravestone in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

    [3447] www.findagrave.com, memorial #125591879, from his gravestone in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

    [3448] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #128147384.

    [3449] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128147384, from her gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3450] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3451] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128147073, from his gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3452] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3453] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3454] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3455] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3456] 1880 Federal Census, Benson, Hamilton Co., NY, Page No. 9, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 18, dwelling #73, family #81:

            William T. Eglin, white, male, 42, widowed, farmer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Alice Eglin, white, female, 20, daughter, single, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            William Eglin, white, male, 17, son, single, at home, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Bessie Eglin, white, female, 5, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Katie Eglin, white, female, 5, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3457] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3458] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane.

    [3459] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane; www.findagrave.com, memorial #128145733, from her gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3460] Per the Ancestry.com Kane/Perry/Putman Family Tree file submitted by Laura Kane; www.findagrave.com, memorial #128159786, from his gravestone in Upper Benson Cemetery in Benson, NY.

    [3461] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census, but she was not listed as part of her father’s household in the 1860 federal census.

    [3462] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3463] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3464] Per the Ancestry.com Merton Love Family Tree file submitted by Dorothy McKillop, and the Ancestry.com Hatch Family Tree file submitted by hatchj115.

    [3465] Reformed Church of Fonda, Baptisms, Marriages, Members, Consistory Minutes, 1758-1839, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [3466] Per the Ancestry.com Merton Love Family Tree file submitted by Dorothy McKillop, and the Ancestry.com Hatch Family Tree file submitted by hatchj115.

    [3467] Per the Ancestry.com Merton Love Family Tree file submitted by Dorothy McKillop.

    [3468] www.findagrave.com, memorial #120140861, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3469] Per the Ancestry.com Merton Love Family Tree file submitted by Dorothy McKillop.

    [3470] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 301, the Henry Ward household had 2 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females under 5, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3471] www.findagrave.com, memorial #120140862, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3472] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 69, dwelling #1056, family #1103:

            Henry Ward, 54, male, miller pedlar, born NY

            Catharine Ward, 18, female, born NY

            Sarah Ward, 13, female, born NY, attending school

            John Ward, 7, male, born NY, attending school

    [3473] www.findagrave.com, memorial #120140859, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3474] Per the Ancestry.com Merton Love Family Tree file submitted by Dorothy McKillop.

    [3475] Lancaster VRs, p. 223.

    [3476] Calculated from her age in the 1865 state census.

    [3477] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 301, the George Washburn household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [3478] 1850 Federal Census, Third Ward in the City of Utica, Oneida Co., NY, p. 331, dwelling #255, family #259:

            George Washburn, 40 [sic], male, physician, born MA

            Electa Washburn, 39, female, born NY

    [3479] 1860 Federal Census, Third Ward Utica, Oneida Co., NY, Page No. 61, dwelling #410, family #463:

            George Washburn, 56, female [sic], Doctor of Medicine, $500, born MA

            Ellen [sic] Washburn, 55, female, born MA [sic]

    [3480] New York State Census, 1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1435152, Ward 3, Utica, Oneida Co., NY, p. 1, family #10:

            George Washburn, male, 60, born MA, married once, physician in Utica

            Electa Washburn, female, 60, born Cortland

    [3481] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 192-193, dwelling #1177, family #1721.

    [3482] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3483] Calculated from her age at death.

    [3484] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 300, the L. C. Washburn household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3485] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 36, dwelling #1054, family #1101:

            Lorenzo Washburn, 44, male, D S D, born MA

            Mary Washburn, 40, female, born NY

            Marcellas Washburn, 17, male, D S D, born NY, attending school

            Wm Washburn, 10, male, born NY, attending school

            Mary Washburn, 7, female, born NY, attending school

    [3486] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 203, dwelling #1590, family #1605:

            L. C. Washburn, 54, male, mitten pedlar, $2500, born NY

            Mary Washburn, 58, female, domestic, born NY

            William R. Washburn, 21, male, printer, born NY

    [3487] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 192, dwelling #1173, family #1714:

            Lorenzo C. Washburn, 64, male, white, glove cutter, $1500, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary Washburn, 59, female, white, keeping house, born NY

    [3488] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 33, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #302, family #392:

            Lorenzo C. Washburn, white, male, 74, married, no occupation, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary Washburn, white, female, 69, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born RI, mother born NY

    [3489] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8194627, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3490] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8194622, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3491] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 14, p. 405-406, witnessed by Nelson H. Anibal and Hiram Darling, both of Gloversville.

    [3492] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3493] Per the Ancestry.com The Harrisville Byces file submitted by WByce17.

    [3494] Per the Ancestry.com The Harrisville Byces file submitted by WByce17.

    [3495] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 121, dwelling #754, family  #1026:

            Marcellus Washburn, 36, male, white, saloon keeper, born NY

            Lydia Washburn, 37, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Wellington Washburn, 12, male, white, born NY

            John H. Bentley, 22, male, white, glove cutter, born NY

            Amy Day, 20, female, white, glove cutter, born NY

            Carrie Page, 19, female, white, glover cutter, born NY

    [3496] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 56, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #489, family #625:

            Marcellis Washburn, white, male, 48, married, Rhumatism, born NY, father born MA, mother born NY

            Lydia M. Washburn, white, female, 47, wife, married, glove maker, born NY, father born RI, mother born NY

            Wellington C. Washburn, white, male, 21, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3497] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8194642, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3498] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 401.

    [3499] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8194650, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, her name Lydia M. Washburn on her gravestone.

    [3500] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 13, p. 405-407, witnessed by Andrew J. Lowry and Jerome Egelston, both of Gloversville, NY.

    [3501] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1870 federal censuses.

    [3502] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3503] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 192, dwelling #1172, family #1713:

            Wm R. Washburn, 31, male, white, glove cutter, $3000, born NY, a male citizen

            Sarah E. Washburn, 27, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Chas. E. Washburn, 5, male, white, born NY

    [3504] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 33, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #301, family #391:

            W. R. Washburn, white, male, 40, married, glove cutter, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Sarah Washburn, white, female, 36, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Charles E. Washburn, white, male, 15, son, single, at school, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Mary E. Washburn, white, female, 8, daughter, single, at school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3505] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 21, p. 25-27, witnessed by Nelson H. Anibal and Dr. S. H. Rabuck, both of Gloversville.

    [3506] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3507] Hardwick VRs, p. 118, which gives his name as Lionel.

    [3508] Per the Ancestry.com Hollytree file submitted by HTimm2519.

    [3509] Per the Ancestry.com Hollytree file submitted by HTimm2519, the date from “Descendants of Simon Volkertse Veeder, published online by Three Rivers at https://www.threerivershms.com.

    [3510] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3511] Montgomery County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 193-194, from FHL microfilm #0506510, witnessed by Abram Valentine and Elihu Enos, acknowledged on 21 Jan. 1834, and recorded on 5 Feb. 1834.

    [3512] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 301, the L. W. Washburn household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 2 females under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3513] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 70, dwelling #1075, family #1122:

            Lionel Washburn, 40, male, pedlar, $600, born MA

            Catharine Washburn, 33, female, born NY

            Mary Washburn, 13, female, born NY, attending school

            Jane Washburn, 11, female, born NY, attending school

    [3514] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 201, dwelling #1571, family #1586:

            L. W. Washburn, 53, male, glove pedlar, $2500, born NY

            Catherine Washburn, 44, female, born NY

    [3515] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 109, dwelling #684, family #897:

            Lionell W. Washburn, 62, male, white, glove cutter, $4000, born MA

            Catherine Washburn, 54, female, white, keeping house, born NY

    [3516] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187846, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, which gives his name as Daniel W. Washburn.

    [3517] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 8, p. 509-512, and Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 306.

    [3518] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 13, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #119, family #144:

            Eliphalet Veeder, white, male, 56, married, glove manufacturer, born NY, father born NY, mother born CT

            Asenatha Veeder, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born CT

            Lizzie Veeder, white, female, 19, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Cora M. Veeder, white, female, 16, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Mrs. L. Washburn, white, female, 63, mother, widowed, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3519] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187851, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3520] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3521] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3522] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187858, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3523] Hardwick VRs, p. 118; her www.findagrave.com memorial #91337529 gives the date as 30 June 1810 in New York.

    [3524] Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Sturbridge VRs], p. 234, marriage of Jacob Mason and Abigail Marcy on 19 May 1799 in Sturbridge.

    [3525] Sturbridge VRs, p.

    [3526] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 300, the D. S. Mason household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [3527] 1850 Federal Census, Sycamore Township, DeKalb Co., IL, p. 384-385, dwelling #17, family #18:

            Daniel S. Mason, 45, male, farmer, born not known

            Catherine Mason, 37, female, born NY

            George Mason, 15, male, born NY, attending school

            Marvin Mason, 13, male, born NY, attending school

            Euphelia Mason, 11, female, born NY, attending school

            John Mason, 9, male, born NY, attending school

    [3528] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 218-219, dwelling #1710, family #1726:

            S. S. Mills, 47, male, hotel keeper, $30,000, $3000, born NY

            Cynthia Mills, 40, female, born NY

            William F. Mills, 7, male, born NY

            Elliot F. Mills, 4, male, born NY

            Samuel S. Mills, 2, male, born NY

            Theodore L. Mills, 11/12, male, born NY

            Catherine Mason, 50, female, domestic, $800, born NY [sis]

            George Mason, 25, male, born NY

            Marvin Mason, 23, male, born NY

            Ophelia Mason, 21, female, born NY

            John J. Mason, 19, male, born NY

            (Plus 22 other unrelated people either working or boarding at the hotel)

    [3529] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 195, dwelling #1187, family #1738:

            James Barr, 45, male, white, proprietor Hotel, $8000, born NY, a male citizen

            Ophelia Barr, 30, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Marisa Barr, 8, female, white, born NY, attending school

            James F. Barr, 3, male, white, born NY

            John W. Barr, 6/12, male, white, born NY, born in Nov.

            Catherine Masen, 60, female, white, born NY [sic]

            (Plus 17 other people working or boarding at the hotel)

    [3530] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91337529, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3531] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91336801, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3532] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91336801, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3533] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91336326, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3534] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91336326, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, and from his obituary in Johnstown, NY, Fulton County Republican of 11 Oct. 1877.

    [3535] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #91336123.

    [3536] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91335388.

    [3537] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91335388, from his obituary in the Amsterdam Daily Democrat of 15 Sept. 1884.

    [3538] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 195, dwelling #1187, family #1738.

    [3539] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91336123, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3540] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91335388, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, and from his obituary.

    [3541] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3542] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91372023.

    [3543] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #91372521, presumably from her age at death.

    [3544] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #91372023, from his obituary in the Gloversville Daily Leader of 3 Oct. 1901.

    [3545] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 31, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #286, family #370:

            Mrs. Alanson Hosmer, white, female, 60, widow, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            J.J. Mason, white, male, 38, son in law, married, born NY, father born [blank], mother born NY

            Mary A. Mason, white, female, 34, daughter, married, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Blanche Mason, white, female, 7, granddaughter, single, at school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Edgar A. Spencer, white, male, 32, son in law, married, lawyer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Francis B. Spencer, white, female, 31, daughter, married, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Maggie Donely, white, female, 23, servant, single, house keeper, born NY, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3546] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91372023, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY, and from his obituary.

    [3547] Fulton County Letters of Administration Vol. 4, p. 154.

    [3548] www.findagrave.com, memorial #91372521, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3549] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3550] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3551] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 66, dwelling #1017, family #1061:

            Martin Washburn, 38, male, farmer, born NY

            Hannah Washburn, 36, female, born NY

            Julia Washburn, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            Wm Washburn, 8, male, born NY, attending school

            Nancy Washburn, 5, female, born NY, attending school

            Martha [sic] Washburn, 4, female, born NY

            Mary Washburn, 3, female, born NY

            Francelia Washburn, 1/12, female, born NY

    [3552] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 131, dwelling #1017, family #1035:

            Martin L. Washburn, 48, male, farmer, $2500, born NY

            Hannah M. Washburn, 46, female, born NY

            John W. Washburn, 18, male, farm laborer, born NY, attending school

            Nancy C. Washburn, 16, female, service, born NY, attending school

            Martin S. Washburn, 14, male, born NY, attending school

            Mary J. Washburn, 12, female, born NY, attending school

            Francelia Washburn, 10, female, born NY, attending school

            George H. Washburn, 6, male, born NY, attending school

    [3553] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 114, dwelling #716, family #950:

            Martin Washburn, 56, male, white, laborer, born NY, a male citizen

            Hannah Washburn, 55, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Francelia Washburn, 22, female, white, born NY

            George Washburn, 15, male, white, born NY, attending school

    [3554] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co,. NY, Page No. 42, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #362, family #466:

            Martin L. Washburn, white, male, (60), married, teamster, born NY, father born NY [sic], mother born NY [sic]

            Hannah M. Washburn, white, female, (60), wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Fannie Washburn, white, female, 24 [sic], daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3555] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3556] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3557] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3558] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3559] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3560] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3561] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 114, dwelling #716, family #951:

            James Christie, 22, male, white, skin dresser, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary J. Christie, 22, female, white, born NY

    [3562] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, of one month.

    [3563] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3564] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #158385973.

    [3565] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 43, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #368, family #476:

            George Washburn, white, male, 26, married, works in skin mill, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Matilda Washburn, white, female, 24, wife, married, glove maker, born NY, father born England, mother born England

            Maud Washburn, white, female, 2, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            George Washburn, white, male, 4, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born England

            1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 83, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #644, family #944:

            George Washburn, white, male, 25, married, works in glove shop, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Matilda Washburn, white, female, 23, wife, married, dress maker, born NY, father born England, mother born England

            Maud Washburn, white, female, 2, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            George Washburn Jr., white, male, 4, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3566] www.findagrave.com, memorial #158385973, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3567] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3568] Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3569] Per Hardwick VRs, p. 67.

    [3570] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 75, dwelling #1159, family #1211:

            Rufus Washburn, 35, male, mill manufa., $3000, born NY

            Laura Washburn, 33, female, born MA

            Lucius Washburn, 12, male, born NY

            Stephen Fenton, 22, male, D S D, born NY

            Francis Knoles, 27, male, mill manu., born NA

            Analisa Knoles, 27, female, born NY

            Elisa Knoles, 3, female, born NY

    [3571] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 199-200, dwelling #1558, family #1573:

            Rufus Washburn, 45, male, manufacturer, $8000, born NY

            Lora L. Washburn, 43, female, born MA

            L. K. Washburn, 22, male, manufacturer, born NY

            Ellen A. Washburn, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            John C. Washburn, 7, male, born NY, attending school

            Nancy J. Stoner, 19, female, glove maker, born NY

            Elizabeth Stoner, 21, female, glove maker, born NY

            Maria Ouderkirk, 21, female, domestic, born NY

            Lydia Bohanan, 17, female, born NY

    [3572] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 153, dwelling #941, family #1342:

            Rufus Washburn, 56, male, white, glove manuf., $20,000, $10,000, born NY, a male citizen

            Laura L. Washburn, 53, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Chas. A. Sweet, 25, male, white, grocer, born NY, a male citizen

            Ellenor Sweet, 18, female, white, born NY

            John C. Washburn, 16, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Julia Kennedy, 22, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born,

    [3573] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3574] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 29, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #257, family #342:

            Rufus Washburn, white, male, 66, married, retired glove manufacturer, born NY, father born MA, mother born MA

            Amanda Washburn, white, female, 42, wife, married, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [3575] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 12, p. 545-550, witnessed by James M. Thompson and Nelson H. Anibal, both of Gloversville, NY.

    [3576] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3577] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Caleb S. Hitchcock and Emily Merriam on 27 Nov. 1839 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, from FHL microfilm #1870253; Town of Ware Vital Statistics, Marriages and Intentions of Marriage, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 15, the marriage of Caleb S. Hitchcock and Emily Merriam, both of Ware, on 27 Nov. 1839.

    [3578] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 137, p. 239, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was of Johnstown, NY, a manufacturer, born in Johnstown, his parents Rufus & Lorain Washburn, she was born in Ware, MA, her parents Caleb S. & Emily Hitchcock.

    [3579] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place in her marriage and death records, but her birth was not found in Corbin’s transcriptions of Ware town records.

    [3580] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 6, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 29, dwelling #123, family #261:

            Lucius K. Washburne, 31, male, white, tape manfr, $5000, born NY, a male citizen

            Nellie Washburne, 29, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Alice Washburne, 1, female, white, at home, born MA

            Katie Hearn, 15, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

            Joanna Power, 35, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [3581] 1880 Federal Census, Warren, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. [blank], Enumeration Dist. 867, dwelling #99, family #150:

            Emily Hitchcock, white, female, 65, widow, housekeeper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            William C. Hitchcock, white, male, 38, son, single, keeps a dog kennel, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charles S. Hitchcock, white, male, 30, son, single, clerk ins appier, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucius K. Washburn, white, male, 43, son in law, married, livery proprietor, born NY, father born NY, mother born MA

            Ellen J. Washburn, white, female, 39, daughter, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Alice M. Washburn, white, female, 11, granddaughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born NY, mother born MA

            Geo M. Newton, white, male, 40, son in law, married, merchant, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Julia F. Newton, white, female, 35, daughter, married at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Abbie P. Moody, white, female, 25, daughter, married, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3582] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 519, p. 157, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lucius K. Washburn, her birth place Ware, and her parents Caleb S. Hitchcock, born in Palmer, and Emily Merriam, born in Northfield.

    [3583] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/11, p. 529, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1907, City of Boston #529, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a salesman, his birth place Gloversville, NY, his father Rufus Washburn, born in MA, and his mother Lorraine Knowles, her birth place unknown, his burial in Pine Grove Cemetery in Warren.

    [3584] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 216, p. 308, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Lucius K. & N. J., her father’s occupation a manufacturer, born in NY, her mother born in MA, her middle name from her marriage record.

    [3585] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 417, p. 496, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a boot and shoe dealer, his birth place Burlington, N.J., his parents Benjamin F. and Charlotte C. Leavens, her birth place Worcester, MA, and her parents Lucius K. Washburn and Ellen J. Hitchcock.

    [3586] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record.

    [3587] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3588] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3589] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 66, dwelling #574, family #750:

            Charles Sweet, white, male, 35, married, grocer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Ella A. Sweet, white, female, 28, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Loraine Sweet, white, female, 8, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Katie D. Sweet, white, female, 4, daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3590] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3591] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3592] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3593] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3594] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 69, dwelling #1657, family #1104:

            B. F. Washburn, 39, male, D S D, $1750, born NY

            Marian Washburn, 28, female, born NY

            Frances Washburn, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            Leonas Washburn, 5, female, born NY, attending school

            Lorain Washburn, 3, male, born NY

            Thankful Washburn, 72, female, $700, born MA

    [3595] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 203, dwelling #1589, family #1604:

            B. F. Washburn, 42, male, flour store, $1800, born NY

            Mary A. Washburn, 39, female, born NY

            Francis A. Washburn, 18, female, domestic, born NY

            Leona C. Washburn, 15, female, born NY, attending school

            Loran C. Washburn, 13, female [sic], born NY

            Talmadge Enos, 41, male, flour store, born NY

    [3596] Calculated from her age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3597] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 192-193, dwelling #1177, family #1721:

            Ben F. Washburn, 52, male, white, livery, $4000, $1000, born NY, a male citizen

            Sarah R. Washburn, 38, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Alfred Washburn, 13, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Catherine Washburn, 11, female, white, born NY, attending school

            Lawrence H. Washburn, 22, male, white, born NY, a male citizen

            Electa Washburn, 67, female, white, born NY

    [3598] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 34, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #318, family #410:

            B. F. Washburn, white, male, 63, married, livery keeper, born NY, father born MA, mother born MA

            Sarah Washburn, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Leona Miller, white, female, 34, daughter, married, house keeper, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Frank Miller, white, male, 9, grandson, single, at school, born IA, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3599] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 3, p. 97.

    [3600] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187655, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3601] Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 13, p. 317-320, witnessed by John M. Drury and Nelson H. Anibal, both of Gloversville.

    [3602] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3603] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3604] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3605] www.findagrave.com, memorial #8187738, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3606] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3607] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3608] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3609] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 128, dwelling #1944, family #2042:

            Wm. Washburn, 30, male, farmer, $600, born NY

            Susan Washburn, 31, female, born NY

            Rufus Washburn, 7, male, born NY, attending school

            Emily G. Washburn, 5, female, born NY, attending school

            James Washburn, 3, male, born NY, attending school

            Lewis Washburn, 1, male, born NY

    [3610] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 128, dwelling #991, family #1010:

            William W. Washburn, 40, male, farmer, $2000, born NY

            Susan Washburn, 41, female, born Ireland

            Rufus Washburn, 18, male, farm laborer, born NY, attending school

            Emily J. Washburn, 16, female, born NY, attending school

            James Washburn, 14, male, born NY, attending school

            Lewis Washburn, 12, male, born NY, attending school

            Frances Washburn, 10, female, born NY, attending school

    [3611] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 224, dwelling #1381, family #1969:

            Wm A. Washburn, 50, male, white, farmer, $3000, born NY, a male citizen

            Susan Washburn, 50, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Rufus Washburn, 27, male, white, work in farm, born NY, a male citizen

            Emily J. Washburn, 24, female, white, born NY

            Frances Washburn, 18, female, white, born NY

            George Coney, 20, male, white, work in farm, born NY

    [3612] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 211.

    [3613] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 42, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #365, family #468:

            Susan Washburn, white, female, 62, widowed, keeping house, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Rufus W. Washburn, white, male, 36, son, single, saloon keeper, born NY, father born NY, mother born Ireland

            George Bryant, white, male, 24, boarder, single, works in saloon, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3614] Fulton County Wills Vol. 14, p. 369-371, witnessed by George Bryant and Robert Bryce.

    [3615] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3616] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 3, p. 4.

    [3617] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3618] Albany County Probate Wills Vol. 46, p. 338-340, witnessed by Isidore Wachsman and Ernest W. Reich, both of Albany.

    [3619] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census, his birth place from the Marcia Buffett GenWeb posting of 25 May 2000.

    [3620] Per Marcia Buffett pinezone@superior.net GenWeb posting of 25 May 2000.

    [3621] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3622] 1880 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 19, Supervisor Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #183, family #207:

            James H. Washburn, white, male, 33, married, farmer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Melvina Washburn, white, female, 30, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Susan Washburn, white, female, 6, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Emily B. Washburn, white, female, 2/12, born Apr., daughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3623] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3624] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3625] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 66, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #578, family #754:

            Albert N. Simmons, white, male, 37, married, skin dresser, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Frances Simmons, white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Marvie O. Barr, white, female, 17, boarder, single, glove silker, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3626] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3627] Hardwick VRs, p. 264, the marriage of Samuel Whipple and Sarah Lenard on 20 Mar. 1775 in Hardwick.

    [3628] Hardwick VRs, p. 123.

    [3629] Paige, History of Hardwick, pp. 413-414, 534.

    [3630] 1810 Federal Census, Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY, p. 9, the Calvin Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3631] 1820 federal Census, Ward 4 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 135, the Calvin Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [3632] 1830 Federal Census, Ward 4 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 93, the Calvin Washburn household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [3633] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; his obituary in the Columbian Centinel of 21 Oct. 1835; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #79065521, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but his memorial gives only the year as 1868, and no photograph of his gravestone is supplied.

    [3634] Hamilton County Probate Wills Vol. 2, p. 432-433.

    [3635] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #76065526, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but her memorial gives only the year as 1868, and no photograph of her gravestone is supplied.

    [3636] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3637] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #76065522, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but his memorial gives only the year 1868, and no photograph of his gravestone is supplied.

    [3638] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3639] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3640] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie, his birth place from the 1850 federal census.

    [3641] 1840 Federal Census, Cincinnati Ward 4, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 162, the A. C. Brown household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 5 people employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3642] 1850 Federal Census, 4th Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, p. 366-367, dwelling #791, family #1252:

            A. C. Brown, 51, male, machinist, $10,000, born VT

            Sarah Brown, 42, female, born NY

            Geo W. Brown, 20, male, machinist, born OH

            Chas. A. Brown, 16, male, finisher, born OH

            Calvin W. Brown, 14, male, born OH, attending school

            Henry Brown, 11, male, born OH, attending school

            Dwight W. Brown, 5, male, born OH

            Franklin Brown, 2, male, born OH

            Charlotte W. Brown, 18, female, born OH

            Frances Brown, 13, female, born OH, attending school

            Fanny Washburn, 63, female, born NY

    [3643] 1860 Federal Census, Springfield, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 202, dwelling #1420, family #1476:

            A. C. Brown, 61, male, woolen manufactor, $500, born VT

            Sarah A. Brown, 52, female, born NY

            Timothy D. Brown, 17, male, born OH

            Ella Brown, 14, female, born OH

            Frank Brown, 11, male, born OH

    [3644] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78899797, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, which apparently only gives the year of death.

    [3645] 1870 Federal Census, 1st Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 15, dwelling #69, family #121:

            Maceus [sic] S Hunt, 36, male, white, dry goods clerk, $275, born OH, a male citizen

            Fanny W. Hunt, 34, female, white, house keeper, born OH

            Stella Hunt, 9, female, white, born OH

            Warden D. Hunt, 7, male, white, born OH

            Fanny M. Hunt, 5, female, white, born OH

            Lloyd L. Hunt, 2, male, white, born OH

            Sarah Conway, 17, female, white, seamstress, born OH

            Celia Dallas, 18, female, white, seamstress, born OH

            Alfred [sic] C. Brown, 71, male, white, locomotive engineer machinist, born VT, a male citizen

            Henry L. Brown, 30, male, white, dry goods clerk, born OH, a male citizen

            Francis Brown, 21, male, white, dry goods clerk, born OH, a male citizen

            Joseph Brown, 18, male, white, at home, born OH

            John D. Peasell, 27, male, white, school teacher, born NH, a male citizen

            Edward S. Peasell, 29, male, white, school teacher, born NH, a male citizen

    [3646] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78898852, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, which apparently only gives the year of death.

    [3647] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3648] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by loranjsull, and the Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti, which only gives her father’s name as Carl Gentner.

    [3649] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti, and the 1860 federal census.

    [3650] 1860 Federal Census, 4th District of 7th Ward, New York City, NY, Page No. 60, dwelling #172, family #337:

            Geo. W. Brown, 30, male, designer, born OH

            Christiana Brown, 27, female, born Wertemberg

            Fanny Brown, 5, female, born PA

            Ellen Brown, 11/12, female, born NY

    [3651] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3652] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, online database at www.Ancestry.com, State of Indiana, Jefferson County, Charles Augustus Brown and Christiana CG Brown.

    [3653] 1870 Federal Census, Columbia township, Jennings Co., IN, Page No. 24-25, dwelling #186, family #182.

    [3654] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78899039, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, Sect. 99, Lot 205.

    [3655] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3656] 1870 Federal Census, 22d Ward City of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 57, dwelling #416, family #437:

            Charles W. Smith, 52, male, white, iron merchant, $5000, $500, born NY, a male citizen

            Charlott W. Smith, 39, female, white, keeps house, born OH

            Thane D. Smith, 13, male, white, at school, born OH, attending school

            Sander S. Smith, 8, male, white, at school, born OH, attending school

    [3657] 1880 Federal Census, Sunshine, Boulder Co., CO, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. [blank], Enumeration Dist. 23, dwelling #35, family #35:

            C. W. Smith, white, male, 62, male, married, mining superintendent, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Charlott W. Smith, white, female, 48, wife, married, born OH, father born VT, mother born NY

            Sander S. Smith, white, male, 18, single, miner, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH

            Charlie Smith, white, male, 9, attending school, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH

            Miner Smith, white, male, 4, born IN, father born NY, mother born OH

    [3658] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35900151, from his gravestone in Sunshine Cemetery in Sunshine, CO.

    [3659] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #35900142, from her gravestone in Sunshine Cemetery in Sunshine, CO.

    [3660] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti.

    [3661] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3662] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull, and others, but no marriage dates are given and children’s birth years are confusing.

    [3663] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, online database at www.Ancestry.com, State of Indiana, Jefferson County, Charles Augustus Brown and Christiana CG Brown.

    [3664] 1870 Federal Census, Columbia township, Jennings Co., IN, Page No. 24-25, dwelling #186, family #182:

            Charles Brown, 38 [sic], male, white, carpenter, $100, born OH, a male citizen

            Christiana Brown, 38, female, white, keeping house, born Wertemburg, parents both foreign born

            Fanny Brown, 15, female, white, [can’t read her occupation], born PA, mother foreign born, attending school

            Ella Brown, 9, female, white, born NY, mother foreign born

            Charles Brown, 7, male, white, born NY, mother foreign born

            Carrie Brown, 5, female, white, born NY, mother foreign born

            Clara Brown, 2, female, white, born IN, mother foreign born

            Minnie Hoffmaster, 29, female, white, without occupation, born Wurtemburg, parents both foreign born

    [3665] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by loranjsull, with no source cited, and no findagrave memorial was found for him.

    [3666] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78899039, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, Sect. 99, Lot 205.

    [3667] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3668] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3669] 1870 Federal Census, 1st Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 15, dwelling #69, family #121:

            Maceus [sic] S Hunt, 36, male, white, dry goods clerk, $275, born OH, a male citizen

            Fanny W. Hunt, 34, female, white, house keeper, born OH

            Stella Hunt, 9, female, white, born OH

            Warden D. Hunt, 7, male, white, born OH

            Fanny M. Hunt, 5, female, white, born OH

            Lloyd L. Hunt, 2, male, white, born OH

            Sarah Conway, 17, female, white, seamstress, born OH

            Celia Dallas, 18, female, white, seamstress, born OH

            Alfred [sic] C. Brown, 71, male, white, locomotive engineer machinist, born VT, a male citizen

            Henry L. Brown, 30, male, white, dry goods clerk, born OH, a male citizen

            Francis Brown, 21, male, white, dry goods clerk, born OH, a male citizen

            Joseph Brown, 18, male, white, at home, born OH

            John D. Peasell, 27, male, white, school teacher, born NH, a male citizen

            Edward S. Peasell, 29, male, white, school teacher, born NH, a male citizen

    [3670] 1880 Federal Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 32, Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 122, dwelling #207, family #307:

            M. A. Hunt, white, male, 46, married, spray bed maker, born OH, father born MA, mother born MA

            Fanny W. Hunt, white, female, 44, wife, married, keeping house, born OH, father born VT, mother born NY

            Stella Hunt, white, female, 19, daughter, single, medical student, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Warder Hunt, white, male, 17, son, single, works in berloted tue[?], born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Marcia Hunt, white, female, 15, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Lloyd Hunt, white, male, 12, son, single, at school, attending school, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Winnifred Hunt, white, male, 4, son, single, attending school, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Gilbert Hunt, white, male, 9, son, single, attending school, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Helen Hunt, white, female, 6/12, daughter, single, born OH, father born OH, mother born OH

            Frank Brown, white, male, 31, brother, single, book keeper, born OH, father born VT, mother born NY

    [3671] Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, online database at www.Ancestry.com; per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3672] Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, online database at www.Ancestry.com, her parents C. A. Brown and Sarah Washburn; per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3673] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3674] U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [3675] Per the Ancestry.com Marion Culver Leonard file submitted by pdossetti; www.findagrave.com, memorial #96017302, from his gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC.

    [3676] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie, calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3677] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie, calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, listed as Dwight W. Brown in the 1850 federal census, but as Timothy D. Brown in the 1860 federal census.

    [3678] U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [3679] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #925300.

    [3680] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1984636, his occupation a machinist; per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; www.findagrave.com, memorial #78899854, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, which apparently only gives the year of death.

    [3681] Both dates per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3682] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #42122366, which gives the year as 1849, but it is clearly 1845 on her gravestone; the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie, gives the date as 1 Dec. 1845 in Cincinnati, listed as Ellen Brown in the 1850 federal census, and as Ella Brown in the 1860 federal census.

    [3683] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull; also per her www.findagrave.com memorial #42122366.

    [3684] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3685] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull, but the 1880 federal census says he was born in Ohio.

    [3686] 1880 Federal Census, Columbia Twp, Oakley Precinct, Hamilton Co., OH, Page No. 33, Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 87, dwelling #99, family #99:

            Albert French, white, male, 34, married, book keeper, born OH

            Ella French, white, female, 32, wife, married, keeping house, born OH

            Arthur French, white, male, 9, son, single, born OH

            Lottie French, white, female, 7, daughter, single, born OH

            Laura French, white, female, 5, daughter, single, born OH

            Clara French, white, female, 3, daughter, single, born OH

            Stella French, white, female, 1, daughter, single, born OH

    [3687] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3688] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1992170, widow of Albert French, her parents give as Augustus Cyrus Brown, born in Fairhaven, VT, and Sarah Ann Washburn, born in Owasko, Cayuga Co., NY; www.findagrave.com, memorial #42122366, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH.

    [3689] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3690] Per the Ancestry.com McClelland File submitted by lornajsull.

    [3691] Both dates per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #76065537, from her gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but her memorial gives only the year as 1868, and no photograph of his gravestone is supplied.

    [3692] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3693] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #76065537, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but his memorial gives only the year as 1868, and no photograph of his gravestone is supplied.

    [3694] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie.

    [3695] Per the Ancestry.com Parkes Family Tree file submitted by pghsweetie; probably www.findagrave.com, memorial #76065527, from his gravestone in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, buried in Section 99, Lot 205, but his memorial gives only the year as 1868, and no photograph of his gravestone is supplied.

    [3696] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3697] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 347, who says he as probably the son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Willis) Childs, but his birth record in Barre, MA, names his parents and Ebenezer and Abigael Child.

    [3698] Hardwick VRs, p. 259.

    [3699] Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Barre VRs], p. 26.

    [3700] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 539.

    [3701] 1810 Federal Census, Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, p. 839, the Benjn. W. Childs household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3702] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 348.

    [3703] 1820 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 89, the Benjamin W. Childs household had 3 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engage in agriculture.

    [3704] 1830 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 582, the Benjamin Childs household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [3705] Barre VRs, p. 238.

    [3706] Barre VRs, p. 238, “Dea. Benjamin W. Childs.”

    [3707] Barre VRs, p. 238.

    [3708] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3709] She was called Elizabeth Southwod in her marriage intentions in Leicester, but her maiden name given as Southworth in the marriage of their daughter Frances M. Childs, and the death record of their daughter Annie E. Childs.

    [3710] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [3711] Leicester VRs, p. 134, marriage intentions recorded between Benjamin P. [sic] Childs Jr. of Springfield and Elizabeth Southwod on 7 Jan. 1827 in Leicester.

    [3712] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, but her birth place was given as New Hampshire in the 1880 census enumeration of her daughter Frances Vassall, but her birth was not found in the Corbin transcriptions of Ware town records.

    [3713] 1850 Federal Census, Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, p. 276, dwelling #1479, family #1575:

            Benjamin W. Childs, 50, male, mason, born MA

            Elizabeth S. Childs, 51, female, born MA

            Anne Childs, 22, female, born MA

            Nathan Morgan, 59?, male, shoemaker, $800, born MA

            Eliza Morgan, 52, female, born MA

            Francis Morgan, 14, male, born MA, attending school.

    [3714] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 77, p. 157, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents’ names not given.

    [3715] 1860 Federal Census, Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 172, dwelling #1262, family #1601:

            Philadelphia Henry, 35, female, born MA

            Horrace Henry, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Josephine Henry, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            G M Henry, 4, female, born MA, attending school

            Mary Knox, 76, female, born MA

            Benj Childs, 50 [sic], male, mason, born unknown

            Joseph Bradley, 28, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Austin Hall, 25, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Geo Johnson, 23, male, born MA

            Geo M. Hanson?, 30, male, painter, born MA

    [3716] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 194, p. 225, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mason, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Benjamin W. and Ann (Washburn), of Hardwick.

    [3717] Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oxford VRs], p. 26.

    [3718] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 393, p. 607, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place given as Granby, her parents Benj. W. & Elizabeth Southworth.

    [3719] Oxford VRs, p. 26.

    [3720] His parents named in his marriage intentions; Oxford VRs, p. 252, the marriage of Vester Vassal and Sarah Barton on 17 Apr. 1834 in Oxford.

    [3721] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #754011, marriage intentions recorded on 26 Nov. 1863 between Bernard B. Vassall of Oxford, aged 28, born in Oxford, son of Vester & Sarah (Barton) Vassall, and Frances M. Childs of Oxford, aged 28, born in Oxford, daughter of Benjamin W. & Elizabeth (Southworth) Childs, both first marriages.

    [3722] Oxford VRs, p. 116.

    [3723] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #10480990, and his obituary in The Webster Times of 30 Mar. 1894.

    [3724] 1870 Federal Census, Ward 8, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 52-53, dwelling #321, family #443:

            Bernard B. Vassal, 35, male, white, clerk at state house, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Fannie Vassal, 35, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Anna E. Childs, 41, female, white, dress-maker, born MA

            Danforth L. Miller, 26, male, white, sec. of fire ins. co., born NY, a male citizen

            Irene E Miller, 26, female, white, no occupation, born CT

            Alice Williams, 19, female, black, domestic servant, born MD

    [3725] 1880 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 46, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 902, dwelling #274, family #343:

            Barnard Vassall, white, male, 45, married, state official, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Fannie Vassall, white, female, 46, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Rosie Freeman, white, female, 17, servant, single, servant, born NB, parents born NB

            Vester Vassall, white, male, 69, father, widowed, collects rents, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3726] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 447, p. 764, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation an insurance agent, his birth place Oxford, and his parents Vester Vassall and Sarah Barton, both born in Oxford.

    [3727] www.findagrave.com, memorial #10480990, from his gravestone in North Cemetery in Oxford, MA, and from his obituary in The Webster Times of 30 Mar. 1894.

    [3728] Oxford VRs, p. 26.

    [3729] 1860 Federal Census, Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 190, dwelling #1240, family #1575:

            Moses Burden, 48, male, millwright, $1000, $300, born MA

            Harriet Burden, 42, female, born MA

            Sarah Burden, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Enoch Packard, 45, male, shovel maker, born MA

            Samuel Barner, 76, male, merchant, born MA

            Betsey Barnes, 72, female, born MA

            Benj. W. Childs Jr. 21, male, merchant, $1200, born MA

    [3730] Her parents’ names from her marriage and birth records.

    [3731] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 182, p. 253, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was a merchant, his birth place Oxford, and his parents Benjamin W. & Elizabeth Childs, she was a teacher, her birth place Templeton, and her parents Moses & Charlotte M. Chamberlin.

    [3732] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #759548, her parents Moses Chamberlin and Charlotte Miller.

    [3733] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 5-6, dwelling #50, family #51:

            Benjamin W. Childs, 30, male, white, boot & shoe dealer, $2600, $800, born MA, a male citizen

            Olive M. Childs, 27, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Thomas S. Childs, 3, male, white, born MA

            Fannie M. Childs, 2, female, white, born MA

    [3734] 1880 Federal Census, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 55, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 902, dwelling #343, family #432:

            Benj. Childs, white, male, 41, married, whole sale boot & shoe dealer, born MA, mother born MA, father born MA

            Olive Childs, white, female, 39, wife, married, keeps house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Thomas Childs, white, male, 13, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Fannie Childs, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Alice Childs, white, female, 6, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mabel Childs, white, female, 4, daughter, single, at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Agnes Childs, white, female, 2, daughter, single at home, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Annie Childs, white, female, 52, sister, single, dress maker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Bridget Heug?, white, female, 45, servant, single, servant, born VT, father born VT, mother born MA

            Julia Tillatson, white, female, 21, servant, single, servant, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3735] Hardwick VRs, p. 27.

    [3736] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3737] Barre VRs, p. 123.

    [3738] Membrino, Marcia L., and Paul A. Russell, Paxton, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1748-1850, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1996, [hereinafter Paxton VRs], p. 48.

    [3739] Worcester County Probate Case #9140, with Samuel D. Harrington and Josiah O. Keep, both of Paxton, as sureties.

    [3740] 1850 Federal Census, Paxton, Worcester Co., MA, p. 87, dwelling #9, family #16:

            Aurelia C. Burnap, 47, female, born MA

            Caroline E. Burnap, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            Cylinda  W. Burnap, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Willard A. Burnap, 10, male, born MA, attending school

    [3741] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 213, p. 287, online at www.AmericanAncetors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Benjamin W. Washburn [sic] and Anne W. Washburn, both born in Hardwick.

    [3742] Paxton VRs, p. 6.

    [3743] Paxton VRs, p. 48.

    [3744] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3745] Barre VRs, p. 238.

    [3746] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3747] Hardwick VRs, p. 27.

    [3748] Her maiden name from the death record of their daughter Julia A. Childs in Boston, and also found in the FHL Ancestral File.

    [3749] Per the FHL Ancestral File, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, but the marriage was not found in the vital records of Springfield, MA.

    [3750] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #38209823, her birth place from the death record of their son George C. Childs.

    [3751] 1850 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, p. 234, dwelling #3270, family #3550:

            Tyler Childs, 41, male, farmer, born MA

            Nancy Childs, 44, female, born VT

            Francis L. Childs, 19, male, laborer, born MA

            Julia Childs, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            George Childs, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Martin Newman, 19, male, born Ireland

    [3752] 1860 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 370, dwelling #2885, family #3146:

            Tyler Child. 51, male, farmer, $1000, $250, born MA

            Nancy Child, 54, female, born VT

            Julia A. Child, 22, female, born MA

            George C. Child, 15, male, farm, laborer, born MA

    [3753] 1870 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 13, dwelling #72, family #98:

            Tyler Childs, 61, male, white, milk pedlar, $4000, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Nancy Childs, 63, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Julia A. Childs, 31, female, white, house keeper, born MA

            Hattie L. Childs, 7, female, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            John M. Campbell, white, male, 21, laborer, single, born PEI, father born Scotland, mother born Scotland

            Dora Lipsit, white, female, 60, single, none, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3754] 1880 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 26, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 309, dwelling #232, family #318:

            Tyler Childs, white, male, 70, married, milk dealer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Nancy W. Childs, white, female, 74, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born NH, mother born VT

            Julia A. Childs, white, female, 32 [sic], daughter, single, dress maker, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT

            Hattie L. Childs, white, female, 17, daughter [sic], single, works box factory, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT

    [3755] www.findagrave.com, memorial #38209823, from her gravestone in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

    [3756] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 436, p. 741, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a milk peddler, his birth place Barre, and his parents Benj W. & Annie (Washburn), of Barre.

    [3757] Per the FHL IGI and Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, multiple entries for Francis Lee Childs, but his birth was not recorded in the Montague town vital records.

    [3758] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, and his www.findagrave.com memorial #10059755.

    [3759] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #10062655.

    [3760] www.findagrave.com, memorial #10062655, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.

    [3761] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, his occupation a publisher’s agent, his birth place Massachusetts, his father Tyler Childs, her occupation a dress maker, her birth place New Hampshire, and her father ____ Tyrrell.

    [3762] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [3763] www.findagrave.com, memorial #10059775, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun Co., MI.

    [3764] Worcester VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52, daughter of Tyler and Nancy Child.

    [3765] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 159, p. 322, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Hattie Childs, illegitimate daughter of Julia Childs.

    [3766] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/16, p. 390, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death—1907, City of Boston #390, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Worcester, her father Tyler Childs, born in Barre, her mother Nancy Williams, born in Montague; www.findagrave.com memorial #38209822, from her gravestone in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

    [3767] Brookfield VRs, p. 61.

    [3768] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 165, p. 360, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Brookfield, and his parents Tyler Childs, born in Hardwick, and Nancy Childs, born in Townsend, VT.

    [3769] www.findagrave.com memorial #38209821, from his gravestone in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA, son of Tyler & Nancy Childs, no dates on his gravestone.

    [3770] Hardwick VRs, p. 27.

    [3771] Her parents’ names from her death record, and from her www.findagrave.com memorial #63343865. William Chapin and Lucy Day were supposedly married in 1804 in Springfield, but the marriage record is not in the Springfield vital records.

    [3772] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org.

    [3773] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #63343865, her birth place from her death record, but the date doesn’t match her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3774] 1850 Federal Census, South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 322, dwelling #143, family #150:

            Martin L. Child, 38, male, brickmaker, born MA

            Mary [sic] H. Child, 38, female, born MA

            Augustus Child, 9, male, born MA

            Julia Child, 3, female, born MA, attending school

    [3775] 1870 Federal Census, Springfield Ward 1, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #100, family #135:

            Martin L. Childs, 59, male, white, teamster, $4000, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Mercy H. Childs, 53, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Albert C. Childs, 8, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

    [3776] 1880 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 32, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 309, dwelling #272, family #391:

            Martin L. Childs, white, male, 68, married, teamster, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mercy Childs, white, female, 63, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Albert C. Childs, white, male, 18, son, single, book keeper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3777] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 493, p. 170, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Nathan [sic] L. Childs, her birth place Chicopee, and her parents William Chapin and Lucy Day, of Chicopee; www.findagrave.com, memorial #63343865, from her gravestone in Chicopee Street Burying Ground in Chicopee, MA.

    [3778] www.findagrave.com, memorial #63343864, from his gravestone in Chicopee Street Burying Ground in Chicopee, MA.

    [3779] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, his birth place from his marriage record, but his birth was not recorded in the Fitchburg vital records.

    [3780] Her parents named in her marriage and death records; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #38708595.

    [3781] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 209, p. 33, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a teamster, his birth place Fitchburg, his parents Martin L. & Mercy, her birth place Springfield, and her parents John & Mary E.

    [3782] Per the FHL Ancestral File online database at www.FamilySearch.org, but her birth was not found in the Springfield vital records, her www.findagrave.com memorial #38708595, gives the year as 1844.

    [3783] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/92, p. 430, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, City of Springfield, #430, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Augustus L. Childs, her birth place Springfield, her father John Rice, born in Springfield, and her mother Mary Stebbins, born in Springfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #38708595, from her gravestone in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

    [3784] www.findagrave.com, memorial #38708593, from his gravestone in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA.

    [3785] Both dates from his www.findagrave.com memorial #63343866, from his gravestone in Chicopee Street Burying Ground in Chicopee, MA.

    [3786] Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, her parents Martin L. and Mercy H. Childs.

    [3787] His parents’ names from his marriage record.

    [3788] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 209, p. 48, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a book keeper, his birth place Chicopee, his parents Rufus C. & Calista C., her age 22, her birth place Chicopee [sic], and her parents M.L. & Mercy H. Childs. Her age of 22 means that she was the same as the daughter born as Julia R. Childs in 1846 to Martin L. and Mercy Childs.

    [3789] Calculated from his age and birth place in his marriage record.

    [3790] 1870 Federal Census, Springfield Ward 1, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 24, dwelling #146, family #190:

            Rufus E. Searls, 59, male, white, carpenter, $40,000, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Calista C. Searls, 65, female, white, keeping house, born CT

            Dwelling #146, family #191:

            Henry L. Searls, 28, male, white, book keeper, born MA, a male citizen

            Ellen J. Searls, 23, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Frederick A. Searls, 6/12, male, white, at home, born MA, born in Dec.

            Daniel Merrick, 40, male, white, carpenter, born MA, a male citizen

            Albert S. Jones, 22, male, white, carpenter, born MA, a male citizen

            William Small, 19, male, white, apr. carpenter, born MA

            Frederick Hendrick, 18, male, white, apr. carpenter, born MA

            Adalade Thorp, 21, female, white, domestic, born MA

    [3791] 1880 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 26, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 309, dwelling #227, family #312:

            Henry L. Searle, white, male, 37, married, R R Cashier, born MA, father born MA, mother born CT

            Ellen J. Searle, wife, female, 33, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Fred A. Searle, white, male, 10, son, single at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Franklin N. Searle, white, male, 8, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Alfred L. Searle, white, male, 5, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3792] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1870395.

    [3793] His birth date from his Illinois death record.

    [3794] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [3795] Cook County, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1871-1920, online database at www.Ancestry.com.

    [3796] Her birth date and birth place from her death record.

    [3797] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, husband of Caroline, his parents Martin Childs and Mercy Chapin.

    [3798] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1991238, widow of Albert C. Childs, her parents James Manning Leonard and Ophelia Alice Summer.

    [3799] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3800] Hardwick VRs, p. 27.

    [3801] Hardwick VRs, p. 26.

    [3802] Her parents’ names from her death record.

    [3803] Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts To 1850, Vol. 3, p. 2577, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, from the Springfield Republican; Springfield Town Vital Records, Book 1, p. 851, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, marriage intentions recorded on 27 Sept. 1839 in Springfield, they were both of Springfield.

    [3804] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3805] 1850 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, p. 204, dwelling #2936, family #3196:

            Alexander Childs, 33, male, brick maker?, $600, born MA

            Phebe Childs, 32, female, born MA

            Levi A. Childs, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary A. Childs, 5, female, born MA, attending school

    [3806] 1860 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 185, dwelling #1213, family #1448:

            Alexander H. Childs, 43, male, wood dealer, $600, born MA

            Phebe Childs, 42, female, born MA

            Levi A. Childs, 19, male, teamster, born MA

            Mary A. Childs, 14, female, born MA, attending school

    [3807] 1870 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 153, dwelling #405, family #1007:

            Alexander H. Childs, 53, male, white, wood & coal dealer, $4000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Phebe Childs, 52, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Robt. T. Prentiss, 28, male, white, livery stable keeper, $3000, born NH, married in June, a male citizen

            Mary A. Prentiss, 24, female, white, assists in house, born MA, married in June

    [3808] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 239, p. 15, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Chicopee, and her parents Josiah & Mary Stevens.

    [3809] Her parents’ names from her death record, the informant her sister Abbie Gordon.

    [3810] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 236, p. 23, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation wood & coal, his birth place Hardwick, his parents Benj. W. & Annie, her birth place Saco, ME, her father Luke Gordon.

    [3811] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from her marriage and death records.

    [3812] 1880 Federal Census, Ward 7 Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 307, dwelling #99, family #127:

            A. H. Childs, white, male, 63, married, coal merchant, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mariam Childs, white, female, 47, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Abbie Gordon, white, female, 41, sister in law, single, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [3813] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 382, p. 390, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a dealer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Benjamin W. & (Washburn).

    [3814] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1905/50, p. 25, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Holyoke #25, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Alexander H. Childs, her birth place Saco, ME, her father Luke Gordon, born in Hollis, ME, her mother Hannah Woodsum, born in Saco ME.

    [3815] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his birth place from his marriage record.

    [3816] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 154, p. 16, Holyoke, and Vol. 153, p. 237, Deerfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the Deerfield entry crossed out, but the Holyoke entry says “married in Deerfield,” both first marriages, and both of Holyoke, his occupation a clerk, his birth place Northampton, his parents A. H. & Phebe (Stevens) Child, her birth place Townsend, VT, and her parents William & Mary Farr.

    [3817] Calculated from her age and her birth place in her marriage record.

    [3818] 1870 Federal Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, p. 153, dwelling #404, family #1006:

            Levi A. Childs, 29, male, white, jobber, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Laura Childs, 38, female, white, keeping house, born VT

            Viola L. Childs, 7, female, white, attends school, born MA, attending school

            Jennie Sprague, 22, female, white, domestic, born NY

    [3819] 1880 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 27, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 309, dwelling #237, family #324:

            Levi A. Childs, white, male, 39, married, flour dealer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Laura Childs, white, female, 48, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Viola Childs, white, female, 17, daughter, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born VT

    [3820] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #185415.

    [3821] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 218, p. 18, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a merchant, his birth place unreadable, his parents William and Sarah Prentiss, her birth place Chicopee, her parents Alex. H. and Phebe Childs.

    [3822] Calculated from his age in his marriage record.

    [3823] 1880 Federal Census, Ward 7 Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 7-8, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 307, dwelling #61, family #78:

            Robt T. Prentiss, white, male, 37, married, grain business, born NH, father born MA, mother born NH

            Mary Prentiss, white, female, 34, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Catherine Considine, white, female, 56, servant, single, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            J. C. Lewis, white, male, 64, married, lumber business, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Sarah Lewis, white, female, 43, wife, married, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            George Lewis, white, male, 14, son, single, at school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [3824] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #131978239, which also supplied his middle name.

    [3825] Barre VRs, p. 154, the marriage of Timothy R. Hinkley and Roxana Bangs on 24 Jan. 1819 in Barre.

    [3826] Barre VRs, p. 123, called son of Benjamin W. and Anna Childs in the marriage record, her middle name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #131978524.

    [3827] Barre VRs, p. 45.

    [3828] Barre VRs, p. 44, the birth of Timothy R., son of Judah and Sally Hinckley, on 4 Aug. 1794; Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 399, for the wife of Judah Hinkley.

    [3829] 1850 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 149, dwelling #45, family #46:

            William A. Childs, 30, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Olive Childs, 25, female, born MA

            Henry Childs, 3, male, born MA

            Hanson Childs, 1, male, born MA

            Tartius Cooley, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary Lyndes, 17, female, born Ireland

    [3830] 1860 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #102, family #118:

            William A. Childs, 40, male, farmer, $3700, $1400, born MA

            Olive A. Childs, 36, female, born MA

            Henry H. Childs, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Benjamin H. Childs, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Charles H. Childs, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Carrie A. Childs, 8/12, female, born MA

            Elviria C. Hawks, 21, female, born MA

    [3831] 1870 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #123, family #130:

            William A. Childs, 50, male, white, farmer, $5000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Olive A. Childs, 45, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            B. Hanson Childs, 21, male, white, works on farm, born MA, a male citizen

            Charles H. Childs, 19, male, white, works in cheese factory, born MA, attending school

            Elmer E. Childs, 9, male, white, at school, born MA, attending school

            Violet Vorce, 18, female, white, domestic servant, born MA

            Weston Briggs, 20, male, white, works on farm, born MA

    [3832] 1880 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 7, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 817, dwelling #53, family #58:

            William A. Childs, white, male, 60, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Olive A. Childs, white, female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charles H. Childs, white, male, 29, son, single, keeping school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Elmer E. Childs, white, male, 19, son, single, labourer, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Nellie Winton, white, female, 13, servant, single, servant, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3833] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 427, p. 660, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, buried in New Braintree, his occupation a retired, his birth place Barre, and his parents Benjamin W. and Anna (Washburn) Childs, of Hardwick; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131978239, from his gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [3834] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131978524, from her gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [3835] New Braintree VRs, p. 17.

    [3836] Her parents named in her marriage and birth records, Hadley VRs, p. 181, the marriage of John P. Howe, of Cummington, and Jane Wheeler, of Northampton, on 10 June 1840 in Hadley.

    [3837] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 210, p. 256, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, both of N. Brookfield, his occupation a farmer, his birth place New Braintree, his parents Wm. A. & O. A. Childs, her birth place W. Brookfield, her parents John P. & M. J. Howe.

    [3838] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 44, p. 179, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents John P. & Jane Howe, her father’s occupation a shoe maker.

    [3839] 1870 Federal Census, West Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 36, dwelling #252, family #311:

            John P. Howe, 65, male, white, works for shoe factory, $500, $100, born MA, a male citizen

            Jane Howe, 55, female, white, keeping house, born Canada, parents both foreign born

            Mary J. Howe, 21, female, white, at home, born MA, mother foreign born

            Charles Howe, 17, male, white, works for shoe factory, mother foreign born, attending school

            Esther Howe, 13, female, white, at school, mother foreign born, attending school

            Thomas Howe, 11, male, white, at school, mother foreign born, attending school

            Henry Childes, 22, male, white, pedler, $125, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha Childes, 19, female, white, sewing, born MA, mother foreign born

            Gertrude Childes, 1, female, white, born MA

    [3840] 1880 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 14, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 378, dwelling #104, family #113:

            Henry H. Childs, white, male, 32, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Martha A. Childs, white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Gertrude F. Childs, white, female, 11, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            George E. Childs, white, male, 9, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Olive E. Childs, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Charles H. Childs, white, male, 5, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Willard T. Childs, white, male, 3, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Frederick H. Childs, white, male, 2, son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Robert S. Childs, white, male, 5/12, born Dec., son, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [3841] New Braintree VRs, p. 17.

    [3842] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 273, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was of Spencer, a merchant, his birth place Braintree [sic], and his parents William A. & Olive A. Childs, her birth place Gloucester, and her parents Timothy A. & Corelia M. Smith.

    [3843] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [3844] 1880 Federal Census, Westboro, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 871, dwelling #1, family #1:

            Timothy A. Smith, white, male, 67, married, retired merchant, born NH, father born NH, mother born NH

            Julia F. smith, white, female, 52, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ianthe W. Childs, white, female, 28, daughter, married, keeping house, born MA, father born NH, mother born MA

            Benjamin H. Childs, white, male, 32, son in law, married, baker, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Norman G. Smith, white, male, 4, adopted son, single, born OH, father born VT, mother born MA

            Wm H. Childs, white, male, 3, grandson, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            E. Bernice Childs, white, female, 2, granddaughter, single, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Maggie Morrissey, white, female, 21, single, housekeeper, born Ireland father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

    [3845] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131978751, from his gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [3846] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3847] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131978847, from his gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, which apparently only gives the year.

    [3848] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 83, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Wm A. & Olive A. Childes, her father’s occupation a farmer, born in Barre, her mother born in Hardwick.

    [3849] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 122, p. 140, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents William A. & Olive Childes; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131978972, from her gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, the date on the memorial is 18 June 1858, but it is hard to read in the photograph.

    [3850] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #131979079, but her birth was not recorded in the New Braintree vital records.

    [3851] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 138, p. 306, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents Wm. A. Childs and Olive A. (Hinkley) Childs, her father’s birth place Barre; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131979079, from her gravestone in Hale Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, the date on the memorial 17 Aug. 1886 [sic], but the gravestone is impossible to read from the photograph.

    [3852] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 143, p. 221, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents William A. & Olive A. Childs, his father’s occupation a farmer, his father born in Barre, and his mother born in Hardwick.

    [3853] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 89, p. 207, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, the marriage of Timothy R. Hinkley Jr., of Barre, and Sarah Sherman, of Barre, on 20 Mar. 1855 in Hardwick.

    [3854] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 361, p. 457, Springfield, and Vol. 362, p. 23, Northampton, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, crossed off in the Springfield record, but marriage in Springfield according to the Northampton record, both first marriages, his occupation a teacher, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents William A. & Olive Childs, her occupation a teacher, her birth place Barre, and her parents Ruggles & Sarah Hinckley.

    [3855] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [3856] Barre VRs, p. 45, the birth of Timothy R. Hinkley Jr., son of Timothy R. and Roxana Hinkley, on 20 Mar. 1819.

    [3857] Her parents’ names from her marriage and birth records.

    [3858] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 406, p. 473, Holyoke, and Vol. 406, p. 510, Springfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, married in Holyoke, he was of Springfield, a teacher, his birth place New Braintree, his parents William Childs and Olive Hinckley, she was a teacher, her birth place So. Hadley, and her parents Moses F. Oliver and Eliza Sinclair.

    [3859] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 224, p. 14, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Moses F. and Eliza (Sinclair), her father’s occupation a carpenter, born in ME, her mother born in NY.

    [3860] Hardwick VRs, p. 119.

    [3861] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3862] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 514.

    [3863] Hardwick VRs, p. 259.

    [3864] Hardwick VRs, p. 111, the year of his birth not recorded., but if he was the Isaac Thomas living in Johnstown, NY, in the 1840 federal census, he was aged 50-59 years in 1840. His age in the 1850 census is probably incorrect, more likely he was 69, not 79.

    [3865] 1820 Federal Census, Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY, p. 240, hard to read, the Isaac Thomas household had 3 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [3866] 1830 Federal Census, Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY, p. 233, the Isaac Thomas household had 1 male under 5, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [3867] 1840 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 304, the Isaac Thomas household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 16-19 years, 3 females aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, 6 persons engaged in agriculture, and 1 person engaged in manufacturing and trade.

    [3868] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 133, dwelling #2020, family #2121:

            Isaac Thomas, 79, male, farmer, born MA

            Syntha Thomas, 66, female, born MA

            Mary Thomas, 33, female, born MA

            Eleanor Stoner, 19, female, born MA

            Dwelling #2020, family #2122:

            James W. Thomas, 39, male, mill? manufac, $600, born MA

            Mary Thomas, 33, female, born MA

            Calvin W. Thomas, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Eleat Thomas, 24, male, mill manufac, born NY

    [3869] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 141, dwelling #1089, family #1107.

    [3870] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3871] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3872] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3873] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 133, dwelling #2020, family #2122:

            James W. Thomas, 39, male, mill? manufac, $600, born MA

            Mary Thomas, 33, female, born MA

            Calvin W. Thomas, 5, male, born MA [sic], attending school

            Eleat Thomas, 24, male, mill manufac, born NY

    [3874] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 141, dwelling #1088, family #1106:

            James W. Thomas, 49, male, manufacturer, $1000, born NY

            Mary Thomas, 33, female, born NY

            Calvin W. Thomas, 15, male, born NY, attending school

            Mary M. Thomas, 9, female, born NY, attending school

            E. A. Tooker, 19, male, glove leather, born NY

            Mary Yost, 19, female, glove maker, born NY

            Elizabeth Ashley, 19, female, domestic, born Germany

    [3875] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., MA, Page No. 222, dwelling #1367, family #1954:

            James Thomas, 59, male, white, glove manuf, born NY. a male citizen

            Mary Thomas, 63, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Mary Thomas, 19, female, white, born NY, attending school

            Mary Foose, 14, female, white, domestic servant, born NY, parents both foreign born

    [3876] 1880 Federal Census, Village of Kingsboro, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #95, family #112:

            James W. Thomas, white, male, 69, married, glover, born NY, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary M. Thomas, white, female, 62, wife, married, keeping house, disabled, born NY, father born Ireland, mother born NY

            Mollie Brown, white, female, 28, daughter, married, at home, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Edward M. Brown, white, male, 30, son in law, married, glover, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Julia W. Brown, white, female, 6, granddaughter, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3877] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 426.

    [3878] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal censuses.

    [3879] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3880] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 207, dwelling #1261, family #1840:

            Calvin A. Thomas, 26, male, white, glove manuf, $2000, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary Thomas, 23, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Anna Thomas, 3, female, white, born NY, attending school

            Baby Thomas, 7/12, male, white, born NY, born in Nov.

    [3881] 1880 Federal Census, Village of Kingsboro, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #86, family #103:

            Calvin W. Thomas, white, male, 34, married, book keeper, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Mary W. Thomas, white, female, 33, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Annie Lee Thomas, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Willie J. Thomas, white, male, 10, son, single, at home, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3882] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3883] Calculated from the age of their child in the 1880 federal census.

    [3884] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3885] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3886] 1850 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, p. 132, dwelling #2007, family #2106:

            Dewight Thomas, 35, male, pedlar, $800, born NY

            Eliza Thomas, 32, female, born NY

            Harlem Thomas, 9, male, born NY, attending school

            Emmy G. Thomas, 7, female, born NY, attending school

            Secelise Thomas, 3, female, born NY

    [3887] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 183, dwelling #1414, family #1429:

            Dwight Thomas, 45, male, glove pedlar, born NY

            Eliza Thomas, 41, female, house keeper, born NY

            H. A. Thomas, 19, male, glove cutter, born NY

            Imogene Thomas, 17, female, box maker, born NY

            Cescilia Thomas, 12, female, born NY, attending school

            Loren H. Thomas, 10, male, born NY, attending school

            Dwight B. Thomas, 4, male, born NY,

            Frederick A. Thomas, 10/12, male, born NY

    [3888] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 177, dwelling #1086, family #1571:

            Dwight Thomas, 55, male, white, glove cutter, born NY

            Eliza Thomas, 52, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Dwight Thomas, 14, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Fred A. Thomas, 10, male, white, born NY, attending school

    [3889] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 26, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 6, dwelling #245, family #315:

            Dwight Thomas, white, male, 66, married, soap manufacturer, born NY, father born VT, mother born MA

            Eliza Thomas, white, female, 62, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Fred Thomas, white, male, 20, son, single, paper box maker, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3890] Calculated from his age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses.

    [3891] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3892] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [3893] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3894] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3895] 1880 Federal Census, Kingsboro Village, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 8, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #65, family #80:

            Lorn H. Thomas, white, male, 29, married, glove maker, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Antionett Thomas, white, female, 30, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            George Thomas, white, male, 3, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3896] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3897] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census.

    [3898] 1880 Federal Census, Gloversville, Town of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 60, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 8, dwelling #528, family #681:

            Dewite Thomas, white, male, 24, married, works in box shop, born NY

            Susan A. Thomas, white, female, 23, wife, married, works in box shop, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Harlon Thomas, white, male, 3, son, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Cora May Thomas, white, female, 6, daughter, single, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Carrie Michael, white, female, 512, mother in law, widowed, keeping house, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Celia Thompson, white, female, 31, boarder, married, works in box shop, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3899] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census, of 10 months.

    [3900] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3901] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3902] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3903] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371; Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3904] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3905] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3906] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3907] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 208, dwelling #1263, family #1844:

            Philanter C. Heacock, 47, male, white, glove manuf, $8000, born NY, a male citizen

            Jennette Heacock, 47, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Lemuel Heacock, 16, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Jennette Heacock, 9, female, white, born NY, attending school, cannot write

            Benjamin Rice, 21, male, white, laborer, born NY, a male citizen

            Margaret Lutcher, 21, female, white, domestic servant, born Switzerland, parents both foreign born

    [3908] 1880 Federal Census, Village of Kingsboro, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #88, family #105:

            Philander C. Heacock, white, male, 57, married, glover, disabled, born NY, father born NY, mother born CT

            Janet A. Heacock, white, female, 58, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born MA, mother born MA

            Nettie T. Heacock, white, female, 19, daughter, single, at home, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Andrew Daniels, white, male, 27, border, single, farm laborer, born NY

            Christina Ernet, white, female, 22, servant, single, servant, born NY, father born Germany, mother born NY

    [3909] www.findagrave.com, memorial #93706507, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3910] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 489.

    [3911] www.findagrave.com, memorial #93706523, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3912] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock; and his www.findagrave.com memorial #93706534.

    [3913] Her parents’ names from the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3914] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock; and his www.findagrave.com memorial #93706534.

    [3915] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3916] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock; www.findagrave.com, memorial #93706534, from his gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3917] www.findagrave.com, memorial #93706547, from her gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, NY.

    [3918] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3919] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3920] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3921] Per the Ancestry.com Heacock Family Tree file submitted by jillmheacock.

    [3922] Reynolds, Cuyler, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, New York, 1911, p. 1371.

    [3923] Per the Ancestry.com Stenstrom-Shults file submitted by vshults1.

    [3924] Her parents’ names from the Ancestry.com French Family Tree file submitted by davidofrench.

    [3925] Per the Ancestry.com Stenstrom-Shults file submitted by vshults1.

    [3926] 1860 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 141, dwelling #1089, family #1107:

            Elliott Thomas, 34, male, manufacturer, $800, born NY

            Mary Thomas, 27, female, born NY

            Inet A. Thomas, 5, female, born NY

            Arilla Thomas, 1, female, born NY

            Cynthia Thomas, 77, female, born NY

            Mary B. Thomas, 40, female, born NY

            Jane Alphey, 19, female, born NY

            Josephine Alphey, 17, female, born NY

            Ann Campbell, 16, female, born NY

    [3927] 1870 Federal Census, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 208, dwelling #1268, family #1849:

            Elliot Thomas, 44, male, white, glove manuf, $4000, born NY, a male citizen

            Mary J. Thomas, 37, female, white, keeping house, born NY

            Arellia C. Thomas, 11, female, born NY, attending school

            Earl Thomas, 7, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Chas. D. Thomas, 5, male, white, born NY, attending school

            Phoeby Steele, 23, female, white, born NY

    [3928] 1880 Federal Census, Village of Kingsboro, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Page No. 10, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 10, dwelling #89, family #106:

            Elliot Thomas, white, male, 53, married, glover, born NY, father born CT, mother born CT [sic]

            Mary J. Thomas, white, female, 47, wife, married, keeping house, born NY, father born CT, mother born NY

            Grace O. Thomas, white, female, 20, daughter, single, at home, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Earl G. Thomas, white, male, 18, son, single, at home, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Charles D. Thomas, white, male, 15, son, single, at home, attending school, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Phebe Steel, white, female, 30, servant, single, housekeeping, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

            Mary B. Thomas, white, female, 60, sister, single, works in glove fac, born NY, father born CT, mother born CT [sic]

            Seth Browne, white, male, 23, border, single, laborer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY

    [3929] Per the Ancestry.com Stenstrom-Shults file submitted by vshults1.

    [3930] Fulton County Probate Letters of Administration Vol. 4, p. 341.

    [3931] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [3932] Calculated from her age in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, possibly the same person as Grace O. Thomas.

    [3933] Calculated from her age in the 1880 federal census, possibly the same person as Arilla C. Thomas.

    [3934] Per the Ancestry.com Stenstrom-Shults file submitted by vshults1.

    [3935] Per the Ancestry.com Stenstrom-Shults file submitted by vshults1.

    [3936] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [3937] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3938] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 238, p. 235, witnessed by Gardner Newton and Justus Howard, and acknowledged by Delphia Washburn and Juliana Washburn on 23 Mar. 1824 in Hampshire Co., MA.

    [3939] Belchertown Town Family Records, p. 307, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, from microfiche #M37 B207.

    [3940] Calculated from his age at death.

    [3941] Corbin, Walter E., Belchertown Vital Records, [hereinafter Belchertown VRs], p. 524.

    [3942] Worcester County Probate Case #82-25½.

    [3943] Sturbridge VRs, p. 154, the marriage of Timothy Allen and Mary/Hannah Moffit on 8 Dec. 1768 in Sturbridge.

    [3944] Sturbridge VRs, p. 223, marriage intentions recorded 19 Aug. 1837 in Sturbridge.

    [3945] Sturbridge VRs, p. 12.

    [3946] Sturbridge VRs, p. 152.

    [3947] 1840 Federal Census, Sturbridge, Worcester Co., MA, p. 245, the Henz. Allen household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 2 females aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [3948] 1850 Federal Census, Sturbridge, Worcester Co., MA, p. 211, dwelling #514, family #553:

            Hezekiah Allen, 69, male, farmer, $4000, born MA

            Dylpha Allen, 63, female, born MA

            Clementine Allen, 27, female, born MA

    [3949] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 77, p. 172, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place given as Belchertown, but her parents’ names not given.

    [3950] 1860 Federal Census, Sturbridge, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 241, dwelling #1720, family #2012:

            Hezekiah Allen, 78, male, farmer, $3000, $500, born MA

            G. C. Allen, 72, female, born MA

    [3951] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 158, p. 283, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his father’s name given as Hezekiah [sic] Allen.

    [3952] Worcester County Probate Case #1309, recorded in Vol. 395, p. 456, copied from the case file.

    [3953] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3954] Her parents’ named in her death record; Hardwick VRs, p. 212, the marriage of Noah Moodey of South Hadley and Anna Elwell on 20 June 1787 in Hardwick.

    [3955] Hardwick VRs, p. 260.

    [3956] Per the Ancestry.com Lech-Kilbourn-McClanahan family tree file.

    [3957] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 238, p. 235-236, acknowledged by Reuel Washburn on the same day, and witnessed by Asa Raymond and Daniel Ruggles, Justice of the Peace.

    [3958] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 238, p. 38, acknowledged by Thomson Howard on the same day, and witnessed by Asa Raymond and Daniel Ruggles, Justice of the Peace.

    [3959] 1830 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 518, the Reuel Washburn household had 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [3960] 1840 Federal Census, Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA, p. 177, the Reuel Washburn household had 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 50-59 years, and included 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [3961] 1850 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 401, dwelling #524, family #579:

            Reuel Washburn, 61, male, farmer, $1200, born MA

            Sophia Washburn, 60, female, born MA

    [3962] 1860 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 22, dwelling #187, family #190:

            Ruel Washburn, 71, male, farmer, $1350, $325, born MA

            Sophia Washburn, 71, female, born MA

            Mary Moody, 61, female, born MA

            Edwin Bass, 12, male, born MA, attending school

    [3963] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 212, p. 73, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place So. Hadley, and her parents Noah & Anna Moodey, her father born in So. Hadley, and her mother born in Hardwick.

    [3964] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 230, p. 77, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Hardwick, and his parents Eliphalet & ___ Washburn.

    [3965] Hampshire County Probate Vol. 57, p. 361, from FHL microfilm #1601872.

    [3966] Per the Ancestry.com Lech-Kilbourn-McClanahan family tree file.

    [3967] 1850 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, p. 183, dwelling #2638, family #2871:

            Timothy W. Barney, 29, male, mechanic, born NH

            Julia A. Barney, 30, female, born MA

            Horatio N. Pratt, 29, male, mechanic, born NH

            Sophronia A. Pratt, 25, female, born MA

    [3968] 1860 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, Page No. 357, dwelling #1993, family #2639:

            Wheeler Barney, 40, male, hotel clerk, $100, born MA

            Julia Barney, 41, female, born MA

    [3969] 1870 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 98, dwelling #588, family #737:

            Timothy W. Barney, 48, male, white, farmer, $1500, $600, born NH

            Julia Barney, 49, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            William Marsh, 14, male, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [3970] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [3971] Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 238, p. 235, witnessed by Gardner Newton and Justus Howard, and acknowledged by Delphia Washburn and Juliana Washburn on 23 Mar. 1824 in Hampshire Co., MA.

    [3972] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332; New Braintree VRs, p. 21, which has her birth as 22 June 1744 in Bridgewater, which was evidently calculated using the Gregorian calendar rather than the Julian calendar that was actually in use when she was born.

    [3973] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 154-155.

    [3974] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389.

    [3975] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21; his birth not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records, however this may have been calculated using the Gregorian rather than the Julian calendar.

    [3976] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 152, 255.

    [3977] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 16, p. 370, from FHL microfilm #0551543.

    [3978] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 229, New Braintree Town, Worcester County, the Elijah Edson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

    [3979] 1800 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 399, the Elijah Edson household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3980] 1810 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 912, the Elijah Etson [sic] household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 4 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3981] New Braintree VRs, p. 138; Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 19.

    [3982] New Braintree VRs, p. 138; Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 19.

    [3983] Per New Braintree VR, p. 21, her birth not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [3984] New Braintree VRs, p. 81; Warren VRs, p. 102, marriage intentions recorded 3 Nov. 1786 in Warren, MA.

    [3985] Calculated from his age at death.

    [3986] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 229, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, the John Woods household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [3987] 1800 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 312, the Jno. Woods household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [3988] New Braintree VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131154041, from her gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [3989] New Braintree VRs, p. 127, marriage intentions recorded 18 June 1804 in New Braintree.

    [3990] 1810 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 915, the John Woods household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [3991] 1820 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 184, the John Wood household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [3992] New Braintree VRs, p. 162; Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 21.

    [3993] Worcester County Probate Case #67074.

    [3994] New Braintree VRs, p. 57.

    [3995] New Braintree VRs, p. 117, the marriage of Edmund Tilson of Greenwich and Martha Gilbert on 28 Feb. 1775 in New Braintree.

    [3996] New Braintree VRs, p. 126, marriage intentions recorded 28 Dec. 1812 in New Braintree.

    [3997] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #96898704.

    [3998] Plympton, VRs, p. 213, the birth of Edmund Tilson, son of Samuell and Hannah Tilson, on 19 Oct. 1741 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 412, the marriage of Samuel Tilson and Hannah Nye, both of Plympton, on 13 Nov. 1740 in Plympton.

    [3999] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27710, wife of Jonathan Tilson; www.finagrave.com, memorial #110339970, from her gravestone in Meeting House Cemetery in Pittsford, VT.

    [4000] 1850 Federal Census, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT, p. 63, dwelling #790, family #895:

            Jonathan Tilson, 64, male, cabinet maker, $500, born MA

            Almina Tilson, 58, female, born MA

            Jonathan Tilson, 28, male, labour, born VT

            Adeline F. Tilson, 27, female, born VT

            Chalotte W. Tilson, 33, female, born VT

            Ruth A. Tilson, 23, female, born VT

    [4001] www.findagrave.com, memorial #96898704, from his gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, VT.

    [4002] www.findagrave.com, memorial #96898714, from her gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford, VT.

    [4003] New Braintree VRs, p. 59.

    [4004] New Braintree VRs, p. 162.

    [4005] New Braintree VRs, p. 57.

    [4006] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 240, p. 280, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents John & Sally Woods, of New Braintree.

    [4007] New Braintree VRs, p. 59.

    [4008] His parents named in his death record.

    [4009] New Braintree VRs, p. 127, marriage intentions recorded on 26 Aug. 1816 in New Braintree.

    [4010] Calculated from his age at death, his birth place from his death record.

    [4011] Her surname from the index to her death record.

    [4012] 1850 Federal Census, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 428, dwelling #239, family #296:

            Simeon Pepper, 58, male, [can’t read occupation], $1200, born MA

            Pamela Pepper, 56, female, born MA

            Simeon W. Pepper, 19, male, born MA

            Harny W. Pepper, 16, male, born MA

    [4013] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carriage maker, his birth place Brookfield, and his parents Joseph & Persis Pepper.

    [4014] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 356, p. 4, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, from the index, the page damaged and unreadable.

    [4015] New Braintree VRs, p. 58.

    [4016] Her parents named in her death record; New Braintree VRs, p. 106, the marriage of Jacob Pepper Jr. and Mary Marsh on 25 May 1785 in New Braintree.

    [4017] New Braintree VRs, p. 127.

    [4018] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, her birth place from the death record of her son George D. Woods.

    [4019] 1840 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 221, the John Woods household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [4020] 1850 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 147, dwelling #28, family #28:

            John Woods, 54, male, farmer, $3200, born MA

            Betsy Woods, 49, female, born MA

            George D. Woods, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Sarah Woods, 12, female, born MA, attending school

            Susan Woods, 7, female, born MA, attending school

    [4021] 1860 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 7, dwelling #45, family #51:

            John Woods, 64, male, farmer, $3300, $700, born MA

            Betsy Woods, 60, female, born MA

            George D. Woods, 24, male, farmer, born MA, married within the year

            Sarah Woods, 22, female, born MA

            Mary S. Woods, 17, female, born MA, attending school

            Hattie Woods, 19, female, born VT, married within the year

    [4022] Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., Vol. 62, p. 133; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 167, p. 252, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131322602, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4023] Worcester County Probate Case #67077, with Schuyler Green and Dwight G. Barr, both of New Braintree, as sureties.

    [4024] 1870 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 14, dwelling #105, family #111:

            Sarah Woods, 32, female, white, keeping house, $3500, $1700, born MA

            Susan Woods, 27, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Betsy Woods, 69, female, white, no occupation, born MA

            Frank Smith, 36, male, white, works on farm, born MA, cannot read or write, a male citizen

            Barclay Adams, 25, male, white, no occupation, born NY, a male citizen

            Franklin Woods, 78, male, white, no occupation, born MA, a male citizen

    [4025] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 294, p. 341, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents Jacob Pepper, born in New Braintree, and Mary Marsh, born in Ware; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131322659, from her gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4026] Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths of New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 23.

    [4027] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his middle name from his death record.

    [4028] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 128, p. 203, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriage, her name not given, his occupation a farmer, son of John Woods, her birth place given as Calais, ME, and her father Philander Hopkins; per the 1860 federal census, they were married within the year.

    [4029] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record and in the 1870 federal census, but the 1860 federal census indicates her birth place as VT.

    [4030] 1870 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 11, dwelling #85, the house of William and Harriet Bowdoin, family #91:

            George D. Woods, 34, male, white, works on farm, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Harriet A. Woods, 30, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Warren E. Woods, 4, male, white, at home, born MA

    [4031] 1880 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 2, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 817, dwelling #10, family #10:

            George D. Woods, white, male, 44, married, house painter, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Harriet A. Woods, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born VT, mother born ME

            Warren E. Woods, white, male, 14, son, single, at school, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born ME

    [4032] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 447, p. 661, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents John Woods and Betsy Pepper, both born in New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131322762, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4033] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4034] 1870 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 14, dwelling #105, family #111.

    [4035] 1880 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 7, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 817, dwelling #49, family #54:

            Sarah Woods, white, female, 41, single, keeps house and runs a farm, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary Minns, white, female, 35, servant, single, servant, born Ireland, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Tenerson Minns, white, male, 7, boarder, single, with mother, attending school, born MA, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Wallace Grimes, white, male, 26, servant, single, farm manager, born NS, father born NS, mother born NS

            David Pelton, white, male, 24, servant, single, labourer, born NS, father born NS, mother born NS

    [4036] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #131322714, presumably calculated from his age at death.

    [4037] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131322714, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4038] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4039] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 228, p. 271, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her name recorded as Susie M. Woods, both first marriages, his birth place Durham, NY, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents John & Betsey.

    [4040] New Braintree VRs, p. 59.

    [4041] Her name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #137702644.

    [4042] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 40, p. 93, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called Mrs. Zenas Woods in her death record, her birth place and parents unknown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #137702644, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4043] New Braintree VRs, p. 59.

    [4044] Her parents named in her death record.

    [4045] Royalston VRs, p. 157. He was “of Ware,” son of John and Sarah Wood.

    [4046] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4047] 1850 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. p. 392, dwelling #380, family #428:

            Ziba Woods, 50, male, watchman, $1000, born MA

            Sylvia Woods, 50, female, born MA

            Abigal Scott, 41, female, born VT

            Cynthia Scott, 13, female, born VT, attending school

    [4048] 1860 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 71, dwelling #543, family #572:

            Ziba Woods, 59, male, watchman, $100, born MA

            Sylvia Woods, 59, female, born MA

            Thomas D. Woods, 4, male, born MA

            Margaret Cook, 24, female, weaver, born Scotland

            Sarah B. Spooner, 36, female, weaver, born MA

    [4049] 1870 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 82, dwelling #463, family #601:

            Ziba Woods, 69, male, white, works in woolen mill, $5000, $200, born MA, a male citizen

            Sylvia Woods, 69, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Thomas Woods, 14, male, white, works on rail road, born MA

            Sarah Spooner, 47, female, white, works in straw shop, born MA

            Malinda Brown, 47, female, white, works in straw shop, born MA

    [4050] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 266, p. 34, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents John & Sarah, of New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130900270, from his gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4051] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 293, p. 32, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called Mrs. Ziba Woods, her birth place Oakham, and her parents John & Mary Burbank; www.findagrave.com, memorial #130900381, from her gravestone in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4052] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21, his birth not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [4053] Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereafter Westborough VRs], p. 145, marriage intentions recorded 24 Mar. 1792 in Westborough.

    [4054] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4055] Per the Ancestry.com John N. Converse file submitted by stony1216; and per her www.findagrave.com memorial #129969687; Petersham VRs, p. 93, the marriage intentions of Earl Flagg Jr. and Dillea Dennis recorded on 3 Aug. 1773 in Petersham.

    [4056] Barre VRs, p. 133.

    [4057] Calculated from her age at death, her birth place from the death record of her daughter Clarinda (Edson) Clark, but her birth was not recorded in the Dana vital records.

    [4058] 1810 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 778, the Ziba Edson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [4059] 1820 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 89, the Ziba Edson household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [4060] 1830 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 574, the Ziba Edson household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [4061] 1840 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 132, the Zeba [smeared] Edson household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [4062] Barre VRs, p. 240; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 33, p. 165, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Barre, her husband Ziba Edson, but no parents’ names were given for her; www.findagrave.com, memorial #129969687, from her gravestone in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA, which gives the date as 16 Jan. 1848.

    [4063] Barre VRs, p. 240, called “son of Elijah” in his death record; www.findagrave.com, memorial #129969781, from his gravestone in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA.

    [4064] Calculated from his age at death.

    [4065] 1850 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 119, dwelling #139, family #142:

            Hiram Edson, 47, male, labourer, born MA

            Azubah Shaw, 53, female, born MA

    [4066] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960177, his occupation a laborer, his parents Ziba and Dilla Edson; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 140, p. 165, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Barre, and his parents Ziba & Dilla Edson, but his marital status not given.

    [4067] Calculated from her age at death.

    [4068] His parents’ names from his death record; Petersham VRs, p. 81, the marriage of John Clark and Margaret Carruth, of Barre, on 28 Dec. 1800 in Petersham.

    [4069] Barre VRs, p. 133.

    [4070] Calculated from his age and birth place in his death record.

    [4071] 1860 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 70, dwelling #469, family #564:

            Samuel C. Clark, 55, male, laborer, $600, $150, born MA

            Clarinda Clark, 54, female, born MA

            Willie Clark, 20, male, born MA

            Henry Clark, 16, male, born MA

    [4072] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 357, p. 376, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Petersham, and his parents John Clark and Margaret Carruth; www.findagrave.com, memorial #129973345, from his gravestone in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA.

    [4073] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 420, p. 491, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Samuel Clark, her birth place Barre, and her parents Ziba Edson, born in Greenwich, and Delia Flagg, born in Dana; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #961505, widow of Samuel Clark, her parents Ziba Eaton, born in Greenwich, and Delia Flagg, born in Dana, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #129973286, from her gravestone in Number 10 Cemetery in Barre, MA.

    [4074] Calculated from his age at marriage.

    [4075] 1850 Federal Census, Barre, Worcester Co., MA, p. 115, dwelling #78, family #80:

            Charles Rice, 61, male, carriage manufacturer, $5000, born MA

            Lucy Rice, 56, female, born MA

            Zylphia Rice, 29, female, born MA

            Augusta Rice, 25, female, born MA

            Harriet Rice, 15, female, born MA, attending school

            Thomas Jayce, 22, male, iron worker, born Ireland

            Thomas Carroll, 22, male, carriage maker, born Ireland

            Ezra Burge, 25, male, labourer, born Canada

            Henry Edson, 28, male, carriage maker, $1300, born MA

    [4076] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; Petersham VRs, p. 119, the marriage intentions of Abel Loring and Mary Holland recorded on 21 Apr. 1821 in Petersham.

    [4077] Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1432877, his father’s name Ziba Eaton, her parents Abel and Mary Loring.

    [4078] Petersham VRs, p. 36.

    [4079] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, dwelling #253, family #300:

            Henry Edson, 34, male, carriage maker, born MA

            Asenath Edson, 26, female, born MA

            Hiram Edson, 55, male, laborer, born MA

            Abby H. Stone, 29, female, born MA

            Carrie F. Stone, 6, female, born MA

    [4080] 1860 Federal Census, 3rd Ward Providence City, Providence Co., RI, Page No. 175, dwelling #1015, family #1595, the house of John M. and Frances S. Noyes, included, among many others:

            Henry Edson, 38, male, carriage maker, born MA

            Asenath Edson, 31, female, born MA

    [4081] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 366, p. 413, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a wheelwright, his birth place Barre, and his parents Ziba and Delia Edson.

    [4082] www.findagrave.com, memorial #100287922, from her gravestone in Grove Cemetery in Holden, MA.

    [4083] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4084] New Braintree VRs, p. 67, marriage of George Barr and Unice Woods on 21 Sept. 1769 in New Braintree.

    [4085] New Braintree VRs, p. 80, marriage intentions recorded Sept. 1800 in New Braintree, the marriage occurred before 29 Apr.1801.

    [4086] New Braintree VRs, p. 13.

    [4087] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55574612 and #166075743, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4088] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 177, 199, which gives the date as 22 Jan. 1849; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 40, p. 102, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, which gives the date as 24 Jan. 1849, relict of Elijah Edson, her birth place N. Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55575111 and #166075744, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which also is clearly inscribed 24 Jan. 1849.

    [4089] The cemetery in Greenwich, MA, was moved to Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, when the Swift River Valley was flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s.

    [4090] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4091] Town of Ware Vital Statistics, Marriages and Intentions of Marriage, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 63. He name was “Arisa” in the 1850 census, but “Oriva” in the Greenwich vital records and most of the birth records of their children, her maiden name from the death record of their son Dwight B. Edson.

    [4092] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, Births by Families 1735-1844, Book 1, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 100.

    [4093] 1830 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 540, the Marshal Edson household had 1 male aged 20-29 years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.

    [4094] 1840 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 321, the Marshal Edson household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 2 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 60-69 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [4095] 1850 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 352, dwelling #30, family #30:

            Marshall Edson, 49, male, paintor[?], born MA

            Arisa Edson, 47, female, born MA

            Saphora D[?]. Edson, 23, female, born MA

            Charles Edson, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Dwight Edson, 10, male, born MA, attending school

            Albert E. Carleton, 3, male, born MA

    [4096] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 58, p. 9, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a painter, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents Elijah & Nancy Edson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133419219, which gives the date as 9 Oct. 1851, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, but there is no picture of his gravestone provided.

    [4097] 1860 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 2, dwelling #13, family #13:

            Oriva Edson, 56, female, $50, born MA

            Albert Carlton, 13, male, born MA, attending school

    [4098] www.findagrave.com, memorial #133419220, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, her name inscribed as Oriva Edson.

    [4099] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1839-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, Saphira O., daughter of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136.

    [4100] Barre VRs, p. 182, the marriage of Horace Parks, of Charlton, NY, and Prudence Marsh on 11 Oct. 1830 in Barre.

    [4101] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 128, p. 156, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a hotel keeper, his birth place Barre, his parents Horace & Prudence Parks, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents Marshall & Oriva Edson.

    [4102] 1860 Federal Census, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 23, dwelling #178, family #214:

            Horace Park, 52, male, hotel keeper, $800, born VT

            Prudence H. Park, 49, female, born MA

            J. H. Park, 24, male, hotel keeper, born MA, married within the year

            Sophia Park, 27, female, born MA, married within the year

            Thomas Doolan, 45, male, laborer, born Ireland

    [4103] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, daughter of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136, her middle name from her baptismal record.

    [4104] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1871030, daughter of Marshal Edson.

    [4105] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, daughter of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136, her middle name from her baptismal record.

    [4106] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1871030, her father’s name not given.

    [4107] Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1428257, his parents Samuel and Sarah M. Stratton, her parents Marshall and Orica Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 168, 169, 195-196.

    [4108] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census.

    [4109] 1850 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 352, dwelling #20, family #20:

            James Stratton, 27, male, mechanic, born MA

            Mary O. Stratton, 19, female, born MA

            Lydia Morrison, 16, female, born MA, attending school

    [4110] 1860 Federal Census, Westminster, Windham Co., VT, Page No. 27, dwelling #750, family #741:

            J. M. Stratton, 36, male, silver plater, $600, born MA

            Mary Stratton, 28, female, born MA

            Samuel Stratton, 67, male, carpenter, born MA

            Eliza Vanderson, 8, female, born VT, attending school

            Laura Thompson, 18, female, born VT

            Dwight Edson, 20, male, silver plater, born MA

            George Sherman, 41, male, silver plater, born MA

    [4111] 1870 Federal Census, Westminster, Windham Co., VT, Page No. 31, dwelling #271, family #292:

            J. M. Stratton, 47, male, white, silver plater, $1700, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary Stratton, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary Mitchell, 10, female, white, attending school, born NH

            H. M. Brown, 20, male, white, works in silver platers shop, born VT

    [4112] www.findagrave.com, memorial #132116358, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4113] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 505, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a pauper, his birth place Rutland, but his parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132116357, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4114] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, son of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136.

    [4115] New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1000989, his occupation a mechanic.

    [4116] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [4117] 1860 Federal Census, City of Aurora, Kane Co., IL, Page No. 228, no dwelling or family number, lines #1&2:

            Chas. A. Edson, 24, male, silver plater, $50, born MA

            Francis Edson, 22, female, wife, born NH

    [4118] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, son of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136.

    [4119] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [4120] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27539, his parents given as Marshall Edson and Olive Ann [sic], his occupation a silver plater, his birth place Greenwich, MA.

    [4121] 1880 Federal Census, Westminster, Windham Co., VT, Page No. 11, Supervisors Dist. 137, Enumeration Dist. 242, dwelling #100, family #115:

            Dwight Edson, white, male, 39, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucy Ann Edson, white, female, 37, wife, married, keeping house, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

            Waldo M. Edson, white, male, son, single, attending school, born Canada, father born MA, mother born VT

            Sylvester Wills, white, male, 76, boarder, single, boarder, born VT, father born VT, mother born VT

    [4122] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #540086, his occupation a farmer, his parents Marshall Edson and Ovira Anderson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #21767108, from his gravestone in Oak Hill Cemetery in Bellows Falls, VT.

    [4123] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, son of Marshal and Oriva Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 136.

    [4124] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #959807, son of Marshall and Oriba Edson; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 173, 197.

    [4125] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4126] Town of Ware Vital Statistics, Marriages and Intentions of Marriage, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 58.

    [4127] 1830 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 525, the Jonathan Foster household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [4128] 1840 Federal Census, New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, p. 120, the Jona. Foster household had 1 male under 5, 3 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [4129] 1850 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 353, dwelling #37, family #37:

            Jonathan Foster, 52, male, farmer, $1000, born Nova Scotia

            Sarah C. [sic] Foster, 47, female, born MA

            Caroline Foster, 26, female, born MA

            George Foster, 24, male, plator, born MA

            Cordelia Foster, 22, female, born MA

            Frances Foster, 17, female, born MA

            John Foster, 15, male, born MA

            William Foster, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Delight Foster, 11, female, born MA, attending school

            Maria Foster, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Franklin Foster, 5, male, born MA, attending school

            Mary E. Johnson, 3, female, born MA

    [4130] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, no page number, dwelling number or family number:

            Jonathan Foster, 57, carpenter, born MA

            Sally Foster, 52, born MA

            George W. Foster, 29, carpenter, born MA

            William D. Foster, 18, farming, born MA

            Delight W. Foster, 15, born MA

            Maria Foster, 13, female, born MA

            Benjamin F. Foster, 10, born MA

    [4131] 1860 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #151, family #152:

            Jonathan Foster, 62, male, carpenter, $700, $125, born MA

            Sarah Foster, 56, female, born MA

            Delight W. Foster, 19, female, born MA

    [4132] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 14, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents Elijah and Nancy Edson of New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133689066, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4133] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 9, dwelling #78, family #84:

            Johnathan Foster, 72, male, white, farmer, $700, $2900, born MA, a male citizen

            Delight W. Foster, 30, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Florence Towne, 10, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [4134] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 267, p. 369, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Ware, and his parents Moses and Ann Foster, of Ware; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133743373, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which apparently gives the date as 22 Oct. 1874, but no picture of the gravestone was provided.

    [4135] Calculated from her age at death.

    [4136] Petersham VRs, p. 115, the marriage of Jonathan Johnson Jr. and Melinda Wheeler on 8 Oct. 1811 in Petersham.

    [4137] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 11, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Petersham, his parents Jonathan & Malind Johnson, her birth place Ware, and her parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, her parents Jonathan and Sarah Foster, his parents Jonathan and Malinda Johnson.

    [4138] Petersham VRs, p. 35.

    [4139] 1860 Federal Census, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 162, dwelling #1214, family #1275:

            Rufus W. Johnson, 37, male, farmer, $1200, $2710, born MA

            Carrie M. Johnson, 36, female, born MA

            Eddie A. Johnson, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Emma M. Johnson, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Arthur F. Johnson, 1, male, born MA

            Malinda Johnson, 72, female, born MA

            Franklin B. Foster, 15, male, farm laborer, born MA, attending school

    [4140] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 185, p. 247, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Petersham, and his parents Jona. & Malinda Johnson.

    [4141] 1870 Federal Census, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 14, dwelling #117, family #123:

            Caroline M. Johnson, 46, female, white, keeping house, $1000, $700, born MA

            Edward A. Johnson, 18, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Emma M. Johnson, 16, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Arthur F. Johnson, 11, male, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Carrie F. Johnson, 6, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [4142] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [4143] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 282, p. 241, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Newton, his parents Gardner & Betsy Stone, her birth place Ware, and her parents Jona. & Sarah Foster.

    [4144] Calculated from his age and birth place in his second and third marriage records, and his death record, but his birth was not recorded in the Newton vital records.

    [4145] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 456, p. 675, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lot Stone, her birth place Ware, and her parents Jonathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born in New Braintree; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #961517, her parents Jonathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born in New Braintree.

    [4146] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 462, p. 385, Athol, and Vol. 462, p. 513, Petersham, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Newton, his parents Gardner & Betsy C. (Dunbar) Stone, her birth place Dedham, and her parents Oliver & Mary (Stowell) Smith.

    [4147] Per Hardwick VRs, p. 104.

    [4148] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 483, p. 755, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Lot Stone, her burial in Athol Ceneter, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Hardwick, and her parents Oliver B. Smith, born in Athol, and Nancy Stowell, born in Dedham.

    [4149] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 494, p. 409, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Newton, and his parents Gardner Stone, born in Petersham, and Betsey Dunbar, born in Newton.

    [4150] Calculated from his age at death.

    [4151] Her parents named in her death record; Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Dana, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1925, [hereinafter Dana VRs], p. 47, the marriage of Jonathan Town Jr. of Petersham and Abigail Gleason on 20 Nov. 1823 in Dana.

    [4152] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 101, p. 224, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a hat trimmer, his birth place Ware, his parents Jona. & Sarah Foster, her birth place Petersham, and her parents Jona. & Abbie Towne.

    [4153] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [4154] 1860 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 12, dwelling #120, family #121:

            Geo W. Foster, 34, male, farmer, $220, born MA

            Maria Foster, 28, female, born MA

    [4155] 1870 Federal Census, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, Page No. 23, dwelling #193, family #201:

            George W. Foster, 44, male, white, farmer, $1700, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha M. Foster, 33, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Francis E. Foster, 7, male, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [4156] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 393, p. 541, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Ware, and his parents Jonathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born in New Braintree; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960239, his parents Jonathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born in New Braintree.

    [4157] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 494, p. 409, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of George W. Foster, her occupation a housekeeper, her birth place Petersham, and her parents Jonathan Towne, born in Greenwich, and Abigail Gleason, born in Dana.

    [4158] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4159] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #75333023, which doesn’t exactly match her age at marriage.

    [4160] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 79, p. 11, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Greenwich, his parents Truman & Eliza Town, her birth place Ware, and her parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, her parents Jonathan and Sarah Foster, his parents Truman and Eliza A. Town.

    [4161] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #75333720.

    [4162] 1860 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 3, dwelling #31, family #31:

            Charles Towne, 28, male, farmer, $200, $200, born MA

            Frances Towne, 26 [sic], female, born MA

            Chs W. Towne, 3, male, born MA

            Florence Towne, 6/12, female, born MA

    [4163] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 158, p. 226, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Greenwich, and his parents Truman & ElizaAnn Towne; www.findagrave.com, memorial #75333720, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4164] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 63, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Ware, her parents Johnathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born in New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #75333023, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4165] Calculated from his age at death.

    [4166] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 10, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Ware, and his parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #960171, his occupation a carpenter, his birth place Ware, and his parents Jonathan and Sarah Foster; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133689059, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4167] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4168] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 112, p. 17, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, recorded in Greenwich, his occupation a laborer, his birth place Ware, and his parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133743380, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4169] Calculated from her age and birth place in her marriage record.

    [4170] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [4171] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 254, p. 80, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Belchertown, his parents Charles & Hannah Manley, her birth place New Salem, and her parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #186151, her parents Jonathan and Sarah Foster, his parents Charles and Hannah Manley.

    [4172] Calculated from his age at marriage, his birth place given as Belchertown in his marriage record, but as Greenwich in his death record.

    [4173] Massachusetts Vital records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/45, p. 168, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Greenwich #168, wife of Charles A. Manley, her maiden name Delight W. Foster, her birth place New Salem, MA, her father Johnathan Foster, born in Ware, and her mother Sarah W. Edson, born in New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132267854, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4174] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1909/45, p. 3, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Greenwich #3, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Greenwich, Mass., his parents Charles Manley, birth place unknown, and Hannah Atwood, born in Dudley; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132267839, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which apparently gives the year as 1907, but no photograph of his gravestone was supplied.

    [4175] Calculated from her age and birth place in her death record.

    [4176] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 112, p. 17, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place New Salem, and her parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133689062, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4177] Calculated from his age and birth place in his death record.

    [4178] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; Vital Records of Gill, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904, [hereinafter Gill VRs], p. 54, the marriage intentions of Dwight Field of Northfield and Mary Allen recorded on 8 Sept. 1832 in Gill.

    [4179] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 200, p. 52, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a mechanic, his birth place New Salem, his parents Jonathan & Sarah Foster, her birth place Irving, and her parents Dwight & Mary Field.

    [4180] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #44776591, her birth place from her marriage record.

    [4181] 1870 Federal Census, Gill, Franklin Co., MA, Page No. 1, dwelling #5, family #8:

            Frank B. Foster, 25, male, white, house carpenter, born MA, a male citizen

            Eugenia M. Foster, 25, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Willie J. Foster, 2, male, white, born MA

            Fred Foster, 9/12, male, born MA, born in Sept.

    [4182] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1909/43, p. 221, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Gill #221, his birth place New Salem, his occupation a farmer, his parents Jonathan Foster, born in Ware, and Sarah Edson, born unknown, the informant Mrs. Frank B. Foster; Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2313118, his birth place New Salem, and his parents Jonathan Foster and Sarah Edson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #44776590, from his gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Gill, MA, which only gives the years of birth and death.

    [4183] www.findagrave.com, memorial #44776591, from her gravestone in Riverside Cemetery in Gill, MA, which only gives the years of her birth and death.

    [4184] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4185] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4186] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 300.

    [4187] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #132078759.

    [4188] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 301; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #132078749.

    [4189] www.findagrave.com, memorial #132078759, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA; May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451, gives the date as 15 Aug. 1840.

    [4190] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #132078749.

    [4191] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #132103087, presumably calculated from her age at death.

    [4192] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132078749, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4193] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #132103087.

    [4194] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #131841759, presumably calculated from his age at death.

    [4195] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #131841759.

    [4196] www.findagrave.com, memorial #132103087, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4197] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131841759, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4198] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #132078766.

    [4199] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132078766, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4200] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #132103083.

    [4201] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 51, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents A. H. & Lucinda Sears; www.findagrave.com, memorial #132103083, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4202] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 451.

    [4203] Her parents’ names from her marriage and death records.

    [4204] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 200, p. 72, Greenwich, and Vol. 200, p. 62, Belchertown, crossed out in Belchertown, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a silver plater, his birth place Greenwich, his parents Andrew H. & Lucinda Sears, her birth place Belchertown, and her parents Caleb & Rosetta Walker; May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 543, gives the date as 8 Apr. 1867 in Belchertown.

    [4205] May, Samuel P., The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass, Albany, NY, 1890, p. 543-544.

    [4206] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 10, dwelling #88, family #94:

            Caleb Walker, 66, male, white, farmer, $1000, $400, born CT, a male citizen

            Rosette Walker, 55, female, white, keeping house, born CT

            Ambrose E. Walker, 20, male, white, silver plater, born MA

            Sarah M. Walker, 17, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Eliza S. Walker, 12, female, attending school, born MA, attending school

            Oscar H. Sears, 30, male, white, silver plater, born MA, a male citizen

            Abbie Sears, 25, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [4207] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 473, p. 19, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Greenwich, and his parents Haskel Sears, born in Greenwich, and Lucinda Edson, born in New Braintree; www.findagrave.com, memorial #92408853, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which only gives the years of his birth and death.

    [4208] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/45, p. 154, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Greenwich #154, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Oscar Sears, her birth place Belchertown, her parents Caleb Walker, born in Wellington, CT, and Rosetta Eaton, born in Stafford, CT, buried in Greenwich, MA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #92408880, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4209] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4210] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #101563976.

    [4211] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #101564125; Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 122, marriage intentions recorded 20 Nov. 1830 in Greenwich; Town of Ware Vital Statistics, Marriages and Intentions of Marriage, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 58, marriage intentions recorded on 16 Oct. 1830 in Ware.

    [4212] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #101563976, probably calculated from his age at death.

    [4213] 1850 Federal Census, New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, p. 86, dwelling #168, family #181:

            Preston French, 58, male, farmer, $1600, born MA

            Lorinda French, 40, female, born MA

            Nancy M. French, 14, female, born MA, attending school

            Ellen M. French, 11, female, born MA, attending school

    [4214] 1860 Federal Census, New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, Page No. 64, dwelling #569, family #585:

            Preston French, 61, male, farmer, $150, born MA

            Laurinda French, 53, female, born MA

            Melvine French, 24, female, born MA

            Ellen M. French, 21, female, born MA

    [4215] www.findagrave.com, memorial #101563976, from his gravestone in Center Cemetery in New Salem, MA.

    [4216] 1870 Federal Census, New Salem, Franklin Co., MA, Page No. 5, dwelling #41, family #42:

            Laurinda French, 60, female, white, keeping house, $200, $300, born MA

            Ellen M. Pratt, 32, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Walter L. Pratt, 9/12, male, white, born MA, born in Sept.

    [4217] www.findagrave.com, memorial #101564125, from her gravestone in Center Cemetery in New Salem, MA.

    [4218] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, her birth place from the 1865 state census. Her name may have been Nancy Melvina Edson.

    [4219] His parents’ names from his marriage and death records.

    [4220] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 217, p. 314, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, he was of Wendell, a farmer, his birth place Hingham, his parents Joseph & Elizabeth Hudson, her birth place Ware, and her parents Preston & Lorinda French.

    [4221] Calculated from his age in the 1870 federal census.

    [4222] 1870 Federal Census, Wendell, Franklin Co., MA, Page No. 3, dwelling #26, family #24:

            Nathan Hudson, 40, male, white, farmer, $475, $160, born MA, a male citizen

            Melvina Hudson, 34, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Elizabeth Hudson, 72, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [4223] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 517, p. 65, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Ware, and her parents Preston French and Lorinda French, both born in Rehobath [sic].

    [4224] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/96, p. 75, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Wendell #75, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Higham [sic], MA, his parents Joseph Hudson, born in Cohassett, MA, and his mother Elizabeth Eldridge, born in Cohassett, MA.

    [4225] Calculated from her age in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, her birth place from the 1865 state census.

    [4226] His parents’ names from his marriage record.

    [4227] Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1901627, his parents Thomas Pratt and Margaret Willard, her parents Preston French and Lorinda Edson.

    [4228] New Salem VRs, p. 20; Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1420726, his parents Preston & Laurinda French.

    [4229] New Salem VRs, p. 136.

    [4230] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4231] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 123, marriage intentions recorded 29 Nov. 1831 in Greenwich, MA.

    [4232] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 95, her twin brother was Augustus Townsend.

    [4233] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 26, p. 166, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called wife of Harvey B. Edson, her birth place and parents’ names not given.

    [4234] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 177, 199; www.findagrave.com, memorial #133419209, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4235] Hampshire County Probate Administration Vol. B5, p. 541.

    [4236] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4237] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55537542.

    [4238] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 102.

    [4239] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55537542.

    [4240] 1850 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 354, dwelling #52, family #52:

            Samuel Edson, 36, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Sarah Edson, 34, female, born MA

            Sarah C. Edson, 13, female, born MA, attending school

            Harriet A. Edson, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            Julia M. Edson, 7[?], female, born MA, attending school

            Clarence B. Edson, 2, male, born MA

    [4241] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 51, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents Elijah & Nancy Edson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55537461, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4242] Hampshire County Probate Administrations Vol. B4, p. 41, with Jonathan Town and George S. Kelley, both of Greenwich, as sureties.

    [4243] 1860 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 16, dwelling #150, family #151:

            Sarah Edson, 44, female, $900, $200, born MA

            Harriet A. Edson, 19, female, born MA

            Juliette M. Edson, 17, female, born MA

            Clarence P. Edson, 12, male, born MA, attending school

            Luelle Edson, 3, female, born MA

    [4244] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #156, family #167:

            Sarah Edson, 53, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Fred C. Edson, 7/12, male, white, at home, born MA

            Clarence Edson, 21, male, white, farmer, $2000, $600, born MA, a male citizen

            Carrie B. Edson, 17, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Luella Edson, 13, female, white, attending school, born MA, attending school

    [4245] 1880 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 328, dwelling #18, family #21:

            Sarah Edson, white, female, 63, widowed, disabled, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Ella M. Edson, white, female, 23, daughter, single, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [4246] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 320, p. 12, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation a house keeper, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents Johnathan Towne and Betsey Towne; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55537542, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4247] Per Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 135.

    [4248] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 135.

    [4249] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 219, p. 210, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Dana, his parents O. N. & Hannah Doubleday, her birth place not given, but her parents Samuel & Sarah Edson.

    [4250] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 17, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents Orington or Erington N. & Hannah Doubleday; Dana VRs, p. 11, gives his name as Orrington Francis, and the date as 25 Nov. 1846, but the month is clearly March in the recorded Massachusetts Vital Records, and his name was recorded as Francis O. Doubleday in his death record.

    [4251] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 357, p. 389, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a musician, his birth place Dana, and his parents Orington & Hannah Doubleday.

    [4252] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1908/31, p. 350, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Dana #350, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Francis O. Doubleday, her birth place Greenwich, MA, her father Samuel Edson, born in New Braintree, and her mother Sarah Town, born in Greenwich; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111268948, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which gives the date as 13 Feb. 1908, but there is no photograph of the gravestone to check.

    [4253] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, p. 135.

    [4254] Dana VRs, p. 30, the marriage of Joseph Doubleday Jr. and Letty Haskins on 12 Dec. 1819 in Dana.

    [4255] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 164, p. 163, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Dana, her parents Joseph & Lettice Doubleday, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents Saml & Sarah Edson.

    [4256] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #75209963; Dana VRs, p. 11, gives only the year 1838, taken from his gravestone.

    [4257] www.findagrave.com, memorial #75210085, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4258] www.findagrave.com, memorial #75209963, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4259] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 135, 186.

    [4260] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #14401895.

    [4261] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 218, p. 74, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Greenwich, his parents Samuel & Sarah Edson, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents Hiram & Clara B. Douglass.

    [4262] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #14401895.

    [4263] 1870 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 17, dwelling #156, family #167.

    [4264] 1880 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, Page No. 3, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 328, dwelling #18, family #22:

            Clance P. Edson, white, male, 31, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Carrie B. Edson, white, female, 27, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born NH

            Fred L. Edson, white, male, 10, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Frank H. Edson, white, male, 8, son, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Annie Edson, white, female, 7, daughter, single, attending school, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Hattie Edson, white, female, 3, daughter, single, born MO, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lillie B. Edson, white, female, daughter, single, blind, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [4265] www.findagrave.com, memorial #14401868, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA, which says that he was originally buried in Greenwich, MA, but was moved to Quabbin Park Cemetery when the Swift River Valley was flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir.

    [4266] www.findagrave.com, memorial #14401895, and #133419206, from her gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4267] Calculated from her age in the 1860 federal census.

    [4268] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 62, p. 180, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the marriage of David W. Coit, of Montgomery, and Louisa A. Russell, of Dana, on 14 Apr. 1853 in Dana, MA, both first marriages.

    [4269] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 317, p. 12, Greenwich, and Vol. 317, p. 9, Enfield, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the Enfield entry crossed out, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Huntington, his parents Daniel [sic] and Louisa A. Coit, her birth place Greenwich, and her parents Samuel and Sarah Edson.

    [4270] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 125, p. 167, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his parents David W. & Louisa A. Coitt, of Dana; his birth place given as Huntington in his marriage record.

    [4271] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4272] Greenwich VRs, from microfilm, pp. 102, 125.

    [4273] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4274] 1850 Federal Census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 352, dwelling #21, family #21:

            Orrin Towne, 36, male, trader, $1000, born MA

            Nancy E. Towne, 31, female, born MA

            Nancy L. Towne, 10, female, born MA, attending school

            A. Elliot Towne, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Wm Newland, 30, male, farmer, born MA

    [4275] www.findagrave.com, memorial #132169034, from his gravestone in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA.

    [4276] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4277] Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Ashburnham VRs], p. 182; New Braintree VRs, p. 138.

    [4278] Per New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4279] New Braintree VRs, p. 80, marriage intentions recorded 18 June 1804 in New Braintree, the marriage occurred before 1 Apr. 1805.

    [4280] 1810 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 915, the John Woods household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [4281] 1820 Federal Census, New Braintree, Worcester Co., MA, p. 184, the John Wood household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [4282] New Braintree VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131153938, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4283] New Braintree VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131154203, from her gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4284] New Braintree VRs, p. 57.

    [4285] www.findagrave.com, memorial #131154349, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4286] New Braintree VRs, p. 162.

    [4287] New Braintree VRs, p. 58.

    [4288] New Braintree VRs, p. 162; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131154303, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4289] New Braintree VRs, p. 162, probably one of the 5 infants to John and Patty Woods who were buried in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4290] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4291] New Braintree VRs, p. 138.

    [4292] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4293] New Braintree VRs, p. 81, marriage intentions recorded Jan. 1810 in New Braintree; Brookfield VRs, p. 344, marriage intentions recorded 6 Jan. 1810 in Brookfield.

    [4294] Brookfield VRs, p. 344, marriage intentions recorded between Samuel Hoar and Elizabeth Waite on 25 Sept. 1778 in Brookfield; New Braintree VRs, p. 91, marriage of Samuel Hoar of Brookfield and Elisabeth Waite on 29 Oct. 1778 in New Braintree.

    [4295] Brookfield VRs, p. 344. The marriage record does not call him Samuel Hoar “Jr.,” but the marriage could not be that of his father, because his father’s widow was named Sarah in his probate records, and his father had married secondly to Sarah Grainger in 1797.

    [4296] Worcester County Probate Case #29762.

    [4297] 1820 Federal Census, North Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, p. 176, the Samuel Hoar household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [4298] 1830 Federal Census, North Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, p. 544, the Samuel Hoar household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [4299] Brookfield VRs, p. 501.

    [4300]1840 Federal Census, North Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, p. 196, the Samuel Hoir household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [4301] Calculated from his age at death.

    [4302] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 104, p. 177, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his birth place North Brookfield, and his parents Samuel & Mary Hoar.

    [4303] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4304] Estimated from the birth of their first child on 18 May 1821, her first name from that child’s death record in 1846, and her maiden name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #131323340, from her gravestone.

    [4305] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4306] 1850 Federal Census, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 146, dwelling #1945, family #2382.

    [4307] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, New Braintree, Worcester County, dwelling #22, family #25:

            Joseph W. Edson, 61, male, mason, born MA

            Harriot Edson, 57, female, born MA

            Harriot Edson, 24, female, born MA

    [4308] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 113, p. 163, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Belchertown, but her parents’ names not given; Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 132, which gives the date as 4 Mar. 1857; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131323340, from her gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, which also gives the date as 4 Mar. 1857.

    [4309] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 113, p. 163, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mason, his birth place New Braintree, and his parents Elijah & Martha Edson; Woods, Henry Dickinson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 132, which gives the date as 7 Nov. 1857; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131323279, from his gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA, which also gives the date as 7 Nov 1857.

    [4310] Worcester County Probate Case #18841.

    [4311] New Braintree VRs, p. 21, her mother’s name not listed in the birth record.

    [4312] New Braintree VRs, p. 138, called daughter of Jos. W. and Harriot Edson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #131323393, from her gravestone in Southwest Cemetery in New Braintree, MA.

    [4313] New Braintree VRs, p. 21, her mother’s name not listed in the birth record, but presumed to be Harriet.

    [4314] Woods, Henry Dickenson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 21, “Mr. Edsons Child.”

    [4315] New Braintree VRs, p. 21, her mother’s name not listed in the birth record.

    [4316] New Braintree VRs, p. 80.

    [4317] Calculated from his age and birth place in his second marriage record, which doesn’t quite agree with his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4318] Woods, Henry Dickenson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 130, “Mrs Gardner Mr Edsons Darter Ag 22.”

    [4319] 1850 Federal Census, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 146, dwelling #1945, family #2382:

            Tobias O. Gardner, 24, male, thread & needle dealer, #3000, born MA

            Helen H. Gardner, 9/12, female, born MA

            Joseph W. Edson, 68, male, madora[?], $5000, born MA

            Harriet Edson, 61, female, born MA

            Harriet D. Edson, 19, female, born MA

            (___) Mullen, 15, female, born Ireland

    [4320] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 55, p. 234, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a Merchant, his birth place Hingham, his father Samuel Gardner, her birth place Hingham, and her father Chs. Lane, her middle name from her gravestone.

    [4321] Massachusetts State Census, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk Co., dwelling #92, family #100:

            T. O. Gardiner, 38, male, dry goods, born MA

            Mrs. Gardiner, 28, female, born MA

    [4322] www.findagrave.com, memorial #87125037, from his gravestone in Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, MA.

    [4323] www.findagrave.com, memorial #87125041, from her gravestone in Hingham Cemetery in Hingham, MA.

    [4324] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, 2 Volumes, Boston, MA, 1914, [hereinafter Cambridge VRs], Vol. 1, p. 282.

    [4325] New Braintree VRs, p. 21, her mother’s name not listed in the birth record.

    [4326] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 118, p. 89, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a book keeper, his birth place York, ME, his parents Geo. & Mary F. Simpson, her birth place New Braintree, and her parents Joseph W. & Harriet H. Edson.

    [4327] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 131, p. 23, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a clerk, his birth place Cape Neddock, ME, and his parents George & Mary; Woods, Henry Dickenson, Deaths in New Braintree, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 62, p. 132, under the date 20 Apr. 1859 “Harriot Edson Husband Brot in to town Aged 26 years.”

    [4328] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.

    [4329] New Braintree VRs, p. 80.

    [4330] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #28644433, which doesn’t quite agree with his age at death.

    [4331] 1820 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 164, the Cyrus Brown household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 5 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [4332] 1830 Federal Census, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 523, the Cyrus Brown household had 2 males aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 2 females aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 3 females aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [4333] Ware Mass. Church Records Book 2, 1775-1841, Catalogue of Members of the Church, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 125.

    [4334] Ware Mass. Church Records Book 2, 1775-1841, Catalogue of Members of the Church, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, pp. 160, 189.

    [4335] 1840 Federal Census, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, p. 8-9, the Cyrus Brown household had 3 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years [sic], 2 females aged 15-19 years, 2 females aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture, and 7 people employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [4336] 1850 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, p. 236, dwelling #3315, family #3587:

            Alfred Ellis, 41, male, tailor, $1200, born MA

            Semantha Ellis, 38, female, born MA

            Cyrus Brown, 72, male, none, born MA

            Malinda Brown, 64, female, born MA

            Ann E. Watson, 9, female, born MA, attending school

    [4337] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 9, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his death in Newark, NJ, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Ware, MA, but his parents’ names not given; www.findagrave.com, memorial #28644433, from his gravestone in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA.

    [4338] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 183, p. 312, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her death in Newark, NJ, her birth place New Braintree, and her father Elijah Edson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #28644474, from her gravestone in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA, her maiden name given as Edran.

    [4339] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4340] Town of Ware Vital Statistics, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, pp. 10, 28; Monson Vital Records, 1750-1956, The Corbin Collection Vol. II, Records of Hampden County, Massachusetts, p. 1014, marriage intentions recorded on 12 May 1832 in Monson.

    [4341] Monson Records of Births & Deaths, The Corbin Collection Vol. II, Records of Hampden County, Massachusetts, p. 86.

    [4342] 1850 Federal Census, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA, p. 236, dwelling #3315, family #3587:

            Alfred Ellis, 41, male, tailor, $1200, born MA

            Semantha Ellis, 38, female, born MA

            Cyrus Brown, 72?, male, none, born MA

            Malinda Brown, 64, female, born MA

            Ann E. Watson, 9, female, born MA, attending school

    [4343] 1855 State Census, Chicopee, Hampden County, dwelling #200, family #240:

            Alfrid Ellis, 46, male, taylor, born MA

            Semantha Ellis, 46, female, born MA

            Cyrus Brown, 77, male, born MA

            Melindia Brown, 68, female, born MA

    [4344] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 102, p. 213, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Ware, and her parents Cyrus & Melinda E. Brown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #28644516, from her gravestone in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA.

    [4345] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4346] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4347] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4348] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4349] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4350] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4351] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [4352] 1850 Federal Census, North Ward, City of Newark, Essex Co., NJ, p. 23, dwelling #240, family #350:

            Henry L. Brown, 33, male, engineer Morris R.R., $3900, born MA

            Angelina Brown, 25, female, born NY

            Abbey Brown, 7, female, born NJ

            Melinda Brown, 4, female, born NJ

            Bridget Lacy, 23, female, born Ireland, cannot read or write

            Thomas P. Brown, 11/12, male, born NJ

    [4353] www.findagrave.com, memorial #151492947, from her gravestone in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, NJ, but her age is not shown on the memorial.

    [4354] 1860 Federal Census, 1st Ward Newark City, Essex Co., NJ, Page No. 71, dwelling #366, family #522:

            Henry L. Brown, 43, male, master machinist, $200, $200, born MA

            Mary Brown, 26, female, born NY

            Matilda Brown, 10, female, born NJ, attending school

            Melinda Brown, 13, female, born NJ, attending school

            Cyrus Brown, 82, male, born MA

            Malinda Brown, 73, female, born MA

            Melinda Brown, 37, female, born MA

    [4355] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4356] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4357] Warren VRs, p. 88, marriage intentions between Harriet W. Brown of Springfield and Thomas P. Watson recorded on 10 Aug. 1839 in Warren.

    [4358] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4359] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4360] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 66, p. 215, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Ware, her occupation a seamstress, and her parents Cyrus and Malinda E. Brown.

    [4361] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4362] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4363] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4364] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4365] His parents’ names from his marriage record.

    [4366] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 236, p. 9, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his middle initial give as “F.” in the marriage record, his birth place Tolland, MA, his parents Elijah Twining and Elmira Moore, her birth place Chicopee, and her parents Cyrus Brown and Malinda E. Brown.

    [4367] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #102828136, his birth date from his gravestone.

    [4368] 1880 Federal Census, Bloomfield, Hartford Co., CT, Page No. 7, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 45, no dwelling number, family #80:

            Bevel S. Twining, white, male, 54, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Malinda E. Twining, white, female, 57, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [4369] www.findagrave.com, memorial #28644442, from her gravestone in East Street Cemetery in Chicopee, MA, but her death was not found recorded in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [4370] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #102828136.

    [4371] Ware Vital Records, 1732-1905, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, p. 113.

    [4372] Ware, Record of Persons baptized by and during the Ministry of Samll Ware, The Corbin Collection Vol. 1, Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    [4373] New Braintree VRs, p. 21.


[A] The Will of David Waite of New Braintree, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1832) *

                                In the name of God Amen.

I David Waite of New Braintree in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman being of perfect, sound & disposing mind & memory, considering the uncertainty of live, & that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make & Publish this my last will & testament, as follows

                                I Give to Livia my well beloved wife all my Real Estate & also all my personal Estate of every discription, that shall remain after paying all my Just debts & funeral charges, to be for her Possession & disposal –

                                                And I do hereby constitute & appoint Livia my beloved wife Sole Executrix of this my last will & testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & Seal this Sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.

                                                                                                                                                David Wait

Signed Sealed & declared by the above named David Wait to be his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same

Saml Bigelow

George Mullet

Amasa Bigelow

                               

Presented for probate on 25 Oct. 1836 by Livia Waite, the Executrix, with Samuel Mixter and Amasa Bigelow Esqr. as sureties, and proved by Amasa Bigelow, one of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #60956, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[B] The Will of Livia Waite of New Braintree, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1837) *

In the name of God amen.  I Livia Waite of New Braintree in the County of Worcester Widow woman, considering the uncertainty of life, and being in health and of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

And my will is ~

first, - I Give and bequeath unto Patty Conkey wife of David Conkey of Pelham in the County Hampshire two hundred dollars, and also I Give and bequeath unto Levina Warner wife of Daniel Warner of Pelham aforesaid two hundred dollars, to them respectively, to their respective heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns to their Several and respective use and behoof forever.

Secondly~  Of all the residue of my estate, real, Personal, and mixed, after paying my Just debts and funeral charges including the expence of erecting a monument at my grave Similar to one which I have ordered for my husbands grave. I give devise and bequeath unto my niece Louisa Waite of New Braintree aforesaid Single woman, to have and to hold to her and to her heirs Executors, Administrators and Assigns, to her and their use and behoof forever. And I do nominate and appoint my Said niece Louisa Waite Sole executrix of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty Seven.

Signed, Sealed, published and                                                                                          Livia Wait                           (seal)

declared by the above named Livia

Waite to be her last will and testament in the presence of us, who at her request & in her presence & in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.

Amasa Bigelow

Samuel Mixter

Liberty Rice

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of June, 1846, by Louisa Wait, the Executrix therein named, and proved by Samuel Mixter and Liberty Rice, two of the witnesses. Amasa Bigelow and Henry A. Delano, of New Braintree, were sureties on the bond of Louisa Wait.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #61010, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

 

 

[C] The Will of Jeremiah Washburn of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1806) *

In the Name of God amen. I Jeremiah Washburn of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, being under decays of Body but of sound disposing Mind & Memory do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner following viz. I give & recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that gave it & my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named—1st my worldly Estate I [---] to dispose of in the following manner, viz in the first place my will is that all my just debts & funeral Charges together with all the Legacies & Expenses of settling this Estate be paid out of my Estate hereafter given to my Son Jeremiah excepting one Note of hand hereafter directed to bepaid by my son Levi—

2dly I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Kezia to her Heirs & assigns forever all my indoor Moveables of every description (excepting my wearing Apparel hereafter to be disposed of. I also give unto her the Improvement of all my real Estate (excepting her thirds of my Pew in the Revd Mr. Sangar’s Meeting house) during her natural Life—also I give her two Cows to be at her disposal—

3dly I give unto my Son Barnabas his Heirs & assigns ten Dollars & one half of my wearing Apparel—

4thly I give unto my Son Libeus his Heirs & assigns ten Dollars & the other half of my wearing Apparel—

5thly I give and bequeath unto my Son Jeremiah his Heirs and Assigns forever thirty eight acres of Land being a part of my homestead, together with the Buildings thereon—Reference being had to a Deed which I gave my sd Son Jeremiah for the particular Boundaries—also about nine acres be the same more or less, being a part of the 3d & 4th Titicut Great Lots, and one half of the 20th Lot in the Little Cedar Swamp, refering to the aforesaid Deed for the Description & Boundaries of these last mentioned pieces. Also I give & bequeath unto my sd Son Jeremiah one half of my Pew & all my personal Estate not otherwise disposed of, the same together with the aforesaid real Estate to be liable to the payment of all my just debts & all Legacies herein before or after mentioned—

6thly I give and bequeath unto my Son Levi his Heirs & assigns forever about twelve acres of Land being a part of my Homestead lying partly on the southerly side of the 4 Mile Line & partly on the northerly side of the same, also about three acres of Land being a part of the 3d & fourth Lot of Titicut Great Lots, so called, also the other half of my Pew & for a more particular Description & Boundaries of the last mentioned land reference may be had to a Deed which I gave my sd Son Levi of the same, and my will is that out of what I have given my sd Son Levi that pay unto my wife & his Mother Kezia a Note of hand given her or order for 80 Dollars with Interest dated Decm 1st 1804 provided she should call for the same—

7thly I give unto my Daughter Lydia Wood her Heirs & Assigns the Sum of ten shillings she having recd sundry Articles which together with the Money which I gave her, for which her Husband Simeon Wood gave his [---] amount to her full share of my Estate & a full compensation forall the Labour & Service which she did for me after she was 18 years of age—

8thly I give unto my Daughter Tabitha her Heirs & Assigns the sum of ten shillings which with what she has already had is her full share of my Estate—

9thly I give to my Daughter Hannah her Heirs & Assigns the Sum of ten shillings which together with what She has recd is her full share of my Estate—

10thly I give & bequeath unto my Sons Jeremiah & Levi my Horse stable at the meeting house equally between them. And I do hereby nominate & appoint my sd Son jeremiah sole Executor of this my last will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this twentieth day of June, Dom. Eighteen hundred & six—

Signed sealed published & declared by the said

Jeremiah Washburn to be his last will & Testament

In presence of us the Subscribers—

                Cornelius Holmes                                                                                                Jeremiah Washburn                       (seal)

                Nathan Mitchell

                Cornelius Holmes junr

 

The will was presented in court by Jeremiah Washburn on 6 Aug. 1810, proved by Cornelius Holmes and Nathan Mitchell, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Book 43, pages 247-248, from FHL microfilm #0550902.

 

 

[D] The Will of Keziah Washburn of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1826) *

In the name of God Amen I Keziah Washburn of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth being advanced in years and taking into consideration the uncertainty of life do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament & dispose of my worldly Estate in manner & form following, namely –

        First – I give & bequeath unto my son Livy Washburn one dollar to be paid to him by my Executor after my decease.

        2d. I give & bequeath unto the children & heirs of my son Jeremiah Washburn deceased all my Estate both real and personal after paying all my just debts to be equally divided between them, viz, two sons & three daughters.

        3d. I do hereby constitute & appoint Benjamin Pope Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament   ratifying and confirming this to be my last Will & Testament & disallowing of all other Wills heretofore by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six.

        Signed, sealed & delivered                                                                                                     her

to be her last Will & Testament                                                                                       Keziah  X  Washburn                         (seal)

in presence of us                                                                                                                            mark

                Benja. Pope

                John Harden

                John C. Harden

 

Probated on 20 Nov. 1826, and proved by Benjamin Pope, John Harden and John C. Harden, the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 63, p. 158, from FHL microfilm #0550912.

 

 

[E] The Will of Simeon Wood of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1801) *

  In the Name of God Amen. – On the 2d day of May ADom 1801.– I Simeon Wood of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth, being under decays of body, but of a sound disposing mind & memory, proceed to make this my last will & testament; In the first place, I give & recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, trusting in the mercies of God thro’ Christ for pardon, grace & glory, and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named—In the next place, I give & dispose of my worldly Interest, in the following manner–vizt.–my will is, that all my just debts & funeral charges, be paid in convenient time after my decease.–

  Item–I Give and bequeath, to my well beloved wife, Lydia, the use & improvement of all my houshold furniture during her life, and in all other respects an honourable & generous support.–

  Item.–I Give & bequeath to my two eldest daughters Lusana & Sarah Seventy Dollars, each of them, in addition to what they have already had, to be paid by my Executors in three years after my decease.–

  Item.– I Give and bequeath to my two youngest daughters Mary & Lydia, Two Hundred Dollars, each of them, payable in three years after my decease, and one half of all my houshold Furniture, after the decease of my wife & their mother.–

  Item – I Give and bequeath to my eldest son Rufus, all my wearing apparell; and to my Son Simeon, I give my watch—and then my will is, that all my real & personal estate (after paying the debts & legacies above mentioned) should be equally divided between my five sons, Rufus, Simeon, Philander, Lewis & George Washington, excepting my Pew in the publick meeting house in the south Precinct, which, I Give & bequeath to my five sons above mentioned, together with my two youngest daughters, Mary & Lydia, to be equally divided between them

  Item.– I do hereby nominate & appoint my two eldest sons, Rufus & Simeon, my Sole Executors of this my last will & testament.—In witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal, the day & year aforesaid

Signed, Sealed, Published, Pro-

nounced & Delivered by ye said                                                                                       Simeon Wood                    (seal)

Simeon Wood to be his last will

& testament – before us - -

                Ezra Conant

                Nathan Mitchell

                Martin Conant

 

Presented for probate on 6 Sept. 1802 by Rufus Wood, one of the Executors therein named, and proved by Ezra Conant and Nathan Mitchell, two of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Rufus Wood.

 

Ezra Conant, Nathan Mitchell, and Isaac Lazell, all of Bridgwater, Gentlemen, were appointed to appraise the estate of Simeon Wood, late of Bridgwater, Gentm., deceased, on 6 Sept. 1802. The Inventory was dated 5 Nov. 1802, and totaled $8727.33, including his real estate valued at $7330.50. Rufus Wood, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 19 Nov. 1802.

 

Ezra Conant, Nathan Mitchell, and Isaac Lazell, all of Bridgwater, Gentlemen, were appointed to set off to Lydia Wood, the widow of Simeon Wood, late of Bridgewater, Gentleman, her thirds or right of dower in the estate of her late husband, and to divide the remainder into five equal parts or shares, and assign one share each to Rufus Wood, Simeon Wood, Philander Wood, Lewis Wood, and Geo. Washington Wood, on 6 Sept. 1802. The division was dated 28 Mar. 1803, and approved on 18 May 1803.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 37, p. 283-289, from FHL microfilm #0550719.

 

 

[F] The Will of Lydia Wood of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1818) *

1818. My desires are that my two daughters Mary and Lydia may have what I leave when I have done with it, furthermore at my decease, if there is any Cloathing they want, I wish they might have it, this from my hand.  Widow Lydia Wood

 

Cornelius Holmes Jr. examined as a witness and proved the publication of the above as the will of the Subscriber. Probated on 3 Apr. 1832, and approved.

 

Cyrus Benson, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was granted administration with Will annexed of the estate of Lydia Wood, late of Bridgewater, widow, she not having appointed any person as executor of her estate, on 3 Apr. 1832, with Rufus Wood and Philander Wood as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 72, p. 121, from FHL microfilm #0555261, and Vol. 71, p. 434.

 

 

[G] The Will of Oliver Allen of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1855) *

Know all men by these presents,

                                                                That I Oliver Allen of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish & declare this as and for my last Will & Testament.

First. I give and bequeath to my Nephew John A. Bennett One Dollar.

Second. All the residue and remainder of my property and Estate whither Real, personal or mixed, not otherwise disposed of of which, I shall die Seized and possessed, after the payment of my just debts and the aforesaid Legacy, I give and bequeath to my Wife Rachel Allen, ~ And I hereby constitute and appoint my Wife Rachel Allen my executrix of this my last Will and Testament.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of December in the Year of our LORD one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five

                                                                                                                                                Oliver Allen                                       (seal)

Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the said Oliver Allen, to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have subscribed the same as Witnesses this Eighteenth day of December in the Year of our LORD One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty five

Calvin B. Pratt,  Edward H. Lambert,  Soranus Holmes.

 

Presented for probate on the last Tuesday of February, 1856, by Rachel Allen, the Executrix therein named, and proved by Calvin B. Pratt, Edward H. Lambert and Soranus Holmes, the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 98, p. 102-104, from FHL microfilm #0555643.

 

 

[H] The Will of Christopher D. Copeland of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1879) *

I Christopher D. Copeland of Bridgewater do make & declare this my last will & testament.

1.  I give to my son Valentine Copeland Six shares of the Capital Stock of the Eagle Cotton Gin Company, one share of the Old Colony & Newport Railway Company, & any deposit, whatever it may be at the time of my death, in the Bridgewater Savings Bank.

2.  I give & bequeath to my daughter Eunice H. Wood, widow of Rufus W. Wood, deceased, the use & improvement of the Northerly half of my dwelling house, including the whole of the Clothes yard & Hen-house, & a right to water in the well, being the same premises she has & now occupies, for & during her natural life – she also to keep the inside of said premises in repair & my son Lorenzo to keep the outside thereof in repair – during her life.

3.  I give devise & bequeath to my son Lorenzo Copeland my Homestead of about 20 acres in Bridgewater whereon I now live, subject to the use & occupation of a portion thereof by my said daughter Eunice, as above provided, during her life, he his heirs & assigns to keep in repair the outside of said Northerly half of my house, as given to her during her life, no charge to be made, in the settlement of my estate, against said Eunice or Lorenzo for use & occupation of said premises previous to my death. I also give to said Lorenzo all my household furniture, farming tools, Stock, products, firewood & all personal property on the farm – I also give devise & bequeath to said Lorenzo, my Sugar Hill woodlot of about 13 acres, & my Cedar swamp lot of about 4 acres in old or Great Cedar Swamp.  To have & to hold said premises to said Lorenzo his heirs & assigns forever, subject however to the above provisions in favor of my daughter, & subject also to the further condition of his & their paying all taxes assessed upon that portion of said premises given to my daughter for life as aforesaid & his & their paying all my just debts, funeral expenses including a grave stone, & expenses of administration of my estate.

4.  I give & bequeath to my son Warren T. Copeland two shares of said Eagle Cotton Gin Company, & all my deposits whatever they may be at the time of my death, in the Mercantile Savings Bank in the Home Savings Bank & in the Provident Instution for Savings all located in Boston.

5.  I give devise & bequeath all the rest & residue of my estate, real personal & mixed to my four children, the said Valentine, Lorenzo, Eunice & Warren, to be equally divided among them. To have & to hold the same to them their heirs & assigns forever.

6.  I appoint said Lorenzo Copeland & Warren T. Copeland Executors of this will & request that no sureties be required on their bond.

   In witness whereof I the said Christopher D. Copeland have hereto set my hand this First day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred & Seventy nine.

                                                                                                                                                Christopher D. Copeland

Signed published & declared by the said Christopher D. Copeland as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us who at his request & in his presence have hereto set our hands as witnesses.

                                                                Williams Latham

                                                                Richard W. Wilber

                                                                Lydia T. Latham

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of June 1883 by Lorenzo Copeland of Bridgewater and Warren T. Copeland of Brockton. Letters Testamentary were granted on 11 June 1883.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 153, p. 567-568, from FHL microfilm #0556654, and Vol. 156, p. 69.

 

 

[I] The Will of Spencer Leonard of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1844) *

                                In the name of God, Amen.

I Spencer Leonard of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of life, and being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, viz:

1st  I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife an honorable maintenance, also one hundred dollars in money, and one half of my household furniture to be at her disposal at my decease.

2d  I give and bequeath unto my two daughters, Mary Keith & Lydia W. Benson, each one hundred dollars at my decease.

3d  I give and bequeath unto my four sons, Simeon W. Leonard, Martin Leonard, Spencer Leonard & Lewis Leonard after paying my just debts and aforesaid legacies all my estate both real and personal, to be equally divided between them. And I do constitute and appoint Simeon W. Leonard aforesaid my sole executor of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

                                                                                                                                                Spencer Leonard                             (seal)

Signed, sealed & declared by the aforesaid Spencer Leonard to be his last will and testament in presence of us who have at his request hereunto set our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator.

                Cyrus Benson,   Simeon W. Mitchell,  Timothy Weston

 

Spencer Leonard of Bridgewater, petitioned for the probate of the will of Spencer Leonard, late of Bridgewater, on the second Monday of April 1866, with Van R. Swift and Martin Leonard, both of Bridgewater, as sureties. He was granted administration with will annexed on 9 Apr. 1866.

 

George W. Wood, of Middleborough, and Van R. Swift and Charles Gurney, of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise the estate of Spencer Leonard, late of Bridgewater, on 12 Mar. 1866. The inventory was dated 30 Mar. 1866, his real estate valued at $2690, and his personal estate valued at $584.44. Spencer Leonard, the administrator with will annexed, gave his oath to the inventory on 7 Apr. 1866.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 277, from FHL microfilm #0555647, Vol. 124, p. 2, and Vol. 109, p. 164.

 

 

[J] The Will of Henry Wood of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1876) *

Know all Men by these presents, that I Henry Wood of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First, I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Louisa Wood to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament, directing my said executor to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.

Second, I give in trust to my wife Louisa Wood, after the payment of my just debts & funeral expenses, all my estate real, personal and mixed, of which I may die seized, or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease to hold the same during her natural life, with the right to sell and convey the same or any portion thereof, and to use the proceeds when ever she may think it necessary, for her support, or for the support of our son Henry A. Wood, Provided that if she should outlive the said Henry A. Wood, then whatever may be left shall be hers for her sole & separate use for ever, to dispose of as she may think best.

        In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of the witnesses named below this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy six.

                                                                                                                                                Henry Wood

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Henry Wood, as and for his last will and testament, in presence of us, who in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.

                                                                                Lewis Leonard

                                                                                John A. Lothrop

                                                                                Mary K. Lothrop

 

Presented for probate on the fourth Monday in Aug., 1876, by Louisa Wood, of Bridgewater, with John A. Lothrop of Bridgewater and Lewis Leonard of Middleborough as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Louisa Wood on 28 Aug. 1876.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 142, p. 64-65, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 133, p. 375.

 

 

[K] The Will of Dr. Cyrus Benson of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1858) *

                Know all men by these presents, that I, Cyrus Benson of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, yeoman, being of sound and disposing mind do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

                1st I give and bequeath to my two grand-sons Zeno Benson, and Aubrey Benson, in equal shares all my wearing apparel, and my shoe-maker’s bench and shoe-tools.

                2d  I give and bequeath to my two Grand-daughters, Alice F. Benson, and Lemira Benson in equal shares my watch.

                3d. I give and bequeath to my daughter-in-law Lydia Benson, whatever may be due me at my decease for house-rent and use of garden.

                4th I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Lydia Benson, all my household furniture, and all the rest and residue of my personal property, (after payment of my debts and legacies.)

                5th I give and devise to my beloved wife Lydia Benson, the improvement of all my Real Estate during her natural life, and if that is not sufficient for to give her an honorable support, she may have the right to sell so much of my Real Estate as shall be necessary for her support.

                6th I give and devise to my four grand-children Alice F. Benson, Zeno Benson, Lemira Benson and Aubrey Benson, in equal shares, one half of all my real estate, to have and to hold the said premises, to them, the said Alice, Zeno, Lemira and Aubrey, and to their heirs and assigns forever, after the decease of my wife Lydia Benson.

                7th. I give and devise to my two daughters, Almira B. Leonard and Cassandra Lane, in equal shares, the other half of all my Real Estate, to have and to hold the said premises, to them the said Almira and Cassandra, and to their heirs and assigns forever, after the decease of my wife, Lydia Benson.

                8th. I ordain and appoint my wife Lydia Benson, and Geo. W. Wood, of Middleborough, my wife’s brother, as Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

                In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below this first day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.

                                                                                                                                                Cyrus Benson                    (seal)

                Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Cyrus Benson, as and for his last Will, in presence of us, who at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.

                                                                                                                                                Geo. W. Wood.

                                                                                                                                                Martin Leonard.

                                                                                                                                                Elizabeth A. Leonard.

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of Aug. 1858 by Lydia Benson and Geo. W. Wood, the Executors therein named, and proved by Martin Leonard and Elizabeth A. Leonard, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 100, p. 313-315, from FHL microfilm #0555644.

 

 

[L] The Will of Lydia Benson of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1858) *

                                Know all men by these presents, that I, Lydia Benson, of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, Widow woman being of sound and disposing mind do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

                                First. I give and bequeath to my daughter in law Lydia W. Benson six cane seated chairs, and an air tight stove, and also that she shall not be required to pay any house rent or any thing for the use of the garden the she has occupied that may be due me at my decease.

                                Second. I give and bequeath to my two daughters Almira B. Leonard and Cassandra Lane my wearing apparel my beds and bedding and likenesses of their Father and mother and also all the furniture in that part of the house which I have occupied that I have not previously disposed of.

                                Third. I give and bequeath to my four grandchildren Alice F. Benson, Zeno Benson, Lemira Benson and Aubrey Benson in equal shares one third part of all the rest of my property.

                                4th  I give and bequeath to my two daughters Almira B. Leonard and Cassandra Lane, all the remainder of my property to be divided in equal shares between them.

                                5th  I ordain and appoint Geo. W. Wood of Middleborough, as Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

                                In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below, this ninth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.

                                                                                                                                                Lydia Benson                    (seal)

                                Signed, sealed published and declared by the said Lydia Benson as and for her last Will and Testament in presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto.

                                                                                                                                                Geo. W. Wood

                                                                                                                                                Lydia Wood

                                                                                                                                                Rachel Allen

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of July, 1862, by George W. Wood of Middleborough, with L L. Goodspeed and J. Tucker, of Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to George W. Wood on 1 July 1862.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 104, p. 102-103, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 65.

 

 

[M] The Will of Philander Wood of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1862) *

                Know all Men by these Presents that I Philander Wood of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts yeoman being of sound disposing mind & memory do make & publish this my last Will & Testament.

First: I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Patty Wood Four Hundred dollars to her sole and separate use if she should outlive me – I also give & bequeath to my above named wife all the house hold furniture clothing, &c &c except my desk & the papers in the same to her own use & also the use of my dwelling house during her natural life & that my wife shall be honorably supported by my two sons hereafter named the above I give instead of her right of dower.

2d  I give and bequeath to my daughter Patty Bartlett wife of David Bartlett of West Bridgewater six hundred dollars to be paid at my decease.

3d  I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah W. Benson wife of Alonzo S. Benson of Bridgewater six hundred dollars to be paid at my decease.

4th. I give & bequeath to my daughter Emily Pratt wife of Otis Pratt of Halifax six hundred dollars to be paid at my decease.

5th  I give & devise to my two sons Nahum B. Wood & Martin Wood all my real Estate together with all the personal estate not heretofore disposed of provided they pay all the above named gifts and legacies & debts & funeral expenses & honorably support their mother during her natural life & my real estate shall be holden for the honorable support of my wife to have & to hold the said premises with appurtenances to them the said Nahum B. Wood & Martin Wood & their heirs & assigns forever.

6th  I ordain & appoint my son Nahum B. Wood as executor of this my last Will & Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal & publish & declare this to be my last Will & Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below this twenty fourth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & sixty two.

                                                                                                                                                Philander Wood                               (seal)

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the said Philander Wood as & for his last Will & Testament in presence of us who at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.

                                                Geo. W. Wood

                                                Lydia Wood

                                                Elvira Wood

I hereby certify that the above interlining was done before signing the same.

                Geo. W. Wood

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of May, 1866, by Nahum B. Wood and Martin Wood, of Bridgewater, with Geo. W. Wood of Middleborough and Seth H. Leonard, of Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Nahum B. Wood and Martin Wood, of Bridgewater, on 14 May 1866.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p. 341, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 114, p. 486 (514).

 

 

[N] The Will and Codicil of Mark Perkins of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1842) *

Be it remembered that I Mark Perkins of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Gentleman, do on this Nineteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and Forty two, make & establish my last Will & Testament as follows.  I give to my Daughter Sibbil, Wife of Josiah Dunbar, Four Hundred Dollars, the Notes I hold against her Husband to be taken in part payment thereof interest to be cast to the time of my decease.     I give to my Daughter Susanna, Wife of David Packard, Four Hundred Dollars, the Notes I hold against her Husband to be taken in part payment thereof, with interest cast as above directed.     I give to my Daughter Phebe Wife of David Macomber, Four Hundred Dollars, and the Notes I hold against her Husband to be taken in part payment thereof, with interest cast as above directed.

The Deeds of certain Real Estate which I have heretofore executed conveying to my Daughter Sally Field the Estate described therein, I hereby confirm, One of said Deeds now being in the hands of Nahum Perkins, which he is directed to deliver to said Sally Field after my decease.

All the rest, residue & remainder of my Estate, both Real & personal, I give to my Daughters Charity Jones & Sally Field, to them & their Heirs and Assigns forever, requiring them to pay all my just debts, charges and the Legacies above devised; And I hereby appoint the said Charity Jones and Sally Field Executors of this Will,   In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and Year above Written

                                                                                                                                                Mark Perkins                    (seal)

Signed, sealed, published & declared by the above named Mark Perkins, to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us who at his request & in his presence & the presence of each other hereto Subscribe our names as Witnesses

                                                                                                                                                Jesse Perkins

                                                                                                                                                Caroline B. Perkins

                                                                                                                                                Frederick Perkins

Whereas, on or about the 19th of Octr. 1842, I Mark Perkins of North Bridgewater made & Subscribed my Will in Writing, in Which I gave to my Daughter Charity Jones & to my Daughter Sally Field the residue of my Estate, after Several Legacies, to my other Daughters; And whereas my Daughter Charity Jones has since deceased,   I now give to my Daughter Sally Field her Heirs & Assigns, all that part and portion of my Estate, which in my said former Will I gave to Charity Jones.     In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal this Twenty third day of July Eighteen Hundred fifty One.

                                                                                                                                Mark Perkins’s mark  X                     (seal)

Executed in presence of us.

                                                                                                                                                Jesse Perkins

                                                                                                                                                Charles A. Hartwell

                                                                                                                                                Timothy Remick

 

Presented for probate on the last Tuesday of July 1856 by Sally Field, sole surviving Executor therein named, the will proved by Jesse Perkins and Frederick Perkins, two of the witnesses, and the codicil proved by Jesse Perkins, Charles A. Hartwell and Timothy Remick, the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Sally Field, the Executor therein named.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 98, p. 321-323, from FHL microfilm #0555643.

 

 

[O] The Will of Asa Jones of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1840) *

Be it remembered that I, Asa Jones of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Gentleman do on this fifth day of November eighteen hundred forty make and establish my last will & Testament in the following manner viz.

I give to my wife the use and improvement of my part of the dwelling house where we reside with the Cellar and front yard pertaining thereto and one half of all my other buildings (except the small house which I usually let) and also the use and improvement of one third part of all the rest of my Real Estate except my west share Pasture during her life. I also give her the use of so much my household furniture as shall be of the value of one hundred Dollars during her life, she to select such articles of furniture as she may choose to that amount

To my Grand Daughter Rachel Jones daughter of my son Nathan, I give my lot of land called the west share pasture situate in the Northwesterly part of this Town. To have and to hold the same to her the said Rachel her heirs and assigns forever. And I hereby appoint my son Nathan Jones and his Wife Lucia Jones and the survivor of them to be my Trustees of the aforesaid lot of land, hereby empowering them and the survivor of them immediately after my decease to enter upon and manage the same to the best advantage of their said daughter Rachel during the life of my said Son and daughter Nathan & Lucia Jones and the survivor of them

        And I do further order that my said Son & daughter & the survivor of them shall not be compelled to account to the said Rachel for the rents & profits of said estate during the lives of the said Nathan & Lucia Jones or the survivor of them: but my said Trustees shall account to their daughter or to such Guardian as may be appointed to her, at such time and such time only as they the said Trustees shall think proper

I give to my Grand daughter Rachel Jones the sum of eight hundred Dollars to be paid to her when she shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, not however to be paid till one year from my decease, in trust, to be appropriated wholly to the support and maintenance of my son Nathan & his wife during their joint lives & the life of the survivor of them. And should any part of the aforesaid sum remain unexpended at the decease of my son and his wife, I give the remainder to my Trustee the said Rachel. And having entire confidence in the integrity of the said Rachel My will is that she shall not be required to give bond for the faithful execution of this trust. But should she decease before the sum hereby entrusted to her care shall be expended for the purpose aforesaid then in that case a new Trustee may be appointed by the Judge of Probate for this County and said New Trustee shall be required to give bond for the faithful execution of said trust.

The foregoing provision which I have made for the benefit of my Son Nathan and his family I make on the express condition that he or they shall bring no demand against my Estate for any services heretofore rendered me & that the note he holds against me shall be given up to my executors to be cancelled.

To my son Rosseter I give fifty Dollars

To my daughter Sally I give Fifty Dollars

To my son Asa I give all my part of the Dwelling house where I reside with the land under the same & the door yard connected therewith and all the other buildings I own except the small house which I let, to have and to hold to him the said Asa B. Jones his heirs & assigns forever

All the rest residue and remainder of my Estate of whatsoever name or nature I give to my two sons Augustus & Asa to be equally divided between them their heirs and assigns forever upon condition that they pay all my just Debts and charges and all the several Legacies herein before bequeathed.

And I hereby appoint my two sons Augustus & Asa B. Jones Executors of this Will –

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

                                                                                                                                                Asa Jones           (seal)

Signed sealed published & declared by the said Asa

Jones to be his last Will &Testament in presence of us who at his request

and in presence of each other subscribe as witnesses

                                                                                                                                                Jesse Perkins

                                                                                                                                                Samuel Spear

                                                                                                                                                Gideon Howard jur

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of March, 1841, by Augustus and Asa B. Jones, the Executors therein named, and proved by Jesse Perkins and Samuel Spear, two of the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 83, p. 62-64, from FHL microfilm #0555267.

 

 

[P] The Will of Josiah Dunbar of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1854) *

                                                                                                Will.

                                I, Josiah Dunbar of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Yeoman mindful of the uncertainty of life and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, this twenty fourth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four do make, publish and declare this Instrument my last Will and Testament.

                                First. All my debts having been paid, I give and devise to each and every one of my grandchildren who shall be living at the time of my decease, a good well bound Bible, the price of each not to exceed one dollar.

                                Second. I give and devise to my Grandson Josiah, child of my Son Lemuel, and to Martin Van Buren, Son of my Son Francis, to each of them five dollars on account of their names.

                                Third. I give and devise to Rev. David Temple Packard of North Bridgewater, the sum of twenty dollars to be expended by him in the purchase of books for the Sabbath School connected with the Congregational Society at Campello in North Bridgewater.

                                Fourth, my Will is that within one year after the decease of myself and my wife suitable gravestones be erected, for us and my four deceased children

                                Fifth. I give and devise to my beloved wife the use and improvement of all my real and personal estate after the above legacies are paid, during her natural life. – And if she shall approve and desire it the Executor of this Will shall sell all the land I own in the Town of Plympton, invest the proceeds, and she shall receive the income. Beside the wood required for her use my wife shall be allowed to cut sufficient timber and wood from my land to pay all taxes assessed against her.

                                Sixth. I give devise and bequeath to my Sons Lemuel, Francis and Daniel, each, one fifth part of all the rest residue and remainder of my estate. To my Son Josiah one fifth part, and the sum of thirty dollars beside.

                                Seventh. The remaining one fifth part of the residue of my estate aforesaid, less the sum of thirty dollars, I give and devise the use of the same to my son Mark for his natural life; and I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to dispose of the said share, reserve the thirty dollars, and invest “the rest of the proceeds of said share” in good dividend paying stocks and pay the income thereof for the use and benefit of the family of my said Son Mark, – during his life, – and after my said Son Mark’s decease, I give devise and bequeath the principal stock, to said Mark’s children to be divided in such a manner that each male shall receive twice the amount of that which each female receives.

                                Eighth. If my said son Mark shall prefer that “the rest of the proceeds of said share” spoken of in the above seventh item, be laid out and expended in the purchase of a homestead for the use of his, said Mark’s family, and shall request the Executor hereof so to do, in writing, – then my will is that my Executor do purchase such a messuage as to him may seem fit, with said proceeds and give to said Mark the use of the same for his life, with remainder to his heirs, to be divided in such a manner that each male shall have twice the value of each female.

                                And I appoint my Son Josiah to be the Executor hereof.

                                In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above mentioned.

                                                                                                                                                Josiah Dunbar                  (seal)

                                Signed sealed published and declared as and for his last Will and Testament by the said Josiah Dunbar in presence of us, who in his presence and at his request and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                B. P. Davis

                                                                                                                                                Timothy Smith

                                                                                                                                                J. R. Perkins

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of Jan. 1862 by Josiah Dunbar, of Minot, County of Androscoggin, Maine, with Nahum Snell and Francis Dunbar, both of West Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Josiah Dunbar on 13 Jan. 1862.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 103, p. 433-435, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 37.

 

 

[Q] The Will of David Packard of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1855) *

                I David Packard of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, yeoman, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, this sixteenth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty five, do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament.

   First.   I give and devise to my wife Susannah the dwelling-house where I reside, and all necessary appurtenances for the convenient enjoyment of the same ~ also one half an acre of land where she may choose, near to my house for a garden ~ all for her natural life, and she is to keep the house in repair, and have the piazza laid with brick within two years from the time of my decease ~     I also give and devise to her all my house-hold furniture of every description, and one half of the beef pork and vegitables which may be in my possession at the time of my decease.   I also wish her to have her dower in all the rest of my real estate as if I had made no will.

   Second.   I give and devise to my daughters Susannah Blanchard, Sarah Haven and Mary A. Thayer, to each of them one hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid to them in eighteen months after my decease.

   Third.   I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth A. Thayer three Hundred dollars to be paid to her in eighteen months after my decease.

   Fourth.   I hereby authorize and direct the Executor hereinafter appointed to sell and dispose of my personal property, and so much of my land East of Main Street in North Bridgewater as will afford a sufficient sum to pay the foregoing legacies, all my debts and charges ~ and some of my other lands if necessary, to make up the amount required.

  Fifthly –  I give devise and bequeath to my sons Martin and Lemuel to each of them one undivided fourth part of all “the rest residue and remainder of my real estate,” to hold to them their heirs and assigns forever.

   Sixth.   I give devise and bequeath to my son Sylvanus one eighth undivided part of all the same “rest residue and remainder of my real estate,” to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever.     And I also give and devise to him one other undivided eighth part of the said “rest residue and remainder,” to hold to him for the period of his natural life, and the residue and remainder thereof after him I give to his children.

   Seventh.   I give devise and bequeath to Sarah H. wife of my son Isaac to her sole and separate use, free from the interference and control of her husband one undivided fourth part of all the said “rest residue and remainder of my real estate,” to hold to her, her heirs and assigns forever.

   I give to my son Isaac one dollar.

                I hereby appoint Franklin Ames, of North Bridgewater, Esquire, to be executor of this my last Will.

                In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day above written.

                                                                                                                                                David Packard                                 (seal)

                Signed sealed published and declared as and for his last Will and Testament by the said David Packard in our presence, who in his presence and at his request and in presence of each other subscribe the same as Witnesses.

   Nathan S. Cary

   James L. Carr

   J. R. Perkins

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of Jan. 1856 by Franklin Ames, the Executor therein named, and proved by James L. Carr and J. R. Perkins, two of the witnesses.

 

The Inventory of the Estate of David Packard, late of North Bridgewater, yeoman, was appraised by Benjamin Kingman, Lorenzo D. Hervey, and Bela Keith, but not dated. His real estate totaled $15,015, and his personal estate total $2386.76. Franklin Ames, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on the second Monday of Jan. 1856.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 98, p. 1-4, from FHL microfilm #0555643.

 

 

[R] The Will of Susannah Packard of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1867) *

Know all men by these presents that I, Susannah Packard of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts being in feeble health but of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First. I hereby constitute and appoint Jonas R. Perkins of said North Bridgewater to be the sole Executor of this my last will and testament directing my said executor to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses and the legacies hereinafter given out of my estate. Second. I give and release to each of my Sons, Sylvanus Packard Martin Packard, Isaac Packard and Lemuel Packard such sums as they shall be severally owing my Estate at my deceased. Third. I give to my daughter Sarah Hayden One hundred Dollars and to my daughter Susannah Blanchard One hundred Dollars. To my Grandson Charles W. Thayer the sum of Fifty Dollars. To the children of my daughter Mary Thayer the sum of Fifty Dollars to be equally divided between them.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the twenty fourth day of September in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and Sixty Seven.

                                                                                                                                                Susannah Packard                          (seal)

The foregoing instrument was subscribed by Susannah Packard the Testatrix in our presence, and in the presence of each other, and was at the same time declared to be her last Will and Testament, and we at her request, sign our names hereto as attesting witnesses.

                                                                                Gorham B. Howard of No. Bridgewater

                                                                                David L. Cowell      +   “             “

                                                                                Edwin T. Cowell           “             “

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of Feb. 1869 by Jonas R. Perkins, of North Bridgewater, with Henry Southworth and Benjamin P. Davis, of North Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to J. R. Perkins on 8 Feb. 1869.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 106, p. 277, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 124, p. 183.

 

 

[S] The Will of Seth Pratt of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1794) *

     In the name of God Amen—I Seth Pratt of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth, Gentleman, being of a sound mind & memory, but calling to mind the uncertainty of life, do make this my last will & testament, and in the first place, trusting in the merits of the great redeemer, I do recommend my soul to God who gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried with decent christian burial; & with respect to my Goods & estate, I dispose of the same, after payment of my just debts & funeral charges, & expense of settling my Estate in manner following viz~

     First—I Give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Hannah Pratt, the improvement during her natural life of one third part of the real estate of which I am now seized. Also one half of my indoor moveables. Also my house & one cow, said personal estate to be hers forever. I also give unto my beloved wife during her widowhood, a sufficiency of fire wood to be delivered to her at the house where I now dwell, by my sons Sylvanus Pratt & Asa Pratt, and also eight Dollars annually to be paid her by my said sons Sylvanus & Asa

     2d—I Give & bequeath unto my two sons Nathaniel Pratt & Simeon Pratt my wearing apparell, to be divided equally between them

     3d—I Give & bequeath unto my two sons Sylvanus Pratt & Asa Pratt all my real & Personal Estate not already disposed of, they paying the several legacies hereafter specified, and also carrying into effect the provision made for my wife, provided she accepts of the same

     4th—I Give & bequeath to my two Sons Joseph Pratt & Seth Pratt twenty shillings, each

     5th—I Give & bequeath to my Daughter Cloe Conant, the wife of Jeremiah Conant, one fourth part of my indoor moveables & thirty pounds in Cash within twelve months after my decease

     6th—I Give & bequeath to my daughter Joanna Bessee, widow, one fourth part of my indoor moveables & Forty Pounds in Cash, within twelve months after my decease

     7th—I Give & bequeath to my Grandson, Marshall Bessee if he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, Thirty nine pounds in Cash

     8th—It is my will that my two sons Sylvanus & Asa herein made residuary legatees, be equally bound in payment of the above legacies, and in the division of my personal Estate, my Son Sylvanus on account of his age shall first take Thirty pounds or credit to that amount, and then my real & personal estate above bequeathed to them & remaining be equally divided betwixt them

     9th—I do hereby constitute & appoint my Sons Sylvanua Pratt & Asa Pratt, joint Executors of this my last will & testament, Ratifying & confirming this to be my last will & testament, and disallowing of all wills heretofore by me made. In witness whereof, I hereunto have set my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & ninety four

Signed, Sealed, Published & declared by                                                                       Seth Pratt                            (seal)

the said Seth Pratt, to be his last will &

testament, in presence of us

                Beza Hayward

                Benjamin Pope

                Azor Howe

 

Probated on 6 Jan. 1796, presented by Sylvanus Pratt & Asa Pratt, the executors, and proved by Beza Hayward & Benjamin Pope.

Beza Hayward & Benjamin Pope were sureties on the bond of Sylvanus Pratt & Asa Pratt as executors of the estate of Seth Pratt, deceased.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 35, p. 448-449, from FHL microfilm #0550718.

 

 

[T] The Will of Jabez Harden of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1874) *

Be it known that I Jabez Harden of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament.

First. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Almina Harden the improvement of all my real estate except the land which I had from the estate of the late Capt Simeon Pratt. Also after paying all my just debts and funeral expenses, the use and improvement and income of all my personal goods and estate of every description (except my carpenter’s tools) during the term of her natural life.

Second. I give and bequeath unto my four eldest children viz: George P. and Benjamin Harden and Alice Washburn wife of A. K. Washburn all of said Bridgewater and Albert Harden of East Bridgewater all the land which I now own which I had of the estate of the late Capt. Simeon Pratt.

Third. I give and bequeath all my carpenters tools in equal shares to my four sons George P. Benjamin, Albert and Frank B. Harden to their sole use and disposal.

Fourth. After the decease of my said wife I give and bequeath all of my estate remaining both real and personal to be equally divided between my five children viz. George P. Benjamin and Frank B. Harden of Bridgewater, Alice Washburn also of Bridgewater and Albert Harden of East Bridgewater.

Fifth. I order and appoint my son George P. Harden of said Bridgewater executor of this my last will and testament.

   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of the witnesses whose names are signed below this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Four.

                                                                                                                                                Jabez Harden                                    (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Jabez Harden as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                                                Elijah F. Hayward

                                                                Stephen H. Wing

                                                                Spencer Leonard

 

Presented for probate on the third Monday of Oct. 1879 by George P. Harden, of Bridgewater, with Benjamin Harden and Hosea Kingman of Bridgewater as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to George P. Harden of Bridgewater, on 20 Oct. 1879.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 143, p. 253-254, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 149, p. 125.

 

 

[U] The Will of Marshall Conant of Framingham, Middlesex Co., and Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1842) *

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Marshall Conant, of Framingham, County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts teacher, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament.

First. I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Roxana D. to be sole executrix of this my last will and testament; directing my said Executrix to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.

Second. To my beloved wife Roxana D. I give and bequeath the rest and residue of my estate – of whatever name or description – of which I shall be found lawfully seized and possessed at my decease.

  In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the presence of the witnesses named below this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.

                                                                                                                                                Marshall Conant                             (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Marshall Conant, as and for his last will and testament in presence of us, who in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.

                                                                                Edward C. Dyer

                                                                                Elizabeth Stevens

                                                                                Susan R. Eaton

 

Presented for probate on the third Monday of Apr. 1873 by Roxana D. Conant, of Bridgewater, with Albert G. Boyden and James S. Alden, of Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Roxana D. Conant on 21 Apr. 1873.

No inventory of his estate was recorded.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 140, p. 551, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 133, p. 5.

 

 

[V] The Will of Silvanus Pratt of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1832): *

        In the name of God, Amen, I Silvanus Pratt of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Yeoman, being advanced in Age do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament & dispose of my worldly Estate in manner & form following, Viz:

        First I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Experience Pratt the use & improvement of all my Real & Personal Estate excepting what shall be hereafter excepted during her natural life.

        2dly. I give & bequeath to my two sons in law Benjamin P. Pope and Benjamin Crooker all my Estate both Real & Personal after the decease of my Widow to be equally divided between them their heirs & assigns forever.

        3dly I give & bequeath to my grandson Silvanus Pratt Pope all my wearing apparel after my decease.

4thly I do hereby appoint Benjamin P. Pope & Benjamin Crooker to be Sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament. I order them to pay all my just debts and funeral charges.

        In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

                                                                                                                                                Silvanus Pratt                   (seal)

Signed, sealed, published, and pronounced & declared by the above

named Silvanus Pratt to be his last Will & Testament in the pres-

ence of us who have hereunto at his request subscribed our names

as Witnesses in his presence and the presence of each other

        Benjamin Pope

        Charles Pratt

        Henry W. Pratt

 

Probated on 18 Feb. 1833, and proved by Benjamin Pope and Charles Pratt, two of the witnesses. Benjamin P. Pope and Benjamin Crooker were both of Bridgewater, yeoman.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 74, p. 31-32, from FHL microfilm #0555262.

 

 

[W] Will of Benjamin P. Pope of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1849) *

  In the name of God Amen. I Benjamin P. Pope of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament. As to my worldly estate I hereby dispose of the same in the following manner

First I give bequeath and devise to my wife a comfortable support from my real estate with the use of her labour and economy. I also give her the use and improvement of all my dwelling house, and household furniture, not herein otherwise disposed of, as long as she remains my widow, and no longer. I also give to her all of the furniture which she brought here, for her own use and disposal

Secondly. I give to my four daughters the use of my west chamber

Thirdly I give to my daughter Martha five dollars to be paid in one year after my decease and I give to my daughter Ellen fifteen dollars to be paid in one year from my decease

Fourthly I give to my three daughters Huldah, Hannah and Eunice twenty five dollars each at their marriage, or when they become of age.

Fifthly I give to my daughter Huldah my Bureau.

Sixthly I give to my two sons equally all of my real estate after paying my Just debts  I also give them my desk bookcase and books and two large silver spoons, also all the articles in my Cellar and the use of my East chamber. I also give them all of my personal estate not herein otherwise disposed of. In case that my sons or either of them should marry they are to have the improvement of the westerly half of my house

Finally I hereby appoint Kenelm Winslow and Elbridge Keith of said Bridgewater to be Executors of this my last Will and testament this and this only to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine

                                                                                                                                                Benjamin P. Pope

Signed, published and prononced and declared by the said Benjamin P. Pope to be his last Will and testament in presence of the subscribers, who in his presence and at his request and in presence of each other hereunto set our hands as witnesses

                Solomon Hayward

                Caleb Mitchell

                Orra Winslow

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of April 1849 by Elbridge Keith, the Executor therein named, and proved by Solomon Hayward, one of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Elbridge Keith, one of the Executors, the other having declined.

 

  This may certify that the subscriber having been nominated joint Executor with Elbridge Keith of the last will of Benjamin P. Pope Esqr. late of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth deceased by the said deceased declines serving in the capacity of Executer of said will

        Bridgewater Mar. 27, 1849.                                                                                      Kenelm Winslow

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 91, p. 112-114, from FHL microfilm #0555640.

 

 

[X] The Will of Philo Keith of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1870) *

I Philo Keith of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth do make and declare this my last will and testament.

1st I give to my wife Caroline M. Keith all my household furniture, stock of cattle, horse, carriages, and all personal property, except choses in action and evidences of debt, that are or may be in and about my buildings at my decease.

2d I give, devise and bequeath to my wife the said Caroline M. the use, income and improvement of all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate real, personal and mixed. To have and to hold the same to her own use and benefit, without the intervention of a trustee, for and during her natural life.

3d I give, devise and bequeath to my three children, Harriet M. Jewett wife of Charles H. Jewett of said Bridgewater, Elizabeth C. Fobes wife of Nathan Fobes of New York, and Philo W. Keith of said Bridgewater, my whole estate, real personal and mixed, except what I have above given to my wife absolutely, the same being subject to my wife’s life estate therein as above provided. To have and to hold the same subject to my wife’s right as aforesaid, to them the said Harriet M. Elizabeth C. and Philo W. their heirs and assigns forever.

4th. I appoint my wife the said Caroline M. Keith, sole executrix of this will, and request that no bonds be required of her as such executrix.

                In witness whereof I the said Philo Keith have hereunto set my hand this twenty third day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy.

                                                                                                                                                Philo Keith

Signed, published and declared by the said Philo Keith as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have hereto set our hands as witnesses.

                                                P. D. Kingman

                                                Benj. I. Crooker

                                                Hosea Kingman

 

Presented for probate on the fourth Monday of Aug. 1876, by Caroline M. Keith, of Bridgewater, who requested that she may be exempt from giving a surety or sureties on her bond. Letters Testamentary granted to her on 28 Aug. 1876.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 142, p. 58-59, from FHL microfilm #0556649, and Vol. 133, p. 372.

 

 

[Y] The Will of Capt. Asa Pratt of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1831) *

        In the name of God, Amen, I Asa Pratt of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, gentleman, considering the uncertainty of life and being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, as follows.

        I give and bequeath to my grand son John Edward Howard my Silver Watch, together with the chain, key and seals thereunto belonging.

        Also I give and bequeath to my grand-daughters Harriet A. Howard & Sarah H. Mitchell the sum of twenty dollars to be paid on their coming of lawful age.

        In consideration of the many kindnesses, which from time to time I have received from my Nephew Seth Pratt, I give and bequeath to him my Blacksmith’s Shop with the tools and implements thereto belonging. Also the right to exercise his trade where said Shop now stands so long as it shall be convenient for him so to do, or while he shall continue to reside in this neighbourhood.

        All the rest and residue of my Estate of whatever name or nature whether real, personal or mixt, I give and devise to my two daughters Harriet M. Howard and Lusannah T. Mitchell their heirs & assigns forever, to be equally divided between them. In consideration of which devide I hereby order and direct them, the said Harriet M. and Lusanna T. to pay or cause to be paid to my beloved wife Lydia, annually the sum of One hundred and twenty five dollars, that is to say the sum of Sixty two dollars and fifty cents each, so long as she shall remain my Widow. Which provision is to be considered as a full satisfaction of all claim of dower or thirds in & to my estate. I also order and direct that my said Wife Lydia (if she shall desire it for her own comfort and convenience) shall have the use & improvement of so much of my household furniture as shall be deemed sufficient for furnishing decently a room for her own occupation.

        Lastly, I hereby appoint my sons in law Cushing Mitchell and Jno. E. Howard joint Executors of this my last Will & Testament.

                                In witness whereof I the said Asa Pratt have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.

                                                                                                                                                Asa Pratt                             (seal)

Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the above named Asa Pratt to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same

        Artemas Hale

        Dion Bryant

        Samuel Alden

 

Presented for probate on 20 Feb. 1832, and proved by Artemas Hale and Dion Bryant, two of the witnesses. Letters of Administration were given to John E. Howard of West Bridgewater, Esquire, on 20 Feb. 1832, Cushing Mitchell, the other named executor, not having given bond.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 72, p. 39-41, from FHL microfilm #0555261.

 

 

[Z] The Will of John E. Howard of West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1854) *

                I John E. Howard of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Esquire, do on this twentieth day of August in the year 1854, make this my last Will and Testament.

In the first place I order all my debts and the legacies herein after mentioned to be paid by my Executor hereinafter appointed, out of the property hereinafter devised to him.

Secondly.  I give and bequeath to my wife Harriet M. Howard the use and improvement during her natural life of one third part of my real and personal estate in full of dower in the same.

Thirdly.  I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Caroline A. Hale, Five Hundred dollars to be paid to her by my Executor in two years after my decease.

Fourthly.  I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Ellen Hale Five Hundred dollars to be paid to her by my Executor in two years after my decease.

Fifthly.  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my Son John E. Howard Jr. all the rest and residue of my real and personal estate, of whatever name or nature, or wherever situated, he paying all my just debts and the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed as herin before directed and I hereby constitute and appoint the said John E. Howard Jr. the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

                In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

                                                                                                                                                J. E. Howard                     (seal)

Signed, sealed and published by the said John E. Howard as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as Witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                Wm. Baylies

                                                                                                                                                H. W. Perkins

                                                                                                                                                C. Williams

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of Oct. 1854 by John E. Howard Jr., the Executor therein named, and proved by William Baylies, H. W. Perkins and C. Williams, the witnesses.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 96, p. 394-395, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

 

 

[AA] The Will of Cushing Mitchell of East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1859) *

Know all men by these Presents, That I Cushing Mitchell of East Bridgewater in the State of Massachusetts, do make and ordain the following to be my last will and testament.

To my wife Lusanna T. Mitchell I give and bequeath all my estate both real & personal wherever the same may be found or situated.

And I appoint the said Lusanna Executrix of this my last will & testament.

In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal this fifteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & fifty nine.

                                                                                                                                                Cushing Mitchell                             (seal)

Signed, sealed, executed & declared by the testator to be his last will & Testament in our presence, who hereby at his request & in the presence of each other subscribe our names as witnesses.

                                                                                Isaac Nutter

                                                                                H. O. A. Orr

                                                                                I. N. Nutter

 

Presented for probate on the second Monday of May 1872 by Lusanna T. Mitchell of East Bridgewater, with Henry Hobart and Moses Bates, of East Bridgewater, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were granted to Lusanna T. Mitchell on 19 May 1872.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 140, p. 356-357, from FHL microfilm #0556648, and Vol. 124, p. 484.

 

 

[BB] The Will of Bradford Harlow of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1852) *

                Know all men by these presents, that I Bradford Harlow of Middleborough, in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, Esquire, being of sound disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament.

  First. I give and bequeath to my sons Solomon, Isam and Franklin, one hundred dollars each to be paid at my wife’s marriage or decease.  To my son Isaac I give by deed, but nothing in this will – If my son Isam should not call for his legacy in one year after it is due, my executrix is empowered to dispose of it in my family as she thinks proper.

  Second. I give and bequeath to my daughters Louisa, Huldah, (wife of William S. Peirce) Lavinia and Elizabeth, and to my son Joseph, and to their heirs and assigns forever, in equal shares, the residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, at my wife’s marriage or decease, after my debts expenses and legacies are paid. If either of my daughters should marry during my wife’s widowhood, my executrix shall pay over to her the sum of Two Hundred and fifty Dollars, which shall be in full of all her right and interest in my estate.

  Third. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Betsey, after my debts and expenses are paid, the sum of Two Hundred dollars, for her exclusive use and benefit, also, the whole use and improvement of the remainder of my estate, both real and personal, during her widowhood.

  Fourth. I ordain and appoint my daughter Louisa, as executrix of this my last Will and Testament. It is my will that she return no Inventory or accounts, to the Probate Court until after my wife’s marriage or decease.

                In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses named below, this twenty second day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty two.

                                                                                                                                                Bradford Harlow                             (seal)

                Signed, sealed published and declared by the said Bradford Harlow, as and for his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and at his request, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                                                                                                                                Nancy R. Thompson

                                                                                                                                                Harrison Clarke

                                                                                                                                                Asaph S. Wood

 

Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of May, 1853 by Louisa Harlow, the Executrix therein named, and proved by Harrison Clark and Asaph S. Wood, two of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Louisa Harlow, the Executrix, with Isaac Harlow and William S. Peirce, both of Middleborough, as sureties, on 3 May 1853.

 

The Inventory of the Estate of Bradford Harlow, late of Middleborough, was appraised by Zadock Thompson, George W. Eldridge, and Venus Thompson, but not dated, his real estate valued at $2935.00, and his personal estate valued at $1748.00. Louisa Harlow, the Executrix, gave her oath to the inventory on the first Tuesday of Nov. 1855.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 95, pp. 201-203, 505-506, from FHL microfilm #0555642.

 

 

[CC] The Will of Laura Washburn of Belchertown, Hampshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1889) *

                                Be it Remember that I Laura Washburn of Belchertown Mass. in the County of Hampshire being of sound mind and memory, but knowing the uncertainty of this life do make this my last will and testament. After the payment of my Just debts and funeral charges I bequeath and devise as follows:

                                All my Real Estate and Personal property, money’s on deposit, and all my estate to my husband, Fisher A. Washburn his heirs and assigns and I appoint the aforesaid Fisher A. Washburn (my husband) to be the Executor of this my last will and testament and request that he may be exempt from giving surity on bond.

                                In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and in the presence of three witnesses declare this to be my last Will this seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine.

                                                                                                                                                Laura Washburn

                                On this seventh day of March A. D. 1889, Laura Washburn of Belchertown Mass. has signed the foregoing instrument in our presence, declaring it to be her last Will, and as witnesses thereof we three do now, at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each other hereto subscribe our names.

                                                                                                                                                Geo. W. Fairfield

                                                                                                                                                L. V. B. Cook

                                                                                                                                                M. D. L. Towne

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Hampshire County Probate Vol. 78, p. 55-56. There is no entry in the index for the probate of this will.

 

 

[DD] The Will of Eliphalet Washburn of Hardwick, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1811) *

I Eliphalet Washburn of Hardwick in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, being of sound mind and memory, and desirous of settling my worldly estate, do, on this second day of May, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eleven, make and publish this my last Will and testament, in manner following, that is to say: —

                                My will is, that after my decease, my body have a decent and christian burial; and that the charges of the same be paid, by my Executor, out of my estate. —

                                My estate which the providence of GOD hath given me, I give and bequeath in the following manner, that is to say: —

To my beloved wife Anna, I give a full and honorable support and maintenance, in sickness and in health, with all necessaries connected therewith, for her convenience, ease, and comfort; Also a full supply of clothing, which support, maintenance, and clothing are to be suitable for her age state of heath, degree and rank in life; Also, a horse, whenever she shall wish to ride, and one cow, which shall be kept on the place for her use and benefit, Also such use and improvement of the house and household furniture as shall be deemed convenient and comfortable for her; all which are to be found and provided by my son Reuel out of my estate during her natural life. And this further my will, in case my son Reuel shall not find and provide for her as above expressed, according to the true intent and meaning of this instrument, that she have it in her power at any time after failure, to claim and have her dower in all my estate and appurtenances. —

                                To my son Reuel I give my farm, whereon I now dwell called the homested, containing one hundred and nine acres more or less with all the buildings thereon and appurtenances, excepting the right in my dwelling house, above given to my wife, and also the rights herein after given to my daughters Delphia & Juliana, to have and to hold the same to him and his heirs forever. Also I give him all my stock, farming tools, notes, book accounts, and all my personal property, excepting what is, herein, given to my wife and to my other children; excepting also my funeral charges, expenses of settling my estate, and all debts now due and owing, or which shall hereafter be due and owing from me, which I hereby oblige him to pay out of the share of my estate herein given to him. – To my sons Luther, Rufus and Calvin, and to my Daughters Naomi Newton, Anna Childs, and Cynthia Thomas, I give one Dollar each, to be paid by my son Reuel within sixty days next after my decease; which sum, together with what they have heretofore severally received is their full proportion of my estate. —

I give to my Daughters Delphia and Juliana thirty five Dollars each and one cow each worth fifteen Dollars, to be paid and delivered within one year next after my decease; or should they, or either of them, marry previous to that time, then to be paid and delivered on the day of their respective marriages, the above Legacies to be paid by my son Reuel. And it is further my will that my son Reuel consider my present dwelling house, herein given to him, as a home for my two Daughters Delphia and Juliana so long as they shall remain single, and treat them in a kind, affectionate and brotherly manner till such time as they shall be otherwise provided with a home

And farther my will is, that after my decease, my wearing apparel be equally distributed between all my sons.

Provided nevertheless, and it is my intention in making this will, notwithstanding the share which I have herein given to my son Reuel, that if he the said Reuel should decease before me then I reserve to myself the right of disposing of my estate hereafter, at my discretion, or of cancelling this instrument; making suitable provision for the heirs of my said son Reuel should he have any.

And I do hereby appoint and constitute my son Reuel the sole Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and seal the day and year above written

Signed, sealed, published and                                                                                           Elipht Washburn                              (seal)

delivered by Eliphalet Washburn

the testator, as his last will and

testament, in presence of us, who

sign as witnesses in presence of

said testator and of each other

Sally Eastman

William B. Wilson

Samuel Eastman

 

Presented for probate on 8 Apr. 1817 by Reuel Washburn, the Executor, and proved by William B. Wilson, one of the witnesses. Letters of Administration were granted to Reuel Washburn, the Executor, with William B. Wilson, Clerk, and David Billings, Physician, all of Hardwick, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #62320.

 

 

[EE] The Will of Simeon Knowles of Warren, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1858) *

        Be it Known that I Simeon Knowles of Warren in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on this ninth day of December in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, make and publish and declair this to be my last will and testament in the manner following

        I giv and bequeath to my beloved Wife Lucetta Knowles all the use of all the realestate I am then in possession of during her life and also all the household furniture is at her disposal furthermore the use of the remainder of my personal property without appraisal I also bequeath to my darter laura Lorain Worshburn exclusive of her husband three hundred Dollar I also bequeath to my darter Eveline Brown Seven hundred Dollar exclusive of her husband to be paid as follows which is to be paid after my wifes decas by my adminestrators which I shall appoint hereafter paying Charges against the estate then to be divided equel between my two Sons which I appoint to Settle my estate Lucius James Knowles and Francis Bangs Knowles

Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said Simeon Knowles to his last Will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and the presence of each other and at his request have Subscribed our names as Witnesses.

D. A. Hathaway                                                                                                                  Simeon Knowles

John W. Chadsey

Simon H. Sibley

 

Presented for probate on 7 Aug. 1860, and proved by John W. Chadsey, one of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Lucius James Knowles of Warren in the County of Worcester and Francis Bangs Knowles of Johnstown in the State of New York, with Samuel E. Blair and Simon H. Sibley as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #35770, recorded in Vol. 394, p. 395.

 

 

[FF] The Will of Luther Washburn of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1838) *

I Luther Washburn, being weak in body & feeling soon to depart this life, but of sound mind and memory, do make this my last Will and testament –

Firstly I order & direct that my just debts be paid – appointing the house lots which I purchased of the late Capt. Jared Ingersol, also my sheep after the lease of them is expired, and all other my land, articles & things mentioned in the writings between me & Nancy Ingersol in her life time, for the payment & Security of the estate of the said Nancy, deceased.

And all the rest and residue of my real and personal estate I bequeath & devise to my beloved wife Mary and her heirs – and I hereby appoint her and Henry Hubbard, executors of this Will, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

        In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 15th day of Septr AD 1838

                                                                                                                                                Luther Washburn                             (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Luther Washburn to be his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.                                    Wm H. Tyler

                                                                                                                                                Stephen P. Howard

                                                                                                                                                Frances Towne

 

The will of Luther Washburn Esq. late of Pittsfield was presented for probate on 7 Nov. 1838 by Mary Washburn and Henry Hubbard, the executors therein named, and proved by Stephen P. Howard, one of the witnesses.

 

I Mary Washburn on my own behalf and in behalf of Luther I. Washburn & Mary C. Washburn the minor children of Luther Washburn late of Pittsfield, deceased, of whom I am Guardian, hereby consent to the Probate of the Will of said Luther deceased, & by the testimony of one witness only – Nov. 1 1838 ~

                                                                                                                                                Mary Washburn

 

The Executors notified the court that Luther Washburn pledged several personal articles included in his inventory as security to the late Nancy A. Ingersol on 15 Dec. 1837 to satisfy her liability as surety of a deed on his note to H. C. Brown for $800, and mortgaged his real estate to Nancy A. Ingersol on 10 Jan. 1838 as further security against her suretyship.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Berkshire County Probate, Wills Vol. 1, p. 102-103, from FHL microfilm #0879021, and Probate Docket #5969.

 

 

[GG] The Will of Lorenzo C. Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1892) *

The last Will and Testament of Lorenzo C. Washburn of the city of Gloversville, County of Fulton and State of New York.

                I, Lorenzo C. Washburn do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:

    First – After all my lawful debts are paid & discharged, I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate and property both real and personal, of every kind, name & description whatsoever to my son William R. Washburn.

                Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my son William R. Washburn to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made.

                In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 9th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety two.

                                                                                                                                                Lorenzo C. Washburn                        (seal)

The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof subscribed by Lorenzo C. Washburn the testator therein named, in the presence of us and each of us. He at the time of making such subscription acknowledged the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last Will and Testament. Whereupon we, at his request, and in his presence and in the presence of each other, do here subscribe as witnesses thereto.

  Nelson H. Anibal residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

  Hiram Darling residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

 

Presented for probate on 23 Aug. 1895 by William R. Washburn, the sole executor, said applicant being his only son, residing at Gloversville aforesaid. Approved on 23 Aug. 1895.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 14, p. 405-406, from FHL microfilm #0521899.

 

 

[HH] The Will of Lydia M. Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1889) *

I, Lydia M. Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, State of New York being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say:

First – After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give, devise and bequeath to my sisters Clara Jeffers, Caroline Lowry, and Helen Burns, all my personal property to be equally divided between them, share and share alike.

Second – I give, devise and bequeath to my said sisters Clara Jeffers, Caroline Lowry, and Helen Burns, all of my real estate to be equally divided between them, my said sisters, share and share alike.

   In case of the death of either of my sisters above named, her share in said property both real and personal, shall go to her children, share and share alike; but my said sisters shall take their and each of their shares in said property absolutely, to be disposed of by them as they shall deem best, if they survive my death.

   Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint Clara Jeffers, one of my sisters above named to be executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

                In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, the 4th day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine.

                                                                                                                                                Lydia M. Washburn                            (seal)

The above instrument consisting of one sheet was at the date thereof subscribed by Lydia M. Washburn in the presence of us and each of us: she at the time of making such subscription, acknowledged that she made the same, and declared the said instrument so subscribed by her to be her last Will and Testament. Whereupon we then and there, at her request, and in her presence and the presence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

Andrew J. Lowry residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

Jerome Egelston residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

 

Presented for probate on 8 July 1892 by Clara E. Jeffers, the sole executrix, said applicant residing at Gloversville, N.Y., Caroline Lowery residing at Gloversville, N.Y., and Helen Burns residing at Johnstown, N.Y. Approved on 8 July 1892.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 13, p. 405-407, from FHL microfilm #0521899.

 

 

[II] The Will of William R. Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1907) *

                I, William R. Washburn, of the City of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament that is to say:

                First – I direct the payment of my just debts, if any, and my funeral expenses.

                Second – I give and bequeath all of my personal property of every kind, name and description whatsoever to my wife, Hannah A. Washburn, providing she survives me and is living at the date of my death, and to my son Charles E. Washburn, providing he survives me and is living at the date of my death, to be divided between them share and share alike.

                Third – In case my wife, Hannah A. Washburn, does not survive me, then and in that event, I give and bequeath all of my personal property of every kind, name and description, to my son Charles E. Washburn, provided he survives me.

                Fourth – I give and devise unto my wife, Hannah A. Washburn, all of my real estate of every kind, name and description whatsoever, including the house and lot where I now reside situate on the west side of Freemont Street in the City of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, to be used and enjoyed by her during the term of her natural life, my said wife to keep said dwelling house in as good repair as the same is now in and to pay all taxes assessed thereon, and from and immediately after her decease, I give and devise the same unto my said son, Charles E. Washburn, if he be then living.

                Fifth – In case my son, Charles E. Washburn, does not survive my wife, Hannah A. Washburn, or myself, and is not living at the date of her death or at the date of my death, or in case my said wife does not survive me so as to receive the legacy herein before given her, then and in that event I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property, both real and personal, unto the children of my said son, Charles E. Washburn, who are then living, to be divided among them share and share alike; that in case my said son, Charles E. Washburn, does not survive my said wife or myself, and has no children who survive him, then and in that event, I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my said estate and property, both real and personal, to his wife, Cora Washburn, if then living.

                Sixth – Providing neither of the legatees or devisees hereinbefore mentioned survives me or my said son, Charles E. Washburn, so as to take, have and receive my estate and property or any interest therein as herein above provided, then and in that event, I give, devise and bequeath one-third of all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property of every kind, name and description whatsoever not herein before disposed of, to the First Congregational Church Society of Gloversville, New York, and two-thirds of all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property of every kind, name and description not herein disposed of, to the Masonic Association of Gloversville, New York.

                Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint Charles E. Sweet of the City of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, to be sole executor of this, my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

                In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 23d day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.

                                                                                                                                                William R. Washburn                     (seal)

                The above instrument consisting of two sheets was at the date hereof subscribed by the testator, William R. Washburn, in the presence of us and each of us, he at the time of making such subscription acknowledged that he made the same, and declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last Will and Testament. Whereupon we then and there at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

        Nelson H. Anibal residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

        Dr. S. H. Rabuck residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

 

Probated on 20 Dec. 1907, and proved by Nelson H. Anibal and Dr. S. H. Rabuck of the city of Gloversville.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 21, p. 25-27, from FHL microfilm #1502864.

 

 

[JJ] The Will of Lionel W. Washburne of Gloversville, Johnstown, Fulton County, New York (1872) *

In the name of God Amen – I Lyone W. Washburne of the town of Johnstown County of Fulton and State of New York being of sound mind and memory and being about sixty four years of age and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make ordain publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, that is to say,

First – After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Catharine Washburne her heirs executors administrators and assigns all my real estate which I now own in in the village of Gloversville, in the town county and state abovestated and all that I might hereafter acquire and own at my decease and that which I now own consisting of a house and lot on which I live at the date of these presents with all and singular with all the appurtenances and privileges thereunto now belonging together with all of my personal estate which I now own or may own at my death I give and bequeath to my wife Catharine Washburne her heirs heirs and assigns for her use and benefit hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 22nd day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy two.

                                                                                                                                                L. W. Washburne                             (seal)

The within written instrument was subscribed by the said Lyone W. Washburne in our presence and acknowledged by him to each of us and he at the same time declared the within instrument so subscribed to be his last will and testament and we at his request have signed our names as witnesses hereunto and written opposite our names our respective places of residence –

W. U. Van Ness   Gloversville Fulton Co. N.Y.

Wm Van Vranken  Gloversville Fulton Co. N.Y.

 

Catharine Washburne widow of and devisee under the last will and testament of Lionel W. Washburne late of Gloversville N.Y. was granted administration of his estate on 28 Oct. 1878, and it was proved by W. U. Van Ness and Wm. Van Vranken of Gloversville, N.Y., on 28 Oct. 1878.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 8, p. 509-512, and Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p. 306.

 

 

[KK] The Will of Rufus Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1891) *

I, Rufus Washburn of the City of Gloversville, Fulton County, N.Y. being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say:

I.– After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I bequeath to my wife Amanda J. Washburn, the sum of ten thousand dollars and also the furniture and household effects in my residence where I now live to the amount and value of one thousand dollars as appraised by appraisers, duly appointed, provided however that said furniture and household effects shall equal in value one thousand dollars. In case said furniture and household effects prove to be of less value than one thousand dollars, then and in that event, I bequeath all my furniture and household effects in my said residence to my wife Amanda J. Washburn.

II.– I give and bequeath to my daughter Ellen A. Sweet, the sum of ten thousand dollars.

III.– I give and bequeath to my son Lucius K. Washburn of the City of Boston and State of Massachusetts, the sum of ten thousand dollars and also my gold headed cane.

IV.– I give and bequeath to my son John C. Washburn, the interest on fifteen thousand dollars during the term of his natural life, if it be necessary to properly maintain and support him; if the interest on fifteen thousand dollars is not necessary to properly clothe and maintain said John C. Washburn, then my executor hereinafter named shall only give him, said John C. Washburn, and it is my will that said John C. Washburn shall have only so much of said interest as shall be necessary to properly support and maintain him, and said interest shall be paid to said John C. Washburn from time to time in such amounts and in such manner as my executor hereinafter named shall deem proper.

V.– I give and bequeath to my grand-daughter Alice M. Washburn of Boston, State of Massachusetts, the sum of one thousand dollars, which said sum I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to pay to her in one and a half or two years after my decease, said Alice M. Washburn being the daughter of my son Lucius K. Washburn.

VI.– I give and bequeath to my grand-daughter Loraine W. Sweet, daughter of my daughter Ellen A. Sweet, the sum of one thousand dollars which sum I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to pay to her in one and a half or two years after my decease.

VII.– I give and bequeath to my grand-daughter Kate D. Sweet daughter of my daughter Ellen A. Sweet, the sum of one thousand dollars, which said sum I direct my executor hereinafter named to pay to her when she shall have arrived at the age of twenty one years. In case said Kate D. Sweet is twenty one years of age at the time of my death, then and in that event, I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to pay her said sum in one and a half or two years after my decease.

VIII.– I give and devise the house and lot situate on the north east corner formed by the intersection of North and Union Street in the City of Gloversville, N.Y., to my brother Martin L. Washburn, to be used and enjoyed by him during the term of his natural life; said Martin L. Washburn to keep the buildings on said premises in repair, but the taxes and insurance upon said premises and the buildings thereon, shall be paid by my executor hereinafter named.

IX.– I hereby direct that the said legacies hereinbefore given to my wife Amanda J. Washburn, and given and bequeathed and are to be accepted and received by her, in lieu of dower, and also upon the condition that she shall make no claim or demand against me or my estate for or on account of any moneys heretofore received by me from her or for any other demand or cause whatsoever.

X.– In case my estate is insufficient to pay all of the legacies aforesaid in full, then and that event said legacies shall be paid ratably and in proportion to their respective amounts. In case my estate is more than sufficient to pay all of the legacies aforesaid in full, then and in that event, the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property shall be equally divided between my son Lucius K. Washburn and my daughter Ellen A. Sweet.

XI.– I give and devise all of my real and personal estate and property of every Kind, name and description whatsoever, except as hereinbefore stated, to my son Lucius K. Washburn, the executor of this my last Will & Testament hereinafter to be appointed, in trust for the payment of my just debts and the legacies above specified and the carrying out of the provisions hereinbefore mentioned, with full power and authority to sell and dispose of the same either at Public or private sale and at such time or times, and upon such terms, and in such manner as to him shall seem meet and proper.

                Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my son Lucius K. Washburn of the City of Boston and State of Massachusetts to be sole executor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made, and I do further order and direct that my said executor shall not be required by any Judge, Surrogate or Court to give any bond, undertaking or security whatever.

                In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 19th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one.

                                                                                                                                                Rufus Washburn                               (seal)

The above instrument consisting of three sheets was at the date thereof subscribed by Rufus Washburn in the presence of us and each of us; he at the time of making such subscription acknowledged that he made the same and declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last Will & Testament. Whereupon we then and there at his request, and in his presence and the presence of each other subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

James M. Thompson residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

Nelson H. Anibal residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

 

Lucius K. Washburn, sole executor named in the last Will and Testament of Rufus Washburn, late of Gloversville, Fulton Co., N.Y., petitioned for probate on 26 Feb. 1892. The will was presented for probate on 7 Mar. 1892 by N. H. Anibal, Attorney for Lucius K. Washburn, said applicant, his son, residing at Boston, Massachusetts, John C. Washburn and Ellen A. Sweet, both residing at Gloversville, N.Y., Amanda J. Washburn, his widow, residing at Gloversville, N.Y., Martin L. Washburn, brother, Kate D. Sweet, and Loraine W. Sweet, grand-daughters, all residing at Gloversville, N.Y., and Alice M. Leavins, grand-daughter, residing at Providence, Rhode Island. Kate D. Sweet and Loraine W. Sweet were minors, and Edgar A. Spencer, Att’y at Law, was appointed Special Guardian for the minors. The will was proved by James M. Thompson and Nelson H. Anibal, of Gloversville, N.Y., and approved on 7 Mar. 1892.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 12, p. 545-550.

 

 

[LL] The Will of Benjamin F. Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1891) *

I, Benjamin F. Washburn of the city of Gloversville, New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say:

First – After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give, devise and bequeath to Loren F. Washburn my grand son, he being the son of my son Loren H. Washburn, now deceased, the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to him by my executor hereinafter named and appointed, upon his arrival at the age of twenty one years.

Second – I give and bequeath to Clara Frossard, who is the grand-daughter of my deceased wife, my cabinet organ now remaining and being in my residence in Gloversville, N.Y., said cabinet organ to be delivered to said Clara Frossard by my executor hereinafter nominated and appointed, upon her arrival at the age of twenty years, and until that time it is my will that my executor hereinafter nominated and appointed shall care for said organ as he shall deem proper.

Third – I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of all my estate and property, both real and personal, of every kind, name and description to my daughter Leona C. Washburn and to my grand-son Frank Washburn, son of my daughter Leona C. Washburn to be divided between them share and share alike.

Fourth – I hereby order and direct my executor hereinafter named to sell so much of my personal property, outside of my household goods and effects in my residence where I now reside, as may be necessary to pay to said Loren F. Washburn said $500. aforesaid, and to sell the same either at public or private sale and at such time or times and upon such terms and in such manner as to him shall seem meet and proper. That in case my personal property outside of my household goods and effect shall be insufficient to pay said $500., then and in that event my executor herein after named is directed to mortgage or sell my real estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise said $500. it being understood that all my personal and real estate hereby bequeathed and devised to Leona Washburn and Frank Washburn is charged with the payment of said $500. to said Loren F. Washburn as aforesaid, all statements hereinbefore made to the contrary notwithstanding.

Fifth – I hereby give my executor hereinafter named and appointed, full power and authority to sell and dispose of my personal property or any part thereof, and if that is insufficient, to sell my real estate or any part thereof, at public or private sale at such time or times, and upon such terms and in such manner as to him shall seem proper, or to mortgage the same for the purpose of paying my debts and funeral expenses, and without application to the Court, all statements herein before made to the contrary notwithstanding. That in case it becomes necessary for the purposes aforesaid or any of them, to sell my property or any part thereof, then and in that event the surplus arising upon such sale after payment of my debts and funeral expenses and the legacy as aforesaid, shall be divided between my daughter Leona C. Washburn and my said grand-son Frank Washburn, share and share alike.

Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint James H. Washburn of the city of Gloversville, N.Y. to be my sole executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

                In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 22nd day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one.

                                                                                                                                                Benjamin F. Washburn                  (seal)

The above instrument consisting of three sheets was at the date thereof subscribed by Benjamin F. Washburn, in the presence of us and each of us; he at the time of making such subscription acknowledged that he made the same, and declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last Will and Testament. Whereupon we then and there, at his request and in his presence and the presence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

                John M. Drury residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

                Nelson H. Anibal residing at Gloversville, N.Y.

 

Presented for probate on 15 Jan. 1892 by James H. Washburn, the sole executor named, and proved by John M. Drury of Broadalbin, and Nelson H. Anibal of the city of Gloversville, on 11 Mar. 1892, the next of kin being Loren F. Washburn, Frank Washburn and Clara Frossard, all residing at Gloversville, except said Loren F. Washburn who resides at Hart, Oceana County, Michigan. Leona C. Washburn residing at Gloversville. Approved on 11 Mar. 1892.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 13, p. 317-320, from FHL microfilm #0521899.

 

 

[MM] The Will of Susan Washburn of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York (1893) *

I, Susan Washburn residing at No 11 North Street, in the city of Gloversville, County of Fulton and State of New York, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say:

First. I direct my executor hereinafter named to pay all debts and funeral expenses.

Second.– I give, devise and bequeath to my grand-children Susan Washburn, Emily Washburn, William Lewis Washburn, and Ruth Washburn, children of James H. Washburn, the sum of One hundred dollars each.

Third.– I give and bequeath to my grand-children Susan, Emily, William Lewis, and Ruth Washburn, children of James H. Washburn, all of my household effects including furniture of every description reserving the right to my daughter Emily Bryce and Frances Simmons to take whatever few articles they desire for keepsakes.

Fourth.– All the rest, residue and remainder of all my property, real or personal, I give, devise and bequeath to my son James H. Washburn, my daughters Emily Bryce and Frances Simmons, to be divided between them equally share and share alike.

Fifth,– I hereby nominate and appoint my son James H. Washburn of the city of Gloversville, N.Y., to be executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

                In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of July 1893.

Witnesses                                                                                                                              Susan Washburn                              (seal)

Geo Bryant

Robert Bryce

 

The foregoing instrument consisting of one page of type written matter was the date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by the testatrix Susan Washburn as and to be her last Will and Testament and we at the request of said testatrix in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto and at the end of said will signed our names as witnesses thereto.

                Geo Bryant

                Robert Bryce

 

Presented for probate on 15 July 1895 by James H. Washburn, the sole executor named, the applicant and Frances Simmons, her daughter, both residing at Gloversville, NY, and Emily Bryce, her daughter, residing at Albany, NY. Admitted to probate on 15 July 1895.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Fulton County Probate Wills Vol. 14, p. 369-371, from FHL microfilm #0521899.

 

 

[NN] The Will of Robert Bryce of Albany, Albany County, New York (1897) *

                I, Robert Bryce of the City of Albany, N.Y., do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say:

First.  I direct my executors hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.

Second.  I give and bequeath to my brother, John Bryce, the sum of five hundred dollars for him to have and hold the same forever.

Third.  I give devise and bequeath the dwelling house No. 113 Clinton Avenue in the City of Albany N.Y. to my step-mother, Helen Bryce, for her to have and to hold, use and enjoy the same for and during the full term of her natural life, and after her death I give devise and bequeath the same to my wife, Emily Bryce, for her to have and to hold the same forever.

Fourth.  All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property of whatever Kind or nature and wherever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my said wife, Emily Bryce, for her to have and hold the same forever.

Lastly.  I do hereby make, constitute and appoint my wife Emily Bryce and William McEwan as executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby solemnly revoke all former wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven.

                                                                                                                                                Robert Bryce                     (seal)

The foregoing written and printed instrument consisting of about three pages of legal cap paper, was, on the day of the date thereof, subscribed, sealed, published and declared, by the said testator Robert Bryce, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of each of us: who at the same time, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names hereto as witnesses to the execution of this will, and have written opposite our respective names our respective places of residence.

                                Isidore Wachsman – Residing at Albany N.Y.

                                Ernest W. Riech – Residing at Albany N.Y.

 

Probated on 14 Aug. 1897, and proved by Isidore Wachsman of the City of Albany and Ernest W. Riech of the City of Albany.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Albany County Probate Wills Vol. 46, p. 338-340, from FHL microfilm #0468015.

 

 

[OO] The Will of Calvin Washburn of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio (1833) *

I Calvin Washburn of the City of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton and state of Ohio Being in the full enjoyment of Bodily health and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory Do make and publish this My last Will and testament in Manner and Form Following Viz First I order My Funeral Charges and all honest debts to be paid second I give and bequeath to My beloved wife Fanny Washburn all My estate both real and Personal to use or to sell and Convey as May best suit her Conveniences so long as she May remain My widow and whenever her widowhood shall cease I give and bequeath the remainder of the estate both real and personal to My dear children Sarah Ann Brown wife of Augustus C Brown and Timothy Dwight Washburn share and share alike and I do appoint My beloved wife Fanny Washburn sole executrix of this My last Will and testament hereby revoking all Former wills by me made In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and seal this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

                                                                                                                                                Calvin Washburn                             (seal)

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Calvin Washburn to be his last Will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of the testator

Peter Britt

Edward King

 

Proved by Peter Britt and Edward King, the subscribing Witnesses of the last Will and testament of Calvin Washburn deceased on 12 Nov 1835.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Hamilton County Probate Wills Vol. 2, p. 432-433.

 

 

[PP] The Will of Hezekiah Allen of Sturbridge, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1861) *

                Be it remembered that I, Hezekiah Allen of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, being in good health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made—

                First – I hereby constitute and appoint my son Austin Allen of Sturbridge in said county of Worcester, to be sole executor of this my last Will and Testament—

                Second – My will is – that all my just debts and funeral Expenses, shall be paid by my Executor, out of my Estate as soon after my decease, as shall be found convenient by him –

                Third – I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter, Lucinda Johnson, daughter of Dwight P. Johnson of Sturbridge, and at this time, the wife of Samuel Sumner of said Sturbridge a certain promissory note signed by said Dwight P. Johnson, and running to me, for the sum of twenty one hundred and seventy five dollars, dated April twenty seventh A.D. 1841, Which note is secured by a Mortgage of Even date therewith from said Johnson to me, recorded in the Worcester Registry Book 359 Page 264, with all my interest in said Note and Mortgage to her the said Lucinda Johnson Sumner my Grand daughter, for her sole and seperate use free from the intervention and control of her husband and I hereby direct my Executor to deliver the said note and Mortgage, to the said Lucinda in three months after my decease—

                Fourth – I give and bequeath to each of my other Granddaughters, viz Mary E. Allen Hannah J. Allen, and Waity Isadore Allen Children of Austin Allen of said Sturbridge the sum of fifty dollars each to be paid them in two years after my decease –

                And for the payment of the legacies aforesaid I give and devise to my Executor all the personal Estate owned by me at my decease

                All the rest and residue of my estate, Real & Personal, and Mixed of every kind and description of which I shall be seized and possessed of, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, after the payment of the debts, funeral Expenses, & legacies before named, I give devise & bequeath to my son Austin Allen. –

                                                In testimony Whereof I the said Hezekiah Allen have hereunto set my hand and seal, and publish & declare this to be my last Will & Testament, in the presence of the Witnesses whose names are attached to this instrument, this third day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & sixty one

                                                                                                                                                Hezekiah Allen             (seal)

                Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Hezekiah Allen as and for his last will and Testament in the Presence of us Who in his presence, and in the presence of each other and at his request, have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto

                                                                                Simeon A. Drake

                                                                                Enoch Cox

                                                                                Wmg Clephan [?]

 

Austin Allen of Sturbridge was granted Letters Testamentary on the estate of Hezekiah Allen, late of Sturbridge, on 14 Oct. 1862, with Dwight P. Johnson and Benj. D. Hezele, of Sturbridge, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #1309, recorded in Vol. 395, p. 456, the will transcribed from the microfilmed case file.

 

 

[QQ] The Will of Reuel Washburn of Ware, Hampshire County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1863) *

I Ruel Washburn of Ware in the County of Hampshire and state of Massachusetts being of sound mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

 

First I do hereby give devise and bequeath after the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses all the residue of my Real and Personal estate unto Timothy W. Barney the husband of my beloved neice Julia to have and to hold the same to the said Timothy W. Barney his heirs and assigns from and after the decease of my beloved wife Sophia to his and their use and behoof forever.

 

Secondly I do hereby nominate and appoint Edwin Boudoin of said Ware to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.

                                                                                                                                                Reuel Washburn               (seal)

 

Signed sealed published and pronounced by the said Reuel Washburn to be his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

                                                                                                                                                William P. Strickland

                                                                                                                                                Otis Lane

                                                                                                                                                William T. Hyde

 

Probated in 1870, according to the index, but the letters of administration were not recorded with the will.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Hampshire County Probate Vol. 57, p. 361, from FHL microfilm #1601872. Reuel Washburn’s wife was Sophia Moody. Timothy Wheeler Barney married Julia Maria Nash, daughter of Albin and Anna (Moody) Nash, and Anna Moody was the sister of Sophia Moody.

 

 

[RR] The Will of John Woods of New Braintree, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1825) *

        In the name of God, Amen. I, John Woods of New Braintree, in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman considering the uncertainty of life and being of sound and perfect mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will & testament as follows:

        Firstly, I give and devise my wife Patty Woods, one third part of all my real estate, to wit, one third part of all the real estate that I am now seized & possess of, as well as one third part of all real estate that I have conveyed, by deed to my son John, during her natural life, and after her decease I give and devise the same to my son John, To have & to hold the same to him the said John, his heirs and assigns forever – Also I give & bequeath to my wife Patty, one good cow, and the use and improvement of one half part of all my household furniture, And my executor, herein after named (so long as she the said Patty, remains my widow & lives in the dwelling house of which I die seized & possessed) shall at all times provide for her with a good horse whenever she shall need one; and at all times provide her with good wood ready cut for use, at her door sufficient to keep one fire, and annually pay to her seven pounds of good sheeps wool, And also whenever she is sick pay all her bills for doctoring & nursing – All the above is given my wife in full for her right & claim to dower in my estate.

   Secondly – I give & bequeath to my son Franklin, Zenas and Ziba Etson all my wearing apparel equally to be divided between them.

   Thirdly – I give & bequeath to my son Franklin Fifty dollars to be paid at the time of my decease.

   Fourthly – I give & bequeath to my son Ziba Etson One Hundred Dollars to be paid in one year from my decease with interest – And if Franklin & Ziba Etson aforesaid, either of them die before my decease without having any children, then I give & bequeath their said legacies to my son John.

   Fifthly – I give & bequeath to my son Zenas Five dollars, to be paid at the time of my decease.

   Sixthly – I give & bequeath to my daughter Sally Pepper, wife of Simeon Pepper – Twenty dollars to be paid in two years from the time of my decease.

   Seventhly – I give & bequeath to my grandson, Josiah G. Tilson, son of Jonathan Tilson Ten dollars to be paid when he arrives to the age of twenty one years, & if he dies before that time I give & bequeath the same to my son John –

   Eighthly I give & devise to my said son John (after he has paid all my just debts & the above mentioned legacies) all my estate real & personal, not herein before bequeathed & devised – To have & to hold the same to him the said John his heirs & assigns forever – And lastly, I hereby appoint my said son John my sole executor of this my last will & testament; hereby revoking all former wills by me made – In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty five –

                                                                                                                                                John Woods                       (seal)

                Signed, sealed, published & declared by the above named John Woods to be his last will & testament, the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same —

Henry Penniman

Amasa Bigelow

Ezra Bassett

 

Presented for probate on 27 Oct. 1829 by John Woods, the Executor therein named, and proved by Henry Penniman Esq. one of the witnesses, with Asa Barr and Isaac B. Woods, both of New Braintree, as sureties.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #67074.

 

 

[SS] The Will of Joseph W. Edson of New Braintree, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1857) *

                Be it remembered, that I, Joseph W. Edson of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, do make and execute this my last Will and Testament in manner following, to wit:

1st I give and bequeath to my Son-in-Law, Tobias O. Gardner fifty Dollars to be paid in one year after my decease.

2d  I give and bequeath to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, one hundred Dollars to constitute my Daughter Harriot D. Edson a life Member to be paid in one yr.

3d  I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved Daughter, Harriot D. Edson all my real estate and all my personal estate, after paying the above named Legacies, my just Debts and all incidental expenses, and erecting a suitable pair of Grave stones at my grave, for her own use, occupancy and disposal, to be exclusive of any right or interest by courtesy or otherwise of any Husband that she may hereafter have, except by her consent thereto in writing.

Finally – I hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Mixter of New Braintree aforesaid Executor of this my last Will and Testament. ~  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name the day & year first above written.

Signed, Seal’d, published and

declared by the said Joseph W. Edson

to be his last Will and Testament

in presence of us, who at his request,

in his presence and in the presence                                                                                  Joseph W. Edson                             (seal)

of each other have set our names as

witnesses —

Henry A. Delano

David Wetherell

William Harrington

 

Proved by Henry A. Delano on 5 Jan. 1858. Hollis Tidd and William A. Mixter, both of New Braintree, were sureties on the bond of Samuel Mixter as Executor of the estate of Joseph W. Edson, late of New Braintree.

 

Amory Felton, Henry A. Delano, and David Wetherell, all of New Braintree, were appointed to appraise the estate of Joseph W. Edson, late of New Braintree, on 8 Jan. 1858. The inventory was filed on 20 Jan. 1858, his real estate valued at $2250.00, his personal estate valued at $583.05, and notes valued at $872.00.

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Case #18841.