History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908 :
with family genealogies Boston, Mass.: G.E. Littlefield,
Matt Bushnell Jones 1909

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

GENEALOGIES OF WAITSFIELD FAMILIES. GOODRICH. GEORGE GOODRICH, son of Joseph and Sarah (Glidden) Goodrich, was born in Brookfield, Vt., Apr. 10, 1841; came to W. as a clerk in the store of Jones & Ward, 1864; rem., Mar. 1872 and sett., 1876, in Chelsea, Vt. He married, Sept. 21, 1869, Lausanna S., dau. Martin and Sophia D. Paine, b. in Brookfield, Feb. 24, 1842; d. at Chelsea, Nov. 5, 1897. Children: i. MAY L., b. Sept. 21, 1871; m. Dec. 6, 1893, C. P. Dickinson of Chelsea, Vt. ii. BEN A., b. Dec. 1, 1875; res. Chelsea, Vt. iii. LOREN J., b. Aug. 19, 1877; res. Stockton, Cal. iv. CHARLES M., b. July 9, 1879; m. Feb. 22, 1904, Zilla Smith. GRANDY. 1. ELIJAH(2) GRANDY (Robert(1)) was in W. in Oct., 1793, coming from Reading, Vt. It is probable he was a brother of Robert Grandy of that town, and that both were of the Northfield, Mass., family of that name. Perhaps they were sons of Robert of Salisbury, N. H., Northfield, Mass. and Chesterfield, N. H., and this seems probable as there was a Robert, Sr:, in Reading, 1791. Elijah married (1) Elizabeth -------- who d. Mar. 8, 1797; (2) July 5, 1798, Bathsheba, dau. Joseph and Anna (Pike) Hamilton, b. Dec. 14, 1779. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. GILBERT(3) b. Nov. 10, 1795; went West and had a family. ii. BETSEY, b. Mar. 4, 1797. iii. ELIJAH, b. Sept. 15, 1799; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1820, Mary A. Thayer; (2) Jan. 22, 1836, Lucy (Palmer), a widow Wm. Wheeler; res. for a time in Warren, and moved to the West, it is said. iv. PERCIS, b. Feb 16, 1801; m. Jan. 22, 1821, William Wait 2d. v. JERUSHA, b. May 24, 1804; m. Moses Palmer. vi. CHAUNCEY, b. Mar. 15, 1806; went West and had a family. vii. infant, b. Jan., 1808, and d. same day. 1. ROBERT(2) GRANDY (Robert(1)) of Reading, Vt., 1791, and Windsor, Vt.; perhaps bro. of Elijah. He married, Dec. 2, 1785, Lydia, dau. Stephen Butterfield, b. Nov. 15, 1768. Children, born in Reading, Vt.: i. LYDIA(3) b. Nov. 14, 1786; m. Stewart Hamilton of W. ii. ROBERT, b. June 10, 1790. iii. CALVIN, b. Mar. 17, 1792; d. Apr. 25, 1859; res. in Fayston, Vt., and had chn.: Louisa(4) Lucinda, Lorenzo, Ziba B., Cyrus E., Cordelia. iv. SALLY, b. June 4, 1794; d. Sept. 8, 1795. v. SALLY, b. May 11, 1797; m. Feb. 29, 1816, Asahel Rider. vi. LUCY, b. Dec. 16, 1798; m. (2) Daniel Shepherd. vii. 2. BEZALEEL, b. Feb. 20, 1801. viii. 3.IRA, b. Jan. 23, 1802. ix. JASON, sett. in Warren, Vt. 2. BEZALEEL(3) GRANDY (Robert,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Reading, Vt., Feb. 20, 1801; res. in W. and Fayston, Vt. He married Dorothy, prob. dau. Aaron and Polly Quimby. Children: i. DANIEL(4) b. 1839; priv. Co. B. 13th Vt. Vols.; cooper; d. June, 1895; m. Nov. 24, 1864, Luana, dau. Stephen C. and Angeline (Lockwood) Parker, b. Nov. 18, 1842. Chn.: Angie(5) b. Mar. 30, 1868; Frank, b. July 21, 1870; George S., b. and d. 1870; Laura M., b. May 3, 1874, d. Sept. 17, 1874. ii. MELVINA, b. abt. 1843; m. Apr. 5 1870, George D. Parker of Warren, Vt. 3. IRA(3) GRANDY (Robert,(2) Robert(1)) was born Jan. 23, 1802; died Aug. 13, 1871; lived in Warren, Vt. He married, Mar. 6, 1842, Rebecca, dau. Josiah and Abigail (Cary) Campbell, b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. Jan. 6, 1908. Children: i. CLARENCE A.(4) bapt. 1844; m. Oct. 22, 1870, Lizzie Ormsbee. ii. EDWIN M., d. Jan. 9, 1892, ae. 46. iii. LORA ANN, d. Nov. 17, 1885, ae. 36. iv. EVA JANE, d. May 4, 1887, ae. 31. Also three others who d. very young. GRAVES. JOHN GRAVES came from St. Johnsbury, Vt., and sett. in W. He married, Mar. 18, 1889, Jessie B., dau. Charles F. and Aurilla P. (Benton) Ramsay, b. in W., Dec. 27, 1869. Children: i. William. ii. Elvin Sidney, b. Oct. 20, 1903. GREEN. 1. THOMAS(1) GREEN of Swanzey, N. H.; Rev. soldier, wounded at Bunker Hill, where he fought under Stark; came to W. abt. 1800, perhaps by way of Bennington, Vt.; purchased the Heaton Mills at Irasville which were for many years after known as Green's Mills; resided also for a time in Fayston, Vt.; died Apr. 29, 1813, ae. 60. He married at Swanzey, Mar. 2, 1780, Lydia, sister of Joel Foster, who m. (2) Nov. 3, 1814, Rev. Jotham Carpenter. Children, born in Swanzey, N. H.: i. THOMAS, b. Dec. 16, 1782. ii. SETH, b. Mar. 17, 1784; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1804, Betsey Batt of Bennington, Vt. from whom he was divorced, 1817 (she d. May 27, 1866, ae. 81), and m. (2) Nov. 28, 1817, Achsah Blaisdell. An infant child, b: May 27, 1805; d. June 9, 1805. iii. ELISHA, m. Apr. 13, 1809, Abigail Wood. iv. 2. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 6, 1791. v. ELEANOR, m. Dec. 5, 1816, Henry Dana. vi. Probably another dau. 2. JOSEPH(2) GREEN (Thomas(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Mar. 6, 1791; miner; died Mar. 14, 1867. He married, Sept. 18, 1814, Anna, dau. Dr. Simeon and Abiah (Thompson) Stoddard, b. Mar. 17, 1790; d. July 15, 1867. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. JOSEPH,(3) b. Nov. 2, 1815; d. Apr. 13, 1839, unm. ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 17, 1817; m. Sept. 11, 1849, Charles E. Bigelow. iii. ROMEO WADSWORTH, b. Aug. 8, 1819; d. Mar. 29, 1866; m. (1) Helen B. Lewis, d. Mar. 6, 1864; (2) Feb. 11, 1866, Laura C. Wilson. iv. ANNA LAVONE, b. July 7, 1821; m. Nov. 29, 1846, William McAllister. v. JEROME WESLEY, b. Nov. 20, 1823; d. Oct. 8, 1842. vi. THOMAS SHERIDAN, b. Sept. 8, 1827; d. Apr. 20, 1830. vii. LUCIA A., b. Mar. 12, 1830; m. May 1, 1851, Andrew C. Brown of Montpelier. Chn.: Ella Lavone,(4) b. May 28 1854; Romeo E., b. Sept. 18, 1859, d. July 6, 1860; Rome Green, b. June 15, 1862; Edwin E. C., b. Jan. 22, 1865; Joseph Green, b. Nov. 21, 1866. viii. LYDIA A., b. Nov. 10, 1832; d. Apr. 10, 1849. GREENE. 1. JOHN(1) GREENE, son of Richard and Mary (Hooker) Greene, was born in Bowidge Hill, Gillingham, Co. Dorset, Eng., abt. 1590; surgeon; was in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1635; went to Salem, Mass., and soon to Providence, R. I., with Roger Williams of whose ch. he was one of 12 original members. Rem. to Warwick, R. I., where he d. Jan., 1659. He married (1) Nov. 4, 1619, Joanna Tattershall; (2) wid. Alice Daniels; (3) abt. 1644, Phillippa ---------- who d. Mar. 11, 1687. Children: i. JOHN,(2) bapt. Aug. 15, 1620; d. Nov. 27, 1708; m. abt. 1648, Anne Almy. ii. PETER, bapt. Mar. 10 1621-2; d. 1659; m. Mary Gorton. iii. RICHARD, bapt. Mar. 25, 1624; d. young. iv. 2. JAMES, bapt. June 21, 1626. v. THOMAS, bapt. June 4, 1628; d. June 5, 1717; m. June 30, 1659, Elizabeth Barton. vi. JONE, bapt. Oct. 3, 1630; m. John Hade. vii. MARY, bapt. May 19, 1633; m. abt. 1654, James Sweet. 2. JAMES(2) GREENE (John(1)) was bapt. at Salisbury, Eng., June 21, 1626, and came with his parents; freeman at Warwick, R. I., 1647; town clerk, 1661; in Assembly ten years, 1660-75; his house was burned in King Philip's War and he went to Portsmouth, R. I., but retd. to Warwick, and died Apr. 27, 1698. He married (1) abt. 1658, Deliverance, dau. Robert Potter, b. 1637; d. 1664; (2) Aug. 3, 1665, Elizabeth, dau. John Anthony of Portsmouth, R. I. Children: i. 3. JAMES(3) b. June 6, 1659. ii. MARY, b. Sept. 28, 1660; m. Feb. 19, 1684-5, James Reynolds. iii. ELISHA, b. Mar. 17, 1662; d, young. iv. SARAH, b. Aug. 26, 1663-4; m. Henry Reynolds. v. PETER, b. Aug. 25, 1666; m. Feb. 12, 1695, Elizabeth Slocum. vi. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 17, 1668; m. Francis Reynolds. vii. JOHN, b. Feb. 1, 1670; d. young. viii. JABEZ, b. May 17, 1673; d. Oct. 1, 1741; m. (1) Mar. 17, 1697-8, Mary Barton; (2) Grace Whitman. ix. DAVID, b. June 24, 1677; d. Jan. 31, 1761-2; m. (1) Mary Slocum; (2) Sarah Barber. x. THOMAS, b. Nov. 11, 1682, in Portsmouth, R. I.; d. young. xi. JOHN, b. Sept. 30, 1685; d. Dec. 8, 1757; m. Feb. 16, 1709-10, Mary Allen. xii. SUSANNAH, b. May 24, 1688; m. Feb. 1, 1712, Joseph Hull, Jr. 3. JAMES(3) GREENE (James,(2) John(1)) was born in Warwick, R. I., June 6, 1659; freeman, June 26, 1683; Capt.; deputy, 1696; died Mar. 12, 1712. He married, Jan. 29, 1688-9, Mary, dau. Capt. John Fones of Newport, R. I., who d. Mar. 20, 1721, ae: 50. Children, born in Warwick, R. I.: i. FONES(4)b. Mar. 23, 1689-90; d. July 29, 1758; m. (1) Mar. 15, 1710-11, Dinah Battey; (2) Feb. 5, 1712-13, Rebecca Tibbetts. ii. JAMES, b. Apr. 2, 1692; d. Apr. 17, 1758; m. (1) Roby Carr; (2) Susannah -------. iii. MARY, b. Mar. 16, 1695; d. Oct. 21, 1695. iv. DANIEL, b. Apr. 7, 1696. v. 4. ELISHA, b. Aug. 5 1698. vi. DELIVERANCE, b. Feb. 12, 1700-1; m. John Holden. vii. MARY, b. Sept. 25, 1703; m. Jan. 23, 1724, Resolved Rhodes. viii. JOHN, Feb. 26, 1705-6, d. Dec. 8, 1757, unm. ix. JEREMIAH, b. Dec. 16, 1708; d. Apr. 17, 1758; m. Aug. 13, 1749, Anne Wylis. x. SAMUEL, b. June 8, 1711; d. Feb. 18, 1788; m. (1) Mary Whitford; (2) May 19, 1752, wid. Elizabeth Stanbrough. 4. ELISHA(4) GREENE (James(3) James(2) John(1)) was born in Warwick, R. I., Aug. 5, 1698; called "Elder"; blacksmith; res. Cranston, R. I.; ordained as Baptist minister, July 30, 1764; died at Gloucester, R. I., 1780. He married (1) Sept. 26, 1723, Martha, dau. James Brown, b. Oct. 12, 1703; d. July 27, 1725; (2) Mar. 13, 1727, Abigail, wid. Arthur Fenner and dau. John Dexter, b. Apr. 26, 1696; d. Jan. 11, 1770. Children: i. 5. JAMES(5) b. Sept. 15, 1724. ii. ELISHA, b. 1728; d. Mar. 13, 1776; m. 1750, Hannah Gorton. iii. ABIGAIL, m. Mar. 21, 1767, Capt. Solomon Owens. 5. JAMES(5) GREENE (Elisha(4) James(3) James(2) John(1)) was born in Providence, R. I., Sept. 15, 1724; merchant; deacon; died at Gloucester, R. I., soon after 1782. He married (1) Dec. 12, 1745, Freelove, dau. Elder Thomas Burlingame, b. 1727; d. Mar. 6, 1751; (2) Sept. 4, 1754, Abigail Freeley of Newport who d. bef. 1780; (3) Aug. 19, 1784, Susannah Lynch at Portsmouth. Children: i. 6. DANIEL,(6) b. Oct. 10, 1747. ii. ELISHA, b. abt. 1748. iii. JOSIAH, b. abt. 1750; his will, dated Dec. 21, 1790, was proved Jan. 28, 1791; m. Susannah Vaughn. iv. JOHN MORLEY, b. 1760; d. after 1822. v. THOMAS, b. 1766; m. Susannah Blackmar. vi. SUSANNAH, m. (1) Nov. 6, 1791, Dr. Nathaniel Richmond; (2) Sept. 11, 1795 (?), Benjamin Adams. 6. DANIEL(6) GREENE (James(5) Elisha(4) James,(3) James(2) John(1)) was born Oct. 10, 1747, prob. in Providence, R. I.; sett. in Claremont, N. H., where he d. 1815. He married, abt. 1766, Rebecca, dau. Rufus Barton, b. at Warwick, R. I., July 16, 1746. Children: i. FREELOVE.(7) ii. CATHARINE. iii. PHOEBE. iv. MARTHA. v. NANCY. vi. MARY. vii. REBECCA. viii. 7. JAMES, b. Mar. 20, 1779. ix. ELISHA BARTON, b. Apr. 7, 1786; soldier, 1812 d. in Lawrence Co., Ohio, Sept. 30, 1845; m. 1807, Lydia McLaughlin. x. CYRUS DANIEL, b. 1789; d. Aug. 12, 1824. xi. MANDANA, b. 1789. 7. JAMES(7) GREENE (Daniel,(6) James(5) Elisha(4) James(3) James(2) John(1)) was born in Claremont, N. H., Mar. 20, 1779, Capt. in 24th U. S. Inf., War 1812; died Feb. 7, 1817. He married, Jan. 2, 1802, Mercy Nelson, b. Mar. 2, 1780; d. Oct., 1866. Children: i. EPAMINONDAS,(8) b. 1803; d. 1844, unm. ii. CONTENT, b. 1805; d. 1862, unm. iii. 8. DANIEL, b. 1807. iv. HANNAH, b. 1809; m. 1834, George Ray. v. JAMES, b. 1810,; m. Mehitable Shattuck. vi. ALBERT G., b. 1812; m. 1836, Charlotte S. Blush. vii. REBECCA M., b. 1815; m. Capt. Milton G. Bostwick. 8. DANIEL(8) GREENE (James,(7) Daniel(6) James(5) Elisha(4) James,(3) James,(2) John(1)) was born in Claremont, N. H., 1807; sett. in Waterbury, Vt., and died in 1882. He married, 1832, Katharine Parker. Children, born in Waterbury, Vt.: i. JULIA S.,(9) m. Harvey H. Collins. ii. 9. FRANKLIN J., b. Dec. 11, 1834. iii. ERASTUS P. iv. WELTHEA R. v. CHARLES J. 9. FRANKLIN J.(9) GREENE (Daniel,(8) James,(7) Daniel(6) James(5) Elisha(4) James(3) James(2) John(1)) was born in Waterbury, Vt., Dec. 11, 1834; sett. in W. and operated a starch factory and lumber mills; died Jan. 30, 1892. He married (1) Carrie, dau. Elijah and Anne Smith of Nfd., who d. June 16, 1860; (2) Mar. 8, 1863, Jennie M., dau. Ira and Nancy (Gladding) Ashley, b. May 8, 1843. She m. (2) Francis A. Boyce. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. FRANK,(10) b. June 16, 1860; d. young. ii. CARRIE, b. June 16, 1860; d. young. iii. CARRIE M., b. Aug. 22, 1866; m. May 14, 1908, James Thallon of Green Cove Springs, Florida. iv. 10. CHARLES J., b. Nov. 6, 1870. v. FRANK J., b. Jan. 16, 1876; m. Aug. 27, 1907, Jessie B. Wheeler of Wtby. 10. CHARLES J.(10) GREENE (Franklin J.,(9) Daniel,(8) James,(7) Daniel,(6) James(5) Elisha(4) James,(3) James(2) John(1)) was born in Waitsfield, Nov. 6, 1870; merchant. He married, Mar. 3, 1903, Luna B., dau. Allen S. Howe of Fayston, Vt. Ch.: i. CLIFTON FRANK,(11) b. Apr. 1, 1908, in W. GREGORY. 1. JOHN(2) GREGORY, son of Samuel,(1) was born at Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 18, 1810, painter, Universalist minister, editor, farmer; died at Northfield, Vt., Sept. 25, 1881. He married (1) Ellen Bantan; (2) Marie, dau Jesse Averill. Children: i. 2. JOSEPH D.(3) b. Mar. 21, 1832. ii. MARIE, m. Charles Tilden of Northfield. iii. MINA, m.--------Slayton of Chicago, Ill. 2. JOSEPH D.(3) GREGORY (John(2)Samuel(1)) was born in Cooperstown, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1832; sett. in Nfd.; ry. engineer; farmer, after 1865; soldier in Civil War, 1861-5. He married, Apr. 23, 1853, Laura L., dau. James and Ellen (Eaton) Cutting of Haverhill, N. H., b. June 29, 1834. Children, born in Northfield, Vt.: i. JOHN W.(4) b. July 13, 1854; lawyer in W. from 1879; died Sept. 14, 1907, married (1) Sept. 20, 1880, Lucy F. dau. Jonathan H. and Ellen (Merriam) Hastings, b. Jan. 4, 1859, d. Aug. 1, 1896; (2) June 7, 1904, Mrs. Ida J. (Miller) LaDue, dau. Edmund W. Miller. No issue. ii. JAMES E., b. June 16, 1859; m. Emma Tuttle; res. Williamstown, Vt. iii. HATTIE M., b. May 26, 1862; m. Frank Godfrey of Williamstown. HADLEY. 1. AMOS(1) HADLEY was born Dec. 24, 1788. His children were born in Pomfret, Vt., but he came later to W. where he died, Jan. 22, 1877. He settled first on German Flats, Fayston, and gave the place its name from his own nationality, it is said. He married Lydia Eastman, who d. Apr. 13, 1857, ae. 77. Children: i. GEORGE L., b. Apr. 4, 1815; m. Emily Newton; sett. in Morristown, Vt. ii. 2. SAMUEL E., b. Mar. 31, 1818. iii. BETSEY E., b. Feb. 14, 1821; m. Mar. 9, 1841, Robert Campbell. iv. ASCENATH E., b. Nov. 14, 1824; m. (1) Mar. 23, 1840, Joseph Farr; soon divorced, and m. (2) Nov. 16, 1863, John W. Richardson. v. 3. MOSES E., b. Mar. 26, 1826. 2. SAMUEL E.(2) HADLEY (Amos(1)) was born in Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 31, 1818, and died at Holyoke, Mass., Mar. 25, 1850. He married, Feb. 2, 1840, Ardelia E., dau. Daniel and Dorothy (Godfrey) Shepherd, b. Jan. 12, 1819; d. Dec. 11, 1860. Children: i. LANGDON SAMUEL, b. Nov. 6, 1840; d. Dec. 30, 1863; priv. Co. C. 32nd Wis. Vols. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 17, 1842; d. Aug. 13, 1844. iii. MYRON N., d. Mar. 4, 1845, ae. 4 weeks. iv. CHARLES M., d. Jan. 8, 1851, ae. 4 yrs., 10 m., 28 days. 3. MOSES E.(2) HADLEY (Amos(1)) was born in Pomfret, Vt., Mar. 26, 1826; died at W., Oct., 28, 1892; Rep., 1874-5; selectman, 1867. His farm was in lots 127 and 128. He married (1) Mar. 6, 1856, Ann J., dau. Thomas and Hannah (Cheney) Prentis, b. Sept. 13, 1831; d. July 3, 1875; (2) June 30, 1877, Mrs. Belinda E. McAllister, b. at Coventry, N. H., Oct. 31, 1824, dau. Benj. R. and Betsey Davis. She d. Feb, 2, 1898. Child, born in Waitsfield: i. LUCIA A., b. June 5, 1864; m. June 4, 1890, Pearl B. Gaylord. ************************ HAMILTON 1. JOSEPH(1) HAMILTON was a Rev. soldier from Brookfield, Mass., but it is doubtful to which one of the several branches of the Hamilton family in that town he belongs. He went to Cornish, N.. H., bef. 1792, and came to W. bef. Oct., 1795. He died Mar. 18, 1828, his tombstone says aged 79, but U. S. Pension records show that in 1821 he gave his age as 70. He married, Sept. 2, 1779, Anna, dau. Samuel and Mehitable Pike, b. in Brookfield, Oct. 20, 1757. Children: i. BATHSHEBA(2) b. Dec. 14, 1779, in Brookfield, Mass.; m. July 5, 1798, Elijah Grandy. ii. ELISHA, b. Dec. 8, 1781; bot. land in Fayston, Vt., 1805. iii. MARY, b. Feb. 4, 1784; d. July 15, 1806. iv. 2. STEWART, b. June 12, 1786. v. NEWELL, b. Apr. 29, 1789; his father was aptd. adm. of his est. June 30, 1814. vi. GEORGE, b. in Cornish, N. H., Dec. 14, 1792. vii. 3. JOSEPH, b. in W., Oct. 5, 1795. viii. ANNA, b. Mar. 10, 1798; d. June 16, 1816, "Snow from morning till night," says ch. record. ix. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 23, 1800; m. Oct. 17, 1836, James Corning Fargo. 2. STEWART(2) HAMILTON (Joseph(1)) was born in Brookfield, Mass., June 12, 1786; sett. in W. on lot 79; died Sept. 28, 1851. He married Lydia, dau. Robert and Lydia (Butterfield) Grandy, who was born Nov. 14, 1786, and d. Mar. 13, 1873. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. child(3) d. 1822. ii. LYDIA, b. June 25, 1824; m. Oct. 27, 1840, Samuel Long. 3. JOSEPH(2) HAMILTON (Joseph(1)) was born in W., Oct. 5, 1795; res. on Palmer Hill and moved away about 1835. He married Miranda --------. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. ALONZO(3) b. Oct. 28, 1821. ii. LORINDA, b. Oct. 23, 1822. iii. ADELAID, b. May 18, 1824. iv. MARIA, b. Sept. 29, 1825. v. CAROLINE, b. Mar. 5, 1827. vi. GEORGE, b. Dec. 24, 1828. vii. JOSEPH NEWELL, b. Jan. 11, 1831. HAND. ANSON HAND was a voter in 1815-16, but during the latter year sold his land and rem. to Albany, Vt. HARRIS. JARVIS C. HARRIS, son of Daniel and Nancy Harris, was born in Moretown, Vt.; carpenter; at various times a resident of W. He married (1) Aug. 10, 1863, Mary A., dau. William Somerville; (2) Anna Donnelly. Children: i. LETTIE. ii. MARY A., b. Apr. 18, 1877. iii. LUCY ELLEN, b. May 14, 1882. iv. WILLIAM LESTER, b. Aug. 10, 1886. v. FREDERICK JOHN, b. Aug. 10, 1886. HASTINGS. 1. THOMAS(1) HASTINGS came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634; sett. in Watertown, Mass.; Rep., 1673; deacon; died 1685. He married (1) Susan -----------, who d. Jan. 20, 1651; (2) Apr., 1651, Margaret, dau. William Cheney. Children, born in Watertown, Mass.: i. 2. THOMAS(2) b. July 1, 1652. ii. JOHN, b. Mar. 1, 1654; m. June 18, 1679, Abigail Hammond. iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 8, 1655; drowned, 1669. iv. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 12, 1657; m. Nov. 21, 1682, Ruth Rice. v. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 9, 1659; m. Elizabeth Graves; (2) Mary ----------. vi. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 25, 1661; m. Mary Neverson. vii. HEPZIBAH, b. Jan. 31, 1663; m. June 21, 1680 (?), William Bond of Watertown. viii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 12, 1665; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1687, Lydia Church; (2) Apr. 24, 1694, Elizabeth Neverson; (3) July 10, 1701, Sarah Coolidge. 2. THOMAS(2) HASTINGS (Thomas(1)) was born in Watertown, Mass., July 1, 1652; sett. in Deerfield, Mass.; bef. King Philip's War, but rem. to Hatfield, Mass. after the War; physician and teacher of the first school in Hatfield; died July 23, 1712. He married (1) Oct. 10, 1672, Anna, dau. John Hawks, who d. Oct. 25, 1705; (2) Feb. 14, 1706, Mary, dau. of Daniel Burt, who m. (2) May 17, 1713, Samuel Belding, and d. Apr. 13, 1754. Children: i. MARGARET(3) b. July 7, 1674; m. May 7, 1707, Nathaniel Evarts of Guilford, Conn. ii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 19, 1677; m. Samuel Gillett. iii. THOMAS, b. Sept. 24, 1679; physician; m. Mar. 16, 1701, Mary Field. iv. HEPZIBAH, b. Apr. 16, 1682; m. Apr. 5, 1705, Jonathan Curtis of Northampton, Mass. v. MEHITABLE, b. Jan. 23, 1685; m. Nov. 25, 1714, John Burke. vi. 3. JOHN, b. Sept. 17, 1689. vii. SILENCE, b. Feb. 26, 1707; m. Josiah Hadlock of Williamsburg, Mass. viii. THANKFUL, b. May 5, 1711; d. July 15, 1711. ix. SYLVANUS, b. Sept. 10, 1712; d. Feb. 21, 1713. 3. JOHNS HASTINGS (Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Hatfield Mass., Sept. 17, 1689; physician; at Fort Dummer, 1735; grantee and early settler of Number Four (Charlestown, N. H.). He married (1) Lydia ------- , who d. June 21, 1716. He is said to have had by her, two daughters, both of whom died young. He married (2) July 4, 1720, Hannah, dau. Dea. John White, b. Mar. 26, 1695; d. Aug. 13, 1774. Children, born in Hatfield, Mass.: 4. i. SYLVANUS,(4) b. Mar. 22, 1721. ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1722; m. Mrs. Susannah, dau. Lieut. Moses Willard and wid. Capt. James Johnson. iii. OLIVER, b. Nov. 22, 1724. iv. LEMUEL, b. Feb. 5, 1727; m. Elizabeth ---------. v. HANNAH, b. July 8, 1729. vi. LYDIA, b. Aug. 19, 1732; m. Col. William Heywood. vii. MEHITABLE, b. 1735. 4. SYLVANUS(4) HASTINGS (John(3) Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Hatfield, Mass., Mar. 22, 1721; sett. in Charlestown, N. H., where he was a substantial man; selectman, 1766-7 and 1772; commissioned Capt. by Gov. Wentworth, Dec. 26, 1767; died Jan. 12, 1806. He married (1) Jemima, dau. Lieut. Moses Willard, b. June 29, 1728; d. Apr. 14, 1788; (2) Mary, wid. Ebenezer Putnam. Children, born in Charlestown, N. H.: i. SUSANNAH(5) b. May 29, 1746. ii. OLIVER, b. Jan. 3, 1748; d. Sept., 1757. iii. JEMIMA, b. Jan. 29, 1750; m. Nov. 30, 1783, Jedediah Rice of Charlestown. iv. SYLVANUS, b. Mar. 23, 1752; m. Betsey -------. v. 5. JOHN, b. June 18, 1754. vi. MOSES WILLARD, b. Nov. 6, 1756; d. July 31, 1834; m. Apr. 6, 1780, Jerusha Spencer. vii. OLIVER, b. Mar. 14, 1759; d. Apr. 11, 1759. viii. ELIZABETH, b. May 21, 1760; d. Aug. 21, 1761. ix. OLIVER, b. June 10, 1762; physician; d. Oct. 3, 1823; m. Olive Reed. x. HANNAH, b. Sept. 11, 1764; d. Nov. 16, 1817. xi. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 1, 1767; d. same day. xii. PHINEAS, b. Nov. 3, 1769; d. Aug. 23, 1777. xiii. LAVINIA, b. Aug. 23, 1771; m. 1791, Capt. Joseph Parker. 5. JOHN(5) HASTINGS (Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Charlestown, N. H., June 18, 1754; died Mar. 14, 1813. He married, Jan. 2, 1776, Miriam, dau. Jonathan Hammond of Swanzey, N. H., b. Jan. 23, 1755. Children: i. SOLEMITH(6) b. June 28, 1776; d. Sept., 1776. ii. FANNY, b. Oct. 17, 1777; m. Jan. 24, 1799, Elias Olcott of Rockingham, Vt. iii. 6. GARINTER, b. July 25, 1779. iv. SHELOMA, b. Apr. 13, 1781. v. AUGUSTA, m. Edward Goddard. 6. GARINTER(6) HASTINGS (John(5) Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Charlestown, N. H., July 25, 1779; res. in Swanzey, N. H., until 1822, when he bought an interest in Green's Mills and sett. in W.; kept a tavern on present D. O. Joslin place for some years; died June 28, 1857. He married, Mar. 7, 1802, Hannah, dau. Elias and Sibyl (Dutton) Olcott, b. in Rockingham, Vt., Feb. 13, 1784; d. Mar. 19, 1860. Children: i. 7. WORTHEY GARINTER, b. Aug. 24, 1803. ii. ELIZA F., b. Apr. 28, 1805; m. Apr. 27, 1828, Moses Ware of Brattleboro, Vt. iii. FANNY OLCOTT, b. Nov. 2, 1806; m. Aug. 5, 1828, John Stafford Campbell. iv. 8. YORRICK CARLISLE WEST, b. Aug. 7, 1808. v. GEORGE HILAND, b. June 14, 1810; m. Nancy-------. Chn., b. in Fayston, Vt.: Electa, Jan. 3, 1837.; Ezekiel, Sept. 10, 1839; Charles H., Apr. 14, 1840; George W., Oct. 5, 1841; Charles H., Apr. 17, 1842; Charles R., Feb. 11, 1845; John Hammond, Sept. 29, 1847. The family rem. to Sparta, Mich. vi. MARIAN D., b. July 17, 1812; m. Nov. 29, 1835, Joseph O. Joslin. vii. SUSAN CARPENTER, b. Nov. 26, 1813; m. Feb. 21, 1836, John Wait. viii. CLARISSA WEBB., b. May 27, 1816; d. young. ix. JUSTUS P., b. Apr. 14, 1818; m. -------- Gregg. x. CLARISSA WEBB, b. July 22, 1820; m. Jan. 8, 1848, Seymour D. Graves of Johnson, Vt. xi. RODNEY D., b. Dec. 10, 1821; went West. xii. 9.JONATHAN HAMMOND, b. Feb. 12, 1824. xiii. MARIA A., b. Dec. 2, 1825; m. July 15, 1846, Joshua S. Dartt. 7. WORTHEY GARINTER(7) HASTINGS (Garinter,(6) John(5) Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 24, 1803; came to W. with his father and rem. later to Fayston, Vt., where he died Jan. 8, 1841. He married, Mar. 21, 1826, Mary, dau. Jonathan Lamson, b. 1809; d. at West Rutland, Vt., 1873. Children, born in Fayston, Vt.: i. MARIA,(8) b. 1831; m. 1850, L. B. Marshall of Wtby. ii. HANNAH, b. 1834; m. Feb. 21, 1861, J. W. H. Tift of Ticonderoga, N. Y. iii. MARIAN, b. 1836; m. 1854, W. W. Burr of Rutland, Vt. iv. FANNY, b. 1838; m. 1855, Orin Ramsay of Ticonderoga, N. Y. v. WORTHEY GARINTER, b. 1840; d. 1867; m. 1859, Anna Culver; res. West Rutland, Vt. 8. YORRICK CARLISLE WEST(7) HASTINGS (Garinier,(6) John,(5) Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomas,(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 7, 1808; died at Ayer, Mass., Nov, 19, 1899; for many years a resident of W. He married (1) 1833, Maria P. Hunt of Warren, Vt., who d. June 28, 1850, ae. 37; (2) Oct. 7, 1850, Sarah H. Thompson of Richmond, Vt., d. Aug. 28, 1859, ae. 55; (3) Nov. 7, 1859, Mary J. Jennings of Bristol, Vt., d. Oct, 19, 1895. Children: i. 10. GEORGE HILAND,(8) b. July 29, 1834. ii. WILLIAM DERRINGTON,,b. Jan. 27, 1836; d. Mar. 30, 1862; m. Nov. 3, 1860, Jane S., dau. Aaron B. Thomas of Reading, Vt., Ch.: Louis Cullen,(9) b. July 31, 1861. iii. A. EDGAR, b. Dec. 27, 1838; res. Brandon, Vt.; m. Mar. 15, 1864, Addie C. Bodfish. Chn.: Albert J.,(9) b. Dec. 27, 1865; Cora Belle, b. Jan. 9, 1868; Estella May, Apr. 30, 1870. iv. HARRIET M., b. Oct. 27, 1839; m. Feb. 1, 1867, Nehemiah Colby of Lyndon, Vt. v. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d. July 25, 1844. vi. ELLA M., b. Dec. 17, 1843; m. Jan. 3, 1861, J. Monroe Joslin. vii. ESTHER S., b. Feb. 10, 1846; m.--------- Shreve of Denver, Colo. viii. RODNEY D., b. Mar. 25, 1848; d. Oct. 16, 1867. ix. SARAH M., b. June 28, 1850; m. Aug. 20, 1871, Vernon W. Bullock of Chicago, Ill. x. ELMER W., b. Dec. 22, 1861; m. Mar. 25, 1883, Jennie E. Bodfish; res. Ayer, Mass.; Chn.: Fordis Lincoln,(9) b. Mar. 23, 1887, Clarence V.; b. Aug. 23, 1884; Gladys, b. Feb. 26, 1889. 9. JONATHAN HAMMOND(7) HASTINGS (Garinter,(6) John(5) Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomnas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in W., Feb. 12, 1824; a leader in the town; selectman, 1866-68, 1873; Rep., 1862-3,1892—3; State Senator, 1870-72; Sheriff of Washington Co., 1857-8; Asst. Co. Judge, 1880-84. He married (1) Nov. 1, 1848, Ellen E. Merriam, b. Aug. 25, 1827; d. Mar. 31, 1891; (2) Sept. 29, 1892, Orris Paddock, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., b. Jan. 15, 1834. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. LOUIS EVERETT(8), b. Dec. 19, 1849; res. Indianapolis, Ind.; d. Nov. 28, 1891; m. Aug. 13, 1872, Clara W. Webster. Chn.: Marian M.,(9) Mary E. Paul E. ii. ABBIE b. Dec. 14, 1851; m. Jan. 4, 1876, Julius Carlisle Joyslin. iii. ALBERT J., b. Mar. 10, 1854; d. May 3, 1856. iv. MARY ELLEN, b. June 28, 1856; d. Mar. 2, 1877. v. LUCY FRENCH, b. Jan. 4, 1859; m. Sept. 20, 1880, John W. Gregory. vi. CHARLES HAMMOND, b. July 13, 1862; d. June 24, 1886, unm. 10. GEORGE HILAND(8) HASTINGS (Yorrick C. W.,(7) Garinter,(6) John(5) Sylvanus(4) John(3) Thomas(2) Thomas(1)) was born in Fayston, Vt., July 29, 1834; sett. in W.; selectman, 1878-80, 1887-88, 1894-95. He married, Dec. 20, 1860, Elmina A., dau. Peleg Shepard. Children: i. IDA F.,(9) b. Nov. 2, 1861; m. Sept. 8, 1885, Frank P. Vinton of Somerville, Mass. ii. CARRIE B., b. May 12, 1865; d. Jan. 3, 1904; m. (1) Nov. 25, 1882, Julian J. Joslin; (2) Holland E. Shepard of Newton, Mass. HATCH. WARREN E. HATCH and wife, Phila, had children, "baptised July, 1835: i. CHARLES W. ii. CONYERS N. iii. SARAH J. HAWLEY. 1. JOSEPH(1) HAWLEY was born abt. 1603; Boston, Mass., 1629; Stratford, Conn., abt. 1646, where he was town recorder; Rep., 20 times, 1658-1687; died May 20, 1690. He married, 1646, Katharine, perhaps dau. Edward Birdseye; she d. June 25, 1692. Children, born in Stratford, Conn.: i. 2. SAMUEL(2) b. 1647. ii. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 9, 1649-50; d. June 25, 1691, in Farmington, Conn. iii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 26, 1651; m. June 7, 1670, John Chapman of Saybrook, Conn. iv. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 17, 1654; d. 1681; m. 1678, Esther, wid. of William Ward. v. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1657; m. (1) Dec. 13, 1678, Joseph Nichols; (2) John Wolcott, Jr. vi. EPHRAIM, b. Aug. 7, 1659; d. Apr. 18, 1690; m. Dec. 4, 1683, Sarah Welles. vii. JOHN, b. June 14, 1661; d. July 27, 1729; m. (1) Hannah; (2) Apr. 23, 1686, Deborah Pierson. viii. MARY, b. July 16, 1663; m. Dec. 20, 1682, John Coe. 2. SAMUEL(2) HAWLEY (Joseph(1)) was born in 1647; res. Stratford, Conn.; farmer and tanner; died Aug. 24, 1734. He married (1) May 20, 1673, Mary, dau. Thomas and Anne (Wells) Thompson, bapt. June 7, 1653 ; d. 1691; (2) Patience ------. Children, born in Stratford, Conn.: i. SAMUEL,(2) b. May 14, 1674; d. 1754; m. May 14, 1702, Bethia Booth. ii. 3. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 6, 1675. iii. THOMAS, b. July 30, 1678; d. May 6, 1722; m. Oct., 1701, Mrs. Joanna (Booth) Sherwood. iv. MATTHEW, b. Nov. 7, 1680. v. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 25, 1682; sett. in Simsbury, Conn. vi. JEHIEL, b. Apr. 5, 1685; sett. in Durham, Conn.; d. July 19, 1727; m. Dec. 13, 1708, Hope Stowe. vii. ELIZABETH, b Mar. 30, 1687; m. Dec. 19, 1706, Charles Wolcott of Windsor, Conn. viii. EPHRAIM, b. 1692; d. 1771, in New Milford, Conn.; m. Oct. 5, 1711, Sarah or Phebe Curtis. ix. CATHARINE, b. 1693; d. Feb., 1696. x. STEPHEN, b. 1695; d. 1790; m. July 21, 1720, Mary De Forest. xi. BENJAMIN, b. 1697; d. May 8, 1765; m. (1) Feb. 18, 1724, Mary Nichols (2) Experience Dibble. xii. MARY, b. 1699; m. Josiah Hubbell. xiii. NATHANIEL, b. 1701; d. Jan. 7, 1754; m. Dec. 12, 1723, Mary Ufford. 3. JOSEPH(3) HAWLEY (Samuel(2) Joseph(1)) was born in Stratford, Conn., Jan. 6, 1675, capt.; cordwainer; rem. to Farmington, Conn., where he died Nov. 20, 1752. He married, June 7, 1697, Elizabeth, dau. Timothy and Joanna (Birdseye) Wilcoxson, b. Nov. 1, 1673; d. Sept. 10, 1762. Children: i. MARY(4) b. Sept. 6, 1698; d. Jan. 7, 1699. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 12, 1699-1700; m. Sept. 24, 1719, Capt. John Newell of Farmington. iii. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 25, 1702; d. Aug. 8, 1779; m. Oct. 30, 1729, Elizabeth Phelps. iv. TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 25, 1704; d. Sept., 1785; m. (1) Oct. 15, 1730, Sarah Thompson; (2) Abigail --------; (3) Jan. 5, 1736, Rachel Forward. v. HANNAH, b. Aug. 25, 1707; m. ----------Root. vi. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 29, 1709; d. July 20, 1765; m. Dec. 7, 1736, Elizabeth Gridley. vii. JIEHIEL, b. Feb. 13, 1712; d. Apr. 12, 1761, unm. viii. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 10, 1713; d. Mar. 3, 1769; m. (1) July 1, 1741, Mary Hart; (2) Oct. 19, 1767, Keziah Smith. ix. 4. ABEL, b. Oct. 20, 1716. 4. ABEL(4) HAWLEY (Joseph(3) Samuel(2) Joseph(1)) was born in Farmington, Conn., Oct. 20, 1716; sett. in Meriden, Conn., and died there, Nov. 1797. He married (1) Aug. 19, 1742, Mary Gridley of Farming-ton, b. 1721; d. Sept. 4, 1753; (2) Nov. 13, 1755, Abigail, dau. Samuel and Abigail (Cowles) Root, b. Aug. 29, 1721. Children: i. ELISHA(5) b. Mar. 26, 1744; early settler of Windsor, Vt.; was of Norfolk, Conn. 1788, and Cambridge, Vt., 1794; m. (1) Azubah Russell; (2) Hannah (Dean) Sales. ii. RUTH, b. Mar. 12, 1747; m. --------Parker. iii. JOSIAH, b. Apr. 13, 1748; cordwainer; early at Windsor, Vt. Prob, the J. H. who d. there, Jan. 31, 1827, and whose wid., Hannah, d. Jan. 22, 1837. iv. ABEL, b. Oct. 5, 1740; d. at Clinton, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1836; m. Dec. 16, 1772, Elizabeth, dau. Zebulon Peck. v OLIVER, b. Oct. 14, 1752; d. young. vi. 5. EZEKIEL, b. Oct. 14, 1752. vii. MARY, b. Aug., 1755; m. --------Merriam. viii. EBEN ROYCE. ix. ABIGAIL, m. Samuel Royce of Plymouth, Conn. x. EBENEZER, sett. in N. Hartford, N. Y. 5. EZEKIEL(5) HAWLEY (Abel(4) Joseph(3) Samuel(2) Joseph(1)) was born in Meriden, Conn., Oct. 14, 1752. The Hawley Memorial says he died young; it is clear however that he went early to Windsor, Vt., with his bro., Elisha, and rem. to W., before 1794; sett. on lot 95; deacon; Rev. soldier; died Sept. 25, 1822. He married (1) Sept. 17, 1778, Huldah Spicer, who d. Aug. 5, 1797, ae. 37; (2) Oct. 30, 1797, Marcy King. Children: i. EZEKIEL,(6) b. Sept. 5, 1779; died in Utica, N. Y. ii. Lois, b. May 19, 1781. iii. PERCIVAL, b. May 4, 1783 ; m. Mar. 20, 1806, Betsey Clapp of Moretown, Vt., where he lived for some years. Rem. to Gouverneur, N.Y. Chn.: Mary Clapp,(7) b. Mar. 19, 1808; Bradford Spicer, b. July 21, 1810, d. Apr. 14, 1813; Ezekiel, b. Oct. 17, 1815; Martha Matilda, b. Sept. 26, 1816. iv. 6. ISAAC, b. Mar. 22, 1785. v. RELIEF, b. June 5, 1787; m. Nov. 30, 1813, Samuel Bowman. vi. HULDAH, b. Sept. 16, 1789; m. Nov. 17, 1816, Forrill Staples of Warren, Vt. vii. Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1792; m. Mar. 2, 1820, John Leach. viii. AVERY, b. Apr. 7, 1794. ix. FREEDOM, b. Apr. 26, 1797; m. Horace Heath of Middlebury, Vt. 6. ISAAC(6) HAWLEY (Ezekiel,(5) Abel(4) Joseph(3) Samuel(2) Joseph(1)) was born in Windsor, Vt., Mar. 22, 1785; came to W. with his father; rem. to Vergennes, Vt., abt. 1848. He married (1) Phebe -------- who d. Jan. 24, 1813, ae. 25; (2) Mary ---------. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. 7. HARRY,(7) b. Dec. 9, 1809. ii. WILLIAM, b. May 29, 1811; d. Jan. 23, 1813. iii. CHARLOTTE, b. Nov. 17, 1815; m. Oct. 8, 1834, John Dow. iv. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 25, 1817; d. Feb. 5, 1817. v. ISAAC, b. Jan. 4, 1818; d. Jan. 15, 1818. vi. JOSEPH NEHEMIAH, b. Dec. 10, 1818; d. at Vergennes, May 2, 1884; m. Belinda Wood of Montpelier, Vt. vii. AVERY STONE, b. Oct. 5, 1820; d. Aug. 10, 1838. viii. PHEBE MELINDA, b. Dec. 22, 1822; m. Samuel Hurlbert of Vergennes. ix. FREEDOM MELINDA, b. Dec. 22, 1825; m. Rollin B. Benton of Waltham, Vt. 7. HARRY(7) HAWLEY (Isaac(6) Ezekiel,(5) Abel(4) Joseph(3) Samuel(2) Joseph(1)) was born in W. Dec. 9, 1809; died Mar. 17, 1888. He married, June 7, 1832, Lydia B., dau. Job and Elizabeth (Colony) Dow, b. Dec. 24, 1807; d. May 31, 1897. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. MARY E.,(8) b. Aug. 23, 1835; m. Sept. 23, 1857, Henry O. Skinner. ii. AVERY N., b. June 2, 1839; m. Oct. 1, 1861, Emily R., dau. Otis and Mary Bucklin of Warren, Vt., b. 1840; sett. in Yakima, Wash., where he d. Jan. 21, 1907. HAZELTON—HASELTON. ROBERT(1) HAZELTON was in Salem, Mass., 1637, and of Rowley, Mass., the same year. He and his brother John were the first settlers of Bradford, Mass., in 1649. He died Aug. 27, 1674, having married, Oct. 23, 1639, Ann ------. They had ten children, of whom the fifth, Abraham(3) Hazelton, was born in Rowley, Mar. 31, 1648. He was town clerk of Bradford,. Mass., and died Apr. 28, 1711. He married, Oct. 4, 1671, Elizabeth, dau. Richard Langhorne. Among their eight children was Richard(3) Hazelton, born in Bradford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1679: He was a proprietor of Chester, N. H., but spent his life in Bradford, where he married, Jan. 14, 1702-3, Abigail Chadwick. 1. AMOS(4) HAZELTON (Richard(3) Abraham(2) Robert(1)), son of Richard(3) and Abigail (Chadwick) Hazelton, was born in Bradford, Mass., abt. 1717. By his father's will, he was given land in Chester, N. H., and he perhaps sett. there late, although his children were born in Lunenburg, Mass. He married, at Lunenburg, Mass., Nov. 5, 1746, Eunice, dau. Jonas and Hannah Gilson, b. Mar. 18, 1731. Children: i. AMOS,(5) b. June 22, 1748. ii. 2. THOMAS, b. Dec. 1, 1750. iii. JONAS, b. Feb. 7, 1753; sett. in Rockingham, Vt.,1783, and d. there Oct. 18, 1838; m. Rachel Wood. iv. WILLIAM, b. May 8, 1755; in Rockingham, Vt., 1791; married Eunice ---------. Chn., Thomas,(6) Dolly, Chauncy, Sally, Lucetta. v. RICHARD, b. Apr. 28, 1757; sett. early, in Rockingham, Vt., and d. Aug. 20, 1810; m. Nov. 14, 1787, Jennie, dau. James Campbell. vi. JOSEPH, b. July 1, 1759; sett. in Moretown, Vt., where he d. Apr. 10, 1828; m. Martha Knapp. Chn.: Phila,(6) b. Nov. 11, 1797; Joseph H., b. Mar. 9, 1800; Martha, b. May 22, 1803, m. Samuel E. Knapp; Bathsheba, b. May 27, 1809, m. John A. Warner; Jerusha, b. June 28, 1812, m. Andrew B. C. Davis. vii. JOHN, b. Mar. 26, 1762. viii. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 19, 1764; sett. in Moretown, Vt.; m. Abigail Knapp. Chn.: Cerrif,(6) b. July 24, 1796; Jude, b. Sept. 10, 1799; Abigail, b. Mar. 9, 1802; Gilson, b. Feb. 15, 1805; Eunice, b. July 26, 1807; Welthea, b. Jan. 15, 1810; Ebenezer, b. July 21, 1813. ix. DAVID, b. Feb. 7, 1767. x. EUNICE, b. July 11, 1769. xi. EPHRAIM, b. Mar. 29, 1772. Probably the E. H. who, with wife, Nancy, sett. in Rockingham, Vt., in 1808. xii. ABRAHAM, b. Oct. 15, 1775; sett. in Moretown, Vt.; estate probated, Jan. 22, 1840; m. Juda Knapp. 2. THOMAS(5) HASELTON (Amos(4) Richard,(3) Abraham,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 1750; res. in Westmoreland, N. H., also in Strafford, Vt., where he probably died. He married Sally George. Children: i. THOMAS,(6) b. in Westmoreland, N. H., Aug. 24, 1790; sett. in Strafford, Vt. ii. SALLY, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m. Enoch Brown of Strafford. iii. POLLY, b. May 1, 1793. iv. MANSEL, b. Feb. 14, 1795; soldier, 1812; d. in Strafford. v. 3. JOSEPH, b. in Strafford, Sept. 6, 1798-9. vi. HIRAM, b. Aug. 19, 1800. vii. LORAIN, b. Oct. 22, 1804. viii. BETSEY, b. Mar. 9, 1806; prob. m. Nathan Bundy of Lyndon, Vt. 3. JOSEPH(6) HAZELTON (Thomas,(5) Amos(4) Richard,(3) Abraham,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Strafford, Vt., Sept. 6, 1798 (say Strafford Records, Sept. 7, 1799, says his tombstone); sett. in Moretown, Vt., and died in W., Feb. 18, 1878. He married Susan, dau. William Hopkins of Tunbridge, Vt., b. May 8, 1803; d. May 16, 1875. Children: i. CAROLINE E.,(7) b. Nov. 23, 1827; m. Feb. 19, 1873, Silas O. Mead of Moretown. ii. CARLOS, b. Feb. 23, 1830; d. June 3, 1850. iii. 4. WILLIAM H., b. Aug. 21, 1837. 4. WILLIAM H.(7) HASELTON (Joseph(6) Thomas(5) Amos(4) Richard(3) Abraham(2) Robert(1)) was born Aug. 21, 1837; for many years a resident of W.; now of Hanson, Mass. He married, Dec. 22, 1868, Fanny C., dau. Andrew B. C. and Jerusha J. (Hazelton) Davis, b. Aug. 12, 1843. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. GRACE E.,(8) b. Jan. 18, 1870; m. June 28, 1893, Arthur Gorham. Ch.: Grace Hazel,(9) b. Sept. 25, 1895, d. Jan. 19, 1898. ii. KATE G., b. July 8, 1877; m. Mar. 9, 1897, Edward Hiram Jones. iii. CARLOS J., b. July 15, 1880; m. Sept. 28, 1905, Anna R. Zellar; res. Bridgeport, Conn. HEALD. THOMAS HEALD, merchant,} resided in W. for a few years after 1814. HEATH. BENJAMIN HEATH had children of school age, in 1850: i. CAROLINE. ii. CARLOS. iii. SOPHRONIA. LYMAN HEATH was a resident of District 3, in 1844. GEORGE R. HEATH resided in W. for some years after 1880, rem. to Bethel, Vt. HEATON. 1. NATHANIEL HEATON was perhaps the son of Nathaniel(1) and Elizabeth Heaton of Boston, Mass., and if so, born Sept. 1, 1639. He was in Dedham, Mass., 1666, and admitted to church there, Feb., 1667; sett. later, in Wrentham, Mass. Adxnn. was granted on his estate Apr. 17, 1714. He married Mary ----------. Children: i. NATHANIEL(3) b. May 9, 1675, in Dedham; d. prob. Mar. 7, 1756; m. Dec. 17, 1706, Meriah Morse. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 7, 1679, in Dedham. iii. MARY (perhaps), who m. Sept. 13, 1705, Daniel Maccand. iv. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 28, 1681-2; m. Dec. 10, 1706, Sarah Hawes. v. SARAH, b. June 14, 1687. vi. 2. JAMES, b. Mar. 25, 1690. vii. ABIGAIL, b. May 3, 1695; m. May 4, 1726, Samuel Hills. 2. JAMES(3) HEATON (Nathaniel(2) Nathaniel(1)) was born in Wrentham, Mass., Mar. 25, 1690; rem. to Rutland, Mass. bef. 1723, and bought a sawmill there in 1737; enrolled from Rutland in Capt. Eleazer Wheelock's Provincial Company, as pilot, Oct. 11-31, 1723. He married, July 21, 1713, Eleoni, dau. John and Sarah (Deering) Hawes of Dedham, Mass. Children: i. JOHN(4) b. Apr. 16, 1714; d. in Rutland, Mass., Apr. 14, 1741. ii. JAMES, b. Nov. 17, 1715; d. young. iii. ELEANY, b. Apr. 30, 1717. iv. 3. JAMES, b. Nov. 9, 1719. v. PELATIAH, b. Nov. 26, 1721. vi. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 14, 1722-3. vii. WILLIAM, bapt. in Rutland, July 1, 1732. viii. MARY, d. Jan. 29, 1740-1. 3. JAMES(4) HEATON (James(3) Nathaniel(2) Nathaniel(1)) was born in Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1719; rem. to Keene, N. H., where he was aptd. on a committee, 1745, and then called "Capt."; was in Capt. Josiah Willard's Co. at Ashuelot, June 21, 1747 to Feb. 10, 1748; sett. soon in Swanzey, N. H., where he died Aug. 14, 1753. He married, at Rutland, Mass., Apr. 11, 1743, Abigail, dau. Moses and Sarah (King) Rice of Worcester, Mass., b. Feb. 20, 1722-3. After her husband's death she removed to the home of her father in Charlemont, Mass. Children, born in Swanzey, N. H.: i. 4. JOHN(5) b, Nov. 20, 1744. ii. 5. MOSES, b. Dec. 2, 1747. iii. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 25, 1750; married, and had in Charlemont Mass., chn.: Esther,(6) b. Sept. 27, 1778; Moses Rice, b. Jan. 10, 1782, Nabby, b. Mar. 10, 1784. He was in Buckland, Mass., Apr. 10, 1784, but prob. rem. to Vt. iv. 6. JAMES, b. May 30, 1752. 4. JOHN HEATON (James(4) James(3) Nathaniel(2) Nathaniel(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Nov. 20, 1744; went with his mother, as a child, to Charlemont, Mass.; sett. in Shelburne, Mass., where he was chosen surveyor at the organization of the town in 1768; constable, 1779, commissioned 2nd Lieut. in 8th Co., 5th. Hampshire Regt., Aug. 14, 1780; called "landlord," 1778; rem. as early as 1791 to Moretown, Vt., where. he was prominent; went, late in life, to Chazy, N. Y., with the family of Benj. Wait, Jr., but died in W., while on a visit, May 7, 1813. Married, Oct. 27, 1767, Susannah, dau. James and Mary (French) Rider, b. Apr. 18, 1743. Children, born in Shelburne, Mass.: i. LOVINA,(6) bapt. 1775; m. Benjamin Wait, Jr. ii. RUFUS, bapt. May 11, 1777; was in Moretown, Vt., 1802, and later of Champlain, N. Y. iii. JOHN, bapt. May 28, 1780. iv. ELIJAH. v. SUSANNAH, m. David Symonds. 5. MOSES(5) HEATON (James(4) James(3) Nathaniel(2) Nathaniel(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., Dec. 2, 1747; physician; minuteman from Charlemont, Mass., 1775; rem. to W., 1793, and was its first town clerk, 1794-5. Last record of him is in 1795, when he sold his land in lot 123, altho he kept the town records uitil Feb. 10, 1796. He married Deborah ---------. Children, born in Charlemont, Mass.: i. MOSES,(6) b. Jan. 5, 1774; m. July 6, 1795, Molly Boyd, at Shelburne; assessed in W., 1795, but not in 1796. ii. JAMES, b. Feb. 26, 1778. iii. SARAH, b. Mar. 9, 1780. iv. JOSEPH, b. June 7, 1782. v. ROBERT, b. Aug. 27, 1784. vi. HENRY, b. Oct. 12, 1789. 6. JAMES(5) HEATON (James,(4) James(3) Nathaniel(2) Nathaniel(1)) was born in Swanzey, N. H., May 30, 1752, joined ch. in Shelburne, Mass., 1779; rem. to W., 1793, and owned a large farm in N. W. corner of the town; selectman, 1794, 1798. He married, Nov. 26, 1778, Freedom ------- who was dismissed to ch. in "Western N. Y.," 181--. Children: i. JAMES,(6) b. June 1, 1779; proprietor of the mills built by his cousin, John, Jr., and in 1809 had the largest "list" of any man in town except Benj. Wait; died Nov. 30, 1811. Married Lydia ------. ii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 4, 1781; res. in Moretown, Vt.; m. Martha ------- and had Horace,(7) who d. Mar. 30, 1813, ae 7 yrs. In 1812 he was "of Chazy, N. Y." iii. CLARISSA, b. Oct. 1, 1783; d. Oct. 28, 1783. iv. HARRIS, or HORACE, b. July 15, 1785; was in Wtby., Vt., 1830. v. TERTIUS, b. Aug. 14, 1787; was of Bousie, N. Y. 1823, and Wtby., Vt., 1838; m. (1) Mar. 1823, Almyra, dau. Phineas and Dorcas RIDER; (2) Oct. 23, 1843, Fatima Perkins of Moretown, Vt. vi. OLIVE, b. Apr. 7, 1789. vi. CHARLES, b. July 7, 1791. viii. ELECTA, b. May 27, 1793. ix. LEWIS, bapt. June, 1797. HIGH. RUE HIGH came, probably, from Sharon, Vt., with wife Fanny, abt. 1824. The family stayed but a few years. Children: i. SAMUEL, m. Dec. 31, 1827, Louisa, dau. Lynde Wait. ii. RUE. iii. PHEBE, m. Harris Barnard Wilder. iv. JOSEPH, minor in 1826. HITCHCOCK. LUKE(1) HITCHCOCK was in New Haven, Conn., 1644, but soon removed to Weathersfield, Conn., where he died Nov., 1659. He married Elizabeth Gibbons. They had three children, of whom the second was John(2) Hitchcock, who sett. in Springfield, Mass. He was soldier in the Turners Falls fight, 1672; died Feb. 9, 1711-12; married, Sept. 27, 1666, Hannah, dau. Samuel Chapin of Spfd. They had nine children, of whom the third was John(3) Hitchcock, born Apr. 13, 1670, died, probably at Spfd., July 4, 1751; married, Sept. 24, 1691, Mary Ball. Of their ten children, the youngest was Samuel(4) Hitchcock, born June 9, 1717 ; died at Spfd., Apr. 27, 1777; married, June 11, 1738, Ruth Stebbins. 1. GAIUS(5) HITCHCOCK (Samuel(4) John,(3) John,(2) Luke(1)), son of Samuel(4) and Ruth (Stebbins) Hitchcock, was born in Springfield, Mass., Apr. 3, 1764; Rev. soldier; rem. to Shelburne, Mass., abt. 1786, to Canaan, N. H., abt. 1793, and to W., abt. 1795, lived for a time in Montpelier, Vt., but retd. to W., and died there, Aug. 12, 1843. His farm was in lots 129 and 130. He marri, d Sarah, dau. Capt. John and Tamar (Rice) Wells, b. Oct. 5, 1766; d. Apr. 2, 1830. Children: i. SALLY,(6) b. Aug. 17, 1786, in Shelburne; d. June 5, 1818, unm. ii. 2. WELLS, b. Mar. 2, 1788. iii. RELIEF, b. May 25, 1789; d. July 1, 1790. v. 3. RELIEF, b. June 7, 1791; m. Jan. 5, 1815, Julian Dumas. v. STEBBINS, Oct. 26, 1793, Canaan N. H. vi. ELI, b. at W., Oct. 5, 1795; d. Mar. 28, 1872, unm. He was crippled by the fall of a tree. vii. EMILIIA b. Feb. 17, 1798; m. Dec. 2, 1819, Jacob Sargent of Fayston, Vt. viii. a son, b. Dec. 4, 1799; d. Dec. 8, 1799. ix. FANNY, b. Nov. 25, 1800; m. Nov. 13, 1823, Charles Newcomb. x. a daughter, b. June 11, 1803; d. June 22, 1803. xi. ALONZO, b. Jan. 24, 1805; d. Mar. 29, 1809. xii. MARIAH, b. 1808; d. June 25, 1839, ae. 31. 2. WELLS(6) HITCHCOCK (Gaius(5) Samuel(4) John,(3) John,(2) Luke(1)) was born in Shelburne, Mass., Mar. 2, 1788; died in W., June 13, 1838; cabinet maker, music teacher, soldier, War 1812. He married, Mar. 18, 1813, Polly, dau. William and Rachel Newcomb, b. May 11, 1791; d. Oct. 31, 1865. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALONZO,(7) b. Mar. 29, 1814. ii. EMILY ANGELINE, b. Feb. 22, 1816; m. (1) Mar. 15, 1843, Cyrus Skinner; (2) Calvin Fullerton. iii. HENRY ALPHONZO, b. Feb. 10, 1819; d. at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 18, 1844; m. Oct. 30, 1840, Frances Cushman. iv. LORENZO ADAMS, b. July 13, 1821; sett. in Chicago, Ill.; m. Martha Pool. v. ALFRED WELLS, b. May 5, 1824; sett. in Chicago; m. Roxana Higgins. vi. JOHN WELLS, b. June 15, 1827; sett. in New Orleans, La. vii. EMELINE JANE, b. Nov. 19, 1832; d. Sept. 2, 1834. 3. STEBBINS(6) HITCHCOCK (Gaius(5) Samuel(4) John,(3) John,(2) Luke(1)) was born in Canaan, N. H., Oct. 26, 1793; marched to Plattsburgh in the Waitsfield Co., Sept., 1814; died Feb. 9, 1826. He married, Nov. 1, 1820, Betsey, dau. William and Rachel Newcomb, b. June 23, 1793; d. Feb. 25, 1824. Ch., born in Waitsfield: i. BETSEY EMILIA,(7) b. Feb. 3, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1825. 4. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALONZO(7) HITGHCOCK (Wells,(6) Gaius,(5) Samuel(4) John(3) John(2) Luke(1)) was born in W., Mar. 29, 1814; Methodist minister; later, agent for Meth. Conf. Seminary at Montpelier; died in Northfield, Vt. He married (1) Jan. 7, 1840, Emily Clark, b. Feb. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 30, 1851; (2) Jan. 9, 1852, Luvia L. Walker, widow of Oliver Burgess, b. Jan. 1, 1821. Children: i. CELIA,(8) b. Dec. 27, 1842; d. Mar. 13, 1905, in Nfd., unm. ii. EMILY, b. Nov. 23, 1845; d. Jan. 16, 1854. iii. MARY, b. May 17, 1847; d. Jan. 3, 1854. iv. LAURA, b. June 18, 1849; d. Sept. 15, 1852. ELISHA HITCHCOCK came from Lowell, Vt., about 1842, and rem. to Westfield, Vt., 1848. His wife, Editha, died Nov. 21, 1846, ae. 63 yrs., 9 mos. Children: i. EDITHA, b. Nov. 17, 1809, at Westfield, Vt.; m. Feb. 24, 1830, Reuben T. Rust. ii. LEVI, d. Mar. 17, 1846, ae. 6 mo. Probably others. HOLDEN. 1. RICHARD(1) HOLDEN (Holding) came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634, ae. 25; he was probably a brother of Justinian Holden; sett. in Watertown, Mass., where his wife, Martha, died Dec. 6, 1681; removed to Groton, Mass., where he died Mar. 1, 1696. See Middlesex County Deeds, Vol. 12, p. 31, for agreement with his son, Stephen, with whom he was then living, for care during his remaining years. Children: i. JUSTINIAN(2) of Groton, Mass. ii. JOHN. iii. 2.STEPHEN, b. July 19, 1642. iv. MARTHA, b. Jan. 15, 1645-6; m. Thomas Boyden. v. MARY, m. Thomas Williams. vi. SARAH, m. Gershom Swan. vii. SAMUEL, of Groton; m. Sarah --------. viii. ELIZABETH. ix. THOMAS. 2. STEPHEN(2) HOLDEN (Richard(1)) was born July 19, 1642; sett. in Groton, Mass.; his widow, Hannah, was aptd. admx. of his estate, Sept. 23, 1715. Her estate was probated Dec. 29, 1735. Children, named in settlement of the estate: i. JOHN,(1) d. Dec. 27, 1753, in 69th yr.; m. Nov. 22, 1716, Sarah, dau. John and Mehitable Davis. ii. STEPHEN. d. Sept., 1757; m. Sept. 2, 1719, Hannah Sawtelle. iii. NATHANIEL, d. May 15, 1740, in 49th yr.; m. Dec. 11, 1718, Abigail Stone. iv. 3. WILLIAM. v. SIMON, a blacksmith of Cambridge, Mass., in 1735. vi. JONATHAN, d. Jan., 1759; adm. to his widow, Jan. 7, 175; m. Apr. 26, 1743, Deborah Houghton. Chn.: Robert(4) Johnathan, Deborah, Mary, Hannah. vii. BENJAMIN not named in settlement of his mother's est. viii. RACHEL. ix. HANNAH. x. SARAH. xi. ELIZABETH, bapt. Mar. 2, 1706, but not named in settlement. 3. WILLIAM(3) HOLDEN (Stephen(2) Richard(1)) was born in Groton, Mass.; named as 4th son in settlement of his father's estate; admn. granted on his estate, Sept. 13, 1746. He married Elizabeth ------, who m. (2) John Darby. Children, born in Groton, Mass.: i. ELIZABETH(4) b. July 9, 1726; m. Moses Wheeler. ii. 4. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 19, 1728. iii. JOSHUA, b. Feb. 26, 1729. iv. JEMIMA, b. July 1, 1732. v. RICHARD, b. Aug. 25, 1734. vi. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 25, 1736. vii. EUNICE, b. Aug. 6, 1738. viii. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 13, 1741. ix. LYDIA, b. Mar. 30, 1745. 4. WILLIAM(4) HOLDEN (William(3) Stephen(2) Richard(1)) was born in Groton, Mass., Feb. 19, 1728; sett. in Charlestown, N. H.; Capt. in Bedel's N. H. Regt.; died at Springfield, Vt., Nov. 8, 1807. He married, Nov. 10, 1747, Annis Nutting, b. May 22, 1728; d. Oct. 25, 1815. Children: i. ANNIS(5) b. Aug. 27, 1748, in Groton; d. May 28, 1749. ii. ANNIS, b. Nov, 6, 1749; d. same day. iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 1, 1751; d. Feb. 14, 1755. iv. 5. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1753. v. ANNIS, b. July 6, 1758, in Charlestown, N. H.; m. Joseph Wilson. vi. POLLY, b. Feb. 15, 1763; m. Aug. 30, 1784, William Henry, Jr. vii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 29, 1764; d. 1813; m. Hannah --------. Some of his children settled in Middlesex, Vt. 5. NATHANIEL(5) HOLDEN (William(4) William,(3) Stephen(2) Richard(1)) was born in Groton, Mass., Aug. 15, 1753, res. for a time in Springfield, Vt.; died July 21, 1841, at Barre, Vt., where he was an early settler. He married, June 11, 1778, Lettice Grout, b. May 3, 1763; d. Nov. 7, 1812. Children: i. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 6, 1778; d. Dec. 15, 1851. ii. PATTY, b. Jan. 17, 1780; d. May 26, 1783. iii. XERXES, b. Apr. 26, 1781; d. May 26, 1783. iv. ZOPHA, b. Mar. 26, 1783. v. BETSEY, b. Oct. 8, 1784; d. Oct. 27, 1827. vi. PoLLY, b. July 8, 1786; d. June 7, 1794. vii. 6. ELIJAH, b. July 3, 1788. viii. JAMES, b. June 27, 1790; d. Feb. 4, 1812. ix. SOPHIA, b. Aug. 11, 1792. x. CATHARINE, b. Dec. 5, 1794; d. Aug., 1832. xi. MATILDA, b. Dec. 10, 1796. xii. MARY, b. Oct. 3, 1803; d. May 5, 1841. 6. ELIJAH(6) HOLDEN (Nathaniel(5) William(4) William,(3) Stephen(2) Richard(1)) was born in Springfield, Vt., July 3, 1788; resided in Barre, Vt., for some years, but came to W. about 1840; selectman, 1849; died Aug. 29, 1876. He married, Feb. 25, 1813, Orpha, dau. Samuel Steele, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., Jan. 7, 1792; d. Aug. 11, 1864. Children: i. LETTICE ANN,(7) b. Nov. 10, 1813; m. Nov. 23, 1837, Edward L. Mayo. ii. WILLIAM STEELE, b. Dec. 21, 1815; d. Dec. 15, 1839. iii. HELEN, b. May 18, 1818; m. June 21, 1842, Denison Batchelder of Barre, Vt. iv. HARRIET, b. Dec. 3, 1820; m. June 2, 1842, Mark Glidden of Salem, Mass. v. JOSIAH GROUT, b. May 21, 1825; d. Feb. 12, 1831. vi. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1827; d. Feb. 11, 1831. vii. JAMES H., b. May 26, 1829; d. Dec. 23, 1888, in Middlesex, Vt.; m. July 16, 1855, Catherine, dau. Eli and Plumea (Sherman) Bruce, b. Oct. 2, 1830. viii. 7. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 16, 1831. ix. ASHBEL, b. Mar. 4, 1834; d. Feb. 12, 1837. x. MARY E., b. Apr. 26, 1836; m. Feb. 11, 1855, Orcas C. Wilder. 7. JOSIAH(7) HOLDEN (Ettijah,(6) Nathaniel(5) William(4) William(3) Stephen(2) Richard(1)) was born in Barre, Vt., Aug. 16, 1831; sett. in W., and died there, Oct. 2, 1898; selectman, 1877-79, 1883-85. He married, Sept. 23, 1857, Lovina, dau. Russell and Martha (Farr) Drew b. Nov. 30, 1835; d. Mar. 2, 1904 . Children, born in Waitsfield: i. HELEN M.,(8) b. Oct. 7, 1858; m. Mar. 24, 1885, Dix J. Camp of Randolph, Vt. ii. CHARLES HERBERT, b. Aug. 28, 1860, drowned July 3, 1883. iii. FRANCIS WILDER, b. July 28, 1862; Unitarian minister, Milford, N. H.; m. Aug. 18, 1896, Gertrude Lynde. iv. GEORGE EDWARD, b. June 19, 1864. v. JENNIE ELIZA, b. May 21, 1866; d. Mar. 9, 1873. vi. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 17, 1868; d. Mar. 23, 1873. vii. JESSIE LOVINA, b. May 12, 1870; ; d. Mar. 16, 1873. viii. ABBIE HARRIET, b. Feb. 10, 1872; d. Nov. 13, 1885. 1. JUSTINIAN(1) HOLDEN came from Ipswich, Eng., in 1634, ae. 23; sett. in Watertown, Mass.; freeman, May 6, 1657; his will, dated Aug. 12, 1691, was proved Oct. 6, 1691. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Cambridge, Mar. 18, 1672-3, and he soon married Mary, dau. John Rutter of Sudbury, Mass., who was living in 1716. Children, named in will: i. SAMUEL(2) b. Apr. 28, 1674; sett. in Cambridge; adm. on his estate, Jan. 9, 1726; m. Susannah ---------. Chn.: Lydia,(3) Mercy, Susannah, Mary, Phineas, Abigail, William. ii. 2. JOHN, b. July 18, 1675. iii. ISAAC, b. May 28, 1677; sett. in Camb.; gdn. aptd. for his minor chn., Dec. 2, 1732. iv. MARY, b. Mar. 21, 1679; was unm. and of Marlboro, Mass., in 1702. v. GRACE, b. Aug. 13, 1681; m. Dec. 7, 1713, Benjamin Eddy. vi. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 10, 1683: m. Abigail ---------. vii. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1686. 2. JOHN(2) HOLDEN (Justinian(1)) was born in Watertown, Mass., July 18, 1675; rem. bef. Mar. 6, 1715, to Concord, Mass., where he was an innkeeper. He married, Nov. 7, 1699, Grace, dau. Samuel and Judith (Macomber) Jenison, b. Feb. 11, 1678; d. Jan. 7, 1757. Children: i. JOHN,(3) b. June 5, 1700; m. Dec. 29, 1725, Mary Wheeler. ii. DANIEL b. Apr. 3, 1702; m. Feb. 15, 1725-6, Anne Jones. iii. PETER, b. Feb. 1, 1705; m. (1) Beulah ---------, who d. Jan. 22, 1732-3; (2) July 14, 1743, Abigail Jones. iv. GRACE, July 3, 1747,; d. Mar. 8, 1724-5. v. ELIZABETH, b. July 29, 1709; perhaps m. May 31, 1728, Henry Goddin. vi. JOSIAH, b. Jan. 29, 1712; m. Jan. 27, 1742, Hannah Parker. vii. JUDITH, b. July 3, 1715. (Sudbury, Mass. Records say Judah, dau. J. and G., b. May 5, 1715.) viii. MARY, b. Mar. 20, 1718-19; m. Aug. 24, 1741, John How of Sudbury, Mass. ix. 3. JONAS, b. July 8, 1721. x. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 7, 1723; d. Feb. 27, 1723-4. 3. JONAS(3) HOLDEN (John(2) Justinian(1)) was born in Concord, Mass., July 8, 1721; his est. was probated Mar. 9, 1803. Grantee of land on Mill Brook, Sudbury, Apr. 3, 1753. He married, in Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 28, 1752, Abigail Kendall. Children, born in Sudbury, Mass.: i. ABEL(4) b. Oct. 2, 1752; m. (1) Aug. 27, 1772, Lois Cutler; (2) Feb. 23, 1777 in Waltham, Mass., Thankful Cutting. ii. LEVI, b. Jan. 12, 1754; m. Jan. 15, 1778, Mrs. Hannah Plympton. iii. 4.JONAS, b. Aug. 31, 1756. iv. ASA, b. May 10, 1762. v. ASSA, b. May 10, 1762. vi. JOEL, b. Dec. 5, 1768; m. Betsey ----------. 4. JONAS(4) HOLDEN (Jonas(3) John(2) Justinian(1)) was born in Sudbury, Mass., Aug. 31, 1756; Rev. soldier; in 1791 he was an innkeeper in Sudbury, and was called "Capt." and "Major"; admr. of his father's est. Mar. 9, 1803; bought land in W., 1805-6, and came there in former year; dealt freely in land, in W. and Fayston; in 1820, he was "of Winchester, N. H.," but retd. to W., and died about 1847. He married, Dec. 10, 1776, Molly, dau. James and Mary Thompson, b. Jan. 17, 1757. Children, born in Waitsfield: i. HAROLD OLIN, b. Mar. 2, 1868; d. July 31, 1874. ii. JESSIE MARIA, b. Dec. 28, 1869; m. Burt F. Atherton of Wtby.